The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-24
COUNT is MEMBER OF
ROMANTIC FAMILY

he was conveyed TO tho hospital.
There he attracted the attention OF
Queen OLGA. during one Of her almost
daily visits to the institution, and in
teresting herself in his case. she FUR
nished him with money on his recov
cry. to admit OF his returning homo to
his. parents.
OF course he did not go back TO
Rumania but mace hts way TO Paris,
where he was soon engaged in new
swindles. bringing him into conflict
with the French police. his first inn
portant conviction dating from April
1890. when he was sentenced by the
Paris courts to a term CT four years
penal servi.ude for forgery and for
fraud. Monte Carlo. Lucerne. Geneva,
Madrid. Calcutta. Ostcnd Vienna ana
Rome. have all been in turn the scene
of his fraudulent operations we'll
as New York. Chicago. Boston and
San Francisco.
AT SaI, Francisco, finding that no
was unde the observation of the de-
tective police. he managed 10 make
them believe that he himself was one
OF the principal officers OF the
secret service OF Austria. rratern-
lied with them. and actually in
duced them to help him to shadow
some absolutely innocent foreign tour
lists staying at the same hotel as him
self. whom he declared he had been
instructed To watch in behalf OF his
government
He is very good looking. we'll edu-
Gated and possessed OF charming man
ncrs brilliant conversationalist.
making friends as easily with men as
with women He used to go over here
under the name Of Prince l.ahovary"
and of Count Manolescu. names
which obtained here 4 too unenviabl
notoriety to admit OF his hearing them
since his return to the New World
While in Italy he managed to scrape
up an acquaintance with Countess
Angelica Won kocniEsbru who was
travelling there with her widowed
mother. a rather siDaple- minded old
lady of Polish birth In fact he fas-
cinatcd the two women to such an
extent that ne had no difficulty In
persuading The younger of the two to
confer upon him her hand and as he
took the precaution 20 wed her under
his patronymic 81 Manolescu. IL was
| impossible to anrul the marriage on
the ground of fraud.
1t was not long before his wife
learned of his true character. and
hastened to leave him. whcreupon he
reverted to his former career OF
rohbinE hotels Captured in the act
of robbinE one of the American guests
of Berlin hotel. the influence of his
wifes relatives proved successful in
securing communication of his SEN
tence of TWO wears penal servitude to
confinement il lunatic asylum, as
irresponsible. II hoped by the
WildinG Won Koenigsbrucks that he
would be kept there for the remainder
of his life. But he managed TO es-
cape. and was traced across the AT
la.ntic to New York. where he disap-
peared
1t would he interesting to learn
what has becom. of him since For
II he was ingenious and fascinating
| enough TO succeed ia marrying into
| the house OF Wilding Won Koen:gs-
| bruck. and to flourish for n consider
| able time in tho various capitals OF
| Europe, sometimes under his own
name, ano sometimes under that OF
! Prince Lahovary. in spite of his record
as a swindler OF international fame.
and as an eX-convict. he has proha
| bly, succeeded in making tresa dupcs
/ here in the New World where people
| are so ready TO take nohiliary titles
! at their face value, owing to the
! trouble and difficulty involved In prov
/ ing their authenticity. The absence
| OF any trustworthy list OF the aristo-
| cratic families Of Rumania. OF Greece,
! OF the Balkan states, and OF Poland.
| renders II exceptionally easy for
! swindicrs to adopt names and titles
OF these nationalities, without much
| fear of detection
| Copyright, 1918. by the Brentwood
| Company