St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 19, 1907

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ST. LOUIS, UIS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1907

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‘STOCKS LEFT BY RICH MRS. LONG STRANGELY LOST a». &. v -

= ‘ Public Administrator Says He Will || Use Court to Find Missing Se- 5 curities of Hotel Mystery.

DENIES THEIR RIGHT TO DESTROY PRIVATE PAPERS

Karl Stuckman Tells of Visiting Mrs. Long’s --RRoom at Monticello After Her Death, but Says Letters He Took Were Al- most All Personal.

Such sensational developments were promised by Publie Ad- ministrator Troll Friday in the ease of Mrs. Nannie Long, the rich divorcee and widow whose 18-year-old son cannot be found. that Karl] Stuckman, her nearest friend, went to that official and told him what papers he had destroyed after the woman’s death. . The Public Administrator says if he cannot find the missing "stock that Mrs. Long is supposed to have had he will cause an in- -quiry and bring all the persons concerned: into court. The Public Administrator said to Stuckman: “While you may have acted in good faith and with no ultierior motives, that does not excuse you. There is a penalty attached to such an unusual proceed- ing. If I do not succeed in finding the missing stocks it may be necessary when I come to make my own show- $ng to cause you to give an account ‘ of just what you destroyed.” ' ‘Before Stuckman’s visit Troll said to a8 Post-Dispatch reporter: ~“ Unless I soon obtain a clew to the _ gtock certificates which I. have been } bly informed were owned by Mrs. Et but which are missing, I will be compelled to sunimon into court per- sons who are reported to have entered her room shortly after her death and . Gestroyed private papers.”’ Mrs. Long, said te be a woman of * wealth, died July 5 at the Monticello Hotel. Heart disease was given as the cause. It was several days before Mr. Troll got a trace of relatives or ac- quaintances other than persons in the hotel, who knew little of her history. “The fact that these certificates are mising, together with any other papers that might give a key to Mrs. Long’s estate, and that widespread publicity has failed to cause any of the missing property to be delivered to me, is cause enough for explanation on the part of the persons who took the law into their own hands by meddling in the dead woman's atfair&,’’ said Mr. Troll. Friend Is Periarbed, Karl Stuckman was greativ perturbed when informed of the contemplated ac- @en of Public Administrator Troll to hale into court persons reported to have destroyed papers of Mrs. Long. “This is a frightful predicament for one who tried to perform the last of- fices for a friend,” said Mr. Stuck- : man. “The day after the body was re- . moved from the room at the Montt- - gello Hotel, Mrs. I. Rothan, myself 4 and Mrs. Hightower entered the room and went through Mrs. Long's effects to carry out her expressed wish to me that in case anything happened to her I would see that her private correspond- ences was destroyed. “Mrs. Rothan and I destroyed letters to Mrs. long from myself, from B. ee Rhbuwetler, from John O’Bryan, Gov- ‘ ernment appraisers here and from Miss Mamie Coleman of Columbia, Mo. These letters were torn in four pieces and thrown into Mrs. Long's waste basket. “During the afternoon of the day of death, Mrs. Long requested Mrs. Rothan to ‘gather her jewels from her trunks and place them all in her jewel bag ae for gafe keeping. This bag was placed Bee in the safe of the Monticelio Hotel. I ere took a new lace gown and placed it in ed This gown was taken to the establishment of George

