The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-02
LORD-HICKS. q


FRIEND OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE
son FOR WRITING THREATENING LETTER.
The recent revelations IN the Lord Hicks proceed
.ngs have revived public interest In that celebrated
Mr. Lord has al last revealed himself to his
family, and has thereby. s 10 be presumed relieved
their Anxiety. HIS whereabouts are definitely
gnown, and that he is safe and well there ample
surance Therefore the grave apprehensions enter
tanned for his bodily safety on the part OF his children
are happily dspciled. The mysterious feature OF the
honeymoon-that Is tho prolonged absence oil the
happy coup~-has been brought to end, and the
most sensational element OF the longer re-
mains TODD Tor conjecture and alarm
TURNING THE TABLES
Mr. LORDS vindication OF himself ana his answer In
rcbuia the charges his sons that he Is incapable
OF taking of the interests OF his valuable estate
has IA a measure. turned the tables those who
have his marriage been clumoring Tor writ de
lunahco mqu,rendo Unlil Mr. Lord was heard, dit.
ier,ug opinions were entertained the questions AT
ISSUE the weight OF evidence turning the scales
cording TO tre particular bias OF sympathy Of those
who interested in considering tho subject But
as the case stands the evidence pro and con Is
more evenly balanced
Mr. LORDS nplled arraignnent OF tho counsel or
hts fmily furnished addit ooa to tho rcyea-
lions. Mr. Day, vi the nrm OF LORD, Day " Lord,
had his attention drawn To the paragraph by
HEgALD reporter, wherein Mr.. Lord declares that
strong pressure was Dronsht TO bear on him by Mr..
Day to make viii the 30lh OF December, the pro-
visions oil which Mr. LORD declared was not satisac-
tory W him.
rng FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
Mr. Day replied that nc did not deem 1t necessary to
comineui On the paragraph, as his reputation was not
in tho least jcopardzed, and he felt no way uneasy
ut these implied He haa acted consistently
anu conscicn lousy throughout, and he had no other
uesire than TO serve aud Delrend AIR. LDrd aud mis-
family. lie mad anown Sir. LORD, he said, Tor long
time and held him Ia the highest esteem. He
convinced, however, that Sir. IorL not mentully
capable ot conducting the business OF his large
with that care ana prudence which he once
possessed. ''in act," said Mr., Day, 'my relations
TO MIR. Lord are sun unchanged. l am now,
as l over have oeen, friendly TO nis IN
terests My present action Is quite consistent with
those professions OF esteem aud friendship As
friend OF his aud his family, IL owe II to Mr. Lord 10
my best efforts TO prevent his property being
wasted himself ana lam ly reduced poverty.
OF course this action IS basea upon ny conviction
thut MIR. Lord mentally incapable OF attending 10
the proper disposition oil ms estate The ground mat
has been taken by his lumiy hos been tho re-
mental as well AS physical powers. Therefore the
only and proper course TO pursue III this
emergency has been Instituted moving TOR u
writ lie iundtco inquirendo Nothing mas been done
that viii not IA Tho emu serve mr. LORDS Interests,
the great and paramount desire beng, as have
SAID, prevent his properly bong uniwiully used
ny his chiidron Or amy other Interested persons.
For this end Tue courts have been appealed 10 Tor
tho purpose OF having appointed proper GUARDIAN,
under bonus, VINO VIII guard Mr. LORDS estate
from all Improper iniuences vi any person,
or from wuatever source, Lbs cniluren
included Therefore, beit'viug as | DO, in ms in-
capacity, In his mental anu physical failing powers,
1 should DC recreant 10 my professional duties aud
my duties as u friend II allowed his estate 10 be
wasted, IS and has oeen These III brlcl, the
motive, which actualc me. 1 am acting for the Des
by OF ms family, and am certain that tue
wisdom oil our course VIII soon be made manifest
MEEKLY AWAITING THE ISSUE.
