St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 17, 1895

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* ellow The 128 o clock *to deli : so thoro * 2 14 ah ong N „ . Et a L. LOUIS— AUGUST 17, 1898. * * 1 Yang * * / - 4 — rs---Over 350,000 People * ill’ Read To-Morrow’s © oe a 2328 : * * — — ~—-DURSTROW MURDER CASE, |“ J VERDICT IN THE — * 89 „ * Little Hope Entertained that the Jury Will Arrive at Any Conclusion. The Celebrated Case Will Probably Have to Be Tried Over Again. Said that the Jury Stands Seven for Con vi- ion and * Five for acquittal. Special to The Post-Dispatch. UNION, Mo., Aug. 17.—The sun was scarce- | hauled Goy. ly up this morning before the court-yard at Union was dotted with anxious waiters for the verdict in the Duestrow case. And the very first comers, too, could hear the voices of the twelve jurymen coming through the open windows as they heatedly argued their positions. As the time passed and the hour for convening court—8 o’clock—approached, it seemed as though half the town and more had come to hear the words which meant o much to Arthur Duestrow. But they were disappointed. To the surprise of the many who have been anxious for a verdict of guilty and to the gratification of the few who hoped for acquittal, no agreement could be reach and this brought hope to the~hearts cf the latter contingent. Event- ual disagreement would to them mean vic- tory. The first report that came out, no one knows whence, made the jury stand 11 to 1 for conviction and the rumor of bribery cropped up Aike a rank weed. Then came the formation that the first ballot stood 7 to 6 and that later three had deserted the cause of Duestrow. But this does not deem to have been true, for it developed later in the meeting that the jury was al- most evenly divided, with both sides stub- born and threatening to fight it to the bit- ter end. Indeed, by 10 o'clock they had ceased to argue the question. From time to time, as the door ned to allow the exit or the entrance of the deputy sheriffe, the men could be seen lying on their couches and playing ecards. Eager ears Hstening be- neath the open windows of the second floor could catch no sound to indicate the di- tee, Jurors. thoughts. the f is firm that no reached to-day, and that probably none u Ce-reached at all. The five men who are said to be standing for Duestrow are Benner, Enloe, Denman, Patterson and Woodey. But, of course, like all juries, no man can tell what they may do. Gov. Johnson and his colleagues are good- naured and hopeful. They sat out on the lawn together telling stories and cracking jokes. only stopping long enough to listen DUESTROW. (From his latest photograph.) the rumors from the guy room. The Rates attorneys are manifestly disappoint- ed. They had hoped for a conviction ere this. Bpecial to The Post-Dispatch. UNION, Mo., Aug. 17.—At 10:15 a. m. the Duestrow jury had not yet come into court. Noisy arguments from the jury room can be heard by the vast crowd that throngs the corridors. Word comes from the jury-room in an un- official way that with the first ballot eleven were for conviction and one for acquittal. It is generally believed that no agreement will be reached. bery jurors. th berate. remained out all night. By day- — Ku. 1 the court- house and began to file into the building. It a crowd gathered about was 7 eager and expectant thron At 8 o’clo ck court was opened with Judge the bench. The attorneys for both were present awaiting the word from jury room. Duestrow was not brought Sheriffs were in readiness him before the bar as soon as the hat a verdict had been as made. It was rumored that the jury stood six for in, but the Deput to escort announcement w acquittal afd six for the death penalty. With the closing of Mr. Zachrits” speech last night came the finale of the Duestrow gaee R 74 gave the rendering of the verdict. ttle ed argument, which caught the wo or three he: mob spirit e verdict Ish ; ie al oF the on sary bac ai 3 on Pad as * * 1 . W bs 1 — . f N FF . } Uy * py x : ve 2 * 7 ‘ I. we, Pie 4 7 a 3 * aah aN i ty Pins ures ee Gow Vive. ‘ae A N ” „ 4 8 45 * qs There is loud talk in the corridors of bri- rer an who out ag hel: majority “of eleven of his ents closed last night