Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-09-03
F. AUGUSTUS HEINzE
NOW HAS CENTER OF STAGE
In new YORK.
Lillian French Says Montana Copper
King Has Deceived Her Too Much
Not Only Made Love to Her But Re
fused to Give Her Securities Borrowed
to Tide Him Over Money Difficulties.

10 Ilde him over money D1mcultles.
New York.-Mrs. Lillian Hobart
French, formerly of Butte, Mont, who
lis threatening suit against f. Augustus
Heinze, the Montana copper mining
man, for $4,000 worth of securities
which she claims he gave her and then
borrowed back again, gives now can
did recital of a new chapter of ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Heinze.
Mrs. French, who is trying to keep
her old friend from Butte from marry
ing Miss Bernice Henderson, a Broad
way chorus girl, delved into the Heinze
closet and while there took occasion
to rattle something which sounded dan
gerously like skeleton.
| In brief the woman said the Standard
Oil company, through a beautiful won-
an spy, learned of Mr.. Heinze's actions
just prior to 1907, when he, with
Charles Barney and Charles w. Morse,
were forming the United Copper pool.
through, SCATTERING the fortunes of
both Barney and Morse, and sending
Barney to his death of suicide, and
Morse to the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta, Ga.
Standard Oil for Revenge.
Mrs. French said that the Standard
had been trying for some years to get
revenge upon Heinze, who was de-
scribed in Wall. Street at that time as
ga fresh young fellow from Butte
Some years before he had dictated the
terms in the Amalgamated Copper deal
in Montana, and this settlement cost
the Standard $12,000,O00.
The narrator told of a secret confer
ence held in the Waldorf Astoria hotel
in this city, attended by the late H. H.
Rogers, then of the Standard Oil com
pany; Thomas w. Lawson of Boston
and Mr.. Heinze. Some of the details
of the settlement in the copper war
were not cleared up until Mrs. French
made her sensational remark.
The copper war involved some of the
.country foremost fnanciers, number
ing among them, in addition to Heinze,
Rogers and Lawson, the members of
the Rockefeller family.
Lived as Heinze's Wife.
Stepping over the interesting period
; in which the Standard Oil company was
"laying low and waiting for an OPP
portunity to even up old scores because
of the dictatorial manner in which
, Heinze had arbitrated the Amalgani-
atcd deal, Mrs. French came east and
was installed as Mr.. Heinze' house
keeper in apartments facing the
,, Waldorf. Mrs. French asserts that she
! and Heinze lived as man and wife in
at least four New York hotels-which
she names-before they settled down
: within the shadow of the Waldorf.
t Mr.. Heinze always spent some time
+ in the Waldorf. He usually took his
+ meals there and rented apartments
there, even while he maintained resi-
dence elsewhere.
e When he, with Morse and Barney,
+ commenced to engineer the United
v Copper pool, with view of cornering
!, the copper output of America, the
vi NOhipohy u MS
: plans.
n Betrayed by Pretty Woman.
Mrs. French says:,. 'a'rhe Standard
& people knew Mr.. Heihze's weak point,
|, so they sent very beautiful young
p woman up to the Waldorf with instruc-
II tions. She was beautiful woman,
titan-haired, Paris frocks and what
:, not She had no end of money and
:. rented elaborate apartments. She
!. played her game so well that instead
e. of seeking the friendship of Mr.
IS Heinze he sought hers.
+ "They spent much time together and
this clever woman lost no time in
20 worming all the information of bust
~ ness secrets out of him. In the mean
n time Morse grew frightened. Heinze
s. knew that he could not expect helI
e. from the Standard crowd and took his
ID medicine and his losses without a
u whimper.'
u How many millions Heinze lost in
- the subsequent Wall street crash is not
n known, but Mrs. French vivaciously as
sured the reporter that he was bitter
ID Very deeply indeed