St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 22, 1912

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POST-DISPATCH

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i {NON SALVAGE > CORPS AUTO, nil ~ BY CAR, IS KILLED 4 John Casey Dragged 25 Feet After Collision at Wash- ington and Euclid and His 7 «Body Lies Under Trucks 48 Minutes While Crew Is Lifting Coach.

ANOTHER INJURED ON WAY TO CABANNE FIRE

Motorman Says He Heard No Gong, but Sergeant Dis- putes Him—Tillay Resi- 9 dence Is Ruined by Axes of 7 Firemen and Water. |

John Cas’y, 38 vears O14, a member of @ Galvage Corps No. 3. was kiiled at 9:40 : a.m. Monday when the corps’ automo- 7 pile was struck by a southbound Taylor @ carat Washington boulevard and Euclid avenue. ; Casey was dragged 25 feet and lay under the forward trucks of the car about 18 minutes while the crew of a United Railways trouble wagon jacked up. the car. He apparently was dead when taken out, but the police rushed him to the city hospital in an automo- bie ambulance. The physicians there found he had been dead some time. The only other person hurt seriously was Charles Price, 35 years old, of 414) Castleman avenue, who also was on the salvage wagon. lle was cut about the face and his legs wer injured. Dr. Newman of 4900 Berlin avenue took him to Mullanphy Hospital in an automobile On Way to Fire in Cabanne. The collision occurred while the Salv- age Corps, which has headquarters at | Locust street and Theresa avenue, was running to a fire in the home of Alrs. Me Josephine Tillay, 5860 Cabanne place. | The motorman of the car, John Cook ' of 430 Page boulevard, said the driver of . = the truck was to blame for the accident, ie os eP a aeevecerernere 4 Whe heard no gong to announce the 4 @proach of the wagon. =e Sergeant Disputes Motorman. He «éSergeant Peter Casey of the Newstead

Avenue Station, declared the motor- e man violated a city ordinance in not ——— | giving the right of way to the fire - department, and that the gong of the Wagon was ringing continuously. Cook and his conductor, Treffie Carter of

Z @ 455 McMillan avenue, were taken to the ) Ss 3 ,.ewstead Avenue Station to be held A for the coroner. Cook is 42 years old and is an experienced motorman, the police say. A man who refused to give his name told a Post-Dispatch reporter that a pedestrian at the corner saw the sal- vage corps wagon approaching and waved a warning to the motorman, who failed to heed it. The man said feeling against Cook was high in the crowd that assembled after the crash. Cpsey resided at 4042 Kennerly ave- nv with his wife and three small chil- dy }. He was a son of Capt. Casey of 8 Adge Corps No. 1. Fire Difficult to Reach. /Th fire in the Tillay residence in Cab- anne place started in the third story, and is supposed to have been caused by & ilue. Mrs. Tillay discovered the fire and telephoned the alarm. Firemen had dif- ficulty in getting at the blaze, and the Salvage company’s failure to arrive _ Sreatly increased the damage. Nothing - Was removed or covered and the house _ Was flooded with water, while the fire- _ Men's axes demolished parts of the | flooring on the third and second stories, leaving the building almost as complete Sruln as the fire could have made it. Most of the roof was destroyed. The loss was estimated at $7000 to $8000. INTRUDER SAYS HE’S LOOKING FOR CHEF Flashes Lantern in) Woman's Face and Is Driven Away by Husband. Mrs. Thomas Duffy, 716 Hamilton ave- nue, was awakened at 4 a. m., Sunday, according to a report made to the police Onday, by a man in her room who flashed a lantern in her face. She asked him What he wanted and he replied he Was looking for ‘“ Cafferata’s chef.”’ Remembering that Joseph Garvelli and » Re, bartenders at Cafferata’s Cafe, lived in the apartment upstairs, the Woman directed the man how to leave ment Instead of going away ent into another room where two Children Were slee ping Duffy followed him and ae >t awuking her husband who eas eeping in a third room. The man Duffy also he was looking for Caf- “yy cook. Duffy ordered him out fies conga As he started away an- an, who had been hiding in the room, followed him outside of the use.

