Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-25
LADY MAUDE
Beautiful, Blue-blooded, De-
scendant of Dukes,


London, NOV 24.-Gwyncth NIaude
to-day pleaded guilty to the charges
against her.
Cablegrains recently to the American
press from London give the full details
OF this remarkable case.
a decided sensation was caused in the
Marlborough Street police court this
morning, Just before the case OF Gwyneth
Maude, the handsome and nriaiocrntic
lS-yenr-oll girl, charged with swindling
was called. TO the ustonishment of ali
present it was announced that Gwyneth's
mother, probably rendered insane by
the chnrges made against her daughter,
had committed suicide. This sensational
case consequently, was postponed for a
week.
Gwyncth Maude was arrested recently
on the charge of swindling Sphinx & Son,
the jewellers made famous by the Os.
born-Hargreavc's case out of silver sal
vcrs and candolabra, and was to have
bcen examined Oh remand this morn
ing.
Mrs. Naude, who was separated from
her husband, lived with her daughter IN
= handsome house at Hyde Park Gate.
Ihey had great number OF servants,
male and female, and lived In style. The
case. has excited much interest, owing
to the fact that the family has many
aristocratic connections Gwyncth is a
ladylille girl in her manner, aud, to
judge from her appearance, she would
be the last person in the world 10 be ac-
cused of theft. But the Spinks are
said to be not the only sufferers from
these swindling schemes. There were
thirty or forty witnesses ready TO testify
that she obtained articles from them in
he same manner She obtained the
goods from the Spinks and then pnwned
theno The Spinks say that she visited
their place of business and ordered the
salycrs and cnndelubra TO be sent to
her home after crests had been engraved
upon them. The order was filed, but
when the firm attempted TO collect its
money 1t began to dawn upon them that
they had been swindlcd. They soon
learned that their goods had been
pawned. and the arrest Of the girl fol-
lowed When Gwyneth WIS first ar
rnigned, representative of II fur COM
pany came forward and charged that
she had obtained seal skin mantle.
jncket and muff from the company with
out paying for them. The company after
wnrds learned that the articles had been
pawned. When arrested the girl snid
that her mother was to blame for the
thefts.
Before the case was remanded, John
Bngglev. assistant to the Messrs. Sphinx,
who testified In the famous Osborne
Hargreave libel suit, arising from the
theft by Mrs. Osborne of Il set of pearl
jewellery from Mrs. Hnrgreave, testified
ns to the visit Of Gwyneth to the shop,
The crest she directed to be engraved
yvas tbot Of tho De Montalts. She gave
n nS th MA Maude family Is the Earl Of Mon
tait a rcnrespntntiye peerI of ireland.
The Maudes claim descent from the great
haronial family to Which belonged lit-
warden castle, now the residence OF Mt
Gladstone, in Flintshire. Sir Cornwallls
Nnude. the present Earl of Montnlt, has
H. ,,,oon The sent of tile earl is at
Dundrnn Cnshel. county TippenIary,
ireland
I,"ter particnlnrs show that Mrs.
Maude was a duughter-in-law OF Major
General AIaude. who was formerly
onnetrv 70 tbe oueen She killed herself
Inv inmnirc from top story window Of
tIe Great Western hotel, Pnddlngton,
where she hnd been staying for the last
fev dnvs
II apDenrs that while Gwyneth was
In the police court to-day she was igno-
rant Of her mothers fate She was ~
tired In the height Of fashion. She wore
n handsome fnwn colOred cape, elabor-
ately trimmed with jet. Around her
noel u,og an expensive feather boa.
Tbrnueb the brief session she sat pale
and downcnst.
While Spinl's assistant was tesuiy-
ing. The cirl's stepfather. tall, military
looking man, entered the court room;
and asked That Gwyneth be removed
while he made an application to the
court. ~,
Certainly not replied ,the JuusS;
he made by means of note. The note
was written and passed up 70 the Judge
who n few minutes later adjourned me
cnse T'be note told the story of Mrs.
Maude's suicide.
Mrs. Ainude went to the hotel yesIer
INT hat she registered as Mrs. Maitland
and asked for bedroom. che WIS