St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 23, 1895

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a vi * 4 * * M * \" — * * 7 0 4 5 * ii . - ai. — tts * — . - - * * 2 3 4 * 9 Nye 14 „ * 4 - Nn 1 X. „ * | — faye “WANT” COLUMNS, ¢ 4 os 0 * ra ‘e a> * J : ye? ‘ea * rif r 15 4 14 PO > y 10 Cents a — 0 BLOOD STAINS. > — ö—]ʒ[2ü— Spots on a Woman's Wrapper Found in “Castle Holmes.” DIGGING IN THE BASEMENT. The Police Believe That Minnie Williams Was Murdered in the House. CHICAGO, July 23.—During the police ex- amination of the house of H. H. Holmes to-day a portion of a woman’s wrapper, torn and stained, was found. The gown was “of dark goods with white trimming, and on the white cloth were found several dark spots resembling either iron rust or blood stains. The nature of the stains could not be determined and the dress was sent to police headquarters, where an analysis will be made. The discovery was made while workmen were digging near one of the walls in the basement. Hidden under the rubbish a barrel was found, and in it, bur- led among a mass of broken crockery and old tinware, was the dress. The house was surrounded all day by a curious crowd of sightseers. Numerous and urgent requests for admission were made, but the carefully guarded the doors and excluded 1 4 Khteen inches below the uneven surface forming the floor to the basement of the Holmes buildi in Englewood was discov- ered last evening a blood-stained under- Mf Tipe to have belonged to Min- nie Williams before her disappearance, It was dug up by Detectives Norton and Fitz- atrick a few minutes after the regular orce of workmen employed in exoavating had abandoned their task for the day. In — 4 — of the find the theory of Min- nie Williams having been murdered received added force. WERE IN MILWAUKEE. Holmes, a Woman and the Pitezel Children Seen There. MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 23.—It is believ- ed that H. H. Hol the notorious insur- ance swindler and alleged -murderer, ab- companied by the Pitezel children, were in Milwaukee several days last October. A man answering the description orf Holmes called at the Plan on House with two children who were from 10 to 12 years of he haat nnd the ti Manager Kind that eater after t erformance, a that 0 e p the girl had told that their father had gon to aukesha on business. The ohildren were kept at the hotel several days. Then they disappeared. They next turned up at the ticket office of the Chicago and North- western Railroad. The same man called with them and asked for Frederick Hall, the ticket agent. The latter was told by the stranger that the children had been found at the theater, and that the hotel keeper had ed to keep them any longer. e said that the girl had told him that her father, m. Dixon of Sterling, III., knew Mr. Hall. The latter could not remember Dixon, but took charge of the children. Mr. Hall did not question the children, but the stranger told him that Dixon was a real estate dealer and had gone to Waukesha to close a large deal. Together with the children Hall and the stranger started for the Windsor Hotel. When they got near the hotel the stranger excused himeelf, saying that he would have to catch a train for Chicago. At the request ve his name and address : app Calumet avenue, Chi- Hall took the children and engaged a cago. room for them. That night a woman called at the hotel and waited on the sidewalk until she could talk to the children. During and 10 o’clock the children found their chance to escape from the hotel, and the last the police heard of them was that they had gone quietly and during the night. The woman made inquiries at the Plankington, as to where she could find the children. De- tective McManus, who had charge of the ease at the time, now believes that the stranger who b ht the children to Hall was Imes. Mr. Hall had been shown pic- tures of the children and says that the girl resembles Nellie Pitezel in every respect Who the woman that took them away and what object ——— nad *. 5 . from the Plankington where Mr. Ha — — to keep them until they found their father is a complete mystery. Knew Holmes as a Student. CHICAGO, IL, July 2%.