St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 8, 1907

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5 (TRAGEDY mi Bea coke. S, ray eee “fea PPO age es eS eee hg I % fai pee ngsy i fe SSE a a Sato , v2 5 ‘ ise aS a ose ev Saas ete - Sd ’ 9 folks 2k ty Ny ay Bee erie! Wee ee u 7 ‘4 “at ae ce “BIRST IN EVERYTHING.” “VOL. 59. NO, 352. ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1907 ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING NEWSPAPER WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. ~~ PRICE ON E: CENT ee MAN DRESSED AS CLERGYMAN - SHOOTS TWINS _—-_oe—---- eres ‘Starzynski of Pittsburg Dead, Brother Can- not Live. IN. HOTEL Proprietors Had Reprimanded Couple for Creating Disturbance. (QUARRELED IN ROOM Supposed Churchman: Said Woman Companion Was His Housekeeper. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.) PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 8 —Ludwig Sczegiel, said to be an unattached Polish clergyman of Chicago, walked into a hotel at 1111 Carson street early today, and without warning, drew a re- volver and fired upon the proprietors, twin brothers, named Steven and An- drew Starzynski. Steven died within an hour and Andrew cannot recover. The Cause of the shooting is a mystery. wees who was arrested, refuses to and nothing could be learned from either of his victims. When Scziegel Came to Pittsburg about ten days ago, be went to the hotel kept by the broth- ers, accompanied by a woman whom he introduced as his housexeeper. They @ecured two rooms. The woman, who gave her name as Francisca Sprock, is held as a suspicious person. She denies all knowledge of the shooting. Sczegiel, it is suid, had been Grinking heavily ever since he arrived in the city. Man and Woman Reprimanded, It was snid by Mrs. Starzynski, wife @f Andrew, that about ten minutes be- fore the shooting. a noise was heard in the apartments occupied by Sczegiel and the woman. Her husband, she’said, | went upstairs and reprimanded the pair for making a disturbance. He then _ Went downstairs and joined his brother fn the dining room. In a few minutes, @he says, the priest appeared in the | @oorway and opened fire. “The prisoner wears the dress of a @lergyman, although his atttire does not Gndicate to what denomination he be- fongs. The police authorities do not be- Heve the man is a member of any cler- feal order, but that he had a purpose in @ssuming the garb. Not Known in Chicago. CHICAGO, Aug. 8.—The name of Lud- Sezegiel does not appear in the @ity directory, and inquiry among ergymen of the Polish churches failed reveal anybody who knew him. BOOLNESS RAIN BROUGHT NOT TO LAST LONG; HOT NIGHT LIKE LAST FEARED Wurkish Bath Temperature Relieved for Time Being by Morn- ing’s Storm. TEMPERATURES. Louisans thought for a time Thursday morning that the cool weather of a few days ago was coming back. A thunder storm, followed by a light shower, -‘made the ternper- ature drop from $ at 9 a. m. to 71 one hour tater. The mercury re- mained stationary another hour, but at noon had jumped to 73. It was (\78 at 1 o'cloek. The weather man said at that time that he thought’ the t emperature would continue to rise rapidly and give us another night like Wed- nesday night.’ official forecast issued earlier “Showers tonight. and A wan§ } Louis, WOMAN REIMBURSED FOR ssi TRANSFER PUNCHED WRONG BY CARELESS CONDUCTOR Mrs. Holland Pays Second Fare and Gets Money Back From McCulloch. Mrs. W. Bob Holland boarded a Van- deventer avenue car Tuesday afternocn and when she paid her fare asked for a “Maplewood transfer,” as she was bound for her home at 2009 Forest avc- nue, Benton. When she transferred to the Maplewood car at Chouteau avenue the conductor refused to accept the transfer, calling attention to the fact that it was punched for the Hodiamon. line. It was too hot for an argument and Mrs. Holland paid a second fare, re- taining the transfer slip. When she reached home she sent the slip to Gen- eral Manager McCulloch of the United Railways, with an explanation and ‘t demand for 7 cents—5 cents for the sec- ond fare she paid end 2 cents for