New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

III
charges most searching En-
lrresrlazr-.-. % which they are a "a
materially --E bE the ordinary = 49,.
cou-tIe-s -.. -es-lat,sv and feia- Of ~.
-lTals II the # the Anointed 81 =
q the L9-.. -a5.w with al the = -
qualities sE sherlock, Holmes
AcreoVe- -la Princes oi the
Blood wla he objects Il all this
care are General rule expert
enoed ne- -- world subjected from their youth
up . s. mach -la-rerv. hypocrisy insincerItv. and
seInsh - ma ke them both wary and s1s
i1c1ouS- J. ala seem impossible under the CIR
cunstar-ce= therefore, that they should become the
Irey o. srlr..-s o- be taken IL by bogus nOblemen
a1d fraud - there are number OF instances IN
winch Old ..-l -oEaItN has been duped by indi
yduals ID this l5--d. d fact which Europeans are
likely to forget when engaged in ridiculing the
lao!Ity T--a Hieh americans allow themselves 10
De deceIEea pseudo foreign aTlstOcrats.
IL sever Gases sHlIdlers Of this kind have man
aged 70 l-l-- -e themselves 10 such extent with
lhe mon e The country selected the field ot
lheT oe- % secure their appointment 10
y-lcrS % hood. The sOIdISant COTnte Points
&c SaI--e --. the tavorIte aide-de-camp IN wait
u u L"". M III, induced that ruler, alter the
b5ur5o- - -.rlor. 10 invest him with the cross ot
lhe lrle- .. ~- LOUIS and with the cOlOnelcy OF q
CaeE rel--.--- .- the guard
One d. hen The Colonel, in a gorgeous gold
-cled ur-l ms breast all covered with insignia
q french and foreign krighthoods, pTanc1ng
DtSlde The ~ II the King II the Rue de RlNOL.
ne was rec a-lzed by keen eyed veteran waTder OF
ne great u Toulon as having done time IN
eehlt Ills remuneration ana arrest 4'JI-
.g"edr am -rIlg the subsequent judicial inquiry
ne tact Was a-ought 10 light that he was a clever
-orgeT and -let a fugitive convict OF the name OF
colarc and that tOT several years prloT TO ms re-
capture be had utilized his position at court and his
lIesqge II society TO indicate TO band Of burglars
.fich ne had organized the people and the houses
- 1e robbed most proftably- ShoTn OF his honoTS'
1I4d coInl3e.-e- 10 don the h1deOuS garb
u ealeriar IL lieu Of his dazzling uniform he dled
o'olle o- years later IL the prison huks at loulon.
Il rk.-1.. Hoa,,an
ms man had counterpart some forty years
laler IL tle person Of Charles Holman, son OF
= iesl1ects-9e bohemian glassware dealer at Prague
IiA II i6sa ne already convicted at the age OF
sixteen oi forgery. but escaped with light sentence.
e reason of his youth. After drifting about on the
1ile1t earllug his living a hotel waiter, as a
l'.HueI u The metropolitan police in London ana
ineTAer o1 the detective force there IN Scotland
81; ;eId ne was dismissed IN disgrace for dishonesty
10y aI the very time his father died, leaving hn
SHELL sLiLall sum 81 money. This he utilized merely
- KING capital for his scheme Of trading on ms
-, "lls ana the astonishing credulty OF otheT
al3e- laFIng up ms residence at Pans, ne soon
p-oHea the confidence and intimacy OF the late
tt0n HaussIIan. Prefect Of the Seine, and through
1i -- u 1he late Due de Morny. He was invited not
H. !" The state balls at the Tuilerles, but also 10
& c[o more Trlvate parties of Empress Eugene at
uaHyuo' yomplegne, and FOntainebeau.
Vs., ME al Pans he managed TO become acquainted
- on american woman, widow OF a New Eng
@ Eelior of patent anchor, who had died at
~ 1aa III 1908. By some means another Holt
riaL. lauced the widow surrender 10 him all her
ree.: 70 The patent, and then at proceeded 10
e-"IS with the various continental Govern