The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-12-02
LORD MARCUS BERESFORD.
he Comes to Grief in the Unholy
City Of Tammany Ring and
Hancock Defeat.

Some months ago Salt Lake Cit
was made happy by the presence Of
Lord Marcus Laprerre Beresford; G
man wherein every god did seem tC
set his seal to give assurance Of a
Lord, every inch Lord. As be was
q lord he Was handsome; as be was q
lord, be was good; as ne was a lord,
he was noble by nature and by birth,
and he was kind and generous, and
sfable, and gentlemanly, and had
there been any question as to the
verify OF his person, he could, No
doubt. have produced the papers to
prove that be was good and chaste,
and noble, and kind, and virtuous.
and handsome. Il is 8 well known
fact that all genuine lords carry with
them, in case OF emergency, papers,
by which they csn settle beyond
controversy their possession OF
all the above mentioned sp-
purtenances and Embellishments
which are the portions OF lords. But
be had no occasion to produce thess
papers here; every movement, every
look. every act told palmer than
words that be was a lord. Hence
the circumspeet ladies who are so
choice and select regarding their
company, made much OF this speci- |
men ofearth's and natures grandeur
Still another evidence of bis identity
was the presentation at the London
Bank of Utah, a draft in his favor
the lords favor-ior sl50; he drew
S300And took draft Tor the msinder,
$3.50, on New York bank. He left
this city shortly after, and it became
desolste and disconsolate, and pro-
ceeding east be net Mr.. Meahurst in
Indianapolis, by whom his draft
was csshed. The original draft, it
vas then discovered, was forged, and
the New York bank, under advices
from here. refused to honor the draft
from this city which was given to Mr..
Medharst. A lively search then be-
gan for Lord Marcus Lap ere Beres
ford, and be was 10 be called upon to
make right the forged draft business;
but be was not to be found. In the
Mr.. Medhurst returned to
this city, where the lord had been so
graclously entertained, and called on
The London Bank of Utah to make +,
good to him the amounG he had paid :
The lord, $3.50, on their draft, but was
they having ordered payment
IN it at New York stopped. Mr..
nedhurst then instituted suit in the
District Court here for the recovery
1i the amount, but it has not yet
ZONE to trial. On Tuesday night, as
will be seen by our dispatches pub $
ished this morning, fellow named c
Hugh Leslie Courtney, an old swindlef |
10 the United States and in Englaud.
had been arrested in New York City, {
or whom the police had been /
searching for long time. The arrest /
VAS communicated by telegraph to {
Anthony Godbe, Esq of the London '
Bank OF Utah, and 1t transpired that t
Hugh Leslie Courtney is the same c
Lord Marcus Laprerre Beresford who s
vas here some time ago, and that be /
s common torger and sWIndler, as {
vas partly known before, and as now /
Known beyond doubt. Mr.. Godbe 1
las sent warrant to New York for I
Courtney, and as soon az the party J
who was out OF town on Wednesday, '
whose duty it is to sign acquisitions c
8 visible in business sense, one will
De sent for the doughty lord. He will Y
e tried here for forgery, and stands a l
yood show Of getting five years in the 8
Peniientiary, in which event. out of t
bare courtesy, he will probably keep t
open house where his lady friends Z
will doubtless visit him and cheer his /
onely hours. I