St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 15, 1900

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; Regular Edition. for this paper reproduced in the From Oberammergau. Scenes ef the Passion Play photographed . — eee a a ae Next Sunday Post-Dispatch.’ vor. 52, no. ‘THE ONLY ST. LOUIS 298, . ’ S]7.LOUIS POST-UISPAIC EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES, Regular as pe Ee aa eee TOE mary . ‘4 , _ as PUL 1 oh Bie a 5% rhe: PL SA i, >» eve yg FOS PP TSP 44 494444 4444444444 FEF EFF44H 44444 4444444444444444 MGR. FAVIER, BISHOP OF PEKIN. Roman Catholic prelate who has armed his followers, assembled them in the cathe- dral in Pekin and ts prepared to lead them in defending their familles against the fanatical Roxers. He is the eee eee ——— national relief column, is forcing his way ta Pekin, several of the powers are ar- ranging to largely reinforce their details at Tien Tsin. Germany purposes sending 12) men. Great Britain sent 100 from Hong Kong and 400 will go on Sunday. Italy has ordered 1000 men to hold themselves in readiness. Russia, according to a St. Pe- tersburge dispatch of Wednesday, has de- cided to bring her force at Tien Tsin up to 6000. Thus, the cambined forees at Tien Tsin will probably soon aggregate 10,000 men. The Times publishes the following dis- patch from Tien Tsin, via Shanghai, June 14: “A serious engagement has occurred be- tween the international column and the Mohammedan troops of Gen. Tung Fuh Siang, near Pekin.” It is realized that the slighest sign of a check to the international forces will put an entirely different tace on the matter, and will probably lead to an outbreak of the rab- ble which will not be easily controlled. Besides the news of the burning of the French and British missions at Yunnan-Fu is regarded as extremely grave, as it points to the extension of the rebellion into remote portions of the empire. If the reports of Chinese opposition to the entry into Pekin of the internationalforces are true, it may be necessary for Admiral Seymour to await reinforcements. he latest accounts say Gens. Tunl and Ma are reported to be concentrating forces at Feng-Tai, while Gen. leh, who killed a number of ‘‘Boxers,”’ has been degraded. A GREAT STRIKE. USEFUL. The onion is a homely plant, The rankest thing that grows, And yet it beats to mix with soup The lily or the rose. CON SOMMAY. Charles Dickens, Thomas Carlyle and hundreds of other great men have indorsed the theory that “genius is a capacity for hard work.” One thing is certain—all of the geniuses of this day and age are among the hardest workers im the world. Is it no trouble to write a great poem? Is it child's play to produce a novel that will attract the attention of the world? One of the greatest geniuses of the pres- ent day—and he was a genius, in spite of the notorious misuse of that word—was a most entertaining character, unique, bizarre, original. Some highly interesting stories concerning his life will be related in the next Sunday Post-Dispatch. In St. Louls there is a man who has no counterpart in the world. He makes his living in a pecullar man- ner. No, he is not a professional rat-killer, although the census enumerators “dug up’”’ a man who gave that as his calling in life the other day. This man is engaged in «a dignified business, which is unique in itself, and he wil) tell you about it—we furnish the iliustrations—in the next Sunday Post-Dis- patch. Justin McCarthy has written an admir- able story, “Kate Lyle’s Vengeance,” for the Sunday Post-Dispatch series of Ten Novelettes by Famous Authors, and it has been handsomely illustrated. This is No. 7 in the series. A 8t. Louls woman whom. everybody knows and admires has written for the next Sunday Post-Dispatch an article on a very vun©omman subject, which will interest ev- ery reader, male and female. A young Missourian may be the coming ee —— poet. Only the other day he won the time-honored prize offered annually by a time-honored university in the East for the best poem. There were many competi- tors, but this young Missourian came off with the money. A picture of him and his poem, in full, will be found in the next Sunday Post-Dispatch. A Missouri woman owns a manuscript written by a famoue man who died 100 years before the Declaration of Indepen- dence