Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-06
LORD OGILVY,
Alias Mr.. Carr, alias Mr.. Mortimer, Elk
Cavalry Officer OF the English Army,
but at Present Journalist,
Dramatic Criticism being
his Forte.
He Leaves Home, Marries against the
Wishes OF his Parents, and Deserts
for the Army What he has to
Say for Himself-What
his Wife Says.

New York correspondence st. Louis Globe
Democrat: The latest sensation has been
caused by young man calling himself Cecil
w. Carr, and protesting to be an English
journalist, who recently appeared IN this
city accompanied by young and beautiful
Spanish woman whom he had recently mar
RED. He was young in appearance, very
diminutIve In size and dark In compleXIon-
IN fact, not TT all prepossessing IN appear
ance-but agreeable In his manners, evident
ly well educated and n man of culture and
brilliant in conversation. The lady spoke no
English and kept herself secluded. The
young man soon formed an acquaintance with
journalists in this city and was made
DRAMATIC CRITIC OF THE WORLD,
and served in that capacity for some time.
While he was thus engaged though he rep
resented himself to be only poor newspaper
man, and claimed only the name of Carr, it
was whispered about and soon became part
of the secret, that he was young lord in
disguise, either sowing wild oats or studying
the peculiar phases of New York life. Sew
eral months ago he went to Boston, accom-
panied by his wife, and while dining one day
the waiter recognized and addressed him as
lord Ogilvy' On his denying that he was
the person, the waiter insisted that he had
frequently waited on him at clubhouse in
London. The waiter explained to his en-
Carr found no trouble in securing attendance
and credit at the place. 1t was not long be-
fore the gossip of the restaurant extended to
the lodging house, and one day when he was
expressing regret to Miss Varrel, his land
lady, that he could not at that moment pay
the rent, she astonished him by intimating
that she knew his name and rank. He again
repeated that what she had heard was incor-
rect, and insisted that he was simply
MIR. CARR, AND A JOURNALIST;
that his only regular employment was on the
Boston Courier, but that he was also a
dramatist engaged to write a new play for
New York manager. The lady had confidence
In his ability to pay her, but to satisfy her
curiosity as well as to secure her claims, she
sent to England for a photograph Of Lord
Ogilvy. A picture came. 1t was very hike
the young ledger, though some years older;
but the story which accompanied 1T confirmed
her in her belief that he was a lord in dis
guise. The information was to the effect that
Lord Ogilvy had contracted marriage with
Spanish girl against the wishes of his father,
the Earl of Ayrlie, Baron Ogilvy of Ayrlie,
and Baron Ogilvy of Alyth and Lntrathen OF
the Scottish peerage, and that his father had
cut off his son on an allowance. The son had
subsequently been ordered to join his regl-
ment, and was then supposed to be in India.
The landlady thereupon grew less nervous
about her rent, and made loans to the young
lodger. Carr promised to pay her out of the
proceeds of the play he was then writing
and one day, in
APOLOGY FOR FURTHER DELAYS,
gave her sealed envelop, which, he said,
contained draft which he was reluctant to
draw, but which she was at liberty to use, it,
at the end of a certain time, he had not paid
his debts The landlady opened the envelop
at once, and discovered it to be a draft on the
Earl of Ayrlie, and signed "Ogilvy." Before
the end Of the time specified the lodger paid
two hundred and fifty dollars, which he had
received for the play from the New York
manager, and withdrew the draft. From
this time forward the lady loaned money
freely and confidently, in the belief that Mr..
Carr was really Lord Ogilvy, until the total
debt was one thousand dollars. The last
sum, borrowed fortnight ago, was for the
purpose of going to Scotland to effect con-
citation with his father, and leaving his
wife with Miss Varrel Carr came to New
York A day or two later his wife followed,
and still later Miss Varrel learned that the
two were living at the Mansion house, at Fort
Hamilton, under the name Of Montressor.
She came at once to New York. Detectives
were put on the track of the young lord. At
the same time
WARRANT ISSUED
for Cars arrest under any of his aliases, was
placed in the hands of the sheriff., who, on
the information of the detectives, arrested
him on Thursday evening while he was din
ing at the Windsor hotel with Miss Varrel
and friend, who was trying to compromise
the matter. He was Immediately lodged In
Ludlow street Jail, where he is now awaiting
the action of the court on charge Of obtain
ing money under false pretenses. 81 am
Lord Ogilvy, the son Of the Earl of Ayrle,
he said; 81 had big row with the governor
and left home; this had nothing to do with
H..
count of his adventures after leaving his
home. Speaking of his wife, whom he fire.
quently alluded to as ''the child, " he cor
rected the report that she was an Italian la
dy, and said that he met and married her in
the south of Spain. In regard to the cause
Of his arrest, and concerning his recent life
at Boston, he was more explicit, and
MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
81 arrived in Boston last September. Took
with literary work, writing for a newspaper
here and there, principally for the Boston
Courier, and adapting a play that Robson
and Crane performed in Cincinnati. The two
hundred and fifty dollars which they paid was
at once handed over to my landlady. When
my funds were low tried to take even cheap
er rooms elsewhere, but my landlady, Miss
Varrel, opposed the change and persuaded
me to stay, though her rent was some weeks
overdue. | never told her anything of myself
or my domestic troubles. l never had a six
pence from her on the strength of being the
son of an English noble. She came to me one
night, and said she had heard from gossip in
a French restaurant that l was man of high
birth. l at once denounced the story as being
ridiculous trash. l was still working hard at
plays, and in March, being still In arrears of
rent, |, at Miss Varrel's instance, gave her
note for the amount due. This was sealed
uI, and the envelop was
NOT TO BE OPENED
until | was in a position to meet the claim.
As to the second note, which is not yet due,
and which, like the other, carries enormous
interest, | signed it the night l left Boston.
1t covered the rest of my rents and the pass
age money, which was offered me wholly at
the instance of Mrs. Varrel, never at my
own. Any statement from her that | induced
her to lend me money, on the ground that |
was nobleman s SOD, is utterly untrue, and
if the story is to be published at all, it is well
that it should be published correctly. The
passage money, as she admits herself, could
have been easily raised from two or three
other persons in Boston, and therefore had
no reason to make any pretense of any kind,
even if | had the will to do so. | expected
to pay these debts by the sale of play,
which Joseph Jefferson and J. G. William
son, the actors, have commended very highly.
As did not succeed in selling it turned my
thoughts homeward; was convinced that
the landlady would
NOT ALLOW MY WIFE TO GO,
so l delayed my departure and took her
away. That was the cause of the war The
landlady followed US to New York, sent law
yers to a friends house in the country, and
induced him to believe In her friendship for
me. Through him l was induced TO meet
her at the hotel, where, oyer the tea table,
she renewed her protestations of friendship,
and had me arrested while the cloth was be-
ing removed. | had made up my mind to
start for Europe by way of Quebec to-day,
and pay my debts as soon after my arrival as
/ conveniently could. | have only to add
that there has been no question of false pre-
tense in the matter from first to last"
Mrs. Carr-s, alias Montressor's, story.
New York Tribune: Mrs. Montressor, the
alleged wife of Lord Ogllvy, alias WIlfrid
Montressor, alias Cecil w. Carr, is at the
Mansion house, Fort Hamilton. She is an
Italian, slight in form, with fair complexion.