, 1873-08-06

nothing; whatever your tasto OF inclination leads
would pot liho ono to know : and" "rloncaira y
addod, "That Is tio advice ! would glvo you III
regard to your boy" all th'a'time ho boro Tho
reputation Of
MOTTO taay religious man. Wiinn 1T 01onialc llo
Ind rdglilarly attended Nlr. Simpsons church,
sud htH cotttlncs throughont WAS most o1ompia--
lotl doad, and TINT ho Ind travelled In tllo United
stateat IN Canada, and on tho Oontinont OF E.l-
ropQ In his tottorB nt this tFno i,e always sgrod
l'imself III. aloncairn." md tho pnpoE and
envelopes io uaod boro tho monogram I" q.
hhowed considerable ignorance on his part,
~ vol as on tho pnrt of tho MnrRhai1 firm,
OF tho laws Of heraidry, na IN Earls ooronoE
can only Indicate rank aud could not DO proper
asod IN this case, without 8omo addition to intli-
cato that 1t was oroat. 1louogran,n arc Haldom
or noVor uged a. croBtH, ,noyor ullosa placed upon
'.,a wreath :, n9sioa tl,'a no Earl would sign
tno oe II paor 5oaaa . an tho ptonsa Eh
instance would be simply "dlonoairn." - ''
Early III January, 1870, "Gloncairn" won't to
London, and obtalned an Introduction, through
Mr: pasltllson, to Atosera. L. Keliors q Co.. ta-
Lord dlencairn Of Auchonloith, pertshi1o,
and mado largo purchases of them.
In tho course Of conversation ho stated
a, aSat he ,,., haa dealt with AIosarB. Mar
ing quito satisfied, wrote to tho Edinburg arm
for Information, but h1r. Smith Of tlat houyo
had bis suspicious aroused aud photographed to
Ne,lora to dotain "lta Loraahfp :" If he oallcd
train: He accordingly wont to London and saw
Mr. KellerB, with whom ho had a conversation
which convinced them both TINT
THE7 HAD BEEN DupED.
Mr: Smith then a, sallod On Mr: Pqddison, in
On cntorlng tho room ho found tho floor atreyn
with q quantity OF game, which had boon
aont thero by Lord aloncatrn's directions
from Forfarahfre. where he had hoen
What ho wanted and what ho % snspootod. I md s, wes
treated rather oavaliorly BY that gentleman, who
at 1aat sont him into another room which was
handsomely furnished whero the pHeudo Peer
waa writing. This room llo oallod his "audi-
or lxe0 residence, and WAS oonncctod with no
club IN London. After sonae conyoraation he TO:
forred Mr. Smith to Paddfson to settle matters,
and Paddison ultimately guvo Smith written
guarantee for "the payment Of whatovor sum
that 1t should DO paid by tho 2bth of March fol-
lowing. h1r. Smith then returned to Edinburgh
with his suspicious lullod by what Mr. Faddison
haa assorted of tho bona flde and aolvenoy Of
from tho Rov. J. D. Simpson, stating TINT as far
as Ills information went, Lord aloncairn was
perfectly good customer, md that IL 1o Ind re-
forred tho firm to Paddison d Son, they were
perfectly safo. for thcy woro mon Of honor and
Of high standing in their profession. At this
time tho pretended Earl Ind boon keeping an
nccount with Mr. Robert Ycamnn, of tho City of
Glasgow Bank, DUNDEE whom l.e informed That
hls English aoat was bl'lhury Park, Nortlamp-
tonshiro, al,tt that B income was ECO 900 your,
At first he deposited lnrgo B,lrns with tito bank,
and afterwards triel to
ovEnDnAw 111s ACCOUNT.
He also obtained crodit aud :ncurrod debts
with a number Of tradoHmon in Edinburgh and
London. lie managod to obtain E5, 900 from
Paddison, stating that he required tint amount
for building purposes previous to entering upon
his estates, mud oxcusing his boing In want OF
money by Btatlng thnt lie had lost ,e30, 900 in
transaction with tho lato Mas1uiu Of Hastings.
