St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 29, 1906

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Seventh Edition” PAGES TODAY *FINST IN EVERYTHING” |. oo COURT SPARES (ACCUSED LABOR HIM, BUT MOB | LEADERS DEMAND LYNCHES HIM) ANGTHER JUDGE Angered by Law’s Loopholes, Men Charged With Former Gov, Steunenberg’s Murder Cite Louisanans Execute White Murderer. 26 Reasons. tn E-dition “FIRST IN EVERYTHING.”

eek + be sae . y MONROE, La, May 29.—R. T. Rogers, -\@ white man, once convicted of the -|murder of Jesse Brown, was taken last -4inight from the Madison Parish Jail at -}Tallulah by a mob and hanged to a |telegraph pole. - It is said that the mob went from this ie¢ity on a special train over the V. S. & "iP. Railroad and numbered about twen- \ity-five men; that they forced the Jail, | gecured the prisoner, accomplished itheir work before their presence was ~\known or any alarm could be given and departed as they came. here was no excitement ~The execution was orderly -jand no other lawlessness of any twas committed. : It ie true that the train was made up -4n Monroe, but that the mob was or- ‘ganized here and composed of Monroe é ople is stoutly denied. The supposi- was born. The young couple took in many of the social affairs of the and were universially . Mrs. Tennent’s brother, Scott. was married to a daughter win H. Spencer and for years Mr. Mrs. Tennent were the life of the clrele in which they moved. Jack Tennent was devoted to ou sports. He was an pon wees, Sas ball “‘fan'’ and wae teur player. When automa oR popular he bought a high-power in which he was Sa ieee whatever. and quiet, kivid

tion is that the men were picked up at jstations. along the road in this and |Richland Parishes, where the murdered et had relatives and friends and was well known. Tallulah is 65 miles east of Monroe and 21 miles west of Vicksburg, Miss. Gov. Blanchard Acts. It is understood that Gov. Blanchard cit has been communicated with ae Baton ' Rouge. and that he has asked that the

of their guilt. The fact that Judge Smith is an ap- poir.tee of the Governor is set forth and the allegation that he is subject to the influence of the Governor is made. The manner of drawing the grand jury in this county also is attacked.

nest Peugnet and L. B. Peugnet, the Captain’s son. Price said: ‘‘As soon as the Captain saw his wife he began abusing her and remarked that he ought to put a bullet into her on ac- count of the way he had treated her and the way she treated him. “After that remark he became pretty feeble and we thought he was going to

Jack Tennent was well known to the devotees of bok 7 aseball in St. Louis. For years the Tennent Shoe Co. y He particularly hitter, his

lines, kept things .moving and was the life of the game. shone as a pinch - splendid shoe company’s sensational failure. Jack Tennet was well known in. St. Louis, where he was born and reared, Since he entered business he has been active in social and club life and was a familiar figure in the gayest circles of the city. Handsome, talented, gocd- natured, he was popular and well liked and hundreds of friends are grieved at his friends had any ie Mr. and Mrs, many. delightta to each other and their estrar was @ surprise to their friends, lieved that it was temporary a# due to Mr. Tennent’'s altered conditions. Soon after the cc the Tennent concern the you a reporter for the Post+Dispa’ he was a | A ge penniless and must seek a position somewhere. THOUGHT DEAD, SHE LIVES Therefore Suit Over Residence Park Is Renewed. Judge McElhinney at Clayton has granted a new trial in the case of Leon- ard D. Groves and others against Al- bert T. Terry and others, in which the title to 28 acres of land in Overland Park is to be determined. The new trial was granted on the ground that in the decision which was made vesting the property‘in Terry a mistake was made in the statement of facts filed by the attorneys for both siaes in the presumption that Mrs. Mary Todd, wife of Albert Todd, who at one time owned the property, was dead. It has since been learned that she is liv- ing. but is a non- resident. The defendants have taken an appeal from Judge McElhinney’s ruiing to the Supreme Court. ee AC A LAD ry be called immediately in spe- It is reporeed that the names of nearly all the mob members have been secured and that a vigorous . prosecution will be institutéd. The murder of which Rogers was ee occurred on the night of Feb. 1 rhe murdered man was a merchant of Girard, La., a small town 18 miles east of here. He slept in a room in the rear of his store. The store was broken open and he was shot to death as he sept. The bedding was set afire to burn the house down and conceal the crime. “Some months elapsed before any clew was obtained. It came thretch a letter from a negro accomplice, who had fled to Mississippi. He wrote a rection of Jack. Last year his team entered the Bu Men's League, of which he was . elected president. k played first base and was manager. The Tennent nine as- ily won the 1905: pennant. Doing one thing at a time was always his way on the: field and whatever, he did while directing his players h well. When he was not playing he was on the cua o—______-_-