—Dr. Geo. A. eath, resident surgeon at the Universit es ital, Ann Arbor, m 1 1584. ws S tro writes from Monroe, Mich., as fol- the mas 9 H. Holmes, new him well while he was study- — medicine at Ann r. He did not, while there, pass by the name of Holmes, ud I remember nt of ordi- “In re es much ri noto The Inquest at Toronto. was when, it is alle children. Detective return to-day or to-mo It is not known what information Howard may have of Holmes’ doin le in Toronto, but it is believed if she es against him she could make the case for the crown much stronger than it now is, FOUR FATALLY INJURED. Three Buggies Collide With Disastrous Results. ' DECATUR, Ind., July 23.—Two miles from this city last night three buggies collided - gnd four of the occupants were fatally in- Jured. Wm. and Thomas Elzey started in separ- buggies with their wives to see a dying at Monroe. A few miles from the a young man and his sweetheart, a vers, attempted to drive past them | ' wh William Elsey’s - 5 7 21 * 2 * . 4 N. * ba a é 33 : 1 7 5 N 4 : N 7 ö 9 ‘ ak Lapa 5 ae . 4 4 ä ey sa, ee > i ay A ** ; a * ** Ain. $d ‘ . » ed 2 5 LOOK IIR ‘(x ollce. e horses trampled the occupants under le sight following was a sickening one. a le Ey the — dent, — ey C head crushed. M ‘THE RIDER IN BLACK Says She’s a Chicago Girl Learning the Wheel, | The mysterious woman in black, the same ‘one who startled Lucas place pedestrians a month ago, bobbed up at O’Fallon Park early Su day morning. She was attired in a black sweater over a tight-fitting corset, with skin-tight bloom- ers.“ She wore black hose and a black cap and entered the park from the Florissant avenue gate at 8 o'clock. Some twenty young men were playing base ball on the grounds at the south end of the park. If a cyclone had struck the place more excitement could not have * * y, that's the Lucas place girl,“ said Walter Harburger, who had seen her on the previous occasion. But she wasn’t the inexperienced rider of that day. Since her first appearance in her startling costume she has improved wonderfully. The ball game was ended in an instant and several of the players chased the fleeing beauty. But she out-distanced them. Two young men on wheeels joined in the chase and overtook the rider near the Broadway entrance of the park. Post-Dispatch reporter was one of them. She laughed. “You think you're real smart, don't you.” And she shook her curly head smartly, at the same time exposing a row of pearly- white teeth. “Oh, I don’t know,” said one of the pur- suers. Then she dismounted and the repor- ter and his companion did likewise. But she did not even blush. In the most uncon- cerned way in the world she began to ex- press herself. : e St. Louis people are regular jays. I’ve tried to wear this rig and enjoy myself ever since I've been here, but I can't do it. The small boys hoot at me, while the men stare as if they were crazy. A mean old police officer actually called to me to halt on Florissant avenue this morning.“ One would imagine she had met an old acquaintance. Then just as quietly as she entered she mounted her wheel and rode off. The reporter again overtook her. Sty is your name, miss? he called to “Oh, I wouldn't tell that. I’m a Chicago rl here to learn te ride. Won't I cut a sh when I return?“ She rode over td Bissell] Hill, down it at a break-neck speed and disappeared. It has been arran to hold a watch“ party at the Park next Sunday morning. MADE WAR ON BLOOMERS Fr. Thomas Walsh Objects to St. Brid- get's Sodality Wearing Them. Bloomers and the festive bike have “dis- turbed the peace again, this time in the Young Ladies’ Sodality of St. Bridget’s parish. It is not a violent disturbance, but one of such a nature as is generally quelled in the family circle with an old trunk strap or the maternal slipper. Two of the young ladies belongi to the sodality have bought wheels and the inevit- able bloomers are said to have immediately followed. One of the ladies in question is like the girl in the song, “A Maiden Shy and Not Too Bold, Not Too Young and Not Too Old.“ and her anxiety to don bloomers may possibly have been born of a desire to ap- pear 2 better advantage than most girls of At this juncture the Rev. Fr. Thomas Walsh 2288 in and interposed an objec- tion that might have been heard around the block. Bleomers are said to have been de- nounced by aed fy tans divine as a menace to the modesty and true womianliness that has always characterized the sodalit girls. He shut right down on it and sai *bloomers don't go.