The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-23

anGer Ill took them all away from me-
kept me locked up in a fortress for Is
months and then sent me TO Siberia for
FIVE years. And my only offense was
that / wanted to be ruler OF a little
country of 3,0O0,0 900 people outside of
Russia's domains"
Speaking OF his pretensions TO the
throne of Bulgaria. the count said: II
am a republican, and Stamblouff want
ed TO make me pretender, or pretend
emit as we call it in French and Ger
man. Stamblouff was regent OF the
country. He was warm friend OF
mine My title of count was then recog-
nized everywhere. Stambulon welcom-
ed me TO Bulgaria, as did the people
on his side of the conflict. Poor Siam
buloff, as you know, was assasSinated
last year"
For that little political offense 1 was
arrested in three different countries. /
was arrested six times before Alexander
Ill. finally got me. The French govern
ment took me into custody twice, the
Belgian government once and the Ger
man government twice. Each time
was to be delivered to the Russian gov
eminent, burt / managed, with a liberal
use of money, to obtain my release un-
til the sixth arrest. 1t seemed impos-
sible for me to get out of reach OF Rus
siafs influence The fact that my Of
Tense was a political one could not save
me from arrest anywhere on the Euro
pean continent. AS a prisoner in ST.
IBERIA / was allowed a good deal of
freedom, as you stated for me this
morning. But / spent year and
half in prison before being sentenced to
Siberia, and there had no privilege at
all but writing, and no one was allowed
TO read what wrote except the prison
officials. / was not permitted to write
to my friends or receive letters from
them. / was in solitary confinement
the whole time, even my own relatives
hi 1r..f I'D NJ
good food, however, and was treated
civilly by my attendants. l employed
my time in writing up some OF my ex-
periences in Paris, Nice, London, Vi
emma, Constantinople and other cities.
had had close personal relatio with
many people of prominence, and wrote
a good many things that the Russian
government officials didn't think should
be published. They let me write until
/ had enough matter for two or three
pretty good-siZed volumes and then
they confiscated everything. But L mad
already acquired the writing fever, and
as soon as 1 had an opportunity be-
gan the story over again. / nave been
working on it ever since, at odd times,
and | now want translator and
publisher"
The counts dislike for Russian au-
tocracy is confined to the rule of Alex
ander III. Alexander III. was a great
and good man, he says, not only be-
cause he freed the serfS, but for many
noble acts besides. The present emper-
or, too, he likes. He does not know
him personally, but some of his old
friends at ST. Petersburg have written
lots of nice things about him in private
letters
The count has a document from the
Russian government certifying that he
is entitled to nearly 5000 rubles an
nually from the family estates in Cen
trail Russia and Russian Poland. This
is his income from his fathers prop
erty.
General de Savine died some years
ago, but his widow is still living on the
estate in Russia with one of her three
sons The count says his second broth
er is an artist in Paris. For several
years he was i'm the foreign service OF
Russia, being secretary of the Russian
legation at Vienna, and for a time fill
ing similar position at Mumch, a
great art center and capital of Bavaria.
His mothers title was Countess OF Tcu-
louise Lautrec The San Francisco peo-
pie got it right with the exception Of
the final better of the last name, which
IS &C" instead of "e." But there is one
thing they didn't get right" said the
count. THE only correct statement in
that baccarat story is that we had a
game and | won 4 gave the poor devil
back his money. If he was a bank clerk
/ didn't know it. and ] certainly didn't
y
money. Nor did l tell that story about
my brother in Paris-that he was con-
nected with a bank there--or show a !
letter from a director of the bank. All |
that is the invention of the correspond |
emit"
The count doesn't deny that he was
something of a gambler and a high |
roller generally when sowing his wild |
oats. He lived at Nice too long TO keep |
away from Monte Carlo. II won 700,- |
900 francs once at Monte Carlo" he |
said, but the money didn't last long |
| lost 100000 francs soon afterwards at |
Paris. and you must know that ASSOC |
citation with the fast livers of Paris |
costs lots of money, even when no |
gambling is done"
There seems to be no possibility of a |
doubt that Jean c. Heine man. as he was |
known in Butte. DIR. Emil Richter, as |
he was known in Helena, DR.. l.. NJ |
Hoenoch, as he was known in Seattle, |
and Count de Toloence Lautrec of San |
Francisco and ST. Louis are one and the |
same persons. Their descriptions tally |
exactly and the different stories told by |
him seem to be exact reproductions of |
the same tale, and the fact that the |
counts tour was traced back from St |
Louis TO Seattle would appear to re- |
move all doubt on the question of his |
Identity as the suave gentleman who |
cut such brilliant but brief figure in |
Butte. and /. NJ. Jacobs Is inclined to |
believe that the doctor" or count is |
still travelling on the mileage he fur |
nished him until he could get some of |
his drafts cashed."
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