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‘AGO, formerly 2a by Being Thrown Upon the Methodist Epil Wire Fence ed guilty to a e! ‘Do you remember her saying any- and was sentenced her being at Sandusky A case of shocking brutality is being in the Penitentiary Abel was former pastor of the Ham- man who w aa | Inventignted by the police following the |death at the City Hospital of Johnnie mond Av re yee eihodist Episcopal Rathmann, 4 years old. The child is a Church in thi 9 md later was pastor son of Joseph Rathmann, who boards at of Trinity shurch, one of the largest of es ‘aend lation in the city. 1850 South Ninth street. The boy and his brother had To his second wif “Abel was known as boarding with Mr. and Mrs. “Clair Clayton,’ uM it was on com- plaint of her moth that he was ar- Hertel of 155 Lemay Ferry road, took him to the CHI Abel. Ride in Crowded Carriage.

in the chinaware business, remember whether? she had him on that occasion.” ‘What did she tell you, if anything, about her relations and how familiar shé was with gentlemen up there, young or old men?” “Well, | know that gentlemen up there very don’t know wh ther she knew timately or not. Henderson been Charles Luxem- hospital

rested. WARME a THEN A NICHSHOWER Miss Albertson told of having gone died in great pain Morday Bure

she knew some well, but | them in- bourg, who Sunday. Johnnie many instances accepted And in are the STANDARD.

