New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-12
TWO WIDOWS WEEP COPIOUS TEARS.
RIVAL CLAIMANTS FOR A MANS BODY.
AN INSURANCE POLICY IN PRosPECT-rHE IMPos-
TOR RETIRES.

RIVAL CLAIMANTS FOR A MANS BODY.
AN INSURANCE POLICY IN PRosPECT-THE IMPos-
TOR RETIREs
Tho death on Thursday evening at the Roosevelt
Hospital of Isaac Howell, who was Injured on
Tuesday by the fall of an elevator ~ tne ~.
Adams fats at No. 35l West Imrt Noi,ganaa
to an undivided half of HowelPs marriage certlh.
cate. The first appeared at the hospital inc day
before Howell died, aecompanled py miau.
that she was Mrs. Howell. that the baby was
Howelps and hers. the other woman was her sister
She seemed much distressed by th4 accident and
went coniously. When Howell died she returned
and said that she would send an uadertlker ior the
body. Shortly after she left another young woman
called with two children aad man VINO, she SAID,
was her brother She said she had come from
Newark. where she was married 10 Howell Ten
wears ago Howell had worked in Ncw-Jersey,
she said but recently he had found work IN New;
York He visited her regularly aud always PAD
her half his we s NTH hI 6er io to- Newark aG
While this new Mrs. Howell was speaking an
agent from the Prudential Life INSURANCE Company
entered the hospital Mrs Howell Howell i ne
An insurance policy by Howell. He had told her to
take blank death certificate and have It hllei ont
by the Coroner. Meanwhile he would hold tho
policy He had come to the hospital to see that
She did it properly" Upon this the Newark wife
declared that she did not want the insurance. out
she wanted her husbands body aud would nave II:
She then left the hospital with her brother ana
sister.
A TRIBUNE reporter visited the hospital yester-
day and learned that the Newark party had re-
turned home but intended to CONS back for tho
body, which they mad given instructions to nave
kept on ice. The other Mrs Howell had
not returned to the hospital 10 have the death
certificate filed ont and 1T was not
expected that she would. At No. 81 Macdougal-st
it was learned that Howell and woman whom he
called his wife had been living there for four
months. She was then with her friend, Mrs Alien,
at No $50 Beecker-st. A visit to the latter place
was then made and 1t was learned that the woman
who claimed to be Mrs. Howell was
upstairs She had been living with Howell
for four months but during that time she had
been known generally as Mrs Gilmore, ana she
was aware that Howell had wife living ut New.
ark Howell and Allen were both in the employ OF
the Metropolitan Van Company. and the day before
Howell died Allen sent and renewed llowelis pol
icy which he said was for $50. The Van COMPANY
had heard of Howelfs death. and having been told
bv Allen that Howelrs wife lived in Newark, they
offered to put tho body in collin ana send IL thefa
The offer was only withdrawn when MIS- Howell
appeared from Newark to take charge.
Tho woman that lived with Howell In Mac
dougal-st. has not been seen at the hospital or
a. the insurance Office since Mrs liowelPs advent,
and inquiry among the ncighbors showed that tho
house IN Macdous2i- was let 10 longefs OF not
ALWAYS the best description. The neighbors said
that il was well known that Mrs. Gilmore was not
| Ilowelrs wife. The body will be sent TO Newark
| today