Show L tt ac PY ly OR ORDER jp J p 14 04 OF F CZAR nicholas savin adventurer released from riga prison international swindler man of the hour in russia now earna honet et living was wa street car conductor in chicago moscow Alo scow nicholas savin the notorious russian adventurer who calls calla himself count nicholas de toulouse lautrec Lau trec has been released from prison in riga by the czars azars mani manifesto testo of march 6 5 when the count came out of prison he had only three rubles in his pocket ile he has earned rules so far A moscow newspapers newspaper is publishing his diary and a cinematograph firm has paid him 1500 for ninis films illustrating his life in russia ho he Is tho the man of the hour ile ho la Is known to the police all over europe and america as an exceedingly accomplished swindler who speaks half a dozen languages and whose specialty Is tho passing off on an the guileless of forged bonds and securities ile he accounts for all the records of charges and convictions against him in various parts ot at the globe glabb in two ingenious ways either they were crimes committed by a cousin who Is remar remarkably kaby like him or ho he says they were charges trumped up against him by the russian secret police in order to ket get rid of a dangerous nihilist according to his own story retook he took part in the bueso war of 1877 4 az fk czar of russia and nd was severely wounded at ileana there Is some ground tor for doubting this account for he received no medal and no wound pension all that Is in known Is that in ll 11 hf gave up his commission when savin was as on trial at pau I 1 in 1908 for swindling lie he told the sama same story of being wounded at plevna as well as ut at santiago de cuba the french court ordered the prison doctor docter to examine his wounds the doctor reported that there certainly were scara visible but they were received in battles other than those of war after a thrilling escape from the brench gendarmerie gendar merie merle he be fled to the balkans Cal kans where he enlivened proceedings by presenting himself as a candidate tor for the bulgarian throne his schemes sch emee however were frustrated by a moscow barber to whom no ne owed awed r moneys one and who happening to be in constantinople at the same time gave information to the russian embassy as to savins identity the luckless adventurer was sent gent to narim a desolate convict settle merit ment in siberia but within throe three months he succeeded in escaping afterward ho he lived in chicago where he worked as a car conductor and was waa naturalized as an american citizen lie he was married in canada and arrested and sentenced there tor for dealing in forged bonds ta in 1900 and as since been arrested in now york lisbon finland and pau ile he tells wonderful stories of 0 escapes irom from siberia and Is in fact the most moat bi brilliant ant artist in fiction |