St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 18, 1901

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A single slap in the face is not sufficient ‘ground for divorce, according to Judge Sel- @en P. Spencer of the circuit court. Such was his ruling Monday morning in the cage of Fva H. Kerr against Robert J. Kerr for divorce. Mrs. Kerr alleged that her husband had a bad temper and was surly and cross to her. As proof, she charged that he had struck her once in the face because she complained to him. “There is no excuse for the husband's cruel act,’ said Judge Spencer. “But the single act of roughness in temper is not @ ground for divorce, and when forgiveness and reconciliation are sought they ought to be anted. “It © ealy when the indignities are of auch a character and so long continued as to render the condition of the suftering party intolerable that the law makes them a ground for divorce.” rs. Kerr’s chief complaint against her husband, Judge Spencer said, seemed to be that in 1900. when they lived in Phoenix, Ariz., he had invited a cousin of hia to come and visit them. She came and stayed two months. According to Mrs. Kerr's testl- mony Friday the cousin went riding after- noons with Mr. Kerr and often went to his office with him. She finally objected and then it was that Mr. Kerr slapped her. Judge Spencer also refused to grant Mra Henrietta Boutemey a divorce from Louis Victor Boutemy, both of whom are teach- ers of French. The evidence showed, said oie Spencer in his opinion, that the trouble between them was mostly financial, Mrs. Boutemey testified that her hus- band did not work and support her, and e worked and she is would not return. do not constitute indignities and the suit was therefore dismised. lire of 3% vears Adam “a Poul fro rs. tachritz of the circuit ing. Mr. Mueller, who is 6 years old, testified that Mrs. Mueller’s love for travel in the West had led her him in 1898 and he had not seen to nce. It was the second desertion. he mid, as once before she had been away six years travelli in the west. Since she went in 1898 he had received a-rletter from her |i she admitted her fault, burt said that her roving disposition made home un- eagant to her. Mrs. IAllie Perry was granted a divore from Ira W. Perry Monday ay Judge Zach- on. She also secured the custody of her 17-year-old son, Ira W. Perry. and $100 a month alimony. is the secretary of the Ira Perry he testimony in the casc showed to Mrs. Perry in April, HE 1S THIRTEEN AND UNLUCKY Lawyer Semple Charged With Coun- terfeiting May Go to Prison With Twelve Alleged Conspirators. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18.—John L. Sem- ple, a lawyer of Camden, N. J., was placed on trial today in the United States Dis- trict Court before Judge McPherson, charged with aiding and abetting Arthur Taylor and Baldwin Bredwell in making, issuing and attempting to circulate coun- t $20 notes. Semple is the thirteenth man to be ar- ted in connection with the Lancaster, . revenue stamp counterfeiting conspir- acy, conceived by Jacobs and Kendig, ci- r manufacturers of that city, in 1897. ine men have gone to the penitentiary after conviction on charges growing out of the qenayeracy. and three others are in the county prison awaiting sentence. MANY WANT THE HOLY OFFICE In the Midst of Religious Politics and . Bcheming the Pope’s Health Is Tenderly Cared For. ROMB, Nov. 18.—In spite of persistent and apparently well founded denials that there is any imminent danger of the pope's Gisease the air is full of speculation in- dicating that his end is not far off. Rumors of intrigue and silate-making, which it is impossible 10 keep from the crevice of the a tside, exude from every aa Salously guarded inner precincts of the ae ey 4 DEPEW'S CHRISTMAS WEDDING The popes closest personal attendants in- faithful valet, Centro, one chap- and one minor prelate who constantiy tenderly guard his material comfort. Ss m are served in his private apart- Ment at @ small table at which none other, foont @ crowned head, may sit down. No nine hand may tend or soothe the august invalid. Tae Senator Will Go to France to Wed and Will Return at Once to Washington. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—Senator Chauncey M. Depew says that his wedding will take place on Christmas day. In an intervéew he states: “I am going down to Charleston, 8. C., make an oration at the opening of the -1, Then i am going to Wash- ti remain saip im Wasbinaton Unth the Benate journs for the boudage, which wil be et date I will start for New Y earliest a fe I wil to Ll pe ge - on which day I 0.0 MAN SLAN ONT Jobn Bonner, Riverman, Found in Pool of Blood. MURDERED IN LODGING HOUSE JOHN FARRELL’S CLOTHING SPOTTED WITH BLOOD. Mrs. Mary Leach Heard a Scuffie in the Room Where Farrell and the Aged Victim Slept. John Bonner, a riverman, 60 years old, was brutally murdered in a room in the O. K. House, a hotel at the corner of Franklin avenue and the Levee, early Sunday morn- ing. When his body was discovered his head and face had been beaten almost be- yond recognition. John Farrell, 58 years old: Charles Wil- son, 60 years old; Annie Bell, 35 years old, and Rose McGee, 40 years old, were ar- rested, pending@n investigation of the af- fair, and locked up in the Fourth district police station. The police have a heavy stone cup, cov- ered with blood, found in Bonner’s room, a broken blood-stained lamp and a blood- Stained handkerchief. The cup was found under the lounge in Bonner's room. on which Wilson slept Saturday night, and the handkerchief under the bench in the cell in which he was confined in the Fourth district station. The lamp was found in the room occupied by Wilson, across the hall from that in which Bonner was mur- dered. The woodwork in Bonner’s room was covered with bloody finger marks and oe Saree zeeey footprints leading across e Ww a . r ’ eine een Bonner’s and ‘Wilson's John Farrell came to St Louis F from Cairo. He met Bonner and Wie in the bar of the O. K. House Saturday evening. After drinking at the bar for awhile the three went up to Bonner’s room About 8 o’clock Sunday morning the police were notified that Bonner had been mur- dered and arrested Farrell and Wilson, and later arrested Annie Bell of 712 Carr street and Rowe McGee at 516 South Second street. When arrested all four admitted being at the O. K. House Sunday morning. When taken to the police station blood Stains were fcund on Farrell's undershirt. When asked how the blood came there he became reticent and sullen. Before that he had talked about the meeting with Bon- ner and Wilson with apparent frankness saving that while he had been with Bonner Saturday night and had s! in his room he did not know the cause of his death. Had Known Victim 80 Years. “When I got here Friday,” he said, “I looked up Bonner, whom I have known for thirty years. Wilson was with him and after we had a few drinks we went to Bonner’s room, where we stayed drinking untill o'clock, when Wilson went away. Then Bonner and I went to bed. Bon ; ner took the bed and I slept on the lounge. About 3 o'clock Bonner woke me up and cont me out to buy drinks. I went to Vilson’s room and stayed there until 7 o'clock in the morning. I do not know whether Bonner was in bed or lying on the, floor when Fe the room.”’ arreste Farrell's f scratched and bruised as if he ‘had been app ting. ml gy pay hn the police that he ow ele, e had come by the To Capt. Boyd Farrell admitted . } that ad been sentenced to a life term in the but lean Minn., penitentiary for murder, oe een pardoned after Serving eight Bonner’s body was discovered b ’ s ) y Charles her He made the following statement fe the police: “1 met Bonner and Farrell - the O. K. House bar Saturda night. I seve lived in the house with Benner for « years. We went upstairs to Bonner's roots on the third floor. We had