St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 10, 1906

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te jasted Seale: t gt « he suit is for - ee Seventh Fdition More Than We Use Is More Than We Wani’’ and a want ad. will sell it to advantage. TRY POST-DISPATCH WANTS. Your Druggist Our Agent. ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING NEWSPAPER WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. | Hh HT ———— ros VOL. 59. NO. 20. oT. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1906.—12 PAGES. In St. ot ks is. One Cent. PRICE ( outside St. Louls, Two Cents. EF DITIO CORONER WAD TOLD BLtts ILLED SELF ——_ On This Statement He Says He Allowed Body to Be Embalmed. AUTOPSY INCONCLUSIVE Carbolic Acid He Was Said to Have Taken Was Not Found. VERDICT HEART DISEASE Col. Blees Had Heard of Foster Sister’s Suit Shortly Before Death, Investigation by Post-Dispatch report- ¢rs into the death of Col. Frederick W. von Blees picturesque Missourian, who was found dead in his room at the South- ern Hotel Saturday night, reveals: - That the body was turned over to pri- vate persons before an autopsy was held by surgeons of the Coroner's office._ That an autopsy held after the body had been embalmed was not conclusive. That Coroner Barron released the body fo an undertaker on the statement that there was no doubt Col. Blees had com- mitted suicide by taking carbolic acid. That Col. Blees had told Dr. J. W. ‘Moore, his business associate and friend fn St. Louis, that he intended returning to Macon Friday evening. That Col. Blees had learned Tuesday that a suit for $130,000 was to be filed against him by his foster-sister, the al- Jegations of which questioned his ad- ministration of the estate of his moth- er, his foster-sister, Mrs. Julius Auler of Metz, Germany, having been a bene- ficiary of the will. That he knew this suit asked an at- tachment of all his property, including the Blees Military Academy, which was his pride. This suit was filed in the Federal Court at Hannibal, Mo., Thursday an@y is presumed that Col. Blees learned ‘the suit Friday morning... Suit to Enforce Judgment: $116,939 as principal, with interest, which makes the sum total about $130,000, which is alleged to be due Mrs. Auler from the estate of ‘Col. Blees. The suit was filed by At- torneys Muench, Walther & Muench of St. Louis, representing Mrs. Julius Aul- er, and is to enforce a judgment for the “mount mentioned, which was rendered the court of Germany against Von lees In speaking of the suit against Col: lees, Hugo Muench, attorney for the ntiff, said: “When Mrs. Blees, mother of Col. hak died in 1898 she left her estate to Col. Blees and her adopted daughter, Maria Blees. The adopted daughter was left real tate and 560,000 marks, which is about $137,000. Col. von Blees was left the re nder of the estate, which was valued about $1,000,000. ees was then a resident of Ma- went immediately to Metz co ete charge of the estate tor. he real estate left to the daughter was turned over to Col. Blees, but he brought the Yelonging to his foster sister to Cpe with him. ' Had Promised to Pay. “He had paid a portion of it to his sister, now Mrs. Auler, and had made repeated promises to pay the remainder, but had not done so. In 1901, Mrs. Auler brought suit in the German courts at Metz for the collection of the amount due her, attaching some of the real es- tate of Col. Blees in Germany. Col. Blees was forced to make a defense and went to Germany and attended the trial. - He lost the suit and was directed by the courts to turn over the money to Mrs. i= He appealed the suit and again lost it,’ ; Minke that time he had made repeat- Be promises to pay the judgment of the rman court, but had failed to keep his promises. Mrs, Auler, through the German Consviate, sent the papers tuo America and we were employed to bring the suit against Blees. “I sent a telegram to Col. Blees Tues- day and received a reply from him dated at Macon on Wednesday. Whether he was in St. Louis then and his secretary the telegram or whether he was in I cannot say. He ~ aga that we were going to brine the suit “The sult —¥ that all the property of Col. Blees be held during the proceed- ings, ~~ the Blees Military Acad- ng alewed that the funds fur- cl ly for the erection of the academy were - — of the money left to Mrs. “The ‘athens of Col. Blees died in 1895, leaving nearly a million dollars to him. His mother © aed in 1898, leaving about “when Col. Col. Biees aid