St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 19, 1913

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John Hess of' 1421 Pine street, after being robbed of a purse containing $ shortly before 1 a. m. Friday, chased two highwaymen through the alley be- vir the arms of Patrolman Herbert. At Central Station the men said they were James Sullivan, 30 years old, a chauffeur of 10% Chestnut street, and James McDermott, 22, of 3039 Magazine street. Hess appeared at the station a minute after the prisoners had been brought in. He was waving his empty purse and said it had been tossed away by Sullivan in the chase through the alley. An ordi- nary search failed to reveal the missing $$ and the prisoners were stripped. When McDermott’s shirt was unbut- toned $8 in bills were found. HIRES MEN BY WIRELESS Greeks Returning From War Employed as New Years Waiters. : PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec., 19.—To insure the Pittsburg Athletic Club's restaur- ant enough waiters for New Years Pve, Edward Shettler, the head waiter, en- gaged 50 waiters yesterday by wireless telegraph from among several hundred Greek soldiers on the way back to this country on the steamship City of Ath- ens. Some of the men were employed here before going away to fight in the Balkan war. f Shettler sent his wireless message to @ friend whe was on the City of Athens bound from Athens to New York and due to dock next Monday, and last night received an answer notifying him that the men had been engaged. “VOL. 66. NO, 121. SOCIETY UNDER FIRE WIFE WHO FOUGHT T0 SAVE PATRICK ~ DIES IN HOSPITAL Husband, Who Spent Years Under Sentence of Death, at Bedside. HAD BEEN SICK 3 YEARS End Came at Tulsa, Oklahoma, Where Few Knew Woman’s Identity. Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch TULSA, Ok., Dec. 19.—After an ill- ness of three years, Mrs. Albert Pat- rick died of cancer in a local hospital this morning. She will be buried here, but funeral arrangements have not been completed. Mrs. Patrick was brought here from St. Louis and placed in a hospital six weeks ago, put her presence in the city was known to but few people until two weeks ago. | Her husband, who spent years un- der sentence of death in Sing Sing; Miss Laicille Patrick and Mr. and Mrs, she died. Frances is a son by a for- — — Mrs. Patrick's long fight for her hus- band’s life called great publicity to her. Her husband was found guilty of the murder of Millionaire William Marsh Rice of Texas, and was con- demned to death. He remained in Sing ‘ng 10 years before Gov. Dix pardoned him a year ago. All that time the faithful wife kept up her fight for his release. She was a widow when she married Patrick in Tombs Prison in New York four days after he was convicted of the murder. The marriage took place March 30, 1902. The following month, Patrick was taken to Sing Sing and his wife rented house in Ossining, near by, to live near him, John T. Milliken of St. Louls, Patrick's brother-in-law, never ceased his efforts to prove Patrick's innocence, and the pardon finally was issued after_a long series of refusals and disappointments. ASKS BROTHER TO PUT HIM TO BED, DIES AS FORECAST After He Lies Down; Coroner Orders Autopsy. Robert J. Richmond, 36 years old, of 2214 North Eleventh street, extend- ed a cheerless welcome to his brother, Joseph J. Richmond of 4467 Farlin ave- nue when the latter called on him Thursday afternoon. ‘“Help me undress,”’ he said. I am going to die.“ After disrobing, Robert Richmond climbed into bed and closed his eyes. His brother spoke to him several times and, receiving no response, shook him and discovered he was dead. Dr. Martin E. Sheets of 4361 Gibson avenue, was summoned, but he was un- able to ascertain the cause of death and refused to issue a certificate. The Coroner ordered an autopsy. MRS. JOHN W. GATES HERE Arrives From Inspection Lands in Southwest. Mrs. John W. Gates, mother of the late Charles G. Gates, arrived in Bt. Louis Friday morning from an in- spection tour of lands in Texas, Ok- lahoma and Arkansas, owned by the Gates estate. Mrs. Gates is traveling in the pri- vate car “Republic” which was used by former President Roosevelt in his of fravels, She refused to receive newspaper men. Her car ig parkod at Bighteenth street and Park ay- enue. ; it stands the acid test Our city merchants made a strong bid for business through the advertising columns of the POST-DISPATCH on Thursday of this week, using 128 columns of space with which