The evening world., 1901-01-04
HOWARD DENIES GUILT;
A NO BIGAMIST HE SAYS.
Declares that a Bona
fide Marriage Certifi-
cate of Ceremony with
Cambridge Wo m a II
Cannot Be Produced
Says lie Did Not Steal
Ring from Brooklyn
Wife.

George W. Howard. known to n.
Brooklyn wife. Mss Helen Hawkes.. ant
her father. Henry Hawkes. ~ conf
Dental adviser and consulting engines
60 the great Observation-Disclosures. Elkirl
synAseste and the Metropolitan Raj
way Company. at $1,000 a year" br
known 10 the company as an operative
engineer IN charge NJ the powcr.hous'
Of the Lexington avenue branch OF th'
street raliw,iy system. n: SIS week
was interviewed BY an Evening "orlt
reporter to-day.
II don't care TO make any answers &c
mr. accusers. only to say thai t;irs'
charges are false. Miss Helen Hawke.
n my wife. MY only wife. have no
other, ard they can't show any true
certificate.
"The BOY II Ny Chiid."
IL admit did live with this Cam
bridge woman for some time. and her
lktle boy. I admit. IL my child. Blu;
I've fixed her out all right. She has
every want provided for. and she has
nothing to complain OF.
'It isn't true that have been over
% Cambridge to see her every week
since my nrarriag-. No iEd'-.d! Nv"
had occasion To 81 10 Philadelphia on
Business once or twice. That's all.
though II Is true | was over to Cam
bridge to see myths wonan-on New
Years day while Miss Iiaw-iny VIE
was away In Albany.
"lts pretty tough TO be Knocked out
this way when your honeymoon -
hardly o=r-. I'm. naturally of a 1uic,
nature. Ny wife is lively and viva
lady friends, ana liked IL.
/ I'm only xoin. through this World
oncr. and l want 10 Sc, all III. com
fort can on this trip. That II all /
care 10 say.
"The stories began by d--crioin. III. ~
Q $1,000 year confidential man us the
whitney syndicate. and has 20; down
TO describing the ~ 81 week op.E-
alive engineer In one OF the power
houses OF the Metropolitan Street Rail-
way Company. That Is all ] WAS and
MI held myself out TO be-. II III.
aHawkcses chose to think or tell folks
! WAS more than that 1t isn't ny fault.
) 4 "Y,R. ! deny tho marriage 10 IN. cam
bridge woman. How do | accoun, for
the certificate OF such marriage:
Well. / don't know VI a:y such Clergy
hrtn III Cambridge. There are lots o:
g. W. iioanrds there. there are lots "
this city too. And. besides. my-that
Cambridge woman's name wasn't Kay
at all. Her name was Annie Rooney.
Sn. was n saiesgirl IN q Boston depart
men, store when ! me; her. was chief
a. q
ana Power Company. l was on thar !ol,
five years. got to living with Annie
Rooney.
..Atterward We moved to Roche-,rr.
,he ef chief w engineer es e9 she "Tse ester
Railway Company: yes. indeed.
1.-THE little hoy was born. They call
him Charles Randolph. lie Is about,
nine ysars old now.
Left Annie Ro"nr,.
"Wa,le she wa, away visiting her
Mi,s Hawks. When she came back I
1 sTsak, away; tina, was going to se'
20, sourse. She felt 1t kseniy. But l
and and shs needn't Worry. 40. IND indeed .d"' i
told her l would stand BY nsr. and /
have. She took away everything, and
went 70 Cambridge. have paid all her
bills up TO the present time Yes. In
n ss'Wiif I 70 over 20 Brooklyn and So"
her aud explain il a!lT No. hadn't
thought o! that, You can't deal with
women as you would with n man. No.
I EEan't go over 10 SEQ hers
Lost 10 Him Forever.
= au very lonesome here without my
wife. Of course. and don't suppose I'll
ever have her With me again. lirt
am not worrying about my own future.
II began HE very young. was born
IN Massachusetts IN isG2. My father Was
killed IN the war. ! spent my childhood
In Boston. Al eleven had TO 90 10
work. ! put In an electric plant nn the
lsthmns OF Panamn when The French
Two been all over South America
hare done some knocking about. guess
will survive this