Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-02-20
Z Fraudulent s.rimce.

Some tine ago | had occasion to send
long dispatch concerning c.. .ain dark and
fascinating Prince who called himself George
Eristoff de Gourie He had fallen in love
with Mrs Frank Leslie. Sae admired him,
and Marquis de Leuville, himself al unsav
ory character, had felt her displeaaure, aud
forgetting his tight boots and waist, had
ashed the Prince in Hyde Park. All this
required good deal of telling about, and
when the Prince proposed marriage to Mrs.
Leslie and wss refused, and the Prince
threatened TO commit suicide, and bred
French newspaper to say that the Car
wanted to make bin ruler OF Bulgaria, the
thing became very Interesting indeed At
present. the romance has worn Of, but there
is still some interesting thiGgs to be told
about the Prince. They will not form
pleasant reading for Mra. Frank Leslie, who
had good Datuted Friendship for sna youh-
ful edventurer. but they mag be instructive
to those who are forming hi5 acquaintance
in America just now.
There mas been coed deal Of cabling ss,e-
tween here and America concerning him,
people in the United States, for reasons OF
their own, having sought to Gni what was
his character, not SO much AS princely
parsonage, but more especially rs crlml-
nal Here are the plain unvarUisheG facts
which they are in search OF. - The Prince
knows what jail life is both in Germany and
France, but had kept clear of very uncom-
Portable judicial lodgingsi in hiscountry. On
Aug. u, 1851, he was arrested in Berlin
for fraud, and subsequently, sentenced
to two years. imprisonment. ln Septem
Der, 1883, ne was sentenced to three months
imprisonment at Versailles slso for fraud.
In June, 1884 be was sentenced to term Of
im prisonment in France for contumacy, In
September, 1884, be was in England, and in
Cured numerous debts. On March 8, 1856,
he was arrested in London on the demands
of the French authorities on charge of
fraud, and subsequently handed over TO the
French police.
These letter described the fascinating
Prince in rough and unsympathetic words
as woman hunter, and declared that it had
been the trade OF his life. He appears 10
have come to this country only after having
made the Continent an uncomfortable place
to be in, and here he lived in very comtor-
table fashion for long time. He was at
the Star and Garter, Richmond and the
propretors remember him to this day to
the tune of 800 At one time he was on
the point of marrying 8 very rich woman,
when, fortunately, her friends informed her
what kind of Prince she was playing with,
| and she disappointed him.
The Prince while in London went about a
great deal, not so much in society as among
restaurants where cooking and credit ere
both obtaiuabIe by Prince, and ali the
while be was discreetly followed by quiet
gentleman very attentive but not obtrusiye,
| who watched his movements and conse-
quenty those of mis- friends, uncomfortable
as this fact may be for tbe latter. His ad-
ventures of various kinds have been numer.
GUS and profitable, and it is thought over
here that the Pinkertons have already in
their possession interesting facts concerning
him on fle.-London Cor N. Y. Sun.