Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-04
p The Murdered Enrl-I Good Radiance.
To the Editor of the Globe:

To the Editor of the Globe:
see, by the cable kilograms to the GLOBE,
that William Sydney Clements, Earl of
Leitrim, has been murdered. This result
has been expected for years by every one
that knew him. He was born in 1872, and
succeeded his father in 1854. Immediately
on coming into very large estates, extend
ing over the counties of Derry, Donegal,
Leitrim, Sligo, Longford, Mayo, Dublin,
Kildare and Galway, he commenced exter-
minating the tenantry. Not an
assize or quarter sessions but
the noble earl figured at as plaintiff in evic-
tions. He disputed grants made by his
forefathers of sites for churches, Roman
Catholic chapels and school houses. Brought
police and soldiers from all parts of Ireland
to protect his bailiffs while serving the neces-
sary legal papers.
In 1863 he forced one of his tenants
"a hotel keeper-who was also an
under agent of his, to turn the late
Earl of Carlisle, when Lord Lieu
tenant Of Ireland, at midnight, out of the
Galway, leaving his excellence and staff tc
get on to the village of long ten miles dis
lance as best they could. For this he was
dismissed the colonelcy of the Leitrim rifles
the Office of Lord lieutenant, Of the county
| of Leitrim, and magistrate for all the coun-
ties III which he had property, and was ex,
| PEELED from the several clubs in London and
Dublin, of which he was member In
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of kilmacrannon, county of Donegal, be.
cause one of his bailiffs was fired at, and the
| people would not tell who was the aggressor
Again in 1868 another bailitf, Viii.
son, was fired at and more frightened
than hurt; and out went the
tenants of the distric where the outrage was
committed. From 1855 to 1866 he
prosecuted the Presbyterian clergyman Of
Milford, County Donegal, evicted him, tore
down his house and church while in
in Longford, he was at the same time fight
ing the Roman Catholics, who he also sue
ceeded in driving off of his property, mailing
up the chapels and priests house. He hac
| more cattle and horses than any Other
| landlord, because he could not rent the lands
from which he evicted the people. He gave
more annoyance to the Irish government
the resident magistrates and members Of the
royal Irish constabulary, than any Other
| property holder in Ireland. His vast estates
are studded over with police sta
| tons. He had very few friends. In
| the counties of Donegal, Leitrim and
Kildare, where he mostly resided, the gentry
never visited him. He was a man of the
most violent temper, feared by servants an6
walters at hotels, very close in money mat
ters, giving to few, if any, charities. In the
House of Lords, he was SO violent and in.
sulting that on more than one occasion he
had to be removed, and appear before the
bar and apologize. He supported no gov.
| eminent, attacked and abused Wing and
Tory alike, but as a business man he had few
superiors. He managed his vast estates
himself, employing but as few clerks and
under agents as possible. In early life he
entered the Forty third Light Infantry, then
the crack infantry regiment of the English
army, and rose to be its lieutenant colonel
but owing to the violence of his temper anc
dlsagreeableness, and overbearing manners
he had to be called on to retire
from the army.
He is succeeded in the entailed estates b,
his brother Charles, one of the English rail
road commissioners. He is in every way
unlike the unfortunate subject of this arti
Gle. The property that he bought with the
savings of his income goes to his nephew. &
young lad about % years old, stepson Of
the Hon. and Rev. N. Clemants.