his ome about rs ago, « father and mother a tae a niece of Mrs. Blees and she as their daughter dur- After the death of en Arthur Auler, a rmy. understand that Col. Blees had in- ney in various enterprises ce Beka matings, tak e. .He nsuran ee , about $250,000."" n’ was asked Monday why cts seen i i -mort |: rome a telephone messa seer the Hotel Saturda me that a man had died _“T replied thes I Biciery =~ © Undertaker o rem e y to A few minutes later I re- 00 nt to the lerwus 3 and asking Binge ta it nA to an under- he . there ~ — | awd i Soe | f Seepeese NEGRO ChASCD ALONG STREET BY ANGHY MOB _. _———— Knocked Down and Beaten Into Insensibility After Being Caught. PURSUED BY HUNDREDS Cries of “Lynch Him” Were Raised and Mob Constantly Grew Larger. BEATEN TILL SENSELESS Chase Followed a Quarrel on a Street Car That Began Over Seat, James Dun, a negro of 30 Johnson Street was chased at 1 p. m. Monday by two whitefmen with whom he had been arguing 6n an eastbound Market street car, from Seventh and Market streets to Highth and Chestnut streets. There a mob of white men and boys, ignorant of the cause of the trouble, but urged on by cries of ‘‘Kill the nigger! Lynch him!”’ struck and kicked him until the arrival of the police. The negro wis cut about the head and temporarily paralyzed by kicks in the Stomach. He was taken to the City Dis- pensary, where it was found that he was not seriously injured; and he was then locked up in the Four Courts hold- over. There wert no arrests made of the men in the mob, and the two white men who had been in the fight on the car mixed in with the crowd and es- caped, According to an eye witness, who saw the fight on the car and later followed with the crowd, the arguent started at Jefferson avenue. Dunn and another negro were standing on the back plat- form. The two white men, one of whom was tall and slender and the other short and stocky, were seated in one of the long seats at the end of the car. Dunn evidently thought there was room for him on the seat, for he tried to sit “down besife thé smaller w man. The little man wouldn't move “Move up,’’ said Dunn. “Go to ——, you black nigger, answered the white man. Dunn put his hand back as if to draw & weapon and the two white men jumped to their feet, and Dunn’s negro companion closed up behind him. The smaller man and Dunn began swearing at cach other and it looked as if there was to be a miniature race war on the crowded platform of the car. At this point a big giant in the uni- from of a fireman stepped between and kept the four men apart. Dunn had taken out his knife, but he put it back in his pocket when the bie fireman in- terfered. There was no argument until the car reached Seventh and Market streets. Here Dunn got off, followed b he white men. The white men dared Suinn's companion to get off too, but the neste refused and went on with the car. Meanwhile Dunn started west on Market street at a lively gate, and the white men started after him, yelling you,’ P“Stop thief!”’ The mob began to form immediately and when the negro turned north on Eighth street there were already half a hundred in the crowd pursuing him. Dunn, running at top speed, rushed in- to the Chestnut street entrance to the Oasis saloon at the corner Of EKighteenth and Chestnut streets, with the mob close on his heels. Meanwhile the cries of the crowd had become louder and the men in the sa- loon were just pushing out of the Chest- nut street door as the negro came plung- ing through. They staggered back in front of him and then recovering, half ats HUSBAND, NEAR ‘DEATH, SLAVS. WIFE'S FRIEND en I te nee eee Life, Shelbyville Merchant Shoots Bartender, TOOK TRIP TO ST. LOUIS Attack Result of Journey for Which Wife Afterward Was Forgiven. WARNED TO STAY AWAY Man Killed Had Been Told Twice “City Was Too Small for Both.” Special to the Post-Dispatecn. SHELBYVILLE, IlUl.,. Sept. 10.