The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-21
The King OF the SwIndIers.

The simple entry on the returns from
the detective bureau al police headquat-
tcrS yesterday, "Ilcnry Il. Lawrence,
twenty seven years, German, Bpeculator,
arrested for larceny represents the TEN.
porary winding up Of career that has
few parallels in the annals Of crime.
Lawrence was brought TO this city yes.
terday morning by Detective McCluskey,
having been arrested two weeks ago in
Chicago at the instination Of Thomas
| Quinlan, an Engli5hman, who says that
he and his brother arrived in this city
last September, having made the ac.
| guaintance of Lawrence on board the
| steamer. Upon their arrival he stecrcd
| them to the hotel Devonshire, where
| Thomas Quinlan deposited his funds,
! amounting to $500 in the safe and took
receipt for them. Lawrence took the
brother around and out Of town as far as
Poughkccpsie, managing to leave the i'm
preston upon them that he was person
Of distinguished connection. On the
second day after their arrival Thomas
had business appointment with his
uncle. Before sunrise that morning
Lawrence aroused Quinan ia the hotel
after having first possessed himself of
the receipt for Quinian's deposit in the
hotel safe, and made him 20 with him to
Central Park to enjoy the morning air.
1t WAS nearly 10 o'clock before Quinlan
remembered his engagement and hurried
off to his uncle's house. When Lawrence
had seen him safely on the way he wen,
back to the hotel, presented the receipt,
drew the money and took steamer back
to Europe the same day. On the way
over he added to his money by playing
an unsuspecting fellow traveller similar
trick, and then leisurely made q tour Of
the continent, returning 10 America a
month or two since.
Inspector Byrnes had, meanwhile, sent
circulars describing the swiudcr to all
the large cities in the Union, asking for
his arrest. II was developed that Law
rence's real name is Adolph a. III.
Kleecamp, and that he was originally 4
Chicogoan. He married 4 Miss Taylor,
OF Rochelle, ILL.,, and soon after commit
ted bignny in Los Angeles by, marrying
Nellie Richards, the daughter of a
forgery and swindling lic possessed him
town and ran away to San Francisco. In
San Francisco lie posed as member of
n firm Of jewellers in Los Angeles and
added $4,000 to his i'll gotten gains
Having sought out his deIuded second
wife On the pretcnsc of explaining all,
buI really to rob her Of all she bad, he
fed leaving her destitute, and this time
went u far as Chicago, where he boarded |
In great style at one hotel after another,
swndlug them ALL When that locality
became too hot for him he journcyed to |
New York and found employment with |
Horace l'. Winston, u publisher, Mt No.
23i Broadway. AT the end of four
months hc collected 800 due his en-
ployer aud left suddenly. As n canvas.
ser he had been Harry II. Sheldon In
u single night he became Lord Pembroke,
and as such took passage for Europe on
the steamer BeIgenland.
Among his fellow passengers there wns
a young st. Louisian, the son Of Il banker
in the western city, to whom the "Lord"
attached himself with the result that
when the two reached Paris "Lnrd Penn.
broke" had the young mar 'raft for
$4,000 in his pocket. lie To- TO time
in c,,shing it at his bankers To spare
the young man the remnrse of confess
ing to his father that he had been
robbed, Kleecamp considerably cabled
the fact himself to st. Louis, md added
that he was in need Of money When
1t came in shape of another draft he
cashed that also aud let the town, leav.
ing father and son to como to an under.
by cable. 1t was on his return
from this European trip that his evil fate
led him back to Chicago, where Thomas
Quinlan met him in the street and caused
his arrest. Requistion papers were sent
on from New York but tho prisoner
made stubborn fight. There are nu-
mnrous warrants for his arrest beside
those already mentioned. He Is wanted
in indianapolis aud in Kansas City for
awindling. In the former city he was
arrested in IN attempt to cash forged
check, but escaped from his capt0rs.
When caught in Chicago he was on the
point of starting for New Orleans. Law
renee, alias Kleecamp, is handsome
swell in appearance, with long, silky
blonde moustache. He is 6 feet tall,
slender and very we'll dressed. He
speaks five languages fiuently. His
picture was taken and placed in the
rogues' gallery. Inspector Byrnes took
the prisoner before Recorder Smyth at
noon yesterday. He pleaded guilty and
was committed for examination.-Ncr
York JH0rM