St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 12, 1879

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. ye 1 ? * bea +4 Ene 3 2 ee 2 Pes * * * tA — VOL. XXVIII. ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1879. + SIMMONS HANIWARE Ub. GREAT RETAIL DEPARTMENT EMBRACES House Furnishing, Silver Plated Waie, Builders’ Hardware, Ice Chests, Machinists’ Tools, Water Coolers, Farmers’ Hardware, Hammocks, Mechanics’ Tools, Carpenters’ Tools, Household Hardware, Archery, Lawn Tennis, and EVERY DESCRIPTION Or Sporting Goods, At Prices about ONE-HALF usually asked for same goods elsewhere. Oth _Street and. Washington Ave. (“Sulphur Soap” secured by Letters Patent.) GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP An incomparable Beautifier of the Complexion. Invaluable for Tetter, Piles, Pimples, Chafes, Mesquito Bites, Chapped Skin, Insect Stings, Rough Skin, ; Ring-worm, / Prickly Heat, Erysipelas, © Burns, Scalds, Sores, Ulcers, and all External Severe Itching, Humors and Chilblains, Poisons. THE WONDERFUL NATIONAL SPECIFIC FOR THE ALLEVIATION AND CURE OT ALL LOCAL SKIN DISEASES. The fame of GLENN’S SULPHUR SoaP has extended far and wide; there is probably no city or town in the United States in which its great curative virtues are not known and extolled by living witnesses. The testimonials received for it would fill volumes. Many distinguished Physicians and Members of the Medical Staff of Hospitals and Infirmaries, have tested it, expressed their astonishment with its results, and are now counted among its strongest advocates. —e —— — have no appa 0 resort to Sulphur Springs as it answers all the purposes of MiNi +4 FHR BATHS, Being an admirable remedy for Gout and Rheumatism and a marvelous healer ad Wleera aud old Sores, that resist the operation of Salves mm Oigtments. Se that you get the GENUINE. GLENN'S, SULPHUR SOAP cn‘an adjunct to the 3 — 2 2 ap et * Pimples and og ay ap N the fhe cuticle Wht here 5 smooth. ie L = removed all ——— by its HUMORS OF THE SCALP and DANDRUFF, minently the most reliable, and the on ly absolute specific known. It is also a desirable 5181 ECTANT of CLOTHING or BED LINEN, and a capital remedy and preventive of Obnoxious | or Contagi ous Diseases. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.—Scirentr Soap has been counterfeited, and the public | are cautioned to OBTAIN ONLY THE GENUINE, and to observe the ONLY ORIGINAL NAME, Glenn’s | Sulphur Soap, with also the above engraving on the cartoon which encloses each cake, | without which none is genuine. Ask for For sale generally by Druggists, Fancy Goods Dealers and Grocers, at 25 cts. a cake ; 60 cts. a © bor, containing 3 cakes, saving 20 per cent.; 75 cts. a box, containing 3 cakes, sent by mail, prepaid. THE PROPRIETOR WOULD BE PLEASED TO HEAR FROM PERSONS USING GLENN’S SULPHUR SOAP. | CHAS. N. CRITTENTON, Sole Proprietor, 7 Sixth Avenue, NY. PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS Cure in One Minute. —’—ä—— —ͤ—ͤ ——— ——äʃ . ———— NO FLIES! NO MOSQUITOES lenn’s Sulphur Soap, and TAKE NO OTHER. | | ii} My . | y — — n | yellow-fever, as it usually does, | day, under | safety. Is a 1 ' With NEWCOMB’S PREMIUM WIRE SCREENS at your doors and windows. Best Screen for the Cheapest Prices. Our work took Firs Premium at Last Three St. Louis Fairs. Also, Paper Hangings, Up- holstery, &c. NEW COMB BROTHERS, 307 N. Fifth Street, Next to Olive. ey Orders Solicited. HOLMAN LIVER PADS AND AUXILIARY REMEDIES CORE BY ABSORPTION. Sure Preventive of Yellow Fever and Other Infectious Diseases Fever and Ague, Bilious Disorders, Headaches, Dys epsla Dumb Ague, Diarrhea, Catarrh, Jaundice, Neuralgia, Female Weaknesses, Lumbago. These and many other diseases effectu- 1 cured, where medicine has failed. ads and Plasters Sent by Mail on Receipt of Price, Free of Charge. Supply Depot and Consultation Rooms (Separate Parlor for Ladies), Nos. 2 and & Singer Building, Cor. Fifth and Locust Sts. —— for Agencies should be made at this office. ~ HOLMAN LIVER PAD Co. SINGER BUILDING, ST. - with, 120; Thompson, 115; Newdoff, 105; Armstrong, 100; Santos, 98; MeFarlan i, St; Kennovan, &2, likely Jeave the track to-day. Bank Statement. By Western Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 12.—The bank statement is as follows: Loans, increase, $5,869,400; specie, increase, $81,900; legal tender, in- creasé, $1,757,300; deposits, increase, $5,- 321.500; circulation, increase, $3 33,000; re- serve, increase. $508,825. The beaks now hold $10,941,200 in excess of legal require- ments. The Buford Trial. By Western Associated Press. OWENTON, Ky., July 12.—The court as- sembled at 9 o’clock. The session was occu- pied with examining witnesses for the prose- cution. L. D. Holloway testified as to threats made by defendant against Judges Elliott and Pryor if his case was decided unfavorably. The defense will not offer testimony before Tuesday. — Printers on a Strike. By Western Associated Press. BosTon, July 12.