The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-07-15
Dashing BOer Lieutenant
ELOpes With an Heiress
Beautiful Girl Admired Him in Paris Seven
Years Ago-Then He Went to War
Daring Escape From St Helena

NEW YORK. July 15.-Whtle the
guests of the Brighton Beach Hotel are
wondering what has become of the beau
tiful young English heiress who mas
been attracting attention there for sew
erai weeks, Capt. A. w. Lewis, general
manage OF the Beer War Spectacle. is
mourning the disappearance of the bloz2d
and dashing Fritz Everhardt. lieuteh-
ant of his artillery
The lieutenant, in letter left for his
old commander. explained that he would
never appear IN the show again, as he
and the English girl had eloped and
would be married by the time the letter
was received
No One to Interfere.
OF course there is no one who could
interfere with the young couple here,
though the father OF the girl. Arthur
Edward Lawson. chief of the branch
of customs in Windsor, Ontario, had op-
posed her marriage to the young Boer,
but only because of financial reasons.
Miss Dorothy Lawson having inherited
large fortune from her aunt while
the young Boer had lost all his money
before becoming u soldier of fortune
indeed.
The story leading up 10 the elopement
OF yesterday is a romantic one. In that
the girl, who is only %, had been faith
1ui 10 the memory of the young Boer
ever since they first met In Paris, seven
years ago, even though she at one time
believed him dead He had been cap
tured by the English ana imprisoned OF
the island of st. Helena but escaped.
When Miss Lawson heard this she came
10 this country. despite the opposition of
her father, as her mother had called
her to her dying bedside and given con-
mn ri
First Met as Children.
Years ago when both were almost
children. Everhardt and Dorothy Law
son met liz India. where their parents
were partners In the tea business Pre-
v4ous to the breaking out of the Boer
war young Everhardt, who had been
educated In military school in India,
went to Paris and Brussels as an alta
che of the Boer legation
When hostilities were about to open
the elder Everhardt begged his son to
return to India and take half interest
ia the rich tea business. But the youth
was disinciined TO enter the mercantile
trade. and, encouraged by letters from
his mother, who was q loyal Boer, went
To- the "ransvaal as AN assistant TO DR..
Ieyds. s-..
Miss Lawson was in Paris at the time
OF his departure, and, although they
{.
young Boer refused to pledge the beau
uful girl TO an engagement as he never
expected to return alive
The services OF the young assistant to
Leyds are a part OF the military record
of that war. He was made lieutenant
and his education proved Of great value
having been trained as. an engineer
Several medals which he received for
bravery in breaking up the railroad ser
vice installed by the British he still
wears. Then came an unfortunate raid
h lob oil oil h
shot and the rest captured, and news
reached Miss Lawson in Paris that her
sweetheart was dead
: The fact was ne bad only been Slight
ly wounded. and. with the rest of the
prisoners had been taken to ST. Helena,
with twenty-nine indictments against
him by the English hanging over his
head The lieutenant was taken Gown
with a dangerous fever and lay In the
hospital for seven months. During his
convalesence he planned q scheme of