Show blackmailed FOR wealthy brewer gave up his money and his life new york dec 14 A sensational statement today Is promised by attorney carl alscher hansen giving the inside facts as to fadow robert B bal lantine lant lne of the wealthy family of new jersey brewers who committed suicide saturday night was blackmailed out of securities cash and notes amount lug to by a conspiracy shortly before his death mr alscher hansan communicated with the ballantyne Ballant lne family yesterday and strongly advised them that he be permitted to give to the newspapers the details of the conspiracy 1 bad an intimate acquaintance with mr ballantino for fourteen years eaid mr alscher hansen yesterday both as his legal adviser and as a personal friend he visited my office last friday afternoon and unfolded to cie the nature of the charges made against him he told me how under threats of exposure and even imprisonment he bad been mulched mulcted to the extent of it was one of the most wonderful stories I 1 have ever heard sut was decided to lay the entaro case before district attorney jerome the indictment and arrest of leemen in the conspiracy then ve learned that mr jerome bad gone to connecticut and could not be seen until monday my friend bended vended his life saturday night sir hansen said that steps hadj already been taken to stop payment on several notes held by the mallers nd an effort will be made to regain most of the securities to see members of the family this morning and to stat for charlottesville charlottsville tonight to make a personal investigation of the events leading up to QUICK SILVER MINES TO CLOSE san jose cal dec 14 it Is reported that tha new almaden quick silver mines aie to bo closed down in the near future for a year past men have been laid oft at the mines until at present there are less than seventy five men employed about the property the mines are owned by the quick silver company ot new york the reason assigned for closing the mines is that the property has been developed enough the new mines net to the Al menden mines were at ono timo the largest in the world tho product up to march cab 1891 amounted to 15 |