Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-13

A romantic tale of love, divorce, adultery
and now backmail with It's inception in
Washington and It's probable fnqie in some
Canadian prison, rounds out the life story
of Ethel Moore who married a gentleman
named Smcthurst i'm this city about five
years ago Mr. Smethurst is still, we be-
lieve. a resident of the city, and has, 10 is
to be hoped, gotten over his grief and dis.
appointment in Ethel as a life partner
Shortly after the marriage Of the pair in
this city, Mr. and Mrs Smethurst moved "a
St. Augustine, Fla, where the giddy wife
soon became enamored of an Euglishmar
named c. T.. p Lyon. This swindler repre-
sented himself as a wealthy English tourist
and soon won the silly-headed American
woman, finally clipping with her to Chatta
nooga, Tenn. Here her dream of love and an
English castle on the Thames were rudely
dissipated and she discovered that instead
Of a wealthy English gentleman she had
ruined herself and nearly killed her hus
band with grief. for a very ordinary speci
men of a Cockucy fraud fresh from London
She stuck to her new lover however, and
he evidently trained her well TO live by hei
wits and so forth. They knocked around
the country and finally brought up in Ion
don, Canada Here the Cockuey fraud cu
quite a DASH announcing himself as Tn,
American agent for several English win,
houses. He introduced the frail Ethe
verywhere as his wife. Mrs. Lyon. Ethe
at this period was in full bloom of a superi
womanhood. "divnely tall, being five feet
eleven inches, of striking beauty, with dark
hair and olive complexion, she had the
a
score. Her swindling co-partuer rented a
pew in the most fashionable church and he
and his alleged wife had the entree 10 the
very best society.
one day the chief of police received letter
postmarkcd Philadelphia, froma man who
said that he was a cousin of the woman He
asked the chief TO find her and learn If she
was living with a man named Lyon. IF he
found her he was to give her the enclosed
letter
II was from her mother asking her to re.
turn home and her reply was that she
wished they would let her alone and she
was satisfied"
AT this time the two were the honoured
guests of one of the proudest families in
London The chief had a long talk with
the woman and she admitted that She was
not Lyons wife, but was sull the wife of
Smethurst and that he was getting divorce
from her
The family with whom they were living
begged the chief to keep the matter as quiet
as possible for their sakes as they were
afraid of being called upon at some time 10
appear In court as witnesses.
The chief gave them a short time TO &c
out of town, and they were missing one
fine day without telling snyone where they
were going TO,
They were next heard of in Niagara, Ont
but did not stay there long
The next heard Of the frail and beautiful
Washington girl was in Montreal In that
city herself and Lyon put up at we'll
known fashionable clearinghouse Here
they met a Captain Fisher, who became in
stantly enamored of the supposed Mrs
Lyon Captain Fisher does not make any
secret of the fact that he spent a gteat deal
Of time in the company of the two and that
some letters passed between himself and
the woman These letters were to have
been destroyed, but instead they were kept
and the gentleman who afterwards became
the lawful husband of Ethel Moore or Mrs.
Smethurst contrived to get them, Whether
or not they were left by the woman so that
they could be conveniently found when the
right time came may come out in a criminal
suit
A nice little party was organized to 90 up
TO the Adirondacks, aud of course Captain
Fisher was invited
The party was jolly one, and a few days
after Captain Fisher came back TO attend to
his business in the city, and Mr. Lyon and
Mrs. Smethurst drove a few miles to a quiet
little country town called Westport, and
there they were given the right to the name
which they had claimed for so loug-NIr
and Mrs c. T.. p lyon
This was all done with the utmost secrecy
5ut the detectives and others who have
been working on the case have made very
sure of the facts
After the secret marriage the tworeturucd .
10 the city and for some time lived at the .
boarding house This summer they took .
house at tDiNie-Summerlce, .
near Dorval. There Mr. Fisher was a .
.requent visitor. and he very often spent .
his SUNDAYS with them On the first Mon
lay I'm September they an came into town
opether and that was the day that the frs
.hot for "a s71.ooasnke was fred.
There was mo- injured husband facing Mr.
Fisher demanding ay-llcuou but instead
telephone message chat ail had been dis.
,overed and he muJ Ay.' Then came the