“ And they don’t. One of the young ladies has left the city on her vaca- tion and the other has laid her wheel aside till the storm blows over. THE WEATHER. Cloudy; Slightly Cooler To-Night; Fair Wednesday; Warmer by Evening. Weather forecast: For St. Louis and vicinity—Generally cloudy and slightly cooler Tuesday night. Fair Wednesday, becoming warmer by evening: For [llinocis—Fair to-night, except prob- ably showers in southern portion to-night. Cooler in extreme portion. Wednesday fair. For Missouri—Fair to-night, except prob- ony showers in south portion, slightl cooler in extreme south portion to-nigh Wednesday generally fair. During the past twenty-four hours there were showers in the central valleys, and heavy rains in Colorado and portions of the uthwest; 2.2 inches of rain fell at Pueblo, 1.62 inches at ver, inches at San Antonio and 1.58 inches at Shreveport. The temperatu have fallen from 2 to 10 an except the extreme Northwest and utheast, The pressure is generally above the nor- mal, with no defined low area. Weather*Predictor Frankenfield has little to say about the cold wave. He wants it understood that he is not responsible for this chilly wave. = “I had forty calls, if I had one,” said he, pointing to the telephone, r ne this weather. My explanation was t we are not the only ones. The cold wave is general, and severer at other points at St. Louis. “At Chi downward, it thé mercu is traveling having the mark with a keen ‘narthwestern’ blowing. At 5: a. m. at Denver it was 56; at Cleveland, O., 2 at 1 63; at Helena, Mont., 56, u can see that this is by no means t coolest place. At the same time at St. Loui ust the ‘real thing, for rs. eral barometer, with the com effecta of the northwest b used this change. All over the United States the température fell from 2 to one of the severest general fell. A pour of 2 was repo at Pueblo and a fall at De on 78, and at Cincinnati are the local] readings: va 6. a. m. eee a m. a „ es um aus 1 70 1 . 2 23 « ° ow te BANNOCK BRAVES HUNT TROUBLE They Threaten to Fight It Out With the Settlers. BAD WHITES, BAD INDIANS. Red There Are Ugly Rumors of Men Massacred and Settlers Shot Down. POCATELLO, Idaho, July 23.—At Ban- nock Indian Agency, thirteen miles north of here, those in authority who are ih posses- sion of all the facts obtainable do not be- lieve the trouble in the Jackson Hole coun- try can possibly reach a final settlement now without more shed. The rumors current here last night re- garding depredations of agreturning band of Bannocks and their killing of three white settlers cannot be further confirmed. Not more than fifty Indians have so far re- turned to the immediate vicinity of the agency, and they will not talk. Although it can be positively stated that the rumored danger in this immediate vicin- ity is without foundation, it is confidently believed, from the advices brought daily by the Indian police from the scene of the recent trouble in Nonmhwestern Wyoming, that there will be other clashes there be- tween the Indians and settlers and tough characters in the Jackson Hole country. The Indian police as a rule are Indians firet and police afterwards, and evidently made A report to their brother braves, for almost every able-bodied Bannock has between the return of the police and this time decamped for the scene of the trouble. From the most trusted police it is learned that many of the Indians who were apparently returning to their homes have said they were taking their wives and pappooses home to the res- ervation and then would return to see“ the white men at Jackson’s Hole. These clashes in that region are yearly re- currences, and there seems a determination on both. sides to settle the question as to whether the Indians have a right to hunt in that country regardless of State game laws. The Indians will not ve up their old ground without a struggle and the settlers and the tough characters, far worse than Indians, are determined to give the red men such severe treatment that they will not re- turn next year. The correspondent learned that at least 100 bucks are absent from the reservation, and nearly all their leaves of absence ex- pired some time ago. Agent Teters has begun a thorongh inves- tigation of the trouble and is making a trip 28 the Jackson Hole eauntry on horse - back. He ts expected back ed ‘ and authoritative statements can then secured, although even he cannot foretell just what will be done by the Indians who are plotting a return to their disputed hunt- ing grounds unincumbered by their families. It is the general opinion at the agency that the Bannock braves cannot be brought back without the use of Federal troops. REPORTED MASSACRE. Slaying of 17 Indians in a Canyon by Their White Captors. MARKET LAKE, Idaho, July 23.