St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 14, 1908

Page 1

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 2

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 3

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 4

, 9 4 _ . * a ee We ee eee oe tee epee aa ‘ae een her serene . “ hates Tr A cmmatin ie ali, 5 , = o 7 = 7 , 9) Aon a —— te the Post-Dispatch. Z Se os at t wy * ” - bo #/ ax > € ; , cM : _ ger in £ ‘ es 4 s F + 4 ; 5 hg : coe a aah! a . - y 9 FREE IF TAKEN T0 PITTSBURG New , Attorneys Think Bankruptcy Proceedings Part of Clever Plan.

WRIT ._TO RELEASE HIM

Commitment to Asylum Would Not Be Recognized by Any Other State.

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—That Harry Thaw will be free within a month is the opinion of prominent New York lawyers. The declaration of Referee Blair at Pittsburg that the slayer of Stanford White is a bankrupt. and the fact that his presence will be required in Pitts- burg by the Federal authorities mean that he will be taken out of the juris- diction of the New York State authori- ties and once outside will be entitled to his lMberty. Tnis is the unanimous opinion ex- pressed today by prominent lawyers in this city. F Eugene Philbin of 52 William street even went so far as to say that he be- Heved the bankruptcy proceedings were instituted with the object in view of freeing Thaw. “There is no doubt,”’ said Mr. Philbin, “that once Thaw steps foot outside of New York State he will be a free man, or if not actually free, can be made so by a writ of habeas corpus. Harry Thaw was not convicted of any crime. He was acquitted on the grounds of in- sanity. Judge Dowling believing it to be for the good of the State committed Thaw .o Matteawan. This commitment is legal only in New York. Free in Any Other State. “If the Federal authorities demand Thaw’'s presence at the bankruptcy pro- ceedings in Pittsburg, those who have Thaw in custody have no other course than to produce him. The service of a subpena on either Thaw or the New York authorities would require his keep- ers to turn him over to a United States Marshal, who would take him to Pitts- burg. Once across the river and in New Jersey, he would be legally free, and as long as he kept out of the State of New York he would have no fear of imprisonment. “Had Thaw been found guilty of kill- ing Stanford White he would be a crim- inal and be amenable to the law as such, whether in New York State or Pennsylvania. In. the event of his being taken outside the State under those con- ditions, he could be extradited like any other criminal. ‘It would appear that the bankruptcy proceedings in Pittsburg were brought about chiefly for the purpose of get- ting him out of the State, where he would be entitled to his freedom.” John F. MelIntyre of 25 Broad street said that once outside of the State, Harry Thaw would be as free as any citizen. > Insane olily in New York. “Because Thaw was committed to an insane asylum by Judge Dowling does not necessarily prove that he is insane,”’ said Mr. McIntyre. ‘In any other State he would be legally sane until’ proved otherwise, and until his sanity was passed on by a competent commission he would have every right under the law of a sane and innocent man. “From my observation of criminal law, as Assistant District Attorney for a long period, I could never understand the power of the court to commit Thaw to an insane institution at the time of his acquittal. There is no way of deter- mining that the jury which tried him found he was insane at the time of rendering the verdict of not guilty, or that he was insane at the time of the commission of the homicide. The jury simply rendered a general verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity. The commitment to Matteawan was, there- fore, illegal, inasmuch as Thaw was then deprived of liberty without due process of law. “The statute under which he wag com- mitted, in my judgment, is unconstitu- tional. In my eye he must be presumed gane and to all intents and purposes he is now sane and has an absolute Tight to file a petition in bankruptcy and be adjudicated a bankrupt. Statute Never Tested, “The legality of the statute under - which Thaw wae sent to an insane asy- - lum has never been tested in this State. I believe that Thaw's asking for bank- rutpey proceedings show good, sound - peasoning and is an indication of a per- fect balance of mind. “A commitment in this State has no extra territorial force, and once outside of the State Thaw would be a free man. Any judge outside of ..ew York must discharge him on the ground that he is - iegally restrained. “Nobody testified at the second trial that Thaw was insane at the time of the trial, but that he was insane at the time of the commission of the crime. Therefore there was no evidence before the court that the man was of unsound mind. In my opinion if Thaw is taken outside of New York State he will never be brought back." oe WOULD FORBID FEDERAL

_-LIGENSES IN RY W DRY COMMUNITIES _ Practice Is Unfair and Wants Change in Law. Mo., Aug. 14.—Gov. wpeaking here last night, declared os Tipe naman to the gi eer othe Federa! a oer Ben aia ' tf 4 >

\Situations Which We May Expect When Moorish Vewl Becomes Popular

FRIDAY— ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATOH—AUGUST 14, 1908.

