St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 7, 1914

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Parker of Webster Reaches Jailed Burglar Kent Through His Appetite. HE TELLS WHERE LOOT IS Then He Gives Several Victims Hints on How to Lock Up and Avoid Burglaries. An elaborate dinner served to Frank J. Kent, burglar, in the Clayton jail, at the direction of Mrs. J. A. Parker of Webster, one of his victims, resulted in Kent telling two victims where they could recover their diamonds and givine advice to three how to avoid future bur- glaries. For several days Kent was an uncom. municative prisoner. He made a con- fession to Sheriff Bode but refused to tell where the stolen jewelry could be recovered. Mrs. Parker, Theodore Jacoby and F. C. Becht, all of Webster, visited Kent Monday. They tried to get him to tell where they could find their jewels. In the robbery of the Parker home Mrs. Parker had lost her wedding ring, her diamond engagement ring and two other diamond rings. Kent would not answer their questions. Kent Begins to Talk. It became dinner time.and Mrs. Parker sent to a Clayton hotel and had pre- pared a meal with many delicacies. Aft- er Kent had eaten it he began to talk. He first told Mrs. Parker and Jacoby that if they would visit a Franklin avenue pawnshop they could recover their diamonds. Jacoby then said he was curious to know HOBSON IN SENATE RACE IN ALABAMIA\; Unofficial Returns From Practt- cally Every County Give House Leader a Majority. eee HOBSON ADMITS DEFEAT Sends Congratulations to Victor, Who Estimates His Majority to Be 30,000. By Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April plete returns today from practically all of the 67 counties in the State apparently substantiated early predictions that Oscar W. Underwood had defeated Rich- mond Pearson Hobson for nomination to the United 7.—Incom- the Alabama long term in States Senate. L. B. Musgrove, campaign manager for Congressman Hobson, conceded Under- wood’s nomination in a statement made at noon today. Hobson has left Birming- ham for Washington Later Hobson sent this message to Un- derwood: ““Accept my congratulations upon your nomination. As the Democratic nomi- nee, you can count on my loyal support in the general election. “RICHMOND P. HOBSON.” Representatives Hobson and Under- wood left Birmingham today for Wash- ington. Each made a public statement in relation to the primary” ‘Tl am more than pleased with the re- ault of Monday’s election,”’ Underwood said. ‘“‘It looks like a 3,000 majority. |! renew my pledge to stay on the job an# do all in my power to conserve the in- terests of al] the people of Alabama ati how entrance was gained to his home, fthe nation.”’ and Kent replied: “Tt would advise you to get the best locks.” Turning to Mrs. Parker, tinued: “Madam, you would do well to bolt your windows.”’ : Weman’s Trial Continued. And to Becht he said: “You seem to think a good, expen- sive lock on your front door is ail that’s necessary and leave vour back door with just a common lock. All burglars do not seek entrance by the front door.” Kent, who was wearing a_i suit which had been stolen from the home of George L. Hoehn, dented that he had robbed Hoehn’s house. He said another man had giyen him the suit. The trial of May Walker, Kent's wife, who attempted to shield him, and who, according to Kent’s confes- sion to Bode, frequently served as his lookout, was set in Judge Me- Elhinney’s court for Tuesday, but was continued, 2 WRECKERS HURT WHEN M. A. C. WALL COLLAPSES Kent con- Three Men Were on Section of Ruins, One Suffers Broken Leg, Other Bruises. A section of the west wall of what was the kitchen of the Missour: Athletic Club, at Fourth street and Washington avenue, collapsed at 11 a. m., Tuesday, while three workmen were on top of the wall removing brick. Two of them were carried with the slide of brick to the ground, but were not dangerously injured. The section which fell was about % feet across and two stories in height. Fred Scherbel, 1046 Victor street, and John Kelley and John Decker, living at the Rob Roy Hotel, 7 North Fourth street, were on the wall when a portion of it collapsed. Kelley and Decker were carried down by the brick, but