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and had it locked up with the jew- els. I could not have profited by mis- representating this stock. I have my doubts about there being any stock.” Now that the friends of Mrs. Long have broken their silence concerning her death, Mr. Troll is dividing his at- tention between recovering the missing stock certificates and finding the miss- ing son, Woodward Bertrand. New York Woman a Clew. A possible new factor in the case is Mrs. P. C. Coddington of Winona Cot- tage, Lock Shelidrake, Sullivan County, N. Y., who has written to the manage- ment of the MonticeHo Hotel, asking for minute details of Mrs. Long’s death. Mr. Troll understands that Mrs. Cod- dington received a visit from Mrs. Long and her son within a year past, which would disprove the impression that she had not seen Woodward Bertrand for four years preceding her Ceath. It is believed that Mrs. Coddington may fur- nish a clew,to the whereabouts of the heir. Dr. Harry Long, the second husband of the dead woman, first said to huve died of consumption in the West, is alive, according to his cousin, S. N., Long, head of the S. N. Long ware- house, 827 Gratiot street. Dr. Long and Mrs. Long were divorced, according io S. N. Long. Dr. Long is now engaged with his father in the fruit preserving business in San Francisco. Mr. Long says that the removal of his cousin by divorce as a possible claimant for the estate of Mrs. Long, leaves only one heir, Wood- ward Bertrand. The value of the Long estate will be enhanced if Mr. Troll has been credibly informed that Mrs. Long owned a block of shares of the American Smelting and Refining Co. Mr. Stuckman told a Post- Dispatch reporter that he knew Mrs. Long owned a block of stock in a hard- Ware manufacturing concern in Colum- bus, O., the annual meetings of which company she always attended. Allowance Censed at Death. According to Mrs. Long’s friend, Mr. Stuckman, her allowance from the es- tate of her first husband, Capt. Ber- trand, who died in New Orleans, ceased with ‘her death. Mr. Troll will now make a minute inventory of Mrs. Long’s personal ef- fects in his possession. The estimated value of paintings, gowns, furs and jew- eiry in her trunks is $7500. H. P, BENNETT SEVERELY HURT BY FALL FROM CAR President of Belting Company Is Carried to Sanitarium After Acci- dent in Grand Avenue. Henry P. Bennett, president of the Bennett-Dreyer Belfing’ Co., fell while alighting from a Grand avenue car Thursday afternoon and was sericusly hurt. He was taken to the Grand Ave- nue Sanitarium. The physician in charge there said Friday that Mr. Bennett was badly injured but that he probably would recover. cytes .

ak Stocks in Trunk. “The day following the funeral Mrs. Rothan, myself, Mrs. Hightower and Deputy Bond of the Public Adminis- trator’s office, called at the recom, which “had been locked although the trunks had been left open. - “We found two maids froin the hotel - ¢@leaning the room. They had thrown everything about and were at liberty vs on! enter anything left by Mrs. Long.

Smith Heads Building Trades. Edward I. Smyth has been elected president of the Building Trades Coun- cil, to succeed R. M. Miller, appointed Deputy State Factory Inspector. Of- ficers elected were: J. J. Sullivan, vice- president; H. Blackrnore, recording sec- retary; W. H. Stofiel, financial secre- tary: Fred Doyle, treasurer, and John Lackey, sergeant--.t-arms. this fact now that I have been unpleasantly drawn into the mat- ont Y will say that when we went idle the trunks the first time we meal “not. find anything that looked like : papers or stock. ag we had found: stock we would btedly taken it to the safe

NOTES 70 W 0 10 ATTACK WITH HORSEWHI Todd Beat Dentist After Receiving Anonymous Let- ters and Was Stabbed. MRS. TODD ANNOYED Dr. Paul Fixed Her Teeth, They Were Friends, Then She Cut Him.

