THE CHINESE BANK SCHEME.

Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 156, 31 December 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE CHINESE BANK SCHEME.

EXTRAORDINARY REVELATIONS. Count Milkiowiez, who is now at Washington, and claims to have from the Chinese Government important franchises, including a concession for an international bank in China, is believed to be a professional swindler, who under tho same name has been caught in several impostures. A sketch of his career was published several years ago in a book entitled "The New York Tombs Prison: Its SecretsanditsMysteries." In this an account is given of Count Milkiewicz, who claimed to belong to tho Russian nobility. He came to New York in 1863, was greatly courted by society, and was finally arrested for stealing diamonds from a young lady' 3 ring, which he borrowed, returning it with paste diamonds in place of tho real ones. He was released from prison on agreeing to enlist for the war, and reappeared ten years later at Amherst, Massachusetts under the same name. He made court to and succeeded in marrying against her parents' wishes the daughter of a prominent citizen, who was disinherited by her father. Tho couplo went to California, and then to Europe, where they suffered greatly from poverty, the Count becoming a professional gambler, and brutally treating his wife, who four years ago returned home and died, leaving seven children. The revelations of this record are likely to put an end to the various reports so long circulated about establishing a Chinese International Bank with American capital.

A friend should bear his friend's infirmities.