St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 28, 1897

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The Young Girl Frenzied at Sight of Summer Showers and a Brain Disease Developed. Made mad by the tornado and worked up to a frenzy by the recent threatening weather, Minnie Rose of 2708 Chouteau ave- nue ended her young life with paris green Sunday night. Before the death-dealing storm of May 27, 1896, Minnie was ahappy, care-free girl. One might of horror unbalanced her mind and epened the way for the insidious malady that prompted her to take her life. Bhe took the fatal dose early Sunday morning and died at 1:80 Sunday night. Minnie was a tall, stately blonde, 3 years ‘old, the only daughter of Louis Rose, vice- president of the C. & L. Rose Curing and Cold Storage Co. The Roses’ home was in the very heart of the tornado. The house was almost demolished, and Minnie and her young brother had a nar- row escape. __ for nearly. a.week after the.atorm,.Min- nie, though not = gery injured, hovered between life and death. The fright and terrible ordeal through which she passed developed a hysterical mania which even after the first attack mever deserted her. At times she was the same happy girl her friends had known and admired before the tornado, but as often as she bright- ened and became her old self there would be a reaction and she would lapse again into the depths of melancholy. Change of scene, travel, amusements, all were tried as an offset, but relief at best was only temporary. Two months ago hope was high in the Dreasts of her parents. There was every eign of recovery. The periods of dejection were less frequent and shorter. But one night there came a storm. The Danks of clouds and the rolling thunder awakened all the morbid fear that had been preying on the young girl's mind, That night and the next day she was hysterical. Then she took to her bed— physically and mentally exhausted. Dr. James T. Pirtle was summoned. He pronounced the girl's malady an insidious brain disease. The. fair young patient tm- proved slightly under his care until a week ago, when her old enemies, the clouds, Feared themselves like a bulwark between her and health. Night after night thunder and lightning played, while the sky was overcast with leaden clouds. . The old frenzy seized the girl. In her weakened state she imagined she was pass- ing again through the terrors of the tornado. The shutters of the little bedroom were @arefully drawn to veil from her eyes the ening aapect of the weather, but the very sound of the gathering storm frenzied her. To her the passing of a summer — wind was the pitiless screeching of a gale, She was awake very late Friday night, and when the storm had calmed she turned on her bed of pain and said: “I am so tired of living.”’ She repeated thie remark several times Saturiay. Some time Saturday night she rose from her bed and crept from the house unobserved. She went to a neighboring drug store and wn op Sight cents’ worth of paris green. She orept to her room ass oa geome tealthily as she At 2 o'clock Sunday morning the girl’s father was aroused by groans, He went to the girl's room and found her writhing on her bed in terrible agony. “My God, what have you done, Minnie?” he gaid. “O, I'm eo tired of living,” gaaped the giri. Dr. Joseph Splegelhalter of 2166 Lafayette avenue reached the girl's bedside a few minutes later. The evidences of paris green poisoning were indisputable and when, after a long day of agony the girl died Sunday might, Dr. Splegelhalter refused to fasue a death certificate. He reported the poisoning to the Coroner Monday morning. Deputy Coroner Gast held an inquest and pronounced death due © paris green poisoning, taken with eu!- eda] intent. Members of the family threw @n aGditional air of mystery around the @aee by refusing to give any information. Patrolman Maher of the Seventh District . Went to the house to get material for an official report. After an ineffectua! attempt to enter the house he told a Post-Diapatoh reporter he could not get in because there ‘Was & man standing at the bottom of the staircase Who would not let him go up- stairs. When Deputy Coroner Gast arrived he re- : Give reporters permission te view rs - PRETTY MINNIE ROSE. the body. He held a whispered conference with the dead girl’s brother. Then he went upstairs and viewed the body. When he came downstairs he said: “I can’t Jet anybody go up there, There j are some ladies there and they object.” In deference to these >» sctions Mr. Gast held the inquest in a neighboring plumber's shop. The only witness examined was Louis Rose, the girl's father. He told of the girl’s mental malady and said she had frequently sald she was tired of living. Mr. Rose said his daughter bought the paris green at Otto F. Traubel’s drug store at Jefferson an@ Chouteau avenues. Druggist Traubel was at first communi- cative, then reticent. When asked what he knew of Minnie Rose’s death he seemed greatly surprised. “Is that girl dead?’ he said. “Yes; do you know anything about it?’ “All I know is that I was called out of bed about 3 o'clock Sunday morning to fill a presoription.”’ “Was it an antidote?’ “It might have been so used.”’ “What doctor wrote the prescription?” “I don’t think I can tell you.” “Isn't the prescription on file?” “Yes, but I don’t think there’ was any doctor's signaturt on it.’’ “Do you fill prescriptions without a doc- tor’s signature?”’ “IT have done it.” Later Mr. Traubel said the prescription may have had some kind of an initial on it. He wasn't sure, The reporter told him the Coroner's of- ficial report showed the demented girl had bought the poison at his store. “She may have; I don’t know,” he said. “Do you not keep a poison register?” was asked. *Yes.”* - “Will you show it to me.” “No. It wouldn’t do any good, anyway, as we don't have to record sales of paris green. It is an article of trade sold in paint stores and does not come under the head of poisonous drugs.” Members of the girl’s family say her men- tal malady was the only cause for her sui- cide. Even the neighborhood gossips say there was no rognance interwoven in the young girl's life. WANTED IN ILLINOIS. The Governor of Indiana Asked for Two Fugitives. Special to the Post-Dispatch. BPRINGFIBLD, Ill, June 28.—Gov. Tan- ner issued a requisition upon the Governor of Indiana for the extradition of Firman Rodarme!l and James Fariss, under arrest at Washington, Ind., and wanted at Olne for murder. They are charged with mal- = upon Kate Harms, causing her eath. FELL BETWEEN THE CARS. Stockman Bysfield Injured in a Freight Collision. George E. Byefiel4d, aged 8 years, a stock- man, living at Rocheporte, Mo., was seri- ously Injured in a collision of cattle oars at the foot of Carey avenue, early- Monday morning. wo, 9 of the & N. W. railroad, incharge of Engineer John Metz. was back- ing @ string of c to the stock yards. By afield was on top of the car containing his at At Carey avenue the train ran fn an open switch, A tomer some empty freight cars. The collision threw the stockman between he cars. om e was en_ to the Protest Hospita at 1011 North Eighteenth re 5 Dr. Pe Tupper pronounced him suffering from seri- ous interna] injuries. Tramps Attacked Him With Poison Ivy Ellie Jones of 1416 North Sixteenth called at the Dispensary Monday with a swollen and discolored face, He said he had a fight with some ps near Alton. beat ey him and rub poison tvy into his features. Dr, N mb fixed him with soothing lotions ana gent him bome. SHOT BY A ROBBER. - — MISS BLAIS OF RED ‘BUD, ILL., IS THE VICTIM. SHE IS INJURED SEVERELY. BLOODHOUNDS SENT FOR TO TAKE (HE TRAIL. The Young Lady Subjected to Indigni- ty and Lynching Is Strong- ly Threatened. Special to the Post-Dispatch. RED BUD, IIL, June 2.—Miss Lillian Blais, aged 21, a highly respected young lady of this city, had a terrible experience this morning at 2:30 o’clock with a burglar. She was awakened by a man with a beard or mask, who, after searching her father’s clothes, which were in another room, ap- proached Miss Blais and made an indecent proposal to her, threatening to kill her if she made an outcry. Miss Blais was so terrified that she screamed loudly. The robber then thrust a pistol to her breast and fired, the ball taking effect just above the heart. The burglar escaped. Migs Bials is not ex- pected to recover. Efforts will be made to put bloodhounds on the trail and there will be a lynching if the villain is captured. Several minor rob- beries are also reported. Miss Blais has a large number of friends in St. Louls. At 9 o’clock thie morning Dr. Dinges, as- sisted by Dr. W. J. Seely, succeeded in extracting the bullet from Miss Blais, which was of a 88 callber. This operation gives Miss Blais a better chance for recovery. The city will do all in its