St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 25, 1910

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a? GIRL LEAPS TO DEATH By a Staff Correspondent of the | Holy Week, Maundy Thursday and his Post-Dispatch. own conscience prov ed too strong a com- FROM SIXTH FLOOR WINDOW Ww ATSE KA Til March ae bination for a burglar to resist, and the ‘ " fi, “ae man who robbed the _ residence of The testimony for the defense in Charles Nolte, 202 Rutger street, on the the Sayler murder case will be] Disht following Palm Sunday, confessed Ae Blaze Started by a Cigar Lighter and Explosion that three shots were fired while etna sopag hin preamir, . wae | o, ‘ of Benzine Follows--- Crowd Sees Dr. William R. Miller and John | of Holy Angels’ Church, at St. Ange | ; t,o Et pi Cine Floor R. Sayler were 1D elose combat, and Chouteau avenues, entered the Sou- VW . lard Street Police Station Thursday : ? and that the fourth was fired in night, called for Capt. George’T. McNa- Incinerated. the clear. mee, and counted out $175 on his desk. wes ‘ ; ' . ‘“"Where is that from?’ asked the as- This was indicated this morn- tonished policeman. ing when Attorney Morris for “From the burglar who stole it,’’ re- to the Post-Dispatch, the defense tried to get Edward plied Father O'Reilly. “It was. taken from the residence of Charles Nolte. - CHICAGO, March 25.—The lives of 12 men, women and/Bjanton to testify thaf the three|You are qdoubdtiess familiar with the gi were lost today in a fire in the L. Fish Furniture Co. store, | first shots were muffled and thee" at 4 nth street and Wabash avenue. fourth was clear. Blanton said} ~The purgiar confessed his crime to - Bleven of the victims were burned to death on the sixth floor|he did not notice any difference. a ee Cee es ae eee eee ae is. Will You give me a receipt for it?” | i the building. They had been trapped on the top floor, nearly Bullets of Two Sizes. Chat Mel Gide Mak. The mystery as to whether .or not a 5 What-is the burglar’s name?” aske “100 from the ground, with no possible chance of escape, and more than one’ weapon was used when] cant. ; ; McNamee, more curious than es roaring so furiously about them that the firemen could Sayler was~ killed has never _ been| ever. raise ladders to go to their rescue, cleared. It is understood that bullets Wendy I must not tell,’ said Father “the twelfth victim, a girl 19 years of {equally divided between building afd | Of two sizes are in possession of State's O'Reilly. “It was given to me in the} A. the flames, but | 8tock. Attorney” Pallissard, and will be intro-;} confessional, and is sacred.” ' age, Jumped to escape the flames, The Fish Furniture Co. occupiedg{wo | duced in evidence. The automatic re- “Tell me as much as you tan,” urged owas 80 badly injured when she struck buildings” separated by an alley, one| Volver owned by Miller is the only one| Capt. McNamee.

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rete dioete penoeoees daelaitation ”” of whith he was Williams of the Cirenit Court nent +, “eatestoatootent >, 2 ee oes’ oGbeegnoe Sos? - By the same decree former Cireui Judge Jesse Frank Vv. Dubronillet, treasurer spre ae ‘Tonset ' are appointed receivers for the Sanit : $100,000. te ‘ : They are instructed to conduct the at- HERMAN ©. G, Ww YTIES. fairs of the company, which ig declared 1 SRA MSD NWS 8 i" ei Maat etricvaGuisiioes to be solvent, for the benefit of the ‘ s , ndv , ‘ ° ockholders, who were represented ip he Wabash avenue : admitted to have been used. Blanton It was Maundy Thursday, anda ae st 3 a glass awning on t ‘building fronting on Wabash avenue, Sire’ sutt by 8 plaintifts, moet of ‘them. Mg 1e floor | certain man came to me to confess his | ‘sags she died soon | where the fire occurred and the other | f9und a 32-calfber cartridge on the e 4 etn wake ‘agen St. Luke’s |on State. street, which is a block west and turned it over to the prosecution.| sins and ask absolutien. He told me being out-of-town druggists. They holé . : = 7 of Wabash avenue. Those in the State | Miller's revolver was $2-caliber. No de-[ that he had robbed the faite house j 1396 shares of stock in the: ‘Sanitol com> the Sy ot ree tailed statement has been made by Mil-| of $175 in cash. pany, out of a capitalization: of $3,000,000, street store looking across the - alley It. reqhired 4 minutes for. Judge wit} PS rrist.| “ ‘Where is the money’ IT asked Vv ‘heara in Jad | ‘could see girls on the fifth and sixth | er #3 to how he was shot fn the wr a : _™ beard in_ : : a, Ethel, om years —. eis .storiésof the.burnitig structure rush-+ Attorney Morris was unable by a half-] “ ‘Il haven't got it now,’ he answered.. | toe to read his decision.” By his de- ~-qourt last Deder 3 st th deere cat ing back’ and forth to’ the ‘windows, |4ay's cross examination to weaken| ‘ ‘You must get it and restore it to feree HC. G, buyties; Robert B. Des- Herman C. .G.. ’ 5 nt aes. tegpaas s Blanton's direct testifnony. the owner before I can grant you abso- mond, former secretary, “and George A, ring the ¥é car 1907 , the. ; : wa % aE ae a og, 4, Aull street: and Cottage Greve | Screaming for assistance. Bowman, former of the Sank we ty-t al . “¢ -j lution,’ I said to him. The t ’ , : fares At times they clung to each other. Blanten had demolished the presump man wen : Sakae i athe ob véire old, Winddor = - ee eg “ tion skillfully and dramatically. bulit|@wWay, Later he returned and handeat Rig tol Co., are ‘prohjb ted: ‘from. acting as! / ’ PR AE ER un by, Attorney Morris that the iandaxjime the money which I have just given directors under ‘the receivership. 7 | we you. Pie Y: bes | The petition by: the 28 stockholders to - 1

