Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-10
lord ROSSE' RAYMOND,
PRINCE OF %lDVENIURERS.
A CAREER IN MANY COUNTRIES,
EMBRACING MANY MARVEL
Gus EsCAfADES.
A HIGHLY POLISHED SHARPER
WHO WORKED ATiALL SORTS OF
GAMES FROM REPERTER TO
AMBASSADOR.

NEW fOHk, Marcnl Ut was none
other than Ross Raymond, a noted ad-
~venturer with a record extending over
many years, who, as fLord Rose, OF
Birr Castle, Ireland" was arrested in
New Haven, Conn, last Tuesday while
trying to victimize DR.. Arthur I. Had
ley, president of Yale University.
Captain of Detectives George w.
Titus identified Raymond when the
later was brought to this city and lock-
ed up in police headquarters. Ray
mond, who is now AZ years old, has,
under various names, carried on his
operations in nearly every part of the
world and has served at least fourteen
years in prison.
He was arraigned in the Jefferson
Market Police Court to-day. When the
court clerk asked him his name he
said:
Put me down as Alfred Parsons.
That will do as we'll as anything else.
He was remanded until tomorrow
under $4,000 bail.
w. H. Beebe, secretary to President
Seth Low, of Columbia University, and
Gen. Thomas L. James, president of the
Lincoln National Bank, were in court
and identified Raymond as Professor
%Sandys,' who had presented a letter
eff recommendation by means of which
he got a worthless check for 5000 cash
ed at the Lincoln National Bank.
Ross Raymond is KnOwn
the world over for his ~escapades. When
not having a purpose in concealment
he makes no secret of his tricks, say
ing: "The world owes me a living and
| am entitled to the best l a get
The stories of some of his exploits
read like romances. Though he has
served terms in American and foreign
prisons he has usually managed to
keep out of the clutches of the law.
His adventures have girdled the
globe. At one time he did newspaper
work in Baltimore. Again he was city
editor of the Philadelphia Times. He
has served papers in New York and
London as special correspondent on
important occasions, and has also been
connected with Chicago papers. Well
educated, a fine conversationalist and
possessing a distinguished personal ap-
pearahce he makes his way easily
wherever he goes. Some of his poetry
has LIEN highly praised.
1t il said that Raymond vas origi-
nally from Lancaster, Pa, and that his
real name is Potter. When a boy he
served as a news agent on the Penn
sylvania railroad. Later, as he grew
to maturity, he became a reporter and
was employed successively'in Chicago.
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went abroad and became the editor of
a newspaper at Allahabad, India,
Where he was successful, but severed
his connection to join the British
troops in Egypt.
While in India He Figured
in many adventures. According to a
story often told his browning acts there
was fleeing of a Rajah who was a
ward of the British Government. The
Rajah mad money and jewels and was
without guile. Raymond cultivated
his acquaintance They drank wine
together and gambled back and forth
at cards. One day Raymond introduce
ed the seductive game of pinpool. The
RajaI won some money and the stakes
were gradually increased. Finally the
Raiah drew a check on his bank for
S 1000 in gold, and Raymond won. The
Rajah then staked all the jewelry on
his person to win back the $1,000.
These in turn went to Raymond. Ac-
quaintances say he often told the story
of this game himself and displayed a
gold ring containing a ruby as large as
a hickory nut as n of his trophies.
There are several versions of an
other adventure in which Raymond
figured. According to one of those
most widely circulated, he went to
Paris, called on the proprietor of the
Hotel Bristol and said that he was the
secretary of the Khedive of Egypt,
who would arrive the next day. Ray
mond arranged a banquet and suggeS-
ted that as the next day would be the
Nhedive's birthday it was desirable to
secure a quantity OF jewelry to be pre-
scented to the monarch by the hotel
proprietor, remarking that In such
cases the Khedive always returned
presents of far greater value. The ho-
tel proprietor bought jewels valued at
thousands of dollars. The same night,
at a late hour, Raymond sent down
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the hotel proprietor saying that
He Was Playing Poker,
had lost a sum, of which he had al
ready paid part, and asked for the
loan of $1,000 francs $4,000 to make
good the remainder of his losses, prom
Using to return it when his royal mas
ter arrived. The hotel man sen the
cash. That night Raymond skipped"
to London with cash and jewels.
1t was in the role of ambassador
that Raymond created one of his great
est successes. 1t is related that in day
light July 10. 1882, when the British
warships were drawn up outside the
harbor of Alexandria preparing to
bomtard that city, a man with a Ia
tive servant and carrying a flag of
truce appeared outside the walls. The
foreigners had all left and the city was
in a turmoil. The man with the SER
want and the flag of truce was Ross
Raymond. He said he was a commits
sioner of the British Government, got
access to the Khedive and told him
that in all probability it would be
found necessary to shell the city. He
ostentatiously displayed a number of