St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 18, 1900

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wily fiow : d ne Regular Edition. OOMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. What City is Called “The City of the Sea?” oe ee? ae se eee oe TWELVE PAGES. eee Sais “ a i ? 2 i Ee a 8 es , ~ .» ‘ee . . § a aan THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES ‘ ~ rae ee oe ere : RE Sk fe Aes uid Ce eee ee ee ee : ni : eee: as Se all net ae So Bee pie gh “ i eee ry . eee = Sat i ; Pek - ‘ ¢ r ua - , : . > ‘ } x } Po S i a ie : 4 J — bescgal ff _ COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. Ke age. ’ v al aly oo © @ oo 0% > > ——_ GEORGE MERREL WILHITE, Oe te ee “eae So ae eae fe ee fe > ee ato Bo ate ee eo ale Bo fo ee ote Se ® CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL FUND. Kennard & Sons Carpet Co. and Employes D. L.' Parrish H. Grone Brewing lumployes Edward Laurent ’” . + ~ 7 3 > > + © 4 9° °° °° ,° Calantha Funk John N. Fontana Tom Geotz Mrs. C. A. M., Osceola, fo.... ID. Little A Friend Painters and Workmen Federal building Percy Simmons Kdward N. French H. M. Wilma and Helen Rein eo * 7 © + eo * ° bd ~~ ~~ Joseph Kelahan George Gretsel Scofield, Shurmer Employes Frank Helderle *° “ > > °° ~~ 2. °° Georgie McQuary .«...... boesses Myrtle Cooper , Irene, Harry and George Geary St. Louis Boy, 6 years old Hattie Brandt Charles Brandt Katie Adams Ruth Desoby Flora Dana Mildred Fidelson Madilene Gates Harry Lynwool Steagala ... Irene and Oliver Wirthlin Employes of Western Union Telegraph Co Elizabeth Leach Marie Wimer Miidred Deicke Ethel Duffy Flora Mussman Lillian Scheeley, Silex, Mo.... Sydney Spelcher Fred W. Schwab Benny Renter Flora, Hal, Katie ginia Sanguinet Albert Mynder's Collection... Anthony Quante Marie Thole Fire Department, turn) i Irene Wall Tlaekin Sidney Kritzer’s Collection.... arkin, . Howard, E. B. . Gough, . Jd. Case. Previously *. Cheatham. r. E. Rymer, BY “worse Ss L. Maclaskey, Margaret Walker, Total Today Alice Thurman, Hl. Currence, Bessie Spicer, Ianore Alleigh, Evalyn Fricke, Dollie Fricke, Adrie Hyatt, Marion G. Walker, Mary FE. Marshall, Fila J. Flemming, a Mattie Hyatt, Brenda Barr, +, Pearl Pancake, L. Rowden, | ° * > + “ “° © “2° ? %e > » ~° “9 - Od and Vi (parial re- u66d bb ann oweds shad dkbaah ee Total Se fe ae ee Se ae eo Se se fo fe eo fe Se ae fe very respectfully, C®. KE. SWINGLEY, Chief of Fire Department. From J. Kennard & Sons. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. Inclosed please find a check for $38.75 for contribution poor. : J. Kennard & Sons Carpet Co $25 00 Collected by one of the employes..... 13 75 Anna Wileon. Josie Miller, Lenna Fleming. These persons will serve you well and faithfully and I hope that other churches wil at once organ- ive to take tables and thue have a part in this good work, As-uring you of further co-operation, 1 am, yours very truly, W. H. M'CLAIN. Manager Henry Weaver of the Planters’ Hotel notified Dr. Spencer Tuesday that he would cook 60 turkeys for the festival free of charge. Dr. Spencer can be communicated with at 816 North Eleventh street. At Monday afternoon's meeting of com- mittee chairmen. several additions were made to the various committees. Walter F. Smith, O. M. Sheldon, Pat Short, and John H. Higginbotham were added to the general citizens committee. Total .. Yours respectfully, J. KENNARD & SONS CARPET CO. From Osceola, Io. To the Editer of the Post-Dispateh ’ Inclosed find 25 cents for Christmas bene- Hanford Crawford and O. M. Sheldon were fit, trusting you will meet with good suc- | made members of the program committee. | cess. Yours truly, Charles F. Moffitt was added to the hall | MRS. Cc. A. M committee. James L. Carlisle was elected | Osceola, chairman of the program committee. | ieee Help Received : | From the Hills of Arkansas. | Te the Editor of the Post-Dis) atch. and More Needed. | | send you 10 cents for the Chairman R. O. Bolt of the music com- | Post-Dispatch fund. Just bring me what, mittee is anxious to secure the services of | tegen ory | a — oe 7 re Me | or rir ‘ 24) ‘ scnool, é we the chorus which sang in the Coliseum when | nen tn all 1 one at ‘home. ; bisane bring | Admiral Dewey visited St. Louis. Those of |sister Bridget a doll and a little stove, and | the chorus and others who desire to take pag FA Sage geo hobby horse, and little | part jn the entertainment should address | M*TY #UeP * Tate ora FOLEY. Mr. Bolt at the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Elliott, Ark. Co. Members of the chorus should report | _P: 5.