, 1879-02-11
THOMAS LORDS DEATH.
How He Became Possessed OF
Riches---His Experiments
in Business.
Ills Marriage to Mrs. Hicks, and
the Opposition OF His
Heirs.


Fourteenth street, In the s3th year Of Ills nEc,
was resilient Of tff. city. For almost fortF
years he uat n prnspcrtt1s merchant and well
known IN mercantile and stNiht ciTrlea. Retie-
ing iron, b,lstnrs. TT 1S:s3, With MI ample inr-
t,nc he led mn rasy life. making for short time
n shuT Of bnsi,1eas nctty,y t'y acting as the
Vice President Ut atl Insurance company Los
Ing rn,th Of htt fnstnnr tllrn,ig'l hta rasy matt
ncr Of living, he hcsnnr comparatively poor.
With hi. fortunes rchahit!tnsed through tho
death nl hts brother lirsus, who lett him pos
Bcssel Of about 81 600 00O ten years ago, he re-
sunet i!ts fartnrr He. Il little more than
ycar nco his sudden cspo1tfnl at the dashlnE
willow, Mira Hicks, the opposition developed
thereto by his children, lis mysterious ditap.
pcarancc with h's bride for @ month, atnl tho
revelations matle In Court and t'e newspapcrs
concerning ltnsclf hie new wtfc md his chill
drcu, provided food fur public gossip for long
period Of time.
THOMAS 1nRD
was born in Snrwct', Co,1'.. In March, 1194, and
was the Youngest III nnp hrothcrt. 1yr'e,
Henry, Asa. Charles, ,inttlnn, Eeazcr, David
n, Nulus H., uul Thu.nns i4nr.l. There wcrs
ni.n Two Rlstcrs. llrr Lur'l Inniily was long
lived, nm! most Of The hrotrra named al,oyc
attained n nge. The nniy one s,s,w alive ts
David n. L"rt1, WIN, at!N ycnss oi agc, stil com-
trolls Inr.r whnlcsar t1Fy-EoNls business In this
city uni prlnt-gotHis mills in Philadelphia. Most
ofthc Lord hrollers eatnc to this rttv an entcrct!
Into business carly in the ccntnrs. In 1878
TlHnlas Lord started In the Wholesale and resnil
t!rv-.n0is trnlu with his 1rotl!crs Rufus L. nlml
David Il, ,lrt Mr. Stirling. Their store wns
in t;ar.icn street, ,,ow Exchange place. Thry:
merchants 1T tllr city. ilnflls t.ord. wlu ncscF
married., occupetAnotcst bArhelor quarters near
nts ssote for ,rars af'er wh!sl. ls j moved to
Ae dlch Mny II, 1874. Thomas Lord
MARRIED. MISS ANDERSON,
sister of Nr. Henry i. Anderson, gentleman
nt Errat wcalsl', wh" spent his tlnc nlul mones
IN tg>=ntic pursuit. .1'.i trnv.', M! VIII; hay-
1tnly, became the founder md natr.n here Ut
tcycsa charitable Institutions, III" prin"tnn b.
iny thy Catho!se pro'rstnEy, now situated tn
nwse,s by birth mi 1narria.n will, soiI'n .! tho
"ldtst am. 1thctt families vi New York.
lie d;ed IN I'll, in'',a ~ fsw yssss ug". . After l,is
lived fur nany. ,caFs in .ne atylc IN the First
Ward, where Morris mn! Grcenwts'i streets nnw
jn'n. When the wealthy Scw York fanllies
began tt desert ilsat nrfghborhuoi lie ul,,l liz.
Aflcrso',-whu Ind owncti an! occupied TIN
@; % ill., GUARD sirams!ip Co'npany-Tent up
marriage be lived at No. X, West Seventeenth
street, where Ills Henry nlui his twu .laugll-
tcrs xti! rr,nnIu. And within t!at periud hr
never w.Itt ont of tlfs city, ;ln1 was
The history u t11n business Of tic Lord
brottcrs Is not cyfnifnl. In tts long rollrar
only onc rrca: disaster happened to It. tn 1sg'
the GREAT lire. wIsttlt originated in Pearl street,
gMl swept over tic greater part u thu lower
portion of The city, DESTROYED tin: tarteH-strert
H!orc. Most Of ism' Ennls hal previously ',sc.l
tukrn from thc building nm! placed In neigh.
