St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 12, 1926

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TANOTHER STORE : Police Are Investi- ing Affray Another a Two Blocks Away cing Looted. & robbers, at whom Morris | in his store at 801-03 , street at 8:30 o’clock last ‘shot Roufa in the right “and shot Patrolman Byron 4n the right side when oghlin, off duty and not in m, fired on them outside minutes after the rob- fled. northward from place, two young men, of » general appearance, held Gelber’s store at 623 Mor- t, took $430 from the y FONTAINE FOX ster and from three per- He and escaped without firing ” it revolvers. “While the robbers were in Gel- place, policemen were in and 1E LARGEST FEET IN THE cCirTy To po His ES ALONG A of Roufa’s, a block and a west, questioning witnesses to empted robbery and double there. Police officials “unable, on the basis of the reports, to determine whether game men figured in both hes, but said it was possible. to Hospital. ber’s bullet grazed one of and stopped under the skin back, near the spine. Sur- believe he will recover. whose wrist bone was left the hospital after be- eated. two of his brothers and hew, with three customers, the furnishings and shoe When the robbers’ entered. wre is in two sections, joined fronttand rear. One of the entered by each of the two doors, and the one who en- fat 801 had a blue handker- over his face. Both had caps over their eyes. men shouted “handsup” to the place, and Morris Rou- Was near the front on the started for the rear, fol- by the others. The robbers firing, and an instant later, » having obtained his revolv- firing back. Eight or 10 ‘had been exchanged when wounded, dropped his and the robbers ran out. ughlin Fires On Pair. S robbers’ car, described as a r roadster, was waiting on Street, east of the store. man McLaughlin, walking on ther side of ‘Morgan street, the shots in the store and © men get into the car. He and fired at them, and fell as Pd returned the fire, ri before ving away. ® yellow taxicab near, ughlin demanded thatthe Pursue the robbers. The f, James Howard, said he better take McLaughlin to pital, but McLaughlin would Onsent to this, until Roufa, unded and in haste to get l hely appeared. minutes before 9 o'clock, orris Goldstein, sitting alone thusband’s shoe store at 629 was alarmed by the ap- mee of two young men car- revolvers, who stepped into ~~ -~ ‘. i a : » — ° © aliens, — hy, —_—_ Fi on °F o 4 * : looked around and went e but molesting her. She de few minutes, fearing to | we» then started to warn her ‘who was in Gelber’s fur- » and who, she oe money. She was too Goldstein met her, ex- that he had been robbed. 'Tobbers found a} Gelber, ) nd Morris Kalman in § Place, They took $275 @.* cash register, $85 from \ . $60 from Gelber and $10 i _ They ran out and nh & roadster which had On Seventh street. ® Car was a Dodge or a : Was a matter of disagree- “ the neighborhood. ee 8 Held Up 15 Minutes Apart, $300 Stolen. than $300 and a $200 dia- Were taken by two ths in the robbery of 8 at 2126 and 2201 Mad- . last night. ‘The rob- on Page 3, Column @ Mee. | laughlin is in City Hospital. CONGRESSMAN PRAISES POST-DISPATCH WORK IN OUSTING JUDGE ENGLISH Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. URING the debate on the Michener resolution rec- ommending discontinuance of the English impeachment trial Representative John N. Tillman (Dem.) of Arkansas, one of the House managers of the prosecution, paid the fol- lowing tribute to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for its part in ousting of the East St. Louis Judge: “I want to pay a well-de- served compliment to one of the great newspapers of America, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. That fearless journal began the investigation of this Federal Judge, spent large sums of money in the conduct of this investigation, invited libel suits, but, to the admiration of all good citizens, continued its pub- lic-spirited course in exposing this officer. “America leads the world in great newspapers and one of the greatest in this great mid- dle western journal published in the City of St. Louis.” Tillman’s statement received applause both from the Repub- lican