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Show LOJAL TO PiJKEO 1 m ViCriM OF SWINDLE Ho.v they secured his nanus is a mystery, my-stery, but Druggist Sno v was the re-cipieht re-cipieht the other day of a letter of tne time-honored Spanish prisoner variety, I and has kindly furnished us with the same for publication. Like letters, al- j ways accompanied by supposed newspaper news-paper clippings hive been received by sc-orej of people the country over. The letter follows: , Madrid, 1141913 Mr. Snow, Dear Sir: j Although I know you only from good references of your honesty, my sad situation compels me reveal you an important im-portant affair in which' you can procure 1 a fortune, saving at the same time that of my darling daughter. j I charge you absolute reserve about ' this affair. ; Before being imprisoned here, I was ' established as a banker in Russia as you will see by the inclosed article of many English newspapers which have published my arrest in London. ! I beseech you to h Ip me to obtain a sum of collars, 480,000, I have in America and to come here to raise the ! seizure ot my baggage, paying to the court the expenses of my trial and recover re-cover rny portmanteaus t-outaining a secret pocket wh u-e I have hidden the document indispensable to recover said sum . , As a reward I offer you the third part, viz, $16,000. I can't receive your answer in this j prison but you must send a cablegram j to a person of my confidence to know if you received this letter and trust you all my secret. Awaiting your cable, I am, dear sir, yours truly, i BELIEVSKV First of all amswer by cable, not by j letter, as follows: Pedro Ramos, j Abada, 26, cuarto, Madrid, Spain. |