The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-08
SEEKING SIDNEY LAscELLES.
POLICE ON THE TRAIL OF THE
PSEUDO LORD.

Fitzgerald Authorities Wire For
His Arrest-He spent Sunday at
Tybee with His Wife, But His
Further Movements Unknown.
Charged with Cheating and SWIM
dIfng-MarrIed In Fitzgerald In
Spite of His Former Record al
Home.
Sidney Lascelles, alias Lord Beresford,
the man who created such sensation In
the upper part of the state by the swath
which he cut in the little city of Rome
and the manner in which he is alleged
to have swindled the good people there
out of their cash, Is bound to furnish
more talk.
After serving a term in the state peni-
Tertiary for his misdeeds at Rome, Beres-
ford, my which name he is more gener-
ally known. established himself In the
new community of Fitzgerald where. in
spite of his previous record, he made a
great impression upon the people of that
hourishing town and was quite favorably
received. So good an impression did he
make that he married the daughter of
a prominent citizen and secured a con-
cession from the city giving him the ex-
elusive right to establish a water works
plant for the town.
The people Of Fitzgerald have begun to
get on to Lascelles' curves recently, and
a row was made about the water fran
chise, which resulted in its transfer to
other parties.
The first intimation received here that
Laseelles was up to his old tricks was
telegram received last night by Chief
McDermott from the sheriff at Fitzger-
aid, asking for Lascelles' arrest. The tel
egram did not state on what charge the
arrest was desired, and Chief McDer-
mott wired for this information. Later
: he received a telegram saying that Las
celles was wanted for cheating and swind-
ling, The detectives were then put to
work.
Lascelles and his wife came to Tybee
Sunday and spent the day there. return
ing TO the city at night and stopping at
the De Soto. They left the next morn
ing The kilograms from Fitzgerald in
dictate that they did not return there. A
tour of the hotels was made by the de-
tectives, and the hotels at Tybee were
telephoned, with the result of finding that
Lascelles and his wife were neither at
Tybee nor in the city. The Fitzgerald au-
thorities were so notified.
Lascelles is said to be the slickest
swindler that ever struck Georgia soil. A
great many people at Rome were convinc-
ed that he was the genuine Lord Beres-
ford and it required considerable trouble
and expense to disprove his story and
convict him of the frauds which he had
practiced
Lascelles is said to have been smart
enough to borrow thousand dollars of
the counsel engaged in prosecuting him at
Rome. When he reached the penitentia-
~ the authorities there voted him the
slickest thing that had ever fallen into
their hands. His ability at anything he
undertook was marvellous, and he proved
valuable assistant to the lumber COM
pany, to whose camp ne was sent Las
celles soon had the run of the camp, and
his position was more like that of a
trusted employe than convict The peo-
pie of Savannah have reason to thank
their stars that he did not choose this city
as a field for his operations. His wife,
who is with him, is said to be a very
handsome woman.