—With his wife's arms about his neck, begging him not to kill the ‘best friend’ nd, Martin Quigley, a merchant of this shot Frank Brophy, a bartender, the street yesterds even- she city, to death on ing. Quigley had twice was not “big third time Bro- began shoot- re- warned Brophy that Shelbyville enough for both.” The phy appeared in town he ing on sight. The trouble was the sult of a trip his wife took to St. Louis in company with Brophy six months ago. They stayed in St. Louis several days. Beliey that he was in the throes of an incurable disease, Quigley wired forgiveness to his wife when she wrote to him from St. Louis begging him to take her back home. She said she was sorry for running away. Quigley de- Sired his wife to return home to be a parent to his only son, aged 14, it is Said. He cannot live more than a year, it is believed. Wife Is Suspected. The enmity between the two men_be- an several months ago when Quigley before ing with Brophy. This was confirmed when. Merae “disappeared. Brophy is ten younger than Quigley, who is 45. For several weeks Brophy did not ap- pear in Shelbyville. When he did Quig- ley sent word to him that he did not de- Sire trouble, but that the town was not big enough for both. Brophy went away and remained several months. About two months ago Brophy returned and was again warned and he left the second time. Quigley caught sight Shelbyville'’s streets chase. Brophy As Quigley and his wife were standing front of the First National Bank 0 clock vesterday evening, Brophy returning from the ball gare, passed them. Without a word of warn- in g Quigley drew his revolver and began firing. Throwing band's neck, the man's life on gave of Brophy Friday and escaped him. in about 5 her arms Mrs. hus- for her pleaded aoout Quigley Her “Rest Friend.” ‘‘He’s the best friend I've got,”’ said to have cried. ‘Don't kill Martin.’’ Brophy started to run before the first shot was fired. The bullet struck him she is. him, ‘the a dozen of them grabbed him and al! together plunged through. the FEighth street entrance, pulling one of the swinging doors down with them. Out on the street the two white men ommediately grabbed the negro and, throwning him down, began beating and kicking him. administered kicks. Up in the window. of the office building and along the crowded pavements there were many interested spectators along by yelling. “Kill him! nigger! Lyneh him? ee ee sere AUTO WOULD NOT “GO; BURNED IT St. Louisan Could Not Bear the Gibas of Hoosiers at His Misfortune. Special to the Post-Dispatch. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. gusted because his automobile not run, H. E. Hille of St. erately burned the machine at Billtown, ten miles east of here, yesterday. He boarded a train here later for St. Louis. Kill the He said he was on his way from inaian- would. longer with it, and would render it valueless to , ot , and that as the machine apolis, not bother not work he would Yadhucane who tried to take possession While driving along the road the ma- | in , chine stopped and the driver tried vain to start it. A crowd gathered and the boys began taunting the young man. Finally, an old man driving a team of horses paseed, and asked him why he did not get an outfit like the one he was driving, or else walk. Hille beceime angry and asked much anyone woulia Offer fer the ina- chine. to the Collins Coal Co, store nearby and obtained a gallon of coal oli, peired over the machine and then set it! on. fire. atter watching his machine burn, the young man placed its number in a hand | satchel and boarded an Interurban car for Terre Haute. There is no H, E, Hille in the city ai- | rectory and no automoelie license has been issued here to @ man of that name. oo The mob closed in around | and as many as could get within reach | -ing and refused to be who helped things | ; al 10.—Dis- ; would | Louis delib- | how . He received no reply, s> he went?) which ne’ | | just above the hip in the groin, inflict- ing a wound from which he died in 15 minutes. Quigley fired Only md took effect. The shooting attracted the attention of officers, who started to place Quigley uncer arrest. “You can have him, him,’’ «lJuigley = said, walked home with not been arrested, has been guarded cape. tie has the V ili ie. Mrs. five shots. = Ello, Oe, I'm through with as he turned and his wife. He has although his house lo prevent any es- syinpathy of Shelby- was prostrate this morn- seen by unvone, was separated froin his wife a year ayo, since which time he has not been hume. His wife has not appeared the undertaking rooms where § the body awaits buriai. Funeral arrange- nienis bave not been made. Brophy had two children, one 8 and another 10 years of Quigtiey lsrophy age. Bropuy Physique. and weak. trouble in known to be COOLER AND FAIR TUESDAY ee was a man. of Quigley is small srophy had powertul of stature been in. much Shelbyville. Quigley was ot a quiet disposition. aaa tT ete eam, Monday Night Will Be Good |” for Summer Gardens, , we wilt accept n¢ cents from a child source, nor will we upon his account of his parents. Th bankbook, if it re awakens in the chi of proprietorship, a ambition is sown.’ A university extens lectures by St. Loul pe pe Last yi the settlemen? was ne is expected this yeat Weather Man imei: Saye. he . beat THEOSOPHIS1 will continue ___... Monday _ night, President Olcot he predicts cool- Chicago weather for \: hacucdtia The Be mero ot president of the In west Sept. Canadian North- ophical Soctety, arri: the Canadian Northwest is ex- pected to share some of the coo! Weather it been with Bt. by Tue ‘Though has having Louis sday. the has been with a retinue of f° * Periencing preparatory to the cfreezing tem - = convention of thnerature. Mon- Hundreds of Thelay’s forecast; over the .word will “Continued tonight, and tt Is expected tywarm will be the largest Pair ana Lon Souther- While She Begs for Victim’s Suspected his wife of improper relations lH. CLAY PIERCE, OIL MAGNATE, UNDER ARREST IN SHERIFF’S OFFICE AFTER PURSUIT OF MONTHS «Ta itn. ee ‘2 “9 en ee ees eee the Standard Oil Co, of New of the That shares ‘ a O., company on account of the Tex when, against his desires, Tan Buren, who held it in trust for That at the time of the entered into a specific respected, 1904, violated VNaters-Pierce Oil Co. part of the Standard Oil, but him nothing. .That the Waters-Pierce Co. Missouri with the Standard territory south of a point beg ning parallel with the Wabash thence taking in Boone County, River at Tipton, Kansas border line 2 | Oil at a point Jersey capital stock of the Waters-Pierce Oil ( That this stock, following the reorganization of the xas trouble been carried in his own name until the spring of 1994, it was transferred to M. the Standard Oil. reorganization agreement with Oil that the laws of every State in the Union should be but that the Standard Oil, its agreement with him and RW AT TENeN“TNTET TEEN WT, the That he protested against this interference on the his complaint availed had divided the State of of inning at Hannibal, Railroad to Centralia, crossing the Missouri extending thence southwardly directly Ee_y i: \ oo tl tt il Smith, belonged the territory by-the Standard. That the resulted in 1899, owns 2646 ) nol acts had in State pany. in 1900, had M. 1900 he been Standard in the in the spring of began an “affairs of the 2,667,362 gallons source from whi That the refiner of oil, The run- Indiana. That at which time owned 40 per ce That he manage On the part of spring of 1904. to the south of Fort DROWNED LEAPING On rEAnYBOAT Well-Dressed Man F ti Maudlin Antics With Plunge From Venice Wharf. Louis “‘lid’’ Sunday an unidentified man lost his life in the river at the Venice wharf. He was well dressed, wearing a Prince Albert coat of fine material. He crossed the In escaping the St. river to Illinois some time during the day. At 7:20 p. m., be- ing under the influence of East Side in- tuxicants, according to Police Chief G, W. Bennett of Venice, the man made a wiid plunge of six feet in an effort to catch the ferrybout Horace Gfeeley, which was preparing to start for St. Louis. He missed the boat by two feet and was drowned. His body has not been recovered. Chief Bennett first noticed the man about an hour before his fatal leap. At that time he was entertaining a crowd with performances with a short piece of bamboo fishpole. His pranks had at- tracted a seore or more, and the chief mingled with them to see what was the cause. The man's principal act was try- ing to lift the pole over his head and behind his back without letting go either end. In this he failed. One end slipped from his grasp and narrowly missed striking an onlooker, who good-naturedly moved to the other side. The next time the “stunt” was tried the other end slipped away and struck a spertator full in the face. The held. The convent Tuesday afvernoJn nd night. ly winds becoming @ortherly Tuesday. spectator became angry and when he said something harsh to the drunken pe rfor mer Chief Bennett spoke up. ‘This fellow doesn't mean anything. ‘an’t you see he’s drunk?” he queried. His Hat Bounces Back. At these words the intoxicated strang- er suddenly lost his temper. too. He looked hazily about, and then at the ferryboat, just rounding to. He rushed to the wharf’s edge, and made a frantic plunge. His hat, a dark brown derby, bounced back upon the landing and was picked up by Policeman Hogan. The man’s body never rose to the surface. Industrious efforts were made to save him. Chief Benett himself got into a launch and searched about