Daughter of Joseph Butterworth and Mary Almeda (Doing) Tozer. Journalist who wrote under the name Louise Bower. Wife of William S. Rankin. Aged 35 years; of morphine poisoning, suicide.
Effie's former husband at the time of her death was Francis Emerson, a prison convict whose real name was Timothy J. Hogan [aka Jack Cleary, Thomas McKean, Will Bower, Charles Bower, Tom Flynn, "The Bald-Faced Kid,” “the Reverend”]. Effie married Hogan on Oct. 6, 1884 in Mower County, Minnesota, while he was using the alias Charles Bower. When Effie learned of his criminal actions, she filed for divorce (it was later learned he was still legally married to a woman in New York and had committed bigamy, thus invalidating his marriage to Effie).
Emerson had escaped prison the day before Effie died, and was captured the day she died, the result of his being "betrayed" by a woman (apparently someone other than Effie). Effie was reported to be "despondent" over Hogan's capture, and visited a friend to tell her she had taken morphine. Unfortunately, the friend didn't believe what she was told.
"Romance, Suicide. Former wife of prisoner Emerson Took Morphine," Cleveland Leader, Friday, Sept. 23, 1898, Page 2.
[Note: Emerson/Hogan escaped from the Ohio Penn again on May 3, 1899, using the same method of hiding in a large wooden box that was removed from the premises for shipping. He was captured in New York on July 18 and returned to Ohio to complete his sentence. His term in Ohio ended in January 1902, and he was promptly extradited to New York to serve the remaining two years of a sentence on Blackwell Island (now Roosevelt Island). He had escaped from Blackwell in 1897.]
Effie's former husband at the time of her death was Francis Emerson, a prison convict whose real name was Timothy J. Hogan [aka Jack Cleary, Thomas McKean, Will Bower, Charles Bower, Tom Flynn, "The Bald-Faced Kid,” “the Reverend”]. Effie married Hogan on Oct. 6, 1884 in Mower County, Minnesota, while he was using the alias Charles Bower. When Effie learned of his criminal actions, she filed for divorce (it was later learned he was still legally married to a woman in New York and had committed bigamy, thus invalidating his marriage to Effie).
Emerson had escaped prison the day before Effie died, and was captured the day she died, the result of his being "betrayed" by a woman (apparently someone other than Effie). Effie was reported to be "despondent" over Hogan's capture, and visited a friend to tell her she had taken morphine. Unfortunately, the friend didn't believe what she was told.
"Romance, Suicide. Former wife of prisoner Emerson Took Morphine," Cleveland Leader, Friday, Sept. 23, 1898, Page 2.
[Note: Emerson/Hogan escaped from the Ohio Penn again on May 3, 1899, using the same method of hiding in a large wooden box that was removed from the premises for shipping. He was captured in New York on July 18 and returned to Ohio to complete his sentence. His term in Ohio ended in January 1902, and he was promptly extradited to New York to serve the remaining two years of a sentence on Blackwell Island (now Roosevelt Island). He had escaped from Blackwell in 1897.]
Daughter of Joseph Butterworth and Mary Almeda (Doing) Tozer. Journalist who wrote under the name Louise Bower. Wife of William S. Rankin. Aged 35 years; of morphine poisoning, suicide.
Effie's former husband at the time of her death was Francis Emerson, a prison convict whose real name was Timothy J. Hogan [aka Jack Cleary, Thomas McKean, Will Bower, Charles Bower, Tom Flynn, "The Bald-Faced Kid,” “the Reverend”]. Effie married Hogan on Oct. 6, 1884 in Mower County, Minnesota, while he was using the alias Charles Bower. When Effie learned of his criminal actions, she filed for divorce (it was later learned he was still legally married to a woman in New York and had committed bigamy, thus invalidating his marriage to Effie).
Emerson had escaped prison the day before Effie died, and was captured the day she died, the result of his being "betrayed" by a woman (apparently someone other than Effie). Effie was reported to be "despondent" over Hogan's capture, and visited a friend to tell her she had taken morphine. Unfortunately, the friend didn't believe what she was told.
"Romance, Suicide. Former wife of prisoner Emerson Took Morphine," Cleveland Leader, Friday, Sept. 23, 1898, Page 2.
[Note: Emerson/Hogan escaped from the Ohio Penn again on May 3, 1899, using the same method of hiding in a large wooden box that was removed from the premises for shipping. He was captured in New York on July 18 and returned to Ohio to complete his sentence. His term in Ohio ended in January 1902, and he was promptly extradited to New York to serve the remaining two years of a sentence on Blackwell Island (now Roosevelt Island). He had escaped from Blackwell in 1897.]
Effie's former husband at the time of her death was Francis Emerson, a prison convict whose real name was Timothy J. Hogan [aka Jack Cleary, Thomas McKean, Will Bower, Charles Bower, Tom Flynn, "The Bald-Faced Kid,” “the Reverend”]. Effie married Hogan on Oct. 6, 1884 in Mower County, Minnesota, while he was using the alias Charles Bower. When Effie learned of his criminal actions, she filed for divorce (it was later learned he was still legally married to a woman in New York and had committed bigamy, thus invalidating his marriage to Effie).
Emerson had escaped prison the day before Effie died, and was captured the day she died, the result of his being "betrayed" by a woman (apparently someone other than Effie). Effie was reported to be "despondent" over Hogan's capture, and visited a friend to tell her she had taken morphine. Unfortunately, the friend didn't believe what she was told.
"Romance, Suicide. Former wife of prisoner Emerson Took Morphine," Cleveland Leader, Friday, Sept. 23, 1898, Page 2.
[Note: Emerson/Hogan escaped from the Ohio Penn again on May 3, 1899, using the same method of hiding in a large wooden box that was removed from the premises for shipping. He was captured in New York on July 18 and returned to Ohio to complete his sentence. His term in Ohio ended in January 1902, and he was promptly extradited to New York to serve the remaining two years of a sentence on Blackwell Island (now Roosevelt Island). He had escaped from Blackwell in 1897.]
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