—On July 18 thirty men left Jackson’s Hole to arrest all Indians breaking the game laws of Wyo- ming. In Hoback Canyon they surprised a camp of seventeen Indians and took them all prisoners, and started with them for Jackson's Hole. In the canyon they tried to escape, and all the Indians were killed excepting one Bepooes, who was brought in- to Jackson’s Hole. Johnson N. Carnes, a squawman, and the oldest settler in Jack- son's Hole, has gone over into Idaho, and says every settier in Jackson's Hole will be butchered. There were 300 Bannock war- riors on Hoback River when Carnes was there, and he says all squaws have been gent away and that the bucks are daily join- ing the main band. Jackson’s Hole settlers are now intrenched, awaiting attack. Un- less the cavalry gets there quick every set- tler between Jackson's Hole and this rail- way station is in danger of massacre. Princeton Party Heard From. NEW YORK, July 23.—Mr. B. Forsythe Little, father of B. Forsythe Little, Jr., one of the party of Princeton students now in Wyoming, received the following dis- tch to-day from Capt. A. 8. Anderson, . 8. A., in command of the troops in Yellowstone Park; FOUNTAIN GBPYSER, Wyo., July 2. Princeton party all right, no trouble Everybody here and perfectly well. A. S. ANDERSON, NEGLECT AT WASHINGTON. No Attention Was Paid to Correspond- ence About the Bannocks. CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 23.—In conver- sation to-day Gov. Richards said he be- lieved the Indian police would be able to ar- rest all the Indians who are now off their reservations, and that if they experienced any difficulty the regulars would be ordered out to assist them. This Indian trouble must be settled quickly,“ said the vernor, “and unless the Washington authorities take decisive action soon, I will make a State matter of it and order out the State troops to arrest all of the roving Indians who are causing the trouble and turn them over to the authorities. I am determined that the Indians shall be made to respect the laws of the State as well as their white neighbors. The authorities at Washington do not seem to understand the situation and are careless in regard to correspondence on the subject. My predecessor, v. Osborn wrote a letter to the Interior Departmen in relation to these Indians killing game last summer. That letter was never an- swered. Neither was the one which I wrote last month. Iam anxiously awaiting the report of Adjutant-General Btitser which should be in by morning at the Jat- 2 PHILADELPHIA'S BIG ScnguB E Her Street Railreads Will Consolidate Under One Management, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July -A great street railroad lidation scheme, resenting under consideration for is now practically oo anies interested are the pendent in thie country: that millions of 4 deal. * 1 a tot * —— ~~ : THE FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRACY Was Laid on the Fight Against National Bank Currency. — ----— f. p. BLAND AT SEDALIA. Before the Missouri Democratic Free Silver Editors He Answers Carlisle's Speech. SEDALIA, Mo., July 23.—If there is a man in Missouri who believes the free silver sen- timent is dying out in the State he should have been here to-day to attend the con- vention of the free silver editors. f Every county is represented either in per- son or by proxy. There is not a city or town of any importance in Missouri that is not represented by from one to five, and the delegations from the rural districts are particularly strong. At Ill o’clock a spe- f \ cial train arrived from Warsaw, bringing retin or 1 Harrison Sees Reed and Goes Him One Better. PRIMARIES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, n Hubers Grove Caucus Plan Adopted by the Democrats. COMMITTEE AGREES QUICKLY Excise Commissioner Bell and Dr. Lutz Have a Passage at Arms Which Ends Without Serious Results. The programme of the Huber’s Grove cau- cus went through, and the Democratic City