New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-05
SOCIETY'S WATCHDOG.
SsIf-ImpOsed Mission of a Peer rith
DetectiUe abilities.

DetectiUc abilities.
Lord castings. twentieth peer o. his line,
who has just been gathered 70 his fathers. will
he remembered not only winner Of the Derby
IN lSS5 with Melton. horse which he had bred
himself. but also very successful amateur de-
tectiye. Indeed. before he became invalid ne de-
voted his peculiar talents in this respect as well
as much OF his time and money 10 acting as
SORT Of setf-appointed watch dog OF London
c!rty making it his duty hunt up the records Of
ana then 70 hound OF london. all those people
who he had reason 70 believe were unworthy 10
te.cng 70 the fashionable world Of the British
metropolis
one OF the most notable cases which he ferreted
CIT was that OF the Polish adventurer, Count
7aracewsH who for two OF three seasons. car
NED everything before him IN London and OBJ
tatneE an entree 10 all the most exclusive houses
being even invited 70 Sandringhanl He was very
agreeable man. good looking well bred, indeed
with the most perfect manners, witty, and extreme
" entertaining while the extent Of MS cleveruess
Is best shown by the manner in which he com
pletsy hoodwinked 50 experienced and astute a
mar OF the world Edward VII. Nicknarned
sherry and Whiskey" by those Of his English
ncouaiatances who found difficulty in catching on
10 his sneeze-uke patronymic the favor which he
received al the hands Of royalty served in Ereat
measure 70 silence all questions as to his birth
and parentage Il was remarked that he was
sngua-y fortunate at cards, yet the closest watch
never resulted in his being detected in any unfair
play. Every year he used 10 disappear for about
three moaths under the pretext OF visiting his
estates in Poland, concerning which. by The way
he very reticent.
a weird which the Count inadvertently s-o7nea
sci Lord Hastings a-thinkinE and after TWO months
Of quiet personal INVESTIGATION carried or abroad
the peer discovered that Sherry and whiskey,"
instead Of being & Polish nohemaa. was an ex-
convict and the son OF the head servant and major
domo OF 8 Prussian-Polish grand seigneur. He had
been guilty OF forging the latter's name and Of
steaAng his money. sorry return for the kindness
c: his fathers master. Nho had caused him TO De
educated with his own sons
On Lord Hastirss's return 70 London he drove
strsighrway 70 tie Counts" lodgings IN Dover-st
S. James. informed hin, OF what ne had ascer-
tanned ana demanded that he should leave England
within tWenCy-four hours. Jaracewski promised 10
do So but blew hrs brains out before the day had
passed. preferrIrg death % the exposure o: his
anlece5ets One OF the first persons 70 be informed
az his death was the Controller OF the then heir
apparent's houseao-C. General Sir Dighton Prohyr.
sho inmediate,y havte-ed of Dover-st and hunt
ed through the Count 5 papers. taking possession
OF the letters notes ana photographs which the
dead man had received t-om members % the Eng
ltsh reigning family. soon atterWard a secretary
% the German Embassy came and took charge Of
the remaining papers and effects. and II was only
then that the inquest took place very quietly WITH
out any evidence being given as 10 the motive Of the
suicide or as 70 his identity. These Only leaked out
ny degrees later
as steward OF The Jockey Club. Lord Hastings
continued his self-imposed mission o. purglng So
cety OF everybody that he considered II the 4easL
shady. and il was during lis tenure az that Office
that several sensational episodes occurred. among
others the charges which led 10 81 George Chef
vy-nd's retirement from the Jockey cub Moreover,
II was Lord Hastings, and not, as has been stated
Madame de Novikof. VINO called The late LORD
Granvilles attention the presence OF a foreign
dame Of particularly evil repute though titled. az
a reception given al the Foreign ONCE II London
in honor Of the late Queens birthday, ~ which
The present King and queen were 10 be present
Several OF the foreign diplomats elevated their eye
broWs on seeing her there. But IL was not until
Lord Hastings had mentioned the matter 10 the
Secretary OF State and iUp1-red 10 him the shame
tul antecedents OF the LADY in question that Lore
Granville. who had invited her under nlIsappre-
hensi0n, walked up 70 her. offered her his arm.
conducted her downstairs and caused her carriage
10 be summoned She left London the next c l-.
Lord Hastings married a daughter o. Lord SUI
deld, and, as Lady sufeld is E sister o. Lord Gro
rner. he was therefore closely allied the great
Barring clan
His eldest son. who now becomes the twenty
hrst Lord Hastings. IS godson OF the King, an
orlcer OF the tn EUssaTs, and served through
The Boer war. The first Baron Hastings was
summoned as such 10 Parliament IL the thirteenth
century On the death Of the tenth baron with
our issue the peerage fell into abevance between
MS w sisters and co-heirs. and Il was not until
some hundred years had elapsed that The barony
o. Hastings was once more represented fl the
House Of Lords, namely. BY Sir Jacob Ashley.
Tno. n Isl. had maze cut TO the satisfaction Of
the Committee o. Privileges his claim 70 the Sic
cession Of the barouy heir % Mrs TE-strange.
the younger sister OF the tenth baron. He took
his sest as the sixteenth Baron Hastings The new
LORD Hastings is the great-grandson OF the six
teenth peer, and inherits rent roll OF SO 90
some extremely valuable ccllierles and & couple
OF splendid country seats. one OF which Melton
Constable. is in the vicinity Of sandr.nghaTn.