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ma been stolen; pIcdsing his 'snrrcd
Mcg to rSs !, It the very mkt day Mtfi.
mssins Witch lie sr xES s =" i .
EsGap,tGa az to how |, could haze sG9 os
eHs psny Of s ms"n sos anofef s
needless to say that neither the watch nor the
| years atterward it was learned that ,litkiowcz
had sold n small biue-ehamelled watch to an
Present. sss nsmS s ns svFn at
nfter the fate. and he was not heard Of again
ut tho capital for some time
swINDLER IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES.
direct 70 Montreal. where. 1t is reported. he
He,asg ;s in swiSdliag transaetons In August
fed to Halifax. from which pont he continued
1854 f n n'tn Ysi 0f he w sfS
proprietor OF. the Cni6 de 10 Posie. Early in
1916 Alitkiewicz Is RECORDED. as being in Paris.
francs. s3ld watch and chain. and dt waitinS
stick from Mr.. Martin Of liue do Ia fnix. anil
in Now York He went t" tho best hotels,
called himself Count, and Put on a, great dea
irosvenor. Palace. and @cstminstcr' Hotels 10 els
He abscond e, from tho Westminster. leaving
ii, apnears also that no defrauded number
Msit to fnH sns by an
brother. in; Jaw OF Lord Tortsmouth.. Ho was
traced to Dublin md arrested f.: on March Is,
time an INSPECTOR in the Criminal lnyestigat-
FE Sss If SfS"nd h 1"Td to
l!e was remandcd to Jail for = week hy Police
Magtstra,s Il, I, ryrwhitt Of tho Marlloro.shi
at The eosF %%sn a
May -. 1885. no was found guilty and sem
tenfea to i've Years Gepn y,ade S1an ,
his sentence Special officers Of Scotland
Yard. who we're ordered to trace Mtkicw,.:,s
and had no clni,n to any title. Ii. being the son
OF 4 Nlr. Miskiewcz. ut that time Postmaster
Mitktewirz was, released from the English
prison In 1870. For time. he was quiet hut
the London police hoard Of him in March. 1SIl.
hf ms M sS% y" az" 0ord
London. ". Investigation showed that he had
Hos from 'ff s 81 to i Mars s aaT4f rr the
nnnic. ri Count do Mciternicl. Miikicwicz
has always maintained to his friends in this
country TINT he WAS con founded with Count
dc Mrttcrnirh b. the London police. and that
grave injustice has been done him in the mat
tee to either Mitkicwcz or Meternic Hs they hey
MitIiewics was traced rom the CIarns Cross
Hotel on March >. 1871. to. st. kh,herine's
Wharf, whore he embHrked, t 20. Hamburg
Arrii ]: 1871. lie was arrested for swindins
After the arrest at Homhurg. Mitkiewicz was
sight Of again IntI Mesh lst wheP in
don. til It he had Just left Pisa. Italy. Tor Eng
land or America. after defranding numher OF
persons IN different parts 81 Italy. where ne
THE ACT OF A scouNDnEL-
On the steamship that brought Mitkiewcz to
this country in the summer Of 1874 was Miss
Caroline Lester OF Rochester \. Y. the daugh-
Lester family was returning from Europe and
Miss Lester made Mitkewicz's acquaintance.
She vas at the impressonablc age Of l2yoars;
her stories about his vast estates anL his no.
pie family. ant made = conquest Miss Les
courage the attentions OF the alleged Count"
t. their deqEhtter They susGestt IT'D him from
Rochester. md was ordered to leave by Mr.. Les.
ter When ZEN Miss Le Ws SONG %s afteFward
played a good game OF billiards and astonish-
ed the natives BY his ability TO roll cigarettes.
they discovered that ali Of the stories he told
sent him About his business. Miss Lester s
however. refused to give him UP. She had all
iiese nothing against her suitor. Her father "
finding that he could not move her. induced
NIitkiewicz to agree to a separation for n ye r.
ior twelve months, The presumption is Tint
Mitkiewicz was paid to absent himself. for a
baton Mitkiewicz appeared on the scene
ngain. Miss Lester was visiting, her uncle in
ther chli's marrying Si,;kiewcz. Tut the he
yonnG woman was obstinate and Of age;
The Mns Of the S was tnH Me
Church at Amherst in the fali Of III 1873. The
wedding was IN event in the villnce. veryfrw
cnt. The couple started off on their wedding
trip and the honeymoon was not Of long dura-
tion. Miss Lester had Il fortune in her own
right. alitkiewicz got possession Of his wifo's
property and sIuandered every cent Of it in
s ss " q" se sy e fey % Ok Sss his a Wife
on the sr"und that NIltkiewicz was n',a pro.
HIS CAREER IN BALTIMORE
After tho death Of his wife. MitkiCyicz was
heard Of in Baltimore in 1879. This Is u report
OF his donEs there:
more for year or more in 1879. Tic memory .
people in this city and when thy alude I" It
Gance Of tneir aajectlyes. He came t" Bati-
more in nssemLsG ls7 II the iu glory 81
0us endorsements from msmirrs Of tho Wus-
sian mobility. presumably forged 10 engaged
"F fSs sf 4a
was Mitkiewicz. Cooks Co.. Of which Mitkis-
wcz WAS 'hY a%sHsnE Mr. G%Sks
had accu lated some considerable property. <
branch o!licc was ,oIpsned in Washington. md
interest. MitkiewicZ made q great spread and
promised the earth He proposed to bring
coal direct from the mines. Like other e..ter-
prizes OF Mirkiewicz, It failed.
Fab. 5, 1880. n bill was filed In the City
Court Of Baltimore by James 4. Cooke Tor tie
dissolution OF the partnership: also another
bill. creditors bill. by Charles. l.. Cooke, IN
his own part and o; other creditors against
others. This iii was for an Injunction against
the execution Of the Judgment in tho uIarior
Court for s;,4,7o7.75 = favor Of Henry ]:
January. ISssi: aisn for the appointment Of u
rrcsivrr. The Injunction was granted ~
Mason were appointed receivers. In the same
court Dill was flied by Charles A. Hardy. ns
eyrnutor OF Messrs Cashier X Co. OF Fhiladel.
pha. ella lining the coal in the possession OF
the rm. 1t having boon bought in that city.
Under the judgment Of Jan. Is. the Sheriff had
nlready begun to eize tho coal In the yards VI
the firm Of tkiewicZ ~ Co.
"Messra. Cnstner 4 Co. made n complaint Of
false ptrt-nccs against Mitkicwlrz's Arm he
foro the Grand jury. He was indict. and ar
rested on u bench warrant and released on
$4,000 tail At the tria! Mitkirwcz escaped
conviction by u technically, Mitkiewicz's do
fence was that he had no head for business
echnicalities. Tho other cases dragged