Max Lynar Louden
Friedrich August Albert Max Schiemangk (31 August 1869 – ), known as Max Lynar Louden among other aliases, was a German confidence man, bigamist, and a spy during World War I.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Louden was born in 1869 in Staupitz, North German Confederation.[3] He studied at a military academy but never graduated. He then migrated to the United States in 1890.[4] He at first passed himself off as Max de Chimang in Poughkeepsie, New York where he organized a Schützenbund and fled with the money he collected from a charity event.[4] On August 29, 1911, he got his license to marry Lalia Florence Allendorf.[4]
In 1916, Louden was convicted of bigamy and sentenced to six months to three years at Sing Sing Prison. Following his release in 1919, he was charged with attempted forgery. Louden pleaded guilty and was sentenced to another 3 years in prison.[4][5]
Aliases[edit]
- Count Jean Marcel Peyrgne de Passy
- Count Albert Marcel de Passy
- Count Rocher M. zu Lynar
- Count Max Lynar Louden
- Count De Passy
- Max de Chimang
References[edit]
- ^ "'Count' Louden in Court. Helps to Convict Former Employee of Forgery" (PDF). New York Times. July 27, 1918. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Louden Indicted On Bigamy Charge. Suspected Teuton Spy Is Said to be a Wholesale Marriage Swindler. Secret Service Men Busy. Federal Agents Trying to Identify 'Count' as Man Who Got Plans of New York's Defenses" (PDF). New York Times. October 16, 1915. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg and Posen, Select Church Book Duplicates, 1794–1874
- ^ a b c d "Berlin Now Wants Versatile 'Count'. Louden, Trailed in America as Spy Suspect, Said to be German Fugitive. Was 'Count De Passy' Then. Will Be Arraigned Today in General Sessions on Charge of Bigamy" (PDF). New York Times. October 18, 1915. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Three Year Term for Count Who Planned an Invasion of Canada" (PDF). Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund. September 30, 1919.