The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11
PRESERVATION HIS MANIA.
MlSQUERIDE or JULIS LEON
MOY,E ar NEW ORLEtNS.
lie Posed successfully rs "CRpt. clark OF
the Texas and In That Character Was
Spending His HONEYMOON When Ar.
restcd-A Long Career OF Presentation
IN the South Revealed Thereafter.

NEW ORLEANS. March 8 During the New
Orleans ca rniyal. lust closed, 2 young man from
a small town Of Mississippi succeeded m attracting
more attention than VI Ting iang, the Chinese
Minister, and all the other nu,ahil.Ics This
was jus, what the young man era we'd for notorety.
perlN ~, he will find that he secured really
more than was desirLb bic, for he will lc Crimina,ly
prosecuted Tor his eNttaurdinGr ~ feats here. The
case IL peculiar a. II IL n marked instance Of
an odd form Of crime ~ insanity, namely per
%spnatiun II Is true that the confidence man is
frequently a very successful persunator. and
perSuades the countryman that he Is some old
rural fnend. but personation IN that case is merely
a disguise for the purposes Of swindling In the
pr sent cas- th' prsonation II of a different
character II is true that the man sometimes
represented himself rs somebody else in order
10 obtain credit or money: yet in many instances
h. seems To have adopted the name and character
II some person Of dignity end importe nee, for
the pleasure Of stmttlng in pthef folks feathers.
In other words, julius Leon Moysc Of Grcenville,
Miss n small clerk who socially and otherwise
played a small rart n life, was constantly per
~sonating some one else who would receive more
consideration and attention. linyIng consldera-
bic dramatic instinct he rleycd the smell rarts
he assigned himself with a success that seems
c,unrbapsihl pny ,boi he has been exposaJ
1rs na..,annn - ,I.,ai IN nil roo
ih' sa"' VI p'H"h"''" II ,''''' :" "' MS
cities as well AS in Europe or America by crooks,
cnn6d,pc. men and WIN Young men. greedy
.lm,r., hu, ,bo c,. - u,,.e - f,, out
OF alfhlfh''"h' ph' '"e vas" ~ ""!H' " Ia
of the ordinary
Novses shor, carerr II three or four days in
xou o,lc,rs illustrates tho rctbods If the man
w" ''"o"' ILLUSTRATES '' wv Nv" w W" """
and the desperate yet successful game he plays
He came To the CITY in the rush II the carnival
No.. al, .,,,l Il, ,,,Jo .,s r,,,ec, c,neJeros
ms ON, SUM u" .'"H' was ''','
IN himself ana an Army unli'fm' i"f ne served
during the Spanish war IN COMPANY {. Second
u.,. N.l,,... Nh,,rb ~ rs,Lod
H"hraic features and onlN 20 years Old hr INTRO
durod himself rs cant. Charles I. Clark " the
r.. -, ,ho b,,,s S.,,,ro ps, Tho
''N">' VI - VI" ,
lmpuStur' seems So ABSURD thht any person "'
Intnllg nee should discover it, but rs a matter
~ f,,, ,,rs did en- No, did Novse confna hs
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operations !" NatN corners "" sh'"e" h'nN'i
in the most public places merely bearing n hight
o,o,,,., :, conceal tho fac, ,b,t n. had ou a.,
g. - NJ ~
Army, NOT a Naval UNIFORM tie S'rh'td IN 'h'
rltunia Il She st Charles Hotel, arranged a
br,o, oh,,,l ,be Ta,,s f.r the uev,, and t,ur.
oI "", y, %r o,,ao,s .nL Lon, in con,,an, ,la
cI OF New orleans ana Kept IN constant l'Ie
Rraphic touch with the Secretary ul the Navy.
Nor did h. hcs,,ota IA hoard ,he lion in nj. lie,
-, NJ.
greatly excited on Wednesday and announced
,ha, . ,ovort. i.rtsrsr.nf bug Ga,,,.J rol.,,
'"' ~ ~
hhl Ii'b suddenly on me man "i war tie l"l"
graphed the fact to Secretary Long. notified an
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ranged 'h' d''aIlS OF '"' 'utPrH' hUrt'" 10 me
foot " Canal street. and secured The immediate
.oric. -, tho taxa him ,b,c,l the To,,s f.
" 10
zoe inc DpdN "I ms poor II''nI '''S"h ana pr"
pare for the funeral. The undertaken reached
a., ro,.ol .ho,,ir ,ro,u,td and v.s .r,,-,J g.,
y" '"' 7",'"y nv W. we " y"
ma NOBODY deHl on h"ard M"NN' c"uIi NOT
Of course. play the pnrt ~ Cent Clark ~ the
u,,.," II, L.,,I tbs, ,..s.l Inn, bi, a. a.,
TWAS ." "'"' '""' ~, 10, '' wv,
phase nm NJ announcer hhlsei "h'h ne r'erh'd
the Texas aS"Capt CLARK Commanding IN" | nitni
c,,,.. 81, ~, IorL.or D,,,.rL, prtrb,
Wv
seem That thlS ought 10 nave 'Npo"'d ivan ms ?
fraud lhen and there and that IT," officers Il tho
Ta,os .,uIl h,ya Lr,rn TINT n, mn, ti,rL
- ~, ,Lo Tr.,.I S,,,o. ,.,. r,a
was IN 'un1'lhn' "l W" ! h''" '"''N H'"lS I'"'
but the trck succeeded md c'ter causing . great
d.,l ~ confusion md ala nm. Noysa WAS carried
-,
ashore oga'n 'h'l Nv '"pV""'V' '''"' h'"
While the trick had succeeded and he had re-
oira,, borora and attentions which hc corl1 move,
- a.. 80 -, -
nave o'h'f"lN' Ea''''' Wv '"N'" "''''''' w" 10
his downfall After his DISAPPEARANCE tan person
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Iau rrPIVSrn'u 't mIN Wv
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laIE'u rom 'h' tuE ~ ,uI' Ivy :" Nv !"Iuri.
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