post- age on the complaint. Within 2¢C hours Mrs. Holland received a letter from Capt. McCalloch exyplairn- ing that the conductor who issned the transfer understood her to ask for a “Suburban” transfer and had punched it accordingly. Two 5-cent car tickets were inclosed in the letter, but no ref- erence was made to them. LIGHTNING PARALYZES FARMER’S FEET AS HE SLEEPS IN BARN LOFT Edwardsville Man Now Engaged in Relearning How to Walk. _ George Berger, a farm hand @* nesr Edwardsville, is practicing the art of walking, in consequence of his feet hav- ing been struck by lightning. Berger and five other men had put in Wednesday threshing on the farm of STdward Meikamp. It was so hot that they decided not to go to bed in the house, but sprawled on the hay in the loft of the big barn. Berger lay with his feet in the opening of the loft, and woke up as William Strassen was closing the door, a violent storm having arisen. Just as Strassen shut the door lightning struck the barn. The door was torn from its hinges and the hay was set on fire. Everybody jumped but Berger, who found that his feet were dead to feeling. They were temporarily paralyzed. The blaze in the hay was extinguished. CAT CHASE COSTS BOY’S MOTHER $18; OWNER FREED She Says Son Had No Revolver, Man Is Equally: Sure He Had None. A roving cat, said to have strayed from the home of its owner, W. J. Walker of Page pboulevard Heights, into the yard of Mrs. Lucy Vadmer Came near causing a neighborhood riot and caused the appearance of Mrs. Vad- mer and Walker and a number of their neighbors in Justice Werremeyer’s court at Clayton. The cit was not in court. " Mrs. Vadmer declared that when Emil Vadmer, her 17-year-old son, chased the cat from her premises and threw a bottle at it Walker became very angry and threw a stone and flourished a revolver at the boy. He threatened the boy and talked back to her, she said. Walker and several of the neighbors testified that after throwing the bottle and a stone at the cat, the boy dis- played a revolver and threatened to shoot both the cat and its owner. Wal- ker said he displayed no firearms, and Mrs. Vadmetf was equally sure her son had none. The case was dismissed and re costs, $18, were assessed against er. ALTON SPOONERS DRIVEN TO LOFTY “LOVER'S LEAP” Arc Light Put in Central Park Spoils Favorite Trysting Place. Love sick lads and lassies in Alton are being kept on the jump. Every time they find a trysting place, somebody takes it away from them. First they were chased off the steps of the Presbyterian Church, then off the Alton Bridge promenade, and now they are about to lose Central Park. The City Fathers are going to put an arc light in Jt, and, of course, that will spoil it for sentimental purposes. The park is at Third and Alby streets, just back of the Madison Hotel. Guests and neighbors have complained that the cooing of the turtle doves keeps them awake nights. Now the spooners will take their last stand on Lover's Leap, one of Alton’s big bluffs. BRIDEGROOM’S BEST MAN TOO _ FRIGHTENED TO SIGN NAME Hint at Possibility of His Marrying Soon Completely Upsets Witness. A young man who acted as a witness to the marriage of George E. Vincent and Miss Alma E. Juengel, both of Bt. at Alton Wednesday, was so nervous when he wrote his name on the marriage certificate that Justice Nathan could not decipher it. The couple was attended by Miss Lulu Berblinger and the young man whose hand became so unsteady. The signature of Miss Ber- blinger was very intelligible, but the event so fussed her companion that he could only scribble witidly. The groom explained to the Justice that his best man intended visiting him a few weeks later for the same purpose and that he NEGROES DRIVEN {SUSPECT'S ZEAL RUM HILLSBORO: RIO! IN STREEI A. a Whites and Blacks Fight Fiercely in Illinois Town’s Business Section. BLOODSHED IS FEARED Contractor Declares He Will Import Laborers to Fill Forced Vacancies. Special to the Post-Dispatch. HILLSBORO, lll... Aug. 8&.