The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-14
SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE.

1t will be remembered that a scan
dal in Washington high life recently
created a sensation here, and was
sent broadcast over the country. The
hero of the scandal was Captain
Howgate, All ex-army officer, and
once q prominent candidate for chief
of tine signal service. Howgate has
reputation as an explorer Of femin-
inc hearts, as we'll as az explorer Of
the Arctic regions. He is wealthy and
fond OF the gsyeties of fresh young
life, although he is grown gray In the
service OF his country and bis follies.
He keeps yacht we'll stocked with
the best of creature comforts and
fully manned for the service OF his
friends. Although having an sttrsc-
tive family, be kept separate estab-
llshmeDt down town, and IN this
installed mistress. Between the
TWO homes he appears 10 have vacil-
lated, but the preference was plainly
not for the wife of bis bosom. The
establishment Of the mistress was a
pretty little box or Thirteenth street,
in the respectable portion Of the city.
It was fitted up in every way with
CON- Portable righteousness.
''All went we'll until one day" as
the song goes, and then the wife,
whose suspicious we're aroused, traced
him to MS sweet illegltimate blriling,
watched her opportunity when both
of the guilty ones were out, and then
bounced upon the Dtss. There was
the mischief to pay for season, and
bureau drawers and trunks were ran.
sacked, costly lsces torn to shreds and
trAmpled upon the floor. Some pIc-
lures showing the guilty pair in tights
skilfully constructed by nature were
brought forth, and the rage OF the in-
dignant wife knew no bounds. For
the guilty, they did not return until
far in the night. when the wife bad
returned to her own domicile. This
affair leaked out through people of
the immediate neighborhood, but by
some means was hushed up for 8
week or two sfterward, when the
whole scandal Was published.
The sequel of this story has Just
come to the surface. Tbs sequel is
the story OF the mistress. The story
Of oroken-hesrted father aud
ruined treasury girl, dis
sraced family name; it is an old, Old
story Of woman's fraiIty and mans
u.s.. 1t is as old as love itself. II is
old by documentary evidence 10 all
Is bare and cruel deformity.
Nellie Burrill came 20 Washington,
md at the instance and by the assist
'nce and influence OF Senator Paddock
attained a position iR the treasury
Her family were repect
'ble people OF Massachusetts, her
ather being Postmaster of the city in
which they lived. Before the daughter
vas in Washington two years she was
urned out upon reduction of Office
This was in 1879, and was unknown {
o her parents until some time after
occurred. In fact. the daugh or
ppears to have fallen of from home ,
communication 1t is because OF 6
bis that an unole of the girl was in. {
uced to write to friend in this city,
ow treasury employe, and with 6
Thom the girl boarded when she I
anne to this city, to ascertain what
ad become OF her. The search was
made. and an unsatisfactory reply
iven. The story OF the girls life of '
hsme was too cruel to tell a parent. /
q vain the mother wrote, inclcsing /
D her errlng daughter through this t
tiend. The letters OF the relative form
hesrtrendiDg picture OF despair, /
lternAting with hope and pleading. c
hey described her broken hearted
Id mother, her sisters and brothers, i
nd offered refuge from any false g
.ep she might have taken on being
armed out of the department. That
lis step had been taken was found b
pom the investigation of a detective f
mployed by the Boston relative. b
It was found that Nellie Burrill g.
as living in temporary guilty splen- 8
or With Captain Howgate. So infstu- O
ted was she, however, no entresty b
ould move her. She had made her a
sd in sin, and chose to lie in it. Il
Ter parents moved to Florida, where b
ley are now. The Bottom relative b
oses his last appeal to Nellie by re- I
finding her that che would find ere
ng that brass buttons are not gold,
al that Washington. which had be- a
,me her hell, would then be too
arm place for her. This warning