St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 12, 1898

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LOUIS—AUGUST 12, 1898 ** PRICEY in st,ter's One Come POST-DISPATCH. x —s y et IMPORTANT DATES OF THE war. PROTOCOL SIGNED TO a Sl” Peace Protocol Signed Aug.i2; Dura. |!) SC EW ENT TH AT ENDS THE WAR. tion of the War IIS Days. ‘In Behalf of Spain, French Ambassador Cambon Appends morning that the casket has been delayed.” Mrs, Janes, »ccompanied by her daughter and ‘son, left Union Station atg9:15 Friday | morning over the Missouri, a7 & Tex- 4 as Railway. Shortly before he? departure r 1S ame O e greement. she was seen on the train by @ Post-Dis- patch reporter and was asked {particulars pomnerning the shipment of he® husband's ,0ay. “My husband died in Boston @ few days | ago.’’ said she, “and the casket Fas ppt in | the baggage car of the same trawM we/trav- z, | . : -_--- @o--—S——C t. , > ' »* eled on. We came through to ouis, iipiiiaa > reaching here laet night. Somebody’s Blunder Caused aJ ,, Wrmytistely wpon our erriva) we toe | Two Well-Dressed Mei and a shipment of the corpse from St. Louis to G rewsome Se ul el. Parsons, Kan.,.where we live. To my as- ¢ R . 17 ‘ : - x ' . guishment the Pargaacnen, informed tee] Handsome Woman Arrested. | --He President Will at Once Issue a Proclamation Declaring that no such casket was in sight. Then he telegraphed to different points along the BODY OF A SANTIAGO oMicials at Cincinnati that the body was | ONE ADMITS HAVING 2 ass . HERO 1S MISSING, | s"ferwunstery derninea here" SS ~ nic Armistice and Informing the World That Peace Has Come. no address, was hurried over to us. Ths baggageman said to me: ‘That is the one, I know. Another was sent here in place Il WAS NEARLY INTERRED FOR ares last night, but that was a mis- PCLICE BELIEVE THEY KNOW at laetbedpmanga =e aie aait aed has hemie to farther a SOMETHING ABOUT RECENT / ns e — —s omasy , nna 9 powder dust | WASH [ NGTON ; Aug. 12.—The protocol 4 ° . es F: e ; pe Stlil encruster n le DATrel. . ° 7 Yomeate Se ay WEST END BURGLARIES. A CL EW IN 1H | Helmann is said to have a record, al- been signed. The War Is ended. The Presic Mrs, Janes was told of the incident ves- , ; : terday at Spring Grove Cemetery, (Incin- . | though he is only 2 vears oid, and the natl Young Mr. Janes, who had listened J panna: Bg he bee alr enel: Sten 4 . s i. n - BEREAVED FIANCEE ANQ his mother and said, exciedly: | DRY GOODS AND MANY spann: (o Donnell and” Morris anawer the Will at-once [ase paSpre ae | & HANT PASE | runnin | | the “"| world that a preliminary treaty of peace I A WIDOW NONPLUSSED. | mistake ha» been made. Let us find ou PAWN TICKETS DISCOVERED. [running.on Locust street. the night of the for certain. Surely we must not go home murder, They are small and Jieimann 1) ie E with the wrong body. | ) egy f Bac Angas looks like anything been agreed upon between the United States A tear coursed down the sorrowing moth- ul a Gesperare Mat. | . : ; . chee she fr ‘ *hief Desmond believes the l has ; . *,? ne ee ie ence, Frank i dewt koow what to| Capture Resulted From Two Alert Po- bal customer, because he absolutely ree | Spain, and that hostilities have ceased. , Doubt as to a Casket—Into the think of this mess. It is awful, I do hope licemen’s Perfunctory Chase U Police Think They May Have Fuses 60 tat St ,.0- ee. ee on : icemen’s erfunc y Pp e e reply to all the questions put to him and } commanders of armies and fleets will be cak there is not another mistake. The casket , will not give the police the slightest clew to Story Comes Another Mis- Was not opened and I have nothing further Olive Streei After a the Murderers. work on. | . , The police propose to confront the trol to at once to cease all offensive operations. than the train officials’ statement that the ar Stranger, with Jacobson as s00n as arrangemetms sent Coffin. boly is that of my poor husband.”’ P can be made andehave him identify them aS Seer THREE MEN HAVE positively as the three Who. were in his The same course will be pursued by As Mrs, Janes finished speaking the train place the morning after the murder. ee pulled out of the station. She wanted to Two we!! dreased men and a handsome REEN ARR Then Chief Desmond will try to make ° ESTED. : Spanish Government and the war which beg 1 - inquire further of the railroad officials, but The erro. ‘>, “a rallroad baggpageman has it war Loo late. The grief-stricken family woman attired in black velvet are *'! eld for them explain how they seemed to be so 3 Courts familiar with the Brant murder so early in ‘o- caused a grewsome mixup of corpses. Four |is speeding towards the Sunflower State, the Chief’ prisoners at the Four ' ieee baciion yO own fon ae ; i | the morning, April 21 for Cuban freedom will have closed. . EE a een bodies figure in this etrange story—prehaps ae re Satie they have Mr, Janes’ > le aig it is also a story of four cities. W. W. Steele, express agent, was then One man gives the name of George Both Chief Campbell and Chief Desmond een Winkleman peed a ig 7 hg i nn ety able tO] Robinson and adenits that he is an e¢x-| TEEY ARE WELL-KNOWN CRIM- are confident that they are on.the r ght . . / of Cincinnati “un 1 * bur ; uy ‘ , 5 : © . MI wi . la , ‘. . ‘ i , _— *, ' O B o .. om =¢ 4 “a= At 9:30 o'c wrsaay ie! ‘ otoner offenses . hee is that of her dead filancee, Capt. W. | tioned had arrived in St. Louis. We opened §.. greet - f the Seventh Po- STRANGE STORY OF A es aa ite : nines : Y. Sherman, a volunteer, who died in| gcemmunication with the raflroad authori- Caudle and Spannon leffe eon avenue and for the United States. W ashirgton from bulet wounds received in tiles and ascertained that the object of our lice District re cong were Ngee though SECOND-HAND DEALER. HOTTEST ON RECORD Santiago. search was in the Cincinnati depot. At the GAA AY 5 lage lS AB a a in life. The “ A * ceo quremen Mrs. J, ©, Janes of Parsons, Kan., ar- ; 1 , ' 2 were ae art., same time I discovered a casket in our : , suspect saw ; : . rived in St. Louis Jast night and discov- |}, , . iar pp Polhcemen followed west. The suspe California Swelt>rs and Fumes During vai * op ; , , . : 7 a : b : aggage room with a tag reading: ‘W. PL. jo’ : hadowed and broke into a : ‘ , \ S { {) ! 2—At 12:30 o'clock the French Ambassador ‘rv egg wat eng seer went yr we ge Tow ye oe re ty my?) gor se. New ay : Ne oe oe ainatlad at, Ewing avenue His Life Threatened When He Accused an Unus ] Calorific Spell. \ As HIN ’ ] N. Aug 12. ‘ o>» > an v “Be an : “Il Was little pugzsled, for such mis- ; , e Ww! ” : Fr se a fFent out Sy ios line, and a telegram don’t ocour rere day ws" forwarded ane oe paces ge ele soa lh aero the Trio of Killing the Stenog- SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.