St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 2, 1906

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- §T. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1906 — U. L. Piggott, as His Own Lawyer, Questions Wife Who Sues for Divorce

Q. Where did you find that young fellow you gti sap brought home? ee A. I met him through my friend’s brother at Delmar Garden. Q. Who is the young man who went out with you and your friend when you went to Delmar Garden, A. My friend had a gentleman there to take care of her and she came to the house, as she was going to leave St. Louis, and asked if I would go with her and I went with her. Q. What caused that young fellow to leave? Did I not drive him off the place? A. No, I do not think you ever did. Q. Did I hit him with a soda bottle? A. You might have. Q. Didn’t I buy those clothes you have on? A. I don’t know whether you did or not. s SS

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ARTICLES OF AGREEMEN WHICH MEN SWAPPED WIVES ARTICLES OF SEPARATION, PANA, Ill., March 24, 1906. Articles of agreement entered into this day by and between ena.

WIVES WILLING TO BE EXCHANGED

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Fred L. Jackman of St. Louis traded his wife, 41 years old, and the mother of six children, for the 21-year-old wife of J. M. Mosby, a farmer living near Pana, Ill., according to allega- tions in a warrant sworn out at Pana, on which Mosby has been arrested. Written contracts, drawn up by a lawyer, recorded the sep- aration of the couples, the com- “mon law marriage of the hus- _ bands to each other’s wives and the adoption of Jackkman’s five children by Mosby . Mosby’s only child, a girl, ‘placed by agreement in the cus- | lody of his young wife, is be- _ lieved to be in St. Louis with her mother. dJackman’s daughter,.a Mrs. _ Betterton, lives on Fyler avenue, “hear the southwest city limits. ‘When a Post-Dispatch reporter talled there Wednesday it was _ Stated that Jackman’s where- .. bouts was not known. _ Mosby, who in his effort to Avert prosecution, told his story the assistant prosecutor of Vhristian County, was at once ar- ___fested and was put in the Town _ gail at Pana. Mrs, Jackman, who _ By her contract with her husband ne took the name of Mrs. Mosby, is ata farm adjoining the Mosby 4 place, where she went when she Meard of Mosby’s arrest. _ The remarkable exchange of marital mn terests and privileges followed an ac- _ quain which began during the past _ Winter on the rented farm of Mosby, th Shelby County, five miles south of where the Mosbys resided. ackman, who is 44 years old, went to on Mosby's farm. His family of Went there with him, and the ar- ment was that all should remain oth until spring. | : "Mosby Liked Children. “Mosby, although but 2 years old, is ery fond of children, and found an en- nent in the society of Jackman’'s ren which he had not found in that f his one daughter. The little ones bllowed Mosby around the farm, and he younger of them, won by a greater iness than their own father showed them, soon began to call. him’ ”

* Be 7 7 in his admiration for the children osby included their mother. He lin- red in the kitcben when Mrs. Jack- was helping there, and found hany occasions to consult her about he children’s work and play. ‘This interest in another woman would have been annoying to the 8 pretty young wife, had not she an object of interest aside from husband. The attachment between er and Jackman, once begun, grew even aster than that between the more odd- ‘he possibilities of the situation be- obvious to all four. The young