--Bridget sends 10 cents to the fund. at the Collseum at 1 o'clock Christmas Day. Piease put this letter in your paper. Those Who desire to donate supplies a : should notify Nat Wetzel, 96 North Third A Liberal Child. Those who know of persons who should be | Vo the Editor of the Post Dispatch, invited to. the feast are asked to communi- I herewith send: you $1, for which you will | cate with J. J. Mauntell, chairman of the please bring some poor girl a pretty doll. | ticket committee, 1023 Chestnut street. Hoping you will not forget me. Food will be taken to the homes of those CALANTHA FINN. of the guests who cannot go to the Co}i- ae seum, is work will be in the hands of P. Has Admiration for the Fund. P. Conner, 2O4 North Third street, Hie needs Te the Pultor of tr) Peet-Dis 2 volunteers. a > ‘ © Peet. peten. eip to carry out this plan to make ey- erybody in_ St. Louis happy on the last Christmas Day of the century. Is it not worth while? From the ‘Fire Department. Editor Post-Dispatch, City. r Sir—Herewith I have the pleasure to hand you the sum of sixty-four dollars and fifty cents (64.50), being partial sup. scription of the officers and members ot this department to your Christmas festiva; lo, children’s unfartunate happy for at least a few hours betfo the close of the nineteenth century. While I. with all your readers. mus admire this noble, effort to relieve distress I cannot but regret that it is not also dl rected to the overthrow of a rotten system from which springs all poverty, and desti- tution. Yours for justice, W. H. M’'S. Festival Bound to Succeed. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. Inclosed please find a smal! amount for wi’ TRAVELING ARTIST HAD SECRETED ON HIS MUCH MONEY IN A BELT aw 7 PERSON —s | ; } Herman Bartman of 221 Walnut street was | searched $467.3? | earnings from two years’ work as an artist. | received in the observatiom ward at the Cily | Hospital Monday night as a patient. When were found secreted in a belt worn under the patient’s clothing. This money Bartman says represents his | Bartman says he has walked from St. Louis to Washington, D. C., via Memphis, Tenn., and back to this city by way of Chicago and | Red Wing, Minn. He states that he has made pictures in dry colors for farmers living along the line and residents of the towns and cities he vis- ited, charging for them never more than 15 / cents. His system of saving his money until he had four or five dollars and then sending it 'to the Fourth National Bank of St. Louis BEFORE THE ' | | Officer a id Herman Bartman, in the City Hospital for Observation, | Was Found to Have With Him $467.32 of Hard-Earned Cash. +>—o—-—_o—_0 — o> 0 —__0—__0—__ 0 —_9—_—_ 9 —__0—__ 9 —__0—_0--4 ot HERMAN BARTMAN. ——+—_0—_— o_o #0 © >_ + - + © ¢ -@ ¢ 0 © + —o—o—-0—0— 2—0—-¢ 0-0-0 9_0—_0—_4 —_0—__0 —_0—__@ | CHANNING B. BARNES, Train Robber Desperado, Known Also as Nelson. and John R. oo -¢« ¢—?0—0—_0—_¢-- 0-6-0 0-0-0 0 2 | | Saxey, chief guard at the workhouse, and carrying a bag and walking rapidly between the [llinois and Mississippi Valley tracks. | The officers halted the men, but, instead of surrendering, they began to shoot. Both officers responded and a lively fusil- lade followed. The men finally ‘United States mailpouch and fied. Since then | the detectives have been carefully examin- 'ing the swamp near the city. At an early | hour today their search was rewarded with the finding of a body. It is supposed that Barnes’ ' painful, and.that believing captured, he. determined to life, and did so bv cutting u pocket knife. At the time of the Central train on the said that Barnes did it is held that he eretes The robbed train was due in New Orleans t 7:15. It had slowed down as it was ap- proaching the city limits. Engineer Chas. ' Smith was at the throttle. His