to tell the busy Christmas shoppers Vincent Frances, were with her when mer marriage. She was 45 years old. | 5 . te Robert Richmond Never Speaks ’ GUARDIANSHIP OF MRS,. ZIEBOLD 1S VAGATED BY COURT Wife of Lawyer Who Was Killed by Train, Held to Be Mentally Sound. HAD NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Woman Was Taken to Asylum After Death : of Attorney. The guardianship over Mrs. Mamie Ziebold of 3624 West Pine boulevard, who was killed by a train at Waterloo, III., last February, was vacated by Pro- bate Judge Holtcamp Friday. The widow appeared in court and testified in support of her claim that she had re- covered from the nervous breakdown suffered at the time of the sudden death of her husband. In restoring her to the rights of « normal-minded person Judge Holtcamp said the guardianship had been for her own protection as well as that of her property. “I am a God-fearing man and I would not take the action I now do unless I was sure you had entirely recovered,”’ the Judge said to her. Was Taken to Asylum. Shortly after Ziebold’s death his wife was taken to St. Vincent’s Asylum, where she remained until last July Proceedings were begun against her in the Probate Court and a jury found she was incapable of managing her affairs. James P. Newell, Public Administrator, was appointed by the Court as guardian. After Mrs. Ziebold was discharged from the asylum she asked the Court to re- store her to her legal rights, declaring she had recovered, and that she had 20 fear of a relapse. ~ Mrs. Ziebold was cross-examined by counsel for the guardian to test her mental condition after her lawyer, for- mer Probate Judge Leo Rassieur, had questioned her. Her manner on the stand was one of composure and she answered all questions rationally. Upholds Husband’s Will. It developed in her testimony that she and her sister, Mrs. Jessie Firnbach, are living at the West Pine address with their father, C. Charles J. Heine. Mrs. Ziebold said that several years ago her father deeded to her realty with a rental value ef about $250 a widow of Charles F. Ziebold, a lawyer. F MAN AND WOMAN HELD WHEN THEE FOLLOWS A FRE Watch Is Taken From Room of Woman Above Store at Compton and Olive. EXPLOSIONS START BLAZE Dry Goods Stock Destroyed and Several Persons Are Driven From Rooms. Two explosions, about 6:15 a. m. Fri- day, in Joseph Klein’s dry goods store, * ** * W -_—-—_ —_ —_ —_ —* „ a Ns : 75 1 ts -—_ te ag win . 8. 6 2 This | pleasantness between her and the sister, the witness said. She declared it is her intention to see that Mrs. Firnbach gets a share of the property eventually and that she tries to be agreeable with the sister. The sister was in court, but did not testify. While on the stand Mrs. Ziebold made it known she is opposed to the action of the guardian in renouncing her hus- band’s will and choosing to take a wid- ow’s share of his property under the law, which in this case is one-half wf the estate. She said the will was made with her knowledge and she was sat- isfied with it. It reserved to her a life interest in the estate, worth about 80. 000. NEW YORK LOT SELLS AT $307 A SQUARE FOOT Plot 73:4 by 100 Feet in Size Brings $2,250,000, Setting Record. NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Edwin Wolf, a Philadelphia banker, acting for the other members of the syndicate, which has for some time owned the property at the southeast corner of Fifth ave- nue and Forty-second street, sold it today through Felix Isman to the Oceanic Investing Co. for $2,250,000. The plot is 78.4x100 feet in size, which makes the price paid equivalent to $307 a square foot. Isman bought the plot in 1906 from the Columbia Bank and the American Safe Deposit Co. for $1,560,000, or $211 A square foot. Several years later the Wolf syn- dicate bought it at a price that is not of record and erected on it a seven-story building. The Oceanic company, earlier in the week, bought the northeast cor. ner of Fifth avenue and Forty-first street at a square foot price exceeding $276. Today's price sets a new mark for Fifth avenue realty. If it ruled through. cut Manhattan Island its 21.9 square miles of area would be worth the stu- pendous sum of $187,534,846,720, MYSTERY IN DEATH OF — : Wee VERA RON N Gnd her son. CHRISTOPHER BEVERLY COYNE J at the southeast corner of Olive street and Compton avenue, were followed by a fire which destroyed the dry goods stock and drove out the occupants of rooms on the second and third floors. Mrs. Lena