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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1905)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, T905. iTIIK MOUSING ASTORIAX. ASTORLV, OIIEGOX. MAYOR TELLS SIDE Thomas J. Miller Glvei His Side of Case in Court. IS IDENTIFIED BY WOMAN Eloped With Mary Moor and Mar ritd Womji Under Nam of Charlie Howard Woman Now Figures aa Claimant to St. Loula Eitat. ()liniia, Nov. Thomas .1. Mill.r. juayor of Tuinttstrr, and formerly state sntr from thi rotinty, told in the u wrir eourt hers today the lory of hi marrhik' to Mary Almwlia Moore (Mr. Lrafrrrn), the woman who. i now claiming, on the strength of mh iimr lUn?, Ut be the Hiilow nf lit lul !- eili Howard, a St, Uui inillioi'slre. lillT ttlfid that hi assumed I he nam of Charlr II. Howard in an ef fort to join the- ravalry service, aflrr lie had been rejectml from 11 infantry ervh- under hi true name on account Of a weak heart. He claim to have jrorki-d a a cigar niakrr In all the prln clpal towns in ttii vlrlnlty of St. Ioul. lul wnt hy the name of Howard only la I'ulini-r ami Highland, III. Ho clnim that in 1HH.1 he wu working for a cigar manufacturer named J. Thi-il in 1'aliner and boarded with Iho manufacturer' family. In Palmer In inrt Mary M're and in January the two went to lVca till'. To MiUli'ttd I'iilllier M-o)lo ill the event tli marrlajiw publihed, Mil lor gat the rami- of "Henry," instead Of " hailes" Howard, and hi re.Mcnc at I.it.hfleld. Mr. Miller ha received Hie follow lug letter from Frank V. Prrnnen, aiute tournxl for Mr, Isfgreen, and brother of tin- woman's secoud httslnd: Tayh.rviile, 111., No. 9. WM. Mr. Thomas J. Miller, TumwaUr, TVah. lVr Sir : I am aitlng In Uif representation of Mr. Media I.esf gTn In the ese pending in St. IjoiiU natiit the filiate of tarlcd .1. Howard, I jioiivrd In tin- Clohe I Vinix rat yetcr day an article, which wa a copy of an Mtk le published in a pan r puhlihed in C1vniiia, Washington, in whlrh, it U claimed, you Jiaie brought suit agsint Mr. lAafgreen, claiming to lie the man who married her in Decatur. III., on .Jan uary IS, IKK3. Owing to the fmt that I don't care to a-it In the prosecution of thi claim unV I And It to I yen nine rlnim Bgalut the estate of Iacled .1. Howard, I coin liided to write you anil a -certain whether or not the fact slated in that newptiM-r article are true. If the num she married in Decatur I living, I ant to kimw it, o that I may know wiwt tilloii In lake in the limttcr. I Uke II for granted Mint if you are tun imin who married her in IWatur you will have no ohjeilioii to convinc ing inc of that fuel. If you have a dio(otiiph of ymirlf which you could cnd to me and will let mc aulnuit it t.o the pi r-im wilm knew vim here, why, it ftci-nii to mc Hint that would cttl tlic iinliiui. AKo, I would like for you to pive me tlio fait coiiccMiiiij the uioltcr miII'i i lcnt to ntify me of your claim. Ilopiuj; to hear from you mmui in the matter. I renin in Your very rvepect fully, FltANK I'. DUKNNAN. The two retiiriii'd the next day to rainier, where it wn nerved no one t-hould he (old of the iuitrriii!c. Miller teatitte fint the jiirl told her iiihIInt, however, iinl thill there wn a "rouiul up" at I he mother' home. The mother ilinianiliM 1'int tli fwo ncknowhilK4 their liiiinii.v'e and e up linui'keepinK. Miller ay ho ii not flnuiicially Hide to di no, ami wan alho afraid of the jiirl' xlcp-fathcr, nnoieil IM-kwrnid. So Jm left town. He afterward eent hi wife money to meet him in Ulchfldd. They stopped there at the hotel and there Miller told her that hi name w not Howard and that he Wlicved their marriage wn void. They thereupon wpn rated by mutual i-onwnt. Milk-r any he uia not written In nor aecn the woman alncc. Miller went to Tarnon, Kana., where he remained four yearn; thence to De Muinea, la., for two month, thence to Taeomai thencp to Aberdeen, where h rt'inarrird, and thenc to Olym pia. What purporta to be photoRraphio copy of tfie marriaRC errtiflcat of Henry Howard and Mary Moore in De catur, January 15, 1HM, and upon which Hi. LeafRreen U relying to prove her self the widow of Laclede Howard, wa ahown to Mr. Miller. Ho Identified the BtgnAturo "Henry Howard" a having been written by Mm. Following the taking of Miller