The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-27
LOWS TALE OF WOE,
Plaint Of the Father of
Lille, the Girl
Suicide.
ROBBED BY RELATIVES.
Sorrowful Story of a "Crime
Committed by the Four
Hundred"
SHUT OUT OF VAST RICHES.
With His Brother John He Is In
Fair Way to Die
Pauper.

NEW YORK, n. Y, July 26.-John
Low, the father of Lille Low the Wash
ington Heights suicide, to-day told several
newspaper men of his family troubles and
bitterly assailed his relatives for the man
ner IN which they have treated him since
Lilies death, and also for their actions in
connection with the distribution of his
fathers resources, which he alleges were
intended to injure both his brother John,
who lives in France, and himself. He
said:
~ see that my family has made state
ments accusing me of having written in
solent letters. They pretend that they
have given me the cold shoulder year after
year and this is true, for they have been
doing it for twenty-five years past. They
wanted to turn my father against me so as
to get his business and his money"
These relatives, Mr.. Low said, were his
brother Joseph T. Low, his sister Mrs.
Hartman, and also her husband Oliver
Hartman.
while living in France" he continued,
''my brother John and myself received
word that my father had lost all his
money. We were previously allowed
$4,000 per year each to live upon. l re-
turned to this country and saw my
brother and sister. They agreed to give
me $100 per month if L kept quiet about
my fathers affairs. They said he had lost
several millions and had only $32, 900 left.
They agreed to give me $4,000 and the
same amount to John, in addition to an
annual allowance of $1,000 each. The
allowances have been paid regularly, with
threats to cut them off if said anything.
"My father had given them houses.
country places and hundreds of thousands
of dollars, and made settlements upon
them, though he never had given me more
than 500 o year while I was in Europe.
Oliver Hartman married my sister. He
was a poor man. To-day he is worth from
four to five millions. He made this money
because he was my fathers partner and
had immense sums settled upon him,
while never more than $4,000 was settled
upon me. My relatives pretended that
after dividing the $32, 900, the remainder
of my fathers fortune, only $1,000 was
left. I returned to Europe and afterward
heard that my father was specializing
heavily in Wall street, and l have the
strongest reasons to believe my relatives
hum bugged him out of his fortune. They
got hold of a great deal of his money. His
Wall-stroet speculation were made through
Loomis 6t White, who are now doing busi-
ness at Wall street and Broadway, but
who were then opposite the United States
Trust Company. therefore claim 1 was
meanly treated. I wrote letters to my
brother Joseph and urged him to consider
the brotlaerly relations existing between
US. i don't care for brotherly friendship
he answered. 'Brotherly friendship is all
a myth.
even when my daughter went to the
New York hospital / met Oliver Hartman
one day in the streetcars. He treated me
disgracefully, saying: i don't care cent
for your daughter, and I've nothing to do
with the case. / don't care if she is in the
hospital I told him an operation had
been performed to cure an abscess, and I
had not enough money to keep her prop
erly. In fact, | was almost penniless.
Hartman went to his lawyer soon after
this interview, and threatened to nave my
allowance cut off and pct me in prison if /
ever spoke to him again about money
matters.
''The result was I wrote several letters
to the family asking help. They advised
me to keep away from them. They are all
immensely rich, while John and myself
are paupers. We are afraid to open our
mouths for fear of being starved to death.
This thing is crime of the upper 400.
They care nothing for right or wrong; they
only want to let us die and let themselves
live.
my daughter was passionate girl, and
wanted to marry before she was lured
away. She did not believe in a Bible nor
in Christ; she believed in Creator and
in doing good, but she had no faith in the
superstitions of men. She was really
free thinker, and so l did not have any
funeral services held because | do not
think she believed in the ceremony"