St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 27, 1908

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Only Evening Paper in St. Louis with both Associated Press and United Press Service VOL. 60. NO. 250. | dete 2° LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1908. BY ENE RAISULI. BOLDEST ~ OF BANDITS, DIES Y'S HAN i Hostile Tribesman Kills ROOSEVELT ASKED HIS _ HEAD FOUR YEARS AGO “Give Us Perdicaris Alive or Raisuli Dead” Was Message Which Gave Republican National Convention of 1904 Its Only Real Hurrah. TANGIER, Morocco, April 27.—Raisuli, ‘‘the scourge of Moroe- co,’’ boldest and most famous of outlaws, was killed by hostile tribesmen near Tazerut, in the Atlas Mountains, according to mes- sages received here today. The reports state that Raisuli was ambushed by a band of _ Leymes. some of whom he and his followers had robbed. \ sought for a long time past to take his life, although there has been of late no reward on his head. This standing offer was re- moved as one of the conditions of the release of Caid Sir Harry MacLean, his latest prisoner of note. Moroccan * Outlaw Chief, According to Dis- patch Received in Paris. JURORS TO: TRY PRIESMEYER AR BEING CHOSEN First Ward Delegate on Trial Before Judge Muench on Bribery Charge. ._ Every seat in Judge Muench’s court was taken when the work of selecting the jury to try Delegate Frederick W. Priesmeyer of the First Ward on a bribery charge began Monday. Both sides announced ready ang the morning was spent by Circuit Attorney Sager in questioning panels of jurors to deter- mine their eligilibility. Delegate Warner of the Second Ward, jointly indicted with Priesmeyer, and convicted and sentenced last week to the minimum punishment—two years in the Penitentiary—was not in court. Oth- er members of the House combine also were absent. Talked With Warner Juror. Among the talesmen in the first panel, Alfred 8S. Hildebrand of 1502 Montgom- ery street said he had talked to a man who served as juror in the Warner case and thought he would require that the burden of proof be assumed by the de- fendant. George R. Blackman of 584? Bartmer avenue said he had an opinion, as did George H. Becker of 3758 West- minster place. These men were not excused at the time, it being the plan to strike out in- eligible talesmen by challenge after a sufficient number had been examined. Circuit Attorney Sager is being assist- ed by Former Judge Bishop and Pries- meyer is defended by Thomas J. Rowe, Simon 8S. Bass and Hiram N. Moore. The Circuit Attorney has announced that he will use practically the same witnesses against Priesmeyer that he used against Warner. They had Mulai Ahmed ben Mohammed er-Rai- suli was the world’s most conspicuous bandit. His position in Morocco, always difficult for the outside world to under- stand, was something like that of a pre- tender to a throne or the militant lead- er of a minority party in a Central American republic. But he and his 700 to 1000 followers put more energy into their work than the ordinary revolution- ary chief, He was thé nightmare of the ease-loving Sultan of Morocco. The Perdicari Incident. Raisuli became first known interna- tionally through his capture of Ion Per- dicaris. The latter held American citl- zenship, though he had not been in the United States for years. He had ne frierids in this country who would pay his ransom, as did friends of Miss Ellen Stone, the American missionary kid- naped in Bulgaria. When threats against the life of Per- dicaris began to reach Washington, President Roosevelt, through Secretary ince of Riff, soon after he got the $70,- 000 for Perdicars. Though a Mohammedan, Raisuli was an opponent of polygamy. It is re- lated that when his brother-in-law arranged to take another wife, Rais- ului, to show his disapproval of the slight cast on his. sister, swooped down in the midst of the wedding ‘festivities and killed the young bride and her mother. He was confined two years in the dun- geons at Mogador before being re- leased by his followers. The Perdicaris and MacLean ex- ploits