The sun., 1900-12-30
IIOWGATE'S ODD CAREER.
THE STGNtI NFRIICE DEIaIITER VINO
UiN IRIED IO'Dti.


| Pole stories of Ills Power In Warrington
! Hi. Escape Fifteen ! earIiunt for Him.
| WAsHlNuroN. Dec ~ When Henry W.
| Iowuur wallis ont of thc Albany Penitentiary
| free, inuu to-dry hc VIII have eXpiated ms
crime uI twenty year, ago and VIII be per-
/ mdi,l To spend the remainder OF his lie IN
! pclc. H. career has been remarkable
! in many way Alter years OF integrity
! came tempt ,iiuu and his downfall. his arrest
| Wa- follow cd bl a sensational escape, fifteen
| year- ur pursuit and hiding followed, then
! came his discovery, rearr"st. conVictlou
! and punishment
| Ia 1851 Henry ". Iiowgate was n Captain
! I'm the Sgul service aud it- disbursinx
officer tie owned red estate to the value
/ uf sI.5. .Jun and was fond Of entertaining.
| Il. Wa u ,iyil War veteran with the record
| OF a promotion for gallant services at Chicka.
mugl and in the Atlanta campaign. and
was q mru ot an iron nerve which never
! iorsooL him lIo first came into national
| prominence IN IN7G tu connection with pro.
! Ic,t Tor reaching the Nurth Pole Howgate
mniut uucd that q race of civilized people
| lived near the North Pole and the only proper
S.y to r,. ,h it va, to build series Of stations
! to II, supp,iug them 10y means of NIeditions
, from this country. IL" proposed to coh-
! struot the fir, It itun ioo miles from the
! Pole to push ON and 80 miles further to estab-
!
80 milr- apart until the last one was at the
! Pole I,y sending steamer from the United
| StUt"- every three years he argued that the
| stations cuald nc properly maintained and
supplied
| Scientific men cvpro-,cd disapproval when
! Congress devoted tine cud thought to How
| gat"'~ scheme l-t he Possessed enough
| plau~biiity and influence to secure from the
| House Committee ON naval Ahairs a favor
| able report on bil to Il i-' his project.
| bat the hul wGs defeated HI- next move
| wa- To- purchase steamer called the Gulnsre
| in Scotland This he brought across the
| ocean md tried to sell To the Government
Tor .IolHr exploration purposes Again he
| ,yu- defeat td ~ ,oHEres- and then he an.
| uouuocd Inst he would it I out hlmseli 4 20
| send an expedition 60 H." North role on ny
! own account Great curiosity was aroused
| by this statement ~ It WAS known that he
lie anchored he steamer IN Washington
! and wurkm.n We're Engaged To- rebuhd ana
| rri't /, The vrrat.-t secrecy Was preserved
| Who md been connected with former polar
| oNJ petition ohtrned admission to the vessel
| weasel utterly mAt for any purpose IN COM
nc,t.on with polar exploring expedition
| Huwg.tc wrs not dauntcd 10y their verdict
| and thc Gulnuc Vas removed to hleAandI.a
| to be- rebuilt After a long lme ne secured
set out for the north sailing down the 70;
tomac with a small crew ana CONDEMNED
63eIs Rna e@f@ Yra and tfnad rrEd back as 1has
ended Hovgate'- Arctic exploring
by III, G @,SrS Tsre Psope se53asb bssaS HeaS
t" '.iTr,ecuiatc =, a. to where he got the money
which enabled him To live in the style he did.
Earhn'S eT % odSh ahf 5S t@rI% 0n
| though personally very popular and in-
nuental and possessing Iowertgl n,t frcndls; cnSl;
| not be Guictcd and one day. Aug l5. issl, year
| Int. an
| him with the msapproprlaton Of $4,000 -
| Government funds, He was then at MOUNT
demons. Mich, whore he was being treated
nowsatc laughed At the idea that he could
YaEir,orred YaEn pfn 10 e accdmpnny the detective
witb"Wt v?rb" paTers lie vas taken to Washington
and hcld nsio,coo bail which he procured md
oHr .'tiit until AprIl 49, iss2 when lie was brought
! before judge and held in 100000 bail add:
BEEN ",iS attached c IN a ciyil suit and he was
unable 10 furnish the additional bonds
daughter who had iu,t returned iron \assar
College and was stopping at his wife house:
rnced lac d IN S5T eR"rsc Of yrustwortRy baiii
The two proceeded TO the house aud Howgate
corverscd with, his daughter while. The
m"nts later awoko To- the fact that his prisoner
had nown The escape, had been carefully
| woman, a Treasury clerk. who had been the
| recipient Of h- bounty he was NOT found for
! twelve wears In Sttle quarters III was tdlu
! that the pursuit wa- neither 80 active MOI, SO
! efficient a. d Nigh, have been Inc SUSPICION
! become involved with men Of higher posi-
! ON and that h- esca'e was great relief 70
| them, :" great, IN Tact, that although he
tine no effort was made to md him.
| Whatever truth there may, have been in
hf 5Ghi ry1 nTmond S Mo Mo had had been @ i9' Unable to
| frd Huwratc while at th" head OF the nited
"A llrlmmpnd
ged IN detective work op his own ac-
Goqg ana ne tno%r It ScoHr would 6s & sstiye isfther
youth !! Wa h%2ggrnt nat b" might t, haze
! carpenter shops revealed no traces OF his
whcrGabouts After a year word was re-,
| making a living hv handling second hand
huuk- and all the book stores were visited,
,hat that dealers attend -aas Of Old books and
| D." had the sales watched with the result
ns! na! on "n laAf Mf"d2ly Sln il IN Wam- "a 'sd dealef s
AT rp5 West Tenth street. entered a
stor" where "A book sale was being held on
Broadway near Tenth street. Williams by
10 means ans wor"d The description Of How
gate bonC carcles,lv dressed and having
a ragged gray beard. whereas iioWgate had
War Department, who had been hired 10
attend IN" sales, wJ- positive that he recog-
really IlOWgdf" NH~ arrested ON Friday fol-
| lowing on bench warrant obtained from
The arrest did not surprise liowsate who
said hc had br'u expecting II tor years and
was rather glad II had occurred He ac-
cuWUaul"d IN" officers to Washington will
irgly ard prepared tp stand trial
Although some "t hi friends had passed
away ~truIe II'--ur" wa- brought to bear
IN his b,hHlI. Iu attempt having been made,
INDEED, tu have tU" indictments quashed
hrIorn hr WIS arrested. II others we're inn
In'1t"d with him. ne never revealed their
names. and m" trial proceeded with q dis
apI"lrti.4. lack ui tn" exciting revolutions
which Il Wa confidently expected he would
make H. COuIHrlun of years before. who
had remained with him during the twelve
years Of ms hiding stood 10y hm during the
ilIui ~" tir-t trial resulted in an aCquittal,
hlt D." WIS retired ou another indictment
and ON Jun" u, 1895. was convicted. An
appeal We. taken tu the court Of Appeals
oi the District uf columbia and the judy
Iloui WAS affirmed Justice McComas, now
I uitci States senator from Maryland. be.
fore whom D." vas tried sentenced iowgate
g. otglf years D. the Albany Penitentiary.
Good cpIuIJ soon won him place as
Librarian and also reduced hl- sentence by
turrr v"Hr~ Attempts hav" been made 10
secure iI~ IuTdlu hut IN vain His bonds
Zen wcr" relieved of the penalty of his for
irItri how'd u''"r hi arrest, an act OF Con-