St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 13, 1909

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Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service

“VOL. 61. NO. 358. ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY 1] Y EVEN

ING, AUGUST 13, 1909.

PRICE ONE CENT.

COURT AWED BY DAVIS: RECITAL OT SUTTONS WRONGS Counsel for Relatives of Dead Man Denounces First In- quiry Into Tragedy. SCORN PUT ON ADAMS

_Lieutenant Who Told Woman . He Hated Her Brother Sits With Head Bowed. CHARGES A CONSPIRACY Says Suppression and False- hood Mark Efforts to Hide Facts Regarding Death. Special to the Post-Dispatch. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Aug. 13.—Henry E. Davis, spea.ing as counsel for Mrs. James M. Sutton before the Naval Board of Inquiry today flung the charge at the former fellow-officers of James M. Sutton Jr. that they were in ‘‘a con- spiracy of suppression and falsehood” to conceal the true facts of the death of the young Lieutenant. At the original inquiry into Lieut. Sut- ton’s death a verdict of suicide was found. For 20 months Mrs. Sutton, the mother, has been trying to obtain a new hearing to show that her son was mur- dered. This hearing closes today. Davis, by his dramatic portrayal of the main phases of the mysterious features of the case forced even his bitterest opponents to give him care- ful attention. By his picture of Mrs. Sutton's sufferings under an unde- served stigma he brought tears to the eyes of those whose sympathies were all qwith the officers and against the relatives of Sutton. He aroused the members of the court by his merciless arraignment of the officers he termed perjurers and caused a profound im- pression waen he said significantly that this inquiry would “lead to some- thing. else,” He gained when he recounted the efforts of the sister, Mrs. Rose Sutton Parker, who had been told by Lieut. Adams, speaker said, that he hated the dead man With deep feeling and in most impres- sive manner, ir. Davis spoke of the mother’s sacrifice in offering ‘her boy for her country’s ser'-». He referred to the hopes and aspirations of the young officer ust enterin~ on his mil- itary career anc. still more fully of the type of man indicated by the letters written to the mother in vregon and to the younger brother, a military cadet at West Point. Tells of Night of Tragedy. With some detail he went into the ha >penings of the fatal day and young Sutton’s happy spending of it, without any thought of the impending death that awaited him at its end; of his last trib- ute to the mother when her letter was preduced by him in the presence of Miss Stewart and Prof. Coleman at Car- vel Hall, of the fact that going from this happy scene the young man was within an hour a corpse, the victim of a violent death. The lawyer then attackec with force and riddled the previous inquest and its investigation of the affair which placed the stigma of suicide upon the young man. He was particularly severe in his ref- erences to the fact that Lieut. Willing, who was a participant in the events just prior to’the fatal shot, and but for whose dereliction Sutton might still be alive, had been the recorder of that court. ; He charged that the whole affair had been conducted with indecent haste and with no notice to the family until the suicide’s brand had been placed on one of their name. “Denying him Christian burial, ac- cording to the family faith, laying him in unsonsecrated ground, stripping his parents of hope of reunion hereafter and sending him down the dark tide that would be utter nothingness or eterna! pi alsument,’ said Mr. Davis. Mra, Parker's Trip to Annapolis. Going on to the family’s distress and their efforte-to find out all that they could about the way in which their young son and brother came to his death, Mr. Davis recited in detail the trip to Annapolis vf Mrs. Parker, the sister who has played such a promi- nent part in the whole affair, He held Lieut. H. H. Utley up to the _ scorn of all men who are men and his brutal assertion of hatred of her broth- _ €r made to the woman who was here do- _ Ang her part to shield her mother from 4 . the harrowing details of how the loved ‘One had died. At that time she plead- ed for help, help only to remove the ‘Stigma of suicide. -- “This was her only hepe and her desire. And how did these men ‘meéet it?” thundered the lawyer. “Their only recourse was this inquiry ‘and for 2 long and trying months they have devoted their entire time to this end. Look again at that mother’s fran- tl letters, who was forced into this sympathy for his. clients the {

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Ben Marcri, who shot and killed Joseph Rodi, a boarder, of whom her husband was jealous, in the mining village of Bush, Ill., at the word of command from Marcri, being enabled to shoot straight because of continued practice with a revolver. shooting which took place several-days ago the husband fled, and Mrs. Marecri is in jail at Marion, Ill., charged with the killing, to which she has confessed. After the

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SPANISH NAVY S SENT TO Ald UF GEN. MERINA All Vessels Ordered to Melilla Where Moors Threaten 38,000 Spaniards.