Theres . es ren & way of being placed in ‘ ua With people who can aid you in u a ying out your plans—and at a min- : Ma SXpease. Try Post-Dispatch want

MERCURY To. TO STAY ABOVE FREEZING

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eee Yesterday's - Temperatures. 4 a. a9 Siete sed. 41 ee Sk ,. 45 7 ties Rolled 5, a. oor | -h~sge cee © 40 i vp. m ae 5 10 a. m. Siar oe me MR. bgp oe 0% High, 51 at 4 Pp. m TRUST. fast table. Mrs. C. ‘*I didn't say it cheaper. It’s coin- ing down the river. Butter isn't as firm as it was, though.” ‘“Well, : that’s one good thing I’m tired of puay-

pound for it.’’ firm as ever in

| warm spell is making it soft.’’ “My, but you're facetious this morn- ing’.”’ “Yes, this springy weather is making my brain sprout.’ Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tuesday; moderate temperature, lowest tem- perature tonight will be above freez- ing point, Missouri: Fair tonight and Tuesday; mod- erate temperature. Illinois: Generally fair tonight and Tues- day: Wariner in _North = portion tonight. MAD DOG IS KILLED AFTER FIGHT IN HOME _—_—-— Collinsville Man Beats Animal With Poker, Then Shoots as Wife Opens Door. After fighting with a mad dog in their home for more than an hour, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Kendall of Collinsville killed the animal without“having been bitten. Karly in the morning Kendall went outside to get coal and in the darkness thrust a shovel against the mad dog, a large shepherd. He hurried to the house and shot the dog, twice thinking he had killed the animal. A few min- utes later the dog pushed open an un- ratched door and entered the house. Kendall fought with a poker until his wife and he could get into the dining room. Kendall then knelt in the deor- way with a shotgun as his wife threw open the tll Both shots struck the ] dog and it fell¥over dead.

ROADS MUST r CARRY BEER TO DRY STATES Supreme Court of U. S. Holds

This Is Compulsory Regard- less of Laws. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Beer is a commodity and railroads must carry it. when offered for transportation, from one state into “dry” counties of another State, regardiess of the laws of the lat- ter state. : The Supreme Court of the United States made this ruling today regarding a proposed shipment from Indiana into “dry’’ Kentucky counties. GIVES QUART OF BLOOD

GARY, Ind., Jan. 22.—Dr. Theodore B. Templin of this city last night sufferea the loss of a quart of blood by trans- fusion so that his wife might have a chance to gain strength after having suffered severe hemorrhages. Silver and rubber tubing connected an artery in the physician’s wrist with a vein in his wife's arm. The doctor bore up well under the ordeal and Mrs. Tem- plin has a good chance to recover. Low, 19 at 6 a, m. 1TS@EA FowL “Tee is coming PLOT IN THAT down,” said Mr. POULTRY C. at the break- “O, I’m so giad it’s going to be cheaper,” replied Was going to be ing 4) cents a wen t's: as price but this

FRE BENOIST AND MRS. JOHNSON, DIVORGEE, MARRY Bride. Was Formerly the Wife of Dr. H. McC. Johnson of St. Louis.

a ARE AT COLORADO SPA Husband Who Was Named in the Physician’s Suit Receives $65 a Month. AO

