St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 3, 1899

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-~ ws, _.* ot te dar ee te a WA, * wilh i tt ete Zi » Wie ‘ te 4 a ™ - —_ _ ee —— Ss. Last month was the biggest August in the history of the Post-Dispatch in point of Sunday Circula- tion, the average being 109,955, a gain of 15,884 _@ver last year, and 39,669 over two years ago. Greatest West of the Mississippi. ll i a a -¥ . as E we 9 pe aay arti aie 1b ae ht ae yee tra ¢-Ed r 7 Ps & f ee as ahs ; got Met CSS o ae Re ee ee ee, ate $ os oe ee ae. MEP re * - ¥ ¢ ? - a s - 4 P F &. - — ws Lid “ ee — 4 74 sY a - STE swat ox Pat ° i maha Se ee ees eS OO Sr ee a ee. Se Pee + i re a © ie See A a 4 4 ‘ . "2% .“s Ce vn : ,? 2 Tv 2? @- Se Fo Bit ae 4 4 P — > J ‘ -“ - hE Sd — - \ ee oki my Py ae . a -% s , g re: - . ° . 4 : a ae ¢ 2 > « > — S + a ~ “ ~ ; : ‘ ¥ _ ’ FORTY-TWO PAGES SS AE RG PRE By 5. AP a a ame i rte | | Pending a Hearing. ' | | NOT SAFE TO BE AT LIBERTY. JUDGE WITHROW IGNORES THE LEGAL QUESTIONS RAISED. City Ordinance Regarding the Sentene- ing of Persons to. the Insane Asylum Attacked and May Be Tried Out Later. Lizzie I.. Barret was remanded to the custody of Dr. Edward C. Runge, Superin- tendent of the City Insane Asylum, yester- day afternoon, Judge James E. Withrow declined to grant the writ of habeas cor- pus, commanding her release. He declared that two consideratiéns in- fluenced him to deny the writ. An inquiry into the condition of her mind has been in- stituted in the Probate Court and will be heard Wednesday. Judge Withrow said no great injustice could be done by holding her in restraint until then, when a jury will decide whether her mind is sound or unsound. When the petitioners objected that such confinement would be very unjust if it should be established by a jury that she was sane, Judge Withrow declared that he did not think he would be doing her justice if he should restore it to her. The hearing of the habeas corpus peti- tlon occupied the whole of yesterday. Only Seven witnesses were examined for both Sides, but they testified at considerabje length. Miss Barret was in court, according ‘to the order of the alternative writ. She took a lively interest in the proceedings and Suggested questions to be asked the wit- She clearly understood what was going on around her and appreciated what the issue meant to ther. She carried a voluminous memorandum, which she con- On.y once during the hearing did become nervous and excited. That happened during the rigorous crose-ex- amination to which she was subject- ed by City Counsellor Schnurmacher. She was confused by his questions, and, in a trice, became lost in a mental labyrinth, bearing during the remainder of the hear- ing was that of a calm person. Dr. H. McG. Willson of 3752 Olive street was the first witnees on behalf of the peti- tioner. He testified that he had known her for two years and was satisfied that she was perfectly sane. He said ehe had been a patient of his for a year, and that he had observed her mind closely and knew that it was in good order. He admitted, however, that he had not seen her for a year prior to the giving of hia testimony, except for ten minutes just before the hearing began. The ten minutes conversation convinced him that there was no insanity in her case because she remembered everything that had ever occurred between them. He was of the opirion that no insane person woukd have such a good memory. Dr. Wilson was the only expert witness for the peti- lioner., Attorney Alexander H. Robbing testified that he had known Miss Barret severa: years and had many business dealings with her. He deciared that she had shown rare acumen in al] her; transactions, and had always demonstrated that she was com- petent to manage her own affairs. He thought ehe was sane. Mrs. Katie Driller of 5335 Bamberger avenue said she lived with iMss Barret several months as a comoanion efi was convinced that she was not menialy un- balanced. She declared that Miss Barret’'s business ability was good. Mise Barret was a witness in her own bhe- half. She related the circumstances under Capt. Young of the Third her the statement that she believed that Hospital. She had purchased a small purse from 8a : After that she | read in the papers that a man had ivsi a's neighbor gir] for a penny. purse. She became conscience-stricken, thinking that perhaps the purse had Leen stolen from the man. Thereupon she took it Capt: Young and requested him to find the owner for her. She said that, with- out any reason, he ordered her sent to the , to observation ward. City Counsellor Schnurmacher drew from there were plots and combinations against her. She declared that she knew that de- tectives were following her and thar they were only prevented from arresting her by the assurances of acquaintances that she was not a thief. Miss Barret thought conspirators - had hounded her for years, and said that she would not have been: sent to the observa- tlon ward if a woman, known as