The Detroit times., 1910-12-06
IRISH FARM HAND
MADE M|lL|0nl|R(
"oid John" McCluskey Arrives q
Take Possession of Rich Paper
Bag Makers Estate.

'A>' DcS. V.-uoW WOul0 u
feel to be a farm hand, working for3
three pun a month and found" anh<
De called into the house by your en-
ployer with: Here, John: this munf
mean you," and then have the farmer
read TO you an advertisement In ~
newspaper Offering a reward for the
ADDRESS or John NJ. McCluskey. whose
brother James j. McCluskey has. died
ieaving nearly a million dollsrs?
Would you say. as ''Old John" said
TO Farmer Ballantyne: We'll, I think
III finish cutting them turnips, for the
cattle be that hungry
This Is just what John NJ. McClus-
Key, located. after long search on
farm near Glasgow, said when be-
learned that he was the heir of his
millionaire brother, paper bag manu-
iacturer OF Nos. 248 and 254 Green
wlch-st. and Nos. SO and IS Park-pl..
VINO was found dead In his bed in his
room in Mrs. Hewitt's boarding house
at No. loo West Seventy-seventh-st.
on July 20.
The heir. who Is fifty-five years old.
TWO years older than was his rich
brother. arrived on the Campania with
MS friend John McElmeei Of Cory.
near Aughnachoy, near the boundary
or County Tyrone, Ireland, and lawyer
Andrew Wilson, OF New York, repre-
senting administrators.
Found In Scotland.
Ii was Lawyer Wilson who found
the heir, winning the race against
spectators and fortune sharks who
perhaps would have MIXED the estate.
leaving the farm hand only small
portion OF his inheritance.
John NJ. McCluskey is probably the
only heir to the paper bag manufac-
turer. They may he a sister living.
but II so, her whereabouts Is not
known.
James j. McCluskey when a lad
came 10 this country from Annahill.
County Tyrone. leaving his two BROTH
ers and three sisters behind. His fa-
Their, John McCluskey was O linen
manufacturer in Tyrone, but had met
with reverses. On the day after he
landed from sailing ship at Castle
Garden the boy Jim got a job In
Greenwich-st. delivering bundles or
wrapping paper.
He worked hard. never taking a va
cation, and prospered until he owned
the whole business at Nos. 248 to 254
Greenwich-st., the property extending
around and forming an l.. Nos. SO and
So Park-pl, and also the adjoining
lease-hold, beside other property In
New York and Connecticut and .
goodly amount of personal estate. tho
whole inventoried and appraised ~
nearly $1.000.000.
James J. McCluskey was known to
own only one book, "Darwin's Origin
OF Species and the volume looks a.
though 1t had never been read.
When he began In the paper bust.
ness grocers did not use bags. The
introduction of the paper bag and.
later. the paper box, made McClus-
: key rich. Before his death he was
: employing more than 100 hands in his
, factory He was always at his fac
! tory at a. m, and his Sundays were
spent In figuring and I'm visiting his
Connecticut property
His one remedy for every ailment
= was slueep, regular sleep. He always
, went to bed at 3 O'Clock and turned
out at 6.
, James McCluskey had lost all trace
of his brothers and sisters. He had
: learned that only one brother was
/ alive. and there was a rumor that
this one, John his next younger
brother, had gone to Australia. Five
years ago James went back to Tyrone
, and searched for this brother, but
could not trace him.
One morning last June James Nc
Cluskey arose as usual, left Mrs. He
Wits boarding house at $50 o'clock.
and to the establishment OF his land
lady returned few hours later In q
cab. He went to his room. and latter
was found dead, fully dressed, on his
bed.
/ Lawyer Wilson took charge OF the
body. papers and estate, for Wilson
had been McCluskey's attorney for
years. distant cousin. Felix McClus-
key. now appeared. who during his
life had scarcely any communication
with the paper man. The Surrogate
appointed temporary administrators
and then named Felix McCluskey and
Thomas l.. Camier as administrators
Five Pounds Reward.
In October, Lawyer Wilson went tS
Ireland TO find the missing heir, James
had not heard from John In twenty
FIVE years. The lawyer searched Ions
In vain, but finally at Cory. near
: Aughnachoy. he found John McElmeel
: prosperous farmer who knew John
- McClussey, but he had not seen
him for years. The last he had heard
OF John he was working in Scotland.
The lawyer took McElmeel with him
. TO Glasgow.
: They arrived there i'm Sunday. Oct.
: 13. Next day they had posters stuck
3 up around Glasgow Offering 20 reward
. for information OF John VI. McCluskey
1 They had contractors go over the rolls
, of their help. They advertised In the
newspapers
+ Wednesday. Wilson received from
, farmer William Ballantyne OF Busby,
, near Glasgow. telegram. saying
John NJ. McCluskey. the man you
, want works for me
MyesENGEnt--MAIN or CTTY-SsA