New-York tribune., 1905-01-02
[. G. TEWKSBURY'S WIFE.
NOW SUES Il. L. BARBER.
Married to Broker IN LOndon-Sdid
To Be Worth IS 900. 900.

The Violet Aubrey Butler who is suing Anzi
L. Barber. president of the Barber Asphalt
Company TO recover the amount of two drafts.
one for $2.916 the other for 81. .S60 is the wife
Of Lewis Greene Tewksbury, the broker, horse
man and patron of arts. who in 1900 left this
city owing from 100000 TO S5OO.O00 but who
has since made part settlement with his cred
itors. They were married in London in May
last. and at that time il was said that Miss But
Ter had a fortune of S6000O00.
Guy Butler the first husband of Violet Aubrey
Butler, met her While she was an actress IN the
West, and married her there. He was an In
dian fighter and war correspondent. They were
divorced later, when Butler came to New-York
and employed daily newspaper. After
the divorce she went the stage again. He
died suddenly last year. It was said last night
that the drafts. the amounts of which Mrs
Tewzsbury is now suing for. may have been the
result OF some previous action brought while
she was still an actress.
w. W. Niles counsel for Mr. Barber, said last
night that he knew the plaintiff in the suit
he is defending was Mrs. Tewksbury and that
he knew considerable about her. He denied,
however. TO give any informa ton concerning
her or the suit.
According to the affidavit made by Mrs
TewksbUry. Anzi L. Barber. October 15
1903 delivered 10 her in New-York. for valua-
BILE consideration, two drafts upon Messrs
Drummond of London. The drafts in
dorsed by Mr.. Barbe. and were made payable
to bearer. but wher. presented for payment they
were not honored. When Mr. Barber mott
fed he paid no attention. and she says he has
not paid either OF the drafts. These drafts were
given befsrs her marriage TO Mr.. Tewksbury
Business men ana others in this city were
astonisheA TO learn last summer, through a
notice printed in THE London Sunday Times
and other papers, thai Lewis Greene Tewksbury
married or May IA at Westminster Miss Violet
Aubrey Butler, of NewYorlL Tewksbury had
not been heard from since he left New-York in
1900 He fed to Chicago at that time. and
thence 10 Mexico His counsel B. Gerson OPP
penhein. visited him there, and found him in
stalled in princey fashion in suite of offices in
the city of Mexico. He was doing a hourishing
business under the name Of Louis Thorne Hav-
ing obtained some contract work from President
Diaz he soon amassed a fortune, with a portion
of which he paid off his Eastern Indebtedness.
The last claim. said TO have been $4,000 due TO
w B. Johnson, was settled last year.
Since then nothing has been heard OF Tewks-
bury in this city. 1t is not known when he left
Mexico and at what time he took I'D his resi-
dence IN London but It "a evident he has pros
pered By his marriage with Miss Butler. it is
said. he added at least S5.0O0000 to his fortune
His first wife was a Mrs. Greenhut, from whom.
II is said he obtained divorce She
formerly the wife of the whiskey merchant OF
that name Violet Aubrey Butter is said TO be
the divorced wife OF Guy Butler, an Indian
fighter and war correspondent.
In her suit against AmZI l. Barber Mrs
Tewksbury asks for judgment for the amount
OF each draft with interest. Her counsel,
Benoni Lockwood. declines TO say what the
valuable consideration was that his client gave
for the drafts. He said the facts in the case
came 10 him in the usual way from his London
correspondent
Tewksbury has had q meteorfo career. He
came TO this city In 1883 from Manchester. n.
H where he ran drug store He soon became
Ieum Exchange. His Offices We're at No. 81
F-oadvray where he did g. large banking busi-
ness having liberal interest on deposits. II
was the sudden withdrawal Of these deposits
that compelled him 10 go out OF business. In
the height of his success he was the owner of a
fne stable OF trotting and pacing horses. among
them John r. Gentry and Joe Patchen.
HUs house No % West Seventy-second-st
was one OF the finest in the city. II stood on a
Oh nv 100 foot lot and was a fve story and
allied with works OF art including oil paintings
an mirrors as we'll an extensive art gallery
and a running fountain. He entertained law
ishly, keeping open house for his friends every
nit,Te for about S6O00O0 and his horses for
100000 In April. 1852. the house was bought
al auction by the Spier estate. or Glehs rails,
,sho soid 81 again In 1903. His wife. Mary Mills
Tewksbury. sued him for diVorce N 1Vo< ana
5ustfce Dugro OF the Supreme Court signed an
order on July % of that year permitting the SER
Toe of the summons and complaint on Tewk5-
hurry by publica tion. and copy was sent 10
steele De Freese g. rockingham his repre-
sentatives al London England. where the de-
fendant had last been heard from Mrs Iewks-
hurry received an tnterlocutory decree or divorce
on December &. 1902. on statutory grounds