and Democratic sides of the House. CLOUDY TODAY, RAIN LIKELY TONIGHT; COLDER TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. JES BS us a oe SH ~IDoub tae ee vale oh Fe-) PEPE PPE 5 5 3 hed 9 Bo8 rors Do ts a. a ~ ~ ~_ 192 P.M. 5 i *Denotes street reading. a Official fore- FALL DIDNT cast for St. Louis RISE TO EXPLAIN. "ee e886 8D otra Gor and vicinity: Cloudy today and tomorrow, prob- ably with rain hy tonight. Warm- er today. Tomor- row decidedly colder, Missourl!: Un- settied today; probably rain by night. Warmer in east and south portions. Tomor- row mostly ‘Cloudy and de- cidedly colder. Illinois: Unset- tled and warmer today. Rain at or before night. or snow and de- rain Tomorrow cidedly colder. Highest temperature yesterday 52 at 2 p. m.; lowest, 34at 7a. m. Sunrise today, 7:11; sunset, 4:39. This Week's Weather Outlook. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, ec. 11.— Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday: Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys: Much colder early in week, especially in northern portions; rising temper- ature at close; not much precipi- tation likely. EXPLOSIONS ON OIL TANKER INJURE MAN 10 BLOCKS AWAY One of Crew Also Hurt by Blasts That Shake New York Harbor and Create Panic. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Dec, 11.—A series of explosions aboard the oil tank- er Agwisun, anchored in Butter- milk Channel off Brooklyn, to- night shook New York harbor. Two men were seriously injured and taken to a hospital. Fifteen men of szthe crew of 38 were aboard the vessel. Fourteen climbed hand over hand on a rope to a tug 30 feet away before a second expio- sion came which twisted the steel plates of the fore part of the Agwi- sun apart. John Walters, a shipyard work- er, one of the men injured, was about 10 blocks away and suffered a fractured leg when thrown to the pavement by the force of the blast. 'Windows were broken within a half mile radius. Hundreds of families in tenements along the water front fled from their homes. Tanks of the ship had been emptied of oil and were being cleaned prepara- tory to refueling. About an hour after the explosion the Agwisun sank. NEW MEXICO’S GOVERNOR-ELECT BALKS AT WEARING DRESS SUIT Inaugural Ball Committee Says He Must “Oonform” and There, the Matter Rests. By the Associated Press. SANTA FE, N. M.., Dec. 11.— Governor-elect R. C. Dillon says he will not wear full evening dress to the inaugural ball on New Year’s eve. The executive committee in charge of the ceremonies says that the Governor-elect must conform to custom. There the matter rests. “I’ve never seen the necessity for wearing a dress suit in my life and I hardly want to begin to put on the dog at my age,” Dillon said. The committee in charge of cere- monies in a statement says ‘‘the ball will be strictly formal. Mr. Dil- lon will not direct our actions until after the first of the year and until that time he is our guest and must conform to custom as wel] as ev- SENATE TO DECIDE WHETHER ENGLISH Judge Who Resigned. HOUSE RECOMMENDS ACTION, 286 TO 22 Michener Resolution Carries ‘After Fight by Insurgents to Force Further Proce- dure. Post-Dispatch Bureau, 20-28 Wyatt Building. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—With the approval of the House, giver today by a 286-to-22 vote, the managers in the impeachment pr7o- ceedings against former Federal Judge George W. English of the Eastern Illinois District, will in- form the Senate at 1 p. m. Monday continue its charges against En- glish who resigned Nov. 4. ‘Sitting as a high court of im- ing the recommefidation of ~the managers, will vote on whether the trial shall be continued. In vicow of the overwhelming vote in the House it is almost a foregone con- clusion that the Senate will vote to disnfiss the charges. On Nov. 10, the date set for the trial, the managers informed the Senate that English had resigned and asked that the proceedings be instruct them (the managers) how to proceed. At that time the man- agers stated that they favoced the dismissal of the chargés siftce the purpose of the impes primarily to oust an from the bench. Senate to Act Promptly. Senator Curtis majority !eader, said tonight that the