Central Committee Monday night decided to hold primaries in various wards from 2 to 6 p. m., July 27, to elect delegates to the Pertle Springs convention, August 6. The vote stood 17 to U in favor ot primaries. The meeting was held in the Produce Ex- change Hall, 826 North Fourth street. The committeemen were late in arriving at the place of meeting, and they stragsled in by twos and threes and singly, and stood in groups on the sidewalk. Some sat upon the sidewalk of the exchange like crows along the top rail of a worm fence. All dis- cussed the impending fight on the silver question. Chairman Hugh Brady arrived early, wearing a smile as broad as the man’s in a new moon. He leaned against a hitching post, editating, and occasionally he whacked’ his cane against the curbstone. Thad Harris, who is ot smiling like a man who a at peace all the world, wa han Dr. Prank J@uts, as smooth a product of municipal politics as ever entered it with edical sheepskin, strolled into the rowd late. ; Mr. Guion, “Kid” Sheridan, Ben Brady and a number of thecommittee,came around to see the , the stillness was broken by a d — 7 omy voice, which spoke as follows: let em have a conventi if “ * the doorsill. ate ons on the ve Skidmore, who Was expounding ‘Tes Third Ward philosophy. . — aud was recognised - “Well, this looks like we won't have to * : the conven of the Rall The new arrival wad ¢ ips of the wi Ke —_ to crowd | the emphatic order: Just about this time a man cams through Lae Rb be rr 7 “Well, what I s-a-i-d. Get upstairs!” Skid’s order was promptly obeyed, and everybody stumbled up the dark stairway you heard coal oil lamps in the hall. It was 9 o’clock when Chairman Brady whacked his cane on the desk and called for order. Every ward in the city was repre- sented. Excise Commissioner Nick ll held the Eighth ard; Dr. F. J. Lutz Thomas House of the Twenty- Robert Carroll for John Butler, Nineteenth Ward; Thomas E. Barrett for John Burke, Fourteenth Ward, and John Corcoran for John F. Ryan, Twenty-fourth Ward. Isaac Conran of the First Ward acted as secretary of the meeting. ö It soon became evident that Dr. Luts was to lead the gold forc while Thad Harris was to look after the interests of the free silver men. In the lobby appeared Lieut.- Gov. O’ Meara, Tom — n Brady, Mr. Guion, Attorney Harry H ii, Doug Crothers, Private Secretary of Postmaster Carlisle, and two dozen others. The session was an open one. No sooner had the meeti been called to order and the Secretary had called the roll than Thad Harris fired the first gun by offering a motion that a primary election be held on July 27, between the hours of 2 and 6 p. m., to elect delegates to the State con- vention at Pertle Springs Aug. 6. he gold members of the ttee, knowing they would come out at the little end of the horn in the fight, simply con- tented themselves by attempting to raise complications as to the legality of holding any election at all. The gold men pre- cipitated a’ discussion as to what law the rimaries would be held under. Chairman rady explained that no election governed in this case, and that the primaries would be held under rules and regulations that would be established by the committee. Finally a vote was called on Mr. Rauer’s substitute to have mass-meeti and the motion was lost by a vote of 17 to IL Then a vote was taken on Mr. Harris’ origina] motion to hold primaries on July 27, and it was carried by a vote of 17 to 11. There was loud applause. Free silver had won in a walk poll-books, Th uestion of i. ~ and 2 . 8 rady t this ques meeting to decide..The judges rks pposed to receive no pay in these pri- martes. On motion of Committeeman Fox the com- and found seats beneath the old-fashioned.) DR. HEARNE’S “SIDE OF THE CASE. Depositions in the Libel Suit Re- sumed This Afternoon. ; IMPEACHING MRS. HAYWARD. Prosecuting Attorney Heather Will Be Again Called to the Wit- ness Stand. Special to The Post-Dispatch. HANNIBAL, Mo., July N. Once more the city of Hannibal is animated by the pres- ence of the principals in the Hearne-De Young libel suit. With the exception of Richard Stillwell and his wife all those who have played important parts here are now in town. Judge Hendricks came from Chicago and Col. Nat Dryden from St. Louis this morning. The taking of the depositions for the plaintiff was arranged during the morn- ing for 2 