The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-25
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The Notorious Viscount Hinton said
70 be Swindliag in This Country.

The Notorious Viscount Hinton said
70 be Swindliag in This Country.
LOUISVILLE, XIV. Oct 22.-Search is
being made here for Lord H nton, an En-
glisnman. who is accused Of numerous acts
OF swindling- At the beginning of the
recent race meetings at Cincinnati he reg
istered at the Gibson house in this city as
Sidney ). Lestr .nge, Of Chicago. He played
the races, backing horses heavily and bet
ting ON credit an acquaintance recognized
him as Hlscount Hinton, the notorious heir
TO an English peerage. who had recently
served nine-mOnt $ term Of imprisonment
IN England for swindling tradesmen, but
was persuaded to keep the secret.
The lat day of the Latonia meeting
there was weeping among the bOokmakers
over the departure Of the titled English
man who had swindled them right and left.
having backed horses without paying his
bets. He had also borrowed money from
some OF them, aud ais indebtedness
amounted to about IS, 900. 1t was found
that he arrived in this city Sunday, but as
no further trace of his presence could be
discovered 1t is supposed that he went South
yesterday.
The account of Viscount Hinton's life
forms an interesting story, even his brit
creating a domestic scene unusual at such
proceedings. William Henry Poulett. Wis
count Hinton's father, in the year 1919 was
a lieutenant in the Twenty-second regi-
ment, stationed at Portsmouth, and one
night after heavy drinking he made a bet
OF 81 900 that he would marry the first
woman he met. Upon leaving tue barracks
tae hrst woman he encountered was we'll
Known character about the streets, known
as Betty Newman. Pouett could not
afford to lose 81 900, so he married the
woman in June, 1919, and tie man who
visited Louisville on Sunday was born Dec.
10 OF the sane year. William Henry
Poulett by no means experienced those feel
lngs that are supposed to animate the
paternal heart on the birth of a son and
heir, but, on the contrary, he separated
from his wife and refused to have anything
Whatever to do with either mother or boy.
At the death of his uncle, William Henry
Poulett became Earl of Poulett, and this
son of his wife, born in lawful wedlock,
was legally Viscount Hinton.
Lord Hinton was educated at Church
House college, Merton, England. He OBJ
tanned position in the Surrey theater,
under the name of Cosman. In 1869 he
married a ballet dancer named Lydia
Shlppy, and they have one son living. 10
1879 Lord Hinton enlisted as private sol
der, and in the course of a month was
drafted out to India. After some sharp
work among the Calcutta merchants he
deserted, and, upon being captured, served
six months Imprisonment, and was dis
missed from the service. In 1888 he tu ned
np in Egypt, and was locked up for attempt
ing the life of keeper of gambling house
in Port Said. He managed to escape, and
obtained a passage to England. where he
was soon engaged in wholesale swindling
among tradesmen. He was eventually
brought to book, and was sent to prison for
nine months. Not long ago he was playing
barrel organ about the streets of London.
Now he has drifted to America.