Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-13
THE PROSECUTION CLOSED
One Side of the Howgate Evidence All Sub
mitted.
The Closing Somewhat of q Surprise
Interesting Testimony Given Today
The Escape.

Today's session OF the Howgate trial
was by far the most interesting so far.
Charles n. Doing, the bailiff from whom
the defendant escaped. and Andrew L.
Drummond, the man who arrested him last
September, testifying on behalf Of the
government Miss Josephine Subach testi-
fed that the defendant lived at her mouse
in New York during 1886 and 1887. The at
tendance today. however. was again very
small, and the defendant and his daughter
laughed heartily as Doing naiveiy told OF
the escape, April l3. 1882
Late yesterday afternoon L. III. Rogers,
a New York manufacturer of stationery,
an intimate friend of the defendant, and
one of his bondsmen. testified as to certain
amounts alleged to nave been fraudulentiy
paid him by the defendant. Mr.. Rogers
stated that he had known the defendant
in New York Fl. w. Williams, and fire.
quently met him on the streets and at the
Office of witness. Once, when witness
asked him If he was not afraid of being
arrested, the defendant replied that life
was not very sweet for him, and that IL
the authorities really wanted him they
could come on and take him, he having no
intention of running away.
The Famous Escape.
Mr. Doing testified that on the evening of
April Is, 1852, he took Howgate to the lat
ter's residence. Gil 18th street. by order Of
four previous occasions. Howgate went
upstairs to take bath. and when in about
half an hours time witness looked for him
he was gone, and he never saw him again
until last week.
To Mr.. Wilson Doing said that the de-
PENDANT was sometimes out Of his sight
from the time they reached the house I'M
til they were ready to return to JAIL
Thanksgiving day, 1881, witness took the
defendant to the latter's home for dinner
hat
unusual to take prisoner out of Jail for
such purposes. but in doing SO he simply
obeyed the orders of the marshal.
The Capture.
Ex-Chief Drummond Of the secret service
Office testified that he was in the Office
from 1871 to 1883 and from 1891 to March
I, 1894 He detailed the efforts made to
capture the defendant. stating that at the
time of his escape he had charge of the
that time in New York for him. the officers
having a description of the defendant and
of a certain woman. The search continued
but two weeks, however. In July, 1891,
buryport, Mass, for three days, 1t being
expected that the defendant would visit his
daughter there.
Nothing more was done until May, 1898,
when, on infol nation received from the
weather bureau, the secondhand book
stores in New York and Brooklyn were
~atcneu uHSlCCcSSluLy d SLolt
New buildings in those cities were also
watched. it having been said that How
gate was working as carpenter. He was
supposed to have assumed the name OF
John Harrison. After he left the office,
Drummond said that he searched for the
defendant on his own hook, again watching
the second hand book stores. He finally
located mis- man last September, and upon
the defendant being recognized by an en-
ploye of the weather bureau sent on to
New York for that purpose, witness arrest
ed him on 9th street between broadway
and Attn avenue.
To the witness the defendant, said Drum
mond, stated that he had been in New
York for eight years, and remarked that
il was the best place for a man 10 hide in.
On cross-ex animation, Mr.. Wilson devel-
oped the fact that the headquarters of the
secret service bureau was In the New York
post Office building, where tine United
States marshal and district attorney were
also located.
Prosecution Closed.
Clerk Hatch of the Treasury Department
was recalled after Mr.. Drummond left the
stand, and on cross-examination rather
disconnected the prosecution by stating
that at the time he examined the disputed
vouchers he believed Treasurer ROchester'S
signatures to be genuine, and he believed SO
now.
District Attorney Birney then announced
the case for the government to be closed.
The announcement was somewhat uneX-
pected, and the trial was adjourned few
minutes of until 10 O'Clock tomorrow
morning. when the evidence for the defense
will be commenced