Vezeau, returning to her third-floor room after the fire; reported that her gold watch, chain and locket had been taken. Policemen arrested a young man who lives near the scene of the fire, and whom Mrs. Vezeau said she had seen in the hallway as she was running out. She supposed at the time that he was awakening the other lodg- ers. The police also took to headquarters a woman living in the neighborhood, after they had found a gold chain, be- lieved to have been the one lost by Mrs. Vezeau, in a trash box near the woman’s home. The watch was not found. Whether the theft of the watch and chain was merely an incident of the fire, cr whether it may furnish an explana- tion of the cause of the fire, the police have not determined. Dr. E. W. Oelfeken, whose office is on the second folor, had come in from a professional call shortly after 5 a. m.. bad undressed and was sitting on the edge of his bed, winding a clock, when an explosion shook the elock from his hand. Another followed as he hurriedly pulled on his clothes. Reomers Go Down Stairs. The third-floor roomers were Miss Blizabeth Mehring. Mrs. Vezeau, whose husband was away, and H. C. Park. All were aroused by the first explosion, and they ran down the back stairs as the flames burst out 6f the store’s shattered windows. Klein, the proprietor of the store, who lives at 8202A Olive street, said he believed gases of some kind must have caused the explosions. Mrs. Klein said store at 0:30 p. m. MAN Wri KILLED SELF, IDENTIFIED: HAD LOST 310,000 Joseph A. Clack, Former Mayor of Sheldon. Mo.. Died in Ob- scuré Hotel Here. An identification made Friday at the morgue by W. 8. Clack of Kansas City revealed that the man who killed him- self two days ago, by sending a bullet into his right temple in a rooming. house at 1415 Market street, was his. brother. Joseph A. Clack, former Mayor of Shel- don, Mo, and once a well-to-do land and stock owner. ö Weeping bitterly, W. 8. Clack related that his brother became estranged from his family in Sheldén two years ago and went to Kansas City, where in a year he lost $10,00 on the stock ex-/ change. The former Mayor did not reside with bis brother in Kansas City, and the lat- ter was unable to keep in close touch with him. He learned, however, „ week ago he borrowed % from a friend and left the city. He reached St. Louls Monday, and at the rooming’ house said he had just come from the State of Washington and that his home was in Springfield, Mo. He did not men- il WOMAN SEEKING. A GREAT ESTATE DOES OWN WORK Mrs, Coyne, Who Claims 51, 200,000 Left by Bachelor“ Father, Is Modest Housewife, Mrs. Vera Robinson Coyne of 2% Ridge avenue, claimant to the $1,200,000 estate of the late Col. Wardwell G. Robinson of Oswego, N. T., who, she says, was ber father, was making a plum padding) when a Post-Dispatch re- porter called on her Thursday. sleeves were rolled up to the elbows af Hert x N 1 K x N 4 1 . Sake * 2 ee a. 9 : of the good things they had in store waiting for them. the Kleins say. to Chief Young, hastened to J., ot These merchants, thoroughly knowing and appre- MAN FOUND IN HOTEL] wien estimated the loss on his stock | He said he would take the body to Kan- work, 2 the relative values of the St. Louis papers for . MIE eee 1 a f t abo thus purpose, bought only August Haenehen, years old, a shoe- — to the extent Of S000 „ 1 * ä f maker, was found dead in a room at lor $3000. FRENCH , 115 col | the Free Bridge Hotel, 807 South Broad. PRETENDER influence | ‘umns way, under conditions which have start FINES MAN HE ONCE SHOT BREAKS ARM SKATING reconcile 5 N ed a police investigation to determine 8 ey tet Rodinson’s of space in the Globe-Demoerat, Republic and Times, our whether the appearances of suicide are EBLE LOM Duke of Orleans Collides Vio- mother and hers three most pretentious competitors, all added together. a correct explanation of bis death, or At the Time of the Shooting lently With Another Skater sel have advised 7 n : , ‘ if there was robbery of the room. Ju as a Chief of Police. on . * in n the POST. DIS dge W. is 1 time when ber Selling advertising space in * -DISPATCH Haenchen’s body was found Friday] ATCHISON, Kan. Dec. 1.--To pass Brussels Ice Rink. _ | New cou bol , is like selling Gold Dollars for 90 cents that morning by Charles Victor, proprietor 3 | 8 stage! | stand the acid test. 8 . ? . reu 0 os vee 3 | — 122 ae ae ie sg 5 mat apparently he had been dead a 3 * me 2 0 8 Meyer. 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