fell clear of it and were not buried. The break occurred less than tw° feet from the place where Scherbel was sitting. He sat still until the wall stopped falling and then hurried down a ladder. Decker’s left lez was broken. Kel- ley suffered severe bruises to his left leg and body. They were taken to the city dispensary. —__ Highwaymen Take Diamond and %-.5. George Thinis, coffee merchant, of 3106 Olive street, told the police Tuesday he was stopped by two highwaymen near Spring and Clark avenues at 5 p. m Monday. One of the men, he said, pointed a revolver at him while the other beat him with an umbrella. The robbers took $23 and a diamond stud worth $175, Thinis said. ee NE ————<—— ” _ ») This shows that our morning papers combined 2 evening papers combined Follow the Leaders! The advertising of our city merchants in the St. Louis papers on Monday of this week— Post-Dispatch, alone, 52 cols. 43 co's. 51 cols. city merchants use the POST-DISPATCH to reach all the people all the time. Follow the Leaders! St. Louis’ ONE BIG Newspaper. Circulation last Sunday: 329, First in Everything. 142 Hobson's remarks were confined large- ly to prohibition. ‘‘Please say to the liquor interests of America,’’ he said “that we have only begun to fight; that the work we have done can never be undone; that we will meet them again on the battlefield of Alabama and on a hundred other battlefields.’’ Hobson was asked if his statement meant that he proposed to return to Alabama and make the fight against Senator United States Senate. “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof,’’ was his reply. Close Race for Short Term. State returns showed a close race be- tween Ray Rushton of Montgomery and Frank 8S. White of Birmingham for the short term nomination to the United States Senate, which will expire March 3, 1915. The gubernatorial contest apparently continued to be one of the closest in the list. Former Gov. B. B. Comer main- tained a slight plurality early in the day. R. F. Kolb of Montgomery, a Con- federate veteran, and Charles Henderson of Troy were running a close race for second place. They have been credites with such a large number of votes that there seems little probability of Comer receiving a plurality. If none of the candidates receives a majority, a second primary between the ll, at which time similar contests be- tween other State officers will be set- tled and a United States Senator for the short term will be elected. The Contest for Congress. Returns from the eight congressiona: districts indicated interesting races in the First, Eighth, Ninth and Sixth. In- dications are that Representative G. W. Taylor of the First District had been de- feated for nomination by O. L. Gray of Choctaw County. George Huddleston of Jefferson County was leading his three opponents in the fight for the nonfina- tion from the Ninth District to succeeJ Representative Underwood. It was generally believed from returns available that William B. Bankhead, son of United States Senator from Alabama, had won the nomination in the Sixth District to succeed Representative Hob. son. Almon Leada in the Eighth. Judge E: L. Almon of Colbert County seemed assured of the nomination from the Eighth District, to succeed the late Representative William Richardson. There are three other candidates for this nomination. | Present members of the Nationa! House of Representatives, whose nomi- nation appeared certain are: S. Herbert Dent of the Second District, Henry R. Ciayton of the Third, Fred L. Blackmon of the Fourth and John L. Burnett of the Seventh. John W. Abercrombie, from the State at large and J. T. Heflin of the Fifth District were unopposed in the race for nomination to psa ccgl 62 ACRES IN LONDON SOLD Lord de Walden Sells Tract for More Than $2,500,000. LONDON, April 7.—Another great Lon- don land deal has been concluded by which 8S. P. Derbyshire acquired the whole of Lord Howard de Walden’s Re- Park estate for more than $2,5.. gent 004. In point of size this is said to be the largest transfer of London property thar has ever taken place, for the total ex. tent of the estate is 62% acres. It con- tains 750 houses divided among some » streets — _—_ Massachusettia Stricken. GREENVILLE, 8. C., April 7.