The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-25
MR.. LOWTHER THRICE SUED
FOR SEPARATION, RECEIVER AND
ALTERNATING AFFECTIONS.

WIFE Has Won the First Two and Now Mr.
Guest Accuses the Rich Coal Dealer Of
| winning Mrs. Guest Away From Him
-Itunaways Located by q Valentine.
Clarence L. Lowther. a coal merchant,
who formerly lived at 4ss Hancock street.
Brooklyn, has been the defendant in three
suits In three weeks First. his wife sued
for separation and got 1t. Then she applied
for and had appointed a receiver Of his
property so that she could get her alimony
Yesterday. A. Royal Guest, another coal
dealer. of 1872 West Seventy-third street,
brought suit against Lowther for alternating
| the affections Of Mrs Guest. who, it is al
legged, il in Omaha with Lowther.
Lowther is a member Of Lowther Bros,
one Of the largest coal dealing firms in
the city, established seventy-five years
ago by his grandfather. Besides his in
terest in this business, which amounts to
$50 900, he inherited one-ninth Of his grand
fathers residuary estate, which amounted
to more than $4,000. The Lowthers were
married on Jan. ~. 1897. She is the daugh-
ter OF Ellis Rogers. wealthy Brooklyn
man.
Lowther left his wife and went to live at
the Hotel Manhattan about year ago.
Her father met the husband by appoint
ment at the hotel and Mr.. Lowther told him
he did not expect to return to his wife.
Then the separation suit was begun. On
March 10 Justice Maddox awarded to Mrs.
Lowther $3.50 a month alimony and costs
amounting TO $)0.3s.
On Monday her application for receiver
was granted. She then said her husband
had not paid the alimony and costs, and in
the affidavit submitted in her behalf Law
yer George W. Dawson alleged on informa-
ton and belief that Mr.. Lowther was in
Omaha and that Mrs. Guest was with him.
The suit instituted by Mr.. Guest was
brought in his behalf by W. p. Maloney, a
lawyer at 63 Wall street, yesterday. He
secured from Justice Greenbaum a writ OF
attachment against property owned by
Lowther at the northwest corner of Third
avenue and Thirtieth street from Justice
Greenbaum on the ground that Lowther
was no longer a resident OF this State. This
is said to have been the second attachment
Of its kind ever granted in such suit.
Guest, in the affidavits on which Justice
Greenbaum issued the attachment, says
that he was married to his wife, who was
Miss Helen Lembeck. on Aug. IS. 1891. He
introduced her to Lowther at a dinner at
the Criterion hotel in May Of last year.
He and Lowther had been business friends
before that for some time. Guest says
that he never had suspicion Of anything
wrong until Jan. 10 last. the day she dis
On that day Guest says he returned home
to find her silverware missing from her
dressing table, and n it this letter:
RoYAL-when you receive this { will be
many miles from New York. IL is hard
struggle for me to give up Russell. but am
leaving him. TO help comfort you In this
NV dearest. God alone is my Judge. and
a. He can see into the very depths Of my
heart He will assuredly not Judge me
hastily. Good-by. HELEN
Russell Is the Guests six-year-old son.
Mr.. Guest discovered that afternoon
that Mrs. Guest had left in an automobile
and there all trace OF her ended for the
time Il was afterward learned that she
went TO the Hotel Manhattan and 1t IL
asserted tina; employees OF the hotel have
identified her picture and that OF Lowther
n those Of wo persons who were frequently
together from Jan 10 until Jan. 10. although
Low'her during that time had room at
the Grand Union Hotel on. Jan. 10, the
hotel employees saw. Mrs. Guest left, say
ing tina, she was going To Chicago.
That Iowther and Mrs. Guest were to-
gether ia Omaha was learned through
valentine which Mrs Guest had Dowther
sedd her Nftle boy.
The valentine was sent to clerk ~ the
Murray Hin hotel whom Lowther knew.
When the clerk opened the package he dis
covered an an inside wrapper the address
81 the little boy. This was on the hack
Of the package I,owther had evidently
meant him 10 send the valentine tn another
friend whose address lac put on the other
side.
Instead. IN. clerk ,.egfaphsd To the
Quest Hou-a inqulItng " they knew about
such n package Mr. Guest found that the
handwriting wa- LowtheT's and that the
parkAg. bore an Omaha postmarE
Among the Afldsviis IA Guests ruit
L. that ~ Mr.. ThayT", iAnitr~ss ~ the
aparinI.nt hOus. on ~ Nicholas aN"nU"
~ which she ssys that Bo~tlisr called AT
the Gilss' anaTi ni.n's nearly every dsy
l..ginning last pfoisrT aud remained all
the aftsrno1n
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HE wife lrfi homs losti.T rold iis ninth
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