—The Herald says the Post has dismissed all its compositors, m- cluding the foreman, and has let its work by contract. The old day hands only knew of the change when tbey went to the office this morning. The night hands have not yet been informed. => The Long Branch Races. By Western Associated Press. LONG BRANCH, July 12.—The attendance at Monmouth Park was large to-day, and the track was heavy from the rains of this morn- ing. The dash of a half mile for maiden two- year-olds was won by Hermit. Mosquito sec- ond, ten lengths before Achsah, third; time 0:54. District of Columbia Bonds, By Western Associated Press. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12.—The Treasury Department has disposed of the re- maining 5 per cent District of Columbia bonds, amounting to $466,000, at 101 11-16, with the exception of $4,700 at 105. the Several of the contestan’s will | wrung her SHOT AT A BALL. Tragic End of a Dance on the Natural Bridge Road. A Colored Desperado Kills One Man And Seriously Wounds Another. The Murderer Discovered Con- cealed in a Cellar. Interviews With Him and His Wounded Victim. The Crime. About 2:30 o’clock this morning, on the Natural Bridge road nearly in the rear of the Three Mile House and in the vicinity of Ashland Hill, a murder was committed. At a colored ball Scott Hunter shot Eugene Blanek, e lored, through the head with an old musket, killing him instantly. He also wounded Ben George, another negro, in the left arm near the shoulder. A PoOsT-DISPATCH reporter was at once dis- patched to the scene of the crime. From the many conflicting reports the true facts of the case seem to be as follows: Scott Hunter's house is situated a little back of the Natural Bridge road, about half a mile from the Fair Grounds. He is a sort of roust- about, doing odd jobs on the levee. He is married, and a stev-daughter lives with him and his wife. Yesterday was Hunter's birth- day, and to celebrate it and also to make a little money he concluded to give a ball, to which all the colored aristocracy of the neighborhood were invited at the sma.l price of admission of ten cents. HUNTER HIRED TWO FIDDLERS, laid in a stock of lemonade, besides g surrep- titious supply ot whisky and beer. Between nine andten the darkeys responded to the hop, and about forty came up smiling, paid their dime, and, although the thermometer wasawayup in the hundreds, danced with more vim and vigor thangrace and elegance. Between nine and ten o'clock the rout began, and it was keptup untilthe ‘‘wee sma’ hours“ of the morning. Among those atthe ball were the murdered man Blanck and his sister, Ben George, Ben Johnson and Charley Williams. Ihe hop passed off pleasantly till nearly 2 o’clock. The fiddlers fiddled, the dancers danced, the perspiration, lemonade and bad whisky flowed. It does not appear, however, that any of the negroes got downright drunk. Now, about 2 o’clock Mrs. Hunter came in the crowded ball room. which was notb- ing more than a small room, and said she was told some of the men wanted to break up the ball. She also said the gate of the fence of her house was broken down, and she wanted them to go. Some one suggested that it was the cows, whereupon Mrs. Hunter said, scornfully “Yes, a two-legged cow.’’ This epithet offended the fastidious ears of the darkey damsels present, and their escorts took up the matter, anda war of words ensued be- tween some balf dozen and Mrs. Hun- ter. Some. strong langua was in- duiged, in, whem. Seott Hunter interfered aml said he wouldn't: have his wife ‘‘cussed.’’ Avsharp reply fellowed, and from words the party aimost gotto blows. A scuffle first en- sued between Charley Johnson and Hunter. The crowd separated them and shoved Hunter into a room. Hunter then GOT A MUSKET which he had inthe house, The colored men, meanwhile, had gone out on the poreh and in the garden, while the women stood outside the fence. Some, however, remained in the house—the Hunter party. Hunter came out of the house, and immediately tackled Ben Johnson, one of the offending darkies. He threatened to use his gun as a club, but then took aim. Johnson replied: Shoot if you like. I ain’t got any arms. I can only die once.“ Hunter, however, refrained and re- turned to the house, when his wife bolted and closed the doors. At this point there is some conflicting testimony, Mrs. Hunter assert ing that the party outside were brandishing chairs and throwing rocks at the windows, and the other side us pcsitively denying it. Be that us it mad, Hunter got mad and said be was zo ing out. As he couldn't get ont throucsh the coors, which his wife had boited, he jumped out of a window on the south side of the house into the garden. Along the entire east side ot the house was a covered porch. Two men were standing about the center of it as Ilunter come around the corner. One was Ben George, who was standing;,with his back turned to the direction Hunter Came; the other was Eugene Blanck, who was talking to bim with his face turned toward Hutter, whom, bowever, he could not see. As Hunter came round the corner on the porch, itis said, but not very reliubly, he shouted with an Oath, **Scatter’! l'm voing to kil you.