St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 4, 1907

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DITION VOL. 59. NO. 167. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1907. PRICE (28 cent AAGAUUTTATUEANAT tatain uy) —-

HlS HEART FOR

THAW PLEADS HEREDITARY INSANITY: NO MALICE IN IS VICTIM, LAWYER TELLS THE JURY eee ae eee

HOUSE PASSES CENT FARE BILL BY 9§- Governor’s Adherents Score During Absence of Lobby and Opponents.

KIES IN THE NEGATIVE

Cape Girardeau County Repub- lican Casts Only Vote Against. Measure. —— A LOBBYISTS CAUSE HASTE Fublication in Post-Dispatch | Aroused Legislators— Senate Friendly. yom na Stam Corresvondent of the Post-Dispated. Zee eeON CITY. Feb.. 4.—Taking mavantage of the absence from Jeffer- son City of Col. James M. Seibert, ‘’Fire Ainrm”’ Flanigan and ether railroad at- formeys and -severa! inembers of known raliroad sym pr tiftes., Representative Siinmons called up the two-cent fare hill in the House today and, with the aid of the friends of the administration, passed it by a vote of 9% to 1. Repre- sentative WKies, Republican, of. Cape Girardea. County, was the only mem*cr voting in the negative. The action on the bill: was the direct result of the publication in Sunday's Post-Dispatch of the alleged scheme of the lobby to bring about its defeat by underhand methods. Speaker Atkinson, Representative Simmons and other ad- vodates Of. the. bill got torether Sunday night and planned the ccup on the lob- by: * Post-Dispatch Began Fight. The fight for 2-cent fare legislation in Missouri was begun by the Post-Dis- patch two months ago. Following the publication in this paper of interviews With various Senators and Representa- tives favorablé to the proposed reduced rate bill, Gov. Folk decided to incorpor- ate the recommendation in his message. The railroads had planned a bitter fight on the bill, but from the moment the Post- -Dispatch exposed the operations cause showed signs of weake ning. It is now said the strained relations between Col. Seibert and Col, Phetips, lobby chiefs of the railroad interests, was due to differences existing in the attitude of the railroads toward two- cent fare legislation. Phelps had plans’ to beat the _ bill, which, it is said, Seibert refused to ap- prove. And Séibert’s scheme was sim- quarrel that followed helped materially to insure the people a victory over the lobby. Col. Phelps arrived here 15 min- utes after the bill passed the House. He ajypeared crestfallen when informed of what had occurred. “It looks like snap judgment, he would say. There is no emergency clause to the bill. The Senate Committee on Rail- roads repoited favorably Friday on a °») is all a few’days. It is probable the bill will go to the Governor for his signature by the last of this week. The fight against the méasure by railroads went to the extent that Presi- dent 8 M. Felton of the Chicago «& Alton Railroad came to tlie capital from Chicago, and, appearing before the) Senate committee, pleaded for the de-| lay of the legislation for at least a yeur. He declared the increased cost ol) operation of railroads should be consid- éred. Other prominent railroad officials argued before the. House committee against the measure. FOLK ILL: DOCTOR FARS PAEUMONI Executive Ordered to Remain at Home and Transact No Business.

JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 4.—Gov. Foik’s general condition this morning ts little changed from last night. He still has a slight fever and a severe cold. Dr. & P. Hough, the attending physician, gays the Governor is threatened with abie the Governor will escape that. a any case. the Governor cannot be is office in less than a week. The > or has instructed him to be periect- iy quiet and to attempt to transact no Lusiness. Mrs, Folk said this morning that the Governor was feeling very much better than on Sunday. He talked Of going to his office this afternoon, but he wil! not be Retmestied te to leave his room. Sidi een Zero Weather at Sedalia. ' to the Poet- ae. . wc Ml on Jan

Nays She | | | | (‘reditors etary of tl (‘o, of 1807 ment Mond ing the fili to statemen Sociates. Me ~» ON a trip terest of his abouts rem Mrs. Eliz: where her h she has bee at the ho me ton, at 150% ton. eal eee eee — a that McCau tour of the handle the by the con has been he company. The suits C‘ausland is wife in thre are the M (Charles H. James McC $310.17. In 1 Bank of Ma V. McCausls The amount porter that been retaine represent he McCausland had been m

of persons j since he left “IT am not about MeCat Il Know is in

Secretary of McGrew Comput- ing Scale Co. Left City to Go HIS ASSOCIATES CONFER | Last Heard of in Atlanta, Ga., | ws WIFE IS WITHOUT MONEY Whereabouts and Is mer cashier li. W. Femmer for a conference follow- ng of five attachment suits. Involving $: ains in doubt. James McCa patch Monday that she had no idea John L. Sutton Jr., vice- president of the McGrew Jan. 14, and that he was then on a ard of him by officers of the tuted by the Bank of Maplewood. Mc- Causland, the MeGrew Computing Scale Co., John L. Sutton Jr., Alonzo Me- ier, » Re a + South Jan, 2,

——~ - —- fas e's Sage) cf es ‘ ae de ie ain cn: TES Nts ary oe ae a PSE RRS ACME FS NOE BS Ge ERE OEY Prisoner Bows His Head as He Hears Laws renc2 White Describe Parting With His Father on the Night of the Tragedy—. ret Se? ‘‘Premeditated Murder,’ the Prosecu tion Telis the Jury. 7 NEW VORK, Feb. 4.—‘‘Hereditary insanity’’ is Harry Kendé Thaw’s plea in defense of the mvrder of Stanford White in Ma Square Roof Garden on the night of June 25, 1906. When the p ecution had rested its case today after the introduction of seve eye-witnesses to the tragedy, brought forward merely to establ the fact that Thaw killed White without a warning as the latt sat at a table listening to the chorus of the now famous ‘‘I Co Love a Milion Gif@s,’’ Attorney John B. Gleason for the defens arose, faced the jury, and presented Thaw’s defense. Attorney Gleason declared that Thaw was suffering from i : sanity, hereditary in nature, when he shot Stanford Whute. Miz Gleason said that Thaw believed he was ‘‘acting upon the word 0®

; “ 4 PD 4 - ae”. Me Gee Sgr cae ng auf: ARE ie a . 14, by Members of His Family. —~~ - ——— Knows Nothing of His

Penniless,

of James. McCauslhind, sec- eo Metyrew (Computing Seale (houteau avenue, and for- of the Maplewood 2ank. ay in the offiée of Attorney

2200. saturday. According = ee Due s- Providence’’ when he killed the architect. He declared thet Thavg “"auUus Lene left St. Lowis Jan. : sat ' : re $8 eee the Routh in the in- shot without malice, and did not know the nature or quality of

firm, but his present where- t. » V, McCausland, wife of = usland, told the Post-Dis- THE PROSECUTION’S CASE. | After the presecution had made a futile e8ort to continue 1 process of the jury weeding-out this morning, Assistant District usband is, and declares that n lett penniless. Se is now of her brother; C. C. Wal- Met auslard AVCAL, LBen- tornev (larvan opened the CASE by presenting the people the jury, and then the taking of testimony began. The tragedy of the Madison Square Roof Gar hearsed in detail by two eyewitnesses, one of w Thaw. on his way to meet the police while hk dead. on the floor of the garden, admitted the erime am ‘ : e . ** ry had shot the architect ‘‘because he ruingd my wife. hie. leaving the witness stand. walked the floor in front of the vt. ¢ box to show how Harry Thaw had approached Stanford White cogs (Computing Seale Co,, savs sland was in Atlanta, Ga., South to visit dealers who Patent scales munufactured ipanyv. Since then nothing filed Saturday are all insti- a defendant in each, and his e. The first isagainst Mc- Walton and Elizabeth V. As the witnesses told the story in detail, Thaw sat with bowed - head. staring at the table about which was grouped his strong ar- rav of eounsel. The prisoner s face was flushed and his hands! a he third the plintiff is the plewood and the defendants abdul piso Rit ed

ind, 5S. and L. F.. Mitchell. $250.

C. CC. Walton, James Met ausiand, . Bliza V. McCasland,. S. and L. trembled slightly. : Mitchell are defendants the for Thi > y ‘ Suit, WwW hich la ‘tor $600. The at Lawrence White, a son of the late Stanford W hite, was the é names as defendants Charles H. ; "7 o “atc Ww: nt Pang ait are cee tes ag ; 3 at, Teg : first witness called by the prosee ution. He testified briefly of , : eCar Island is well known in Maple- ‘Ss % we erry + 4 , ' , : 2 _ , or ‘ lv > wood, where he was born and. reared ; MRS THAW. ” MAY McKENZIE. meeting with his father on the night of the tragedy. | As he rela és ; f sd ay 8 cashier of the mn plewood Bank na Soe , SER sess Mate ne eee poietic er oe $ ¢ widow of a former president of the St. I5 DEG REES AND | latter started for the Ma dison square Roof Garde n, and Bree t % Louis Typographica: Union. . x | vouth sald ‘‘That was the last time I saw mv father alive, Th co 7 . ° * . r Wife Almost Penniless. SNOW TONIGHT | | gazed steadily at the table, without é6nee lifting his eyes. He di : Charles L. Moss, attorney for Mrs not book up when young White. without ceross-examination, was ex: | McCausland ; 4 (,araen, said that when he reached Thaw’s side he had been detained by a fireman a an employe of the garden, whe asked him to hold Thaw while they searched for told me that her husband ane wince the timt part From Minimum of Seven,

Siiould worst come to worst, Japan DENVER, Feb. 4 \ special to the : t nquiring for MeCausland TAKE. CANDY zero today. i wil! have to liek the St. Louis Pilots’ | e , , | Princeton (Mo.) _— ™ ' It will’ snow } Association, which has 52 valiant men-} Post from Sheridan, Wyo., says: ’ ~C l int of bl iicete to any caveman > rene A BABN' } ee eee, i n Gamblers’ Complain island's defale; ations, for all F tonight. pner® and is Atfiliated with a national “Westbound Burlington passenger 0 ‘ I : ; P : njnenee re) 3 cee om e. Oe

a Broke ssional wiry. The tempera- ; ore inization numbering full 150, scatter- ture will rise to- - throughout the United States. train No. 41 from Omaha to Billings,

night. [f the Mikado never heard of- the It will rise | Pilots’ A&SSociation he would better sit ee ‘ACCUSED TO BE TRIED Mont., went through the bridge over the

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Slowly. up and take notice. The Association (*hevenne Rive r at ior gemont, SS. L)., | Avout as slow- ; has its headquarters in room 407 Pana-| today. Fire broke out-in the wreckage | (Less Cheap Legal) Iv as the Rus- !ma_ building, 210 QOtive street. elevator oe ema sian peasantry entrance mM the bus: r? ent and it is close and 1t ‘is reported many lives were lost.”’ | rises against the | ly allied With Fire Haters’ Union. No. 23 2! : Penalty Under Statutes Is | Y esterday, Czar. The Association was to have held a! 1 , a ee . But: ‘anyhow. | mecting Btonday fe draft resolutions of RESENTS REMARK BY STAB. $200 Fine or NIX Months : ates were y.ts , Te tO tile Japs, but the weather ea Le | S d F b 3 H d and Morri : will not be jeauerd. a postponement. Mos: of Ce] Bente Tar eal. iuciae imprisonment | unday, #eoruary vo. ammond an Orris Concerns falling. member have had 70 years or more in Kuife lelder Fined, Surhed Mmpriso ' . Porhang Which to grow to the full stature of A Act After Anti-Trust Perhaps \ ite: valor. and now that a e mflict is immii- Talk Before a Woman. —_— | e % would like this | nent. they are not taking any chances re Did. Hie kas | , | | | vonviction . all together. ot being Incapacitated Lefore the time seca: le Stabbed -iw man who uses Special to the Post-Dispatch ' OS — 1S C 0 ape ects P Here ia the | f° the great Struggle arrives. -Thougi| what he considered improper tan TRENTON, Mo., Feb. 4 TREE we | a 9 > : ods jie ghey: ey eb Certif- forecas’ , See ciel © eget yg ga ahd “ D gt tg a suage inn the nresenc f . | of the most nrominent society persons | —e Te filed today with the Secre- res only three were on hand a re hour | ; oO en niet anti , ceria ae toes 7 4 tary of State showing the withdrawal “Snow and slowly rising temperature set for yoo 1; ay § meeting. | Hiram Von Nostrand of °2°27 Menard | 2! Princeton have been arrested on et Globe-Democrat, i 204 4 from Arkunsius of the Hammond Pack- tonig} and T oi * is 7 a | . I These pats “Rear Admiral” ka Ks. Me- | street was fined @-4 ie onate in the | formation filed by Pr wsecuting Attorney - ing (0., and Morris & Co. of Chicago. a sbIL vesday, northneas. winds; | Cyllogh : ‘aptain” PrP. S. Drown and{ >. ‘laa hii : + wee ' Ben F. Kesterson of Mercer County as! * Judgment was recently entered against minimum tonight 15 degrees.”’ ‘*Able geaman John H Mc Bride. \ iTV Hlall Police’ Coy ri. SNlonda’ rhe _ ; ene Re ublic po on i 149 44 = the Hammond Packing Co. for $10,000 be- ee ee : He ve “They can’t fight this war without | complaining witness was Frank Seliu the resu It -of playing ecards for priz na | + sauese of an allered wicca bea of the ere are tWwo storm areas. Neither ne eaid MecCu logh, who is the presi- |, os - 231] Beh - ) a ; Che information is under S' ction Arkansas anti-trust law. papieit suits are of them is verv near here, (ne is cen- dent of the ASSoCcIation, wien by ey ve got to! wert . = | — ‘ JOR Ua ’ of the tevised Statutes Oo} Missourl,y ! now pending against Morris & Co. and j}tral—did you ever notice how storm} 2@ye Us ses te i dager SOW. to Mew 1 Hcnahert tegtilicd that he was severe- Fad’ an ee, ardaerie’ alain with cards, we , er firms « /- game charge ; ' ; ~~ 1 Orleans and to Jrotect the lower river , ’ , fOr Mone) ‘ . sou other firms on the same charge. reas are always ‘“‘central?’’