The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
REPLY TO LAST WEEKS ECHO
REYMONTE IN PORTLAND JAIL
Is in the Tolls of U. S. Authorities
May Be Austrian 0fficer-Pa
pers Believed To Be For
geries


the query last week, "Where il
Count de Reymonte,"
The answer to our question Is
contained in last Sundays Oregon
ian. The Count made this town his
home most of the time for the past
three years and became quite vel
known as some kind of human
freak. Beside dressing grotesquely
those who checked up on him say
he was reckles with the truth. Since
the war he tried, or said he tried
to get into the army to fight the
Germans. Any way he did not get
in. He has been missed by those
who kept tab on him, the past
month, and it will be some relief to
the curious to learn that he is in a
Portland Jail.
The following is taken from th1
Oregonian.
Is Marquis Colonel-Doctor Ed
ward F. de Reymonte an impostor
an Austrian alien enemy or sub
iect of Great Britain? 1t is up to
the Federal authorities here, includ-
ing the Unite States Attorney, the
U. S. Marshal and the Bureau of in
vestigation, to solve this complex
problem. Reymonte was arrested at
Oregon City yesterday by Deputy
United States Marshall Tichenor and
is being held for a thorough investi-
cation.
Otto Rose a German who was ia
ken into custody at the same time
declares Reymonte is an Austrian
and an officer in the Austrian army.
Reymonte insists that he is a sub
ject of Great Britain and tells a
story that makes ordinary fiction
tame reading.
Reymonte affirms that he is AZ
years old and a native of Russia.
He declares he came to the United
States five years ago, took out his
first citizenship papers in New York
City and says he only recently was
refused a commission in the United
States army as "he could not speak
the German language" Reymonte
says he was graduated from the
ROYAL University of st. Petersburg
and by reason of his knowledge of
medicine served as Major in the
medical corp ofthe British army in
Egypt. afterwards serving as Colo
mel also in the medical corp in the
Russian army under General Kuro-
patkin in the war with with Japan.
Reymonte further told the arrest
ing officers that he is heir to large
holdings in Corsica. He says he
was robbed of $4,000 in the east a
few years ago, and this caused him
to come to the Pacific Coast, where
he says he practiced medicine for a
time at Aberdeen. Before coming
to Oregon City, a few weeks ago
where he found employment as
bookkeeper in a paper mill office
he was located at the Hotel Federal
Third avenue and Pine street, Sc
attic.
Included among Reymonte's per-
sonal effects seized by the deputy
Marshall were a sword, Reymonte
claims he used during the Soudan
campaign in Egypt, an electric
flashlight, a complete hypodermiC
outfit, a pair of aluminium "knucks'
and countless papers, including q
passport from the British consul al
Cairo, and various other similar
credentials issued in France. He ex-
planned the possession of the nucks
by saying he found them necessary
for his protection against the Arabs
while he was in Egypt.
Among other papers found in Rey
monte's possession was a highly lith
ographed certificate of membership
of st. Petersburg Commandery No
30 of Moscow, Knights Templar, Il
which is affixed his signature az
one of the officers. Mixed in among
a number of letters was also founC
a printed leaflet with a likeness Of
Reymonte and carrying beneath i
the inscription: Marquis F. de Rey
monte, NJ. D., D. D. D., member Of
Board of Regents, Carnegie Univer
sity, Dover Del"
Other official documents accredi
ted him with membership in tht
Academy of Physics of New Yorl
City Washington Association o.
Drugless Physicians and the Natur
pathic Society of America.
Independent of the representation
of Reymonte's companion, Rose
whom he regards as a pronounced
alien enemy of dangerous propensi
ties, U. S. Marshall Alexander il
satisfied that Reymonte is an i'm