Show AN ENGLISH KNAVE Accomplished and Courtly lIe Bilks Everybody NEW YORKS OUttFOimilUNDRED I Has Kntirtaliied Him to a Large Extent Names of the Hosts Are Not Glven His Business Methods Special to Tile HKUUID Examiner Disptach NEW YORK Sept lAt precisely 4 oclock yesterday afternoon Judge Van Brunt of the supreme court issued an order of arrest against Sydney S Lande schut alias Edgerton on account of fraud schut alas He was nabbed by a deputy sheriff at the Union Square hotel at 8 in the evening and conducted to the house of 11 Charles H Phelps formerly editor of the OierJand Ifontlilu in San Francisco He there paid in full a claim against him principal interest inter-est and costs The events which led up to this prosiac denouncement are of more than usual interest especially to Californians fornians William A Bylcr the complainant was formerly a salesman in Shreevos jewelry store in San Francisco He is a cousin of the late exGovernor John Byler of California fornia an d of exGovernor Bigler of Pennsylvania who was president of the Centennial exposition at Philadelphia He is a resolute determined little man with a strong sense of humor and has proved as perfect a Jonah as that apparently irrepressible irrepres-sible gentleman I appears from his story that Laudeschut has been making a sort of Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde tour of the world Thanks to Mr Bigler there are sufficient data to construct quite a detailed account of his travels Mr Landeschuts social success in New York has been remarkable re-markable Had it not been for the tact and decision of Mr Barker the British consul here no one knows to what extent ho might have gone He represented himself him-self at the consulate as being on a furlough from the Bensral railroad He had letters of introduction from the most prominent people in England under the name of Edg erton With these letters and in his capacity capa-city as a distinguished railroad man from India he was with great consideration shown through the offices of the New York Central and Hudson River roads Mr Landesehut in merely giving an account of his reception expressed himself delighted with the system of organization and promised prom-ised himself the pleasure of introducing some of its details into the Indian roads with which he was connected Stranger than this however 11 Reynolds the distinguished dis-tinguished English scientist who came here tnfishc Englsh scentst with letters from Lord Salisbury recognized recog-nized in Landeschut Mr Edgerton and cordially shook hands with him in the presence pres-ence of tho British consul recalling at the same time a pleasant dinner they engaged in together in London Of course this is not a tithe of the glorious glori-ous circumstance which has boon surrounding sur-rounding this man since he left San Francisco Fran-cisco in 1SS2 for Australia and was reported re-ported dead in the far east It is now impossible to get at the mimes I of the people whom he ha taken in They I naturally avoid disagreeable publicity but I Mr Byler at least is not taciturn i at any j nf f ndt f i i i isnf rate and concerning his former friend Mr I Landeschut he reels off a yarn of considerable con-siderable spirit and interest j I made Mr Landeschuts acquaint j anne said Mr Byler upon the Indian j ocean He boarded the steamer Caledonia j at the island of Mauritius having com I from Madagascar where according to his Madaascar according t I story he had bought three cargoes of sugar for his firm in Melbourne He was Lau deschut then and carried with him excellent excel-lent letters of introduction from prominent people in Australia We all liked him exceedingly ex-ceedingly I among the rest barring one habit of his with which I did not sympathize sympa-thize Landeschut never tired of playing bac caret He always dealt and the first night he cleaned everybody out but curiously enough ho always was the poorest kind of a gambler and before he left the steamer he had been relieved of all the money he had won and more too He left us in Aden Arabia Ho had with him different kinds of sea grass cloths He was taking these different differ-ent designs with him to India to have them rnado up with cheap labor 2 a month by the way and the laborer to find and clothe himself is the labor scale in India and he was quite convinced he could have this material ma-terial woven in India cheaper than in the archipelago At any rate he left the ship and I did not see again until last year when I met him in England returning from the Newmarket race He still had the grass cloths with him in Bombay so he said Ho explained to me that he had only spent a day or two in Bombay as he discovered he would have to seek improved machinery in Manchester He did in fact take the train for Manchester and we separated Returning to this country and after a short stay sailed March 23 last for Franco Whom should I meet but the ubiquitous Landeschut Well to make a long story short we renewed our acquaintance upon the same terms of old friendship One day however as we were about to go to the races he said to me 1 dear fellow if we go there you will have to put up for me Ive got a draft hero on London and cant get it cashed because it is a holiday I let him have 1000 francs that time Ho always had plenty of money and besides he told me he expected 3000 from Australia Aus-tralia shortly Well we went to the races together I and the next day wheu I naturally expected I my money ho told me ho found he could not cash