St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 1, 1907

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Wives vf Both Presdnt When Sonsational Meeting There | Occurred. | ;

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son's Companion Driven ym Cafe by Man's In- furiated Attack. —_—_——— ——-awe n John H. Murphy, stock broker, his wife in a cafe on South Grand. ue New Year's eve with Herman Myties, wholesale pharmacist and 2ty man, he acted in the same man- towards Mr. Luyties as he had un- similar circumstances at the Alps ‘ summer. with one variation. The riation was a brick. Murphy had been told that his wife as to meet Luyties at the restaurant Andrew Auer, 2725 South Grand ave-’ ue, Monday evening. He hurried with it friend to the cafe, and arrived soon after Luyties had reached the place. On the outside Murphy paused only long enough to pick up a piece of a brick. With this weapon he ‘passed suddenly: into the cafe and stood a few feet from where Luytles and Mrs. Mur- phy were seated at a table. Murphy's rage was S09 great that he could hardly speak, and, when Luyties and Mrs. Murphy looked up at him, he lost control of himself. He lifted the brick and Luyties. The brick struck. Lurties full in the ghest, sending him and his chair back- ward. He recovered himself quickly, _ end was on his feet) when Murphy him. Murphy swung on him just as Luyties wun ee himself. tare: = the attack. 7 Avotdy a Sacean Blow. ‘The blow crashed through Luyties’ guard and landed sqtpre on his nose. There must have be something in the nervous strength of, the blow that Save Liiyties some ideagof the rage of the man behind it and What that rage might lead him to do. ‘At anyrate, he do@ge@ as Murphy Swung a second time, aid pushing by the maddened broker, ran out of the cafe, jumped into his ahtomobile, | in which he had gone to the cafe, and drove rapidly away. “If 1 ha@ had a gun ’. would have killed him,’ said Luytie afterird, in telling his friends about te fight. Meanwhile Mrs. Murphy had hurried out of the place and bo@ded a street car about the time the nes of the row reached Magnolia : Avenué Police Sta- tion on the other side of the street. A / policeman reached the cafe in time to | take charge of Murphy. jde was taken to -the Ca tain’s office Im the police station. Afte#. telling the story of the affair, he watouamed un- til an hour's Sg ection amy r&ulted in the discovery that Luyties did jot intend to prosecute. Then he was reeased, ‘Murphy refused to discws the affair afterward. Luyties gave Dut a state- nti In which he said the he had met . Murphy “by. accide and had invited her to ha som ing to eat with him xpos she had him a + a luck”. story. he affair is the sha and partial Parallel of a sensationa) | currence of. six months ago. One 1! ‘mer Mr. and Mrs. Luyt friends, happened to tak®@ taille at the Alps very near a table which Mur- phy zand his wife were @ated. urphy appeared to get Fito a rage as s00n as he saw Luyties. Boon he got up from his table eS nd walking up behind Luyties struc im in the heaé. He attempted te tow up the tack. but a half dizenjhen sprang between and bustled hit out of the huried it. at ba

with some rphy Was seen seve) Ward at.the Alps with hi ‘Bali that some time ‘iterfhey separ- ate’. Mrs.. Murphy re isedito be seen uesday at her resk emcee 4108 West ine boulevard, This is the family Phy left in. October Visited since then See his two bovs imes after- home which Mur- and with ke has only aed Cnty to “eh the oldes of whom The Murphys hav® been = yearr. Their friends say th apparentiv was happy until lp: mer, The Luytles and Murp's’ érried 3 their life sum- Milles Were at one time on terms df Ipse so- (lal intimacy, and Murphy ah uvties Were interested together in seved) busi- nees enternrises During this period of friema&nip he Tuytes home, at 4624 Berlin avenue. Was alwavs open to the Murph-s. Few knew of the estrangement betveen the Men until the Incident at the Abs_ Since his separation. from > Murphy has been living at the apartments, 4312 Olive strect. = | At his brokerne: Office in t e Cam- nNwéalth Trust RBRulld'ne Tue “T have no I don't care to wife -bman ~ i CAR HITS LAMP POS " umps Track and Shoots Atoss ‘available through the the Strest. (wo passenrers were throy ‘'y #eats and bruised wheen | ‘wWisoecar left the rails an M \nue just wert of Borron a A\@ m., Tuertay, and skid al @ wt st nate with a lampips e¢ of Mancheste Ve

’ last sum-. wife, It Is. “SHOOT THE AT ALTON MAS HERS,” SAYS CHIEF OF POLICE TO HIS MEN

HIEF OF men to shoot at mashers, and t escape arrest. He fired at didn’t hit him. circumstances, if they arise. The order: followed a complaint by rs. Daisy Johns, a handsome. bru- petite young matron of Alton, to whom young man, a stranger to her, spoke ‘is she was passing a hotel at Second! “nd Easton streets Monday afternoon. The young Man was one of several idling in the street when Mrs. Johns assed. He wore a brown suit, of fash- ionable cut, and a smirk. As Mrs Johns passed he smiled her but she paid no attention. ‘chen h walked up to her and caught her by the arm. ‘Don't you want me to town with you?” he rs, Johns beat the young man’s hamd off her arm. His face redae. 1ed, and he slapped her on the cheek. “Think you're smart, don't you,’ He } his | Max- | | { | lf ly | Leuage,

} and 3 a, m. Tuesday, shot | | daughter to take refuge under beds. The | bullets sent broken glass flying about | the rooms and buried themselves in the) walls, dattrerously ened women. When the fusillade did not ce: ise Mr. | Sanguinette armed himself with a re- volver and, taking chances of» being Shot, went to the fron: porch of his home. He was able to diséern some dark forms in the Street across the Wiy and made them his target. bSs.¢ rowdies fled at the first volley from Sangginette. He doesn't know whather 3 - anxious for me t that [| came back, but L forced to leave again in September. “Tr came here Dec. 18 to visit and J intended to start New York tonight.’ The MTs. into her breakfast, pockets he told rushing his ste@p- clenched and get went furrier’s trade but I eould-not Last June I! a job there. her my back abdomeh, all of them cn the right of his body. Misses Mary and Clara Quincey, visiting the Miller solidavs, were in the house chooting occurred. They say too, heard Mrs. Miller her husband not to beat her. home when the Daughter's Premonition. Campbell, a hter, left the home for New York Monday dat ug Mrs. night. Before departing she told M's had a premoniticn thet thing awful” was going to happen. — Mrs. Miler said: “ail ot m, pi gob life with Miller was unbappy. [ Unea ww go to the store and work hard to. help | him, but he would never give word. He abused me frequently, thought that if he became more; established in | might; Miller ‘*some- but’ I busine ss, his dispositix an change.” Harris is hair slender and boyish, with | and ‘blue eyes. the station hig nervous: con-} ne ‘After drinking two cups of coffee, thre give an account of BUTT IN PRISON NOW. Senator's Friends Are Trying to Get Him Out. Special to the Post-Dispatch, LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Jan. 1.—Former Senator F .O. Butt of Carrol County, sentenced to two years in prison for bribery, surrendered himeelf to Supt. Pitcock at the penitentiary office shortly before noon today. He was

? ong 2étition for Butt's ie ial Soe resented Gov. Davis last night by Judge ~ Maples of Perry- ville, Dr. J. W. Poynor of Osage, and Troy , reviewed the case Govarner eclared ..e could under GANS WEIGHS IN REGISTERS 13d IN nld CLOTH In Midst of Blizzard ‘‘Fans” Flock to Ring at Tonopah.

In th St: Louis

BOTH MEN CONFIDENT |*t 1:30 p. Gans Says He Can't Lose, Herman’s Manager Bets He Will,

seen mad A 22-inch PUBLIC WAGERING LITTLE, | ins the bal te na ied igen

big co Mienrs Slow to Get Down at the Price, Three to One, on the Negro. of stamped R. Francis, and D. ©. land thev the details When the — ee ee TONAPAH, Nev., Jan. 1.~New Year's day at Tonapah was ushered in with zero weather. The blizard subsided, put Was. succeeded by a cold wind from the north that sent pedestrians scurrying indoors. Occasionally the sun broke through a rift in the clouds, ‘but these Visitations were few and far between. 37ans weighed in on the club scales Shortiv after 10 o'clock in full street | Dp. costume, including shoes, rubbers and of

balloon and those Bishop, R. Fran the St.

' iin particular { ; them ‘doubt as to don't } shots entered Miller's neck, breast. Fricedburg of | for the, ~ , thar. ae that they, | pleading with | ‘ i clever. me aj} | as fas has ' some at After being | oi i k Springs. The} socks Pace of Eureka Pp se eh ‘ of

en and a fo. ronsideration extand executive | of fight seats is in progress, a heavy sweater. He tipped the beam at 139% pounds. ' Gans then went over to the arena to !the Bugines ascertain the temperature of the build- After the ing. Pe eA 04? : the ' ba!loon ‘Unless there is sufficient warmth,’’ ea. Said the champion, ‘‘there will be no from the ae posing for pictures or anything like ;the air for that.’ present ma xi the : |} took its cou ered with several were leity. A practically deserted. At Headuarters, however, where Nugent,

streets, which were cov- inches of snow, the Casino the sale there was humanity and the man- As brisk sale. CD. up early, but today. jhe headquar- | men they will i tie har Gy, | on oe |The. wind i there " Wind,” the big gas west. a congestion of the ba agement reported a Gans and Herman were did no work of any kind fighters will remain at their ters until Ll o'clock, “when weigh in at the office of M. M. the fight promoter. At. 2:30 o'clock (4:0 St. Louis time) they will proceed to the arena and 15 minutes later will enter | the ring. Both were in excellent spirits during the morning and supreme coniil- dence’ marked their every «move. Gans was in an amiable frame spent the time greeting newly arrived friends and assuring that there was not the slightest the outcome of the fight. “Get in and bet a wad on me and/;in a let the odds stop vou,’ he said to the Mirst b, a party of Goldfield miners whose ac-} ociocK not quaintance he formed during hig stay | second ballo | there lust September. A smail pi ‘There is not the sent up me losing ine figit. It 2 o cock lot for me in the future. I will be hot on the heeis of Battlin Nelson. Failing | Smith. o get a match with him, I might agrees | League. io take on Britt. if he will agree tv MY; Members terms.” who Is Confident, ‘loon declere a ic wot perience, ha lierman, like’ Gans, flitted jabout;! what -“flation. inong his acquaintances and told them; ayy expected to win by 50,000 play. | heen | on ms side,”’ he, } President B: “ond believe that by constantly the ing the champion’'s body | will wear down and tien go in and win.” Nate lewis, the Chicago iad’s aver. snid today: ‘The fight will biggest pugilisti skirmishes in There was never a fighter that siepped | ‘nto the ring who is as sirons as| Her- | man at the weight. Although Gans wilitl: pozier make the weight, he certainly will not! noe intended as stron gas the Kid. Herman Si his own hal can punch with eltther hand. 1% | qaeiined to excellent ring general ani is FamMe | oeaund that a pebble. His confidence been shown during entire y course of training. I have wagered $7%5), | oids of 10 to 4 and some 1, that the Kid will win.’’ There was not muc betting in this morning Many of the prospectors are expected tof. nibble at the short end. but there are; J i few who care to risk their money ONE LARGE BALLOON TAKES PASSENGERS WEST OVER THE CITY in i, a ae

rship Leaves Gas Plant at 1:30 P. M. . With Aeronauts Alan R. Hawley and J. McCoy, Eoth of New York, in the Basket and Sails Slowly Away.

— -e4¢e—- - START MADE WITHOUT. MISHAP BEFORE CROWDS >

—~#> eo ‘Thoubaris s of Citizens Watch the Sky Sail- ors as They Sail Slowly Westwafd Until Lost to Sight in the Smoke—Expect to Land Within Two Hours. e presence of a distinguished gathering of New York and . who acted as helpers, the Orient; a big 35,000- left the ground at Second and Rutger streéts m., Tuesday, for a short sail over the city, carrying Alan MeCoy, pilot, both members of the nen, aeronaut, and J e in the inflation of-a balloon of that size. gether into the St. Louts Aero Club, | J. Smith has béen authorized by the connecting with the ‘'s gasometer and serv- 4. loon by means of a canvas st ws used in the inflation. company pi pe all of them. The instruments which the aeronaut=- teok with them in their Sn ht over the city were a statoscope, ich ts used to determine whether the beltaoe is ris- ing, falling or remaining. stationary: a a yass and a recordine barométer. hile the big balloon was fAllj Sedan of the Laclede Gaatight. ae en 4 al lot of the gas intended to stay two hours or less and to Louis. While they will drop a number addressed to D. ; a 8 aeronauts they envelopes, L. D. Pozier, pe the information that y the size of the Orient could ae Smith}at an expense for gas of $25. A prowe 26 considerable di many .of them women, who ccrued sheltered position in the com fice, saw the balloon fifeéts of the city houses ail along loon large crowds their eve; fastened on lr wasilost to sight in ther smoke. Jt sailed along eaal parently without rising or fal This ascension was in the natur preliminary tria).. The committee already decided that St. Louis can ply gas of the proper quality, and nounced late Monday that the great in: ternational races for the Bennett . the Lahm cups will be sailed from. Louis 'the week of Oct. 19 next, WIll Not Viste Other Cities, | So pleased was the committes itt ; conditions in St. Louis favoring? m4 nautics that the committee decided 4 to visit other cities. been considered. Courtlandt F. Bishop is chairman. ee the committee, which consists of Aliguat Post, Alan R. Hawley, J. C. MéCoey, Frank S. Lahm and Leo Stevens, They were unanimous in their selection of Bt. Louis. ; The Business Men's League gave a banquet Monday evening at the Mércan= tile Club in honor of the commilttee from the Aero Club. After the benquet the party attended a New Year's eve cope Fe vaudeville performance at the St. Louis said the new president of , , “lub. Club, not in the least Soon after the committee decided on ie ‘wntosnton: St. Louis, a telegram was received from several business organizations otferias the length of time required 2.060,000 cubic feet of gas free ati, ‘ parations for sen ling: UP | committee would select incianati illoon it was decided at 2] When shown the telegram E. G. Cow-* fo altempt to send up the|dery of the Laclede Gaslight ey ey oon Puesday afternoon. ‘mediately offered the committee 600 iot balloon, simiar to the one | cubie feet of gas free. afternoon, was sent up} The site for the race will be selected A card was attached, noti- by the Business Mens League, ‘committee declaring that any one 6f ‘several sites selected would be suitable. ' The race will be for the James Gordon Bennett Cup, valued at $2500, which {* now held by the Aero Club of Ameéric&. The club whoge representative wing be: rapid | (Up at three consecutive come |comes the possessor of th trop di] q | addition, there will be offered the se balioon. This one has|P: Labm Cup, . valued at $1200, lees than an hour.” satg | CUP i&_to be. awarded to the contestant, ‘son of the New York Club. | 720 exceeds the feat of Lieut. rete nade potabelligs . : inf u"- | hic race last fall. ‘when he cre re SAUTE WSS Beesr ver ated! distance of 402 miles, landing near Bear. ancia, 3 ‘companied by LD. ‘borough, Eng'tand. oe res ie age biog er. a | Entries This Menth, de Gasifeht r “oO wikia t me The world's long distance ballooning j ata inflated At once / record ts held by Count Henri de tq yh weep avtyedyed to!) ¥aulx of Paris, who started from that Wer Reedtachoccbe ‘city tn 1901 and lauded in Ruassta, foes ee ee ing traveled 1300 miles without la the | comer: lintil that time the long-distance ul ie Aers Club dec of John Wise, who s.arted from §&, to mare hic five as-ent i Louis in 1859 and landed near Buffa Former Gov. Fran l@tN. ¥. a distance of 80 miles, had never ASscensient, on ti ' heen eco cied wouldnt tet him ity Pet. 1 « set for the last day of maent befor? fer the aces, but the committee if vou'llj\ ha this time extended Yo March j Log to give foreign aeronauts an 'H go anvhbow and make i, / nity of learning more of the to after | get home.” | eround St. Louis. All Americans entering the race blowine ‘9s the q@i- be required to have a record of at 16 aacensions. Two of thete m Smith of their voyv®@e, kallocen was inflated e-PRO, holding to the acting as anchors. Among besides the aeronauts, Cowdery, Courtlandt F. Lahm, Leo Stevens, Dozier, president Louis Aero Club, D. C. Smith, president of s NCn's League. photograph had been taken released at a signal It rose straight into a height which aeronauts at 1000 feet, and then westward across the of observers saw |" as it drifted toward the cig, L.. D. was ronaut.

rse due bag lioon was about to ascend, president of the St. Louts remarked solicitously to the to go up, “‘You had better 1dkerchiefs about your ears. pretty brisk up

answered Hawley. “You wind when you are drift- in a balloon.”

Business Men's York Aero Club; “l the inflation of the bal- d that never fn their ex- d thev. seen a more takes two fiours f> dto withdraw President Aeciared that nsions new SA i ee — hie wife j ‘yg gee he sor, " “ag nake a landing her ~~. fire not we Cabin uid neat dleatre ] Ty ryt. by lana later wae ay (lnb. and, a¢ prorm’se to let yeen alone and one at night. 1 de- requirements. These same are imposed by French wae Inaut meeting these conaitions t ° te given a pllot's certificate, The yore with bape the é menial filght was made Monda als9 n ofBcin\ feet in diameter and had «@ day was 1 COMPAR, mats AT- | 523 cubic feet Seven minutes were to Inay In at brs fanar quired to fill it with gas ugh pie + ©. Pe *“la main through two-inch . ae the first the bag reeled a ‘OB ergcticalliy to get free. the internattenal, , The ballood was released and plunged skyward. nertheasteriy course, it satied across the river, and in 10 minutes wholiv idat to view. Attached to the balloon was announcing that a reward — | for the return y.! the bag te be aier. President of the new Aefo of 8. Loute. While at tuncheon at the : Cinb Monday a seutenre h wb of

progreie the c+ Louisans on the. grownd th the New York mies the aercpauticae in president of the nan halloon of « of the New York excver's : ayia he had from nts were mede wh tho Sf. have the cite of St. Lot n the jeternettonal race by A ballioa> ment meet sot uel : iii eeally anherayaiiiaded ae vis Wivene