Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-29
HIS PiNcHlNo POVERTY.
Young Lloyd AspInwall Lived on a Beggariy
100000 Ysay.

New YORK, July 22.-The forgery
case against Lloyd Aspinwall has been
adjourned to July 20. An acquaintance
of Mr.. Aspinwall said concerning the
detectives story, that Mr.. Aspinwall
was so beggared that he wore, when
taken to Jail, soiled linen and torn un.
dercloLhing:
Detectives, OF course, are trained
observers, and the one who arrested
Aspinwall may not have been mistaken
as to the condition of his prisoners APP
parcl, but such n discovery is an amaze
ment to Aspinwall's acquaintances.
While he Is known TO have been in n
bnd way financially for him, he has,
nevertheless, had money enough TO re-
plenish his wardrobe, at least to the
extent of a few shirts. As a mat
ter of fact. he has always
had an income which would
seem p~rincely to some men,,
yet it is not surprising that he could
not pay his debts. Certainly II ought
not to surprise New Workers, for there
have been enough notable cases made
public in the courts of young men who
could not pay t!.eir bills who have had
$4,000 or s40,0 900 n year to live on.
You remember that one creditor Of
Howell Osborne secured some sort of
legal hold upon that young mans in
come, but the supreme court loo.ened
the hold in its decision that ever a
judgment obtained In an equity proceed
ing could not deprive Osborne of n
part of his S35, 900 a year. as that was
required for his living expenses; his
kind Of living expenses. That was on
the principal OF lay which protects a
married mans wages from garnishee.
Then there is Jake Lorillard, who
has $4,000 a year; yet judgments
against him cannot be collected, al.
though one OF his creditors now has a
suit in equity which will eventually
compel the state supreme court TO de-
eide whether u would be- an inioultous
hardship TO require that young man to
try and live on less than $40, 600 a year.
You see IL is possible for a man to have
what may seem TO some persons a
fairly good income, and yet net be able
to pay every butchers bill as IL Is pre-
sented.
AT the same time the poverty of
such men does not usually manifest It.
self by the outward and visible sign OF
frayed collars and cuffs. They us
ually give up a yacht, a stable or the
acquaintance of their favorite SOU
brette before they entirely neglect the
advantages of the laundry. Young AS
pinwall was supposed to have 500, 600 a
year from the estate left in trust
by his grandfather. Possibly IL was
not as much as that, yet one acquainted
with such matters could easily give the
items of expenses for a married couple
-Aspinwall Is married, you know
which would leave a balance on the
wrong side OF ever n 500, 900 income.
"He belonged TO the Union, Racquet,
Calumet. Manhattan, Seawanhaka
Yacht. Rockaway Hunt. Tuxedo, West
minister Kennel and United Service
clubs. That suggests a taste for good
dinners. yachting, riding. driving and
dog fanciering. His taste in comic op.
era stars was notably e~xtravagant, and
he kept a town and country establish
nent- He also enjoyed cards. Really.
i don't sec how he got along ON 500, 900
a year. ii" has a wealthy aunt in Con-
necticut who has been credited with
helping him out when the pinch was
more han usually distressing, SO you
see hat while he may have been In a
bad way financially there does not seem
to be a proper excuse for his going to
Jail in n soiled shirt and torn under
clothing"