Mrs, Meclvor, had mot slipped up behind her while she was talking to the Captain and tapped her heard to indicate that «he was mentally unbalanced. She could not tel! where Mrs. MelIvor lived, but she declared she had been in her employment several years as a companion. Capt. Young said he sent her to the hos- pital because he thought she acted queerly, He said the mysterious woman did tap her head significantly at him, but he de- clared he paid no attention to it. Dr. H. L. Nietert, superintendent of the City Hospital, said Miss Barret would not talk for two days after she was received ar the hospital. Then, he said, she began to complain that somebody at the hospital was trying to kill her, and that she had been taken there to be murdered. ‘He said she was treated kindly, but was always saving that she was being abused. Hie said she complained of maltreatment, which he knew she never received. ‘Ie concluded, after she had been in his custody five davs, that she was suffering from melancholia and persecutory insanity. He senr her to the Insane Asylum. Dr. Runge said he received her at the asylum Aug. 15, and, after a careful ex- amination, was fully convinced that she was suffering from paranola or delusional! insanity. He had watched her closely and had become firmly convinced that he was right. He said she had ali the symptoms of an insane person and thought there could be no mistake in her case. Both sides rested when Dr. Runge’s testi- mony was in and the court immediately rendered its cecision. - The habeas corous petition raised severa] constitutional questions but none of them was passed on. Among them was a conten- tion that the ordinance permitting persons’ to be sent to the asylum without a finding of insanity by the Probate Court is con- trary to the provision which says no per- son shall be deprived of liberty without due process of law. It is claimed ‘trial by jury Is the only due process of law in this country and that Miss Barret has not had. Judge Withrow brushed those questions aside and declired to consider them. Sheriff Pohiman has instituted an inquiry into her mind in the Probate Court and it will be heard Wednesday. Miss Barret is a member of an old and wealthy family. It is estimated she has an estate worth $50,000. She has never married and lives in one of her houses at 3320 Pine street. She always keeps a maid and com- panion, She has lorg been looked upce: as somewhat eccentric by her neighbors and an inquiry into her mental condition was made six years ago. She was déclared |} an ‘ing upon the boiling sea, two men clinging to one, six clutching with the grip of death to the sane. She has a brother and sister living. The sister resides in New York and the brother | lives here. She says both are against her. Arthur Barret, another brother was elect- ed Mayor of St. Louis more than 2 years ago. He died soon after he was inaueurat- ed. Miss Barret owns a third interess®n the old Barret mansion on Clayton road .and is! heir in the same prcportion to all the farm- | ous old Barret estate. She is 49 vears old. | In the hearing yesterday she was rep- resented by Attcrneys Auer and HRo®Bdins. Attorneys Schnurmacher and Gentry ayp- peared for Dr. Runge. BOTH ARE VERY MUCH ALIVE He Thought Her Dead and Married Again, She Thought Him Dead and Secured a Pension. Special to the Post-Dispatch. SEDALIA, Mo., Sept. 2—Joseph Dixon for 17 years a resident of Pettis County: was married in Hamilton County, O.. tn 1863. In 1869 he quarreled with and left his wife going to West Virginia was informed that his the ML, By yg e 1882, in Union Cu@aty, Ill, he was a arried to Miss E. Childers, by whom he has three children. Recently he applied for a pension, when he learned from the Pension Depart- ment that his Jirst wife, supposed to , had been drawing a pension since as his widow. Dixon to-dey brought in the ttis County et hla wits fer divorce | Secretary rEARFUL DEEDS OE STARVING MEN, Hunger-Crazed Sailors Be- come Cannibals. DEVOUR THEIR COMRADES. SHIPWRECKED CLINGING TO A RAFT FAR OUT AT SEA. Horrible Tale Told by the Two Sur- vivors of the Crew of the Drot Lost in. the Recent West India Hurricane. Spectal to the Post-Dispatch. CHARLESTON, 8. €., Sept. 2.—The Brit- ish steamship Woodruff, from Hamburg, brought to this port to-day twé@ half- étarved, half-dead sailors, and a tale of the that almost challenges belief. belonged to the crew of the Nor- bark Drot, which went down off of Fiorida in the recent hur- Sea sailors wegian the Straits ricane., The bark withstood the fury of the wind | down been it men Riefore went had brief captain and washed overboard The’ survivors, eight in number, made a raft and as their vessei sank they began a to think of. raged and the slight craft about like a feather. It roughly constructed and soon weakened parted. Two fragments remained float- but a space. the seven fearful storm voyage The tossed They soon drifted apart, and was told to-day was from other. the tale which survivors of the six. The bark was wrecked Aug. 