\T WILL BE & WISE MAN WHo KNows 16 OwN iF 4T'S mY

. »> Y THE ONLY SAFE WAY ~ You'Le Have To Se WIFE WITH ONE OF THE New VEILS ON- —— WHEN ‘You Go To Meer YouR wie AT THe OEPaT Be SURE You PICK ou THE RIGHT ONE a HOW MUCH I'VE MISSED You

— ——— E CANNOT tell you by those Which peep your hat from under. So we'll net speak to you at all, _For fear we'd make a blunder. OW can we tell if you are Maude, Or Grace, or Kate, or Sadie, The while this Moorish veil en- wraps

Your face in folds so shady. BEAUTY, beauty, half concealed, or are you? Tell us kindly; For if you don’t, you see, we'll have To guess and do it blindly.

BODY OF ST. JOE FOUNDER IS LOST: GHOULS FEARED Relatives Fail to Find Corpse of Joseph Robidoux, Buried With Jewels.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. 14.—It is be- lieved that the body of Joseph Robi- doux, who founded St. Joseph nearly seventy-five years ago and who buried here forty years ago, has beén stolen by ghouls. A _ search of . the Robidoux family burying plot in Cal- vary Cemetery has failed to reveal the metallic coffin in which the pioneer was buried. When he was buried several valuable jewels were interred with the body, and this may have given an in- centive to ghouls. _ Excavators have opened every un- marked grave and now they will ex- cavate those at which there are head- stones, in the hope that a mistake was made, whereby the casket will be found. Several weeks ago Louis Robidoux, a Kansas City politician, who is a grand- s0n of Joseph Robidoux, ordered the coffins of his grandparents removed from Calvary to Mount Oltvet, a new Catholic Cemetery. The graves of Robi- doux and his wife had not been marked by tombstones. The family was prolific and many of the children and grand- children of the old Frenchman were in- terred in the big Robidoux lot. The records of the oldest undertaker here showed that Robidoux was buried in a metal coffin. Descendants thought they knew where the body lay, and they were surprised when the grave designated was opened and only loose.bones were revealed. was “ The Singular Experience of J. Scott Eccles "’ is ~ Sherlock Holmes stor The the current number of COLLIER'S, National pe vo Now on sale—at al news-stands, 10c. Curious anecdotes Ae true history of Sherlock Holmes. Many Sherlock Holmes illustrations, including icture of his lodgings in Baker Street, ges ol Get your COLLIER’ S early. Colliers THE NATIONAL WEEKLY 10cAll News-stands1l0c

BRYAN'S GREAT ASTHMA CURE

"WSIS DIVORCE SWS HIS WI SLINES GIRLS - Railroad Agent Declares That Daughters by Former Mar- riage Were Mistreated. ——- _—_—_ oe

Alleging that his wife, Edna, has mis- treated his two daughters by a for- mer marriage, Lyndon E. Townsley, general agent in St. Louis for the Un- ion Pacific and Southern Pacific rail- ways, filed suit for divorce Friday. Townsley lives at 3804 West Pine boule- vard.. The. petition states that he and his wife separated this month and that she now is at alnut, Kan. They were eeret in St. Joseph, Mich:, June Ul, 2. Tells of Quarrels, Townsley alleges that his wife was subject to fits of anger, during whicn she used violent language, and that she quarreled with him in the presence of the daughters, whose ages are 14 and 15. At these times, the petition says, Mrs. Townsley would ‘‘vell, shriek and scream,”’ attracting the attention of the neighbors. Her dislike for her stepchildren was SO great that her treatment. of them ‘‘ren- dered them unhappy,’ the husband avers. He also says that his wife threat- ened harm to his children if they should complain to him, and that he was com- pelled to forego the pleasure of having his daughters at his home. They are in a convent in Illinois. Charges Abuse in Public. Townsley alleges that his wife in 1907 abused him in the presence of passen- gers on a‘ St. Louis street car, because he remained on the rear platform to smoke a cigar, instead of taking a seat with her in the car. The petition says that Mrs. Townsley “told someone’ that her huband was not well and that when he died she would put his girls to work in a factory and would have a good time spending the insurance money. : we ee if Compelied or impelled

to work your brain in Hot Weather, Eat Grape - Nuts “There’s a Reason” Dressy Fellows delighted Chal Retisd wo that io a won. toa nobby ep appearance CH Bas weather LLENGE

