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F MCDONALD-SPARKS-STEWART Company 1
g EMBALrtERS, DIRECTORS
“ROBT. TURNBULL”
Under that Name Lonl Beres
ford Rolled'Em High I The
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LAND DF MONLEXLIim.
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$20,000 in Debt. Living on In
terest of What he Owes.
Mexico City, Aug. 13.—Sid
ney Lascelles, better known as
Lord Beresford, whose swindling
tactics made him so famous
throughout Georgia, is in Mexi
co City, where he has been en
gaged in similar games to hose
practiced throughout the south.
Early in December of last
year Beresford made his appear
ance in Mexico City. He adopted
the name of “Robt. Turnbull,
of New York.” He was accom
panied by his wife. It was the
same Beresford that Georgia
knew, with the exception that
liislong blonde mustache, which
had been one of his greatest
charms, was rnissina, but his
graceful nr vements and smooth
ness of tongue were not lacking.
Immediately on arrival he took
apartments at Mexico’s swell
hotel, the Sanz, where he was
housed as a prince. Nothing was
too good for him and he Kpent
his money like water. He soon
gained the confidence of every
one that he met. At first he paid
his hotel bills promptly. He had
a few letters of introduction to
wealthy people and was intro
duced at the Jockey and Ameri
can clubs. r I he Jockey is very
exclusive He began gambling;
at baccarat, the favorite
game, and lost SB,OOO in one
night.
He then commenced to make
drafts on New YoHt banks. His
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suave manner, good bearing and
reputation for pitying bills
promptly with ingenious expla
natiana similar tb those employ
ed in Georgia and elsewhere,
made it an easy matter to get
drafts cashed. Among those who
took the drafts were several
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jminiinent people, including
>3meph Hamption, president of
the Mexico, Cuernavaca and
Pacific railroad; William J.
Crittenden, Jr., son of the Uni
ted Stares minister to Mexico;
the American Security bank;
Parker Sercombe, manager es
the American bank, and in ad
dition a number of prominent
Mexicans.
Several days before the drafts
became due Beresford called on
some of the parties and told
them that the drafts were not
good. He said, however, that
his wife’s father was dying in
Georgia and would leave a big
estate to her. If he was arrested
they would get nothing; if let
alone he would soon pay all
of his debts. r He convinced his
creditors that what he said was
true aud they consented to wait
In the meantime he was
shadowed by detectives to pre
vent his departure from Mexico
The management of the hotel,
his bill having run up to large
ptoportions.
Shortly after this letters reach
ed his wife, addressed to “Mrs
Sidney Lascelles,” which made
people suspicious that Turnbull
was sailing under false colors
The name attracted the attention
of an A tiantian and he Lad his
suspicious accused. However,
nothing was done until it could
be seen whether or not he in-
I tended paying debts. Mrs. Turn
bull, in the left for
the states, her exact destination
not known, to try to get money
from her father’s estate, who
was supposed to have died, leav
ing his fortune to her.
She returned with soma mon
ey, but not enough to settle the
debts. This was three mouths
ago and since that time they
have been constantly on the
move from one hotel to another,
leaving unpaid bills at every
place possible
In every case Turnbull’s
smooth topgue succeeded in get
ting mattms straightened out by
telling that all bills would be
paid when his wife’s estate was
settled. Three or four weeks
ago, Turnbull aud wile'had an
interview' with the American
consul, in which thev desired to
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have some papers witnessed be
fore him as is required by law.
The exact nature of these pa
pers is not known, as Consul
Barlow is absent from the city,
but there is no doubt that they
referred to his wife’s ‘property.
These papers were iiiitde out
in the name of Mrs. Sidney Las
celles and they were signed by
both Turnbull and wife as Sid
ney Lascelles and Mrs.' Sidney
Lascelles.
The fact of thesfj papers being
signed was made-.- known, to
creditors and one of them casual
ly mentioned the name to a
Georgia man. The name was
instantly recognized as'connect
ed with the Beresford trial and
he commenced investigations,
with the result that identity was
absolutely established.
Beresford’s mustache has
grown out and he piesenls the
same appearance of former days.
It is impossible that a mistake
could have been made. The sact 1
was made known to several of
his creditors and one of them ac-
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cused him of being the map
wanted. Turnbull pnpticillyj
of Ireland in 1777, going about
his work of capturing prizes and
i seizing everything about his
size he could lay his hands on,
in much the same w r ay Paul
Jones did, and very much the
same way that Commodore
Watson would do had he reached
his cruising ground.
