The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-30
SALACIOUS BRITISH SCANDAL
LORD NEVILLE'S TRICKS TO
SWINDLE HIS FRIENDS.
Puts Them in the Power of a Lon
don Shylock - Neville's Matri-
monial Career.

London. Nov. 29.-The lord chief justice
is hearing an interesting case which is
attracting the attention of clubmen and
members OF the aristocracy here. 1t is
the sun OF money lender to recover from
an oHcer OF the guard named Clay the
sum of f11,113 due on two promissory
notes cashed for Lord William Neville
Sir Edward Clarke, @. c., representing
that Lord Neville borrowed large sums
at from 80 to 10 per cent interest, and that
IN one case recently, the parents of a
youth who had endorsed Lord Naville's
| unpaid notes, paid the plaintiff f4O. 0OO. Sir
Edward Clarke, for the defense, alleged
that Lord Neville secured Clay's endorse
ment by trick. Neville, according to
counseTs statement, asked Clay to wit
ness his signature to family documents of
a private character these documents be-
ing covered by paper in which there
We're Sits, where Clay was asked to sign
The latter demurred and asked to see the
documents wheraupon he was told that
the documents referred to a divorce of
Lore Nevllle's sister, Lady Cowley.
Clay accepted the explanation and
signed, without having any idea until he
was sued that he was signing prOmissory
notes.
Clay testified in confederation of the
statements made by Sir Edward Clarke
and said that after the discovery of the
trick on him he taxed Lord Neville with
1t; whereupon Lord Neville wrote and
asked him to hold his tongue for short
time, as otherwise he Nord Neville)
would be ruined for life. Finally Clay
called Il, Lord Neville a swindler..
case was adjourned.
Lord William Beauchamp Neville. who
was born in 1860. is the fourth son of the
Marquis OF AbergdVenny. He was for
merry an aide-de-camp to the viceroy of
ireland, the Duke of MARLBOROUGH. and is
a lieutenant in the Third battalion in the
ROYAL West Kent regiment He is mar
ried.
The fifth daughter of the MARQUIS of
ADergaYenny is Lady Violet born in 1866
and married in 1889 to the third Earl Cow
lev On Oct. 80, 1895, a petition for di-
Vorce was brought by Countess CoWlev
VINO alleged matrimonial misconduct and
eXtreme cruelty on the part of the earl
dhe correspondent in the case was Mrs.
Charlngton, 1t was brought out in the
course of the trial, which began in Jan
qarV last that the earl, While Viscount
Dagnan, was forced to heavily compen-
safe Phy ny Broughton, the actress, for
breach of promise
In the trial OF the divorce suit Earl
Cowiey and Mrs Charington denied the
allegations of the COMPLAINT Counsel for
the countess asked permission to amend
the petition of the plaintiff by introduce
ing 2 new correspondent on the follow
ing Monday The request was granted
ana the Jury was discharged When the
nearing of the case was resumed on Feb.
l. Earl CoWiey made no contest. but adj
mitted misconduct with the second CO.
countess obtained a decree of absolute
divorce. with alimony to the amount of
e. geo year for life.
Sam Lewis, the money lender in the
case on trial in London today, IS Droba-
bly, the most notorious man of his class
in England. During the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings against the Marquis of Miles
bur-, who died in 1894, it developed that
Lewis had claim of f257 coo against the
estate, which includes the famous Saver
make forest. Lewis in September. 1895.
purchased the beautiful residence of
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