AN IMPOSTOR.

Temuka Leader, Issue 361, 10 March 1881, Page 3

AN IMPOSTOR.

An i ndividual; travelling under the •-name of' Henry George Fitzgerald de Peaumo nt, and Who appropriated the Ttitle of “■ Count,” was arrested in Melbourne on the 17th ultimo, on a clnrge of larceny :»sa bailee of three gold watches from Marc Grasset (in Little Collins Street wijst, on the 29tb'of January), to •whom h>e represented he could find a good customer. Since that time he passed a. valueless cheque on a’ French laundress at Hotham, for LSO, and •received L 25 in carii for it. The count ■had obtr fined entree into polite society in Melbourne, and about Christmas was visited l>y the Governor. He was on anore tl tan one occasion a visitor at Governi nent-house, and at the earliest •opportunity the “ Count” hinted to his -Excolle. ncy that he was in wantoffnuds, <and req nested the Governor to have the •goodnes e t« telegraph to the Duke of Leinstei r, who was, he stated, a near relative,. This want of money on the part of t 1 nobleman made the Marquis of

office to make inquiries about the Count de Beaumont. The result of the investigation of the private secretary was to cause his Excellency to refrain from communicating with the noble Duke, and Count de Beaumont’s visit to Govern-ment-house came to an abrupt dose. On the 17th February, he visited a jeweller’s place of business, ordered L3OO worth of jewellery, but did not receive it. De Beaumont is about 45 years of age, and is considered by society to possess very polished manners.