St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 20, 1909

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COUSINS IN CUSTODY pperren LURES ADMIRER - Vietim Refused to Tell Who - Wounded Him—Confession Follows Arrest.

One of Them Fatally Wound: ed in Three-Cornered Pistol Conflict.

CLARENDON,, Tex., March unidentified man is dead and Floyd Autrey, of Fort Worth, is dying here as the result of a three cornered fight | > with a Fort Worth and 5s Denver train near Giles, That Autrey and his cousin, Fred Garrett, of Fort Worth, killed a third participant in the fight and threw the is indi- cated by the finding of a body near Estelline Bridge later by the police. Autrey, who is fatally wounded, is in a hospital here and he and Garrett are in custody. TEN INDICTMENTS

Attorneys Will Argue That Disagreement Re= ported Yesterday Was a Verdict and — That Sending Them Back to De- _ liberate Was Coercion. Bt «WHAT. DO YOU MEAN?” 2 “Tam Going to Kill You!” ¥ Woman Cried as She Pulled Trigger. | é body out of a coach window, BELLAIRE, O., March 20.---‘‘I loved -» him, but I shot him. I was forced to >. shoot him. Had I failed I would have ‘been shot myself.’’ In a wailing, terri- fied voice, Mrs. Mary Smith confessed | ‘today how she had dangerously wound- * ed the man she loved. Mrs. Smith and her husband, an offi- » ial in the local miners’ union, are now in Jail, charged with the shooting of ‘Noble Ault, who on March 3 was dan- Berously wounded after he had gone to revolvers on WiLLi Ll WITT TL LE __ Tex., today. % 5 are en oe os eke est ie Bo PEABO PAA er Tae, . he re Hey c xe eT f . ane Feet do ae RU ak NE eaee 5 ae te ee ACA m8 tae ‘ ce « a Se ety Ee BI Ps ey Ge haa Rep) Shey - es oy * Pet a, ae 4

; Special to the Post-Dispatch. NASHVILLE, Tenn.; March 21. Col. Dunean B. Codper his son, Robin, have been found guilty of murder in the degree for the killing of former Senator E. W. Carmack, and tl punishment fixed at 20 years in the penitentiary. Their bond

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a@ rendezvous appointed by the woman. According to Mrs. Smith's confession, she had accepted attentions from Ault and her husband had found her out. Im- ‘mediately, said Mrs. Smith, she was ter- orized by the threats. of her husband, Noble Smith, and finally to savé her own life, she lover to his death and to strike the fata] biow herself. Accordingly Smith bought his wife a he dictated a letter to Ault in which Mrs, Smith asked Ault to meet ‘her near the Smith home in Glencoe Ahe night of March 3.. Smith accompa- © snied his: wife to the spot and after mak- ing sure that the woman would carry Ne WAT to the minef ket pertines he is employed as foreman. _ “This was. done,” explains the wife, “so he could prove an alibi in the event of his being arrested.”’ _ * Ault kept the appointment and while - he was talking to Mrs. Smith she sud- denly raised her arm and pointed the _ -yevolver at him. “My God, Mary, what do you mean?” _ pasped the astonished Ault. _ “ff mean I am going to kill you,” : Mrs. Smith says she yelled, and with that she pulled the trigger, the bullet “nitting Ault’s abdomen. The wounded man refused to tell who shot him, at first declaring the shooting had been an accident, but after some inquiry the "police arrested Smith and his wife. _ The mine foreman at once’ brought _ witnesses to prove he had been in the -mine at the time of the shoeting and until today he was in & fair way of es- caping. The wife's confession has put a different face on matters. Ault is recovering. ' MAYOR FALLS AND ‘STARTS A SPRING IN CELLAR. | ‘Gusher Under Barn Satisfies His : Old Wish for Place to ‘ Water Stock. -WINSTED, Conn.,. March 20.—A | phenomena in Burrville, five 4a south of here, has set the village ‘folk agog. John H. Burr, known as es Mayor of. the village,’ because he | more property and weighs more other one there, took a tumble of his horse barn a few 300 pounds of avoirdupois earth so that a spring came

