St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 18, 1909

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“FIRST IN EVERYTHING.” TOS COLLIE | HS, J KEVFER 19 J SERIOUSLY HURT Ar. and Mrs. Abner Barwick, . His Guests, Are Injured i in 2. the County. * M. ACHINE OVERTURNED ecident Occurred at Crossing of Olive Street and North and South Roads. ~ Three persons were seriously hurt | Charles Kohler’s automobile col- dea with Samuel J. Kelffer’s machine Olive Street road and North and jouth road in St. Louis County at 10:30 . m. Friday. Mr. Keiffer was thrown nder his machine and three of his ribs yere broken. f Mr. and Mrs, Keiffer, suffered a token arm and Mr. Barwick waa. ~ Brul Mrs. Keiffer was the only oc- | et pont of the automobile who escaped of the Barwick Apartments, was ae seat with Mr. Keiffer when the ident happened. He said the Keiffer had just turned into the Olive f ree road at the North and South ry i when the Kohler automobile struck ya the rear. The Kohler automobile into the Olive Street road n the North and South road. Keiffer automobile. was over- and partiv wreeked. ~ Keiffer was taken to St. Luke'sf ; apital by Fred Lake, secretary otf “Nugent & Bro., who came along a ee: after the accident, in bis oS Bee — and : Mrs. Fred White, who were ; ft another automobile in the Keiffer x, escaped the collision. _ Accident, Says Mra. Keiffer. ' f “The collision was accidental, of jf @ourse,” said Mrs. Keiffer. “Mr. Koh- 4 dost control of his machine, and i with ours,” | Mr. Kohler said he did not know just > how tM accident happened. ® “It was all done so quickly that I am dl . to explain it,” he safd to a | 7 reporter. “I tried to ‘the three broken ribs, Mr. has many cuts and bruises, and S. Keiffer says his condition is criti- He is buyer for the Allan & Pfeif- ler Ch Co. and lives at 6011 Ma- ple v enue. Mr. Kehler is proprietor or! Saloon at King’s ‘highway and Del- | ar boulevard, and lives at the same

T. TUNE STRUCK BY AUTO T. Tune, superintendent“of Pradstreet’s and secretary of the 8&t. Leul Club, is recovering from the in-) ar le he received Friday evening when Jee wes struck by an automobile in ! mi 1 _of the club headquarters as he wed from an Olive car. He spcnt night at hi’ rooms in the Club and expects to be out Ss sain days. — ‘driven by A. C. Goose- 2988 University street, who band assisted Mr. Tune to the - His injuries consisted of a uw) epee bruises on the right

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| WOMAN WHO HAD DISGUISED HUBBY SEIZED BY POLICE AS A BIGAMIST MRS. ANNA DOSSIN. a». 2. —Sacks and Sveenburg Portrait;

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A meal Lure of’ Love Message es ao -> . _Home, After Two Years, in Green Gog- | gles and a False Mustache. Brings Barney Dossin ina il.

ww ‘ When Barney Dossin, ‘long-lost hus- band of Mrs. Anna PP ssin, a’milliner at 3018 North Njnth street, returned to St. Louis in response to & message from his wife that ‘all would be - forgiven, .he didn’t know that he was walking into a irap sét for .him by three women, | in widely separated sections of the coun- try, each of whom alleges that he is her Fusbend. Dossin wore green goggles and a false mustache when hé camé back Friday after a two-year absence. When he walked into Mrs, -Dossin’s millinery. store her cen eyes ‘at once penetrated his disguise and she forc- ibly removed the goggles and pulled oft the false mustache. Senda for Policemen, He explained that, not being sure that he would be joyously welcomed on his return, he assumed the disguise with the idea of making his wife. be- lieve that he was a mutual friend who had come to find out just how his wife felt toward him. Mrs; Dossin. reassured her husbang~ “Just sit down and tell me all about your travels,” she said. For two hours} Dossin told of his adventures. Hig} wife was fighting for time. She’ wag waiting for her young woman assistant to retufn from an errand. . i When the girl came in Mrs, Dowaia whispered soniething to her and sent her on another mission. In a few min- utes the’ girl returned with —— Acted as Detective. “What does this ~ean?” asked the t means that I called you back to Louis to have yeu arreetng,” his wife. - Mrs. ‘Dossin, leaving her husband in dover cell, went to,the Four Courts tempted to obtain ype: 1 deser-{ * a charging him with bigamy and tion,

