The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-05-24
1.-THE new $100000000 BOY! HOW'LL LHEBE
GUARDED FROM THE "A TE HIS BROTHER MET?
Little John X. Mclean Falls
Heir to Fortune of Vins0n,
Killed by Auto When He Ran
Away. |
BY A. e. GELDHOF.

Washington, May 24.-There's a
new $l00,Oo0,000 boy out at Friend.
ship" the palatial summer home OF
MIR. and Mrs Edward b. Mclean on
Wisconsin avenue. .'
He is four years old, and his name
is John r. Mclean. He is the oldes.
son OF the McLeans now that little
Vinson Walsh Mclean, famous for
nine years as "the richest baby In
the world, is dead, in proof that no
sum of money, however great, can
stay the hand of death.
All Washington is now asking:
"How will the McLcans save tho
life Of their new heir, now that the
irony Of fate has taken from them
their first.born?" - ~ ..
Every precaution that enormous
wealth and great ingenuity could de.
wise was taken to prevent accidents to
Vinson Mclean. Since the first day
OF his birth half a dozen big, strong
men wereq employed as his guards, in
addition to corps of nurses and tn
tors and a negro boy about his own
age who was hired as his playmate.
The "$10O,OOO,OOO baby" as he was
called because he inherited i'll his own
right the tremendous estate OF his
grandfather, Thomas F. Walsh, the
Colorado mining king, was never alone
for moment, ,night'or day. He was
never allowed TO play in public like
other b6vs;s great piles Of rock and d
picket fence enclosed hef1O0;acre es.
tate where he lived most OF til year,
His parents Jared accidents, but they
feared kidnappers more.
4 BY the irony of fate, however, Vim.
son eluded his guards, ran into the
street, and was struck and killed by
an automobiles common Ford car.
And the $500, 100000 which he in
ly increased as millions have way
Of increasing-goes to his four-year-
old brother, John. ... .,..s.
Will John have better luck and live
to claim his fortune when he becomes
OF age?. .r'-e yr.t !nea .'. .,->.v. ''.
i Those who believe In bad omens are
shaking their heads doubtfully. For
John McLean's mother, the beautiful,
Evelyn Walsh Mclean, daughter OF
Thomas. +. Walsh, is the owner OF
the famDNs 100000 Hope diamond,
and bad Tuck has followed its owners
ever since II was the property of Euro,
pean kings. l.. '
But the question that agilates the
neighhors, of the. McLeans up aroun :
Friendship is how the Mclean heir
will be guarded from some such fate
as his brother. met. ,,.. I. :, I'LL
Little John and his younger brother,
Edward B.; three years old. have been
guarded also, but never to the extent
that Vinson, was. For you see they
were not the first.born. and their value
in the, way OF prospective ransom was
not SO great to kidnappers. Not tha;
parents loved them less, but as long as
Vinsol was alive there was smaller
possibility Of danger to them.
Now it's different. Half dozen
hired guards failed to save the life
of Vinson Mclean. Assassins ana
kidnappers the guards kept away, bu!
they couldn't keep away. the boyish
desire of this hundred-million dollar
boy, pampered and petted since baby.
hood, to play in the street like the
dollarless boys of the neighborhood.
What scheme will the wealthy Nc
Leans evolve now to suppress tho
Ooyishness of their new heir? .,'