The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-24
DARING |MPQSTOR IN
TOLLS OF THE LAW
Had Impersonated Members of
Royalty With Success for
Many Years.
rhe Tribune.

Special Gable to The Tribune.
| BELGRADE, Dec 23.--With the ar
rest OF a young ex-ofhcer named AIlcn-
ko Rajcevic. sou OF the late Servian chiet
OF police. case finding It's counterpart
only in the Tlchhorne drama is brought
TO light.
The arrested man has had some amaz-
ing adventures. For three years he has
Travelled the continent sometimes as MI
ian Obrenovio Christie. the famous out
cast son OF the late King Milan OF Ser
via, at other times as Prince George,
the notorious eX-hcir OF tho rclsnins
sovereign.
! The drama began hye years ago,
prisoner trading on his remarkable re-
semblance 10 the eECrown Prince
George. studiously went into his ROYAL
highncSss past, made himself acquaint-
ed with his customs. and learned his
idiosyncrasios.
Having completed this "cducation.' he
posed as the prince in the remotcr parts
OF Bulgaria. Roumanis. and within Ser
Via itself. always assisted by an aids-
de camp accomplcc named Jonecu. The
couple were hcrolded everywhere with
oral banquets. When the inevitable de-
nouncement came. the two made them
selves scarce without much ado. and for
two years there is Il blank.
ance with amazing effTontery at Barls-
bad. where from leading hotel he is
sued m ukase claiming the Serz'tan
throne as Prince de Christie, King Mi
ing the -'wiplng out OF the murderous
Kara agcoreevItches." As the police were
well aware that Milan's son was actu-
ally wandering from place 20 place, they
made no attempt 20 check this imposi-
tIon. believing The case to be genuine,
Al the Spa the prince" made the ac-
considerably his elder. and after leading
a gay, lifc for several weeks at her ex-
pensc. made of, In Vienna. he was next
arrested for fraud and expelled from
dinary events were dra wing near In
Paris the prince" dared 10 call on eH
Queen Natalie widow OF King Milan, Her
majesty coulc not but receive the man
who claimed 10 be her husband flesh
and blood. but. un(ortunatelv. shc took
a great liking 20 him into tho bargain.
at his disposal. The prince meanwhile
told the most circuUlstant!al stories OF
his notorious father, 9nd completely won
over the old lady. who Is 90
again. and now 7 quote from the official
police report: "At the end or last year
the prisoner was at B!aTritz. sun posing
as King Milan's son. and living wholly
OH misguided people. who welcomed him
ON that account. In January. be WAS
sentenced To six months hard labor at
cr jewelry. the property OF the daughter
OF an English peer whom he met at
Riarritz and subsequently on the Rivera.
Tho theft WAS committed while the
Young lady was dining with Prince {.
Pa icevic suddenly lcu the table. on
some excuse or other. aud after rih'ng
the lady's belongings. decanped from the
hotel
'This summer Prince Christie was
lsteJ la Sofia az banquet siVru 10y sew
cral members Of the Bulgarian govern
ment, whose hatred OF the present Ser
Wan dynasty is. of course. well known.
Tho coup which has now led 10 Rajce-
vic's arrest vas the most daring of al.
In Budapest "a few days ago ha learned
that tho real Prince Christie was work