The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-06
TRAVELLING ON HIS TITLES.
HOTEL KEEPERS EXPERIENCES WITH
COL. H. n. EDINBORO.


Elected from the New York Hotel and Pro-
yidcd for ina Finh Avenue cub House
A History OF his Great Military Career.
On the 5th OF September last n handsome,
portly man Of forty years or thcreabDuts pro-
scented himself at the New York Hotel on Broad
way and asked for room. The prcss Of Cen
tennal visitors had filed every room in the
house. 90 that the newcomer. although he had
already registered his name was forced to seek
for lodgings elsewhere. He registered as II. b.
Edinboro Constnntiuople. His trunks. of which
he had several were cmbazoncd with the star
and crescent of Turkey and to the guests of the
hotel. with whom he rapidly formed aeuuaint
uncc he said that he was employed by the
Turkish Government his mission being to
charter ships Tor the transportation of muni-
lions of war to COn~tantnople He claimed tOb
friend of ex-Gov Winchester of the Winches-
ter Repeating Arms Company. and mentioned
incidentally that he was an important witness
in the suit of Mr.. Oscanyan. ex-C Consul General
OF Turkey against the Winchester Company for
s25OOoo. for commissions which he alleges the
company owe him for Introducing their arms
into the Turkish service
On the day " his arrival Mr.. Edinhoro, who
was not backward in announcing that his rank
in the Turkish service was that of Colonel
formed the acquaintance Of Col. poston. cX-
Congressman from Arizona, AMI now the Lana
Registrar for that Territory. This gentleman
knowing that all the first cii-s hotels were full
10 overlooking. invited Col. EdinhOro To his club
IA Firth aNcnnc and th"re entertained nm i9r
three days, Then mere WIS vacancy IN the
tors there. lie remained at tn" hotel until
the ID ,ut. lie nerainr infinite ,W,th
when OCCASION permitted. to borrow mon y.
But he did fail 10 lry liI- h.t PIN, ani when It
mad rggcned So, "nI o'Ar Mr Syi9r ,I
he went Co. the hotel and said that he had drnlt
on Wall street which h' was about TO cash ana
soon as h" obtained his money he would settle
his hotel hill.
Capt; G"org" Crouch Yesterday enye COM
rlDte history of COL fdinhoro'- past career,
which has been romantic in the extreme and
one FAR moro ini.r,stIn.. than the web ~ cN-
citing fiction of interchangeable novel writers.
Capt Crouch said; " have known Col. EiinhurO
| 4iu..o $3.50 U,wi- a thoroughbred soldier col for
| INN. ,,o.an.-.I nf rD.k l.-- ana ,ss hing prr-
-onal euilantry. Us we'll ar with extreme mill
| vni, rnitirmrn and onicials Of hirh rank
wherever hc went. placed great confidence in
| him and II H. nulV If late that saw suspiciou-
| "Reminiscences witch Induced mo to belirv, il
was misplaced. first met Col Edinhoro IN 1850.
army in Unlv I'm witch Edinhro was cnntain.
| our regiment was the famed British Legion.
sions were llrnrs 81 The british army md ni,yv
! nj hirI rnnk ana i'm th,. ranks were ynunr men
Of good families and independent fortunes.
GnrihalIi's book was the TnI"naI and
! Lord : .vmour aftcrwnrd Earl St Maur heir
! la the Duke ~ Somerset also held n commits
| sion Earl 81 Nnur and COL Pnnrd wrr,. warm
| friends Of E,linbOro Edinhoro entered the
! Trrion ~ "A SECOND lieutenant and was nuick liz
| ur1nut,,J 10 cautain Al tho famous Siege ~
| tntIIn the army was nadiy IN for Engineers Ii
| wls necessary la throw a bridge across the Vol
| turu0 the 0ire,f b.ing To- move one wing of the
! army in ordert To- make "A flank movement around
! Gamma and -i,nr,h nm toward the pnpnl do
| mintons and Thus form "A junction with
| the pirdmDntos.. army under Victor Eulnu-
/ uel and Gen. Cnnlini The Italians had
/ failed To- brilg,, the river until Eiinhnro who
| Wus "A n accom- pli -h,d engineer volunteered ~
/ 10 50. H. asked Tor one dav and had the
/ bridge ready for the passage OF troops the next
murninA. II was aided hv some English mon
of-vnr from Admiral Mundy- haet then lying
| i'm tho hav Of Naples who happened to be- ON AN
| ,.X.ur~iun To- the front. In addition. he sue
eeeded in dragging artillery into position on
| Mont ~. Angelo and under cover Of their ter
rille nre the entire division Of Gen. BNio made
| a brilliant passage of the NolturnO. Edin-
! boro and the English sailors manned
| the guns while the passage was Effected.
During tho rest ~ the campaign he
| was attached 10 the artillery AMI was ever IN
! the foremost ranks in "a" hour OF danger. |
| lost sight of him then u l-'5 when hhpprnei
to he in the Bahamas. saw him az Nassau. IN
| company with some tonird,raie naval oinc,r~.
| from tlirm hrerd uiht ne hui served uurihg
tn' war IN I'D" Coni".l,ra army, Ahi tnwatl
Ms close Wis "a captain pi "a EhNFhU on the