was promulgated. She now has it framed in her parlor. You will find the text of it in the next Sunday Post-Dis- patch, A woman who was known the world over for her peculiarly romantic history and who once lived in St. Louts died recently. Some thrilling stories concerning her ad- venturous career will be found in the next Sunday Post-Dispatch. A distinguished prelate in whom St. Lou- is church-goers are interested celebrated one of the most important events in his life a few days ago. This affair has been elaborately described for the next Sunday Post-Dispatch by a writer whose name Is familiar to everybody in this city. Don't forget the halftones. Do you know that St. Louis people are swindled out of $200,000 every year? It Is a fact. A government official is authority for the statement. The circumstances Will be detalied in the next Sunday Post-Dis- patch. Don't forget the halftones. THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. SHOWERS. For St. Louis and vicinity—Showers Friday night and Missour! Saturday. Showers Friday night and Saturday. ——— eee POST-DISPATCH THERMOMETER. *eeeeeeee 70 71 8S a. m. v a. m. 10 a. m. Notice! All Republicans will appreciate the extra four-page Colored Supplement with Next Sunday’s Post-Dispatch Containing Half-Tone Portraits of Delegates From 37 States in the Union to THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION ! ! At Philadelphia Nex: Week. | of UNION HAS ADOPTED G CHINA. poss HANNA'S LAIR OF Litt. Used to Keep Vice-Presiden- tial Booms Alive. | | ONLY UNSETTLED QUESTION. ROOSEVELT MAY BE NAMED IN_ SPITE OF HIS PROTESTS. | } New York Can Have the Honor If She | Can Induce Either the Governor Bliss to Accept the Nomination. or From a Post-Dispatch Staff Correspondent PHILADELPHIA, June 15.—Senator Hanna appeared again today in the role of the political Brown-Sequard. He injected the elixir of life into the Dollilver and) Long booms and laid the Allison and Bliss booms away as too dead to be mentioned, He craftily arranged things two other booms can medicated. sena- tar is playing adroit politics. It is the opinion of almost everybody that he and perhaps half a dozen other men know just who will be nominated for vice- president. The situation There must Hanna and forward and with. them until it announce the real mans name. : There are not many of the deelgation leaders here. The members of the national committee are so closely identified with Hanna that they da as he says. That accounts for the remarkable unan- imity with which the claims of the vari- ous candidates are pressed from day [to that The SO be demands a variety. be a show of contest, sa his Lieutenants are bringing retiring men, playing chess becomes eaxpecient to ay. The delegation leaders are mostly men of independent thought, and the gold bricks are kept in circulation until they wzet here mxnd can be brought around to the views the second term syndicate. Following out his plan of campaign, Mr. Hanna talked again today. He began: ‘“‘Now, I wish you fellows would bel:eve me when I say that I Know as iittle about the vice-presidency as anybody else. It is an open field and a fair fight. The best man will win.’’ “Have you heard anything from ‘Alli- ‘*‘Not a word.’”’ “But, senator, what is your idea of the situation?’ was asked. Hanna squared himself in his chair and said with mueh deliberation: ‘I am afraid that both Allison and Bliss must be con- sidered out of the question.”’ “As far as Roosevelt is concerned, I will protect him against a stampede. I must say again +.at. Woodruff is an impossibil- ity. I don’t mean to be harsh with Timo- thy, but this is not his year in national politics. That brings us back to Dolliver and Long, both cf whom are very good men.”’ “Will there be a dark horse?” are not here yet. I have no doubt that other people will be named, such 2s Fairbanks of Indiana, Washbdurne of Minnesota, Gov. Schofield of Wisconsin and Scott of California. All these things wi!l come out later on.”’ “What do you think of the Democratic outlook ?’’ leaders “Why, it will be Bryan and defeat.’’ “Have you heard much talk about nomi- nating Dewey for vice-president?’ candidates, I think it, but my own opin- of New York will be about Democratic Dewey would take ion is that rearst nominated.’”’ There is a strongly supported story flaat- ing about that ‘he real inan is Roosevelt, despite the pwovernor’s protests that he will not accept. It was sald that telegrams had been sent to Minnesota, Wisconsin and oth- er Western states, and that influences were at work in Pentsylvania to get the delegation from these states to Hne up for Roosevelt. It was stated that the corpo- rations had served notice*that Roosevelt ; Minster ‘Some, but I am not in a position to guess | must not be governor of New York again. They have refused to contribute to the cam- paign fund if he is nominated. It is pretty well known that Senator Platt would glad- ly get rid of Roosevelt and the story goes that he is to be nominated and such enor- mous pressure is to be exerted that he cannot refuse to run. There is no tangi- ble authority for this stery, but it is gen- erally talked by men who know. Dr. Jamieson, the national committeeman from Illinvis, came out today with a strong statement in favor of Dolliver. He said it would be an outrage to nomi- nate a man lithe Bliss, who so typically rep- resents the capitalistic side of politics, “What we want,"’ said Jamieson, “is a man from the people—a man like Dolli- ver.”’ Henry C. Payne sent a telegram to Wis- consin today saving he was not a vice- presidential candidate and asking the dele- gation to support Gov. Schofield. Mr. Han- na named Schofield as a possibie dark horsé. All in all, there day. New York still tion. Today the national committee decided in favor of Brownlow’s delegation in the Ten- nessee by unanimous vote. ST. LOUIS MEN GET IT. has been no change to- controls the situa- Library Building. Special to the Post-Dispatch. SEDALIA, Mo., June 15.—Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, St. Louls architects, were to- day awarded the contract for preparing the plans and specifications for the $50,000 li- brary building to be presented to the city of Sedalia by Hon. Andrew Carnegie. The bullding is to Mh two stories high, eo;)- structed of Carthage stone and terra-cotta and will front 142 feet on West Third street. running back to a depth of S84 feet. The contract for the construction of the build- ing will be awarded about Aug. 1 and it is to be completed by Jan. 1 next. | o—2—-0—-0—0—- 0-0-0 —9-— This is the last day allowed cluded in the enumeration. the census supervisor to that census of 1900. ce ats Dy emi te » LAST DAY OF CENSUS ENUMERATION. Everyone should see to it that he or she is in the census and that his or her friends are included. houses should be certain that their employes are enumer- ated, Persons having information of others who are out of the city and who have thus missed enumeration should advise N DIE Ih NEMENT FIRE, -— Two Families Burned to Death in New York. SEVERAL PERSONS MISSING. — BRAVE POLICEMEN RISK THEIR LIVES ATTEMPTING RESCUE. —_— — It Is Feared That Badies or Others, Including a Baby, Will Be Found in the Smoldering Ruins of the Fire Trap. 15.—Ten lives were lost NEW YORK, June and six people were badiy injured during a ‘fire which almost totally destroyed the old five-story tenement, 34 Jackson street, early to-4d The following is a list of the cas- ualties: Dead: Louis Marion. 40 years old. Albert Marion, 14. Elsi@é Marion, 6. Marion, 3. Cotter, 40. Kate Cotter, his wife. Mamie Cotter, i3. Jacob Cotter, 11. Kate Cotter, 13. John Cotter, 3. Injured: Mary Marion, wife of-Louis, 36. Mamie Marion, 17. Frank Marion, 12. Margaret Marion, 9. George Cotter, 4 months. Patrick Burns, 23. It is possible that the body identified as that of Mrs. Kete Cutter may prove to be that of Mrs. Mary Marion, wife of Louis. The fire appears to have started in the rear of the hallway on the second floor. It had gained great headwag before the people in the house were awakégned to their peril. The Cotter family lived mn the fourth floor. Cotter was a laborer, and, in aadition to the children who lost their lives, he had a baby son, George, 4 months. old, The Marion family lived on the top floor. Patrick Burns appears to have been the first person in the house 49vho was apprised of tne fire. He was awakened by smoke, and gave the alarm to the others in. Miss Mary Jordan’s apartments, where he boarded. All escaped except Burns, who was severely injured by the flames. RUFUS J. LACKLAND, JR, DEAD Blood