Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

The count is not talkative. as regards
anything but his experiences. OF HIM
Self he has little to say. For many years
no has disguised under the garb of a gen.
uine hobo, and SO far as appearances
are concerned he is one. He has a mil
itary air, carries himself erect, has a good
strong face. adorned witt a mustache
and sid whiskers, speaks seven Ian
guages, and has never had any trouble.
save OF his own making, anywhere on
earth. When he got into trouble II was
for the purpose Of getting into prison. and
as a rule he paid his fine and got out when
he thought he had seen all he desired.
The count is at home everywhere. He
has slept in almshouses. lodging houses
or howell as In the. finest house in the
land. According to his story, attested by
signed he always carries with
him., he has been entertained in high cir
Giles I'm Turkey, Egypt, India, China, ia
pan, Alaska, almost every city in Europe
and many cities in the United States. He
region long before the discovery of gold
there: was In Cuba many years ago. and
has visited the Arctic territory. He has
walked over most of the earth, he says,
not having money enough to always ride
when going from one country to another,
and as a rule he prefers that method of
getting around.
This traveller has but one means of pro-
lection His weapon is an old bayonet
mounted on a Suck as a cane. TINS has
been the cause of his arrest in many
cities on the charge of carrying n deadly
weapon. He sets great store by the cane,
for the bayonet IN the top of il was
formerly affixed to the gun he carried
while serving in the Turkish army.
when l say that 1 have seen the in
side Of more prisons and jails than any
other man who ever lived. i simply speak
the truth. Sometimes l was a prisoner
indeed. most of the times. and then again
! was merely a spectator. i preferred be-
ing a prisoner, for the reason that ! thus
had a better opportunity of testing the
merits of the Institution. / have made
n study of the Jails of the world. and no
man is more competent, or so competent,
/ may say. to speak of them.
1T is not hard to get into Jail in most
places. 1t is harder to get into the pen
ttentiaries, and harder, also. to get out.
Therefore, SO far as penitentiaries are
concerned. ] have been mainly a visitor
TO them. When ! wished to go to Jail
] had simply to pretend that / was drunk.
which l wasn't. though. as | rarely drink
anything. and was never intoxicated in my
life.
1T was in Liverpool that ! was first sent
to Jail, this being on the charge of drunk
enneSS, but j only stayed III the Jail six
days. That was enough. 1t was horribly
dirty. and ili-smelling there. so 1 paid
sent to prison in another town in England
what you would call the workhouse there
and did my turn on the treadmill. 1t
was not easy work by any means. l can
assure you, and l soon had enough of 1t.
I'm one of the principal cities of Peru
j swept the Streets in a chain gang, and
it was not easy work. for We Were treated
like convicts, and soldiers were put over
n man as not. In Western India / was
put in solitary confinement. and they put
a mask over my face that fitted me so
tightly that 1 was almost smothered and