fireman , was Chas. Schenck, | Suddenly they heard a hind them. {ooking toward the tender they found themselves covered by two revolvers, and were ordered to throw up their hands. They end tren the robber ordered Smith the train. He then ordered -both wounds were he would be take his own his throat with robbery of the Illinois night of Dec. 12 it was the work alone. Now had one or two confed- voice call out obeved, to ston | the engineer and the fireman to get off the | | engme, alighting himself behind them. Conductor James Kinnebrew came to the front of the train to what the trouble was. He was quickly covered by the ber'’s revolvers. eonductor to press cars, quickly shoulder. Then the his watch Assistant his head out the robber's jump to the and fireman. lined up, the see uncopule the mail and ex- enough, was shot through the robber relieved Kinnebrew of and some small change. Mail Clerk R. Ek. Goldsby of his car, at the point of pistol, “as compelled to ground the engineer When three train men robber marched them to the express car, which was not in use. hie forced them to fill a sack with gravel, which he placed beside the car, over a stick of dynamite. Then he touched the dynamite off, but the explosion failed to open the safe. "I he robber put the opened all the mail pouches and, putting their contents on the engine, uncoupled jit from the train, ran t into New Orleans and disappeared. BARNES’ Barnes left a record in St. Louis that will | always be remembered by the police. It dates on the night of July 13. a few davs afier the robbery of an Illinois Central train at Wickliffe. Ky by himself and his brother, Charles Wheeler jarnes George Murray, a detective employed bs the IHinois Central Railroad Co. had trailed the Barnes brothers tn St. Louis and located Charles Barnes at 4300 West Belle place Chanring was located on Finney avenve Cnarles was captured by means'of a decoy (elegwram He was taken to eKntuck: where he was senteneed to the penitenti- lary. | Murray worked in connection with the at Chief of Detectives | Louls police, Assistant James H. Smith and half a dozen picked men surrounded the house on Finnet 2Ve- /nue a few doors west of Grand avenu e Th: decoy message Was again resorted. to, but ,in this instance it failed. When the m | Senger rang the doorbell Barnes started t« open the door, but became suspicious anc | retreated to a window on the second floor where he discovered that he was «ur rounded. While Barnes stood at the win CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 then FOUND’ DEAD was found | cut this morning at) was i i | | | —-o—_0—_0—_ 0-090 o_o 00-9 | Mayor Ziegenhein, stated to the Post-Dis- night Officers Daly and Lucich, while has- | men | ——-o—-0 0 90 ___6_ 6 _¢_9 9 — | and _a petition signed by neighbors an ent citizens requesting the release of his | | son. This he did. The petition, contains! | about | Koehler of the American Brewery, Rudoiph | , Limberg, secretary of the Columbia Brew- | dropped a | rob- , The robber commanded the'! and Kinnebrew, not complying | 'of his son, ‘three davs be- | ' by telephone, and this order was followed Mr. Menges’ Story | polley BATTLE IN ST. LOUIS. =" | Fred fall | my | turned to the workhouse as soon as found.” | tickets and ws fined $500. He pleaded guil- _ty. He was s MAYOR'S SECRETARY RELEASED WORKHOUSE PRISONER AND NOW SEEKS HENRY MENGES” , ie The Man Who Held Up Youth Was Fined $500 and Incarcerated for Selling Policy Tickets---Conflicting Statements as to the Details of His Return to Freedom. ore é . ‘ . l,m ‘ » “—_e—__o—__-_ +--+ \ ee Se OA o—-?