The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-11
SIA|.V|'|.|.N||IIE| UNDER
ARREST .|.|:' AGAIN. !. n.
international SWindler.
Now On Way TO
Russian Prison. '(]'[
ONCE STOOD UPON
STEPS OF THRONE.
Had Remarkable Career, Part Of
Which Was Spent in Ameri-
can Jails-Arrested in
New York, Chicago
and Other
Places.

tgpecial Cable to The Timcs- Dispatch and
sG New York Herald)
Copyright, By the New York Herald Ca)E
BERLIN, April 1O.--For reasons not yet
made public. "princsf savne was ar
= rested at Bremen on Saturday at the
request OF the Russian consul In this
city He was conveyed to the frontier
{ by two policemen and turned over to the
Z Russian authorities, as was also a sun,
OF sso, 900 which he had in his possession. -
In an Interview with newspaper cor.
respondent. savine stated that he was
arrested many years ago IN Russia for
political reasons and sent to Siberia He
escaped to the United States By way OF
vladivos,ok. and asserts he is an An'eri- t'elL
can citizen.
@ ccincidcnts in the statements made by
9..Pr.nce" savine lead to the belief that
4 once more Nicholas z. savine. Count sof
toulouse Lautrec. nternational sTindler.'
who once stood on the steps 3of a throne.
A IL again IN conflict with the Russian au-s
thorit.es. and the $50. 90 In his posse es sion
Indicates again the law has spoiled a
Y coup at It's climax. 3
Nicholas sayine says 1t was beca use
he became aSconyert to tnihilism, but the
authorities declare 1t was because hci
tried his hand at forgery, that brought Z
about his disgra ce In any event the
young man found himself under arrest
sentenced to Siberia from which n fter-s
wards he escaped by way OF Vladtvos-
took. al Al
1t Is admitted. the throne Of Bulgn-
ria was tentatively offered to him by
Stambonloff stambouloff himself In his.
memoirs has admitted this. setting forth
how the young man and q aiadelaf me RS
very nearly prevailed upon him to- en- 4
throne him. eef Il, $54s5z isy.
The facts became noised about Russia
stepped In with charge against the.
man who would be King, and savinc,
again went across the Russian frontier.
to occupy the cell OF n fortress.
Again he escaped and next ca me cord
from Paris ir,5lsS5 that the Count had
been arrested In Paris for fraud ana had q
been sentenced to three months imprls-
onment The following Eenr came the.
report OF a similar Arrest and then that he
had escaped by throwing red pepper into
the eyes OF n keeper. He fled to e 81.
pium and to escn pc arrest once jump
from n moving train. hroke his q ieg, . but
was rescued by some priests. VINO. VINO. no!
knowing his story. befriended him and
Il gave mn y iiloiiSS ES'ho'f'' - q
York.
Career in America.
He arrived there and II was not 60 long :.
thereafter that he began his American 3ll ca
ca reer. He was reported, arrested, tried,
convicted, sentenced tn ecvcra cities,
butaturned up in New York city again IN
1896. where he was arrested for dra Wing
revolver on cabnan. Soon after his,
he was arrested on a charge. Of swlndling d ~
/ a woman out of small sum, and ms
znumber,in rogucs' ga llery became 1885.
He was heard OF the following yea r In
Tampa, Fla; a;isetting forth his brilliant
war record and beseeching General Miles
for an appointment. Then there came
silence until he was arrested In chiea go.
in 1900 for forging bonds Of the Bank
OF Nova Scotia to the amount OF $780,
600. 5IIe received a five year sentence for
that. but was released on palole the fol-
lowing year. He went to New York then
and was arrested as he was going aboard
a trans-Atlantic steamship. The Canadian
authorities teegraphed to let him go. and
he shifted his operations to Europe. where
he has been ever since. 3t