Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

X shore of New Yorks East
H. River stand the vast refin-
cries of the American Sugar Com
pany, controlled and largely owned
by the Havemeyer family.
From hundreds of windows in the
smoke-blackened walls CLEAN hot
red fires that burn all day and glare
angrily through a pail of smoke all
night. They are producing millions
of pounds of sugar a day-the greater
part of the sugar consumed by the
whole United States. They are
pouring untold wealth into the peck
cts of the Havemeyer family.
The furnaces burn on and on with
out a rest. From time to time, it is
said, a heat-craZed man rushes out
and leaps into the murky @aters of
the East River. This great blazing
chain of refneries is the MOloch of
the modern world. The corporation
that presides over it has been con
victed of defrauding the Government
of millions of dollars by the sys-
tematic underweighing of imported
raw material. Several of the officers
have been convicted of crimes of
this nature But still the blazing
MolOch goes on pouring its millions
into the pockets of the Havemeyer
family.
The wealth produced this way has
been attended by the most amazing
and uninterrupted series of misfor-
tunes and tragedies that American
life has ever seen.
Sudden death, suicide, divorce, dis
honor-misfortunes of every kind
have stricken many of the Have
meyer family. 1t is inevitable that
people should speak of 'the faint of
the sugar millions"
The latest misfortune to one be
longing to the direct line was the
sudden death of William F. Have
meyer. He was a son of Mayor Will
liam F. Havemeyer and a grandson
of the original William F. Have
meyer, one of the two brothers who
founded this numerous family. The
recently deceased Mr. Havemeyer
had engaged in the sugar bust
ness in his youth He was only
sixty-three years old, apparently in
good health, and, having enjoyed
every comfort and care, was entitled
to look forward to a long and happy
Autumn of life
But the family fate pursued him.
He was stricken Unexpectedly with
heart disease and died suddenly
and alone before there was time to
summon son or daughter. His ia
Their before him had died suddenly
and alone.
The terrible accident that hap
pened to S. Osgood PelPs automobile
near Garden City is regarded as an
Illustration of the i'll luck that at
tends those indirectly connected
with the Havemeyer family In the
automobile, besides Mr.. Pell were
William Laimbeer and his wife, for
merly Miss Nathalie Schenck. Mr..
Pell and Mr.. Laimbeer were killed,
while Mrs. Laimbeer was crippled
and the beauty for which she was
noted marred
Now Mr.. Laimbeer's first wife was
Clara Bloodgood, the actress, whose
first husband was William Have
meyer She lived unhappily with
Mr. Havemeyer, divorced him and
then married Jack BlOodgoOd, a ia
nous man about town, who died sud
denly soon after his marriage. Then
Mrs. Bloodgood went on the stage
and made brilliant success in THE
Climbers" and other plays. At this
period she married Mr.. Laimbeer,
who has recently been killed. Just
when she should have been happiest
Clara Bloodgood committed suicide
alone in her hotel
Clara Bloodgood's brother-in-law,
Harry Lattimer Bloodgood, has
parted from his wife and recently
attempted suicide.
Almost daily comes news of
trouble or misfortune in this fam
lily. Young Teddy" Havemeyer, son
of the late "Carley'' Havemeyer, who
died most tragically, is the latest
victim of the curse. The young man
was engaged to pretty Miss Vida
Bispham, daughter of David Bisp-
ham. Just on the eve of the date
set for the wedding the engagement
was broken.
1t may be interesting to recall
that this family, so lucky in money
making and unlucky in everything
else, was founded by two German
immigrant brothers, William Fred
erick and Frederick Christian Have
meyer, who landed at the Battery in
1903. They started little sugar
bakery in Vandam street, Greenwich
Village
Both brothers had children who