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Correspondence from Karl Germer to Louis Wilkinson
K.J. GERMER 260 West 72nd Street New York 23 N.Y. Endicott 2-6799
June 11, 1948.
Louis Wilkinson Esq. 17 St. Leonard's Terrace London S.W. 3. England.
Dear Mr. Wilkinson,
Your letters of May 19th and June 5th enclosing the letter from the Assistant Official Receiver of June 1st to hand.
Let me state a few facts again, as well as my position concerning Mr. Crowley's financial assets. I had stated everything very clearly, concisely, and fully, in my letter to you of March 22, to which please refer.
In the course of the year 1947 I had paid to Mr. Crowley in cash or cheque transfer a total sum of a little over $4000.00 (Four thousand Dollars). I have known Mr. Crowley for twenty years. He has never had during that time had any personal income (apart from a small payment from his Trust Fund which was less than $25.00 per week). He never owned any personal property. He relied during the last 7 years entirely on funds sent to him from the United States of America.
His personal requirements were very little. I do not think that he left Netherwood (near Hastings) a single time during the last year. From the monies I sent him in 1947 he bought a supply of paper, and gave an advance of £100 (one hundred pounds sterling) to the printer. I think it requires very little calculation that the cash found in his possession is entirely and exclusively the remains of the monies I sent him from here, and were held by him very carefully to complete the printing and binding of the two books which I had authorized. Compared to the funds I sent his personal income was so insignificant that I fail to understand how this can be claimed as part of the deceased's cash remains.
Had Mr. Crowley been in better physical condition he would undoubtedly have completed the two books and paid cash for them out of the money that was found, and also the doctor's bills etc.
I have discussed the legal side with my American solicitor, and we agree in this, that we perfectly fail to see how the Official Receiver can contest my simple, single claim to the £460.-.- that were found. English conceptions of justice must be different, and as I have no financial means of contesting the matter in a lawsuit which according to the last six months' experience would drag out over many years, I can find no way out but to accept the decision of the Official Receiver. But let me [be] quite clear again that after the death of Mr. Crowley I alone lay claim to the full amount of cash that was found.
You have my full authority, dear Mr. Wilkinson, to settle this matter with the Official Receiver, and I will agree to abide to any adjustments you find necessary to make; also to pay out of the money released the £25.-.- I had agreed to pay for the books and MSS. in Mr. C's possession.
Kindly let me know further as soon as you can, as I am much worried about the printer and binder; without clarification and release of the finances I am helpless to anything. I hope you can settle this speedily now. My collaborators are asking me for news on the progress of this matter with some impatience.
Thanking you for the great trouble you are taking, I remain, with best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Karl Germer
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