MOB IN COUNTY WRECKS DOCTOR $ BORROWED AUTO ad bl

Farmers Destroy Machine Which Hits Wagon While on Hurry Call. -

Angered because an automobile bear- ing a physician on a hurry call collided with a farm wagon containing three boys, a mob composed of farmers living along the Olive Street road destroyed the automobile. They dispersed just be- fore Sheriff Herpel and several deputies reached the scene from Cayton, five miles away, in response to a request for assistance from the physician and the chauffeur. Dr. E. J. Neville of 4364 Morgan street received a telephone message shortly be- fore 11 o’clock Thursday night from the country home of Fire Chief Charles E. Swingley at Chesterfield, stating that Mrs. Swingley was critically ill after an operation for intestinal trou- ble. The doctor’s own machine was in a garage for repairs, but he bor- rowed a car and a chauffeur from a neighbor and set out for the Swing- ley residence. Auto Hits the Wagon. Traveling in the same direction on the Olive Street road were three boys in a wagon. The chauffeur sounded the horr and turned the machine to the left, ex- pecting the driver of the wagon to keep to the road. Instead, the wagon c ssed in front of the automobile and there was a smash-up. The automobile was overturned. Dr. Neville and the chauffeur landed in a ditch at the side of the road. The phy- sician’s shoulder was bruised, but the chauffeur and the three boys were not injured. Edward Doyle, superintendent of a mo- tor dispatch company, was passing in an automobile. He picked up Dr. Neville and hurried him to Chief Swingley’s residence. When the physician returned to the scene of the accident he found that a mob of farmers, who had been attracted by he noise of the collision, had wrecked the borrowed automobile. Returns to His Patient. Dr. Neville returned to Chesterfiela and remained at Mrs. Swingley’s bedside throughout the night. He stated that she showed marked improvement Fri- day morning and that he expected her to recover. Chief Swingley is just recovering from an illness similar to that which necessi- tated an operation on his wife. Ben E. Swingley, his son, was injured in an automobile accident Monday night.

Don’t Envy Your Netghbor Because he } a Diamond -rhen you can get one on our easy monthly credit terms. Loftis Bros. & Co., 24 floor, Carleton Bidg., 6th and Olive. NEW PARIS SERUM SAVES FIVE

By Leased Wire From the New Rureau of the i Ak Ras NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—Five persons have been saved from death in the last ten days by thé new serum obtained by Dr. G. G. Rambaud of the Pasteur In- stitute for treatment in advanced Cases }of hydrophobia. Thirty-eight patients were at the in- Stitute yesterday, suffering from maa dog bites. Dr. Rambaud used the Paris serum in one case. nO OT SY Whe thie nee serum will do,”’ said Dr. ud. “but it will appears at it he Ps or it is I have it where Were bitten on the

EXPLOSION Ot q spicuously posted near the balloon. FROM DEATH BY HYDROPHOBIA |

BALLOON KILLS ) HURTS MAN Lighted Match Causes Wall of Flame. to Overwhelm — Scores of Spectators.

AMERICAN GIRL VICTIM

Secretary of Aeronaut Love- lace Burned to a Crisp When Gasbag Bursts. -__ LONDON, Aug. 14.—In the terrible ex- plosion of the huge balloon of Capt. Lovelace, an American aeronaut, at the Franco-British Exposition grounds to- day, the earth was rocked as by un earthquake and two persons Were killed outright, including Miss BlaNche Hill, the Captain's secretary, 18 veers old. Her body was burned to a crisp. Three were fatally hurt, a score were seriously burned in the mass of flames that shot from the torn gas bag and 50 were injured in the panic tha¢ fol- lowed the explosion. Capt. Lovelace is himself in a danger- ous condition, due to his injuries, grief and the excitement attending his per- sonal supervision of the work of rescue. The balloon was being inflated prepar- atory to a sail and a great crowd was watching the work. When the huge bag Was nearly filled a bystander lighted a match, in violation of warnings con- Enveloped in Wall of Flame. Instantly there was.an explosion that made the earth tremble. The bag. was rent asunder and a wall of flame en- veloped scores that were standing close to the balloon. A terrible panic ensued and many were hurt in the scramble for the gates. The escaping crowd met an onrush of spectators who were attracted by the explosion and a wild mixup followed. Capt. Lovelace, blackened and stunned, tried heroically to calm the crowd and directed the work of rescuing those who had been rendered unconscious: by the explosion. The bodies of the two men were taken from the ruins. The captain finally collapsed under the strain and is now in a serious condition. Balloon Shed Burns, Immediately following the explosion the balloon shed caught fire and was de- stroyed. It is feared that when the ruins of the shed are searched other bodies will be found. The disaster is the worst that has yet attended the exhibition and an investi- gation will be made in an effort to fix the responsibility. A week ago Capt. Lovelance met wth a serious mishap with his balloon. He climbed up the rope covering to adjust a tangled rope when he fell through a rent in the bag and was nearly dead The explosion shattered the win- dows in many of the Exposition buildings. Capt. Lovelace, who is a resident of New York City, came to London in company with Dr. Julian P. Thomas of the Aero Club of America. He fs devoted to aeronautics, in the pursuit of which he has had many thrilling adventures, In a trip with Dr. Thomas in the German balloon Pommern, winner of the international race from St. Louis, he climbed from the basket up the netting around the gas bag and took a position at the top of the great sphere in order better to direct the course. This was on a trip from Philadelphia to New York.

