The San Francisco call., 1898-12-23
WELL KNOWN IN CHICAGO.
A Bad Character Given to Gray by
 the PinkertonS

CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-William A. Pinker- ton was not surprised to learn of De Gar mos dedication when seen to-day by a Call representative. He said he had been looking for something of the sort. Re- garding De Garmo he said:
 Charles P. de 'Garmo alias Colonel Charles ?. de Garmo, alias Count de Garmo, alias C. r. Gray, was well-known around Chicago, and in fact all principal cities in the East. He started in life as an usher or programme seller for Colonel Jack Haverly. who had a number Of amusement companies on the road, and he probably derived the title "ColoneI' from the fact that Colonel Haverly used to dress him up in uniform while he distributed programmes on the street. Later he returned to Chicago. Park Association on the West Side he was a programme seller on the race track He was always cheeky and was fantastic in his dress. and his associates were all among people from the halfworld. For while in Chicago he named Bessie Melville. When she drove him away he wrote letters threatening to commit or money. The woman paid no attention to him and he drifted away to the Pacific Coast, posing as promoter of theatricals, etc. ' In San Francisco he became acquainted with Irma Stewart Stanley, an actress of the bur lesque type. She was large fine. stoutly built woman; he was q small stunted-looking fellow, his height being only about five feet three inches, and they made queer looking couple. He brought her through Chicago and fooled the newspapers in regard to his inten- to New York where he lived by his wits Eventually with his wife he started for inc Paris Exposition in 1887
 In Paris he picked up precarious living as a 'procurer' for young Americans who were on their first visit to the city. He also acted as a courier for parties who could stand his cheek and nerve. His wife separated from him in Europe and remained there. De Garmo re- turned to Chicago during the Worlds Fair year and engaged in an advertising business in company with man named Boyle. While here he kept up his habits with his old asso- ciates and was refused admission to several of the popular hotels and restaurants on ac- count of being accompanied by women of questionable character.
 His advertising scheme was called the Little Worlds Fair" The whole transaction was bunko scheme. and MT. Boyle soon found that De Garmo doing nothing but eating up his money, so he broke away from him. Then De Garmo drifted away from here.
 where if is said he was empIoyed ae ".onH H' pgoen" for the police department From there he drifted out to South Africa, posing as Exposition" While in South Africa he was the cause of exposing Charles Williams alias Nagle in Cheyenne, Wyo., and attempted to de- camp with s10O,00O of her money. De Garmo remained in South Africa for about a year and then drifted back to this country to introduce his pure-food shows. In the meantime he had changed his name to Charles P. Gray. The last time he was in Chicago, although he did not have $3 in his pocket. he called on the late P. r. Studebaker and endeavored to get the contract for the Studebaker building. which adjons the Auditorium Hotel In this city, for the purpose of giving pure food show Studebaker. on inquiring who he was, happened to run across some one who told him that Gray fraud and dead beat and advising him to have nothing to do with the man. The last heard of De Garmo was in San Francisco, where he was endeavoring to get UT pure-food show at Oakland. Cal.
 During his last visit to Chicago De Garmc accompanied by a very beautiful young woman about 22 years of age. whom he intro duced his wife. He stated that on account oof his past record and his former ways of fly Gray. The woman had every app earance of be. ing lady.