T. M. Mosby, party of the first part, and Allie Mosby, party of ’ the second part. Whereas, the above parties on Aug. 12, 1902, were united in marriage by their legal contract, and whereas, also, it is the desire of both that said contract be terminated, and also whereas - there has been born one child, who it is desired by both shall remain with the said Allie Mosby, it is agreed: That from and after this date, the above mentioned contract of marriage shall be and is forever terminated, and shall and does from this date forever cease in every particular. The parties agree never again to live together as husband and wife, and never again to charge, either against the other, the duty of husband and wife, and each re- leases the other, waiving their respective rights in every manner and particular, even as to property, social, religious, moral or legal rights or duties. | It is further agreed that the child shall be and remain in the » custody and contro] of Allie Mosby alone, and all the rights of Janies Mosby as to said child are hereby forever released. ee This contract and agreement executed in duplicate. Signed and sealed by the parties hereto, the day and year above writttn. Tt. M. MOSBY. ALLIE MOSBY COMMON-LAW MARRIAGE. PANA, Ill., March 24, 1906. Articles of agreement entered into this day by and. between T. M. Mosby, party of the first part, and Sarah D. Jackman, party of the second part. Whereas, the said parties are widower and widow respectively, by contract, each to the same extent and in the same manner and capacity, Be and, Whereas, It is desired by and between the parties hereto that they affect a jointure of their respective interests and live as married by and in the rites of the church; be it agreed: That the said party of the first part shall become, and by this agreement is, the common law wife of the first party, and that they shall have toward each other all the rights and duties of husband and wife respectively, and that the children of the said second party shall be considered the children of both the parties hereto, and that from and after this date said second party shall take and bear the name of the said first party. 7 Aa This contract and agreement - executed ip diplicate:” Signed an sealed by the parties hereto, the day and year above written. T, M. MOSBY, “ SARAH D. MOSBY. Similar agreements were entered into between Jackman and his wife and between Jackman, and Mrs, Mosby. of CIAL EXPLAINS. 0 U, SYSTEN Miss Bresnham Takes Stand in | Her Suit for $20,000 Damages. Miss Kathryn Bresnham was on the witness stand for several hours Wednes- day in Judge Finkelnburg’s court, testi- fying in her suit for $20,000 damages against the Prudential Insurance Co. The suit grows out of her acquittal of the company’s charge of embezzlement. She wore a white shirtwaist, block skirt and a natty blue and red turban. During her testimony she usually looked at the jurors, turning her eyes from them only to look at her attorney. She gave a history of her three years’ employment with the Prudential office in this city, where she began as a ste- nographer and afterward ame cash- fer. e said that for.a time there was what was called the ‘‘slush fund,”’ which was used to make advances to agents. This fund had amounted to $800 or $1000 at times, but when Supt. Miller went to New York and was succeeded by F. Fulton, the amount was cut down to TUTOR HIDING IN MICHIGAN FOREST Muskegon Police Believe They Have Trailed Alleged ~ Wife Poisoner. Special to the Post-Dispatch. MUSKEGON, Mich., May 2.—After an investigation lasting 12 hours, the Mus- Kegon police believe that Prof, Eric Muenter of Harvard University, alleged wife murderer, is hiding in the woods north of Muskegon. 7 He is believed to have come on the Goodrich Line steamer which arrived here Monday afternoon. INQUEST ORDERED ON MRS. MUENTER’S DEATH CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 2.—An in- quest into the death-.of Mrs. Leone Muenter, wife of Prof. Erich Muenter, for whom the police are searching, was ordered today.:: Traces of arsenical poisoning are said to have been found at the autopsy ree cently held over Mrs. Muenter’s body. M. COREMYKIN I T0 SUCCEED WITTE 9 ST. PETERSBURG, May 2.—The res- ignation of Count Witte as Premier nas been accepted. He will be succeeded by M. Goremykin, former Minister of the Interior. The official announcement of the changes in the Cabinet will be made to- morrow. Privy Councilor Goremykin was Minis- ter of the Interior from 1895 to 1899 and has taken a prominent part in Russian eg life, especially during the revo- utionary period of the last few years. His administration as Minister of the

When this sum was exhausted she said that, by direction of Fulton, she used the receipts from premiums to advance money to the agents, taking their “I O Us" for the amounts. These bits of pa- er were usually indorsed with Fulton's’ nitials, she Some of them were paid, some were deducted from the salaries of the agents and some were not paid. This caused a discrepancy, which amounted to sev- eral hundred dollars when Inspector Boyd arrived to look over the accounts. She said that Mr. Fulton asked her to tell Boyd that he, Fulton, knew noth- i of the I O U system and she did tell this to Boyd. She said that she got $200 from her mother to make up a part of the shortage and that many of the IO U's were taken from the casw drawer and put in the safe, though she retained several to protect her if there should be a criminal prosecution. She said that before she was dis- cha and arrested she told Inspectir Boyd that she had told an untruth to ‘a

