The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-21
4 PRINCE IN COURT.
COMPLAINED EE WAS BEING
FOLLOWED.
His EhadOwer Fined-Said to BE q
Prince Travelling IncognitO. but Re-
fused to Reveal His Identity to the
Police.

foreigner-a prince, a military
man, evidently-complai of de-
tective in the Yorkville police court,
New York, the other day. The de-
tective on a bicycle and messengers
on bicycles, in relays, followed the
complainant persistently through the
streets. The detective. under arrest.
avowed his occupation. He said, in
cockney accent: "My name is Arthur
E. George. l have not broken the law
with malice aforethought. If l have
annoyed any one the fault IL with my
mission"
The complainant said: :My name
Is LEVIN de Steingranat. l am
Swede. I have been in this country
for year. There is no reason why
I should have the perpetual escort OF
badly dressed man and boys in the
uniform of the messenger service.
That is not agreeable" Levin de
Steingranat is tall, athletic. courteous.
He has chestnut-colored hair, limpid
blue eyes. mustache in the fashion
Of the kaiser. He spoke in tone at
once amused and indignant. He cap
tivated interest. The magistrate said
to the detective:
1T is against the law to annoy
man by dogging his footsteps as you
have done. will fine you IS, and
take care that you do not continue to
be offensive"
The detective paid the fine and said:
r: M
done my work in idle curiosity. l am
the servant of important interests that
I have not the right to reveal"
The detective is little man, with
long, pale face. a jaw that says II
will" and the air of jockey. He was
poorly dressed.
"Is Levin de Steingranat a prince
on a lark? Are you serving his uncle
or a parliament? Why do you use
messengers on bicycles? Do you write
bulletins of every five minutes OF his
1ife?" the detective was asked. His
little eyes shone. He set his back
against the wall of the courthouse,
thrust his hands into his pockets and
said nothing.
In his room at 1877 East Twenty
Eighth street LEVIN de Steingranat
said:
81 am not obliged to tell what I.
Swede, am doing in America. l have
the right to be here. The detective
thinks that he knows what am doing,
but he does not know. He has often
passed by me with his relays Of mes
sengers. l have seen him scribbling
notes that they carried hurriedly.
What there was in those notes must be
startling. l am sure that he wrote
nothing true How could he? No. l
am not proper subject for detec-
tive's exertions,' as you say. 1t is not
my fault if I might pass for Kaiser
Wilhelm. My nrlstache is trained to
grow upward at the ends. Is that why
a detective may ride on my back
wherever l go? That is not the law
Of the land. If you think that l am
an emissary Of the Swedish govern
ment, you are mistaken. But that does
not matter. | am not disturbed by
what any one thinks. I can take care
of myself l do not need a guardian.
He wore a gold scarfpin embossed
with the picture of the warship Maine
and it's name in Roman letters. He
said, 81 have other pins, but they sig
Nifty nothing here, so 1 do not wear
them. No, l will not tell you what
they are. l am not military officer
at present"
His brother entered the room.
Smaller, younger, more graceful Carl
de Steingranat was dressed in black.
He wore his monogram surmounted by
a ducal crown as a pin in his scarf.
His face is Scared from ear to ear in
the curve of the helmet strap. The
younger man shrugged his shoulders
and smiled at the questions that were
asked the elder. The housekeeper said
that they were good people. who never
gave trouble. She was inclined to ac
cept as true all the rumors that ele-
waited them to the dignity Of princes
@e.