St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 11, 1923

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iclie ae CK " PER EPL Pig 8 OT POR et ~ JT. LOUIS POST- DISPATCH : PART ONE ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1923. PAGES 1—10. $1000BILLSENTTO | Bp ‘noun race wy MANDENTFEDMS FIRST STEPS THIS WEEK % Sv , m1 { OTHERS _ FORMER EMPLOYE 4 : | Conscience-Stricken Man Makes | ONE (F LAYERS (t | Restitution of Money He Says MIT SALARIES Ss.Armemset Yo see’, BUTCHER AND SON, J | A man formerly employed by the | ee - a Iron Mountain Railroad yesterday | : | HACKMANN | ad — iy Pacific Railroad | WW ‘to which he i econ totes Mrs. Rachel Sokolik Says HOW TY SHOULD dpomen eee to make restitution Arvil Phelps Is One Who | eys appropriated by him fro, | Shot Her Husband Jan. 18, | LOOK FROM AIR in Kosher Meat Shop. BAND MONEY the company’s funds years ago. The | text of the letter follows: Herewith find $1000 which I re- turn as restitution for moneys ap- Grouping of Public Buildings Around Plaza ‘ Between City Hall and Public Li-| brary to Form New Civic propriated to my own use from the company's funds when I was Center of Magnificence | and Beauty. employed on the Iron Mountain Railroad years ago. WIDENED STREETS TO ENHANCE SCENE FEBRUARY 10, 1933. COMIO PaGr P:. 4 NOWFORA 1) _ NEW ST. LOUIS « B the REAL ESTATE and WANTS DRIES for 10,000 opportune “6 SPERS to (Copyright, 192 . Li “Registered U. 8 Patent Serie = _DO BUSINESS. ‘ef ; PAGES. PAGES. vU SUNDAY MAGAZINE, COMIC SECTION, : b. 75. No. 156. . ~ Ba ere age * . “a . « wed 5 oe . wg en 3 . es , 4 a > o i : 2 “a a ee ¢ x 74 ~ T O LAUNCH BOND PROGRAM Forward St. Louis! CITIZENS’ COMMITTEE — WILL MEET WENESRY Expendtre ofthe $87.72 _ 500 Authorized by ’ the Voters at Special Electiaal 5 4 Friday, Far Greater 7 Scope Then Ang Seen ee oe WORK TO BE UNDER - WAY BY SUMMER x ; : ee re ey SRT i UPA UL a mined igh M. Diel of St. Louis, Who Was Discharged, Tells Senate Investigating sittee That $25 Was. Monthly on State s Demand. MEN WERE WANTONLY KILLED BY ROBBERS The Lord has laid this on mef and for some time I have aimed to return as soon as able. I hope the company will forgive, as I am sure now that my Lord has. | enna OF - Yours in His name.” : postscript directed that the. POSING FRAUD | company aavertins in the newspa-| | pers that the money had been re- funded, which was done. B. F. Bush, president of the rail- 7 — said the money was.gratefully received andegthat the sender had , | Scie: Gcasien’ “Wnts anata Sette band, Samuel, 50 years old, and son. “geubelence” fund. but the andtior | Julius, 21, were wantonly slain the President Bush added, would have | night of Jan. 18 in their kosher | no trouble placing the $1000 to good | ‘meat shop at 1113 Biddle street, Sy genes ce ‘two robbers, yesterday gt.the Carr on Tien ay. make no effort | Stréet Police Staition identified Ar- ivi! Phelps, 27, former locomotive ‘GETS UP AT 6 O'CLOCK fireman and ex-convict, as one of the ) murderers—the one who shot her ON HIS 190TH BIRTHDAY | husband. Mrs. Sokolik’s son, Abra- ha am, 15, who was in the shop when. |\the murders were committed, also James McMahan, a Drug Addict, Charged With Murder in Same Case — Both Prisoners Deny Guilt —_ -—-" .s tion the far reaching program ot Be public i snouts eteaaes move restrictions which -havg. e- = tardeq city growth, but to 4 Be adequate facilities for the health and welfare of the increasing a arteries and revive blighted abd street From the Heart |ness of the people. of the Continent. | JAMES M. CURLEY, Mayor. riculture Committee. A basic guaranteed price of $1.75 | a bushel for No. 1 northern wheat saloon, 1026 North Eighteenth street, at 4 p. m., Jan. 18, and who. after locking him in the icebox, stole $14 } ‘of State Auditor Hackmann - under fire within a year, a cory in the Circuit Court of The committee will elect a c little bigger, for, out of their benef!- | In and man at this first meeting ¥ cence, citizens have said that these |unfortunates of the city shall have 1919 Gould obtained a divorce ‘from Mrs. Edith Kel## Gould in| 'Paris. Mrs. Gould, ignoring the) unty having considered laid before it last wintér ney-General Barrett, but Which no indictments were re- aoe of the matters gone at time will be taken up e r the week by thie committee, [is composed of Senators Far- irman; McCawley and Ham- em ts, and Pickett and Ir- mepublicans. : - Irwin's Attitude. 