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ANIFE oe Ae! ae oe eee y PB Rhy eg: = a ee - ie wee bide ats ees é RRO ae ee a arts OMe ES : byte espn dinna Ky: 4 - ste: ‘Sak mer, fond of the five children and ir mother, could easily support them on the farm, a task -which their ghtful protector had foutid too hard fr him in the city. And the other hus- ind, more blessed with children than th the fatherly instinct, once rid of s burden, could make a happy home F the young woman who was tired of rm life and eager for a chance to live it was Jackman who first gave ex- easion to the idea. He one day in ireh suggested to Mrs. Mosby that y should bring about an exchange of ghly pleased, the young wife and her took the plan direct to her hus- ie older woman was the last of the Se > Neg iw —eeS , 0 | P re Ps: .—l—7?e a BORN! OED aa Si ea : ea it Ao © oD fae DEN SC Ee Big ae oS a if Be ely Fe io eh Ba Se oh cee. Rae cal ert bg; sete: boas Sa ee ty? ht into the.plan, and | ferred : e : : ; , protect Fulton and that she had not ap- Hey gpg any money and that all she done had been with Fulton's knowl- and in accordance with the system a in va office. 88 nham said that since leaving the Prudential, where she received $11 a week, she had held one brief posi- tion at $7 a week and another at $10. She was not allowed to say if she had been questioned about her arrest when aski for work, nor was she allowed to tell how long the jury was out when she was tried on the criminal charge. She said that at her trial Fulton. Boyd and Fo wey policy holders testified © cross-examination of Miss Bhesn- ham was be mY bes introduction of records and s 0 , ineutlictine we ve company and the witness of entries by her. © testified that the money vaid by policy-holder was taken to pay the the entry of some other pol- whose premium was due at office. This method was re- y Attorney Bryan, represent- Sh one to

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Fell on Carving Knife Which Was Part of Trea- sured Set, R. H. Clifford, aged 50, known resident of Ferguson, St. Louis County, was almost instantly killed at his home on Elizabeth avenue Tués- day night by falling on the upturned point of a piercing his a well- heart. Hie had started stumbled and fell was the first and His wife his side, he dining room, on the steps. person to reach heard him fatal wound. It had been his habit for the past 15 years to carry to his room all the hand- some silver used in the service at table and on the sideboard. Tuesday night, as usual, after his wife, Mrs. Nannie Berthold Clifford, and their children, Robert H. Jr.. Berthold and Katherine, had gone to thelr rooms, Mr. Clifford collected the silver in the silver- basket and started upstairs with it. Among the articles was « handsome carving set, one piece of which was a hand-carved, silver<mounted knife. Mr Clifford tripped and fell on his way up- stairs.-and this knife, with other arti- cles, fell from the basket. It turned point upward as it fell and Mr. Clifford fell directly omits blade, which pierced his heart, causing internal hemorrhage. The clatter of the falling silver was heard by Mrs, Clifford and her two sons, who ran to see what was the matter. Mrs. Clifford was the first to reach her husband's side. He was living, but could not speak, and one of the sons was hurried off to sum- mon Dr. J. T. Douglas. Mr. Clifford died within a few minutes. He was a dry goods broker and had an office in the Burlington Building. He had lived in Ferguson many years, as received groan ee $90,000 Fn ARMINGTON, ILL. Town Appeals to Neighbor Peoria When Elevator and Church Burn. °,.—Peoria Was ap-

PEORIA, IL, May result of a fire which destroyed the Verry elevator, the Methodist Church and several residences at Armington, a small town in Tazewell County.

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eS Ulysses L. Piggott Acted as His Own Attorney and Inquired Into Plaintiff’s Acquaintance With Other Men- and Her Allegations of Cruelty avid Non-Support. Ulysses L. Piggott turned from tar roofing to the law when it became necés- aGefend the suit for divorce had brought against him. He conducted his own case in Judge Douglas’ court, cross-examined his wife along more intimate lines than a lawyer could well have done, cross- examined her witnesses, put his own witnesses on the stand and examined them, and went on the stand and told the Judge his own story without a law- yer to question him. Ile conducted his case so well. and kept so well within the ruleg of evi- dence that Miss Gratia Woodside, attor- ney for Mrs. Piggott, found occasion to object to questions only three times, and withdrew one of her objections. Vhnen the case opened Piggott had a front seat. When his wife, quite a good-looking woman attired attractively in black, teok the stand and told how her husband had used bad language to- ward her and had not paid ‘le bills and had subjected her to _ indignities, Piggott listened intently. When Miss Woodside got through questioning her, Judge Douglas told him he could cross- examine the witness if he wanted. to. Piggott had not knywwn that he could go to work on the job without a card in the lawyers’ union and was taken by surprise, but he was equal to the emer- gency. Settling back in his chair in very lawyer-like fashion he dived into the subject in a manner that caused Mrs. Piggott some consternation. to his wife sary which Severe Cross-Examination, “Where did you go when you went out in the evening?’’ was his first ques- tion. “Sometimes visiting and sometimes ! would go to her house,”’ answered Mrs.

