Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28
Skeleton Pulled Out of the Heinze
Closet and Exhibited in New
York City.
NEW CHAPTER ADDED TO STORY
Woman Would Prevent Millionaire
from Marrying Her Friend.
TELLS OF BIG FINANCIAL DEALS
Housekeeper of the Montana Man
Gives Up Secrets
AFFAIRS PERTAINING TO COPPER
M
Ellis OF BIG FINANCIAL DEALS
AFFAIRS PERTAINING TO COPPER
Rogers, standard OIL ana Tom
Lawson Alleged TO Have Figured
ia some OF the TrRnsac-
tfous.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.--(Special Tele-
gram )--AIrs Lillian Hobart French, for
mery OF Butte, Mont. who is threatening
suit against f. Augustus Heinze, the Mon
tana copper millionaire for $4,000 worth OF
Bureties which she claims he gave her and
then borrowed back again, gave a candid
recital OF a new chapter OF her acquaint-
ance with Mr.. Heinze today.
Mrs French, who is trying TO keep her
old friend from Butte from marrying Mrs.
Bernice Henderson, Broadway chorus
girl, delved into the eHinze closet and
while therein took occasion to rattle
something which sounded dangerously
near like a skeleton.
in brief the woman said that the stand
ard oil company, through a beautiful
woman spy learned Of Mr.. Heinzes actions
Just prior to 1907, when he with Charles T.
Barney and Charles w. Morse, were form
ing the United Copper pool. Morse with
drew and kAe deal fell through, shattering
the fortunks OF Barney and Morse and
sending Barney TO his death by suicide and
Morse to the federal prison at Atlanta.
Mrs French said that the Standard had
been trying for six years to get revenge
upon Heinze, who was described In Wall
street at that time as, "a fresh young
IGilOW lIODl butle OOnt SCdis bGAOAS
Heinze had dictated the terms in the Anal
gamated Copper deal in Montana and this
settlement cost the Standard $l2.0OO,OOO
Lawson is Mentioned.
The narrator told OF a secret conference
held in the waldorf-Astorla hotel in this
city, attended by the late II. II. Rogers,
then of the Standard OIL company; Thomas
w. Lawson of Boston and Mr.. Henze.
Of ant in
the coppe rwar were never cleared up until
Mrs French made her sensational remarks
today The copper war involved some OF
the countrys foremost financters, number
ing among them. In addition 10 Helnze
Rogers and Lawson, the members of the
Rockefeller family
Skipping over the interesting period in
which the Standard oil company was LAY
ing low and waiting for an opportunity to
even up old scores because OF the dictatoral
manner In which Heinze had arbitrated the
Amalgamated deal Mrs. French came east
and was Installed as Mr.. Heinze's house
keeper in apartments facing the Waldorf
y Mrs French asserts that she and Helnze
N lived as man and wife in at least four New
York hotels-whfch she names-before they
settled down within the shadow of the Wal
dorf.
Mr.. He1nZe Always spent HnuSh eiNiS ~
the waldorf. He usually took his meals
there and retained apartments there even
while he maintained a residence elsewhere
Mrs. French's story.
When he, with Morse and Barney com
meneed to engineer the United Copper pool
with a view to cornering the copper output
of American, the Standard OH company
learend OF his plans.
Mrs. French says: THE Standard people
knew Mr. Heinze's weak points. so they
sent a very ebatuiful young woman up to
the Waldorf with instructions. She was a
beaAG. Titan hair Paris frocks and what
not She had no end OF money and rented
elaborate apartments she played her game
80 well that instead of seeking the friend
ship OF Mr.. Heinze. he sought hers.
They spent much time together and this
oiever woman lost no tine in worming all
the business secrets out of Heinze In the
meantime Morse grew frightened and quit
He also knew that he could not expect help
from the standard OH crowd and took his
medicine and his losses without a whim.
per-"
How many millions Heinze lost In the
consequent Wall street crash is not known
but Mrs. French vivaclousy assured the
reporters that he was bitten very deeply,
Ghdeed.