Poisoning, From an Unknown Origin, Caused His Demise Fri- day Morning. Lackland, Jr., son of the presi- Boatman’s Bank, died Friday 9:30 o’clock at the home of his sister, Mrs. Halsey C. Ives, at West- place. The of his deatn was bloodpoisoning, which was of unknown rv. Emma Rufus J. dent of the morning at o8o7 cause origin. Mr. Lackland was confined to bed 10 days. Sunday, June 3, while in the country, one of his imbs began to pain him and soon felt as if paralyzed. He returned at once to his apartments in the West End Hotel, has lived for a number of years, at first thought that he was suffering from erysipelas. The physicians who were called in the second day of his iliness diagnosed his disease as cellulitis, an uncommon affection. of the blood. He was at cmce removed to his sister’s home. The funeral services will be held in the home of Mr. Lackland’s father, ar 1623 Lu- cas place, which is the old family residence, at 2:30 Saturday afternoon. interment will be in the family lot in Bellefontaine Cem- etery The pallbearers the deecased, C. and H. BE. C. Lackland, Jr., and L. and W: B. Taylor. Mr. Lackland ranked wealthy men of the city. of St. Louis and 51 years PLAYED BALL FOR $19,000 University of Wooster Is Given That Sum by Edward Kelly Because Its Team Won Ball Game. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WOOSTER. O., June 15.—President Hold- en of the University of Wooster announced that Edward Kelly had given $15,000 fund, M. O. Fisher and where he and it Was be kK. Rufus six nephews of Lackland and L., Edgar will as one of the He was a native old, today to the endowment ‘wife of East Liverpool, O., a like amount, that $2000 had been received from other eources., Mr. Kelly advocate of athletics. edict of the faculty, students participating in intercollegiate games. After a jong struggle the students this year were again allowed to play ball with other colleges. Mr. Kelly. some ident Holden that | to the institution when the university had a team that won a game. rhe ie im did this. defeating Western Reserve University of Cleveland, and Mr. Kelly Kept his word, and alumnus and an ardent Hie has opp xwsed the which prevented the is an wrote to Pree- ARKO would give $15,000 time he o—o—o—_o—_ o_o o-oo ©} umer- by law for the census gift ation. It is important that every resident of St. Louis bein’ | Sg Ileads of all business } effect. pride that the total population of St. Louis be counted in the It is a matter of city | ay hia t Per a ol URI er, og Sle Pee ee, ar? oe ade i Ne ke Cg EC ~ a Executive Committee Has Been Given Final and Abso- lute Power to Negotiate for the the Union on the New Proposition. ARBITRATION IS ADVOCATED. ‘PRESIDENT GOMPERS APVOCATED ARBITRATION ON THE MATTER OF REINSTATEMENT AND A NEW PROPOSITION ON THIS BASIS AGREED TO BY THE UNION. ‘President Whitaker of the Transit Company Says All Runs on the System Have Now Been Given Out. By a practically unanimous vote’ the 'striking street railway union men decided at noon to accept the new proposition pre- sented by the executive committee and to empower the executive committee to settle on the basis of the clause regarding rein- Statement without reference to the union. This action was brought about through the influence of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who arrived in St. Louis Thursday night and | was present at the mass meeting which was r Cc Ale hom Diane PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE INQUEST. a 2 o_o 00 0-0-0 oo © 6 @ 9.6.6 6 NEW PROPOSITION SUBMITTED. become a member of any union. join any organization. amicably between the parties, bitration. NEW PROPOSITION > We, the members of Division No, 131, » Street Railway Employes of America, in session assembled, hereby authorize our executive committee to submit the following propositions to the St. Louis Transit Co. as a basis of settlement of our controversy: , 1. An agreement March 10, 1900, except as herein modified, is re-established 7 2. No discrimination will be made against any employe because he is or may All employes must be entirely free to . Any attempt on the part of any employe to induce any other employe by intimidation or threats to join or not join any union will be cause for the immediate discharge of the person guilty of such attempt. . Any attempt to influence any employe by any official of the company to join or not join any union shall be cause for discharge of such official. . The company will treat with any committee representing the organization regarding any matter of mutual interest. . The company will agree thet if any future differences shall arise between it and its employes with respect to the terms of this agreement, or its ap- plication to cases that shall hereafter arise which they shall be submitted to arbitration. 