St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 18, 1909

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Said to Be the Noted Specialist Shot Himself at His Home at-Coney Island. NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—A man said to be John H. Woodbury, , beauty doctor, shot himself in the Woodbury home at Sea Cliff, Island, today and was dead when found. Motive for the de has, not been clearly established. He has advertised extensively of noses and ears, remove scars, or remove. dimples and improve

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complexions. In addition to the surgical work done at his various sanitariums, he manufac- tured compléxion specialties, soaps, etc., which had a wide sale. He was recently sued for $50,000 damage by Stephen A. Emmons, a contractor, and this is sup- posed to have preyed on his mind. WORLD'S COUNSEL ATTACKS - VAGUE SHS MIKILET BEL SUIT WRT ee E la WILLING ay th. tt the honor of the State de- and “sage vestigation of the United , “I can have no in- as the the senatorial election, have & majority on joint t Pieliesinary Paistas in Gov- ernment’s Action Opens in New York. PLANS NOT DISCLOSED Federal District Attorney Gets Setback at Ruling From Judge. '\. WASHINGTON, Jam, 18-—~A._ resolu- tion was introduced today by Senator Raynor of Maryland calling on the At- torney-Genernl fer information con- cerning the bringing of a suit for libel against certain newspapers, ' Mr, Raynor asked for immediate consideration, saying the only purpose was to get information whether this suit had been ordered, whether it was brought at the instance of the President under what statute, by whem ordered, and by what power and authority the courts are being used to forward this suit, a ICE SEEKING BOTTOMS GANG-M fee ta . \ \ Ss: us Li? TVAN? How {3 Convicts Broke Theiq Parole ILLIAM DUNWOODY, sen- tenced. .for robbery; violated parole by fraudulent voting. Harry Exnicious, sentenced. for robbery, violkhtéd parole by fraudu-. lent voting. , William Reardon, sentenced Yor robbery, violated parole by high- ‘way robbery. Mike Nemo, sentenced for. bur- glary, violated parole by highway robbery. John Marchlewski, sentenced for highway robbery, violated parole by burglary. John Martin, serrtenced for for- gery, violated parole by forgery. ST. LOUIS, MON DAY EVEN ING, Rat ?

Chief Declares “War to the Finish” on Band Which Has De-’ fied Law for Years... Ps A ¥ et z ie .s Cornelius Sullivan, Bottoms Gang member, charged with hav- ing deliberately tried to murder Patrolman John Hutton at the West End Physical Culture Club, Twenty-second street and Wash- ington. avenue, Sunday night, is one of 25 convicts paroled from the Penitentiary by Joseph W. Folk in the last 11 days of his term as Governor. Patrolman Hutton, who lies in the City Hospital wounded in the abdomen and the arm, charged that Sullivan shot him as the result of a plot to take his life framed at the West End Athletic NON ON hdd

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I Faas: not considered myself in this nn ection for a moment. But charges} NEW YORK, Jan. 18—The nature of have been made in the: public|the proceedings which have been insti- Club by members of the Bottoms Gang. Hutton charges that Frank Hussey, member of the House of Delegates,: was an insti- BUT HANNEGAN WON'T TAKE Harry Weisbrod, sentenced for burglary, violated parole by bur-

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tuted against the New York World and the Indianapolis News because of their criticisms of the method .by which the purchase of the Panama Canal was made was not disclosed in. the brief hearing today. Acting under instruc- tions believed to fave been issued by the Government, United States District Attorney Stimpson had subpenaed Wil- liam McLaughlin, sporting editor of the New York World, and J. Angus Shaw, j|secretary of the Press Publishing Co., to testify before a Federal grand jury today in an action which was not de- scribed in the subpenaes. It was be- lieved, however, to be the outcome of President Roosevelt’s message to Con- gress. The proceedings were halted by an appeal from counsel of the World edit- ors, to show cause why the brief should not be quashed. John M. Bowers of counsel for” Mr. Continued on Page 2, Column 8. me me ee nee

giary. William Johannigsmeyer, sentenc- ed for burglary, violated parole by burglary. Rex Scobell, sentenced for lar- ceny, violated parole by larceny. Eddie Brady, sentenced for as- sault to kill, violated: parole - by purse snatching. Starless Woods, sentenced for lar- ceny, violated parole by. burglary. Dick McLaughlin, sentenced for highway robbery, violated parole by fraudulent voting. Connie Sullivan; sentenced for ballot fraud, violated parole by shooting policeman. \ The legitimate cates . . a . — is a ’ 3 7 and Suburbs grey theme Pn the Globe- '

