Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-13


TO have the slightest effect on Mr. Fisher;
he simply went in for a vindicatiou, and
his plea to the suit is that it is an attempt at
blackmail
After "his domestic happiness is destroy
ed and his domestic lin ruined" because
his wife has been "unfaithful" to him, Nj
Lyon, according to his own haudwritten
confession, went away with his wife on a
pleasure trip.
On Monday Of last week he wrote the fol-
lowing personal for one of the city papers:
"AIr and Mrs. c. L. p Lyon, Of Dixie
have gone to New York TO attend the yacht
races as the guest Of Sir Thomas Upton on
board the Erin
In all the lists Of Sir Thomas Iipton's
guests on board the Erin which have been
published, no mention of the names Of Mr.
and Mrs. {, +. P. Lyon can be found.
In Mr. Lyons Office a young lady sits
awaiting his return. When he went away
last Monday he left note for his stenog-
rapher that he had gone to New York to
the races and he would write to her and let
her know when he would return.
She has had no word whatever from him
as yet and his letter box in the postofiice
contains a lot of unopened correspondence.
Her instructions we're not to take ont any
Of the letters while he was away from town.
The firm which Mr.. Lyon advertises as
the one he represents is that Of which Sir
Thomas Upton Is the head. He has had
the advertisements running for some time,
and this attracted the attention Of Messrs.
Laporte, Martin & Co., who are the author
lied agents Of the firm in Canada.
The head Of the Laporte- Martin firm said
that they had the credentials to show that
they were the Canadian agents Of Upton,
Limited, of London, England.
The business on this side of the Atlantic
he says. is controlled by New York house
and they recently sent a man on here tc
make inquiries as TO who Mr. c. t. p
Lyon is.
The New Yorker and the Laporte- Martin
representative went TO see Mr.. Lyon, and
he told them that he was appointed by the
Office in London That was all the satisfac
tion he would give them A letter has been
sent TO London asking who Mr. Lyon is and
what is his business here, as far as Upton
/ Limited, is concerned as the New York
/ house and Messrs. Laporte Martin & Co
are anxious 90 know just what TO do in the
matter
Mr. Smethurst had no trouble in getting
the evidence to secure a divorce from his
/ runaway wife. He obtained it in Washing
ton on the ground of desertiou
The suit for $4,000 damages for alternating
/ the affections of the runaway wife Of Smet
hurst, his former paramour and prcseu
wife by Cockucv Lyon, is a fine attempt q
raise the ueedfu. but he is sorry now tha
he instituted the suit as the Canuck author
ities are strictly in the game.
The action Of Lyon was entered in tn
Superior Court of Montreal on September q
who advertises himself as the Canadian
agent from Upton Limited against Capt
Frank Fisher the Canadian member of th
wholesale dry goods firm. Of John Fisher
/ Son & Co.
In the writ of summons the plaintiff say
that he is a merchant residing in the tow
Of Summerlec, near Dorval, with his wife
Ethel Moore Smethurst. That the defend
ant Frank W, Fisher, did coutrive to- ot
tain the love and affection of his wife am,
TO ALLEVIATE her from her husband and q
undermine the said defendants position
with his wife. As consequence of the i'm
Aueuce obtained over the plaintiffs wife tn,
plaintiffs domestic happiness is destroyed
and his domestic life ruined, also that hi.
health IS SO impaired that De is unable &c
attend o his business as formerly He
therefore. prays that defendant should D.,
condemned to pray him the sum of $4,000
The effort of Mrs Lyon 90 get Mr. Fisher
TO pay over the money TO her husband wa.
the first thing that suggested to Mr. Fisher
that an attempt was being made TO black
mail him, and he at once instructed his at
torney TO fight the suit with utmost energy
and to leave nothing undone TO get at al
. the facts connected with the married life o
the Lyons so that his position might be thor
oughly vindicated.
Mrs. Lyons proposition came about il
/ the following manner. One Monday morn
] ing i'm August Mr. and Mrs Lyon and Cap
tain Fisher came into town from Dixie auC
parted at the station as the best oil
friends. An hour or SO afterwards Mrs
. Lyon telephoued Captain Fisher that hei
husband 'knewall, " and she must see him
. Othe Captain at once. When they met, and
before a suit for money damages had been
talked of, Mrs Lyon begged Captain Fisher
to pay the money to her husband without
any delay. She said
You pay the money to him at once, II
will save all scandal I will get IT, of course.
from him, and / will then hand 1t over to
you" Captain Fisher did not propose to be
caught in any such trap and the next thing
that he knew was a letter from the lawyers
asking him TO call and see them. He did
so, and stated his position clearly that he
did not propose to put up any money. A
second call to the office made no impression
upon him, and upon hearing that a writ
was to be issued he authorized his attorney
TO accept service
The attorney at once commenced investi-
cations into the former conduct of Mr. and
Mrs. Lyon, and meanwhile entered gem
eral denial Of all the charges made against
him and justification for any anything that
he had done during the time that he had
known them.
The plea is a lengthy document and IL
makes some charges which are quite
startling.
The GLOBE will keep tab on the outcome
of this case,
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