The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-28
COUNT VICTIMS
BEGIN TO APPEAR
German Youth Mourns De Bris-
sac's Departure to the Ex-
tent of S141.50.
WILL SWEAR OUT WARRANT
ANOTHER ACQUAINTANCE BUYS
$50 WORTH OF HOT AIR.

Following The Herald's expose of the
peculiar dOings of Robert De Brlssac, the
alleged French count who got away with
some smooth talk ard also Wad or SAT-
Lake money during his stay here, the VIC
tins are beginning 10 come out from IN
der cover and tell heir tales of woe.
Stanislaus MorzelOwsld. 70 years OF age,
single. a talented German youth who has
been in this city for the past six weeks,
Is the first one TO score. He told Her
aid representative last night that the
count got into his bank roll for SlA 80
and he was thirsting for revenge.
Mr.. Morzelowski is a native of Broem-
berg Germany, and came 10 salt Lake
direct from Galveston, Tex. where he
landed. The sad part of the story is that
the count, borrowed every cent that he
had in the world and he is now stranded
in strange land with nothing but good
position. helpful experience and Durn-
ing desire TO get a strangle hold on the
count"
His acquaintance with the count be-
gan in the Y. NJ. c. a. where the count
broke into good society as a teacher OF
English to The class Of foreigners. Mr.
Morzelo~sh has Travelled extensively
abroad. comes from reputable German
family and speaks several European IAN
glages fluently. He had only a scatter
ing knowledge of English. however, and
Joined the Y. NJ. c. A. class to perfect
himself in that language
The "counr" evidently picked out Mr.
Morzelowski as the fall guy" and pro-
ceeded TO worm himself into his conf
dence He told the history of his past
life TO him. raved over the big dolngs that
he was going TO pull off here and the mil
lions he was going TO coin through his
asphalt trust.
German Has 1t All Down.
Between lectures. the count" must
have felt that aIr MOrzelOwski ought TO
contribute something for the knowledge
that he was importing to him for he gen
orally wound NJ his spasms OF enthusiasm
with a gentle request for a loan. Inc I'M
sOphisticated German never refused an
always came across like true sport. Inc
count would then proceed TO tell him
that he was good fellow and that ne
would make him rich some day and the
German fel. happy.
In the course of their Intimate cOnfabs.
the count told of his travels in Europe
and named dozen or more hotels that
he had stopped at in Heidelberg. Cologne.
Vienna. Berlin and Paris. The German
listened with open-inouthed wonder and
as he had been in those cities himself
and knew that the hotels named by the
count were the very SWEETEST, ne ns-
ured that the count" was a genuine arts
tocrat and the more ne talked the better
he looked to him.
The count soon found that the Ger
man friend was always there with the
money when IL was requested and III
worked the good thing while he lasted
He borrowed the $141.5e in loans of so,
so. $40 $50. SIS, s.. SO, $ and 500, The
German has the loaas and the date of
each all recorded and was ADVISED last
night to put down opposite each one paid
for information and experience
The count took the German down to
his room in 1.-The Homestead" lodging
house at No. JOS South Third East street,
TO spend their social hours. He showed
him official-loOking envelopes addressed
to Count De Brissac. his credentials and
alleged letters from the nobility OF France
and Germany until his German friend felt
sure that ne WAS in right with a person
who had some class.
1t seems that every time the count
was short on the coin of the realm. ne
would wayIay his German friend by wait
ing for him when he returned from work.
He would then start spouunS ON his high
sounding schemes illustrating them with
plenty of gesticulations and would always
walk away with money in his pocket
VIII Swear Out Warrant.
Mr.. Morzelowslli last night tod his
troubles to the Y. NJ. c. \. officials and
was advised to go into police headquar-
ters and swear out a complaint against
the count" He was informed there that
the count was on his way and that II
would be useless to swear out a warrant
when il was all over but the shouting. He
win apply today to County Attorney Wal
lard Hanson for county warrant
Mr.. Morzelowski informed the Y. NJ c.
A. officials that he knew another citizen
who had also fallen for the counts (
suave talk. He advanced the count
the sum of $50 on one occasion and $40 on
another occasion. but had sworn the Ger
man to secrecy in regard to his name.
Investigation by The Herald has proved
that the count was slowly but surely
getting in right with several of the solid
men of Salt Lake 1t is practically an as
sured fact that the Partisan, in his well
Played role of the gay Lothario. borrowed
substantial sums of money from several.
but they have decided to grin and bear il.
AIr. MOrzelowsN was with the count I
last Sunday afternoon and has found out
that he jumped out of town Monday on
the Oregon Short Line. in fact, the
count showed his own baggage checks
to him and said that they,were the checks
of the trunks of his sister the countess |
who was on her way here from California.
He also received a letter from Ogden on
Tuesday In which the count said that /
he would be back here on Thanksgiving
DAY.
Inquiry at Ogden by anxious victims
has proved that the count did not stop
at any hotel there. even though he sent
several letters here on the stationery of
prominent Ogden hotel and claimed that
ne was stopping there while transacting
business OF great Importance The
count has gone to fresh fields for con-
quests and some more soft picking"