were only the most notable in a long career of pillage, in which wealthy owners of caravans and mer- chants in Moroccan towns were robbed of large amounts in money’ 4 and goods, The Post-Dispatch is the on only evening newspaper in St. Louis that receives or publishes news gathered by the Associ- ated Press. Arrested on House Floor. pwhen they vard. Priesmeyer. covered the next day at the City posited by Sam Weisman, a tailor. the night the bill was passed. Circuit Attorney Sager is said to re- gard the case against Priesmeyer as stronger than that against Warner be- cause of the testimony of Ascher that Priesmeyer is the man to whom he gave the money. The trials of Delegates Warner and Priesmeyer follow their arrest in the House chamber the night of Oct. 18 last, passed a bill granting to Henry Ascher the privilege of estab- lishing a garage at 5011 Delmar beule- According to Ascher, he gave $500 in marked bills to a man Warner pointed was captured | out, — - /soon after by the Sultan’s troops, and | He identified this man subsequently as{ The marked bills were re- Na- tional Bank, where they had been de- Weisman said he received them from “Danny” Naughton. Naughton was act- ing in his capacity of Assistant Clerk FORMER SOCIETY LEADER WHO BROODED OVER HER ILLNESS AND KILLED SELF TO END IT "MRS. ORA ‘LONGMOOR. ~- J —————— PRICE ONE CENT Mrs. Ora Longmoor, Wife of a Clerk, Ends Her Life in Her Home. FORMER SOCIETYLEADER BROODED OVER ILL! sil Feared She Would Never Recover Her Health, but Laughed as She Planned Buicidorit a Husband, Notified That She Is Ill, Faints When He Sees Body. Monday. Engel’s companion. Mrs. Longmoor was fondling her 2- months-old baby and laughing at the antics of her sister's 1l-months-old baby. “I’m going, out a minute. I'll be right back,”” she said, handing her child to Mrs. Parisi. The other women heard her go up- stairs singing and enter her room on the third floor. A few minutes later they heard her come out into the hall, The door slammed and they heard the key iturn in the lock. There were two shots, | with a short Interval between them. Found the Door Locked. Mrs. Goodner, Mrs. Engle, Mrs. Pa- GIRL WHO WED BALLOONIST PARIS, April 27.—Mrs. Charles Levee, who was formerly Miss Jennie M. Haw- ley of New York, was interviewed here today concerning the attachment suit brought against her property in New IS SUED BY HER BROTHER Hay, sent to the Sultan at Fez his fa- York by her brother. . mous cablegram demanding ‘Perdicaris : alive or Raisuli dead.” It was just a coincidence, probably, that the Chicago Republican Convention of 1904, then in session, sadly needed something to liven it up. _ At @ moment when the negro delegates from Southern States were getting very drowsy, the } cablegram was read from the platform. It started the real enthusiasm of the Convention. After the hurrah was over, some of the delegates asked who Perdicaris was, 4 and what congressional district he vot- -_ e@ in. But the Sultan took the thine itan made. bien Governor of a prov- aa a year and a half ago. The op- “portunities for looting in his official position, though good, were not what ‘Raisuli had hoped for, and he was on the war path again in the spring. He was driven back to the mountains, After renewing hostilities with the @ultan,.. Raisuli opened negotiations | “ooking toward a truce, met Caid Str ‘Harry McLean, a Scotchman, who com- - manded the Sultan’s army, under a ot puce flag, set up the cro, of treason, seized the Caid and fied into the hills. The English Government brought re on the Sultan to compel com- " pliance with the outlaw’s demands. Refuacd to Go on Stage. The negotiations continued for many + months, during which time Sir Harry, an aged man, suffered the greatest hard- strips. | A few weeks ago MacLean was set free on a payment.of $100,000 to the ban- dit; the title of shereef, the liberation of all his tribesmen whom the Sultan held as prisoners, and an English guar- antee of immunity for himself ond fol- lowers from the Sultan’s vengeance, were also given to Ralsull. An English