St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-10
A PEER IN A PICKLE.
The Earl of Fargo and Duke of
jamestown Passes Through.

royalty was seen at a disadvantage in
st. Paul yesterday. Perhaps not royalty that
would pass muster in the leading European
courts, but a variety that does very well in
Dakota, petted and fostered by the good peo-
pie who have peen forced to worry along
without royal blood since the fall of Sitting
Bull Fargo's duke" and JamestoWn's
Earl of Chester was in the city. The
young man whose titles turned the beads of
fair Dakota maids. and for whom their dad
dies gave up the work of capital making to
stump around in society, was carefully-at-
tended guest at the Office of Supt.
McGinn, of PinkeTtons St Paul staff
The spurious nobleman, though he had little
10 say about the forgery for which he was ar
rested, was in the best of spirits. His butter
fly existence in Dakota and America IN gen.
eral was tie only subject upon which he
would talk 1t may be source of satisfac-
ton to the blushing Dakota maidens, their
chagTined .mammas and their indignant
papas to know that Oswald Riddel Miles
thinks well of them, though he is only dis
graced bOokkeeper from Woodhall 4; Co.'S
London brokerage house. ''They are duced
clever people, he said TO a GLOBE reporter,
'and they know how to entertain capitally.
But there's one trouble out there, don't We
know, they're too bIawsted busy to eat any
more than three times a day. / was
treated very pleasantly. though, and
would be a brute, really, to complain"
1Qe SlOly OF his crime, Dy WHICH ne realized
So, 500, his flight to America, his travels i'll
this country as Leonard Norris" a noble
man incognito, and his arrest at Fargo, was
detailed by the GLOBE yesterday morning.
inspector Mitchell, of the London city police
force, SubStantiated the story. as did also
Fred Woodhall a son of the senior partner
of the firm that Miles victimized. Mr. Wood
hall, bright young man of perhaps twenty
five years, was much pleased with the North-
west, and thought that young Miles showed
good sense in selecting 8 country in which
to spend the receipts of his crime. Miles is a
slender young fellow, not over twenty-five
feet in height. His budding blonde mus
tache. his strong English accent and
his general attire served TO remind
one of the English "chappie" that is met
with so often in this country. He gave up to
the detectives 81 800 that was left from his
funds, and readily consented to return to
England without going through the usual
process of eXtradition. Inspector Mitchell
departed for New York with the culpriI last
night To appease Mr. Miles weakness for
title, the trio will travel as royal party. In
the title of Duke of Jamestown, while the
culprit will be shown every consideration
due the Earl Of Fargo. Mr.. WOodhall will
travel as a count Concerning Miles career
at jamestown as the Earl of Durham, the
GLOBES special correspondent says: He
was lionized-taken out picnicing and ban
quoted by society people, who are now in
dignant and chagrined that they have been
imposed upon. The young lord spent sew
eral hundred dollars here, buying champagne
and swelling with the boys. He returned
here after his arrest for 81, 500, which he
had left deposited in a safe in the insane
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