, 1879-04-18
"GENTLEatEN" FRAUDS.

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Up 70 inc date ol caolo seieErahe' or'stocrattc
"ftatts" f1ourished exceedingly hcre. Fasc,-
nnttnw courtcrs tyosscd t2lcmse}yc. OF for tlp
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the1e ara ''loeo "slo ea' Feca'i ."e th'l ot nor
ror wh!el, vlbsated through the Hub when a
3, scaxnn hrcp utbn hrIr,t uartic,,iar stnrn nj
nls'ss .,.s,s. ,,..,,,r na,o.,,n..,,a. IT,,
oeueon e'1ss.' uAsns reeo''an.." '"u5 Aa'
intrer 10 shop, WAS claimed with al'ec'onntc
fnuutry proved 10 be mt Il "sweIl," but only
vo,,ur ,nan nj ,,oubtfu1 character. vim Ind
1o""s ''.aa VI o ,s.. ~. ,.,.a1t >. .''" naa
prosasis l t,st tns eseu would, BY rendering
communication 80 rapid aud easy, snnK out so.
o,vt,, n ,1td .o. Int tbcra secms t,o,y tn ba
a'.'.'', ""nI - u ~ ,.n,,s.. ~ h,,,,, ,nrar
ous character, fnasn,uch Us they nra really cen'
tlc,ucn, 10 fur 10 birth a,,l education are con-
ccrnnl, a,,d, consequently, almost impossible to
detect In thu earlier stages Of acquaintance
kini haye mat1u numerous victims. tjnc, md
by far tho most remarkable, WAS thn ex,raordl.
narv atiyeut,,rer yclcit Lord" Gordon, who
achieved tiu colossal Tea; 81 csonpls,s1y ga,'!-
n1l009 many ClllGF&, .hE4 s!Af tIullM.
Uor.i"f died Gy his own hand, 10 avoid arrest,
III Manl,oba, anal to this hour # Is not known
who lIe really was. Had thosa who trusted him
gone tu my Engllshman who know Ills prerago
-whirl, Epgltsh,,cn do not ordinarily know
nearly a. wuli as is inaginctl-tIAe tuurlcr would
have been nut innslnuet as at tliat time no per-
%es liz ea,nu i le1d ord wo Strange 10
say, chose for l.is title tint Of particularly
uo'er.do-wcll scion OF nobility, who ',as gone
Through tic bankruptcy cot,rt with dol'ts OF
S3,yyVi,Uo0. nLoril CourtcnnY II was al 6rindcr uf
tu very first class 11e had bccn everywhere md
deceived everybody. On the voyage 10 1ndtn Eo
Baring. daughter OF tho then Vtecroy of lnula,
nut! IA ast,lally askod to the vIcorega tnb!e nj,
invitation by no means lightly accorded. lie
nude q rich haul In tndat as In this country,
bio rcroilcetions Of himself: IL. too, succeeded
in preserving his incognEto The cnsc VI TIC
snt-lfsant 'tLord Ogtlvy'' was also highly nys-
tcrlors. 1lu was man OF superior attachments,
ws . qs?upts hosvor wv asr gSS ss'sty e sasta! 5
tlclnan by birtl, md education. Nt alternately
nlioptcfl The natno OF two officers Of tile Tcnth
1ussnrs crack cavalry corps, famous In BY
gone lays for the prodigiotis airs It's officers
gave themselves. Tho answer OF g haw.law
Curnct 10 his hostess who wanted to lind him d
partuer,-'.t tbs Tenth don't Ounce n-las pass
cd Into proverb. Tin names lilo inlpostor
assumed were Lord QGllyy" aul "Wtltrcd
e 3lunEEEH6QTs' llAh IIGI4 III
lutja, nlt 1t see,l,s likely was, wllcn respcCta-
lc, intimate with ti,esu o1Tlcers alul resolved 10
turn this intimacy to account. OgIlyy, When Ilo
t!rst cume to New Yurl;, had money, antl ratu
liboralty, un,, lis New York luna,iy, ns soon
as the rent Jagged, wisely took counsel Ut thu
British Cousul-Gencral. In boston lie paased
muI,bs Il, iulI,
The latest case OF The kiut Is tint Of Mr. An
Lcrsol,, Us he called himself, who Inst autumn
arrived l!ere with credentials purport!ng to como
from Mr.. Murray to Mr.. loyal Phpips. Thu
lion, G, l., Murray, uncle to tic present Lord
Dunt.orc, uud we'll known to noyel.reaacrs Of
twcuty.tlye years ngo as the autlior Of HTle
Prairie Dird,n tnurrIea n daughter OF tlte late
. Mr, Waiswprtb, Of Gcnoscu, Il, thls Statc, anil
bY Jlcr l,al1 m only sou, who Inherited d very
valuable property. Mrs. Wuuswurth died when
he WA child, uni w1lcu her son attained TITS
majority lie Md 10 ciloosc whether lie would be-
COME al, American citizen, 80 as to Tctaln Ills
real estate, or convert II into money ut,I runail
an Euriisln,nt,, Hu preferred l|,r latter, uis
rcal cstntu was sold nrul largely inycstcd Ia
American seclrlties, mi! the llrT, OF Maitland,
Phetns Il Co. nrc lila RECEIVERS, Mr.. Anderson.
"a u called himself. liscoycecd thjs, u1,I forvcd
q crafty letter OF Introduction from Nr. MURRAY
to Mr. phrlns. A clever fcnturc In the busincps
was plansInlc statc1ncnt in thc letter t!,at It
was written uufrr circumstances which readily
accounted for tho handwriting bcE,,r somewhat