St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 7, 1898

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Sieh elt al or * EM eee me, ren eae ae « # ae ee ad _ uk el Ns ular E dition COMPLETE MARKET CEK CHEERFUL et. Cees MARKET Seroaey. = Eg 2, “yperepoesscodocconseseey, | .. SURROUNDINGS From the rooms and board advertisements daily found ... P.-D, WANTS. SWORN AVERAGE CIRCULATION cre Sai 7 ty Oe te THE ONLY ST. + LOUIS E IO ST LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. R THE FIRST SIX } TEN PAGES MONTHS OF is9s—SU? eal NDAY, 119,188; DAILY, 106,975. COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. CLP THE — UNEMPLOYED To find work, food, clothing and warmth these bleak days by answering their ads —_ VOL 50, NO. 343. WEDNESDAY EVENING—ST, LCUIS—DECEMBER 7, 189 @® wv in St @oenta. One Cent. Vataide St. Louls. Two C enta 1893, _F Rr 3 fh iw P,-D.- WANTS, » 1 SAVES SIAIY LIVES Early Morning Fire Crowded Tenement. e“-— in a LITTLE CLAUDE BROWN GAVE THE ALARM IN TIME. THEN HE RUSHED BACK AND AIDED IN THE WORK OF RESCUE. THE BLAZE WAS OF © INCENDIARY ORIGIN. Flcor in the Basement of the Franklin Avenue House Saturated With Coal Oil and Then the Torch Applied. A l2-year-old boy prevented a disaster Wednesday morning before daybreak in the rear of 1728 Franklin avenue. The premises consist of a big tenement house, occupied by eleven families, being 60 persons in all. Among thase at the number given Peter Novasio, with his five children tal housekeeper. When little Claude Brown, Yranklin avenue, coal from the woodshed, of smoke issuing from Nevasio’s house. An instant later the place was in flames. The youngster shouted ‘Fire!’ at the top of his volce and then ran to sound the alarm. All the here lives and living at 1726 arose Wednesday to carry he detected odor the basement of tenants in the building were awakened save Novasio and his little ones. He was hurried out in a blinding smoke, and the children, ranging from 2 to 7 years, were carried down the stairway by the firemen. Mothers, barely clad, arms, gazed on the scene while the fierce morning wind chilled|them to the bone, Kind nelghbors came their assistance. Fully 0 men, women and children had been disturbed from by fire. The fiames were extinguished. Then the startling discovery was made that the basement where the fire originated Was saturated in different places with coal oi). The basement with babies In their to sleep the se0n was used by Novasto for storage purposes, It contained empty voxes, barrels and chip baskets, together with many jars of home made preserves, The wood ignited easily and the thames from a corner of the room to the and then ate its way through the j The first floor ie vacant, whil fio family live in the apartmenis ately overhead The structure Is a two-story brick WW Teet long and faces an open court, Coneealing the yard is another fr houses fronti: on Franklin avenue, of which Novuasio has a is Only one entrance to the tor Norn he always oOnpen w he Ti tre “day morning Th theory that the fire was diarics.: But no motive a ‘t. Nov: islo the work 1. equaliv W hile Tine " IM Meal- about ow of Mn whe There premises, Jani- keeps it locked fire broke is strengthens the work of |] isn apparent eFnoc Siore, Says arial tir MmcCcen for declare he while the hasn't an enemy other occupants puzgzied for an explanation, the flames ehot from the men young Claude brown proved himeselt ao hero by helping mans ‘stricken ehil oren from the buils asked about his braver, ' and said timedly, “OO. would do any goud to Ret “You see I jig the morning. © cloock In hour. So | end had “| was When ] l save, THA, rien “The amoke basement. yelled ‘Fire all vntil I got to the fire alarm box at Street and Frank, ; ’ aca'n rie ik man Wi ala T the people