THE RUSSIAN COUNT.

Kumara Times, Issue 463, 21 March 1878, Page 2

THE RUSSIAN COUNT.

' ■ «4 j ' \ ' ‘ i ■ TJndor the heading of “ An Accomof the Tth inst. publishes ("lie ibllowdig : —A few , weeks .ago a young man of ai istocratie appearance, who is'said to be connected »\vith a family high in s position in England, landed in Welliii'ton. He gave his name, as Jacobsen, and on arrival in port complained to the captain of the Araby Maid, in which ship he came out, that he bad been robbed of a valuable gold.watch. -The . oiptaitr' mule enquiries, and in the meantime Jacobsen went to th Kmpire Hotel,. where he lived on the fat of the laud. When asked to

phy he mada^seme -excuse. He borrowed : money frbm several people in to\yn, aryi suddenly disappeared. It & d returned to in the St. Leonard's, with the'captain of which he was well acquainted, but this supposition has since proved to be ‘incorrect. He went to Pahautauui, where he put up at Mrs Hilleu’s Hotel, living, as at ■the Empire, on tbe best of- everything. Here he represented himself as Count Monravieff, and said hie was connected with one of the Russian Embassies," and had come out to. Nevy Zealand to write a book on the dountry His bill was so heavy that Mi's Hilleq requested payment at the end,' of the’yteekV ! 'lie said he had not sufficient 1 tntiney in his pocket, but, would draw on, { the i Union Bank if anyone would to town. He ■ accordingly; drew , for £lO, and.Mr London, ; carrier, brought the draft to the bank and cashed’fit. At the time; no one looked* at-the signatare, but it bias since beem found to be H. Jacobsen. The ready;manner in which the draft was honqqped J removed any doubts which ; Hillen might have, and she let him remain for another fortnight, without presenting her bill. At the end ; of this' time, he said he would proceed up’ ' country to see the interior, and' hie wttoteci a couple of horses and 'a grboln. This was on Tuesday last, Mrs Hillen sold him a horse for £20,; for'vriiich he gave a cheque. For 11 his reckoning, which came to; about' i£l2i ;hd gave another cheque for .£2O, -aid Mrs Hilled handed him the balance in notes. Another horse was obtained from Mr Avery, of the Taita, and ’a ■ cheque for £l6 given in payment. The “Count” in the meantime had managed to insinuate himself into good graces of several settlers in the neighborhood, and from them he borrowed various sums. Mr Robinson, who was staying at the hotel, lent him £3l, and when preparing to leave, the “ Count” gave him a cheque for the amount, A servant having h>en obtained, this plea-sant-spoken liberal set out on the road for Fbxton yesterday morning, amid mahy gone) wishes that he might have a pleasant jbnmey. Later in the'day, the cheques were presented to the Union Bank for payment, when it was found' that there was no account to the credit of “ A, H. Monravieff,” and they Vere # cbnJequeritly ■ Returned disj)onoured. , The police, were at once communicated '' Witn‘and i telegrams were sent to constables stationed .;a;long. the road. ; Constable Quotes, of Otaki, succeeded-in tracing the “Count ” ’ wh6m“he Wrested-: . *