| Show AM AMAZI II N G C Cot ot Of 0 RUSS RUSSI RUSSIAN COU COUNT C T Was a Conductor on n a Street Ca Car CarIn In III Four NOW ON IUS WAY TO SIBERIA Ills Onn On Vast fast AUll J lion Iau i lUng I Ing l I I Special Correspondence H Der IWo are now Illig the lust ot or 1 a M al PIC eni nt on hili WilY way to 10 spend tho lesl of his In whose career surpasses lull 1111 In iii or 01 his history lory for tor ud ad adventure venture In devious ways and equally monumental art luxuries lit III for tOl U a Croesus Owing to the fact that the tho United Suits wall as thu Iho scene ot of pact ot of hili hie litO story thin tho cable have giVen gl glen en of his hili capture but hUI thin the whole astonishing narrative spreading IS as It does all ull aver OCI F has hns never been brell told In complete form before All As rim Iho result ot of much delving among the tho records s it Il I Is now unfolded chapter by chapter Count Nicholas ot of one ot of thin Ihl most ancient families ot of born In hl 1858 1158 all as the young eat son SOli of oC thin head ot of thin house nt at that time Ills upbringing was las that lit of the ordinary aristocrat ot of the old school and ut rat the age ot of 20 he hc entered thin Iho smartest t regiment ot of ea cavalry gUll 11 II with the rank ot of cornet the lowest grade of In the tho Ilm army Earl Early In life lite he hUll hind remarkable experiences for tor his hili three elder cider broth brothers ers died one utter the other I her In I a short time making him sole hell heir to lo the vast ast family estates Ills other futher died soon afterward and he entered into Inlo Possession POSt Pos session of oC his hili pat at n t the age ot of 22 At that time limo his properly wn was mated to 10 consist ut of acres ot of land Willie while his invested l was III at about Feeling secure In thin possession ot of nil all these Aches Count Nicholas began u gAn a life ot of thin I ho most reckless sort lori lie kept race horses he gambled On the race ot of aN 1111 thoUgh hits hili only object In lire life was lu 10 his money assay II WIl us as quickly nH 1111 possible lie played lal cards I with recklessness lInes and unel when hI he tonic part rt In n 1 game the were never less than Ihan 5 each elich Ills mode modo ot of life lito In general luxurious to 10 excess Ito gave gUC dinners costing each earh and In a 1 midwinter hind fresh tresh brought from the tho south ot of France to glue Ie to 10 each cuch ot of hish his h n a bouquet valued nt at 26 25 Tho ho Snub was practised In nil with the Iho result that the Iho counts immense o fortune soon lIoon began brgan to 10 decrease with alarming rapidity TIm Within years from the Iho dale dulo ot of othis his succession to thin tho faintly estates the Iho cru crash h Clime and almost before he hc hind i ray Idea that Ihal ho he wall erns JI in pecuniary dif the count found himself 1 a ru I hoed mar rho estates had tu to be sold I to cover cOler the tho endless list ot of debts which ho hUd had contracted III n lilt all directions In CURes cases the count had been hoen ru ruth ruthlessly Ih lessly plundered by tradesmen and oth other er creditors who took advantage e ot of hi his childlike ignorance ot of money matters but they IhlY hall hail only hastened the calas which Count float spendthrift habits inevitably have caused I sooner ur or luto accounts clung to 10 be balanced up lIll Count found that 1110 th ro were funds left letl to In pay his hili debts ot of honor so o that ho was Willi braided nM Its rut ou outcast by his former comrades ot of the ot of cavalry gnarls Count throw up his hili commission In Iho army went abroad and Mittel to 10 the ot of nil 1111 travelers In III that Ihal earner which raised Count to 10 an unenviable nor nO Ile span got ol bite touch louch with and In hr the great gay city he hc acquired n II practical knoll knowl edge ot of moneymaking and other oilier nerds spry to 10 1 a luxurious life lite I I without means Ills marvelous I