The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-01
PRESERVATION HIS MANIA.
,MAsauERADE OF JULIUS LEON
MoYsE AT NEW ORLEANS.
lie Posed Successfully ms .Capt.
Clark, of the Texas" and in That
Character WINS Spending His

NEW ORLEANS. March 9.-During the
new orleans carnival just closed,
young man from small town of Mis-
sissippi succeeded in attracting more at
tention than WI Ting-fang, the Chinese
minister, and all the other notabilities
rms was Just what the young man craved
for-notoriety. Perhaps he will find that
ne secured really more than was desir-
able. for he will be criminally prosecuted
Tor mis- extraordinary feats here. The
case Is peculiar. as IL is a marked instance
OF an odd form OF crime or insanity.
namely. PRESERVATION. 1t is true that the
confidence man is frequently a very sue
cessfui personator and persuades the
countryman that he is some old rural
friend, but personation in that case IS
merely disguise for the purpose of swim
ding. In the present case the persona
ton Is of a different character. II is true
that the man sometimes represented him
self as somebody else In order to obtain
credit or money; yet in many instances
ne seems to have adopted the name and
character or some person of dignity and
Importance for the pleasure OF strutting
IN other folks feathers. In other words
julius Leon Moyse. of Greenville. Miss,
small clerk. who socially and otherwise
played small part In life. was constantly
personating someone else who would re-
eeive more consideration and attention.
having considerable dramatic instinct ne
played the small parts he assigned him
SELF with success that seems incompre-
hensible now that he has been exposed
Inc game of PRESERVATION Is played in all
large cities as well as in Europe or Amer
Tea by crooks, confidence men and vain
young men. greedy for admiration, but
the case OF Moyse Is far out OF the ordi-
nary.
Moyses short career of three or four
days in New Orleans illustrates the meth
ods OF the man and the desperate yet sue
eessful game he plays He came to the
city In the rush of the carnival His only
STOCK In trade was perfect confidence in
himself and an army uniform, for he
served during the Spanish war I'm Com
pany G. Second Mississippi volunteers
Although of marked Hebraie features and
only % years old. he introduced himself
as Capt. Charles f. Clark OF the Texas
one or the heroes of Santiago bay. The
imposture seems so absurd that any per-
son of intelligence should discover 1t, but
as a matter of fact none did so. Nor did
Moyse conffne hia operations to dark COR
ners He showed himself In the most
public places. merely bearing a light over
coat TO conceal the fact that he had on an
army. and not n naval, uniform He strut
lea In the rotunda of the ST. Charles no.
tel arranged a dinner aboard the Texas
for the mayor and council OF New or
leans, and kept IN constant teleeraphtc
touch with the secretary, of the navy Nor
did he hesitate to beard the Lion in his
den. for he boarded. the, Texas itself He
pecame greatly excited on "Wednesday.
ana announced that favorite lieutenant
or his, George J. Colson. had died sudden
" on the man-of-war. He telearaphed the
taet 10 Secretary Long, notified an under
taker named Lynch of the death and arr
ranged the details Of the fimerai hur-
rled TO the foot Of Canal street, and Sc
cured the immediate service. of m tl,s, To.
take him aboard the Texas TO see the
body OF his poor friend Colson" and pre-
pare Tor the funeral. The undertaken
reached the vessel shortly afterwara ana
waseanisxe,Nto md nobody dead on hoard
Moyse could not, OF course play the oart
q Capt Clark, eof the reSas.'' on board
mat vessel but this did NOT phase him
he announced himself When he reached
the Texas az Capt. Clark, Commanding
the United States troops al the Jacksor
harracks.' II might seem that this ought
70 have exposed him as 4 fraud then ana
there. and that the 6ficers OF tho Teyas
would have known that no Capt. Clark
was In cpufnand OF the, limited stata~,
troops hsr~+ but tbe9trieh aeS Ann
efteS eaassNe a great des vi coifSslor,
ana alalrn Messe lwhs carried asaort.
again. Isscn Ne aisxpnpeared from lisra
White the triok had Succeeded ana he
had received honnrs and attention whfch.
ne could nfver have otherwise gained
tlir sColsph mcldehi led to his dowrfalI
After his disappt sJauee the 4rsopa ~ ~,
az once came to light The Young man.
had pres MED himself as Cant Ciarl-
OF the TeNas.,-w when he took tho tug ~
me man-ef|war and "Cspt Clark al
jackson oArracksf when he landed from
the rug lie could not be the former. as
there was difference of thirty vearg A.,
their ages. and the genuine Can't. C7lark
was not In town, and there was no such
person as Capt. Clark 81 the Jackso,,
barracks. Who played the trick on the
man-ot-war the tuE and the unaertsksr
y" one could. form the slightest idea. and
the police were divided In oninio,, h.
tween the belief that Il was 4 zane ~
though Il was impossible 20 see what ha
made by lt, and the opinion that IL vxas
q mailman. The newspapers printed the
story In the morning. and the police var
put NJ work 10 run down the trlckator
They succeeded the very next daV Oh.-
the personator WAS brought 60 light m
new character. The pscudo-Capt. c,iars
WAS arrested az the ST Charles chaD,h.rs
having on the same dav a. the Tevss
episode married Miss Bertha Watnker
Young woman frcm Ohio. who was visit
ms New Orleans for the rnruivae 80,
her sister And her brother in law Nos
had known Tie young woman lost w.
daY" but Ne mad played his part 10 vnll
that he not only capuvatea her with bfs
brass buttons but also s0n The arpro,,,i
~ hfT hruiAfr-ln-@aW. NOT 81 country. guv
hui Cincinnati merchant Who u1isht
have been supposed % know the wave ~
the world Muyse was arrested on ~
morning ~ hts honeymoon. 10 tn. great
horror % the bride. who became hvstsrg
cal and whose life was IN danger for a
time from the excitement and puhlirtt,
~ The ease The police pat Cart Ciark-
in sweathoN ard tried TO get hln, 40 tan
who h. was He did -. but every nea,
name De save MAS found Ca be as fraud
uleut as his hrst Due Tie had a ts,-
story 20 ten 81 hts uncle a prurnlrsv,t
merchant - Cincinnau The stor, was 80
consistent tat The police were Inclined =,
believe &C. hat telegram 20 Cincinnati
proved o. tN De wholly untrue After xl,,-
ing various names M1yre finding fhat
cQ0cealUeui pRs Impossible longer e,r-
fessed that ne WAS Jullus Leon M1vs~ 81
Ereeuysilc. Miss A peculiar thinx abent
the case vas the failure Il the police fo
expose him before. as Pc had been So NJ
ogieaus previously and had sor in trouble
there.
As soon as the name - th. paraon.t,-