The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
A PRINCE IN LOVE WITH
A BANKERS DAUGHTER

lomatic world was the monopoly they
enjoyed as hereditary chief Truehsess Of
the Holy Roman Empire, in Bavaria,
Wurttemberg, and Baden, the postal serv.
ice. the mail transmission being entirely
In their hands, they issuing postage
stamps and furnishing all the oficials
necessary to act as postmasters through
out the three German countries named.
But all that has been done away with.
though the writer well recollects having
booked from Munich to Innsbruck by the
postal diligence, which also carried the
mails. and which was owned and operat-
ed by Thurn and Taxis then.
The Duke Of St. Omars 10 behind prison
bars. but Of course he Is but bogus
duke. Despite his seventy-six years he
was convicted Of bigamy and got three
years at the Old Bailey. And an ex-
traordinary tale 1t is. how this man for
many years has hoodwinked people all
over England. At his last marital ven-
ture he signed himself as Surg. Gen.
Viscount Mackenzie, Duke Of St. Omars.
FRCs.. FRcP.. MD, LID. CP. The
prisoner was first heard of in 1888, when
he posed as Viscount John Hutchinson
Vaughan. Of the peerage of ireland. He
became acquainted with a widow named
Southampton. Soon after the marriage
he took all her money. mortsaged her
furniture. obtained fA worth Of Jewelry.
and absconded, leaving her penniless.
He was next heard Of In 1894. at Croy-
don and Norwood. where he called him.
self John Hutchinson Vaughan. BM.,
MD. and said that he was brother Of the
Archbishop Of Westminster. Be became
acquainted with Mrs. Curry. promised
hAs
settle $500 a year upon her. He hired
carriage and was driven about, and thus
obtained credit. He was arrested for the
| frauds. and this prevented the marriage
taking place.
In December. 1893. he took furnished
apartments with Mrs. NJ. Day, a widow,
Of Putney. and told her that he was a
surgeon major with plenty Of property In
the neighborhood. Early on the day after
his arrival he told her he had to visit a
lady Of title. and also the war office. and
! that he had neglected to draw a check
from the bank on the day before. She
lent him f5 and a watch, and he did not
come back.
Other frauds were committed at Man.
chester, Liverpool. and Croydon. and in
| February. 1895. posing as Surg. Mai Nor
| ris. Bart. r. c. B., he went to Streatham
end obtained the loan Of a valuable gold
watch from a gentleman lodging at the
same house. He absconded and was ar
rested in Portsmouth, where he had been
posing as Surg. Maj. Vaughan, Bart He
was sentenced in that town to three
years penal servitude for larceny. When
arrested he was wearing three medals
one Crimean trophy, bearing the name
CT another man.
| In June. 1894, he called on two sisters
In Bayswater and engaged apartments
as the Right Hon. George Ed Moles-
worth, Of Glynn Castle. Rossshire. Scot
land. He offered one Of the ladies mar
riage, and said he would settle $500 a
year on her as a marriage settlement.
and f1.OO0 a year on his death. together
with the house and lands known as
Braemore, Rossshire, Scotland. In the
event Of an heir being born, the lady
would have her income raised to fs0O
Fer annum. The lady's brother. however.
interfered and prevented the marriage.
and the prisoner suddenly disappeared.
The following October he was heard
of in Liverpool. where, as Col George
Ed Macdonald, he engaged a lady as
| Ihousekeeper for his Bournemouth
house, and she accompanied him to
Liverpool. Manchester. Blackpool, and
Brighton. at which places he said he had
secret commissions to do for the King.
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