The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
INTERNATIONAL CARD
SHARPERS IN PR!SON
Clever Gang Of swindlers were
the Aristocrats Of Their Ne
farious Profession
YOUNG PEERS GOOD LOSERS
Doctor and Army Officer Also
Among Victims Who Were
Fleeced Out Of Big Sums.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.

snecIal Gable to The Tribune.
BERLIN. April 2s.-The berlin po'ice
are thorough In their work, slow put syS-
,amatic, and seldom do they lail 10
ro,,nd IN a criminal whom they are un-
der orders 10 catch.
rbe police are slowly gathering the
threads which. 1t is hoped. Will enaoie
,b.u, 10 capture all the members OF
gang Of international swindlers. They
were first put on The track by the az
rest IN Vienna OF Count Gilbert Wolff
Metternich, who Is charged with utter
ing false bills of exchange.
This bearer of a name which has ar
honora able record In the annals OF AUS
trian diplomacy. now lies In prison There
ie however. some doubt as TO whether
his case Will come up for trial, For
| some time he has been under the o0-
| servafion of the prison doctors "a ms
sanity has been called In question. Strong
efforts arc being made to procure ms
| release on the ground of mental ire
I sponsibIlity.
Part OF Gang Escapes.
Meanwhile, the examination of Meter
/ nIc, has been so far fruitful OF results
that clews have been obtained TO his al
leced associates In series Of swlndling
opera tions. and one member Of the gang
has been secured by tho police. This
person is Stefan Bujas. who has been
| arrested in Brussels. His capture was
| effected and after being conducted TO the
| frontier he was handed over TO the Ger
man police. Buias is % years OF age anu
| has had adventurous career
The first inquiries into the operations
of Metternlch led the police 10 The con-
vlction that they had to deal not with
one man only, but clever gang OF card
sherpcrs. Numerous complaints reached
the authorities, showing that the swim
dlcrs had been at work for some time
The chief OF the gang. it was ascertainei
was Rudolf StaiImann. His other asso-
! ciates In crime were Count Met5ernlch
and Bujas. who have already been cap.
tured and man who called himself
| Baron Korff KONG, but whose name is
julius steinmann. There was also
f1h member fgrmss fsTPpossea gmbin EnE3iiSnm@n conn
nunltV. in which each played his owr
particular role. They carried on thetl
operations in all the CAPITALS OF Europe
tanned introductions into the best so
ciety.
According 10 the police. one OF the fav-
orite methods OF this gang was 70 trave
about sIngly. keeping their eyes and ears
open until they heard that a wealth.
young sprig of aristocracy or other suit
able prospective victim was about tc
make Journey. His destination woulc
be reported 20 the other members, whc
would then swoop down upon him.
In order to create an opportunity fol
gambling these "l.nights OF industry ar
ranged q recherche little dinner, TO which
the intended victim was invited. The
swlndle followed and big amounts were
secured.
An officer was swindlcd out OF S75oi
and a doctor of SO. 900 The officer gave
30. 900 marks In cash and bill was pre-
sented by one OF the swindlers and pait
by the drawer. The police have por
traits of all the gang. The whereabouts
OF the Englishman is unknown, whil'
| KONG and Stallmann are travelling