davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Arizona republican., 1922-05-02

The Begun OF Phopal is the only ruler
in Asia. She has reigned Bhopal India, for 20
years and is always veiled, in accordance with the
precepts of Islam Within her territories she wields
powers of life and death.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
Old Doc Van der Vers
Reports on a "CGse'

IRON one Of the papers found
. in the room of Prince Henri
de Bourbon, alias DR.. Martin Vom
Buren,, alias DR.. Reginald Van
der We're:
"Henry Porter Fynck--Born II
Wayne County, 81 years Of age
Suffered first shock in April 1878
DR.. Skinner of Brdioy. and
Hist st. attended--Diu0nosis---
arterio-scIerosis Nth Suicidal IN
tentions. History - Born IN
Wayne County 1s54--porked for
N. Y. Central thirty-fve years on
their boats, suffered first shock
April 1918, but recovered and
Went back to york, but sufersd
relapse after sin months-Prss-
ent address S6S Edgecomb Ava,
qchere he has lived t,oetve years,
is insured in Metropolitan and
Prudential Life Insurance Co.
and Is member of Cattahooches
Tribe No. 95, Improved Order Of
Red Men. Member for three
years.
"Reginald M. Van der Vsr~
NJ. D."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
Ouijd Board Left Behind
In Deserted "ThrOne Room

Next we learned that the Prince had
fed New York. Too much publicity
ard the story of having made his es.
caNS from Russia in II barrel of pota.
toes proved fatal to whatever plan he
may have had. Detectives found
nothing In his apartment but some OF
the Princess clothing. corn whisky
TASKS. Il Ouiin board a bottle of ipecac
aud the little tin sword His IIighness
used to carry when he took the air
on Riverside Drive.
Last night the "Princess" said de-.
family that he was far, far away and
that she would soon join him, IL she
could keep clear Of the police.
Two strange details remain TO BE-
added. First, a man sought McEwan,
declared himself to he n Persian gem
tleman of high family and said he had
actually seen the Prince leading Rus-
/ sian troops into his country. Sec.
Opd, on the day Of the Princes fiixht
II gentleman Df military drmcanor mn.
peared nt police headquarters To pro.
test against the impoStor and TO an.
nounce himself as the only living de.
scendant OF Louis XVIII. lie rave
ms name as Napoleon de Remonf -
showing here the came eccentri,.itv In
reading, history as Harold himself. ~
nsrH,y necessary to mention that the
name Napoleon has never been assnmsd
~ any member Of any branch OF -
House OF Capet. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
EADER DELUXE A1LEADZVG ONL1 4 4
1RNZNG PRZNLEGgES IND RECORD ASSCULLION

alone and penniless with baby to sup
port. ..
The baby is now three years old and
goes by the surname Of his mother.
The marriage has been annuled.
As for the abandoned girl. she says
simply: 'ts
~ have one consolation. The baby
resembles me and not his father
From here the career of prince Har-
old becomes fragmentary again. He
Is seen on the New England roads In
the company Of those two other Oedipus
adventurers, Lord and Lady Douglass
Grey" burning along in high pow
cred car Of foreign make. The Oedipus
complex has now apparently hit its
stride. At Hartford the party wait
while repairs are made to the car and
the Prince de Bourbon converses with
one OF the mechanics of the garage,
Herbert Riordan. Says Riordan:
He told me he had met Lord Grey
in France. Lord Grey he says, was
an English aviator and ! was French
ace. Lord Grey has been assisting me
in some very important negotiations
with British and Japanese officials con.
cerning the purchase Of surplus air
planes.
We are going to buy these air.
planes for $500 apiece and sell them to
Japan for $4,000 each.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
Lost Russian Accent
In an American Jail

