Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-22
LATHROP'S LETTER.
(, o,art Who Was Once Cardinal,
and How He Lost His
Red Hat,
yort Cosmopolitan City lIow
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MEN YORK. NOV. j..
crossing Sixth avenue at Twenty
-trert with friend last Saturday
isl .st and Just under the station Of the
nl-A.i a railroad we encountered a we'll
te' 81 man, to whom my friend bowed,
IT, os he did so, Good evening,
F%sn The stranger replied in German
guuSaused a moment, aud regarded him
Nsif,;yely. His erect figure, iuunty air,
ssnerally young get-up gave him the
ah s,roncc of a man of forty; but there
wrinkles on his face and tired look
WY NJ syes. which showed him to be NJ
"a dozen wears older. His clothes
~ new and well made and his face
,,p shaved, except for a sandy mus.
Se He wore d shiny silk hat and car
sAa light cane.
NM Won notice that man spoke to:"
rd my friend, as soon a> we We're
a Td hearing.
n Idd. What of him!"
Il lgbat would yod take him to Del?
N !, he look like professional man, "a
Il phant--or what -
.Well. | replied carelcssly, 81 heard
N cali him count and address him In
imam SO it's Just possible that he's Il
s,ber. lie might be head waiter II it
g,ro not for his mustache. lie looks TO
+rlike man about town, with pro-
samced sporting procliyitics.'
fTbat's about what he is now" said
III Ia A.
.apc Of the day, a roundcr, but he has
soi spent all his life in Sixth avenue by
spy means. He has had varied career
lGmember him when lie was cardinal
IN Rome"
was naturally surprised TO learn this
IN an ex-cardinal is much rGrer bird
tbsn an eX.king, and there have been very
All Of the latter in New York since Man
haitian island was first settled. At my
irend's suggestion ! called ON an Aus
Aap of his acquaintance and learned
rom him the following facts in regard to
tbe man who is, so far as know, the
1uk eX.Cardinal who has ever sought
refuge in this country:
Count b, as he is called by his few
lntima,es, is member of an influential
Austrian family. His grand uncle, whose
name he bears, was Il famous soldier in
n, day and one of the generals in com
hand of the Austrian forces at the battle
Of Lodi Twenty-Five years ago the then
mung count was a captain in the Austrian
army, pursuing career of reckless profit
acy which eventually led TO his dis
mis,al from the service. lie had, how
ever, warm friend in the person of the
Emperor, Francis Joseph, who rcmem-
her6d the services rendered to the house
dllapsburgh by the brave old general in
he dark days OF the Napolconic invasion.
through his influence the count was
ede member of the college of car
mails at Rome and dely invested with
iAe insignia of his Office. For some time
ID held the high position of prince of the
church, until q scandal, in which he fig
ured aud which was the European Scnsa-
lion Of its day, brought about his cNpul-
sion. After this disgrace he disappeared
ron public view, and was not heard OF
or some time. Then he mortified his
family and friends by turning up in
SBilzcrllnd as the hero--if the word may
be used in such conncction--Of another
scandal, fully as discreditable as the first.
He inytiglcd young French girl OF good
family INTO a mock marriage, in which
bis servant otiiciated as priest. The UNI
!orlunate young woman lost her reason
when she discovered the deceit which had
been practiccd on her, and is to-day an
innate OF an insane asylum.
Ills family, who kecnly felt the disgrace
brought upon them, settled an annuity OF
5000 on the count upon the condition
that he should leave Europe. He came to
New York few years ago and has been
living here quietly ever since among pco-
pie who know nothing of his former his
tory
Verify, New York offers TO the student
olhuman nature many strange phases al
Ule, but know nothing stranger than
llat which | stumbled against last sat
,rday--0n cN-curdinal--sta standing on the
corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty third
street; the head, which had worn the bir-
i,ta, now covered with Il shiny silk hat;
he purple mantle replaced by cutaWay
coat do not, of course, stand sponsor
ior the story, but merely relate II as 1t
vas given to me.
New York is essentially a cosmopoli.
IAN city, with population which includes
geoplc Of almost every known race. Each
nationality has its quarter, ard some are
represented in such great numbers that
lley may be found in all parts Of the city.
Inc Irish swarm everywhere, and the
uny distinctive Irish quarter know OF Is
Nhanty Town. the name given to the
groups OF tumble-down shantieS that are
iound pcrched on the rocks in the unim-
proved regions up town. There is no
Nernan quarter. but think the Teutonic
lsce predominutes i'm that section which
les Just cast of the BoWCry, between
h'4h'h and Canal streets. The Chinese
'ongegate in Mott, Pell and Baxter
streets, and, near by, the Itd-
.lhs have unconScionSly given n
,Vleh ol plctmcsquenesS 70 the Five
Fonts and its conyergng streets.
There Is "a large settlement of Polish
'eNs near Ludlow street JAIL and the
ulel industries of this colony seem To be
iN making OF cheap clothing and the rear
,n- OF geese The first is carried on M
t,ae upper stories Of the tall tenement
souses and the latter in the cellars once
II while the officers OF the board oi
Hgallh make a raid ON these cellars, their
ISIS Aeing signalized by kissing, cacG-
Wy Mapping OF wings and general con-
,t'thatIon, The Weather Hebrews OF
wv ORR are found IN great numbers be-
,,@fr.een tiitieth aud S!Ntieth streets, near
wv avenue, and Just east OF them, near
,Vohl avenue, are great many Bohem'
aus engaged in the manufacture OF leno-
,isa'- house cigars The French colony,
~, lui,n Is very small compared 20 that 81
NY NY neImans, Is situated below WashinI-
W. square, In ana about Blocker street
,1a u very near TO Little Africa Whep
ss.. soiored people reside Il must be