—Reports ‘ame. tO the cect that the body of Mr the Leahy baggage to Cincinnati and in to 1¢ Beven “ ot Ae os from Sacramento Stockton Fresno, Los]. wiiecs ; N ] bee { } of ’ ‘e ' ardea 8 A , a eo , are . A burglars “jimmy was J :, ' ’ ’ *) and tts ‘disciphering will take some time No hour has been set lor the signing + Lge Fi Nee “ts «- sees Senos. . return I[ received the a ng al el ag og I ta Hie gave the name rapher, and Tiéy Knew All Angeles and mativ other Callfornia poinis ' as ’ ‘ > ‘fs : > 1A a r the address eee ever experienced in the State. The ther- -_——-—----— © en 4 and tin, and’ accordingly ce Aang 7; accompany the policemen to the addr mometer ranged from 1 degrees at Los Friday morning a , 4 ; ai eealied casket, bearin the one Mrs. Janes was looking for I 2 ia ra lesa 1 : eS he =e, .° MTS. « . ' iy hv ibinson® There they found :; ra age: As : ; 4 a 0 Bom iy SE | i — tt a ere Sarcely, think a Mistake has been made. Josen or saae broken silver watches and Chief of Police Campbell and Chief of pine ‘ Vy bles ie : tearaanen 1 a hed rsh Se. JANES mat it con- ’ “Se ‘Tre WAS » other way —“* ~~ , nr > Mrs , ean er” . JOAQUIN ALC’ At Sacramento It reache though, of course, there ny s which had been repainted. M Detectives Desmond were “sweating” Ed/ii9 the highest on record. bd | a # d dispatch Qiving bwn tobl authorization to sign the pererton 71 The dispatch ts long, the protocol, but undoubtedly it will be signed to-day. tained the body of her husband. nt one bleyele, . ‘ and, it ehe is tof securing. positive information save to . i . ‘icera and told ‘ Pr Robinson watched the ol alias Clark, re- Helmann. alias Murphy, all Friday ‘morning thought the casket may possibly eontain Mrs. Janes was eonfident that the uniden- siding at 10 Washington avenue, had a lot in an endeavor to learn what he knows } WALDERE ‘KIRK AGAIN. the ms . oumes th New York the plates of eee titted box in question was the right one, | of property in his possession belonging vel about the murder of Charles A. Brant on > oe A ; v 6 and that ended it Robinson. Locust etreets on tne Sues the Western Union for $5000 for The Docu ment Called a Protocol Which Ends , ~ a . > sae mt » ee ira w yn” ~ " 7 . ‘200 : lis u ut t, : ‘ dering he : “Netther Mis + ! Tat the buds ot eT The officers visited (“ar rolls room ane wr nty “see ond a nd as become of the body of 1} cand ’ : . .moaarhea - “hethe . fs 9 ; they may have received a tees ce Rape ge tg soldier ot a reac hed he . to-Gay. | oe ner searched it. They found 10 ape eae Zoth of last month. 2 j dance - that of Cept. W. D. Gherman. me beng 454 2 Pte ns loraever t omg , eight yards of satin. le Se ential meahton. 15 Helmann has been identified as one of SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12..—J. Waldere the War With Spain. “he rs *hapter t} a ' ape tf) StH wmOTEs J p SENS lac esa. 14 vards © » Vr, Fe | “ ie : -T ae ae * ae opened “ ine oo hey vemtne ee -_— seen the casket containing the bodyjof Mrs. | we 3 ladien’ goods, four studs, three — the Morris-O Donnell gang of daylight! Kirk has eued the Western Union Tele- . P, ANG The) Winkleman : ; ; 113 pawn tickets call- | burglars } » suspected of Knowing | graph «'o. for $m J ~~ - refusing to 4 be : . rly particulars are related in the faliow . A ina, one gold ring ana i# Pp Ziars who are per grapn ». TOF 4 rage ie Ti WAS] ‘vf ) ° P nase wements were practicall omplet ra gram from that place ‘ fc li Wing t¢ it’ ; lf. Hs etated in the ] ress dispatches, Mis« eee for various articles ¥ more than they will tell about the affair transmit a disp iteh until he ad aftix« d tn {iN ng 1¢ NX. Aug l -~- Arrat “ t } y € ‘ ed “A #irange &.Cne occurred here 'o-day Wyer passed through Cincitnnat! Thursday Carroll and his wife refused, to answe Hel 0%, me ly Friday morn- it a one-cent revenue stamp. He claimernat this morning tor the signature of the