"A friend. who, like many others,
had been deceived by this remarkable
impostor and poseur, introduced him
to me. and I took his case" he says.
Il had never seen him before and 7
have never seen him since.
There is nothing whatever in his
threat to have me bring an action for
100000 against the City Of New York
for false imprisonment. 1t is ridicu-
lous, as far as I am concerned. at least.
for would have nothing to do with
him.
when / learned that he was being
supported by his wife. that was enough
for me. His wife, who seemed a very
decent young Jewish woman. came to
me the night before defended Schwarm
in Magistrate Simpsons court.
II asked her II the Prince spoks
English well enough for me to un-
derstand him or whether she would
have to act as Interpreter. She az
sured me that he spoke excellent Ens.
lish, but that he had an accent.
poured at me food OF New Yorkese.
interspersed with East Side idioms that
no man could have picked up in the two
years he said he had been in this coun-
try. There was no Russian accent in
his talk either.
when ! spoke to his wife about
this later, she said that his accent only
cropped out when he was much excited.
/ am frank 10 say that at first I had
no idea he was an impostor. could
hardly believe that his wife vas aware
of the mans true character. but after
living with him eighteen months I do
not see how she could remain unde-
ceived.
From what I have learned Of the
man, I believe he is the victim OF an
alteration. TO many mind he is q
harmless nut. excepting for the poor
girls he has deceived"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
fnee Haroid srolng Riverside Drive New York with his
dog and pet monkey ' '' '"'

how many Of them he may have mar
ried is not yet known. Perhaps It will
never be.
In connection with the name he had
assumed at this time. it is interesting
to recall that President Martin Van
Buren, had son who was known as
DANDY Jack" Van Buren, and that
he rivaled in resplendency and fastid. &.
iousness any of the European beaux
of the preceding generation. He was
almost as active rs his father in po,i.
ties Of the day, and was for a while
Attorney General of New York.
Harold remained In Trenton four
months. Whittier he went next is NOT
known definitely. Shortly aftcrword
he made his appearance IN Boston
where he continued the name CDR. Van
Buren," Here his effrontery went TO
the limit of seeking n place with the
staff OF the Fore River Hospital for
Insane. Here. too, he met and married
Catherine Frances Lynn, although not
divorced from his first wife.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
Once More Naughty Noble
Has Kitchen as kingdou,

Another time he is chef at the
brownsville Hospital in East New
York, where same wife is working as
laboratory technician. Here he calls
himself Reginald Van do Vere."
Yes I remember him we'll" savs
DR.. Harry ]. Moss, formerly super.
'ntendent Of the hospital. He had
recommendations from several GOOD
FAMILIES, and let me tell you he was
the goods as a chef. III hire him
as my family cook any old time he
needs n job.
The story that he was fred from
the hospital because he spilled the
broth Is untrue. The reason was this
The other men disliked him and he
was always spooning around the placs
with his wife. She was always leaving
the laboratory b make love to him
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
rake Diamonds Added
TO "Dearie's" Make.Un

Dearie' began to disappear m
saturday nights. One Saturday night
Florence happened to be in Hartford
she heard some girls talking about
going to the station and flirting with
the millionaire. She watched them 20
over and speak to a fellow in a hjrh
SIX hat-evening coat and stiff shirt
with false diamond studs. He looked
familiar and Florence went closer.
1T was 'Dearie' all right, and he
was as orazen. He stood twisting his
monocle ribbon around his finger. When
rlorence asked him where he got the
clothes he said in Hartford That's
the way he spent three Of the flvs
dollars he took out of Ethel's pay every
Saturday night
Apparently that was the beginning
OF the Princes philandering. Tall.
slender and gracefully built with an
intelligent and pleasing, though not
exactly handsome, face, a soft voice.
ready command of words, It is not
perhaps surprising that simple minded
factory girls fell for him." az tho
saying goes.
He would show them letters, seeming
TO have been written by John d. Rookie
feller or Mrs. Helen Gould Sheppard,
offering to adopt him. or asking about
the system he had used in Monte Carlo.
He would hold long telephone conver-
sations, in which he would give tho
word for deals and mergers involving
millions.
When he was turned out of the Abetz
home he seems to have left Hartford
Immediately.
The manager of the store where
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11

ardent love to Miss Lillian wilkomer.
son. typtst employed in the institu-
tion offices. To her he confided his Sc +.
cret and to her he recited from paper
memorandum his titles:
Prince Louis Henri de Chateroux de
i'ussingy de Bourbon, Compte de Paris
Due d'Orlcans, Due de Valois, Prince
q ancelon. etc, etc, etc. etc"
what else he may have told her Is n
matter for an imagination matching the
Princes own. She became Princess do
'hateroux de Bussingy de Bourbon,
etc, etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
Enter-Prince Henri, CARRIED
AZ Adviser to the Gear

