The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-21
BIGAMlST'S BODY
CREMATED TO-DAY
Last Chapter in Career of
Bogus" Lord.

Without the rites Of the church, and
probably with no one present as a mourn
er, the body Of Sidney LasceIles, in which
life has been extinct for eight years, Will
be cremated this morning. and the last
chapter in the adventurous career OF q
forger. swindler and blgamist sixteen
times VIII be closed.
The body will be burned at II O'Clock at
the undertaking establishment Of William
J. Lee &32 Pennsylvania avenue north
west What disposition will be made Of
the ashes Will not be revealed by either
Undertaken Lee or other persons who
might know. II is said the ashes will be
sent 70 the first wife OF the notorious
bigamist- Her Identity is being kept Sc
cret, but ii is believed she is a member OF
a weIl-knewn New York family.
Knew Nothing of It.
The body arrived in Washington yester-
day morning from Asheville. y. c. II
was consigned 70 DIT. Mcpherson erich
ton, OF l7l5 H street northwest, who said
when seen by a reporter: I know moth
ing Of It," What reason the surgeon may
have in refusing 10 talk is only one or
several mysterious phases OF the case.
II Is said the body was shipped from
AsheviIle by Mrs. J. T SummerfeId. Of
Passaic. y. J.. a s.ster-in-Iaw OF the
first wife OF Lasceues. Mrs. Summerfeld
intends 10 make her home In Asheville.
where the body. clad in evening dress.
with SILK hat and cane, has been on ex-
hibition for eight years. Mrs. Summer
field said she did not care 70 live in the
city where the body was exposed 20 pub
lie view. and this. she said. was the rea-
son why she paid the expense Of dispos-
! ing Of II.
Before the body was removed from the
| express station 20 Lees undertaking es-
/ Enlistment q woman. who gave the
name Of Mrs. F. Z. Watson, teIephoned
10 the undertaken and asked IF the body
could not be cremated to-day" When a
reply was given In the negative, she ap-
/ peared annoyed, and said: Tomorrow
won't do I'm tired OF this, any wa.
and I Will move 70 Baltimore" DR..
/ CrIchton was asked Il the body was 10
! be sent 10 Baltimore for cremation. but
/ be said he did not know Lees employees
7a-- tts"F +ta+ AIS Y aa-tNlAS 70 EErllldL- the
I body this morning.
+ The story Of Sidney Lasceues is
story which has seldom been equaIeE for
/ fantastic adventure. either in fact OF
/ fiction. LascelIes was known as Charles
4 J. AsQUith and also as Lord Be-esfo-d
/ He entered Thigh life" in Australia, gain
/ ing social recognition through infamous
I lies and fraudulent practices.
/ He went 20 England and was the sen
[ sat!On OF the hour He was entertained
/ and Uonlzed. and when he came 20
! America. mothers with uarriaga5.s
! daughters were awaiting him with open
J arms. Travelling es a lord, he m.ag,ed
with the best families in this country
/ He married beautiful young girls with
/ fortunes attached 10 their names I'D
/ Rome, Ca. Fitzgerald, Ca, and Norfolk.
and wherever he went ne left tran OF
weeping brides
/ Justice overlook him and, after he had
/ served six years at hard labor, he ap-
! 7eared IN Ashevlue. broken in spirit and
7 III with consumption The disease claimed
/ his life in 1892 The body was en-
/ baImed and became almost petrided. los
! Ing none OF its IfeIIke appearance