CONYNGHAM —TRIPOLI.
Os Conyngham, another one
of those daredevils of the seas,
Commissioner Deane reported :
“Conyngham by his first and
second expeditions is become
the terror of all the eastern
coast ol England and Scotland.”
This bold navigator commanded
the Revenge.
He was searched for high and
low’, but disguising his ship he
not only went into an English
port unrecognized, but actually
■fitted out his ship there without
detection. Os course, Corp mod* re
‘ Watson could not possibly hope
tc be able to do such an astonish
ing bit of work as this.
The Tripoli war furnishes
mad} examples of bold raiding
by ships and of great, even as
tonishing, personal bravery.
Decatur’s, cutting out of the
Philadelphia from under th«
guns of the Tripolitan forts was
an act in many wavs similar to ;
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acknowledged his identity with
th£ notorious “lord,” but said if
it was known in Georgia officers
would be sent for him and that
no one in Mexico would get a
cent. On this account the effort
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was made to keep the matter, 1
from Georgia until the money
had been paiij here. Your cor
respondent was offered a large
sum not to send this dispatch.
A peculiar part of the story is
that two weeks ago one of the I
real Lord Berisfords, who is
largely interested in Mexican
property, was shown Turnbull
and told that he was the man i
who had been impersonating
; himself.
I Lord B resford was so tmrag
i ed ihaf he wanted to attack himj
, at once ami would probably have
I done so had he not been told of
i the net that was being wound
i about the bogus lord.
1 Turnbull’s debts in Mexico
will amount to fully $20,000,
besides various small gambling
debts. He gambled heavily and
was a frequent attendant at the
’ Spanish ball game', wherS’ he
was a heavy loser.’ It is ‘impos
sible for him to leave ’ Mexico
b
City until his debts are paid, as
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, he is closely watched and the
I moment heHeaves he will be ar
restsd.—' JousSitution.
SF worn; n
y does not have
nB" h ' tl> be placed
; W under an X-ray
l< ’ s!low to all
tRfcW beholders that
“be is suffer-
V ,;, K front ill
health. I]]-
"ealth marks
a woman much
1 W.‘ ,nort quickly
s.’ * t!, an it doe# a-
U'un. , It de
s tr<> '’ s 1 h e
jY-A'lKvSfflSrai in her
o EW /ajßreßMb eye. the bloom
& of alth on
t I * K r c be< k. her
I C I vivacity of
manner, he r
ft T: . sprightliness
M■ F OHHHH of carriage and
™ ■ ti* ni a k e s ..h e r
nervous, petulant and despondent.
I Generaflv ill-health in a woman is due to
, disorders or derangements of the delicate
and important feminine organs which are
the cradle of the rice. No Woman who suf
fers in this way can ret in her good looks
I or her attractiveness. The daily burden of ’
. torturing, dragging pains that she carries,
will soon make her a physical'wreck, and
eventually either kill her or drive, her to
I insanity. Any woman may restore and re
tain her health und strength in a womanly
. way by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite
Prescription. It cures absolutely and com
l pletely the weakness and diseases peculiar
to her sex. It does away with the neces
sity for the obnoxious “examinations ” and
l “ local treatments ” insisted upon by nearly
i all physicians, and enables her to treat her
; self in the privacy of her'home.. It is the
invention of Dr. R. V. Pierce, for thirty
years chief consulting physician to the
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, at
Buffalo, N. V. Any woman may consult
him by letter free of charge. All corres
pondence sacredly confidential.
“I was sickly for sixteen vears with prolap
. sus. weakness, disagreeable ’drain, pain in the
small of my back and costiveness,'' writes Mrs.
Mary Ashlin. of Barronett. Barron Co Wisl
" When I began taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription I could not sit up. After taking it
tor one week I got up and did mv housework. I
have taken four bottles of the ' Favorite Pn scrip- I
tion.’one bottle of the'Golden Medical Discov- |
ery' aud three liottles of the Pleasant Pellets.’ I
These medicines have cured me. 1 feel sfs wt-il I
|as I ever did. Seven of the best doctors’ in ths I
j laud, treated my case but gave me no relief! ”
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rhe OjstanauG is in
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ey- For sale by Mi-ss
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