The evening times., 1899-01-14
CRIMINAL OF TWO
WORLDS ARRESTED
Self-Styled Count in Custody
for Alleged Larceny.
Charged With an Attempt to Swim
die an Express Company.
Adyenturer Who Deceived Stambou-
loft and Hoped To he King
of Bulgaria.


have been King of Bulgaria is under ar
rest in the prison ward in Bellevue Hos
pital. He is Nicholas Erasme de Saven,
Count de Lautrec." The police
are holding him for grand larceny.
Saven was arrested on complaint of w.
W. Caldwell, of the PanAmerican EX-
press Company, % Broadway 1t is charg-
ed that he tried to swindle the company
out Of $2,000. Customs inspectors in Lii
ialo, Sagua la Grande, Cuba, detected the
alleged fraud. Saven will have a hearing
in the Centre Street court today.
On November IS, Saven went to the
Wells Fargo Express Company Office with
sealed package. He said ii contained
ten 14-carat gold Watches one 1S-carat
gold chronometer % gold filed watches.
% II and 1S-carat gold watch chains, ,
diamond rings, l sapphire and diamond
ring and . diamond stars valued in all
at $4,000. He wished to send the box to
the American Cuban Trading Company, at
Liiialo. The express company refused to
forward the package unless it was OPEN
ed. This the Count refused TO do,
Saven next went to the New York
Transfer Company. Washington Street
Brooklyn, agents of the Adams Express
Company. The agent accepted the pack
age. The Adams Company transferred il
TO the Pan American Company which
forwarded it TO Lilialo on the Munson
liner Cur!tyba. Pedro Mora, the Cuban
agent, opened the package for the Spanish
custom house officials Ii contained q
dirty shirt, a package of newspapers and
a piece of wood Mora learned that the
A mn 90 -lb
cd only on paper. He informed Caldwell
Of the fraud. Caldwell reported it 10 Capt.
McClusky and went to the district attor-
ney who will ask the grand jury 10 indict
Saven. Caldwell identified Sayen as the
man who tried TO get a Cuban agency
from the company.
The police think Sayen either had a
confederate in Lilialo or hoped the pack
age would be lost. Sayen's picture is No.
1886 in the Rogue's Gallery. lie lives at
Nc. 81 Columbia Street, Brook yn Detec-
tives traced him on Monday to Bellevue
Hospital, where he was To have been op-
Grated on yesterday. With him ne had
the receipt for the package and letter.
head Of his fictitious concern. His name.
title and all was there. Saven passed as
a civil engineer He said he was TO act
as Cuban agent for American manufac-
Jurers. lie also had a street railway bond
for $500, four gold watches, $l25 and a
letter Of introduction from John A. Logan
TO Gen Miles.
Saven was not operated on when the
doctors learned Of his arrest. After his
return from the magistrate today he will
face the surgeons knife.
Saven is one of the most remarkable ad-
ventureers of modern times. iamboulof
was deceived by him. He was considered
for he af Prlt a1 inc
his companion, was his co-conspirator In
this daring attempt In his memoirs
Stamboulof. the Bulgarian patriot writes
Of Saveu as follows:
.SaVen and his partner a woman, had
nothing of that sort OF fear tealousvD
Thrice bathed in the waters OF the
SJyX love had no more force to wound
them than q child's tooth has to wound
a cTocodile's skin. They cared for their
lives no more than for an old slipper At
their house in Vienna their friends found
dishes made by learned cook whom Sayen
concealed for Rolhschild S chef had form
ed plot to seize him and get his recipes.
Why didn't Saven ana the woman who was
his accompIice become masters of the uni
verse %
The Count" is gallant OF his ad-
ventures in love he has said Women
have loved me: they have followed me to
would fill volumes
He got medal for bravery at PIevna and
was wounded twice.
At the Russian consulate it was learned
that Saven is the son of a French countess
and a contractor. He was member OF the
Cars Horse Guards. His wealth he vast
ed and then began career of crime He
deceived Bleichroder, a Berlin banker, was
sentenced to jail and escaped on the way 10
prison. Then he returned 10 Russia He
sold a house which did not belong to him.
For this he was sent to Siberia for life.
Again he escaped. went TO Paris and Brus-
sells, and finally came to this country.
Here he has been arrested for defrauding
the Hotel Martin out of board bill for
drawing revolver on a cab driver and for
cheating a woman out of SO. For this
last offense he had TO pawn his coat 10 pay
his fine. Saven was in Tampa when the
army lay there. wanted Gen, Miles 10
appoint him one of his aides