a ieu- (alls WaH.s Mr. Henrietta ITaynra, her ller, of rurtUnd (., and Mia Minimi Randall, millinery buyer foi Stone, Fioher & Ijine, were placed on the aland. Mr, t'oinpti.ii and Mr. IlayiM were formetly khe Ml Kaudref of rainier, III., and Mix Kamlall wa an old chum of Mr, f.cafjfieen. All three witnee ideiililled .Miller a Charlie Howard and ond confeaaion, whkh for the flrat time apprlwd Ml bondsmen of the extent of hi peculation!. Aa Adame told the tale of hi down fall, he aeemed for the flrt time to realize to the fullest extent the position to which hie Crimea had brought him. He had broken down one before, on the day prevlou when hi! armor of elf aiuranc waa broken by the bomUrd- 1 U-t illi-il (hut they knew of hi marri-'ment of incriminating ft whkh were age to Mi Mooie. Miller had been previously kleiitiDed by Mr. J. Thk-le, with whom he Umnliil in lllinoi. The eiliUir of local pajier ha re ceived a htlcr from John O'Connor, iiltorney for Mr. Ieafgreen, in whhih he demand, iu I lie name of jutiiv, that Mr. .Miller letum tn St. Loui for pur NMe of identification. Mr, l-afgreen wa not repWM-ntcd at th taking of ileNiitioii l""lay. ADAMS BREAKS DOWN Disgraced Cashier of Assay Office Unable to Maintain Composure. SELF-DESTRUCTION FEARED After Hie Weak Attempt at Self- Jniti nation, la Formally Surrendered by HU Bond amen, tad Confined by Secret Service Men in the County Jail. Seal lie, Nov. 20. Broken down and clinging, tirotge Kdward Adam, the di-giacej rathirr of the I'nited State a-nty otllce of tlii city waa in all but a tut of inllapM when taken to the county jail, after having been surrender ed by hi bondmnen, Jacob Furth and M. F. Dark tin. So pronounced, waa the phyiha! colUpe of Uie emtwhile de bonnire club man, that IVputy United State Marlml William (iritman, into wlioe care Ada inn w a given, wa cau tioned to take apeclal palm to prevent any attempt at lf detrluction on the part of the prisoner. The dm'ixion of Adam' bondamen to turrender him to the authorities came a tha remit of moat dramatic hour spent in U office of CapU(n B. W. Bell, head of the secret arrvics department of this district. At the request of Adams him self, Mr. Furth, Mr. IWku. Secret S-r-rice Operative Stephen A. Council, L. S. Kerfoot, representing the United State treasury department; Captain Bell and Kev. .1. I'. I). IJwvd aembled at the office and to them Adams made a sec- hurled at him by (jerative Connell. At that time Adam rollapM-d romph-tely, and in the mhUt of the piercing interro gation with which 1m was being eon fronted, fell to Hie floor of the room where he waa on the rack. He soon re covered, however, and after lieing al lowed ttt aecure iMiniNmen regained much of hi former M-lf-auranc and ap-plomli. It i stated by the aecret service offi cer that Adam secured his bond by representing that the charge against him waa for being reopofitll for a few ounce of dut and that the matter would be settled up within 24 hours. After his releafl from custody Adams, it i stated, went to the renidenee of Kev. J. I'. I). Mwyd, hia pastor and made a complete ronfeion, aking for advk-e as to w hat counw Ut pumue. The result was that early yesterday morning he ar ranged for the conference mentioned. He said it was because of the objec tion which Mrs. Clary held for him aa a huband for ber daughter on account of his poverty that he bad gone, to the extremes which reulted in bis being where he was, and that all ho had stol en bad gone to give hi wife the home her mother desired for her and to sup port the mother herself. Question as to the reason for his high priced automobile, horite and other lux uric elicited m weak attempt at expla nation, and the man harkened back to hi boyhood days in Maachuetta and the trial of hi early manhood. When thi attempt at self jutiflca inn was finished, Adams' bondsmen formally surrendered him, and he waa given over to Deputy Marshal Oritman and led away to the county jail Constipation. Health la absolutely tor.posaible, If constipation be present. Many eerioua cases of liver and kidney complaint have sprung from neglected constipation. Such a deplorable condition ia unneces sary. There la a cure for it. Heroine will speedily remedy matters. C. A. 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