The record-union., 1896-09-18
A BULLET In HIS TEMPLE.
The Pistol in His ClenChed Hand Told
the Tale.
Walker Henry Howard Found Dead
at the Y Street Levee
Yesterday.

A man was found yesterday morning
on the south side Of the levee at Sew
eDth and streets who had appar.
emily been dead a couple of weeks. a
ragged bullet hole in the right temple.
nearly in line between the eye and
ear, and a 32-caliber Smith g. Wesson
revolver clenched in his right hand
with an empty cartridge told the tale
of his death, and the Coroner was sum-
moned and took possession of the
body. 1t was dressed in a stylish suit
OF clothes and a derby hat of late
| make. and was apparently that of a
| man of about 80 years old, who wore
q light-broWn mustache.
A pocketbook was found in his inside
pocket which contained letters showing
that the man was Walker Henry How
ard, an expert mining engineer, who
| had done much business with large
flrms in other countries and had been
an extensive traveller
One of the letters was written by Ed
| ward Telfair Witter, United States
Consul at Tamatave, Madagascar, to
Patrick A. Collins. United States Con-
sul-General at London, and introduced
Dr. +. r. Sherley of Missouri and
Mr. w. ii. Howard of Illinois, who
are visiting Paris in the hope of en-
Listing English capital in mining VEN
| tCres in Madagascar" and speaks Of
them both as practical men from Ma
te beleland, where he understands they
We're successful. 1t is dated June IS,
1896.
"A letter dated at Bulowayo, Febru-
airy ~, 1890, states that a special
meeting Of the Fair Nugget Syndicate
had been held on the 10th, at which it
was resolved to purchase twenty
claims from Howard as per his refusal
OF fourteen days, dated on the 18th
and asks him to come to town as early
as possible and transfer the ground
ether letters from different firms treat
OF pending negotiations in the African
gold fields.
St1ll another letter, dated March %
1870, is from the manager of the Afri-
can Banking Corporation, Limited, of
johannesburg, advising him of the
sending to him of seventy-nine pounds
sterling, at the request of the banks
EuloWayo branch
linen there is a contract in French
showing that w. II. Howard, +. r.
Shirley, James y. Simon, Thomas F..
hume and Richard keif entered into a
contract on May 26, 1896, with Edward
Petlteau, who held permission from the
rehch Government to mine for pre-
clouS metals in Madagascar, and who
transferred to the parties named his
right in consideration Of sharing in the
profits
The pocket-bOOk also contained a
printed list Of passengers on the steam
ship Rhynland, American line. which
sailed from Liverpool on July -, 1896.
Among the cabin passengers appears
the name of w. I'll. Howard. Among the
documents also are a purser's check on
the steamer Walla Walla, showing that
he had taken first-class passage on her
TO san francisco, and a business card of
the Hotel Garner Chatham, Ontario,
on which was written, Complaint.
Assineboine''
The register of the Western Hotel
shows that Howard paid for five lodg-
| lngs in advance on the 9TH of this
| month, and the proprietor, William
Land, and Mr.. Morrison, the day clerk.
recollect him as a very pleasant good
| natured guest, who was Well dressed.
| young man named ST Rollins of San
| Francisco, who was with Howard con-
| siderable during his stay at the hotel,
describes him as jolly fellow, always
ready for fun. He says Howard told
| him that he was locating mining
| claims in Matabeleland at a salary Of
! 5000 month and commissions until the
| war drove him out, but he intended re-
| turning when everything was settled.
| He was reckless with his money, and
one night he played against a game till
he lost all. The next day he took two
| fine valises full of clothes, his gold
watch and diamond ring and pawned
them all for S24, and blew that in also.
On Friday morning they went to-
| gether to the telegraph office, where
Howard wished to send a dispatch to
his father in Chicago, asking him to
send some money to him, but as the
operator would not send it without pay
in advance, and neither of them had the
money it was not sent, and that day
about / 80 o'clock Howard disappeared
and Rollins had not seen him since He
seemed to be in good spirits al the time,
but must have killed himself soon after.
Rollins cannot remember the first name
of Howard's father or the address in
Chicago.
Honest treatment, license or not. Cut
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