The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-03
THE MISSING EARL
Hon. Henry Boyle Seeking Z
Lost Brother.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
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Preaies wasted.
Hon. Henry Boyie Il ct the Rainier ho-
TEL. batting IN his long search for miss
ing brother. u whom not word has been
heard for two years. A coronss and COM
Portable fortune await him. but he has
completely disappeared SINGS he stepped
aboard the Premier It Vancouver in No
vember. lss7. About 1852 Robert Boyle.
Who bore the courtesy title of yiscount
Boyle. accompanied his brother Henry TO
Canada, attracted by the inducement held
out Of profitable returns for investment In
the lands Of the great Northwest They
were the sons OF the Earl OF shannon,
an Irish peer whose property had deprs-
ciated through the land troubles. and were
determined to strike out for themselves.
The younger went Immediately to ranch
ing near McCioud, or Mcleod. but the
elder, having expectations IS well - an
immediate income. INDUCED bis taste for
hunting and fishing He had held com
mission in the Rife Brigade. which he re-
signed to 20 with his brother,
and his military associations led
him much into the company
OF the mounted police, for the captain OF
which IN his neighborhood he formed .
strong friendship. He Was then q we'll
educated, gentlemaniy bat joviai young
fellow Of 3 years Of age, and became so
popular that he was elected to the Council
of the Northwest
After two terms he suddenly resigned.
seeming TO have no taste for the dull pro-
ceedings Of the territorial Legislature, and
went to Brattieboro, where be roamed
about ~ his fancy suggested.
The ranch speculation not proving so
profitable as had been expected, and Mr..
Henry BOYLE finding the rough. wild life
uncongenial, determined 70 return to Eng
land. He wrote to his brother. who Was
300 miles further inland, announcing his
intention, but Lord Boyle replied that be
wanted to see more of the country before
returning. His last letter was dated
August 1857, and since then he has MAIN
tanned absolute silence
His brother and other friends wrote to
him, but their letters remained un-
answered. and after being forwarded to
one or two places were returned. During
the administration of the Marquis OF
Lansdowne an attempt was made to
learn something about him, but beyond
report that he had been seen near small
mining camp. al inquiries were unavailing.
As q rule he neither gambled nor drank
immoderately, but ct the camp 1t Is re-
ported that he had been on Q prolonged
spree" with some OF the wild characters
he met. and into whose life he entered
heartily for the time.
Last year the Earl of shannon died, and
the inquiry for his heir and successor then
became more animated. Not only was it
necessary 10 ASCERTAIN to q certainty II he
were alive in order to determine the sue
cession to the title. but important deeds
left unsigned bv the old earl needed his
sanction. Under the Ashbournc act,
large portion of the estate was divided up
for sale among the tenants. and the title
deeds could not be completed without the
missing mans signature.
Mr.. Boyle concluded to set out on the
search himself. His anxious duty is
rendered more delicate by the fact that If
his brother has lost his life. the younger
man becomes Earl OF shannon and inherits
the estate. He has been over all the
ground traversed by Lord Boyle. and TAX
ing up faint clews be has sought to follow
in his footsteps since he left the mining
camp.
At Vancouver the thread was again
picked up. 1t was ascertained that the
young viscount. in November, 1887, called
at the branch there Of the Bank OF Mon
treai and announced his intention Of lsav-
ing that day on the Premier for . trip to
the Sound. Here, so far. the scent il again
lost Mr.. Boyle learns that no officer now
on the Premier was then employed upon
L. l.. IL al Sk
ain, officer. purser, steward or any man
aboard the steamer on that trip who re-
members the lost passenger.
Until within the past few months. the
absence OF Lord Boyle has been attributed
by his family to eccentricity or Q rowing
disposition; but now il bears the aspect of
a mystery. The destruction by the fire of
all hotel registers prevents any trace of
him by that usual means, and the search
ers are now cropping in the dark His
habits were not likely TO lead him to
low resorts. He had little money with
him and he has since never drawn . dollar
from home, and as there Is no trouble OF
any kind to account for his failure to write
to his friends they are utterly at . loss for
Q motive for voluntary hiding.
The earldom OF shannon, which. IL he is
alive. now descends to him was conferred
upon his ancestor in 1855. and the further
English title of Baron Carleton was be-
slowed upon him few years later so that
he is q member OF the House OF Lords.
The late earl was one OF the few good land
lords who suffered for the sins of the ab-
sentees; and for several years past the for
tune of the family has been reduced. but
there Is still enough left to afford ample in
ducement TO q man who is probably earn
Ing Q precarious livelihood.
A parallel is that of the Earl of Aberdeen,
who ran away from home. and after vari-
Gus adventures served a. q common sailor
on Pacific ship and was drowned. HIS
friends. however. succeeded in tracing him
and establishing the fact OF his death be-