at 10:30 Jaa e Hirzel adjourned court until morning and the jury retired Circuit Attorney made a most im- hly that order could not 8 ti th was better to depend on common sense. He Johnson over the coals vigor- ously for his attacks on himseM and his coll es. He was particularly solicitous as to Judge Gallenkamp and Mr. Meriwether Governor claimed, had thrust into the case for notoriety’s sake, willing to attain this end at the cost of blood on their hands. His analysis of the testimony was d from the State’s point of view, the whole speech deserving commendation. But in these final flights of oratory, in this climax of a great legal battle, where clear- cut analysis and logic were necessary for a proper and powerful presentation of the case, the superior experience of the at- CHARLES P. JOHNSON. torneys for the defense told heavily. . Rare- ly, if ever, was their superior n shown in the marshaling of facts or appeals of eloquence than in the case of the defense. Noland, Booth, 4 John- son, one after the other, stood fore that jury and explained with marvelous clear- ness and matchless logic the strength 9f their own position and the weakness of their opponents’. ‘ The argument of J. Wesley Booth on the opening day of the speech-making was 28 masterpiece. Clear, concise, logical, it pealed to the reason of the twelve jurors such a manner that with prejudice elimin- ated and truth granted the witnesses for the defense it made acquittal possible and paved the way for the eloquence to follow. Then came Col. Dryden with an an 8 of the alleged motive and a roration matchless in the tenderness of its exposi- tion, breathing the spirit of mercy, charity and forgiveness; an appeal to the humanity, the Christianity, the 27 of the men who listened. To have heard it and not been moved would have been a confession of heartlessness. Following this came the effort of. Gov. Johnson. This was an appeal to the honor, to the manhood to the Anglo-Saxon spirit of an American jury. Deflant even at times, it called upon these men to coms with him into the breech and stand be- tween his client and the clamorin out the blood of one stricken by the very hand of God. No wonder then when he sat down that many who have for months prayed even that the gallows might claim Duestrow stopped to think; no wonder that tears sprang to the eyes of the jury. Every chord of pity in the human heart had been touched; every brain cell made to seen with thought. And one of the stran thin about this torrent of: magic words wh so touched everyone else, is that no tear dimmed the eye of Arthur Duestrow. No emotion play- ed upon his face. He was as stone, save once when Gov. Johnson told in guage, as an illustration of t murderer of the ghost of Ban at the table before the affright vo rising Macbeth. Then it did seem as though the defendant's eyes were bedimmed, but it was only mo- mie pathetic story of bis own sad blight o sad, — ed life, no plea for y_in his behalf, no terrible ment of his brutal crime or pictare of his death upon the gallows seemed to touch one single emotion in the rt of this man to whom it meant most upon his brain, 5 | When Mr. Zechrits had finished speaking | Arthur vlotlon is secured. rr m " HAD GREENBACKS TO SELL. A Colored Teamster Puts the Police on to a Smooth Counterfeiter. United States officers are scouring the city for a well dressed, medium sized man who offered greenbacks and “queer” dollars and quarters for sale in Monroe Craven's saloon, corner Twelfth and Morgan streets, Friday eo Joseph cDaniels, alias Thomas Meyer, said to be a partner of the mysterious ? gb wed goods man, is in custody, charged wi gin six counterfeit quarters on Georgie th (colored), an-inmate of No. 710 North Twelfth street. It was all through the shrewdness of Charles Brooks (colored), a teamster, that McDaniels was arrested. ks stepped in the yard in the rear of Craven’s saloon and met the unknown white. He also met an invitation to drink beer and started to = on the outside of two gallons of the am- er. Brooks was asked to get more beer and given a queer quarter. 