The legitimate PAID circulation of the Poest-Dispaich in St. Louls and iis suburbs is greater than that of ALL other English Dailies COM. BINED. Quemeess WOMAN REGAINS REASON: NAMES SIX ASSAILANTS ~~", Kidnaped From Dance, Miss . Stucker Was Badly Beaten at Night. ——— _—_— Six men, accused by Miss Kate Stuck- er, 35 years old. who was kidnaped from a dance and held prisoner fer hours at night in the Fair Grounds at &t. Charles, have disappeared, and the county enna: heve been unable to find a trace of them. Miss Stucker Was badly beaten by her assailants. Her hip was dislvcated and she suffered serious bruises. Her mind was affected and she was taken to the County Asylum, where she made her first statement to a: Mriday morning, naming six men. The. attack wcourrs Sunday night. Miss Stucker says she was carried from a dance in progress at the Fair Grounds Park. After she had been held a pris- oner for moos than two hours, e lost consciousness. When she revived at 4 o’clock Monday morning she found her- self lving on the steps of Mrs. Jolin Cooper's home at 408 Morgan street, St. Charles. She remained at Mrs. Cooper's residence until Thursday, when she was removed to the asylum.

Superior to Lemonade HORSFORD’S ACID PHOSPHATE. A teaspeonfal aded to a glass of cold water, with sugar, makes a delicious summer tonic. |

SS EE RR ANTE MANNE I, 7 After Discussing Suicide by Car- bolic Acid, Child Buys Poison -and Takes It. sd KANSAS CITY, Mo. Aug. 14.~—Tues- day afternoon Anna May Williamson took carbolic acid and died. Yesterday] — | afternoon little Vivian Burden, 12 years old, drank a full ounce from a glass and died three hours later. The two gtris were playmates in the Woodland School. “It wasn't her fault. Her mother and stepfather. were to blame,” Vivian said, impetuously, as the family discussed the Williamson case about the dinner table Wednesday night. Vivian had roller skates and a bicycle and she liked to venture too far away from home. Her mother cautioned her Wednesday. Now; Vivian was a sensitive child, but she didn’t ga +g ae her mother re- She children who ednesday rk W cae but she didn't hasioal about Anna Sh proposed to her mother later that they should go to the M playmate just once more. Mrs. den h child's mood, but told her she wouldn't have time, since she must go shopping after breakfast. Then Vivian went to a drug mare =e at th street and Trac asked for an ounce of carbolic Pe Vivian took the phial and after drinking en ice cream soda left the drug store. When she reached home she red the acid into a glass — dran hs guaranteed, 22c.

° Shr ing orders sseomptly gn ene Sirloin Steak, 10c Ib. for Fruit Jars, Fruit Cana, Jelly Gi Headquarters and Rem tete cily Glasses =x tens ~y® Pome toes fee Bat Cele fess for Bee Be Ce ICOUPON, WORTH CASH and “ entities holder to ) va. coffee is equal to anybody else’s ‘a eee.) Sea ee ee dl og ) wes SCONSIN CREAMERY. LB. OUR FAMOUS WI ~Every pound Fey EVERYTHING | SELL, rarnige DEPARTMENT MOST COMPLETE In ST. LOUIS CUT PRICES DURING THIS SALE Plate Reef for Bolling, Ib Beef Brains, set Pi ckled Pork, a aed Fancy, 7 ect Sugar-Cured Breakfast Bacon—by niece—tlh Blade Roast, . b Veal Chops, Ib Rreasts, ~ - and ‘=. Beef Liver. ib MY MEATS ARE ALWAYS STRICTLY FRESH. YOUNG. JUICY AND TENDER. 15e | Coffee, 3 eet; good enough for a king’s es! ib ffee. rn ATED SUGAR. A= = eee oe —_— Se see, i 7 Long

sot CHET BACK IF WANTED V's 3 STORES xs ee pea 8 Scary,

Office Building In on AS shane’ polal Colle Need, toon wile anhatts intend ‘and New Jersey are more accesses then thet pied-by this moderns and rerautty eutangeg structare, =

Page 5

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 6

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 7

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 8

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 9

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 10

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 11

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 12

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 13

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 14

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 15

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.