The Washington herald., 1922-03-09
PRINCESS fATIhIA
ANDSONS.MUST GO
BACK HOME AGAIN
Victim of Weinberg, Pen.
niless in New York,
Will Be Deported.

Distress and suffering. follow In
the wake OF Stephen weinberg
"comdr. Stanley wyman, U. S. N.
attached to the Brooklyn Navy
Yard"-alleged- pseudo naval Of
ficer.
After temporarily quenching his
ambition to mingle in high social
circles and to appear prominently
in public print. the accused man.
who last September was received At
the White House as the naval es-
cort to; Princess Fatima, Sultana Of
Kabul, deserted the victim of his
brazen adventure and left her prac-
tically penniless, II was learned
Tuesday.
She and her sons, who came here
last year believing they could Sc
cure social prominence, will sail
from New York Saturday. penniless
and as public charges. They will
return home by way Of England ;
they travelled eastward in coming
to the United States and Ian ded at
San Francisco.
In the meantime. the man who is
| charged with having been respon-
sible for the financial downfall Of
the noblewoman. Is arrogantly de-
claring that the Federal authorities
are demanding too much bend" in
his case, and his father declares
that stephens activities ave only
play boy pranks."
VIII He RrouEht Here.
Weinberg will be brought to this
city within the next few days, ac-
oording to reports from New York
and will be Immediately arraigned
before the District criminal court
for a preliminary hearing. His
trial will he held within a month
after the time he arrives here. Dis
trict Attorney Peyton Gordon stated
las night.
The accused man asserts that
most OF the alleged impersona-
tions which he has engaged in are
perfectly absurd" but admits
that he has on previous occasions
been under investigation by the po-
lice and medical authorities.
'I was convicted once, and served
rSrt of a sentence" he stated after
his arrest. THE charge against me
was forgery. But that has beer
wiped out. first by a pardon, and
second by the appointment of q
iunacy commission which declared
me a neurasthenic and had me COM
mitted to an institution"
Silent on Princess.
| He makes little or no commen
regarding the princess. but the true
condition OF the misIed noblewom-
rauAoIa1 rdav Nu q
the plans for the involuntary
devastating were completed.
The princess brought but little
cash with her. She had with hei
the 4a karat Darayai diamond, sec
cnd in size only to the Kohinoor
formerly owned by the grandfather
oc the princess and now In the royal
crown of England. She valued 1t al
upwards of $4,000 and expected to
sell IL in the New York market, but
$4,000 was the best price offered.
From a S3s-a-day suite at thu
Waldorf Astoria, and an official re-
ception at the White House, tn.
princess, within a few months came
down to poverty. But for the in
terest taken in her case by Sybi
Roland, daughter of Frank A. X
Eoland. attorney for the Hotel
Mems Association Of New York. thu
princess and her sons might have
landed in Jail as hotel beats"
The Afghans ran up hotel bills al
the Waldorf and Ansonia and were
sued for loan of $4,000 by Magar
s. Dave. Fifth avenue -jeweler. who
in consequence of his suit. has tn,
Darayai diamond safe in the keep.
ing of the Metropolitan Trust Com
pany and intends to keep 1t there
until his $4,000 lien is settled.
Miss Boland. through her father
squared accounts with the hotels
and aided the pincess to establish
herself in a small Lexington avenu.
apartment. For a short time thu
royal family accepted charity from
the Salvation Army as well as Mis-:
Boland. but after a time the British
government was interested in the
princess's case and for the last sis
weeks or more funds have been sup.
piled the princess from the British
consulate in New York