The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-25
LILLE LOWS DEATH
Or. Biggs, Miss Hanson and
Chanpney all Released
on Bail.
THE FATHER OF THE GIRL TALKS
Denies That That He Ever Abused
Her and Declares She
Was His All.

NEW YORK. JULY 20, loSo--A III &C ~
sons, two men and a woman, were TAKEN
before Coroner O'Meagher this mofnlns
IN suspicion of having in some way
been concerned in the death of Lillian
Tow the daughter of James Low, Jr.,
who shot herself in Washington Heights
on Tuesday morning. There is in reality
little or no evidence against these per-
sons. as the girl clearly took her own
life but the circumstances surrounding
her life for the past four months was SO
strange that the police deemed 1t ad-
visable to take into custody Miss A X.
Hanson a boarding house keeper, Oh lVo
West F'ifty-eight street,; henry l.
Champney. her lodger. and DR.. Thomas
]. Biggs. of 81 West Thrty-fourth street.
The three were arrested last night on
warrants issued by Coroner O'Meagher'
after a consultation with Captain Plck-
ett. of the West Thirtieth street station.
IT was then decided TO arrest all persons
who were concerned as alleged, in IN
ducing the young girl to leave her father 5
home.
De+eetive McGovern, at nine O'CLOCK
+his morning brought to the station mousse
Helen Hanson. a niece of Miss Hanson
and a nurse in the Roosevelt Hospital
Mr., Low reached the station house at
$50 o'clock and went into captain FlcA-
etts room. -,
There he saw and talked to the girl
Captain Picket questioned her. put she
was able to give them no lnformatioh-
cha eaid that she had seen Miss Low
.,,t twice at her aunts house. Captain
pickett and Mr.. Low were convinced
that the girl had nothing to TELL anu
she was allowed to leave.
and he talked lTP6-
THE FATHERS DENIAL
e1 want to deny he said. that
over treated my daughter cruelty as mas
been stated by those persons UeferfnlS
t. Miss Hanson Champney and Blggs).
.erar rineteen years we lived together
and travelled the world together, and
were as close as father and daughter
could be.
.I loved her more than life. She was
ALWAYS in happy mood and devoted 10
me until these Hanson people got an
influence over her. In the Nmonths we
lived in the Thirty-fourth street house
we never quarrelled.
"Then these people came between Us
never liked them, and for that rea-
son left. Miss Hanson ami her friends
seemed to have a strange influence over
her. 1t was such an influence as IL
would be easy to obtain over weak
minded girl
LAS to what motive they had can
only surmise. I have some means ana
I intended to leave all my property to
Lille.
I'm the trunks in my room We're bonds,
and 1 had told them that Lille was 10
get them when I died, and | am an old
man and not very strong. 1 have heard
that Lille was seen driving about with
rather fast men and had new clothes.
It seems strange, indeed. She worked,
too, almost as a servant. believe they
exercised some power over her. Maybe
they threatened her and induced her to
believe that 1 had maltreated her.
DID NOT KICK HER.
Several of the people with whom
Lille was associated called on my broth
er who is a wealthy man, and on my
sister, Mrs. Oliver Hartman. But they
were not allowed to enter the house.
had forewarned my brother and sister.
Now, as to that letter which Lille
wrote to me, I do not believe that she
did it of her own voltion.
81 never treated her in the manner
she charged. Do you think that an old
man like me would rise out of his sick
bed, as she says, and kick her-kick the
daughter who was all had in the world,
who had been with me for nineteen years
and who I used to call my shadow. 1t
is a lie. 1 never ill-treated her and be-
haved to her as that letter charges"
Mr.. Low as he talked was remarkably
cool, and did not become excited When
asked whether he believed anyone was
in any way concerned in his daughters
death he said
Il do not know. But really, her end
was not surprise to me. 1 had
strange presentment that she would
come to a bad end. 1 did my best to
get her back, but I could not could
not get near her."
PECULIAR ARRESTS.
At ten o'clock Mr. Low ard Captain
Pickett went down to the Coroner,s
office A few moments later a carriage
drove I'D in front of the station.
ACCOMPANIED by Detectives .McGovern
and Dav Miss Hanson. Champney and
Rigqs were taken from their cells and
dr;,,en n tbe coroner,s office.
Tbav were met there by LAWYER Cbas.
NJ Prooke who had been retained as
tbeir counsel
Miss Hanson is very large blonde
woman of about 40 years. She has the
annearance of being woman with a