Show FRENCH IMPOSTOR DAZZLES GOTHAM almost succeeds in getting hugo huge loan from new york bankers BLOCKED BY LANSING former telephone worker at 15 a week bought brilliant uniforms and had merry time fooling gullible new yorkers new york Cli chance tince alone nl one caused tile castle of if tilt the bog bogus us t marquis kil id 1 ond ll 11 til ill to toppie 1 1 over or lifter after lio lie had captivated tiia of new york city avith ith lila ills brilliant uniforms secured loans from froin wealthy nell men find kiil contracted bill bills nt t the wall waldorf orf astoria and oliv fainor hos t airles amounting to fiilds of dollars dolli irs ills success nt at issuing bogus letters decorated with etli tin the coats of firms of imaginary estates in france mill and spain and intimate enco with the king of I 1 S spain pall ill aill his 1118 own handwriting rained gained him admission not only to the leading homes s of americans in the metropolis but entrance to military clubs and organizations went step too far emboldened by ills his success which included masquerading in the uniforms of verlous french regiments nil all made to his order by new york tailors the alio marquis conceived tile lie idea of conducting negotiations between new york bankers and h author authorities itle q by which spain was as t to allies enter tile lie war on the side of tile the nelles and was succeeding fairly well when the state department decided to take a ha hand n d when the subject of the loan was broached to the bank by Ilous Itous elot who had been introduced property properly by W 11 D stokes of new york city the bank communicated immediately with secretary lansing who opposed the 4 explained that the loan was to be made to king alfonso loan to ule uio spanish government through an individual find suggested that it bo be taken up through the regular government channels objected to t this 1 8 method 1 of f procedure explaining that ahn t the loan WR was 9 to be made personally to king alfonso 1 and it was bebau bec atilo u of tills secret arrangement he could promise that spain in wits was to join tho the entente allies it tho the negotiations for the loan mill were under way lien the frenchman was arrested on the lie charge of falsely representing ns as count clouss clot n french diplomat here on a secret mission ml ston cook by trade rousselot a n former telephone workman nt at 10 a week accidentally in raft a fi V new york woman anti to her 11 er lie confided the story that lie h wits waa of noble birth although ills occupation in ili france was that of n U cook she advanced him alro stocks on which lie rea realized lizeA hired tin an epan expensive SITO suite of rooms at a lending 19 hotel ordered brilliant uniforms and tit in duo time secured entrance to select circles A half dozen expensive automobiles were constantly tit nt his corn inand ns as well it ais fancy titling riding horses lie ho succeeded in convincing even government officials that he was a french officer here on it grent great secret pills slon a nd obtained passes to shipyards und find wn vessels lie he ande ardent love to actresses and heiresses and when his rooms were searched Boar died dozens of photographs bearing endearing bits of sentiment were found following ills etrest the tl marquis said paid lie he merely wonted wanted to see beo how far lie he could go and how hov and ly he be could fool the people of new york |