Evening star., 1922-11-04
FLIGHT OF BARON
GR|EVES. u. 5. TOWN
D. C. Woman's Eviction Suit
Against British Peer
Blamed for Loss.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MORRISTOWN. y. j., November A.
This village has lost its most pic
turesque resident.
Frederick George Culvin Eden, sixth
Baron Auckland: his wife, two chill
dren, manservant. maidservant, gov
erness. golf sticks and swanky Brit
ish luggage have departed.
This developed late yesterday, when
the local bailiffs, armed with an eject
ment writ from the court, went TO the
pretentiOuS mansion in the suburbs
which had housed the baron, his
family and belongings He owed two
months rent. and Miss Helen ). Jones
of Washington. Morristown and New
York, owner of the establishment.
sued to have him evicted. But when
the bailins arrived there was no one
in the house.
Astounded by the news, the residents
of the village today We're all a-twitter
for further news of the baron. Their
chief regret is that their main attrac-
tion. real liv" iiritish nobleman,
should have been compelled to leave.
So far AZ their sympathy was con-
and his family
Job-HuntinS Doubted.
''Do you think the lord will hunt a
when il was stated that he was
house hunting in New York" But
there was a tone of regret in the sug-
Eestion. and the hope was expressed
that this would b. unnecessary and
that his rcmittances from England
urnul6 I,r TN
Baron Auckland. somewhere in
New York, was inaccessible to
queries. Until the eviction proceed
ings were instituted Morristown
knew the baron only as member of
the British peeragc. They had no
knowledge of the various lawsuits
that he had participated in. notably
when the Rev. Thomas O'keefe of
the Roman Catholic Church at Hast
ings-on- Hudson sued for $4,000. said
that later was dropped, or of the suit
for $3.50 which was instituted by
Miss Lille IL. Gay to recover for rent
of her apartment at 40 West 5.th
street, New York city.
When these little incidents were
gosSiped about there was Il hasty
checking up here in Morristown. But
it was unnecessary. The baron had
paid in fun all but the house rent.
Miss Jones demanded S4o0 unpaid
rent anu W non S1t uiI not ESf IT Sne
initiated III" eviction proceedings.
Wife Is American.
The house to which Baron Auck-
land brought his American wife last
June tShe was Miss Susan L. Hart
ridge of Jacksonville, Fla, and he
married her five years ago) stands in
The midst of trees and lakelets in
what once was vast private estate
and which now is the BroOklake
l. H., IL
several seasons Miss Helen Jones has
leased the F1orham Park house and
grounds This summer she sub
leased ii to Baron Auckland at a
rental of 5000 monthly.
A two-mile stretch of tree-bordered
private roadway leads past the
Brooklake Club TO the stone pillars
of Florham Park. The house itself
is a modest two-story structure OF
wood, painted white, and contains
eight rooms. There is a garage in
the rear, and sun parlors and porches
help to make the place comfortable
although it is by no means sump-
tuous. The furnishings are of the
cottage type, wicker and cretonnt
and cretonne and sensible rocking
chairs. mans pipe. good. well.
seasoned briar, today repoSed in q
tin box outside of the rear door. mute
evidence of forgetfulness or a hasty
departure
Familiar at Golf Links.
On the links of the Country Club
which is but a stones throw away,
the baron was a familiar figure. Tall
clean shaven, his pleasant manners
made him-and, incidentally. still
makes him-the subject of entirely
friendly gossip both ut the club and
in the village. Nobody seems to have
witnessed the departure Of the fam
lily. But people in general regret his
going. because, after all. he was a
real attraction in the town
1t was insisted that he always paid
his debts ever since he came to Nor
riStown. and in proof of this the Incl
dent was cited of last summer when
his remittance failed to arrive from
England The grocer let the bills
slide along for a month, and he was
paid in full. But, according to the
records in the old courthouse, not far
from the white mansion where Wash
ington had his headquarters, Miss
Jones did not get her rent. She
brought her suit in the regular way
and service was had on the baron. but
he did not appear in court to dispute
the claim. Instead. he seems to have
just quietly packed his bags and gone
away.
Copyright, 1927