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and found that a man she believes to Julius Mars\all, married Anna Reingold of 140 Washburn street there and desert- ed her after living with her four¥montha. she heard her husband also had a wife in Philadelphia. - to Philadelphia. Bisler. years age. She has a daughter 9 years Demands of Central Federation to é “There she told how she had acted al af be ere. and had seleted the ald of that. she ond Saaitn were} then knowr to, her as Julius [ * | : fe = . —_ wr onymous letter from Chicago saying that’ her husband had another wife there. She went to Chicago, she says be \her husband, under the name ft Mrs. Marshall, she says, showed her a photograph of Dossin as being--that of the man. whom she had married. Mrs. Marshal] told Mrs. Dossin that Following this clew Mrs. Dossin went There she found Mrs. Rosie Dossic, whose maiden name was Mrs. Dossic said that she be- came the wife of Barney Dossic 12 old. This daughter took Mrs. Dossin to visit Dossin’s mother, who, she says. fave her evidence which showed that her son, Barney, |was the. same Bar- ney Dossin who rried her in 1906, Dossin Is Silent. Assistant Circuit Attorney Davis has Mrs. Dossin’s application for a bigamy Warrant under advisement, and . says he will issue the warrant if Mrs. Dos- sin brings forward a witness who can prove her assertions. She says she can do this, and she is now in communica- tion with Mrs. Marshall in Chicago epg Mrs. “Dossic in Philadelphia.” ’ Dossin is held by the police pending the efforts to obtain warrents. He has Tefused to make a statement. “oom es UNION TO YIELD; CHARTER RESTORED

- Be Met and Ban on Labor Body Lifted. “a dispatch from Washington to the wt-Dispatch Saturday afternoon stat~ a the charter of the Central Fades and Labor Union of St. Louls,. which was revoked last Monday for Miure-to unseat two seceding local vat electrical workers, was re- ” Rag % ; r$:30 a. m.,

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ST. TOUIS, SATURDAY | EVENING, § SEPTEMBER 18, 1909.

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OV. JOHNSON'S LIFE HANGS BY MEREST THREAD Patient Getting Some Sleep After Midnight, but Con- dition Is Grave. WIFE REMAINS HeDictates Telegram Welcom- ing President Taft to State as Chief Executive. NEAR EXPECT DAY TO TELL At 8:30 Pulse Was 105, His Temperature 99.2 After a Short Sleep. (BULLETIN.,) ROCHESTER, Minn. Sept. 18.—A bulletin at 10:30 signed by Dr. Mayo, Bays: “Pulse, 103; temperature, 90.5, imcrease; respiration normal. hour as comfortable as the last counts much in Gov. Johnson’s favor. The danger, however, will not be ever un- til Tuesday.” The strongest hope for the recovery of Gov. Johnson is now -based on the grim fight he is making. -He-does not consider himself at death’s door. In spite of his suffering, he did not forget the courtesies due the Chief Ex- ecutive of the flation, now in Minne- sota, from the Chief Executive of the State. This morning he dictated a tele- gram of welcome to President Taft to be delivered by Eli S. Warner as fol- lows: “Hearty and sincere welcome to the State of Minnesota. Greatly regret my illness prevents my presence, at your reception.’’ President Taft replied to Gov. John} son's telegram, the answer having been transmitted by telephone. Pres- ident Taft said: —~I am greatly distressed to hear of | your ‘serfous iliness, I mtss your-smil- ing and courteOug personal greeting, } which I have had every time I have come to the State heretofore, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your message of welcome, Sent as you are on a bed of pain. “I fervently hope and pray that your wonderful strength and fortitude. will make your recovery speedy. “My compliments and respects to] Mrs. Johnson, whose visit in Wash- ington I remember with much pleas- ure,” Wife and Brother at Hospital. At 10 o’clock Frederick W. John- son, the Governor’s brother, arrived. He went at. once to the hospital and was admitted to the sick room. Mrs. Johnson was notified by telephone of the arrival of her brother-in-law and 4 returned to the hospital from the Sul- livan residence. She also was admit- ted to the Governor's/room, The morning bulletins are: “The Governor’s pulse is 106 and his temperature 99.2. Respiration normal. He is resting easily and is suffering little pain. He is, however, in a badly exhausted condition, but is holding his own. eS ‘In two and one-half hours from -now, the first crisis period of 72 heurs, will have been reached.” The 7:30 bulletin was: “Pulse 105, temperature 99.2. Getting sine bleep since midnight: Worrying about what day may have in s*ore. “McNEVIN, M. D.” Dr. William J. Mayo said early this morning: “Gov. Johnson is resting more quietly and is not in as grea* pain. He has a slight chance for recovery, But if he has another attack, such ag he had last night, he will not be able te withstand ge Mrs. Johnson, who was at her hus- band’s side all night retired for a rest this morning. Little Encouragement Held Ont. Gov. Johnson was operated upon Wednesday for the remoyal of an in- testinal abscess. Last night it was thougit that if the patient lived until morning his recov- ery would be assured It seems, how- ever, that the patient Sécureg barely <nough rest during the night to keep him alive, which leaves the situation virtually unchanged, except that the odds against the patient are greater through his continued suffering. The will power and determination of the distinguished patient, ‘ which have won him success in life, are how his #wreatest asset. For a long time last night his condition Was 80 Srave that the hospital physicians woul noi trust a bulletin for fear iMat before it had reached the public a crigis. Would occur. This morning they are more confident. because of strength gat bh Gov. more. regular te piration about normal... has had a restful ' minutes and has res- “The “lina _ of about % Every f ISTATE EXECUTIVE

