A Strange Career
Nothing stranger . has ever been conceived hy a novelist than the life- ' of ithe swindler Dr Grant who recently died in the House of Correction at East Cambridge, Mass. It was only after his death that the man was identified as Dr Louis Contri, an Austrian, who'claimed to be a natural son of Victor Emmanuel. He was very accomplished, and before the Civil War he so captivated •' an . American named Dr M'Sheehy, then in Paris, ; that the doctor offered to bring him to America. Aixived in New York he gave his patron the slip; and that was the last known of him under his right name for many years. He ran a singular course in this country, having married ne leas Aan eight women. . He was arrested and convicted o bigamy in 1873, but spent only a few months in Sing Sing, Recently, he . adopted the role of a wealthy Australian and married two widows in quick succession. He was captured by detectives in a little New Jersey town, and it was while awaiting his trial for bigamy and swindling that he died. In many respects he bore a strong resemblance to CherbuliezV ' Samuel Brohl,' hut he certainly excelled the French novelist's character in audacity and success.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 88, 12 January 1888, Page 3
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210A Strange Career Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 88, 12 January 1888, Page 3
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