7.. The question of reinstatement of former employes shall be submitted to ar- And in regard to section 7, covering the reinstatement of our members, the executive board is hereby authorized and empowered to reach a settle- ment either through a conference and agreement with the company, or by submitting it to arbitration, as provided for in the above section. ‘Coroner Resumes Inquest to Determine Responsibility for the Washington Avenue Tragedy. ) ‘ Amalgamated Association of @ + cannot be adjusted -*? CWP HENVET TA == held at the West End Coliseum Friday morning A new plan of settlement is, therefore, now in the hands of the executive commit- tee. This is given in full above. It varies but ‘little from the other propositions, ex- cept in the paragraph which provides for the reinstatement of the men. Heretofore, all plans have contemplated the reinstatment of all the employes. This reinstatement left open to arbitration, After the meeting had adjourned Presi- dent Gompers intimated that arrangements for opening negotiations with the transit company were already under way. ciation of Street Railway Employes. stated that purpose of arranging some }Gompers. ' Mr. Gompers, tion, said that of the reinstatement of the after reviewing men once, Immediately a were on their feet strong speeches were made. at number of the protesting and ment of all the men must stand. that he was ina position to say that nero- tiations had once more been ovened be- tween the transit company officials and that they had evinced a dispasition to take up the matter. He suggested that power to settle the strike on the best possible conditions be placed in the keeping of a committee with full power to act for the union. In the midst of his appeal to the men to the seventh clhausce of the proposi- the question of the rein- strikers to aprbitration, Support tion, submitting statement of the Mr. Gompers said: ‘Brothers, do not vote against the clause foy arbitration. If you do, I am afraid that a settlement will be out of the question. I am sure that if you place this question in the hands of honest men that the trouble can yet be settled amicably.” Clarence Richeson, the orator of the strik- ers. held out stoutly for the demand that all or none of the men be returned to work, and he was supported by other members. Again Mr. Gompers took the floor and plainiy stated that a settlement on that basis was absolutely tmpossible. if the men held out for that they never get it. fair-minded men in St. Louis who would act on the arbitration committee. | Mr. Gompers then told them that up to ithe present time there had been too many 'men working on the settlement. He said ithe affair should be placed in the hands of one man or set of men and urged that the executive committee be given power (o settle the strike without referring the mat- ter back to the union. After some discus- sion this action was taken by a practically unanimous vote and the matter placed in the executive committee’s hands. The chairman of the executive commit- tee {is President Patterson, who is at the City Hospital, dangerously wounded. The acting president is Vice-Presideunmt Byars of the union. After the Gompers was would meeting adjourned President asked if negotiations a seettiement of the strike. Mr. replied: When asked after negotiations had been transit company, President plied: “I thine directly, breathe anything that might tiation. but you must sions from what I say. “I cannot say when the proposition from the union through its authorized committec will be submitted to the transit company. “I came to St. Louls on a peace mission. I am most desirous of settling the strike, the meeting whether opened with the (omoers re- want! because I do not matter is waived by the new plan and the The meeting at the West End