Show ONCE RICH IS NOW HOMELESS EX MAYOR OF NEW YORK TOWN IS EVICTED jeremiah casey of edgewater N Y loses fortune in lit gat on rise and fall due to his anven tive genius new york at one time affluent jeremiah casey formerly mayor of edgewater on the palisades the oth er day was ejected from the home he had bought three years ago and all the possessions he had left in the world were set out in the his wife was so shocked by this latest bit ter experience that she collapsed and had to be placed in a doctor s care casey s later years have been full of hard 1 ick and litigation about all the money be once possessed has been spent in lawsuits his prosperity and adversity are due almost entirely to his inventive genius several years ago he invented a nailing machine the device could take the requisite amount of timber after it had been sawed to the proper length and make a box of it as good it not better than one made by a car penter A company was organized to build the machines and put them in operation casey asserts he was not treated properly by the concern at any rate he lost his interest in the patent and in the company as well that started a long line of legal pro which dragged through many courts and took much money casey collected the records of these trials and several bundled pages of scrap books were needed tj hold them back in the das ahen he was pros berous he bought the old bayard cut ting homestead on the palisades op cosite one hundred and tenth street and went there to live with his family instead of being a haven of rest the place proved to bac another source of legal difficulties he said he bad good reason to believe he had paid for more land than he found specified in the deed more lawsuits were started then his taxes to his mind were too high for the property and he refused to pay the assessment threat of a sale of the land for taxes brought an adjustment but the property had only just begun to give trouble there was a mortgage on it this in the course of time was foreclosed and the prop erty was sold at auction dr M S ayres became the owner of the casey home the doctor took no steps to oust casey and it seemed as if un kind fate had decided to give a short respite to the former mayor A short time ago however dr Ayer sAld the homestead to a manu factoring concern desirous of build ing a new plant the company asked casey to get out he refused asselt ing he had a right paramount to theirs they did not think so and constables ejected casey nellie casey daughter of the one time mayor was a schoolmate of grace george and Is now a member of miss george s company |