Rs nage Sooke aan t Post-Dispatch in s and rte nN te is mreater than that of ALL other Knuglish Dailies COM. gator of the plot and the police are seeking him. Hutton, .City Hospital physicians say, has a good chance to recover from the wound in his abdomen. The bullet has been removed. His left arm will be per- manently disabled by the other wound. His wife, who was ill at her home, 3304 North Fourteenth street, was prostrated. by the news of »i« injuries. his brother-in-law. “The West End Physical Culture Club | was on my beat,” said Hutton, there had been two _ robberies lately. : ‘‘Whenever we tried to make an in- vestigation there we always found the safe locked and no onerthere could ever remember the combination. “Yesterday Capt. Schoppe told me an- other man would look after the rest of my beat and for me to look after the West End Club and not to allow any disorder there. Hussey Counseled Disobedience. . “I stayed’ around there until after y o’clock last night, not going more than a block or two away at any time. Then two fellows began singing inside and the whole crowd, 20 men or more, joined in the chorus. “I went in and told them they would have to make less noize. Frank Hussey jumped up from the table where he was sitting with Charlie Haughton and told the fellows to go on singing. ‘And make it as strong as you like,’ he said. “There was a man there with two lit. tle children, one a girl with a little white shawl over her head. “I started out to turnin a riet call. Then I made up my mind I would han- dle the thing myself, and as they start- ¢d singing louder than before I went back into the room. They heoted and pounded their chairs on the floor. Then there were two shots fired in the air— I don't know who did it.” “Then Hussey and Haughton walked past me and went out. Behind them went Connie Sullivan, ‘Nappy’ Reardon and Dannie Hogan. That made me think right away there Was some sort of a frame-up. Ome Grabbed Hin Hand. _“As he passed me, Connie Sullivan turned eround and put his revolver against my stomach, and said ‘Throw up your hands, Hutton.’ Hogan grabbed my right hand, to keep me from drawing “and there | MY. gun. didn’t know it then. back and he ducked behind a partition. I saw I-had no chance that way, so I ran out on Washington avenue, came back in at a side door and fired twice at him’! That emptied my revolver, and as I ran out the side door I felt myself bleeding at the waiat.’’ Twenty-second,; on Lucas, took me in, the. abdomen, .though I I followed him “I ran into Sergt. Pat Kirk, who, it seems, had heard the shooting, and Pa- tryjman Murphy. Accuses “Connie” Sullivan, “*Get Connie Sullivan,’ ( told them. ‘He got me.’ And they chased him and caught him between Twenty-first and I went up the same way, and phoned for an ambu- lance myself.” , The other policemen say that when Hutton saw Sullivan at the patrol box he attempted to strike him. He repeat- ed this attempt when Sullivan was taken to him at the hospital for identification. Chief of Police Creecy, following the shooting of Hutton, stationed patrolmer at the doors of the West End Athletic Cub and declared it closed. He said the shooting meant war to the death between the police and the Bottoms Gang. “I thought the Bottoms Gang was out of existence,” he sald. “My cap- tains se reported to me. But from what happened there last night it appears that the West End Physical Culture Club has been the headquarters of the ganz. “The doors of the West Bnd Physical Culture Club are locked for good. In the interest of publio safety I have taken the law in my own hands. I have ordered that four policemen be stationed there and that they arrest anyone who tries to reopen the club. “My hands have been tied The club has a charter from tary of State. Circuit Attorney Sager and to bring action to Dave; the c voked, he said it was of his term and the law.

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