St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 20, 1913

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’ we or 3 at ¥ *. away. main had broken. . It runs from the Mississippi River to “ Grand avenue. It recently has been _ county when night of $100 in currency, jewelry and a : ty. the bandits.» claimed by Dr. Paul tn Magazine e n Pe anal ts —) : ee Se, P begun this work of murder if he had not been arrested. “But soar I have never put iavieey into the ground except Anna,” he in- sisted. Schmidt further told “thé detectives it had not been his original intention to dismember the body of Anna. Aumueller and dispose of it as he did. “I was getting ready to give her proper burial,”’ he said, “and had ob- tained the death certificate for that pur- pose, but I got scared over the chance of bejng found out, and decided to dis- pose of the body another way.” The police did not learn from Sghmidt how he stole the book of death cer- tificates or how he obtained possession of the Smith death certificate long enough to have it photograpned—or .f they did they failed to make the infor- mation public. It is believed, however, that the Smith certificate was stolen by the priest from an undertaker’s shop. Mrs. Edward Gibson, daughter of Robert Smith, said: “When my father died and we obtained the death certificates, we needed to sen i them to England in connection * with some property matters. I did not re- ceive them until the day before the funeral of my father and immediately sent them to England. — Death Certificate Mystery. “We had known Father Schmidt at 8:. Joseph's and hed liked him. “When my father became very ill two days before his death we sent for Father Schmidt. He was in the house only twice—the day wé first sent for him and the day my father died. He never entered the house after that and had absolutely n» opportunity to steal the death certift- cate. He must have stolen it from the undertaker or obtained a copy from the f Roard of Health." It was established that neither Schmid nor anyone else coukl have obtained. - copy at the Board of Healgh. At the office of William Necker, the’ cndertax- er. it was said that the certificate line been wept promptiy to the HKoerd s * = |'WOMAN WHOSE TELEPHONE ROW CAUSED TWO MEN TO RE SHOT SALINE COIL ROBS POISON ATTEMPTS would tell of his | bushels of po- | telling there was not | tne slightest indication *hat the priest | and } | Device Perfected by Johns Hop- UF ALL MYSTERY kins Physician Determines Poison Presence. By Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Mad., Sept. 20.—Bv means Of an appliance devised by Prof W. W. Abel, head of the -Departmen. of Pharmocology of the Johns Hopkins University, it has been made possible, it is declared today, to determine whether persons thought to be suffering from the effects of poisons are really under the influence of drugs and to be able to discover almost immediately ‘the poison they have taken. The contrivance consists of a series of coils and tubes, which are submerged in saline solution an@ its action is said to be the’ same as that of thé kidney. In making the test for poison, it 1s necessary to haveethe blood = stream flow through the tubes. This is done by connecting the tubes with the jugular vein and the carotid artery. The stream passes’ through the tunes, which. are then immersed in a warm solution. By means of a@ porous substance con- necting the glass tubes, the foreign and poisonous substances in the blood filter into the saline solution. The solution be- ing of the same temperature and con- sistency as the lymph, none of the nat- ural ingredients which make up the blood is taken up by the solution of salt. After allowing the gtream to = fiow through the tubes for a giten time, a specimen of the saline soluti: gs taken and it is but a simple matter of chemical analysis to find what poison or foreign substance is present in the $ys- tem of the patient. MUCH COOLER; FAIR FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. “My dear,” Mr. W. at ‘the breakfast _ table. “How would you like to go shop- ping with me this afternoon?” Thy, John! /hat in the world as come over Yyou? It’s the first time you ever wanted to £0 shopping with me... : “I. didn’t say I wanted to go with you. I want y@u ‘fo £0 with me, nty dear."’ 20 “And you'll do “Yes, my dear.” “What are you going to buy?” “A new pipe and some tobacco and a dozen safety razor blades and a Lule of No. 1 timothy hay. {f l- can find it” "| think DT remain at John.” said SURE ‘MADERO STABBED HIM— SELF WITH A DILL PICKLE . SEPT t — THe, | ortidal Yereeust fer St.. Loutsa and vicinity: Fair tonixht umd temorrew: ——_— cA ro : vs City ties i Ps ee ei ee a Soa F SA ne Oe | oe) Ore) Meowe eran ee hire . 