Mandus, interpreting this as a sign the temple held enormous wealth, decided to solve his financial problems by finding it. His great uncle also hinted that undiscovered treasures lay in the jungles of the Americas, with the “Temple of the Stone Moon” specifically mentioned. In desperation, Mandus began to look through his great-uncle's travel diaries, which mentioned archaeological digs from around the world that yielded great treasures.
Mandus faced financial ruin and feared it was only a matter of time before the bailiffs would come to repossess his home. He invested too heavily in his machines, with no immediate returns, and the bank refused credit, condemning him for squandering the family fortune. In the late 1890s, Mandus intended to expand and update his factories with new machinery to make his product-lines more efficient and safer for his workers, but this decision had dire consequences. It is implied that Lily’s death was the catalyst for his soul splitting in two. Mandus promised her on her deathbed he would take care of them both she was buried and her teeth were sold to make dollies for the poor. She'd given birth to twin sons, Edwin and Enoch. In September 1890, tragedy struck Mandus when Lily died during childbirth, leaving her husband near inconsolable. He had a collection of rifles and a museum of stuffed and fully mounted skins of some large mammals on display, including a hippopotamus, a giant anteater, and a grizzly bear.
Mandus was something of either a hobbyist or a hunter. He later became the head of the family and married Lillibeth "Lily" Mandus, whom he loved deeply. They owned a massive factory, possibly the largest of its kind in London, for this purpose. The Mandus family owned the Mandus Processing Company, which specialized in industrial meat processing. Oswald Mandus was born into a wealthy English family during the mid-19th Century.
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