2 dice until he can tell a good coin in edark. He caught on and went in, p for the beer himself. When he came McDaniels wanted to sell him some money and he paid 10 cents for a quarter. He asked him if he had any more and Mc- Daniels called Jun,“ whom he said was his partner. “Jim” wore a plug hat. Jim“ ween backs out a wad of green that made rocks weak in the knees. Ill give you $10 of the stuff for .“ said Im. Brooks said he thought he would buy some and excused himself until he could raise the necessary. He came out and saw Officer Warwick. He showed him the “quarter.” Then he went back and told McDaniels that he had some friends outside who would buy lots of the stuff. But Jim had caught on and skip ‘ McDaniels was arrested. He claimed that he knew nothing about Jim further than that he came from Kansas City. He said Jim gave him the bad money Friday after- noon and told him to sell it. nited States Commissioner Gray held McDaniels in $500 bond: DIBD: FROM. FRIGHT. Peculiar Accident to a Horse Under- going the [mmunizing Process. Philip, one of the horses undergoing the immunizing process at the Poor House, met with an untimely death this morning. The animal took fright at @ passing fire engine, ran to the stable and died almost imme- diately. one of the four horses which toxin, and was nearly immunized. For this reason-his loss to the Health Department can not be measured by his value as horse- fiesh. It will not delay the production of anti-toxin, as the other horses are also near- ly ready, but it means a loss of just so much of the remedy and the time and cost of preparation. hether the toxin treatment weakened the heart, or in any other way predisposed the horse to sudden death from fright has not been ascertai 10 INDICTMENT YET. The Hannibal Graud-Jury Had Not Re- ported at 1 P. M. Special to the Post-Dispatch. HANNIBAL, Mo., Aug. 17.—Judge Roy convened court at II o'clock this morning in order that the Grand-jury might report on the Stillwell murder case. The court-room was filled with representative citizens, who were eager to hear the report. The crowd was kept in expectancy until 12 o'clock, when Judge Roy adjourned court until 1:30 p. m., the Grand-jury having made no re- port at that time. CURRENCY REFORMERS. Meeting in England to Bring About an International Conference. LONDON, Aug. 17.—A meeting of members of Parliament favorable to currency reform was held yesterday. It was presided over by Sir William Henry Houldsworth, M. P. who was one of England's delegates to the Monetary Conference at Brussels. It was decided to agitate an international confer- ence for the purpose of removing or miti- gating the evils resulting from the fluctua- tions growing out of the divergence in the elative values of gold and silver.“ A Par- entary Committee will with that end in view. be organized ESC T PB D LYNCHING. The Colored Assailant of Mrs. in Kentucky. CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 17.—A Lexington, Kxy., special says: Henry Smith, the colored assailant of Mrs, Hudson, was brought be- fore the court to-day and waived ¢xamina- tion. He was taken back to his cell by & back entrance, and so the wrath ot men who had gath to 2 1 5 8 is Hudsen Every man who entered the hearing was searched. talk — an attack on the ' 4 Philip was have Bed injected daily with diphtheritic. — — — ; * 1 5 4 * THE PANTS MAKERS HAVE GONE ON A STRIKE. MISSIONARIES ALSO AT FAULT. Chinese Minister to London on the Recent Outrages. RUFFIANS DID THE WORK. Thinks Chinese Missionaries in England Would Be the Cause ef Some . ae - * NEW YORK, Aug. 17.~A correspondent of the Herald at London has tnterviewed his excellency, Kung Tajen, the Chinese Min- ister plentpotentiary to the courts of Lon- don, Brussels, Paris and Rome. In referring to the recent massacres of the missionaries his. excellency declared that they were on this as on other.occasions mainly the work of ruffians who had availed themselves of the exceptional circum- stances to work mischief and loot property in the confusion which ensued; for instance, at Chen Fu, some worn had thrown some little stones at a mismonary, and when remonstrated with had resisted. The missionary in question laid. hold of one of the boys, dragged him 1 the streets and locked him up in the church or chapel. Great popular excitement. resulted. he crowd stormed the building and in the free