Piggott, alluding to a friend who had been named in her direct examination. Q. Didn’t you go to Delmar Garden? A. A few times. Q. About. what time would you come in? A. Sometimes I would come in at 10:30 and sometimes later than that. Q@. I know of several occasions when you came in at 1:30. Miss Woodside: I object to that. The Court: You can tell your story afterwards. Q. Was it not two or three nightsS a week you were out? A. No, sir; I may have gone to see my friends at their house some evenings. Q. Where did you find that young fel- low you brought home? Where did you find that friend—he came there to board after that? .A. Well, I met him through my friend’s brother at Delmar Garden. Inquiry About Young Man. Q. What was that gentleman’s name?

A. His name is Wolfe. FAIR ADMIRER BROUGHT FLOWERS TO COURTROOM ~

i tn De we But Love Waned After Hig Aéquittal and : Friends Spirited Her Away—Companion — Held Passers-by at Pis 7 Re “Point While Crowe Searched House. oe OMAHA, Neb., May 2.—Pat Crowe, who was acquitted of kid- naping Eddie Cudahy Jr., last night fought a ‘pistol battle with the Omaha police, and escaped after a dozen shots had been fired at him. He is believed to be wounded, and police are searehing for him today with warrants for his arrest. 7 The trouble arose over Hazel Montgomery, a pretty woman ~ who became iniatuated with Crowe during his trial for kidnaping — young Cudahy. flowers and delicacies. She attended the trial daily, brmging Crowe — Miss Montgomery evidently tired of him . & § as soon as the glamor of the trial wore away. Crowe has been searching fof Miss Montgomery spirited away by her friends. Last night Crowe went to the resi- dence of William Warren, where he thought the girl ,could: be found. He battered down the door, stood the War- ren family off with pistols and searched the house, but failed to. find her. He told the Warrens he would return later and kill them all if Miss Montgomery was not there. After midnight Crowe returned to the Warren house. Meanwhile two city de- tectives had arrived at the house and ’ ‘ of the Warrens waited with a pistol. When Crowe arrived he brought a friend, who stood in the street and forced several passers-by to line up, fearing they would give the alarm. Crowe attempted to batter the door down, and detectives within began shooting through the door at him, The window upstairs was thrown open and the officer stationed there also began shooting. Crowe Forced to Run. It got too hot for Crowe, who turned and ran. As he passed the lower win- dow Warren fired three times at him and he was seen to stagger, but Kept on running. The police and Warren then chased Crowe down the street, firing as they ran, but the fugitive ou distanced them ana escaped in the darkness. All policemen were this morning ordered to watch for Crowe, and warrants for his arrest have been issued. Crowe's feud with the police is bit- ter and of long standing, and they are determined to capture him. They have no clew to his whereabouts. CROWE ACQUITTED AFTER CONFESSING. The acquittal of Pat Crowe, who had confessed, in a letter to a Catholic priest, that he had kidnaped the son of Edward Cudahy, the millionaire packer, and had received $25,000 in gold as ran- som, aroused a storm of indignation in

Q. Who is the young man who went; Omaha. The jurors in the case received out with you and your friend when you | many anonymous A. What | to leave went to Delmar Garden? young man? Q. You said a young man went with you and your friend to Delmar Garden? A. No, I never said anything of the kind. My friend had a gentleman there to take care of her and she came to the house as she was going to leave S8t. Louis and asked if I would go with her and I went with her. ©. You said that you paid all the bills while I was there at home; I did not contribute anything? A. I did pay bills and you know I! paid bills with the ex- cery bili is standing. Q. How much inoney did I have when

