Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-08-12
SUTCIpE OF LORD GORDON.
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SUICIDE OF LORD GORDON
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Fort Garry, Manitoba, on Saturday.
Two English detccsives had arrested
him and hopronli5edt 10 80 quietiyswith
them ii'ihcywould not him throagh
Inc United States lie went tohis
room 10 prepare for tho Journey and
wh;lo there blew out his brainss ~
This mans history since heApleared
in America reads like q sensational ior
nance. md is not unlike thc,arecent
Tichborne case. Tho following are
the outlines of his career: In 1866
George Hamilton Gordon, sixth Earl
of Aberdeen, took his seat in the House
of Lords as Vlscount Gordon. lie was
about 22 years of age, and was ofeccen;.
tric manners and OF a-roaming and
sightseeing disposition In that year
he camc TO this country and shipped
MS +, common sailor under the name of
George Hamilton Osborne. In 1870
he appears as tho mate Of the ship
Hera. of Boston, and ON a voyage 10
...l;.i ,,.a6 lost overheard These
esus s sA.'1s ta',.. n,srcred 6eiore tbe Scotch
,an.s ,'.;,'s ~ ~ lrorn ger brother Lord John
@a.u.epa,i I,aDaaln,,il " 2ordon % succeeded 10 the
'i.ia a'" w" 80 uvs
In 1872, a person about the SAINT,
w, NJ an .,,a oal'l,oa,,, of a magnificent suit
W. W, ~ "a =, tpa Matronolitan Hotel in
X W. V.l' ~ vi III ,oaa1s wore served IN
IL ,,ssa1s hrealest.yoom. and wero
LIZ L.ppnJ p,,ias ,,;,,, ~ eam;lv Mate ,engrav-
eu unon which were thc armorial bear.
~ sf0cr tba Eo,l ~ Aberdeen His
Z;,,ota Z sanrotar,, lie volot and all the
pn,,,',.tenances s"s1 ~ which his blood and
',iiaoI,h ant;,led him vcre in attendance.
RI IT, H.. La haan ,,ayall;n,, h ,he Wost and
,.'os o 'au .ha.ona,,l,T familiar with the rail,
,nad " ;nterssts in the United States
~ ...--.a..l .-.ss~.. arm Interest IN Inn.
migration and the Development of our
Western territory. Having surround
ed himself with all the luxuries Incl
dent to nobility and Thoroughly iamil-
iarized himself with all the railroad
and financial interests Of the New
World. he then began laying his net
for the big fish whom he presumed
would anxiously walk into the embrace
ofa British lord. Col. Thomas A. Scott
was waited upon by his Lordship's
private secretary, who stated that
Horace Greeley was the particular
friend of his Lordship, and desired Mr..
Scott to meet the latter Mr.. Greeley
was approached at the same time and
| in the same way with the same result
Accordingly, the two gentlemen put
their legs under his Lordship's mahog-
ony aud drank his wine, but the Rail
road King preferred TO ''reilect" on the
brilliant scheme proposed by the dis
tinguished Lord II is certain, how
ever, that Colonel Scott was led to be
lieve that Lord Gordon represented
large majority of the English and Con
tinental shareholders of the Erie Rail
road, and the proposed scheme had
some relation to a movement in that
stock or the reorganization Of the
road s,t
Jay Gould next stepped into the par
lor of the spider and, after negotia-
tions, parted with, and Lord Gordon
took possession Of stocks and money
amounting TO hali-a-milion of dollars.
Among these stocks were five thousand
shares of Oil Creek, which Gordon
threw threw on .ne rhllapsipn,a S;i ,;.t,. msrkes L.,