fight which followed murder the mission- pon The authorities were promptly ap- pr sed of what was going on and hurried to he scene, but instead of being assisted by the missionaries, the latter upbraided the mandarins and swore they would wreak vengeance, and even laid nde on one of the mandarins. Hence & renewed outbreak of fury and more fatal violéneé. It was not easy to form an im al opinion on this 8 or. matter of missiona in China. It eould, perhaps, best be realized by comparison, in case that might be imagined: If Chinese missionaries were at work in some English industrial center try to convert the natives te their c 0 c- tions’’ might be looked for and would be dif- ficult to avoid. However, leaving analogies aside, the Em- a ect horror of. every ror of China h ind of outrage and had launched three en- ergetic decrees, calling upon the foreign of- fice—the Tsung Li Yamen—to te out the severest punishment to the guilty and he (the Chinese Minister) felt perfectly sure that these outrages wo not occur again. SPAIN'S INTENTIONS, Will Send 25,000 More Men Twenty-Five Ships to Cuba. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.~A special to the Herald from Madrid says that Prime Minis- ter Canovag del Costillo has been inter- viewed by a correspondent. He gave the following account of the forces to be used in putting an end to the conflict in Cuba. By the end of September or the first days of October, when the rainy season is over, an additional 25,000 men Will be landed on the island from Spain. . naval str tor the surveillance 7 — will comprise nineteen + Die tae building’ 0 ahd fit- of forty and c which are being a — already in servicé, 4 total to our by the 28 we * = ’ o the P vative : proceeded en the respon suit — aan Gee ome on 2 ecesso Uestion of i 9 by the cm pag edhe og Se de mediate ayment, to mee : Se funds n t having re- tervention, e — tite course to parliamentary rv SIDEWALK TEMPERATURE. New Post-Dispatch | Thermometer Will Mark Weather as It Is Felt. A gigantic thermometer, eight feet long and a foot wide, adorned the wall of the Commercial Building, in front of Boyd’s gents’ furnishing store, and attracted the attention of the crowds on Olive street this morning. Across the top was this inscription: “Post- Dispatch Official Thermometer.” The ob- ject of the Post-Dispatch in erecting the thermometer was to give the people a correct idea of the temperature as they feel it and not as it is on the top of the high buildings or wind-swept The offi- cial thermometer of the United States Gov- eTament is situated up in the dome of the Federal Building: No matter how hot it be. on the streets, it is bound fo be where the ted heat from to temperature just as the people in and shops experience it. ¢ Pets The thermometer was erected last night just in time to register the most sweltering night of the summer. It was a hot, sticky evening, without a breeze stirring. There must have been terrible suffering in the l- kept. stuffy quarters of the poor. was discomfort enough in the West End, where people sweltered while seated on their clous and newly sprinkled lawns. But what must it have been in the tenement yards, closed in on all sides and cro thick with humanity? But to back to the thermometer. A. 8. Aloe & Co.,.the makers, claim that the largest thermometer in the Uni tates. It is eight feet over all and the ube is six feet * The instru t was three months in making and was 4 tedious job. All that the maker of a thermometer know to start on, is that freezing point is 82 deg. and boiling point 212. He fixes these two places on the tube and then marks in the graduated spaces between. The bigger the thermometer the more difficult it Is to do this with scientific accuracy. Six tubes were destroyed before the Aloes wou let the instrument out of their house with a guarantee of its correctness. tubes are expensive, for they have to be of glass seasoned and boiled for ten years. Now that the Post-Dispatch thermometer is up the readings given will be the side- walk temperature. In New York and Chi- cago the United States Signal Service ther- mometers are on the sidewalks in front of stores in the busiest part of the town. The Post-Dispatch thermometer -will do the same