The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-11-04
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WAsHmarox, October 27.-Apropos
of the reported removal of Washburne,
Chief Of the secret service of the Treas
ury Department, / have been told that
each Of the foreign Legations here en-
ploys detective. It is necessary be-
cause 30 many adventurers and impos-
tiers attempt to impose upon the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps or go
about the country representing them
selves as belonging to it. Our Centen-
NAL celebration has brought hither
many of these. One who passed him
self off as an Austrian count Travelled
about in the early part of the summer
and actually gave some of the new &C.
quaintances he made references to
Count Hoyos, the Austrian Minister,
in proof of his good faith. He was a
daring man and hoped by audacity to
escape detection, and boldly went to
the Austrian legation in this city, in
Producing himself to the secretary
. 5smSs. as o, the newly c spRelnisS
Commission. Fortunately Chevalier
Tavera, the secretary, had received q
letter from the detective attached to
the legation inclosing q photograph of
the adventurer, and recognized the
original at once. When the bogus Count
was peremptorily demanding to see
"Hoyos" he (Mr. Tavera) was max
ing up his mind what to do, and when
Count Hoyos came into the room he
coolly laid the photograph on top of
some papers and handed all to the Min
lister, saying, "Count, here are some
papers you have forgotten to look over"
The swindler soon had reason to take
his leave without standing on the order
of his going. Subsequently detective
got possession of his trunk, and found
in it many letters from ladies of the
highest social position in two Northern
and one or more Southern cities. He
engaged himself to marry one or more
wealthy ladies, and think had gone
through the form of marriage cere-
mony with one who afterwards discov-
cred he already had wife. The let
.ers were nearly all of q most compro-
missing character.
This recalls te me the story of an adj
venturer of the other sex who came
hither, as many old residents remem-
Der, during the reign of Louis Philippe
of France. Pontois was then the French
Minister at Washington, having been
appointed in Difference to the senti-
ments of the bourgeoise. He resided,
by the way, in that tragic house on La
fayette Square previously known as the
|" Club House," the "Seward House."
and more recently connected with the
During his incumbencY a
strange parcel was expressed to his
care from over the sea, the arrival of
which occasioned no small stir in Wash
ington society. This parcel was done
up in the person of q certain Mile.
vespucci, whose undue influence over
the son of Louis Philippe had aroused
The jealousy of the young gentleman's
mother. Selling upon the accidental
identity of names borne by the too fas-
chatting beauty and the man who had
succeeded in perpetuating his own
BY means of stolen dis
,overy, the Queen sent Mile.
Vespucci to Washington to seek
ner fortune. That lady endeavored to
use her destinations upon one influen-
,ial public man after another, and petit
Toned members of Congress, saying, in
tones, 81 only ask leetle
piece of your big country which my an
,estor did find for you" She would
.dd: 81 am beggar; you see I have
,othing." She was indeed a beggar,
,ut of the class commemorated by
Mother Goose, who come in "velvet
.owns," for her toilets are remembered
IS rich and elegant in the extreme. Her
beauty was very striking, and for
While the so-called descendant of the
worthy Americas was the sensation of
and seemed likely to OBJ
ain all she wanted. But when the first
in her favor began to sub
ide her appeals seemed less eloquent
md touching, and an uncle of Senator
Thurman struck a final blow to her
laims, evidently thinking that the fam
ly of the elder vespucci had received
quite enough recognition from our con-
inent in naming it.-Miss Grundy, tn
he Graphic.