Coliseum was called to order shortly after 11 o’clock by President Mahon of the National Asso- He the meeting was called for the new plan of settlement and immediately introduced Mr. the situa- arbitration of the question was the only way in which the strike could be set- tled and advised that the plan be adopted members some Several of the leaders among the men urged that the orig- inal proposition providing for the reinstate- President Gompers stated to the meeting He said) He said there were plenty of had been resumed with the company, looking to Gompers cannot be quoted as saying any- to affect nego- draw your conciu- and the plan which was submitted to the union this morning leaves the matter of re- instatement of the men to arbitration will, I hope, be rreductive of results. I believe that there are plenty of fair-minded men in St. Louis who will act on a committee of arbitration and bring about results satis- factory to both sides.” “I am not prepared to deny that negotia- tions have been opened with the transit company.” Mr. Mahon, who stood near, assented to what Mr. Gompers had said. He further stated that urrangements had been going on for several davs with a settlement in view, but that these arrangements had been made secretly, for the reason that all ef- forts heretofore made to settle the strike had failed because too much had ~0been said and printed about the plans. President Whitaker of pany, when seen after the action of the union men was announced. sald: “There are no negotiations on.”’ He declined to amplify this statement tn any way ald te each successive inquiry re- returned the same answer. INQUEST TESTIMONY Witnesses Disagree as to Who First Fired and the Provocation for the Shooting. The coroner's inquest in the killing of Edward Thomas and George Rine and in- quiring into the wounding of Edward Burk- hardt, Oscar Marvin and John White, street car strikers who were shot by special dep- uty sheriffs near the posse barracks on aWshington avenue Sunday afternoon, was resummed Friday morning at 8:30. At noon the coroner adjourned the hear- ing to 2 o’clock, first instructing Deputy Coroner Dreschler to go to police headquar- ters with three witnesses, Messrs, MecGiv- ern. Bennington and Bion Brown, and have a policeman detailed to take them to the passe barracks, where they should be per- mitted to see all the deputies present and identify, if poesible, any whom they saw in the street at the time of the shvuoting. If any deputies were thus identified they were to be taken to the coroner’e office in time for the afternoon session, which began at 2 o'clock. : he Inquest began Wednesday and the taking of testimony consumed the entire day. On account of the Bohne inquest Thursday this hearing was continued to Friday. About 30 witnesses testified Wednesday. Deputy ‘Gardner McKnight of Company F was at the hearing, and on the strength of a polic# report that he fired the shot which killed Edward Thomas, the coroner held him a prisoner. He was released on bond ami returned to posse duty at the barracks. Deputy George W. Cox was also held as a prisoner by the coroner on account of certain remarks which he made after the shooting, but was released on his own re- cognizance to appear Friday morning. Cox and McKnight were present when the coroner resumed the inquest. Attorney Kimbrough Stone asked Coroner Lioyd if any effort had been made to ascertain the names of the deputies who were in the street at the time of the shooting. The coroner replied that every effort to get this gy was being made. ‘Young Mr. Stone and Charies J. Maurer were present as attorneys in the interest of the strikers. Attorney Thomas B. Harvey was present in the interest of the sheriff and his posse. Attorrey Cortez Kitchen Was present as counsel appointed by the mass meeting at the West End Coliseum Monday night. Witness Heard Several Pistol Shots. The first witness was H. Chicago, a guest at the Hotel Berlin. said: “I was within §@ feet of the shoot- ing when it began. I heard sevens) peat’ sho.s first. I sould not tell who 4 hem. Theie were some deputies in the group who the transit com- Stanton of He ; er =~ eMail ee ae ee 9° ee roe bs . " eS ps ee ae ¥ ad eg TS ee Te ‘ - cS ee Ge ee + ey 4 © ee 7? + . A se Ang a - . . are had revolvers. I did not see any