The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-21
POLICE ON TRAIL OF
GANG OF SWINDLERS
p.Y "a .IARoUIsE DIE EoNTENoY.

By la oIARaUIsE DE FONTENoY.
IT e. police departments In this
~, country nave received request
l. from Berlin to DO OH tho watch
Tor an Engiishman. who styles
himself Captain Newton. who claims
to have served as an officer in the Eng
lish army during the Boer War and
who Is particularly we'll known in New
York and Chicago. where he has -four
ished with his confederate, Baron
Korft- koenig. The latter. head OF n
particularly dangerous international
gang of swindlers and card sharpers
and whose real name IL Rudolf stall
mann. of Berlin. has Just been arrested
a. I, AZ Ea &c on q demand for his ex77
OFF Mctternich, nephew OF the Ger
man am bnssadur In London was cab.
tired At vienna. and has been In Jail
I Tor three OF four months past al Ber-
I'm In fact. the German police have
the entire gang under lock and key
Win the exception of the sot-lisant Cap
IAN newton The lattrr's namci!s HCll
known 10 the police of New York. and
u may be remembered that n woman
hescribed as Mrs. Newton and las his
VIE. became Involved some Years age
IN charge of theft brought against
her b. New YORK woman living
somewhere on centrnl Park West. and
Larchmont.
There are over sixty complaints re-
corded AGAINST the gang. OF swindles
OF tradesmen The charges OF swim
70 the reluctance OF the victims IL
make public the fact that they have
heen foolish enough to permit then-
selves to ne heeccd One OF The gang
now in iail Is Baron Schenk III
schnweihsbnrg. a perfectly authcntlr
nphle, some riNty years " ago. and
most respectable looking
The impuience Of the soi-aie
baron koen!G IS almost beyond bclief..
nnnrinS the last Peace Conference at
Inc Hague. he innndged to get himself
invited 10 most or tho oiiiciul receptions
ann entertainplcnis and uhen he
d'eGGen yoi'nt- American, a cards to
OF the Young man. the bearer of a
we'll known name in New York LODGED
charSes against him with the manage
inent or the hotel al which he Vas
siaNins, and with the police. the hotel
people We're so impressed pv him that.
they asked her To vacatn her rooms
,ablishmeai while the Dutch police re-
FUSED 70 entertain the accusation.
SPANS royal house has iust lost
tnrough death snecies of ieft-hand
and whose disappearance from the
scene II VIII regard with a sentiment
III 81 relief rather than Of grief--a reia:
Don Giovanni del DraSo, and M the
iatiers american wife. who was the
MiuoW OF tne New York brewer. Otto
Scnnidt. he relative In question was
me Marquis Of Campo Sagrado. who
has Just died IN AsturIas. ami who had
married Isabella. one or the si~rrcrs of
the late Princess del, Drago.
Bpth the Princess del Drago and Tie
Marpuise III Campo Sagrado were
daughters OF old Queen Christine OF
Spain. who. after the Heath .of her hus-
band. King Ferdinand VII. mnrried her
iavorite, Fernando Munos whom SHE
had raised from the ranks of pri-.
yate soldier In the royal guards. % bo
Duke of Rianzares and of Montnnorct
and captain general. that IL 10 say.
n Eel marshal OF the army of Spain
she wanted 10 appoint him as cabinet
1ninisterland premier. but the Spanish
people would not hear OF it, ana drove
her into exile with Munos and her
children by him. These children were
half brothers and half-sisters Of Queen
Isabella. and although the latter had
neen called upon 10 suffer much a the
hands of her mother on their account
yet she treated Them with character
istic generosity while on the throne
Moreover when afterwards She resided
In Paris In virtue OF exile. she repeat
edly came TO their financial RELIEF, al
though herself constants. in monetary
dithcnltes by reason Of her Inability
to understand the value Of money