o’clock this afternoon. Deputy Sheriff Wachendorfer was given a numbér of subpoenas to serve on witnesses wanted to-day. They were for Mra. Bu Dr. Hearne’s housekeeper; Mrs. Dr. Allen ecuri Attorney H. Clay Heather, County Clerk omas 8. Hagan, John Patton, A. G. McDaniel, C. J. Lewis and W. 8. Snyder. Mrs. Buggs will be the first witness. Among other things she is expected to im- peach certain portions of Mrs. Susie Hay- ward's testimony. A basis for this was laid in Chi o, where, Mrs. Hayward was asked as to whether she had not told Mrs. that she visited Mrs. Hearne shortly after Stillwell’s murder in order to console her in her — 3 bereavement. — Hayward denied t she had said Heather and Hagan have been served with bpoena d tecum bring before the | is * — signed her statement in me. t is said that she fainted before finishin that it has since been fi 400 people. Such enthusiasm has seldom been witnessed at a convention of any kind in Missouri, and the people of Sedalia have turned out en masse to receive their dis- tinguished visitors. Bands of music are playing and Old Gi floats fypm the flag staffs of the public buildings. Many pri- vate residences are also gaily decorated in honor of the occasion. Among the prominent men present were the following: Gov. Stone nited States Senator F. Cockrell, Hon. Richard P. Bland, State Treasurer L Stephens, State Senator Baskett, Bullard, h B. Stratton, Sedalia Democrat; Switzler, Boonville Democrat; Allen, Boonville Advertiser; Chas. Democrat; 8. G. Tetwiler, ; H. J. Groves, Lexington n as a Clifford Barr, Montrose Democrat; 8. H. wis, St. Francis Herald; J. G. Gallemore, Salisbury Press-Spectator; T. O. Towels, Jefferson City Tribune; W. S. Gallemore, Fayette. Advertiser; Wm. McNamee, St. uis Times; C. Idol, Belton Herald; C. J. Walden, Nevada Mail; H. H. Brooks, Live Stock Champion, Amarillo, Tex.; , 0 Mason, Fayette der; H. T. Burckhart, Windsor Réview; H. B. Bishop, Pleasant Hill Gazette; J. M. McMichael, St. Joseph News; Earl B. Britt, St. Charles Banner; J. K. Pool, Centralia Courier; T. B. White, Warsaw Enterprise; Wm. Hughes, Fayette Democrat-Banner; Everett Pizer Hot Grove Herald, R. 8. Sandidge, Marshall Pro : L. O. Nelson, Bunceton E W. J. Rouse, roe City Democrat; O. W. Bingham, _ y News; Jno. A Hannay. Versallles er; L. R. Monroe, Tipton Times, W. O. I. Jewett, Shelbina Democrat; B. C. Drummond, Wellington Qui Vive; J. C. Patterson, Marshall Democrat-News; H. H. Luce, Higginsville Acme; Ethan Allen, C. F. Cochran, St. Joseph Gazette; Thomas D. Bogie, Richmond Democrat; W. G. M ve, Lexington Intelligencer, J. T. — — Ledanon Rustic; Lon Lather, Lamont Record; Baxter Brown, Warrens- burg - Star. Mayor Hastäin, one of the most prominent Republicans in this part of the State is a member of the Reception Committee, and wore a 16 to 1 free silver button. All of the morning trains on the M., K. & T. and Mis- souri Pacific roads brought great crowds to the city in spite of the threatening weather. It was 10 o'clock when the convention was called to order. Col. Switsler, editor of the Boonville Democrat, acted as temporary chairman. He is the oldest editor in the State, and was Chief of the Bureau of La- bor Statistics under Cleveland’s first ad- ministration. In ming the meeting Col. Switzler announ that Hon. Richard P. Bland would speak in the Auditorium As- ne Park at II o’clock. He then out- lined the pu of the meeting, which was = to — t ** of ae 2 — cratic resent and future. The Dem- ron — stand to-day exactly Democrats from Jefferson to Jackson stood on the currency question.“ d the administration at ashing- ton, the National Executive Committee and the State Central Committee, with Chair- man Maffitt at ite head, are against us. The Democratic editors of the State re cogniszing that were without organi- called this tremen- Judge P Wm. F. James R. H. convention. A Pertle 8 the ch to 1 ratio elicited hearty applause. Officers ed as foll ; tion, P. D. rman; 8. G. Tetwiler, C. J. es T. wand J. K. Pool. Address to the People: Col. W. F. Switsier, McN H. J. Groves, E. B. White, instructed to re rument was en and an at Ae „Stlver Diek land his address at the Auditorium before an Im- concourse of people. ty in Ue “ 1 : 8 eae 7 f * ; es * 7 * as 1 i a om > * at's os eee Sig a fs “ te eye . 0 . Pre As. 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