New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-08
WHO'LL NUMBIR 28z6.


W no0 G0o eeoNoS 1l4ply - - ~
port ON April % last thsFe ~ among the
inehss IN height d spase build. With hGlt
complexion, and seemingly Of good broed-
ing. This person was known - his fealews
way farers = Count Geyzs, repreeenta.
tive Of the Hungarian government ae Philar
delphia, for such was the Inscription Of the
cards he scattered broadcast among them.
Going on shore he went - the Weetmineter
Hotel, and there he became tho Baron de
Somoekeoy, but still We the Hungarian
commiesioaer. The details Of this llrst
visit to New York are not known, but II y
known that he early went to Philadelphia,
and had his full share - such COmnl9slCn-
or in the glory of the opening day.
When or why he left Philadelphia has
not been learned, but certain il 10 that on
May % he was again in New York at the
Westminster, and was brought TO the IT
tention Of superintendent Wallimg ~ III.
Hugo Fritsch, tho Austrian consul, Who de-
clared that the person calling himself baron
de Somonskeoy was IN escaped convict
from an Austrian prison. who was not only
wanted in his own country to serve out his
time, but was also wanted in Liverpool and
London ON various charges Of false pre-
lenses and swindlipg. The matter wae
siven to Detective William g. Elder, and
that officer was soon on the track Of his
man. His first discovery was that when
first in New York the Baron" had
paved the way for Philadelphia By
concocting q story that he had been
Of 500, his draft, credentials and other
valuable papers to show his indenttty. II
was also found that notwithstanding this
loss be seemed to have plenty Of money;
that he had paid his bills regularly, snd
that - the Baron he was tho lion Of the
Westminster. He was elegantly, not gaud-
ily, dressed, spoke German, French Hun
garian, Italian and English, and was upon
the whole 80 accomplished that everybody
felt honored by IN introdnction 70 tho
Baron. For five days Mr. Elder kept him
anything suspicious. Bot ON Sunday, Nay
81, he had got very nearly to the end Of his
tother, for on that day he gave notice at tho
Office Of the hotel that be must rsturn to
Philadelphia to resume his Official duties,
and that he intended to return that oven
ing. But he went to Statea island
with . friend, and returning late in
tho day made the acquaintance OF
Lady In the hotel with whom be
by some means, sfter the s.bAronn had left
her, found that there were detectives 81 the
house, and shout midnight slipped n0te
under his door giving him the i1lo.nation.
Going to his room tho baroa fonnd this
note and went at once to the eiaoe - eay to
the clerk that there were 90 many b0gus
Abarons" about that somebody might think
he was mot genuine, and offered him money
to tell whether anything had been said
about him. The clerk calmed his fearo and
he went to bed, after ordering carriage to
take him to the Deebr0eees stroet ferry Of
ll:l5 A. N. the next day. He took the car
riage thirty minutes earlier, and instead Of
going to the ferry drove to No. SIS Dey street.
There his three trunks wore taken IN for z
moment Another carriage was called, and
with his trunks he was taken to the foot
OF Liberty street. There he erased his titlea
from the tags. and wrote instead Curiostoa
Pietro, New Orleans, Louisiana, and giving
directions for them to bo shipped to that
city, disappeared from New Yolk. The
next and last heard Of him was on Monday
last, when he was asking In the express
Office in New Orleans for the trunks, which
Detective Elder had seized here, and which
have since been attached by . fellow pas
senger, who loaned tho "Baron" $50 du
ring the voyage of the Baltic, This il, in
brief, the story of the gay ''Baron," and II
is probably the last which will be heard q
him in New York. Mr.. Elder finds that hi
case does not come within the extraditiOI
treaty, and that he hes done nothing herr
for which he can be held criminally liable
He paid all his bills, and it il not found tha
he even attempted to defraud anybody. un
less it was the passenger mentioned.-Net
York Times