*’ Heimme diately fred. George did not catch the words that Hunter said, but hearing a notse turned bis head, when he beheid Hunter aiming at hin with his musket. He instantaneously cucked his head, thus saving his life. The shot passed through his left arm near the shoulder, carrying away some of the flesh. Blanck, who Wes quite upuware of Hunter's presence, did not move, and received the shotright in his head. Itploughed a turrow onthe topat his head, scattering the brain. It is also said that he was struck ontheside and near the throat. The fatal shot, however, was threugh the brain. DEATH GCCCURRED INSTANTANEOUSLY. an 5 1 eK : 1 1 The man fell on * 1 hou* attering a word. George immediately .ached on Hunter, and the wpied. The other dar- kies ran George's assistance and „ mauled Hunter pretty severély. They beat him and belabored him. At last, however, Hunter managed to make his escape. A terrible row and great excitement prevail- ed amongst the negroes. Blanck's sister wus on the Natural Bridge road when she was in- formed that her brothe r was murdered. She hands and shouted passionately, ''my brother is killed! my brother is kKi/tea!’ She ailonsed the whole neighborhood with her shricks, The excitement lasted all night, and when the P.-D. reporterjvi-ited the place this morning the house was stal sur- rounded by excited colored men and women witha sprinkling of whites. — — Lis men grr’ to The Escape anid the Search, After escaping from the hands of his enemies Hunter disappeared. No one seemed to know anything about him. The police were in- formed early this morning of the murder aad hastened to the scene of the outrage. It was reported that Hunter had been seen about 6 o'clock on the Rock Road, and alse across Grand avenue. Mounted police scoured the vicinity, but all to no purpose, Three or four police officers aud also a detective visited the house and searched it, but found no trace of the tuyitive. The following DESCRIPTION OF THE MURDERER, HUNTER, was telegraphed te all the volice stations: Copper colored, pox-pitted, 5 feet 10, «small goatee, 27 years old, wore brown jeans pants, white shirt and atowel around neck, had no cost on when he left, had a sorein the palm of the left hand; also, asoreon the right elbow and one on the right arm near the elbow, Hun teris a laborer and worked on the levee. He has an aunt livingon Biddle, between Ninth and Tenth. He may be somewhat bruised,as he had a fight with several other darkies. The Arrest. Up to 10 o'clock this morning no trace of the murderer had been found. About that time Turnkey Bradley, an old police officer who is stationed at the sub-division station of mount- ed police on Grand avenue at the Fair Grounds, went to Hunter’s house to fetch the musket. Talking to some women outside the house, he determined he searched the rooms; he re examined the floors and apparently had the whole house an plussed ; wouldn't give it up and All of no avail, At last he cured a candle, induced a white ~~ the crouching down in the further radley toitd 0 displayed unusual al sagaciey in hidi 75 ot the 2 en — 12 by 7 — 4 — > > tc. man’s wife, 5 The Dead Man’ Man's Story. When the reporter reached the morning the dead man was lying on his onthe porch. His face was covered c:oth all thoroughly soaked with old patch guilt entirely hid the head and d trom view. A pool of blood had formed near man’s bead. Myriads of flies were feeding fi the biood and covered the man’s 45 were evidently enjoyinga delicate meal were as eager as vultures over carrion. At man's head stood a slo about atable spoonful of his were shot. | Bl ood still oozed fromthe mouth and nestriig © and a gaping crowd of darkies, including Ben George, the wounded standing 1 It was a T. sight. the door y the glare of the sun. with a rough deal coffin, into which the was laid and taken to the Morgue. - Eugene Blanck was & young Man n under ¢ ty. He was married but lived 33 wife. He leaves two children. was at the hop last plete ting near her brother’s co and poured ber tale of woe, — for geance on her brother's murderer. at 1 wusastublemwan at Grant’s Pork-house, near : 5 ? the Three Mile House A Talk With the Murderer. A visit was made to the sub-station at the Fair Grounds. charge, telegraphed Captain’ Fox for permis- sion to allow the P.