Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-28
AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS Henry W. Howgate, a Government
 Fugitive, Is Captured. I KNOW WHEN 1 AM BEATEN, Were the Words He Used When Arrested-TWo
 Serious Charges.
KNOW WHEN I AM BEATEN,

NEW York, Sept. 27,-Capt. Henry w. Howgate, formerly chief of the weather bureau in Washington, D. O., and who has been fugitive from justice since the
 winter of 1880 -S1, was arrested today at 10 0 clock on Ninth street. between Broad- way aud Fourth avenue, by Defective A.
 L. Drummond of this city, acting for J. Sterling Morgan, secretary of agriculture at Washington Howgate was not only chief, but disbursing officer Of the weather
 bureau. His embezzlements, forgeries and
 larcenies, it is alleged, aggregated S370,- QUO at least.
 He was an officer of the regular army,
 and being a genial, whole souled man mad
 hosts of friends. There are seven indict-
 ments hanging over Howgate, each con
 t.ining number of counts. Howgate was
 arrested in 1881, but escaped from an officer
 who had him in charge on visit to his
 home, He disappeared and has not since
 been seen and identified by any United
 States officers. He was known to have left
 W ashington with woman, not his wife.
 He had family at that time. He now has
 a daus hter, who lives in Newburyport, Mass. The woman with whom he fled
 from Washington has long since left him. Howgate WIS, when he fled from Wash
 
 pr',ne of life He is now so years old, bent
 and br ken, and with gray hair and beard.
 .,agh the United States officers have
 been hunting all over the United States for
 Howgate, he has been living quietly here in New York city as a dealer in second- hand books. His place of business is at No. 80 Fourth avenue, in the basement. He has cards printed bearing the name of
 Harry Williams" and by that name he
 has for years been known to the book trade
 of this and other clties
 Howgate's cards announced that he dealt in told magazines, reviews and psriodl-
 calls. p His residence was at No. l95 West
 Tenth street, where he had bachelor Iodg- iings and kept large amount of stock for his store.
 | Detectives hunted the continent over for | HoWgate but without success. Four months ago Drummond learned that How | gate was in the book business in this city | or Brooklyn. A systematic hunt of all the | book stores in the two cities was made. It l was believed that he was an empoye, as 1 no bookseller named as known to the t.-aae494zII5z<Zz Drum
 mopd, B agents learned that man resem-
 bling Howgate in appearance had been |~ssaad in a book store, that employe was shadowed. His dcquafutanee was ferHed, and his private life was fathomed by con- yersation. H
 A week ago Drummond tried the plan of haunting book sales auction rooms. It was a happy thought. A clerk from the war department in Washington, who knew Howgate, made the rounds of the book auction rooms every day. On Monday the clerk saw Howgate enter an auction room on Broadway, near Tenth street. The clerk was not certain, how ever, as Howgate had changed. From man weighing upwards Of l9O pounds he has grown to be a dried up old man of about 145 pounds.
 The clerk went again to the book sale on Tuesday and entered into conversation with Howgate. From Howgate's manner of speaking the clerk was certain that he stood before the fugitive at last. Drummond took the midnight train for Washington on Tuesday, and yesterday got bench warrant from Judge Bingham of the supreme court. He returned this morning. When Howgate was arrested
 he remarked quietly, '1 know when am beaten.i
 The detective and his prisoner got on board Fourth avenue car and went to the federal building. United States Commis- sioner Shields turned the case over to | United States Commissioner Alexander. United States District Attorney Wallace | McFarIane appeared for the government. Howgate had no counsel. HoWgate was arraigned on the charge | made in the Washington indictment of 1879, obtaining s250O on forged receipt | from H. D. Sawyer, in July, 1879. "You | understand this chaTge?'' asked Commis- | sion Alexander.
 tOh yes," said Howgate with @ feeble smile. .'lt is one of the old series, l sup | pose.'
 | application to hold you, in order that | warrant may be obtained from United | States district judge, so that you may be | taken to Washington. You demand an | examipationf''
 "No, no. waive an examination and admit my identity,' said the old man. | "There is no object in delay" ''Bail fixed at $10, ,00o, said the con- | missioner.
 | HThere is another charge," said United | States District Attorney McFarlane. Here l is another charge of embedding the sum of | S34, ,0O0.''
 | com missioner.
 | Howgate said he could not give bail, and be was taken to Ludlow street jail pending l advices from Washington.