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Missing heir to fortune stirs Flemington case
The article questions whether Leonard Charles Gray Reed, shown above, is the missing heir to $650,000 left by William Emery of Flemington, New Jersey. The boy is said to be the adopted son of a Sheffield Mengland steel worker, allegedly given away to hide his mother's marriage to a man named Gray whom Emery disapproved of.
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Leonard Charles Gray Reed
William Emery
Flemington, N. J
Sheffield
Mengland