The Springdale news., 1899-05-05

] she was as far from q solution of 1t as she was the very first day that he was missing While Mrs. Scott feels that
 there may have been foul play and that her husband may have been murdered VT in some way foully dealt with, not very much stress is placed on this theory. Not an nnkihd word had come between them, she said. there had been no un. pleasantness of any kind, and for the six months of their married life he had been, so far as she could see, all that an affectlonate and tender hus. band could be.
 ]. Howard Scott landed in this county in the early part of last year. lie said that he had been in Cuba for several years engaged Tn raising Cuban to- baceos and that his business here was to experiment with a number of varieties of Cuban tobaeees on Kentucky soil. If the experlments proved sue: eessfnl, as he believed they would. company or compan- ies would be formed and the raising of tobacco engaged in upon q large ssale. He was of pleasant address, good man ners, apparently we'll bred and trustworthy in every partlen. lar. Time Went on, farm was leased, parts of which were di vided up and planted ill mum Der of different kinds of tobac. co. The plants grew well and ln the fall seemed To show that the experiments were satlsfac tory
 Mr. Scott then wanted a farm. He selected one that suited him, agreed upon the price and had an. abstract of title made. The title appeared to be unsatisfac. tory to Scott and the money for 1t was not paid. This farm necessltated some correspon denee with New Orleans at torneys and there was nothing ill the letters from the lawyers CT from men whom he claimed to have large business inter ests with, to indicate that he had not spoken the truth. Leases upon one-half inter- est of q sugar plantation in Havana Province, Cuba, were drawn up for Mr. Scott by To cal attorneys here and at ilis request We're sent away by the lawyers. This half interest in the sugar plantation was one of many enterprises he appear ed to be interested in. By the terms of the lease drawn up for Scott, he was to give q five years lease to Cuban parties upon his half of the sugar plantation and for it he was to receive an annual sum of 5000. The leases were drawn up very carefully and specified that certain improvements in building and fencing Were to be made.
 Other documents of a legal nature were drawn up by law. yers for Scott from time to time. For these he always paid cash and never grumbled at the prices charged. During the last year he met Mrs. Gott, a most excellent woman, who was yet young and possessed goodly sum of this worlds goods, He paid her devoted attention, and six months ago they were quietly married. From that day until the day he left her Mrs. Gott claims that he was attentive, tender and atfeetionate, and that she heard nothing at any time to his detriment. He made no at tempt to get hold of CT control her property and with the ex ception of small sums that may have been given him a few times, he molested none of her interests.
 Several weeks ago an em ploy e of the Louisville < Nash vile Railroad Go. saw Scott on the street here and stated that his name was not Scott, but that it was Jack Howard This man stated that Scott or Howard had married wealthy widow at Paris, Tenn, and