St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 4, 1895

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t 3 we . a vi ra yo BeBe a eye - re 3 «34 y am im te + . . . SATURDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS— MAY 4. 1 PRICE ONE CENT. -_ -— ee f POST-DISPATCH ONLY ONE CENT. 10 CE ii oY ae MURDERED BY FOOTPADS. Temple and Robbed. HIS ASSAILANTS ESCAPE, Robbery Was Undoubtedly the Motive, as the Dead Man’s Clothes | Were Rifled. August Gohl of 1914 South Thirteenth street was shot and killed on Ninth and Gratiot streets at 3 o’clock this morning. The police claim that he committed sui- cide. There is. evidence to support the theory that he was assassinated, with robbery as &@ motive. ‘At about 3 o’clock this morning residents in the vicinity of Ninth and Gratiot streets a pistol-shot. Miss Maud Zalter of 811 South Ninth street Was too ill to sleep. A moment after the shot was fired she heard somebody loudly Ge She hastily awakened her father, Frank Iter, a car-repairer. He dressed himself and hurried across the street, where he found a man lying prostrate on the side- walk on the Ninth street side of James ’s grocery, with his feet up near a gasoline tank and his head near the curb- stone. His head was all bloody and he was moaning feebly. Zalter got Groceryman Rossi out of bed, and the latter came down-stairs with a lamp. Together they examined the wounded man. They found that he had been shot through the right temple. He was lying on face, with his hat and a pistol tucked under him. A few feet away from him his pocket-book lay, open and empty. His pock- ets were also turned inside out. Zalter and Rossi notified Officers Byrne and Brank, of the Central District, and they . Yang for an ambulance. Before that con- veyance arrived, the man died. At the Mérgue, his clothes were searched, and, from) papers found therein, it was learned that the deceased was August Gohl of 1914 South Thirteenth street. ._ Gohl was a fish merchant, 42 years old, He came here from St. Paul, Minn., last September with his wife and three small children and made his home at 1914 South Thirteenth street. throughout the ich he had shipped here from the North. Among his customers was a saloon-keeper in East St. Louis. This'saloon-keeper, who is also said to be a horse trader, owed Gohl a bill for fish. He promised to send Gohl the money yesterday, but failing to do so, Gohl decided to go over in person last even- ing and collect the bill. "fle left his home about 5 o’clock, telling his wife he did not expect to be home until late, as he was going to make quite a long trip. He took his pistol with him so he would not be held up on his return in case he got his money. Gohl’s whereabouts from the time he left home until. he met his death are so far un- nown. Mrs. Gohl is prostrated with grief over her husband’s untimely end. The neighbors are also terribly shocked. They all declare him to have been one of the best of husbands and to have always been exceedingly happy athome. They think that he was murdered for they can not imagine any motive tha could induce him to take his own life. There is strong evidence to support the theory of murder. His pocket-book was found lying two feet from his body and his kets were turned inside out. This theory also borne out by the statement of a col- ored woman, named Kate Emory, who lives at 921 Gratiot street. This woman, who is about 50 years old, came to the Coroner's of-. fice and stated that early this morning she Wwas aroused by angry voices across the ' gtreet from her home. She peeped through ee aie ay, E2,, see ase hand, tall a her window and saw four men. One was in his shirt sleeves. He and two of his com- s were arguing with the fourth man. he heard the latter say: “I don’t owe you a cent, I tell you. I always pay my debts.” Then she closed her window. A minute later she heard a shot, and, look- ing out,. saW the man who had spoken gtretched out on ‘the sidewalk at Ninth and Gratiot streets. , Another point that tends to indicate that he was murdered is that there is another wound on his head beside that made by the bullet. There are also bloody finger marks on the top of his head. The ice were inclined at first to the belief that Gohl comitted suicide. In the Harrington & Richardson 32-caliber revol- ver that was found beneath Gohl’s body ust one chamber was émpty. They argued anat he simply shot himself through the head and fell dead. Sergeant Dawson gseoured the neighborhood of the shooting this morning and interviewed Miss Maud meites, tbe gs lady who first heard the fa shot. he told him