Was bulit 3 years ago and water was ever seen there The spring boils up yet. Most water drains off, as the bottom * cellar is only covered to a depth ‘three inehes, Mayor Burr had often > ie PES

WELCOMES 12-POUND BOY Daniel Mattheys of Jerseyville, who was so bashful he had to make four to marry, is blushing again. There's a 12-pound boy at his house. ) sagen way of celebrating the event was The and heir of the bashfo' man tb called Daniel Matthews Jr. ) are you going to make of Pe? the dg father was asked. “A married man, I think,” said Dan. % 5 the ie pely: ‘lite,”’ |

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GAINS! MAYBRAY HOUND IN IOWA Each Charges Conspiracy -and Larceny in Wholesale _ Swindling Cases.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Io., March 20.— The grand jury of the District Court of this county at noon today returned 10 indictments in the wholesale swin- dling cases. The announcement was made that each of the indictments is against J. C, Maybray and others, but the names of none of the others were made pub- lic, it being intimated that some of them. are not yet under arrest. Con- spiracy and larceny is charged in each indictment. The grand jury, after returning the indictments, took a recess until’ May 10. The complaining witnesses in the 10 cases are Samuel Sutor of Cass Lake, Minn.; Joseph P. Walkér, Denver; J. Hemelbracht, Bancroft, Neb.: W. H. Bedford, Bolokow, Mo.; Dr. C. C. Van- derbeck, St. Louis. UNCONSCIOUS MAN WITH EYES WIDE OPEN PUZZLES DOCTORS Physicians Can’t Substantiate The- ory That Bequette Was Poi- sonéd by Gas. Physicians at the City Hospital are puzzled at the condition of Anderson Be- quette of 7306 South Broadway, who was taken there Friday night unconscious. Despite every effort on their part to re- store him, Bequette was unconscious Saturday, lying with his eyes open and glaring. ; At midnight Friday other lodgers in the house with Bequette smelled gas escaping from his reom. When they entered the room was filled with the fumes of gas and the jet was wide opsn. At the hospital it was belived Be- quette was suffering from gas poison- ing, but the physicians can find no trace of such. There is nothing in the man’s history to show he ever had epilepsy, and the physicians are at a ioss to diagnose his disease. BILL PROPOSES NEW DESIGN OR THE STARS AND STRIPES Representative Ansberry of Ohio Suggests Combination of Arcs in Form of Pentagon. WASHINGTON, Marc* “eld glory” is proposed in a bill re- cently introduced by their- work on;the case is no further advanced than when they first began. ae Crowe to Help. Special tothe Post-Dispatch. CHICAGO, March. 20.—Pat Crowe, kid naper of Edward Cudahy. is to ald in the search for Billy Whitla, the ‘boy kidnaped and held ad $10,000 ransom at Sharon, Pa. The reformed criminal is now in Pon- tiac, Ill., arranging for lectures, but his wife reached him by telerhone. She as- serts that Crowe would be of aid in this case through deductions drawn from his own experience. “Pat is anxious to do something to atone for his own deeds,” said Mrs. Crowe today, ‘‘and in this Pennsylvania case I see an opportunity for him. I am sure he will be anxious to aid in running down the kidnapers.”’ HADLEY ‘DENIES HE SEEKS PLACE: AS: FEDERAL JUDGE Gov. Hadley in a conversation with a Post-Dispatch reporter over the long distance telephone Saturday, denied a story published in an afternoon newspa-

fper to the effect that he (Hadley) ‘has formally applied to President Taft for a United States judgeship in the North- west, and, moreover, that he is to be given what he desires as soon as there is a vacancy.” “This is all news to me,” Governor, with a laugh. “I am not now and never have been a candidate for any Federal position,” he continued. ‘There is not now, and never has been, the: slightest intention or desire on my part to leave the offce of Gov- ernor, which I intend to fill to the best ef my ability for the next. four. years.” The Governor ‘laughed again when told that the story credited Senator Warner with having visited the White House for the express ‘‘purpose of ask- ing President Taft to make the Missour! Govrervor a Federal Judge.” “I do not think it is werth while to Say anything on that point, as Senator Warner can answer for himself,” said said the

MRS. LAMBERT IS WARNED BY “JOE” AGAINST DRINK a i, »

re F ‘Shun Cigarettes, Nellie,” Is Advice From Han- negan’s Spirit Guide; Then She Hears Wings---Medium’s Arm Stretched.

