St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-11-30
A FAKE
NOB[EMAN
EXPOSED
Posed as a descendant Of a
Ruler of Persia.
Eloped With Daughter of a
Prominent Man.
Afterwards Divorced, Then
Afterwards Divorced, Then
Married His Typist.
Exposure came on Announc-
ing He Would Lecture.

New York, Nov. 26.-Followine
the exposure Of his impersonation OF
royalty, Jimmy Andrews, William:
College graduate of the class of 1888
buyer and seller of railroads and
known for several seasons at Amag
ansett, Long Island, as Prince Stefal
Nemanjich- Dushanjich (the name
a Servian ruler of the fourteenth
century,, denied himself to all callers
at the Touraine Hotel, Brooklyn, to-
day.
Mrs. Andrews did the talking TO
the prince" and to every visitor who
called in the hope of obtaining
statement from Andrews she sen
word that her husband was not i.
and that she had nothing to say
this time in answer to the newspape
articles in which her husbands name
was mentioned. She intimated thai
a detailed statement might be forth
coming soon, but she was not In
position to say just when it would
be made.
KNOWN AS "ALPHABET."
Prof. Michael T. Pupin, of Colum
bia University, who was the hrst u
cast doubt upon Andrews assump
ton of royal title when the prince
arranged to deliver a lecture upor
the Balkan war in Carnegie Hall
few days ago, said today that n
regretted that his name should hav'
been dragged into the affair, but tina
it was worth while to expose an!
man who is parading under shai
title.
Soon after leaving Williams Col
|lege, James Curtis Butler Andrews
variously known among college mel
as Alphabet and Jimmy" came
into a. large Inheritance from hi
father, and he soon began to attrac
attention. He eloped with Miss Far
70, daughter Of Charles Fargo, mem
Der of the Wells-Fargo Express Com
pany, who at that time was living
in Chicago, and the couple had on'
child, Muriel, now living with hel
mother, who soon after the birth o
the child obtained a divorce.
SHOOTING OVER WOMAN.
Andrews got into trouble here TO
shooting . man who is said to have
annoyed . woman In restaurant
but as the wound was trifling ON
there was no prosecution.
His fortune soon disappearing, An
drews .nevertheless did not despair
After his divorce he welded his stem
ographer,' despite the ultimatum
his family that they would cast hir
of If he contracted this second mar
riage. He was proficient as a lin
guist, student Of history, writer am
mathematician and he was resource
full.
Many of his classmates at Will
ans admitted today hat Andrews fro
quently approached them with gigan
tic schemes for amassing large for.
tunes, but none of them we're dis
posed to take stock in them because
as one said, che was very fancifu
man and quite peculiar, to say tn
least"
TRYING OUT PEOPLE. g
1t was in 1909 there appeared a.
Amagansett Servian prince" styl
ed Stefan ea-Nemanjich- Dush-
iich. lineal descendant Of their i'm
-perial highness, James Stefan, Bast'
and James Basil Stefan. and son am
her royal princess, Konstanti AMarja
The prince" introduced his wife
princess and little sons as princes.
1t then developed that the roya
family had lived in the same plac.
three years previously under tn
name of Andrews, assumed for tn
occasion lust" to find persons
they really are and not as the appea,
when in the presence of royalty"
BUBBLE SOON BURSTS.
The Amagansett bubble soon burst
however, and the prince" and his
family disappeared without taking
the trouble 20 discharge certain dents
due to tradesmen.. The royal cottage
upon which there was heavy mort
gage, was sold for song in July
last. During the stay o. t1... "princ.e'|
in .Amagansett priests and dignitaries
of the Russian Greek Orthodox
Church conducted the Divine Litrr.
gy of st. John Chrysostom in English
in memory of the deceased ancestors
of the prince"
1t was when Prof. Pupin heard tina
Prince" Stefan was to lecture or
Balkan affairs that he looked up his
authorities and made the discover,
that this royal parsonage was sham
Exposure followed, and Andrews
connection with the imposture was
established.