The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-13
soUANDeaINe MONEY RecKLEssLY.
A Man spend. 81 $50, 900 Inside of Two
Years.

For one man 20 use up fortune of 81
250,00O inside of two years purely in the
pursuit of worldly pleasures and Dastimes
seems q course of such egregrious folly and
reckless expenditure as TO be well nigh
incredible. Yet that is precisely what Mr..
Alcide ]. Nadoro did if his story is TO be
believed. He reached New York in the
steerage of the Cunard steamship Aurania
recently and within a few davs he re-
turned to the Barge office, where he was
landed, tired, footsore and weary after
vain search for employment.
He showed me an official statement,
saws New York Herald reporter from
the branch house in Alexandria, Egypt, of
the Credit Lyonnais, which bank handled
his funds until he depleted his account.
The statement showed that on Sept. "A.
1882, his credit was good for e245, 900, or
more than 81 100000 in round figures.
This did not include eiS0,000 dissipated
during his school days. OF the e245, coo
there is now, as Vadoro declared, not a
cent left except in worthless notes and
drafts. Every dollar was squandered in
riotOus extravaganza. NadOro adds inter-
est to his amazing story by declaring him
self second cousin To the present khedive
of Egypt.
Nadoro is a short, stocky built man.
with en- abundance of thick, black hair,
dark, regular features, brown eyes and
Grecian nose. His face does not show the
least sign OF dissipation. His language
stamped him as person of education and
he showed a thorough knowledge of con-
tinental life.
"Until now have never known the
necessity of doing a stroke OF work for
myself or Others" said he II am an
Egyptian by birth and my mother was a
cousin of the present khedive of Egypt
and a daughter of Alfalfa Pacha. The
former khedive was her uncle. | was
born at Alexandra, Egypt, and remained
there until / was six years old. Then |
was sent to France to be educated. My
father remember very little about He
died when l was a mere child and / do not
even remember his face. All that l
automatically know is that he was horn on
the island OF Cephelonia, off the coast of
Greece, and that he was a man of wealth.
have heard that he had some connection
with the construction of the Suez canal,
but of this / am not sure
while in France | was placed for q
time under private tutors and in 1873 !
was admitted to the Lycee Marseille or
the School of Marseilles. where / remained
until 1888, as YOU will see by examining
this certificate from my professor. In 1884
| obtained permission to accompany the
Egyptian expedition, and did so in the ca
pacity of nurse in the Red Cross corps in
| the Egyptian section. / went partially
| because wanted to see my mother and
partially for adventure. On the field l
saw Col. Stewart fall and soon after | was
struck with poisoned arrow and was
carried to the hospital. i was subse-
flxr INF 20 ~. 70 hos oil in
| Vienna, where | spent seven months
under the care OF Drs. Urbantschitsch and
Albert
ION recoveringI returned to Paris and
resumed my studies there in 1856. In
| the meantime, on July ~, 1885, my
mother had died and / was lett sole heir
of large fortune which was held in trust
| for me by the Credit LyOnnais OF Paris.
| During the ensuing four years three differ
ent guardians were appointed, only one Of
| whom, DR.. Crawford, became acquainted
| with One of the others helped to
| squander some of the money before
could.
in 1887 went to Edinburgh and took
a medical course, receiving the degree OF
| NJ. b. c. NJ, bachelor Of medicine and
master of surgery in 1889.
"Then / became of age, for l am but
! twenty-three years old, and | began to
| enjoy myself | travelled all over Europe
! and the East Indies, but the major part
of the last two years have spent between
| Paris and London
Nadoro then related bow he had plunged
! from one pleasure to another, never once
| taking the trouble to ascertain how his
/ bank account stood. He was member,
| he said, of the International club at Ira
falgar square and Observation-Disclosures
London. He plunged at the races, and
last year. he said, lost 10000.
He engaged in tour duels during the
two years. One of them was fought with
an officer of the English guards, who was
member of the International club and
who took occasion to reflect on Nadoro's
standing in the club. The duel was
fought on the French frontier, and, as a
toss up resulted in first fire for the Of
ficer, he took deliberate aim and nearly
succeeded in ending Nadoro's life then
and there. A piece of the Egyptians
right ear was shot away.
''Seeng | was not seriously hurt shot
my revolver in the air" said Nadoro in re-
lating this.
His career during the two years which
witnessed the ruin of his fortune was sim
ply one constant round of gayety, gam
bling at the race course, pleasure trips on
the Continent, magnificent dinners, on
which fabulous sums were expended, and
OF other eujoyments into which the young
man rushed in needless haste. He was