Will Hannegan has come into the spot , light again. Hannegan is the young man who, while nurse and companion of Junior Lambert, the son of Jordan Lam- bert, the wealthy manufacturer, be- came famous in a night by the pub- lication of his doings with spirits in the Lambert home. Prof. James Hyslop of the American Society for Psychical Research has’ re- cently said that Hannegan is a highly gifted “supernormal man.’ He also says that Spiritualists all over the coun- try regard Hannegan as the greatest natural medium in the country. The Journal of the American Society of Psychical Research is out with ‘the further doings of Hannegan and his ‘a- mous ‘guide, Joe Wentworth, the bold pirate of the Spanish main, who died in Cuba several centuries ago. In his last exposition Joe Wentworth develops a strong moral tendency and advises Mrs. Lambert to shun drink and cigarettes. it is related in the Journal how Han- pnegan sat down one night with Joe by his side and taking pencil and pad began to write at Joe’s dictation. Advice to Mrs, Lambert, ‘Now, my dear child,’’ said Joe, mean- ing Mrs. Lambert, “you .are not the worldling that you say you are; only not like everyone else. You must, how- ever, build up your health, and that is why we want you to be ab- stemious and careful. A man can do things without hurt that unbal- ance a, delicate organization. like a woman’s. It is not that drinking is sinful on your part, but it is not good for your body.”’ “Of course, you do not take enough to harm your soul,’ continued Joe. “Your soul is good and pure, though you are sincere.in thinking it is not. Do not smoke cigarettes, dear Nellie. They are indeed harmful, not only to the soul, but to the lungs.”’ Joe's lecture on morals and hygiene was interrupted just then by a crash on the porch. “Just previous to this,” -Mrs. Lambert says in her report to the Journal, sound of wings.”’ Hannegan’ ° When Jee goo pe gps erp had been doing he evaded the question by saying that he could elongate Hanne- gan'’s arm. Hannegan’s arm was then stretched seven inches longer than nor- “we. heard a ‘meal, Then a spirit named Norman cut into -he conversation and said that it was he who had stretched Hannegan’s arm, and a little later Hannegan's arm was stretched 20 inches Jonger than normal. This. made Joe jealous and he wrote this message: “I love you all so much that I will give you everything, so that you «an et anything you like, and oh, hew I ove you all! And so , Bood-night and good-by.”’ On another sechalen Mrs. ‘Lambert asked Joe, through Hannegan, why it “You} make no objection te Mr. Lambert}: pombe pead and he sanee more than ne Mre. Lambert. was harmful for her to drink.

Lambert was.absent from the room for a few minutes, Hannegan said to Joe, “‘Now, Joe, tell us where Mrs. Lam- bert is, and what she. is doing.’’ At this moment Mrs. Lambert _re- turned as Hannegan’s hand was trac- ing this message on the pad of pa- per: “She has gone to get some—’’ The pencil hesitated, then stopped. “Go ahead, Joe, and tell them. I don’t mind,’ Mrs. Lambert said. “She went to get some whisky,” said Joe with brutal frankness. “The answer was correct,”’ said Mrs. Lambert in her report of the occur- rences in the Journal. | Mr. Lambert..is in New York and Mrs. Lambert refused to elaborate on the experience for a Post-Dispatch re- porter.

ROBBERS DYNAMITE IOWA BANK

DES MOINES, Io., March 20.—Sa fe- blowers dynamited the safe of the First National Bank of Imogene, Page Coun- ty, during. the night and took all the cash on hand. Section hands on their way to work early this morning discovered the bank had been robbed and reported to the Several thousand dollars is re- officers, ported to have been taken.

