The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-13
TOOK IN WARD M'ALL1srsR.
THE Bogus Count Aroo Gets Ticket
TO the Patriarchs' Ball.

THE bogus Count Aroo Gets Ticket
TO the Patrierchs' Ball.
FROM the Neto York Sun.
rha man who registered at the Hotel
Victoria Monday night as Count Arco, and
,ro, the strength of his nobility and a
let 70 the Patriarchs' ball which he
,hovsd to Propristor Hoyt, succeeded in
5orrowing $50, from that gentleman, had
RED sto borrow 500 of Ward McAllis-
,ar that same evening. He failed.
The ball ticket which this man bad in his
,ossessiou bors the signature of Mr.. McAI-
g,tsr, and to Mr.. McAllister the reporter
,rsnt for information about the man.
NOW. don't know the first thing sbout
,,st man." Mr.. Allister said. He came
ssTe TO see me, 'ch'know4 AUTOMATICALLY
Tdon't know snything about him, 'ch'know,
chunderstand|
But your name appears on HIS ticket,
they say.
ives. but, 'ch'kuow, that a-wasn't per-
mai ich'understsnd3 When a Patriarch
Is 10 mourning or is out of town or is sick
he always sends his guests to me for tickets.
Then 1 always sign my name to them.
oh'knowp
"They say that you made some inquiries
about the man. Is that trueg"
well, you see, the Patriarchs are all
gentlemen. and If they send any one here
Tor a ticket know it's all right, and !
couldn't think of asking any questions
about the people"
''Wss this man sent to your
20. a-really, now, don't care TO say
anything about that, 'ch'know, 'ch'uCder-
stands The ARGOS are very high and
resnectabls family. This fellow didn't 90
into any particulars, and l thought perhaps
he might be some a-poor relative or mem
Der of the family little out at the heels.
Count Arco, 'ch'know, has a brother in
Paris who entertaines handsomely, 'ch'-
known
What led you to suspect the man, Mr..
McAllisterp 4.s.. ..
"Ah-well, he s-went away from here
with a-the ticket in his possession. 'ca'know
and then he wrote me a long note a. asking
me II 1 a-couldn't let him have 500
'ch'know9 until his checks came on from
Washington, 'ch'understanda And then |
made some inquiries and found that he
wasn't s-what he represented himself to be.
made arrangements, however, that he
couldn't get into the Patriarchs' ball,
Ibid you send him the money!
20, no. mo- AS soon us got the note l
knew he didn't belong TO that family,
'ch'knows So l dropped the whole mat
ter" -.+ .s..-.
The bogus Count ARGOS doings at the
Windsor hotel have not been fully chroni-
cled. He came there on Monday night and
registered as plain Count Aroo, Wash
ington." The clerk, who is a short man,
describe him as "a tall man, somewhere
between 5 feet 6 and 5 feet * inches in
hight, with brown eyes, a small brown
mustache and an intelligent but most I'M
aristocratic face. He looked like an ordi-
nary everyday business man. He wore a
black derby hat and long brown ulster.
After registering, he said to the clerk:
MY package and my volly will be here
very soon, ant would like to hat dem sent
TO my room. Py Ply, ISIS Prince Essen
berg here nowp
No, SIR" the clerk answered respect
fully. He is not stopping here any
longer" u.s..
Too bat, too bait He vas to 90 Wit me
10 t. Patriarchs'kball tonight
He walked off as If to go to his room, but
turned, as if he had forgotten something,
and said:
20, by t'py, can you let me hat twenty
fife tollars till my package arrifes?n
You'll have TO see the cashier about
that" the clerk replied. The count went to
the cashiers desk and made the same re-
quest.
I'm sorry. sir" the cashier replied. but
it's against the rules. Can't you wait until
your baggage arrivesm
Fly shall faits | must buy something's
NSASAOh SNSeOS NANoSs &Se AOeo "a lAOuolt
put not enough"
Herehe pulled out $50, probably the same
that he had just borrowed at the Victoria,
and showed it to the cashier, but that gen.
tieman was iuf1exible. So the count"
went to his room, ordered bottle of claret,
and meditated in solitude. Presently one
Il the hall boys came to the cashier and
said
THE count wants to know what you're
going to do about that money businesSp
'Do about itF' the cashier cried. I'm
not going to do anything about it."
This answer was conveyed 10 the count"
and ten minutes later he left the hotel and
did not return.
Staten Island was interested in the story
of the spurious Count Arco, because it has
been entertaining a Count Arco recently :,
who is said to be cousin of the deceased
count He is about feet inches in hight
and wears fun beard, and his visi ing
cards read, lie Comte d'Arco." a gentle
man who knows him said to Sun reporter
yesterday: ....
The Count Arco was at my homo on
New Year night. He is at present board
ing in New York city. Just where |
would rather not say. He is wealthy, and
his 'Ject in coming to this country was to
visit friends and, incidentally, sec the
worlds fair in Chicago