want for that the ‘(‘hristmas Sent namma nie.” A second alarm rranklin avenue at after t first firs bevond emoke it amounted nothing COLDER WEATHER COMING. -__- ®D —_——_——- Petie Quinn Finds Out All About It by Visiting Dr. Hyatt. -- - ——_|e—~ ha “tl , mainmi in morning rir the bucket Wohilliker,’ up, and enough, ll was to first carry shoveling ft emelled smoke ; nobody « Sure , imt ‘ Novasjo'’s the Fifteenth rfiih back a uid | errand j promised Was i om ing from or pers eounded from ‘*k. two hi ter fle ai — (hriatmas! It's comin’ to shake t! vellow gen - out a real oat to bed Mercury Sweet You'll mores TOW, or Che down that you're take a big drop—not in th’ thermometer! This is fifteen degrees. ‘n it's now. You can bet all yer silk OU WON't needem for a long th’ hunch from headquarters. ! the guy Which makes th’ weather, livatt A-a-a-wW, say! equare | wisht would go up tv have mm nN t over ay in and ck @! is gointa price, but = im in from ten t twenny-tWwo on ii, straight, only shirte time, Lor. He's a peach! But on the some o° these con-shooters th’ Custom House ‘n hand hima bunch o' hot air; he ain't got nothing but cold waves jus’ now, 'n here me whit me big benny in hock fer a ewo! y-tatl and turned up in New Y he returned to St. by very few people and he fs “not to be in the city at present. is the composition of the gang t known. The woman, that is eiste and the ; , ywouse in the old woman ooms fact work. Two yt ‘tate agents and formed the committ Havyde!l chairman. ° ances po-cnt to the neg jz doing for at the real e wil the ‘ iw rating is and She eal estate disappeared, ebullition pccurred, to show at the hand- womal returned wife a time AS real estat afore men- young man has a widowed sagged, shrewd woman dis- pose to a man lust | “ems ti bel | ot i { for VW i fi aie | edit Ww is a = HSS OM 1s nubout a TA. Six Louis but Ago aKO =) ae wife had 1 in another p: of the at Mra. eCroy res f lint d dia. taking line old woman siip + hey Mrs = aie b roueh to mbouts 1s Ve ry Mi bins , district. es des JIS there are two children twins, lz ve Burglat . late, and self for a nocturnal ars old. in. Alton of prepared her- more of the bought a six- shooting at a fear to use her les have been frequent Mrs. MecCullom ‘had visit from one prowlers. She haa” and yrracticed until did weapon, Tuesday night Mrs. Mi *~Spllum feeling well and she retirs t and Myrtle were downstaing in the sitting ‘room with their books. Irs. McCollum bade her daughters good night and placed the revolver under her pillow. Her head iched and she turned outfthe gas. Sleep did not come at once, andgshe lay awake, think.ng of burglars, bu she was not fr.ghtened. After a time she heard a floise as of some One moving cautiously argund in an ad- joining room. All thoughts of sleep van- ished. Fear did not come and her determin- at.cn aid not depart. The brave little wo- _— did not cry out nor scream. She slip- ed her hand cautiously under her pillow, svacbed the revolver firmly in her hands ard awaited developments, Se vers il minutes elapsed before she aga'n the prowler,. She lay quite still w'th eyes fasten d the door of the room believed the burglar was. knob was cautiously door swung noiselessly stood a man with a Beh nd him a window light r that she to ‘ nte i burgiar’s movements. She or shnootel irget she not > 1) ‘ gel lions. Sun risee at 7: SUN .s¢ 38 Moon Iz: «68 Lu at Post-Dispatch Thermometer. Rob- | hers T der ‘ f-aiveston > Is Rapidly Becoming as Popular as Thursday With the MERCHANTS OF ST. LOUIS. THEY ALL ADVERTISE IN THE POST-DISPA TCH. THE FOLLOWING RECORD PROVES IT: 26+ YESTERDAY, TUESDAY, ST. LOUIS MER- CHANTS USED Columns in all other English Evening Papers Combined. | ie ii -_— ll ll ll lll lll —— Oo ll ml , Sere: > SRS Ie es : é _ : a>: Se & ~ to} room | rises | MURDER WAS DONE Light Shed at Last Upon a Mysterious Shoot- ing in St. Louis That Occurred on June 14, 1897. a A MAN WAS DEC IN FOREST PARK. 3 A Letter Produced by a Springfield, Mo., Woman Proves to Be the Missing Link in a Chain of Circumstantial HX~idence. OYED TO THIS CITY AND FATALLY | WOUNDED BECAUSE HE RESEMBLED ANOTHER. Edward L. Doling Embez- Elliott L. Duckworth Resem- zied $30,000 From an bled Him as One Twin Indiana Bank. Would Anothe~ Duckworth Was Shot ane Identified by Detectives as Edward L. Doling. By (= J aS fr jortoums patient in the Post-Dispatch of June The head Leven read soon be search- Indiana detec- The latte! will | t the St. o Doling. on the hunt. embezzlement; murder. an ordinary every detectives L.. Louis for Kdward tives are already | want Doling for | Lou!s charge will The embezzlement day bank swindle; the murder will go down in history as a most remarkable crime. The shooting that has resulted in murder was done :n Forest Park, the embezziement near Terre Haute, Ind., but the two are so interwoven that they must be considered togethe! A striking resemblance was the only mo- tive for the homicide. A man was killed ause he looked like another and neither ‘slayer nor victim had met to exchange a word before shot was fired. There was but link missing to com- plete of circumstantial evidence against Edward L. Doling. That link has been furnished by Mrs. Eva Hutchinson of Hutchinson, Kan., formerly Miss Duckworth of Springfield, Mo., and now there stands revealed a plot that would baffle tae great- ght to rival. chooting re 14, 189%. St ing ARRY WIL © TO THE HIS SECRET he GRAVE is that the The huile* man had haif For Dr. Sutter had said could not possibly recover. entered the head on the left side a inch above the ear and immediately of the temple. It had crashed through the head, emerging on the opposite side. And that is why it was first thought that he had shot himseif twice. The folluwitneg morning alive, though unconscious. On the he was able to mutter a few worcs, next dav he could speak. sutoit an uncanny Wav he had aaviog ‘curred ‘Dowling’’ Was bec of mote son than a we your name Edward kL. attendant asked. He nodded his and Dowling.’ Later was asked living. and shook his he lived he replied in the But soon he commenced to talk feebly «! things that were happening around him ahd of events that naa occurred since ihe dav he was brought there This cnused ior, Sutter i his affliction as jasia, malady that causes total But aphasia ws not poor “Dowling” would sight was gore forever, severed the optic nerve The he would net have to suffer death would soon end his mieer ence. But he did not. “Downing” and as he dingered se slowly grew the mercy of oblivion bepond the grave denied him The moraing of July 14 after the shooting—a sweet was carirg for the sufferer Claimed vnetulant!s ‘Dowling? Dowling me Dowling? My names is Elliott lL. by rth Wh whv' what’ the mart my (3;0d | eant ; Where atm W here is SiS fteT ee then it all that he ‘) “4 ty iy afternoon, human, ne Dowling?” an one said: “Kdward ‘fu. if head. his parents were Asked where same manne he est playwr Tie Louis Mare be to in St diagnose pevuni ir memory. burden —his bad anil Soon that of only to bear bullet doctors long, that able exist- lingered occurred oO The cage attracted ordinary attention at the time the mystery attached thereto and of the puzzle to phygicilans the patient proved to be, Four Courts detect- ives worked hard on the matter and detec- from out of town joined them, ‘The first opinion was that of suicide and na time passed this opinion was strengthened. Kut evervbody was wrong-—detect.ves and | icians were mistaken and now for the the trute is told, the mystery the police department informed ten . a, Nh 0, al | oe