Enraged by anonymous letters sent to his wife and himself, M. I. Todd, sten- der and below medium height, pursued Dr. H. C. Paul, 6 feet tall and athletic, for two blocks, in Granite City, bran- dishing a horsewhip all the way. Dr. Paul, when overtaken, stabbed Todd twice in the neck with a pocketknife, in- flicting dangerous wounds. Todd was in bed Friday. Dr. Paul, at liberty on bond, resumed the prepara- tions for a vacation journey which were interrupted by the attempted horsewhip- ping. He is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The pursuit, which started at the Big Four Depot, was witnessed by hundreds of persons just at dusk Thursday. The families of Todd and Dr. Paul are neighbors in a row of flats at Nine- teenth and B streets, Granite City. Dr. Paul, who is a dentist, did extensive re- pair work on Mrs. Todd's’ teeth, finish- ing the task a year ago. Kept Up Acquaintance, The acquaintance between the dentist and his patient continued after the work was completed. | “Last February,’’ said Mrs. a Post-Dispatch reporter in her hus- band’s presence Friday, ‘‘I made up my mind to get rid of Dr. Paul, and I quit speaking to him and to his wife and stepdaughters. ‘Some time later I got the first of several anonymous letters, pritned out with a lead pencil. They were of a Slanderous character. I showed them to my husband, and he turned them over after a time to a Government Postoffice Inspector. “A few days ago my husband got a letter of the same sort, but in hand- writing that he thought he recognized. He told me he meant to make Dr. Paul explain the letter.’’ Todd followed Dr. Paul when he saw the dentist start for the depot Thurs- day evening. On the depot platform he confronted Dr. Paul, drew a letter from his pocket and demanded that Dr. Paul apologize for having written it. “I didn’t write it,” said the dentist. “T don’t know anything about it.’’ Draws Riding Whip. Todd drew a long riding whip from beneath his coat and struck at Dr. Paul. The end of the lash reached its mark, but Dr. Paul did not await another blow. He turned and ran. Overtaking the dentist once, Todd struck him with whip. Just as he was about to overtake him again, Paul drew his Knife and turned on Todd. Todd fell as he struck at Paul, and the dentist jumped upon him and drove the knife twice into his neck. The sccone time, wounding Todd just under the left jaw, he almost reached the jugular vein. Dr Paul then ran to the police stetion and gave himself up. He gave $500 bond for appearance before Jus- tice Kinder Friday afternoon, with the understanding that the case would then be continued for a week or longer. Todd, his physician says, will be unable to leave the house for a week, perbaps for two weeks. Had to Punish Him. “I had to punish Dr. Paul in de- fense of my home and my honor,’ wus 41) Todd would say Friday. He irtimvated that he expected the postal authorities to act in the case soon. Dr. Paul denied that he had given Todd provocation for the scene. He said he knew nothing of the letters, and wos acquainted with Mrs. Todd only in a professiona] way. He said he expected to remove from Granite City scon. going Probably to Chicago. Mrs. Todd is 28 years old, with Black hair and blue eyes. Dr. Paul's wife has © grown daughter, Miss “Florence Ifassett. who was going with her mothef and stepfather to Jerseyville Thursday night. He had gone to ebeck their baggage when he was at- tacked. Todd to

Carried Over Niagara Falls. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., July 18.— An unknown man who was walking with a crutch and cane leaped into the rapids above the fields today and was carried over the American catar- act. His crutch and cane he left be- hind with a note signed “D. J..” say- ing: “Tell my friends that I have gone to giory.”

The legitimate PAID circulation of the Post-Dispateh in St. Louis and ite Suburbs ts greater than that of ALL

CHARGED WITH MURDER DONE 28 YEARS AGO Oklahoman Is Accused of Having Escaped From Ma- con (Mo.) Jail.

PRISONER DENIES _ IT

A. T. Davidson Insists He Not B. F. Drinkard, Con- victed Slayer.

Special to the Post-Dispatch. HOBART, O. T., July Standing his emphatic avowals that it is a Case of mistaken identity, A. T. Da- vidson was arrested here today and ac- cused of a murder committed 28 years ago in Macon County, Missouri. The assertion is made by Sheriff Graves that Davidson is none other than B. F. Drinkard, who escaped from the Macon Jail after being convicted of a farm tenant’s murder and sentenced to YI years in the Penitentiary. Drinkard disappeared completely. He left absolutely no clew that could be traced and at no time since then has there ever been the slightest intima- tion of his whereabouts, or even that he still lived, until the arrest today of Davidson. Declares 19.—Notwith- Arrest a Mistake. The prisoner here insists that he is not Drinkard; that he is in absolute ig- norance of the Missouri crime; that he can prove he was not in Macon County when the killing occurred, and that the authorties have made a serious mis- take. All of Davidson’s declarations are sub- stantiated by his. sister-in-law, Mrs. Woodrow, who says she was with Da- vidson throughout 1879, the year in which the tenant was slain, and that her relative was not near the scene of the crime. Sheriff Graves, however, is -positive in his statement that Davidson is Drink- ard. The officer asserts that he was in court when Drinkard was convicted and that he cannot be in error. Seen by Man on Street. It seems that when the congressional convention was held here recently, a Mr. White of Comanche County saw Davidson on the street and claims to have recognized him as Drinkard. White deliberated on the matter for some time and then, being satisfied in his own mind that his conclusion as to the man’s identity was correct, he notified Sheriff Graves. The Sheriff has communicated with the Macon County authorities and ex- pects his identification to be verified by them. Davidson has expressed no unwillingness to be confronted by any- body from Macon who formerly knew Drinkard, though it is believed there are few persons in that vicinity now who could make the identification posi- tive, even if Davidson were Drink- ard. Davidson is being held in custody here pending advices from Macon. -_—_ —— Drinkard Slew a Tenant. Special to the Post-Dispatch. MACON, Mo., July 19.—Sheriff Graves of Hobart, O. T., wired the Prosecuting Attorney here this afternoon that he had arrested B. F. Drinkard, wanted here for a murder committed Aug. 28,

