Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-09-12

had supposed that the earl would only
tarry day or two, bnt he seemed S,
entertained with everything that he saw
that days counted ten before the youna
English earl even suggested he wouio
} care to see other farms and sections in
the vicinity.
!, Mr.. Edwards and all who met the
young Englishman were equally enter.
tanned. He threw his money about him
as sower scatters wheat He WIS hail
fellow we'll met with everyone whom he
met, and so it was that finally Edwards,
the earl and several others of their friends
came down ono day about three weeks
ago to Fargo.
/ The earl recorded at the HEADQUARTERS
as Hon. Leonard Morris, England. and
within an hour after his arrival he was
hail fellow well met with over score OF
gentlemen about the hotel. :
One of his first acts was to deposit a
couple OF thousand dollars with the land
lord for ss Q keeping, and then Oswald
Rlddle Miles, alias Leonard Morris, Of
Durham, began to do the town. He was
SO petite and obliging, SO English you
know, that almost everybody liked the
dapper little fellow. ...
| IN AAAeNS o1iO HCtAh1AlUeiIlSC III oCNOlu1
of the most accomplished young ladies'
and gentlemen in the city.
Every day several of them were en-
tanned at his table at the hotel, where the
! Earl never dined without wlne--until at
last the republican convention convened
in the city. Then the Earl suddenly
dropped society. He said that he wished
to study politics in the new state Of
North Dakota. He had never seen a
state convention. How could he gain
The privileges of witnessing the proceed
ings. ,--s
OF course there was no trouble in
securing a ticket for the Earl. He had
made among other acquaintances that OF
Colonel Howell, and the colonel with his
susceptible urbanity would do anything
! for so accomplished d little gentleman.
lie secured him the desired pasteboard.
Would the colonel introd uce him TO some
or the principal statesman. The colonel
| introduced him to some OF the principal
statesmen, among others General Allen.
Then the handsome Or. Archlbald, OF the
! jamestown asylum, attracted the atten-
tion of MIR. Morris. He had never seen
a more accomplished aud polished gentle
men and could be be introduced to DIR.
Archibald. lie was introduced and re-
celved an invitation TO visit the lnstitu-
/ tion. He did SO and was charmed
with every thing and everyone whom he
| met. He was received into the most
select circles OF Jamestown's select
society. All the time his money flowed
like water. Colonel Howell had accom-
panied the Earl to jamestown and left
him there, promising to return iu few
| days and possibly accompany him on a
trip to the Yellowstone.
But the colonel was taken Ill and the
young earl returned to nurse his friend.
And this he did nobly and devotedly.
But strange stories began to be whis-
pered about It was stated that the
young earl had been seen driving III the
public streets with the proprleJress of
one OF the most notorious houses in
Fargo and that society was dropping him
fast. But this had no effect upon the
young earl. His money flew only the
faster. 1t was now The colonei's turn
to reciprocaJe the earls kindness to HIM.
He defended his reputation against the
scandals ahoat. The earl had taken
special spite against Major Edwards, but
he declared his devotion to Colonel How
ell and General Allen. The earl assured
Colonel Howell that he had letters OF
Introduction from some of the officers of
the United Service club in London, to
him, but that he had not found him in
New York and SO he had put them away
III his luggage, which had been checked
through to Portland, where he expected
to meet some of his Oxford college
friends to do the Yellowstone. The
young man talked SO assurlngly that the
colonel was completely taken in, as were
other gentlemen. But the hour OF reck-
oning and arrest and then exposure
came. H.-'
Yesterday -ornlng it is learned that
the earl did not return to his hotel until
a few moments before the westward
bound train arrived. He was standing
In the corridor all unsuspecting when
suddenly two terrible spectres appeared
before him. Had they arisen from the
dead Morrls could not have been more
surprised. .
One was strong, short, stout man
with black hair, black moustache and
black eyes. This was Inspector Mitchell
of the London police, who had started on
one month and four days after the for
gerry had been discovered. The other
stood six feet IN his strong English shoes,
1.-the and straight as an arrow-this was
j. 3. Woodall, son of tie father whom
the little gnat of humanity robbed
by his audacious forgery.
The Young English kid wilted immedi-
ately and without even waiting for
breakfast, started with the inspector for
jamestown, where he had left all that re-
NAMED of his i'll u-gotten gains deposited
IN the safe OF DR.. Archibald, whose hos
pita1ity he had outraged
When Colonel Howell learned how his
consideration and attention had been be-
trayed he was simply astounded. When
the train returned from the west last
night bringing the detective and young
forger with it the colonel, accompanied by
u couple of the gentlemen whose hospi
tality the young earl had enjoyed, were
the first to find him.
And now was shown how accomplished
and consummate a villain this yonng man
of twenty three is. He assured them
that he had never heard of arrest--pro-
tested that he was not under arrest had
never heard of q forgery that these gem
tlemen accompanying him were friends
of his family in England, who had come