| Show fIfI ISN M AV i OH R RW W WHO MI MISSED IT p me Henry Redhead Executive For the City of Peterborough England MIGHT MI HT HAVE ON CHICAGO 11 Who ho d Out Moat to t tor Of or the Site sue Died Before Ilk liI r il II i oli e I ni U lence nee Daniel Dadel J Ja 27 When was swan wasi L H r L Ii i i Ill a d for foi the second tine time mayor ugh 10 line fl ln ne old cn or f J I M s I miles s st t of ot Ion on onri I i tv ty ri r r I ph In a U n I h m my 11 was 1118 11 cabled to lO the tha thai p i M t KI t a to 10 Iho tho lather i f t th lh t Mr Dl Ir r Il claimed to 10 be ho ber hof f e ri re 01 r of or the tho Ih site silo on which the tho they stands No details mw nw JW tv ty y Mm t f m qu mil probablY tow few American n k K j II h f 1 Ihl ie or two te In Int there W was mI anything in inA Inthe t I pl pr Ml t thit lh the stori storiA Et ry ryA A i dk ill h I hive hiv just jaRt hurl had with jM he V n nI mss w ID i r ot at f Peterborough how tint li hu ho has hag some somo rather ft r jiMr that It If ho he hot hoi rued ira Ila ons na for Cor t d i In his rights n II good deal d of ot the land n which Chi tImI ago igo st t ads would belong belon 10 0 him bin and that thit lie Iw would bo ho treason I tou curly ul ly rich h in consequence At the outset It should be made plain hw hill a citizen Daniel Henry ll nry rl rd had U IS 1 Of oC f mur f r the tact fact he 1 Ij Is IsI a r ra rathe I for ft n tho Iho e r r time l Iiii e civic head h cud of ot the city my in which he lives JUks for tor Itself lt elC but bill one finds him pos high repute 11 m j of ot an urn It t o for Cor probity of oC character and busl buel rut ens r S Integrity and the Iho last lust sort port of oC Iron who would bo ho likely to seek meek no not t trl t ly bY bv et for tor any story that wi trots tnie yua us ut ur aZOi oil Mr Redhead Is IA isa a illo in it dealer and the tho pos satyr of oC a snug jug fo tune rime flo busl huel i 1 ti u I of ot accumulating It has hns occupied t 1 Mi his la time lime and ho he hue has had no chance to 10 prose at hIs hit claims to a IL largo large slice shoo ithe nho the western metropolis of ot tho the United sites The which he lie has baa given I t me of oC the tho events which had things i t std out cut differently might have monde made madei monder i t n a n multimillionaire is now pub i lied bed for Cor the tho lint time AN INVITATION 1 TO 10 nn DE filch mCH Tho The period I am nm going to speak of ot Jr Mr fr began bejan w na the latter f rIft rn of oC lv l j or n a verol years before I IMM IlIa Ieta MM lIa horn My Iy parents who lived In is had then been beell married about two Iwo years cars My father Daniel 1 J IllS a n cabinet maker JUnker In a asail sail 11 11 ity w Y My Iy mothers maiden name nomo 11 m Jane Sergeant A Ono One of ot her few tew relatives WM nn an uncle of ot the im rime name who as ns a boy hoy had gone gona to America Amelca to seek Beek his fortune On Oat day during tho full fall of ot 33 a 1 let tor was revived received re from 1111 this uncle undo by b brile t rile cue is of oC hit hi old friends In Peterborough It was 1181 dated from what was then the tho vii age of DI and wa wall written to toik Uk ik If there were nay any members of ot the ther r family C who would care to Join r ha m In Amerl Amerlia a n lIe Ho went on to say that ho he was lIas aa the tilt owner of oC a II considerable mount of 01 laud land at nt the mouth of ot tho the thoI I chicago river on which the tho village where was WM built hunt and that as 8 M Io 4 was s old 01 1 rod nd unmarried he ho was waK pre pro Ired red d to b bequeath his hIli holdings to nn an any i if ri n his kinsfolk kl who felt disposed to tome tome tome me cut and arii 1111 keep klep him company In Ina I tt 11 do a lining years Aa As my mother was ono one of ot tho the tow few I U remaining members of ot the Sergeant fanny family In Peterborough an as well nil on her uncles ot kin hit his hl letter walt Im Immediately mediately handed over o r to 10 her hur and from Crom the Iho first she was WU anxious to go to the till United Stales Several reasons however my m father hesitate among them the fact that my elder sis sla sister slater IK ter tl r