The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-01-15
BEWARE OF vIDDERs..
Further Developments of the Lord
Hicks Marriage-Judge Fuller
toms Statement.

l, Is not 80 clear why the press Of the
country unite in pronouncing old man Lord
Insane and not competent to manage his
own AFFAIRS There can be nothing so very
1E-an- IN an old man securing young and
charming widow to minister TO the want,
wsieh man Is heir To-, and il there i. anv
insanity IN the whole affair it would seem
10 be on the part Of the young widow.
The junior Lords are very much dis.
turbei because their father has married
ssaiu, the reason Why l. plainly to be seen.
and they have employed Judge Fullerton
to assist them in ,.niangling the knot, but
the old man says "NOt so. not so, nv chill
iren" and proposes to iigh, them to- the
! bitter end. The matter will soon be settled.
and it remains to be seen If the charming
Mrs. Lord is equal To the contest. The fol-
lowing Is dispatch to the Lateg- Ocerm con-
tanning the latest regarding this famous,
marriage:
New YORK, Jan. Judge Fullerton,
special counsel for the Lord family in the
-uit To dissolve Thomas Lords recert mar
riage with the widow Hicks. declares en-
phatically that they would prove beyond
question that the old gentleman had been
inveigled into marriage, and that his mental
tnn nj ha.
clude his entering into a contract OF any
kind. Prior To the marriage they had said
nothing publicly about his weakness, sin.
ply because they had too much pride to
parade their fathers inirmities before AZ
unSympathizins public. IL was known
months ago that he could not attend to the
affairs OF the estate, and the sons were only
waiting for some method by which they
could secure the property against loss, and
a, the same time spare their father the hui
initiation Of public exposure of his weak
ness. Several months ago they endeayored
to get him TO sign a power OF attorney, or
place his estate i'm the hands OF trustee
but without effect. The more the old gen
tleman cou dn't manage his business the
more he thought he could and he was so
set that there was no coming TO any ar
rangement with him. Judge Fullerton
also said tina: many OF the afiidavits in the
the proceedings looking to get the estate in
the hands Of a trustee were drawn before the
wedding was suspected, a. their dates
would show. lie was himself busy during
the whole day proceeding the wedding in
preparing the case for court. This is no
sudden proceeding on the part OF the fami-
Iy, but one that has been contemplated for
long time. In reply to an inquiry into /
the truth Of the story that the bride had
already had 500, 900 Of Lords money. Mr.. |
Fullerton said she has got nearer twice /
that amount. "Why, that woman only re- !
Gently had deposit OF 100000 in the :
Bank OF Ensland-money that she vince !
He'd out of him. Ii Is his cash that she's
been making this grand splurge on in
London and Paris, giving dinners to Presi-
dents and noblemen, and making such a /
sensation wherever she goes. This whole /
thing is an outrage, and when the public .
once begins to understand it, they will see 4
her conduct in its true colors We shall
prove to the satisfaction of the conn asion /
and jury not only that the old man was I'M .
liz to take care OF his property, but that at
the time Of his marriage he was incapatia-
ted mentally from entering into such a con- /
tract, and that the so-called marriage is a
nuliity. We shall see whether she will
come off the winner. She il a smart wo-
an, admit, but she has over,lone il this
,ime." On the other hand those who
know Mrs. Lord say she will fight il out to
The bitter end, and that the family have got
a formidable antagonist
81 should not be surprised ii she should
win" said lawyer yesterday. She has
proved more than match for the
whole OF them so far. There is no ques-
lion that Lord had long previously sought
he widow Hicks in marriage without sue
Tess.