-D. reperter to inter- view the murderer in bis cell. Hunter was sitting down asthe reporter approaghed, He was dressed in a white undershirt, dere 7 = jeans pants and was barefooted. His face was rather repulsive in appearance, in- dicating- a very low type of intelligences. The reporter asked him to give an account of how the shooting happened, and tne following art}: bout the facts cundensed from his long rambliug talk: It. was his bi thdav and he gave a ball, charg- ing ten cents admission, to celebrate the day. Several men came Who were strangers to him. Letween 1 and 2 o'clock some ot these men Legan to tulk, sayipg they would break “es the ball. Hie tound they had broken one of the tes on 8 off its hinges. e fastened ff =" and went back again, und ae the n we giching up a row he told them tog wai teu them to enjoy tieuiseives a birthday but not to make a distur stead of keeping quiet quarreling and making a tuss. the chairs and commenced throwing them about. He told them to go out, and at lasse most of them went outside, where W kept up the disturbane. went outside ond told cheat to keep quiet. They shoved him back ia the door. lie ran aod gothis gun, whien was in the house, and which had been loaded sines lust August. The wowmenfoiks had locked and barred the door. The crowd outside then commenced throwing rocks at the windows and doors. He then jumped out ot the window, ran round to the porch und, without saying a word, fired, aiming ut no one in particular. Tuen they all attacked him and beat him. He didn’t know a man had been shot until the ciowd dispersed. Then he walked aiwag the porch and saw the body of Balnek. ie immediately thougiie of and went into the honse dewn the cellar. No one saw him gest in cellar. His wife and daughter didn’t know ft, He staved there until the officer nd him. II had half a pins of whisky at the bop the fiddlers. They aly agrank le beer. They were not drunk at ail, on Ihis is Hunter’ to have o1 didn’t know The Murderer’s Wife. Mrs. Hunter is a sprightly but homel , to. She told the reporter that the affray grew - out of a report that some of the negroes wen going to break up tne ball, She found the gates were broken down, and went in, the dance-room and complained, The negroes then began cursing her, when, hoer husband in- terfered,and there was a general hgbbab. When ner husband came in, she — oe 3 the doors to keep him in. THe were throwing rocks and ! Hunter jum pen She called to Lust she heard gun. She went cut after see her husband. She dias concealed in the cellar. know there Was 1¹ she was sleeping otlleer came because she was SiR,” wus all brought ubout Ly the sean newroe Mrs. Hunter's daughter. by her tor ner hus band, stood ana listened to her mother’s 0. She isa git! about 18. aid almost perfectly white. she is poek-n @ Ked, that bas there What the Wounded Man Says. George, the negro who had such a mipaealous escape from death by ducking big head, wag a ound the Hunter house this moe with bis arm in a £gling. wound is not dangerous, only a flesh wound George's account of the tray is that thers a general row brought about by Mr. * using bad languuge. Hunter got * cause the dancers rescnted mad gun. lle was standing 16 and got Blanck, when Hunte « the porch a dow and came -« Jumped out of the noise, turr .wovndathe porch. He heard duc kes wa and saw Hunter taking aim. «and the shot lodged in hig .mneartbeshoulder. Blanck was stet the fuce and head and fell dead immedia tie turned and giappicd with Hunter. came and helped him. He- tt tothe drug store at tbe corner of Bridge road and Grand avenue and wound dressed. His finger was ly cut. He thought by a kn fe which but it was so dark he . t seo it. 1 had a evolver about hi, too, which h have thrown away, as it was picked up i the garden. George works at Metcalfe’s brickyard biocks from Grand avenue. ~*~ * Miss Elanck’s Call for Vengean The sister of the murdered man we morning in the garden syouad ter House, us well ay Bianck, the man’s wite. sald all the blame for the row belonged to was resented. Sbe did not see the — was out on the Natural Bridge Reant when she heard the report. Some one told ter brother was killed, and she 2 sranck calls for vengeance ou her bre murderer. Ben Johnson's Tale. Ben Johnson, another derkey said that Hun- gun asa club. He then took aim at him but did not fre. Johnson says the gun was not load ed, and that Hunter went back in the house. and loaded it. Ue says the first struggle was letween Hunter and Charley Williams. — When Hunter was abcat toe at Branch and George he said, with an oath: **Scutter, lam going to kill — ali.’’ however, says he did got Hunter anything. „ The Fic As the reporter was walki the house he met the two ide and Harry Thompson, the house. They sald he not see anything ot tae They were fiddiin — when e them there was go obearow. Tf to get their 12 was forthcoming. At that sjune general, so they got aut of ed down the road. They nad not bes be Officer Cigcy, who was ia Hunter, who used insulting language, which a ter threatened to assault him first, using is * =