The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1876-06-17

4 Ceaiterleit Dife1s
Yron ~ New yesk Tina.
When the steamer Baltic reached
this port on April 70 last, there
was among the passengers young
man about Ave feet ak inches In
height, Of spare build, with light
complexion, and seemingly ofgood
breeding. This person was known
to his fellow wayihrers - Count
0eysa, . representative Of the
Hungarian government 1t Phtla-
deIlAia, for such was the inscrip-
tion o. the cards he scattered
brosdcast .mong them. Going On
shore he wenN TO tho Wcstminstsr
Hotel, and thar hs became The
Baron Dc 6omnskeoy. but still was
the Hungarian z Commisslousr. The
details Of his Arst visit to New
York ars not known, but Il is
known that he early went to Phil
adclphia, ard had his fnll share =
such commissioner in the glory Of
tho opening day. When or Why
he left Philadelphia has not been
learned, but certain II Il that on
Nay - he was again in Nsw York
at the Westminster, aud va bro't
to the attention Of Superintendent
Walling BY Nr. Hugo Fritsch, III
Austrian Consul, who declared
that The psrson calling himself
Baron do 6omeskeoy was "a esca-
pod convict ftoln IN Austrian pris'
on, who was not only wanted n
his own country 70 serve out hi1
time, but was also wanted IN Liv.
erpool and London on various
charges Of false pretenoes and ol
swindling. Ths matter Wa given
to detective William g. Elder, and
that ollcer was soon on the trseh
Of his v-en. His Arst discovery
was that when nrst In New Yorh
the !" Baron" had paved The way
for Phlladslphia BY concocting Z
story that be had been robbed b.
. woman in . sleepIng car Of e70oI
his drafts, credentials, and Other
valuable papers 70 show his idsn.
tity. II was also found that not.
withstsnding biz loss, hs sesmed
70 have plenty Of money; that n
had paid his bills regularly, aAd
that q The Baron he was tie Hon
Of the Westminster. Hs was ole.
gantly, not gaudily dressed, spoke
German, French, Hungarian, llsl-
Ian and English, and was upon ths
whole 70 accomplished that every
body felt honored BY ~ introduc.
tiou to The Baron. For Ave dayl
Mr.. Elder kept him constantly un-
der biz syc without finding any
thing suspicious. But on Sunday,
May 81, be had got very nearly TO
the end Of his tether, for on that
day ho gave notice 1t The once Of
tho hotel that no must return 70
Philadelphia to resume his oilcial
duties, and that be intended to ~
turn that evening. But he went
TO Staten Island with Z friend, and
returning late In the day made the
acquaintance Of . lady In the hotel
with whom he passed The evening
In tho parlor. This lsdy, by some
means, after the /" Baron " bad let
her, found that there were detect
ives In the house., and dbout mid
night slipped I note under his door
giving him the information. Co
ing 70 bis room, the Baron found
this note, and went It once 70 the
ONCE to cay 70 the clerk that thore
were 20 many bogus Darons shout
that somebody might think he was
not genuine, and offered him mon
exto tell whether anything had
been said about him. The clerk
calmed his fears, and hs went to
bed, after ordering . carriage to
take him to the Desbrosscs street
ferry st HAS next morning. He
took the carriage thirty minutes
earlier, and instead Of going to the
ferry drove 70 No. Is Day street.
There Bis thrcc trunks were taken
in for . moment. Another carri-
age was called, end with his trunks
hs was taken to tho foot Of Liberty
street. There be erased his titles
from the tsgs, and wrote instead
Curiostos Pietro, New Orleans,
Louisiana, and giving directions
for them 70 be shipped y ~ city
disappeared from New York. The
next and last heard Of hlin wss st
the express olIice In New Orleans,
seeking HIS trunks, which had bccn
seised here by detective Elder, aud
have sinoe besn attached by I fol-
low passenger who loaned the Bar.
On $50 during The voyage Of ths
Baltic. This e In brisf the story
Of the gay |" Baron" /" aud Il y prob
ably tho last which will be heard
Of him in New York. NJ. Elder
finds that his cass does not ooms
within The sxtradition treaty, and
thst be has done soothing hsrs for
which be can b hsld criminally Il.
ahla. Ha naid All Ma hi1la. an6 q