The Washington times., 1908-09-06
MRS. LORD LOSES
HUSBAND AND COIN
Woman Declares Man Left
With Affinity After Fake
Marriage in Capital.

A gay deceiver. indeed. is Dr. Edward
Lord. alias Goldberg. according To Mrs.
Margaret Maynard Lord, formerly OF
Washington. who charges that not only
did her husband inveigIe her irto
fraudulent marriage at the New WlI-
lard Hotel July z. 1891 but that now ne
has acquired an AFFINITY, aud eIoped
with her and also about 5000 worth Of
Mrs Lords cash and diamonds.
Mrs. Loru feels. under the circum-
stances. Ilat she has various causes Tor
troubIous rejection and grief, and has
told the police OF this city and Chicago
an interesting story Of her marital trou-
bies and their sudden termination via
the AFFINITY" route
Tho story OF Lords alleged fraudulent
marriage 90 Mrs Maynard. Ihon a dash
ing widow of this city, is that he pro-
cured a fake license, and with the as
sistance OF a kindly disposed friend
who agreed TO act as justice OF the
peace. duly married 20 the complainant.
AT the time Of this supposed marriage
Mrs. Maynard IS said to have had a
fortune of about $4,000 which fortune
Lord Is said &c have professed a fond
ness for soon after the knot vas tied,
Tries to Locate License.
A few days since the police here re
ceived q message asking that the mar
riage license records be gone over TO
ascertain if d license had been issued
to Dr. Edward Lord. No such license
has been found, and as that document
is quite necessary to a legal marriage
In the District. the police say their ind
ings support grievance No. on the
part of Mrs. Lord
The New Willard Hotel register for
the month Of July, 1907. shows the name
of e Lord and wife" II was shown
ry the books that the couple engaged
rooms in the afternoon and left early
in the evening. Naturally the wedding
il il took place. was a quiet affair and
tie hotel people can throw no light on
that.
The warrant authorized by the Chi
cago authorities against Lord, on the
charge of fraudulent marriage and
abandonment. brought by the wife. was
not made out until the foregoing facts
had been learned here by the District
authorities
Lord, it is said. comes of a prominent
Northern family, and was steward at
the naval recruiting station in Chicago.
where he posed as a naval physician
aud surgeon. Dispatches from Chicago
say that Lord was arrested a short time
ago by officials of the recruiting station
on the charge of heecing the chief
master-at-arms out of 81, 600
Comes From Norfolk.
The woman who is now bemoaning
the loss of her spouse" and the al
lesedIy uncertain nature of her mar
rage vows. came originally from Nor
folk. where she conducted a lucrative
manicuring establishment, following the
death Of her first husband While on
an assignment as steward of the marine
hospital at Portsmouth. Lord met Mrs.
Maynard. and she falling a prey to
his charms, agreed TO come to Wash
ington to get married so the story
goes. Lord at first looked favorably
upon the Capital as an abiding place,
but suddenly changed his mind and said
he believed he could build up a better
practice as physician in Chicago.
Therefore he and his bride, and a por-
ton OF her fortune, she says, turned
their faces toward the Windy City.
Mrs Lord now says that she has dis
covered that her husbands alleged
perndy began almost the moment they
reached Chicago, and that at last it
eliminated in an elopement with an
affinity and her cash.