concert hall manager vis- ; ited the famous outlaw shortly after Str Harry was set free, In the hope of fnducing him to appear as an attraction ' {mn a London variety theater. ‘ The manager did not lose his life, as ‘many persons had predicted he would, “Aput met with a point’ blank refusal, the ¢hieftain explaining that all Eng- - fand had not enough money to induce - »« him go to humiliate himself. i The Englishman said on his return : : that he found the bandit « “holy “man,” ‘who spent much of his time in : and meditation. He thought it — as easy to get Sultan Abdul — uit” le: a ‘young widow. He ‘the beautiful : Gaughter of a —bulletin 5 6 _ eee al St. Louis, April 27, 1908. for 56 consecutive Sundays the Sunday Post-Dispatch has been first in Sunday advertising. i ne yesterday’s Sunday figures: —the sales of the Post-Dispatch in St. Louis every Sunday are greater than those of the Globe -Democrat and Republic combined in the same field! (less cheap legal) Post-Dispatch........ 242 Globe-Democrat...........-.4 1 3 TEED, kc kn ddoescsadnuns 1 32 Sunday Post-Dispatch Excess Over Republic............. 1 1 O Over PO es Re 9 —yesterday’s circulation figures: 265,409 OF Circulation books open to “First in Everything” Pa Cols. 66 — 1 ¢ and carried here into her room and treated her with home remedies. ~~ all “aa guasedbasiiy summoned Dr. she did not seem to be badly hurt. She he physician I had ner removed to the C Hospital.” WOMAN'S DEATH MYSTERY: THR i rested After Mrs. O’Brien Expires in Hospital. associates as ‘Old Mother Crawford,’”’ at the Centenary Hospital Monday morning, was followed by the arrest of Chauncey C. Crawford, financial broker, of 3208 St. Vincent avenue; Ethel Scott, 18, and Lizzie Williams, 30, chamber- maids in the boarding house at 1127% Chestnut street, which for years was conducted by Mrs. O’Brien. According to the police, there is suf- ficient mystery surrounding Mrs. O’Brien’s death to warrant the holding of the prisoners until the Coroner can make a thorough investigation. Mrs. O’Brien was delirious when re- ceived at the hospital Sunday afternoon. Surgeons who attended her say she had wounds on the head, marks on the neck and throat and scratches on the wrists. She was unable to talk, and died Mon- dey morning without having made a statement. Fell Downataira. They Say. The police immediately arrested Ethel Scott and Mrs. Willian.s. They said Mrs. O’Brien had received her injuries by accidentally faliing down the stairs of her rooming house. Crawford was arrested when it became known that he had financially backed Mrs. O’Brien in the rooming house business. ‘Mrs. O’Brien was addicted to the use of liquor and, I believe, morphine,” said Crawford to Capt. Young of the Central District. ‘‘From what I could learn she got out of bed at 9 a. m. last Saturday and started for the bathroom. Miss Scott heard her fall down the stairs and later found her lying beneath a sink at the bottom of the stairs. She was uncon- scious when feund and Miss Scott no- ticed several bruises on her face and head. Charles Smith, who rented the rear room on the second floor, and two other roomers picked Mrs. O’Brien up ; “lL reached the house at 10:30 a. m. and ) Chambers, who prescribed for her. At that time became worse Sunday and on advice of entenary PAID. is St, ARE PRISONERS Broker and Two Women Ar- The death of Mrs. Mary O’Brien, 50 years old, known among her intimate AMERICANS JOIN WIDOWED BRIDE AT DUKES BIER ,% ae Miss Shonts’ Countrymen and French Nobility Attend De Chaulnes Funeral. PARIS, April 27.—Solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated this morning at the Church of St. Philippe du Roule for the late Duc de Chaulnes, who died suddenly in his bedroom in the Hotel Langham. The canopy over the bier, which was banked with flowers, bore ‘the quar- tered arms of the De Chaulnes family. The widow, who is a daughter of Theodore P. Shonts of New York, was accompanied to the church by the Duke and Duchess d’Uzes, the Duchess d’Leynes, the Duke and Duch- ess Noalles, Marquis Horschel, Mrs. Drake and other relatives. The Duchess de Chaulnes appeared to be much broken, but she bravely with- stood the trying French ordeal of re- ceiving condolences after the ceremony. Many prominent members of the French aristocracy and the American cdiony were present at the mass, including Baron and Baroness de Graffenried, the Duke and Duchess de la Rochefoucauld, Count Boni de Castellane, Ambassador and Mrs. White and Consul-General and Mrs. Mason. The body will be taken down to Dampierre, where it will be in- terred. The Duke de Latynes, De Chaulnes’ cousin, and head of his house, led the mourners. Nearly the whole of the French nobility followed the casket on its removal from the church. QUIET PRESIDENT NEEDED IN AMERICA, DECLARES CROKER “Is Not All Life a Gamble?” He Asks, Declaring Hughes’ Chances. Are Injured. DUBLIN, April 27.—Richard Croker, former leader of Tammany, today de- clined to discuss presidential possibilities in the United States, except in the case of Gov. Hughes, whose indorsement by the New York State Convention, he said, he. considered only a compliment from att 5S Duke and | {Immense Property Damage Said to risi and Sarah Sykes, a servant, ran to the room and found the door locked on the inside. ° Sergt. Quinlivan, who was passing, heard the women’s screams. He forced open the door. Mrs. Longmoor lay on the floor dead. Near her right hand was the revolver. No note explaining her act was found. Members of the family think that she became suddenly insane through brood- ing over her ill health. Her husband was sept for. The mes- Sage said that his wife had been sud- denly seized with illness. When he arrived at home and found what had Mrs. Ora Longmoor, the beautiful young wife of Jacob Longmoor, a teller in the Third National Bank, committed by shooting herself twice in her room on the third floor of th e home of her mother, Mrs. Eva Gooduee, at 4867 Fountain avenue She had been despondent because of illness, but a few | utes before she took her life she had been laughing and chatting with her ‘sister, Mrs. Pearl Engel. Or front room were her mother and sister and Mrs. Marie Parla, h ned he ears. ived at I1333A. went to live with pens Mrs. moved. to her mother: With her in the’second f *"ongtnoors bad Deen marred two Until three ths ae ecnauee aveie that time Mr. Longmoor was sent t Chapin, Mo., to take temporary a of a bank when the cashier was i and his wife accompanied him. «© *. ~ ae When they returned to St. Louis ti had purchased the Fountain 1 James A. Loewood. ngmore Was a tall, ha woman with light hair and As a young girl she was belle in the. circles Her sister, Mra. Engel, was ing to go to New York, taking her Mrs. Parisi as a traveling panion, and it had been arranged that the Longmoors should move into Mrs, Engel’s rooms on the sécond fies ti Feared Health Wan Gone. Palking of the con npist Monday oMrning, Mrs. L “I suppose the rooms will: be cheerful, but I am afraid I will ve to go to @ hospital. It seems ai though I will never feel well. . “Fs ee 6 9S it ce et =a ye or avenue, 4 Mrs. . _ wi ERS or. | > —" ( “ie ae, io 5. CUNGRESS WILL DISCUSS TAKING | DUTY OFF PAPER oa 7 Speaker Cannon Agrees to Have It Considered in Re- publican Caucus. TS WASHINGTON, April 27.—As a result of the representations of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association, Speaker Cannon has agreed that the subject of the removal of the duty on wood pulp and the price of print paper. in the United States.aball be discussed at the caucus of the Republicans to be held this week. provided a reasonable number of Republican members make a request to that effect. In a speech in the House tod nority Leader Williams said the House decided to consider the publicity bill, a bill putting t on the free list and the an bill. CYCLONE SWEEPS ISLANDS; THOUSANDS REPORTED DEAD Have Been Inflicted on Co- mora Archipelago. PARIS, May 27.—Tremendous loss e435 fi oh | ad Ee. pall ei ps ——— FROST HERE TONIGHT, BUT WEATHER SAYS WIL AR , é - ‘ » ~~ a HH * X, q . i ’ ai ' ba : - S a” ‘ es : *. at _« . er zz