The New York herald., 1922-03-12
Vanished with Assets.

1t was on July I, 1900, that Tewks-
bury gave his first signs of surrender.
He left the office of Lewis G. Tewks-
bury & Co., saying nothing about his
destination. Inasmuch as he was the
entire firm and only clerks and Office
assistants remained, the clients were
somewhat nonplussed, not to say dis
mayed. Mr.. Johnson started the ball
rolling. He applied to the courts for
assistance, saying that Tewksbury had
s12.472.50 of his money and that he
would like to have it. A writ of at
tachment was issued to him and
Deputy Sheriff Leavitt went to 80
Broadway with it. It was discovered
that Tewksbury had left nothing be-
hind worthy Of attachment. The bub-
BILE had burst and there were groans
and means from the crowd Of in
vestors who had congregated.
Mr.. Johnson told the court that
twice he had gone to the Tewksbury
Offices demanding his money only to
be put off. Eventually he was directed
to Tewksbury's lawyers, who informed
him that they regretted to state that
the firm of Lewis G. Tewksbury &
Co. was fiat: that there were no as
sets; that there was nothing to at
tach; that they did not know. where
their client was and that they were
at the moment occupied with seeking
out something that they might hand
over to a woman whom Tewksbury
owed $4,000.
Mr. Johnson looked up Alexander
M. Lowry. who was enormously indi-
Gated as the Go" Of the outfit. Mr..
Lowry explained that he was only the
office manager: that his salary was
only $3.50 a week. which sum seemed
to him to be trifiing inasmuch as he
had promoted gold mine in Califor-
MIA, a copper mine in Arizona, a cop
per and gold mine in British Column
bia, lead mine in Joplin, Mo-,
water power scheme in Delaware
county, New York. and a natural gas
project near indianapolis.
Long Line of Creditors.
The creditors descended on the place
and beat 1t in. Came one woman who
demanded her $4,000 and two more
who said they were in for $4,000
each. They were met and talked back
by stately blonde who declared her.
self business getter for Mr.. Tewks-
bury" Other men and women came
seeking money or its equivalent. They
admitted losing from $4,000 to $40.
Innumerable clerks and domestics
came to see what had become of their
small savings. The crash was utter
and complete.
Then came a period in Tewksbury's
life that may be ignored in this ac-
count of his career inasmuch as it
had to do principally with his garbled
marital affairs. During this time he
bobbed up in Mexico as a contractor
for the Mexican Government. He ap-
pears in Paris under the name of
Green and in London where. under
another name. he had another go at
banking. and was arrested for cash
ing q bogus check. In the meantime
it was found that he had left New
York owing about s1.000,000.
He returned to New York in 1906,
was promptly sued by a former wife
Mrs. Mary Mills Grunhut--for s10.-
600. which she claimed represented
bonds she had entrusted to his care.
The jury disagreed and Tewksbury
vanished again. His creditors We're
squabbling among themselves and 1t
was apparent that there was no hope
of getting anything from the former
Wall Street meteor, although he
formed a syndicate that purchased