By Agociated Press ADRID, Aug. 13.—All the vessels of the Spanish navy have received orders to concentrate at Melilla, where a Span- ish force of some 38,000, under Gen. Me- rina is threatened by a strong gather- ing of Moors, who resent Spalin’s puni- tive expedition for the murder by the Moors of eight Spanish laborers. The Heraldo today says ~ ministerial crisis is possible because of strained re- lations between the Minister of the In- terior and thc Minister of War, who, during the recent disorders at Barce- lona, issued instructions diametrically oppo-ed. Spaniards Shelling Moors. MELILLA, Morocco, Aug. 13.—Friend- ly natives bring in reports that although the Spanish artillery fire is destroying the camps of, the Moors, it is not caus- ing great loss of life, as the Riffs have built a series of subterranean cham- bers and passages in their locations, emerging only when tho cannonading ts over. The Moors made an at‘empt last night to cut the railroads. Searchlights, how- ever, revealed their purpose and they were driven back. There is as yet no evidence here of the begii-ning of Gen. M ~“iana’s march into the interior. Moors in All-Day Fight. PENON DE LA GOMERA, Morocco Aug. 13.—The, Moors who surrounded the Spanish garrison here kept up an inces- sant attack all day yesterday. In the evening, however, they withdrew to the hills and built great fires by the light of which they continued their fusilade on the town and garrison. One by one the telegraph wires con- necting Alhucemas and Ceuta with Penon de La Gomera have been cut by the Moorish bullets, and it is probable the garrison here very soon will be isolated. The Moors have had many men killed or wounded. MAID SELLS BOTTLED BEER 2 FOR SC; KISSED BY ICEMAN An iceman who thought that a nickel was the proper price te pay for two bottles of beer and a kiss is being sought by the police on complaint of Theresa Meyer, 18 years old, a servant at the home of John J. Pfenninger at 4435 South Fifteenth street. She says that the man delivered ice there Thursday afternoon. Noticing that there were two dozen bottles of beer in the refrigerator he asked her to sell him some. Taking out two bottles he laid a dime on the table and she gave him a nickel in change. Miss Meyer says that the ‘iceman drank both bottles of beer and that they had a startling effect on him. Throwing his arms about her, she suys, he told her that a kiss ought. to ae or in with ee beer far goodi a 3 . de

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: es NOTHING STARTS ON THIS FRIDAY HE TH Unlucky Date Prevents the Beginning of Grade Cross- ing Removal, ————

The fact that this is Friday, the 18th of August, prevented several important things from being done in St. Louis. An army of workingmen, armed with trowels, T-squares, hammers, adz&, monkey wrenches and diving suits did not go to the foot of UChouteau avenye and begin the work of building the free bridge. Mayor Kreismann and the commission which he appointed for the purpose, did not meet and issue an ukase forever abolishing all the grade crossings in St. Louis. Capt. McCulloch, president of the Unit- ed Railways Co., looked at his calendar when he went to work at 6:30 a. m., and, noting the unlucky combination of Friday and 13, he did not send out a general order to wash the Spring ave- nue cars. Police Row Must Wait. The Board of Police Commissioners did not meet in a hurriedly called ex- ecutive session and settle that Tyeedle- dum and Tweedle-dee controversy be- tween Chief Creecy and Chief Smith, Roger Bresnahan did not administer oxygen to the Cardinals to give them that buoyancy which will be necessary to capture the pennant. On any other day this might be advisable, but Roger fears that if it weme done on Friday, the 18th, the oxygen might cause some of his men to go even further up in the air than they are now, and they might not come back to earth before the end of the season. ) And Other Things. They did not nail another the framework of the new brary building. The Terminal did not pay that $150,000 it has owned the city for 17 years. The Wabash did not take its tracks out of Forest Park. The United Railways Co. did not mail the City Register a check covering that l-mill-per-passenger tax. And “Bud” Dozier positively did NOT go up in a balloon. NO ILL LUCK IN 13 FOR THIS LOCAL PHILOSOPHER Johann Koester is a _ philosopher. There is no 13 superstition in his make- up, not even on Fridays. Mr. Koester owns a saloon. He renewed his license Friday, Aug 13. His saloon is at 1300 South Becond street. His Mcense expires Feb. 13, 1910. The serial number of his license is 1300. In his address as he wrote it there are 18 letters: “South Second st.” There are 13 letters In his name. He paid $6.50 for his recording fee— 13 half-dollars. It was 11:02 a. m.—add the figures— when he started back to his saloon board on Public Li-

: Zi * ae . oe Gee, ve ) @ 2 ee eae ea ‘ oa é My are THIRTEENTH T her to Nugent’s store at Broadway and Washingten avenue. second floor. wait here on this settee while I go to she handed Barron her brown silk para- sol. ened to kill me. downstairs and called Policemen Schaep-

WIDOWS WIT WINS AGAINSI ARMED WOOER eS Lets Self-Appointed Fiance Hold Parasol So Police Can Identify Him.

