The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-08
Surprising Confessions
by the Bogus Lord Gray"
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N(OHHHuSu from DOUD1S rage
ranked as Canadian officer, and
was treated on very much the same
footing as an American by Eng
ish people.
I was elected an honorary MEM
Der Of the Nottingham Club, the
most fashionable sporting organ
ization in London, and of many
other fashionable clubs. Among
the many interesting friends /
made was the first Mrs. Claude
Grahame White, who was the love-
ly Miss Dorothy Taylor. 1 was in
vited several times to. her beauti-
full house on Cumberland place,
London.
In the midst of this. delightful
life the blow fell. / received a
mysterious message teecaH at the
British Air Ministry. After /, had
been kept waiting in, a closed room
half an hour l was ushered into
the presence of a hard-faeed gen.
eral. He told me that my exploit
in selling the worthless aeroplane
destroyer to the government and
other features of my career had
been discovered.
"You must resign your COM
mission at once, and you will re-
ceive a first class passage and pro-
coed to New York. If you fail to
obey these instructions immediate
ly you will be prosecuted. That is
ALL" he concluded.
Having no desire to see the in
side of an English prison again,
did as | was told, and returned to
New York on the Cunarder
Caronia.
On my return to New York I
plunged into Wall Street specula-
ton, which then offered immense
possibilities to the reckless
gambler, as the period of war in
fation was then at its height.
I lived for a time in a charmed
circle, consisting of the beauties
of the Ziegfeld and Century roof
gardens and their Wall Street adj
mirers. Then came the famous
visit of the Prince of Wales to
New York. Through the kindness
of a Canadian friend, who knew
nothing of my past record, I was
made member of the Royal Air
Force Guard of Honor appointed
to attend His Royal Highness III.
New York.
Prosperity never lasted long
with me, for my ways of "doing
business" constantly made it neces-
Sary to turn to some new field.
was once more on my uppers when
I received word that my mother
was seriously i'll at our old home
near Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scot
land. Borrowing the passage
money from a Wall Street ac-
quaintance, / hurried home, but
soon after my arrival my poor old
mother passed away. duly re-
ceived my share of her little
property. 1t was not sufficient to
maintain me for more than a few
weeks in my luxurious habits of
living and my fondness for enter
tanning attractive artists.
I was forced to fall back on my
old practice of passing worthless
checks. Without the slightest diff
ficulty / was able to pass one for
several hundred dollars drawn on
the London branch of a New York
bank in which I had once really
had an account! The Hotel Met
ropole in London kindly cashed
this check.
In the dining room of the hotel
l made the acquaintance of Prince
DolgouTouky, Russian of famous
noble family, who had narrowly
escaped with his life from the
Bolsheviki, and had reached Eng
land with few remnants of his
former wealth-some jewels and
some family plate. / told him that
/ was British nobleman and re-
tired army officer, and that l was
in an excellent position to find
purchasers for his family heir
looms.
The poor Prince Jumped at my
offer and Immediately entrusted
me with the vestiges of his family
wealth "for SALE" l sold them to
a great London pawnbroker, put
the money in my pocket and
avoided the Prince. Then with a
new outfit of clothes and luggage
l travelled down to the charming
and fashionable seaside resort,
Eastbourne.
Here | stayed at a hotel noted
for its luxury and costliness. At
a public dance in this establish
ment ! made the acquaintance of a
beautiful young girl, the daughter