The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-24

~stock-selling activities, should deposit
So per cent of its stock sale proceeds
in a joint account between he COM
pany and the commission. But Dun
blame" through accident or mistake
or other reason, opened up accounts
of his own. In particular he had one
account at st. Ignace, Mich, and In
particular he spent from there the
sum of $240.67, part of the proceeds
Of a stock subscription by Mary u.
Miller, one of the several who sub
embeZzlement.
1t was a long time before Dun
blane's' subscribers became suspi-
cious. When they did warrants were
issued simultaneously in Michigan
and in London and Aylmer, ont. III
was, however. Sheriff Weaver OF
Charlevoix who located "Dunblane
and the Countess living in La Co
roma hotel, Montreal. The Earl reg
istered under the name of James Gro
marty. sDunblane' did not fight ex-
tradition but returned Immediately to
Charlevoix for trial.
Admits the Facts.
AT the trial "Dunblane' admitted
the facts concerning the Mary d.
Miller subscription. He had acted in
ignorance, he said. He said many
other things, but he was convicted
and sentenced to from two and a hall
to five years.
1t is estimated that, all told, Dun
blanc" sold $4,000 of stock.
There is still much mystery about
his past, but so far as can be earned
he was born in Aberdeen of poor par
ents. As a child he ran around the
streets with no shoes or stockings, his
clothes in tatters. Developing a
mania for reading, he made himself
what he is today, a man of learning
and culture.
AT twenty he married a Scotchwom-
an, who became Christina Grieg.
They dwelt in Aberdeen. Several
years passed and several children
blessed the union. Grieg and his fam
lily then moved to Nottingham, where
he formed his first association with
the insurance business. He appears
to have had some dealings with the
Scottish Union and National Insur-
ance company, but he was not there
long. In the witness box he said that
organize another insurance company
there.
Ten years ago Grieg appeared in
Canada. He established himself as a
barrister at Moose Jaw. He bought
a 600-acre farm in Saskatchewan, he
bought 10000 prairie acres near Re-
gina. In 1914 he had filled such a
place in Moose Jaw society that he
ran for mayor, but received only 81
votes. ABOUT that time he became in
volved in a deal over lot titles and
quit-claim deeds.
On the Move.
He was arrested, allowed out on
bail, and departed hurriedly for points
east. He turned up in Lowell, Mass.
Here he lived with an elder brother,
and here he brought his family from
Scotland. Here he organized another
jpsuranl c%leompany. But again he
moved suddenly.
Ann ArbOr, Mich, and then they came
to Toronto.
Grieg himself says his mothers
name was Christina TAFT Milne, his
fathers Alexander. marquis of Dun
blame. To a Toronto Star reporter
no coi1 ha waS On NJ A from, Abar-
deem, a bachelor-of-law from Edin-
burgh, a fellow of the Engineering
Institute of Scotland, and a fellow
of the Royal Scottish Geographical
society.
Books of reference show that the
title Yiscount Dunblane belongs to
the earl of Leeds. In the witness box
Grieg said his mothers father was the
youngest brother of the earl of Leeds.
The fact was moi recorded in Burke's
Peerage, but it should be, he said.
Have you h%obnobbed with royalty?
asked the prosecutor. II have asso-
ciated with noblemen," replied Grieg
with dignity.
Wise as Father.
In court in the presence of the
Countess Grieg vas asked about
his Toronto wife and family. There
was some confusion as to how many
of the eight children are his. Even
tually he told the judge Christina
Grieg was tw~enty-eight and had four
children when he married her.
The status of his marriage to the
Countess or of his previous mar
riage to Christina has not yet been
officially inquired into, although
Judge Sample, when sentencing Grieg,
put it on record that he wished al
legations Of blgamy and of perjury to
be investigated.
Christina Grieg resolutely refused
to go to Charlevoix from Toronto for
the rrial. To reporters she gave the
impression of suffering from shock,
and expressed the greatest %incredulity
concerning the revelation about her
husbands financial and martial adj
ventures in the United States.
The Countess Sara remained loyal
all through the earlier stages of
Grieg's trial She sent books, among
others. This Freedom" to the Jail,
and called when she could. At the
unhappy conclusion of the trial she
became ~hgsterical. But when the eX-