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was residing in Glasgow. He was stirring
bus mess man, and "a' doing n prosperous
man or peddlcr. He consulted with c,hef par.
ties Interested. Money was contributed. and
lie was commissioned to visit this country
and prosecute the claims Of himself and
others a. heirs of John George Leake
He travelled to. London. and there awaitee
a passage TO America. One day. as he
pleasure seekers landed its burden near by
The group attracted The sRhe Oh lanes 3 sh h,l
9ome small assistance which he rendered TO IN,
party in landing served ~ IN Introduction.
They we're country people, ana not TOO exact IL
RED man, but his family were On the other side
Of the Tweed. He attached himself t3h pleas
Ant rosy COUNTRY giT n4t very lah h, MMp
james speedily ingratintcd himself into the
good grarcs of his companion told her Of ms
large estate and induced her to stroll of witt
him: He had plenty Of money, and used II
freely. and after spYnding week or b s2 ,h ,o
On reaching New York he began to push me
claims OF the heirs to the Leuke estate IW1
whom he had deserted in London, but r %hG
Rq br ,'GwgI % a MEIoSs ' few days after
ward u child wa born. James adopted
| the little girl and she was christ,ened at New.
Hay and his wife. Mrs. Hay aided her hus-
band vigorously III tho work which he had nn.
many years they travelled up and down tn
| Hudson to Albany and pcrsistently agitatcd
their Ella ms among the legislators James
! where she was To be deccnty brought up. Then
he went to reside in WiiiiamsburEh. his only
! form grew to b. &; familiar sight in Albany foi
! session after session he visited the capital ana
| used all the means nj his disposal to obtain his
Object. Several times committees Of the Legs-
laturo passed favornhly on his claims, but
nothing more came of i. lie caused an i'm.
mense amount of testimony 70 he taken in
England and Scotland. substuntiating the heir.
| ship Of himself and others to the estate oi
| John George Lcakc. The writer hus before
him this mass Of EVIDENCE with certificate
| from the British War ONCE and Chelsea Hos
pital and GommrSssloms signed by George II
| documents. ever clear case was made out
! this of James Hays seems to be. from the tes-
/ tmony. but this statement must not be taken
as referring to the Justness of the claim set up.
! Aftcr the child referred to was grown up. an
advertisement appeared in New YORK ]onrna
! reared suddenly from an excursion party or
tho Thames many years before. james Hay
married the, girl and that she WAS dead, but
had a daughter living, Then he sought ont
found that she was living ns the wife Of a
sporting man in New York, A communication
from her mothers, friend in London revealed
party. remain5a Tshind in london to search
among others met Il man who owned brick
| yard The brother owned small property in
| hcnt, on Mnlch was IOunu good Drlck clay. 1t
! went into rartncrshipw with the brickmaker and
| in year or two bought him out. The city in
! course OF time grew toward the brckyard and
the, land became very valuable. The owner
million dollars. He died unmarried and left all
| his estate to two sisters, who were over anN-
ious to discover il possible, what had become
OF their lost sister James Hay took the II ri to
| London. but interested parties interposed and
litigation followed In spite OF the fact that
James Hay and the girl. whom he had deserted
in London. were married only few days be
| fore the birth Of the child. and that for two
years previous to the marriage they had been
separated by the ocean. the lazy held that the
looked bright for James Hay; for though
| he had failed to secure u fortune in
America, there was every chance of his
sharing in her prosperity; But great obstacle
was suddenly interposed. The parties inter
| ested made examination into James Hays TN;
tecedents in Scotland. and found that he had
| had a wife alive in scotland when he went to
| America. He was satisfied. however, from care.
| full inquiries, that his wife in scotland was dead
comparatively safe on that score; When the
| matter came into Court in London, Hays Scotch
wits, was produced. She swore that she follow
ed Hay to this country Hnknown to her friends no
she was found by the police Ia half demented
state and sent to BlackwelFs Island. II was
perfectly sane. She explained this by saying
| that she was friendleSs. and that She made NJ
effort 10 be discharged, as she thought that she
| would be better of In the asylum than adrift on
! Of the girl whom James Hay deserted in Lon
| don and married here. Her mothers sisters
however, settled u handsome income on her, on
| condition that she returned TO this country anC
| renal med here. 1t i positively asserted by the
friends Of James Hay who has been dead fol
some years. that the woman found in the asy
lum and taken TO England TO testify was not III,
| Scotch wife Of James Hay but n woman Dough
up, and instructed. and used for the purpose.