St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 16, 1906

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NEGRO MASHER FINED S100 UN GIRLS STOnI Misses Bertha Gross and Grace Morgan Say He Followed Them,

PERSISTED IN TALKINGINO ONF IS PROSECUTED | — nee -- oe Would Pass Them and Then Wait Until They Came Up.

WAS CAPTURED BY RUSE

Negro Ran When the Police- man Appeared, but He Was Caught. Yohn Woerrts. a negro, 28 years old, fined $109 by Judge Tracy in City Hall Police Court Tuesday on a charge of ‘mashing.’ He was accused by two li- year-old white girls, Miss Bertha Gross of 2310 Wugenia street, and Miss Grace Morgan of 2513 Dayton street. The giris, both preity. were frightened when they were asked to tell their stories. They were neatly dressed, each wearing a skirt that reached to her shoetops. Miss Morgan wears giasses. Miss Gross, who ts rather plump, wore « tourist cap and short jacket while Miss Morgan, who is tall and slender, wore a blue skirt and jacket and a brown felt hat. Both girls had: their hair in braids down thei backs and looked jike typical school- xirts. Miss Morg Was somewhat clearly and v: ypudly. "We were walking strvet,”’ she said, Union Station when id us. He walked stopped and eved us as we passed him. Then he waiked past us again and stopped agal.i. and at Twenty-first us... “Come with me. pee were “seared

somewhat story first. She but she , . ier iold contused, “an spoke west along Market “and were in front of this man came up past us and then he spoke to he said. not reply. st reet girls,’ and did licéman whom the girls spoke to, tate d south and went to Walhut street. The mah still followed us and we weni yee: * to Market street and turned west to Jefferson avenue. Met a Policeman. “There we met a policeman and told him. He said for us to walk down Jef- ferson avenue and he would follow and would arrest the man if he annoyed us. We started south along Jeffgxgon ave- jue and had gone about a ck, the mun still walking near us and eyeing us, when the policeman came up and arrest- od him.” iss Gross told a similar story. liceman Dundon, who was the po- said ‘ that he followed the girls and the man along Jefferson avenue until they met Policeman 'Paylor. He said that Mor ris was clearly following the girls and that his manner was offensive. When the po- liceman approached Morris ran into an alley, but was soon overtaken. Morris denied the girls’ story. He said that he had not seen them until after he was arrested and denied hav- Ing been on Market street. He said he was looking for work when arrested. | is a serious matter,”’ said Judge Tracy to the girls. “I do not want vou to make a mistake. Are you sure that this is the man who followed you and spoke to you on Market street?’ The girls said that they were certain and that they could not be mistaken. _ 1, of the Ninth Cavalry dui 5% Es Bes: ) xe hae Se “+ Bite tha past 4 hours have becn “I will fine you $100,” said the Judge. Mrs. Mary Morgan, the mother of one complainant, and Ed Gross, the father of the other girl, were in court, but aid not testify. Says He Was a Soldier. After he was taken back to the prison- ers pen, Morris said that he owned the property where he lives at 304 Lawton avenue. Ue said that he was married and asked that a message be sent to dis wife so that he could arrange to appeal the case, “f was formerly a member of Troop and I saw serv- and the Philip- six years ago l had saved, Awton avenue, I was ever in and Lam not guilty jee in Cuba. Porto Rico pines. I leit the army and paid $2500, the money for the property at 3004 7 Thig is the first time such trouble, Gs this ti in time.”’ hen qu stioned regarding his ty rns a Morris was uncommun ontive. Ho that he went to Cuba on the Maine ana was in Havana when the tm ttle- ship was blown up. When asked to ex- } how he. a cavalrymen, had been on the battleship, he declined to answer et SN eet oe tn CLEAR SKY, BUT - COLDER WINDS Nee ern I ren nee nn -

A pretty, unob- jectionable sort of winter weath- er Is just ahead. ~ The'skies wili be “air and the > Seraal will loweP, it will be only, ‘@ litle b e Wi'tan er Wednesday, 4. forecast: ana “Fai _ &lightly colder ‘Tuesday night: Ininimum temperature pes) degrees: Wednes- day fair and warmer; north. Westerly winds Shifting | s0utherly —_ nesday.”’ The high winds in the Misstssipn} Ohio Valleys and the leke region to

‘lur- ey ey ede of a storm reenter of : _dntenstty from lowa to Lake

Was MVLAUGHLIN ADMITS BURNS WOUNDED nM —~ - ae nee. ST-DISPATCH ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING NEWSPAPER WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. eaine:,_-.. —- NO. “148. ee a ee emer a a a rn re nn ew re - Ss eee “ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, "1906 Re re PR ICE (3 Louis, On Two ‘Cents.

ee | ajyet. Tv, » Flee said ‘} aid ' Diuetiirecd ii vi°nout Wir bias re~ Mien as umbrella raised,” see the young man to Adele Hie wernt stopping. and Adeies walking in the middie. mark about the young in not apologizing for the collision. Adele said she was gtabbe “tanned fell on the sidewalk. It was dl wid. _ ryhetyr + i i yer Pk it daone aleew

hurriedly that Ll hardly Kow happened,” . eee Be SN ae ee ee a Sea ms 5 ‘ys ee ere Sur Posse -7 R ee a ee ee ce | a a SUED FOR DIVORCE de- |}

