Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-27

pursuit would be hopeless no sane person
has for a moment doubted.
His Treatment In Jail.
But to the story Of the actual occurrence.
When Captain Howgate was sent to the
District jail and confined there his serv-
Ices to the government and the prominent
position he had occupied In Washington
caused him TO b treated with more con-
Alteration than ordinary malefactors. His
apartments were rather more luxurious
than the average cell; ~: food food. was pre-
panied By the cut glass and silver, he had
been accustomed to. and he was 80 utterly
opposed to using the common bath tubs In
The jail that his kind-hearted guardians
relaxed the rules Of the Institution to the
extent Of allowing the captain to visit his
residence, on 18th street. In order to in
6uigs In lavatory luxurfanca.
OF course he wa. alwsys accompanied by
D deputy marshal On the afternoon Of
ThufSdaS. April u. 1882. Capt Howgate
sfprssssd his belief that he needed q bath
with Deputy Marshal Dewing and q bailiff
and driven to 18th street.
The Last Seen Of Him.
He spent some time chatting with his
daughter. and then asked for q change of
underclothes to take to the bath ROOM
Miss Howgate departed from the room to
get the Necessary articles. and II n be-
Msvsd that while she was gone she gave
the signai which acquainted Nettis Burrin
1om her. Upon her return to the sitting
room Capt. Howgute excused himself to
take that much talk ed-about bath, and the
ofneers remained TN the room.
II b said that Miss Howgate, who DOS
sessed an exquisite voice, sang to the
guardians Of her father and made time pass
70 pleasantly that IN hour elapsed before
they awakened to q proper realization Of
Howgate to call her father. She was gone
q long time. and then came back pale and
excited She could find her father nowhere.
she said.
Fruitless Search.
Mr.. Dewing and his companion were all
house from top to bottom: looking In every
closet, cuddy hole. coal scuttle and drawer;
peered under beds and into coal bins and
then rushed out and gave the alarm. Capt.
Howgate by this time had two hours the
start OF pursuit, IL 1t had been instituted
Immediately.
1t II thought he was steaming down the
river below Alexandra before his daughter
had finished singing. He escaped by going
cut OF the rear of the house, when he was
supposed to go to the bath room. and. going
out Into the blind alley In the rear, turned
into the exit running out to G street, where
Q carriage containing Nettie Burrin was
awaiting him. A search was Immediately
made for him, but he was not apprehended.
although II was notorious that communica-
ton was readily established with him when
his friends found II necessary for months
after his departure. Nettie Burrill returned
to Washington two or three days after the
escape and was Swallowed by detectives but
found no difficulty in eluding them when
ever she liked
HOWGate's Enabexs1ememt.
Howgate. IL will be remembered, was
charged with the embezziement Of large
sums of the public moneys which passed
through his hands as disbursing officer OF
the signal corps, and also with forgery. At
the time Of the discovery of the embezzIe-
ment Howgate was not In the city, but
was located in Michigan, and brought here
by A. b. Newcombe, a special agent of the
Department Of Justice.
He was at once arraigned before United
States Commissioner Bundy. on a charge
of embexzlement, supposed to amount to
$4,000, and bail accepted in that sum- His
bond were w. w. Mccullough. w. b.
Moses and Motley Anderson His counsel
were F. p. Cuppy. Jere Wilson and A. B.
Williams. Howgate left the city the day
after he was released on bail. and the gov
eminent filed suit to recover $10i, 257 On
October II, 1881. the grand jury found an
Indictment for endorsement, and subse-
quently SIX others for the same offense. and
four others for forgery. When Howgate
left here the first time 1t was at first
supposed he had gone for good, but he sud-
denly appeared, whereupon he was rear
rested and committed to jail.
Where Howeate Ha. Been.
1t was generally believed that Capt. How
gate went down the river Immediately upon
his escape. and took up his residence In
St Mary's. as 1t was well known In Wash
ington that he was continually seen In
that neighborhoOd as late as 1887.
He then went to New Orleans and re-
manned there until he believed the secret
service detectives were after him Accord
ingly. he took his departure westward and
was seen at one or two places on the Pa
chic coast. For two years past be has been
in the east, and has made his home In New
York city.
What District Attorney Birney Says.
District Attorney Birney explained to a
Star reporter this afternoon that several
days ago he learned that ex-Chief Drum
mond was hot on Howgate's TRAIL but II
was not until yesterday morning that he
learned that the fugitive had been definitely
located In New York. Mr.. Birney at once
returned against Howgate-that Of Novem-
Der n, 1881, charging him with forgery. A
bench warrant for his arrest was also sent
Sn- Nothing further was heard from MT;
Drummond until few minutes before 2
O'Clock this afternoon, when the following
dispatch was received by Mr.. Birney:
NEW YORK, September 70, 1894.
II took Henry w. Howgate into custody
IN hour ago. He admits his identity.
A. L. DRUMMOND."
VIII Soon he In Washington.
Mr.. Birney stated that there would now
be no trouble In having Howgate here to
answer the several indictments against him
either tomorrow or next day. When he did
reach here bail would be asked for in such
an amount as to make his appearance
amply secure, and no time whatever would
he lost in pushing the cases pending against
him.
There are just eleven indictments pending
against the captured man, seven OF them
charging embezzlement, and the others
charging forgery. The first was returned
October II, 1881, alleging embezzlement, and
five days later three more were returned,
charging forgery. November q, 1881, the
remaining ones were returned. Howgate
bad been arrested several days before that
and on writ of habeas corpus was released
on his personal recognizance in the sum of
$4,000, October g. ISL
When the indictments were returned he
was again arrested, and committed to Jail
There he remained until April H. 1882
when he was Dermittei To visit his houSa