‘xan army of October, 1905, with Mrs. Peugnet in aiearly Sunday, and, when the nurses un- | = i, FB crowded carriage. She was asked w ho | dressed him, they found his body coy- | Weathe ‘Man. t € ronters “Well, my step-father, Mr. Jones, Mr. = , O Estell McHenry and a little friend of; which were beginning to heal. Some | The Weather o the Front! ‘t, Mr. Chouteau_ and myself.’ i es bo you know Mr. Chouteau's first | nie could not explain the burns, but h keraen cage liane ; ve the were caused -by bein, eniling breezes an Pierre Chouteau,’’ was the indow of the past few SALESMEN WANTED answ | thrown from aw ae —" JHE STORK Burt 2 4 ‘aye in rising Columns of “What did you notice about Mrs. | wire fence. His father visited him a ts tines that “3 \INT THEY S ‘able sum- “For God's sake. are you going to a send me to an insane asylum, wh ® LUTE EH heat by y en i tt He was taken to the hos ‘ ee All that is needed home from the Veiled Prophet's ball in)" artennaeer BAR Heise Rain, but No \ 6 Siow, Says itch ney stapriather, Mir, donen’ Mr | ered with bruises and jagged wound« ~ To Jame ran mine, Mrs. Rodney Jones. Mrs. Peug- | them appeared to be from burns. ‘Joh: — . 2ah.u promises | a A few lines in the nanie ?”’ | said cuts MY BuT ISNT ‘Lan upon a barb: , Pe pete 3 conduct in ene goto. hl | the hospital and seemed shocked +: "THE PARK ZO. | it: m : sa here were six of us in the carriage. : ition. a: 5: eidioh a ¥6 ' Post-Dispatch Wants Sitting on one side of the carriage was | &ieved to learn 7 one eu , best Emp! tB H Mr. Estell 3cHenry, ‘my little friend,| The little fellow was half delirt (The best Employmen ureau Here- saat sinesday. have talkeg to you as any sensible wom- Will produce all the Mrs. Jones and myself. On the other | when taken to the hospital, but } “TO THE FRONTERS” side was my stepfather, Mrs. Peugnet! .,:;04 temporarily under treatme an ever taiked to men? Are you really he forecast: You may care to send ‘ Mr ure” Ceanteaee ay in Sood pet ‘adn stammered & fairly coherent a | eoene°8 do hat. Tar the way I have from the Planters Hotel out to my house! count of how he freceived the scar Mm ocwers and ; Proved to you tha am as sane as any Whenever Johnnie was whipped he w: > ably . thun- woman in the world?” on Clemens avenue. We first stopped at The child wife was haggard and nerv- Louis Club to let Mr. McHenry stripped and the lash applied to h ) mc )6CUf'‘orms=—s late nude body, he said. He told of bein Be ay night | tne St . O the Front ! out, and then we drove out to my house. mi aye Mh a mrgyee a Wounds My little friend, Mrs. Jones, got out with thrown from A&A window against wha “sticky fence,” and shoo} Wet nesday. .rmer with young wife arrived tn an atite a o'clock. The machine was at block away and she walked to the dence accompanied by her : law. She wae dressed in and was heavily veiled. The funeral exercises, conducted | be . Rev. Courtpey Jones of the W Groves Episcopl Washing-| The family has siffered a great deal preme Court set aside the verdict and “How about men? What‘were H Advise ing up their fine home at oe wee recently, and the lees said about De ordered a new trial. lations there with men?” at — With Counsel, ton boulevard. @ack called his father’s; matter the better we will all A ro ge va venue was asked and i “T never saw her do anything myself D q P K ' Hi home his home, and when he was in pleased.” granted and the case was transferred except to be jolly.’ wancxt Pye adh oe ‘ staye f e ne NTO the Front ! yee: i208 ec BODY BADLY " Sasond Ws Chir S:Louls he saved at the Webster! with her brother and sister-in-law for eled and the evidence begun when net?” she was asked. BRUISED abou ree wee _ aire judge, F. X. Ransdell of Lake OR SHOULD BE— At she al C : eneied St. ee Tr a | was named after dge, F. X. Randell of Lake ip eae “Did you have any talk with her Cl ton ather, John H, Tennent, was born Providence, a brother of Congressman Khon about where she had come from that : ‘ ~ eK Ee psi Sunday evening Jack reached St. Louls > at Aniaht Big on re) nsde received a telegram ny exceptio morning?” , Z| Richmond. His firm had | “*T®: ter finishing School he beca announcing the death of a member of To the rule “She said she had been at Sandusky ‘Lad Sal Woun 8 May#29,—Almon: Clarence , on his way %o Asicnm an employe and later an officer in the his family, He ordered the jury locked ST tront nad ro aaa ' d d Were Caused Mrithent - minister“of Child Wile, Accused of Murder, instructed him to return ag a now ins Tonaeme Shes Comenny and nate would like it. She was there with dec Sc ‘ead- of samples, and for new instructions, at concern un S collapse Bag po thoea jury discharged and a DOWN! some one, but I don't remember who.” | 4 F a. ont 8 Begged to Be Spared ae Pai! LD at Sn ee “Leake an ee 7 Attorneys for the defendant, on recall! | > an indefinite term From Asylum. way to Richmond. Explanation of Over-Drafts. | of the case, entered a plea of former ALL The young man went to his fathers; At the time of the ee Se state- ' Sun-| Ment was made that Jae nnent'’s risoner was ordered discharged. The thing ‘about L. home at Webster Groves and spent tate appealed from this non and it on that occasion with a Josephine Terranova, charged with the} gay evening talking with his father and account withthe concera Was over ates’ Court hana — s+ cvoagg Su- ) murder of her