Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
A Dissipated Nobleman,

Lord Bufort has disappeared frou
Jersey City, and with him his fs;thtui
valet, Mark Hudson, who. like thuI
other Mark made famous by the non ~
Dickens, was never more iollv han ~
der the most depressing circumstances
And that the circumstances surropnJ
ing the young scion of nobility and his
trusty servitor have been depressing in
the extreme is sufficiently proved bv
the record of their recent career of tho.
two during the last thirty days.
just before going from New York r.
Jersey, Lord Bufort passed ten DAYS in
the Tombs. On reaching JERSEY Citv
he took rooms in the Philadelphia Ho,
tel for himself and his valet. At tho
close of the eighth day, being unable
to settle his bill, he was forced TO w.
cate the premises without his baggage
On Wednesday night he applied at the
Gregory Street police station for lodp-.
ing at an early hour in the evening.
and on the arrival of Capt. Dickson he
and Mark Hudson were accommodated
in the detention, room, where they re-
manned for the night. They quit the
police station in the morning, and a
few hours afterward Mark was arrested
for peddling without a license Che had
been trying to sell a few of his masters
vests in Bergen Hill, and Lord Bufort
was locked up on suspicion of being a
sneak thief. Having proved his inno-
cence and that Of his faithful follower.
he was permitted to depart; and since
Thursday nothing has been seen of
either of them.
"He is a fine looking fellow" said
the Sergeant in charge of the Gregory
Street Police Station, yesterday; "and
[ don't know whether he is a fraud or
not. He registered here as Captain
Henry his valet registering as Mark
Hudson The relation between the
men was that of master and servant, as
far as we could Judge by appearances;
but the valet had a jolly air about him
that was hardly in keeping with the Cir
cumstances.n
The proprietor of the Philadelphia
Hotel says he has no doubt that Lord
Bufort is what he represented himself
to be. He said he was the son of the
late manufacturer of the celebrated
Henry rifle, that he had been careless
with his money, had spent much, and
had been robbed; and that he was wait
ing for remittances from his mother.
He left several well filed trunks at the
hotel, and among other things were the
preserved leg of a favorite hunting
mare, q set of fencing masks, a riding
suit of fine material, and an ulster that
must have cost 1925. Lord Buford is q
gentleman, without a doubt; but he is
not capable of taking care of himself.
The missing Lord had been, evident
ly, on a prolonged spree, and did not
know what he was about. A few DAYS
before he left the Philadelphia Hotel
his servant took several articles of cloth
ing out to sell, and disposed of fine
shirts that cost So for one-tenth that
sum. On n occasion Lord Bufort
pledged a valise full of clothing for
twenty-five cents. After he had spent
five cents for a glass of beer, the good
natured h~arkeeper with whom he had
pawned his property, returned the
valise, taking twenty cents in exchange.
Where the errant Lord is 0 nobody
knows. Report had it that he had gone
to Hoboken, but careful inquiry among
the hotels of that city failed to reveal
his presence.-NeW York San.