The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-23

him to invest 1t and begin the building
of his fortune. When young Everhart
was in New York last spring with
Mrs. Rinsland he had $500 in his pos
session and that was the extent of
his fortune at that time. Yesterday,
as he said himself, there was only n
cents between him and hell.
He evidently told the truth for he
is actually as we'll as fguratively ION
his uppers," and his jewelry is not so
generously displayed as was the won't
Everhart is about % years of age.
He Is large and well built. and but for
his dissipation would possibly be what
would be called handsome. He gener-
ally dressed in the height of fashion,
wore flash jewelry and spent money
like a prince.
His father was very good to him,
indulging his every need and making
1t virtually the sole aim and ambition
of his life to wean his son from his
indolent, careless ways and spur him
to make something of himself. .He
sent him to college after college. but
each one of them in turn put him out
for failure to study or violation of
rules. He was put to work in the
brass company's office, but would not
get down to the grind of everyday
business life. Gradually for the last
couple of years he has been going
from bad to worse, until finally he
has came to his inevitable end, the
prison cell.
AN HONORED FATHER.
His father is one of Scranton's most
honored and representative citizens.
He is a veteran of the civil war, hav-
ing engaged in thirty battles, includ-
ing Gettysburg and the Wilderness,
and bears an enviable record as q
soldier. He was sorely afflicted by the
scandal resulting from his sons con-
| nection with the Rinsland case, but
this latest and appalling thing has
fairly broken his heart. One of his in
innate friends declared that he be-
lieved the aged doctor would infinitely
have preferred that he had been killed
by the assassin than to have lived to
learn what has been disclosed to him
the last few days. Even now he does
not express resentment towards his
wayward boy, but only speaks in tones
of regret.
Young Everhart had figured in sew
eral affairs that brought him early no.
toriety, among them ring-flght to
settle a dispute, but not until the dis
closures in the Rinsland case came,
was he the subject of any general talk
of a scandalous nature.
His nfatuation for the Rinsland wo-
man proved his undoing. 1t seemed
he would stop at nothing, no matter
how daring it might be. to be in her
company. Messenger boys were sent
to her house; he took her out in the
| daytime to suburban hotels; once last
February he was at Decker's hotel in
| Dundaff, with her.
SHORT OF FUNDS.
Since Mrs. Rinsland was freed by
| the divorce which her husband secured
| at the May term of court, Everhart
| and she have been, it is alleged, living
| at the same hotel in Green Ridge.
| Last week the Rinsland woman
| wanted to secure release under the In
| solvency laws from the costs placed
| upon her by court in cases In which
| she prosecuted her former husband for
| assault and battery and des crtion. She
| did not have the necessary $3.50 and
| could not get it. If Everhart had II
| she would not want for it. The fear
| that the disclosure to her that he was
on his last dollar would cool her affec-
| tion or at all events make her less gra-
| cious, is supposed to be one of the
things which spurred him to the afro
cious crime, it is alleged, he contem-
plated and planned.
He will not likely get out of Jail for
| some time to come. Besides the 5000
| bail which he Is required to furnish
in the conspiracy case, he will be
called upon to provide another $1,000
security for his appearance in the
damage suit, his bondsman, NJ. II.
| Flynn, having surrendered him yester-
day afternoon when he learned of the
new charge against him.