Show BlAGKr Ail A SENOR Events Developed in a Gotham Police Po-lice Court UGHTI SPANISH CONSUL CAUGHT ISPANISH HE IS IMPLICATED WITH THE I I iEEN AKSESTED I Senor Teisedra the Victim of the Plotters Intended to Invest a Fortune For-tune of Millions In This Country I Is a First Cousin of Dom Pedro Once Brazils Emperor New York DecJ5A plot to blackmail black-mail Senor Don Eugenio de Garia Teixeira a Brazilian millionaire which had been frustrated by the Central office of-fice detectives was revealed today by the preliminary police court proceed ings in the prosecution of William B Turnbull who claims to be an accountant account-ant and William Elford Gould who has been known as a Wall street speculator spec-ulator The name of Arturo Baldasan y Topete Spanish consul general haying hay-ing been mentioned in connection with the scheme to extort the sum of 4500 from Senor Teix < ma a subppsna was issued for his attendance at the examination exam-ination in the case of Gould and Turn bull which has been set down for Tuesday The prisoners were committed commit-ted to the Tombs prison in default of bail and it is said that at the police court investigation Turnbull will become be-come a witness for the prosecution and by disclosing the full details of the conspiracy fasten the guilt on his confederate Gould and inm1 cote the high Spanish government official The money was demanded from Senor Se-nor Teixeira under threat to publish his lifes history and the alleged fact that he had violently assaulted his wife whileshe was in a delicate condition con-dition The detectives had several interviews in-terviews with Turnbull during the course of the negotiations to exiort the money the amount of which was finally fin-ally reduced to 2250 and are in possession pos-session of the letters written to the Brazilian millionaire Senor Teixiera who is a widower arrived ar-rived here in October 1896 with his mother Mme Maria Luiza Teixiera from Spain It was then announced I that the Teixieras intended to invest their fortune of about 50000000 in this country They spent 500000 in the I erection of a mansion at the corner of West End avenue and One Hundred and Fifth street of this city There the mother and son have since lived quietly Consul Baldasmo comes into the case because of his friendship for Gould He gave to Gould a letter of recommendation which Gould presented I pre-sented to Teixiera in applying for the position of private secretary When a I I detective posing as the agent of Teix iera conducted negotiations with I Tiirnbull the latter brought Gould into the case Then the detective inquired in-quired at the Spanish consulate concerning con-cerning Gould The consul said that he considered Gould eminently fitted to act as secretary to Tcixirra Senor Teixiera has a reputation as an artist He painted the celebrated picture entitled The First Commun i nion of America which took prizes in Paris Madrid and Chicago He is first cousin of Dom Pedro once emperor of Brazil Senor Teixiera is reputed to own rich gold mines in the republic of Brazil |