in the wa- ter. The Horace Greeley’s distress siz- nal of four bells was rung and the crew aided in the search. The bystanders became active searchers, too. There was nothing in the hat to identify its owner. The drowned man weighed about 130 pounds. was about 5 feet 8 Inches tall and probably % years old. Shoe Polish as Weapon. Charlies Eiffert, property man at {he Columbia Theater, and Robert Dokes, a small negro who used a big bottle of a snow-white metal polishing compound in a fight with Eiffert, were each fined $5 Mongay in the City Hall Police Court for disturbing the peace. Capt. Pickel of the North Market Street Station saw the men fighting as he was passing the car and jumped off and ar- His uniform was liberally contents of the white was disengaging the | t ; . ; ye *4 ; *y Bs ‘4 4 JLTEG SUITOR SHUOTS WOMAN, GIRL AND 8 Columbia (Ill.) Girl, Her Moth- er and Assailant Are Seri- ously Wounded. Special to the Post-Dispatch, COLUMBIA, IIL, Sent. 1 Hoffman, rejected suitor for Of Miss Minnie Kalosky, girl’s mother twice, fired (.—Charles the hand shot the builets today three into the girl’s form as she attem] ted to; O. Jones, formerly flee, and then shot hitnself through the temple. Mrs. Kalosky The girl is in and Hoffman may live. A serious condition. 1 KILLED, BIG LOSS BY BURSTING DAM Property Valued at $500,000 | Destroyed by Breaking of Reservoir. DURANGO, Mexico, Sept. 10.—T ‘he breaking of a huge ttvigation reservoir at Hacienda, Santa del Alamo, kiled one man, washed away four houses and damaged crops to the extent of $500,000 The hacienda was the property of Pablo Martinez del Rio. WOMAN ENDED LIFE. Testimony Shows Mrs. Miller Had Been in II] Health. Mrs. Mary Miller of 721 Marion coinmitted suicide by swallowinz bolic acid, according to the finding ot a Coroner's jury Monday. Mrs. was found dead gigas night on lounge at her home ca Mrs. Carrie Anderson, a sister who lived with Mrs. Miller, testified that that Mrs. Miller had been for several months in il] health, and that she grieved deeply — her separation from her husband. Aug. 3%, Mrs. Anderson said, Mrs, Miller wintes to end her lite with ucid, but was prevented from do- ng so. made threats > killing being en ing of a manufactured product, pendent upon the existing sources of supply and buys all of its refined products from the peancard Oil. the Waters-Pierce Co. H. Pierce AT H. CLAY PIERCE TOLD IN MISSOURI SUIT TO OUST OIL TRUS to the W th of that of an ine the company resulting in a reorg That at that time the attorney for the company had } placed on the purpose of seeing that the laws of a the company did business were That the Waters-Pierce Co. sells in the Unite@States execu of oils a ch it ¢an Standard Oil and its allied interests. Waters- Pierce Clay ent of the d the the oon Zzaged Standard H. CLAY PIERCE -Pierce (Co., and that had been monopelized aters line Te XaS thiut in from agent xnerienced being ousted ranization of the com- Board for the specific Lll States in which tive not violated. nnually and that the only obtain Co. is not a exclusively producer or in the vend- therefore, de- and is, in 1878 H. Waters of $100,000. interference officials was organized and William capital Ipany Stock without Oi] until the ( J ( its supplies is AL | Beatrice Dreyfus Brings Sub- orn Beatrice and Held, suit for rich New John 8S. FE new stir, Dispatch subornati Dreyfus, Max bPalmer says he innecent actress. Mrs. Dr fus obtal wh a ( “hic vA wvuld ha vorce sol rison | 4 ntione it has be | Hotel in Mi: iX Dr Jones to the sioner, hei admitted, actress, 1 fore, but her with tapi Jo considerable husband, Coal Co. was then Mrs. Dre Brevaine. Mrs. went A few « Louls, W for New ly re e Fee | said to |! Hiot Sprit cago and is said to being ma brought brother-! Wishon married t street |The wedding to Emil Dreyfus took place lin New Rector's. Miller | wife in the Post-Dispatch in connection aiwith a publication regarding the West She was 33 years | End Hotel ttaken from Fee and opening that mea them the usually ¢ hicago -|ACTRESS, SUED, former te brother of her Dreyfus House will Was at that time employed at the Hotel means of having him testify before Harold Jolnson,. be e were intentionally wrong in his testimony. to East St been prosecuted for Fee. n-law Beatrice of Little Rock. davits were not unds for suit bellboy was found, She had on numerous occasions | testimony the subernation herself, charge is based. LEGES PERJURI ation Case Against Deciiamiistiee. Dreyfus, dans