The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-16
LORD LEITRIM WILL
SEARCH FOR BROTHER

h ~ a miss,sg Sro,hs. Il ultimate
cido was u German.
Lord Lsitrinl. who IL ohiidless, Ia ths
W arahs an Of tho third earl. who
and and 30 ss,n mystotiously murdered in 1915,
I htl4j3n.y = s. "s6e &,sIea Es:i q q
n With ,eyeSsybody, Especially with his
Their "i wse On on, ono OCCASION, when
ing steps 10 place him under re-
s strain, as malignant lunatic, the
ii og,isy layers drew up long cata-
IN order TO submit 1t TO COUNSEL. Tho
m iasets, nov however; strongly advised
an Irish jury woUid pfo aoS yaI Saline, thst
! or pretend to believe. that ali these
, acts OF harshness. Injustice. brutality
exoec gaseh Ass were normal and to be
lord lord Of the period, and that conse-
10 iunatio asylum.
me late Lord Leitrim was perfect
~ aware or tho hatred in which ne
vas held by his family. his parents.
and an, his his nsiEhbors. Shortly before his
some cases OF landlord shooting. he
asked WHY don't the, rascals shoot
meT All! thin your honor" replied
overybody's business in nobody'g bust"
ress" a month after this converse
n ri9h, Thlic driving ono wild April
near MS lodge at Manor Baughan in
County Donegal, his car was stopped
ana ne his secretary and his driver were
shos dead the murderers escaping In
q ooat. reward WAS offered for
| their discovery and arrest. but no clue
! 70 tnem FTae ever found. nor was any
ono known to regret the esrl's death.
indeed. boDfrcs ware lighted on all the
| countryside to celebrate the news OF
| his ending.
, no The present e mt earl. now hers. is as
reverse. He came of age when n
prisone, during the war in South Arr
ca, and when ne went TO ireland. 4,
the. conclusion OF pence. tina bonfres,
which had been lighted to celebrate his
2randunclc's murder. blazed afresh
over all the nils on the Leitrim es-
bis carriage was drawn In triumph
! by the tenantry along that very road
Waera his predecessor had been KILL
! ed BY murderers whose Identity was
pretty we'll known to '.verybody, but
! who got safely away to America.
Lord Lcitrim is married to a daugh-
vas governor Of the Bank OF England.
SHE is a remarkably pretty woman.
hui. TO their great sorrow. they have no
G In Gid,n,v He o owns some 10000 acres
| OF Lords, by virtue of his English
Earony of Clements. and makes his
PRINCIPAL homo at Mulroy, in County
Donegal. which occupies a most pic
| turcsquc site on tbs shores of the
bay OF that name, an arm OF the
ssep running several miles inland from
/ the Atlantic. He was treated with so
much consideration by General de
Wet. when prisonar OF war In South
| Africa that he was encouraged to re-
| quest tho Boer commander TO permit
him 10 go on leave OF abeenco to Ire
| land. in order to cclebrats with Mt
! ting. ceremonies and circumstance his
Immediately afterwards. d. Wet DID
not see his way to comply with the
request, but he did this next best
thing. He entertained LORD Lei;rin
and number of his young fellow
officers In Boer captivity. with much
hospitality. and gaicty, on tho event
fui day when he attained his twenty
| first birthday and Lord Leitrim is
probably the only member of tho Brit
| irh House OF Lords who can boast of
having celebrated his coming of age In
such fashion.
Lord Leitrim, who is. lieutenant of
! the county and city OF Londonderry
! III the head of n. family which wa.
| founded by Cornet Daniel Clements,
! WITH the Protector to ireland anu set
| tied there. His great grandson. the
II Hon. Nathaniel Clements. NJ. r.
ior Leitrin' was vice, treasurer of Ire
| received the Irish Barony, Viscounty
and Earldom OF Laitrin, at the close
OF SnS eiSntecnth century, for htE
services In connection with the bring
ms about of Irish Legislative sanction
| TO the Union.
Major-G.neral Won Chelius, who has
just received tho Hohenzollern Order
! is an old fellow officer OF the Kaiser,
IN the regiment of the Hussars of the
| Guard, commanded by the Kaiser he
| fore his accession to the throne, nnd
| Is the member OF the imperial house
/ hold, who, more than any one else as
sists his sovereign iii the organization
y Of all the musical entertainments ut
court, especially the privats ones, usual
y playing tho piano accompaniments
/ for the singing OF the Kaiser. anu
| Of other members of his immediate
circle at Potsdam. He is the composer
/ OF the popular opera, "tiashish," Is the
! life and soul Of the Potsdam- Berlin
! Wagner society. one OF the most intiu-
| entail social organizations of the CAPT
! tai. and is married to Il daughter OF
/ tho Robert Won Puttkamer. whom EN-.
| peror Frederick during his brief
reign insisted, in the face OF Bismarck 5
| opposition. upon dismissing from the
! Office OF Minister of tho Interior. or
| account of his reactionary policy.