The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-14

Bereft of Fortune and Friends, He
Died In New York Hotel,
Attended by Strangers-His Wife
and Fortune Gone, His End Pa
thet1c Even to Those Devoid of
Sympathy.
NEW YORK, July 13-There is always
something pathetic in the finish of every
spendthrtft even where those who feel
the pathos are devoid of sympathy and
pathetic, indeed, was the end of Lloyd
Aspinwall, who died practically friendless
at the Metropolitan hotel Broadway and
Twenty-seventh street. formerly the Cole
man house. His name, once as well
known as Berry Wallis, George Laws or
Fred Gebhard's, if less conspicuous, had
been as little heard of late as that of the
hotel in which he found his end. A sing
ular fatality seems to have swayed the
destinies of the boyhood circle of which
he was a member and most of his early
intimates died before he did, although he
had only reached his thirty-eighth year.
A survivor with a memory Of youth
full days called In the person of the dead
mans brother, William H. Aspinwall. For
the last three days Of his existence he
was unconscious of his surroundings.
Once his lips moved as though he would
speak. Then his brows contracted as
though he realized his inability to frame
words. He lapsed again from conscious
ness, and the nephritis, from which he
had suffered for year, and which had
held him dumb and helpless, carried him
away.
The name of AspiEwall has been promi-
nently identified with the mercantile pro-
gress Of New York for almost a century.
In the old days William H. Aspinwau
was the merchant prince of the city. His
ships sailed to every port. his statesmen
Travelled to every cline. The business he
had built up descended to his son, Lloyd
Aspinwall, who had the instincts Of
warrior and became a general. This Gen.
Lloyd AspinWall was the father OF Lloyd
Aspinwall, whose death recalls the story.
MAN ABOUT TOWN.
AS the average young man of wealth
is reared in New York, so was Lloyd AS
pfrwaIl reared. He loved horses and
yachts and the diversions that attend the
possession Of horses and yachts. From
the time that he showed traces of mus
tache he was a leader among the wealthy
set of youths in his daring methods of
expenditure He joined many clubs, in
Guiding the Union, Racquet, Calumet and
Manhattan. His was familiar figure at
the Rockaway Hunt, the Tuxedo and the
Westminster clubs, and no regatta was
brought off by the Seawanhaka Yacht
club that did not number Lloyd Aspin-
wall as a participant, either as a practi-
cal sailor or as a guest of a sailor He
was also a member of the Corinthian
Yacht club.
1t is desirable that fast young man
in society should marry. The faster the
young man the more beautiful and Iowa
BILE his bride, as a general thing. Lloyd
Aspinwal took to wife Miss Nina Sutton,
the daughter of Cornelius Sutton, man
of wealth and affairs. The wedding was
more than an ordinary society event; the
bride was young and gloriously beauti-
full, the groom was young, handsome, and
had a past that made him attractive to
many young women. Beth had plenty of
money.
Gen. Lloyd Aspinwall went the way of
all flesh some ten years ago. His prop
erty went to his sons, and Lloyd came in
for a goodly share. NominallY he was
an active member of the finn of Gardner
& Aspinwall In reality he was a burden
to the firm, q continual draft on its re-
sources While partners and hired men
kept the business moving, Lloyd Aspin-
yachts.
Time bobs along swiftly to men who
live the life of Lloyd AspinwalI. AS he
drifted with the metropolitan tide he met
a woman called Lillian Russell She was
younger then than she is today, and per-
haps more beautiful. Scores of men of
the Aspinwall stamp hungered for her
smiles. Lloyd AspinwalI had a wife and
two children when he met the singer. His
little boy was old enought to talk His
little girl was fluffy and downy like a
chick. The wife was wearied with the
tales she heard and Aspinwall was near
the end of his fortune.
SECOND FORTUNE.
About this time the father of Mrs. AS
pinwall died and left his daughter com
Portable fortune Lloyd AspinwaI was
soon on his financial feet again. 1t was
said that house that Lillian Russell oc-
cupied was bought with his money. But
his splurge did not last long He was ar
rested, in 1S93 at the instance of his
brother William H. Aspinwall, who ac-
cused him Of forging a note for 81, 400
Lloyd Aspipwal spent ten days in York
vile police court prison. When the case
came to trial there was no prosecution,
and when Lloyd Aspinwau went home his
wife and children had gone.
Efforts to reunite the family proved
unavaiing. Mrs. Aspinwall had three
sisters, Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Crosby and
Mrs. Goddard. They said, and their
husbands said, that Lloyd Aspinwall had
squandered the money of his wife The
Aspinwall children were placed with an