Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-06

bcd reports have already told fully
what a weird and wondrous collection
Of them he acquired His object APP
pears TO have been two-fold. He had
something " the maybe about him-a
strange habit of boarding these costly
trnkets and gegaws which was shown
by the unexpected places In which they
have been found during the recent
search In Anglesey Castle made
for the benefit Of his creditors, The
other and perhaps more powerful mo-
tive was verltabe mania for self
adornment which led him into another
strange set OF excesses-the pursuit Of
a semi-theatrical career. He seems al
ways TO have been attracted by the
theater, but at a certain point I'm his
career he seized upon this as a means
Of exhibiting his priceless jewels. The
little theater I'm Anglesey Castle with
which he replaced the ancient chapel
soon after succeeding TO his estates was
little more than very expensive setting
for the bejeweled marquis AZ Pekoe
IN Aladdin, the pantomime he produced
IN 1902 in his bijou theater he stood
forth literally ablaze with gems In the
various scenes he wore different cos
tune, but each Of them was similarly
bedecked with precious stones Of the
most costly description. Many Of the
jewels which originally cost large sums
are Of no possible use to any ordinary
wearer owing to the fantastic form I'm
which they have been designed at the
request of the marquis for stage pur-
poses. or this character Is chain 20
feet long covered with 500 charms. OF
various kinds, some Of which are OF lit
tie intrinsic value while others would
be cheap at $500. II VIII be broken up
to be sold as nobody would want TO
buy chain Of charms that length.
WEAKNESS FOR JEWELRY.
The marquis seems to have realized in
the last year or two that this weakness
for jewelry would be the ruin OF him If
he did not resist It and was wont 20 go
about attended by bodyguard OF half
dozen men under the command Of
his chief valet who were especially in
structed to keep jewellers drummers at
bay. But despite all these precautions
they contrived 10 get at him with dis
astrous results to his purse, for when
confronted by a brilliant gem he could
no more overcome the temptation TO
buy 1t than confirmed 0ipsomaniac
can refrain from helping himself to a
drink when left alone with bottle OF
brandy.
ne kept ITO dNGbuliNA anu biu Nv
idea OF how much he expended for
jewelry or trinkets or what he did with
many of them after they came into his
possession But one thing has been
made evident by the expert eHamnn-
ton OF the hoard found in Anglesey
castle. jewelers. played him tor a
sucker" to the tune Of something Ike
million dollars. Many of the gems
which he undoubtedly bought as genu-
Inc have been discovered to be paste.
SO clever are the limitations that they
have deceived those who first found
them and made glad the hearts Of the
marquis creditors by reports of the
fabulous value OF the treasures they
had discovered IN Angesey castle The
jewelry has now been estimated as
worth 100000, and II Is doubtful II 1t
will fetch that much at auction But II
must be remembered that before he
turned his property over to his credi-
tors he sold a lot Of his jewery at
Christies' where II fetched over 100000
and an additional $4,000 worth was
handed over to his trustees.
DRIVEN INTO EXILE.
1t is a fair domain from which this
ignoble descendant Of a noble house
has been driven into exile by his ex-
grimed Golfers that come creeping
through the Menai Straits on the flood
tide Anglesey castle Is a familiar land
mark, From beneath It's somber walls
the lawn runs down to the water front
where cannon grin In Anticipated deli
ance from behind the old gray ram
parts. To right and left Of the castle
the ancient trees cluster along the
shore. High on the ridge above the
white filagree OF the great suspension
bridge, stands the monument OF the gall
liant Uxbrldge first Marquis OF Angle
sey, who, leading Wellington's cavalry,
lost leg and won undying fame on
the bloodstained field Of Waterloo
Across the straits the wooded hills
sweep up until they are lost in the
mist wreathed spurs Of the Snowdon
range. Ii was among the park oaks
that the Druids gathered for their
strange rites, and down by the private
quarries the bones of the invading Ro-
mans are still found, or the island
from which his title comes there Is 1T
tie that Is not his while across the
Welsh hills ne has broad estates In
Stafford and Cheshire and other coun-
ties besides
He will be only SO when. I'm 1911, with
his debts repaid, he can again take pos
session Of his ancestral property. He
IL not a bad man-only vain and fool
ish one In his retirement he may learn
TO overcome his besettlng sins-love OF
luxury and display-and return 10 re-
deem the years he has wasted
IL