3% LE I ee ee Ae ee eee . / oy ee foe SS Sis my 2 1 - g . ee ee ee A ROE RDP BRON E * TWOMEN ARE SHOT IN QUARREL OVER PARTY PHONE LINE Dan Hogan,: Contractor and Two Saloon Men Fight on Way to Adjoining Homes. As the result of a quarrel over & party-line telephone, two men were shot at 1:30 a. m. Saturday by a neighbor after the three got. off. of an owl ca: on a Vandeventer line at Shaw avenue and renewed the quarrel on the way to their homes. The men shot were Ernest Somers. 33 years old, owner of two saloons, one at 3416 Olive street, and the other a 3100 Morgan street; and Walter Jen- kins, manager for Somers of his Mor- gan street saloon. They live in a bach- elor quarters at 4130A Shaw avenue. They were shot by Daniel Hogan, a heating contractor, who lives next door at 4128 Shaw avenue. Sdmmers was shot in the left side, but fhe bullet inflicted only a flesh wound A bullet struck Jenkins in the left side, hitting a belt and glancing off and he was onl} slightly injured. Beer Order Interfered With. Hogan moved to the Shaw avenue ac- dress last April and a telephone was in- stalled in his home on the same line used by Sommers and Jenkins. It had been a.custom of Sommers and Jen- kins for one of them to call up a brew- ery every morning at 9 o’clock to order the day’s supply of beer. After Ho- gan’s telephone was placed on the line Mrs. Hogan used the telephone avery morning, according to Sommers, and fre- quently chatted with friends “for am hour,’ preventing them from using their phone. Hogan told the police that Sommers and Jenkins insulted his wife by calling her abusive names over the telephone when she refused to quit using it. This started the controversy which has con- tinued about three months. Early Saturday Jenkins, Sommers and Hogan met on the owl car going to their homes. All got off at Shaw avenue and walked up the street. As Hogan was about to enter his door Jenkins struck him and knocked him through the door, Hogan told the police. He went into the house, got a revolver and returned to the front porch. : He Shot Five Times. Sommers and Jenkins were trying to unlock the door to their apartment next door when Hogan came out, they said, and Hogan opened fire on them. He fired five shots, one bullet striking eacn man and the other three shots going wild. When Hogan had emptied his re- volver Jenkins chased him down the street, according to Hogan, and Hogan ran to the Magnolia Street Police tita tion. When he appeared with the re- volver in his nand he told the des'r sergeant that he. had shot two men who were. beating him. Two patrolmen were sent with Hogan to investigate. When they heard the statements of Sommers and Jenkins. they arrested Hogan and tdok him back atation, charging him wlth — kiN the tWo meén tH the temptrns ta NATIONAL GOLF cu FROM ENGLISHM Francis Ovimet, a Schoolboy, ee Final Round in 72, Harry Vardor eee Making It in 77. THREE PLAYERS ARE EVEN ~ AT THE TURNING POINT Youthful Player Takes the Lead at The Juncture and Increases It as Contest * Progresses — “Gallery” of 5000 Watches Giueling Contest. By Assoclated Press. BROOKLINE, Sept. 20.—Francis Ouimet, a schooboy amsteue of Brookline, won the highest golfing honors in the country, if mat 2 in the world, by defeating Harry Vardon and Edward Ray, the English professionals, by 5 and 6 strokes, respectively, in the play- off for the American open championship today. athletic disaster for England in two months. This is the thir In that time it ” lost at tennis polo and golf, the three ‘‘gentlemen’s games,.”. The victory of the boy carried with it a gold medal and I custody of the championship cup by his home organi 4 Woodland Golf Club of Newton. No amateur in this country, and only one abroad; has ever gained such golfing fame. There were few of the 5000 persons following the play.who felt at the start that the youth could possibly vanquish such renowned vet- erans as the, two former’ British champions. In order to win, Ouimet was obliged to play the. best golf of the week. When he had accomplished the first 16 hole# in. 65 strokes and made the seventeenth in a wonderful three, Vardon, his closest opponent, broke ‘under the strain. Oulmet did not get into the lead until the turn for home. All three made the half way mark in even 38. But after that Ouimet forged steadily, ahead. Enthuslastic followers carried the victor on their shoulders to the club house, where Secretary John Reid Jr. of the United States Golf Association made the presentation speech. Vardon received $170 and Ray $100 for second and third prizes. The final score was: Ouimet 72, Vardon 77, Ray 78. In presenting the championship cup to Ouimet, Secretary Reid said: “It 1s customary to receive security for the trophy, but in this case the only security which the United States Golf Association demands is that the Wood- land Golf Club shall see that Francis keeps up his game.” Young Ouimet said in response that he was as much surprised at the result as anyone. “Or course,”’ he added, “it