The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-10
A BRITISH LORD.
ABEROR0MBY LEAVES MANHAT-
TAN BEACH AND STARTS
DAME RUMOR.
Was There a Jealous Woman in
the CaSe?-FreakS of
Lord AbercrOmby.

NUS. lie was looked upon every C
here as Lord, but the general be. '
eff is that he is not lord but
ounger son. However, he register L
d at the hotel as Lord Abercromby. f
N advertisement appeared in paper i
f recent date offering large reward {
or the return of a silver-headed cane, !
)st by Abercromby on Sixth avenue. /
n conversation with a reporter he {
aid that he valued the cane not 1or
is worth but as souvenir. 1t was
lot given to him by his father or ii
ollege chum, but by lady in Paris.
lie did not say whether he was en-
aged to marry the lady or not.
1t is said that he recently came In
possession of fortune, or at least had
plenty of money. On Saturday last,
lie purchaced a two-year'old chestnut
colt, by King Alfonso, dam Leoni, at
Snnepshead bay, for which he pad
$3.50. E. Barry Wall, a well-knoWn |
man in society in this city, was joking |
with him about his purchase the
other day, and veXed young Aber-
who offered to bet 5000
that his colt would beat Wallis Wall
flower, and match was made. They
walked over to the secretary's stand,
and Wall put up a check for $1,000,
and invited Abercromby to do the
same. There was much disapPolnt-
ment when he refused to draw out a
check, and sportsmen lost an opportu-
nifty to see how he would title him
self. He asked for time and went
away. He was gone about an hour
and then returned, and laid down
$1,000 in crisp greenbacks, which
looked as though they had come direct
from the government printing press.
The race came off yesterday and Alb
ercromby's colt won, and he is now
the possessor of $1,000 of Wallis
money, together with additional bets
amounting to 5000. Seven thousand
dollars in single day, sportsmen say,
is good CT ough even for lord.
WHAT DAME RUMOR SAID.
Gossipers were busy at the beach
yesterday discussing the alleged re-
cent escapade OF England's latest blue
blooded arrival. Abercromby, they
say, is full of life, fond of all its
pleasures and is in every way man
of the world. 1t is claimed he has
learned the ways of fast New York
ers in an astonishiDgly short space OF
time and on the race track he is as
much at home as is Plunger Walton.
One story at the Manhattan Beach
was that Abercromby engaged rooms
for himself and wife. One gossip also
says that another lady friend of his
was stopping at the Oriental, and that
on Wednesday,, Abercromby became
very vivacious over the probable VIC
tory of his new tilly, and indeed, grew
so exceedingly lively and iubilant
that the hotel people were unable to
draw the distinction between man
who was happy and man who had
! looked upon the wine when 1T was
red. They were attracted to-
wards him it is alleged by
a loud and noisy alteration
a sort of a war of words, bttweel
| Abercromby and lady, in which il
is stated that jealousy on the part OF
the lady of his attention to some 9th
er female, and upbraidings of his in
constancy, formed the burden of his
talk. Capt. McKinnie, Dame RumoI
adds, informed His Lordship that the
hot spell was about to be renewed
and as the tide OF travel would turn
Coney Islandward it would be great
accommodation if he would pack up
his baggage and vacate his room. He
departed, and it is said gave out that
| he would return to his quarters at the
| Hoffman House. These were the Sto-
ries current at Coney Island and on
Sheepshead Bay race-track yesterday
| afternoon.
HE LEFT SUDDENLY.
When World reporter visited The
hotel he was told that Abercromby
had left suddenly the day before, at
ter paying his bill. He came there OF
the second day of the opening of thu
hotel with young woman whom ht
introduced as his wife. The woman
is described as a blonde, not pretty
but exceedingly stylish. She dressed
richly and wore many jewels. She il
not an English girl, but had the ap
pearance of a "Down Easter" The
hotel clerk said that he bad no knowl
edge of any trouble between Lore
Abercromby and the proprietor ex
cept what he had heard from the out
side.
"Was the lady with him his wife =
the reporter inquired.
"That l don't know. He registered
as Lord Abercromby and wife. We
do not ask questions when parties
come here to engage rooms, but We
watch their conduct and if 1t is ques
tionabIe they are informed that they
must leave"
"Was Lord Abercromby requested
to leave?"
81 don't know. did not hear that
he had been. He was down to the
races to-day, and saw his horse win
He spent great deal of his time at
| the race track while here. He kept
his private team and carriage at
Sheepshead Bay, and was always at.
tended by valet. He was a very
entertaining gentleman, dressed in
the height of fashion, and spent his
money freely. never saw him I'M
der the influence of liquor"
Capt. McKinnie declined to talk.
Lord Abercromby is about twenty
eight or thirty years old, with a long
flowing, sandy mustache and stubble
beard He is well built and of the
medium height. When asked by a
reporter few days ago if he came to
this country on business, he replied:
mo, not a bit of it, dear boy. l am
here purely on pleasure. Hal hap he
laughed, "do you think I'd invest
money in America after this awful
Wall Stree5 panic? You know me
not, good sir. L tell you what I'd like
to do. however-tbat is, to put cash
in that Big Elephant Hotel they'r
building up near Sheepshead Bay. I'd
do that if it were only for the salts
faction of seeing the thing completed.
It's such pity TO commence such
piece of work and then leave il"
A reporter of the World called at
the Hoffman House last night and
was told by the clerk that Lord Aber-
eromby was guest at the hotel, but
had not been spending much time
there recently. "In fact. said the gen.
tleman, 81 have not seen him here for
the past three weeks. He has room |
here but has not occupied it to-day |
and there is no one in 1T now" An
other of the clerks said he had seen
Lord Abercromby on Thursday for a
few minutes as he passed through the
corridor. He presumed that he was
It Coney Island, where he had been
pending his time recently. Inquiry
It other hotels in the neighborhood
vas made. but no one had seen the
loble lord. At Delmonico's the clerk
aid he knew no such person as Lord
Ambercromby.
Southern Friendship.