DEATH OR MATRIMONY Charles Barron Tries to Com- pel Woman to Marry Him.

Bertha Williams, forced by Mrs. a dark-eyed, dark-haired widow, being killed to come from Edwardsville to St. Louis with Charles Barron, after the sight of a fear of her ardent suitor, revolver in his pocket had wrung from him Friday, in a clever her a promise to marry used a brown silk parasol ruse to cause his arrest in a downtown department store. Barron is hela oy the police on a charge of carrying concealed weapons and in his holdover cell sighs and pro- tests that he loves Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Wulliyms is empJoyed in an Edwardsville dressmaking’ establish- ment. Acording to her story of her experience, told to the police, she was on her way to work Friday morning, bareheaded;-when Barron, who has long been paying court to her, stepped from a doorway and asked her where she was going. She answered that she was go- ing to work. Demands She Marry Him. “No, you’re not,”’ said Barron. “You are going to St. Louis with me. You didn’t meet me last night as you prom- ised. I have waited long enough for your answer. Now you are going to marry me whether you want to or not.” He threw back his coat, Mrs. Wil- liams said and pointed significantly to a revolver in his pocket. Mrs. Williams pleaded for time to go home and get her hgt; thinking she could thus es- cape him. ““No,”’- he said, “‘you are going to St. Louis with me just as you are. I’ll buy you a hat when we get there and then f we'll get married. Feared His Revolver, Fearing he would use the revolver, Mrs. Williams says, she boarded an in- terurban trolley car with him. After leaving the car at-.Eads Bridge, Mrs. Williams, who had figured .out a plan of escape, reminded Barron of his prom- ise to buy her a hat. She prevailed on him to accompany They went to the “Before having a hat fitted I must fix up my hair?’ said Mrs. Williams. ‘You the rest room.” Then, as if it were an afterthought “Just hold that until I come out,”’ she said. Parasel Identifies Him. When she was in the rest room she hurriedly whispered to the maid: “There is a man out there who threat- Go get a policeman. Tell the officer it is the man sitting on the settee, holding a brown parasol.”’ The maid, unobserved by Barron went erkoetter and Glasgow. They had no difficulty finding Barron. He was the only man in sight, complacentiy sitting on a settee and holding a brown silk parasol. Apparently he made only one move while Mrs. Williams was in the rest room. He had transferred the re- volver from his coat pocket “into the parasol, where it was found by the policemen. Mrs. Williams and Barron were taken to headquarters, where the widow told the story of Barron’s strenuous wooing and its melodramatic climax. “I do want to marry her and I never meant to hurt her,” wailed Barron. “Then why did you carry that revolver and show it to her?’ asked the desk sergeant. “Oh, that was just a piece of foolish-) ness,’’ replied Barron. After her thwartea suitor was lacked up Mrs, Williams returned to Edwards- ville. Mrs. Williams optained a divorce from William Probst and resumed her maiden name three years ago. She has two small children. ’ Barron, who owns a barber shop in Edwardsville, was formerly a roomer at the home of Mrs. Williams’ mother. Mrs. Williams says she “has moved several times to avoid the attentions of Barron, but each time ne followed her and attempted to obtain lodging in the same house in which she lived. For the last two years, she Says, he has proposed marriage every time they met, which was very often, as Barron was unwilling to permit a day to pass without “popping the question” to the dark-eyed widow. Six weeks ago Barron was arrested on complaint of persons who said he had stood outside the boarding place of Mrs. Willits all night. ». » -

ee” Beats Wright Brothers’ Country Flight—In Air,19 1-2 Minutes. . Record for Cross-

