The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-29
A strange n Truey story about stan.

,r.. ley
The N. Y. Sun publishes remarkable
story, calculated, If not designed, to
throw some doubt on the discovery Of
DR.. Livingstone by Stanley. Lewis Noe,
Of Sayville, L. l., who makes the state.
ment, accuses Stanley Of forgery" and
other crimes. Besides no is o WEIGH.
man, and not an American, Sc. We
quote: ~.
know his fertile powers OF invention,
and more than once have seen his in.
genuity impose upon men, and impose
most successfully. But as l do not de.
sire to throw discredit upon his alledged
discoveries without at least showing
fair reason for my convictions, l will tell
his story as | heard 1t from his own lips,
from the lips of his own relatives, and
from irrefragible proofs, which shall be
forthcoming when desired.
Noe, it seems, was commodore's mes.
senger on board the frigate Minnesota,
near the close Of the civil war, and among
the crew, he says was young man call
ing himself Henry Stanley" who was
made ships clerk. BE was full Of aspir-
atoms Tor adventure, told marvellous tales
of foreign countries, &c, Noe and Stan.
ley deserted at Portsmouth, N. H., and
came to New York. The former goes
on TO say:
Stanley then unfolded to me q plan for
raising the means necessary for US to pro.
coed on our travels. 1t was for him TO
enlist me in the army, taking the bounty
money; then through his aid and CONN.,
vance tor me to desert; to re.enlist and Sc
cure more bounty, to again desert, and so
repeat this process until he had the money
secure to enable us to 60 in search of ad-
venture.
The plan, however, was not adopted,
Stanley got into o law Office, and Noe en-
listed in the 9th New York mounted vol.
unteers, and served till the close of the
war. Subsequently the pair again met
and in July, 1865, embarked tor Smyrna.
Stanley's purposes being prolonged tour
through Asir Minor and Persia in the
heart Of Asia, and thence TO the coast of
India through Thibet. The writer then
proceeds to give some curious revelations
as to SANKEY'S character, adding naively:
A brief time convinced me that his
genius was equal to highway robbery.
A series of extraordinary adventures is
next related, The two were taken pris.
oners and imprisoned at Chihipar by the
Turks, charged with highway robbery,
but SANKEY'S genius discovered way OF
escape which proved successful
At Constantinople they were destitute
Of means, but Stanley appealed to the
Hon. E. Joy Morris, American Minister
to Turkey, and so fully did he enlist the
sympathies Of that gentleman in our be.
hall, and so plausible story did he tell,
that Mr.. Morris advanced from his private
funds an amount equal to several hun.
dred dollars, Stanley giving draft for
the amount on his father, who he rep.
resented was q wealthy merchant in
New York. The draft was forwarded
for collection, only 10 be returned pro-
tested, and with the intelligence that no
such naras Henry Stanley father could
be found. -''f
Then they secretly embarked for Mar
settles and thence proceeded to Europe.
Here Stanley left me at the house OF an
uncle and aunt Of his, people in humble
circumstances, while he proceeded (says
the writer TO Wales where he was born,
and where he had always lived until, OF
the age of fifteen years, he came to Amer.
lea. It was from his relatives that l
learned his early history, and learned, too,
that he possessed the same characterize.
les as boy that he has since exhibited as
aman. 'a
This "aunt" told Noe that his real name
was "John Rowland" and that he was
SO called while at her house,
1t was while l was at Liverpool that
Stanley spoke to me Of DR.. Livingstone's
explorations in Africa. They seemed to be
an object OF great interest to him. lie
expressed a desire to go into Africa him
self, and said he should aim 10 do so as
correspondent Of the Herald, and thereby
make story and sensation, and gain
both fame and money. If he has not sue.
ceeded in the search, he has the ingenuity
10 fabricate plausible story which will
gain him passing fame. Though, as he
told me himself, he never went TO school
a day since he was fifteen years ofage, he
has picked up o large fund Conformation.
He's, as l have already stated, ready
and skillul penman, and can write in
many styles, from rapid current to an
elaborate round copy hand. l have re-
ceided letters before and since our event.
full tour, and have also photographs Of
him taken at different periods OF his life.
By flattery and honeyed words, he has
sought to prevent me from exposing him,
and have only postponed this statement
until by tho prominence he should give
himself, conld make the exposure more
eiiectual.
Promenent citizens Of Sayvllle, L, L.
certify that they have known Lewis II.
Noe from his boyhood up; also that his
family are highly respectable, and that
Lewis himself has always borne an ire
proachable character for integrity, truth
fulness, and good morals.