Fraudsters and Charlatans (42 page)

32.  ‘De Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
, 17 September 1898, p. 5.

33.  ‘Professor Forbes and M de Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
, 20 September 1898, p. 5.

34.  ‘The Octopus Story',
Daily Chronicle
, 20 September 1898, p. 5.

35.  ‘De Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
, 22 September 1898, p. 5.

36.  
Wide World Magazine
, 1/7, p. 3.

37.  
Wide World Magazine
, 2/7, p. 4.

38.  
Ibid
., p. 8.

39.  
Ibid
., p. 18.

40.  ‘De Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
, 23 September 1898, p. 5.

41.  ‘The Narrative of M de Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
, 26 September 1898, p. 6.

42.  
Wide World Magazine
, 2/8, p. 115.

43.  ‘De Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
, 14 October 1898, p. 5.

44.  
Evening News
, 3 October 1898, p. 4.

45.  ‘M. de Rougemont's Lecture',
Daily Graphic
, 4 October 1898, p. 4.

46.  
The Times
, 7 October 1898, p. 1.

47.  ‘De Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
, 7 October 1898, p. 5.

48.  
Ibid
.

49.  
Ibid
.

50.  ‘The Rougemont Fraud',
Daily Chronicle
, 10 October 1898, p. 5.

51.  
Ibid
.

52.  ‘Another London Adventure',
Daily Chronicle
, 8 October 1898, p. 5.

53.  ‘An Earlier Experiment',
Daily Chronicle
, 8 October 1898, p. 5.

54.  ‘De Rougemont's “Confidences”',
Daily Chronicle
, 15 October 1898, p. 6.

55.  
Ibid
.

56.  
Ibid
.

57.  ‘Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
, 11 October 1898, p. 5.

58.  ‘Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
12 October 1898, p. 8.

59.  ‘Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
, 15 October 1898, p. 5.

60.  ‘Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
, 13 October 1898, p. 8.

61.  ‘De Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
,14 October 1898, p. 5.

62.  ‘Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
,17 October 1898, p. 5.

63.  ‘The Topic of the Hour',
London Morning
, 12 October 1898, p. 1.

64.  ‘Rougemont',
Daily Chronicle
, 13 October 1898, p. 7.

65.  
Wide World Magazine
, 2/9, p. 227, quoting ‘An Amended Motto',
The World
, 12 October 1898, p. 25.

66.  ‘George Newnes (Limited)',
The Times
, 1 August 1899, p. 3.

67.  Hulda Friederichs,
The Life of Sir George Newnes, Bart
(London, Hodder & Stoughton 1911), p. 129.

68.  H.L. Grin (as Louis de Rougemont),
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont, as Told by Himself
(London, George Newnes Ltd, 1899), p. 113.

69.  
Ibid
., p. 122.

70.  H.M. Mill,
An Autobiography
(London, Longmans Green and Co., 1951), p. 99.

71.  ‘My Friend Mr Green',
The Sketch
, 12 October 1898, p. 516.

72.  ‘De Rougemont. Fiasco at the Bijou',
Argus
, 18 March 1901, p. 5.

73.  
Ibid
.

74.  ‘De Rougemont in Melbourne. An Unsympathetic Audience',
The Age
, 18 March 1901, p. 6.

75.  Frank Clune,
The Greatest Liar on Earth
(Melbourne, Hawthorn Press, 1945), p. 21.

76.  ‘The Tivoli – De Rougemont',
Sydney Morning Herald
, 25 March 1901, p. 5.

77.  ‘Entertainment',
The Times
, 30 July 1906, p. 1.

78.  The Hon. Sir John Kirwan,
An Empty Land: Pioneers and Pioneering in Australia
(London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1934), p. 141.

79.  
Ibid
., pp. 141–2.

80.  
Ibid
., p. 142.

Chapter 9: The Juggler with Millions

1.  ‘The Westralian Mining Market',
The Economist
, 24 June 1899, p. 903.

2.  ‘London and Globe Finance Corporation',
The Times
, 18 December 1900, p. 12.

3.  Charles E. Drummond Black,
The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
(London, Hutchinson and Co., 1903), p. 363.

4.  ‘London and Globe Finance Corporation',
The Times
, 18 December 1900, p. 12.

5.  
Ibid
.

6.  Birth certificate of James Whittaker Wright.

7.  Raymond Radclyffe,
Wealth and Wild Cats: Travels and Researches in the Gold-fields of Western Australia and New Zealand
(London, Downey and Co., 1898) p. 203.

8.  
Ibid
., pp. 200–1.

9.  Black,
The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
, p. 379.

10.  
Ibid
.

11.  ‘London and Globe Finance Corporation (Limited)',
The Times
, 17 December 1901, p. 7.

12.  ‘Company Meetings. London and Globe Finance',
Financial Times
, 25 October 1899, p. 3.

13.  
Ibid
.

14.  
Ibid
.

15.  ‘The Whitaker Wright Companies',
The Times
, 28 January 1902, p. 13.

16.  ‘Why Westralians are Weak',
Financial Times
, 1 November 1900, p. 7.

17.  Sir Alfred Lyall,
The Life of the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
(London, John Murray, 1905), vol. 2, p. 304.

18.  ‘London and Globe Finance Corporation (Limited),
The Times
, 10 January 1901, p. 13.

19.  
Ibid
.

20.  
Ibid
.

21.  ‘London and Globe Finance',
Financial Times
, 10 January 1901, p. 3.

