St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 16, 1896

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5 74 * * 45 t ' || OUR FRIENDS, 1 Everywhere Should | Subscribe for Jirm THE POST-DISPA TCH. “VOL. 48, NO. 99. pao Do Your Shopping This Week With Post FOR MURDERING WIFE AND CHILD. ‘ROBERT W. YouNG Is IN THE fd . HILLSBORO JAIL. THE BODIES WERE BURNED. Charged With a Crime Mysterious as the Stillwell Tragedy and Bru- tal as Duestrow’s. Ex-Gov. Charles P. Johnson was retained Monday as counsel for the defendant in a murder case at Hillsboro, III., that is as sensational as the Stillwell tragedy at Han- nibal. Hillsboro has a population of 3,000, is ‘the capital ef Montgomery County, and is lo- cated on the Big Four Railroad, sixty-six miles northeast of St. Louis. Last Thursday the Grand-jury returned an indictment for murder against Robert W. Young, a prominent and prosperous/ a farmer and business man. Young is 38 years old, and lives near Don- melison Un). a small village of about 800 surprise in the community, as nearly every one there, except Young’s relatives, seems to think him guilty. Many marvel, how- ever, that he should have committed such an atrocious crime. The older residents have known him from boyhood, and had always regarded him as an exemplary c'ti- gen. He never used liquor or tobacco, and was never heard to utter an oath. As @ youth he was fond of the society of women and according to those who claim to know him best, the improper indulgence of this fondness put him in his present ent. Young received a good education and when # years old married Hattie Price, the i8-year-daughter of a prosperous farmer in the neighborhood. The young couple had grown up together and as they seemed devotedly attached to each other, every one prophesied for them a happy future. About @ year after their marriage a son was born whom they named Isaac. One day about six months later, Mrs. Young was suddenly stricken unconscious while in bed. Two days later she died without re- gaining consciousness. The attending phy- sician gave it out that she died of spinal meningitis. Since the recent tragedy there are many who hint that the doctor’s diag- nosis was not correct. Be that as it may no suspicion attached to Young at the time. He appeared to mourn sincerely for his wife, but in about a year he married Sarah H. Nichols, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer at Coffeen, III., four miles from the Young homestead, As before he chose a girl whom he had — —ͤ ́˙ꝗ 222 — THE YOUNG CHILDWZEN. The Third One to the Right Was Murdered With Her Mother. nie White, the 18-year-old daughter of a neighboring farmer. It was not long before Mr. Young’s wife Claimed that she had dscovered enough to warrant her charging her husband with being altogether too familiar with the new servant, and demanded the latter's instant dismissal. Young refused to let the girl go, and, de- spite his wife’s tearful protestations, she remained. . All this time the Youngs had kept their grievances to themselves, and, as far as the outside world was concerned, they were leading a happy life. Besides manag ng his large farm, Young | also conducted a livery stable in Donnel- |, son. He spent a good deal of his time at the latter place; and during his absence his wife and the White woman had many a wordy war. The servant refused to leave, seeming to feel sure of the protection of Young. Mrs. Yourg’s jealousy stead'ly increased. She olaimed that each day her husband's attention toward the girl grew more mar ed. At last she informéd her husband that if he did not at once dismiss the servant she would leave him. This seem to move him. remain. This was about the first of last January. threat did not He said the girl should | | i Mrs. Young took ‘two cc her children and Went to the house of her parents. For the what her married life had been. first time she told her 3 Her fam- ' ' ily advised her to forsake Young forever | and make her home again with them. The same day her brother returned with her to her husband’s home to collect her per- sonal effects. 8 ten miles south of Hillsboro, Clover Leaf road. His father re William J. Young, has lived in that — more than half a century and was one of the early settlers of the co The indictment charges Young with the r Le ‘he n 0d July 8 last, Young’s — . of a mile from Don- was 86 The bodies of his wife were found in the ruins. Both s Her skull off and her body 1 i er known from childhood, she and his first wife having been playmates. His second wife presented him with seven children—all daughters, four of whom, as well as his son by his first wife, are living. During the first seven or eight years of their married life everything seemed to go on smoothly. Then Mrs. Young grew jeal- ous. She claimed that her husband showed too much attention to other women and es- pecially to one of their servants. He denied that there was any founda- tion for her accusation, but she peremptor- ily dismissed the servant in question and engaged another, In @ short time the wife found the same fault with the new servant and she was also discharged and another installed. ve This performance was repeated from time to time. The Youngs could not keep a fe- male servant more than a few weeks. Mrs. | Young charged her husband with paying -too much to them. About two years ao they employed An- Young promised to do better, and persuad- ed her to remain. find another servant. This he failed to do, and, according to his wife, his intimacy with the servant was more apparent than ever. Mrs. Young again took refuge beneath her father’s roof. This was about the mid- dle of April. She remained away from her husband