vs: girl with Anna defendant in a Kmiil Dieyfus, a York lace impurter, nainiicg ‘ee of St. Louis, has creaied a press telegrams to the P.s¢- say, by bringing a charge of ym of perjury against Max husbend. Was arrested at Chicago Sunday. able to prove charge proug Breva.ne noing 0 Was male divorce by the He himsclf by the eyfus charges that Max Drey- ned the testimony of Walter a St. Louis boy, now which, if proven, grounds for the di- her husband. Jones Mor- the time actress, Pianters in be of the rht Oo bellboy, ve been ight by in Chicagyv. At his deposition the Was at the 1 in ‘n proven, St. Louis. eyfus is said to have brought St. Louis and to have been the fore whom taken. special commis- the depositions Jones ts said to have when confronted with § the hat he had never seen her be- he maintains that he confused another woman, and was not hn S. Fee, an elderly woman | wealth, asaxced tor a! ight months ago, charging her | president of the Fee-Daris with wife atandonment Fe > at the West End Hotel with | yfus, known here as Beatrice | The two left the hotel when appealed to the police and Loutls, ‘s later they returned to St. here, and departed then search has Detectives are shadowed the couple to to various hotels in Chi- New York. and to Europe. He be in Chicago, his hiding place de known through the charge by Mrs.. Dreyfus against her was Mises Lena She has been hree times and divorced twice. ! lay ‘re found York. Since ave ize, Rrevaine York after a wine supper at Dreyfus saw a picture of his affair, and had affidavits employes there, who sai the actresa occupled rooma into a connecting bathroom, is and drinks were served to re and that the actress was ‘iad in a kimone. These affi- considered sufficient for divorce, and the of pergury | ai [es Oil . os been in custody nea -serve | geen Pierce PIERCE TESTIFIES FREELY AFTER FIs ARREST AS WITNES aoe - Magnate Who Has Eluded Process a Servers for Months Taken Into Custody at Bank of Commerce Building and Held an Hour Despite Protests. Says He Protested Vigorously When Stan-: ; Interfered With Management of Waters-Pierce Business, in Violation of © dard ADMITS STANDARD OWNS | WATERS-PIERCE STOCK ~ ——_——— > ee an Agreement Made With Him. H. Clay Pierce, St. ed subpena servers and avoided testifyi ing in the State’s ouster —_— against the Waters-Pierce Oil Co., front of the Bank of Commerce Sheritf’s office. defendant. was arrested Monday morning in Building by deputies from the They bore an attachment issued by C. B. Allen, — special commissioner in one of the several suits in which Pierce is a Pierce was marched to the Sheriff’s Courthonse office with a bodyguard of two deputies, and then, still under arrest, was taken © the Fullerton Building, where he ~ to Commissioner Allen’s office in was released on the bond of his att riv an hour. went his release he After State's ouster his Case i oceasloned arrest had hear 2716 ouster owned Southwestern territory \ under Intrferenee in the affairs of the Waters-Pieree company. Corney : the Southerh had ne « he testified that the shares of stock in the Waters-Pieree company ; that ; divided between the twe companies an agreement, and that he had protested against Standard * Judge Priest, after he had a voluntarily to the hearing of the Ifotel. The attachment whieh lation to this case. At the ‘Standard Oil Co, of, New Jersey” > re His testi- mony was in line with the State’s contention that he Standard has a strong influence in, if not he control of, Waters-Pierce affairs. The statement of Pierce that the Standard Oil Co., in the Spring cf 1901, had imterfered with his management of | the Waters-Pierce Oil Co., and over his protests entered into agreements mm violation of the anti-trust laws, seemed to surprise Attorneys Hagerman Eddy, representing the Standard, “He's trying to make the Standard Oil Co. out the villain in this commented Attorney-General Hadley. During the hour which Pierce spent in custody, Judge Priest made vignrous efforts to have him released. The She iff's deputies, disreg his protests, insistea that the whom they had tried lone unsuccessfully to should go under guard to the of- fice of Commissioner Allen. When the millionaire was finally marched out of the door of the Sheriff's office, one of the deputies said audibly, “Ah. that old joker ought to be jailed.” Pierce, who was near enough to hear the remark, did not turn his head. Watched House All Night. The deputy who made the arrest was Frank Wade. In