The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-27
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disan t' Prince Prince De Lusignan,' whose
name has been mentioned in the dis
patches in connection with. the arrest
OF the bogus Count d-Aubly de Ca
tigny. for frauds practiced upon Ameri-
cans by palming off upon them as au-
thentic pictures bearing the forged
signatures OF famous painters. and
whom I referred to in my letter OF
yesterday in discussing the Lusignan
family, ] may mention that he is ac-
corded the title of King OF Jerusalem
and of Cyprus. is addressed as Your
Majesty" and conceded royal honors
by his confederates and his dupes, but
by no one else.-AIle has. however, even
still less basis for his professions
than the soi-disant Prince de Lusignan.
who wrote from st. Petersburg last
week to the marriage license bureau
| in New York, asking for its assistance
! in procuring for him rich American
| wife
The Partisan prince dc Lusignani
is one of two sons Of an Armenian
stonemason, hailing from Constantine
pie, who driftcd TO Venice, where he
| died pennilcss His boys were edu-
astery of St. Lazarus at Venice, under
their fathers name of Kalfa. Both
| were reared for the priesthood. and on
a branch school of the monastery being
! established at Paris, they We're APP
| pointed thereto, in the capacity of
teachers. The school, however, got
into difficulties, and one fine day was
closed by the police who WI JAILED sons ms
others into the street The two broth
crs Kalfa thereupon made their way
to Rome, from whence. the one Went
on to Constantinople, where, TOR Time
/ quently became archbishop and patri
arch of the Armenian Greek Catholic
Il Rite. OF an Intriguing turn or MIND
| he ended by mourning hrst the suspi-
. l/,in md l., a,,t i11n n
!. Abdul Hamd, and about sixteen years
ago, at the time of the great con
Z spiracy for the restoration of the late
: ex-Sultan Nlurad, he died in. so suddei
and mysterious II manner that it wa:
pretty certain that his end was due tc
foul play.
The other brother drifted back tt
5 Paris. and in course Of time bl,ossomet
: king of Jerusalem and of Cyprus" or
t the strength of which he married ;
: foolish widow f some little money, o
mature years, and of considerable vul
V ! garity who, after masquerading 70
. some time under the title of Queen o
Cyprus and Jerusalem, died. What i
y exceedingly amusing about his preten
sions is the fact that even in the bio
: about himself in those dictionaries an
works of reference that are compile
for the special benefit of people VIII
$ wish to see their names and thei
d history Gas they tell i) In print, Ii
does not claim that either his fathe
or grandfather bore the title of Prime
de Lusignan. He admits that the nam
I borne by his family is Kalfa, and tn
best that he can say as TO the respet
liability of his immediate ancestors
D that his grandfather was the first Ma
poleons Mameluke. and was killed 9
= the battle of Austerlitz, under tn
, name OF Yusulf Bey. The pseudo prime
! adds that financial and other circun
e stances prevented his family from lay
/ ing claim to the title and name
:. Prince de Lusignan until he was CT
abled to do so by the money that ]
obtained through his marriage
need not add that none of his titlt
i are recognized by any European COY
@ eminent. nor would his decorations
!, the Orders OF NIelusine and of 5
y Catherine--be permitted TO be Worn
It any of the courts OF the Old Worl
II nor even in public abroad. Teopl
indeed would expose themselves
4 arrest in France il they we're to
seen wearing the insignia of his orde
OF knighthood, or even the rihbc
= badges thereof, IN public places
\ This pseudo Prince do lMsignan n
King of Jerusalem is an object of rid
Guile to all sensible people, and II
has escaped until now any troub
with the police in Parts, IT is becau
no one on discovering the WORTHLESS
ness of @his orders of Rnighthood, III
cared to expose himself to popular del
sion by suing the man for the mon
y paid to him under the plea Of chance
Tar the "Klng Of Jerusalem N