III supposo We will have TO await the decision OF
Judge Donohue, who 10 10 pass upon the constitu-
uonaiity oil The writ de iundtico inquirenao. be-
| nprt I'm l.ts
point next Thursday. alter which, oil course, tes
limony will be taken In tne usual manner Of
on with ,hs Case at once Tut OF course
these delays are Inevitable Now that Mr. Lord IS
bu Con tested 10Th sides WIN spirit VI course, II
must Ue understood that no effort has been made,
has It been contemplated that one should DO made
10 establish theory OF Mr. Loru's insanity. Not ut
all what VIC MAINTAIN and hope 10 provo ID that Mr
lord ny reason OF OH age and other physical causes
Is cnfeebicd IN will well IN bodily health thut
he has not rational or proper control over his ac-
tons."
| A DIGxiFiED SILENCE.
The counsel for Mr. Lord arc Potter. Lowcry, Soren
Il stone, whose office located The Urexel build
ing Mr.. Soren SAID to the HERALD reporter that ne
wasvery we'll cUntcnted with the case that was pre-
sented on behalf OF his client There new
elements OF interest, but when tho proper time
rived they would DO prepared 10 answer every charge
iuiiy, explicitly aud sa,isac oriy. For tho present
he wouls prefer remaining silent; wncn the case WIS
called Tor hearing The whole acts would DO revealed
" tho pubic; iurtLer than that lac had NO more 10
Aay
THE DISSATISFIED SON.
Mr.. Charles L0rd, whose threateniDg letter to Mrs
Hicks has been published has stated thAt he s,ii
mains unaiicraby impressed wi.h the belief that his
father IL the victim OF nrigua He accuses Mrs Lord
with pursuing ~ stenatic plan OF extracting mvucy
from ns i,th-r several OCCASIONS. lie claims .
these loans have N tue tic 500 UUO
Hc reports us father as recently expressing anxiety
regard the urn OF tins large amount oil oney,
aud TINT he had not much hope oil ever gstt.ns il
back. Dir. Charles Lord SAID that MIS- Hlcks' re-
from Europe nis iather fell again under
| nucnce, ana tLat she borrowed more money OF him
freely. These open secrets to nil uf Mr. Lord 8
family, aud they that their iatncr was niatu-
ated with Mrs. Hicks they did all IN their power
| 10 neutraize her machinations Ito Is rcpo,tca
| us having SAID IN exenuaton Of his thrcateni ng
letter TO Mrs. Hicks, "at That time was very III
mad been educated TO the oeie mat should always
have enough money to sustain my position Ny
family were dependent on tins money. When saw
the woman spending nearly AL my iather's wealth,
ana with pros pcct TINT THIS would
| I'll we were Desgared. became desperate. IL was
| then that wro,e those Icttors, ana | can easily
| understand, although am naturally mlid-ua-
| tured man, nov my feelings goi ihe better Of my
| reason. had no idea oil narmins Mrs Hicks or
any one else. II Is true that dsiiked ner ex-
ceedIDgiy. MY mother WINE she VAS nv.ng, sn red
| this family Icena. SIZE would not allow Mrs. HICKS
! to enter tue house II she could avoid u. whcn my
father WAS hidden IN his wiie's house received rcii
bic Information that she mad been only aUic 10 keep
HIM by irugglng him. no word my niormant us,d
was narcotic iuiiy beIivvcd that she had done his
when wrote the letter. think ms woman ~ capa-
| BILE oi dong an thing tor money. When tho puUic
come to understand her true character they WI. SEQ
| things ~ u different lieht than at present.
CARDS
Since Il became known that Mr.. and Mrs. Lord are
residing at the rcs.deucs OF the bride Wes Four
tcenth street sevcfal efforts have been made by T..
Loyd's children 10 gam AN interview wh their father,
but the old gentleman has refused all such advances
he and his VITO have expressed their aiarm at the
threatening attitude OF Mr. Charles Lord, nnd as they
are apprcnonsive oil bodily BARN they have Invoked
the aid OF tho police 10 project them. To tins end
an application was made yesterday at Police Hcadquar-
policemen to 30 placed on guard ut Mrs Lords
residence IN Fourteenth street, ~ RESPONSE 10 WHICH
appeal Patromen kush, Of tho seventh precinct and
LAIRD, OF tho Western steamboat squad, were de-
tacu yesterday Tor special duty at the mansion, with
the provso that their services should DC paid TOR w
the pants tho house during Tue time thcy shall
roman on duty there.
TALMAGE ON THE QUESTION.
Or. Talmage made the LordHicks affair the topic or
his short TALK last night. He commenced by saying:
The comedy Of lie Is sometimes ms striking as It's