The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-05-30

From otner parties he had borrowe,
lesser sums, and his young lady &C
quaintances had not even escaped.
One of these was Miss Maud All
good, belle OF Rome, who had in
trusted to the so-called lord q on,
hundred and fifty dollar diamond ring
which he had begged her to let hin
wear for two weeks as his mascot
and bon voyage" When Beresfort
disappeared Miss Allgood's ring alst
turneu Up missing.
HE WEBS AN HEIRESs.
Two weeks later he appeared a
Beaver Falls, Pa, where he was mar
ried, on the 23d of February, to Mis-.
Maud Lillienthal, under the name O.
Sidney Lascelles." Miss Lillientha
was an heiress, her mother, New
| York widow, being reputed to be worth
| explained that he had met Miss Lii
lienthal and her mother in Europe
and had travelled with them; that the
mother had driven him off in London
because of his expressed intention tc
marry her daughter, and that that
was his real object in coming to this
country.
In July, 1891, Beresford was cap.
tured in New York, and after six
weeks OF legal battling before Judge
Truax and Judge Cullen, brought To
Georgia for trial on the charge OF
cheating and swindling. On his way
down, he confessed to his captors that
his real name was Lascelles, and when
he reached here he registered his wife.
who accompanied him, as Mrs. Las.
celles." This caused the Indictment to
be changed from one for cheating and
sw1ndling to forgery. which led to the
cases being appealed to the supreme
court of the United States on the
ground that a prisoner extradited on
warrant charging one offense cannot
be tried for another and different Of
tense. The supreme court, through
Judge Howell Jackson, decided that
he could.
"A REMARKABLE STATEMENT.
AT the trial Beresford made a state
ment in which he denied that he had
claimed to be Lord Beresford's son.
but insisted that he was Lord Beres-
ford's cousin and insisted, too, that his
real name was Beresford, not Lascelles.
explaining that the use of the latter
was in accord with the custom in Eng
land, where, he protested, it was the
habit OF society people to have two
names, one for society, the other for
N"othASoo' oPohoihS, cGC.
Beresford was convicted. but an
pealed to the supreme court of the
State. Pending that appeal, he was
released on bail and published his de-
termination to live down his convic-
tlon.. He set up in business in Rome.
opening out brokerage and insurance
Office and bicycle agency. He was APP
parently an excellent business man
and throve for time. He was popu-
lar. made friends fast, and seemed to
get credit easily.
This went on for few months when
Beresford again skipped. At the same
time that he disappeared, his wife.
who had clung to him faithfully, also
left Rome, though by different route.
She went to her mothers home in New
York, but for several weeks Beresford
was chased in vain. Finally he was
run down second time. arrested in
New York and brought to Rome.
where he has since reposed in his
prison cell.
About the only startling thing the
bogus lord has succeeded in doing
since his last incarceration was to adj
Fertise in New York dramatic paper
several months ago for partner
with $500" to back him in a lecture
tour. How he expected to fill lecture
engagements while prisoner behind
the bars, Is. up to date. Unexplained.
Recently Beresford was sentenced to
six years at hard labor in the peni-
tentiary. The execution of the SEN
tence has been suspended pending the
decision of the federal supreme court.
but now that that body has sustained
the lower court, in the decision handed
down by Justice Jackson recently and
widely quoted, it will not be long be-
fore the ex-lord and ex-capitalist will
be wearing stripes in Cross lumber
camp in South Georgia.