Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-02

Mr.. Lord ON the Lord Case.
Men whom the courts will adisdge 70 n. a.
ulSouhd mind are, nevertheless capable ~
ming good lawyers anu being prnnounce<
sane 10y distinguished physicians aud the LORD
case cannot, therefore, be al once dcriSaJ 4.
FAVOR oil the head OF hat family, because villa
Sucn professional assistance he has succeeded
III producing lega. sensation. The coloreI
kuardlan OF Mrs. Hicks Lora = front door vine
mas been expecting The married pair hack ts
toSa eNeiy DAY Tor month, Will be- aStoniShel
20 earn thaI they have been in the house All
uat tlme. The gOSSiping world ON both Side
9l t4e Atlantic will be surprised Go hear Mr..
Mr. NEu t lay ina he became engaged TO marry
| 49, nrchS several years ago indeed IL rum N
Ever Tells The truth, al least one member of 4 ~
ni iSn SllStocracy will open his eyes at this
IN "sui ~, sons may learn how 10 secure happi.
| hess W we dechnlng years of their parepts
! Mr.. Oh, NIeS Lord, one Of the sons prnpnxed h.
| letters ". nch he admits TO be his Ia hTi1,ht..
has dear, good Kind old" fathers en-
| i>ence 10y Xxi. ing, first, Mrs Hicks then hi.
| own children Mr.. Lords only prandchH
| dTen, a. he adds - pathetic parethesiS-anl
then himself. This SsS before the wedding !:
| alter that festive and i9uiye occasion he IN.
| toImS his new Stepmether that she is the
most astounding thief the world ever pre-
duced,' and pioUsiy thanks God that her Fin
| famous career is ended az last" Altogether
| IL seems 10 have been an odd sort of honey
moon, with letters of this description welcous-
| ing the bride into the family, and lunacy pre-
ceedings taken against the bridegroom. It
| Is not wonderful that both preferred TO star
indoors. However, the question Is not whether
there are other luRatics in the Lord family
Than the oldest member, but aS 10 his mental
soundnesS alone ON this point. much is said
on both sides. Mr.. Lord declares thai he has
n lived IN inns city Tor sixty years, and has
| being charged before with being an imbecile
| 10 show his present condition, he submits
| papers by DrS. Austin Flint and Fordyce Bar
ker arguing strongly Tor his sanity. and states
a circumstance, which some will consider
| slgnllcant-that his children, on his wedding
| day, tried 10 induce him to sign will whics
| WAS not satisfactory him and rharaFnr~
| was not signed. On the other hand members
| of The family already have something TO say
| and WILL no doubt, have more. It's "A strange
| quarrel, and one which the newspapers NAV
| wisely leave 10 the courts to try.-tNT Trt-
| hume, LIST.
CHARLES LORDS LETTER BEFORE THE MAR
| RAGE.
Before the contamination of his marriage TO
| Mrs. Hicks that lady received the following
December 20:
"MrS. HjckS-Madame: Are YOU aware az
the fact that my fathers family have been in
| formed that YOU have already borrowed large
| SUMS OF money OF him and that you are con-
| tinuing To borrow since your return from Eu-
| rope, and my informant says that il is impOs-
| Father is very old gentleman and he ought
not TO be called upon for a 81 by ANY ONE out
Sfde htS 0Tn children. Less than four weeks
| ago had severe henlOrrhdge from the lungs
| and the doctor ordered me 10 buy and ride IN
| carriage. Father said must wait until he
was paid back very large sum owing him,
|
| twice drawn and loaned or given you 8, 600 in
| bank bills Now il your extravaganza land
your influence over him is apparently greatl
| requires all his income, and is to compel him
| TO give you al the rate of $1,000 week, why 4
shall publish the fact to the world and Thea
KILL YOU, my children INF. Lords only
| OF his family, ana my dear, good, kind old
father Will have some peace on earth.
In haste, yours in consumption,
&c. LORD, 8 East Forty first street.
| ray Dack and the whole of tranSap-
tons shall he kept secret from the gossipins
| world
HIS LETTER AFTER THE MARRIAGE
| On the 18th of January Charles Lord ad-
dressed the following letter TO Mr.. Lords
| wife:
Mrs. HickS:-EOur desperate game of hid
| ing poor, infrm and imbecile old gentleman
| from his family is played out : Ii is positively
asserted you are OBTAINING him against his
| will, and are keeping him under the INFLU-
| ENCE OF NARCOTIC DRUG. As you know you
| are the most ASTOUNDING THIEF the world
ever produced, you are also capable of doing
| anything that is DAMNABLE. Thank God, your
| INFAMOUS CAREER Is ended at last. A mem-
Der of the family who is suffering for your
| RASCALITY. G.. l..
"(Copy of original held by writer)"
WHAT CHARLES LORD NOW SAYS.
| In an interview with Tribune reporter
the letters attributed to him in his fathers am
| dayit. He claims that Mrs. Hicks had Dor
rowed $9SoOoO from his father, and was still
| calling for more; that he Charles Lord was
in i'll health, could get no money from his
father and Wrote the first letter in all the
fierce spirit of despair that was uncontrolls-
| BILE.
| WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY.
| DIR. Flint, in his affidavit, says that after q
| thorough examination he is of the opinion that
| MIR. Lord Is not a lunatic, that he is not of un-
| sound mind, and that he is possessed OF the
| requisite mental capacity TO manage his own
| affairs. DIR. Barker says" Whatever his
| mental powers may have been in the past, he
| impressed me, for his age as man of re-
| markabY strong and clear mind, entirely con-
| SciUuS of all his acts, and capable OF forming
| correct judgment in relation thereto"
| LIBRARY CRIMEs.-The recent arrest at tho
Astor Library of person who was detected
| in cutting pages out of volume call atten'ioa
| TO the widespread habit of book mutilatiOR
which prevails in this city, One reason wig
| our journals keep their files from public ac-
cess is because OF this danger. The Evening
Post has file room" under lock and key,
and admittance is only allowed TO special and
| well known persons. There is file of the
| Herald, twenty four volumes i'm number i'm
| the City Hall Library, but those who consult
its pages are carefully watched. The reason
| make clipping, instead of the slow process
| of copying. At the AstOr Library a different
| system has prevailed. There is a class of Be-
| hemians who work up tales from the French
| periodicals, which they translate and sell as
| original. TO conceal this fraud they seek To
destroy what might be testimony against them.
| Some lime ago one OF this class translated q
| tale Out of the Rereu deS Deur MORdeS. He
then mutilaIed the volume but was detected
in the. act. At that time the policy of the
| Librarian was TO avoid publicity, and the
offender went unpublished. Not long since
the crime was repeated by another of the
same class. He obtained the same work,
translated tale, and then proceeded to mutt
late the book. In this he was detected, and
the new Librarian ordered an arrest II is
| said that large number of valuable books i'm
| this library have suffered in the same way.
| This shows what vandas are found in the
| ranks of literature.-IN eT York Cor. Gin. Ga
| zette.
| SKELETON MANUFACTURE is the latest
| branch of business i'm Chicago. The discovery
| that an enterprisng family has been engaged
| in this horrible work for some time past, boil
| ing down human remains for the purpose, has
| created a sensation even i'm that city.
| Rs-A tramp 9s years old is perambulating
| Eastern Massachusetts towns.
| MARRIED.
| ETTFR-PETTERSOS. On the Goth of Decem-
| her. 1877, by Father AHick. ROBERT NJ. ETTER,
| Of Philadelphia. TO Miss EMMA PETERSON,
| daughter OF the late Mrs. Cohen. [Morning papers
| please copy.J
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