Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-01
Millionaire Ph7anthrobist
Proves to Haze Been a Bandit

~ ERLIN. May 2S.--Since Wnh,ln
Noigt. cX-shormukcr and JAN
bird. railcd the town hall ol
t<oepenick dressed az 90 captain
in The kalser's army, no mon has $50
greatly captured the im1g.uation OF
Germany a. the seventy-y carroll l-mil-
honai.e. novelist. missiouary-an
bandit Or. Kari May Of Dresden
DR. Kari May lives M a pretty villa
not far from the sluggish Elbe. Tho
windows are smotherod In roses in
summer. and In winter when the rose
bushes are bare. curious townspcpolc
who pass by see a tail and venerable
scholar porting over the proofs of
some edifying romance for children.
or some pious missionary tract des-
tined Ia be translated in AIongOl
Autographs and used for converting
the heather Chinee Dr. MAY Is "a
well-known resident OF Dresden: he
is a man of large wealth. a millionaire
In fact--in German marks value 20
cents each and this learning Is rcputed
TO be boundless. for though he dis
dained to acquire such vulgar tongues
as English and French ne WAS reputed
70 speak Hungarian. Russian. Turkish.
Finnish. Hindustani. Arabic and no
less than seven other languages all
~ ItiHbNt Nldt no itSlNtNt OF DFes-
den could put his knowledge to the
test
POPULAR OLD MAN.
It was this universal knowledge
said the Dresdcners which gave Karl
Nays novels such note OF Verisimili-
tude and reality You could see that
this was "A man who had learned the
world by heart who studied exotic
civilizations: and did not take his To-
cal color ont OF other travellers tales
HIS own travellers tales had cold IN
thousands Of copies. and MS boys |
novels. especially his MY Ride |
Through Africa" were read by every I
urchin from Stettin to Munich and |
from Strassburg tc Koonigsberg. The |
church honored him. critics praised \
him, butchers sold him meat on credit, !
and little children. pleased by his
hoary locks called him "Cirossvater,"
and were rewarded with fvc-pfenning
pieces Since Polycrates. no man was
ever SO exalted in his happiness
And now this millionaire, author.
missionary. public-sp,rited Dresden |
citizen. whose name az romancer Is
cherished by Germanya youth is prov \
ed To be none other than notorious
bandit, thief. and highwayman who
terrorzcd the Erzgehrge mountains
thirty years ago. whose exploits were
so tremendous that a whole battalion
or SOldiefS was sent 10 suppress him.
IT has been proved that he spent ten
years In Jail. that he speaks no
foreign anguages-eNcept jail birds's
argot, that his books OF travel arc
fakes from beginning to end Il has
been proved that nothing about him IS
genuine save the name "Earl MAY"
For, with incredible assure nee, when
he abandoned highway robbery and
took to writing novels and sending
to China. the robber |
,hleftaln OF the Erzgebirge retained |
The name which had once struck
TERROR into the hearts OF peaceful |
,itizens.
MAY EXPOSED
MAY was exposed by Herr william
-oebius, a well-known trades unionist. J
How Loebius discovered Mays ro-
mantle past no one knows: but he |
wrote a letter to a Saxon opera singer |
describing Dresden's most Venerafed | {
'itizen as "a born criminal" In
'oolish moment, May began libel
lotion When the case came before
he Charlottenburg court Herr L,oe-
bus stuck to his accusation: and pro- |
iuced confirmation from the CHIEF OF
)resden's police. Herr May admitted |
hat he had indeed spent much Of his
outh In Jail What We're his particular |
rlmcs he refused 20 divulge. But he
ost his case and was removed from