protocol to conclude the war with Spain. when the remains of Mrs. Elizabet) Wink. morning, she arrived in’ this c.ty over the | tne question propounded to em by the mann was arrested early —— the company and not the sender of @ mes- The document if i I lx, has beet repared in the di jomatic leman were about to be lowered ion =: Big Four last night in time to make con-/| joyce and they were locked “uP ing by Detective Sherlin on Lucas avenue, | suge should pay for the necessary stamp. cument itsell, in two identical origimats, ha en preps u P 7 > ‘% . - 7 ‘ ™ asi \ . —_ > ‘ ; he ’ eae grav: She died tn New York. and her Bein which ete tyke apeee - ty aa ote tn tag ay ney cin he ean near Thirteenth street, where he lives with bisa we | burcau, and all that remained was to await word from the lreneh Ambassador that . , ce? ere fast nigiit. coors’ - »3 r a@erie ep }. ‘ our, , , rR sweat box ; a colored woman named May Floyd. THE WEATHER FORECA e ihe was ready to attach his Signatur romains Were take . ‘ Spring Grove Cemrctery. OL ane bee ly’ the supposition is that Winkelman ts) 116 would not admit that he had stolen s now in Kansas. However, L have received | any of the articies found tn his possession. He was identified by several persons as } While the document is properly enough described as a protocol, it is still train Were the reniains of «¢ p f e was ony e f y ssociate of Morris @ A : a sa agree ent fway between that apt, W. Ly no Intell gence that such Is the case, lie adnwtted that hy : © let d or A «i mpanior and Asso lat es is nd / t* hn ‘ally meth t] ? th It ' ne rm) mit n - ‘ su) nia more Man ' hherman, a Kansas volunteer, woun led at - WIC. Cane, stat ser for | «nies ne” Pei. 21.1, , ' Rantiags. It wae not intended to open the | the Cleveland. ieee ce ages’ Bt. hlow ms nw ~~. Po Rg ngs O'Donnell. who are now itn fall under half For St. Louie and vicinity-4ieneralir fair . 2 » a, one 5 ' Friday night end Saturday; little change in and the armistice winch usually intervenes between active wat and final peace. So + Winkleman Casket bere. but a , at . ithe deceased mode the redtedt "ab the sours , Ratlroad, is nettled over if que 4 penitentiary at Chester. a dozen different charges . : arave When the undertaker discovered vr no tay ig me gt ag age nt Thea prisoners ~~ held oe Can, eonet While The most Important witness against Hel- temperature. lar a8 {t goes, this protocol is absolutcly a peace treaty Thus, having provided for Vide wal 1°, “Ra our were “tly ’ t v ’ "or X G i , ; ~ detectives are trying to have the property | mann is a second-hand storekeeper named ee eee ee air Vy ee one the disposition of Cuba, Porto Rico, and one of the Ladrone Islands, there #8 ~~ Saturday: Warmer in the extreme north por ' . ae ’ ge nothing for any peace commission to do im relation to those subjects, their fate = that he hud e remal f ; T of ‘ 4 th OMe « a Captain tn ehipped over our road he Janes body identified. 2 N I ° ovr ° = . ren Jacobson. who has a store at il Oo tion Friday night of Levee For Niinew Generally fale Friday night and | is sealed, and the protocol in that respect is as binding as any definite treaty Rone aa ee aoa geet ones ee Was due to arrive in St. Louls last nigh! — distressed relatives. The baggageman Pui aoe } probabl ache some stup'd baggaxe- : ; . an Prooaoiy changed the bodies at Cleve wrong caeket j HANGING THIS DAY . ' lin hat : morn- , Se and onto the (ine . . ’ Jaccbson told the potce that on tne : o , ' ; ; . ¢ inmc.nnat! train. Then the NO _ analltn ° ine oaikos the Brant