Red Jim and the Lady

[Simon Wood]

Hi Lynn,

Regarding Looney Tunes—



Regards,

Simon

[lynn cates]

Sir Ed

Hello (again) Simon. Thanks.

I suppose his wealth came from Sir Ed and HM government?

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

looney tune

Hello Simon. Thanks.

With all due respect, what kind of looney tune are we dealing with here?

Cheers.
LC

[Simon Wood]

Hi All,

NY Times, 15th September 1888—



Regards,

Simon

[mklhawley]

That's it! Thanks Simon.

Mike

[Simon Wood]

Hi Lynn,

Chris Phillips – Casebook, 16th October 2010—

"[Red Jim] McDermott was interviewed by the New York Herald in August 1889, during a week's stay in London. Two months later the same newspaper reported that he had just returned from a trip to Sweden. He gave an account of a lavish lifestyle, which shared some details with the reports of his meeting with Samuel McLean the previous year. He claimed to have married a French countess whom he had met on his voyage to Liverpool in July-August 1883, and to have taken her name, being known as the "Count de Neonlier." He claimed to own a chateau and an estate of 56 acres and 200 tenants in France, unprofitable "owing to the ravages of the phylloxera" (a species of louse that devastated French vineyards in the late 19th century). In one article he said his wife had brought him this estate, but according to another he had inherited his French property from an aunt. His other claims included the ownership of a castle at Helsinki (described as being in Norway), a house in Stockholm, a house and grounds in Colombo, Ceylon (inherited from an uncle who had died intestate and whose son was presumed to have been eaten by "wild beasts") and a 40-ton yacht. He claimed to have travelled also in Australia, to have spent time at Monte Carlo and the German spas, and to have lived in Berlin and Copenhagen (where he taught in a school, as he had done in Norway according to a different report). Not surprisingly, these claims were treated with some scepticism."

Regards,

Simon

[lynn cates]

more please

Hello Mike. Thanks.

New one on me.

Tell me more.

Cheers.
LC

[mklhawley]

Hi Lynn,

Didn't I read somewhere that Red Jim was married to a French countess?

Mike

[Observer]

Without a shadow of any doubt it's Marie Jeanette Kelly! Most definately. I'm 100 per cent certain in fact, it's her, it's got to be. Stands to reason, the woman involved is a woman!

[lynn cates]

oops!

Hello All. Oops! Forgot to credit the source. This was donated by Simon Wood.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

Hello All. The following article is from "The Sydney Mail" of 30 December, 1893.

1. Interesting that one of Sir Ed's spies did not know another. Very prudent.

2. Anyone know who the beautiful and mysterious lady was who went from London to Paris and was shadowed by Red Jim?

Cheers.
LC