—_-—00—-0—_¢—_¢ o_o — Fred Ziegenhein, son and secretary of patch at nocn Tuesday that he and Conrad Kempff, superintendent of the workhouse, went to 1600 Carr street Tuésday morning to see Henry Menges, and that they told him that they would return his son, Henry Men- ges, Jr., to the workhouse unless Menges, Sr., should arrange for the immediate pay- ment of a fine of $150 and $3 costs, a total of $153, due the city on a plea of guilty on the part of the young man for selling policy tickets. The money was not paid .The young man was not found. “We have three men looking for him,” said Mr. Ziegenhein, ‘‘and he will be re- Henry Menges, Jr., was convicted in the Dayton Street Police Court of selling policy it to the workhouse. Menges, S ., claims that he called on Mayor Viegenhein to obtain a pardon for his son. He conversed with the n r’'s son secretary and was advised obtain FRED ZIEGENHEIN, Son and Secretary of Mayor Ziegenhein. : a | o_o 04-0000 )_4)_0—_o—-0_0__0__0—_0-_0-_0-_ 6-6-6 _~romin- 70 names, was signed by Casper ery; and other citizens who have influence | with the mavor. Menges asserts that his son was released unconditionally. Zlegenhein claims that the voung man was released with the understanding that the fine was reduced by the mayor from $500 to $150 and $3 costs, all of which was to be paid within thirty days, under penalty of immediate return to the workhouse. Ziegenhein has made _ several visits to the elder Menges, according to his own Statement, to demand payment. On one occasion he took with him Edward threatened, in the voung man’s presence, to return him to prison unless the amount of the fine were paid. The money was not paid. The young man —— [f went with him. I do not remember } Aa wes not rearrested. That, according to Fred Ziegenhein, was on or about Wednesday, Dec. 6. Another visit was made to the Menges grocery store Tuesday miorning. “We want either a settlement or your son,’ said Fred Ziegenhein and Superin- tendent Kempe of the Workhouse. They obtained neither. Fred Ziegenhein said to the Post-Dispatch Tuesday at noon: “If Menges’says that ] money from him on account he is mistaken. “IT was instrumental in having the boy re- | leased. His father came here to see the | mayor about having his fine remitted. I ad- vised him to secure a petition requesting such action. He did so and returned in about | l indueed the mayor to take ac- | tion in the matter and he reduced the fine to $150 and costs, after much persuasion “I stated this fact to Menges and I! claim that he said, ‘All right." He says that he said nothing. ‘“T ordered the release of the young man ever demanded of the release | up the afternoon by an official ter. “We have no duplicate of this letter. al- though it is our practice to keep a copy of all official letters. Why it so happened in this case I cannot explain. “I tried to induce Menges to settle this fine, because I felt sorry for the boy and because I considered myself personally re- “era for bis release. That is all there S to it.”’ same let- | About that time the | house. back on his agreement. , genhein | the come, the clerk said it maty have come over | the leased after 6 o'clock and it her was done el | by Superintendent Kem : | Menges’ the Workhouse. of Ziegenhein’'s Visits. blenry Menges, the father, said to the Post-Dispatch in the presence of his son: “T was asked to pay remit which my son, Henry Menges. was released from the Workhouse demand was made by Fred Ziegenhein, the ) because of the on 'Mavor'’s son. ‘My Street boy was fined : $500 in the Dayton Police Court on a charge of seilin tickets. 1 would not pay the wy and he could not That is why he was sent to the Workhouse. ; “After he was there I got to the mayor ask him to petition was signed by best citizens of the city. — mayors office and | gave Ziegenhein, who said he would sub- mit it to his father. the mayor. “A few days later Henry was released from the Workhouse and he returned to the store here. 1 supposed everything was right. “About up a pardon some of Was at the the petition to to him. the Dec. 1 Fred Ziegenhein came to store her? and asked me for $=. 1 wanted to know what he wanted this money for, and he told me itt was for the remit for my son. I told him that I would not pay him anything like that. I said |] had rot agreed to nay anything and that | would not do it. He seemed put out about it and said he would see me again. “Two days tater he came again This time there was a Workhouse guard with him. ! «id net Know the name of the guare but my son told me that his name was Saxeyv. Mr. Ziegenhein renewed his de- mand for $250. | told him I would not pas it. I told him he knew I had never prom sed him anything for the remit. He ad nitted that this was true, but he said h: hought ! intended to pay him