Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07

banker had a rude shock, as he was
compelled to spend several months in
/ prison on suspicion of having been q
! party to the forgerics. Emma was sent
up for eighteen months, and the name
of the Baroness Melaine Won Hilgen.
helm was erased from the list of the no.
bility.
| Another swindler who recently be
came famous through exposure had also
prospered at the expense of title-wor.
shippers. 1t seems that he was private,
not many years since, in an Austrian
| regiment. An officer in high rank was
pleased with the young fellow address,
who was both fine-looking and intelli-
gent, so he made the soldier his valet.
In short time the fellow was caught
thieving and dismissed. Not long alter
ward he bobbed up in Hungary as a
former Austrian officer, and gained adj
mission to high circles. Before long,
however, his indiscretions exposed him,
greatly to the CONSERVATION of those
who had made him loans. Saxony then
received him, where he passed for a
Count. The wealthy burghers were
f1attered with his attentions to their
pretty daughters, and he became en-
gagged to several in various cities, while
he borrowed large sums of his prospec-
tive fathers-in-law. After it was no
longer safe he as regularly disap-
peared, and to save scandal none of
the families would give the matter pub
LEFTY.
A few months ago the sscount" ar.
rived in Berlin and as his papers, coat
of-arms, etc, bore investigation, he was
taken at face value. Here he attempted
his old tricks, by the aid of his accom-
pl ce, who, however, eventually had the
count brought to justice.
One evening as dusk fell, the daugh-
ter of wealthy citizen was passing
through an unfrequented street to a
thoroughfare, when man attacked her.
she SCI canned loudly, and up rushed a
acknowledgement young man to her
rescue. lie drove the ruffian of, and
then offered to see the frightened girl
to her residence. Here he asked the
privilege of calling next day to inquire
after health, and handed her his card,
"Count - Grateful for his servi-
ces and flattered at receiving noble
mans attentions, she acquiesced. And
when he did appear next day, the girls
parents received him with ELUSIVE
thanks. The plan worked well. He
called frequently, and finally paid the
Young woman such marked attentions
that her father looked into the
counts record. He learned that no
such noble family existed in Austria,
but that the elegant ''Count - was
swindler of the worst type and an ex-
valet. The father was man of spirit,
and promptly reported his discoveries
to the police. Proof of the counts
many ihefts were forthcoming; he was
arrested, and at the trial his whole his
tory came out. He was sentenced to
long term of Imprisonment.
The latest sensation of this nature is
fresh. The other evening two elegant
ly-attired ladies drove up in private
carriage to large jewelry establish
ment and entered The room was full
of customers and all the force engaged.
While one of the women kept clerk
busy, the other slipped a case Of dia-
mond rings off the counter into her
cloak-pocket without being noticed.
They then left the shop, entered the
carriage, and drove away. A few min
utes later the case of rings, valued at
near $4,000, was missed
From the description the police recog-
nized two notorious female thieves, and
are now searching for them. The jew
elry firm offers $3.50 reward for the wo-
mems capture.-Berlan Cor. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.