Special to the Post-Dispatch. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 22. —~Fugene Benoist, member of an old St. Louis family, and Mrs. Sophie Blood Johnson, whom Dr. Harry MeCrindell Johnson of St. Louis divorced last Oc- tober, naming Benoist in his suit, were recently married and are now living In a three-room cottage on the Manitou mountain side. Benoist’s salary of $65 a month is said to be their only means of support, and Mrs. Benoist, who lived in luxury in St. Louis, is doing her own cooking and housework. The marriage ceremony took place in Sidnev, Neb., and was not formally an- nounced here. The fact became known today, and Benoist and his bride con- firmed the report. Benoist is an employe of a Colorado Springs electric plant. He came here in compliance with the wishes of his fam- ily, who desired to destroy his attach- ment for Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson also come here soon after. When Dr. Johnson filed his divorce suit in St. Louis last September, Mrs. Johnson was living in a cottage on Cheyenne Mountain, with a _ spotted bull pup as her only companion. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Davis, owner of the cot- tage, lived in a similar dwelling near by. The cottage had been rented for Mrs. Johnson by Benoist several weeks before. Benoist arrived in Colorado Springs last summer, bringing 16 new suits of clothing and %5 fancy waistcoats, and with $50 capital. He carried recommen- dations from some of the most influ- ential men in St. Louis, but the best place he could get was one as helper in the electric power house at $4 a month. There, for eight hours @aily. he wore @ coarse blue shirt and ~- oil-smeared overalls. In his leisure ho irs he woulda dress in faultless attire selected from his wardrobe, and was frequently seen With Mrs. Johnson. Mrs, Johnson Came Back, The linking of their names in the di- vorcee suit seemed to cause resentment on Mrs. Johnson's part toward Benoist. She went to St. Louis afier the filing of the suit and interviewed her hus- band, and then went to Kansas City te visit relatives. Benoist went to Kan- sas City at Christmas time, and what- ever differences had arisen between them were composed at that time. When Benoist returned to Colorado Springs the former Mrs. Johnson was seer with him, and it was reported that they had been married on their way here from Kansas City. This report was verified today. Mrs. Benoist, when seen today, de- nied that her husband was estranged from his family because of the mar- riage and the incidents preceding it. She said the family was friendly. Be- noist has advanced rapidly in his work and has received no financial aid from his family, it is said. The legitimate PAID cireulation of the Pest- Dispatch in St. Louis and its suburbs is greater than that ot ALt. other English Daitliies COM-

BULLETIN 251: BINED. ee The Sunday Record!

The Sunday POST-DISPATCH I yesterday, Jan. 21st, was, as —- Ty cesempienneniemmitieaae ee —_

it has been every Sunday for 251 consecutive Sundays, more

than four and three-quarter consecutive years, with the ex-

ception of one single issue, first in the volume of REGULAR,

BONA FIDE advertising. The count yesterday, Sunday, Jan. 21st, was as follows: Post-Dispatch, 230 Cols. Globe-Democrat Republic ...

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Oo Post-Dispatch Excess Over Republic ... 134 Cols. Over -Globe-Democrat .. . 69 Cols. THE REASON:

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Sunday Circulation Jan. 21, 294.354 Sunday’s circulation was 33,281 in excess of correspond- ing Sunday-a year ago. Circulation Books open to all. - First in Everything. St. Louis’ ONE BIG Newspaper. An Iron Moun & Fourth street car gerous kin and Poplar the freight few vards of the cross- struck the windows. had caused the loco- motive to reduce its speed. . ihe passengers were thrown » grade TRAIN HITS A CAR AT UNPROTECTED RADE CROSSING

Gates Out of Comnfiission at Fourth and Poplar and Bell Is Not Rung.

EFFORT TO FLAG

Iron Mountain Engineer Travel- ing Cautiously and No One Is Injured. street car crossing southbound no warning bell was yates were tain freight train struck on one of St. Louis’ grade streets Monday aft- train, ihe car in the side,

J.T. HARAHAN OFFICIALS Asleep in Berths,

AND 3 “ROC * : K ISLAND”

KILLED IN PRIVATE CAR Limited Crashes Into Them

) n H. Brainard of Chicago, conduc [ found myself and Curry, who was{ tor of the express, said the Limited waa> asleep in the upper berth of the same] @irectly behind his train at Effingharg deb-, 42nd that he had inatructed J, HL “ae Broecker, his flagman. to lose no time “We assisted each other to arise and|!" @isplaying a stop signa! as soon a@ after a great deal of difficulty managed he reached Kinmundy to make our way out of the car at the| He said he saw Broecker jump off with his lantern as the train siowed the time we got out and we searcned the} 40wn at the Kinmundy water tank an@ ruins of the private car, finding the}@ moment later heard the engineer @ hodies of Mr. Harahan, Mr. Metcher, [the Limited sound twe sharp biast® Mr. Peirce and Mr. Wright lying In the] ftem the whistle in recognition of the mutilated «nal. The train must have gone int@ “The compartment in which Mr. [the wreck with all brakes set, he sald, = Curry and I were sleeping was in the [ got off our train a8 soon as iy forward end of the car, and to this !stopped at Kinmundy,” said compartment, Virtually covered by forward end. A crowd had gathered by d«bris They were Tegeald ly

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