New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
EARL SEEKS BROTHER
ord Leitrim Here to Search for
His Missing Heir.
-. 80 h. the Rrentwnod comnanr

>-o,. York to-day or tomorrow on board
~, Carnania, has com" over here on a
.o,,,ovhat romantic msSion-namoy. to
-o.o,r,o the search for his only brother,
~ lion Frank Clements, who is the sole
- IN his large entailed estates and TO
81 roerares which will. failing Frank. be-
,,a extinct with the earls death Frank
lr.rents's disappearance constitutes Sull
..-,olyod mystery Educated for the royal
-, ne served for q time as a midship
r Ic left the service Of his own ac-
I'D beinE neither I'm trouble nor In debt,
Il ,ossessipg resources which rendered
hir, financially independent In 1907 he
-. 20 Southaupton and asked for berth
. deckhand on board the American liner
{, Louis. hut as there was no vacancy he
.ccentad work in the stokehold. He did 80
rou that when tho vessel reached New
wi bo was offered permanent place as
s,oEer. hut did not accept It.
ord Loitrin,. interviewed about that time
~, the subject Of his brother issued the fol
1ov,i,r statement: For some time past my
leather has desired To earn his own living,
md 7 have every reason to believe that he
fs NOW in America tie knows American
life as he was for sorno years on the Pa
,isc station while serving in the navy. Tie
lsf the service about a year ago ! wish
N state that he was in no way in debt nor
Vas he in any trouble. He has independent
means My brother was certainly in ear
rost in his desire 10 earn his own living, and
world not take moro than few pounds
With him when he left We do not at pres
.rt know his exact address. As ne said
that he would write when he found suitable
the family are in no way anxious concern
Ing him. He did not say what kind Of
work he vas about to take up when he left,
some weeks ago"
since then neither Lord T.eitrlm nor any
member ~ his family has received the
slightest authentic news about Frank Gle
-,erts although there have been rumors.
consequently proved 10 be unfounded, 70 the
effect that he had enlisted IN the United
states army. that he died under the name
n Herbert Dominican I'm tho General Hos
n,'sl AZ Kansas City. that he had secured
work as COWBOY on some Texas ranch
and that he was mining up in the klondike
region. For two or thre" years various
English and American newspapers hav"
published from time 20 time the following
advertisements At tho uStanC" ot Lord
Ieitrim:
Missing in America The Hon Francis
Patrick Clements. Age twenty-siX. G-ater
changed 10 twenty-seven and twenty-eighto
Height six feet Complexion fair; hair
brown: clean shaved. Eyes light gray;
large mouth. protruding lower lip: very
good teeth: dimple in chin. Raises his eve
hrows when in conversation, and makes
deep wrinkles in forehead. Carries his head
and shoulders slightly forward when walk
Ing Has been in the royal navy"
These advertisements have brought no
rcsponsa. and last year lord LeitTim was
summoned 10 the Isle OF Wight in order to
ascertain whether the body of stranger
Who mad committed suicide by hanging and
had been buried in nameless grave at
Eonchurch could possibly he that of his
missing brother. II was ultimately asccr-
tanned that the unknown suicide was Ger
man.
Lord Leitrim. who is childless. is the
r~srdnepheu of the third earl. who was so
rvsteriously murdered IN 1876 and who 10
this day IS execrated In Ireland as the
wicked Earl Of Leitrim' He was at dag
gers drawn with everybody, especially with
his own kinsfolk. On one occasion, when
there was question of their taking steps
10 place him under restraint as malignant
Muarir the family lawyers drew up o long
.catslog,Ie Of enorn,ities laid at his door in
order 10 submit IL TO counsel. The latter,
however. strongly advised against any ac-
ton. They said that an Irish Jury would
probably believe. or pretend TO believe, that
al these acts of harshness, injustice, bru-
'ality and baseness were normal and 70 he
expected from the average Irish landlord OF
tho period and that consequently there
would be no conmittal to a lunatic asylum
The late Lord IeItrim was perfectly
aware of the hatred in which he was heIo
hv his family, his kinsfolk and his neigh
hors. Shortly before his murder, talking
with peasant about some cases of land
lord shooting, he asked Why don't tho
rascsIs shoot me?" "Ah. thin, your honor,
replied the man. 1T is just this What IS
evervbody's business Is nobody's business.
\ month after this conversation. while
driving one wild April night along the
shore Of Mulroy Bay. near his lodge at
Manor Baughan, in County Donegal, MS
car was stopped he his secretary and his
driver were shot dead and the murderers
cscaped in a boat. A reward vas on"rcd
tor their discovery and arrest but no Gle"
10 them was ever found, nor was any one
known To regret the earrs death. Indeed
ronfres were lighted on all the countryside
10 celebrate the news Of his ending.
The present earl, now here. is as popular
as the wicked carl" was the reverse. lie
came Of age while q prisoner during the
WAY In South Africa. and when he went TO
Ireland at the conclusion of peace the Con-
mes which had been lighted 10 celebrate MS
.rapd-unclc's murder blazed afresh over al
me hills on tho Leitrim estates in honor hi
his Homecoming His carriage was drawn
in triumph by the tenantry along that very
road where his predecessor had been killed
ry murdcrers whose identity was pretty well
known 90 everybody, but who got safely
away to America.
Lord Lcitrim is married 70 daughter OF
the late Robert Henderson, VINO was Gov
c-nor Of the Bank Of England. She is
remarkably pretty woman, but 10 their
great sorrow they have 10 children. lie
owns some sixty thousand acres in County
Donegal, sits in the House Of Lords by
virtue Of his English Barony Of Clements
and makes MS principal home at Mulroy, in
County Donegal, which occupies most
picturesque site on the shores Of the bay Of
that name, an arm Of the sea running sew
c-al miles inland from the Atlantic.
He was treated with so much considera-
tion by General DE Wet when a prisoner
Of war in south Africa that ne was en-
outraged TO request the Boer commander 70
permit him TO so on leave of absence to
Ireland I'm order TO celebrate with fitting
ceremonies and Circumstance his coming OF
age promising to return Immediately after
ward BC Wet did not see his way to com
ply with the request but ne did the next
best tung lie entertained Lord Leitrim
and a number Of his vOuug fellow officers