Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-23
A LITERARY lMPOSTOR
Julian Ralph" the Well Known Nag
alIns Writer Has a Double.
Tn. Latter f. Bsnqueied aua iiono's"
ON Every Hand Before MS NY
pserisy f. Discovered

Many leading Utah people viii &c
member Julian Ralph, the Wo'
known journalist who ylsitsd this Iot
rltory about year ago and who W, ..
n very interesting and lengthy nr'iol'
mr. Harpey,s Weekly Of what ne s .,''
and heard ns he tersoly pu' " IN Wy
styange and beautiful land OF Mormon
iSm.U IL appears thst n plaglarls, my m.
ir,nersonatof ofunknown nnteceueh''
hss been psinlng himself on as "Jullhu
RalnbU az the following dispatch rom
Wet Union, lows, shows 1sl
union tho home Of many people Wh'
nrlde Themselves upon their
81 literary matters, the home OF renu'
inc circles, art CLUBS, tourist clubs An
tbs like. has .or the past few months
been having homage TO an adven'urtr
under the impression that ne was
Julian Ralph, the author aud magazine
writer. The facts nave just come 70
IIgbt--the humiliation Il intense.
Last apring young widow OF thls
citv. bright. vlvacioua and attractive
while stopping for a few weeks ~ =
f,sbIonable resort In Florida, came W
contact with this man, who has beeh
masauerading under false NAME
Uo was handa0me, polished, iHtol.
mating ard thoroughly informed
unon literary, public and polu'
ceI maiters' flo modestly dis-
olosed Ills notwithstanding tho name
gullek. claiming Julian kaiph was
only ! nom dc plumo-and she, oelng
Of n literary turn, aud susceptible 70
handaome faces and pleasing tAlhi
readily feiI into hls net. Tue decelNtT
yenTese MIDI that he WINS gathering ma
tetIaI Tor An article on Florida, soon 70
apprar In Rdrgsr'A The young woman
returned 10 this city few weeks illerl
bit corfsspondence was maintaiheI
nniil last fall. when the advonturer
came Ia West linton. He was enter
taIned by his Indy friend, who owned
ane ooifanr, aud vi once became thu
social lion OF the city 1T
Numerous parties, teas aud swell
dlnnefs were given In his special honor
The ohpiccgt cuts and dnintleHt udhiih
were laid on his plate, and fancy cookery
received a Tremendous impetus during
HIS adjourn. lie claimed 10 be- IN
charge OF Harper & Br0thefs' exhibit
at tho Worlds Fair, and would fun
in Saturday night aud Out again Moh-
day. Hinling that no might allow Nh
article descriptive OF northeastern Iowa
10 dow from his pen, he was forthwith
to,ed over the country, toasted auu
overwhelmed with me talk, the CON
veyanoea Of the wealthy being ~ his
command. About this tlmo JULIAN
Rnlph,a article. "a Newspaper Cor.
appeared IN Scyt5ncr't,
and the impostof's stock took a leap !
upward. Although feigning modesty |
ho boldly talked ana b0atled OF his /
achievements, mover firing OF foclling |
his experiences and how he handled |
the IiixEle Borden care for the New |
York SIN, ,,lAiming al Intimate nc
quaip.anoe withN Mr.. Dana. In fact,
he was a close friSnd OF every man OF
note In the east, anu avefltnhie "youug
brother" 10 tho late George William
Curtis.
This state OF affairs continued until
very recently, wheni Ia conversation
with a gentleman In this city who IL
very well posted on current literature,
he was questioned In regard 10 his
article In Hdrper's on "Flofida." Ho
seemed startled, neRed tue name Of
tho magazine In which " appeared,
and whom informed remarked. "Oh,
yos, remember now; that Ia an arli-
ole wrote about soven years ago"
This reply, taken In connection with
tho facts, was a sumner, ana nj once
aroused the gonileman's suspicious.
he communicated at once with Hat.
per d Brothers, asking II Julian Ralph |
was In charge Of their ao-oalled Chica. |
10 branch. Harpera replied that
Julian Ralph was In the East aud had
boon, save Tor few days, during the
Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Ralph No. came back TO West
Union, but he was not Toasted nor Hon.
ICED. He WAS snuhbed, and his lady
friend, who had learned Of his btaEen
deception, ignored him. He finally
loft town ON n freight train.
IL now transpiros TINT during the
time ho was In clover In this city he
was also playing "A similar role Ia Cedar
Rapide, and widow, worth 100000, he
Ing the obleo Of his elastic affections. He
was Julian Ralph there, ana waslllke.
wise wlned anu ieasted and bauquetel.
bis fall came nj u picnic whom pho.
tOgtaph was being made OF the group.
Not desiring his likoness preserved, he
placed ian before his face and the
picture was ruined. This aroused
lubpicion aud an investigation quickly
exposed his deception.
Who the man 10 remains n mystery
u Ia known that lac gave u fancy party
i lhe Virginia Hotel in Chicago, but
hat Is all.