Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-13
THE GAY HILTON BOYS.
Why Judge Hilton Mortgaged
 the Stewart Building.
HETTY GREENS SHARP BARGAIN.
The Judge. It Is Said. Did Not Approve of His sons Attentions to Silvia Gerrish and Della Fox, and Wanted the Money to Buy Out Henry's Interest.


 and Della Fox, and Wanted the Money
 to Buy Out Henry's Interest.
 NEW YORK, Sept. l3.-The World says today: The retirement of Henry Graham Hilton from the great dry goods firms of Hilton, Hughes X Co. and Hilton Brothers has set the business world and the club world and even the Trndcrluiu district to talking, It has started again the gossip and conjeCturr~ which surrounded the mortgage of Sl. .250,OOO given by eN-,Tudge Henry Hilton tu Mrs, Hetty Green Hester- day the business men and men about town, who are best informed concerning the do ings and affairs of the Hilton family. agreed that some of the money which Hen ry Hilton raised on the white marble pal ace at Broadway and Chambers street was required to buy out the interest of his son Henry in the two dry goods firms.
 Although no member of the Hilton fam fly nor any one connected with the dry goods houses has consented to give even the slightest hint at the reason for young Ililton's sudden withdrawal, it is general ly admitted that family misunderstand- ing or family row is the real cause.
 Judge Hilton Was Angry.
 People who know about the affairs of the Hiltons-and a great deal is known of the private life of Henry Graham Hilton and his stout, smooth faced younger brother, Frederick-told interesting stories yester- day. They say the private expenditures of these two brothers were extremely large in the way of wining and dining some of the handsome women whose pictures are dis played in the shop windows and who are known on the comic opera stage. This so angered and alarmed their father it was alleged, that he decided on rigorous and vigorous action.
 Misfortunes seemed to crowd on ex Judge Hilton this summer. He was called upon to raise the cash to tide the great dry goods establishment over the hard times. It is said on the best authority that he felt him self called upon To force his son, Henry Graham Hilton, out of the firm. Henry Graham Hilton has been married about l2 years. His wife iS the daughter | Nf Joseph F. SanXay, who keeps a furnish | ing goods store at lN Fulton street They have had children. but none k living At | present their home is at Woodland Park, | near Saratoga. For two or three years the people who have seen young Frederick Hil- lon and Della Fox, the actress. together in cafes, driving in the park, on the water and It the race tracks, and have freely gossiped | lbout the two, have had much to say about | Henry Graham Hilton and Silvia Gerrish She is the woman whose first appearance | on the Casino stage when that playhouse | was really the home of comic opera set the | dudes and admirers of stage beauty in this | city wild. She was a choir singer in Cleve | land once, but when she appeared at the | Casino the beauties of her really good voice were almost forgotten i'll the beauty of her form. It is over year since she has ap- peared in public.
 Her diamonds are magnificent. Her | clothes, her carriages, her apartments, have | always been the best and most costly this town could afford. Within two weeks she has returned from trip to Europe witt her mother. When she went to the Marl- | borough hotel, she announced that she was to stay there for a few days for rest, and then she was going to California to look after investments, or buy a ranch. or for some other purpose.
 Late DeImonico Supper< l Whether wrongly or rightly, Tcnderloin EOSsipS have been busy for a long time with the names of the beautiful actress and of | the son of cN-JudEe Hilton. who has just retired from the family firm. The two | have beer seen together a great deal. There have been late >uppcls at Delmonico's 's, l where the company would include both the gay Hilton brothers, Harry and Frederick l Miss GerTish and Della Fox, and three or | four others.
 Henry Graham Hilton has no residence in town just now. Last fall he had apart ments at the Hotel Savoy. Since then he has spent good deal of time at the Hotel Marlborough. It has been impossible for reporters to find him in the city during the last few days. When a reporter called on Miss Gerrish at the Marlborough last even. ing, it was learned that the beautiful ac tress is a very sick woman
 | Within the last few days she has been at deaths door. The physician and Professor McCosh, the specialist, who have been at tending her, said she k not out of danger She had a sudden and severe attack of IperitOniti>
 The most interesting thing about the mortgage which Mrs. Hetty Green holds on the stewart building has not yet been Itold. It was known that Mrs. Green would Inot lend money for one year or two years but demanded a five years investment at ( Iper cent annual interest. Mrs Green firmly IhelieNr> that some day or other she will bt able tu forrClu~t this mort gage and secure absolute ownership of the Stewart build.
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