The evening world., 1911-03-04
Says Month Cost $4,000.

The Baron" was as gay and devil
m'y-care as you please in his suite In
the Plaza to-day, as be told an Eyening
World reporter Of his troubles In the
month ne has spent In New York-i
month that. he says. has cost him
5000. la in mauve-colored silk pa
jamas, he stood before a mirror IN his
Louis Qulnze dressing-jacket, and as
he applied n dcllcately perfumed po-
made and brIlllantine to his glossy
black hair and little, curly mustache.
he delivered himself OF n TRADE against
America ana Americans that must have
made Christopher Columbus sorry he
had ever set sail from Spain had he
heard Il. The Baron" didn't even
neglect to pay his respects to Columbus
either.
christopher Columhus-bahr r. he
said III l had him here ] would cut his
ears off and throw them In his face,
ut Is all graft. graft. graft and hold
up In thees beastly countrce." ne contin-
ued. 'and I shall be glad TO leave It.
Since | have been here II has been moth
ing but blackmail and attempts to ex-
tort money rom me. When thees fool
ISL Cuban person mad me arrested !
found that ! had to pay some n a;
every ~turn-thcrc was always a maj at
my elbow with his palm outstretched
Here Is what 1t cost me to spend that
short time in the prison like a gentleman
and his Is outside the large sums
| ave had to pay for lawyers fees" and
he furnished the schedule, itemlzed.
Tells Of Police "Shakedowns."
"Flrst II was a tip to a detective. then
70 messengers, and. my faith. they must
grow rich, these messengers. and then
when the court business Vas finished
and | had to 20 to the prison while !
waited for my ndsman. a man comes
up and tells me that for $50 1t will no,
be necessary for me to go to a cell.
"SaCre! ave never been In n cell
and | answer n a It should he worth
$50 for the experience, hui he answered
that | with not like 1t for II is damp ana
smells bad, so ! give him the nifty.
VOLTA, It ees nothing for me!
And II was one thing after the other
never have | seen SO many palms with
the itohing. 1t could not happen in Eng
land or France or Hlungary-it could
only be In America. But | do not regret
this money-it was for tips, and I pay
for my comfort wherever | am, whether
in the prison " the Plaza, so | forget Il
as o az | am on the ship, which
hope will he soon.
but the b,ackmail-ah. that Is {
deterrent matter and YOU shall see. IN,
friend, what | shall do to these. | an
not through with them and II there il
law in your beastlee |countree that car
punish such ! will find It. No, II is no
necessary ! should name thcm-the,
are known and they will feel the weigh
OF the displeasure OF Won Arkovy.
Dcport Him. Pouf!
My wife left me with the reques
that ! transact some Of her business 10
her. the taking over OF certain estates
that Is what We came for. and as 500
as that Is completed | shall go afte
these rascals.
And these Hungarians here VIII
speak of having me deported-what nor
scnse-pouf' l blow them away. |
. Hungary they would not dare lift theI
voices against IA gentleman, Tut IN tn.
d cuuntree, whore one Is supposed to An
no class privileges, they dare anything.
The Baron" then dove into a lit
suake-skln wallet and produced his vi
ting card, II reads: