St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 23, 1906

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~_ —— DEATH FOR POLICY ENDORS IF THEY REVEAL THE KING o*,°?

Man Employed by Big Swindling Concern ee ere Tm eee ee ee ee we ee — moe Says His Life Would Be Forfeited If He Betrayed *‘Men Higher Up’”’ Who Backed. | : , ‘TERMINAL IS CRITICIZED ; Him and Took Profits of Game.

GRAND JURY WILLHEAR NAMES OF POLITICIANS Men Who Were

Candidates for Office on, 4 i { ! ; ; ) i the Democratic Ticket Said to Be Behind the Game That Swindles the Poor Out of Hard-Earned Pennies. One of the many negro writers and venders of policy slips, who profit by the gigantic swindle which catches the pennies of the poor, Jess Miller by name, Says, police activity ‘is depriving him of his livelihood. He refused to tell the police the names of the backers of the games and later said he would be killed if he revealed the so-called policy kings. Other venders of policy tickets have told Post-Dispatch re- porters the names of inen said to manage the games and to get the biggest revenue. minor offices on the Democratic Miller is "its lescent after tuking positively refused I*riday ber of tie as to the as to the were held. patch rej refused, hiospital morphine to give a Men any prevrielors of where asked potice force Banie or drawings by a Post-Dis- emphatical.y his life formatien places Wh orter wh Mille: the he might 2° “You mean be killed if managed and tors of the ask he te declared that price ve the of any in police. 1o gay that you told the police who Who were the proprie- policy games?’ he was You ‘ would Pag replied. “My a 6-cent policy politicians who the games would kill me. They as it themselves, but they'd have one kill me. They might not go so far with a white man, but I'm a negro. Nearly all policy writers are negroes. There are only a few white writers.” Writing for Four Years. _ Miller says be has been writing policy for four years and has made on an average of $4 a day during the en- tire time until the activity of the police begun against the game a few weeks ago sO lessened his earnings thar he Could no longer support his wile and two children. Fear of want and the bility of having to abandon his éasy method of gaining a livelihvod and work as a laborer he says caused him x take morphine at his home, 313 pruce street. Thursday. City Hospital physicians saved his life and he is now practically recovered. “IT could only make about $1.50 a day working, and it’s too hard to get ong on t at amount, said Miller. _ Here he showed the palms of his hands, soft and smooth from four years’ ab- sénce from real work “Besides,” he continued, ‘‘my rent was due and I didn’t have any money. I've never saved anything because the money that didn’t go for living expenses I’ve used to play the game. I had 50 or 75 cents in each drawing. “The drawings are made twice a day by most of the companies. That means two games a day. They are usually made at 12:30 p. m. and 5:30 p. m. I get a record of the successful numbers and show the manager the record of tickets I’ve used. If there sre any win- ners on my list I get the amount of the winnings. Later those having bought tickets from me‘call to learn the re- sults and Ii rive the winnlugs to the successful ones. Barred From Saloons. “Before the police started in against us I staved at home and sold tick>ts. If wanted to solicit business nearly any saloon would alow me to ‘writ there. Now washwomen and other of our best customers are afraid to cone to buy the tickets and we have to go tp them. Many sa'‘oons also now object to us writing there. One of the best places to se!) tickets is around 10-cert lod iiz houses. There are many of these In my Gistrict. Bach ‘writer’ has a district of his own. Mine itsn't one of the best thovg>. Each o*% the 12 or 15 companies have from 30 to 6) ‘writers.’ ”’ Miller reluctant’'y admitted he worked for the w EA! tle Henry ere ticket. Some are backing that * concern, € agreement between the companics of them had com- Rungaloo, ant companies he e said a numer wined. Wke the Delmar. Falr Play. Other amed are the Kentucky, Little Joe, st, Brooklyn, St. Pau! and Kinloch @ also said they sd tickets to chfl- dren wher the children tolad them they warte? tickets for their mothers. Miller says he can't expiain the sud- den activity of the police seating the me. but says it was caused in some way by the defeat of certain Democrat- fe politicians in the recent election He gays the gambling squad has been aware of the extent of the game for some time. The geame is played on the “equare,”’ he declares, because the odds in favor of the comnanies are So ereat With a grin, he safd that 9 writer might cheat a person of his winnings by not letting him Know the correct list of drawings. Miller cave he kent B&B ver cent of all the maney he received for writing tick- ets. Grand Jnure to Investigate. who street, with employed to will re- statements that Bmanuel Price, a nerro the rear of 914 Market three negroes who are write policy by the politicia peat te the grand fury the thre: dusky vendors tn his prescne Ths name of a Democrtic haa a reeord as a fighting was defeated tor a ralno election “These ns, have will miontion politician Man 2 P office at taiked Tete: re: t; I "¢ about Tt he ‘ ‘boss Mean tere almoet bad the rade | The names of the men, ticket furnished to the grand jury Monday by witnesses interviewed by | the Post-Dispatch. CONVA- ¢ Miller } i man who takes an information |