a few rinks and at 8:30 o'clock I went to m own room across the hall. About 3 o'’cloc two women came to my room, woke me and asked me to buy seemed to hav ner’s room to treat 7 ays 4 in the room and I felt my meg over to the sofa waste Farrell was sleepilg and : wen ack to mv r where we Stayed until 7 o’ Bing - t o'clock, w ent out to breakfast. |] noticed thee woe - wd rag Sl ~~ Scratched and asked him gw BA e said he did not know how “Atter breakfast we ieft the w a se y ot mag house. I went epancie is e 0 Bive him a drink. me lying on the floor. I called areett on peip me iift him. I had to call him twice don't tha oe he came he said, ‘I 6s dead.’ Then I went ¢ t and notified § the police I t knot , don't whether or not Bonner was mutdered tT Heard Scuffling in the Room. Mrs. Mary Leach lives on the second floor of the hotel directly beneath the room occupied by Bonner. Mrs. Leach told the police that she was wakened early Sunday — by scuffling and loud talking in the room above Then she heard a , * . man cry out, “O, God, don't kill mé.” After that she heard the sound otf a body falling ad tee a Later in the morning she en and women si “ ing in Wilson's room ae . K. Burch, proprietor of the 0. House, stated to the police that went to the bar about 4 morning and bought paid with a $10 bill. fluence of liquor and his face scratched as if he had been fighting. When the police arrived at the rund that Bonner had been shockingly murdered. His face and henad were crushed and brulsed, his eyes blacked and his nose broken. The furniture of the room was broken and scattered about. as though & struggle had taken place. had been torn from the bed and with blood. and the blood-stained lam When Annie Beil and hy. Farrell was found. ose McGee were in Wilson's room early in the morning drinking, but denied all knowledge of the murder, saying that they did not see Bon- ner during their stay. Bonner was well known to river had been running on the Mississippi for ears. He was recently on the sieamer ‘dney, but two weeks ago left and was to = 0 work for the Diamond Jo line next CLEW IN STRANGLER MYSTERY Policeman Under Suspicion at Evans- . ville May Be Placed in Custody. Special to the Post-Dispatch. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 18.—A police- ‘man, suspected of the murder of Lena Ren- ner last Monday, will probably be arrested before noon, An impyrtant witness whose affidavit is desired is missing. If this wit- enh eaniint be found thm werent wine bee n and THE LEVEE ENDS LOVE'S DREAM tie black mask that fits over the eyes and o'clock Sunday iod of capturing his robber was striking. liquor for which he | jt was a remarkable case of turning the Hie was under the in- | tables. house they | | The coverings | , were damp | Jetferson avenue. Wilson's room was broken open | arrested they admitted that they had been BURGLAR'S MASK - — Wife of Man Whom Doctor Foiled Tells Her Story. QUARREL AFTER DISCOVERY HUSBAND WAS UNABLE .TO EX- PLAIN ARTICLES HE POSSESSED. ——— Left His 17-Year-Old Bride When She Insisted on. Knowing Why He Kept Masks, Pincers and Wire. The dream of love of Alice Byrd. of .1911 South Jefferson avenue, a 17-yer-old , St. Louts girl, who married Arthur Boyers on Sept. 19 last, was dispelled three days after their marriage by finding a burglar's mask in her husband's trunk. She demanded an explanation and Boyers said the mask was one he had worn to’ mas- querade balls at his old home ,in: Lynn, Mass., and that he treasured it because of. its blissful memories. , Later Mrs. Boyers demanded . other, ex- planations of her husband with the ‘result that they separated after, six weeks. of, married life. : In the month intervening. Mrs. Boyers has not seen her husband. ; She did not hear of him until iast Sat- urday night, when she was. informed. by the police that he had been arrested for highway robbery and that’a’ small black } mask had been found in his pockets