The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-20
MOBILES WHO HAVE FALLEN
DoiDgs of Some English Aristocrats Re-
called by the Gwyneth Mande Story.
A Few Driven By Poverty TO Obtaining Liye,i-
hoods by Questionable Means, and Others
Forced to Adopt Humble CallingS
NOBLE ONLY IN NAME.

Scions OF Aristocracy Whose Poverty Has
Forced Them to Seek n Livelihood.
Special to The indianapolis Journal
LONDON. Nov. 19.-The story of Gwyneth
Maude and her unhappy mother, who CON-
united suicide Thursday on account of the
shame aud exposure of the daughters
thefts calls attention TO the large and in
creaslng number of scions of aristocracy
who are gaining living in this city by
questionable means 1t is said that D.
noble earl noted for his dissipated manner
of living, and whose esca pades have not
been confined to this side of the Atlantic.
were amazed recently to find among the
inmates of q disorderly house he visited.
his own niece, the daughter of a sister
whom he had l,st sight of for
several years. The girl recognized
the earl by his pictures, which
she had seen. 1t Is but fair to
his Lordship to say that he rescued the girl
from her unfortunate surroundings and
made some provision for the support of her
and her mother. 1t is said that the young
brother of u baronet was arrested under
all assumed name for swindllng. He gave
the excuse that he was driven To crime 10y
starvation, and was too proud to 90 near his
brother, who was, indeed. not much better
OF. The victim of the swindler relented.
and the affair was husbed up. The case of
Sir Henry Palentine Good, the old Irish
baronet, eighty mine years of age who has
been exposed as the stooi-pigeon in a lit
erary imposture. introduced another in
stance. Poor old Good 10 In his sec
ond childhood, but has virtually
nothing to live on. He comes from an an
cient family, being descended from a may
or of Cork In the reign of Henry VIII. He
will probably not be prosecuted. Another
taBa NJ oh har il
Campbell. who is serving term III prison
for svindling.
The English system of civil service is en-
tirely devoted to providing places for the
nobility. but other classes are getting so
numerous that the civi service the church
and the army are insufficient to provide for
all, and many of them have to live by their
wits. or resort to honest employment.
Among the omni bus and cab-drivers are to
be met men who were brought MP in noble
mansions. but who have tailed TO stick To
the places found for them by the influence
of aristocratic klnsmen. As for trades and
ordinary business the arlstocracy is crowd
ing IN at q rate that Is surprising. even
the humber trades having not a
few members who are trained at Elton and
Oxford. In BARRIERS shop on the Thames
embankment one may be shaved and have
his hair dressed by q barber who claims de-
scent from the Plantagenets. and whose
name certainly appeared among the younger
branches of one of EDgland's ducal
houses. He told a correspondents that he
was given EGO when he came of age and q
ticket to Australia but that be did not
like Australia. and when he came back his
relatives declined to do anything more tor
him; During his brief stay in
necessity. and when he got back
he took to shaving as means of
Likelihood. He makes no pretense of con-.
cealing his identity. and, as the matter is
getting noised about and his ducal kindred
are said 10 be very much shocked, 1t is pos
sble that the barber will soon receive
substantial lnducement to get out of the
business.
The coroner's Jury, In the case of Mrs. A.
+. Maude. who committed suicide on &C
count of her daughters disgrace, delivered
verdict that the act was committed when
Mrs. Maude was of unsound mind. Mrs
Maude killed herself by leapinR from the
top story of the Great West
a sSs f. hrr nssa 0s'R the 'Fs as
nesses at the inquest was A. Z. Maude
q dress manufacturer in the West End.
who testified that deceased was his wife.
They had not lived together for the past
seven years. He last saw his wife on
Thursday, when he visited her at her re-
quest. He found her much changed and
i'll. He had heard her threaten to commit
suicide. When he saw her she was greatly
troubled about her daughter Gwyneth.
and blamed herself entirely for her daugh-
ter'e unfortunate position. II. II. Meyers,
q solicitor, testified that Mrs. Maude had
consulted him with regard to her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Maude was distracted by the
arrest of her daughter. She stated that
abe had instigated her daughter to obtain
on credit the articles that were subsequent
ly pawned, and abe said she wished to
take Gwyneth's place in the prisoners
dock. Employees of the hotel gave evidence
that Mrs. Maude had deliberately jumped