The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
ROSS RAYMoNDS TRICES.

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Boston Transcript.
ROSS RAYMoNDS TRICES.
Under Arrest for Swindhns-How He
Beat Mr.. Chamberlain Out Of ESQ.
A cable dispatch from London to the
New York Herald has the following in
regard to Ross Raymond, a newspaper
correspondent, who has figured con-
siderably in this country:
About four weeks ago Morris Wise,
who representative United States Treas.
ury Department at the Paris Industrial
Congress, was standing in the main cor
ridor of the Hotel Metropole when a
hand was laid lightly on his shoulder.
He turned around and found Ross Ray
mond smiling at him. Wise's greeting
was not warm, and Raymond disap-
pearcd after saying he had just come
from Paris. Tuesday the following dis
patch was received from Blackpool by
the London police:
"Roife, the man arrested here for
swindling, is SS years old, feet 81
inches high, with sallow complexion,
dull gray eyes, heavy eyelids, dropping
chin, brown hair, full forehead, stout
figure, gentlemanly appearance and ad-
dress, and clean shaved, with medium
moustache. He has an anchor, shield
and two flags on his right forearm; me-
dium voiced, is we'll educated, polished
in style, we'll rersed in military affairs
in Egypt, also press and naval matters.
He has very pleasing and attractive
manners, is quiet and never at loss for
ideas While in Blackpool he had dozens
of people runnmg after him, taking him
driving, feasting and honoring him. He
speaks rather sharply and has an e1ten-
sive vocabulary"
This is the genuine goods and no mis-
take. Raymond bore the name of Earn
est Neville Rolfe when be was committed
at Manchester Assizes for obtaining e21
on foreign bill of exchange. He repre-
sented himself in Blackpool as Bennett
Burleigh, war correspondent, and said
he was going to report the doings of the
Channel squadron at Fleetwood.
Superintendent Derham has been busy
inquiring into his career, and has gath
cred material for three volume novel.
Rolfe is the same gentleman who 10 De-
cember last presented himself at High
bury, Birmingham, under the name OF
Ritchie, bringing letter of introduction
from Erastus Wiman, whose acquaint-
ance Joseph Chamberlain made while
acting as special commissioner in the
United States. Chamberlain conducted
the ingenious Richie round his cele
brated orchid houses, and then lent him
few pounds to meet his hotel bill.
Next morning Ritchie discharged this
little obligation by getting Mr.. Chambe:-
lain to Introduce him to the bauk.
Chamberlain introduced him to the local
house, upon whom Richie palmed off a
fraudulent bill for ESQ, drawn on Drexel,
Morgan & Co.
''Ritchle" found it convenient to leave
Birmingham in hurry and to HE HIM
self to Saunders & Co., orchid collectors,
at st. Adams. To Saunders he repre-
seuted himself as Austen Chamberlain,
and, knowing the penchant of that gen
tleman's father for orchids, he saw
nothing suspiciouSssiipI az, order for a
supply of that ss flower, nor
in the Ams1 sid for it.
Mr. Saunde De fcti-
tious Austen the cha1s 5" next
piaHbEc appearance was in the character
&C Major Rhodes, OF the Royal Dragons.
Under that name and title he presented
himself to Mr.. Nathaniel Morton, Of
Belfast, and bought FIVE horses from
him for e47O, rendering military draft
for e525 and receiving the change e45.
The draft was returned marked mo ac-
count"
Under pretense that he was Captain
R. Esford, the master of Lord Dorcbes-
ter's yacht Aphrodlte, he obtained $50,
and as Eric Harting he beat boat
builder to the tune of e20; as Captain
Rathburn, the master of Lord BrasSey's
steam yacht Sunbeam, he presented a
check on the Capital and Counties Bank
at Hastings, and got bank at Greenock
to advance him $50, as he said he
wanted to pay his men off.
Among minor performances be in
duced Mr.. Morgan of the Aberystwith
Observer, to loan him 81 on forged
check, He has also been heard from at
the Isle of Man and at Boston, Lincoln
shire. At the latter place he went to
SwlnesheSd Abbey, the residence of Mr..
Ingram of the Illustrated London NeWs
He told the lady of the house that he
was Melton Prior, and was hard up.
When Mr.. Ingram returned and heard
this tale, he and some police officers
made tour of the local hotels and
found the pseudo Melton Prior i'll the
act of obtaining cash for fictitious
draft at sight for ea1, drawn in favor of
Ernest Neville Rolfe," R. N. c. B., on
Sir Gerald Fitzgerald of Spring Gar
dens, London.