The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-01

1 cording to the story told by A. r. Rum
| sey, the proprietor of the Doan. they
1 were in arrers for room rent after hav-
| ing been in the city fortnight, and
| were compelled to seek other quarters
While at the Doan they received a
large number of visitors, which exc1t-
! ed comment among the other inhabit-
! ants Of the block. Many of the people
| who called on them were well-known
| in society, and it was stated that the
| couple had met the CleyeIanders while
\ in the old country. Soon IL began 10
| be noised about that poker game was
| in progress in their room each nfgnt,
| and considerable money changed hands
| but the indications were that the count
l and countess didn't hold enough court
| cards to lure the coin of the realm
| from the Clevelanders to the purses OF
\ the foreigners From the Doan they
( meals at the Morris dining hall. Ac-
| went to the Garlock for the purpose of
| engaging rooms, but were unsuccess-
| full. and they then repaired to the Gran
| ger, on Prospect street. AT the Gar
| lock they stated that they wanted
rooms for themselves and young gen.
| tlenan friend who would soon come to
visit them. After they were esconced
in the Granger the young friend came
in the person Of a man who called him
banker. He stopped at the Garlock,
but spent the maj or portion Of his time
at the room, of the count and countess
Count Won Scheliher was dignified in
the extreme, and with much gusto he
overawed the other boarders of the
house by saying that he represented
large London syndicate, and was in
this country for the purpose of perfect
ing a big roalroad deal. During the
day there were many visitors at the
rooms of the count and countess.
among them being prominent society
women Of Euclid avenue, who, ii was
said. met the titled foreigners at Carls-
bad. Each night, it was further said,
there was a poker party at their room,
and around the table sat the count, the
COUNTIES, Mark Harris, colonel from
"Arkansaw," and a man named Glib
son, all described by the domestics Of
the house as being shrewd and ugly
looking people. The game would last
some nights until early morning.
If the count had liquidated his in
debtedness with faultless regularity,
there would have been no need for the
publication of this article. He paid
SIS on the first weeks bill, but after
wards borrowed 81 from the landlady.
When his bill of $3.50 was presented
to him Monday, he said he was tempo
rarily embarrassed, but would secure
the money during the day, as he in
tended calling on a banker for money.
in order TO allay the suspicious of his
landlady ne stated that his father. who
was wealthy, had recently died, and
the estate was in liquidation, but he
would soon receive large sums of money
from the old country. In the mean
time the countess reveled in luxury.
She was given the best apartments in
1f& 81
assigned to do duty as her maid and
serving her meals in her room the
count, or baron, as ne sometimes call
ed himself, relaxing his imported dig
nifty enough to condeScend TO plain
table fare such as was enjoyed by the
paying boarders of the house. AS a
boarder he was a count. but when it
came TO paying he as not count, be-
cause he was barren of money. But
the landlady wanted less dignity and
more money, and she resorted to the
courts to get it. She visited Justice
Brady's court and had an attachment
issued for the amount Of her bill. A
reporter. learning of the legal action,
called at the Granger Monday even
ing to interview the count, but he had
left the house, saying he intended call
ing on one Of the junior members of the
banking house of w. J. Hayes & Sons
The countess finally received the news
paper man. One of the first statements
she made was to the effect that she was
a distant relative of Ex-Governor Bis
hop, of Ohio. and her home was in Bos-
ton. In reply to questions she said she
and her husband We're travelling over
the country and until a month ago had
plenty of money. At that time the
counts father died. She acknowledged
to the reporter that poker had been
played in their room, and that she
smoked cigarettes, but il was nobody's
business, and she did not care what
gossip was affoat concerning her and
her husband. She explained that Mark
Harris was real estate man and was
in the city on that business. The
countess insisted that satisfactory ar
engagements had been made to pay their
Indebtedness at the Doan and she made
the statement that some of the people
to whom they owed money there had
beaten them out of several hundred
dollars at poker. A request was made
that the newspaper man call yesterday
morning and see the count. but he had
not arrived up to noon, and shortly af-
ter he and his wife left the house with
out the knowledge of the proprietor.
When reporter called in the
afternoon to see the members
of the nobility. the land
lady said they had flown the house. She
there was an attachment for their
goods to satisfy her claim, and they had
left before the officers had an oppor-
tunity TO seize the property. Wen ask
ed where they had gone. she said she
did not know. The landlady was in
dignant over the way she had been
outwitted by the titled foreigners. and
she expressed herself forcibly. saving
that II the count had been in ignorance
of her contemplated movement she
would have been ahead $50 so. the
amount of her claim. When asked con-
corning Mark Harris. she said she did
not know him. but perhaps he had call
ed at the house to see the noble couple.
A reporter called on the junior mem
Der of the firm OF W. J. Hayes & Sons.
who was said to have been acquainted
with the count. Mr.. Hayes said he had
met the count twice. once when the
foreigner came into the office Of the
banking company and exhibited Gre
dentials showing that he had placed
among European investors some West
ern railroad irrigation bonds and
passes over western railroads The
count wanted 10 know if the firm had
any bonds or securities placed in Lon
don or Berlin. and was told not. Dur |
ing the conversation. Mr.. Hayes said
he dropped some remark about his |
picture gallery. and the count re- |
marked that his father had a large col
lection. and he was very much inter-
ested in works Of art and would like 70 |
see Mr.. Hayes collection He was |
then invited To call at the home OF Mr.. |
Hayes and inspect the works OF the |
masters. which he did. That. Mr..
Hayes said. was all he had seen Of the |