The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-23

/ Manalsaeu was born In 1871 at
Plnesci. Roumania. Ills father vas
a Ruumanlan cavalry officer. At an
early age Nanaleacu developed
criminal tendencies. he delighted In
cruelty 10 animals AZ the axe - 5
he VAS sent to the Helllade board
Ing school AZ bucharest. where he
soon manifested discomfort lie vas
sent % anogher school. FROM which
he ran awaY A year later he Was
expelled from another school for
he entered the college for naval
cadets at ualafr. with the Intention
OF qualifying for the Koumanian
navy he was lad Of unusual in.
telilKencs but he found the regular
course Of study too tesiinua one
day. when he had exceeded hia leave
~ absence. he was punished hY TN
pFiaanmsat In dark cell az the top
, % the building. lie broke cat
climbed up to the roof. slid dosn a
nArrow pipe so feet from tbe roof
20 the ground. and ran away. with
50 cents IN bis pocket He bid hint
self as . stawaway on board a
steamship The captain had him
fiokEcd and placed ashore At Con-
atsnfinorle.
PLUMBERS A pAsfgA.
The boy began bis criminal ca
rear in the Turkish capital ~ pick
ing the pocket of a paaha. whom he
found drinking In fast company
IN the public market for the sale of
combs. paper knives and similar
trIfles ON the NTH day bis assist
ant. an Armenian. hoited With his
entire as0ek. leaving him again pen
niiess. lie appealed to The Ron
manlan consulate. which sent him
back 70 GaiataH. where he landed
| without Sufficient money TO pay his
I fare home Accordingly. he catered
4 cafe. stole the first overcast which
caught hla eye and obtained his
fare - bucharest by paNning II.
IT'S GAME IN GREECE
Instead of getting home. he again
hid a. a atowawsy and reached hu-
rana IN this way. During The next
Three months be lived b. petty
ihnfta IN Athens. bat finding that u
was becoming too hot for him. b
appealed to the RoumRnlau consul.
ate 20 send him home. The consul
I refused. NheFeupon Mnuoiescu pro
aueea a revolver and said. sMF
Consul. n yon DO not give ms
enough money t0 take me home e.
RaumAuia shall shoot myself
The consul ordered his servant q
elect the youth Manoiesru then
shot himself 10 the breast and fell
bleeding to the ground
ATTRACTED A QUEEN
Ito was taken 10 a hospital. where
he attracted the attention uf the
queen Of Greece when she visited
thai institution. when he had sui
ficientiv recovered she herself gave
him with her own hands enough
money to pay his fare back 10 Bou-
! mania
4 PALACE IN PARIS.
1 After n short stay AZ Bucharest
Manoieacu worked his way By ship
70 Narseilles and eontrived TO reach
Paris hy train without paying his
fare. lie eoutrived 20 persuade hts
father TO grant him a monthly al
lowance ~ SIS. In order that he
might pursue bis studies In the
French capital. However. he began
to acquire larger sums 81 money BY
I fraudulent means. lie perpcirated
thefts ut tho big universal provider
stores. o. the leading hotels and In
/ jewellers shops The profits OF
/ crime enabled him 10 live in prince
/ " luxury Although only IS. he
rented q palace In the Champs
Elysee. kept horses and carriages
and maintained an expensive racing
stable 10 had hia box at the opera
and mixed IN the highest Partisan
nocletY. being frequent guest. for
r.sasa--a "a fHa HWwua ~ tho EsfnHana