The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
WEINBERG CAUGHT
In BACK OF PIANO
AT HOME OF WIFE
Alleged Impersonator to
Be Brought Here to
Answer Charges.
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spite the fact that he wore the uni
form of a naval surgeon, which. ac-
cordinE to naval authorities is ir-
regular. as . naval surgeon is never
assigned to escort duty.
Reports coming from New York
state that Weinberg is wanted in
New York. where he is accused Of
attaching himself to DIR. Adolf
Lorenz. the Yiennese surgeon. as the
especially appointed secretary as
signed by the New York Health De-
pertment. In this capacity. he
swindled poor parents of crippled
children of IS and $40 by pretendIn g
to give them preference on the con-
sultation list.
Escort Of Princess Fatina.
According to blanket orders sent
out by the Department of Justice,
Weinberg is 20 years old, and at
tached himself to the Princess Fa-
tima's party with the object Of OBJ &.
tanning a huge diamond which the
noblewoman wore in her nose.
Failing. he disappeared from Wash
ington and the Princess later learned
that he had incurred a variety OF
| financial obligations in her behalf
| which she was forced TO assume.
At the time of his visit to this
city as the head Of Princess Fa-
tima's party, Weinberg was ap-
parently taken for granted, despite
the irregularity of his uniform, al
though only a moment would have
veen required to look him DIP in the
navy register.
Declared TO Have Served Terms.
From reports from Brooklyn.
where his adventures are well
known. il is alleged that he has
Nappanock and BlackwelI's Island
Nappanock and Blackwelrs Island
reformatories. and has been under
observation or treatment az 70 his
sanity on various occasions.
Naval officers who were called be-
| fore the grand jury when the case
wa. being Investigated by that
bcdy. declared that the uniform
which the accused man wore during
his visit to this city conformed in
every respect with a regulation uni
form.
A photographer from one Il TIC
local news photograph companies
was also summoned before the
grand jury and after exhibiting a
photograph of the man which had
been taken during his visit here
with Princess Fatima. testified that
Weinberg represented himself to
him as "Comdr Stanley Wyman, of
| he lon
Lived in Shabby Home.
The place where Weinberg was
arrested. his home until the De
partment OF Justice operatives be-
gan their search for him, is no,
palatial, according to reports from
New York. but instead is in the
shabbiest end of shabby tene.
ment block known through tns
neiEhborhood as Incubator Row
1t is stated that the blocks birth
record is one minute.
Although his adventures have
taken him into places OF grandeur
eliminating with his reception al
the white House, his life when moi
lmpersonating, is quite prosaic and
his livelihood as a S25 a week clerk
| Known as "Steritng.
To his wife. who was present ir
the apartment when he was ar.
rested. Weinberg is not stephen
land he is not Weinberg" either
according to New York dispatches
He was masqueradinG as Sterling
Weyman" when he met her. it i:
alleged. and under that name he
married her. In the household, al
though everyone knows better now
he remains Sterling"
WeinberG's father believes him e
be the victim of persecution. It I,
stated He is just a boy playing
like" Weinberg senior is quoted a.
saying. He likes high sounding
names. What difference should 4
make to anyone II he should cal
himself Lieut.. Royale st. Cyr or DR.
Sterling weyman.' or something lix,
that? II it sounds better to hin
than Stephen Weinberg. let hin
make up a name for himself"
Declared Meglomaniac.
DR.. Menas s. Gregory, famou,
alienist OF Bellevue Hospital. de
clared Weinberg a meglomaniac-
an implication that the perpetrater
of these various adventures is no
exactly sane. And on the other
hand. Joseph A. Farout. third dep
uty police commissioner of New
York. and criminologist of note
had called the rash young Brook
Ignite cool. calculating crimi
nal
This disagreement of experts viii
probably be definitely settled dur
ing the court trial Of the accused
fake" naval officer in the Distric
Criminal courts, the final chapter
OF the great impersonation," which