linguistic talents ot of great service t 10 hint for tor he h could fluently i In l 1 Furnish and half Il a i dozen Slavic tongues Including Polish I auk h his hili nati lids HUll Sinn Ills ifill title procured for tor him thin Iho entree ot of the most circles tit nt for the story ot of his hili In had not lh then n reached Iho Ihn French whole his 1 WHO w ero as I UH Ibe they were ere amiable and fas made hint him n II In the Iho ot of Parts Pirl WON Vii Not NOl long utter after hI he had settled In Parts fount I 1 a on thin Iho des 1111 lens and on a 1 princely scale ot of credit One lira for the Iho apartment II al I n II cost ost ot of 21 20 without r receiving n a cent In cash ca h bu bath the daunt with tit of wine a 1 third entered for tor choicest and so forth In all 1111 ot of lit Ilfe The Tho hand rush r ll 1 to 10 pay for Ih limo ot of existence sues easily earn earnEd Ill Ed lit ut card n nod lid by Heins of loans tram fron aristocratic friends was on nn expert In III the Ihl art artof artOr Or of getting money front women In hi so del lut lie fascinated thom them main mallo I love 1111 to 10 then futile II a ot of them or them In some way 1 or oilier and then Ihen draw elrow on them for tor fends which were NO given either for tor forlow low 1011 tit of hlll him or to 10 thin Iho exposure with whIch hi he guardedly then It other meins tailed oran Men to money freely for tor he had a 1 wonderful J or of inspiring with the utmost ce III hI his power OWr It to repay euf It nn III II II uel r no noblemen wealthy manufacturers flounders actors and writ 1111 writers ers er all fell Into Inlo the trap and supplied money which they never nerr agail But Count victims Wel were not nol limited to 10 ch circles On several occasions ho Soloed the circles ot of thin Ihn favored few tew who with the Iho Prince ot of now Ring 1 Edward VII I of bC I royal per pcr personages elI to 10 and limo thin the In winning COIl cone Idera lo sums Rume ot of mosey from the Iho hell heir I 10 tho o throne Thin Iho fast 1 j i I r till l t of I ho e tor n ot aI 1111 l awl ml gaVe hint thu Iho In hank limes them o nd then It If 15 r that no 1111 noby to le n core ot who to lit 1111 h the In line 01 i II 1 hies and it II Is III 11 by Iho tl Oi tc tie till n r in u r 1 1 lul s ri Ii l ls notion I Imperial III I and royal purse lurRel s wu fully fumy FUN l RN did nut his opel tu to these Ole offered his shrikes to 10 thin Oil ill u II Sll spy that tint hit his CUll Li I u lIh bleb society he would 10 to 10 Supply the ut of wa 1 Ith III II French subjects The HUll Itus a Jr In ht was favor favorably ably Impressed and b by per experience that the actual h I y ms moed r cd Ut the tho 1 exclusive circles u general ot of 4 f r u e WitS WIlK 1 to 10 him him SOOIl lie hu III t n scud the Iho government Oil on mill military IIII ut of II a eta and These were brilliantly written and so flO that experts knew to 10 be and Wert drawn up 1 with such ot of the tech lech of Iho ho subject hunt they nero regarded UK nS genuIne and the Iho count urns Willi remunerated for them information In formation tins dul duly up UI iii the tho archives ot of the Russia ministry ot of war cud It waS Willi not until several s later Ii t lint the government ed by chance that Count high highly ly h appreciated reports report were nothing hut but the Inventions ot of Ida hili O own Vii vivid Ima anion with his e for tor forthe the Iho government omit offered his hili services which were welo ne to Germany to 10 Austria and Ind t 10 To all ull three countries he sup supplied plied military reports ot of n II nature deeply Interesting to 10 their respective lenders leader std In dose Iao he heInl sent diem his ova though UK as In the Iho caSe ot of this wall not discovered till 1111 sonic omo limo afterward PLOT prOT TILE rilE CZAn At the Ihl same time that he wall tins In the Iho pay or of tour four European this man was waH IL a m or of U n 1 h I thin the nl 1 t crl III lalI he th