now no dead was then mi so young oung but hut my may mother molher was a woman of or en cn Q and determination and she finally persuaded my father to go FORESTALLED F Hl BY DEATH DI ATH rhoy left leCt Peterborough In hi 1831 and after all sorts of ot hardships encountered by sel se aiki land hind 1 Rosily reached this the lIllIg of or In something like Ilke nix Ix months from tho the date of ot stinting starting They rhey i parsed m set through regions swarming swim with Indians s and wore were In a mi stole state bor on mitt comp C i exhaustion before they got to their destination only to 10 utter mm r all with II a terrible ml doron Tor on al at my may II s uncles house huu e they the found that the 01 old oM 1 man 1111 had harl died ll n tell few Weeks pre pat III i uly ly Without leaving a n will The rite story of these the e happenings WOK was told to the present mayor of ot Peters bylds by his mother ninny many man yearn af af aC ter It they and at the time ho WOK was too idling to 10 really grasp the Im of at of nil all her statement AH As linn bean bron paid mild his sinter sister was the merest child chillI when wh she arrived with ulli her parents In Iu i ulna g u and neVer kan as ebb abb to give Rho him much Information of ot value Ho So Mr DIC Is in Dip tp oral first to 10 n ho Is Im quite Ignorant regarding many inn fly that ko hl be hi of oC Immense o importance In definite claim i Ills 1118 were unable marble to 10 get lIel pos POR PORI session fe of ot their property but hilt I Mr sips cays that his mother was always most In declaring that I thin wan not nol of oC any doubt that their theft relative rein tIye hind been h possessed of ot quite us n much ten real an iii he lied halt stated natal In ha his letter difficulty difficult wan vima wanto to 10 prove 1101 that they were time the next of ot kin There was Willi no question Mrs told her hor son eon that a II great part of ot the tha theland land upon which the town ton of ot Chicago stood flood had been staked out originally orl and held hellion on to by Baigent lie appeared to In have haNo heed been one of ot the most of ot the early settlers settler and seemed to 10 have got Rot along better with the tho Indians than most t of oC the themen men In the region relon He lie was about 63 when ho lie died LACKED MEANS TOIl I A LAWSUIT My Dry ty mother r told me continued Mr 11 that In spite of ot the letter In their posA Pa mid they were looked iare upon Ith a II good Hood deal rica I of ot suspicion maid and although they the met may many people who had hoer been h en acquainted with her uncle there was a general dis disposition position to withhold Information re rl regarding garding hie hl affairs The man malt who were found tInd In h charge of his dwell dwelling dwelling ing InK would give nn no Information stating statin were Pablo and amt had hod authority to keep out all nil strangers They lher would not net recognize my parents ns nil relatives of ot the IIII dead man and ad threatened them with violence it they presumed to enter the house holl which occupied an Isolated position some distance from the town lown It wins was my ray m mother mol her has told ms m a large laro rambling sort Rort of ut place piece and appeared to have been erected for tor many years retire My 1 father nosh mother mol her were veto ad nd advised Mr Ir Redhead went on that they the stood a 1 good chance of ot ultimately obtaining their Inheritance but bill that It would be only on I after a n long and costly process nt at law In Unfortunately they hind had no means for that purpose e In fact It waR wan a n case caRe of getting brend bread and butter butler Bash ami when u II few tew w weeks eks after their arrival In ha Chicago my father offered n chance to go to work at his trade of cabinetmaker cabinet maker In N Now w Orleans ho he accepted It and the tho family went south almost Immediately Their Intention was hens to save all nil they the could mind ond accumulate nl money mOlie enough to 10 prosecute their claim lm on the tho Chicago property My father did well until two years yearn after they hall 1101 settled In New Nevi Orleans he be succumbed to yellow fever Meanwhile I