New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-08
gw1NDLER coMNG-GoDsoN OF A QUEEN.

-y1-1,-nrFR CoNuNG-GODSON OF A QUEEN. |
One of the most extraordinary Of swindlers, high
" connected, the protege Of crowned heaus~ goo
son Of Queen Elizabeth OF RuInantar VINO ns-
ured for a time in this country about eight or ten
Years ago under the names Of Prince LahoVary'
and of Count ManoIescu," perpetrating innumera-
BILE svindIas is on his way once more to America
with the object he declares, of beginning "a new
life" in the New World and his audacity is 80 sub
lime and hs cleverness so great that the laws pro
hitting the admission OF ex-convicts into the
United States are likely TO prove a very trihins
obstacle indeed, to his return here.
He has lust managed to effect his release from
the German Iunatic asylum to which his wlfes IN
fuential relatives succeeded in efecting his trans
fer soon after his last conviction for fraud at Ber
lin not only with the idea Of avertng in a measure
the disgrace of having kinsman doing
time" but likewise IN the hope of being able to
keep him there for the remainder of his life and
beyond the term OF two years. for which he had
been sent TO jail.
So plausible is he that he found but little diff
Guilty IN persuadng the Countess Angelica Won
K0nigsbruck daughter Of Of the most inAu-
entaI houses Of the German aristocracy to confer
upon him her hand and her fortune at Genoa in
1898, and having taken the precaution to wed her
| under his patronymic Of Manoescu. 1t has been
impossible 10 annuI TIE marriage on the ground Of
| fraud. Her only brother. a major Of the Garde
! Reiter Regiment. or mounted bodyguard of the
King OF SaXony. has been authorized by the latter.
| as well as by the King Of Italy, TO assume the
Italian title OF Prince Radali which became extinct
at the death Of his maternal grandfather, from
whom lie has inherited extensive estates in Sicily.
It is just well that it should be borne in mind
| that this union of the countess to Manolescu has
not been dissolved. and that therefore any matri-
| monial alliance which he may contract in this
country viii be bigamy-a trifng crime however.
in comparison the long list Of others which have
| been justly laid to his charge. The warning IS the
more necessary, since II the man ingenious and
| fascinating enough to succeed IN marrying into one
| OF the weathest houses of the German aristocracy
and to flourish for a considerable time Vienna and
| Berlin, sometimes under his own name, sometimes
| under that Of Prince Lahovary' and sometimes
under the two combined despite his record
sw!nder of international notorety. he need not de-
SPAR Of making dupes here, where people so
much more ready take nobiary titles at their
face value owing TO the trouble and difficulty in
yoved in proving their authenticity. Moreover, the
absence any trustworthy lists OF the artstocratic
| families Of Rumania Of Greece, Of the Balkan
States and Of Poland renders IL exceptionally easy
| for swindlers to adopt names and titles OF these
| nationaliues without much fear of detection.
Manolescu it is only fair 10 state. is OF gentle
birth and his father. who like himself bore the
christian name Of George Manoescu. was colonel
| IN the Rumanian army. high in the favor of the
King and whose death brought about by the
disgrace of his The latters criminal record
dates back TO his sixteenth year, when he was
sorced n fee from Rumania TO escape conviction.
T,hree years later finding himself at Athens. he
fell so seriously i'll that he was conveyed to the
| hospital where he attracted the attention OF queen
| Olga who finding him destitute. not only inter
ested herself his case. visiting him almost daily
hut likewise furnished him with sum or several
| thousand francs his recovery in order 10 admit
| - hts returning home. or course, he did not 60
| hack 10 Rumana, but made his way TO Paris where
he was soon engaged IN new sw1ndes. bringing
! mini into conflict with the ponce MS "iSt I'M