The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-16
ANNOYED BY A CONVICT.
Beresford Attempts to Levy Blsckmai
Upon New York Women From His
Georgia Frison.

Beresford Attempts to Levy Black mail
Upon New YORK Women From His
Georgia Prison.
From the NetU York Recorder.
Lord Beresford's at it again" remarked
| a member OF the New \ ork Athletic Club
TO Manhattan Club man yesterday.
But he's wearing a convict suit in a
Georgia state prison"
Nevertheless be is plotting more black
mail and scandal even from behind the
bars insisted the athlete Both of them
had been regularly taken in and done for"
by the handsome young English scoundrel
some eighteen months ago, when Lord
Charles Somerset Beresfordn was an honor
airy member of both clubs.
Later In the day note was sent to the
morning newspapers by prominent law
yer, stating that Beresford was endea voring
TO sell to certain newspapers in New York,
Chlcago, Philadelphia and Pittsburg, a
most scurrilous manuscript, rehecting!upon
the honor of two well-known, wealthy So
ciety ladies of the metropolis. Such a note
was received by the editor of the Recorder,
and reporter was sent up to the Union
League Club TO interview the lawyer In
question.
Beresford is known 10 his victims and to
the police and detectives as Charles Beres~
ford, Walter =. Beresford Sidney Lascel-
les, Walter Eaton and William Bond. His
true name Is not known, but the above are
among his many aliases The career of this
talented young scamp has been similar 70
that of the notorious Ross Raymond, and
his photograph has long adorned the rogues'
gallery at police headquarters.
A splendid dresser, a brilliant talker and
OF distinguished manner and appearance, he
managed to palm off bogus letters of intro
ductlon to the first families on Fifth avenue
and Murray Hill, and for while cut quite
swath in the social circle.
ELoPED WITH A WEALTHY GIRL.
In 1889, while in Algiers, he met Miss
Maude Lilienthal and her mother, the
widow of Millionaire Christian H. LiIien-
thai of tobacco fame. He made desperate
love to Maude and induced Mrs. Lilienthal
to cash many bogus drafts for him. When
IL was learned that he was fraud Mrs
Lilienthal forbade him her house, but Miss
Lilienthal had fallen 80 desperately in love
with him that he induced her TO elope with
him.
The runaway couple were married at
Beaver, Pa, but soon SEPARATED, upon
which Beresford demanded 81 500, in de-
fault OF which he threatened, as in the
present case, to cause to be published a
screed rejecting upon certain members of
the family. Then commenced his Ameri-
can career of crime. By his suave and
plausible manner be induced many persons
TO cash drafts for him. Among these vic
tins was Richard K. Fox, who caused the
young man to be thrown into the tombs,
where he langulshed for months.
From girl in Rome, Ga, whose father
Berestord had victimized, he secured a
most valuable ring day ar two after her
marriage. Although under arrest, he re-
fused to give up the ring. hoping 10 keep
it through the fear the young woman's rel
atlUaa and friopda TIliuht hau -
ure OF her name. It was only when threat
ened with lynch law, II he made public the
womau's name, that he gave up the ring.
| THIS ONLY ONE OF HIS NUMEROUS TRICKS
THERE.
The New York lawyer said:
"Some wealthy ladies-friends of mine
received a letter from Beresford a few
months ago. 1t said that unless 81, 500 was
left for him at my law office he would
cause the publication of an article most
| damaging TO their regulations. The ladies
told me 10 do whatever | considered best in
! the matter, and so | wrote some personals
and communicated with him in that way.
Then | got some central office detectives
and laid trap.
| FELL INTO TRAP.
~ told him, throuR a personal, that l was
| going to Albany, and would meet him at
the Delavan at O'Clock on a certain morn
| ing las september. Inc detectives went to
! Albany On a different train than took. A
very h sndsome, stylish and lady-like
woman met me in the corridor of she hotel.
and said she had been sent by friend of
hers, who had recently been in commuui-
cation with me through Herald personals.
| She was to conduct me to
him. We crossed Broadway and walked
1 up and down Green street 30 as to
see whether we were followed by de-
tectives. She failed to see my men, and
soon Beresford came up and was introduced
by her to me. had seen his picture in the
rOgues' gallery. and at once recognized him.
| He was arrested and sent back to Georgia.
where he is now serving six years. l did
not make any charge of attempted black
mail against him, as l wished to save the
names of the ladies from publicity, and as
he was going to state prison thought that
would end the matter, but he now seeks to
strike at these rich ladies through threaten
| ing to publish cruel and untrue stories about