Senate would vote on the question immediately after the managers hed reported. He said it had not been decided whether a formal resolution would be presented. The triai can ke stopped, he éxplained, by a unami- mous order. The Senate is not obliged to ac- cept the recommendation of the House. If it desires to do so it can compel English to stand trial. The articles of impeachment, adopted by the House April 1 by a 306 to 62 vote, charged Judge > . eryone else.” | | English with tyrannical and op- pressive conduct; corruption in handling bankruptcy furds and receiverships; partiality and favor- itis mto his Referee in Bankrupt- cy, Charles B. Thomas; coarse and indecent behavior on the bench. and a course of conduct which brought the administration of jus- tice into contempt and disgrace. His impeachment was the result of an investigation based upon charges published in the Post-Dis- patch almost two years ago. Many Senators Want Trial. Several Senators have indicated that they do not favor the plan to discontinue the trial, holding that English’s resignation has not af- fected the proceedings now pend- ing in the Senate. Should. the Senate vote to procead with the trial, the managers, in spite of their recommendation to the House, would conduct the prosecu- tion. A small group of Democrats, progressive Republicans &nd inde- pendents, led by Representative La Guardia (Rep.) of New York in the House today opposed the rec- ommendation of the managers. which was presented in the form of a report and a resolution by their chairman, Representative Earl C. Michener (Rep.) of Michi- gan. For an hour the Michener reso- lution to discontinue the trial, which had the unanimous support of the managers, was debated on the floor. The opposition, howev- er, could only muster 18 votes on a standing division and 22 votes on a roll call, , Michener Leads Fight. Michener led the fight for the resolution. He was supported by Representatives Hatton Summers (Dem.) of Texas and John N. Till- man (Dem.) of Arkansas. The speakers against the _ resolution were Representatives La Guardia, Henry Allen Cooper (Rep.) of Wisconsin, Edgar Howard (Dem.) of Nebraska, George Huddleston (Dem.) of Alabama, and Henry B. Steagall (Dem.) of Alabama. William B. Dowling (Dem.) of Alabama, who defended English when the articles of {mpeachment were voted, briefly stated that he favored the resolution. The House consumed Continued on Page 2 Colama & only an ——s that the House does not desire to peachment, the Senate, after hear- postponed until] the House could MUST GO TO TRIAL Almost Certain to Vote To- morrow to Discontmue Case of East St. Louis RENEWS CnARGES ON POSTMASTER OT Tp elosiNg Sane cree WITH IMPORTANT wen Gam EUIDENGE UNHEARD ATTORNEY-GENERAL | Senator Couzens Alleges j the Civil Service, refused to accept PLEDGES NEW ACTION Prosecution in Fall-Doheny : | Case Allows Peril” Story to Stand Un- contradicted. : By PAUL Y. ANDERSON, A Staft Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch, WASHINGTON, Deca. 11.—Testi- mony in the Fall-Doheny conspira- cy trial came to an abrupt and puz- ziing end today, remarkable for the number of witnesses who did not testify. Argument by counsel will open Monday, instructions by Jus- tice Adolph Hoehling will follow and the case will be in the hands of the jury Tuesday night or Wednesday. For three weeks former Secre- tary of the Interior Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny, the oil magnate, have been on trial for conspiring to defraud the United States in the lease which Fall gave Doheny on the Elk Hills (Cal.) na- ‘val oil reserve in 1922. Two pres- ent and two former Cabinet mem- bers, a number of United States Senators, and a squadron of nota- ble persons have testified. Fall Fails to Go on Stand. Fall, however, did not take the stand. Only two witnesses ap- peared directly in his behalf, and both were character witnesses. All other defense witnesses were pro- duced by MDoheny’s coufsel, al- First Investigating Attorney Himself Accused — Tay- lor, in Defense, Draws Nice Distinction. By CHARDES G. ROSS Chief Washington Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — Clir- cumstantial charges’ that Con- gressman J. Will Taylor