He had, under the name of Armitage,
palmed himself off upon members of one of the most distinguished families
of the capital, whom he had met abroad during the winter. A young
gentleman of this family, who, it will suffice to say, bears a commission
and title from the American government, entertained a small company of
friends at a Washington club only a few nights ago, and this plausible
adventurer was among the guests. He was recognized at once by one of the
foreigners present, who, out of consideration for the host and fellow
guests, held his tongue; but it is understood that this gentleman sought
Armitage privately and warned him to leave Washington, which accounts for
the fact that the sumptuous apartments at the New American in which Mr.
John Armitage, alias Baron von Kissel, had established himself were
vacated immediately. None of those present at the supper will talk of the
matter, but it has been the subject of lively gossip for several days,
and the German embassy is said to have laid before the Washington police
all the information in its archives relating to the American adventures
of this impudent scoundrel.
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