The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-02
CAUGHT IN FLAMES
Of THIS CAY
DECE|VER
WERE MANY YOUNG WOMEN IN
DIFFERENT PARTS WHO WE'D
DED THE BOGUS LORD"
MANY ARE ON HIS TRAIL
Eiqht States and Government Are
After the Distinguished Looking
Person Who Eoles Ills
Trusting Brides.

Richmond Va. luly r. The police
Of IA least eieh states and The federal
government are waiting eagerly for
aaws of The present whereabouts Of
John G. Cavendish the alleged big.
amist. and his late1 viciim Miss
Josephine Hood OF neville ~ G.
The girl was married to Cayenjish at
the home Of her brother at New IBERIA,
La. December iG Pomp and crcum
stance surrounded the wedding, the
bride being che III the prattiest y9ung
women OF the old Tar Heel State and
popular among her new frined OF the
far south. Imediately aftsr the cere.
mony the newly woddei couple started
upon rhe,r honeymoon 10 Mexico,
where Carendi b had od the gil he
hal immense plantations and nnt@ll
riches. Nothing has heen heard q
Mis- Hood since he Kissed her
brother good by ana stlrl "a npog
what she undoubtedly believed would
be the happe-t journey of her life.
The relatives Of Miss Hood believe
that The oifl was murdered by Caven-
IA il ana her body disposed Of after
he secured her jewels and what money
She may have had In her possession.
They are using every effort to secure
information that will lead to her safe
return home If she is alive OF tlat will
reveal byond dp.ot nat he is
dead. They are also anxious for the ar
rest of the man who 20 basely de-
-fraadea her. fiat hc may answer fus
his crimes in the conrt II he coun.
Try.
Reward by the Governor.
The governor Of North Carolina has
offered reward for the capture Of
Caycndish. and this rewa d ha beaa
supplemented by another by the COVER
nor Of Virginia, Il having developed
that Virginia girl was also victim
of th S man with a mul ipicity CT
wive4. Rewards have also been otfe"e'
by several other states whose young
women have uccumhed to his plats-
lille speeches. But Cavendish has GOV.
cred his tracks well. Not a single cieH
mas he left upon which the detectives
can 60 TO work TO run him down. This
week the giri's mo her asked The sec.
retary Of state at Washington tc
search for her through the foreign
consuls
The fact that Mis- Hood had been
made victim was made known by q
letter from one of his former wivcs to
tho l's mother in AsheviIle Tais
woman inclosod a picture Of her re-
creant spouse, which picture ha been
ecognized by many people who know
CaYendish while he wa. paying his
court To Miss Hood This woman say
that she also was taken on a hOne}
moon 10 Mexico. whore her husband
nossess I'd riche- While on the way
the man complained to her that he
was short Of funds and later pa her
in .ulpo~ with laudauum. took her
money andt jewell aud left hr t'
make her way hack 10 The sta es th'
best she could Since then pictures o.
the much wan ed man have b ep
in from many quarters. II
has been learned thar Cavendi.h Is
wanted at Fort Worth, Texas. SoutE
Bend. Ind. Hot Springs. Ark East s
! ouis. lll and Denver Colo besides
thl state North Carolina and Loui't
ana. In nh of these places It is claim
al be is wanted for the same crime
thar Of inducing young girls to marcy
him and hen dessrllnE them and rob
bing them while on thc wedding trip
Posed as 4 Lord
In his state Caye1dish made
erand-tard play H5 posed as Lore
Reginald Douglas the son Of he Mar
qui cf Queensbary pe-r of Engian.
who ha3 sought io ca ve ont bis owr
fortune in the new world. with III
nsual vague reference t' EXTENSIVE
across the line in TIN
Mex can country lie co e. for hi'
bride the beautiful Miss
Elizabeth Hobbs, o7 Lamb-rt~ Point
he dr-erted tle girl, of course and
.he papers were fam of jhe story wher
.he. heart broken and fo'tSn-e. made
her way back go her friends in the
state Of her nativity -navaiIfns e.
forts were made q. the time t0 appre
lenl Cavendish The virginia ma-
sfasa was the last escap3de ac r1d.jel /
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