murder he was siting Saturday: erg in the extreme sorth west i peace It was such a protocel as thos that was signed by President Thiers and es ’ | wtlom Friday night , . ' : ome < . Prince Bismarck. to terminate the Franco-Prussian wor and the conditions therein not certain thar RUCh Is the case ami it te open the casket. them that William Carroll. +o --———- retnhatine OF Mere Winkleman were k . ‘ ne 2) Caste acnress car fr. . | Casket with the remains of W P. Leahy, + # ~ RMN’ The palleny officials telestaphea to, New York City, was not unlikely changed | Man Under Sentence Is Being Hunted | in his shop pee ead Gaee Gaee on a ope ; = ; pat : " we oaren route to & a . of it when thre vo c : ) a , ; the return of the Winkleman casket and | other case the aeaand a teen Wits All Along Brazos Bottams. much excited He turned and looked at! POST-DISPATCH THERMOMETER. laid down were not even subject to revision at the hands of the peace commissiog rt : : at of Capt, Sherman was sent on the next Wans body came too late If Miss Wryer | Special to the Post-Dispatch them and remarked } fc] ] “«l “What did you boys kill Brant for?’ rn ’ a0 that toimower train. The remains of Capt. Sherman were ‘ y M sccompanies the supposed remains of the , ; ‘ 2.—The _ . ccom pa nied by Misa W eye W hen Capt soldier, which TI om informed ae near DALLAS, Tex. Aug. m1 ~~ wn In an inetant the three had pistols point ™ 56 emer ¢ — _—— Sherman wee wounded an brought to the] he orrobably be no hanging at Cleburne | hey “ ' ¢ } m , Ad, ’ hompit , : - ing interred at Cincinnat! yesterday, she |! a, ie ' rie [O-led at his head and they asked him if he | : ’ ot Pp . tn yo at ieee une ve, an Neg undoubtedly is on the way to Kansas with | day. John B. Shaw, the escaped murderer.] meant to accuse them of the murder, © | A e Pennsvivanla, whe hae been serving witht : th ody. It appears that the W.-P. | nad not been recaptured at noon. That is| Which thes appeared to Know all about, x jjarcia, the Cuban Cieneral, has Jost arrived hingtOn for their marriage on the date ly . : ay oc Was eent to Cincinnati in , though it was early in the morning In Other Cities at 7 a. m. pane Ory reali fixed. While she was en route exchhnge for that containing + hg Winkle- the report te-ephoned to Dallas from the g te al said he waa Only jokin anid a& Kanees Clits aj' The Cuban General Said to Have Sus- here Ife reports that Garcia Ph the Captain became wo man’s co . ' te bs ormee. But I have no official in- | Johnson County ja'l to Chief Deputy Sher-| asked them what business they had wich + & Utdle Rock . days hours before she rea formation from Cincinnati of Mra. Winkie ; “ er- | Same A a 2 — BMRA _q pentied Operations for Thirty Days. © ete? operations for » ining for the T* i bie men permission to go he ; - | 1 Hoffman. Not a word has been received | him aoe Por —a pore. I waa onl a —— ae posse yom ll o'clock last n ght. Heilmann then et as on Ry Bh. ; , . ii ka scieiasennilin samen ined ve to Mre. Janes’ h . when man hunters had atruck what] sale of a pistol he e ¥ sesler ee ease - + = Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch. structions to report te hir my views on thia strange case are theo- | they regarvied as a good clew , , ew. It is now In, the possession of ‘ ai « idvao: Tn . retical.” “he bottoms. A strong body of Bot wo oe the ‘police. It ts a 88 caliber revolver with ices. 1 ©©&SANTIAGO DE CUBA,Atg. 1—Jac® Vor®’ that veriod. ; e's a» “Fy, ry a. 4 . » . » . 8k, a. & 7" , eee at 3 oe = -_ * 7 en ° ar ed A kee eC : Pewee ; - . _ _ x eee r-