The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-10
Especial to The Herald


Denver, Colo, July 9.-After many
months of waiting and diligent search.
the wife and creditors OF DR." Arnold
knigley the gay young Denver physi-
ter, leaving his family and his debts be-
hind him, have found him In the person
of LORD Beresford Hope of Salt Lake
City, Boston and London,
Kingsleys career in Denver was moth
ing II not meteoric. He came here. no
one knows just whence, and went no one
knew Just whittier. until the Lord Beres-
ford Hope incident set Salt Lake by the
ears. He announced in Denver that he
was a physician, and threw out hints
about the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons and about his high connec-
ttoas in England. which he could tell so
much about if he wanted to.
he was Enthusiastically English. and
spent some time at Colorado Springs. but
Kept well out of the way of the represent
atives of the real English aristocracy
there. While in Denver he made his home
at the Eleventh Avenue hotel and was
not long in getting acquainted with most
of the guests of the house. He said that
he was a wealthy mining promoter, but
kept up his medical training merely as
an amusement, and wouldn't take serious
cases.
Rescues Girl.
He went to Palmer lake last summer for
few days, taking with him Miss Pearl
Shale, her mother, Mrs. S. NJ. Shale. and
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs James
Banker. lie invited the entire party to
take drive with him over the noun
tains. Several Denver society girls.
friends of Miss Shale, were staying at the
Palmer Lake hotel at the time, and they
all went, too. There were about a dozen
on the coach.
II was DR.. Kingsleys opportunity TO
show what a splendid whip he was with
coach-and-four. and he improved 1t by
turning the entire party over a cliff down
into the river bed. The horses were
drowned, bat the membersof DR. Kings
ley's party managed 10 make their es-
cape.
They were loud in their praise of his
courage, especially Miss Shale, who was
new TO western ways. having come TO
Colorado from her Iowa home but a few
weeks before.
Kingsley suffered a broken leg and was
kept in bed with il for some time. When
he finally did get out he was arrested on
charge of cruelty TO animals, the COM
plainant being the livery stable proprietor
at Palmer lake. The man claimed that
Kingsley had misrepresented his knowl-
edge of hOrseflesh to him, and had made
on effort to release the horses or save
them from drowning after they had fall
len down the canyon. The trial of the
case took place in Colorado Springs in
August and DR.. Kingsley paid small
fine.
Schiff's Name on Check.
The runaway accident happened in July
Some weeks prior TO ii Kingsley gained
notoriety by exhibiting what he claimed
was a check signed by Jacob Schiff. the
New York millionaire. for 1880. He said
that Schiff had run him down in his au-
tomObile, and TO show his appreciation
because Kingsley had not filed suit
against him, sent him the check for 81, 800
Excitement over the 81, 800 check and the
Palmer lake runaway had no sooner died
down than came the news that Or.
Kingsley and Miss Shale, the girl he
saved from drowning, had been quietly
married on Aug. of last year. 1t was
all very fitting, everyone thought. that
.Ihe romantic young Englishman. late of
the kings fnuian service, with an indie
pendent fortune Of his own, should marry
the girl whom he had saved from death
Tt was so romantic that Mrs. Shale decid-
ed to come TO Denver to live with her
daughter and son-in-laW, and Mrs. Shale.
, the KingSleys and the Bankers all lived
at the Eleventh Avenue hotel.
Deal in Mines and Consols.
n was SOON after his marriage that
Kingsley became known to the mining
men of the town as promoter. He start
ed what was known as the Good Morning
Gold Mining company in Boulder county.
and represented widely, it IS said, that
Dennis Sheedy, Frank Mitchell Fred
Shaffer and other well known Denver
men were on the directorate. He is said
TO have interested some Vincennes. Ind.
people in the company to the extent of
Sc 900 or S7O00.
He then told Denver acquaintance that
he had about 100000 in British consols,
which he was trying TO dispose Of-part
OF the estate left by his family in Eng
land, ne explained He gave several Den
yer men 10 understand that Gordon Jones