St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 29, 1898

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—_— Re ee er 4CUMPLETE MAMKET REPORT» CIRCULATION. NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS MILLION A WEEK. "THE: ONLY: ST. Louis EvENtidd PAPER With THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES, 9 I. r LOUIS POST- DISPATCH, REGSLAS CIRCULATION SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1898. ~- - 30,531, TEN PAGES CIRCULATION NEARLY THREE- OUARTERS - OF A ~ MILLION A WEEK. — The largest in the Great Southwest. Circul ation | The largest in the Great Southwest. Circulation in St. Louis double that of a ary other wt a VOL. 49, NO. 232, TUESDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS MARCH 29, £898. *e PRICE (R26 na one Two ‘Cents. in St. Lous double thatof any other News i - _— oe — —_—— - -_ = — - a = a a ee i —— eee ee ee SHOT IN HS BACK YARD, Tragic Encounter Between Neighbors on Park Avenue. eee ee ee BARNEY COLLER SHOT TWICE IN THE GROIN BY JOHN ALLEN. P WOUNDED MAN IS_ DYING. — His Assailant Was Captured by a Po- liceman Immediately After the Shooting and Locked Up— Claims Self-Defense. -~— —- or Barney Coller, 33 years old, was shot and probably fatally wounded Tuesday noon in the back yard of 196 Park avenue by John Alien, his next door neighbor. Allen was arrested a few minutes later by Sergt. Hess and locked up in the Lafayette Park Station. Coller was taken to the St. Mary's Infirmary, 1536 Papin gtreet. H's condition is critical. The shooting was the outgrowth of a fight between the men over the erection of a clothesline in the back yard that was common to both houses. Tuesday was Mrs. Alien’s wash day aand she utilized’ the yard. This displeased her neighbor and Coller cut the line, Allen is a gripman for the People’s Rail- way Company. When he came home to dinner shortly after 12 o'clock his wife “old him what had occurred and he went to investigate. , He claims that he and Coller had been friendly for years, and when he found him in the yard he asked him why the line had been cut? “* Coller’s reply angered Allen, and a fight with fists followed. During the battle Col- ler’s hand got to his revolver. A flerce struggle ensued for possession of the weapon. It fell to the pavement, and Allen was first to seize it. As Coller came on for a second attack, Allen says he ordered him back. em Allen fired two shots, both enter- leg the ere groin of his adversary about two and three-quarter inches apdri, Allen then coolly entered his own home, where he was arrested a few minutes later by t. ess, who Was passing on a street ear and heard the shots. Friends carried: Coller into the house of his aunt, Mrs. B. Abel, with whom he Iived. ee We. A. "McCandless 2329 Lafayette avenue, and Dr, H. N. Chapman, 1532 Mis- sissippi avenue, responded to the call for ge Temporary dressing was given two wounds and the ambulance con- os the injured man to St. Mary’s In- firmary. The physicians were not able to locate the bullets... Both pronounced his condition serious. Coller is unmarried and attends to the business of his aunt. Allen has lived in the roy for 10 years and bears a good reputatio Allen, when seen by a Post- Dis 1g: re- parrer at the Lafayette Park Station, said: When I came home to dinner I found my wife in tears. She said Coller cut the clothes-line. She told me how it happened. am cool and I thought that if I saw Col- er I might get an explanation or an apol- ogy from him. nein went into the yard and found Coller * ‘Did you cut that line” I asked. ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘and I'll cut you down too.” With that ‘he rushed upon me and hit mein the jaw and we grappled. ‘T broke from him and was backing off — he reached to his hip pocket. iI pee toward him to prevent him from est his revolver, but I was too late. e pulled the gun. “I struck him on the wrist and the weapon fell to the ground. Coller made @ rush and truck me in the face. Then he umped back. kicking me as he retreated. ' knew e had a knife and felt gure he would use it if I did not act quickly. 