The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-29
a Bogus Nephew OF Gcnernt s'h'
.vnrns Tn i'm the Austrian Iyroi'

Munich CORE spontcncc n. Y. World, sept. 1.'
find a curious story about seh-styieu
nephewof "General Grant, VINO mas oeen
astonishing the natives in the AUSTRIAN
Tvrof Tbe case is interesting pSycholoSi.
caiiv. Young fellow of twenty, employed
in y savings bank at salary oil ooV horihs
(ahout $500 year, ana who had peen 80
employed for some SIX months, was set "
cn,iut 81, 900 forms in bank notes when the
hanx was about to forward to innsbruck.
rThis was ut Linz, the town whose bishop
cot himself locked up the other day Tor con-
tumaciously resisting the law. The handlns
of these rustling, mighty bank notes was -, ,oo
much for the poor lads weak wits. 1t lite'
,aIIr made him drunk-drunk with vague
desires and bewildering dreams drunk !. as
hy the touch Of Alladin's lamp. he prlViiy
distracted $500 forms from the pie, gave
the rest to his chief as call night, ana al
the close Of business hours bolted' Fol
three davs he was neither seen nor nearu Oh
rhc deficit was discovered ut once, OF coHI I,
and the police were set on the track OF the
,lcfaulteri ON the sixth day after his ut OF
abstraction took him nc was capt ieo at &C
Gilgnl, in the mountains.
lie had rushed of, it seems, at once from
Linz for tour en- grand se'gnear' bcinE
very dark, almost n mulatto," says the mar
r,tiye. she thought to pass himself OIL Tor
IN American" Very nattering this TO the
purc Yankee race! He registered his name
=, the hotel rs Lewis Grant" said he was
"a nephew" of the Immortal II. sidney
l'!vS$cs samuel, exhibited dagger Whic!i
he declared had been "preSentcd 20 ms
grandmother by the mother OF the late
abraham Lincoln" and SlgnAIized himseli
everywhere by the most astounding ana
profilse generosity. One waiter teStl1led
that the noble youth gave him "hve 1lo-
rims, for bringing him glass Of wine. An
other said !" | have served many great lords
,,nyar onr so lavish as this one" lie IN
listed on presenting the landlord of the inn
where he stopped" with handsome snuff
box. saving IT is my custom to give every
BODY lift" All, had these good Iyro-
irans but known the true Grant family, how
PROMPTLY would this remark have revealed
The ;mposture! Master Lcwis's little game
would have been betrayed just rs Lord
Peterborough indicated his own identity
when the mob wanted to lynch hin, by
mistake for the immortal arlborouSil-
that prototype. in more ways than one, OF
orr cSiim2Llp Chief Magistrate. "Gcntle-
men" onoth the Earl, 81 am not the Duke
of Marlborough, Here is the proof:
have hut single guinea i'll my pockets =
turning them inside out" and that gull
nca," throwing il from the chair-Window,
- rive TO YOU! :" Lewis Grants last per-
Torrance before his arrest was to cause the
landlord at 81. Glgal 10 invite all the village,
ut his expense. to 4 grand bail. For this he
insisted on having the American flag hoiStch
on the highest point near the lake. The
landlord was all complaisancc. But how or
where to find The flag Of the free: Lewis
Grant kindly condcscendcd to have one
made He sent for the village tailor and
nul>rd that worthy to construct "a flag OF
thrce white stripes on red ground, with a
blue fSld in the corner. and seven stars
rhorcor:' This all st. Gilgrl took TO be the
>tar-spangled banner" greeted it with
loud acclaim. danced and drank beer under
il, and wondered gladly at the grace and
generosity of our truly noble countryman.
II sounds like scene from Il vaudeville,
does it not? But it is the simple story OF Il
haplcss Young scamp gone mad with guldcn
among the ignorant country people of the
"rCcn Tvrol. The next day came repent
.ncc and the police. and Mr.. Lewis Grant
j. now working or his "spree" in the pri-
son of his native town.