The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-09
A Social Sensation in New Orleans.
Mans reaehery-WOman's Trust, and
the Consequences.
y. O. States 7


which cause so much misery and sorrow t
those concerned and which create what i
known as a sensation in high life," ha
just come TO light.
The story in this case is romantic ant
interesting in the extreme, and yet its darE
side Is full of Indebtedness and despair fol
the victim, beautiful and accomplished
lady, belonging to one of the best known
| families In this city. The lady in question
Is the daughter Of the late William 5. Pike
to whose public spirit New Orleans is in
debted for many substantial enterprises.
She has been married twice-her first
husband being the late Mr. Gray boswell
and her second husband-but this is antici-
pating. The man in the history about Il
be related is no less parsonage than
FRANK T. HOWARD,
son of Charles T. Howard, the lottery
king.
Now for the story. Under proper head
ing appeared a few days since in the city
/ papers, the following marriage notice:
/ HOWARD = boswell - On Thursday,
/ September 25, 1879, by G. II. Wilson, Esq,
Justice Of the Peace, at Big Lick, Roanoke
county, Va, f. I. Howard to Emma G.
boswell
Public curiosity was greatly aroused at
Tie announcements, ITOul Iu6 ldCt lIldG lDC
notice had been delayed for more that a
year, the date of the ceremony being put
as september %, 1879" This curiosity
natural under the circumstances, was
STILL FURTHER INTENSIFIED
when the following appeared this morning
in all the papers:
A CARD.
TIL s+o4o,,or,+ - +bo ,,,,bI;o ,,ross +bo+ 7
was married, at any time or place is untrue.
| am not married and never have been
married. FRANK I. HOWARD.
This was sufficient to set gosspping
tongues to wagging, and as usual where
people interest themselves in matters which
do not concern them, not one of the specu-
lations came within mile of the truth
The prominence of the parties mentioned
in these contradictory notices, and the fact
that the matter had been brought before
the world by these publications removed
any feeling of delicacy which the States
might have otherwise felt in touching upon
such purely personal affair.
With a desire, therefore, of getting at all
the facts i'll the case, reporters were sent
out this morning to interview every one
who might be supposed to know anything
about it, and the result of their investiga-
tions is given below.
Assuming that Mr.. Howard would be
the proper person from whom to obtain the
first statement relative to the complicated
notices published, his office was visited and
inquiries made as to his whereabouts. The
clerk addressed said in substance that Mr..
Howard had not been
SEEN FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
and, in all probability, had left town. A
general inquiry among friends of that per-
son failing to elicit any information as to
his present location, the reporter turned his
attention to the friends of the lady to whom
Mr.. Howard was said to have married.
After some little difficulty it was dis
covered that the marriage notice had been
published by Messrs. Leslie Bobb and H S
Bell, friends of the lady's family.
Considerable trouble was then had in
reaching these gentlemen, but after persis-
tent efforts on the part of the scribe they
were found in the rooms of the Sanitary
Auxiliary Association, and approached in
regard to their connection with the affair.
They appeared to be under considerable
mental excitement but expressed no hest
taton in giving the following story to the
reporter:
About three years ago Frank Howard
met Mrs. boswell, then widow with two
children, and several years older than How
ard, at the residence of her mother, and at
once began to pay her the
MOST MARKED ATTENTION.
He frequently took her out driving; to
the opera and theatre, and often escorted
her to receptions and balls until their en-
gagement was generally accepted fact.
When the situation was remarked by the
father of Frank Howard he expressed his
disapproval of the match on the ground
that he did not want his son to marry a
widow with children or lady older than
himself This opposition, however, did not
break off the intimate relations existing
between the couple.
Affairs moved on in a quiet way for al
most two years, and the family of the lady
began to look upon the engagement as on.
In the month of September, 1879, Mrs.
Pike accompanied by her son, DR.. John H.
Pike, the daughter, Mrs. Emma boswell,
visited Salem, Va, to spend portion of the
summer at that retreat.
Howard, hearing of their move
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED THEM
and engaged rooms in the hotel at which
they were stopping
A few days after his arrival in Salem he
left the hotel in a buggy, accompanied by
Mrs boswell. His expressed intention was
merely take ride.
After driving some distance out of sight |
of the hotel. Howard stopped the vehicle and
picked up third party, in whose company |
they proceeded to Big Lick, Roanoke coun-
ty, and there underwent the form of mar
rage ceremony, the person who accompanied |
the couple, and was introduced to Mrs. Ros- |
well as G. III. Wilson, a justice of the peace, |
At the conclusion of the ceremony, Mrs. |
boswell was presented with a document
which she was induced to believe was
A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
This she carefully put away as the pre-
cious shield of her honor Alas! for her too
confiding love! The man she believed her
self lawfully married to was carefully and
iendishly planning her sure destruction.
The man who performed the ceremony was
not Justice of the peace, but a dastardly
villain in Towards employ.
The return to Salem was made in time to
prevent any suspicion on the part of Mrs.
Doswelrs family, and the couple separated, |
Howard returning to his own apartments.
OCCASIONALLY, AND BY STEALTH,
the couple met Months passed on, and still
the suspicious of the lady's family were not
aroused.
In due course of time, the cold weather,
induced the return of all the parties to their
homes in this city. All last winter Howard |
Continued his attentions to the lady whom |
the world still considered ''Mrs. boswell"
Matters continued unchanged until some |
three months since when Mrs. boswell and |
her family visited Nashville. While there |
an incident occurred which convinced the |
family that something in the nature of a
marriage must have taken place between the |
pair. Finding that the secret could no
longer be kept and in
vINDICATIoN OF HER HONOR,
Mrs. boswell confessed what had occurred at
Big Lick, and, and produced her marriage
certificate to show that she was legally mar
ried. She then made an appeal to Howard
TO act the man and acknowledge her as his
lawful wife. He finally consented, and join
ing her in Nashville, they lived at the hotel