New-York tribune., 1905-10-26
LADY LE1GH's MISSING BROTHER.

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LADY LEIGHs MISSING BROTHER.
Through the death OF old Lord Leigh and the
succession of the Hon. Dudley Leigh to his honors
and estates q notable addition IS made to the
number of American born peeresses OF the British
resn for the new Lady Leigh Is a daughter OF
that Nelson NJ. Beckwith VINO was for a number
o. wears Minister to France. accredited TO the
Court of the Tuiierie. where his daughter became
q particular favorite Of the Empress Eugene ana
used 10 be known among the encourage of the
Empress as "Bebe Beckwith.' q name which cluns
20 her long after she had reached womanhood.
Somewhere or another In the world Lady Leigh
has long missing brother. named Arthur rich
artist making his home in New-Tork. at NO 10
kh.ave, received injuries while driving pair OF
horses up 5tt-ave. in May, 1880. which cost hm MS
reason For a number of years he was kept closely
confined his house, in 5th-ave.. under the care
Of servants, and ] have sometimes wondered
whether he has been the only rich man berett OF
his reason whom his relatives. from motives or
mistaken sentiment, have refrained from commit
ting TO sanatoriun and have imprisoned In his
or their houses. without the knowledge OF the au-
thorities and less at the mercy OF ser
wants without proper medical care or supervision
Arthur Beckwiths insanity developed into homi-
cidal mania, and he made 80 many attempts to
escape to take his life and TO iniure those
in;rusted with his that the police ended by
becoming of the affair. and insisted upon his
tt LftchieId Mass. But this was not until 1890
ard for the whole Of the ten years previous he
had been prisoner his house in 5th-ave.
Toward the end of 1892 he escaped. and was found
six months afterward in one of the mountain prov
inces OF Cuba living like wild creature. almost
naked, covered with hair and dirt, the terror Of
the neighborhood. not for acts of violence but be-
cause OF his fearsome aspect They brought MIN
10 the coast OF Florida but he again escaped and
vas again captured. They put him in the Sanford
E>N.,ri,t IN
Of 1875 he again escaped. This time he made
better showing, and clew 10 his fate has ever
been found But whenever any OF the family hears
OF a Wild IN the woods in any part OF America
private detectives sent to investigate. AS he
s never known 10 have married half Of his prop
erty which is very considerable. will come to his
sister. the Lady Leigh when he dies or when
II is proved that he is dead.
The new Lord Leigh is Of about fifty,
and. like his father before him. has royal Tudor
blood in his veins. being descended materially
from Princess Mary. sister of King Henry VIII.
and whose husband was the first owner of Stone
leigh Abbey. the ancestral home in Warwickshire
Of the Lord Leigh, after it had become secular
property II there that Charles 1 made his
headquarters after finding the gatss of Coventry
closed against him and the place is full OF his
tcrical relics both OF the Tudors and Of the Stu
arts. The property is a very large one, and yieds
n income OF N25.ceo year. Among Lord -Leigh's
ancestors have been Sir Piers Leigh. who bore the
Sir Peter Leigh, who killed at the battle of
Agnceurt; ar Thomas Leigh who was Lord Mayor
Of London in the reign of Bloody Mary, who
knighted him, besides many other men distn-
suished in tho service Of the state The present
Lord igh is the late peers second son. the eldest
having been killed while hunting big game in the
Rockies about twenty years ago.
Lord Leigh is by means the only member OF hi.
family who is blessed with American wife. For a
brother the Hon. Rowland Leigh, is married TO
~ ND
uncle younger brother OF the late peer, the Very
Rev. and Hon. James Leigh. Dean Of Hereford, is
married a daughter OF Pierce Butler, OF Phfadel-
phia. Of Fannie KembIe, who passed the closing
year. of her life In the house OF Mrs Leigh
Few people are aware that tne first Lord Leigh,
grandfather of the present peer was brought into
court about nifty years ago on a charge OF murder
the charge being trumped up against MIN ps
George Leigh, claimant TO his estates and to
stonelegh Abbey. This George Leigh melted a
nob to attack stoneeigh Abbey. and an armed hght
took place which resulted in the conviction and sen-
70 Imprisonment OF about thirty of the rioters
Some months later the friends of these men ahd OF
George Leigh charged the peer with murdering Iour
worknen engaged in making alterations at 'he
abbey. by allowing large stones to fall upon thein
and further with having inclosed the oorpses IN
masonry in the abutment of a bridge 10 Keep, as
one Of the witnesses put IL. "the secrets OF the
Rouse" The whole thing was, OF course the puf1S'
nonsense. But the AFFAIR took place IN the Times
oi lne tharust agitation, when tNe HiioS VI -
masses were melted against the Glasses aho agaist
the aristocracy and II not until Lord Legh mao
proved his Innocence in court that he was cieaieu
ef thu crime imputed 10 him.
CAR EMBARRAssES QUEEN WHHELMlNA' A.
Emperor Nicholas has caused no little emparfass-
nsnt by addressing invitation to she hihs Vi
ssrvia send representatives to the forthcoming
peace conference at The Hague. For Holland. fol-
lowing the example OF Great Britain, has abso-
iu'eiy declined diplomatic relations with
eervia 80 long King Peter persists In retaining
n his immediate encourage and Ia high Office OF
ue court and the actual Turoersrs OF King
alexander and Queen Draxa, thereby publicly iueii-
uying himself with their brutal crime, and lending
eoioF 10 their story that he not only the ono
man who derived the greatest advantage from the
assassination but that he likewise its principal
-AAtisator. At first nearly all the foreign govern
'aehts assumed this attitude. But by degrees most
'hen yielded &c the opportunities of King i Feter,
-oeafd VII. however. and Queen Wilhelnlina hold
4 out and absolutely declining to reconsider their
POSITION
ehhndfr ce tnis. Emperor Nicholas has invited
'hs Peter 70 send a representative to the peace
'sefence at The Hague and. az QUEEN Wilhei-
ias viii have recesv. all the peace delegates
= cannot very well make exception TO the
l'e'aaico o. Servia, and she thus finds her hand
psd IN the matter.
eph'iicatiors cs this aiad ware Of course. in
saDse from the moment II was decided that
:, monarch should have the strange prerogative
-. ''phg the various powers to the capital OF an
g. ruler. There is dould that. much as the
deserves the credit end prestige CT having