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the VW“ he j nal who! the who were candidates for at the last election, will be most political influence. I heard Taylor that he was employed by a certain interest in po.itics, day two later 1 saw this man in the yard talking to him. While the politiclan was standing there Taylor came over to me and $3. ‘I have been owing my ‘boss’ $3 for some time and I want to pay him,’ he said, “l make aw Hving selling these negrees live in the same with me. I have heard one of them say that he met his ‘boss’ at Jefferson ave- nue and Olive street every day and got Uckets trom him and turned over the cast he had collected.’’ i’rice gave the police information about the policy venders, which resuited say and a or and house coal

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im one of them being arrested and fined | in Pouice Court. Another name that wil! be given to the grand jury is that of a younger wrother of a well-known Democratic politician who was thrown down by nis party when he sought nomination for the age he will vacate the latter pa nh. The third name sineinaed by the Suniiets of the tickets is (nat ol another Democratic politician. “I don’t write policy myself,’ said Price, a plain old coai-yard negro. ‘'I live in the rear of 914 Market street with John Taylor, who writes policy for the ‘Henry’ Co. Two other negroes live with me. One is employed by the ‘Lit- tle Joe’ Co. and the other sells tickets. for the ‘Mexican.’ ”’ After the negro was convicted he is said-to have returned to 914 Market street and wreaked summary vengeance upon Price by slashing him with a knife. The policy venger was arrested and was released Wednesday on a bond of $590. His bond was signed by Tim- othy O’Brien, a grocer at Twelfth and Spruce streets, who has no connec.ion with any of the policy games, and a. M. Frumberg, an attorney. Access to the house in the rear of 914 Market street Is gained through the alley. In front is a two-story butiéina, ‘the lower floor heing occu- pled as a storeroom, and the upper floor as living rooms for white people. Taylor and the two other negroes CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.

Sunday Post-Dispatch SUNDAY MAGAZINE NOV. 25, 1906. CO TENTS Page New Departure for Theater- goers of St. Louis (in colors)... How It Feels to Work § with Death in St. Louis.... The Over-Zeal of a Public Offi- cial Keeps Him in Hot Water.. What St. Louisans are Thinking About—by E.|F. Goltra, Lewis B. Fly, Jas. Hagerman Jr., H. H. Boilman, Jack Rvan, Sain Bronstein, Prof. WJ McGee, Bert Masters.|... Bringing the Old Santa Fe Trail Up to Date. A Lesson in Economy by Students at Columbia, Mo.... Mending Jointa by Machinery. Unck Sam to Auction Off Six En- tire Towns in the Southwest The Terrible Revenge Charged Against a Jealous Husband Abraham Lincoln's Patent. Freak Racing Motor Boat Most Dangerous Place in a Storm. Extraordinary New Motor Cycle. WwW here Millions are Made and Lost Florentine Pavilion for St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts (in co‘ors).10 THE FUNNY SIDE. One Good Square Meal for the Kid.1 Panhandle Pete Has a Millionaire Dinner Why Yens Yensen, Yanitor, Thanks The Prodigal Son.. pas to 8 The Only Way to. Have Vhanks- giving Dinner in a Flat.... .3 The Bad Dream That Made Bill a Ketter Bov....... 4 Some Thanksgiving ‘Teélous...... 4 A New Pin Whee! Puzzle. Gives ” | officials, ' , printed pages.

‘ase ' Publéc | hook ' spector ; members twhen +amonnt | river ' Tne ‘the inuisance, (were no } amoke dep | St. ‘ing value ; the St. in

ait attempted to kill himself because, he | wanted to borrow : St. lby a ‘coal fields SMOK ull UUSTS ARLY 200,000} INDICTED MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHO HAS RETURNED TO FACE HIS ACCUSERS

Report of Committee of Experts : Severely Arraigns Present Department. mr -. ~~ + Ceme —ee - ee eee | Railroads Are Most Persistent Oifenders Against Smoke Ordinance, TREES WILL BE KILLED eee ne 2 een ee Givic League Suggests New Board to Replace Present Smoke Depvartment. ee ee ee Sa ee | x) | WHAT SMOKE COSTS : ST. LOUIS ANNUALLY of its o * *, ee et ee ee ee Four per yearly. $20,000 a year, estimated, dam- age to books anq stationery. $6,250,000 a year that might be saved in amokeless cas pro- ducer plants, Reconimendations: 1. Compel Terminal Associa- tion to use electric engines or amokeless fnel. 2. Central heating plants for residence districts. 3. Central power plants. 4. Entire new smoke preven- tion department as part of city £overnment, cent trees ett ee cael eee eal ee ct ON On ON OO OO GO cy ttn al + eo In a report on the smoke nuisance in Louis, submitted to the Civic Leagui Special committee of men _fittes training to investigate it. the injur- lous effect of smoke on merchandise on buildings, plants and trees, detérrent effect on thousands who might be inclined to move to St. Louis, are pointed out. The report criticises the Terminal Railroad ‘Assoc jation. for its ‘iisregard of the smoke ordinance, and declares that the present smoke depart- ment officials are inéfficient. Five thousand copies of the re have been printed in bamphlet form. will be distributed Saturday among business mé¢n and members the League. The members of the committee were: Oscar L. Whitelaw, thairman, who was an officer in the old Citizens’ Abatement Committee; Prof. R. H. naid, head of the mechanical] en- Bineering devartment' at Washingt 0? University and a Supervisor of the Go -- ernment Coal Testing Plant in Forest Park; William H. Hryan, a consulti ¢g mechanical and electrical enzineer, wh has made an especial) study of the smoke question; Grant Beebe, an instructor at the Manual! Training Schoo’, who was ‘for two years insvector for the S~roke ‘Abatement Society im Ch'cags: Will'an Chauvenet, an analytical chemist, aid J. B. Conroy, busiress manager of th» Internationa! Firemen. Th's committee was carefully in the belief that it represented phases of the question to be gated. The renort it made covers 36 It offers a definite pro- gram for abating the evil. Will Kill Park Trees, As to the {njury smoke does flowers and trees, the report quotes Dr. Wil- Ham Trelease, director of Shaw's Gar- den. and City Fonester Meyer, agree that trees sutfbr eo severely the fumes in smoke that vears, less the evil is anated., there wih be no primitive forest tees in Forest Park: and that only the jhardiest roses and other flowers can liye in St. Louis afr. Librarian Crundenjestimates the dam- smoke does to the books in. the Library at 10,000 @ year. A stationery company says the other books wil! be as much Fer- al! from in? on ss ? and damage to more. The disagrees with who has great part the smoke comes from East St. Le roofs of d°wntown vaticns were made of the report Jones, of sald that a over St. Louis rus, From the skyscrapers obsor- Which ennvinced committee that % ven winds were favorable smoke blown more than 10 ner amount produced on thie river. The smoke nuisance in would. be practica'ly as much a the report ‘finds. if there cities east of the river, In dwelling on the history of fight for smoke abatement. the mittee records the fact that the ent ordinance was declared vwalid Pec. 18. 1904, by the Supreme Court of Mis- sourl The ordinance has heen in ef- fect four vears In that time the city has espent, in the maintenance of its artment,. more than $25.000. the of not AcCTOSS is cen ‘ Louts the cCOmnN - Consummation of Cont. These figures amounts of coal! Louis: are . given the consumed annually in on Pituminous coa! ‘9.107 Coke s”

Total .7,200,455 tons Owing to the nrorimitv of the Tilinoie and the qualitv the coal mined there. the report says that will continue to afford the chief supply of fuel for St. Louls. Specimens from them were tuted in the Government coal-testing pliant in Forest Park, and it was decided t} iat for cost and heat- they have Louls market the way of smoke abatement then set forth as follows: Insufficient boiler capacity. . Overcrowded hoiler rooms Inadequate smoke devices. Poorly trained firemen and stokers. Many St. Louis concerns. the report SAYS, overwork their boilers, which invariably results in dense clouds of smoke. When thg boilers were in- stalled they were of sufficient gize. but they were not enlarged with the growth of business. The consequence CONTINUED ON PAGE TREN. Of The difficulties are Sm ka pres- | “? ‘found ‘standing tons | , ; 4 T r “5 tons | Son carrying It 158 842 tons | and {its

ity | of j /Woman With Alfred H. Luster, | | | | Brotherhood of Stationary | chosen, ; investi- | i the mystery surrounding the shooting of ’ who | un- . ' ted Smoke In-} ‘ find the rifle from which the discharged within a few days. ‘twigs or |} about favenue artd | line, | +} been | ‘ing been able sa isfactorily ' ‘ they > no competitors {tn |

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EUGENE E. SCHMITZ MRS, COTILE-SAYS SCHMITZ. ARRIVES SHE HEARD A SHOT DENIES CHARGES = —" 4 | Mayor Will 1 Seek Fullest In- ! quiry When He Reaches San Francisco. NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San Francisco, under in- .iciment there fur alleged extortion, a.- rived in New York this morning on tne steamsnip Patrcia, accompanied from Euro.e «y his wile. He sald th.re wa. absolutely no truth in the charges Maie @ ailist nim at home and that he would go to San.Francisco ani court the ful- lest tnquiry. Mayor schmitz first charges against him and his poiitical friend, “Boss'’ Abraham Ruef, whens

MAS, DROGMUND'S

Judge Instructs for First or Fourth Degree or Acquit- tal Verdict, When He Was Wounded, Contradicts Herself. comes 0 ee ee EMPTY CARTRIDGE FOUND

DEFENSE PLEA ATTACKED

Circuit Attorney Sager Confi- dent He Will Find Weapon Used in Shooting. Circuit Attorney Sager made a request upon Chief Desmond Friday for two of his most efficient detectives to work on State’s Attorney Says Woman learned of the

Kim- to the was dis- estified., she Expects to Fine Weapon. a Stevens rifle it would have killed a an at a distance of Jw or 808s yards Sager savs that not manv guns using cartridges ot that kind ere ia | use in St. Louis, and that he expects to sneli was mr is sed

Fired from Transcriot in Evidence. ttle te ~* shell uster point where place bullet From to an its 450 flé eted of The witnesses this morning were Dr. Robert M. Smith, Dr. George B. Thomp- son, Coroner, and Mrs, Sue Drogiaund mother of Edward Drogmund, the slain orchestra leader. In his ope...4 argument for the State, William Buchholz dwel?on the tes.ct- mony that Drogmund was eltt.ng In a chair He described the range of the bullets, which were dowoward, aid sald: “It would have been a physical. impos- ‘ibility for Mrs. Drormund to have shot her husbacd itn self defense. If hs had been abusing her at the time she shot him, he would have. been standing and the bullets would have ranged upward because he was taller than she. The physical facts and the circumstances point to’the theory that Ed. Drogmund Was sitting in a chafr. his watch in his hand and his wife 12 feet away when she fired the fatal shots.” Bishop Se ? rh Very | SPRINGFIELD, Nl... Nov The ill- ness of Bishop Seymour of the E — pal diocese rf Springfield hae ta more sé¢rious turn and his yeielans ve little hopes for his recovery. He s suffering from pneumonia. Luster was shot in. the back while! keeping an appointment in the woods | with Mrs. Cottle. He died three days later at the City Hospital, without hav- | to explain | how he was wounded. Mrs. Cottle. was: - fvlowine the shooting. She | caealeted that she had known tTLuster “| sears’ and met him in the woods; but denied that she shot him or nuew who did. She ts 52 years old and the mother of seven children. Lus- | ‘er was 60 vears old and a atove re-/| pairer. Ohio Pastor Is 101 Years Old. COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 23.—Rev. John Schaeffer of North Benton, O., cele- brated his one hundred and first birth- dav. He is, of course, retired fron? ac- tive work. but held one pastorate for @ years and has lived continuously in his present house for over 70 years. He reads without glasses, takes a lively in- terest in current events, and when the weather is fine does not miss his dally walk. He is a minister of the Christian Church. aren

Could Not Have Been Abused. the ogg es * gp aay at : Special to the Poet-Dispatca. o clock, e will not be arrested unt N 3 CITY Mc Nov. -2 ee : ; ; , Mo., Nov. 23.—The he arrives in San Francisco, where the KANSA ws é municipal employes have arranged to|verdict of the jury in the case of Mrs. es | nll ' give a a gee at ghee , Dora Drogmund, charged with the mur- ilfred H. Luster while Keepin wood- The ayor an is wife engage ‘ . sree ape sis ie : He ments at the “ aidort: Astcs= ‘tor der of her husband, Ed Drogmund, may land tryst with Mrs, Mary Cottle in a | 4par' é ) AS(COF.a «6 , Se ae a luded 1t near the Union R track their brief stay here. ‘be murder in the first degree, man- secluded spr 1@% ec c acetrack, me, : : two wenke aap 9g, aes rpg of the charges, Mayor: siaughter in the fourth degree or ac- 0. fev. m ZS i 0% ‘ 7 - IF Ts" ; » > ue With the assistance of the detectives ott “vs —_ attack made against me quittal on a self de fense theory, ac apis Sager says that he can get important |}. my political enemies because I ia Lo wae to the jury by evidence to lay betore the grand jury a ee tine ied ey LE , udge offord, — ? "ly next week mad wt rai gan sDgnt a District | The testimony in the trial was finished ae cei : Attorney Langdon, who was. defeated | pay Pept The at Detectives working under the direc- | %5- Governor. Hearing that they were! 2t 10:30 o'clock this morning. xndigopl tion of Sager have found a % caliber | attacking me, I returned = six * weeks | torneys on each side were then given an l"nion Metallic, rim-fire cartridges aoou. | cooner than I expected. I did not know | 2@ur for argument. The opening speech AL or feet trom the spyt which Mrs. | o¢ the charges until today after ihe | for the State was finished at» 11:15 Cottle pointed out as the place where | pijot came on board. - I shall court the oe ock? Court adjourned in order that denied that she heard any shot, was |, clear conscience tn this daatter.” t 12:15 o'cleek L. C. Boyle began his taken betore Sager at noon and admiuit- seated ent in defense of Mrs. Drogmund that she heard a sharp report like }and closeq at 1:15 o'clock. Mr. Kim- the crack + & whip conn rifle. 4 | FA IR E VENING: 'brell ‘then made tHe closing speech for The discharged curtridge was discov- ithe State and the jury retired to prepare ered ten days ago by men who raked C? OUDS SAT URDAY V7 lits verdict. } » ground near the snooting rne shel: | During the opening arzument of the eee peta from™a Stevens pong Mre. Drogmund buried her face oe ee ee ae No Change in Temperature 1M ;in her hands and sobbed. «She eo ee | called to the witness stand by Mr. | Next 24 Hours, 'prell,; but ,her attorney objected . questions asked her oud | —_ Clouds may without having t Roys DONT prevent Satur- day from be- TEASE THE. ing a perfect To combat the contention of the State day, butethe that Drogmund was sitting in a big BEARS IN Weather Malt chair with his feet crossed and looking ; pesanawas. ori “aan his watch when his wife shot him, a te Oa FRONT WIND Ssavs reassurineg- Bovle introduced a transcript of rie vv at 5 y . ; , ba Sows z »i — . Yeo , : " - t q+yh Lie ins ide of the ane near the bank of a little stream. | sued this fore-j-+. transcript of his evidence in the The shot cough be > god re! cast Friday: ' preliminary trial showed that he had on Ses Se ee SOUsH ‘ “Fair he: ) Cwice testified that the watch was in Stevens take-down rifle might have. oN Ss a er Drogmund s pocket and that he removed used. and the parts of the gun /| 4 . Saturday in- | it , concealed under the aothes of the per-, Fe creasing cloudi- | ness; no decid- ed change in t 4 mperature: northeast and easterly winds.’ The minimum te mper ature Friday night is expected to be 30 degrees The storm which Was central Thurs- day over Arizona, and which causes rain and snow In surrounding states. has not altered its position, but has in. creased in intensity, causing a lot of bad weather. In other parts of the country the barometer is registering above the average, and fair weather | prevails

