Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-07
IN THE NICK OF TIME.
Charged win Obtaining Money un-
der False Pretru.e- Ste Was
to Depart Tonight.

For several days there have been
fumors Of scheme proposed by a
Russian Count" 10 restore him to his
country and estates. Persons familiar
with the affair call him Count Money.
but II appears his name In Alexis
Novossil,zof. and he has succeeded In
passing himself on NJ a banishcd noble
able To reward literally those who aid
him 10 recover his property.
The story that comes to ~ as
told By the alleged Count II this; Dur
lng the Franco. Prussian war sym
pathy at tho russian Court was
divided. The Car and the Minister
Of War. who was OF German extraction.
with some others sided with the Ger
mans; the Crown Prince Count Nouey
and others. desired the triumph ~
France, but dld not dare express their
views hut at a banquet given when
news Of German victory was re-
crlycd. the Car toasted success and
congratulations To the German army.
whcrcupon the Crown Prince threw his
wine over his shoulder aud abruptly
left the room. Next day the Count
was with the Crown Prince when the
Minister OF War entered and placed the
Crown Prince under arrest for three
days and demanded hia sword. "a.
would not submit ana when force was
threatened the Count intcrposod and
rarhly exclaimed. let me throw the
usrmRu dog out Of the window" The
Crown Prince would not permit this.
but declared he would do II himself un-
less the minister withdrew The i,usrian
Empress came In subsequently, aud with
the Crown Prince lmplorcd the Count To
ny or u" would De surely condemned
20 death With their aid he He'd 10
Switzerland aud thence to America.
where he settled IN Washington Terri
tory. which II now a State. He was
formally hanirhcd and his estates wcr.
conhscatcd. when he came 10 Brig
ham city he brought credentials from
Warrington which were sufficient TO
prove to people who saw them that
he was all he claimed Ia be-. They
therefore jumped 10 the conclusion that
the rest OF his story was correct and
that he could recover hln estates hy
returning TO Russia where the Crown
Prince IN now the Car. and WHERE his
property has Increased In value and
through accumulated Interest 10 the
sum OF tl.O0o.o10
The halt held out 10 investors In a
scheme 10 aid his return and the
recovery ~ his property was
an agreement 10 nay each
investor Of SEQ. the sum Of N.0o0
when the estates were recovered. About
ti,coo was subscribed by brigham city
folks but the money was placed In the
hands Of Mr.. George Gruehi MS treas
urcr. and Mr. l.. W. licrg was To- ac-
company the count" and his wife to
Russia. receive the funds aud dlHhurae
them among the fortunate Investors
u appears, howevcrthat someone who
was not quite satisfied on this matter
wrote for Information 60 the RuHslnn
Consul at Fan Francisco and received
word that the gentleman of that name
was not n Count but had been n Lieu
tenant In the Russian army. This put
doubt ON the whole scheme. ana people
began To query ar To what security
there would BE- for their money even II
tho Count was nll he claimed ~ To
rank.
The Count with his wife and DR., Berg
We're 10 start for Russia this evening,
but today a stopper was put ON the trip
by legal process. the treasurer being
enJoined from paying over the money
until further notice. Il n reported
that Attorney u. II. Jones attended TO
this
The Count was arrested today.
charged with obtaining money under
false prctenrca. He was examined be.
fore Justice OF the Peace Jensen. and
held IN bonds of $4,000, II II said he has
about $500 cash IN addition To
the amount IN the hands OF County
Clerk Grashl. IL n roported by tcle-
graph that dispatch from the Rus.
sian cuntnl M Han Francisco 10 the
County Attorney ~ noxelder County
lennlncos the Count" as fraud.
The bursting ~ the bubble came In
the nick ~ time. Tho Count. by an.
other day. would have been far away
ana would have contrived, no doubt,
90 leave Or. Berg In some burgh on
the road, while he doubled and passed
out uf view. crcdulous people are not
all dead. and n II good thing that
there are ielegrapha and live law on
csrr 90 protect them against gentcel
swindlerH Ind against themselves.