THIS CONDUC1OR FOUND $121, RETURNED IT, GOT $25 REWARD

ISEEVES ».

conductor on the Taylor United Railways, is $2 richer as the result of Walter C, avenue division Reeves, of the finding on his car and turning in at the company’s offices a purse containing $121. The purse belonged to Mrs. Helen M. Gottfried of Joplin, Mo., who thanked Capt. McCulloch for returning it to her, but asked that she be permitted to re- ‘ward the finder in person. Capt. Me-

Culloch summoned Reeves to his office anda gave him $ reward and also a let- ter of introduction to Mrs. Gottfried at the Hotel Jefferson. Mrs. Gottfried gave him $20 additional, invited him to dine with her there and expressed her de- light at finding so honest a man. Conductor Reeves resides at 4521 Page avenue, where his brother, a policeman, also lives. The conductor is 23 years old and unmarried. He came to St.

ro from. Sullivan, Mo., a few years ‘

1879. Drinkard had escaped after be- ing sentenced to 99 years in the Peni- tentiary. Drinkard occupied a large farm in Callao Township and had leased part of it to a man named Nichols, who started to a mill, driving through Drinkard’s lot. Drinkard told him to stop, but Nich- ols went on through. On his return Nichols again drove through Drinkard’s lot and the killing occurred. ———-

Requisition Charges Murder by Placing . Strychnine in Beer. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.) SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.—A special from Sacramento to the Bulletin says: “Gov. Gillett today issued papers of requisition for Fred and Faye Magill now confined in the County Jail at San Diego and wanted in Clinton, Ill., on the charge of poisoning Magill’s first wife. The papers charge that the woman was poisoned with strych- nine alleged to have been placed in a glass of beer by the defend- ants.”

WILLIAMS JUROR MAKES. APOLOGY Last Man to Yield Says More Busi- | ness Men Should Have Been Chosen. Fred Geitz Jr., who says he was the last of the George Williams trial jurors to hold out for conviction, issued a statement Friday which, in the main, was an apology for the jury’s action in acquitting the defendant, He says that he thinks there should have been more business men on the jury. According to his statement, the vote on the first ballot stood nine for aoquittal and three for conviction. In dismissing the a@sault case against Thomas B. McGrath Wednesday, Cir- cut Attorney Sager told Judge Sale that he understood the first ballot was nine for conviction and three for acquittal. Geitz says positively that he does not believe any undue influence was used

on the jury.

St. Louis Merchants Bought 79 Columns of advertising space in yesterday— I hursday’s POST-DISPATCH

Globe-Democrat. Republic, COMBINED

While they used only 76 columns the same day in the Star-Chronicle and Times Why ? Because the POST-DISPATCH brings them the buyers for their merchandise.

KILLS CHUM BY BLOW OVER HEART IN STRENGTH TEST. i a

Good Natured Challenge Leads to Tragedy in South Third Street Coal Yard, Victim Dying Instantly. — — —----

— MAN WHO ACCEPTED DEFI GOES WEEPING TO CELL

ee Joseph Ritter, 6 Feet Tall, Had Said “No Man Can Hit Me Hark Enough to Hurt Me,” . and Diminutive George Stapp Makes Trial. :

Wurst Coal luneh hour Friday. the Ing one answer father of 2129 South Station and held to Ritter, 27 years old and the three small children, lived at Third street. Ritter, a Six-Footer; Stnpp Small, He was more than six feet tall. Stapp, whose home is at 319 Russell avenue, is single and his height is only 5 feet and: 2 inches. Both were teamsters for the coal com- pany. At noon they, with eight other drivers, gathered in the company’s yard. While eating their luncheon they talked of the knocking out of Bob Fitz- simmons by a “negro Thursday night. ‘‘Age doesn’t make any difference,” said Ritter. “I’m the oldest man in the bunch, but nobody here is as strong

as I am. The youngest man in the crowd couldn’t put any thing on me in a fight.’’ “Well, I could make you go some,’ said Stapp, known among the employes of the com- pany as Ritter’s closest friend. “I’m willing to let you try,” said Rit- ter. Stapp suggested that Ritter may have taken boxing lessons and that his skill in defending himself might count in pre- venting him from being hurt. Ritter Spurns Defense. “T don’t mean that,” said Ritter. “What r mean is that ti am so atrong ————— ———_— —— ee TOMORROW IS. EXPECTED TO BE COOLER; NOT SO VERY MUCH, BUT SOME Occasional Showers Are Also Pre- dicted for the Next Twenty- Four Hours. TEMPERATLU RES. Midnight