—E. 8. Draper, former Governor of Massa- chusetts, was stricken with paralysis ata local hotel today. His condition is reported to be serious. Former Governor two leading candidates will be held May | Bankhead for election te@-the?¢ UNDERWOOD BEATS Women A Are Taking Suffragists Refuse to Ride in - Candidates’ Vehicles Which Carry Banners. THEIR’ RAINCOATS Result in Lebanon. and Alton ‘Dry’ Contests Probably De- pends on Their Vote. OUT IN East St. Lovis women are voting today in the city election for the first time. No liquor issue is before the East St. Louis voters, and the offices to be filled are those of aldermen, as- sessor, chief supervisor, 10 assistant supervisors and one member of the Park Board. The women have the vote in all. except the Park Board election. The women have. their own special ballot which are painted white, while those used as recep- tacles for the men’s ballots are fin- ished in golden oak. Small mahogany- colored boxes hold the Park Board bai- lots. Because of the wet weather. poli- boxes, Mrs JOHN F.SEYMOUR, ticlans did not believe that more than one-half of the 3223 women regis tered as voters would go to the. polls. About 1900 of the women voters ares negresses. Women Refuse to Ride. Some of the candidaes sent eorriagee and automobiles to carry women to the polls, and were surprised when the drivers returned of telephoned saying that the women had refused to ride. The women were willing to ride at the candidates’ expense, the drivers said, but they objected to having political banners on the sides of the vehicles, and said they would ride in unadorned vehicles or in none. The drivers were instructed to take off the banners and return and get the women. In the Seventh Ward, Third Precincr, polling place, at 1204 State street, women voters who appeared within a few min- utes of each other were Mrs. Alice Mesi- nacher of 1201 Illinois avenue, Mrs. Win- ifred Dixon of 533 Veronica avenue, Mrs Elizabeth Layton of 1068 State street an Mrs. Margaret Delmore of 107A Tilinots avenue. Woman Asks Questions. Mrs. Mestnacher and Mrs. Dixor, who had studied in advance the proper meth- od of marking a ballot, were in the vot- ing booth but a minute or two. Mrs. Layton was somewhat more deliberate, and Mrs. Delmore asked a number of questions, not all of which the judges felt themselves privileged to answer. She finally asked whether she should sign her name at the foot of the ballot. The officials told her that was not necessary and asked her to fold her ballot. . She folded it with the printed and marked side out, and the judges told her that usage and popular prejudice fa- vored the plan of folding the ballot with the names inside. Other women who were active in the movement for suffrage: or who were among the first to register as voters after suffrage was obtained, and who were at the polls, were Mrs. J. W. Reed, Mrs. G. W. Ensminger, Mrs. Ella H. Oebike, Mrs. John W. Seymour and Mrs. Ilda Krug , Negro in the Race. The chief interest was centered in the Second Ward, which has almost as many negro women as white ones. Three candidates made the race from this ward—Adam D. Woods, a negro, who has been a perennial candidate; Phil Mi- nette, the Improvement ticket’s c.init- date, and Claud L. Dopp, representing the Economy (admin!stration) ticket. The supporters of the two whites can- Gidates made strong efforts to capture the negro women's votes in order to keep the negro candidate from politng a full negro vote, which would possibly surpass the votes polled by either of be white candidates, and elect Woods. The supporters of both white canu:dates of- ferec to elect a white woman to the <-}oof Board if they would cast “heir votes for the respective white c:indi- dates Bartender la Arrested. Ted Sweeney, a bartender in a saloon at 12) Collinsville avenue, was arrested n* { o'clock charged with vivulating the election laws by keeping the s3loon cpen after the polls had opene:!. Three other saloon keepers arrested during the morning on charges of keep- ing open on election day were: K. Ze- kosky, 1% St. Clair avenue; Charlie Mul- Continued os Page &. Column i. | _ & hh East St. Louis women leaders in election work. Reed, an East St. Louis clection Dunne of Illinois. alti Mry NEGRESS KILLED IN | ELECTION QUARIEL WITH HER HUSBAND Negro Says She Shot Self When He Slapped Her and Made No-Easter-Hat Threat. _ By Associated Press. oi AURORA, Ill., April 7.