power to cap- ture the robbers, as footprints on the prem- ises show that there were two men in tle plot. One man guarded the house while the other entered. The Mayor, N. G. Seibold, telegraphed to Du Quoin, LL, for two b'ood- hounds. which will arrive this afternoon, at once put on the trail, av no pone Ra Rae to cross the path of the rob- rs ( unusual number of tramps ta town yesterday, and it is the general opih- ion that the deed was done by ‘some of these. Two negroes were seen in town last even- eannot be found anywhere this It is supopsed by some that the leaders. ee been notified to arrest all jially the negroes, and per- s can identify the fiend by street Agency of St. a number of years, and was aaepee by all who knew her. She ts the daughter of Hen Blais, who is e miller in the employ of G. Ziebold & Son, and was a great help to her parents, as Mr. Blais has a large family to su rt. ‘She burglars wore large rubber s about number 1, but it mappeses the that number was —“ 0 row their ursuers off the track, ore the to en y hurry they le hook to = the shut s was made out of a ‘ oe morning th rt FAMILY CHANGE FAITH MRS. D. L. PARRISH AND HER CHILDREN BAPTIZED. ee ARE ROMAN CATHOLICS NOW. ARCHBISHOP KAIN ADMINIS- TERED THE SACRAMENT. Unusual Ceremony in the Chapel of the Convent of St. De Chantal. | her daughters, Misses Willle, Louise and Is- y,, abel // } Church is being performed Monday after- , DY. Rev, S. J., of the St. Louis University: Rev. The ceremony of receiving Mrs. D. L. Parrish, her sister, Miss Sallie Cooper, and Parrish, into the Roman Catholic noon at the Convent of Saint de Chantal on Washington boulevard, near Sarah street. Archbishop Kain ig officiating, assisted Frs. Sullivan, 8S. J., and Myles, J.J. McGlynn of St. Rose of Lima's Church, Rev. J. J. Harty of St. Leo’s Church and a number of prominent clergymen. Owing to the size of the convent chapel the ceremony is not public. Aside from the clergy who were in the san®@tuary, only a few of Mrs. Parrish’s intimate friends were in attendance, Mr. Parrish, who is not a Catholic, was an interested spectator. All that is necessary to embrace the Catholic faith ig to profess belief in the tenets of the Nicene creed and receive the sacrament of baptism according to the Catholic rite. The church admits the pos- sibility of baptism by other churches being sufficient to wash away original sin and for that reason in case of adults the sacra- ment is administered conditionally. Fr. Sullivan was sponsor for Mrs. Parrish and Miss Cooper, and two of the Visitation Sisters acted in like capacity for the Misses Parrish. The catechumens, as those preparing to re- ceive the sacrament of baptism are called, removed their hats during the ceremony, but wore instead narrew black veils for head covering. They were attired in ordinary, walking costumes, but. the waists were cut V re ty at the nec oth back and front, to facilitate the admifistration of the sacra- ment The ceremony of baptism is quite elabor- > = ate. altar they were asked | they would promise to live and die in the Catholic and Apostolic faith. ee: affirmatively they gave their baptisma names and the Archbish add them briefly, explaining the nature of the sacra- ment and exhorting them to live as worthy members of the church. He then asked, “What dost thou demand of Christ?” and the candidates answered “Eternal life.” Breathing three times on the face of each he said: “‘Come out of this child, thou evil spirit, and make room for the Holy Ghost.”’ e then laid his hand on each candidate's head and repeated a prayer. Blessing salt he put a little into the mouth of each candidate saying, ‘‘Receive the salt of wisdom.”’ The candidates recited the Apostles’ creed, the Lord’s Prayer, the Arca- bishop again exorcised the evil spirit and moistening the thumb of his right hand with spittle touched the ears and nostrils of the candidates, repeating as touched the right ear the word “ephphata,”’ (be thou opened.) whic of to the man born deaf and dumb. He then annointed each between the shoulders with oll and placing his white stole across the shoulder of each he said: ‘Take this white vesture as a token of the innocency which by God's grace.in this sacrament of bastism its given unto thee, and for a sign whereby thou art admon- ished, so long as thou livest, to give thyself to innocence of living, that after this trans- itory life thou mayset be partaker of life everlasting.”’ The candidates then renounced the devil, with all his works and pomps, then stand- ing due east and west they bowed their heads over the baptizmal font and the Arch- bishop poured water on them three times, saying: “If thou art baptised, I do not re- baptize thee; if thou art not baptized, I baptize thee, in the name of the Father ye of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, men.”’ When the candidates approached the the Archbishop if The ceremony concluded with an exhorta- tion from Archbishop Kalin. After leaving the chapel Mrs. Parrish and Miss Cooper and the Misses Parrish re- ceived the congratulations of the members of the community. Tuesday morning at 7 o’clock mags in the convent chapel the converts will re- ceive holy communion for the. first time from Archbishop Kain and in the after. noon they will receive confirmation with the class of St. Paul at the Apostles’ Church. The conversion of Mrs. Parrish and Mise Cooper was due to her children, who have been pupils of the St. de Chantal Academy, When their father decided to send them there to school Mrs. Parrish objected stren- uously. She afterwards grew so attached to the nuns that she Investigated their beliet and finally embraced it. VICTIM OF FACTS. An Indian Territory Man Gets an Un- fair Deal at Law. D. Applegate of McAlester, I. T., has ap- pealed to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for an order compelling the issuance of a writ of mandamus against Hon. C. B. Kilgore, United States Judge for the South- “ ." . a. . A * \ =~ « ‘ . “ ‘ 5 WS N Wa NX ‘ ‘\ —_ COMMISSIONER {DILLON h Christ made use fense, and the plaintiff's motion for a new rial sverrdled, We appealed to the United tates urt of s of the Indian Terri- ; e states e¢ Government stenog- rapher delayed in making a copy of the evi- dence until within a few days of the ex- piration of the time eye for signing the pers for ap was then in ashington and the papers sent to him for his signature. He refused to sign because they had not been examined by the counsel for the defense. This wholly consumed ti allowed for the a 1. The ple applied tothe Appellate Court The plaintiff of the Territo for a remptory writ of mandamus to be issu compelll Judge ~ueere, to sign the papers, The application was refused. Applegate now asks the Court of Appeals to order this decision reversed and compel the writ to issue. STEBBINS’ BOND FORFEITED. Prominent Member of ’Change on the Paper for Fifteen Hundred Dollars. The bond of Lovell W. Stebbins, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, was declared forfeited in Judge Withrow’s court Monday, Stebbins failing to appear for trial when his case was called. George F. Tower, a prominent hay merchant on on Stebbins’ bond, secured ‘Change, ie the suret which is in the sum o tebbins Is charged with havin something like $2, om J. Broo John- son, the money. lender, two years 5 in’ deal in which Stebbins represented himeel as the agent in a rallway property trans- fer, Stebbins was tried once and sentenced to two years, but secured a new trial. Hie has been missing for several months an the Deputy Sheriffs have been unable to locate him, FINALLY SETTLED. Judge Rassieur Orders a Final Dis- tribution of the Walker Estate. After having been in litigation in the Probate Court for Nineteen years, the estate of Isaac Walker was ordered finally distributed Monday. Mr. Walker died in 1878, and Mr. John G, Priest was appointed executor of the estate. The executor and the heirs could not make a satisfactory settlement, and their disputes finally led to a litigation which has lasted to the present time. The original estate was vaiued at about $50,000, but the larger portion of this was distributed years ago. KAMMERER {i BREAKING DOWN. ll IFULLY NERVOUS OW THE ia WITNESS STAND, 2 He Begged the Examining Attorney to Broker Parle Would Not Throw Any Light on T. S. Teuscher’s Speculations. ol! ap q Depositions in the Mullanphy Bank faflure were resumed before Special Commissioner Daniel Dillon at 11:30 o'clock Monday mofne ing. Louis G.Kammerer, Cashier of the defunct bank, was the first of the Interested parties to make his appearance. His haggard face and nervous manner told plainly of sleep- less nights and mental worry. He sat on a window casement and fanned himself. “I am on time,” he said, in a pitiful tone, Kammerer expected to be the t wit.