| little “Billy”

| Brown 1 of evidence that the State is endeavor- HAIR CLINGING TO BOAT THAT IRL 10 CARRIED © HER DEATH

i An —S As Evidence That (Cr ace Brown Was Cast Into Lake, State Exhibits Craft in Which They Took oo PRISONER CONF Last Ride. ESSED THAT HE WRONGED HER

,’ ~~ es 7 Prosecution Reaches Its Climax When Wit- ness Tells What He Found in Abandoned ~ 4 g Moose Lake the > Boat Floating on Bi Morning After the Tragedy. HERKIMER, N. Y., Nov. 2 old Herkimer County Cuntianne to it climax today, when the State exhibited 3.—BRefore a throng that packed the q s doors, the prosecution of | ‘Chester Gillette for the murder of his cast-off sweetheart reached its - w the boat in which Gillette and — Brown took the fatal ride on Big Moose Lake. The State, attempting to prove that “Billy” Brown, betrayed and discarded, was beaten tg death by Gillette before her body was cast into the lake, placed Robe ‘rt Morrison on the witness stand. Morri= son is the man who found the abandoned boat. He declared under oath today that he found a quantity of hair clinging to She of the cleats and removed some of it in the presence of witnesses. Strands of hair were still in the boat when it was introduced as evidence by the prosecution.

Another important link in the chain ing to forge will be testimony bearing on the condition of the body of Miss when it was taken from the water. Medical experts wiil be called for this purpose. The State has tracked the defendant down to within practica ly five minutes, of the time when, it is alleged, he killed | the unfortunate girl. &sitlette’s own story of how his siiinst heart came to her death in the waters of B'g Moose Lake, July lM, as related by him to the Sheriff who arrested him

