Evening star., 1926-06-15
TWO SONS ACCUSE
FATHER OF B|GAMY
Declare J. r. Howard, Rich
! Manufacturer, Got Fake
f; Divorce From Mother.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. June 15.-ChargeS
and counter charges between John r.
Howard, 70. a wealthy tlaVerhlH.
Mass, mayonnaiSe manufacturer, ana
his sons, John G. of Los Angeles,
Calf, and Albert r., a former Prince
ton student and foot ball player, are
pending in the courts here.
The son charges the father with
perjury and bigamy. The father
alleges against the sons forcible entry
and assault. The sons declare they
are only seeking justice for their
mother, whom they assert their
father deserted, eloping with Mrs
E.lonora Bobbach Phillips of Milwau-
kee, with whom he is at present resld-
ing as his wife III a fashionable apart
r-ent here The father says the sons
are after his money. This they deny
The allegations against the elder
Howard were filed by local attorney
Telesfor Ocampo. He charges that
Mr.. Howard arrived in Mexico in
January. accompanied by Mrs. Phil
IpS, and that later, with still another
woman. he went TO Cuernavaca and
obtained a divorce" by representing
this woman as his wife.
Fake Marriage Charged.
Returning to Mexico City, it is
alleged that Mr.. Howard married
Mrs. Phillips. OCampo bases his per
Jury charge on the oath Howard Is
said to have made in the Cuernavaca
divorce court and the bigamy charge
OF a statement that his real wife IS
living in Haverhill.
1t is expected the cases will be bit
terly contested. as both Mr.. Howard
and his sons have engaged eminent
counsel Both sons are now IN Mexico
Citv. having followed their father
here some time ago.
John Howard says his father met
Mrs. Phillips during steamship TRIP
around the world in 1928 and became
infatuated with her. Mrs. Howard dld
not so on the tour. After the father
return to Massachusetts he went each
month to Milwaukee to visit Mrs.
Pbillips and give her expensive pres
entS, he said.
The mother, the sons declared,
thought the father was away on bust
ness trips.
Refused Decent Settlement"
John asserts that until the father
met Mrs. Phillips he was loving and
devoted husband. He says the father
refused every appeal TO return TO Ha-
verhill and make a decent settlement
on mother" Therefore, John and his
brother intend to fight to a finish for
their mothers rights. John says Mr..
Howard left home in January, taking
all his cash and negotiable securities
to the amount of about half a million
dollars. leaving the mother virtually
penniless.
Father secured the so-called di.
vorce in Cuernavaca, where another
woman falsely swore she was my
mother and was agreeable to the di-
vorce," said John. Father then
married Mrs. Phillips in Mexico City.
Brother and myself went to his apart
ment. A servant denied that father
lived there, but l saw him peeping
through crack in the door.
brushed through the door. Father
drew a pistol. but | took it away from
him. Father then had brother and
myself arrested, charged with forcible
entry and assault. We are each under
3,750 pesos bail. Father says he will
prosecute us to the utmost, but it is
untrue that we ever struck him. We
intend to press our case against him
until we secure justice for mother