The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-27
Father Worth Millions"

! The counts father. he said. VIZ.
worth millions and owned big wooler
/ mills in Russia. where over LOCO hand,
were employed. Mr.. White secured Am
/ other Y. NJ. c. A. official 10 take a chance
] and stand back OF the cost Of the cabI-
| gam. The count sent the messae
! but that was about all it amounted TO,
| The count claimed to have S9el On
| deposit with the cashier Of the T-nivar.
sity club that he couldn't reach when i
was trying to collect funds TO pay for
his blowout on ''Nordica night" The Uni
versity clue people know nothing about
that $500
I The count took great pride in show-
/ ing a letter enclosed in an officiai-look-
I ing envelope from France 1t was ad.
/ dressed to the Countess de Bressac" hi.
sister, so he claimed. who was STAYING al
/ Point Iona. Cal He elaborated on hi,
stories of her classic face, beautiful
! gowns and many accomplishments This
| countess, he said. had one great fail
/ ing. in that she was spendthrift and
! kept him at his wit s end TO supply her
with the thousands she squandered He
to Salt Lake during the Christmas season
to dazzle society.
The count among other things
claimed that he was graduate of the
famous Heidelberg university in Ger
many and had Phi. d. from there. h
also said that ne had been awarded al
honorary medal by Lord Salisbury for his
settlement work in the London slums in
behalf of the poor In fact il would
take a volume to tell Of the big things
the count" lad done and the honors Won
in his past life.- If you stopped long
enough to hear him spout.
The count il is rumored. made sew
eral loans in Salt Lake on the strength
of an allowance of 81. $40 which he claimed
was coming from London 10 him on Nov
10. He hired an automobile TO drive in
the country every Sunday ard IiberaIIy-
tipped the chauffeur; in fact. he was
lavish with his tips wherever he went
Interested in Time Tables.
He figured in several other renarka BILE
transactions with prominent men about
town but most Of them smile and ,,eff,-e
to lend confirmation or discuss the de-
tails The Herald got busy and inves7f
gated the tales floatiag around about the
count" and the count began to look
up the time tables.
He strOlIed into the Y NJ c last
Saturday with rage sticking out an over
him. He complained to Mr.. White thar
a Herald reporter was bouncing him ana
was investigating his past life He
pleaded 10 have the reporter thrown Off
the scent or his character would be black
ened.
He was piping hot when he came to
tell me about his doinss being investI-
gated said Mr. White. but / assured
him that he had nothing to fear if his
actions could bear Investigation
missing on Sunday. He didn't show IN
to teach his Y. NJ - A class on Monday
evening and he did not send notification
that he was going to depart. He lived
at The Homestead. No. 32S South Third
East street, during his stay in town. and
the people there We're rather mystified AT
his sudden disappearance. as he gave no
intimation as TO whittier he was going or
why he was going to leave.
The count made an awful hit'' with
several young society ladies with whom
he became quite chummy- Tfss Frenchv
air elegant clothes. polished manners
and swacseT OF a man of the uorlf7,s
fascinated the fair sex and mis- conouests
Were many
Meanwhile the count has departe1
and his acquaintance are wondering how
he got away with 1t and what he was
angling for IT Is believed by those who
knew him that he was playing for big
stake. but that his plans were nipped iss
the bud.