The Washington times., 1922-04-29
W|DOWF[EECED
. Of $4,000 BY
CON MENAT SEA
Two British Gamblers to Be
Deported as Result Of Scorn-
ed Wife's Expose. -
BY Cosmopolitan New. Service.

NEW YORK, April 29.-Mrs. Jane
Lewis, an Australian widow and said
TO be worth $20, 900 900 TO $25 600, ,000r
was getting ready today to go 70
California some $4,000 poorer than
when she left Europe a few weeks
ago, and Ralph M. Haslan, British
millionaire, who Is said TO have lost
$4,000, is determined to so back
home as soon as he recoVers from
"A terrible headache. Both were
fleeced, police say, by internatlonaI
crooks who made their acquaintance
at Naples.
And had there not been a furious
wife-a woman scorned and hence
made uncontrollably angry-the
story might not have been made
public and two alleged international
confidence men might not be de-
ported today. as ordered. One OF
the men to be deported is the scorneo
woman's husband. He refused TO
claim her as his wire during compli'
cations in New York. They had
been married eleven years.
1t is said society circles in Europe
will be startled by the story of
round.the-world party disclosed here
through deportation orders againsi
11ubn dIIdS iiclbiIiNOi >'NA5"
ton Radley, and Charles Grant Law.
son, alias c. G. Hobbs, British oil
stock promoters, gamblers, and al
legged confidence men. They entered
America on falsified passports.
Mrs. Lewis charges Roland and
Lawson managed to get S35, 900
from her in devious ways.
An American gambler and sure
thing man, frankie Dwyer, has said
goodbye to the group and vanished
Whether he got anything Is not
known. O.
Miss Elsie Stevens, a well-known
English actress; her wealthy fiancee,
Ralph A. NJ. Haslan, a London bar.
rister; and her chaperone, Mrs. Jane
Kelland, are packing up at the Hotel
Biltmore and are going TO sail home
10 England Tuesday on the AQul.
tania. Haslan is i'll.
Miss Stevens, at the hotel, said
that she, her fiance and her chap
erOne started out on the liner AdIi.
attic from Naples early in March.
Before that they had been al
Monte Carlo and other resorts along
the Riviera. The Adriatic was tour.
ing around here and there, and the
next stop was Cairo. Then the YES.
sci returned to Naples. The two
women We're having luncheon at
hotel there one day when a stranger
appeared. He didn't know them, il
appears, but he had met Mr.. Haslun
the wealthy barrister, so he declared
himself in on the party. This was
Roland, one of the two who have
been ordered depolted. -
As soon as he learned that lIaslan
Miss Stevens and Mrs. Kelland were
going on a world tour and were
heading first for America, Roland
announced he had the very same
thing in mind.
When the ship left Naples he was
alone and very soon he presented
his friends, Hobbs and frankie
Dwyer. And in some fashion that
seventh member, The Merry
Widow" became attached to the
outfit.
Roland's wife, who had been left
behind when he started on the gay
journey, arrived here. She went TO
the hotel and registered under the
correct family namc-Radley. She
had a different room from her hus.
band. but they exchanged visits, 1t
appeared, and the hotel manage.
ment ordered them out Of the place.
The wife gave her husband three
days to go back TO the Biltmore
management and explain that she
was really his wife. But he wouldn't I
do II, so she had him arrested. The
police also took his companion,
Hobbs" into custody.