The evening times., 1898-12-03
THE TRAVELS OF A
Hobo OF NOBILITY
Count Rocco Dianoyitch Is in
the City.
CONCEALS HIS IDENTITY
When Here Before He Was Receiy-
ed by President Grant.
Investigating the Methods of Pun
ishmcnt Inflicted on Criminals
I'm Various Countries.

Count Rocco Dianovitch is n town.
That simple sentence means much 10
the few people who are fortunate enough
TO know who the Count is and where lac
halls from. Ii means that a traveller who
has seen every phase of life in the word
is in the city; it means that the man for
whom the icy SHOWS OF the arctic seas,
the hot sun Of the Mojave Desert, the
tangled masses of the Indian juagles,
have no terrors. has reached Wasting
ton; it means that the man who has
braved the most dangerous adventures.
who has conquered innumerable Difficult
ties in the interest OF humanity ard
science, is in our midst, in a word,
it means that Count Rocco Dianovi>cn
has arrived in this city and is gong u
stay here for ten days
Count Rocco Is 4 native OF Aust ia
Hungary but has not lived at his hume
for thirty-ive Years. For that length Of
time he has been WandereT on the f c
Of the earth, and is the ideal of Eug ne
Sues Wandering jew. lie rese enbles the
pictures drawn OF that ancient traveller
in appearance and manner, and, like the
Jew, Is man of great attachments. he
can speak seven different languages is
as much Al home among the saYages #
the Fiji Islands as when iraVersing the
roads OF his native country; Is as wei
come among the BraEmans of India who
recognize in him man Of eXtrao binary
resource, as he is on the steppes OF Rus
sia, where the Cossacks see in him only
one Of JhemselVes
The Count Was born in lS5a in lima tia,
Hungary. and comes of one of the old 81
families in that ancient nation. his IL
lie u nobility dates back II the 1 M
when Hungary was st u a powerful stata
and was inhabited by lavless bands who
recognized only their feUdal lord as theiE
master and would obey no one else His
ancestors have inhabited the lands that
he calls his owD for hundreds of wears
and many uf them have peiished in pr
tectins them against the foreign invader
When he was thirteen years old Count
Rocco became possessed with a desire 10
tTavel and see more of the world than was
confined within the limits of his home
country, and 80 he started out. He has
been going ever since. and has visited
every country on the face of the globe.
including The places heretofore unknown
TO the white man. Tie has penetrated into
The north a. faf rs IS u degrees north
latitude and has opened ii pathway
through he Desert of Sahara. During
lilsLt liIilt ne tlstS NtN' dltU fltlStl ana
collected data faI book which he intends
To publish during the winter.
lie has been called the Noble Hobo"
and the Prince of Tie Walkers because
he walks wherever ne goes. This j. not
from necessity. however. a. the count
sometimes spends as much as so a day in
gaining information and yet viii not use
the railroads or the steamboats, any more
than il absolutely necessary. When he
in, h.
drst-class and demands treatment that his
rank On life entities him 10. As RUE
however. ~ il very chaTN OF using his
title and only when he thinks il will be
Of benefit 10 him does he allow the fact
thai he belongs to the nobility Of the old
world 10 become known. He has an in
come That would comfortably support four
or five families, and he manages 10 get
away with ala OF this.
Ie Is about ) feet S inches tall. and
rather stoujly built. His face is broad and
Intelligent, somewhat tanned by the wind
and weather and has straightforward
expression that instantly stamps its pos
SCISSOR a man OF more than ordinary in
teliect. Tie has dark eyes that see every
thing and convey TO his interviewer the
impression that If there ever was man
who possessed occult powers this man
surely is he. His hair is dark and rather
thick. and he wears heavy side whiskers
and a small mustache. When he arrived
in this city he wore a dark suit of clothes
of a cheap material and brown spotted
outing shirt. and although dressed neatly
enough he presented the appearance Of
one who is careless about his clothes.
As a matter Of fact he does not give
the dressing question very much thought
and usually wears just what he thinks
will last the longest on the road. He
came into Washington from Pittsburs
over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad af-
ter making the trip from San Francisco
TO the former place on foot From the
California town he made a very circui-
tous transcontinental trip. leaving San
Francisco he walked north to Sacramento
taking In all the small towns the way
and inspecting the jails, almshouses. hos