Death of Son Turns “Doctor Jekyll” Into “Mr. Hyde”
SALT LAKE CITY.—Shock, due to rhe death of his first-born son. is given
by friends here as the cause which changed Jefferson Howell, social lion
and wealthy mining magnate, into an outlaw and robber so daring as to win
the name of “the Lone Wolf.”
Howell’s amazing career of crime
extended over fifteen years and netted
him hundreds of thousands in bank,
train and mine robberies. After each
crime he would return home and make
•* his visit a round of pleasure for his
friends, wife and children.
Now his trail has come to an end.
In the California mountains a pursu
er’s shot shattered his leg, after lie
had taken $18,000 cash from the Trin
ity County bank in Weaverville. How
ell was captured. His record is admitted and his downfall complete.
And It all started, say his sorrowing friends, when his boy died 15 years
ago. Up to that time Howell had been really a mining expert and was a
college graduate. His friends were prominent, and the handsome dwelling
on I street, where dwelt his beautiful wife, was'a center of fashion.
Then—the boy was taken. Howell's mind seemed shattered. For two
years he neglected his business. Then Ire began to leave home on long
“mining trips.” On each trip, some big steamship at Seattle or Sari Fran
cisco would he robbed of gold bullion; old miners, in the act of fighting their
“dust” over saloon bars, would be lined up and “cleaned” by a laughing bandit
who left no trace of identity; rural banks would be held up in broad daylight
and robbed of their cash.
“Circumstances over which I have no control drove me to this,” Howell
wrote his wife, “but I hav§ always been able to hold my own self-respect. I
have been honest and loyal to my friends and 1 have been clean and true in
my daily life."
When Money Came Peace Flew Out of the Window
LOS ANGELES.—“Take your divorce, sir, and peace be with you,” said Judge
Grail, and Victor A. Rossbach was no longer the husband of Mrs. Ruby A.
Rossbach, sister of “Silent” Smith, ihe late millionaire, and herself the pos
sessor of a $400,000 fortune.
Some weeks ago Mrs. Rossbach
»ued for divorce. At the trial she said
that her husband was uncouth and
would not fit into her life; that lie
lived mostly in the garage, where he
kept a bottle and entertained such
friends as the street sweeper and
Kelley, who piloted the steam roller;
that he put his feet on the table and
kept his hat on at meals.
Rossbach admitted many of the —
wife’s allegations, and at the time the
judge said the evidence showed that Mrs. Rossbach was the one guilty of
cruelty and desertion, and if at any time Rossbach wanted a divorce he could
have it. So he came after his divorce. Said Rossbach :
“Things were fine until she got this money, then she put on high doings
and airs. I never knew how to wear a dress suit and never will. She
wouldn’t let me smoke my pipe in the house, but her dude friends could
smoke boxes of cigarettes and she wouldn’t mind a bit. When she had com
pany she didn’t want me around. The garage was the only place I could en
joy myself.”
In summing up the case, the judge said:
“When money came peace flew out of the window. He didn’t progress
os last in the social arts as she did. The fault is hers. He's too old to learn
new tricks. I wish him happiness in bis marital freedom.”
Rossbach said he “had a stake” and he had earned his living once, and
could do it again.
Army Is to Play Polo, the Next Thing to Real War
II APPEARS that the army is going in for polo. Polo is quite a game; it is
about tiie nearest thing to war obtainable in times of peace. The war dp
partment authorizes publication of an announcement by the office of the chief
of staff, which says among other
things:
It is the desire of the war depart
ment that polo should he one of the
games to he encouraged and devel
oped throughout the army. To accom
plish the aims for which this game is
fostered in the service, namely, the
development of horsemanship, skill ^ ^
and daring on the part of officers and
enlisted men, commanding officers will \
utilize all means at their command
to further the interests of this sport.
It is especially desired that teams he developed and maintained at the sev
eral division camps and at training centers and regimental posts.
A central polo committee lias been established In the war department.
This committee will co-ordinate all matters pertaining to polo activities
throughout the army. It will secure every assistance possible for the further
ance of the game, and will co-ordinate relations between polo in the service
and the American Polo association.
Organizations desiring to take up polo are empowered to use regulation
mounts of their authorized quota for this purpose. Regulation mounts of
the necessary speed and hardiness will be furnished such organization as
part of their quota on requisition made to appropriate remount officer.
To units developing teams will he issued on requisition the necessary
polo equipment, including saddles, sticks, balls, etc.
Instructions governing participation in match and tournament play, the
training and use of horses and the requisition and care of equipment will
tissue from the war department.
Juneau Has Waiting List of Would-Be Husbands
JUNEAU, ALASKA.—Is Romance dead? We’ll say it isn't, and here’s the
proof. Four young ladies, workers in a branch of the war department in
Washington, recently read that there was a shortage of the gentler sex in
Alaska. *
After deliberation they indited a
joint letter to the honorable mayor of
this city which read, in part, as fol
lows :
“As there are so few men here
and so many women, possibly Alaska
and the states could be brought clos
er together in the way of your men
and our women. *
“We are regular American girls
with a wholesome love of life: able
to keep house and raise a family, if
wanted. All we lack is the opportunity to demonstrate ability along these lines.
“Therefore, the following unclaimed treasures would appreciate the
names and addresses of some of your eligible men.”
His worship, the mayor, referred this letter to the city’s chief of the
bureau of publicity, who proved himself to he a man of large sympathies
by his reply to the girls, portions of which read in this manner:
“Your ambition to come to Alaska, keep our cabins in order, build us
sourdough bread, halfsole our mooseskln pants, raise our children, rejoice
and sorrow with us as occasion may ’demand, and generally share with us
the burdens and responsibilities of life, is indeed a worthy one, and we take
pleasure in submitting to you the following names from our preferred list of
eligible men, any one of whom is able financially to support a woman in
pomp and splendor.”
Then follows a list of names, including an attorney general, a territorial
secretary, an assistant clerk of the United States court, a merchant tailor, a
dry goods merchant, a candy dealer, a butcher,'a capitalist and a jeweler.
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