New-York tribune., 1881-12-17
4 cLEyER ScoUyDREDS CAREER.
HOW MAURICE MAUms, TnE MARQUIS DE CALhN'
zANzo" LIVED BY HIS WITS.

HOW MAURICE MAURIs, THE MARQUIS DE CALhN-
ZANzo." LIVED BY HIS WITS.
Maurice Mauris, an Italian, who has hceh
until very recently frequent contribute
80 the New-York press, is Sought lor ~
the police. II Is charged that he us a toreei'
having committed his crimes chiefly III '"'
CITY, la tlmore and Boston. Two weeks az" AIauil'
was IN Baltimore, where he asked hcNsp,'p'i
friend Of his 20 cash check fer $l25. The editor
did not have so much money, hut he introduced
Mauris to n friend who did. The check purpor'eu
TO be signed by Charles Scrihncrs Sons, and Maurs
said that Il had been paih him tor an article "hich
had Just been accepted by them. lie announcer
that he WAS on the way 20 W as1meVJIii 1 ~ 80
ekelch of the Cuitcau trial for Ihe ErRRl ioEf;
The generous ltaan then gave his editorial friend
and Two companions dinner at Mount vernon, al
which the choicest wines and vlaAds We're SciNtu,
The next morning il was armed that the ch'ck LOT
Sl25 was a for ,ery, bat Manrs hat disappeared q,
Within the last two weeks, Manrls mas psSS'e1
forged OF worthless checks upon numOef OF
persons for SD, upon ies,"ui"nf nf
keeper at Philadelphia by the name OF
Joseph Malcesta: for S75 at the same place
upon Mr. Paul and for ) 80 upon Irving Evans
nf Bost a. Three of these checks purportrd TO pc
signed By Charles ScrlbGeTs Sons. lie mas also
borrow money OF several persons under IalSe pre-
lenses. he police have been looking loT hln care
fully in this city, Baltimore, Phllade phli ana DOS
ton, but lie leaves no traces behind HIM lie Always
succeeded in decevng people easily because no h5S
many wealthy acQualntanceS, ana hc Is 80 "0H
inOwr as a writer
MaurIs is man Of about 'hirty-fv years Of aCc,
with black hair inclined to curl. with hiack nlHui M
ache aAd "a gOatee. His features are small ana Iel.
lea Tie looks mere than his age I4i CROW @ s So -
are porcephble around his eyes. lils address Is
pleasing his manners are polished ana he uio' IL IL
vaIIaDly creates pleasant impression al Hls'ii ~
mas lived in this city four or five years ana has
done number OF questionable things. hlS duioi'- ~
ness 10 Hever, has always saved hlm from eA,i@'o @
NIaurls first came to tins country nc no
caused it TO be rlmored that he was was
tie son of Victor Emanuel; u Oh q sor; n;oH n
winch he compiled one Of the Handy Nounie 0eLi =
cailed French Men of Letters, he gives hiS h''
as Maurice Mauris marquis dl Calenzanzol
He t"nchingly dedicated thiS VIII WIN q sI"is'G ~
heart" to "a wel-known editor, with Wh0m ~ j.
said he opce made u voyage TO the bermuda
Islands. He drifted on to paper aft'T ,whhe,
where ne remained until last feOfuary lle ui Ilo'
have regu ar position there, ouI he cohlrlDuted
good many articles. mostly foreign subjects.
these showed that he either had very eN-
tensivo knowlodee OF EuTopean hin rn analts, aIIc
wrote series of articles on Amrrlcln watering
places rom foreign point of view. His EnGhshi
however, was bad % the last. and was perennial
cause or exclamation on the part OF the uHiOT
nate newspaper men to whose lot ms copy tell 10
edit. "
Mauris's career on the paper with which he was
longest connected terminated very abruptly. lie
made on bill every week OF the mater ne ma
FURNISHED it is said that he was u the haoiI Oh
day the rnanapn editor began 10 riy bis bill
and Mauris without waiting for the result,
walked out ana did EOt appear tntIo again. .'"'
even 60 col ect hs last weeks ay. An exam nation
showed that he had been making overchsrges Tor
six mouths. , -,
All, but Mr.. Mauris is fine gentle enan." said his
last landsdy yesterday, although he does owe me
$3.50 He was so polite that | could never
have the heart to turn him out Of do r.
He was always willing 10 work, although he
was of noble family; and i trusted him. lie
wasn't like his friend. the Marquis Antonio
Lanrlate who was also nice, but 10" azy
t. DO anything except gamble. About June the
Marauis or Mr.. Mauris AZ you call him, wanted I ,
90 to- Saratoga but he didn't have the money lie
spoke to inc about it. told him he c9ullnt afford
IT, An Madam he replied. i shall make more
money there. and shall sell my play l knew he
had a play, 50 got man to cash cash note
would you believe it. 1t wasn't worth
a cent and the man who indorsed it. Mr. OlyOtti,
the b Ic-a-br1ic man. had TO pay IT, But the Mar
quis had bought some good clothes with the money
and gone to Stratoga. knew he had friends there
ard thought he would board with them and 1t
would not cost him much.
"'TIe Marquis was engaged TO a beautiful Ameri-
can girl, aud sh- threw HIM overboari when she
heard some of these things abOut him. think that
made hl:n desperate. He sucha perfect gentle.
lnan and so entertainingl | miss him very tIuch'