. « z was under, Sayler’s.hat on the. floor Then I granted him absolution for | ae * alt of this. pu ot \ the habit | of the Sayler parlor when Blanton and | his sin, and he departed, That is all’! Pe pase eS have Luyties removed as president of |] 2 gross bu sinees of | ’ others entered the house after the trag- [4m at liberty to tel you.” the company, alleging gross misman- - pany fol “i it. year amo ie ‘7 . 40 ears old, ° r - , ; “— . a ar ae ee. is GIS ABO is 2 (e at Mitenell, Henry, M.. 4 jedy, which would account for ther Nolte Fergives Borglar. ‘¢ a ; a agement, was taken last December. On 004. The met spate . The Court finds that, between Dee. 1, ° had been there ali the time. o~ can’t tell whet}! whisky bottle, half empty. He then re-| was an exciting Incident. Detectives } and soon the entire fourth Post-Dispatch T } eat 82 ; 1903, and Nov. 30, ‘1909, Luyties received, : o show that i id not have beer MLD \ i s t! moved some handkerchiefs from a pistol | Kaiser and McFarland were sent to thre : ¢ | sa sathing furnace. a cgchs . f means the mob — | “aa salary and profite on sale of stock,” concealed by the hat he testified that . that greeted| pocket, and beneath them he found the| House after Mrs. Weills, who had done exe ep hepa hatred 89 Cols. it hada 6inch blade and a handle J Roosevelt at Cai. | roll of money. F the detective work of locating the pair, | 9%?! a nt en new ores = wer ereeents its tage rat Globe-Democrat, , a foot or more in length, State’s At- : J ro, near Alexan-| ‘Well, I'll be durned ff there ain't my | had called on Chief Smith. prea es n. the compeny, valued yo | for bodies. oA Republic and Times rab ol ob war eg ee te oe es Rise gp gs ate tage > ne mouth masa oe ay the ranchman, “give Knocks Love Pirate Dewn. — The Court places Luyties’ profits from s | e® ex s to oO 18 e, rpt,. No ‘ o me, ’ ; ieee ADDED TOG demolish the theary “ot the defense by “ef Spiele ore They were admitted to the. house, jal! sources as head of the Sanitol com-| *"# ca, or the mob that was indicteq| He grabbed the roll, and without ; s reed ta ae half an 61 Cols demonstrating the impossibility of the/py the grand jury at Cairo, Alexander | stopping to apologize to the sergeant, Mrs. Wells accampeny ing them, and pany ia thene six years at $1,190,008. aia ny at Te ; hat having hidden the hand-ax. County, at the mouth of the Ohio, |the white man and the negro, dashed | started for Mra. Peage’s room on the} “This,” says Judge Williams, * Blanton’s testimeny also weighed ‘Egypt,’ gouthern ilinois. There ig qa | through the crowd to Catch the 9:30 p. third floor. As the “affinity” heard/a ruthless scuttling of the assets. gst a : against the attempt of the defense to/‘Thebes and a Memphis near Cairo, |m. train for Butte. sg - eg Prat oP esse wn pent ames 3! a tha oly ‘jon show that it w on of the t, and a Thebes a : t stairs to th : oor. rs. was the turning Egyp nd a Memphis Wells ‘struck her on the jaw, flooring The great supremacy of the gag that enabled Meyer to see the hand [near Cairo, Illinois, and ft keeps me . st. POST- DISPATCH as an ad- ax. Blanton said he saw it at 1:30, be- | jumping sideways every time I see a FOOD SUP PLY IS DECREASING gee monty necro yoni M fore the gas was turned on. new headline.” HINGTON,. March %—An in- ow send and « y ? rs. -yertising medium is attrib- é Wash Wells told the detectives. “He works Dr. Miller Showed Pistol. The official forecast: Fair tonight 12,000,000 in the ulati t Suan orl pret to its s home cir- : ler and [and probably Saturday; continued crease of 12, pop on Of|in a commission house at Third street Muller cosciiery - ~~ w rossther abit warm weather, the United States during the past 19 | and Franklin avenue. He's an egg can- sundowf of Pracyl gre: is he was kil or atage of the river is 21.7, a rine | years and a decroase of about 5,000,000 Gler, er: one of the begt in the bust- | Miller had his revolver in plain * of 22. In the number of available food animals,| pojtoemen found: Wells busy ae his hip pocket. na inference was that, is the estimate made by the Bureai: of lowa ir tonight ; _ : this, wo not have - conti Statistics, which says the supply of knowing Sayler would de coma ted Satraas RE Leute Stevenson Tit

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