New-York tribune., 1908-03-27

with the sister Of the late Sir Herbert Naylor Ley
land dissolved. he had scarcely had whole
sober moment since his marriage, near twenty
years This, together with the fact that he has
frequently figured in the bankruptcy court, and
dependent upon his relatives for money being per-
fectly incapable Of earning honest penny. would
have rendered him extremely undesir- hered-
itary legislator lnoeed. his presence in the Upper
House OF the Imperial Parliament would have
furnished an additional argument 10 those who are
clanoring for the reform for the abolition of
the House OF Lords.
The divorce court awarded the custody OF his
children TO their mother. But Mrs. Dick Chetwynd
was extremely extravagant. not only in monetary
matters but also in her conduct; so mucn that
hcr relatives caused her 70 be committed to
iunafic asylum, whence, however. she secured
her release through appeal 10 higher courts Dur
ing the lew months that she spent in the lunahc
asylum before obtaining her liberation her mother,
oid Mrs. Thomas Naylor IeyIanG widow Of the
millionaire shlpowner of the Leyland Line of
steamers, obtained e order from the courts in
trusting her with the custody OF her granddaugh-
ters. But her daughter was out Of the
asylum than she Instituted proceedings against her
mother. bringing all evidence to show that
the latter not d tit person ne intrusted with
The education of young girls being half crazy and
given up to sDritualistic fads and fancies So ex-
traordinary was the evidence presented by the
daughter against the mother and by the mother
against the daughter that the courts finally de-
cided that neither o. the two women were NJ
guardians of the young Chetwynd girls, and ac-
coTdingiy assigned them 10 the care of an elderly
member of the Leyland family. Mr.. Christopher
John Leyland, of Haggerston Castle. Northunaoer-
land. Before they bad been there for more than
a couple OF years Mrs. ChetNyne made a desperate
attempt ahduct her daughters. and, having
chartered yacht awaited them at Beal- point
the northumberland coast, to which they were
TO be brought from the castle by those whom sne
had employed 90 assist her in the affair 1t is only
fair 10 mention that the young girls. who are de-
voted their mother and were very unhappy at
gloomy old Hasgerston Castle. remote from every
thing and from everywhere. were only too anxious
to be abducted and to get away TO Paris with
their mother beyond the reach Of the arm of the
English law Through iniiscrction and treacheTy
however the plot for their abduction came to
grief. and, while Mrs. ChetHynd's confederates
arrested and sentenced to terms OF penal
servitude the charge of abduction. she herself
managed 20 escape board her yacht and to
reach the Continent
This happened some three four years ago, and
only last month Mrs. Chetwynd, who has ever
since been living in Paris as outlaw. with
out for her arrest in the event of her set
ting foot English soil succeeded in securing
withdrawal Of the warrant. and is now free once
to return 10 England without danger Of i'm
p-isonment. OF course. in her case the only charge
for which she could have been held was that OF
contempt of court. 1t different, however. with
those whom she had employed 20 assist her in the
escape of her daughters from Haggerston Castle.
for they had rendered themselves guilty of abduc-
ton. which is felony. entsiling penal serv1tude
The elder OF Mrs. ChetUynd's daughters is now
eighteen years of age. and the younger is on the
road 20 seventeen. so that will not be very long
before they will be able to enlancpate themselves
from the guardianship the master of Haggerston
Castle and TO join their mother That IS 70 say,
unless some fresh misfortune axes the latter
for persistent i'll luck 70 pursue the Nayer
IevIand family. to which she belongs by birth
Thus her father. old Tom" Leylaud, the friend
and most r11,inifcent patron of Whistler, died IN
most tragic manner 1885 being accidentally
killed BY his only son. Herbert. while out deer
sta king in the Highlands. The tragedy blighted
the whole subsequent life Of the unfortunate son
But somehow other II never seemed 20 appeal
TO frivolous worldly London society in q serious
light. in fact, people actually inclined 10
Ike 2 iokva Of the affair, and endowed Sir Her
bert with the cruel of "Ragdad Leyland
which stuck to him to the end of his days. Sir
Herbert married Miss Jeanie Chamberlain, OF
Cleveland Ohio famous fer her beauty, and died
very suddenly and prematurely In 1sea, not long
after having been created d baronet. II may De
recalled that the newspapers both sides Of the
Atlantic were filed year before last with stories
Of the precautions which the American widowed
Lady Naylor Leyland and Also the police author
tiles had considered 1t necessary 10 adopt in order
10 insure the safety of her boys, at Eton.
and who were understood 70 be threatened with
rirrv or abduction from mysterious source.
The elder of the boys is in his eighteenth
wear has Inherited his fathers baronetcy, and Is
eodson of the King The younger boy, George, Is
q god.on Of the Prince Of wales and Of the late
Duke of Cambridge.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.