15, and for 16 days this raft was buffeted about upon the without¢«food or water. The condition of the six men was terrible, even when the storm abated on the 16th. One man had a fishing line and with this fish were caught. The raw fish were eagerly devoured, but unhappily the man became crazed for want of water, and the second day, without warning, jumped overboard and was seen This devrived the others of all % trackless sea, no more. means of food supply. On the third day two men died, and be- fore their bodies vcre cold their famished comrades drank the yet warm blood and ate portions of the flesh. Upon this fare the three existed for days. What these men suffered can never even be imagined as they lay upon the timbers | Miss Rose of their raft, too ill to sit or stand, and cursed or p ayed by turns and scanned the sea for a sail. Days passed on and the foul feast was done. Hunger. the wolf that is blind, deaf and dumb to all else, growled and gnawed at their vitals. With glassy eyes‘ each watched the others, perhaps hoping that one might die and thus provide more food. Despairing of this, at last the old plan was adopted and lots were cast. A tall German sailor was marked, and be- fore he realized his fate a knife was stuck into his heart by a man who had stood by him on the vards on many a stormy night. H's blood was gorged by the two surviv- Mad, the men still had cunning, and their dead com- bits of cloth ors. cut pieces of flesh from panion -to try fishing, with for lines. Hungry eharks, attracted snatched at the living men, ready to climb up and get them. in the center they crouched, and here they found nore dead than aise when 4 steamer Woodruff! was gent the raft which, had drifted te the raft and seemed Fut close were boat from the to investigate into her course, One of the men when rescued. The rescue was made about 2% miles east was a raving maniac of Charleston. The men were tenderly cared for. Both are Swedes. one Morris Anders5)n, a sailor, is 23. and Goodman Thomas, cab'n boy, li. They are now at the City Hospital, and may get well. Reports from Baltimore tell of the rescue of one man from the bark who was on the smaller portion of the raft. His comrade had died. HUGE TASKS FOR THE CABINET Many Important Questions to Be Brought Up Before the President Goes to Philadelphia. Specie! to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—There will be a Cabinet meeting Monday before the Presi- Philadelphia. It is said that dent goes to } every member with the exception of Secre- tary Long will be present. This will be the first meeting heid in about six weeks, conference between the Presi- members of the Cabinet Champlain, ,on the occasion of Root’s visit there, be dign:fied termed a Cabinet meeting. This be important, as Many ques- be considered, chiefly among Carter case, which is now phases; the Alaskan boyn- dary question and possibly the amicab.e adjustment ‘of existing differences be- tween the United States and Canada, aiso consular matters, among which is the case of Consul Bedloe, recent.y suspended. The President is also expected to lay before the Cabinet for its consideration plang: which have been formed for the cam- paign to be inaugurated in the Philip- pines, the reorganization of the army there, the proposed blockade of the Philippine ports and the question as to the command. HEIR TO A BIG FORTUNE. Missouri Farmer Interested in a Large Indiana Estate. Bpecial-to the Poat-Inspatch. CARTHAGE, Mo., Sept. 2—Norrfs Loyd, a farmer of this county, has received news unless the dent and at Lake certain by being meeting will tions are to Which is tne assum ne ugly e Ind.. turned r Miseourt farm over to their .gon-in-law end will leave immediately wo Court | Siaim thelr fortune in : 3 arrived in this city te-day from Cape Town, The ? of her property. serted her. accompany her to an address she gave. and i had been | TRACKED HIN FROM CAPE TOWN, — A Woman Follows Her Hus- band From Africa. FINDS HIM AT PEORIA.} HER NAME IS SACK AND SHE IS WORTH A MILLION. The Couple Decline to Discuss Their Troubles, but the Husband Has Has Agreed to Return Home. Special to the Post-Dispatch. PEORIA, Ill, Sept. 2.—Mrs. Albert Sack South Africa, in search of her husband. At the police station she said that she was worth a million dollars, and produced doc- uments to prove her words true, She had a marriage certificate with her, and said that after her marriage, some four years ago, her husband had tried to secure possession Failing in that he had de- She asked that an officer be detained to which proved to be that of a Jewish rabbi. The officer accompanied her, leaving the carriage a few doors from the house of the preacher, who she said was an uncle of her husband. She found her husband and he has agreed to return to the home in Capt Town. He has been in the city here for more than a year, but has done no work, seem- ine to have’ plenty of money. The couple refuse to discus their affairs with reporters, but say they will return to Cape Town at once. Mrs. Sack ts apparently about 80 years eld, a bright, vivacious brunette, and told the police that she had traced her hus- band, veer many countries before she foun MRS, SLOAN’S SISTER MARRIED Sister of the Girl Who Was to Marry a St. Louisan Wedded in New York. Special to the Post-Dispatch. BOSTON, Sept. 2.