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| at Arrowhead the Saturday morning fol- lowing, was retold to the jury. It was brovght out that Gillette knew that the girl had been in a delicate condition since May. He said he and she hadi been intimate for a year. “When the boat upset, accidenta'ly as and she was floundering help- lessly in the water, why did you not go to her ass‘stance?’” Under Sheriff Klock swore he asked his prisoner. “B-cause.”” the young man replied,’” I was afraid that she might struggle #9 that we would both go down.” “Gillette told me,” continued the wit- ness, “that he stouted to the girl to hold on to the stern of the boat and h> wou'd try to get her ashore. He sald he did not get near her for he was hol- ing on to the bow.’ Then came evidence which caused & sensation in the courtroom. The Nev. Cuthbert Frost, pastor of the First, Presbyterian Church of Lowville, N. » was.put on the stand. “Tell ua about that evening after you gzot back to the hotel,” said the District Attorney “Why, Gillette sat veranda telling stories and singing that songs. Then he went into the hotel | have office and drank a glass of water.’ “Vell, and what then?” interrupted the District Attorney made everybody in the courtroom lean forward. “Tle paused beside two men who weré playing cards. He watched then for a moment and then spoke to one of; the players. The man he spoke to was York, Seward A. Miller of Utica.” “What did he say, Mr. Frost?” Spread News of Tragedy. “The defendant asked Mr. Millerif he had heard of the terrible traredy on ‘No. what was it? } asked Mr. Miller. ‘A young girl was drowned ther’ sald Gillette.” It was not then known that BRr-wn had been drowned. lndersheriff Austin B. Klock of Har- Kimer County. who arrested Gillette, told of the arrival of District Attor- nev Ward. the Sheriff and himself at the office of the Arrowhead Inn. “When Gillette came out of the din- ing room,” he said, ‘we were standing in the hotel office. A« soon as Gillette |: Sheriff of Cortlan4 County he! walked across the room and spoke to ‘Hello. Bert. he said. ‘What are u doing here,’ or ‘How does it hap- pen vou are here? sg ie Sheriff said ta ter, did you know drowned” ™ ‘My Ciod. Gillette said. “Yes, she's been drowned up in Big Moose Lake and we thought you were in the water with her, Sheriff Grove said. “Then Gillette said again, Is that true”? “Then what?” trict Attorney. “I said, ‘Chester Gillette. I place you under arrest for Grace Brown's mur- der and you've got to come with me.’ Hie replied. ‘All right. and asked me to rav hs hote! b'll, as he was broke. “Oh, yes. J] had more conversition with him that day. He admitted that he had been tn the boat wfth Grace Brown. I uske' hin. how it happened ahe had got drouned and him so near her. He told me thut he had reached over the side of the boat to pluck a pond HIly and that the boat upset. He claimed that he cried to Grace to hang onto the beat. but she did not heed him and was drowned before he could reach her.’ “And is that the only story he told you?’ insisted Wa “No, afterward he said he got up from hie seat in the boat to walk to the stern and the boat capsized.” Klock was recalled to say that when ha took possession of Gillette's sult case at Arrowhead the inside gave no evi- dence of having been wet. you say, CH ney,

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Vice-President Shipping Co. Had Recently - Shipping committed The cause quarreled, | husband The few Root, an hour just sald to a newspaper man that ft condemned over in St. Louls, got Alled with Mis- gone to his Awarded Frank H. Shepherd. a former Louts Revnolds’ court Friday Fhepherd testified net eae aa at Prairie avenue and hehe . because of a Gefec~ Andereon of placed SHIP MAGNATE. SHOT BY WIFE WHO E DS LIFE -— ——

James F. Delaney and Wife Found Dead in Chicago Hostess’ Home. LEFT NO EXPLANATION

‘of American Come From New York. ICAGO, Nov. 23.—James F. De La- vice-president of the American Co., was today shot and killed s wife, who immediately afterward suicide. of the shooting is not Cyrus Woods, in whose nm. Mrs. house the tragedy took place, declared . De Laney had not . Mr. and Mrs. to her knowledge, and said she knew of nothing that could caused Mrs. De Laney to kill her and herself. » only evidence showtng that Mreé in a tone which; De Laney killed her husband and then herself is by the location of the wounds the fact that the revolver was l in the hand of the woman. couple had been In this city bat weeks, having come from New where Mr. De Laney was “_ known. WATER HERE HURT ROOT... 80 Champ Clark k Says, Calling

Secretary Fool, ee to the l’ost-Dispateb. INCINNATI, Champ Clark of Missourt was in Cin- Nov. 2. —Congreessei ti between amiiton, O., en told that Secretary of who arrived in Cincinnati toc earlier than MPF. ark, : trains today, en route where he speaks to night. blican party was now the place for rats, the Misrovrl Cong red with empha is: fool. He e idently. water and it has brain.”’

NDUCTOR GETS VERDICT. $5000 Judgment Against Transit Co, = was awarded $5000 against Traneit Co. by a jury thee Jan. 15. 1902, he from the car step and his left hand was he firs’ trial of the case @ returned for the company. e Talty granted a new appealed to the Court of, ADpess h sustained Judge Talty's sacctee

Slayer “Mourns Loss of Coat. Goecial to the Post Pgs 0g 0.. Nov. 3.—Mrea. Hane LUMBUS, Youngstown, in the State Prison to for oe her & Was | Beaten Lifeless by Gillette Before She ~ ee rt a a at Sh og ee = a Php i 1% ‘ ey PP Poe gt? ee rs Spike i i ARR - cigs Saree eT As ts oe