The Osceola times., 1881-01-29
ANOTHER BOGUS BARON,
And Clever Rogue, Who yictimizcd Mas
sachusetts People.
Boston Herald


Boston Herald.
That "Yankeedom" still affords fine
field for the operations Of the refinedand
polished rogues of the old world, more
than one family in the ancient town oi
Amesbury, this State, will now attest.
They will also solemnly declare that the
fools in America will never die, at
least so long as the Yankee natives ac-
cord to scions of nobility-real or as
sumed-the homage and respect which
is denied to most people Of this glorious
republic The latest fraud Of the de-
scription referred to is Henry Albert
Vincent Carlyle" prospectively Baron
Tempest, of Halifax, Yorkshire, West
Riding England" Like many of his
predecessors, he seems TO have recog-
nized the fact that the good graces OF
some young lady and the confidence of
loving prospective mother-in-law would
enhance his chances for the success OF
his schemes. In the latter part OF
August last, Henry Albert Vincent Car
lyle" made his entry into the town OF
Amesbury. He was not long in making
the people understand that he was
man of more importance than ordinary
mortals. He represented himself as "A
years old, and that, upon his birthday,
January IL, coming, he would assume by
right the title of "Baron Tempest" He
made himself agreeable to all he met,
and finally took up his lodgings in the
family of Mrs. f. c. Dickens, a most esti-
mable lady, who readily believed all he
said When he first came he appeared
well supplied with cash, but later on he
appeared to be "hard up" financially,
but remained easy in the expectancy of
every day receiving remittance OF
Sl2,225 from his family in England. He
was fine conversationalist, and by his
stories of his travels and acquaintance
abroad allayed any and all suspicious
that his lack of money might have
aroused lie claimed that he came to
Canada in 1873, in the company of four
of his chums from Eton, to study the
characteristics of his American cousins,
and when he landed that he had 5000
in money, and that, after having done
other parts of this hemisphere, the nat
ural beauty of Amesbury and its people
had attracted him to its verdant fields.
He claimed to be a relative of Sir Edward
Edwards, one of the leading owners of
the wooden and blanket mills in Halifax,
Eng, in which corporation he (the baron
to be- also had large interest, and from
which the remittance of Sl2,225 was to
come during the present month. He
took up his residence with Mrs. Dickens
in September, and, upon his money Civ
ing out, that lady took a motherly inter
est in her honored guest She willingly
furnished what money he needed, and
loaned him such articles of apparel as his
necessities demanded. During the past
few months Henry Albert" has been
making strides in the affection and conf
dence of one of our most wealthy and
respectable families in the town. He
won the affections Of the youngest
daughter of the family, proposed mar
riage to her, and the offer was taken
under consideration. He pictured to her
the great extent of his domains in the
old country, his great wealth and the
great social distinction that would be
conferred upon her by the proposed
marriage. Her mother was overjoyed
at the good fortune in store for her
daughter, and was made more happy by
the proposal of Henry Albert" to take
the whole family with him on his bridal
trip next spring TO England. Meanwhile
he bemoaned the tardiness of his much
talked Of remittance from home" (which
never came, of course), and so won the
sympathy of his prospective mother-in-
law that she gave him money whenever
he wanted it in sums which amounted 10
$50. Henry Albert's" would-be af-
fianced, it seems, has an older brother,
who is quite prominent among literary
men, identified with the leading Ameri-
can and English colleges, and this broth
er set about looking up the antecedents
of the baron TO be- who was willing TO
become his brother-in-law. To his con-
sternation, he soon learned that Henry
Albert" in September last, had been ar
raigned in the police court in the town
for larceny, before Judge J. W. Cate, but
| had been discharged for lack of evidence.
| The brother kept this fact to himself,
and went on with his researches. Hen
| ry Albert" was one day seen TO enter the
room of his ladylove and steal a wallet
| containing 81 The brother and the
| young lady, however, kept their counsel,
| with the view of hearing from friends in
| England who had been written to re-
specting Henry Albert's" standing there.
| The fellow soon found that he was sus-
| peCted, and several days since suddenly
| left. A day or two after adyices from
| England came, fully exposing him as an
| impostor. The last heard of him was by
telegraph from New York, where he rep
resented that.he was sick at the Fifth
| Avenue Hotel, and that he would soon
be with the young lady. Investigation
! shows, however, that he has changed his
abode in New York, and he is now sup
posed to be in Canada. The police be-
iieve that they have got clear case
against him for obtaining money by
| false pretenses, and would be happy to
learn his whereabouts. He is described
as % wears old, of light complexion. five
feet five and a half inches in height,
sandy moustache, small feet and hands
and long neck. In his flight he took
with him, among other articles not his
own, the following A dressing gown, an
old pattern double eye-gass, with one
lens gone, and marked "S.;;" pearl case
opera glass; gold ring, black enameled,
with oval stone; gold Masonic pin, with
circle and compass silver fruit knife,
marked ada" pair Of Japanese cuff but
tons inlaid with pearl, and brown
checked ulster. Several tradesmen of
Amesbury would also like to see him
with reference to the payment for goods
he obtained from them on the strength
of his much-expected remittance from
home"