—Jean Sears Millard of the Harvard class of 1901 and Miss Mary Walworth Edwards of Cambridge, sister of Edwards, who eloped with young Sloan a few months ago, were mar- ried in New York on Aug. 3. This afternoon Mr. Millard, having heard rumors that he was ®ncerned in. a runaway marriage, stated to reporters that the only reason for the marriage occurring in New York was that the persons interested wished as little publicity as possible, owing to the recent stir created by the marriage of Miss Rouse Lincoln Edwards and William Sloan, Jr. Mr. Millard ‘said the ceremony was very quiet for this reason, but was attended by the bride’s family, her brother, Charles IL Edwards of Boston, giving her away. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. Henkle in St. Andrew’s Church, New Ycrk. The bride is a handsome brunette. She has a fine voice and ‘for some time has been singing in the choir of the Kirk Street Congregational Church of Lowell, Mass. Jean Sears Millard is a member of the coming junior class of the Lawrence Scl- entific Schgol of Harvard University. His home is in New York City. \Both his par- enis are dead, his mother having died in July, leaving him a fortune of $200,000. .He is 22 years of age and his bride about 2. He sang with the Harvard Glee Club last Wear as first tenor, and is prominent in the college societies. CUPID WRONG AT HANNIBAL. Circuit Court Docket Loaded Down With Divorce Suits: Special to the Post-Dispatch. HANNIBAL, Mo., Sept. 2.—So far there have been 30 divorce cases filed in the Cir- cult Court for the September term. This is the greatest number of divorce, cases [revolt against it, and will refuse to aban- FRANCE WILL REVOLT a AGAINST ANY VERDICT, na . ee - ae se 1 eo ey Mie aw 7 . ee 2s : 7 . -" he ——_ — So Intense Is the Hate on Both Sides That a Peaceful Solution of the Dreyfus | a Case Seems Improbable. ie 7 — ~~. a fs od a, ih > eee =e) tae z bs a ee — LEADERS OF BOTH FACT PREDICTIONS TO THE POST-DISPATCH, > (ONS CABLE * re 3 ae m - ‘ v “ 4 a, ‘; g 2 ‘> cs Ss > = The petit bieu figures largely in Saturday's pro- ceedings at the Dreyfus trial. Here is its story: In May, 1896, from Gen. Schwartzkoppen's basket, had been gathered just as it had in September, 1894, when it yielded the bordereau. Schwartzkoppen was the Military At- tache of the German Embassy in Paris. A French secret service agent, pretending to be a waste paper collector, got it and took it to the War Department and to Col. Picquart, the chief of the Bureau of Information. One of the documents it contained was in 59 pieces, and when pasted together read: the waste paper If Dreyfus be condemned his partisans will-cry: “The court-martial has sub- served the interests of the army and has violated justice.” If Dreyfus be acquitted the National- ists will exclaim: “The decision was dic- tated by the Government. The Judges were bought wit® Jewish gold.” Whether in bad faith or because of the wonderful faculty for self-delusion that ever filed in this court at any one term. the French possess, the ‘partisans in this La THT Lit lhl ogi”, RES SN opinions. : The best example of the effect of this — malady can be seen in the manner in which the anti-Dreyfusites Capt. Freystaeter’s testimony. throwing the pleces In bis waste basket. t. This was the first definite clew which led te} conelusion of Esterhazy's guilt as the spy inetead > of Dreyfus. | has not been explained. - oe . a 4 i by a * ¥ bc Me ie “ pans - . v ‘ J ~ ae F a aR ie he ~ ea ry ae ty ae a 2 e 7h ae fare, * ‘ interpreted — ee oe pat) Nothing in the world ever had significance than his. sworn utte ee _-- \ ‘ THE MAN WHO WROTE(THE PETIT BLEU. » tall regarding ly fy beg you to give it to me in. writing, in order € ft I may judge whether I should continue my rela- tlons with the R establishment or not.”’ Thie was addressed to Maj. Esterhazy and was signed by Gen. Schwartzkoppen. telegram and its author bad evidently decided, ke after writing it, not to send such a thing through © the mails in so ppen a way and had torm it up, fy than that which you gave me the other 4 a the question at tsasue. = L It was a letter?) © Reference to the “R establishment”? but it was amusing to see the stupefact 2 of the foreign correspondents not : oughly familiar with French chara tics, when the. Paris newspapers here the next day. All the Nationalist sheets had big! lines like these: ‘“Mercier’s. Victory!” “Mercier Brands a Liar!” “Freystaeter Convicted as a Perju “Freystaeter's Collapse Before M THE FRENCH Each day's session of the court-martiel finds Mer. eter and bie allies Im the front row of erate, where ihey ate conspicuous to the judges. They, . ier a, ¢ a ede eee Rs os « GENERALS ALLIED AGAINST DREYFUS.