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Monday, June 27, 2022

Leon Trice Says L.G. Thornton's Been Using His Name, June 27, 1922

Denies Knowledge of Unfortunate Affair

About two weeks ago, a young girl who gave her name as Mrs. Leon Trice was picked up unconscious in the neighborhood of the depot. At the time it a thought that she had taken poison upon failing to find her husband, who she thought had come here. It was later stated by a physician who examined her that she fell from a very serious attack of heart failure and that she showed no symptoms of poisoning.

In view of the fact that his name has been used in connection with that of the girl’s husband, Leon Trice has made the following statement clearing him of any connection with the unfortunate circumstances:

“The photograph printed above is thought to be the picture of a man, at present a boatswain’s mate in the United States navy, who claims to be Leoindas Goodwin Trice of Hendersonville, N.C. The above picture strongly resembles L.G. Thornton, who left here several years ago. It is thought here that the Thornton boy entered the navy. The facts in the case are these:

“While in the vicinity of Brooklyn, N.Y., the man whose picture is printed above, married under the name of Leonidas Goodwin Trice of Hendersonville, N.C., lived with his wife for some time and then left. Whether or not he was transferred to another statin or merely quit his wife, I don’t know. The wife then wrote to the register of vital statistics at Hendersonville for the birth certificate of Leonidas Godwin Trice, presumably to ascertain if she had married a minor. A picture of the girl’s husband was later sent to the register of vital statistics, and a justice of the peace, into whose hands the picture fell, recognized not the real Leon Trice of Hendersonville, but a man who bore a resemblance of L.G. Thornton. This information was imparted to the girl.

“Some two weeks ago, a woman appeared in Hendersonville who claimed to be Mrs. Leon Trice. She, however, failed to find her husband, as the real Leon Trice was not the man she married.

“In view of the above embarrassing circumstances, I wish to go on record as stating that I know nothing whatever of the case; I never saw the woman claiming to be Mrs. Leon Trice before she came to Hendersonville, and I have never been to Brooklyn, N.Y.

“I take this means to rectify and correct any false rumors that may have gotten abroad.

Signed: Leon Trice

From the front page of the Western North Carolina Times, Hendersonville, N.C., Tuesday, June 27, 1922

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