The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-13
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|AIan Claiming to III el 1.-THE SScien-
Amer can lield Tor a
"a Misde1neanor.
A WOMAN THE COMPLAINANT.
Mrs. Ante Lloyd. Charges Him. = Il n
With Cursing and Abusing
Her-His Statement,

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Detectives Gibson and Wren arrested
j. Townsend Thorpe yesterday afternoon
at Campbell's Hotel, and took him to the
First Police Station, where he was Locked
up on the charge OF trespassing, cursi. 6
and abusing and threatening to- kill Mrs.
Ante Lloyd, at her home, No. sos E st
f Grace Street. Tie warrant was sworn
to by Mrs. Lloyd.
The arrestiis the elimination of series
/ Of Incidents. Thorpe came, to Richmond
some days ago. ustensibly. to get data
for an encyclopedia icing published 8 by
the Scientific american. incidentally lie
referred to land scheme that he had In
2mind.@by which nll who got sufficiently
Interested in tho scheme might make
lots Of money. according to the amount;
of interest displayed. He called on a
numberfof prominent citizens and told
them, OF his scheme. Some Of them,
listened well. but none OF Y them "a was
known to have taken up the idea IN the
way that Thorpe wished thcm to CO.
Then he went to Norfolk, wllere he Is SAID
, to have Interested a number OF citizens IN
his land scheme,
BIG LAM, SCHEME
TIfs idea was3 TO get control Of large
area Of land near the proposed site for
the Tercentenary Exposition buildings. On.
4 this land there there was ~ be pullt q
."Cpney Island,". or .'.mld dwny,''6o or general
amusement, place. The scheme was u.
good one and apparently feasible, ND
!, no one has complained OF Thorpe IN this
connection, Neither has there been any
Complaint about him In connection WIN
the encyclonedia scheme n B III
n In Z connect ton with the latter, ne cal
er on Observation-Disclosures. In reference 70
an article he wished the Governor to
+ yr,ta for the pu j,ication, Governor Mon
IA que was busy atsthe time, and Ihorpe
Sleft. . u,
ss About that time Mrs, Lloyd came hero.
she started a music class at her tonrd-. /.
ING house on Grace Sweet. Thorpe lineW
9cf her presence In the city. and. havlng
= 3l.au a previous q caunln tnnce wlth her,f
h,,8 called uron her. Then 1T was that
Thorpe Is alleged 10 nave tllEeuteheu ~ - 4
XII Mrs. Lloyd, 5i5 ilS3 "a &
He left the city the next day, and went
~ Norfolk. Last Monday lie returned
4Lcre. and all this week hns stopped at
9Campbel's, wlicre he met all his aobl-
cations, and enjoyed the friendship or
those WHO met him Frequently
CONFEssED. .1YlFE-D DEsEltTER,
last night by a Times-D Dispatch MANIA
first he was inclined to say nothing
6,'rI don't know what they have against
sne,n he said, ~ was arrested as q sus-t
Spc'ous character,
4 Then he laughed,
Ut have suspicion, however, ms to
Mat the3 charge may be, But II Will
sacrifice myself to save n womnn, any 4
tine. When / came from En- 81 and some \
ycsrs ago, / loft wife Behind, had I
reason for It,, though, and ! believe ut
las been so long ago that no harm can
"As for the charge that Mrs. Lloyd 4
brings against me, ! feel that u Is 4
eroundless. 7 have known her forysome \
tine and know her husband. from whom
she Is divorced. He is an nssis tant In 4
tho office Of the district attorney IN New
York, ana It may be that he wants ms e
lcont!RuaA eS 7yrs!sd Raas,l sS'.3