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Show Son of British Earl Must Face Forgery Charge. Mexico, Mo. A prisoner in the country jail here, charged with forgery for-gery Sunday night gave a statement to the press, in which he claimed to be a son of John Campbell Gordon, seventh earl of Aberdeen, and blamed dissipation for his downfall. He was arrested January 2 under the name of L. H. Leland. He said: . , "I have lived a number of years in Cheyenne, Wyo., as Lyle H. Leland, and wrote several books under that name. My father, John P. Campbell Gordon, seventh earl of Aberdeen, is 64 years old. I am 39. I left home eighteen years ago and came to this country on account of trouble I got into in England. I have figured in wild west shows, where I did fancy pistol shooting and roping." |