The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-30
ROYAL LA TOUCHE.
Nuk Name was His Fortune. 80 They saId-A
High Toned SwIndlor.

kkHk Name His Fortune. 30 They SnId-A
High Toned Swindlor.
4 TIE Harrisburg Patriot of Friday last has this
CIV narrative:-- u.. ...
4 On the 2Sth of April an elegantly attired,
&prepossessing and honest-looking fellow regis
tered himself at one of our principal hotels as
&Royal La Touche. He was accompanied by
Questionable lady and small child. These he
Represented as his sister and niece. Mr.. La
Touche had scarcely planted his feet on Harris
burg soil before he opened an insurance Office
at 81 South Third street, opposite the Lochiel
Hotel, which he soon supplied with all the
necessary paraphernalia-fne carpets, desk,
Chairs, etc. His next business was to inform
the public through the daily press, in promi-
pent display types, that he was the general
bgent of the Anchor Life Insurance Company
or several counties of this State, among which
vas included Dauphin.
= But Time, in his ceaseless roll, brought to
light little transaction at Easton in which
the kiDgly La Touche is said to have figured
centrally. An unsuspecting farmer, being hood
Nwinked by the golden inducements held out to
Rinsure in some Boston company by his Royal"
1ighness, handed him something over hun
red dollars to make out the customary policy.
Before many days the farmer found out that he
bad been mercilessly swindled-that the money
paid over had been appropriated by La Touche,
and that he was not the agent of the company
be represented himself to be
We now come to La Touches business trans
lections in this city. 1t was not his custom to
bay in advance for anything he obtained. 1t
was rather not to pay at all. He seemed to
abor under the hallucinaton that the world
bot only owed him living but good one. He
hcted on the principle that it was better to
eceive than to giye-reversing the scriptural
prder of things. While in this city Ga period of
our weeks) he contracted numerous debts, with
everal precincts to hear from. His carpets
we're not paid for; his furniture shared the same
ate; his board bill remains unliquidated; and
be even found 1t in his callous heart to practise
he swindling art on the printer This was the
most heinous of his chapter of crimes. few
minutes before leaving, the person La Touche
aTarn afa1 eli hnNrn nI lfnln nnf
wearing apparel from a lady at the hotel, from
which she said she intended to cut pattern.
rom the latest advices we learn that the pat
ern is still a-cutting
Royal La Touche left this city, the scene of
lis late triumphs, on Wednesday. With him
vent his sister and little niece.
The following sketch of Royal La Touche we
kopy from the Elmira Gdzette:-
He was handsome-looking sort of fellow,
ike finely gotten up counterfeit bank note
well calculated to deceive. Of gentlemanly,
hs to Clothes he came to this city couple of
months ago and called himself Royal La Touche,
courtly sort OF name, which fitted well with
he genteel personal appearance of the man.
mall for him, and he "leased" spacious apart
nents in Stanclff Hall Block and slung out
more printing, dropping the name of Stevens
from bis cards and playing the game alone as
Royal La Touche, General Agent of the New
England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Stan
cliff Hall Block, Baldwin street, cor. Carroll
address Drawer 126, 2. o., Elmra, N. Y"
For several weeks the star of Royal La Touche
was in the ascendant-but at last grave surmises
And half expressed doubts were INDUCED in;
ind certain things transpired which awoke the
strongest suspicious that all was not right.
Investigations were commenced. They did
not turn out well, for Royal and his "lady
friend" after a brief but exciting tarry at the
mansion on F. street, was quickly dispos-
gessed Tradespeople hurried there to secure
goods purchased by La Touche and not paid for
and altogether lively scenes were witnessed of
one kind and another.
The lady friend has gone.
And so has Royal La Touche.
pf the New England Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, asking information as to their reputed
pgent in this city, and forwarding bills against
him.
To these letters various replies have been re-
teived, but all of them of similar import.
8. 8. Stevens writes:-
''Mr. La Touche has no authority or appoint
nent from this company to act as agent. He
proposed to forward to us occasionally applica-
ions for insurance. for which l agreed to allow
him certain commissions, and nothing more,
ind two only were ever received from him.
Having absconded with the money received from
arties, it is evident that l am already heavy
lfferer in consequence of his dishonesty"
Another letter received from the company is
ated that he had no right or authority to lease
b Office, and it is presumed that the lease he
xecuted and signed with the names of the
ficers of the company is forgery.
He is now reckoned among the mournful list
Elmiras 'missing citizens" of which there
Re several of interesting memory.
He is doubtless putting on style in some other
ertion of the country-sweetly roaming about
eeking whom he may devour.
1t very much behooveth people of confden-
al turn of mind to beware of him.