the draft in Paris and would be obliged to send them to London and he showed me a telegram from a firm of English Eng-lish bankers which read When you send down draft we will send money I told him I thought his bankers were scarcely polite but I supposed it was business While wo were waiting for the money to come from England cpnftdedjto me that ho had a wife in Tasmania who was coming I in a week or so to Paris with her sister Maud Maud was a charming girl ho informed in-formed me and I would like her so much When she arrived in Paris she would take French lessons and ho would arrange it so that I would have the benefit of the instruction in-struction at tho same time I thought tho arrangement charming aud was quite pro pared to accede to it I was in this connection connec-tion that Landeschut added casually My wife is bringing JO with her for mo which will help things out considerably On this showing Landeschut got the other 700 francs While waiting for tho money to come j I from England and the wife and pretty I j sister to come from Tasmania we passed I jour j-our time merrily enough One evening 11 I received a note from Landeschut inviting I me t dinner and telling me that his money had arrived and he would pay it to me over j tho coffee I accepted his invitation and avery a-very sumptuous repast was ordered Suddenly Sud-denly my host left mo for a moment telling mo ho would return immediately That was the last 11 saw of him I had ioT pay j for the beautiful dinner and reconciled myself a best I could to tho loss of my 1700 franc I was quite surprssd there I tore to receive a telegram from him dated London saying Will write and explain sudden departure in duo timeo I 1 I soon received tho promised letter I I road as follows London Sunday night Dear Will You of course received the telegram I sent you on my arrival here Lv yesterday Will to tell you the truth when taking dinner I had already hear from my London bankers declining to send me any money I fully intended t tell you but I thought you might cut up rough about it if I told you that I was leaving Paris In a word I am in a fx Things I went badly with me in Paris and I only had just sufficient to bring me t England I will pay you the money I borrowed frcni I you as soon as possible You will not lose a penny and pleasejkeep it dark from your people I thought to make a good thing at the races but everything went wrong I have got throng a pile of money since I came to Europe andtrust you will rest quietly until I an able t pay you and trusting you will forgive me I remain yours faithfuI SID Just before I received this letter I meta met-a young woman who had helped the gay Landeschut t pass his time away during his stay in Paris 1 dont know whether she is remembered in New York but I believe she was here under the management manage-ment of Maurice Gratt At any rate she is well known in England a she took the place of Vanoni the dancer at tho Alhambra Alham-bra Edlnee Lescott for that is her name asked me what had become of my friend I told her I didnt know You do not know she replied with astonishment Mon dieu what shall I do Ho promised me IO by yesterday and now I shall have to pawn my jewels Itappeared from what the fair Edinee said that she had lavished champagne suppers sup-pers on Landeschut given petit dinners in his honor and he gen horses and carriages and managed all of this on promises prom-ises merely manag Ivllle Lescat told me that Landeschut drove a remarkable fine pair of horses in London and from this remark I inferred he met her in London He introduced her to me i He was still known as Landeschut was he not asked tho Etamtnir correspondent dentYes Yes always Landeschut I cannot understand how he turns up in New York feted by everybod riving letters from England greeted with courtesy by distinguished dis-tinguished English gentlemen in this country coun-try under the name of Egerton I am positive Landeschut posi-tive he presented London letters of introduction as I can account f Or it only iU i one wu When I first met him in the Indian ocean and afterwards I af-terwards in London he had very long inwt 4n islohg whiskers When I met him in Paris he I had shaved these off I recognized him I but I doubt whether his casual acquaintances acquaint-ances would Among Mr Biglers papers i an interest lag voucher in Re Bigler vs Laudeschut alias Edgerton I is that an acknowledgement acknowledge-ment of the latters indebetedhess all but 200 francs which was not then advanced Paris April 24lSSO I O UP fifteen hundred hun-dred francs 1500 frs Sidney S Lando schutoMr Bigler also possesses Mr Lan deschuts Australian address which is No 1112 Collins street Melbourne Inspector Barnes men have been busily investigating Mr Landeshuts doings in New York and after tnematter is disposed of there may be now complications for the enterprising traveler to meet He had purchased a ticket for Liverpool on the steamship Eturia but at the last moment changed his mind and succeeded in getting the agent of the Cunard here t refund the money for his passage He also endeavored en-deavored to leave the BruCswick hotel without settling his accounts when the clerk insisted upon the bill being settled He paid half his score and offered a draft upon the British consul He subsequently old tho clerk not to present the draft and 10 would take up the pote The clerk insisted in-sisted upon his taking it up immediately which Edgertou did with visrx had 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