The Washington herald., 1906-10-19
.SGULLY LIVED HERE.
Death Claims Owner of Vast
American Farm Lands.
CITIZEN OF THE DISTRICT
Was Owners of the House ON Six
tcenth street Now Occupied ny
Senator AIGer-Entertained ExteD-
siveIy when in Washington-Hati
Large Circle of Friends.

Gable advices were received from Lon
don. England. yesterday. announcing
there the death Of Lord William Scully
one OF the richest owners or farm lands
in America.
/ he held 5000 acres IN Central Illinois,
5000 in Nebraska 50-00O in Kansas. and
1000 in Missouri
/ Lord Scully had been a legal resident
of the District of Columbia for about
/ four years. He spent several winters
here. and some months ago purchased a
/ fine house at 1lW Sixteenth street from
I William B. Gurley Although he liked
/ this city, its climate did not agree with
him. and he leased his place TO Senator
Alger, of Michigan, who now holds it.
Came Here in the FertIes.
ScuIly was not a peer. He came from
a prominent landlord family of Ireland
and was an unusually good judge of agri-
cultural lands. He believed absolutely in
this form of real estate as the best form
Of investment
When ne came 90 the United States
during the forties-his first visit here-hc
was already wen TO do. It was under
stood he was led to cross the ocean be
cause OF his bitterness toward Golden
and Bryce 10 whose doctrines he at
tributed many Of the woes Ireland was
then suffering. His first purchases of
agricultural lands in this country We're
I'm Illinois The center of those purchases
was at Lincoln. "a town that be practically
owned. The lands were leased on adj
vantageous terms. and eventually in
creased in value. lie gradually extended
his holdings buying IN Kansas and Ne
braska. His last purchases were made
seven OF eight years ago. when he ac-
Quired about 5000 acres in Missouri.
As the largest owner of farm lands ia
the Middle West. Scully became very
unpopular His leases were generally
made for three CT four years, and his
tenants were often far from satisfied with
the terms they made with him. IL was
such enormous holdings as those Of Sculy
and a few other foreigners that aroused
public sentiment. and led to action by
Congress and many State legislatures re-
stricting or prohibiting alien ownership.
lie also held considerable land in ireland,
where he was nearly as unpopular with
MS tenants as in America. Many years ago
he vas shot and badly wounded by one
of his tenants in Ireland
SculIy believed shat 90 better protect
his enormous holdings of land IN The
United States it was necessary 20 be-
come a uaturalized citizen although he
bad long been an admirer of the Ameri-
can form Of government Therefore.
about four years ago, Dee took out final
naturalization papers before the District
of Columbia court
Lived Here with Family.
When Ee first came to Washington 90
live Ee occupied what was known as
the ~. G. HHl residence on Fifteenth
street, on the edge of the city. but an
1897 Dee leased the residence of Mrs. John
a. Logan. and occupied it until May 1901
His family consisted of his wife by q
second marriage. two sons. Thomas and
Fred and one daughter After q period
of mourning for son by ar. Scuilys
first wife the family entertained quite
extensively but quietly. and had quite
large circle of friends They finally
lef; Washington because of a throat az
fectioH from which MI ScuIIy suffered
and have been IN England most of the
time. Mrs Logan recently had "a letter
from Mrs. Scully. saying that the family
expected 60 pass the coming winter i'm
Washington
Mr.. Scully was nearly ninety years old
His plans for disposius of his great
wealth in this country are understood TO
have been carefully made. but his rep
resentatives here viii say nothing about
them until there is some word from
England