when he was searched at the Soulard street po- lice station. I heard that I was giad we had ,” the ld the. Post- Wire in Trunk With Mask. ‘Why, he’s little and’ lame and’ foolish for trying to rob any good-sized man. “T knew that he had‘the’ wire that he tried to tie Dr. ‘Henry’s hands with. He had it in the trunk :with:the* masks.. ‘He DR. R. Yo HENRY, Who disarmed, in thrilling encounter, to by Hays. a eer Oe also had a pair of pincers and a quaniity of feminine wearing apparel in the trunk. He had a bolt of brown veiling, some hosiery “T discovered them alla few days after we were married. There wefe three or four full face masks and then this one lit- nose. “He had explanations for all the articles. He said the articles of feminine. apparel were presents he had given to a former sweetheart who had returned them when they decided not to marry. “ite said the masks were old keepsakes, that he had worn them at his old home and they brought back many pleasant memories of his younger days. The pincers. and the wire, he said, he. needed in his business. “One day I started to trim a hat with a piece of the wire, but-he told me that he needed the wire. “Well, we didn't get along and he left me Oct. 19 not sorry now that he left.” Mrs. Boyers is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Byrd. She !s petite and graceful, with a girlish figure and rather a pretty face framed with an attractive shade of brownish hair. Her eyes are blue and there are dimples in her cheeks. Footpad’s Plan Was Unique. Highwayman Arthur A. Boyers’ method of robbing Dr. Robert Y. Henry Satur- day night was unique. Dr. Henry's meth- The highwayman conceived the idea of, hiring a buegy and inducing a physician to take a ride with him on the pretense that a sick person needed immediate at- tention. The rest of the plot is obvi- ous. Bovers Galled at the homes of several | hvysicians, who were out, before stopping | n front of Dr. Henry's home at 2027 South | ‘There's a sick woman at the corner of! Nebraska avenue and Utah street," said) the man in the buggy. “She is about to die. and I want you to see her at once.” “As soon as I can order my buggy,” re- turned the doctor. “No need to do that,’ said the stranger. “Just fump right in with me. I've got a fast horse.’’ Dr. Henry remarked to his wife that he did not like the looks of the man, who wore his cap pone down low. He handed Mrs. Henry $70 which he had in his nena Then he stepped into the stranger's buggy. “I'm afraid she'll be dead before we get there,’ said the driver, just before e reached Nebraska avenue, at the same time pressing the chill muzzle of a revolver against the doctor's temple. Orders Doctor Out of Buggy. “Don't you try to shoot,” commanded the highwayman, ‘‘but hand out all the money 0 a $1.75, all pe had hone = ig Dr. Henry handed over 3, family —and e otherw wa Eee command. a evenrer.¥ appendage to his name the witd'gnimals of the chase’ oi. the site of the’ World’s Fair Sun- day Have Known,” is with a camera—he has not used a gun far years—he would not kill the humblest ani- mal—for he loves them—and they speak to him—speak in the oldest language on earth—the talk. and naturalist herself, Post-Dispatch representative entered the World's Fair grounds Sunday to interview the animals. many others were too busy but all left messages thai cocpearet fined in the pens near the } hem Bs ny s Repeat Seton bugle at the Odeon : u y know the man who tried to rob him. imagine a hideous noise somethin the shriek of a steam whistle an ner call .of a call—one of them. do you do?” came up to salute. and other articles for feminine use. ed the battle challenge—a hoarse op to mortal combat that set the bull elk pe like an angry 4 with that fellow. a? he : friend when Mr. Seton leaned over the rail- I wasn't sorry then and I'm in ERNEST SETON, NATURALIST, H WITH A POST-DISPATCH CAMBRA. "> - we Pe Ba bad + Ww THE ns oe oi rs of Khon, > oe A, © £4 hm ' ERNEST SETON, Naturalist, bugling at the chargin EE ETT E'’U-- Along the Muddy Banks of the River Des Peres He Finds Traces of Many Denizens the Torest. the Thompson side—‘‘hunted” uisiana . Pur- Ernest Seton—he has cas Mr. Seton, author of ‘“‘Wild Animals I an inexorable hunter— language of tracks—the sign his wife, an artist Mr. Seton and a Mrs. Grace Seton, were at home— to be seen— the great in- of the animal world transiated. Mr. Seton bugled at the elk, con- lake. People Some-of the animais Let others between the din- hungry calf—that is the elk the elk call. The first call Mr. Seton made was a “how The big elk liked that and Next Mr. Seton sound- ing shorthorn. ng over to the dos pen Mr. uted the mating cail--the tote of Then ed Seton sb triumph that proclaims the trumveter mon- arch of the herd. The bull elk couldn't endure this. He charged like a runaway street car, straigh, swift at the human figure outside the fence ee strange human figure with the elk voice.” ° Crash, the bull elk butted the tall fence and a piece of his horn, 4 inches long, flew over the barrier. “T’m elad I am not loose in the woods He's a bit vicious to- said the animal man._ bear over at the pit recognized a g. He came up and tried to rub noses. ‘He looks like Grumpy—where's Johnny Bear?” asked the naturalist. “Burr-fr-r g-r-r-r," called a voice from the neighboring cage. Shows His Ugly Teeth. “Hello—a badger. ed Mr. Seton. “Gr—rr—ru—gr,’’ said the gray showing his ugly teeth. **Bloo—bloo—bloc—yu,'” something “Ah—my old friend the bluejay Mr. Seton. ‘‘He's a fine fellow, th Ho-—badg—bac jay—always joyous—gay of heart an age. Let us follow him.” The bluejay’s flight ied straight heart of the World's Fair site. The naturalist sank to his knee in the muddy hc'low of the Des Pe 2 “Here is the record of the anim#@ ‘ive in the Fair grounds. All beast: here for water—the path of a river hunter's guidebook. See—here is th: sage the muskrat left." Mr. Seton pointed to trace of trac ‘“See—here a nice old mother m Came down to,the tender willow show her children how to make t living. She has weaned them and is ing them woodland craft. : You can see omy one hig-mrus8kTrat —but see the Httle ifidentations h That's where the little muskrats falls and cunning! “Here—see a multitude of mu —one large track, many impressioi small feet—that —the muskrat stop seeenee her ttle ones gathe er he warning word. Let us !ook abou ere it is,” Mr. Seton cried - with a tart. “Se mo foxes dr ily he *" was nose would t Inte the woods went could 4. Hungry wi raturatist. that og one, = ‘}munk, ‘gop World's ness,’’ sal Sees Traces of Many Animals. paltatig nin a ne —_ fattest nutsify ery—and the : ‘oaks—the | Pin nuts grow * ere But the uplands. were for’ sight Down to the creek bed where the,animals , Was the comprar’... big coon. 1 greece: fisherman’ ‘than Grover ‘Cleveland. Notice how the mud is’ cuit in water édge. tells Ring Tail] fished and dragged the craw- |write their histo “Look, here’s _ He’s a ne Mall, $ sharp lines -from the" fish out to bank.’ fat drakes. “Here is the ' mink minks—they are killers; th for blood alone—minks are t left a wilderness, a now live here are natural state, put in the same pens. acquaintance with our more and lderness now. wilderness— no trees are ashes and marble—sparkin cascades had ent his rm den dens laid bare by the a started back tp the. city. head hunters and game hogs “It's a vity that this fine park can't be hunting ground for the naturalist, a home for the animals that “I wish the World's Fair establish a big animal exhibit’ as»part of the fair, not a menagerie where the beasts . but a fenced park where all wild things can appear in something like their For. sake of room. all ani- mals that live together In peace could be Such an exhibition would attract many persons and a better little .brothers of the woods would lead us to consider them mg them oftener.’’ The walk had led to:the outer edge cf the for the Res > UN — led f ANIMALS IN FOREST PARK - rd gs elk in Forest Park. ; Photographed bythe Post-Dispatch. ~ » > * ‘ alan speaking of “the 5008 om f r ‘ , a8 - ir bea ig hi etre owl sweet the nk, more, Inste ner weather is ed. There was the pans and ~ ponds Monday with a 7 S temperature Sy 27 degrees. ys » 3 6 “4 be ee Sete 4 ae WP aad Me *. _ d ’ ' ; ee hd ‘ S eetiietcdtiadiicdiandicmmend . % > dated Sept. 30, 1901, are identical in the following particulars : First, in ap= pearance ; second, absolute weight ; third, specific gravity ; fourth, freezing’ point ; fifth, chemical reaction ; sixth, spectrum analysis ; seventh, a i¢ potency, and eighth, toxic value in producing tetanus in lower animals. The nontoxic serum, drawn Aug. 24, agrees with the toxic serum in any of the above characteristics. _ a - The presence of tetanus toxin in the diphtheria antitoxin shows neg- > ligence upon the part of the health department in the preparation of the = said diphtheria antitoxin and in the issuance thereof. | ae ROBERT M. FUNKHOUSER, Coroner; FRANK BOOGHER, M. D., JOHN T. FITZSIMMONS, Deputy. Why did not the coroner look up the ords and learn the exact of t given out, and the dates of distrit He would then have leagues aes ne tec number of bottles _—— out n0t '@: the number filled m the Aug. % ar ing: Then how could he Foun penton supposed to have heen ¢ “The experts’ sta that _ e could Pe mien in a » Tr days is a a -eurprise ta. rience of. veteriuarings trary, as was shown Dy inquest."* | HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S Health Commissioner Starkloff® the city on a hunting trip. In his Charles W. Francis, assistant missioner, is in charge of the He said: ¥ action «as I deem to ‘city has been stopped, the case is one ‘of emergency, and [ may not id for several days on the action wi should take.’ . —Y SUMMONS FORK Texas, Where Train Robber Is Wanted for Murder. —— Chief of Detectives Desmond received capias Monday morning for Ben ‘ from Sheriff Howze of Paint Rock, 7 where Kilpatrick is wanted for the mm of William Thornton. ‘. ’ bait “SR, 2 . Sta oi Set a os eae - Sine em Se we = of eS bat a ne? CA ba * - “f shall read the repurt of the ex ane we, the coroner's verdict and then take | eee my duty “As the manufacture of antitoxin the a et og Br ; 7 ‘ id ” Ps *., ia > tae. a eo ga Te ae bie hy Vi ae ek: Ae, 9 oe ag y "St SS ery pe ‘ ek Poa re — : c - = - This testimony shows that the health department owned a horse ~ named Jim, stabled at the Poorhouse Farm and used in the preparation of the diphtheria antitoxin. Said horse Jim developed tetanus on Oct. 1901, and was at once killed. Blood was drawn from said horse Jim Aug. 24, 1901, the serum of which was nontoxic. Blood was again drawn from said horse (Jim) Sept. 30 (during period ‘ot the incubation of tetanus), the serum of which contained. 2 Walk health department — ae. e£5 chet Pas ™ we ~ 7 * a Pe iM mhe % at g K % A ps ae \. ee - +4 . te . a ; oct ie e 5 Chief Desmond Receives Capias From 2 a ~~ KEEPING SLOT MAGHINE FELONY ’ : he - . ; ei Set - 9 ‘ 7 Lad ” ? Lg - a ee? =. + ote = Me ay ae . oy = nr te 3X SB to Se $ : a eA 4 aie { hi & § ae ” , Pi : oe 2 ‘ z i“ , ‘ Prosecute in Police Court. charging him with keening a slot. The assistant prosecuting at that he was averse to wy Atvorney Dyers acion it necessary. “The law makes it. a f tain a siot machine,” sa * ‘out po inrw sil send a mar to the itentiary for keeping one. The puniat is too heavy. Mr. er will in the police court and I am make this graver charge. HORSES, VEHICLES, 1 “4 ? the New York Horse Show Opening. : NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—The New horse show, * cf f , - ~ ae ¢ - ¢ ce 9 <= Bs Because City Attorney Would Not ht A warrant as issued Monday against . a H. Darlington of 22 North dway oe Fashion’s Latest Decrees to Be Seen at 4S .) Py 1 ae we <P baie - = ae : vs 4 BS ity * “ 4, - * “ re! nae,