she heard no noise of any kind before the shot, al- though she was awake. he Sergeant is statement as an indication of e suicide, arguing that if Gohl had murdered on the corner she would ve heard angry words before the shoot- dng and retreating footsteps immediately ter. : . To. Zalter, who found the body, inclines the suicide theory. Mr. Rossi, on the thinks Gohl was murdered. “Some pretty tough people hang around thie corner,” said he, “and when they'll e into a.store at ll o’clock at night na hold you up with a gun they would just as seon shoot Da “ Gohl was a magnificent manhood. e was weighed 250 paunds. me fellow, too, th a brown e, imperial and blonde hair. He was plainly dressed in a gray sack coat, apne, of phys- feet 11 inches ae was quite East St. Voulsan whom day evening. horse. It has hether or not sxID” CARROLL #TEE MISSING Cabman McGilligan Charged With “4mg an ‘Accessory to the Murder. Notwithstanding the diligent search made ce for “Kid" Carroll ever since Christy Mas- rson was found murdered, the police’ im to. be still completely in the dark as 5 Phareabouts. c we, : | “hey do not place any cr in the a > we ae , t she . Me ve last re ed during the morn- - " ie, 4 e —- - s « oT ate + ae ~~ & a t= >@ $e ‘ a Fw ag 4 2 4 He i es a living by sett-" city and suburbs fish BOYCOTT LEATHER AS WELL AS BEEF. ttt sz G76 t} “44 \' =A\\\ j ——— —S a - —_ —_ © _----— ° And Is Sentenced for Life for Murder- ing Catherine Gjng. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 4.—Claus A. Blixt has pleaded guilty to the murder of Catherine Ging, and has been sentenced to the penitentiary for life. EXCITEMENT IN NICARAGUA. ————— eC The Government is Satisfied, But the. People Are Not. LONDON, May 4.—It is semi-officially announced this afternoon that the British Government has not yet received Nicara- gua’s acquiescence in the British demands. A definite reply can hardly be expected for a few days. NEW YORK, May 4-—A special to the World from Managua, Nicaragua, says: Volunteer companies are forming through- out the country and military aids are going and coming in all directions. The activity of the military ndcates that a crisis is ap- proachng, Presidnet Zelaya has called another meet- ing of the leading citizens. Yet there is no doubt that a settlement has been reached with England. The minor de- tails are being arranged: by Foreign Minis- ter Matus and British Minister Gosling. The Government is pleased, but the peo- ple are dissatisfied. England has made slight concessions and has received a guar- antee tor the payment of the indemnity which will be made in London. The Gov- ernment of England asked nothing for ex- penses at Corinto. Fo Minister Matus said it is now safe to say that a settlement has been reached, and that the British marines are already embarking at Corinto. , Pass Forgers Held for the Grand Jury, c , Thomas Ryan, J. D. R6 bina, “ioen A Dermott and Ed Wheelen who have been age with for ng mem- bership cards of the Order o lway 8 AL. ' ; 4 >... MM jem “~o depres, || os Ret i. oa ee ee Cond rs. the Brotherhood of Loco- otive ine were held for the Gran¢ u | in. a} als L , or the 4 oe = % | ae aay} his blanket and felling FILLEY'S ME-TOOS IN THE SENATE Lyman, Goodykoontz,Orchard and Harrison Vote With Republicans. FOUR DEMOCRATIC BOLTERS. There Is Prospect of an Early Agree- ment on an Election Bill That Will ° | Be Acceptable to All Parties. Special to The Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, ,Mo., May 4—The action of the Sénatorial Little Four of the Phelps-Filley combine—Lyman, Goody- koontz, Orchard and, Harrison—in voting with the Republicans yesterday, was the ny sensation of the extra session. he Post-Dispatch had predicted almost daily since the session opened that these Democrats were prepared to bolt party lines whenever they got their orders, but their Democratic confreres had all along pooh-poohed the idea, and insisted that they had been misrepresented. They are not doing it now. The Post-Dispatch said Thursday that art of the scheme of the combine was to orce the Senate Committee on Appropria- tions to ca py the appropriation bill favor- ably in order to be ready to adjourn at any time, and that if the committee refused to report, Lymah, who is the leader of the Little Four, would force the fight in the Senate. This was also regarded as an un- just reflection on the Senator from Kans&s City. But before the Senators had gotten fairly in their seats Lyman handed Sen- ator Lancaster, Chairman of the Appro- riations Committee, a demand for a meet- ng of the Appropriations Committee at 