Today started off ON YEA ILLBE|2 dearees cooler AT FOREST Parc | than yesterday and HIGHLANDS SaT- | a further moderate URDAN AFT THE drop in temperature Fp ayes ABIG is predicted. The B vanw FOR. rg Weather man says Sine “a a that conditions will be much the same as on i ~yesterday, though no predic- tion of high wind ts made. The official fore- enst is: “Partly cloudy, with occe- sional showers Frit- ‘ay night and Sat- irday: siightly cool- v7 Saturday, with variable winds.”’ Local raina fell tn une Middle Atlantic and Valley States along the Gulf Coast. There was little change In temperature In the Mid- die West. The hottest place on the United States map was Yuma, Ariz., where it was 8% at 7 a.m. In St. Louts it was ’ Temperatures in other citles at 7 a. m.: Boston, 78; Chicago, 72; Denver, 62; Galveston, 78; Kansas City, 78; New York, 78; New Orleans, 8; Omaha, 70; Pittsburg, 68; San Francisco, 54; Wash- ington, 76. * The river stage was % feet, a rise of 3 in &% hours. A stage of %.5 is pre-

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‘‘Nobody in the world could hit me hard enough to hurt me,”’ said Joseph Ritter to a group of teamsters in the wagon yard of and Hauling Co., 2120 South Third ore dur- His best friend, George Stapp, aecepted the edited With blow of the fist over the heart Stapp killed Ritter. rolling down his checksk, Stapp was taken to the Soulard aires a charge of homicide. With tears

— physically that nobody can hurt me, I'll keep my hands down and you can

hit me as hard as you like.” It was agreed that Ritter was to stand Ritter arose, apd took a deep breath which made his “Fire away,” he said. Stapp. stood back, felt. His fist landed on the left side of “You struck his solar plexus,” sald one of the teamsters. stunned, but when he had lain quiet for nearly five minutes his companions The physician sald that Ritter had been killed instantly. His body was erect and rigid and permit Stapp et strike him. squared his ciineineie. chest stand out like a blacksmith’s age lows. e flexed his erm several Aimes “ & launched a terrific blow. / _ a Ritter’s chest, just above the heart. With a gasp, Ritter sank to the ground. “I guess I did,” replied Stapp. I thought that Ritter wag only were alarmed. One of them was sent for Dr. Tandy. taken to his home, half a block away, . and Stapp was arrested. —_- -- e -—_ : to Oklahoman’s Attempt Lynch Two Assailants of White Couple.

' Spectal to the Post-Dispatch. NORMAN, O. T., July 19.—Amn attempt- ed lynching, following an assault by two negroes, D. 8. Kelton and Thomas Cook, on J. H. Wilson and his wife, was narrowly averted at Stroud today. Wilson, a white man, met the negroes on a narrow country road. They would not turn out and give him a part oS the road. Mrs. Wilson made a remark the negroes replied insultingtlly. Wilson got out of the ish them, and they turned a razor, badly cutting him The negroes were caught H. Lilly, who started to the take them to Chandler for ing. A mob of several hundred. soon gathered and approached thts his prisoners with a rope, in noose had been tied, The Sheriff knocked down leaders and made a break with oners for the train, reaching saving the lives of the negroes. This makes the second attem mob violation in yey Osage yne a murder of a htt

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— » Don’ t forget. the Post-Dispatch Children’s Carnival at Forest Park Highlands tomorrow. 't forget the hundreds of gifts, watches and jewelry of'all kinds for the children. ‘directions on the ticket and don’t forget the 10 cents.

Don’t t fenret the egg hunt, which will crown a day full of F lea I Don’t forget to cut out the ticket on page 4 of t day’s Post-Dis