EIe obtained jcwelry to tho amount Of .ccs7 from
n1oaars. Kollora L Co.; iewolB worth f200 from
MesArH. Grant Il roak OF Gorrard stroot, Soho,
hon,lon. aud plato aud @owelry to tho yalae Of
burgh, ali giving him credit on tho falt, Of lis
preteneIona. In March, 1870, he bado farowcll
to Mr. Bird, who has been previously men,
toned, aud in repayment of tho money ho had
borrowed Of him gave him ehock on the Old
check was returned to Mr.. Bird <lislonorcd but
by that time "ha Lordsip" had Disappeared.
twill lo remembered that Mr.. paddison had
assured Afr. Smith that tho bill Of tho Messrs.
HlhIStAl4 bt&tull pG lAlt4 ny LlH G1LI CI MARCH,
For that day they accordingly waitoa, and whom
It arrived without remittance, Mr. Smith wrote
to Mr.. raddaon. That gentleman was In tho
meantime frantic; The man whose splendid
pretonsions ooonaa and I'ospesaeo connections
us he waa, he had lent him $4,000,
and on the very day before ho absconlod
had given $500. bosidea guaranteeing the pay
nent Of his debts, had loft, and Mr. Peddison
had discovered, ns he snid, his own griot md
misery" On tho 9th of March " Lord Glen
cairn :" loft London, informing Mr.. Paddisou
that he was going to Scotland aid would return
in n fow days., ut all ovonta, bofore tho 25th,
won hs Ind bis rents to 5oosyo together with
iptenlod to plsce in Mr.. Padaison's hands for
the discharge OF several accounts which would
then fall due. Tho 25th camo, and no Lord
Glencairn. Mr.: Paddison thon sent emo Of his
no traco Of tile missing Earl could be
discovered. Mr.. Smith wont to London and
Saw hlr. Paddiaon. The two victims compared
notea, aud it was found that q largo proportion
Of tho jewolry which I" His Iortlship" had OBJ
tnlned OF the Marshaa ho had prosecuted to Mr.
paddison'a family. Those articles wore all re-
turned on Mr.. Smith relieving Mr.. Palliaou Of
tho obligation Of his guarantee Tho Dnndeo
Bank and the Rugby Bank wore both
CAUGHT TO 4 CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT
and Mr. Yonmna, OF the fortnor, discovered that
he had received somo Of tho articloa which had
como from MlrshallB' and had not boon paid
for, boBldos aono which had boon stolen from
their shop during Glcncairn's visit. AL these
wero also returned. Poor Mr.. sin,pson, tic
Scotch Clergyman, who had been tho inno-
cont 1nonns Of Introducing this accomplished
swindler to tho unfortunate traaosmon, was, az
may DO imagined, in very great distress at hear
ing Of this state Of things. Ho explained lis
connection with Gloncairn, aud entirely cleared
hinasalf Of my suspicion Of completely. .GIen-
cairn was neyor more heard of under that title.
and tho wl1ole Of bis statements wore soon
shown to have boon pure fahrcations..
For moro than yoar the history Of this man
With many names is loBt i'll obscnrity; bnr in
September, 1871, hc appeared in the stnte OF
Minnesota, whoro lo WIS passing as
"LOnD GoRD0N.h
He was living ut Pelican Rapids, Ottor Tail
County, and tho latters which bo had roceiyel
wero alarossea to "Tho Right Hon. George II.
Gordon" Ho bocamo acquainted, amongst
othors, with AIr. Francis McNalnara, who Wns
q civil engineer OIL tho Land Department OF tLo
Northern Pacific nai)road, whDjn l,o frequently
mot both ut polican Rapids ind in the city of st.
pnul. Ilo showel him tho contents Of Lis pho.
tographio album. pointing out one photograph
as THO Marquis Of Conyingbam and another as
tho Marquis Of Hnnloy, to whom, ho said he