Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-28
HOBO NOBLEMAN
WEEDS RICH WOMAN
Had Another Spouse; Dragged
Kinship With King
Edward


ley. pseudo Earl OF Aberdeen and
Dudley" self-styled cousin of King
Edward and bosom friend" of August
Belmont. has to all intents risen from
his lonely grave in Michigan to again
become. after ten years. the chief
topic Of household discussion in this
country.
New York attorneys who have been
canvassing about the upper county in
an effort to find an "heiress" to $1,000,
have resurrected Lord Harry in the
public eye. The woman whom they are
anxious to find. was Lord Harry's'
first wife. When last heard of. some
ten years back. she was leaving West
Grove, Pa, to become the star actress
in travelling medicine show.
And 1t was just about that time that
Lord Harry" himself drifted into the
little town of Calvert, this county, and
after welding a paint brush for seven
ty-two hours on Joseph McVey's barn
blossomed out as an English noble
man." who within less than seven
hours more had found a warm place in
the heart of Miss Irene Clayton, a
somewhat elderly maiden with an at
tractive little fortune of $4,000.
Wed in Twelve Days
Within twelve days after his appear
anse in Calvert, Lord Harry" made
of duchess of Aberdeen and Dudley"
A couple of days later the pseudo lord,
flat broke. was again on his way out Of
lCalvert-on foot
The Duchess of Aberdeen and Dudely"
became plain Miss Clayton in three
years more through the process Of the
divine court. Lord Harry died in
Michigan four years ago.
But little was known of Stanley's
q
up columns of space on the first pages
Of all the big newspapers ofthe coun-
try as second King Cophetua" who
"lov'd the beggar maid"
Consequently the New York attor-
neys who are endeevoring to possess
Mrs. Stanley. No. 1, of $4,000 are max
ing but little headway in locating her.
They have succeeded most admirably.
however, in re-introducing the story
of Lord Harry"
On the afternoon of June ~, 1907
man looked over the fence at the farm
Of Joseph McVey. a short distance from
Calvert, and made up for a rather seedy
appearance with almost engaging smile
and a free and easy manner.
Want any help?" he inquired.
What can you do?"
Anything in your line" came the
prompt reply and Mcyey put the
stranger to painting his barn.
I'm not an ordinary person." the
seedy but engaging stranger confided
to young Joe" McVey. the son, shortly
after. his debut as a paint singer
I'm q nobleman in disguise. My father
was Bishop Stanley. formerly of the
central New York diocese.
Cousin to King Edward
'on my mothers side am descen-
dant of the titled Dudley and STAN
ley families of England. I am a cousin
OF King Edward and a relative of the
earl of Aberdeen.
Now, my boy" continued the scion
OF kings, I'm looking for a wife who
has a little money. There's just $1,000
in it for you to introduce me to such
a woman"
The man whose cousin was a king
pricked up his ears as "Joe" McVey
told of Irene Clayton, spinster, "a years
old, and with a little money" McVey
forgot to add that the spinster's little
fortune was so tied up as not to be
readily converted into cash.
Never was there more assiduous a
a courtship. In three days the engage
ment was announced, the whole coun-
tryside was in an uproar and the Clay
| ton family modified all its members In
an effort to head off the impending
| wedding.
His "Lordship" insisted upon an early
marriage. There was a legacy in Scot
land. an estate left by a grandmother,
and it would revert to the crown unless
he married within the month.
II had a sweetheart once" he told
her, but she died and I vowed never
to wed" Here a tear rolled down his
thin cheek. But my duty to my ances-
ors. the fortune that awaits me, both
compel me to take amate.
$1,000 Wedding Feast
| Stanley came to Elkton and tried
| to employ a lawyer to make over a
dowry of $4,000. He arranged $1,000
wedding feast, ordered $500 worth of
flowers and promised the Rev. R. H.
Taylor 5000 to tie the marital knot.
He talked of inviting the Belmonts
and my bosom friends the Wander
bilts." Then the brothers Clayton
started to look up Stanley's connections
Stanley got an inkling of this and
decided upon drastic action. He bor-
rowed $3.50 from his bride-to- be,
bought a license and got a preacher
who was willing to do the job for 40c
The following morning Lord Harry
left for Rising Sun to get his seven
trunks" which were coming from Ro-
chester. He. went on foot and alone
and did not come back until arrested
some time later for desertion.
Lord Harry tried several jobs in
an effort to earn enough money for
his duchess of Aberdeen and Dudley
but when the existence of another
wife became known he again disappear
ed. It was then learned he had work
ed in a coffin factory in West Grove
that he had been a female imperson-
ator in a burlesque troupe and that he
had imposed upon a preacher in Phila
His nearest relationship to King Ed
ward was no more than a mutual de-
scendancy from Adam and Eve.
| He was close to 90 years old when
he died, though somewhat stopped OF
shoulders and shabby of attire could
still enact the role of cousin to the
king" though another opportunity
never offered.