SE EE Se Ee eee ee | | UR HELD ABANDONED ae -->}---~ Relatives Are at Chicago Mer-. chant’s Bedside Awaiting His Death,

'QUICK TURN FOR WORSE Brief Rally Had Given hope | iy Ve | he iJ; Children t Quad | ! ittial is employed during the week | | F ight ; 1 Other fect order by cit «] Woman Knocked Down and Her j,, t bei rope, bei | Tuesday Was; t} Dis- | ny an | the |

the hos- , | lsaac Then | to Millionaire’s Rela- tives, NiCW wunced ‘ield’ Ss ? his LUE. . dan. iil oO Lt }) friends ».—-[t that up Was iili-e } Hi, ¥o } ; it had Siven al hope ant recovery, Augustus WN, condition Field’: hye Lio] days rocinaly nds blouse vers ir,eé land last few iol to nis bedside today, and sony his friends who were not at ft} were summoned there = this aiter- bulletin issued and fornial Dv billings short): was Janeway afternoon SOLS SrOW!h Wol'ss: and becom: art's ve ver, Ww. Gs. hotel today, den had been called by make hi hat he will Mr. Field's will affairs him before thick business were put in that hye tyes touched no USinNe ess tatters since his return ala ufte: susidenly Ur. Fr While he Mr. Field's sifumation ? le LOOK an ymidition shortis Mr. Fie urn for ft ld's fs Worst ming Tc ype temperature ] ryppid rj iyvsielal st? rnnouneed that, il] COVE!TY, he ‘ lings, ryance ot , misidered the ‘Te WaS SI alarming. [t was 1 lune Mi the that both a Yected by to this eontined enorted have been pre ui disease has ad was holdin! esplte the was lia op te S strength trie been Orie lung. Mr. Forel at li Wwe il, fi the «: ested area, and pia tnite spread HE CONSCIOUS. ee A LOR A CO AO Folk Refuses a Pardon. (70V. Folk refused a Sakowski. a St. Louis formerly at #2 South Second stréet, who is serving a two gseritenee Im the Penitentiary tor stoion pron- erty. The Sakowski hy Judge Moses Sale, Rabbi Messing. Rabbi Well-known persons ‘buesdas vears’ receiving petition Ru bbi Sale Harrison. and Post- Digpaic.t in dav are greater of St. Louls homes. “First im everything.” = t. Louis each ifaw pe number

eT A A A RN BROKER PRIOR'S IRREGULARITIES THREE MILLIONS

Banker’s Committee Completes Investigation of Affairs of Cleveland Frenzied Financier Who Killed Himself When Discovery of His Doings Was Impending.

TOTAL FORGERIES ARE | AN EVEN MILLION

, % 7 a 7 Counterfeited Complete Issues of Municipal Improvement Bonds Which His Firm Had Bought From Cities and Put Them Up As Collateral for Loans. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 16,—Aceording to an official statement issued today by the Bankers’ Committee investigating the affairs of Denison, Prior & Co., the bankers and brokers who failed several days ago, following the suicide of Leland W. Prior, a member, the liabili- ties of the firm, including the forged bonds, put out by L. W. Prior, will aggregate $3,000,000. The out by the Bankers’ is as fol- lows: “The total Nabilities, forgeries, aggregate three million dollars, and there are val- id assets either in the hands of firm collateral of about and-a-half milllen. “This total of three million about one million of assets and liabill- iles in the and Cleveland bond Cepartments, not heretofore heen taken into account, as the bonds in the bond departments are good and valid bonds largely hypothecated and more than umple to pay obligations against them. “Mr. Denison was in Boston last Bun- day and had shipped. on to be turned over to the romething over fifty thousand of good securitiees which was al) property in the possession of the firm in Boston.” Forged Municipal Bonds. : securities forged by Leland W. Petr amourt to even million dol- lars. This disclosed by the investi- gation of the Bankers’ Committee. Teland Prior's bond forgeries began time in 184. In that year Deni- statement as Committee, given In part, including all approximately one- or up as includes Boston which have receiver the The it? is sore

LAWYER'S. CRITIC. Marshal : ‘Man Who Interrupted Prose- “BUD” } ‘Must Serve Six Months Drs. | cis Ey sy filanse I and { per- |, he left Chicago | genera] | from! .., ank Bill-) thought | es werd him ‘ *? 4 7 > wd $ Miaci€Ciean abt | I his Figl | : ; Mield’s! oguid not find what he wanted and said spread " morning | i | ‘ing ' $e je Se baweett ; hours ‘take roaking his wardon toi ‘ he merchant, | compar hon Was Signed, ; as ‘ eitith other ! : > | bu ok Prior & Co. were the suecessful for a $i00.Q0u issue of the 4 water bonds of © sold these and was close pressed for funds, a duplicate $100,000 set of the bonds which his firm had handled and nypothecated them for loans. This he repeated again. Then he did the same with another issue of bonds which his OO ene -_- per The Prior issued Canton (‘anton, firm when tater he

