The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-15
IDENTIFIED BY
A PHOTOGRAPH
Still Further Confirmation Of The
Times Exclusive Story That
WARD AND OWENS WERE ONE.
He Was Discharged from the War
rcntOn Postofiice- Wanted by the
Baltimore Police Is Not Con-
victed in Virginia.


+. c. Ward, L. S. A." now in the Rich
mond city Jail, and Howard l.. owens, Of
Warrenton. Va, are one and the same,
as exclusively told in The Times Sunday.
received further confirmation yesterday
by a letter from Mr.. +. J. Hotchhss. Jr.,
attorney az law, Warrcnton, which was
received at the city Jail. The letter was
written on 4 typewriter TO Mr.. T. NJ.
ROscher. Richmond, but before being
mailed the address was changed 10
"Jailcr' and postscript added. saying:
Since writing the above, concluded to
send TO you
The letter said:
Il enclose you a photo. Please let me
know by return mail If il resembles the
party whom you have just teegraphed
here about known as f. G. Ward Please
return the photo. 1t Is photo Of II. l..
owens, Of this place"
POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION.
The photograph was Enthusiastically that
of Ward" but only served TO more con-
clusiyely show that he is owens.
The marshal of Baltimore police yes
terday telegraphed 20 police headquarters
here asking that Owens be held for the
authorities OF that city II not convicted IN
in Virginia.
owens IS being held as a United States
prisoner on "a charge OF impersonating
United States officer for fraudulent pur-
poses His preliminary examination be-
fore Commissioner Peasants, which was
postponed at the request of the prisoner
until today Will be held ati2 o'clock this
afternoon. So far as known, owens die
not succeed in existing the services OF
Mr.. James c. Jeffries, of Warrenton. He
viii be represented by Mr.. r.. NJ. Roscher
and Captain George ID. Wise.
owens declined yesterday to'see news
par men.
WARDS MILITARY RECORD.
A special from Washington last night
says:
Tho Captain L. G. Ward under arrest
in Richmond IS believed to be Howard l..
owens, who at one time was a member
of Company b, Of the District National
Guard. Owens came here from Warren
ton. Va, at the outbreak Of the war with
Spain and enlisted I'm the First Regiment.
When the troops received orders 10 move
he was taken sick. and when the regi-
ment went to Cuba Owens was left at
Tampa. While there he was given a
furlough and never returned % his COM
pany until IL was mustered out.
Owens never attained any rank above
that Of a private.
a local military tailor states that sew
eral weeks ago he made q captains uni
form for a young man whom he now
supposes 90 be Owens.
POSTMASTER DISCHARGED HIM
Marshal Morgan Treat yesterday re-
ceived a letter from Mr.. n. wv. Carter.
postmaster at Orange, Va. i'm which
he said that from the picture published
he recognized Howard Owens of War
renton. who was his assistant for q short
time and who was discharged because the
accounts would not balance.
The Baltimore American yesterday
says:
1T Is not probable that Howard T.
Owens. alias Captain r. G.. Ward who
was arrested last Thursday I'm Richmond
Va. for obtaining money by fraudulent
Misrepresentation. win be brought 20 this
city. The detective and police depart
ments Of the city had been on the look
out for him. He was charged with OBJ
tanning various sums OF money from sov-
erai local firms. bat as he IS wanted in
several cities I'm Virginia ON The same
charge. he will be left To- the authorities
Of those places FOR punishment
1.-THE local detectives are not positive
that he Is the man for whou they are look
ing lie usually obtains the money on
checks signed " w. Owens &, CO. This
Is the title OF HIS fathers firm. and the
Baltimore merchants knew the firm and
had dealings with 30. This made the young
mans task easy. 1t is said that the FAITH
or OF Owens has already paid $500 or 800
TO prevent his son from being prosecu-
ted"
Some Military Fakirs
since the breaking out of the Hispano- |
American war. a great many instances !
mace come 10 light IN which unauthorized
persons nave assumed the uniform OF /
United states Army officers. In some /
cases il has been solely Co gratiy VANITY /
ON the part OF the We3rers AS bhcie |
Sans legislators do not attach q penalty |
20 the wearing OF the uniform SO io"s 45 /
no attempt Is made 20 use 10 Tor purpose |
OF defrauding others, they feel saIe IN /
strutting around in borrowed plumase.
A Young man who lived 90 Richmond /
for a long time. but who moved TO Ba.u- /
more a few years ago, rigged mmaeI up /
IN a captains uniform and spent some /
months in Washington the early part OK /
ne present year. lie had the audacity 10 /
tell quite a number Of his acqunntances /
That ne had been commissioned, ana was /
tnen i'm the Quartermaster's Department /
investigation at the War Department /
made to satisfy doubling ThOmases, who |
knew that under no circumstances could /
ne pass the physical examination. dis |
closed the fact that there was no man I'm /
the regular establishment or any branch /
OF the volunteer army bearing his name.
This fellow IS very vain and 10 is not /
thought that he attempted 20 defraud any /
one.
There were several instances reported i
10 the War Department last year In which /
rredulous persons had furnished food, |
lodging, horse feed and even money in
large sums TO men who palmed them
selves or as army officers, no credentials,
othar than the shoulder straps, being re-
luired by the victims.
In this connection the story IS recalled
how the Admiral OF the Bolivia
Navy" duped a large number OF Washing
Ton people a short time after Bolivia had
ost the little scrap OF sea coast she once
had.
The case of Frank Slayton, formerly OF
Richmond, who passed himself on gullible
fothamites as one OF Fitz Lees aids is
20 recent as 10 need but the mention. IL
s said that Slayton IS now out OF the IN
ane asylum There was some suspicion
hat IT was he who had been metamor-
,hosed into Captain f. G. Ward" but
his was erroneous.
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