The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-07

Inherit Fortunc-Thc Woman
FINALLY Located in Delaware
CAMBRIDGE. Nd a letter from an
attorney in the South To Mayor Robert q.
Henry Of Cambridge. cnuU5riuS the
whereabouts, if living. Of a certain wo-
man. has revived a romance that has been
forgotten for forty years
Somewhere about 1850 or - a young
EuglishmsE came to Cambridge and an
noUnced himself as I. Byron Chaworth.
of England. He came. h. said To make
the Eastern Shore his home and wanted
employment. He was a comedy young
fellow with the sinews of trained ath-
lete and accomplished in feats OF strength
and agility then quite uncommon in this
region In addition To this 10 performed
some CreditabIe tricks in Iegerdemaiu and
ventriIoquism. which. added to his grace
ful manner and charm of an educated,
cultivated mind soon made him a wei
come guest in the hest homes IN Dorches-
ter county
He had very little means At his COM
mand and engaged in teaching school at
Antioch. several miles from Cambridge.
His athletic training stood him in good
stead in those days. when the big boys in
country schools were very hard custom
ers TO handle. Young ChowOrth proved
to he an aii-round good fellow and became
popular with young men and mai3ens. He
could hold his own with the best edu-
Gated gentlemen in the county. back a
horse as well as the most cunning jockey.
And play cards with the best adopts Of the
game
It was the possession of such accom-
rIishments as these that caused Henry
Il,
the hand of his pretty daughter Margaret
when the Engiishman sued for it. But
the objection was of no avail. for one
dark night Margaret escaped out of a
second story window and was married to
him by the most convenient minister. The
elopement was the talk of the county for
a while
Pretty soon Chaworth began to show
himself in CoIpTs other than those ex-
posed to the public eye before his mar
riasv- He treated his wife badly and be
came very dissipated and reckless in his
conduct.
4 year after his marriage q daughter
was born She vas named Karee- The
child was Yet an infant when ellsworth
left his wife and went South He never
came back 10 Maryland nor commitment
ed with his wife so far as known He was
z
the Confederate service. Chaworth said
his full name was Lord Byron Chaworth.
and created the impression that he was of
the family OF Chaworths into which the
poet Byron tried 70 NARY He also
claimed to be a scion of Il noble house
and possible heir to wealth and titIe. No
one believed this 10 be- true after his bad
conduct in the county.
Now. however comes 4 letter from Il
Southern lawyer To MAYOR Henry asking
after the daughter Of L Byron Chaworth.
II which IL IS stated that such a person
was known TO have been born in Dorches-
ter county IN the ffties. The letter also
stated that the enquiry was made fF7rs,-7e~F,
the request Of q London solicitor Of Co7Inr
Chstwcrth- Mayor Henry declines to dis
close the name OF the lawyer who wrote
the letter and the name and residence of
the woman But Ee says the lawyer stat
cd that there Is Il COuS55era bic estate in
which the daughter Of Lord Byron Cha
worth IS interested abroad. presumably IN
England The woman in question wa
married many years ago and lives IL Del
aware She was located by Mayor Henry
after some effort. and told Of her probable
good fortune She request 81 Mr. Henri
% withhold her name from the public u1-
I'll she learned more about the matter TO
which he gave assent.
Now there arises an interesting point. It
) asked WY an EuEllSn solicitor should
be writing 10 lawyer in the South about
q woman who presume bly, could he found
IN Cambride. Nd II looks as if there are
people IN the South who may be interested
IN any estate that rlghtfully belongs TO the
heirs Of Byron ChaT0-th. Il NAV he that
Cnaworth married in the South and left
family there and that the LAWYER men
toned might be their attorney At anv
rate the parties interested are moving
waTlly, and some DEVELOPMENTS are soon
eIpected 10 throw more light upon the
situation
The resurrection Of this old romance
brings Up memories of another person who
figured in Cambridge for many years and
VINO though as well known as any man in
the county during his life. passed into the
beyond and left behind an iruDeu-tra hT.s
mystery This man George Winthrop.
was closely connected with this roma nee
Of the EhawOrJHs. iGaSnUCh as he was an
pointed guardian Of kaTee ChawOrth by
the court upon the death Of her mother
and administered the property her mother
left her faithfully and well until she grew
TO wOmanhoCd. married. and left the State
George Winthrop came = Dorchester
about 81 as the tutor OF the children OK
Levin Richardson AT E-ISiug- on the Little
ChCptank River He said h was from
Massachusetts. and Of the same family as
. the historic Governor Winthrop. Later on
ne abandoned school teaching and created
. the impression than he had become. well of
through family inheritance He lived in
Cambridge liz good style. always had mon
ey, and all thought him cgmDarativeIv
rich though ne never possessed rrODe-rv
here He was highly respected ali his life
ana died fuu of years and hgnoTS leaving
behind him only about enough money to
pay funeral expenses.
Some Of his close friends here wrote TO
the people IN Massachusetts that George
Winthrop claimed a. his relatives and
Whom he oStenSibly visited IL his annual
trips North and were amazed to learn
from their replies that none Of them had
ever heard Of him From that DAY to this
no one has been able to find the SIighfcs-
clue 10 either the supposed fortune or the
birthplace OF q single Northern friend Of
. George Winthrop