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firm had handled—the issue of Sharon (iva.) bonds to pay for sewer construc- tlon. This issue amounted to $100,000. hie later forged another issue of these bonds. . Next Prior forged two issues, each of $250,000, of a bond which his firm had not handilcd—the Alpena, Mich., water and light bond. This made up the mil- lion-dollar forgeries of Prior. The late ter iseue led to his detection. Prior sold none of these bonds, but simply hypothecated them, borrowing money on them as collateral. All the time he was hoping that he might pick the right side of the stock market, that he might be able to pay back the loans for which the forged bonds were up 48. collateral. He was unable to do this. | Accordingly. on last Tueedar, ehssshett went to « hotelin Cleveland. and shot himself to death.’ The next day is brokerage firm clo: #! its doors, a con mittee of bankers took eharge of its af- fairs aud began the investigation which was concluded today. %: BUFFALO BROKERAGE FIRM OLOSES DOORS. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan, 16.—The offi- ces of William F. Dever & Co., steck — brokers, are closed. Edward Brady, manager, and princi- pal stockholder in the concern, was said to be in Boston. No statement as to the cause of the suspension could be secured at the offices. The firm did not hold membership on any of the stock exchanges, but handled a

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cuting Attorney Walton's Argument Sentenced. ————— FAWCETT GUILTY for

Stealing Purse From Store. WV ii} resujted ith a “ - ~ a men VM orklho: “Bud lifting, in the ths ae ti as of shor WHl- {‘ourt eriticized enison, a srreetator loudly Dalton Criminal Correciion, Attorney and was Ww cutting to Jail ft rT days fir COrNtEewy. ‘ RECN tent. eel mi Of stealing Anal Cloak (Cin, With a eompanion he en- » and told Kime tha fancy of the most ¢ xpernsive s kind in stook and he and them very sii tive —— a Miss Was } ' Siie syleeworna;», “u high-grade purae. Sonie Companion examined warefuily. Minally he Faweett iold Miss Pent he would go to another store. As he walked out Migs Ponti saw a price tick- hanging from his coat pocket. Go- through the stock she found that @ purse war misao. gave the police a description and i\ wae arrested a fe later in rlop Alley. Tuesday's trial Fawcet; did not] ihe stand in his own behalf. In’! argument to the jury een Attorney Dalton said: young man is Innocent. #5 hej why does he not bring in hls io testify in hie behalf?” Mr. Dalton vaused for a reniy. Puck in ibe aucience a man aroree. He meteady fin “TT at the Proce- ard a Py ou Oring him

She of At ting “ar this Suave fe ts, pasititedd a ' Attorney wont % Te A em “Why in, your. wer Seni A erethe al deputy ypecta tor Wiliam ** Jradge Moor areal tie brought before the bar, After giving tile name as Denison and hie address as “nowhere, j ; aheriff vale he wae sentenced to Jall for 10 days.

} faith was die : Satisfied him, wi fe sought an 6x jarge stock business on margin in 80 branch offices in New York State and RCE RSAT a

- - ee — eo ORMON LEADER RECANTS FAITH Professor of Theology in Brig- ham Young College Resigns, Causing Stir. ~—

‘POLYGAMY THE OAUSE Says He Found Practice Flour- ishing in Mexico Unre- strained by Apostle. SALT LAKE CITY, W. M. Wolfe, professor Brigham Young College. a Mormon Ine stitution at Logan. Utah, has catleed « stir in Mormon ecireles, according to «4 Logan dispatch reeefived here today, by renouncing bie bellef In the Mor- mon faith, refusing to pay tithes and: severing his relations with the colleges” * According to Prof. Wolfe, as he fs quoted in the dispatch. his change of to a trip to Mexico, which he said, that the Mormen Chureh had receded from the Woede . ruff manifesto and reinstated polyen- Utah, Jun. 16, of theology in | nous marriages. He found many young women who had recently entered inte ' the plural merriage relation with leade - ing elders ef the Motmon Chureh, Prof. Wolfe is quoted as saying: “The Mormon settlements in are closely in touch with those of Ari- zona and in each case polygamy fe practiced as freely today as it ever Neg: i been,” Prof. Wolfe ie quoted as nation of ditions of Apostie John Heeler” asking how these polygameus - rages could be reconciled with — Woodruff manifeste, and he ik ed as quoting Apostle Brith ae | lowe: “Whe. Brother Wolfe. do “iy understand that the mantfeste war a trick devteed to beat the devll at | ows), game?’ Prof. Wolfe is the sen of @ Fivutiy'y woe rian clergyman. After enigagtia ia ie newspaper business he eame te (ith ge % vears ago and Became ae convert: By” Mi mrMOn se. ioe The apler of the Povat - -Diapate: in | es Louisa cach day are grenten than | number of St, Louisa ho tes. “Firet in everything,”

Mexico.