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UOTGALL STAR CANOEING WITH A BRIDE, 15 SHOT Accident, Says Clay Gregory Jr., and Mrs. Kellerman, 18, a Wife of 6 Weeks, Special to the Post-Dispatch, JOPLIN, Mo., Sept. 18.—Clay Gregory Jr., famous fullback of the Rolla School of Mines eleven and secretary of the Jeplin Commercial Club, is in a hospital at Carthage with a bullet in his groin. He was accidentally shot, according to the statements of himself and Mrs. Grace Kellerman, while he and Mrs. Kellerman were in a canoe at Lake- side Park. Mrs. Kéllerman is 18 years old and a bride of six weeks. They say they left Joplon at 4:30 o’clock in the afternoon and paddled two’miles up Gentervellile Creek and amused themselves shooting frogs. Gregory, they say, was “breaking’’ the revolver, thinking it empty, to reload it, when it was accidentally discharged. Mrs. Kellerman paddled the canoe to shore and assisted Gregory to the elec- tric line, not far away, and he rode to Carthage. Mrs. Kellerman returned to Joplin. Mrs. Kellerman is the wife of Calude Kellerman, a well-known baseball play- er. He is said to be in St. Louis. She has been visiting her mother, Mrs, Lillian Eves. Gregory was getting ready to return to the Rolla Behe of Mines, AMERICAN WIDOW OF WEALTHY ITALIANCHARGED WITH MURDER UTICA, N. Y., hint 18.—Mrs. Peter Marotta, the American. wife ofa pros- perous Italian, was arrested in Sidney today at the. direction of the Coroner charged with the murder of her hus- band. He died suddenly from arseriical poisoning. The authorities allege that she had through messengers purchased arsenic at the local drug store and that she had been exchanging love tetters with a man in town. A week ago while the investigation was in progress, she, it is alleged, made an attempt to commit suicide. ASKS DIVORCE AFTER 64 vEans |

FIGHTING DEATH AND FAITHFUL BEDSIDE WATCHER ‘Ss ; \ iis GOV_JSOKN A SJOHNPON_ ww "oii Scee 6 Oaklawn Coe a

MANMISSESS 100 AT PLANTERS AND WOMAN IS HELD Insurance Adjuster Says She Told Him She Was Hungry and He Dined Her.

Mrs. I. E. Kehoe of Toledo, O., 2 years old, stylishly dressed and with a wealth of auburn hair, is a prisoner at Police Headquarters on complaint of M. F.. Blondell, a Chicago fire insurance adjuster, who charges that after. he paid for her dinner she and $100 of his money disappeared. Mrs. Kehoe indignantly denies charge, and her husband, who taken to headquarters with her questioned, declares that he will in St. Louis till she is vindicated. Blondell is the head of the firm of M. B.. Blondell & Co.,. insurance ad- “usters, with offices in the La Salle Building, Chicago. He was in St. Louis on business Friday and was standing in front of the Planters Hotel late in the ofternoon. In Black Princess Gown. A young woman, dressed in a black princess gown buttoned up the back and wearing a fashionable hat, ap- proached him and William T. Dowdall, a furmer sergeant of police, who was talking with Blondell. The woman said abe and her husband were traveling tecether, that they were short of ‘money and that she was hungry. Blondell of- ferec to buy her dinner. Biondell had intended to take a train for Chicago at 9p. m. He decided tg remain over until the 11:30 train ‘with his companion. He says he fell asleep and did not wake up until 4 p. m. Sergeaut Finds Her Room, The woman was gone, he says, and when he examined his clothes $100 he had had in his pockets was. missing, too. He called t. Sergt. Borden and reported the loss. The Sergeant found the woman in @ room on the floor be- low that on which Blondell’s room was located. The Sergeant meocked on the door of | that room, But was denied admittance. He stood on guard in the hall yntfi 6:45 a. m., when the door was opened and he went.in.. He found Mr, ana Mrs. Kehoe there. Both were — to headquarters. Kehoe had $385 in cash, express money orders for $500, two diamond rings and séveral large diamond shirt studs. He told the police that he was proprietor of a restaurant at 802 Monroe street, To- ledo, and that he was on his way West with his wife for lung trouble. Husband Is “I'm @ respectable, law-abiding citi- zen. My reputation is well known in Toledo. I want you to telegraph there find out who I am and whether or not my wet ee the was and stay

