The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-15
MISS HOWELL WOULD WE'D.
Her Brother Objects aud Question

Her Brotiier Objects and Question
Ser Mental f'oiieiit o..
SCRANTON, PA. Jan. Questionable
circles in the city were greatly surprised
to-day by the announcement that Charles
2. Fletcher has been appointed q COM
mittee to take testimony in proceedings
brought for the purpose of having Miss
Jennie Howell, OF Scranton, declared in
sane. The situation is made all the more
interesting by the statement that the pro-
ceedings We're brought by Franklin How
elI a brother of the girl, to head off hey
marriage with E. B. Dean, of Hac!1en-
sack y. j. whom GIr. Howell declares
to be fortune hunter
BY the win OF theia father. Franklin
Howell and his sister were heirs to q
large. sum of money, some asserting that
it represented no less than 100000, com
prising coal stocks and royalties. It is
to protect this fortune which Mr.. Howell
says his sister has been wasJiug. that
the present suit was brought. Last fa,l
Miss Howell returned from the seashore
and resumed her residence on Scranton
Street. where she has always lived in u
home that il provided with luxury. 81
was not long home before Mr.. Dean ar
rived. Several visits OF this kind Wers
made by him. Much Of the time. when
the weather was propitous, he could ne
seen driving vita Miss Howell
He came TO spend the Christmas holt
days with her and just before New Years
Miss Howell gave reception in honor
Of several of her friends from BalstOn
Spa, y. Y. and Reading. She did not
forget to invite Mr. Dean
1t is no diSpara cement to others to say
that the visitor was the handsornest
among the men present. He is OF medium
height, has silvery gray hair and looks
to be well beyond fifty years. He has Il
IL.
suit, black tie and long oVercoat. with
heavy fur collar and cuffs of the same
| material. For many years Miss Howell
has been an invalid. scarcely able to go
about afoot or in her carriage without
the companionsIlip of q few Of her closest
friends. She has also been obliged to have
almost the constant care OF her family
physician. Among the remedies pre-
scribed for her during the summer sea-
son was a trip 10 the mountains or a few
weeks rest at the seashore. Her favoritc
pleasure resort is Atlantic City. which
place she visited last August.
While boarding at one Of the most fash
onable hotels there Miss Howell was in
troduced to Mr. Dean. He called fire.
Quently at the hotel where Miss Howell
was staying. It was soon manifest to
Miss Howel!'s friends. who were with her
at the time, that Mr.. Dean showed more
than ordinary friendship for one Of Scrdn-
toms weaIthiest women.
Mr.. Dean says he has a wide and influ-
entail acquaintance in New York cit-
where he is said to spend much of his
time at the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. lie has said
that he is a widower, having buried two
wives His friends Indignantly deny that
he is q fortune hunter and say that his
second wife left him $4,000
Gossip has it that Mr.. Dean and Miss
Howell are soon to be married Miss
Howell informed her brother recently that
she desired to wed Mr.. Dean, but the
latter would not listen to the proposition
and expressed himself as bitterly opposed
to the match. Miss Howell is evidently
determined to marry, nevertheless Her
friends says she is sane and fully capable
of managing her own affairs.