The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-22
HAS MADE A CONFESSION
Her Life Was Unwilingly Spent
Among Rogues.
ON THE ROAD TO REFORM
Tho Surprising Adventuges Of Mrs. Ruth
Howard, Who Cleverly Swlndled
jeremiah Hore While She
Was in Butte.

Mrs. Allen, wife of J. G. Allen, alias
Mason G. Allen, alias Howard, etc, the
clever swindler who defrauded Jeremi-
all Hore of Butte out Of a piece of val
liable property some months ago, is still
in New York, and few DAYS ago she
made an interesting and full! Confess
ion to the police captain of that city
concerning her career as al alven: ar
ess and companion Of Toguas. During
her short residence in Butte, she
made few friends, but those WI )n she
met she impressed 50 favorably that
they have never been abe 70 rp.lyinca
themselves that she was not an
unwilling, If not an innocent,
companion of the noted swndler.
In New York she is known as Mrs.
Ruth Howard, and the Journal tells the
following story about her:
After spending the greater part of her
mature life in the company of rogues.
many of whom she has seen sent to
prison, Mrs Ruth Howard, who is one
of the most pleasing adventuresses ever
locked up at police headquarters. is in
the first stages of a new life, aided by
rich and philanthropy persons
The progress of reform has been in
terrupted by arrest for her most recent
deeds; but she is giving valuable aid in
this matter to the police, and it is not
likely that she will suffer much for it.
Her career, as disclosed by herself to
captain McClosky, Is an interesting
one. She is IS years old. and is gifted
with good breeding, charm and an in
senuous manner.
Born in Julesburg, COL, she received
an excellent schooling, and became a
teacher in a high class private acade-
my. But she gave w this profession on
her marrige to a travelling salesman
named Agee. and in the course of her
trips with him she acquired an aptitude
for business affairs. on his death she
became a buyer for Marshall Field. the
Chicago dry goods millionaire, and en-
joyed uncommon consideration for che
Of her sex in the field Of trade
Her misfortunes began when she mar
ried Charles Howard, OStensibly a real
estate dealer in Chicago. but in reality
an accomplished swindler, with great
variety of aliases. Howard took her tC
Butte, Mont, but fled with her back to
Chicago, after cheating man out of
Sc. 600
BY this time she had lost all respect
and affection fer her second husband. He
had unsettled her moral point of view
and she had lost her hold in decent So
ciety. Failing in love with a man named
George 5. Martin, who was also a
stranger to integrity, she assisted him
to float an enterprise which they called
the Ruth Frost Shoe company. Ruth
Frost was her maiden name. Howard
when he learned Of this. issued crcu-
i lar bearing her portrait and a descrip.
ton of her, warning mankind at large
to have no dealings with the woman
who had been above reproach till she
became his wife.
She and Martin came to this city six
months ago, and he opened an office If
the Pulitzer building and advertised fol
a partner. After several shady trans.
actions he was convicted of grand lar.
ceny, and sent to the penitentiary fol
two years.
shortly afterward," she continued
Il was approached by man, who call
ed himself w. b. Deming. He was real
ly William Price, the brother of a law
yer, who had taken from my husband ;
certificate Of deposit for $2,45O on
Denver bank to have 1t cashed, ant
had never returned"
Il know" said Captain McClosky
I'VE arrested him. and he is now out OF
$1,000 bail"
''Well, William Price introduced m,