The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-12
An Aged Man yInIns to he OF Noble
Lineage.

BALTIMORE. Nov. living az Mount
NiuaUs. amidst modest surroundings. fee
Bile, blind, and almost totally deaf. bro
Ken down with the weight Of seventy-siX
Years and the adventures through which
he has passed. rs, according 90 his own
STORY, scion OF The old English nobility.
lie says ne b. descended ON his fathers
side from the late Lord de Cl,port. of
somerset county. England. being this mo-
plemau.s grandson. while his wife
hHe. d., AYERS, can be traced direct Co the
CAROLS of Maryland and the Lees OF Viz
EiuiI.
Fred, rick de- CIerert Adams S,Iwav is
The name Of the scptuaEeuariau. he re-.
sides with his nephew. Horace NJ James.
The son OF half-sIster.
A reporter found him I'm an uuus1lgTf,-
taINatiNe mood. and he uas easily per
Sn'Atd 10 ten tho story OF his life. being
provided nj the same time with Am car
trumpet z" catch amy comments the lis
tenor might make.
TO begin at the beginning said Mr.
80 WY .as thr story has been told 10 ne
amt subsfaDtlat,G by records DID EucI,HI
great -Ersudfather. James S.IuaE
".- I'd 81 t"'lS man. lr what year D do not
go t--n' ,l"I.A With Tho eldest daugl-
Ger ~ the th'u Lord dc CI,pert who had
ID" son A. my Ertal-grIudfathor was of
" lit lh' Dc tIcptrr~ considered low de-
Hl IorG de- CI'ueTt. who refused fg ~tc1g-
M, ms s"u-IH-law- AT The death o. tho
-'-". however. ms grsat-ET -tt-graud-
Ih'lttf inherited large sum Of none.
aNu properly. which iu cnurs. of time
descended Co my grandfather and flaU To-
NY It'h-r, James Seiway.
d. IL2iag Z, was Miss Anna Adams.
u."EHi'T Of Benjamin Adams. 90 graduate,
OBJ oxford and a. learned divine Five
ll.'..lilS after D was born H- mother died
t'''If was one son oder iha. ! and three
Ii.f5. Ny brother and father are
.,- -i.gt / am getting beyond my story.
NJ H' % was baby NM aunt took Tr. 30
I8..I- w a'n Us" or itr,n years old / was
which wIs very fortunate as viii be- seen
laItT ul- Ne lived iu London Tr Isr-
"i.'l i was twelve Eears old. INV father
one Gag came 20 ing auuts house and
CANNED me With tears my aurf vT-
was religious woman. while nv father
pore .ar name gi being wild blade. gave
me- INTO his care.
A few days later / found myself ap-
F----~-'-t q. 90 snip captain on board tn.
CONFER f-ilzfDeth- Tie captain was "a brute
and used me as he would dog I &C.
capped and ran away. After many dfffie.lI
:. s. 3 T,'fHi.'l i-E tatIeT.s home and again
ne tPpfenticed me Cli board ~hig iu tha
west indian trade. When the vessel
reached her CCStuar1uu on her first vu,--
aE" 4 again escaped ard got to NJ .v.-j-
As mad contracted g taste for the saa
spite inc brutal treatment / ShlD0,d on
various vessels UIEiug bstv-a.4 .f.trr......-
Roads and New York
Later on went 20 South America and
Jhtre enlisted IN the navy on Tho old fri-
NC EId,- CGlgmoi then on blockade duty at
M"LleFldto- We were In many mattIes
and 1 was injured by ian from tn rig
E-44- ALitf r-coF~ring / enlisted on The
i-Buu uIg-te Columbus. under C0r7r1o-
1yte j. - BiGlle- That was In 1873. and
me AeNlcEn War was expected we Taft
SANDY Hook on June 1888. for the Eas-
lHdleS and China on a cruise 70 look after
ihc, American shipping interests.
Was IN Manila Id 1876 While rIara
the Black Jack or cholera took away
seventy Of our crew and Ne fled AT
HoHEkonE We came near being DESTROYED
IT, ~. (. " pHooI- ~ went 20 Japan. and on
July y. 1876, we entered the port OF YeIdo
ana 10 our commander. J. y. BildI.. Is
que lAc noIor or paving the way for Ia.
famous treaty with Japan which Is ac-
credited 20 Commodore Perry
We left there July - and were 20 DAVIS
IN getting 10 Honolulu Whilrou theEoyage
W. spoke an English ship and were iu-
formed that war had been declared with
Mexico We sailed for Valparaiso. where
the Columbus was made flagship Of Tho
fleet Gun practice followed Every Gav
We discharged brualsiGy after bruaGslIe
into the air. So great was the noise that
! was made almost totally deaf. We went
into the port Of HOutar- and planted the
first American flag there. and then con-
uuued 20 San Francisco That was before
gold had been discovered and the city was
mere collection Of hUts Of the Indians
and EaIf-breets. ] was Interpreter for
tho ship and secured "a good idea Of the
country thgTaa bouts
shortly after We left gold was di=e5v-
cred In 1877 ", were ordered home. Tn
1852 J went 20 England ana hunted up my
aunt. Mrs. Anna Jarmau- 2 was informed
that I had been published as dead. and
that my father ard brother had secured
possession OF the estate WI.I,I Co me bv
my grandmother. hirS Mary SsIW-y- Il
was a large aWuuut-h0w much ! 90 not
know. I could only establish my identity
by the burns ! received when an infant.
Unfortunately. ! was too late The .s-
tate inherited by me had been squauGereI
and my brother had become insane by
dissipation.
Finding that the wealth which should
have been mine Wa- gone. ] left the
country and came back 20 America
settled in Baltimore. and married Mrs
Annie Lee Hubbard, who was a second
cousin of Ex-Governor Carroll. and also
connected with the family Of Robert F.
Lee. of Virginia We had two children.
Now al are Qead-my wife. children. and
father. The only surviving member OF
the family besides myself is sister. who
IS uiueJy-three years old. and who lives
I'm BridEewater. England. For many years
I was ship Joiner here. and during the
past twenty-five ! have lived in retire
mcut.
MI Selway says he IS a member OF Mon
Umeutal Lodge, No. Si. MasOus
rr.- xv-noe r-Or, .