The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-08
B0YH00D DRAMA IN LIFE
OF SENATOR NEW Barred
BY ALLEGED SONS CRIME

A high sense of honor and OF duty
which caused him to carry respon-
sibility he never acknowledged as MIS-
is the story of the life of Senator
Harry S. New, unfolded by his friends
here today.
An incident of the dim. past-dur-
ing his days Of unmarried !ife-has
risen again in the career OF a man
high in the affairs of a nation, At 3
time when his prominence only
serves to accentuate the dramatic
efatures Of the situation.
What is the bond between Harry ..
New. Senator from Indiana, ana
Harry s. New, jr., who confessed that
he killed his sweetheart on a lonely
road near Los Angeles when she re-
fused to marry him? Here Is the
story, as told by intimate friends o;
the Senators
Met Mother When wIdOwer.
The Senator was married in 1880 to
Kathleen Milligan, who died few
years later. Shortly after this time
New met Lulu Tor Lillian) Scudder,
girl in her late teens.
They became good friends. The
girl was we'll known in the commu-
nifty, and New was seen with her
often, although other young men also
were seen with her in public places.
A boy baby was born. In the en-
suing scandal the names Of three or
four men were mentioned, some OF
them now prominent in Indiana az
fairs.
Miss Scudder named the boy after
Harry S. New. at that time a rising
young newspaper man and son of a
prominent publisher. New did not
openly acknowledge fatherhood Of
the boy.
Court action was threatened, it was
understood, but no actual action was
taken.
New was eager to make amends for
q wrong which he considered might
have been his. He decided to help
the girl and the boy in their diff
Guilty.
Arrangements were made for home
for the girl, and for the care of the
boy in an institution.
Boy wouldn't Study.
The boy was sent to the Notre
Dame University Preparatory School
He was irresponsible, however, and
refused to study. Mr.. New then tried
to get the youth to study mining en-
cheering, and paid his expenses at
the Denver School Of Mines for two
years. The youth spent money freely,
but did little with his studies.
In spite Of the boys irresponsibility,
the Senator did not give up his self
imposed guardianship over him. He
tried to see that the boy got along in
life.
The Senator's aid to the mother had
ceased in part by this time, the girl
having been married three times since
the affair with New.
A second child had been born pre-
vious to her marriage and died as the
result Of an accident. The Senator
absolutely repudiated any connection
with this child. Court action was
brought against him, but the case
was never decided.
Boosted About Gather
Harry S. New, Jr, was brought up
by his mother in the belief that Sen
ator New was his father All
through his life he has made no Sc
cret OF the assumed connection; in
fact, has openly boasted Of it.
Acquaintance of Senator New say
he has given the boy and his mother
assistance many times, and that ne
has discharged any obligation which
ne might owe either or both.
In a statement today Senator New
explained his attitude toward the
claims OF Mrs. Burger formerly Miss
Scudder) and the boy:
"More than thirty years ago, when
I was in my twenties and unmarried,
1 knew Mrs. Burger. There was
never at any time a question of mar
riage between us.
Conditions arose which I do not
care to dispute, which resulted in my
doing everything in my power to
make amends then and later.
Affair Ended Thirty Years Ago.
whatever l did then was OF my
own accord, and no one else had any
thing whatever to do with II. The