revolvers in the hands of the street-car strikers. “I saw several strikers oy bo car on the rear piatform, After the shooting in front of the barracks I saw a deputy at the Sixth street corner kneel] and shoot his gun into the air and the crowd began to isperse. I couldn't identify any of the men who shot, “Perhaps a ninute and a half after the carte in front of the barracks I heard more sho:s tired down at Broadway. [| thought two men fell at. one time.” Joseph Albert, 1417 Locust street, em-. ployed at the St. Louls Law School, testi- fied that he saw a man with uniform fal on the street--ar track after a shot wag fired. There were \Wo men at the spot with guns in their hands. Witness heard ng threats from the men in the parade, “I think there were about thi#ty or forty shots fired. 1 saw no wevpons in the handg of tae men in uniform. When I saw the man fall I got out of the way. I was about 15 feet away. The shooting occurred a lit- tle west of the barracks. 1 don’t kno who fired the ghot woaich killed the man there... He had on light trousers, no hat, and carried a shotgun. He impressed mé as being a2 small man.” Saw No Pistol Except Deputy’s. Frederick Crawford, machine hand in wagon shop, said that he was passing the scene of the shooting. “A man ran out from the barracks and grabbed a man out of line and shoved a gun in his face, After a struggie 1 saw the flash of a gun amd heard three shots fired. Then [ ran around to Sixth street. Coming back [ heard other shots down Washington ave- nue. I saw no revolvers except one in a deputy’s hand. There was no excitement before the deputy ran and grabbed the man. 1 was watching the parade closely and saw no missiles thrown. I could not dee scribe the deputy who had a revolver. “After the turst shot was fired I saw none at the men in line of parade do any shoot- ne. McKnight Looks Like the Man. l. S. Grant, 2634 Caroline street, wagati- maker, said: “I came across the bridge. As I passed the barracks someone ran againat me. | turned and saw it was a deputy. [ would Know him again if 1 saw him. He ran up and pulied « man out of line and shoved a revolver in his face. Then four or five other deputies ran up and one of them began beating the prisoner aver the head with a revoiver. Then another man ran up from the line of parade and the deputies spread out and one of them shot down the man last arrived. “The deputy who shot the man was about % years old, wore a blue shirt and gray trousers. Several ather deputies were near, As soon as the first shot was fired—which killed the man—shooting became eneral from the deputies. They fired from the bafe racks windows and all around.” Hiere Coroner Lioyd asked McKnight, the attorneys and several other men to step inta the witness room and then told the witness to go in and see if he could identify any of the men who did the shooting. Girant immediately picked out Gardner McKnight and said: “Ll am not positive, but he looks very much lke the man who shot Thomaa. “There were six or eight deputies 1 &@& ring around the prisoner. One had hold of the arm of the man who was shut. That was the first gunshot. A revulver fell on the ground and exploded, and three or four seccnds later the gun was fired. | “The man who was shot had asked the deputies not to beat his brother, they had arrested. He said his brother would ga with them without beating. The man shot had no weapons at all. I saw both his hands and they were empty.” F. Biaisdel!, 27723 Carroll street, paintes, teatified: “I was paseing the barracks, Three men ran out from the building. A car passed by. One of the deputies g a man in line and pulled him over toe the car track. Another parader, a “ they were taking him away. Of ties ran up and the second man war down. “I was standing just west of the bar- racks. 1 thought the shot came from — of me. It Was not a plato!) shot. I h no shots befere that. The man shot was’ facing east. He hal no weapons. I ¢ rot describe the man who fred the shet,' I saw no tecks thrown. IL did not sce an demeorstration by the men in line before ahcoting.” ' Adjutant Webster Said: “Get Ready, Men!” East St. Louis, liq had come over the bridge to Fourth and Washington avenue, 27753 Carroll street a > % : t ee Ayr ee ae i, re ‘ m Ree = r re ee ee be al ee ee 5 a aie At .. ~—_ yas he