Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-27
PERKINS, ACTS STIR BALTIMORE
FRIENDS ALARMED OVER BE.
HAVIOR IN SPAIN.
Sensational Elopment in 1904 Re-
called-Reported Under Spanish
Surveillance.
Specia, Dispatch to The Star.

| Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. November o7.-Ba1t..
more society is interested in the dis
patches received here in the past week
| regarding the reported strange actions
| of Lawrence Perrin. the young Balti-
morean whose wife committed suicide
at Harrow. England. about a month
ago.
| 4 cah!egram received here yesterday
states that Mr.. Perrin has attempted t.
end his life at Madrid. Spain. and that
he is being closely watched by govern
ment officials. who are unable to deter
mine what he intends to do
| Mir Perrin. who is accompanied by his
brother. Oliver Perrin. and his wife anG
son, the cablegram says. was on his;
way to Morocco. He is said to be con-
| tinually under the surveillance of gov
eminent officials
! Another dispatch received here from
Madrid last night states:
| EDWARD j. Norton. American consul
| at Malaga. arrived at Ronda today to
look into the case of Lawrence Perrin of
Baltimore, concerning whose beha vior
at that place startling reports are cur
rent
Planned Memorial to Wife.
| Perrin is the American who went ~
Ronda recently with the avowed inten-
ton of erecting there memorial to his
wife, who committed suicide at Harrow,
England, last September.
subsequently he announced that he
had purchased Moorish palace at
Ronda and that excavations on the
property had resulted in the discovery
| or long buried treasures.
THE Spanish government became in
| terested and commissioned an architect
| to Investigate the matter Now comes
report that Perrin is acting strangely,
| and, according to one story. has at
tempted to take his life One dispatch
| from Ronda today says that Perrin is
proceeding to Morocco under surveil-
| lance
Alleged Joke on King.
The clablegrams state that Mr.. Perrin
| is going to Morocco to view the fight
| ing which has been going on for some
| time between the Spaniards and the
| natives. He left Ronda several days
ago for Morocco, according to dis
patches. but before going is said to
| have played good joke on King AL
| fonso. following his announcement
| after he bought the famous Casa lei
| Rey Moro in which he says he dscov
cred large number of Roman and
Arabian gold coins and other treasures
| in subterranean passages.
| Investigation followed on the suggestion
| of the king. says the cablegram, which
| revealed the fact that Mr. Perins story
| was manufactured
No Little Talk in Society.
| The number of kilograms which have
| reached Ba more and New York has
| caused no little talk in society. Some
! seem surprised. but others regard the re-
| ported action of Mr. Perrin in a manner
which indicates that they are little dis
turbed over the reports.
| Mrs. Perrin, Mr.. Perin's mother, and
| Miss Gladys Perrin. his sister. who live at
Charles and Chase streets declined to
discuss the reported action of Mr.. Perrin.
| Mrs. Perrin said she had heard from her
son several times recently.
Mr.. Perrin has not been in Baltimore
since last spring having lived in New
York after he discontinued his brokerage
business in this city. When he reached
New York in September from England he
received cablegram that his wife. whom
| he had left at the home of her sister in
Harrow, had shot herself.
Twice. Patient in Sanitarium.
He Immediately returned to Harrow. ac-
companied by MIR. and Mrs. Oliver Perrin.
where he attended the. inquest held and
which resulted in, verdict to the effect
that his wife had committed suicide.
He has twice been a patient at a sani-
tarium, suffering, it is said, from mental
| troHble. His sensational elopement to
New York with his wife, who was Miss
| Jane Sartori, well known in Philadelphia
society, is recalled by many.
Young Perrin is known in society all
through the east, having taken part in
| nearly every big social event at Nara
gansett Newport and Long Branch.
| What he will do next Or what action
| Consul Norton will take in regard to his
actions is the subject of speculation
| among MANY who know him.