—A husband was arrested here today on a charge of shooting and killing his wife in a quar- rel which followed a discovery by the husband, John Haegel, a negro, 32 years old. that his wife had gone to the polis and cast her first ballot in his absence. She voted “dry.’’ Haegel said that he slapped Mrs. Hae- gel and that she was so humiliated she ran and got a revolver and shot her- self. The fatal wound was in the back of the head. The bullet entered the base of the brain. Haegel said that he and his wife had intended to vote against the saloon, but that he had exacted a promise from her to go to the polls with him. He was indignant, he said, when he learned she had not kept her word and, besides slapping her, tuld her she would get no new Easter hat. It was then that she ran upstairs and got the revolver and killed herself, Haegel said. The police say that it would have been almost a physical impossibility for Mre Haegel to have reached around the back of her neck and put the muzzle of the revolver to her head so that the bullet would have followed the course it took. Clifford Adams, @ negro, who was in the Haegel house, says that Mrs. Hac- gel shot herself. He says the story the husband tells is true. He fs the only witness. OE _—_ —_ MAN HURT IN CAR CRASH Edward Devine, 38 years old, of 5408 Lansdowne avenue, was cut and bruised when northbound and southbound South- ampton cars side-swiped on a_ short curve in front of 3200 South King’s high- way Tuesday at noon. Devine, who was a passenger on the northbound car, was knocked from his geat, as were other passengers who es- caped injury. PRINCE TO VISIT ALASKA SEATTLE, Wash., April 7.—The Prince of Monaco, ruler of Monte Carlo and widely known as a marine biologist, is arranging to hunt In Alaske during the coming summer, according to informa- tion received here from the North. His agents are engaging guides in Juneau for his hunting expedition. At top Mra. John W. worker, photographed with Gov. ’ ” Gana FAST. RUNS WEST. HITS A CAR GOES: SOUTH Recalcitrant Machine Runs Right Only When Steered Wrong and Finally Lands on Lawn. John Sanders, 1948 Adelaide ave- nue, was driving his auto east along Bremen avenue, near Blair avenue, he lost control of the and the machine act- Monday. when steering wheel, ed like a frisky, irresponsible colt. He wanted to stay on the south side of the street in accordance with the traffic regulations, but the ma- chine kept fudging toward the north side and the more Sanders turned the steering wheel to the right the more the machine sidestepped to the left. Finally, just as the auto was about to climb the sidewalk on the north side of the street Sanders got the steering wheel righted and was pilot- ing to the north in an effort to make the car go south, but it continued north until it reached the sidewalk. Then, seeing the machine was going in the direction he was steering, Sanders turned it around and started south to the right side of the street, but when he started East again the steering whe! again became cranky and the machine ran onto the sidewalk on the south side of the street. Once more Sanders attempted to make the car go in the right direction by turn. ing the steering wheel in the opposite direction, but this time he ran into a Bellefontaine car which had stopped to take on passengers. After skipping over the corner of the fender he started west in Bremen avenue by steering the ma- chine east, but he could not stay on the right side of the street and gave up the job when the car made a complete turn in the middle of the street and ran onto a lawn at 1433 Bremen avenue. A policeman then appeared and made careful note of the route the machine had taken and the fact that it had been damaged to the extent of 82. KING GUSTAV OF SWEDEN TO UNDERGO OPERATION German Specialist Advises Use of Knife and Monarch Wants It Done at Early Date. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 7.