10 o’clock signed by himself and the three Republican members of the committee. As a matter of fact, Senator Lancaster, as he explained to the Senate, had only had the bill in his possession for three days and there was absolutely no reason for forcing a vote in the Senate, except a de- termination on the part of the combine to show its strength and intimidate weak- kneed Senators and Representatives. During the regular session Lyman, as Chairman of the Railroad Committee, and second on Corporations Other than Rail- roads, and Harrison, as Chairman of the Committee on Corporations Other than Railroads, had held up and smothered bills affecting corporations until no action could be taken. Yet they were virtuously indig- nant yesterday at the idea of the Com- mittee on Appropriations failing to report a bill in three days after it had been re- ceiver. The vote yesterday was a record-maker so far as the Democratic Little Four is concerned. It is only fair to say that Sen- ator Kennish and other Republican Sen- ators who are in favor of railroad legisla- tion voted for party advantage and that the combine cannot depend upon their votes when the issue comes squarely down between their party and their constitu- ents. But the constituents of the Little Four can paste it in their hats that they have been betrayed and if they need any further evidence of the fact they will find it in the votes next week whenever a test comes between the interests of the Combine and the interests of the People. The cappers and cuckoos of the combine were exhilarated last night. ‘“You see what we told you. Phelps has got the Senate solid. He'll do what he pleases. No fellow servant bill, and adjournment when he says so.”’ a “WE'LL GET TOGETHER.” And Then Mr. Spencer Says-an Elec- tion Bill Will Be Passed. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 4-—The plans of the Republicans of the House are subject to change from day to day, and es- pecially after Speaker Russell makes a ie o St. Louis on the same train with t *P the election bill the House is on the in- side—and Mr. cer is the most table of the Filley li ants in. ture —the status o Safety mittee bill, - far S the es Fg nse rs = a shape. Post-Dispa correspondent me Mr. Spencer yesterday before the House ad- journed and asked : ‘ 5 at are you going, je do with the elec- the House?” have an election bill early next week. We will the Senate substi- tute the ‘first thing Monday and disagree. The Senate will then for a conference ae and we her.”’ “T understand will get toget t the principal point of be the election commis- pen want a commissioner elected.”’ r. Spencer was informed that there had been no visible demand from Kansas City for that feature of the bill. “Well, then,’’ said the sponsor for the low- er House bill, “I am not prepared to say that I will insist upon that. What we want is an election bill that will satisfy all par- ties. If there is not an agreement it will not be “y fault. I do not think that the manner of the appointment of the commis- sion will be a serious obstacle. We can probably agree upon that.”’ WANTED—‘ARGUMENT,” Before Action Can Be Taken on the Fellow Servant Bill. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 4—With neither Bill Phelps, Flilm-Flam Flanagan, Speaker Russell, Goodykoontz, or any other members of the combine, in the city to-day, the capital looked like a deserted village. The Senators and the “epresentatives who remained are out fishing, and no one could tell, from the lobby of the Madison House or from the Capitol, that a Legislature had been in session for a year. Ex-Senator Cochran of St. Joseph was in the city yesterday, ready to appear before the Senate Committee on Labor in the in- terests of a railroad fellow-servant bill. F. W. Lehman, generm attorney of the Wa- bash, who had been expected to appear in the interests of the railroad companies, tele- graphed to Senator Peers that he could not be present. Mr. Cochran, speaking of the oe to the Post-Dispatch correspondent, said: ‘‘T was asked to appear and make an argu- ment, but, in the absence of Mr. Lehman, I thought it would be better not to say any- thing. I am sufficiently acquainted with methods of delay to know that, if one side had appeared and the other had no repre- sentation, it would have afforded a pretext for postponement. A fellow - servant Dill should be reported at once, and, as a matter of fact, I guess the committee knows the situation as well now as it would after an exhaustive argument.” The House Committee on Labor held a meeting yesterday for the purpose of giving Mr. Higbee