The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-06
!HOWLAND STILL ALIVE.
HE NEITHER FELL NOR JUMPED FROM
THE PILGRIMS DECK.
Mystery of a Few Weeks Ago Seems to
Have Been Part of a Big Insurance
GuindIe.
New York Morning Advertiser.I

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swindle.
New York Morning Advertiser.I
A. Fl. Rowland is not dead, though he
would like to have several insurance com
panies think so. Rowland is the civil
engineer of Boston who, it was supposed,
fell or jumped from the Fall River boat
Pilgrim on the night of December 80
when the boat was coming to New York.
Rowland left in his state room two rub
Der shoes and a coat and vest, and near
the outer guard forward of the wheel
house a hat was found. Howland's life
was insured for S., 900 in the Mutual Life
Insurance company of New York and
for an equal amount in the Travellers of
Hartford. Ii is also stated that just be-
fore his disappearance Rowland took out
policies in other companies a~ggregatiDg
$50, COO. This money Mrs. Rowland is
now trying to collect, and she refuses TO
believe that her husband is not dead
But there is ample evidence that How
land was very much alive after the arri
val Of the Pilgrim in New York His
photograph has been identified by a
number of persons who saw him in this
city. According to these people How
land on the morning Of December 80
registered at the Putnam House, on
Fourth avenue near the corner of Twenty
sixth street, as A. II. Hading. While at
the hotel he entered into negotiations
with Louis NJ. Robinson for the purchase |
of a patent on a clock, which he finally
bought, tending in payment a draft for
So, $50, expecting in return $3.50 in cash,
the price agreed on for the patent being |
81, 900. Robinson was about to pay the
difference, but delayed on the suggestion
Of his lawyer, and there the matter drop
ped. Soon afterward Rowland secured
other quarters and moved. The name Of
the second hotel at which he stopped at
Is withheld for the present During his
stay in New York, Rowland was more or
less i'll and was attended by NJ. c. Scott,
a professional nurse. He sent several
cipher kilograms. One Of them, dated
January 10, was as fellows:
To A. P. Jones, care IVers & Pond Piano
Company, No. SO Boylston street, Bos-
ton, Mass:
Reft, orchid, Prowl Doctors and nurses
expenses so high, Ruth oblige to accept
your offer of Pittsburg, sled bring or
send migrate or miller to cleat scroll.
(Collect.) A. II. HATHAWAY.
Money came in response to the above.
Rowland also dictated a number of let
tiers to the yonng woman stenographer
at the hotel, and on one occasion took
her to lunch. She and Scott and a great
many other persons who saw Rowland,
including Proprietor Haskell, of the
Putnam, positively indemnity H~owland's
photograph as that Of Hading or Hath
way. In addition to all this Rowland
carried with him the following letter of
recommendation:
Boston, Mass Dec. s., 1898.
To Whom it May Concern:
/ have known A. III. Hathaway for
some years and believe him to be a capa
bic, trustworthy engineer.
He has had large experience in water
works, sewers, electric and steam rail
roads, and is fully able to carry out the
DESIGNING and constructing of any work
that he may be willing to undertake.
Yours respectfully,
A. Fl. Rowland,
General office of Rowland G.. Ellis, 46
Bell Telephone Building, 1876 Milk
street, Boston, Mass.
Ellis is a brother in law of Rowland.
The companies have o paid any of the
and will not do so. 1t is sup
posed Rowland disguised himself and