company with another deputy, Frank Burns, had been on the trail of Pierce for half an hour be- fore the arrest. Burns was one of s€V- eral deputies who chased Pierce all over St. Louis Sunday and then laid unsuc- cessful seige to his house at night. Monday morning deputies who had been sent out to watch the Pierce man- sion at 40 Vandeventer place, telephoned to the Sheriff's office that Pierce had left his house at 8:40 a. m., and that he would probably go to visit his wife's tomb in Bellefontaine Cemetery, and afterwards would go straight to his of- fice in the Bank of Build- ing. Chief Deputy Becker then commis- sioned Rurns and Wade to nab Pierce as he etntered the office building. “You'll get himthis time, boys,’ sald Burns, who has chased Mr. before, looked doubtful, but who was on the trail of the mil- lionaire for the first time, smiled en- thusiastically. “I'll get him all right,” he sald, as he left the “fice Wade took up his stand directly in front of the entrance to the Bank of Commerce Building on Olive street, Just east of Broadway Rurns went to the opposite side of the street. Burns had and was to signa!) right carriage ap- anc ehilu ;f Case, rarding witness sO he Commerce have to Recker. Pierce Wade, before, Wade when the proached. When the brougham of Pierce, a coachman in dark green livery On the box, came in sight wp Olive street Burns waved a warning signal to Wade. Then as the carriage slowed up in front ef the Bank o Commerce Building. Burns waved his hand. to Wade and started across the street on the run. Pierce's son got out first. When Mr. Pierce stepped out on the pavement he felt a hand tald on his left shoulder by a samall man with a determined face. “well? sald Pierce. Made Him Go Alora. “T have an attachment for you, Pierce." sald Wade. “You must company mé to the Sheriffs office. Picree’s son, Clay A. Pierce, a strap- ping six-fovter, looked at his father In- terrogatively, but the older man simply locked around for a moment, and seeing Deputy ane at his right shoulder, said to Wad io Ban ge “WM niger But are you in with Mr. ace I like to go to my office "rat. #4 Wade said pe wan in mo pret hurry, .provided he could get to Sheriff's office wit ; 0 morning was over. and the two deputies went up Pierce’ s office on the tenth floor. Here Pierce teleshoned for hig atto ney, Judge Priest. When Priest af rived he protested against the arrest at the Sherlirtf’s office. Priest made anc er protest. Chief Deputy Becker he wi as obeying orders, and sent the Sheriffs attorney, Jud ge William Zac! hritz half Rin: took After an hour Zachritz and Deputy Burne up to Commissioner Allen's office, - Here Pierce was finally released | the bond of Judge Priest and appear at the Commissioner's Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the depositions will be taken — Rrooker suit. on account of was arrested. Outrage, Says Johnson, . Attorney John D. Johnson, the Waters-Pierce Off Co., ct ized the arrest of Pierce as Py fag , “Please quote me as sayin anguage,"’ said Attorney nson Post-Dispatch reporter “The B case, to which this writ tirely without merit, has been out of court and revived again nothing short of an outrage Mr. Pierce in connection with Mr. Pierce and Judge len's office 15 minutes after t entered, They then went direc hearing at the Southern H tended by the two deputies. Examined by Judge Priest, - a Mr. Pigree, whois chairman of Cu... prone the witness stand in his ¢ behalf before Anthony at ; io in the ouster rf tuted by Attorn eg meng against the Waters oe or Standard Otl Co. of Republic Ot! Co, Pierce waa accompan gona) counsel, Jud H. examination in chief was cor Judge Priest. Mr. tteree, you may name, age and residence, ; I’: ‘emt “tenry Clay Pierce, St. Louts, | Was the angwer. “Do you own any stock In either Reva lee ol 50. By Re af Co. o nella attorney. © “No, and I never “as, “Does any of these any _stock in the Waters- Co oP hey do not and never have.” Standard Owns Stock. “Does the Standard Ol Co. Jersey own any stock tn the Pierce Ot! Co. ?" Pierce consulted -a* meme which he took from his coat. “| understand that the stock standing on its books in of M. M. Van Buren have ted In this case to to ard Ol Co, of New Ye “Can you state shares?’ “I think it is y you wnt “How many do “Twelve hund Please al between the Standard of New ee y Thompson of C T cent ulsyville “holding “Up to the time of te & ot OR Cre sa, Sew yt Sime = OE Re Ah Louis oil magnate who has for months evad- ~