HOSPITAL PATIENT, NOT FREE BRIDGE. BOSS, SLEEPS WITH EYE OPEN; RAIN IS COMING

“T's a strange case,”’ sald the doctor... “He sleeps while his eyes are open.”’ “Who's that?” asked the sales- man, “the man who's building the new flvrary or the head boss on the free bridge ?’’ “No, no,” said the doctor, “just @ patient at. the hospital.” — The official Weather forecast: Rain tonight and

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ing motion for a new trial was placed at $25,000, which was factory to both sides. The verdict was.a compromise reached after three days eration. Six jurors favored first degree, ‘‘with mitigating ¢i stanees,’’ five voted for second degree, with 20 years” ir :r ‘os ment and one voted for acquittal. When he finally years those arguing for .the death penalty — the ec mise. The defendants took the verdict eisile —almost without emotion. Mrs. Burch and Mrs. Wilson, daughters of Col. Cooper, were brave and aside from tear- ful eyes, restrained thelr emotion gameé- ly. Mrs. Burch sat with her arm around her brother Robin’s shoulder and Mrs. Wilson was at het father’s right. The suspense for the two young women had been heartrending and any verdict, hew- ever unfavorable, was a relief. The jurors were tired looking and dis- heveled and when the Court remarked: “TY thank you, gentlemen, for your pa- tience and devotion to the State and dis- miss you to your homes and your per- sonal avocations,” the entire 12 sprang

from their seats | | 3 one man riedly left the cou rire om. Th ants and their « nat ms plete the bond | tions for a new trial, Various and ee jury had were crowded’ courtroom this. case i 2 the presence of attorneys on ‘both and even before he removed his ov coat, he, ordered the jury aad the 4 fendants brought Attorney Asks That Case Be Called : Mistrial Because of Disagreement In almost a moment—9:2, to be exact ——the 12 men: entered the room and took the same seats they have occupied for nearly nine weeks. “Have you agreed upon a _ verdict, gentlemen?” said Judge Hart. “We have,” replied Foreman EE. M. Burke, hoarsely. “‘Advance, Mr. Foreman, and read the verdict.”’ “We, the jury, find the defendants, Duncan B. Cooper and Robin J. Coop- er, guilty of murder in the second de- gree, and assess their punishment at confinement in the State penitentiary for a peried of ® years.” / “So say you all, gentlemen?’ “So say we all,”’ in chorus. In a second Judge Anderson, of the defense, was on his feet exclaiming:

“Your Honor, clared a disagreement on fendants. We also ask that fendant at $2,000, unless objection. In that event I guments.”’ oe “It is satisfactory to us,"’ wh t ney-General MoCarn. © “And to us,” retorted Judge . son. He added that he weuld be week. Six Jurors Voted for First Degree and Only One Favored A The bond book was done and the defendants signed the bond and returned with their relatives and friends to the room they have occupied in the Jail building. The jurors were not inclined to talk, but one of them said: “On the first ballot we acquitted John Sharp and disregarded the conspiracy theory. On this same ballot we stood six for guilty of murder in the first degree with mitigating circumstances, five for murder in the second degree, with % years, the maximum penalty, and one for acquittal. The ballots al! day Wednesday and Thursday showed the same result. “Yesterday the man who voted for «c- quittal went over to murder in the sec- ond degree, but demanded that only years be assessed. The rest of us did not deem 10 years as anything like ade- quate, so we disagreed again. Of course, all this refers to the Coopers, not Sharp, whom we had acquitted. “Early this morning the man who was holding out for 10 years agreed to 2 years and the six who were voting for a first ‘degree verdict agreed to this verdict.” While the jurérs would not say who

ants, where they awaited the art of bondismen. The first to arctan * John J. Greener, who signed for | on éach bond. ‘a Several others had been sent for. telephoned that they would come | quickly as automobiles waquid bri them. In a few moments Walter — ence. “I will sign for a mililen fqr- ' men,” he remarked, James FE. Cal later signed for ' $26.49 on and H. B. Chadburn and Cc. W. son for $2500 each on each bond, ° makes the total bonds in boty $110,090, although only $30,000 was : The Burch automobile canie up Ale later and the party was away to the Bradford home. | There will be no further in cane tr sit 2 eo Attorneys Anderson and W. paved the way for ga oe compelied —

argue the motion for a new trial ‘ ~ Be Farmer arrived and sigued for the 1 al< ‘ Peep dg? ae ra * es ig od ee