tackled ll e,llye and destroyed II with NIL Its
.un,e1lts. Ihe Lord brothers quickly rA!c.l
1rnm this dastcr. mil renewed their success IL,
1,etr islIt1uf t-nnE lat In
dissolved their partnerHtio. Mt,tl Rufus l.. HNl
Iho,uus Lord retired fr,'In artiyu business. Tie
former anplic himself 10 tlsc cure of thu down
town reul estate he ha1 acquired and to careful
tpecna'ion1, sometimes on very tasGG scule
In this way fiu increased his fortune, until at tllt
time sf hls cnth. IN lsG9 H. WAS represented h.,
ties Ut securities III his utllcc, ul, thuyra learn
inI This fact,
TOOK ADVANTAGE or IT
in IL very skillful ,nnnncr. Thrce nf them On
a!o,r, sitting nj hts tlcAk, viii, Ill. tmck turned
tUa lart.1 saf': built III Wn!l. ,r' ,lonr nt wl, b
WIS nprn. thne nf III" litrycs induced A1r. t.nr,
I. talk 10 him, a,l lnuna.c'l to interest hm 81
1ntrh that lsE inrrnt ilii open kMfe. I{r twt
other thieves went u t!e snlc nah tt,u; fruni Il
Il box containing ser,lrtlrs valued at 81 .t10 ,fhn
a'"! yA!4nl'la paner,', ,,, amauc % them will mud.
hare beea 1'un = Soblc, wh IL now tn IL Eli,
Iopcan prison; - nuttl, !" Heinrich, who is hc
llsve t. nvs M ,l!s@ i tanr Y !" t'sr1,ny Asrer.
IN NoyaIIplsalnG Prison.. fiLe p1liea never ur
rested she thieves, bu, Mr. 1.ufa reroverea t!nt
securities. Whit, the thieves euulAnot negotiate
by thr payt'rMt "f Il ra',sn.n, Ills lnss through
the rotIlrr, waa about S1C0,OGU. Tile prlyai'
papcrh Htoicn WITH t!le securities wcre retur,e.
IN Angular n'unn"E tn 1867. They wrr.' sen
wirh sens ll!rin tn james u. Kings Suns, o
this rlty, who rrturu..l them tu atr. Lord.
WhtIr llls tr"tisr hutns VIVA increasing III
wealth, nlnl uxe,tfng tho cupiditY Ut tAiavga
Thotnus Lord wills living
4 1kNEHOCs LtPK or KAaE.
It was his delight To walk tnily Upon Broat
sny, wl'rrc his sturdy fraIne alltl graceful .,,
:t4Ee ,nac him u eu,,sp!tunus figure Tic ba
the courty manners ut be1u Ut t,c first En
nf tte century. NAyng nothsng clsu to 10, All
Lord now mule siurt ur,lrslun into thu Il,
@ q IL u hs ttfl,r w'rt 1T lsis H. I d Ha y IT,
wreck ~hlle on lia wuy fram I.ivcrp4ul to Nc
lort huwroir an arcnunt of tlIe loss Ut tile al,i
Minerva M attrr shs had tscn driven US fur nortt
hWi thu ctlort printed III I,sols form, uni iii
trItutcd c"nics ataons bis fr,rIds, The rtos
Jan. !, 1918. At this pertol VI hls lliu sfr. LII
Soia@1inn ,ft's.ln.sranse co'SIssus' s ~ i"
Is,,on bes LII 4, .t;.t,o, o. s nox.so GO
to 1ue npurutiuhe 81 III: Company. 1t h stn
wr.I li,,,,wn on Will street. ti4n1 ms morult
Ar L"ra l. waikrl waikiki dowu T." tl's o.cs and q
rEai'lu buRtle III ,tM Otter o.1ic4-thaL ,rrs,,
wcrr gnh,g ~ nl"t out hurEms!ly, mud hal II
t'crhs w.rc husics than usual with 'hrIr fHmks
le t4!d t1 Il messenger whO VIA t,,l@sn1 hit
"blisileSs seetllA 10 Le very Gtaul itt4ilt.h r
Inessenser st''ppe'i and stared una said; "Y.
btFi tliu co1hPAHy WIS
Fogcgp 10 SUSPEND YEsrxnnAY."
This suspension crippled Mr. Lor.l financial
until ,tle tleuti Vi Rufus l.. Lori. lsy thu "
nt that gentleman small lcgaeles wcru lett
i!ts h'ol''era Gni''an al"t Elcnzer, to tldrty-io
About 3ttN1,UkJ uf real mid urrsuI1uE uatl