A SWINDLER'S CAREER

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1735, 9 January 1888, Page 2

A SWINDLER'S CAREER

XJTothiog stranger han ever beeu con* eelvod by a noyaliat tlian the life of a swindler, Dr Grant, who recently died m the House of Correction ai Esat Cambridge, Mass. It was only after hia death that the man was Identified as Dr Louis Oontrl, an Austrian who claimed to be a natural son of Victor Emmanuel. He was vary accomplished, and before the Oivil War ho ao oaptlvated an American named Dr M'Sheehy, then In Paris, that the doctor offered to bring bira to America, Arrived m New York he gave his patron tfre sljp, $nd that was the last known of him antler bis rig^tpftjfno for many years. Ho ran a singular c^urpo jlp thia coantry, having married no less than eigfet women. He was arrested and ponyioted of bigamy In 1873, but spent only a few month* In Sing Siog. Recently, he adopted the rolo of a wealthy Australian aod married two widows Id quick suooesiion, He was captured by detectives m a little New Jersey town, and it was whl'e awaiting his trial fop bigamy and swindling that he died. In many r/sapjeotp be Jjore » strong resemblance to Oherb6liea's •? Samuel Brohl, 1 but ha oert^Jniy'' 'excelled th'e Freuch DpreJ|it'( oh»r»p Cer j 0 »odioity «jd iuoojii,