Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-25
LOWERY IS
RESIGNED TO FATE
Confessed EmbezzIer Wants
His Medicine and Wants
II Quick

UTICA, ~ y, July 25- Seemingly
resigned to his fate, John Howear
LOwery, at one time a leader in the
younger set Of Uticas 400" nephew
Of former State Senator Lowery,
protege Of Vice-P President Sherman
and self-confessed embezzler of more
than 100000 from the Utica City
National Bank, OF which he was as
sistant cashier, has denied himself to
all except two callers at the Utica
jail, where he is confined under $10.-
600 bail to await the action of the
Federal Grand Jury.
The absconder's young wife, who
was Miss Bessie II. Sanderson, a
pretty stenographer whom he mar
ried secretly while he was tapping the
till. has visited him twice. and his
brother William has also paid fire.
quent visits to the Jail Aside from
these two, Lowery has requested that
no others be admitted.
Lowery does not want bail. His
brother started out to get the neces-
sary bondsmen, but at Johns request
abandoned the effort. Lowery says
he wants his case brought to trial as
soon as possible The United States
Grand Jury meets in Auburn October
4 and will consider his case. Follow
! ing his probable indictment, Lowery
says he will plead guilty. He says
he does not even want a lawyer to
plead for him or make any defense.
Il used the banks money" he said,
"and made myself liable. / deserve
any punishment that may be melted
out to me and I will take my medicine
| like man. l am resigned 10 my
! fate"
Makes Complete Confession.
IL is expected that Lowery will be
sent to the Federal prison at Atlanta,
where Charles w. Morse. former king
Of finance. is now a prisoner.
Lowery made a complete confession
to the banks officials when they visit
ed him I'm the jail recently, and also
turned over to the bank his interest
IN his mothers estate, which is valued
az $4,000. This property already has
| been attacted by the bank.
Lowery told the bank officials that
/ from the time he made the first false
entry, four years ago. he had lived a
! life of enxiety and dread. He dared
not leave his desk even for a day. He
never took vacation, and IL was this
! devotion to duty that caused his
chiefs to promote him from time to
time. The visits of the examiners
were occasions Of terrible suspense.
He said his troubles began when
the stock market began to SILVER un-
der the impending panic which was TO
come the year following. During this
panic Lowery took money I'm amounts
OF 100000 In April 1906, when he
began 70 plumber the banks vaults.he
took $500 at time In that year hin
populations amounted 20 $10,500. In
| 1907 he took $4,000 in $4,000
amounts. IN 1908 it was $4,000 and
In 1909 $4,000 more. In 1910 the
amount was S4.10S19. During the
years of his populations Lowery re-
turned the sum of s29.500.
Once Got Nearly Even.
AT one time Lowery had paid back
all he had taken except $4,000. Then
he lost $4,000 I'm one slump. Two
New York firms with whom he deal
failed, and he lost heavily with both
About this time, and TO heighten hi.
anxiety, stranger came to his win
dow In the bank and threatened him
In some manner the stranger hat
found him out He followed Lowerl
for days and tried to blackmail him
but finally was STAYED off.
Lowery says that when he fed from
the bank, April q, he started for his
cottage, on Oneida Lake, determined
to end his life there. He missed his
train and went to Syracuse. thence
to Philadelphia, where he took ship fol
the West Indies, landing at Port An
tonic, Jamaica. In Kingston he en-
deavored to get work Then he re
turned to Philadelphia. where he was
) arrested
Lowery's young wife went to the
home of her parents. in Oriskany
Falls, recently, in a state of prostra.
. ton. She realizes that It was
through her remarks TO the detective,
. in Wilmington that her husband wal
apprehended, but she asserts she CAV,
away his hiding place in Philadelphi;
unwittingly.