The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1886-08-21
AFTER FORTY YEARS.
A Real Romance with an Exceed
ingly Happy Ending.
A True Story of Ireland and America
Why an Humble Michigan Home Is
for Sale Two Brothers Re-
united After Long Search.
TDetroit Free Press I

detroit Free Press
The following advertisement may be
found in the old files OF the Boston Pilot:
WANTED - SOME INFORMATION CON.
w cernng the Whereabouts Of Leonard
Crottle who came to this country about the
year 1916. He was formerly policeman in
Phoenix Park, Dublin, ireland. Address x,
care Pilot.
A few years later the following appeared
in the Philadelphia Bulletin:
nNE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD-FOR
~ information leading to the Whereabouts
Of Thomas Crottie, who left Dublin, Ireland,
twenty years ago. Address box "a, care Phlar
delphia Bulletin
In the columns of the Toledo Blade Wednes-
day night appeared the following:
TOR SALE - 4 FlRST-CI.Ass SMALL
T. farm, ciose to the village Of Lam bert
vile. Suitable for gardening and small fruits.
GOOD buildings. Owner wishes to remove to
the East at once. Will be sold cheap. Ad-
dress Thomas Crotte.
Behind these three advertisements is a
romance in real life. On the shores Of
Tough Dan, under the shadow Of Mt Ken
nedy, three sturdy sons Of a sturdy Irish
man named Crottie played together dur
ing childhood. One day the boys parted.
Thomas Crottie remained at home and
worked on the little farm. John Crottie
Went TO see, wandered over half the world,
built ships in the Bermudas, became q
planter i'll Cuba aud travelled through
South and Central America, Mexico and
the United States Leonard C1ottie went
to Dublin joined the force and Was pro-
noted to a responsible position among the
police Of Phoenix Park. One day he fell
in love with the daughter Of Rev: DR. How
lit, popular pastor, and when the old
!<3ty rh fo3 IL
park they planned secret marriage, and
Immediately it vas consunnated they
took ship fer America, landing in a strange
country after an uncomfortable wedding
trip Of month across the Atlantic
Three days after Leonard Crottia embark
ed for America Thomas reached Dublin and
commenced q vain search for his brother.
The old Irish seaport was shaken from
center to circumference over the elope-
mont OF the daughtar OF the popular
pastor, Rev. Dr.. Howli5tt, with police
man al Phoenix Pork. Young Crottie
5racsal his brother to tho American bound
boat and returned tx his home on the Irish
hills Two days after this Jonn Crottie ar-
rived in Dublin, discovered that he had
missed seeing the policeman at Phoenix
borne.
John returned to America and located
finally at New Orleans, where he died about
ten days ago. Thomas remained in Ire
land until The death Of his parents, when
be concluded 10 so in search of his brother.
flo hunted over New Yorb and Now Eng
land, but without success. Yet all this
time both the brothers were advertising
extensively, o,td were searching Tor each
other in the same towns.
Leonard became principal of q school in
Schuylkill, Pc, and his wife acted as his
assistant in the same school. After sue
cessful career as one OF the leading educa-
tors il Eastern Pen nsylvania he purchased
a large farm near the village of Middle
town, n. T., where he still resides.
4 few years ago Rev. Dr.. Hewitt died
at Dublin after a continuous settlement Of
nearly forty years. and all the property
was willed TO his daughter. The rector was
very wealthy, and the Phoenix Park po-
licen1an and his wife wore forgiven, end
they cane at once into the possession Of
AL estate valued ut thousands of pounds
Their children were married They were
perfectly happy Oh their large farm at
Middleto"'n. And again Leonard Crottie
tried to find his brother. lie traced him
to I]rbana, O., then to Iowa, back to Fort
Wayne, Ind, t}1au to Toledo. There he
lost track Of him, though in looking up
another man OF the saxne name LIE drove
within three miles of where his brother
Thomas was living. That VS.. six years
ago. For six weeks LEONARD Crottie
or, TToe, eHx,I, u,
search. Before returning Il, New York he
offered the man with whom ne boarded,
named Gasrigen, the one hundred pounds
if he would find the long lost Thomes Crot~
tie And during the last six years Y'nozn-
as C'rottie has been in that city seyeral
times each week, but fate was keeping ths
brothers apart.
Not long since a. voting man named
Samuel Mack shouldered an axe and went
into tho woods to cut cord wood for Thorn
as Crottie. When he had finished he re-
turned to Toledo and met young CARR
gan. "Where have you been working7:'
asked tho latter. 'Fm Gan named
Thomas Crottie, near Lam,ertyiIle, JUST
rigan rushed CT to tell his father, and
JHo ugh ~ WIS 1hH3 Et DAEsul NlltY drove
right out to Crottie's residence. The iden~
tity Of Thomas Crottie was soon estab-
tished. Gsrrigan was rewarded. Leonard
invited his brother to come to Middletown,
N. T., saying that he would give him
deed to eighty acres of 1and and that he
would also give him a nice residence and
home. He urged him to sell in order that
they might spend the last years of their
life together after having b,@en parted for
eorty years.
And Sc after spending almost life time
in search of each other, these two brothers
will be reunited as soon a. the little farm
ut Lam bertvills is sold, aud as soon as
Thomas Crottie can settle up his affairs in
the West. Forty years Of watching and
waiting forty years Of searching and adj
vertising have paid. Areal romance with
a happy ending is g rarity in this hum
drum world
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Not to Be Found IL, tho West.
[Estellipe %. IT, Ben.]
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