The sun., 1905-09-12
HE'SAR:;f.tGtRBATLARAYETTE.
THE Law DID WONDERS TO'PLAIN
SIGMUND NEUBERGER.

He Needed Name worthy q the High Art
Of Prestidigttat10n and Juggled with
the Aphabet-Has Used the Namo
for An Pwposes Tor Many Years.
sigmund Neuberger, made In Germany
thirty three years ago, after acquiring q
certain e1pertness In the bewildering art
Of prestidlgitation, began to think, while
yet 10 his teens, that he ought to have q
name to at his Job, -Sigmund the Sorcerer'
was suggested to him by an alliterative
press agent, who assisted him bit in his
efforts to master the intricate iugglery Of
the English language. .-.
But Sigmund decided against 1t. He
wanted something French, as he had OBJ
served that large number Of the Celtic
and Teutonio aorobats that he knew had
Gallo stage names. He decided to call
himself "The Great Lafayette and now he
has persuaded the Hon. John Henry
Mccarthy, Justice Of tho City Court, to con-
fer upon him, with due legal solemnity,
the right to assume the name that he BE-
slowed upon himself many years ago. So
sigmund Neuberger on and after the tenth
day Of October will cease to exist.
Tho expert on patronymatology in the
Office Of House, Grossman d vorhaus, who
represented Sigmund before the Honorable
Justice, said yesterday that he regretted
that, their client was in Philadelphia per-
forming tricks otherwise he might explain
more about the name.
1t was really a very common thing for
folks to have their names changed by order
Of court. True, it was somewhat unusual
for man to assume 60 peculiar name as
The Great Lafayette. but there had been
preSedents. S Take vI2 for instance Inst the name anne
Albert Edward Something or Other. Then
there was Alexander the Great; that was not
the name his mother gave him.
For many years. the expert said. The Great
Lafayette had been signing checks contracts
his stage name. Practically nobody knew
him as Sigmund euberger, 30 he thought
1t desirable to have his stage name legalized.
II was true that the name looked somewh hat
like a title, but 1t was in reality, as MIR. La
fayette would say himself. three distinct
Lafayette might say. not being OF that
persuasion-the given name, was The
Hadn't the reporter heard Of The Nc
Manus?l; the middle name was Great
and the surname was Lafayette. II Mr..
children they osS You'd 81 not Be- Called Jack s or
Bill or Name Thegreatlafayette, but simply
Jack, Bill or Name Lafayette, as If their
ancestors belonged to the family Of Gen.
Lafayette.
Mr.. Lafayette did not. while in court,
extract any rabbits, welsh or otherwise,
from the whiskere Of the Honorable Justice,
or remove from the nose Of the chief clerk
Of the court large quantities Of gold and
silver coin. He comported himself with
strictly unprofessional dignity. even resist
ing the temptation Of taking pack of cards
from the bosom Of the policeman on duty.
The documents in the case Of Mr.. Lafa-
yette we're submitted to the Honorable
Justice on Friday, and yesterday the order
was published in the New York Ldu Journal.
1t runs In part;
Upon reading and fling the petition herein,
dated and verified september g.. 1905. and
attorneys for the petitioner. it is
Ordered that the prayer OF the said petitioner
the petitioner. sigmund Neuberser. be, and
The Great Lafayette on and after the 10th
day Of October, 1905, upon fling within forty
days after the making Of this order an affi-
davit Of the publication. as herein sfter di-
rected, and otherwise complying with the
terms thereof.