4 tt avill be recalled, acted as im’s personal attorney at 2 of the grand jury investi- The Senator said today, » that he saw nothing im- g his sitting in this proceed- P@pite of his former relatién ag x ie ) Auditor. no desire to shield Hack- he, “and if he has been you won't hear any white- from me. TI received no h Hackmann for my services Pand owe him nothing. nt allow my work as a law- tor.” ere with my conduct as h questions directed by Far- ‘@id most of the question- t various witnesses, it could ) that Hackmann's ex- B accounts are to be examined my angles. Nothing of im- Was developed along that , however. Examined. néeses examined were Diel. ton. one of Hackmann’s mee ; William Kruz, chief (| *0 Hackregann; Fred Goyert, @ Hackmann’ s warrant clerks, . —_—s . atone . e ve examiners in Hackmann’s monthly contributions *meir salaries to Hackmann for my Diel told the com- » Diel until Feb. 1 was one = erage i that for eight neste he would be provided by the bill ard would apply to the crop of the next | three years. The corporation on. July 1 each year, under a committee amendment, would determine | wheter the $1.75 basic price should be changed. FAIR TODAY AND TOMORROW; LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE THE TEMPERATURES. TEeypre rrp vicinity: Fair to- day and tomor- row; not much) perature. Missouri: Gen- erally fair today and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Illinois: Gen- erally fair today. preceded by un- settled weather in extreme south portion; tomo-:- row, probably fair: not much change in tem- perature. Week's Weather Outlook. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Weath- er outlook for the week beginning Official forecast for St. Louls and | change in a: | | Sok olik ‘and some checks from the cash regis- ‘ter. A warrant charging robbery was issued yesterday morning, and ‘n ithe further investigation of Phelps as a robber, Mrs. Sokolik and her son, |Abraham, were brought to the sta- tion. | Picked From Group of Men. station, and when Mrs. Sokolik en- | tered she was asked if she ever had |} seen any of the men before. She un- in the downtown, the other on the? a’ | hesitatingly walked up to Phelps, ac- | cording to Capt. Stinger, and placing 'is one of the men who did the shoot- 27 | ing—he shot my husband.’ In contrast to her hysterical be- havior when shé identified MoMahan, Mrs. Sokolik yesterday was calm ani reiterated with emphasis that Phelps was one of the murderers. | Abraham likewise was positive, ‘more so than he was of the identity of McMahan. ‘Cap Knocked From Robber's Head. Whey the murderers ran from th» shop, Abraham hurled a meat cleaver at them, striking one of them on the head and knocking off a light colorea cap. was found by policemen that its fits Phelps’ head. Phelps told Capt. with silk, and that it had been miss- ing about three weeks. olice as Nelson and Clark, was cor.- for robbery from an interstate ship- ment and sentenced to two years in the Leavenworth Penitentiary, which he served. In July, 1921, he entered a plea of guilty in the Circuit Court to forgery in the second degree and was sentenced to five years in the Boonville Reformatory, from which he was paroled last August. Associate Is Arrested. extended ata width o 6000 north to 6600 south permit swift passage from north to. ‘south without following ‘melon husband had had a light cap, lined | length, a small portion ' Phelps, who is also known to th*' cation between larger quarters, but it is that diag- onal of Gravois avenue which startle. ; It will have meandered all over the map of which it was only a “re- lieving line.” ‘extremity, one. bulging side planted | ‘western residential fringes. The Major Street Plan. Thus the new major street plan, to 23 her hand on his shoulder, said, “This | he created from $14,450,000 of bonds presents itself in completed state. The western side of the water:rn:ion will be described by Kine’s highway, ing a stately roadway which wil nore a8 | 4! yf the dévious arc described by’ the The eastern side of the wate-- will be Twelfth boulevard. sweeping in a half circle from the c.ty limits at Natural Bridge avente in the northwest section, past ~he -edge of the retail section and 1) This cap | southwest to the city who say | that Mrs. | avenue. being 580 broad highway for quick communi- the ¢xtremities i ats v3 a Js. ie SO ee * RRM eae. ea? PPO AL ae fe <7 aa ih EN ENS SPRL SMT MNS TRV A ot RNR PN MOEN a de —o! an Sapp eo A *. 5 ae P< te Rieti ae se a od Boer Se * ig Sal a gS ee Si