The sun., 1910-02-12


NEW ORLEANS. Feb. il.-Lewis q.
Tevksbury died at the charity hospital at
9.4S clock to-day. Death was due TO in
nIries from fall from a hotel shoestand
twoweeks ago. Only hospital attendant
was with him at the end.
Twenty years ago Tewksbury and his
doings formed "A main topic Of oonversa-
lion in this town. His plunging in stocks.
his fast horses. his extravagant. fam
boyant style OF living. his matrimonial ad
ventures and frequently the complaints OF
persons who felt that Tewksbury had not
baen wholly disingenuous in his deals with
them gave people who liked sensations
plenty 20 talk about.
He came here first in 1883 from Man
chester. y. H., where he had run a drug
store So successfully as to acquire a bank
roll of respectable New York size. In a
few months there was a new banking and
brokerage concern downtown with the
name OF Lewis G.. Tewksbury a Co. on the
door at 81 Broadway. There was fine
hg suite of offices with gold and black
enamel signs and every indication that
money was plentiful.
About that time Tewksbury bought and
furnished a house at 20 West Seventy
second street that was one OF the sights
Of the town. 1t was said he spent half a
million dollars in furnishing and, decorat-
ing the place. Il was filed with costly
PAINTINGS including examples OF Meies onier
Corot and Inness, and some OF the rugs
and tapestries were celebrated the country
over among experts and oonnoisseurs.
He was a friend Of Rainsford Ingalls,. who
kent the Studio, in Sixth avenue, and when
the proprietor of that picturesque chop
house died many OF the best art objects
there we're transferred to the Tewksbury
house At 20 the speculator used to en-
tsrtain his friends and out of town Gus
toners in prinoely style. The place was
sold after fewksbury went broke to Will
lam Z, Spier. treasurer then of the Inter
national Paper Company.
At that time the dashing Tewksbury
became known among lovers Of fast
harness horses. First he bought from
Major s. T. Dickinson the crack tpotting
team Aubine. 2:l6s4, and Zembia, 21Sz.
He drove Aubine on the road for some
time and then put her to breeding. Eembia
he sold to J. Malcolm Forbes OF Boston
after he had campaiRned her a while.
Later he owned and drove Paul and Lee H.,
crack PAGERS. and in 1898 he bought the
famous Robert j., whose pacing record
was 11fls. Then he bought John n.
Gentry, 2O0Js for $4,000. so that he owned
at that time the fastest pacing team in
the world. Tewksbury engaged L. X.
Bovine TO train the great PAGERS and the
most elaborate preparations were made
10 exhibit them. They travelled in a
nobody ever saw before and filled en-
ragements at twenty-five tracks through
'out the country during the season. Tewks-
bury sold John r. Gentry to Edward h.
Hartman in 1898. Robert j. and John
r. Gentry were a mighty good adver-
tisement for Tewksbury as well as
source OF pleasure.
But the going in Wall Street got harder
and harder Things happened that
in THAR dollar &avaral
grieved customers sued Tewksbury for
settlement, and what they testified 10
drin't do him bit OF good. In July
Of 1890 the banking firm of Lewis @.
Tewksbury 4 Co. went to smash. One
Of the creditors got an attachment for
Az. but there wasn't a thing to at
zach when the Sheriff went around 10
collect. His wealth melted away and
lewksbury dropped for time out OF
the life OF the town.
The next heard of him, he was in Mexico
trying 70 pry a fortune out OF the country.
B. G. Oppenheim, a lawyer OF this city,
Who represented W. Browning johnson.
that creditor OF Tewksbury VINO got out
The ST., 600 attachment order. heard that
Tewksbury was in Mexico and made the
trp. hoping that something would come
oui Of II. He got the surprise OF his
hie when he crossed the Rio Grande.
There WAS Mr.. Lewis Green Tewksbury,
prosperous, sparkling with diamonds
paid the whole claim that Oppenhem
mad and added the costs OF the pfooeed-
ng and the interest OF the money. How
be got another fortune so quickly nobody
ever discovered-but he had to leave
Mexico. He turned up next In South
America. where he speculated in cattle
and mines. Suddenly he was heard
OF in London, a banker az ain.
The next chapter in his life was de-
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he had married first in New York In 1895.
She got a divorce, went to England aud
married a kinsma1 OF the Marquis OF
0rmonde. Guy Butler. Butler had been
one Of the best known men along Broad
way. he was the son OF a General In the
confederate army, and was a fighter
himself. Tevksbury had been divorced
IN 100? from Mrs. Mary Mills Greenhut
whose husband bad been Louis Greenhut.
alawyer here. In 1905, when Tewksbury
came back to this country. Mrs. Mary
Vreenhut-Tewksbury had the speculator
arrested. char rging him with theft. He
vas lock ed UP for a while in Philadelphia
and then got bail. but he jumped his bail
a1d disappeared. In the same year his
wife. Violet, was arrested in London.
charged with passing worthless checks.
She too jumped her bail and fed to France,
hut she was extradited from Paris. In
hprll 1919 Tewksbury walked into Police
Headquarters here and surrendered him
month before Recorder Goff on the charge
Of having stolen $4,000 worth OF bonds
rom Mrs. Mary sbury.
Ihe jury couldn't agree and Tewksbury
Vas let 60
Thereafter he was heard OF frequently
N various parts OF the country. always
mout one jump ahead OF trouble. He
planned to build big hotel in Denver.
ogt nothing came OF IL. Everybody was
Surprised in 1908 when ;Tewk sbury bobbed
= no s.H h0
ne famous old hotel at Broadway and
lVnty-nlnth street. Tewksbury organ
Ied the Broadway Hotel Company and
an the Gilsey for a short time. He ptom-
n sed IN do wonderful things with the old
hotel, but nothing happened of any con-
~quence. In less than year Tewksbury
uad tn get out, and the creditors took
WAT they could get.
ie hadn't been around town after the
~llire OF the Gilsey House project.