of Ten- nessee, the Republican National Committeeman for that State and one of the recognized leaders of the G. O. P. in the South, violat- ed the criminal code by soliciting campaign contributions from post- masters, are to be the subject of a new investigation by the Depart- ment of Justice, if a promise just made by Attorney-General Sar- gent to Senator Couzens (Rep.) of Michigan is carrieq out. The department had attempted previously to whitewash Taylor. Senator Couzens, who is the chair- man of the Senate Committee on its finding and demanded that the case be reopened. “There is no question in my mind,’’ Couzens wrote to Sar- gent, “that there was collusion in an effort not to have an indictment returned.”’ It was in mers b iy stage x! a a af +t | : wuss’) ney-General | reply to this letter, ale. aatbough, to be sure, their testimony » . Od ia See o ee eee . *s SLAYER AND SIX OTHER MEN SLUG AND ESCAPE CLAYTON JAIL MAKE DASH WHEN “OFFICER UNLOCKS DOR FOR TRUSTY Prisoners Stun Deputy Sheriff Baumer With Blow and Run Through Open Gate to Street. THREE SEIZE AUTO AND DRIVE AWAY One of Fugitives Is M. L. Mainord, Who Confessed Creve Coeur Killings— Similar Break in 1922. Seven prisoners, including the confessed slayer of two Men, es- caped from the St. Louis County aJil at Clayton at 4:40 p. m. yes- terday. They swept Deputy Sher- iff Rudy Baumer from his feet when he unlocked the ‘bull pen” door, knocked him unconscious with a 56-pound padlock, and , . locked him in with his own keys. : i Ten minutes later, when the alarm spread beyond the jail walls, the fugutives were out of sight. Three had seized a cleaning com- pany truck, throwing the driver to the street, and the others ap- parently had fled through alleys and lots converging on the court house square, The truck was abandoned last night the police had no clews OP, Icft, Miles Lev: Mainord; right, JameB’ Elmer Fox. Bottom WE iete Louis Glassman; right, Kobert. E. Wil ‘ WOMAN KILLS MAN IN PISTOL FIGHT ON PERRY (OK.) STREET She Surrenders to the Sheriff, but Declines to Disclose Cause of Trouble. Py the Associated Press. PERRY, oOk., Dec. 11.—Bill Dearborn, 50 years old, was killed in a pistol fight on the main street here this afternoon with Mrs. Ellis Hobbs, 30. Mrs. Hobbs, who walked to the courthouse and sur- rendered to the Sheriff immediate- ly after the shooting, would make no statement. Dearborn is survived by a wid- ow and two children. Mrs. Hobos is married but has no children. -— The duel was fought around Dearborn’s automobile. Witnesses said Mrs. Hobbs produced a pistol and started shvuoting after ignor- ing Dearborn’s demands that she enter the car. Dearborn got an automatic from his car and opened fire. Two bul- lets passed through Mrs. Hobbs’ coat, but neither struck her. Her third shot struck Dearborn above the heart. SEIZE 1000 BOTTLES OF WINE Customs Men Get 1914 Vintage Champagne on Ship. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Members of the United States customs har- bor patrol. boarded the steamship Vincent of the Cosmopolitan Line at a Hoboken plier today, tore up the flooring of the hatch and seized 1000 bottles of what they described as Piper Heldsieck champagne bot- tled in 1914. The quartermaster of the ship was arrested on a charge of inter- fering with officers and the captain and two of the crew were ordered to appear for a hearing Monday. URGES U. S. MEDAL FOR NEGRO House Is Told Man Who “Saved Peary at Pole” Is Ml. Py the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—A re- quest that a suitable medal be given to Matthew A. Hensen, Negro, who accompanied Admiral Peary to the North Pole, was made in a bill in- troduced in the House today by Representative Celler, Democrat, New York. He said Hensen, “who, at the peril of his own life, saved Peary from death and made the polar dis- covery possible, received neither reward nor honor, and today, old and il] from exposure, is an obscure menial servant in the customs house at New York.” GIRL AID OF TEXAS GOVERNOR-ELEGT HELD I BANK RAID General Moody Charged By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 11.