The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-30
A ARRESTED AS MEMBER
OF SWINDLING GANG

tries should enjoy priority. he Is
Very good looking man. OF eMeei ,sbo
yyas brought up in certain amount OF
afiiuence. and who on the death OF MS ms
father in 1897, inherited some :2o,oou
or 100000 a considerable portion OF
this he lost in a single nights sitting
at the card table az 9enlce, " an
American crook of the name OF Howard,
head OF gang OF swlndlers. iowaru
seems to have taken the measure OF
ISlimm at the card table, and being IN
need of confederate of aristocratle
demeanor who could act as decoy, de-
cided that his services would be more
proftabe than his money, and, allow
ing the debt to stand over ihauceo
him to Join the Pan~
The first thing was to endoW MIN
with title, and with this object III
view Howard and his confederates
pitched upon the name and title OIL
say, OF a family of the French aristoe-
some 1856 years ago. Finding an artt,
san in Paris who bore the name OF
Jean La Rance, they induced him, BY
the payment of sum of money, to
legally adopt Bella Klimm, thus giving
MIN the right to the name la Ramee.
Once in fun legal possession OF the
name Of La Rance, i was a very easy s.,
with Bella Klimm in the Howard gang
10 transform the name of "Adalbcrt La
Rance" into the Marquis Adalbert de
La Ramee,r and these papers have been
accepted as credentials by the author1-
ties everywhere, not only in Austria
and all over Europe. but even IN
France.
There are several Princesses Tous-
soun; one of whom lives IN London,
where her name occasionally comes be-
fore the public In connection with her
encounters with her servants; while
another is an American The latte.
is the widow of Prince Said Ben Tous-
SCUM, and her name was Miss Caroline
Hopkins, of New York. Prince Said
was a younger brother of that Prince
Djeml Toussoun the first husband OF
the sister of the Khedive, and. like
7Diemil, a son OF that extraordinary
of Khedive Ismail, and whose ntrigues
and love affairs with Europeans and
natives prior and subsequent to her
| marriage with tho late PRINCE Tous-
/ Ali. were the talk Of Cairo and Alex
andria.
Young Prince Said. second cousin
Therefore of the IShedive, became infat-
during 4 winter which she spent a,
Cairo with two other young girls and
a chaperone; to such an extent that
| he was secretly married TO her, accord.
| ing to Christian rites. by Protestant
clergyman whose acquaintance had beer
staying at the same hotel as them.
selves. Unfortunately, neither the girl
nor the clergyman were able to keel
! their own counsel, and before twenty
four hours had passed every one II
ECairo knew that Prince Said had mar,
4 ried the young American.
Hadehe welded according to Moslen
rites instead of Christian, the entire
/ affair might possibly have been over
| LOCKED; but the idea that a member Of
4 the khedtytal family should have per
United himself tn be welded by Chris.
tian ecclesia stic TO q Christian girl, ant
/ that, too, under the Very shadow oil
the walls of III IIazar University. thai
Is to say, the Headquarters OF Moham
. medan orthodoxy, was more than IShe
ldiye Abbas could stand. So lie was i'm
| madiately summoned by the latter I,
| tho Palace of Kubbeh. in tho oltskirt!
of Cairo, When he arrived at Kubbel
LOT coffee at the palace.
IT lis not known whether lie saw Thu
KhediVe or. not, 1t being asserted a
4 Cairo that at tho last moIhsnt Abba
A refused to receive him, hut tho fac
remains that immediately after re
turning to his home in tho 1'oussou,
I, Palace which Is situated in the YER,
4 centre of Cairo he suddenlyIsuccumbe
! or course no inquest was held Their
Ineyer is In the case of Egyptian princes
las they might be inconyenient. Conse
Iquently, 1T is difficult to speak detiH.te
4 ~ with regard TO tho cause OF III
5Ideath;' but 1t was asserted atfthe tim
.Ilthat the prince had either shot him
self Or elso h;d died Of q, the effects q
4 at the palace oe. the Khedive, I'll
American widow Immediately lef
/ ltGsospymght. 1910 ny the Brontwoo,