—An operation is the only effective means of dealing with the internal complaint from which King Guetav of Sweden is suf- fering. according to Prof. Wilhelm Fleiner, the specialist, who was calkd here from Heidelberg. His Majeaty to- Gay expressed the wish that the opera- tion should be performed at the eartiest possible moment. The King has been ailing for a con- GROCERENDSLIE | BY ACID AD eK n W.| Caused Employe’s Arrest for Robbing Store and Pris- oner Ended Life on Street — Another, Acquitted of Alleging False Arrest. WIFE FINDS BODY AT BREAKFAST HOUR Note Beside It Reads “I’m Not Guilty of Charge”— Letter From Lawyer Of. fered to Compromise and Worry Is Blamed for Act. William Meyer, 41 vears old, pro- prietor of grocery stores at Nine- teenth and Benton streets, and Four- teenth and Clinton streets, killed himself witn carbolic acid at his home, 1837 Benton street, Tuesday morning. His wife, kitchen to prepare dead at 5:30 a. m. Near him on the — bed lay a note and a letter from a law firm The note said: “I am not guilty of tne charge they aac against me." Worry because a clerk, whom he accused of theft, had sued him for another clerk, similarly accused, killed himself, is believed to have caused Meyer to take his life. | Meyer's store at Nineteenth ‘and Ben- ton streets was entered on the night Feb, 13, 1913, and $20 in cash and a $3 check were taken from the cash woe Because Oscar Mueller, his clerk, had te key to the store, Meyer caused Mueller’s arrest on a burglary charge. Clerk Kills Mimeelf. While the case against Mueller pending, Meyer informed the police that — Edward C. Albes of 3507 Easton ao ee who until a short time before had his clerk, had cashed the stolen check at a saloon. mis Albes’ home to arrest him. Albés asked to be permitted to get his overcoar. He went into the bathroom. A few min« utes later he returned and walked with the detective to Grand and Easton ave nues, where he fell dead on the side- drunk carbolic acid. The empty bottie — was found in the bathroom. Grocer Sued for Damages. Albes’ suicide was taken as evidence of his guilt and Mueller was acquitted. He then sued Meyer for damages and obtained judgment for $0. Meyer ap- pealed the case. The letter found with the informed him that Mueller had agreed te settle the suit for $75, but that the costs neys’ fees would be $100, so that in sete tlement of the sult he would have te pay $231.16. Meyer's reference in his note to “the charge they have against me,” apparentiy — referred to the charge that he hed caused the false arrest for which Meds: ler sought damages. OFFICER KILLS COMRADE WHO WRECKS ‘AIS HOME — French Police Inapester Finds — Other Is Alienating His Vife’s Affections. inspector of police, shot and killed his Raymond Dupin, at police headquarters. here today. Delacroix obtained evidence last night | that Dupin was alienating the gen of Mme. Delacroix. The two met at headquarters this morning " as usual and after reporting to Chief ins spector Le Breton, left his office wor gether. As the two inspectors descended the stairs, Delacroix, without. warning, shot — Dupin five times, killing him almost tr — stantly. Inspector's office and surrendered. SEVEN BOYS ARRESTED te ¥ ond Offenses Will Cause Juvenile Court Charges. Police Chief Gilleepy, patroimen Tuer day arrested seven boys caught tonne ridea on street cars. Those arrested are John Shaitenburdy | 4 years old, of 44 Arkansas aven Clinton Beckemeyer, MM. of avenue: Erwin Maltlettif 4, 199% € teenth street; Leonard Topkina, 15, Hotel; Paul Andreoletti, 4, 48 Ner avenue, and William Waebringer, “4, 4 attacks since last October. \ iP ira A ee ae Sy ne Petes er STA ir: ua Thee wR, oe e cpitle 4. a zo HE ACCUSED Did who had gone into-the breakfast, re- * turned to the bedroom and found him — a Bee 7 ie * % a = Neg ee ages, alleging false arrest, and because We Detective Lempkemeier was :sent te . Pi é 1 walk. Investigation showed that he had Meyer's bed was from his attorneys. would be $56.15, and that Meyer’s attos A PARIS, April 7.—Maurice Delacroix, an comrade and intimate friend, Inspector ee a 3S mae Ser Delacroix then returned to the Chiet FOR STEALING CAR RIDES Their Parents Are Warned Secs | Carrying out orders tesued By actions aS a te ta£ ; Abe Afrein, 15, 1217 North Fours — ae 2 at; me *