of Schuyler County a chance to explain the provisions of his fellow-servant bill, now before that eommittee. Mr. Julian was also invited to appear before the com- mittee and express his views on fellow-serv- ant legislation. There was no definite action taken on any of the bills before the commit- tee. Mr. Gill of Clay County Introduced a reso- lution instructing the chairman to appoint a subcommittee to draft a general bill as a substitute for all of the bills before the com- mittee—Gill and O’Dell for and Grubb, Mc- Pherson, Gray and Jones of Hickory against, while Moore of Stone preferred not to vote. Mr. Grubb, chairman of the committee, said that a special railroad bill would be re- ported early next week—perhaps not before ‘WIND OF DRATH Wednesday, as representatives of the rail-' roads desired to be heard before a bill is re- orted., . If Grubb knows what he is talking about (and he is on the inside of the Phelps-Filley combine), it is not improbable that a Repub- lican House, in pursuance of the plan of tl)p combine, may send a railroad fellow-servant bill to the Democratic Senate, to be killed there. FOR A PIECE OF PIE. A Blow and a Bullet Follow in Its Wake. A dispute over the ownership of a piece of pie caused Ora Kurtz, colored, 15 years old, to be arraigned in the First District Po- lice Court Saturday charged with disturb- ing the peace. She stated that Friday even- ing while standing at the corner of Fif- given a ered, home at 216 Targre tightly in her hand. and when near her chanan is arrested. ———_————— Fair To-Day With Probable Showers, Cooler and Fair .Sunday. Weather forecast: For St. Louis and yicinity—-Generally fair Saturday and Saturday night, although a shower is probable Saturday afternoon or evening. . Illinois and Miseouri—Showers and severe local storms “~y ei 2 : 4 AND DESOLATION. The Terrible Cyclone Which Swept Over the Northwest. FIFTY-TWO PEOPLE KILLED. Eleven Towns in Sioux County, Iowa, Badly Dismantled and Other Sections Also Visited. a alli SIOUX CITY, Ia., May 4—At least fifty- two people are believed to have been killed in the terrible cyclone that passed over this part of Iowa. Some persons estimate the death roll between 200 and 300, but it is not believed it will reach so high a figure. No one as yet can tell how great the loss of life is, or how extensive the damage until} re- ports from the outlying districts have been received, The telegraph wires in this section are all down and authentic information is hard to get. Three school houses are known to have been demolished, two teachers and several pupiis and nearly a score of others killed, and many buildings have been wrecked. Those known to be dead, or missing are: MAMIE 8. HAGGITE and five brothers, killed near Sioux Center. MRS. JOHN KERSTER, near Sioux Cen- ter; her child blown away and not yet found. ANNA MARSDBN, teacher in Coombs school, near Ireton. GEORGE MARSDBEN, brother of Anna, teacher in another school near Ireton. naa MARSDBN, killed near Sioux enter. MRS. POST, killed near Sioux Center. RUDOLPH SCWERDEFEGER, aged 21, killed by ang near Sutherland. PETER STIMMER, killed in his house near Laurenz by lightning. Two children of T. B. Coombs, killed near Sioux Center. MRS. JOHN WATERMAN,. killed near Sibley. Child of A. Verhoff, killed near Sioux Cen- ter. JOHN PATTERSON. WILLIAM LUDRICH MRS. R. W. SMITH. G. F. BALLING. MRS. HERMAN BELLKAMPS children. ANNA HOISIN N, BERTHA DOONBURG., H. G. NEIDBRPFPRANK. M. F. H H J. JAMIBDSON, Besides the above a number were injured, some fatally. A curious feature of the cyclone was the accompaniment of electrical violence, and many deaths by Song are reported. The towns of Sioux Center, Ireton, Or- ange City, Perkins, Doon, Hull, Sheldon, Alton, Ashton, Sibley and Lemars were al- most directly in the path of the cyclone. The cyclone was followed by a furious wind and rain storm which had not abated at an early hour this morning. Numerous victims were found lodged in trees, where they had been hurled by the storm, Where had stood fine residences could be found notping but a cel- lar hole, and In cases a few twisted tim- bers, while strewn all over the“ und were rtions of the buildings and furniture, ring not the least semblance to their oiginal form and useless except for kindling wood, Fields of 1 umber er are now bare, trees weré uprooted and all is desoja- tion mr the path of the cyclone. A pitiful feature of the disaster is the number of te ay pag lives crushed out by the cruel nd. Three school houses near Sioux Center were destroyed, while school was in progr ‘and at each one from