New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
ArALK WITH CuARLFS LORD.

A TRIBUNE reporter found Charles Lord,
last evening, at his pleasant residence In East Forty
nrstst lie acknowledge having written the letter signed
&C. LORD" ana given in Gs fathers AFFIDAVIT, aud also
that signed with the initials &c. L. ani showed TO the
reporter copies OF them h. had preserved.
ayes he said quietly and with a SMILE ." / wrote
both Of those ictcr and willing 20 stand by thclr
language before any court in the lana. II woud bc
proper though, that | should explain under What cir
cumstaucesthey written nrs Hicks, since the early
part of ST. had been borrowing large OF money
nom my father Before she returned nom Europe last
Fall these loans had amounted To about S90o00O-no
contemplate sum for any body. My father began la
he approhensbc before Mr.. IIckss return, that hc
would never get the money back, aud IL ruabltd him
very much. But when Mrs. Hicks came back. size
brought him completely under her control AMI 50 IN
anenccd him that hc continued 10 lend Err LARGE
sums OF money came to know OF this. | was
IN OF consumption. and felt that | could not llvc
very long, or do anything for myself Ny
father had educated 10 believe that should always
have ,uough money 20 sustain In the manner proper
ia o,ir pnsition. About me my family. including
three little children whom SAW dependent upon what
moncy might from my father. Much Of this mad
fallen o us from my uncle the understanding being tina.
ms father hold the money IN trust for the family
Whenever asked father ;0r money he replied that he
could give 1t to until certain loans that hc nad
When saw iris woman drawing from by father and
spending, wi,i no expectation OF return almost all I'M.
wealth, aud with no prospect that THIS coufse would
Su i ad v,rotc the fir.f licr M, all the tefc spir of
doslair that seemed uncomfortable. dld say that III
ease such aud such things TOOK place would Kill
her Aud | can imagine Low IN certain cases
might have b,cn lri 10 the most extreme scps, although
am naturally mid hammered man and never intcn-
ti"uaijv injured a f..n | dnn't suppose ihat would
hayc actually Billed Mr.. III.ls any more than would
LiI Won now. Iut can ina -uc how Was driven az tne
iiuic 10 think mishl take rctrilution into my own
hands II wa-, l. foolish cxprcssiDn; but 1t
seems - M that II was perfectly natural under The
Ippose Mrs Hicks mnst have read The letter To my
father aud complained TO MIN about III foron Christmas
DIv be came III rc2ard to H. and tried 10 reconcile
r 10 The woman IT. said that had alWavs hated her.
without reason; that She noble woman, who had,
for thirty long days nure mother in her dying bed,
and Who was beloved by my mother. sucl talk ms
tLis was to al tho time huliccnt evidence
Of MY fathers mental WcnEu"ss The actual fact
was mat my mother d,likcd Mrs. Hicks much
Of us dd. Shc had heSuu 20 borrow money Of father
f., he woman that she woul allow ncr to 10
The house, if she could avoid IT.. Among olher striking
statements which NY athcr maze a" In"t uly was one
that hat sail that hc had been living IN cit ica-
lions with tie woman. had never made any such state
"Ihe singular Things that ny father did and sa.d dur
Ing thrsr DAYS nddc,d my brothers ana myself to be
cye tha my father waS entirely htAPah, oi ma'gnS
hi. Affairs, ard determined 10 take proceedings 10
take the property ont of Ia. hanhs fie papers ic.s-
saIy the apP on 10 tlc Court h"d uGch ui"Nn UP
ON Inc Saturday following CI~thaS, and proc c'in-s
were 10 hc commenced the next week On the same lay
received this paper from iny father 90. 100
Mr. Lod here showed the reporter check for LOO
PAYABLE 10 hi, order the city Bank and signed by his
father. Mr.. IOrd continued:
:" prescncd hs al ihe bank on Monday, and Moses
Tyinr told me that not only was there 40 money IA the
bank 10 meet IT. but hc bad already protested one larger
check OF my fathers. He said mat hc ld ihlhh my
father was able any longer 10 do business. IhC
letter signed By my brothers and myself and
sent to Mrs Hicks, was Intended to bring
about settlement OF our diincnltc, III manner o.
satisfactory all possible. IL would have been well
for II she bnd attended 20 ts, aud met us IN con
ference We would have allowed he TO settle her debt
tho most advantageous terms, and she would have
all the trouble that followed. But she
driven To the wall She thought that 10 save herself,
must take desperate step, and she persuaded father
tV marry her. IL was great surprise 10 is-the mar
riagr Although had been tearing such turn OF
affairs for several days hardly thought 1t possible
:" And now as To tine other letter. When father left
the house the Monday that he married, he said
that he would meet us Wednesday for conference.
All that heard from him after the marriage was
through letter, which had guided his hand 10
write, which he said that should him the
following Friday, When that day came and no of
esther at her house and that she preventing him
from communicating th IL. The certainty that felt
stances. caused to write that letter. My principal
object, however, In sending the letter, was to mud
whether she really was in her honso."
The reporter asked Mr. Lord II lac had received any
Information that Mrs Hicks had drusged his father He
answered.
"Information OF the most credible kind was brought
| to me that this woman had only been able 10 keep
father with her by drugging him. The word my inform
ant used was narcotic ! fully believed that she had
done this when wrote the letter. still believe It,
think this capable OF even worse things than
this on than theft II she were here In this room,
would tell her to her face that she would even perlure
herself for %onsy %hen the 2" public @os come & to
Will view things In n little different light than
at present Whatever my father may say In his anda.
Wit (Which Ia really not made by him, but by this woman
none of bis family knew OF any such thug and do not
Mr during ths intsgyew, was no. excited or or
passobate In his panher' But nc ""S 'ery o"h's' III