The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-28
PRINCE ADvANI OUT OF JAIL.
shows Letters to Prove That He's No
ImnOsfar.


NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. ga. Ad-
vani, who says he is Hindoo prince, has
/ been released from the New Haven county
! jail, where he had been serving out SEN
| tence of several months for presenting 6
bogus check to pay hotel bill in this city.
Prince Advani has left the city, presuma-
bly, for New York Before going away he
told the jail officials that he had baen
deeply wronged, and that he would return
to New Haven next Tuesday with SIS coo
in his pccket TO show the New Haven poo
pie that his statements about having
plenty Of money were true. That Advani
has friends and relatives in India is proved
by letters he received prior TO his dis
! charge from jail. One of these is from S
brother, and is written in English and
is postmarked Hydrabassend, Ida. 1t
reads:
Hydrabassend, India, July 25 1900.
Ny Dear Brother: You have mortified our feel
ings. / have not sufficient words to express my
present feelings. Mamma is dying without you.
You will be responsible before God if you have
made up your mind TO leave her 10 die in this
manner. She is yearning to see the very sight
Of you. How long will you still keep the house
gloomy? Now, Tor Gods sake return home rs
quickly as possible, to be able to see
mamma before her lease of life is up As regards
your property, you need not mind its loss. You
will have plenty of money Il you only return
home Kindly give us your accurate address
so that may be able to address you accurately.
Hoping you are doing well, with best love and
iondness TO see you. l your afectionate
brother. JETTlsING APTSlNG ADNANi.
Now regarding the mystery about my
money matters," said Advapi. Il want 10
say this. My grandmother, Soorutsing
Chandimani. of Hyderabad, India. wrote
me not long ago hat she had sent me sa5,-
GEO through the Bank of Bombay to this
care Of the North British American Bank,
either through its Montreal or New York
banking Institution, which / do not know.
l have written the New York bank to as
certain and here is their reply"
The prince presented a letter from the
New York bank, which said that no funds
had yet been placed to his credit there
and promising to notify him should such
funds arrive.
81 have recently become reconciled with
my father, the Hon. Ajeetsing Advani, Of
Hydrabassend, India, by letter. My father
was educated at Cambridge University,
England, and graduated in 1869. l was
born in 1870. My grandfather was Dewan
Soorutsing Chandimuni, Prime Minister Of
Ameer Hussanilly. Khypoor, India. My
father was for some time barrister in
India, and was X. C. B. Later he re-
turned 10 India and is now member of
the Legislature of Bombay. In business
life he is largely connected with the man
ufacture OF rugs and India silks at Rowe
pindi. and is a director of the Agra Bank
of India.
"Or the 18th Of March, 1895, l was mar
ried to Miss Louie Holmes, Gaugt er OF
DR.. Holmes. OF Z ST. Lawrence Road, Ken
singLon, W. Ny wife died in giving birth
TO daughter in England on April Z, 1899.
l was then in India and was telegraphed
for on my wifes death. / FASTENED i'm
mediately for England. The child sur
vived its mother and is now living with its
grandmother Holmes in England. DR..
Holmes was a well-known London physi-
clan and died in September, 1895"
When Prince Advani came to America in
July 1899, he said he was accompanied by
his cousin Prince Ranjitsinhji, captain of
a cricket team, who also accompanied him
to New York. He Gays his father is afraid
that he will marry some Christian girl,
and for that reason has cut off his allow
ance. He adds that he can still get money
from his agents in Montreal by signing
solemn pledge to obey. his fathers be-
hest in this respect