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FORMER. MAYOR'S WIFE ENDS Mrs. Robert Finch of Toledo, 0., Takes Poison While Husband Sleeps. Special to the Post-Dispatch. TOLEDO, O.. May 2.—Mrs. Robert Finch, wife of. former Mayor Finch, ended her life this morning by swallow- ing carbolic acid. She arose early, and without waking anyone dressed and went downstairs and drank the acid. When her husband arose he discovered her dead. Melancholia is attributed as the cause, She left five children. BONAPARTE’S PTOMAINES. Secretary of Navy’s Illness Due to Food Poison. BALTIMORE, May 2.--It will be several days before Secretary Bona- parte can resume his official duties. fy is sufferirfg from ptomaine mand

BIG DEPARTMENT STORE IN BLAZE

|Fire in Meridian, Starting in Frame Building, Causes $100,000 Loss. Special to the Post-Dispatch. MERIDIAN, Miss.. May 2.—Fire de- stroyed the immense building and stock of the Winner-Klein Co. whole- Sale and retail department stores at 2 o'clock this morning, causing a loss of over $100,000. The loss ts practical- ly covered by insurance. The prevalence of high winds threatened a& general conflagration, but heroic work by the firemen pre- vented such a@ catastrophe. One wa- ter plug blew out, handicapping the firemen in their work. It is announced that a handsomer and larger building will tmmediately be constructed on the site. The fire originated in a frame candy store immediately in the rear of the brick store, by

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letters, warning them the community within 24 hours. Crowe's trial was the sequel to one of the most sengational pursuits in ecrimt- nal history. He was tracked from city to city, always slipping through fingers of the scores of private and municipal detectives on his trail, He was captured finally at the home of his brother in Butte, Mont., and was re- turned to Omahe for trial. His convic- tion seemed a foregone conclusion, but the jury acquitted him even after the Court had allowed the introduction of his letter of confession a5 evidence the this letter Crowe pleaded that he ven immunity from criminal prose- eclaring that he desired to lead He made a clean breast of the kidnaping, and the fact that the letter was surrendered to the Omaha authorities to be used by the prosecu- tion created a sensation in Catholic cir- cles, In be gi cution, d

CONFESSES MURDER

OF EIGHT WOMEN Dresden Workman Says He Killed His Victims Within Seven Years. DRESDEN, May 2.—Max Dittrich, a leather worker, confessed today to the murder of eight women within seven years. BOSTON “FROSTS” GORKY. BOSTON, May 2.--Maxim Gorky’s friends in Boston pre hawsng = end of trouble to secure a hearing for him. After Tremont Temple was closed to them, they undert hony Hall. but the Ma ing neues _ building now rcticaan Tee, onder whteh cream: the m b ) stance no Heense is req bade yA

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Pond North of GCa- rondelet Park. ~ Apparently Tied Hands to vent His Jumping From Lake. With the hands tied in front with a clothes line, the body of Lawson H- Millerof ¢616 Ala%ama avenue, 7 years old, dav from pond north of Car- a District. The police began dragging the pond Wednesday after evidence had been found that a suicide’s body was in the water. Thomas Dwyer, led to the water. cwner of the pond, said he had seen a Tuesday afternoon. The police believe the man committed suicide, and tied hia hands to his changing his mind and jum ont of the water. It was evident that the knot was tied with the teeth. The old man wore tan flannel under- wear. and shoes, socks and trousers had long gray halr and whiskers. FAIR AND A

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HUNG COAT NEAR WATER was recovered Wednes- ondelet Park by police of the Mounted LITTLE COOLER OLD MAN TS AMOS, ORO Police Recover the Body From “Tt 98 $ * . keeper of the park, Tuesday evening sawacane sticking in — the mud close to the edge of the pond, © A black double-breasted coat hung on the cane, and a black, slouch hat on : es top of the coat. A pair of gold-rimmed “g glasses was beside the cane. Footsteps ~ Zebold Fonderic of 3800 Kansas street, — gray-haired man sitting by the pond ~ ° = bo % 7 + Fine Weather in Sight With —