The New York herald., 1922-04-29
Englishman, Fiancee, Chap
erOn and Australian
Widow Undesirable
THEY PICKED up PAIR
Casuals Wanted at Scotland
Yard and Not at All
Wanted Here.

The globe encircling tour of Ralph
Hassman.. rich Englishman his
dancee. Miss Stephens; Ter chaperon,
name unknown, and Mrs. Lewis, a
young Australian widow. ended ar
ruptly yesterday in New York, by re-
quest of the immigration authorities
Two casual acquaintances picked up
by the party sail to-day for England.
thereby avoiding deportation. They
are wanted in London and Paris by
the police. according to dispatches re-
ceived from Scotland Yard. These
two, WHO joined the tour on the
Riviera last winter are Hugh Row
land. alias Hamilton Cleighton Radley.
30. and Charles Frank Lawson, alias
Hobbs, Al
Since April Il they have been prison
ers on Ellis Island. where their pres
ence has been something of mystery
until explained yesterday - THE NEW
YORK HERALD by Col. Thomas B. Fielder
who has been retained by Mrs. Lewis
to clear her honor" Col. Fielder spent
three days in Washington and most of
Yesterday comforting with the Deporta-
lion Commissioners. He said:
AT Monte Carlo last winter Rowland
and Lawson met party or prominent
English people. They decided to accom-
pany them to this country.
Confirmed by Scotland Yard.
"They arrived in New York about q
month ago on the Adriatc. Meanwhile
Rowland's wife found out where he had
gone and came here after him. He re-
fused to return and Mrs. Rowland COM
planned to the Department OF Justice.
"She said her husband and Lawson
had criminal records. This was con-
firmed by cabling Scotland Yard. The
other members OF the party, of course.
had not known the character Of their
friends They had lost considerable
sums of money to them at cards and in
loans Mst4
THE matter was referred to the De-
portation Commission in Washington
and the commission. on the assumption
that the entire party was undesirable,
ordered deportation proceedings to be
be~un against them. After visiting the
bufeau at Washington / convinced the
authorities that there was nothing against
any except the two who had been ar
W. w. Husband and Commissioner Rob-
crt +. Tod agreed not to take action
against the other members of the party
provided they would leave the country
as soon as possible.
Mrs. Lewis will return to Australia
at once by way Of California. Mr.. Hass-
man. Miss Stephens and her chaperon
will return to England"
Woman Is Incredulous.
Mr. Hassman's party has been at tho
Biltmore. He is Ill and confined to his
room. Miss Stephens said last night.
when told Rowland and Rawson were
leaving to-day:
II will wager they won't sail. They
have money back of them that will
purchase immunity from anything
She said the party had planned to
spend a few months seeing America and
having q good time. but the trouble
they ran into has upset all their plans.
Mrs. Lewis could not be seen. She left
uis Ambassador and went to another
hotel to escape publicity.
Commissioner Tod. In charge Of Ellis
Island, said he could not discuss the
case.
The arrest of Rowland and Lawson
by Detectives Roddy. Brierton and Nc
Coy on q charge of entering the United
states with false passports, was pub
lishcd last week, but the story of the
round-the-world tour of Hassman and
his party was not made public until
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