New-York tribune., 1910-07-20
.LOWERY SOUGHT SUICIDE
Defaulting Bank Teller Relates
His Adventures.
HE ALMOST PAID UP ONCE
Spent Week in Jamaica and
Often Went Hungry in
Philadelphia.

Utica, n. Y. July 19.-J. Howard Lowery.
the young bank teller who was arrested in
Philadelphia Yesterday on the charge Of
embezzling s115.o00 from the Utica City Ma
tional Bank. was brought here to-day and
arraigned before United States Commits
sioner Senior After 4 hearing he was held
10 await the action of the federal grand
jury. bail being fixed at $4,000 which he
was unable to furnish
Lowerv was visited in his cell at the
oneida County jail to-day by the officials
of the bank. to whom, it Is said, he told the
story of his wanderings since he left
Utica. Now that he has been arrested
which he says he had long apprehended,
he is anxious to have the term of the i'm
prisonment begin as quickly as possible, in
order that when ii IS over. having learned
a terrible lesson he can start over and
avoid mistakes in the future
Lowery says ne desires no bail and wishes
10 make no defence: that he is perfectly
willing TO make clean breast of ii to the
officials. He told the bank officials, 1t is
said. that he mad played the stock market
alone and unSUided and sometimes had
won. At one time, he said. he owed the
bank only 5000 having returned all ex-
cept that amount. Soon afterward, how
ever, he says, he lost $4,000 in one slump.
and twice lost heavily by the failure of
New York concerns.
When the alleged defalcation was discov-
cred on April 27. Lowery said he left the
bank and started for Oneida Lake, deter
mined to end his life. He missed his train,
however. and went to Syracuse, thence 20
Philadelphia, where he took an outward
bound ship for Port Antonio, Jamaica He
r-ox EeG ,Io IL ccad he 81
and by train TO Kingston. endeavoring 20
get work. He started for Panama, but
was deferred by a Cuban, whose discourag-
ing accounts of opportunities for work led
Lowery to return TO the states.
Tries the Insurance Business.
After about week in Jamaica he took
passage on a fruit steamer and went %
Philadelphia. landing there with SO IN
money. He occurred a room and hunted
work. For the first week the nearest ne
got to securing a place vas when a man
who stood just in front of him secured the
place at IS week. He finally had chance
tn solicit accident insurance, and after
much effort disposed OF one policy. The
best and longest Job was with a small pub
fishing house He solicited orders for bill
heads and job work generally. He did work
in the printing department. such as run
ming a press. cutting, folding etc. He had
to live economically. and there we're times
when 10 cents a day was his total expendi-
ture for food. He secured good clerical
position in manufacturing establishment.
aand gave IL up the first day because a man
he had known in Utica was with the con
Germ.
From then until the time of his arrest he
Of
ed he insisted on going home by way If
Binghamton. and the detectives agreed
They arrived this morning.
Apparently Had Seen Hard Times.
Lowery's appearance as he stood before
the desk in Police Headquarters and gave
his pedigree to-day was in startling con-
trast to his appearance when last seen in
Utica in April AT that time he was the
well groomed young bank employe, enjoy
ing good salary and wide popularity. To-
day he shambled from the carriage which
hurried him from the railroad station TO
the police station, his frayed clothing hang
ing from his spare frame in a manner
which indicated he had seen hard times
since ne fed from Utica.
Several of his intimate friends were on
hand to lend such assistance as lay In their
power, but Lowery barely noticed them, in
quiring only as to when he would be per
mitted 10 confer with his bride, formerly
Miss Bessie Sanderson, whom he married
just before his disappearance and through
whose instrumentality. it is said the de-
teCtives were able TO arrest the embezzler-
Mrs. Lowery accompanied her husband
from Wilmington. Del, 10 which place he
was taken Yesterday, following his arrest
back to Utica to-day, and is now at the
home of her parents in a suburban village
in state of prostratiOn.
She realizes it was through her remarks
to the detectives that her husband was ap-
pretended. but she asserts she gave away
his hiding place in philadelphia unWillingly.