#280 House of Mystery: The Story of the Collyer Brothers
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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The Collier Mansion and Homer's Eviction
A few weeks before this eviction attempt, langley had given an unusually candid interview to a herald tribune reporter named herbert c. Lewis. The two men walked for hours, talking about the neighborhood legends surrounding the collier mansion. When he mounted the steps of his house and fumbled for his keys, i made a last effort to be invited inside. I'd like to come in and say hello your brother, i said but it was no use. I'm ashamed to ask you in he told me. He signed a check paying the mortgage in full, handed it to the deputy and said, now please go away. I am ill and homer is ill. Outside, their attorney declared
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