Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-16
THE GAZETTE.
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY l6, 1858.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LOLA MONTEZ

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LOLA MONlEH
The following photographic sketch was
given by la Monte in the course OF a
cross examination 10 which she was ~sutlrct-
ed in the case of irvey. assignee vi y hson,
main, Griffin. heard in New York on Tues
day. before a r., fierce, and IN which she had
been sub-naaed to prove the bad character
of Jobson:
Nv name is Lola Montcz; my family name
was Maria Rosanna Gilbert. Q-Where
we're YOU born? An the beautiful town
of Limerick. Oil W old are you? A
Thirty-,bree. Q-When were you boru?-
A.-Count, | cannot tell; | wasn't present
when / was born; | have had two husband
and am Dos on the point Of having a third;
my first husband was Captain James. q
Were you married to Captain james! a -
The ring was put on my finger by a clergy
man, but my spirit was never united u hln.
Q-What other husband have you hat!-
A.-Now wait a moment; Ia peVer nave
you, be sure; | was married to James near
Dublin; | was a child of fifteen; be ran away
with me; that was my first marriages; he ran
away with another lady about a year alter l
was married; | was living IN Mugeer, lDdla,
then; | lived there about seven years; from
there | came to England, | think, in 1912;
married about the year 1910; | dent know
how long | remained in London after | re-
turned; a few months; | was on the stage, and
practising under the instruction OF q Span
lard named Espa; | was lodging with an old
Scotchman and his wife; my father was Ad-
jutaut General Of the Bengal army. O
Were you living with any man at that tluir!
Al never lived with any man since my
husband lett me; my husband charged me
with an intrigue with a man named Captain
Lsnox, on shipbonrd, but it was a false &C
c~usation made by him, because he was living
then with Mrs. Captain Lomar, Of the 2lst
regiment. | went from L1ndon 10 Spain. and
all over that country. | remained IN Spain
q few months, learning to dance; | was trav-
cling perfectly alone, as | travel now; there
was a charming little girl named Dolores, In
Spain, whose husband bad deserted her
Q-For you? A.-No; never did any OF
that sort of thing. Q--llOw many intrisues
have you hac? Allow many have you?
Well, come listen-nOne; | resided at the
court of Bavaria two years. Q-Wh no did
you know there? A.-Evelybody but your
self; | knew all about several millions OF re;-
sons; | knew the King of Bavaria, Mr.. Wit
telsbacher, be was called-that was his iam-
ily pame. Q-Were you the mistress ut the
king? (Risiug.) What! [empbatically, No
sir. You are a william, sir; I'll take my oath
on that book, 1.-THE Bible, which | read every
night, that l had no intrigues with the old
man; ! knew the King, and moulded the
mind of the King to the love Of freedom; he
took me before the whole court, with his wife,
and presented me as bis best frier d; was on
the stage in Bavaria; it is much easier to be
aman's mistress than it is to be a dancer; |
WAS in Bavaria 10 lS47 and 1913; in 1919 the
Revolution occurred, and liberty and fed;
the King and Queen supported me while was
there; | was engaged IN political business;
you might call me prime minister 1t you
please, or, as the King said, | was the King;
there vas a man OF straw there as prime
minister; true, but be was only a man OF
straw; the memoirs that have been written
about me are lies; that man is trying to get
my memoirs. | suppose. Mr.. Jobson was
writing;l l was living in Pieeadilly, London
in lS49, when | saw Jobson; | had come
from Switzerland about two months before.
l was 10 India when very young; 1 was about
three months old when | sailed Tor lrdla the
first time. Odd you cali on MIR. J0tson
first, before be called on you? A.--(startlns
up1-No, DO. Laughing aloud, oh, that Is
too funny. l was called Countess of Lands
felt, and not Mrs. James. Q.-Didn't MIR.
Jubson subscribe a guinea to prevent you
from being taken to the watchhouse? A
He hadn't a guinea. Odd be not give
you a guinea to keep you from taking to the
streets for a livelihood.
Witness Indignantly rising Am to
be insulted? Gentlemen, will you not pro-
tect me?
The referee Quoted her.
Referee-Mr. Schermerhorn should not
have asked the question. -.
Reconsideration? Is that his
name? Oh, no! shall have some que''
tons to ask him. She wrote down the nam
of plant frs counsel.
At this point the reference was ADJOURNED