—Negroes and white citizens of Hillsboro fought fiercely in the streets for several hours last night. The business section was in a turmoil and order was not re- stored until after a number of blacks had been chased from town. The white citizenship is greatly ex- cited and it is likely that all negroes will be ordered to quit this place. The colored population is sullen and defiant and bloodshed igs feared if the edict is issued and is not immediately obeyed. Negroes have been substituted § for whites in the work of paving the city. Word was sent last night that these laborers must leave Hillsboro. The blacks gathered on Main street and sev- eral of the ‘‘home’”’ negroes became in- solent. The first outbreak occurred when City Marshal E:mery commanded negroes, who were loudly arguing with whites, to get off the street. One refused to leave and the marshal knocked him cown. Instantly there was a general fight. Negro Round-up Started. A crowd of whites started in ‘whale’ the negroes and the riot was on. Three of the blacks escaped, but the white men’s blood was up and a roundup of all negroes in the main section of the city was instituted. Several were run out of town, and the threat was openly made by men of responsibility that all must leave quickly. Cc. D. Fry, who has the contract for paving work, declared he employed n»- groes because he could not obtain the services of whites. He insisted that his employes would be protected at night and while at work, but many citizens ure equally insistent that the men shall not work or remain in Hillsboro. Fry went to St. Louis early today to procure negro laborers to take the places of those who were compelled to flee, and if he imports them there is almost certain to be riotous demonstrations. Feeling is at boiling point now and if negroes are brought in it prebably will overflow and bloodshed is probable. Aged White Man Attacked, Although Hillsboro citizens have al- ways been averse to the employment of negro labor, an attack last Friday night on ‘‘Uncle’’ John T. Maddux, an aged white man and property owner, brought the race issue to a crisis. Maddux had directed a tenant, James Comer, a negro, to vacate a house be- cause of the non-payment of rent. AS the old man was going to his home at the edge of town Friday night, he was assaulted by a negro. He declares Comer is the man. Maddux suffered a great gash in his forehead, severe bruises on his face, black and swollen eyes and two broken ribs. When he appeared on the streets vesterday afternoon and related his ex- perience, there was great indignation and the report was quickly circulated. Shortly after this the negroes were notified to leave town, and their failure to obey resulted in the riotous acts of last night. Comer’s trial was set for this morning and the authorties took steps to Drevent violence. WILLIAMS WINS OVER GOV. VARDAMAN BY 648 VOTES Declared Nominee for United States Senator From Mississippi by Democratic Committee. (BY ASSOCIAT: ») PRESS.) JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 8.—The Demo- cratic State executive committee today declared John Sharp Williams the nominee for United States Senator. The canvass of the returns showed a majority of 648 votes for Williams, they being: Williams, 59,496; Vardaman, 58, 848. There will be no contest over the re- sult. After a short caucus between the two factions it wags finally agreed to abide by the semi-official returns as _ fur- nished Secretary of State Power from the various counties. These showed that Mr. Williams had a majority of 648. A motion to declare Mr. Williams the nominee was seconded by the friends of Gov. Vardaman. The committee then formally declared Mr. Williams nominated as United States Senator. This was considered the final settlement of the contest. SNAKE BITES LITTLE GIRL Farmer's Daughter Made Tourni- quet of Skirt in the Woods. Twelve-year-oid Dora Miller, daugh- ter of a farmer near Moro, Ill., made & tourniquet of her skirt when a shake bit her while she was bincirbare ing, and is recovering at her home, appar- ently little the worse for the aa a" ence. She killed the snake en ae but is not sure what ‘ind it ty * song th ine mg Se ie Pony ’ 0 ave seen , that the snake was venomous. at to ‘was excited on account of the approach- | After being bitten, the girl walked a _— home and asked that a physician MAKES HIM FACE MURDER ( ‘CHARGE Former Policeman, Arrested, Said to Have Threatened Arkansas Editor. oo NEGRO SEES SLAYe Newspaperman Killed in Fron: of “Dive” He Had Just Visited. A Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch. ‘ HELENA, Ark., Aug. 8.