This seems to have been the Princes
first appearance In the white Russian
uniform blouse-now become famous.
Lord Grey also was in uniform. He re-
ferred to the car jocularly rs Abdul
Azzizi. As for the car, It was by no
means a new one. 1T looked to me" "
says Riordan. like an old touring car
fitted with a racing body"
The party, 1t seems, was on its way
to Washington for a consultation with
the Japanese Ambassador. They were
to stop en- route at the Hotel Taft in
New Haven.
What reverses Of fortune followed
and how the destinies OF Prince and
Baronet became separated Is still a
matter for conjecture.
Anyway, the Prince next is discovered
on Blackwells Island working more or
less humbly as a cook and making
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11

when he should have been stirring the
soup. had to let him 60.
II would like to say one thing. He
is no fool. He is a bright fellow"
We next find that "the Prince"
wearing his white blouse and Gordon,
before Magistrate Simpson in the Wese
Side Police Court in New York.
Yes" he is saying, II am the
first Prince of France. the last Of my
line. and the first Bourbon to have
ever been in cell"
Showing here that Harold Schwarm's
reading of history has doubtless been
profound but erratic.
II have been fourteen years in the
Russian Army and later was chief OF
the bodyguard of the late Gar Nicholas.
have fifty-three decorations and
orders, including one from Pope Bens-
dict for having protected various
Catholic churches in Russia.
"When ! led the Russian Armies
into Persia I was at the head Of my
| troops. / have been five times wounded.
The muscles Of my left arm are
paralyzed."
After this dignified statement oe
affairs the Magistrate "honorably die.
charged" him. The Prince had been
accused of threatening to run a detee.
tive through with a rapier.
Frank ]. McEwan had been engaged
to defend him. McEwan's story Of
his acquaintance with the Prince" n
interesting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11

Trenton and found work as a scrubber
of pots in the kitchens Of the Hotel
Sterling. Undoubtedly there had been
adventures in the interim, for Herman
scherer, the chef who employed him,
observed that his clothes were Of the
finest cut and materials. ,.
However, he was good worker. and
though the job was hard and unplea,-
ant he never complained. On the tes.
timony Of both Scherer and DAME,
Tanzoni, the hotel manager. his work
was consistently better than any scul.
lions before his time or since.
lie spent most Of his idle momer.s
In nearby barber shop. Every d.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
FellolO Workers Did Not
Care Much for "Prince"

tie was not popular in the machinery
works. He already had broached the
aet OF his legal inheritance to some
ot his fellow workers. His habit Of
parading the main streets of New
m'taih In a dinner jacket, monOcle,
'pa's and walking stick made him
""own among the vulgar as "Dearie."
one morning he reported in some
.ueh attire at the factory. which pro-
s0sed his mates to hanging him to
m on the seventeenth floor. stripping
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11

Prince Harold bought most Of his fnery
says:
THAT fellow might get away with 1t
in New York, but not in New Britain.
His nerve wasn't good for dime here.
lie had been the town clown for years.
We considered him harmless, but he
had to pay cash.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
Decan'ped From Ne,c England
Deserving His Girl Bride

They lived while at Bridgewater AZ
pr. and Mrs. Van Buren,. Then sud.
denly the doctor" deserted her. A
child was born shortly afterward and
christened John Van Buren,.
When "Mrs. Van Buren's'' husband
had been identified with the dishwasher
OF Trenton her relatives refused TO have
more to do with her. She was left
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
RUT HE CERTAINLY COULD
MAKE LOTE ROYALTY AND
TOSS II MEAN CUP or TEN
FourWives at Least-andL Long List of
Il, DubeS N>ho Heard His Story of
Granduer Attest to His ''Nobility
CombIex'' :,.,.. 49,. -. .........@..' T..

uE notwithstanding sordd details and some
tragic the romsncareer Schwar
Britain factory hand and Trenton potwashe posed indefinite
success a the Boubons
Il more contribution to the gayey public.
the police capture him jail
his will remain something than text for morasts
By right would belong psychologists paru-
iy who trying to determine
genius madness Its especial among
nobility takers exposed during
that the nearly beginning
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11

him to the waist and covering his back
with red paint.
His screams aroused foreman, who
cut him down. It was found that one
Of his arms had been broken. He never
returned to that factory. For while
he lived by the support Of his wife.
But he was by now as unpopular at
home. Mrs. Jacob Abetz. his first
mother in law, says: %.
Harold was terrible loafer. The
doctors told him there wouldn't be any
thing wrong with the arm that was
broken. II he'd only. use It. But he
used to lie around all day and let Ethel
20 to work and take her money.
He had wonderful appetite.
II can't understand how he made
anybody believe he was French. He
never spoke word Of any foreign Ian.
guase. never saw, him before Ethel
married him. Then he brought his
suitcase and moved right in here and
uied to make himself boss. NY sons
had no use for him. but Ethel wouldn.,
near anything against him until my
other girl. Florence, caught him mash.
ins those silly factory, girls at Hart.
Ruth Abets, another sister, now Mn.
Fred Sutherland. wife of a mschini.t
tells how this was.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
CARRIED Like the Lily
He Began Scrubbing Pots