22.  
Ibid
.

23.  ‘Globe Meeting',
Pall Mall Gazette
, 10 January 1901, p. 4.

24.  ‘Chat on Change',
Daily Mail
, 5 January 1901, p. 2.

25.  ‘The Money Market',
The Times
, 23 May 1901, p. 4.

26.  ‘British America Corporation (Limited)',
The Times
, 4 June 1901, p. 3.

27.  
Ibid
.

28.  
Ibid
.

29.  
Ibid
.

30.  
Ibid
.

31.  ‘The Whitaker Wright companies. Further Revelations',
The Times
, 31 July 1901, p. 13.

32.  
Ibid
.

33.  
Ibid
.

34.  
Ibid
.

35.  Lyall,
The Life of the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
, vol. 2, p. 305.

36.  The Whitaker Wright Companies',
The Times
, 28 January 1902, p. 13.

37.  ‘The Whitaker Wright Companies',
The Times
, 22 January 1902, p. 4.

38.  The Whitaker Wright Companies',
The Times
, 28 January 1902, p. 13.

39.  
Ibid
.

40.  ‘The London and Globe Finance Corporation (Limited)',
The Times
, 24 December 1902, p. 10.

41.  ‘Rex v. Whitaker Wright',
The Times
, 12 January 1904, p. 14.

42.  TNA: PRO FO 5/2570, letter from Abrahams and Co., 18 September 1903.

43.  ‘The Charge against Mr. Whitaker Wright',
The Times
, 6 August 1903, p. 10.

44.  The Marquess of Reading,
Rufus Isaacs First Marquess of Reading by his Son
(London, Hutchinson, 1943), p. 114.

45.  ‘Rex v. Whitaker Wright',
The Times
, 12 January 1904, p. 14.

46.  ‘Rex v. Whitaker Wright',
The Times
, 14 January 1904, p. 12.

47.  ‘Rex v. Whitaker Wright',
The Times
, 19 January 1904, p. 13.

48.  ‘Rex v. Whitaker Wright',
The Times
, 20 January 1904, p. 3.

49.  
Ibid
.

50.  
Ibid
.

51.  
Ibid
.

52.  ‘Rex v. Whitaker Wright',
The Times
, 21 January 1904, p. 14.

53.  
Ibid
.

54.  ‘Facing the Ordeal',
Daily Mail
, 21 January 1904, p. 3.

55.  ‘Rex v. Whitaker Wright',
The Times
, 22 January 1904, p. 13.

56.  
Ibid
.

Chapter 10: The Double Duke

1.  ‘The Druce Case',
Daily Mail
, 17 August 1898, p. 4.

2.  ‘Alleged Sham Burial',
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
, 13 March 1898, p. 13.

3.  ‘Druce Mystery',
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
, 27 March 1898, p. 1.

4.  ‘Druce v. Young',
The Times
, 28 November 1901, p. 15.

5.  ‘Druce v. Young',
The Times
, 5 December 1901, p. 14.

6.  TNA: PRO DPP 1/11, Rex v. Robinson, item 3, p. 5.

7.  Bernard O'Donnell,
The Trials of Mr Justice Avory
(London, Rich & Cowan Ltd, 1935), p. 93.

8.  TNA: PRO DPP 1/11, Druce v. Lord Howard de Walden. Note of Messrs Baileys Shaw and Gillett's attendance on Mr Trewinard (
sic
) on 6th May 1908.

9.  TNA: PRO MEPO 3/175, Statement to AC CID, Edward Phillips, 23 June 1908, p. 13.

10.  
Ibid
. p. 6.

11.  Thomas K.V. Coburn,
The Portland Millions. Was Druce the Duke?
(privately printed,
c
. 1905), pp. 9–10.

12.  ‘The Police Courts',
The Times
, 9 November 1907, p. 15.

13.  
Ibid
.

14.  
Ibid
.

15.  
Ibid
.

16.  
Ibid
.

17.  
Ibid
.

18.  ‘The Police Courts',
The Times
, 16 November 1907, p. 15.

19.  
Ibid
.

20.  ‘The Police Courts',
The Times
, 20 November 1907, p. 18.

21.  ‘The Police Courts',
The Times
, 22 November 1907, p. 3.

22.  ‘The Police Courts',
The Times
, 28 November 1907, p. 13.

23.  TNA: PRO MEPO 3/175, Statement of Frederick Hargrave, 15 July 1908.

24.  ‘The Police Courts',
The Times
, 17 December 1907, p. 3.

25.  ‘The Druce Case',
The Times
, 23 December 1907, p. 9.

26.  ‘The Druce Case',
The Times
, 14 January 1911, p. 10.

27.  ‘The Police Courts',
The Times
, 7 January 1908, p. 12.

28.  TNA: PRO MEPO 3/175, Statement of Mrs Wilkinson, Rex v. Mary Anne Robinson, Perjury, 11 January 1908.

29.  ‘The Police Courts',
The Times
, 25 February 1908, p. 14.

30.  1861 census.

31.  TNA: PRO MEPO 3/175, Further statement of Francis George Coles, 30 June 1908.

32.  ‘Title Claimant Now in Oakland',
Oakland Tribune
, 20 January 1913, p. 12.

33.  ‘The Police Courts',
The Times
,7 January 1908, p. 12.

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