service for St. is. This is the longest spell of hot weather experienced here this summer. For the past nine days the mercury has bobbed ast the 90 mark, and it is all because a w barometer area has settled St. Louis. This area has also afi cago. A warm south wind is d lake breeze the other way, t cagoans are having a tough time of it: Dr. Frankenfield is not in the city at ent, but he has an enth tic assis who made his first prediction Sat „ It was a little late coming. At noon he f covered that a high barometer area in the northwest was moving this way, and pre- dicted its arrival here Sunday 8 Saturday was the warmest day o — * week, the 92 mark being reached. At cago, Pittsburg, New York and Galves- ton the mercury reached from two to degrees above this. It will be Sich cooler Sunday. . Following are the local readings: N A. m.... „ „„ „ A. sds. S Ga. 1 P. . . „ 6 „„ 1141415 P. . A Promise of Cooler Temperature by Sunday Evening. The weather forecast is: For St. Louis and vicinity—Fair Saturday night and Sunday. Probably cooler by Sunday evening. For Illinois—Fair to-night and Sunday: 2 y cooler, or Missouri—Patr, cooler to-night. Fair ds. Sun a 2 Arkansas—Generally ‘fair; north west res- pres 4 76) 11 a. rene . | mak N He did, and counterfeit ALL WAS. NOT HARMONIOUS. The 8 an’s Park Pow-Wow ound Up With a Fight. Park Thursday night, at which all the Re- publican League Clubs in the Eleventh Congressiorial District were represented, closed with an episode that was not in the t of harmony. William Joseph, @& man, holding a job in the street department, came to the conclusion it was altogeher too unharmonious and left in a rather conventional manner with a f jomebody appointees. bridge and his gang were J weer By! the running the party — w pounds, a Joseph says, knocked’ him down, and when he regained his feet he left on a dead run with a crowd in hot pursuit. Julius Leh- man, member of the Lower House, the chase. If they had captured Joseph he * have been roughly handled. a tch er Joseph ce. He tted and added that he would have to stand his ground with all of hoodlums after him. He de- bes the encounter thus: “I was es mn a crowd when Leh- admin man weighing about 2 terrific ang, over the ; — he own. When I got up an my t whole gang started after ort ran. I have been a fool not to. They're a lums, and are mad because they didn’t et office.”” . . A member of the House of Delegates said it looked like old, times to see them mixing up that way. NIPPED THE WHOLE GANG. Four Men Arrested for Attempting to Counterfeit Children’s Car Tickets. George O. Vaughn of 2008 Geyer avenue, a motorman on the Union Depot Line, was arrested Saturday by Detectives Badger and Frese at Sixth and W on a He is charged with 2 heme . the Un e agroo, another mr of the 2 Ben a also an and „ who will him to that city to answer to a sim- ilar charge. Vaughn says he was led into the scheme b who came to him about a and asked him if he wanted to unfolded a to the plates used in prin roatl’s children’s tickets, — Print the tickets after the were man- ufactured, month Dagroo and Kaufman were arrested noon by Detectives McGrath and — FIVE ITALIANS KILLED, Sunday Post- The big political powwow at Sportsman's ol ae ae — 7 a lot —4 hoodlums. At this venue. lon’ Depot Inne ting children’ 1 NEW WITNESSES Two Men Say They Saw Durrant Near the Church. ONE ACQUAINTED WITH HIM. The Neighbors of Mrs. Leake Doubt Her Story Fastening the Crime on Durrant. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 17.—The statement of Mrs. Caroline Leake that she saw Theodore Durrant and Blanche Lamont enter Emanuel Baptist Church on April 3, a few minutes before Miss Lamont is sup- posed to have been murdered, has broken the ice, and two more witnesses have come forward who say they saw Durrant and the girl in the vicinity of the church at the ut 4p. m. same time—abo One of the new witnesses is John Rush, is to the effect that the man whose com- A later, when the news of the from his companion of ril 3. 228 — that their information * to night : day. CAUGHT IN THE ACT. Charles White Was Detected Ni os Er [oe Se ~ COME FORWARD, ing a secret, he was strol- . w tive. The men hesitated for some time about *. 4 * Ry + nal Aa, be