The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-03
THOUGH RICH, NE SAYS
"lET MOTHER STARVE"
Wealthy Broker Refuses Her
SI2 to Prevent Eviction
by Landlord.
LIVES AT THE
James L. Foye, Manager Of Gates, Of
fee, Says He'll Not Give q Cent
Remarkable Attitude Of
Prosperous Nan.

New York. Aug. flames +. Foye.
assistant nag OF the Charles q.
Gates brokerage offices IN h Waldorf
Astoria. and himself n guest CT the
Waldorf. said today he would rot pay
one cent toward the support OF his ov-
erty-s,ricken mother. who lives In q
ARE three-Eoom Hat I'm the tenement
house AT 953 Park avenue She doesn't
know where she IN going to get the si2
TO pay her ext months rent.
Foye In the man who yesterday hauled
the woman he called mother when he
was n child before Magistrate wahle
on the charge that she threatened to
shoot him because he refused To give
her money.
"she did threaten TO shoot me-" re-
fterated the son wnen seen today In his
private Office la the ~luxuriousiy fitted
UP rooms OF Charles Gates A Co.. At
h Waldorf. II am afraid OF the wom-
m and she In capable OF shooting me
or any one else. I tried to- tell the mag
istrate yesterday that l wanted her
committed but he refused to listen TO
me.
Denounees Mother rs Fool.
"If he and the public knew all the
circumstances OF the ease they would
a x a different view OF the matter. I
know IL sounds bad for n son to be talk
Ing about his mother as I am. ~ you
don't know her. She's a fool"
Foye shook his fist ms he said this.
"TU never pay that woman 1 cent"
he continued. emphatically. she never
has been n mother to me. She never
gave me n mothers love. Che never
cared whether lived or died. She left
my father when I was Is. and since
then I have had to SHIFT for myself.
Ten years ago she got a separation
from my father with alimony OF $50 q
month. That didn't satisfy her. She
wanted $50 n month. She bounded him
until he died. n year ago. Since then
she has been bounding me.
Claim She Drove Father 10 Death.
For six years before he died my
father was n invalid as n result OF
chronic locomotor ntaxia. I had to
support him. He naturally could not
earn money TO pay alImony himself. I
was not earning any more than enough
10 support us both.
But h kept on bounding us and
sent my poor father to the Ludlow
street jail for three months because he
could not pay. That three months I'm
Jail aggravated his disease. which later
developed n paresis. OF which he
died.
since then hat woman followed me
from place TO place. demanding money
OF me and telling me what she would
do IL h didn't get 20. I suppose now
she will come here and threaten me
again. IL she does. Ill have her ar
rested once more.
M In Want7 Doesn't Care.
The is nothing. absolutely
nothing. to me. I don't care II 1 lose my
job ms n result OF this trouble. I have
shifted for myself since I was Is years
old and i guess 1 can SHIFT a while lon
ger"
Your mother is III and IN want Are
you going TO help herr" asked n re-
porter.
II don't care what happens TO my
mother" replied Foye angrily. she
ought TO be put in n hospital or an
asylum n she can't work"
But you were born OF herr"
Yes. unfortunately, was. But that
wasn't my fault. ! tell you. I'm sick
and tired OF being annoyed by her"
Say She 10 Good.
In contrast to this unpleasant pic
turc OF Mrs. Foye. as painted by her
son, diametrically opposite Is the one
sketched by her ~neighbors. There In
rot one or her fellow tenants who has
not the kindest things 10 say about
the woman They desribe her as n
quiet, kindly faced old woman, who
minded her Owl business. but who had
n pleasant and neighborly smile for
everybody.
shoot any one?' said John Schneid-
er. her landlord. today. why that
woman would not kill a mouse. She is
the most tender hearted old lady I ever
saw. She had n revolver in her
hand In her life. She's so timid she's
afraid OF her ~ shadow
The rejected said today:
when I came 20 America I possessed
n fortune OF $4,000. AT the Grand
Union hotel / met and later married
James Foye. He squandered all my
money. / have pawned my last keep
sake and have nothing left"