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FRAUD' CHARGEDAFTER SUICIDEOF NYE WOMANCouple at PortlandObtained $35,000,Suit DeclaresK:drk\aD:tuT)tAsserting they obtained $35,000 from Mrs- Florence Rose Butler, ^ wealth}' Nye county widow who recently committed suicide, by cheating and defrauding her, a suit i has been filed in the federal court!iat Portland, Ore,, against a former • cowhand and his wife by the First \ National Bank of Nevada,The First National Bank is ex-!!arthClthar;Rlt;lt;ecutor of Mrs. Butler's esiale, ard 1 ^ the suit was filed by Capt. Walter (vy Rowson, attorney for the estate. ', ' The suit charges that the cou-1 .fpie, identified as Ted Howerton 1 and his wife, Mary, conspired to _ obtain the $35,000 from Mrs. Butler when the ‘former cowhand | f made love to het, promised to di-' 'vorce his wife to marry her, but i ieft tier after she gave the wife, $35,000. iMrs. Butler was the widow of' James Monroe Butler, wealthy , Nye coum y rancher who died early . this year. Howerton was a cow- j . hand on the ranch, and his wife \ was a cook. j 'The federal court complaint . charged that the Howertons, after : Mr. Butler died last February, m-1 vited Mrs. Butler to their home in ' _ Wallowa county, Oregon. I“Said defendants, continued tne j C complaint, ‘wickedly and unlaw-' * fully conspired together with intent to cheat and defraud the esfate of James Monroe Butler, and agreed between themselves to have said Ted Howerton endeavor to gain the affections of Florence Rose Butier, to have him make love to her and secure control over her actions and conduct...The complaint charged that \ Howerton promised he would divorce his wife, Mary, and marry Mrs. Butler, and that last August \Mrs. Howerton signed an agreement not to sue for alienation of affections in exchange for a con-1 sideration, , jA copy of the purported agree-' ment, along with a photostatic j copy of a cancelled $35,000 check,; was filed with the suit.The complaint asserted that, iafter the check was paid, Howcr- I tori returned to work on the Butler 1 ranch in Nevada while his wife remained ijri Wallowa county, Oregon. But last monlb, the complaint 'continued, Mrs. Butler left on a trip, returned to be told Howerton had gone, and committed suicide.The suit said Howerton then rejoined his wife and that they now have the $35,00(J on deposit.1
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Nevada State Journal
Reno, Nevada, US
Sun, Oct 12, 1947
Page 17
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