something ind the service was Worth $256. “When I refused to vy him thie he sale 1¢ would take $200, nad een I still refuse 1¢ said he would take less. He finally camx down to $100. I would not pay him this. | $500 Imposed | 15, The } i that /enter it on the | would i received. petition | > Coe ‘ PP ca my 4 Then he said he had brought the Work- house guard with him and if I did not pay him he would have the guard take my son back to the Workhouse. My.son was pres- ent up to this time, but when he heard that he got out and went away. He went over to Kast St. Louts and stayed there several days. He did not want to go back to the Workhoute. “I concluded to see the mayor about it and I went down to see him. I told him the facts, but he said he could do nothing, as Fred was out of town. The mayor said he did not know about the remit business further than he had heard something about $25 and costs. I saw the mayor but Fred was still out of the city. “Then I consulted Andrew J. lawyer. 1 told him all about t asked him if they could lock Henry again. He said they could not to have him come back h ’ been back home sey has been after him. thing. If he had do the law Edward Saxey, ghief guard at the Work- house, said to the Post-Dispatch at the workhouse in theresence of Clerk Charles H. L. Groffman. “Now, I don't want to get mixed up with p this business, You see ft is this way: If your boss was to tell you to come down here and see me you would do it. Well, I was just do- ing what my boss told me to do. “I don't remember the exact date, but it was about two weeks ago that Fred Ziegen- hein asked me over the telephone to come up to his office. Of course 1 went up there. When I got there he told me that he wantd Me to go with him up to see Menges. Of that was said, but I know he asked Menges for some money about that fine of his son's. There was a dispute about it and no money was paid over. “I heard Mr. Ziegenhein say that if the ° money was not paid we would have to take the young man back to the workhouse young. fellow got out, but we made no effort to stop him. “Mr. Ziegenhein told me, after we left that if he had gotten the money, he woul have had me bring it back to the work- It was just the case of a man going I am almost sure of that. Menges must have promised to pay something and then he went back on his word.’ The Post-Dispatch asked Clerk Groffman to produce the record tn the case of Henry Menges. The entry showed that he was released on a remit. This entry was in red ink and said that Menges was liberated on Nov. 15. The clerk was asked to the original remit. He said he could no*. as none had been filed. .He said Mr. Zie- must have sent an order and that remit was to follow. Asked for the telephone. He said Menges was re. ff or Chief Guard e knew nothing of Kempft was not at Saxey. Mr. Saxey said release, Mr. Records Do Not Show a Remit. Conrad Kempf, the superintendent of the workhouse, was not in his office Tuesday. In his absence Charles H. L. Groffman, the clerk in charge of the institution, exhibited the Workhouse books. “The records show,’ said Mr. Groffman, “that Henry Menges was received here as a prisoner on Nov@8, to serve out a fine of on him in the Dayton Street He remained here until Nov. the records show that he was re- 16, 198," on the following dag, Nov. 16 On morning Supt. Kempf told me to so books. He told me the remit The remit has not yet been Police Court. when leased. “TI made this entry, ‘remit Novy. myself follow, “I do not know of my own knowledge did actually release Shennen It couth cane have been either Mr. Kempf or Forem:in Saxey. And Saxey says he did not have any. thing to do with Menges’ release. The re- lease was made after I left on N main here until 6 o’cloe ved a mes- sage from the mayor's office.” THE WEATHER INDICATIONS, PROSABLY FAIR. St. Lemis and Victnity—Probably fair Tuesday night sad Wednesday: moderate temperature. lilincie—Fair Toesday night and \s el nesdays ; cooler im @=treme south portion Tuesday sight; westerly winds. Indlane—Pair Teeeday night ccolet In southwest portion Tuesday sight; weeter- > : ly wine. A 2 es x k SE Re SS ge eee eat, produce ° a ih ste MnP ES tal AR RB Se gh da Ree PRL