always was my hope to win. I tried my best to keep the cup from going across the water. That was all I wanted. I am very glad that I was successful.” The match was played on a sodden course. Vardon and Ray were favor- ites at 2 to 1 to defeat the American stripling. First hole: Ouimet had the honor and drove off 220 yards down a lame of 2000 persons. Vardon followed with the samd¢ distance and Ray fivé yards better. Vardon and Ouimet were on the green in three and Ray in four. Score: Oulmet 5, Vardon 5, Ray 5. Second hole: After goo@ Grives, Vardon overplayed while Oulmet and Ray were on the green. Ouimet had a chance for a three while Ray rimmed the cup and missed the same figure. All made fours. Total score: Ouimet 9, Var- don 9, Ray 9%. Third hole: Ray pulled the second shot into the trees and was short of the green. He missed a 45-foot putt for a four and took one more than the others. Ouimet missed an easy three. ‘Vardon did likewise. Total score: Ouimet, 13; Vardon, 13; Ray, 14. Fourth hole: Oulmet pulled his drive, the ball going to the edge of the woods. Both Englishmen were also wide from the tee. All went onto the green in two and Ouimeft had to run down a long putt to tie. He did it amid applause. Total score: Ouimet, 17; Vardon, 17, Ray, 18. Fifth hele: Oulimet had a grand chance to gain a stroke after two splendid shots but overran his putt. VWardon and Ray were in trouble on their seconds. Each made splendid recoveries. Total score: Oulmet, 22; VWardon, 22; Ray, 23. Vardon Still Leads at the Seventh. Sixth hole: Vardon took the lead by laying his approach dead and hole- ing out In three, Oulmet and Ray played par golf with scores of four each, The gallery reached 4099 persons at this point. *Total score: Vardon, 2; %: Ray. J. Seventh hele: Rar recovered hile Onuimet. " he Moet- Dispatch is ine aie: e\ paper in St 4. Louls thay receives or hews- lic t etroke when the other two play- en oter ran thelr putts on the seventa hole. Ray elmost holed out in. two BROOKLINE, Sept. snd RANCIS OUIMET of this tc who displayed such tage in that he knew every nook - and cranny on the course, Oulmet, who’ fs but ® years old,” lives across the street from the. Country Club’s links and has ee tually spent his life on the course, . He himself has often boststed that he “watched every spear we grass on the course grow."’ y Total score: i Ray, 30. i, Vardon, 2; Ouimet, Oulmet Ties Vardon. Eighth hole: Ray outdrove the oth er pair. Oulmet played a 50-yard mash shot two feet from the hole He took a three amid deafening cheers. Ra followed with a sensational #- : putt. The three players stood all event Total scores: Ouimet, 33; Vardon, 33; Ray, 32. 4 . Ninth hole: Oulmet’s drive was th shortest, but Vardon pulled into “ae bushes and Ray was a trifle wide. Var- don made a beautiful recovery and all were on the green in three and each took two putts to hole. They turne! into the home stretch even. Total score: Ouimet, 38; Vardon, 38: Ray, % ‘ American Takes Lead, ve Tenth hole: Both Varden and were off the green on their drives fer the tenth hole, Vardon being in the woods. As Oulmet was on and took two putts, he took the lead in the match for the first time. Totals—Ouimet, @; . Vardon, 42; Ray, 42. = Eleventh hole: All drove long and followed by second shots for green. Each tried hard to hole 4 putts, but were obliged to take two. Totals—Ouimet, 45; Vardoh, #; Ray, @ Twelfth hole: Oujimet picked up =: ys second stroke lead through poor ri = Vardou - iron work by the Englithmen. was off the green on his second, and Ra} was short. Both clubbed their. apr - " proaches, while Ouintet, playing sterling golf, was on in two and two and putte Totals—Ouimet, 49; Vardon, 61; Ray, &i. Thirteenth hole: Oulmet was out driven, but all pitched cleanly to woh oe bowl-like green. Ray took two pute, missing the first one by an inch. met over ran while Vardon sunk * : ten footer for a three. 53; Vardon, 4; Ray, Sb. f Fourteenth hole: Fach of the unsaiel players made errors on the foirteent{” Vardon pulling his drive into the rougi, and the others topping their seconds, — Ouimet overran the third, while Varden. and Ray were short. All took two putta. Ouimet, 58; Vardon, a Total score: : om lf Ray, @. Fifteenth hole: Ray was on his second and took two more . ee get on the green. Vardon missed. a two-foot putt, Oulmet played | we: golf. 7 Seventeenth hole: Vardon waa trapped on his drive while Ray was Ip the rough. Vardon was on the e in three, as was his compatriot. Ov holed an 18-foot putt for a three, clinched the championship for bath, amateur. norte — while rdc were still in the rough. Ray and € were on the green in their Vardon béing short. Vardon | by overrunning the hole and four by an tnch. Ray sank a Ouimet teok a four and Varden 5 indifferentiy Was etx. Tetal score: Ouimet *, Var Ray % ‘pers & < ate ry. : ‘ te ‘Dig ae