Special to the Post-Dispatch. MINEOLA, L..1., Aug. 13.—C, Foster Willard in the Golden Flyer, a machine of the Curtiss biplane. type, flew 12 miles across country this morning in 194m. of 10 miles made by the Wright Brothers at Fort Myer a few The Wrights have made much longer flights around a small course and longer cross-country flights have been made weeks ago. abroad. Mr. Willard, who has been making short flights almost daily in the ma- chine belonging to the Aeronautic 5o- ciety, stapted from Mineola at 6:26 a. m. in an attempt to make a new world’s record cross-country flight. His route lay around an irregular square and carried him from Mineola over Garden City, Westbury and Hicksville and back to Mineola. Leaving Mineola, Willard rose to about 150 feet in the air, and going off at a fast clip his machine was quickly a speck on the horizon. Soon it disap- peared behind the trees. Nearly 15 minutes had elapsed when the speck again appeared miles away in the direction of Westbury. The crowd was watching the machine approach on its return and were get- ting ready to congratulate the aviator when the machine began to glide slow- ly downward, and landed in a field be- tween Mineola and Westbury, about two miles from Mineola. Jumping into an automobile’ the watchers found Willard’s machine un- damaged by the landing, and the avi- ator tinkering with the magneto. That part of the mechanism which provides the spark for the ignition of the gas was deranged, but Willard said the aeroplane glided gracefully and easily to the ground and alighted without a mishap after the power was shut off. On his flight he passed over several sets of telegraph wires and clumps of trees and once, when he passed a group of Italian laborers, they quit work and cheered him. The record for the longest cross- country flight in an aeroplane is held by Henri Farman, the French aviator, who was the first man to get off the. ground in an aeroplane in France. He flew Jn ‘a biplane from Chalons to Suippes, 40 miles, in one hour and five minutes. The flight was made July 23 of this year. The longest flight across water was made by Louis Blerlot when he crossed the English Channeb July 25 In his mo- noplane. The width of the chanrel where Bleriot crossed is 21 miles. He made the distance in 37 minutes. CURTISS PLANS TRIAL FLIGHTS He Takes Aeroplane With Him for Rheims Contests. PARIS, Aug. 13.—Gienn H. Curtiss, the

American aviator, arrived here .today, | but proceeded immediately for Rbelma, where he will represent the Aero Club of America in the International aviation races next week. Mr. Curtiss is carrying his aeroplane as personal baggage and on his arrival at Rheims will set up the machine and 4 > 2 u oe gt . , he 5 Bie ia 5 $ Ochs by gt r - — x ee ze 5 Te , ;

This beats the American record —The Baddeck No. 1 aerodrome made a filght of about 100 yards at an eleva- tion of 15 feet yesterday with Mr. Mc- Curdy at the helm. The machine rose rapidly and smoothly. It came to earth safely and stopped after a short run. THAW IS ALLOWED FIVE DAYS BEFORE RETURNING TO ASYLUM Judge Mills Grants Plea of Prison- er’s Mother and Orders Privi- leges for Him. MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., Aug. 18.—

Harry K. Thaw will go back to Mat-’ teawan Wednesday, Aug. 18. Justice Isaac N. Mills today signed the forma! order, recommitting him to the asyluin on that date. He said he allowed Thaw to stay five days more in the White Plains Jail on the plea of his mofher. Attorney Morschauser explained that Mrs. Thaw warts to arrange to take up her permanent residence at Matteawan so she will be near her son. The Justice’s # dation that Thaw be granted “privileges he en- joyed the first t , months at the in- stitution was m éyimandatory and a part of the order. FREE BRIDGE, BOTTLED UP AND IN BOND, HELPS HEAT TO MAKE MORTALS THIRSTY THE TEMPERATURES.

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| Forecaster Sees No | “Tt Two Deaths Friday Ad the Four ot am fore Make the Tat DIED WHILE AT W Chinese and Three Whi Fatally Prostrated; Mi | Relief From Preeean T emperature Two lives were claimed by 8 St. Louls Friday, Michael carrier, was overcome while pe a building at Taylor and nues and died before a ph; be summoned, and Peter worker employed at the W Works,‘ Second and Miller in an ambulance on psd City Hospital. Charles Ce St. Lovis was overcome on There were four p n Louls Thursday. ie Hogan was 28 years old & Twenty ;-third street and Cs Bolz was 52 years old and | Victor street. Both bodies to the Morgue. Colevine, the East St. | was stricken, was walking street and Ohlo avenue, E He was taken to St. Mary's } where his condition was sald ious. At 7 a. m. the Weather FE mometer registered 9% est reading at that hour. for t From midnight to that hour, t perature was several degrees | genéral throughout the city’ ¢ the corresponding period of Tht Heat Stops Fan es eo Friday. The transformer in th Hall electric lighting plant, wh plies {Numination and peer Courthouse, blew out, ¢ ing of all fuses at re Union Electric current was for illumination after half ; gloom, but the eectric fa No. 3 for Judge Williams, t ot judge,”” who happened te bea employe of the American Car ai dry Co., whe was found ¢ ii his rooming house at 10 p. ™ votive, af 4p a a because of heat reo eS: Schindler, 23, of 3333 South who became fll after eating | and Charile Muck, a : fell dead in Lee Sing's Easton avenue. Thuraday night aeocght a to the overheated city, At | :D temperature was $0 < e. later it was but one It was not until long that a gentile sephyr s ing in from the south, 4 slumber posrible to those. wi rooms have southern expos Nourthern exposures ¥ the market all night. me holds there was «a er tn the southern

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