three to ten aeitren were killed or injured. Pe ne the children we rried from t ca daughters near Sioux Center, were t kg leaving the sc and two than twenty had been killed and two or three times as many injured. The pa th of destruction was almost altogether in the country, difficult to get. The following at Ireton, Io.: led: wounded The kil is a and definite information is list of killed and GEORGE MARSDEN, ANNA MA KOSTRA. MRS. RSDEN, The wounded are: MINLA COOMBS bruised, will probably recover. ‘ JENNID.COOMBS, badly bruised about the head L UCELIA COO LLIE COOMBS a a 10 and face; ubtful ~ will recover. MBS, seriously injured. , Skull fractured; re- A. M. PERRY of Hawarden, arm broken, face brui Two chi recove Four ldren ot doubtful. aughters of L. Devoort, bones frac- tured and other injuries. The list of the fatalities will probably reach thirty persons or over. The following were killed at Sioux Center, 0. : _ MRS. JOHN KOSTER and two children, MRS. POST : MISS ANNA MARSDEN, teacher. GEO. MARSDEN, teacher. Child of Mr. Verhoff. J. JANS haps twenty-five others. —— . he =, ae oe JOHN WATERMA — and four brothers. , two Koster children, and per- N and son, Sibley. JOHN FRBEYS, Sibley, M. R assed in c r ved. A hard wind storm struck Des BLACK MORE, BROTH to the ground and the pe will be immense. No one ea kitled, alt were seriously injured. EEE The Storm at Des Moines. DES MOINES, hough. .a number TIo., May 4.—A cyclone a northwester en miles west of “a direction about Moines. It was accompanied by electrical manifesta- tions which: created havoc with the local hic service. y Omah and Sioux .City, and stopped traffic and “ ts. Des terrupted Moines dam their circu small bull wind in gs, but the loss will not be great. A heavy rain to fall at the time and continued until an early hour this morning. WEBST an and it is many ho outbuildi for cadiiee east of blown ys m Buildings ER, The possibe to barns destroyed. Eten are completely h wi are ished. po Farm res do whether any one was killed or injured in the stricken LEPPR'S Story of an Easter Celebration in the Bates School, MISS BELLE MADDEN EGGED. The Mother Who Threw the Eggs Prosecuted in the Court of Criminal Correction. If Chris Von der Ahe wants to strengthen the Browns he should open up negotiations with Mrs. C. H. Leppe, who resides at 1810 North Grand avenue. Mrs. Leppe was on trial in the Court of Criminal Correction Saturday for throw- ing eggs at Miss Belle Madden, teacher in room No. 8 of the Bates’ School. The tes- timony showed that out of five eggs thrown she had four hits and but one “ball” was called on her. The display of Mrs. Leppe’s pitc®ing abil- ity occurred in the sehoo] room before about forty-five pupils, at about 11:15 o’clock on the morning of April 12. Miss Madden, the victim, took the stand and told all about it, then Miss Cora Ryan, teacher in room No, 4, adjoining, told about it, and after one of the little boy pupils and a little girl had given their version, Mrs. Leppe’s ng sey lly rs. ed in ha laid over for further testimony until Saturday mornin Mrs. Leppe, her hus and little Char- Ww t Mra, wy agemye- she could stand a season of base- , as she is rather fleshy. She is also rather muscular. Miss Madden, however, cular development. The young lady came into court th her companion teacher and her flock of pupils‘at about 10:20 o’clock, ac- companied by Charles B, mS attorney for the School B wee ted the rosecution, Miss all, of splendid gure and exceedingly attractive appearance. She was attired in a neatly- fitting fawn-colored suit and her dark eyes flashed beneath a large black straw hat, trimmed with white flowers, as she told the story of the eggs. “T was sitting at i desk, reading a state- ment sent to me by the principal,” said Miss Madden, after preliminary questions from Mr. Stark, “when there was a rap at the door. I was busy and nded by saying, “Wait a moment, please.” There was an- other rap in a minute and I again asked that the person wait. Instead Mrs. a egg Pann a — : When she go ro remar ; ou are satisfied’ ” Bers : “What did Mrs. Leppe do then?” asked Mr. Stark. “She didn’t do anything but run.” Charlie there?’ the eggs until she threw beginning the cross- objected to, and Col. by saying:. examination. uestion Was Martin a poten, ene BE epen to the redress of wrongs,” replied Judge Murphy, “and you can have M prosecuted. I can’t try two cases at once. You've been as- saulted that way yourself, and so have I.” Col, Martin indignant! putation, but continued h “You w _ DBADLY AIM. is not far behind her when it comes to mus- #2 ee leat Bye we a