The Washington times., 1905-04-11
Condolences Link Man
With Toulouse-Lautrec

Several condolences in the statements
made by Prince" Savine lead to the
belief that once more Nicholas E, Sa-
vine. Count of Toulouse-Lautrec inter-
national swindler who once stood on the
steps of o throne, is again in conflict with
the Russian authorities and the $50, 600 In
his possession indicates again the law
has spoiled coup at its climax.
1t Is now definitely known that
Prince" Savine is the notorious Tou-
1ouse-Lautrec, but both assert they
escaped from Russia by way of Vladi-
vostok. The prince" declares himself
to be an American citizen: it is positive
~ known that the count was natur allied
In this city in 1896.
His Romantic Career.
When the history of the world adven-
furer. of the criminal type, comes to be
written Nicholas E. Savine. Count Of
Toulouse-Lautrec. must have a promi-
nent chapter in those pages of notorietv
Born, according to his own narrative In
1890, in Russia. he was the son of Cen
Erastmus Sergius de Savine, of the Rus
sian army. and of the Countess Helene
fouiouse-Lautrec, the last member. he
mas declared. of an ancient Bourbon
family. 1t is fair to saw that the reaI
Count de Toulouse-Lautrec, who lives in
Harls, has at all times yehementlv Dro-
testeq against the usurpation of his title
o" the adyenturer. for adventurer he
was, according to his own confession
GRADUATED from a military school. he
says, ne was gazetted a subaltern in the
RUSSIAN Imperial Guard only to r,In
through his small patrimon-- in a yerv
lew years. but not before he had served
Win Vaior IN the Russo-Turkish war
Nlhilism or Forgery.
He says it was because he became q
convert to nihilism, but the authorities
oeciare it was because he tried his
hand at forgery that brought about his
oissrace- In any event the young man
found himself under arrest. sentenced
to Siberia, from which he afterward
SAID ne escaped by way Of Vladivost ok
~. .ilmediately after this came perhaps
the greatest opportunity in the life of
the aayenturer, and that was when. II
is admitted, the throne of Bulgaria was
tentatively offered to him by no less
g. man stamboulof. StambouIofr himself
II MS memoirs has admitted this setting
Iorth now the young man and Made
laine very nearly prevailed l1Don him
TO enthrone him What might not this
precious pair 90; wrote the aged pre-
mier, they cared no more for their lives
man an old slipper, both having dipped
IN the river Styx, love and the senti-
ments had no more effect on them than
enC tStlH VI a cnllQ on the back of "A
crocodile"
Explains Incident.
Savine himself aas explained tho in
cldent He wis in Vienna, just after
Prince Alexander of Battenberg had
9bdicated. and. with Stambouloff himself
too wise to take up the crown. there
was search of Europe for some one
VINO might be freed from the political
coils then around the little princfpality.
Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender. sue-
gested the idea of him, he declared. saw
irg that young man. well born had
only TO go to Sofia, pretending to have
the backing Of some powerful financial
institution. to win
Accompanied by 'Madelaine." and
with $1,000 given to him by Don Carlos
-Sayine went to the Bulgarian capital
and met Stdmbouloff. He asserted thai
he had the backing of a great German
banking house. who would finance the
country in those parlous times and de.
ciares fatty he was offered the crown
provided Turkey consented.
That was the end of his dream of rule
the facts became noised about; Rus
s!a stepped IN with a charge against tn.
nan who would be king. and Sayine
again went across the Russian frontier
to occup;- the cell of a fortress