Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-12
}ANK BOOKS REVEALED HIS KIN
James Clarey Never Disclosed
Identity to His Friend.
Deposited 90 10 Credit of His Two Old
est Children Many Years Ago
Hnd Prosperous Bolery Busi-
ness In Several Cities.

Mayor James r. Burke returned Fri
day morning from a trip to Ney York
which he made with George Il. Clarey
Of this city, who is looking UP the
property OF his father. James Clarey,
whose existence for several years as a
prosperous baker of New York was
brought to light by his death at St
Vincent's hospital short time ago. Mr.
Clarey will return 70 Burlington this
week. lie Will not carry on his fathers
business but will sell out the estate
It was ascertained that James Clarey's
sortuue amounted so $4,000, Of which
t1,OoO consisted Of a mortgage owned
by him, $4,000 was in bank books and
tho balance invested in his bakery bust
ness. Mr. Clarey had established
branches in and about New York city
and in several cities outside. He had
become Interested in a rotary gas oven,
which he placed in all the bakeshops he
promoted. He also made Il specially Of
a brand Of bread known as the "O-X-O'
loaf. lie owned an automobile and ON
ployed a chauffeur to carry him about
- his various places of business Mr.
C1arey nster disclosed his identity to q
single person and died without stating
tha- re lad living relatives. Shortly be
core Via detth, however, be sont for his
friend and attorney. r. z. DeGraffenreid,
TO make some communication but when
the attorney arrived Clafoy was dead.
Another curious circumstance was de-
velopcd during Mayor Burke's visit and
that was n renewal % his acquaintance
with the late Mr. Clarey's brother, John
T.. Clarcy, who is now living at Madison,
N. J. Tho latter formerly lived in Bur-
nngton, where he was a boolSlSeeper, and
VIII be recalled by many of the older
generation. He married a Burlington girl,
Miss Nellie S. Northrop, here in 1873.
From Burlington he went West and en-
gagged in the newspaper business. later
coming back East and locating at
Madison, \. J. He is now one Of the
prominent citizens Of the town and is
editor and owner of the Madison EAGLE
He, too. thought his brother was dead
and never dreamed of the fact that
James was living in New York, only
20 miles away. Stranger than that was
the fact that James frequently went to
Madison on business trips but he never
gave any indication that he knew his
brother, John, was living there, although
John was a prominent man in the life Of
Abe town and James must have known
of him.
James always posed as a bachelor with
out relatives, and the fact that he might
have had surviving kin was only dis
closed after his death when It was dis
covered there were two bank books
among his possessions in the name of
his two Oldest children. George and
Celia, 50 having been deposited to the
account of each in a New York bank
many years ago, which sums have since
remained undisturbed. Whenever Clarey
was Ill he went Immediately to st. Vim
cents hospital and another curious fact
in connection with this practice was that
DR. Higgins, son-in-Iaw Of Mayor Burke,
became acquainted with him there and
doctored him frequently without. of