The sun., 1910-05-22
LASCELLESS BODY CREMATED
r>D OF BOGUS LORD BERES-
IORD, IORGER AND BIGAMIST.

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Hn Rrrams Had Been on ENhlhatloa fsr
liEht Neas N an lndertakeFN
Establishment N Asheyille. Dressed
IN E,euInG Clothes and Migh HAT.
V,sHtNdroN. May 2l.-They slipped the
.,tv II sidney Lascelles, alias Charles J.
,-eu,h. ahas Lord BeresfOrd. into a Gre
r.rary here to-day. thus running it for
,t,s-rI.nR purposes. For eight years
,r- .1iy u The bogus lord had laid In an
.,4.-,aking establishment in Aaheville.
dressed ia evening clothes and high
IA. with Walking stick at his side. and had
7.-,. exhibited a. an example Of Aahe-
,.... b. CHEST art in the embalming line.
o.. D,-!v 1t the fake noblemAn and no.
ror7.., h gamist and forEer had como To
r.arrrf the ctIriosities oi which the North
Carolina city bcasted And in the eight
war. mat the undertaken had been hold
.rr r-s body waiting for relatives 10 ap-
Daarlrf pay the embalming bill thousands
had u~aet %.
few DAYS ago a woman who said she
VA. Nr, I. Summerfield Of PAseaio.
y -.s'er-ln-hw Of I.ascslless hrst
wife OBJ. ., credited with having had only
.,,-,a, appeared IN Asheville, identified
me- .aiv s"ftled with the undertaken and
r-.s-,i 'n, remains shipped TO Or.
V-p.ars1n Iuchton oi this city. The
-sl.rr gwen by Mrs. Summeriield for
AK rhe body az that late date was that
..s sas preparing to live in Ashsville and
could a1t near the thought Of having her
--v.a.-.u.l1w a. an exhibit IN the under
akuS shop
Tha body arrived in Washington yes-
,e-lav morning but instead OF being de-
s,-.at % Dr Cnchton Il was taken to the
ga4arfaAng establishment OF William J.
lae 4 %. Pennsylvania avenue Or.
,-rn'1l promptly denied that he knew
awning about tho shipment of the eight
veir.'t mummy or the woman who had
s.runeI ~ N Ashev,lie he appeared
.1ea gnlv indignant and said he was in
c.ae1 20 believe that some friend of his
aa1 PLAYED a practical joke on him.
eI tu a. a los 10 know why the body
.as -ome - me- said he. I know alb
,outsN nothing about the matter
But can you explain why the body
vas directed to youP' III. Crichton was
asEsf
! dcn = know a thing about it, he re-
t.a1 somebody may be trying to play
a,1ke m ne
Tsa southern Express Company's en-
r.ys-s -ay somebody called them up
end -rtared them to deliver the body 10
William = Lee Yesterday morning a
vunan Who said she vas Mrs. Watson
.s.-1 the undertaking establishment on
,a- telephone and asked II a body could
Co femated there right away She was
tod hat II couldn't be done until to-day,
5rI ater she called at the Undertaking
,.rabistment with q man and arranged
'nr ne ,remation
al injuries az the undertaking estab-
ttm'nt we're met With the statement
rat Mr. Lee didn't know who had given
rIm rhs commission Go CFemAte the BODY
end didn't know what disposition vas
-r r. made Of the ashes All he knew was
nat a permit had been obtained from
l.r0nar hewitt. the money had been
faid and everything vas perfectly regular
The Coroner said that the application for
ne p~rrnit was made by the undertaken
fnl hat the death certificate that ao-
.0npanied the application was IN correct
'rr That he declared. was all he was
l'-Feste,i m knowing
lie BODY Was reduced tO ashes this
morning. II ~ believed that the woman
slO made the arrangements IN Washing
a is one Of the bogus lord = -WldOws
The BODY of Lascall was remarkably
ell preserved. Many persons visited
- undertaking establishment here 10
ay and aszed permission TO look AZ L..
~Hne Of these were men who remem-
red the operations OF the Britlsher
he south twenty years or % ago.
oallers az the undertaking. eHtah-
..ment we're told that they had re
a.,ed strict orders not 20 show the
-udv
lascelles IN his palmy days sometimes
t--od under the name also OF Lord
N.4rIas HIS career OF deception began
Australia. shifted then TO England
ed nnally closed IN a cheap lndging
..n-e m Asheville, where he died Oi
.u-rauiusi- tas,elles vas lionized In
.Hudpu after having aeclired an intro
t.O'ou 90 the American Ambassador
der the name % l,ere~fOrd. AZ Rome
nd Fitggcrald. Ca az Norfolk. Va.
md 90 other cities In the south lasCelles
80 luckily taken up by the best f1mi.
.- he married several young women
u 90, south only % desert them IN Il
'.u ue,ks lie vas convicted IN Rome,
r4 & promoting fraudulent schemes
.rI --uteuCed 70 six years at hard labor.
% -afysd hlz term and soon after gain
q I. freedom vas taken ~ and died.
'r- nan here WhO knew ot the bOgus
-.. record IN the SOuth said that AZ
'r- 'Ime II his death the undertaksrs Of
h-r-. Ie Eere all anxious 10 embalm the