Some time after his disappearance
from Hartford, which. except by his
mother and the Abetz family, had
scarcely been remarked, he foated into
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11

Martin Van Buren, descendant OF the
President. He spoke Of having aban-
doned for mysterious reasons lucrative
practice in Washington. But in Tren-
ton, as in New Britain, he was re-
garded as the victim Of an interesting
but harmless alteration. No one took
him seriously; no one, that is. except
tho women.
How they did fall for his gun y
says Tanzoni. ''They begged for It,
And could you tell them to be careful,
that this guy was just poor nut? You
could not" ...
H0lD Many "Princesses"
Did "Prince Harold" Make? ?
How many womyn became involved
in Prince Harold's life in Trenton and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11

no went the whole gamut Of the bar
per y ministrations. Though his wages
We're only Sl5 a week, his bill at tho
oaroer's frequently. amounted to S13 a
week. When he had no money for tips
nc would exchange sandwiches 10,
cigars with the icemsn and give tn,
cigars to the BARRIERS.
IN Trenton he called ;, himself DIR
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
Democratic Genius Often
Padded Family Tree


The nature Of the complex varies
and its influence on the men afflicted
with it varies. Many great ones are
accused Of having developed It.
Shakespeare is charged by some
Of his commentators with pretend
ing to nobility. Victor Hugo,
though a democrat and revolution
ist, made much Of q spurious gen
ealogy that connected him with the
old noblesse. Swinburne. another
revolutionist, boasted descent from
a medieval English King.
Sometimes the victim of the COM
plex believes firmly in his exalted
origins; sometimes the idea hangs
on the borderland between .delusion
and desire. It is probable that
"Prince Harold" belongs to the Sec
ond class, and that there are mo-
ments when he is thoroughly fright
ened at the situations into which his
day dreams have led him. On the
other hand, there seems to be a
hereditary element in the illusion.
f.. "Prince Harold" was born to q
poor family Of German immigrants
who had settled in New Britain
Conn. His mother Is still living
IN the second story Of small frame
shack and supporting herself, a. she
has done. most Of her life, by sew
ing and housework for neighbors.
She was not able to give Harold
much education. He went to the
North End Grammar School, and
that was all. Mrs. Schwarm's
father had been a Won something OF
other, but had lost the title, owing
to drink and debt, Her husband
she says, once told a widow In
Glastonbury, where they lived for g
while, that he was millionaire with
vast estates, though he had not al
that time even q job. Later he told
his two sons, Harold and Herman,
OF their noble heritage, though he
had not sufficient clothing to give
them.
Harold was nervous boy" say.
his mother. "He was sharp and al.
ways associated with older people
lie read every kind Of book and
could talk about anything. He al.
ways said he would be somebody, NO
matter how he had to 60 about It.
HE was always a dressy boy"
continued the mother little
proudly. "He has been very smart,
think, to make people believe he
was Prince"
When Harold was in his teens he
married Miss Ethel Abetz, who was
then twenty one. Told that he should
support her, he went to work in ma
chine shop. This appears to be more
ohan he has ever done for the four or
more other young women whom he suf-
'ered to become his "consort."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11

The pretensions OF commoners to
royal or noble birth have been
known In almost every age, and are
now ascribed by the new psychology
mostly to a mental state called the
Oedipus complex. ..
Sometimes such pretenders are
able, as in the case Of Oedipus him
self, actually to get upon the throne
and to found a dynasty, or, as in the
instance Of the Russian Dimitri, to
get within the very shadow Of the
throne. More frequently they have
been none too gently executed.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-01
An Editors Invoice

An editor once kept track of his
profits and losses during the year
and gives an invoice Of his bust.
ness diary at the end of twelve
months Of his ups and downs in
the following manner:
Been broke 361 times.
Praised the public SO times.
Told lies 720 times.
Missed prayer meeting 50 times
Been roasted 431 times.
Roasted others SO times.
Washed office towel 3 times.
Missed meals 0.
Mistaken for a preacher II
times.
Mistaken for a capitalist 0.
Got whipped 8 times.
Whipped others 0.
Cash on hand at beginning
$l,47.
Cash on hand at ending lee
Milton IN. d. Globe.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-01
The Old Grind.