aunt, Mrs. Concetta Reg- Young Tennent at that time admitt P was ARE but I don't Mrs. Tennant’s aunt, who lives with; that he had drawn money In excess © = the two other prisoners. ) ee The commission appointed to ascertain|them. He seemed to be in his usual cupinin, tk einai a x oo mn _ Peg aceoseer gle jail at Shreveport alt whether Mrs. Terranova is insane re-j| .peerful spirits and talked encouraging- vay able him to support h “5 e On - On whose evidence Rowere was convicted | I T. F. Quality ly about his business prospects and the | involved amounted to $20,000, and » at the first trial, was guaranteed im- formerly had hallucinations as to her st ‘bal, os “a ane mit 4 Pars Aa ad . a's s an balance ¥ mone e ha « conduct in killing her uncle and aunt, occupying a room on the third floor. vanced to the company. ‘ . and still has them, she is able, in their Monday morning Mrs. Johnson, whore the shoe MRS, GELBART WEDS, opinion, to consult and advise with her! room was Givoos ‘low the bee Z ‘u- he mpany Was - financial straits some ps Saab ried by Jack. heard groans coming from)time ago he had borrowed $20,000, Mrs. Selma Gelbart, - divorced wife of As such a condition satisfied the re at . -\niehtmare and she went vostairs to} This loan now figurés tn the Habilitie .. Attorney Bigmund Gelbart, was married quirements of the law, the trial pro-/| waken him. When she entered Ria r«on lof the bankrupt concern. 4 Monday to Robert Diamont at ‘St. ceeded. lehe found him In bed, unconscious W. D. Coles, referee in the honk Mis. Johnson gave the alarm and a i ruptey proceedings against the Tene The three commissioners appointed by “ ~ by Rev. Robert McIlroy of the Method- Carter. W hen - ping reache] | Trustee Abbott obtained a sub! ena ‘ the house he fornd that @ “WAS OX- 1 f¢ T 0 ‘gt sch ho 1 sanity finished late yesterday afternoon, | tint. He so informed the family and raiiie mas hye Floer snow ng sien Fah Fup pg Sie having examined all the medical experts | then notified Coroner Koch of 8t. Loui®| over to the United States Marshal for ; and the girl. Before the girl was taken = “name was mentioned in the Gelbart di- from the courtroom she stretched. out Dead When Doctor Arrived. James Hotel seeking Mr. Tennent, ©’ voree case and he figured in stormy id Tuesday that when|75@ Yours man was not found thare “meetings between Mr. and Mrs. Gelbart. preg a te apiters> ang the subpena was afterwards fe= A y he was present at a pistol ep!- he went to the Tennent home he was/ turned to Referee Coles marked, “Not ook part shown to the bedroom occupled by the ; —s the lawyer and his divorced wife young man and found him in bed * dressed in his night garments. The body signs of life. “T did not see any glass, cup or bottle in the room,” said Dr. Carter, “and did not notice any evidences of poison at b ed and I detected the odor of car- i Mr. Chouteau in the carriage. rhis was! boon called to dress the cuts. na acid. There was nothing further about 3 o'clock In the morning. | Johnnie's chapter of troubles began WEATHER INDICATIONS. | ; & «advanced Stent ttle Sedat Coroner Koch as soon as possible by about an incident that happenc din Bos-, Rathmann, the father, is a brewer, ] tward to the | Wednesday: risin, temperature. telephone.” :; } fon” worker, 24 years old. His wife, Eliz.- ae » ay Te t . ; } central portions Wednesday; fresh southeast | and interviewed the family and phy- wie! and I think she met a man by the | ip -hildren. and have another son 5 w ding his life the young ante of © t I [ SER CEES worn, the Eust Gulf sician. Before ending the nante of Cramm, or something like that, | Eddie, 6 years old. f Be ist, causing | Wednesda warmer Tu Tveaday night: cooler in: . I , weet portion anaas—Showers ‘Tuesday | known and had given no inkling of his pe Ag be Retina sp gent po aan cared for by Mrs. ee Simon of 185)! pt end Weds ie intention of taking poison. ne av e « i man of t. t} at cor ler n afternoon or night. 18S. HAVE South Ninth,street, with whom Rath pape Stern and Illinols— was “Fuesday night. pro bly fol. ” atc’ a * hen he was 21 and ene waa 17. » Ecst with any gentlemen other than | ¢ es Hertel and her husband, wh ra oe vane bo her hustand on that trip? emegy = Luxembourg, a subtérb eduth Ohio and . : a Tuesday | had been one of the most popular an Territory—Tuesday Ra ‘on he in Put-in-Bay while you Post-Dispatch reporter and spoke with = = t 4 . urs on "Atght_an¢ and | Wea Goentay ¢. vin} ea ele aes ton = | uring. (elms & NOUR 0 Bs nenday, pa: CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO, | CONTINUED ON PAGE TWo, “hs Bien wies elder the Fa | meen ES 6 a tll i al ~ouUls..

by mistake to another person, who 0 showed where her skin had been pierced va the called a therly: winds. St. Louisan tn Boston, ‘some time after marital disagreements lowg- Showe « esday night 4 W . “She toid me that she was there with ‘beth. ts 22. Ther were marriei seven antic ight ‘end ‘i ae and the St. Louisan took her to the ele- | Rathmann and his wife separated a * ; th lower tem- Nebraska and * Prominent familv as the St. Louisan. mann bearded. Seven weeks azo they | af se y lem igabiy. The marriage of Jack Tennent and em- “She cimply said in one of her lettars of Carondelet. ls. rising Mississippt Indian at the Mary Institute. Their courtship in weat | Auiantic. 3 , rego Mi! — 2 a EE AO BO eg RE a a ig 4 o