Study of the Hegemony of Parasitism - michaeljgoodnight.com

The New York Times later noted:
"Word was received here yesterday by J. Henry Schroder Banking Corp.,
representative in the U.S. for Capt. Alfred Lowenstein, that a corporation
organized by the Belgian capitalist and French associates, whom it has
offered the public in Paris, had been oversubscribed twenty-five times."
The holding company for artificial silk shares was offered
at $117.50 and promptly went to $200. This good news
was somewhat palled by the Times report that a
syndicate had been formed to handle this stock since:
"Capt. Alfred Lowenstein whose reported death through a fall from an
airplane in the English Channel July 4th has been surrounded by mystery. J.
Henry Schroder is to purchase $25 million of bonds of International Holding
and Investment Corp. through Albert Pam, of J. Henry Schroder London, and
Albert Svarvasy, head of British Foreign and Colonial Corp., British investing
company."
The July 5, 1928 New York Times headlined: "CAPT.
LOWENSTEIN FALLS FROM PLANE. Known as
Mystery Man." Alfred Lowenstein was known as a
Croesus.
"The 'mystery man of Europe', the successor to Sir Basil Zaharoff as a man
of mystery, in European finance. The pilot informed the authorities that while
the plane was crossing the sea, Capt. Lowenstein, wishing to go to the
washroom, opened the wrong door and fell out. His valet and two
stenographers as well as the pilot and mechanic of the plane were present,
but did not notice what happened."
The story added that Lowenstein owned eight villas in
Biarritz, an estate in Lancashire, a castle in Brussels,
and a townhouse in London.