St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 12, 1908

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J Cut and All Marks Removed MTA —1** New York Police Struggling to Solve Mystery of Baffling Crime. BODY NOT IDENTIFIED ; Found in Room With Throat From Clothing. ‘ature tonight, — 43 [iF O'REILLY MADE MAYOR WELLS’ HAIR GRAY, WHAT COLOR IS WHYTE NOW? “The Mayor says O'Reilly is giving him gray hairs, “y said the haber- dasher. “Well,” said the confectioner, ‘‘the Council and House sort of curled O'Reilly's whis- kers when they handed him 1i.at double deck.’’ “Yes, and all he drew was a deuce.” The weather n.an came along with: ‘Fair tonight and Sunday; warmer tonight; southwest and west winds; minimum temper- 8B.* It rained almost everywhere except here and a few localities, such as Texas, ae: je — J | VOL. a NO. 114. — — FORTUNE GONE, * . | ee : “Only Evening Paper i in St. Louis with both 1 Associated Pr ess sand United Pre 9— Service _ ST. LOUIS, “SATURDAY EVE EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 2, 1908. HUMEBROKENUP, UNGER ARREST Sent to Observation Ward _After Threatening to -- Kill Priest. HIS WIFE LEFT HIM Mrs. Unger, Former Miss Lil- lian Balmer, Said She Would Remain Away. a As a result of the loss of his fortune in the collapse of the Balmer & Weber THAMMERSTEIN'S LOVE LETTERS WERE SIZZLING) Impresario Mixed Honeyed Words and Business in Notes to Miss Lee. SHE SUES FOR $100,000 — Theatrical Manager Declares Her Services Were Not Worth Even $2000. / By Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. a E — 7 to the southwest of us, in the last 2 NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Oscar Hammer- ta . ; ——— hours. The temperature has been falling in the Middle Mississippi and Ohio val- f é | ing the city for some trace of the man who committed what appears to be one | eity’s criminal _ history. ,% + * * been i Search Being “Made for Man a _ Who Had Occupied Room oo ae Two, Months. — 2 2 a - . — — — | NEW YORK; Dée! 12—with only the “plooay finger ‘prints of the murderer to assist them, the police today are scour- : of the miost mysterious crimes in. the | _ | His victim, a handsome young woman, ‘ _ whose body was found last night in a and although a thorough search th the house was made, it revealed nothing that will aid the po- Iiee.. — — aren had been * removed from the woman's clothing, and — had been cut from their frames together with ‘several paper which may have borne ses, On eyery side‘ there was to pd lence of the crafty care erer to baffie pursuit. re ) for Two Weeks. —* —* ao arene wanna about fo ie a — res me ty J Gn f * leys, but will not fall any more at pres- ent. The river here is 7.2, a fall of rm Missouri--Fair Saturday night and Sunday, warmer in south and east portions Saturday night; cooler in north portion Sunday. Iilinocis—Fair, except showers and snow flurries in extreme north portions Saturday night; warmer Saturday night; ly cloudy, with colder in. north portion. FINE! WIVES MUST HAVE Sunday, part- WHOLE NEW SPRING OUTFIT Husbands Shouldn’t Worry About Christmas Bills; Worst Is Net to Come, Specia: te the Post-Dispatch, TOLEDO, O., Dec. 12.—Husbands who are worrying about Christmas presents and expenses, listen: The makers of women’s styles decrec that you must buy your wife a com- plete new outfit for spring. There’s no cuance to saye by making over this year’s clothes, they say. It must be a three-piece suit with a hipless effect .and in. one of these colors: electric blue, stone gray, catawba, cedar or wisteria. for it. cannot be done, Ashes of roses,’ green, taupe, This edict was issued by the Natienal ?Ciloak; Suit and Skirt Manufacturers’ ‘Association, Fifty delegates from Chi- | cago, - bigs Toronto are in attendance. ss STORK LEAVES BOY BABY IN. St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland WASHINGTON LEPER’S TENT Physician Declares Child Will Not Necessarily Inherit Parent’s Affliction. ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—John Early, the leper, who has lived for months in a tent here, is. today the proud father of a baby boy. The Health Department physician who attended Mrs. Early says s body lay a razor, broken. The condi- indicated that the wom- dead not less than two ‘doorknob and on the sheets — prints of the murderer. z Used ‘Tobacco. — Mont., Dec. 12—That “sam- ; ’ Jones, 30; cook at a camp in Man- he _Mont., for 18 years, was a was discovered today, following kag sudden death. “Sammy” dressed asa @& man and no one suspected her sex. She worked with the men of the camp, with them, chewed tobacco — “smoked with them and engaged in » @ll their sports. Her sex was discov- an undertaker took charge the boy is a fine specimen, health, birth. The physician says there is no reason why the disease with which the father is afflicted should be communi- cated to the child. in good and weighed eight pounds at A comfortable brick dwelling adjoining the smallpox hospital is being prepared for the occupancy of Barly and his fam- ily In time to celebrate Chirstmas. Early is confident that eventually he will be cured. CASTRO T00 BUSY CHANGING TROUSERS TO SEE REPORTERS President of Venezuela Is Strictly Obeying Instructions to Say Nothing. PARIS, Dec. 12.