Unemployment Decreasing
News headline.)
Praise be, I'm working again;
\ 1t amt much of a job,
But take it from me, it's a pleas
ure to be
A part of the laborm' mob,
When | have been loafin' so long
q know just how long it has
been).
Now that the kids can have shoes
and I'll say it's good news
To tell you I'm worllin' again.
1t may be picnic to loaf,
When you have a wad that is
swell,
But when you go broke and your
clothes are in soak.
1t amt any picnic--it's hell.
And when all you know is your
job,
And nobody wants any men
You II see why | say, with hip
hip hooray,
I'm working, I'm working
againr'
The wife's worn one dress for a
year,
And how we were fed I don t
know;
There's litterachoor nthe Ways
of the Poor,
But there's lots of things it
don't show.
Now I've got a pay check once
more
OF all the glad words of tongue
or pen
or pen
Have said or have wrote, these are
gettin' my vote,
"Oh, boy, I'm workin' again !"
-BERTON BRALEY,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-01
SENSE AND NONSENSE
One Master at a Time.

A Korean who had been in mis-
sion service for a number Of years,
was at last discovered to have two
wives II very common practice in
Korea 1t was the duty of the
mission board to admonish the
'bigNmis, and persuade him to put
away hia second wife. The Kor.
can demanded a Bible statement
TO the effect that his course was
sinful, The Bible YVES ransaclted,
but for a time fruitlcsSIy. Final
", u dcvout Korean brother pro
duccd a text that he announced
was indiSputable evidence that
two wives were contrary to Bible
theology, and thercupon read
No man can serve two masters y
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-01
NOTI &c E
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate
State of Washington 90
County of King


County of King }
Sheritf's Office
BY virtue Of an order of sale
issued out Of the Honorable Su-
perior Court of King County, on
the End day of August, A. D.
1922, by the Clerk thereof in the
case of Bernice e. Boudwin,
Plaintiff, versus Walter Gibbs,
Ivan Gibbs, minor, Verna
Gibbs, a minor, Frederick W.
Burr and Lulu D. Burr, his wife,
Eva Grain, Administrative of the
Estate of Elizabeth Gibbs, de-
ceased, and the unknown heirs of
Elizabeth Gibbs, deceased, De.
PENDANTS. No. 15s961, and to me,
as Sheriff, directed and delivered:
Notice is hereby given, That /
will proceed to sell at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for
cash, within the hours prescribed
by law for Sheriff's sales, to-wit:
at 10 O'Clock a. M, on the 10th
day of September, 1922, before
the Court House door of King
County, Jefferson Street En-
trance, in the State of Washing
ton, the following described prop
erty, situated in King County,
State of Washington, to-wit:
Lots 81 and SO, Block l, Day "a
Park Addition to the City of Sc
attic, levied on as the property of
said defendant Walter Gibbs, to
satisfy a Judgment of a fore
closure of mortgage amounting
to -Four hundred twenty-three
and 20-100 dollars ($423.20) and
an Attorneys Lien of $108.30,
interest, attorneys fee of $500,
and cost of suit, in favor of plain
tiff.
Dated this Bird day of August,
1922.
MATT STARWICH, sheriff
By A. Hutcheson, deputy
First pub, Aug, II
Last Pub, Sept 8
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-01
Something to Praise.

"You don't seem to think much
of my car" said the owner of a
delapidated machine.
4 wouldn't say that" replied
the tactful garage man. "What
do you call this contraption here
on the front of your radiator?"
CHATS figure of Mercury I
bought it for an ornament"
Well, now, that's about as
neat a piece of work as anything
| ever saw. Birmingham Age.
Herald.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-01
Needed More Bacon.

An old negresswent to the gov
cmor of Tennessee and said,
Massa gov'na, Yves mighty po'
this wintah and All wish yo'
would pahdon nah ole man"
What was he put in for?" ask
ed the governor.
"Stead of woriin' fo' it, dat
good 70 nothin' niger done stole
some bacon"
"Tf he's good for nothing what
do you want him back for9"
Well, You see, we's all out Of
bacon ag'in, said the old neg
ress innocently.