The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-19
BABY M'LEAN
KILLED BY MOTOR
Continued from First Pace.

| Continued from First Pace.
tainers. all OF them especially instructed
to prevent the baby from being stolen.
Tho steel go-cart was probably ono
OF the most remarkable devices ever
constructed TO prevent child being car
ried on by kidnappers. 1t was made of
wrought steel. with an upper body that
locked automatically with the hood OF
the vehicle. the whole being covered with
mosquito netting. Several plots were
known to have been Matched by GRIM
insls to steal the baby. but probably the
nearest they came to II was In 1910 at
Bar Harbor. when Simeon Blake, one
OF the numerous night watchmen EN-
ployed on the Mclean estate there, heard
the burglar alarm outside OF Mrs. Nc
Leans window. He aroused Mr. Nc
Lean. who. on stepping to a balcony,
saw q man running of into the woods Of
an Adjoining estate. He fired three shots
at the man and Blake also fred at him,
but neither hit him. A thorough search
OF the woods was then made, but no
trace Of the man was found.
Tho steel baby carriage Of the Nc
Leans attained so much name that at
one time, when It was reported that the
child would sail for Europe on the
North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz
wilhelm, almost n thousand persons
gathered on the dock to see the child
brought on board in its armored vehicle.
But they were disappointed, because,
while Mr.. and Mrs. Mclean sailed,
the child was sent to his grandmother
at Bar Harbor for safe keeping. 1t was
while they were abroad on this trip. It
was reported. that Mr.. Mclean took out
insurance with Lloyd's against the kid
mapping Of his son.
When the boy was two years old II
was learned that a German nurse. a
Spanish nurse and a French nurse had
been engaged to superintend the educa-
tion Of the child and see that he learned
these three languages as we'll as Eng
lish.
At the baby's birth King Leopold of
Belgium, who had been a partner of
Thomas F. Walsh in the Camp Bird
gold mine in Colorado. sent the boy a
gold cradle, valued at $4,000.
Other things gave the boy the million
aire baby record. He was born in one
Of the fnest mansions of America, the
Walsh mansion. Massachusetts avenue,
Washington.
He had another at the wonderful Briar
Cliff. the Bar Harbor estate which Mr..
Walsh bought from Montgomery Sears,
the wealthy Boston merchant, and gave
to the young couple Just before his death.
and another in the Mclean town house
here.
Vinson Walsh Mclean had a private
car, deliberately furnished, which carried
him to Palm Beach. to California or
wherever he wished to 60. He had a
half dozen automobiles OF his own. The
oh M ~ MI ftar
his birth Efty-six Shropshire sheep were
sent all the way from Colorado to Bar
Harbor by express. He himself directed
the purchase OF a great flock Of White
Brahma chickens, ducks and turkeys. a
Russian wolfhound. blooded terriers. two
Great Danes and a half score OF other
dogs and a great number of ponies.
For several years Wilson's boon COM
panion was a small negro boy. who was
taken into the Mclean home to satisfy
vinson.
Tutors said he was an exceptionally
bright student, and he was popular with
his mates. He was a favorite with his
aunt, Mrs. George Dewey, wife Of the
late Idmirsl.
Friendship, where the accident hap
pened, Is one OF the most famous estates
in the country. 1t was created by the
late John R Mclean when he came to
Washington from Cincinnati.
Edward B. Mclean was an only child.
and the greatest nursery and playground
in the country was built for his enter
tainment 1t was complete, even to a
miniature hunting lodge and wild game.
1t was in these surroundings that Vim
son was turned loose to play this morn
ing.
The accident to-day recalled to
washingtonians two incidents Of inter-
national note in the history OF the Nc
Lean and Walsh families. 1t was an
automobile accident that made Vinson
Walsh Mclean at his birth the sole
heir to two great fortunes-that of John
r. Mclean and that Of Thomas F,
Walsh, Colorado copper magnate. In
1905, when automobiles were rare, Vim
son Walsh.\ only brother of Mrs. Nc
Lean, then Evelyn Walsh. was killed in
an automobile smashup at Newport
Miss Walsh was in the car with her
brother and received injuries that made
her an invalid for year. Vinson
Walsh was driving and In attempting
to make a turn onto a bridge at great
speed struck the rail
The other incident the tragic death
recalls Is the story of the purchase of
the famed Hope diamond by Mr.. Nc
Lean in 1911. III fate always had over
taken the possessor of this great gem
According to John s. Wise of New
York an agreement was drawn between
Mr.. Mclean and Pierre Cartier. and
Mr.. Mclean paid $4,000 for the dia-
mond, with an agreement that should
any fatality occur to the family of
Edward B. Mclean within six months.
the Hope diamond could be turned back
to Cartier for other jewels OF value
equal to the sale price 1t was said that
Mr.. Mclean feared for his son because
Of the ill-omen reputed to the Jewel.
THREE TROOPSHIPS