—‘President Castro is changing his trousers and is unable to gee you.”’ This is the stereotyped answer that Castro's secretary is giving today to all requests for interviews, papermen have Castro is stopping and have pleaded for Scores of news- besieged the hotel where } the body. | ’ interviews, but so busy is the Venezu- T'S BULLETS READY t Is Deemed Just Right for nt or Rhinoceros, © VEN, Conn., Dec. 12.—Am- ‘mn to be used by ; President * felt on his African hunting trip 8 been prepared here and forward- to ‘Washington, together with the which the President will use, —— were sent here to be exam- by experts. The ball cartridges ) in various weights, the largest g deemed of the right caliber to. down an gare ‘Palneceres junction placed French while ‘In France. DOCTORS AVER THAT SAUSAGE thorities elan executive tn jumping from one pair of trousers to another that no one is accommodated. Castro is religiously keeping the in- upon him by § the Government to remain = silent CAUSED 2 TO DIE OF RABIES Three Other “Members of Family Are Ill After Eating Frankfurters. WINCHESTER, Pa., Dee. 12.—The a-i- today are investigating the deaths of John Van Horn, 8, and his sister Mabel, 16, who, doctors state, died of hydrophobia as a result of eating Frankfurter sa usages. ‘Three other members of the Van Horn family are seriously M. The grocer who sold the sausages dis- mewn ————— Music Co. and tke privations it brought to him and to his wife. who was Miss Lillian Balmer, daughter of the found- er of the company, the family of Charles F. Unger of 1838 Papin street is broken up and he is a patient in the observation ward at the City Hos- pital. He was arrested at midnight, after his wife had left home, telling her daughter Christina that she would stay away indefinitely and after he had threatened to kill Father J. J. O’Brien, pastor of St. Margaret’s Church, Van- deventer and Flad avenues, where Mrs. Unger was a member of the choir. Telephone Boy Warned Priest. John Griffin, 17 years old, telephone boy at the Central Police District pa- trol house, warned Father O’Brien. Members of the family say that Un- ger has been acting queerly for some time and frequently made threats. of violence.” “Mamma couldn’t stand it any longer and yesterday afternoon she packed up her things and went to stay with rela- tives at Berdan, Iil.,’”’ said Christine Unger, the daughter. “There was no reason why papa should have a grudge against Father O’Brien, except that he objected to mamma singing in the choir. Last night was practice night. When he came home and found mamma was not here he thought she was at the church. “Mamma had all of her. estate invest- ed in the Balmer & Weber Music Co: ‘It amounted to about $20,000. Papa worked for the company and had a sal- ary of $150 a month. For years he had drawn only $100 of it, leaving’ the other : $50 each month. He thought the company would take care of it for him. Lost All in Failure, “When the failure came about a year ago, it was all swept away. “Mamma was a noted singer. She took the place in the choir partly be- cause she needed money and partly be- cause she thought it would enable her to obtain other engagements at concerts and entertainments. “Papa felt awful bad because mamma had to help Support the family. He didn’t want her to sing in the choir. He visited Father O’Brien several times and tried to induce him to persuade mamma to give it up. “Last night he threatened to kill both Father O’Brien and mamma.” Griffin was on his way to his home at 1981 Papin street, when he heard loud talking in the Unger home. He knew Unger and something of his fam- ily troubles. “I will kill Father O’Brien and her, too,” he heard Unger say. Hurrying to a_ telephone, Father O’Brien’s residence, priest was not there. He went to Eighteenth street to take @ car for Father O'Brien's home. At the corner he found Unger, apparently waiting for a Park avenue car. Think- ing to head Unger off, Griffin boarded a Manchester car. He found Father O’Brien visiting on Cleveland avenue and prevailed on him to notify the po- lice. A police guard was thrown around the priest’s house, Dut Unger did not appear there. He was arrested by spe- cia! officers when he returned to his home at midnight. Father O'Brien's Statement. “Unger had no reason for wanting to kill me,’ said Father O’Brien. “In October I received a registered letter from him in which he said that he didn’t want his wife to sing in the choir. As I have nothing to do with the management of the choir, I turned the letter over the organist and thought no more about it. “Last Saturday Unger came to my home and said that he objected to his wife being in the choir. He asserted that the Pope forbade that women should sing at the church services. I told him that he was wrong. The Pope has merely expressed a wish that the Gregorian »chant shall prevail in the churches, and that chant is sung only by male voices. Last Sunday Mrs. Un- ger came to me and apologized for her husband's action, saying that his = was affected.’ he called but the i~ The Post- -Dispatch ts the only evening newspaper in St. Louis that receives or publishes news gathered by the Associ- |He is the idol of Italy. stein has put in his answer to the suit brought by Miss Florence, Lee in which she demands $100,000 damages for al- leged breach of contract in failing to make her a grand opera singer, and for services rendered to him in the way of nursing and other care. His main defense is that, whatever rights Miss Lee may have had, they have been rendered void by the opera- tion of the statute of limitations, In addition, he says that services Miss Lee ‘‘may have rendered to this defend- ant were pot reasonably worth the sum of $2000, or any sum.”’ ‘‘Hammerstein practically admits the contract in his answer,’ said Edwin 8. Merrill, the lawyer for Miss Lee. ‘He frittered away 10 years of Miss Lee’s life, and he ought to be made to pay for it. The statute of limitations will not hold in this case. We have plenty of proof that Hammerstein continued to make promises of a grand career to Miss Lee as recently as two years ago.’ Has 500 Love Letters. As evidence of the relation which she says formerly existed between herself and Mr. Hammerstein, Miss Lee made public today three more of the 500 let- ters which, she alleges, she has received from him. A few days ago Mr. Ham- merstein admitted he had written let- ters, adding: “Can't a man write love letters? I wanted to—and did. Lam not ORY. meant ¢ , | man of” temperament: and impulse : my letters probably make ft evident. . gives me pleasure to write swtetly to those I love, and I am not ashamed of it, either. Why should I be?’ One of the letters to Miss Lee, ad- dressed to her as ‘“‘Bruce,”’ in which Hammerstein describes his trials while organizing his Manhattan Opera Com- pany, follows: ‘Milan, March 20, 1906. ‘My Dearest Dariing Bruce—There is but one Boosie after all. thinking of you all the time and won- dered whether. wh2n 6 o'clock comes around you miss: me. Well, Boosie, it is a week since I landed. I stayed ifn Paris for two days. Conried had biocked the way with cll musical agents and if it had not been for John and Edward de Rezkesy (sic) I’d have had a fine time being even recognized as a respectable manager. Even -ome of the Metropolitan Opera House directors now in Paris, such as De Haven and Hyde, told the musical people here that they should not take my efforts seriously. But I don’t get beaten that way. Wanted to Cinch Bonel. “IT arranged lots of matters in Paris io await my return and hastened to Florence to cinch Boncl. Well, what a time I had! There were the cables from Conried offering $1000 a night for the first season (next year) and in- creasing it to $1500 following. All sorts of rumors reached Bonci about my house not being ready for at least two years. Fortunately some New Yorkers reside at Florence. They had told him about n.. and my abilities (to have women fall in love with me, ahem!) and after two days of fighting I at last got his contract signed and soaled. “I never heard a tenor ke him. Be- sides, he is the greatest thing living. He sang for me an aria from ‘Puritani.’ [ bet my life he'll set New York crazy. Little Devil that he is, he sings as no tenor ever sang before. On Sunday, after signing the contract, he gave a reception at his villa. Everybody known professionally in music, art, sculpture and military life were there. He sang ‘La Boheme.’ I made up my mind that my opera pro- ject with him cannot fail. Caruso is in no class with him; finding high notes cvecms a joke with him. He sings as he talks, smilingly and nonchalantly. “IT am in Milan since yesterday morn- ing. I am Iate In the season for engag- ing great artists. Everybody of note has signed for next season. I made a friend of the greatest agency here, aid- ed now by Bounci (sic) and the De Reskzies (sic). Telegrams are flying all over the country. Menten by the Stork. “A great dramatic tenor who sang in Rome all season, just left for Russia. I expect an answer from him. So it is with everybody; all gone. The greatest prima donna of Italy, Mme. Storchio, is not engaged. I thought I’d get her, Continued on Page 2, Column 7. wpe = * — * ME Te ae Pe: ~ — ee * — i : ge Ee ie & es —— ar —— I have been, WLIO CLUB SAYS URMER OFFIC Gambling Concession in Wait- ers’ Resort Sold for $40, Witness Declares. To show that it should not be re- strained by the court from raiding the Twentieth Century Waiters’ Club, the Police Board Saturday introduced Gus- tav Wilton, formerly treasurer and bar- tender of the club, as a witnes in the club’s injunction proceeding before Judge Kinsey. Wilton testified that he, as treasurer of the club, received a payment of $40 for the privilege of running a craps game in the club. The payment was made, he said, by one Joe Woodward. Attorney Hiram Moore, cross-exam- inging Wilton, asked him why he had left the Twentieth Century Club and gone into the St. Louis Waiters’ Club, with which he is now connected. Wilton replied that he had been put out by a ‘“‘frame-up.”’ Asked the difference between the two clubs, Wilton replied that the Twen- tieth Century Club was an organization of ‘‘mongrels,"” while the Sst. Louis Waiters’ Club contained ‘“thorough- preds.”” He explained that the latter term signified waiters in the higher- priced restaurants. Membership Net Limited. To show that the membership of the Twentieth Century Club was not lim- ited, as has been represented, to mem- bers of the Waiters’ Union, the board introduced William Schumacher, a feed dealer. He said he had never been a waiter, but that he was readily admit- ted to membership in the club, and that he was given a key and enjoyed the privilege of buying Sunday drinks. Charles A. Luccick, whose advertis- ing office at 821 Chestnut street adjoins the clubrooms, testified that he had seen women in the clubrooms almost daily, frequently drinking what looked like beer. He said the two pianos in the clubrooms were a constant disturbance to him. Sentencing Reuf Is Deferred. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.-—Pro- nouncing..sentence upon Abraham Ruef, convicted of bribery, was postponed by Superior Judge Lawler today until ‘ceed urday, Dec. 19. ame! —— — fens —— e hows ——— ——— Bl LETS ASTHEY GHT FLAMES Follow Chief Into’ Shooting Gallery Where Cartridges Are Popping. Fire in the shooting gallery owned by Frank Shepard at 3 North Sixth street Saturday forenoon set off a fusilade of ammunition which endangered the lives of the firemen and the spectators, but in spite of the risk Chief Swingley led his men into the midst of the popping cartridges with two lines of hose and the flames were quickly subdued. The shooting gallery is on Sixth street in front of the Central hotel, a three-story brick buwilding. Smoke quickly filled the hotel and several men, fearing to trust the stairways, came down the fire escapes. Leads Men Into Danger. The fire was discovered by Shepard in the rear of his place. It is sup- posed to have been caused by a shot that went wild and ignited waste mat- terial. Dense smoke and flames were pour- ing out of the place when Chief Swing- ley arrived in his automobile and car- tridges were popping in a manner to cause the firemen to hesitate. The Chief realized that unless the fire was quick- ly checked it would spread through the old hotel, and calling the mento follow him he led the way into the burning building. Two streams of water soon put an end to the fire. Rollets Break Mirror. Fred Suhr, proprietor of a saloon at the corner, ran out when the cartridges began to explode. When he returned to his saloon after the fire was out, he found that a mirror worth $150 had been shattered, apparently by the bul- lets. The fire attracted a large crowd. When the people realized the danger from exploding ammunition they got out of range. Larger Pensions for Confederates, AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 12.—Comptrolier Stephens will recommend to the next Legislature that an amendment to the Constitution be submitted to a vote of the people, providing for the levying of as 1 tax with which to pay pen- sions to the Confederate veterans of the State. He favors collecting at. least $1,000,000 a year and $10 a month pension instead of %, as now paid. FO ORR TO EB —— — — “qi Far — — — — —X Has Legal. Possession of His Boy for First Time in Ten Weeks. William J. Lemp Jr. had possession Saturday of his son, William J. Lemp III, for the first time in 10 through an order issued by Judge Kin- sey, before whom Mrs. Lillian Handlan Lemp is suing her husband for 4i- vorce, and celebrated the event by play ing Santa Claus, with the boy as chief assistant. Following a custom established by his father, Mr. Lemp sends toys and candy every Christmas to the children of the old Cathedral School. Saturday morning, when the boy was sent to visit him for the day, Mr. Lemp took him in his automobile and made the rounds of the toy and candy stores. In making the selections Mr. Lemp had the benefit of the ,udgment of his son, who might be supposed to know better what children like than his father knows. At each place, after the selections had been made, Mr. Lemp cautioned the merchants to be sure to send the goods at the right time, and he and his son} were whirled away to another establish- ment. ROOSEVELT PLANS MARTIAL DISPLAY AT INAUBURATION Military Spectacle When Taft Takes Office Will Be Greatest’in History. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Président Roosevelt has made plans for giving President-elect Taft the biggest milt- lary display ever seen at a presiden- tial inauguration. These plans, which are now being developed by and navy, include a parade ef. several thousand the evacuation of Cuba, and equal number of bluejackets triumphant trip around the ; i Hf ij ati if iE i ö—— EL — ——— A LLL LLL LE LLL LORS LLL LLL eee —_——— ©