Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-05 | Page 1 | Ex-Millionaires Fined in New York for Drunkenness

MILLIONAIRES EX-MILLIONAIRES FINED IN NEW YORK FOR DRUNKENNESS Speculation Ruined One of Them and and- Whisky and Whis Whisky y Broke Up the theOther theOther Other Othet U Unfortunate NEW YORK Feb eb 5 Two Two men arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested in different sections of the city fined In different Police courts for drunkenness Both Doth were penniless A Afew Afew Afew few years ago they were millionaires club men men society favorites and one marrIed a Duchess Each is only 40 years old Edward Leonard Dwy Dwyer r a six footer has the most meteoric career He first attracted attention in Chicago in 1886 while a member of th the Board of Trade by buying a million bushels of wheat In 1894 1 he met the Duchess de lie- Castel- Castel luccia They were married in Florida the following year Richard Croker being being be be- ing the best man Two years later the Duchess died leaving two children 1 and her husband 10 and six islands off the coast of ot Maine He sold them for Speculation ruined him He lie went bankrupt He next tried mining in Mexico but turned up at Harrisburg Pa and enlisted in the marines marines marines ma ma- rines serving In the Philippines Dwyer was paroled In the custody of an officer as he saW he could borrow 5 to pay his fine Some hours later he paid it Edward C. C Mathews was not so lucky He was picked up in Thirty-first Thirty street His father was a famous lawyer two decades ago His father father- left him over overa a million eight years years' ago Mathews was in rags Booze brought me to this condition he said to Magistrate Pool I was a society and club man man Th ThI Then The I became a a. drunkard I went broke Friends left me I braced up and and became became became be be- came an actor As Charles Green I was with Mansfield several seasons Then I took to drink again Now Im I'm a bum He was given ten days on the island