1 stooped down and picked up the revolver. c¢ oller was ad- Vancing on me again when I shot him. ae I warned him to keep away before shoot- THE WEATHER FORECAST. FAIR—WARMER. Fer St. Louis and vicinity—Fair, warmer Tuesday might; Wednesday, increasing cloudi- Bess; rain and warmer, For Missouri—Rain in the south portion Tues. Gay night; Wednesday, increasing cloudiness and rain; rising temperature. For lllinols—Rein in the extreme south por- thon Tuesdey night; Wedtesday, iocreasing cloudiness, with rain in the central and south pertions: rising temperature. The river at St. Louis wlll rise to about 22.8 feet by Wodnesday morning and to about 24.7 by Thuradas morning Seats POST-DISPATCH THERMOMETER. iin Mee 6a% ee. 0000s Be Os Ui kee canedébes x s . ™M.... ee 2 = | hee Ue bembs ra eo very seriously If the letters left by the suicide. contain a. m ite eeGe > © Gh ecccccccced no very car is in the ditch deteen u The cea Bo Rare nee a ——— ee SS oy Sibel Ree ae engine did not leave the rails > (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ) PRANK 0 mi _—_—_--—“—(_cC(O llr > -- --— John Anderson Set Fire to His Shoe Shop. HE FOUGHT WITH THE POLICE. ATTEMPTED TO BRAIN A YOUNG MAN WHO CAUGHT HIM FEEDING THE FLAMES. IS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL. Friends Think He Became Insane Try- ing to Solve the Problem of How He Could Be- | come Rich. John Anderson 50 years old, suddenly be- came crazed and attempted Tuesday morn- ing to burn his shoe shop at 907 Pine street. The fire was discovered before much dam- age was done and the crazy cobbler was sent to the City Hospital for observation. Anderson is a Swede and has lived in St. Louis for 30 years. He formerly kept a small shop on Chestnut etreet. About 0) years ago he rented a small one story build- ing at 907 Pine street, where he worked and lived. Hiring a man to do the repairing work, Anderson devoted his own energies to the making of shoes far cripples, at which he was an adept. Part of his little shop he rented to H. Schroeder, a tailor. Mr. Schroeder did not notice anything peculiar about the man’s actions until last @gek. The cobbler then began talking wildly about putting his buei- ness on @ larger basis. He was not making money fast enough and he daily grew more impatient. This desire for wealth is the only theory those about him can give for the upsetting of his mind. At 7:30 a. m. Tuesday B. F. Lillybeck went to the shop to see his father, who worked for Anderson. When he opened the door he found Anderson alone industriously piling wood on a fire he had kindled in the middie of the floor. The small stove in the center of the room was roaring like -a furnace. The in- Side was chock full of coal and wood, and jammed in from the top aperture were two tall pine boards, reaching nearly to the ae On the floor front of the stoVe another fire was blazing brilliantly. This Anderson was feeding with wood, paper and barrel ie which had been saturated with coal o} Lillybeck called to the man, who turned from his task, grabbed a hatchet and made savagely for the caller. The young man called in Patrplimen Little and Clifford, then ran to No. 6 engine house and turned in a still alarm. At the sight of the officers and,.firemen, Anderson changed his tactics and worked frantically to put out the flames, jabbering and laughing wildly all the while. Ten min- utes work extinguished the last spark. The police took a shoemaker to the Dis- pensary. He surb gled seaparatery to oe away and was oniy quieted by the assu ance that the officials were preparing to pay him insurance money. hen the ruse was discovered, Anderson aimed a savage blow at Clerk John Pearsol, and it took the combined strength of the two policemen to hold him in a chair. Dr. Kearney sent him to the City Hospital for observatioh. He insists that he is married and is the father of ten children. He says his wife is sick at his home in Lafayette Park. Mr. Lillybeck, who has known him for fifteen years, says he was never married and lived entirely alone in his dingy room back of the workshop “The first I noticed of his mental trouble,’’ said IAllybeck, “was last week, when he quit his work suddenly to go out to borrow money. He contracted for a large supply of leather and has not a cent to pay for it. “He drank some, but not enough to af- fect his mind.’ WRECK ON BIG FOUR, LOCAL EXPRESS GOES GIT corridors, disappointed because they could not gain admission. When the Senate convened a beautiful horseshoe of roses and» violets stood on the desk of Senator Gallinger. When Mr. Mason (Illinois) entered the chamber the people in the galleries, recognizing him, applauded vigorously. MOVEMENT TO OVERRIDE REED AND DEMAND INTERVENTION. — WwW ASHINGTON, March 29.—A very determined movement on *- -¢ the mre nbers of *he Honsein whit* = tee Mr. Mason said the catastrophe should - ee ~ - A thes Ste tlle. 4 i Ce tag Fe » eg ear PS ee Se be ey - " 1h RR ee a tale ae eS me eee