full u ot o ol ot ot he t itH 1 who hial l not thin Ihl slightest lieu tIC of hits It s A dH n a Il ot I feet RIHIto to 1101 III h tI III 1111 I r n III 1111 hilI R h lu hover his hiM revolutionary false Oil Of hue contrary II he was n II of the Ihl muss and n plat to III ItS Ift the Ihl Into zar III In hue clearly traced to the group of oC ot of Savin the most mORI Thanks lo Iu Ih social 1 hr hI In Ill it till to 10 iris hili for tor till rho ot of bound It is ti nun tSiH lIIM tin thing in III Ihl lie world for fUI Yount In ills choice tell or a I who wn was ill nH III she le waR suns rich the lIt dE Lautrec one or at thin tots lelH ot of lien n II well French l lime countess s received n a don u ot Of tin hult I t it II nib II hi IIII iM mill her ron con tins lIaR l i lueky In hr securing n a nM aunt to the tho of the time Iho took of If till the dow dowry and It thin trot 11 ot of hull 11 1110 money II IY that to 10 Count Conn arms Subsequently utter titter 1110 nr 01 three years ot of martyrdom Ih the countess a I divorce lucre cane n Parts be began an to In hl he an 1111 uncomfortable place of oC of at the tho count Stoics were whispered about aboul Ta ro open ex exposure 1 time Iha subject ot of them proceeded I H I IH to 10 Merlin Berlin where ho he repented what hue ho had done dono III Paris lie he hind had oh tanned all 1111 that thul he hope for In ht went of to Vienna and frown from Vienna to 10 Home and from tome to 10 Madrid and from Madrid Mildrid to Copenhagen MED TO A Towards the Iho end ond ot of 1892 1192 when he was wal 34 years of oC ue age SaIn assumed thin tho namn ot of do de Toulouse aid went to 10 ilia Iho II a II to 10 seek slew adventures in III thin Iho trou troubled zone zono ot of thin the near east At time there avns discontent III erdl nand hind had tailed failed to 10 realize the lion inns II centered nn in him tit lit his election and the arriving In the on page AMAZING CAREER OF RUSSIAN COUNT tram 11 page ie this discontent was Willi tit fever fevel he It Ui idea tilea tit of l and becoming his ur Its fill ruler bunt Savin began to plot and plan for fOl this rl end with Ill ell r end running whir he h hll hod aI ae In hla hili countless of all hinds 8 throughout IIII tram with several govern governments ments put his hili from numerous noted of I the e ehl hl highest he I Importance to In of at and now Ile hn trade use or of these to prove to WhOM support tie hr that he th the emir df t the principal 1 of r lne that hI Ii would he be it 11 thoroughly for or the throne It I t nays touch much for tur Count genius that he wan able to e oven tho greatest statesman whom the Nal kon line hll produced tullY IJ that mink Haven stood high In the favor ot of the stud his hili ehe h to 10 the throne ho welcomed by the tho czar mid hi tore also tn IOK deluded into Inlo the hellet that possessed n claim all on him of trio tho support in III Pr Prince lice 1 How to tool fool the tho wilY has 1114 remain ltd rei but the act remains that the great grent favored the toWn iii hi With h lIet t et up bt b e there ns Its It I corn denier and nOli por e I a of awa n diet die In connection with lug of mill in honer led to hl lda he wee was re arri aled and taken back to the tho where tearful lion him hie I was Willi brought In InI I front ot the I II trill I pail to In an Iron with The count was teas when It wee WAff aver trot he hind tobe to he be carried hack back to his hili hers where lie he was left iet to recover rota hll hie Injuries II au beet he could Somehow lie ht pot well toll 11 again lIln all and reo re commenced to es eft cope lIpa In the cud cod after Arter lOll daa th ot Irel fleIM which r till navin II U 11 In getting out ot of SI HI berm Into blob Chinn when ho he loads hula hili WilY ay to and thence to III Imd San II lia arrived in III llie Iho States the tho war with II and ova In III ot of now lIeW and thrilling he to In Cohn and nil an n II volunteer on the tho American suds wider on name IN t