Evening journal., 1895-07-27
THE LILLE LOW CASE.
Was DR.. Biggs With Her on
That Fatal Day ?
OSCAR IIPsEBR THINKS he WAS,

Divorced Man.
NEW YORK, July 27-Tho mystery sur.
rounding the suicide Of Lillie Low had not
been cleared away by Coroner O'Meaghor
and the police whom the body Of the girl
was laid at rost in Woodhwn. Enough
had been learned about the girls wrecked
life to point TO a probable motive for sui
eide, but there had been no explanation Of
the marks on her body which indicated
that she had been assaulted not long be
fore her death.
An attompt was being made yesterday
to find some person who had seen the
young woman go to the lonely place on
Washington heights where her body was
found on Tuesday morning The police
want to know If she went to that place
alone, Or if she was in tho company of any
person with whom she had been acquaint
cd recently.
Captain Pickett of the Nineteenth pro-
cinct made this statement:
Tho girls death was surrounded by
strange circumstances. The autopsy
showed that she had been assaulted. Then
came her fathers remarkable story. There
was nothing left for the police to do but
TO sift the whole thing and leave no stone
unturncd Go learn why sho took her life.
There is littlo doubt that she committed
suicide.
Mr. Low now thinks So but he feels
that the persons now under arrest were in
way responsible / have gone very thor
oughly about this neighborhood, and /
have found a number of people who knew
Mr.. Low and his daughter. They all de-
clare that they never saw two persons so
apparently devoted to each other as they
were before their separation
AS TO Mr.. lnmans connection with
the case, we do not think that there IS
anything against him. We understand
that he knew the girl, and we simply
want TO learn what he knows about her.
Trowbridgo kuew more about her than
did Mr.. Inman."
Justified In Holding Prisoners.
Coroner O'Mcagher said that he Thought
he was justified in holding Miss Amelia
IS. Hanson Henry Il. Champney and Dr.
Thomas J. Biggs for the inquest
They say they are respectable people, 4"
he said, 'but Let them prove their respect
ability at the inquest The evidence so far
obtained indicates that Lille Low and
her father were devoted to each other un-
til the girl was led away to her ruin by
Miss Hanson and her boarders
THE girl was weak minded and easily
influenced She could not have written
the letter which, It is alleged, she sent to
her father accusing him of shocking cruel
| ty, and | am inclined TO the belief that Mr.
Low has suffered great wrongs at tho
hands Of the persons now under bonds
oven IL thoy did not cause the girl to kill
herself
Oscar Lipskor, German balScr Of S4
IA.
Nogo at ~ Mott street, went to see Act
ing Inspector Brooks at police headquar-
ters yesterday and said he was almost
sure he had seen Dr. Biggs and Lille Low
| together on Saturday afternoon at Ann
stcrdem avenue and Ono Hundred ana
| Eighty fifth street
Lipsker said he took advantage Of his
half holiday on Saturday Go go on a ride
to the uppor part OF the city, where he
could get some fresh air. lie went on the
elevated train 70 ono Hundred and Twen-
| ty-ilfth street, and then rode on a cable
car to the end of the limo at Amsterdam
avenue and One Hundred and Eighty
fifth street Whom hc got Off the car, he got
a drink of soda wator at a street stand,
and as he WAS drinking he noticed a man
and a woman who were standing near
him and talking earnestly
He Thinks IL Was Biggs.
His attention was attracted TO them So
strongly that he kept watch of thcm sew
oral minutes, and saw thcm 20 into tho
woods IN which tho body Of Lille Low
was found ON Tuesday He said he was
| half inclined TO fellow the couple, but he
thought better of it, When he road the
accounts of tho girls suicide and saw Tho
| pictures Of DR. Biggs in the newspapers
lie felt sure That he had seen DR. Bigg.
and the girl together.
Acting Inspector Brooks called Captain
Pickett and told him to take Lipsker Will
him and see IL the German could identify
DR.. Biggs Captain Pickett took the Ger
man 70 DR.. Biggs' house and office, but
was not able to find DR.. Biggs Llpsker',
/ description of the woman he saw in Am
sterdam avenue on Saturday Tailed close
! ~ with that of Lille Low
Captain Pickett said last night that II
| would be interesting TO know If DR. Bigg
and the girl We're together on Saturday
near the place whore She probably killet
hersolf late on Monday afternoon.
A dispatch from Cincinnati statos tha
Ir. Biggs secured q divorce from a wom
an nc had married about four years ago
DIR. Biggs was % prominent physician a
Glendale, q suburb Of Cincinnati, IL il
said, and was connected with the Medica
college with DR. Massey, physician of TIN
q. II. and ~ railroad, and had sutlicien
influence to suppress all publication abou
his suit and dcureo of divorce.