The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-19
Pro and Con
Camps View
Rogers Case
Arrest of Young Son Of
Wealthy Family
Causes Stir.
BY HELEN WORDEN
Times SneciaI Writer

bits of Henry H. Rogers life.
The arrest of the young son of the
late Col. H. H. Rogers in connec-
ton with the death of Evelyn Hoey,
beautiful Broadway show girl, had
divided society into excited camps.
Southampton residents are
with him to man.
Henry was the gentlest child i'm
aginable," Long Island folk said.
He wouldn't kill a fly"
Gould he shoOt?" l asked.
mo. But he was daring and often
reckless. AS a boy he swan out
farther than any of the otner kids
He was the first to ride a rubber
Sea-hOrSe."
In those days Henry and his sis
ter, MilliCent, now Mrs. Arturo de
Ramos, and his parents all were liv-
ing in the big Southampton house
overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
They gave elaborate parties.
Henrys mother, the first Mrs.
Rogers MARY Benjamin., was
thought by many to be more popu-
lar than her husband. When Mrs.
Rogers got a divorce, Henry sided
with his mother.
Friendship Endured
But all the family remained
friends" one of DR.. Joseph StOrer
Wheelwright's daughters said. The
doctor was the Rogers physician.
He watched Henry grow up.
Though none Of us has seen
Henry much recently" Miss Wheel
wright said. The only time we got
a glimpse of him was when he came
to Southampton for his fathers
funeral.
Mrs. Henry Rogers has remained
in the background. The former
Virginia Lincoln, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. William R. Lincoln of
Hampshire-rd, Cleveland, was edu-
Gated at the Laurel School, Cleve-
land, from which she was graduated
in 1924 Shortly after, she went to
study art at the Cleveland Art
Academy
In 1929 she married Henry Rogers
and came to spend the summer at
Southampton in a house she and
her husband leased on Herrick-rd.
No one has seen her recently,
however. Both addresses she gave
her friends, 18 E. 53rd-st and
Roslyn, L. L, lead to blank walls.
Some say she is back in Cleveland.
Eighteen E. 53rd-St is a business
block. Colonel Rogers used to have
his offices in the building. Virginia
Lincc&l Rogers is unknown in
RoSyln.
Recalled by Artist
I looked up Graham Cootes, the
artist. He used to be a great friend
of the Rogers family. He and his
wife spent part of their honeymoon
at their home in Southampton.
But I haven't run across any of
the Rogers for years" he said when
1 called at Co0teS' apartment in
so w. 67th-st. Henry was just a
little shaver the last time I saw him
"a cute kid with lots of ideas! I'm
sorry he's IN trouble"
Henry'S sister, Millicent, has been
living at the Hotel Pierre, while her
husband is stopping at the Tuxedo
Club, Tuxedo Park.
The original Rogers estate was in
Tuxedo Park. Henry stayed there
much of the time as little boy.
His mother has her own home at
4 Sutton-pl, but she spends thu
greater part Of each year in Paris.
She returned from Europe three
weeks ago.
Mrs. Benjamin Rogers has led a
comparatively quiet life. 1t was
her children and former husband
who kept the name of Rogers before
the public. Millicent broke into
print when she married her first
husband, Count Salm, against her
fathers wishes.
The colonel made the front page
in law suit connected with his sec
Ond wife. Several millions were in
volved.
The current tangle which con-
Germs Henry, however, makes the
other stories pale by contrast.