the war Count aunt Navin fought with hut but ho fought for the or of lighting and not rout any ony sympathy for or tho enlist for or ua a I matter or of fact fuci his hla or nr led him to ho he II a pur fir of The Feral that followed was One of the tho mo moat t trying III bt Count life Ilfe Hc waa ns utterly destitute and ho tol ol nil all aorta ot of occupations to 10 keep keel hula hili mouth above aboe water watH lie drifted to Chicago and worked In turn an n a waiter waller hili billiard lord marker cab I i MM N N hili hie to the tho throne und and woe Ins then whoa hon an oven hap that nut nil an atop to all ull further Plana In hr that direction Count hind gone to plo pie to 10 the tha it ent to tn hula hili attempt on the tho Who In Constantinople he be lIH recognized by byn bya n a member or of the tha sec of ns n 0 man with whom the JO gOv hind horl many mony to settle Ito hod n plot the czar ho had cold chain military tel to for tor large Bums he had nu B Bled led trio tho In III with falsI III fo II and waa all equally him himlie lie ho had received letters i from two ten or three grand ot of the tho nU In Paris detective reported l discovery to the It tens without further ado ullo to I kidnap Count co convey him hack buck to o to for hili he that country It 1 a highly illegal hod II a IWI grave vo violation Iola ot of International rights hut after Idl 1111 hardly belonga to the tho civilized world orld and Hu Is In predominant there thera Under cover ot of when bunt Haven strolling tram front n a rare back to hIli hie hotel he was gagged thrown into 1 n cloned cab driven to the and on hoard a Hus sinn scan steamship anchored l In the Jila was 1118 mid anti Ii t never what had become ot of his favorite pretender to tit Ih r throne I A CON Count trial took place In Moe cow In And s as conducted with closed doors for the nU govern KOern mont hal had every to keep lell nil 1111 tho Iho ure made there Count Haven bore hore himself bravely and det nd i ltd cd with skill but his rond Candor Tilt was n a foregone and hI ha hII I II sentenced to lung to Siberia coupled with 10 0 yell Ill hard barll labor In ht the mine mince A few Weeks weeke later Count SavIn was WAil n a less convict In ht A HI penal Itle fluent ment doing 10 hall hours Ill ot of the call rileS I labor la IA bor every Cr day and anI surrounded by b mur and common crimInals It have been beon 1 a terrible ordeal for tor the political plotter who had lived n a life lito fit of luxury In Purls Porte and In hl t the tho gay nalone ot of but It dill did lint lIot lost long longWith longWith With the won resource end Ind In which characterized him Count Haven to tl CN ye t IS as sume n a and made lIIa 1 hits his stay ay to maul mun and cite lIr conductor III Gl thesa ho he earned InKell oryll froth SI 1 to lu is 8 1 a week hut but anon hI he ell cd lua hili trio U tit Into the ounce lh of nr nit 1111 ex lit III Nell Nan York w hI Lila IlK knowledge lit of 1111 hum him IL a member of tb In 11 title cour course e tie hI woe was dispatched In l to oct net as aH agent to the unit n II pu poet l which he tilted 1 with hula luck lack or of training and In Front the or of hili escape from a cruel s enemy tens M tracking his lie nil an e convict of Ill and the tho nU hn Ice orden to trace hint him tint recapture 11 tun hint him Yens after year till the went rent on anti step hy by step ter tho human ot of the tho fItII th at police traced t hl roune i c r os n I to tram from Suit to In JI Imn Yokohama to San disco elleo front from thero to Cuba front hack to tin 1111 to Chicago and lIeI other Cities 1 II I up with Now New York New York the lI scent ent led INI his pur Jur to Europe and thy they came up 1111 with the object of their ns he woe 1118 hoarding it II nt nl to proceed to tn Count 1111 ll 1 trout the SiberIan settlement occurred In hl 1598 and ot of till the secret ob hied their first eight or of him him this nut aut ao n that the tho lur hal had lasted seven |