about two months, during which time it is said ‘her husband sent her no word, nei- ther did he make any attempt to see her. Anna White remained as his housekeeper. About the middle of June her love for her husband and. children and the desire to see them again grew so strong that, acting Against the advice and wishes of her fam- Mr. Young, returned to.tbe home she Thad forsaken. Her husband was absent. She had a talk with the White girl which resulted in the latter taking leave of the premises at once and going to her home. When Young came home that evening he and his wife became reconciled. It is claimed that while Young treated his wife kindly and was apparently affectionate foward her, there is abundant proof that he visited Anna White on numerous occasions after she left his house. Apparently everything went on smoothly between Young and his wife up to the time of the tragedy. About 10 o’clock p. m. July 3 flames burst from the roof and windows of the Young home. The neighbors hastened to the res- cue. The first to arrive on the scene were Marion Evans, George Hittle, Frank Go- down and a man namd McKenzie. They claim that when they arrived they found Young standing in the road in front of his house surrounded by four of his children. He was greatly excited and was making no effort to extinguish the fire. It was plain that nothing could be done to eave the prop- erty. Young said his wife and daughter were still ifpthe blazing structure. The men rushed toward the burning house intent on making an effort to save the im- prisoned inmates. They claim that Young erled to them to keep away from the fire, saying that it was too late to render aid and warned them that they would only get burned’ themselves for their pains. The men did not heed his warning, but, sehting a long beam, burst in the window of Mrs, Young’s — — CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE. He promised to dis- charge the White girl as soon as he could | 1 , — fe 75 7 % 74 ihe „ Nae Lip Gos, 5 / Uf, 7 7 7 af . yi ij Myf 2 * 2 ors 4 SOAS 3 e. f a Pr, — Uf, Vj a Uf 77 14 4 if Vii N. | 74 Ye) 00 , 25 iif 1 44 jes WEF 1 21 seit AG | 55 2 75 7 7. ti a Clon Romp: ‘TAKEN — Sy CENZE HAGUE ‘ROSARIG. e . pete LAE “SITVATED — IN A. PIN AR DEL RIO HILLS, WHERE GEN. WEYLER I AN AWFUL DOSE. A Cornell e ee From St. Louis Made to Drink It and Another St. Louisan Was Expelled. Special to the Post-Dispatch. ROCHESTER, N. T., Nov. 16.—A number of St. Louis students at Cornell University engaged with their fellows in a rush Satur- day night which resulted in one of their number, H. W. Blodgett, a sophomore of St. Louis, being expelled on complaint of J. E. Feris, a freshman from the same citys The youths were close friends until the hazing. Ferris was made to drink a mixture of caster oil, cod liver oil, milk and kerosene, He was branded as follows: “O. O. has been milked.“ This was written on all the walks about the campus. President Schur- man is investigating the hazing. This is the first outbreak since the death of a negro woman occurred in 1894 as a re- sult of freshmen trying to drive the soph- omores from their banquet board by means of chlorine gas. The gas suffocated the woman and she died. No one was pun- ished. The Rev. Dr. Holland Recovering. The Rev. Dr. Holland of St. George's Church, who has been confined for some months with a serious illness, is rapidly regaining health. He e Sunday morning in his chancel and addressed his congregation. JANOTHER BI 7 i 4 REALTY SALE CORNER OF TWELFTH AND . SOLD FOR $300,000. W. W. CULVER THE PURCHASER. He Will Erect Thereon at Once a Handsome Eight-Story Retail Business House. Another big deal in St. Louis real estate was closed Monday morning, involving the transfer of what is undoubtedly the most important unimproved corner in the city. Although the amount involved is less than that which passed on the Laclede building site, purchased on Saturday by Mr. James T. Drummond, the ultimate benefit of the present deal to the city will be greater, as it insures the erection of another fine mer- cantile building. The property involved in the transfer is the northeast corner of Twelfth and Olive streets. : For a consideration of $300,000 it passes from the Turner Real Estate Company to W. W. Culver, President of the Wrought Iron Range Company of this city. The deal was engineered by Festus J. Wade of the Anderson-Wade Realty Co. The purchaser, Mr. Culver, had his attention directed to the property some time ago, but are not seri hesitated about closing up with an offer. Wade, and was encouraged thereby, and by the undoubted: ˙ ay ane ween to passed Monday morning, maki . the quickest deals for so imp erty in the history 2 real tically unimproved, as it is cocapled —— * eral dilapidated old rookeries that have for vac cae an eyesore to the neighborhood, price is in itself an indica- | tion of the marked enhancement of values BEEPS 1711 f f a 21 — f 4 take the bu building when have no difficulty in getting a t tween $100,000 and $150,000 will . — on the building, according to its height. No downtown property in is tracting so much attention as that on Twelfth street street. The belief, backed up arguments, is that these streets, ticularly Twelfth street, will ultimately the leading retail thoroughfares of city. The present sale is significant, ing as it does, that this opinion is t fined to real estate dealers but shared in by long-headed investors of Mr. Culver’s stamp. PRISONER ONER SHOT, q 11187 Pertti e Wounded in an Attempt to Him. FARMVILLE, va. Nov. 16. Between 1 and 1 o’clock last night a lynching nee, the ee at Prince Edward ous. Johnso waylaid Price near — etna Sh , | + hoe Toco rk PM 4a 1 7