New-York tribune., 1900-07-14
s1ETEORIC CAREER

SUN OF his oFFICES-HIS
s1ETEORTC CAREER
An attachment for S12472 was issued yestsr.
day against Lewis G. TerIzsburv. cotton and
grain broker. or No. % B-oadva-. IN favor of
W Browning Johnson. OF No. - West Forty
ni1th-st Mr.. Johnson say- that Tayvksbu-v has
absconded, owing him this sum OF money. and
the Sheriff is now in possession OF the Office OF
Lewis C Tewlsbury & Co. in which he found
little 10 levy upon besides the costly ONCE r1r-
niture
Mr. Johnson alleges thar he deposited WITH
Te7vksbury- between MAY Il and June 5000
as margin stool, transactions on July II hs
ordered all stock held for him sold OUT and or
the same day he demanded a settlement He
was put of until the next dav. and when he
called then. he SAYS. he was met hv Henry 3
Johnson, the lawyer for the firm who told him
that Tewksbury had dsCauped. taking with hin
as far as could be learned. all the assets % The
drn- The lawyer told Mr.. johnson that one or
the clients oS tEe firm was a woman. whose
claims amounted 10 over $4,000 Subsequently,
the books Of account were searched. but no
assets were found
The firm OF Lewis @. Tewksburv g co. com
posed OF the defendant in -he proceeding and
Alexander N Lowry. was formed In April 1Sg9
TeN-Asbury came here in 1sSS from Manchester
y H, where he had been a druggist. He be
came a member Ct the Consolidated stock and
Petroleum Exchange, from which in 1895 he
was SUSPENDED for year on his reins1are-
inert he sold his seat He did large banking
business and paid liberal interest On deposits
BY the sudden Withdrawal OF these he was com
PEELED TO 60 OUT of business and sell the house
which he had purchased ar No. 20 West sew
en7y-second-st- Tewksburv was an exrravagazt
liver and owned several race horses
SERVED ON SEVERAL BANKS.
Copies OF The attachment were served or the
Importers and Traders -he Mechanics. and the
Produce ExchaHg= National banks uIth all %
which he firm has ar various times done b,tz+
ness. and the Sh=rtr-s representative also took
charge OF the firms branch in The S-urrevant
House.
A number Of the customers gathered AZ the Of
ice OF The firm yesterday morning. soon after
the attachment had been executed by 0a1u~v
Sheriff Leavi-r- Most n these persons were
men, but there were present -hrze or four
omen one stout woman who wore a white
shllt waist and was much excited d--I1-e5 the
loss OF 50 0oJ There was also there q blond
young woman who after some questioning SAID
that she had been employed 70 bring customers
% the firm A " Lowry whose name is On
the office door. and who has G-ec supposed 10
be the "coUpauy'' os Lewis O. T=--zsbl-v & Co.
declared that that was au a mistake.
j am, properly speaking" he said. a victim
not a partner am e-uplov=tI-en- z -s7ls-v-
: bout -Eree weeks aE7 1Ir- Ta7-zz1-1-- went To
Chicago on Jun= - received q telegram from
him from Chicago stating thar he would he home
in @ day or So Since then -ava heard r1-Hfrr
dIrecr from him. but have heard --a- H- has
been acting Cu=e-lr our there and Cra- some cs
his friends have considered placing him In a
sanat0rtuu- I have been vt-z -h- =-1 g--
about a year. and -h= company has done good
business all thar time Tt is not true that The
firm does bucket shop business We have I've
wires TWO az which --c direct % Chicago"
Mr- Lowry added that h. was Not familiar
with -h= stock market. his especial duties being
these OF manager NJ The promotion business Of
the firm among -Le various =r-e--~s-s in --a
promotion 1S which he had been concerned wee
a copper mine in Arizona. a gold mine in south
=rn California a gold and copper property in
British Columbia, lead mine ar Joplin. No.
and water power scheme in Delaware County.
This State.
Mr. Tewks5ury is a meulaer OF the Produce
Exchange. but it was sas5 there thar nothing
was known about the execution Of the a--arr-
nen- II was added there that the contracts "
the firm had always been promptly met
LONG WELL KNOWN HERE
Tewksbury. who is thi-ry-eizht years Old
has long been Well known IN this city He mas
that way extended his business la--zIv H
formerly had a large stable OF trotcers and
PAGERS. among them the famous PAGERS John P
Gentry and Robert J., and it is said Thar he strI
owns one OF these two. aid his possession and
exhibition Of these noted horses contributed r-,
the advertisement OF his business downtown
TewksbUry's former home in West Seventy
second-st- vas costly property. with extensive
grounds IN which was a large fountain He
was in the habit Ct entertaining IavishIy in this
house. and on Sundays especially always kept
open house for his friends and acruai-tances
His wardrobe also was unusually extensive. and
it is said that he had separate hat and pair
Of shoes with each OF his numerous suits OF
clothing
one OF the women in T=vksbury's Office YES
terday morning said she was an =uuloye OF the
firm, but declined % talk about the matter saw
ing she could tel q story bu- would not II
you want 10 md out about this matter" she
said 10 a reporter -'yCu had better 60 see Ms
Hitchcock. ar No SU3 sev-n-a-are she can
tell YOU an interesting story"
Al Mrs. EitChcoCks apartments al No gO3
Seveuth-ave-. there was apparently no one a.
home, except @ color-c maid who said -haL
about Clo1 Mr. Hitchcock suddenly called s--
a carrlas- and drove away. saying she would
probably NOT u- ar home all night The maid
and she had heard Ut M Tev Esbury as he
had been O frequent caller a- t1e house
The house where Mrs Hl-chc1rz lives ls a
Cwo-sJory brick building Mrs. Hitchcock mas
lived 1or q y=ar in -he upper u-a-r in ,r-- 80
uished rooms She is about c1rtv years Ola
Soon after Mrs Hitchcock moved iu a girl
about fourteen years Ola stayed wi-h her F5r
some time. The giTi called her mamma II Il
said she was there again recently and went
away only three or four days aEo-
team and coach drove Up yesterday and a
trunk, grip and several hatboVas were ullt On
or in IT, and Mrs Hitchcock then z7r in ana yvs-
driven OF To IS said she went 20 Inc C7rand
Central station