~Ben Carruth, now held upon the charge of murdering J. N. Scott, city editor of the Helena World, on Sunday last, appears to be the luckless victim of too great zeal on his own part to divert suspicion from himself. Save for acts done in this it is not likely that the crime would have been so svon laid at his spirit, door. Scott was killed in a district made up for the most part of low “uives’’ near the Mississippi levee. For years this district has been the blight of Helena, a very hotbed of crime. It is charged that under the old police system the keepers and inmates of these resorts thrived with Official indulgence. Carruth, lately deposed from the police force, was for a year a patrolman on this beat, intimately acquainted with all the resorts, and, according to report, spending much of his own time in the company of these people. Phoned to Bartender, On the night of the murder, Scott was the last member of the World staff to leave the office. He remained at his desk until 2 o’clock on Sunday morning. It has been learned that soon after midnight he talked by telephone with the night bartender of Newby’s saloon —the most notorious of the resorts in the “red light’ ated in connection with a negro ing house.”’ Upon leaving the World office, Scott went to Newby’s place. An unconfirm- ed report says that he was summoned for the purpose of talking over a threat- ened campaign for the closing of the dives. He was seen in the place by several persons just before his death. A further report, as yet only partly substantiated, says that upon Scott's arrival someone in the saloon tried to reach Carruth by telephone, succeeding after seve ral attempts, and saying to Carruth, ‘‘Your man is here.’ Watchman Hears Shots. After that the story is a blank until 2:30, when a merchant’s watchman named Bailey; walking his rounds up- town, heard the shots fired which killed Scott. It is saia that pistol shooting is of frequent occurrence in the levee dis- trict at all hours of the night, so Bailey gave no. particular heed. Meeting Charles Sanders, Deputy County Clerk, he stood for a time with the latter, dis- cussing the matter, The two were together for from 29 minutes to half an hour, when Carruth joined them. Greeting Sanders, he in- vited him to drink. Near-by saloons were open, but Carruth insisted upon going to Newby’s place. On the sidewalk before the door of this saloon Carruth himself found the body of Scott, un- shot through the neck and **board- conscious, head. Carruth’s first exclamation was: “God, Charlie, I’m glad you happened to be with me! They might have said that I did it.’’ Body in Lamp’s Glare. The body lay in the full glare of an are lamp, which hung at a street corner only a few yards away. Many persons were in the saloon when the shooting occurred. The night bartender declared that he went to the door when he heard the shots and looked carefully up ane down the street, but saw nothing. The body was within half dozen steps of where he stood. From the time of the shooting until the time of Carruth’s arrest the accused man was continually haunting the scene of the murder, making painstaking in- quiry concerning every scrap of evi- dence that might hint at suspicion. His interest was acute. Three times within the week preceding Scott’s death, it is known that Carruth deliberately sought a fight with him, approaching him on the street with pro- fane taunts and abuse, and threatening to kill if the chance was ever offered. At each of these times Scott avoided trouble by keeping silence and walking away. Negro Meets Fleeing Slayer. A negro has been found who avers that, directly after the shooting, he met man running in the darkness along the levee, carrying a pistol, and crying excitedly: “I said I'd kill him, and now I’ve done it!’ Since his dismissal from the police force in June, following the World’s graft exposures, Carruth has repeatedly declared his personal hatred for Scott, talking freely of vengeance, Carruth is a man of about 30. Former- ly he was employed as pound officer of the department, gaining the rank of patrolman only about a year ago. Be- yond a bare denial of his guilt, he will make no statement. Asks #500 for Bite of Dog. Charlies Berg of 5223 Theodosia ave- nue has been sued by Henry Verrell, who wants $600 for being bitten by Berg's dog May 2. The suit was filed in Justice Moore's court. a district, which is oper-| | EDITOR WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH AFTER HIS PAPER HAD CONDUCTED ANTI-GRAFT Cie aiin Elimination of ‘‘Dive” District Is Probable. Special to the Post-Dispatch, Helena, Ark., in Helena is UBLIC feeling p at fever heat. Nine-tenths of the people of the city are out- spoken partisans of the World and its campaign for better government. The investigation relating to the murder will be pushed with the ut- most vigor; and another effect of this crisis is undoubtedly to be a complete wiping out of the ‘dive’ district. Aug. 8. ° bn tet Oe ete Je N. SCOTT. Pa ww 7 ~~ ne 3 Sy NS “Sy ‘ oe at sa) . oo ; ee ‘ - ae oS ae “Ne . ; Petit gatas eek —_ ING RELIEF T0 WILTED CITY Sudden Change in Weather Sends Temperature Down Nine Degrees. a A thunderstorm accompanied by a brisk breeze and followed by a driving rain broke the St. Louis heat wave at 9:30 a. m., Thursday. In half an hour the temperature dropped from 80 to 71 degrees. The weather forecaster says that the relief will be only temporary. He looks for more thunderstorms Thurs- day night or Friday with the tempera- ture around 80 _egrees. The breeze which accompanied the storm did not last long and at 10:30 a. m. the temperature again was arising. The wind velocity was 32 miles an hour. It caused alarm in the residence districts, but no serious damage was re- ported. According to the forecaster, the wind did not reach sufficient velocity to be classed as even a “‘light gale.” The severest thunderstorm of a year struck Edwardsville, Ill., and its vicinity at 10:10 o’clock this morning. It was 2 veritable cloudburst and tore down tele- phone and telegrapin wires, signs and awnings. On the farms so heavy was the downpour that chickens and grain stacks were washed away by the rush of water. The interurban lines all felt the force of the storm, the water shor! circuiting feed wires and high tension cable. An Oppressive Night. All night the air was still and hot. Wide verandas and big lawns in the West End were no more luxurious than back alley steps in the crowded down- town districts. Rich and poor alike were hot, too hot to sleep, too hot to stay awake in comfort, too hot, almost, to live. No Comfort Anywhere: There was no comfort even in abso- lute rest. The moisture in the air set- tled like rain on lawns and vacant lots and rose again in mist. Leaves hung limp and listless on the branches too tired to move. Even the white street ‘ights seen through the heavy air seemed to radi- ate their heat further than usual and add to the torrid burden of the night. Stone porch copings which should have been cool were hot to the touch and the heat reflected from the brick walls of houses was almost stifling. Riding on the trolley cars gave no re- lief. The motion stirred the air, but made it no cooler. The highest hilltop in or around St. Louls was as hot as the lowest valley. Everywhere was that same vapor freighted atmosphere, relentiess in following the searcher aft- er relief. Hundreds of flat dwellers slept on sec- Yond-floor back porches or dozed in arm- chairs in their yards. Along Seventh and Efe¢nth wiveste, be- tween Franklin und Cass avenues, an actual count made by the police showed that 30 men, 20 women and 40 children slept on the sidewalk. Others carried their bedclothing into the populous alleys of the district and sought slumber on the cobblestones. The city did not forget the people in this, the most thickly settled portion of St. Louls. A special