—wonder if | from invasion. ” ly eut in the neck and <howed Judge with dice or any other device.” | COLD DELAYS TRAINS that has anything to do with the stormy | ‘“W: expected a er ote hot meeting: Tracy 2% blecday collar , orgy i ea — de ray - mergers . wav thy ‘central’ t: <. ‘or Naw ~. ihere this morning, ruil the.weather was On the evening of Jen. 286 at Broad wuses in rinceton, ane it iS 8a stock Se SE “Sila : a ao . a Ove! New Or toy cold for most of the bovs. There's ae) ee Pat - . A Te uF | the gamblers complained € to him | POST-DISPATCH excess over T inj cea a he other fs central over Colora-! ny use in a man dying a natural death| W4Y and bant street, Ler! ‘| against the society card parties. raffic in East and Southwest |do—some distance over it. when he can nurse himself until the} his two sisters, Miss Margaret Schu-} All the arrested will stand trial, and | Globe- Democrat ie 14 Cols I I | In § is ti bie fight is pulled off. bert and Mrs Frances f'enn, were! the first case is set for Feb. ¢. It is de- ’ ‘ §s im peded. n t. Louis tne temperature was 9 “We can lick these Japs with ‘our| waiting for a Street cor to go tO 8 | vlared by those arrested that if they Re ublic a - si ai 69 +“ All trains into St, goo Monday from | degrees above at 8 o'clock last night, S’!hands tied behind us. If they gever| theater. Von Nostrand came out of a) are convt ‘ted they will cause proceed- p ’ the Southwest were delayed from thirty | at midnight and 7 at 8 ocloc k this morn. / came up the river as far as Jefferson | saloon with James Wuhriliames wha ings to be instituted against their recent aminutes to ‘ven hours on account of ing. At 2d it was 9, at 11 1 ) Barracks we could blow them off the! lives at Seventh. and Sidney streets. | hosts for keeping gambling houses and the snowstorm that swept the country Bae ik esis t was 1°, and at map with that nes gun on the hill} Williams was then joined by his wife. | against a number of other social and a Frisco train No. 6 from Texas. ~Wwas sever | + 0. m. i. ! down there. At this peint Schubert came up and|religious ieaders for playing dominoes ac hours Inte, It was due at 7:46 a. m. If you want to know about skating atj’. ‘‘We're the Uall-qualifiedegt bunch of | made a remark in the hearing of Mrs. | for prizes. Iron Mountain No, 6 from the South.” the parks, call up the City Hall ex- qualified, three-strong-adjectives-in-a- |) Svilliags to which her husband ob- Similar action has, repeatedly b4n west, due here at 7:18, was four hours|. ) SOME ’ ~ 1 bunch, fighters’ that ever sailed the jj ected. Von Nostrand took a hand and|urged upon grand Juries by circutt | First in Quantit lite. Wabash No. 4, due at 6:50 a. m,,|°2@n8e on eye-ther phone, and ask for] piver, and we could put those yellow fel- | stabbed Schubert; He testified that he | Judges in various parts of, his State, yY was four hours late. Frisco No. 8. from the Park Department. They'll be giad lows on the run #80 qualified quick it' drew. the knife in self-defense, when but this is the first opporst ity to de- Fi . ali ~\ Kansas City. was two hours and 30 min- to tell “vou would make their adjective heads swim. | he saw Schubert reach toward his hip veraine whether society « 1 playing irst in Ou ity utes late, Katy Fiyer from Te ‘xas, duel] 2 “rT bave started the war already. Com- | pocket. for priges ig unlawful. T maximum a - at 7:35. was two hours late. The Big ee Re ing down on. the car this morning, a Jap Both of Schubert's sisters rushed to | punishment under the ate is a fing First in Ever ing viene ab “He nog the Rest, due here at tried to, sift next va me, and I gave him hjs assistance. They \appeared injor Sw. In be conner eesiniwhe yth : s seven hours late. Other 8 a push and shov him into the sao court against Von Nostrand. Von Nos-j} some persons tinder age ‘oncerned. Th tet traing (were tWo hours ate. suas seta a pote Po te sce srs ‘Then I ‘looked at him croas, -like trand said that -he would. appeal. Al! This makes it possible ‘escribe @ banpered and telephone wires were ¥y an it has homes.* 114 he hung on @ Strap the rest of Hale, of the "men yecriihthe ox the fight are penalty upon the other ( over six

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