New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-23

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TIE CURSE OF COWpREY" SOLD
$ Wsz-r-z- Pearson. one Of the greatest Of in
r=-zsfic-z- contractors. and whose firm Is con
-s.1e6 WI H. building Of TIE TWO bridges now
berg pr Up across The East River. r New York
e sv55e-t-y Indifferent 10 superstition Tor. not
co-tsr- with purchasing from Lord Crawford the
z-s-s place I1 Aher6eenshire- DuneCht the scene
q Sc gh0l-lsz and mysterious an outrage il con
uecz.1n VIA The remains Ct The late earl the true
f-vzrdues= o. which has never been revealed. he
has aev bought [rom Lord ESmont the historic
es-ste u rcr-5-ey Park. embracing some sixteen
thousand acres IN the northwest OF Sussex For
CT Cov-5-eE Park rests one az those IRE aid
water curses called down from heaven by the
a5a1- and monks % Covd-ev Priory. when Al the
Iare e -he Reformation they were driven ont by
Herr VII. upon al those who should thereafter
e1to- possession q those lands which had been
sroeu from --= Church
Scor zs one NAY a. these curses the fact remains
-5s- tragedy after tragedy overlook the families
thst have occupied In turn old Cewdrey Abbey ana
Tsrk and II IS easy under the circumstances 10
understand The anxiety displayed by the late
Es-chicnes= - Lothian 10 rohtaiu from Pope Plus
y document authorizing her family 70 retain
-hei- ancestral home Of New Battle Abbey, and
n rs capacity Of Supreme Pontif TO relieve the
s56ey Of The curse placed upon its future owners
r. The former ecclesiastical occupants OF the IS
ts.s
TIE frs victim Of the Ccvdrey curse was the
Ear n Southampton. Shakespeare's contemporary
s16 patron i -he-eupou passed into the posses
SCI ~ 81 ANTHONY Browne. created Lord Mon
tsg1e who was Ezited there IN 1881 by Queen Eliza
b=th u vas he VINO built Cowdrey Hall on the
STE q -Ha Abbey. and Il is on record as having
hee- Far F1e- and grander TUDOR manson Ilai-
-5er1 SsIlshl-E's EIizabethan palace At Hatnell-
10
s--uc-io- - re n 1873 were The coronation robes
O. Tvi-tss~- rrl Crroue-or and the sword which he
used - ra= Battle Of Hastings IN 1e65- ihey were
e-gtra-Iv Eeue 81 Battle Abbey, Hastings hut
wheu ors Of The Lords Mc2tagUge on the occasion
of crisis N ne fortunes Of the family was com
PEELED 20 --oesa between Battle Abbey, now the
hone Z AfcLzzl Grace. Of New York and CoWcrez
Pz-k re chose the latter. disposed OF the former
nd carried oE the sword and coronation Iiaiil4e
G. william re Congueror 10 Cowcrey-
TIE mantle vas reduced to ashes ia me great
fre wh.-z DESTROYED Cowdry Hail little over a
hard--d years aca. leaving nothing but the bare
walls 30 tre ra-arizl abode. and the SWORD WIS
converted mao scraps OF charred and twisted non.
= he picked 20 hy one q the NORGE o. i'ote'7
ztieh ~ ---e 1ocsea down from al the country
see u7o.. rle smoking ruins Of the splenda mouse
TIE emigration occurred within a fe" DAYS OF
~ 6ea-r -- 5-ezu-ng Of TIE last Niscount Mon
age En- enaIhs-dy attempt 20 cross me hiilile
nHleG-teIv above -te falls cf lar1hallseIl- an
III Tf7r--l-E rf comm unfcatlol AZ '-'-
DAYS na must have persisted without knowing ~
-5e destruction os the mansion. which had been III
IL possession o. his family for TWO hundred year
Af7@r bora Montague death his sister. the non
A-s Po---z inherited ,oRgdrey Park, but stJh-ueh
sae had al tic fshponds GA the place hilea up
AZ issued -re most stringent orders llaL he'
tRo boys should never be allowed 10 approach
etneT sea ANY stream CT river bF-iis AZ
mort. 1-sasz ~ TIE rronkish curse OF water aLio
1re. --@ Youngsters escaped che daE from ulf caT'
= tae-- attendants 20 the beach, near Aih"i'h'
z11 before any one could interfere, we're swept oN
q -. To- sudden wave and drowned
i vas then rhat Cov-drey Park passed lni' 'ile
aanss ~ Inc Lords cs EgEnouI not one OF VIM
has eft sar 10 inherit IT, The present ear "'''
Lac ~ extraordinary career in this counIy, HeN'
ng Ser q rinla as q waiter II New YORK Row
tss-s-lrsI.. and VINO has American VIE ma 81
aretIer. vas formerly policeman Al l'-' '
% s01lh Africa and Who Is now Tesi-eHl
S5sgstaus Natal Trough married. ne ms ~
caidrer. sud she net heir after him - ID" ae'i
SPENCE arthur Perceval whose only son. iieiii'
'5z-lTey Ferceyal married daughter OF -li7
E-eF George e.. Tanner. murdered. along VIII
l-s Vie ana children some twenty years ago, "11
4 Ae1raska sea1r- they acre living az the Ii'e'
ira present mansion ~ Cowdrey - OF modem
''istruc-iCr. q s-lrt Of cross between II4agnheu
outage and chatesu. and IS said - be haunted
y Tee ghost - pa -ticBlsriy 21ck-d LADY MOI