detail of sprinklers was sent out to keep the streets flushed all night. Sprinklers Give Little Relief. Even this brought only temporary re- lief. The water was little cooler than the surrounding air and after the first quick wave of evaporation the atmos- phere seemed even hotter than before. Fire escapes on the larger crowded houses were pressed into service as sleeping places for children. Here ba- bics. harassed by the heat, tossed and moaned high above the streets. On the roofs of houses and sheds men lay, forgetful of the danger that if they should doze they might roll to death on the pavements. All through the night in streets and alleys where the poor abide could be seen the flitting, shadowy forms of un- clad children wandering among the prone forms of those who tried to sleep. Workers Stay at Home. Inquiries at the ‘big factories, tries, department stores, laundries and other places where many men and women are employed showed that about 5 per cent of the workers of St. Louis did not report for duty Thursday morn- ing. The intense heat or illness partly caused by it was the excuse in most cases. The large laundries where hundreds of girls are employed reported that they were running almost full handed. Though the heat in some of these places is great, most of them are thor- cughly ventilated and kept cool by fans. Delivery wagon and express service was crippled Thursday because of the large number of horses which were dis- abled by the heat. Victims of ise Heat. Eight men were prostrate’ Wednes- Gay by the heat. The mercury reached 88 degrees at 3 o'clock. This was the hottest hour of the day. The humidity was intense. Those prostrated were: Brehm, George, 22; overcome in en- gine room at 715 South Main street: taken to City Hospital. Collar, Harry A., vice president Mitchell Shoe Co.; stricken at store, 514 Washington avenue, Wednesday noon: taken home. Hanna, Frank S., 56, bricklayer, 5879 Theodosia avenue; strickyun at 1228 Shawmut place; taken home. Wright, Sophronius, engineer; over- come at Twenty-first am! Morgan streets; taken to City Hospital; serious. Horwitz, Abraham, 42, I514 Biddle street; stricken at home; taken to City Hospital. Kelly, James E., 55, 4051 Olive street: fell unconscious at Sixth ond Locust street; taken home after being treated at City Dispensary. Low, Mary, 29; stricken in front of 100 North Fifteenth street; taken to her home, 1178 North Fighteenth etreet after being revived at City Dispensary. Altheuser, Otto ),.., . superintendent bowling alleys Forest Park Highlands: fell unconscious; pesos to his home, 110 Tyler avenue. foun- ~ 1 ATTENTIONS 10 BIGAMIS! = —_ Albert Minton Has _ Been Nursed by Both Spouses While in Hospital. OS Mrs. Frances Allen Minton nor Mrs. Isabella Pfister Minton, first and second wives of Albert Minton who, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ross- kopf declared in vupen court Thursday had been “fussing with one another about nursing him in the City Hospital,”’ appeared before Judge Hickman P. Rodgers to prosecute their spouse on the charge of bigamy. Besides Minton no witness responded except former Justice of the Peace Rich- ard B. Haughton, who performed the first marriage ceremony. Mrs. Frances Allen Minton, Mrs. Isabella Pfister Min- ton, her mother, Mrs. Christine Carroll, of 4626 Gravois avenue and Mrs. Ger- trude Straussburg, sister of the first wife, 28% South Jefferson avenue, were absent. Both Wives Attentive, “Both of these women have been showering attentions on Minton since he has been in Jail,”” said Attorney Ross- kopf, in explanation of their faflure to apvar for prosecution. “I have been re- liably informed that neither of the wives now intends to prosecute their husband. I will not ask for attachments for them at this time, but simply a continuance to learn what has caused their sudden change of heart. When they applied for an information against Minton, it could not be issued quickly enough to suit the first wife or the relatives of the second wife’ Judge Flanagan, appearing for Min- ton. exclaimed dryly: “I seem to have a very popiar client."’ Judge Rodgers granted a continuance of the case until Aug. 14 and Minton was taken back to Jail to await Rosskopf's interview with the wives. Has Had Checkered aC reer Minton wag brought from Villa Grove, Ia., last Monday to 8t. Louis after an unsuccessful attempt to kill himself. He was first committed to jail, but became ill and was taken to the City Hospital. His arrest was brought about through the instigation of the firat wife. Mrs. Isabella Pfister became his sec- ond wife July 23, the Rev. B. J. Bently of St. Joseph's Orphanage officiating. The Sheriff reported to Judge Rodgers that he could not find this witness. Minton claime# to bave started out in life as a preacher, later becoming a barber and finally going into the ratl- road business. He had formerly worked as a conductor on the Mobile & Ohio, and at the time of his arrest wag in the j estpabiooss wae! oem a : Franklin and cor mee ae tte 75 ONE TOSSED OFF TR Passengers Thrown \bout, Hurt by Glass and Fly- | ing Splinters, 7° TWO IN A HOSP TT Injured in Crash of Two Cars at Corner Crossing The following persons were jured in a_ collision between — Wellston car and a Hodiamont ¢ eat Franklin and Garrisor a BAMISSO, IGNATZ, 114 Eighth street: head and face @u back and shoulders Hurt. At fs tist Hospital. ROTHCHILD, MRS. JOSH,. - Hammett place; face cut fiying glass. ZIMMERMAN, JOHN, 749 avenue, Maplewood; left leg Went home. VELDON, JOHN, 31% place; bruised. tes GLASSMEYER, W. G., 3866 Pi boulevard; bruised. ee oi) Wy Five persons were hurt noon Thursday wnen a He collided with a Wellston car rat lin and Garrison avenues. ton car, half filled with passe n hurled diagonally. across such force that it knocked dows post and tore up several yards of | ment. The badly frightened ¢ weré sent sprawling in all dir Some were struck by flying and glass and others were thre the car. ce The more seriously injured were treat ed at the Baptist Hospital, on tné core ns ner, and sent home. The Hodiamont car, which hag the right of way @ the crossing, wae ie ning east at a‘ high rate of speed. | Wellston car was running rapidly s over the Garrison avenue tracks, — Car Came on Rapidly. | Witnesses say the motorman ot. Wellston car seemingly made no | to check its speed as it aps xT crossing. Seeing that the Suburban | was but a short distance from the ¢ ing, the motorman of the Wellaton ¢ a turned on full power in trying to the tracks. He was not quite enough and the front of the Hodiame car caught the rear piakinnne of th Wellston car. There was a loud crash and f on both cats screamed and some 1 off. The impact was so great that 1 Wellston car was lifted completely ¢ the tracks and thrown 165 feet across ¢ street, striking the lamp-post on ~*~ corner. There was a scramble to get the ‘fl jured persons into the hospital on th corner, where they were treated by Morris. ual : aad - acs “. isth 3 No Arrests Made. . The Hodiamont car was in nasal Motorman F. Hoffman. T. J. Klein” }« 4412 North Market street was >to man on the Wellston car. The €am were not crowded with passengers, a erwise many more would have hurt. The police made no arrests. — Ignatz Bamisso, a broom peddier, 1218% North Eighth street, @ sser ger on the Wellston car, was the ii seriously injured. His head and | were cut with flying glass, his hurt and left shoulder sprained. hospital physicians are holding to determine whether he waa in injured. Mrs. John Rothshild of 4903 nett place was among the injured. Her fae was cut with flying glass. Se John Zimmerman, a carpenter of 7 Hazel avenue, Maplewood, was stand ing on the rear platform of the Wel ton car. He was thrown off and his left leg hurt. He was treated the Baptist Hospital and sent hom John Veldon of 31 Clifton place @ W. G. Glassmeyer of 3% Page t vard escaped with bruises. EX-MAYOR AND A FRIEND FINED ON FLIRTING & J. J. McClean and Chas. Espe schief Plead Guilty to Speaking” to Young Women. . Charles Espenschief of Claytene under two years’ sentence for ing an unattended woman at BigRE, and former Mayor J. J. McClean — A | East St. Louis were fined | oo their pleas of gulity Thursday 1 “ =" te ee Ae ded ipo a