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rf l--.t 80, 81 tst'. = es@~
cAssssssAn csssss IN zssiAaa. .snssssa yssa
ags.
He made book on tAs pnneipai Ensilsh race
while In that school - sArsvdiy sud a. peDntstly
as the moss expert gambler. ms every day con
panions were saorinced on the gambling sltar. and
the extravagances Of this youth came from M
pockets OF the induigens fathers Of mlsEuidcd
sons.
Ms name Is not 'ERsssr ALLAtxs cHKrRuoS.
z. ELAINE nor Z. A. CANNON HIS real name
Is cHARLxs BNAKSrNH. and he II the son Of Z
clergyman In Norfolk county. England.
Since he left Cheitenham School he has been
living on his wits. He has Visited every country
on the face Of the globe. and the number Of his
victims runs Into the thousands The most suo-
cessfui psrs he plays Is that Of society oonndeacs
man. The best families Of England. France. Al.
stras and Canada have been tai In BY his susvty.
The famous French watering place. Dleppe. was
the scene Of his nrst pruiesnona. operations.
He went 70 Deppe a. IN Engish swell. and
iefs there sfssf . four weeks visit wish lot Of
money. owing an Immense hotei bin. HIS move
ments after leaving Dieppe cannot be definitely
traced. He visited every European and nearly
oil the AsAtio COUNTRIES sndin 1855 struck Australia.
The big hearted inhabitants Of that promising
colony took him In. and he In turn took themi In.
AT the time Of his arrest In New York city dune
3. iseD on . requiston Issued BY Governor p. p.
FLKMIxo Of Florida. he said that he had Just come
from jamaica. W. l., and that As soon as certain
money matters were nxed up be intended going
back again 70 Australia On June 10, 1891. he was
delivered 10 the State agent Of Florida and taken
TO Tampa, where he was wanted for forgery.
On this complaint he was sentenced 10 seven
years In the State Penitentiary a. chsstshoochee.
Fla. on Dec. -. 1891. By Judge MITCHELL, Circuit
Court. Tampa, Fis.
Picture taken June, isei.-
The statement as to the fact OF Ball
LENrINR's conviction at Tampa we are
able to confirm by this memorandum from
the Clerk Of the Circuit Court where he
was tried and sentenced:
On Dec. 10. issi. E. ALLAIxE CBEnrroN taitas
z. ALLAuE was indicted for obtaining money
under false pretenccs.' On Dec. u, issi. he was
tried and convicted. and on Dec. -. 1891, he was
sentenced TO the penitentsry for seven a. years
ss hard labor
Hon. H. L. MITCHELL was presiding Judge.
w. L. HANKS. Clerk.
ID. B. GHrMks Deputy Uert.
TAMPA. March %. 1905
From Tallahassee we learn that BAL |
LENTINE served five of his seven years at |
hard labor in the Florida State Peniten-
tiary; he was received there on Jan. 8, |
1892. and discharged on pardon-ap-
parently for good behavior while in
prison-on Dec. II. 1895. He had been
out OF convict garb only about four
teen months when the Maine was blown
up at Havana and the war came on.
It ia proper to say that BELLAIRs
was discharged from the service of the
Associated Press as soon as the manage
ment Of that establishment had reason
10 doubt the integrity OF his character
and the cleanness of his record. The
fact OF his dismissal is not chronicled
on the title page or in the preface Of As
It Is in the Philippines" Whether or
not the termination Of his employment
"a a newsgatherer resulted from a full
Of BELLAIRs with BALLEN-
rINE-CHEIRrToN, we do not know.
1t is also right to say that there is abso-
utely no ground for holding the New
York publishers OF the book responsible
,ither for knowledge Of the character Of
he author. or for participation in the
motives behind the attempt to under
nine TAFT and exalt WooD.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Eren-
ng Post. declares editorially that in Cuba
BELLAIRs made. WooD, and has been
his press agent ever since the
lays he showed his dispatches from
santiago to WOOD for approval before
ling them with the cable company OF
his intimate relation our contemporary
nay have evidence, satisfactory to itself.
I is fair to say, however, that the fact Of
hese earlier relations does not consti-
ute proof Of Gen. LEONARD WOODS
in the publication of the at
ack on Governor TAFT and his admins
ration.
Can this be the BELLAIRs who has as
umed to size UP In public print WILLIAM
HOWARD TAFT and the other members OF I
he Philippines Commission; to publish Z
is judgment concerning the social man
ers, the personal sincerity, the execu-
I'VE ability, and the moral integrity of G
he Governor and his associates; to COM
are TAFT, the trimmer the poll :
oian,' the incompetent, with Gen. 4
WOOD, the diplomatist, the .
statesman and tho administrative
enius; and to demand-will it be be- 1
eved?-in the name Of the large major
y OF the honorable officers and soldiers 4
the United States Army in the Philip n
ines, the removal Of TAFT and his system .
} make way for Gen. woOD and Gen.
'ooDs methodist Q
The Leasing Of Pler "a. l.