—Rebec- ca Bradley, 21 years old. graduate of the University of Texas; and @ stenographer in the office of At- torney General and Governor-elect Dan Moody, was arrested tonight, charged with robbing the Farmers Exchange Bank, :-of Buda, Texas, today. B. G. Neighbors, District Attorney of Hays County, said the girl had made a verbal confesssion. “Miss Bradley admitted everything to me but made no written statement,” he said. Officers earlier had “said would not admit the robbery. The bank was leoted of between $1200 and $2400 at the noon hour by an unmasked girl, who entered the building on the pretense of us- ing a typewriter and, when all ex- cept two bank employes had gone to lunch, coolly produced a re- Volver and forced them into the vault, escaping in an automobile. J. N. Littlepage, Austin Chief of Police, said Miss Bradley had been identified es the girl robber by 8. A. Jamison and Waymon Howe, cashier and bookkeeper, respec- tively, at the bank, who were the victims of the holdup. The girl was rushed to San Marcos, south of here, in the coun- ty in which the robbery occurred, to forestall habeas corpus proceed- ings filed in the district court here by her mother, Mrs. Grace E. Brad- ley. The proceedings were dis- missed late tonight when the court was informed that Miss Bradley had been formally charged with robbery with firearms, a capital offense, in Hays County. ~* Judge O. 8. Lattimore of the State Court of Criminal Appeais later fixed bail at $5000. The bond 'was made returnable to Judge George Calhoun of the 63d District Court here for approval of the sig- natures on the instrument. The girl’a mother is employed in the State Insurance Department. The girl's father is dead and the she 'Stenographer for Attorney- With Getting $1200 Loot in Holdup With Revolver to the whereabouts of the men; A similar jail delivery occurred at Clayton, Oct. 15, 1922, when six men fled after slugging a deputy sheriff. List of Those Who Escaped, The seven who escaped are: Miles Levi Mainord, 24 years old, awaiting trial on his confes- sion that he shot and killed two men while drunk at a Creve Coeur Lake roadhouse, James Elmer Fox, 22, held in default of a $45,000 bond, one of two men who admitted wounding & University City policeman in a pis- tol fight over a stolen automobile. - Robert E. Williams, 22, jointly charged with Fox, ; Louis Glassman, 21, serving a one-year term for carrying & con- cealed weapon, who escaped from St. Louis detectives last spring aft- er admitting 107 burglaries. Harold McArthur, 20, charged with grand larceny. Emmett Wallace, 19, fofgery. Everett Dailey, 19, _ automobile theft. The jail delivery became known when Night Sheriff Charles Weig- man, approaching the courthouse, heard prisoners shouting in the jail. He ran in and discovered Baumer in a. dazed condition be- hind the “bull pen” bars, locked in with 16 prisoners. Weigman opened the door and released Bau. mer. . Unlocked Door, for Trusty. Suffering from a svere cut 04 the upper lip, Baumer told his story. He had fone to ifthe gat! wn- armed with a trusty, Tony Schimdf, who had been doing outside work, When he unlocked the bull pen door which opens outwards, six men rushed at him. Fox was the lead- er an4’t Baumer struck him in the face with his heavy keys knocking him to his knees. The others seized Baumer and- the trusty and ‘swept them inte the cellroom, throwing them to the floor. Fox was pushing the door. shut, when Glassman, who appar- ently was not among the plotters, ran from a cell. “Let me go too, boys,” he shout- ed. “All right,” replied Fox, re-en- tering the cellroom and pushing Glassman out. “T want to get « crack at that guy anyway.” . He went to Baumer and struck him savagely with the heavy pad- lock, then leaned over and rifled the deputy’s pockets of $20 In bilis and a ring of small keys. He slammed the cell room door be. hind him, snapping the lock, and Joined his accomplices who were pushing open the steel doors of the jail building which opens on a runway leading to the Sheriff's office in the courthouse. Tried to Start Baumer’s Car. Apparently the fugitives tried te ing near the runway, for his keys were found on the running board, Centinueé on Page 3, Column 3. | Continued om Page 3, Colume & in . 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