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Explorer, on Steamship, Explaing ‘ tS 2 Pee A ‘a That He Pledged Friend to re _ crecy Against Peary,

Ew |ASKS CONFIDENCE OF PUBLI cs. PROMISES TO MAKE ¢ 100)

Repeats Charge That Supplies Were | Se ae and Tells of Arrangement Made in ¢ so m- land for His Eskimos and Rasmussen be to Come to New York, ane

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—The reason that Harry Whitney, th big game hunter, withheld from Commander Peary the. fact Dr. Frederick A. Cook had preceded him by a year to the.} 2 Pole, is explained in a wireless message from Dr. Cook, who ‘a proaching port on the s Amship Oscar I. ‘tes When Peary return to Etah from his quest’ for ‘the: Whitney merely told him that Cook had gone beyond. the 1 reached by Peary in 1906. Dr. Cook in his’ wireless message state that Whitney was instructed by him not to inform Peary that | had discovered the pole and that as soon as Whitney returns f x his hunting trip, which will probably include Hudson ee ow elucidate matters. Dr. Cook is of the opinion that Peary’ 5 statements agains t him. are based on the fact that Whitney failed to tell him eel n ok had already been to e pole. Whitney now. becomes, an witness in the controversy and his ‘arrival’ bie be awaited. Whitney’s course ts sighed by Dr. Cook in wireless messages from an pV sociated Press correspondent on board the steamship Oscar II, now en route to this city with Dr. Cook as a pas- senger. He says: “Tell the people of America to have the fullest confidence in my conquest of the pole. I have records of obser- vations made by me which will prove my claim. I shall be glad to sét my foot on American soil.” Cook Diseusses Supply ngle. Dr. Cook discussed freely with the Associated Press correspondent today the assertion of Commander Peary that he (Dr. Cook) had never reached the North Pole, .and arew from him a

South sbearbie., Whalet,<iul ir later. This he did, but missed the ness. He was then taken Peary’s ship, the Roosevelt, and ceeded north, Peary’s Man, Murphy, ee ag ‘ Not to Search for Dr. “Peary placed two men in charge of the depot, Boatswain Murphy and an- other. Harry Whitney, the New Ha- ven hunter, also regained there. _Mur- phy had orders not to search for ng, but was told that he could send Eski- mos northward the following spring from the relief depot. “When I returned from the pole, un- expectedly, Harry Whitney was the first to see me and to tellqne what had occurred. Whitney was placed in pos- session of the facts concerning my journey to the pole, on condition that he would not inform Commanéer Peary or his men of them. At the’ same time the Eskimos who had accompanied me north were told to maintain the strict- est silence. | “When I went into the depot there was a dispute between myself and Mur- phy, who delivered to me written in- structions he had received from Peary, although he himself could neither read flor write. These instructions showed that he was making 4 trading’ station of my depot, the contents of which had been used in trading for furs and ins.” : . Evasive Answer to Murph}. Dr Cook sald he was intensely an- noyed at, this alleged wrongful use of his supplies and threatened to kick out} and his corpanions. Finally, | Murph he consented to their remain- however, ing at the shelter in the vicinity for them. “On one occasion Murphy asked me abruptly, ‘Have ee been peyond wr *

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Dr. Cook seid. “But I was’ rot to let Peary know of. my. Murphy, who knew nething of his mov ments. Dr. Cook said also that he hed mis went with him to the pole, and | inu Rasmussen, whom.he met in Greenia to go to New York ane , passengers are the sincerity of Dr. Bee | by his conversation with then In ea