The Washington times., 1912-10-10
BANK THREATENS TO
FORECLOSE ON HOME
Of GEN. S|CKLES
Financial Condition of Vet
eran Reaches Critical
Stage.

NEW YORK. Oct. 1870 desperately
critical has Gen. Daniel Z. Sickles'
financial condition become. II was learn
cd today, that the Bowery Savings
Bank, which holds n mortgage Of
$4,000 on the aged veterans home, nus
notified the general and his wife from
whom he mas been separated thirty
two years. that foreclosure proceed
ings will oe started today unless the
interest. amounting to 81. $50 due on Au-
gust last, Is paid.
As soon as she received the notice.
Mrs. Sickles visited the bank with her
son. George Stanton Sicties, and con-
ferred with President Schenck. II de-
veloped that the general Is Sll 200 in ar
rears for three years taxes on his
home. The assessed valuation of the
property Ia s14S0oO. President schenck
explained that foreclosure would be ncc-
essary because the State banking laws
forbid banks holding mortgages on
property on which taxes have not been
paid for three years.
Mrs. Sickles could not understand
why the general was unable to meet
this comparatively small obligation
when he has raised many times the
amount through notes In the last few
months.
-slI Indebted to Wife.
Il hold q second mortgage on my
husbands home for $4,000 explained
Mrs. Sickles "Hs owes me $4,000 in
terest on this alone. His total indebt-
edness to me Is now $s2,4oo. In addi-
ton to that he has not contributed one
sent to my support or that Of my child
dren since 1880. feel now that can
not ruin myself by coming to his aid
again. He must reap what he has
sown."
Stanton sickles. angered by the gen.
erals recent attack on the character of
his mother, did not mince words In plac-
ing the blame for his fathers financial
downfall.
women. women. and then more wom-
en- are res resPonssie sHeiamed the son: Ss
wasted millions on and through women.
These latest troubles are due to Wall
Street speculations. His present house.
keeper. Eleanor Earle Wilmerding, who
is In large measure responsible for the
present cstrangement between father
and mother, 10 a Wall Street specula-
tor. I believe my fathr has become
enmeshed in the web Of Wall Street
.Father will not survive long after
being turned out Of the home he lives in.
He told me as much as seven years
ago, when he was In desperate financial
straits and when my mother came to
"Father purchased the house in 1882.
assuming the first mortgage. l do not
understand why he could not keep II
UP with his pension Of 5000 year.
money he draws from the Gettysburg
Chattanooga Memorial commission. and
the vast estate he took possession Of
when my grandfather died" .
Another Letter Made Public.
Stanton sickles today produced an
other love letter written by his father
to prominent New York society wo-
man." 1t reads:
To Miss -. Windsor Hotel, Paris:
Darling: was always glad when you
came. always CORY when you left me.
always happy to go to you. always
sorry to leave you. always ccontented
when with you. always satisfied to
sit by your side and hold your hand
and look into your eyes and hear your
voice and hear you say II love you."
It,was more to me than all else in
the world. Those three words said to
me now by you would bring me back
to life and strength and hope and Joy!
Oh, darling--say them to me again--and
from your heart--and make me happy.
You have been more cruel to me than
any one else in the world, because
love you better than any other, and
more than all others I ever knew.
DAN.
Washington. d. c.. March 4. 1897.
'"rhe brother Of the woman I have
named sent me an anonymous letter
tF,satening my life some time ago."
selS Mr.. Sickles. I'm France II would
AfSsd me Incompatible pleasure to meet
hfS on Ia terrain de !'honneur.' OF
course, he hasn't the courage, how
over"