The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-09-11
SPRIGS OF NOBILITY.
The Duke and Duchess Of Rio
Grande Are Under Arrest
in London.

London. Sept. The Duke and
Duchess Il Rio 'trande were arraigned in
the MaryIeboue police court this morning.
charged with dcfrauClin- hotels ana board
In@ houses. The duke is SAID 10 he Il
Brazilian uohleman and the duchess it is
| asst rtrd is Il niece of ext 'nitcd States
Senator Omar d. Conger Of Michigan.
The prisoners were brought up in the
midst of Il motley assemblagc OF ragged
| criminals. They had slept i'll ccll:; at Iol-
| loWay and showed the effects Of the Un-
! comfortable night they had passed.
! Nevertheless, the duke rested his chin
! Jauntily on bis giGvel hand. H. is 4
| short. dappcr man with pompaduur cut
! hair. pointed beard and waN"d muStache
| | he duchess is 4 hdndson" woman about
! ~ years of age. with refined features
! Her face was swollen with weeping. The
| duchess said her father lived in Il village
| IN Northern New York, and She added
| that h" WAS IN artist and was Il NOM
Der of the artists board of awards of the
Chicago exposition.
| His ship Had Not Come In.
y hotclk"eper and the landiadieS Of two
| boarding-huuSrS confronted the couple in
| court today. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley
on" of the landladicS. described her cXpc-
ri"nrc. Sh" said lady uhc female prs
| oncrl. with an infant and nurS" came 10
her house on June %. at night. and en-
gagged a room, the lady saying that her
husband was dining III the club. The
husband 'thc man prisoner arrivc,. late,
explained that he had. been yachting and
that his baggage was delayed. They
stayed ut Mrs. Staniey's house until .Au-
gust |. making many nXcu>eS when asked
tor money or an explanation as To- why
thrIr baggage was not forthcoming.
Finally. Mrs. Stanley was compelled to
have III" duke and duchess expelled from
tn" house. The landlady said She felt
sorry for the lady. as her husband neg
lcrt,d her Shamcfuly
While residing with Mrs. Stanley. the
duk" and duchess gave the names of
Monsieur and Madame Edgar Srrl:r dc
Mel. Th" lady said her husband WAS
duke and Il count. that Ii" had had half
dozen titles and that ''sume emperor was
about To confer another title upon him
This portion Of til" evidence caused the
presiding magistrate to remark sar-
caStically: And that will make seven
titles.
Both Are Held for Trial.
After testimony from other landladicS
VIII" had failed To he paid the defense
claimed that the prisoners offered Sc
rurity in due bills. but the magistrate
said it was cl"ar case of dcfraud-
ing the hotels and boarding houses ana
he remandrd the prisoners for i week.
offering to rei,as" the female prisoner on
800 bail. half the amount of theft charged
against the prisoners. The latter were
eventually returned to Holloway Jail in
the Black MSria.
An American, Who refused 10 give bis
name, was present III couI Today. IL"
said: Il will find bail for the woman,
but the husband may rot in jail. Sh" is
we'll known in ChI"ag" and is y w"iu-
an of the highest talents and character.
She hccam" fascinated with the worth
less man. her husband. married him and
has perfect faith III him. | presume he
is duke. | have lived in Brazil and
know that anyone can get titles there.
The tcmal" prisoner appealed to the
| mtrd States embassy officials for pro-
lection on the ground that She was IN
American, hut the embassy officials re-
piled that She had forfeited her citizen
ship hy marrying i foreigner. The en-
aasSy. however. will lac represented at
the trial. The woman is well known
III New York as Miss Cara Congrr.
She married II" Neil there in 1896.
Th" Brazilian minister says there is no
such title as Duk" of Rio Grandc.