was WM born there on Jan 22 1837 1831 rail and registered ns nil Daniel Hen lien Henry Henry ry son ot of Daniel Redhead and his hla wife wit Jo Jane no After Atter my fathers IJ death my moth mother er em received several letters offering her assistance to 10 prosecute her claim but butIn butIn butin In her with two helpless child children children ren on her hands she rejected them nil all niland and returned to her home In Peter Peterborough Peterborough borough where we wo arrived In 1838 1833 To the day of ot her death she nho bitterly bitten re rc n ff W W NN N N N N NN Ih on MINISTER OF FINANCE a t t 1 5 a 1 t tI I tIo J ltV J Jr JI Jt t r I t Q Qi i f y z n nv i t P Ln i MIo Dr Dra A f lr ko Ot i ft Is U limo tho appoint ed of ot In 11 nu la lo Ho lie II U M D Witte Vitte confirmed II a reactionary The Time ot of tha d sI of hu la 11 Ii Is never a II sinecure with what the tho war r on nn It Itle Is doubly but c tenet rnea lIe 11 reu i can wi Uth tt u terrible Internal nl condition the work of DL M n bo Jo that she sho and not remained In America and striven to obtain posses elon of ot her uncles uncle property Huch Such Is IK Mr r narrative which witch doubtless might l he be e confirmed hi part by b the till public records of ot the early days of ot Chicago Ills mother remarried after Atter hero here return to and amid died SO 30 years ago The Tho ono one paper that might e un as mis some sort of ot legal lenal con confirmation of ot his hla story the letter In iii which the tho uncle undo Invited members of ot the tho family to Join jolty him In hr America end and promised t to 10 leave leM them his hiss property passed Into hits the tho hands of or Mr Ir Redhead sister liter She Sh died seven years ago ngo and anil since than theu nil all trace IrAco of ot It line has been lost host HAS HAB ORIf GlUr ills His transatlantic birth seems erm to have havo endowed Mr Redhead with much of ot that energy and enterprise which arm aro regarded p an U peculiarly American chilI chard Ho lie left school hool when h he was urns ns 14 H and nn t found 1 employment at n II few tow shillings n 1 week weak In a n 1 lawyers ornee but n II year with n 0 lawyer was enough for tor him and ho lie then obtained work with an nn uncle Joseph Redhead who whit kept a 0 butchers shop nt at Peterborough In R a 1 few faw years he ho became a n partner and later Inter on established a I business that Is l m now nw recounted ns nil one ono of oC the I soundest In the great mar mill market market ket kel whence nearly all London got gaU Us Its meat lD neat at Mr III Redhead went Into Inlo municipal In Petersborough h and WM m mainly Instrumental lu In obtaining for tor It Its rd ot of Incorporation This re resulted salted in III his election led Ion ns nil mayor moyo lie It numbers among his hie personal friends such Inch men as lie Joseph and the llao Marquis of and Is 11 tho the most popular man In Peterborough Mayor Major Redhead lion has named armlet his bis hand handsome handlOn some annie lOn house In Peterborough Orleans louse House alter after his birthplace He lie Is 11 proud of oC the fart finet tl t that lila his relations with America today 10 lllY are arc closer than over oel ho hI anticipated when he lie sat lit nt ot his hili mothers kiu e listening to 10 her stories of ot bullock and red Indians Ho Ito kills on an average GOO COO head brad of American rattle mUle are aro distributed front from Ids hi various depots In Leaden Peter Peterborough borough Cambridge Hertford lI nud amid places throughout the country Mr 11 Redhead was a II member of ot thin the municipal delegation that went from front l tr to the United last May Mn under the guidance of ot Lord Lont It was his Intention then to go to Chi Chicago cago and New Nov Orleans for tor the purpose e of oC looking up public nubile records In iii which ha ho hoped to some seine trace bane of ot his hll uncles property but gout Kont prostrated him nt at Washington and under the tho doc sloe doctors lots tors lor orders ho lie was wal forced to return home If IC he liP cue cun spurn spare the time time lime next year he will another shot ns nil ht It U at lit Chicago go goI I 1 I M I |
