Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1892 — A "Busted” Baronet. [ARTICLE]

A " Busted” Baronet.

Sir Randall Roberts, whose title is one of the most ancient of English baronetcies, has just been sued for the recovery of $25, which, according to the evidence produced in court, had been lent to him in very small amounts for the purpose of enabling him to get his breakfasts. Sir Randall is, financially speaking, on hie beam ends, and is in the disagreeable position of an undischarged bankrupt, He Is eking out a scanty subsistence by borrowing and by doing some occasional work for an insurance company. His fate Is all the harder when It is remembered that he has behind him a distinguished career. He served in the Crimean war with such distinction as to obtain a number of orders and medals, including that of the Legion of Honor. His gallantry during the Indian mutiny, too, was conspicuous, while during the FrancoGerman war of 1870, where he acted as special correspondent for a London dally paper, he received the Iron Cross from the hands of Emperor William. He is a man who during the last twenty years, has been in constant ill luck and hot water, and In Cairo in 1885 became Involved in a very disagreeable conflict with the police. He is married and has grownup sons and daughters, who appear to have discarded him.—New York Recorder.