Who Has Seen Ed Kenneally?

A short time ago Mr. C. S. Jewell, of Rahway, N. J., a traveling man representing Jewell Bros., commission merchants of New York, was in Ypsilanti on a business trip, While here he made careful inquiries about one Edward Kenneally, who is said to have gone to Ann Arbor from New York many years ago. Mr. Jewell's interest in the said Edward Kenneally arises from the fact that a large sum of money is in the bank at Rahway, N. J., awaiting the finding of Kenneally or his heirs, on which a percentage is to go to the person obtaining knowledge of him or his heirs.

The story as related by Jewell is about as follows: Back in the thirties two brothers by the name of Kenneally came to this country from Ireland, landing at New York. Later they separated, Edward coming to Michigan, while the other brother remained in New York. They never saw or heard of each other after the separation. The brother in New York accumulated a large fortune, and something more than twenty years ago he died. He had never married, and it was discovered by the terms of his will that his entire fortune was to go to his brother Edward. In the will was this injunction to his executors: "Search for him about Ann Arbor." The fortune, amounting to $200,000, was placed in a bank at Rahway, and has remained there ever since, accumulating interest. No trace of Edward Kenneally has ever been discovered. Whether the executors of the will have ever made any search for him is not known.

A letter from Mr. C. S. Jewell, dated Rahway, N. J., Sept. 20th, in the possession of the Argus, contains the following questions, which Mr. Jewell thinks may assist in tracing Edward Kenneally should they come under the observation of any of his family, if he had one, or his acquaintances: "Where were you born? " "What is your age?" "Give names of your parents and state where you were born." "Did you ever hear of a relative of your father having been a soldier in the English army?" "If so, what was his name, and what would be his age if now living?" "Did you ever hear of his having been married, and if so, what was the name of his wife ?" "To what part of Ireland did the soldier belong ?" "Did you ever have, or do you know if he had, any children, and if he had, how many, and what were their names?" "Did the soldier have any brothers or sisters, and if so, how many and their names?" "If you say the soldier had two sons, what were their names; where were they born, and how old would they be if now living." "Give any other information you may have from others relative to this man."

Anyone having any information on the subject can learn more of the case by giving such information to C. D. Jewell, Rahway, N. J.

Mr. Fred J. Boyd, who has but recently returned from the Klondike, informs the Argus that there is a Patrick Kenneally at Circle City, Alaska, who is a half owner in an immensely rich gold mine on Mastodon Creek. He is from the states, and took up the first claim there. A copy of the paper containing this article will be sent to him. Stranger things have happened than that he may prove to be an heir to the fortune awaiting someone at Rahway.