Like a conjurer bringing himself out of a silk hat, a little natty man with a toothbrush mustache entered a Manhattan speakeasy one evening last week very quietly. He knew his getting out of the hat at all was a sensation. Last seen in a Paris jail after a U. S. woman missed a $100 American Express check, Harry F. ("Mike") Gerguson ("Prince Michael Alexandrovitch Dmitry Obolensky Romanoff"), 42, all-time amateur impostor, ordered a cup of coffee after a six-day fast and sent a note to friends at another table, "Sorry to...
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