St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 13, 1897

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¥ INDICATIONS—Fair and warmer. “Only 17 years old; but makes as much money as the average bank president. “His salary and fees easily run up to $20,000 a year. Pretty good for a boy who less than five years ago was diggin’ taters in Texas.” Who he is and how he has done it explained in the next Sunday Post-Dispatch. MANIAC TRIED T0 DO MURDER, Mrs. Christy Burns While Her Husband Was Trying to Strangle Her. HE TURNED a — A POLICEMAN CAME IN AND THE CRAZY MAN DROPPED HIS KNIFE AND SUBMITTED. HE'S AN ESCAPED LUNATIC. re ee ee ee A Quarter of a Century Ago Burns Was Sent to the Penitentiary for Ten Years for Assaulting a Child. Chrisiy Burns served ten vears in the pen- ftentiary at Jefferaon City for an assault on @ 12-year-old chiid twenty-five vears ago. Since then he has been incarcerated five times in the St. Louis Insane Asylum. He escaped June 30. His wife took him in. At 1 o'clock Friday morning he made a desperate effort to murder her and other members of his family. Burns and his wife retired at the usual time Thursday night Mrs. Burns was Sleeping peacefully by her husband's eide. when, shortly after midnight, was waked by a hand at her throat. She opened her eyes, and, as the Jamp was still burn- ing, she saw her hueband sitting erect in the bed. He had his hands around her throat and his strong fingers were fast choking thie life out of her. She tried to ecream, but the clutch on her throat was Such that it was impossible for her to utter @ sound. Burns’ eyes were wild and staring and he hissed into her ears that he was going to kill her, By exerting almost superhuman Strength Mrs. Burns managed to free her- she -_ a eee oe eee — jee se «+ Woke ON THE CHILDREN. THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. VOL. 49, NO. 4. PRICE} le St. Lowis, One Coat. Outside St Louis, Iwo Ceats “People in fashionable life, able to pay good fees, do not marry any more. When they do not have children. It is a sad state of affairs, but it is true. With smaller families the marriage rate in the fashionable world decreases.” Startling expressions from ministers in the next they do Sunday Post-Dispatch. A eee GAS EXPLODED UNDER A CAR, —— — D> — - --- Four Men Badly Burned by an Accident That Has No Precedent. A VICTIM TELLS THE STORY. ——— @——_— THE VOLATILE FLUID JUMPED FORTY FEET TO GET TO A CHARCOAL FIRE. —_——- 9 - — ee THERE WAS A HISSING SOUND. William Shumate, Samuel Hamilton, Louis Hammersmith and Joseph Bauer Tried to Mend a Pull- man Gas Tank. es Four Missouri PacifiC employes are con- fined to their homes as the result of an ac- cident unprecedented in the history of ralil- roading. Each is badly burned about the face and hanes. Wililem Shumate, the worst in- jured, wiil pass through weeks of intense pain before he can work again. He will not be able to take solid food for some time, owing to the blistered condition of his lips and mouth. He will live on soft-boiled eggs and milk administered through a tube. Samue! Hamilton, Louis Hammersmith and Joseph Bauer were also badly burned, though their condition is less serious than Shumate’s. The accident occurred in the passenger yards of the Missouri Pacific at Ewing ave- nue Thursday evening. During the afternoon a telegram reached the shops from Kansas City saying that the gas tank under the Puliman sieep ng car Coyeta had sprung a leak and that the car was on the way to St. Louis for repairs. The !eak had been temporarily caulked at Kansas City, and there was still a quantity of gas in the tank. As a precaution Ham- mersmith opened the exhaus; valve, per- mitting the gas to escape. ‘7 CRAZY CHRISTY BURNS. ne - ee self from the grasp of the madman. She begged for life. While Burns was this tirade Mrs Burns from the bed. She was edg ng Goor, intending to run for help Givined her intentions and sprang toward the window where a large ornamental shell reposed. With al) hia etrength ho huried the shell at his wife just as she darted out of the door. She fel] down stairs. The noise aroused the rest of the family of Seven children They ran screaming into their patents’ room just in time to see Mrs Burne dash out and downh-sitairs HBurtis started afier he r, but his two eldest daughters, Ma: ed 14, and Badie, ag Me 6elzed him } arte and He thook th him and di: the Kitchen. H's 8-year-old daughter, *, HOt Knowing whai had happened, ran him * infuriated man picked her up with hand. He clutched her throat and G her until she was black in the face. i. “pped her and dashed on into te here he p.cked up a long butcher- © 4nd said he would k il all of them. Sry, *houting for her !itile brothers and to run dowh-stalra, blew out darkness she erawled under himself of to slip delivering managed ehiidren he started down the stairs he ran Into! * OFM Of Policeman Burke, Whom Mre = Rad met a block away from her home Seu Gropped hix knife and YR BMioned his arms. The maniac sud- nag me deciiec and went quietiy with er to the Beventh District Station, ~. a0 © he was forwarded te the City toward the | burns | | Hammerem th 'to me thie | the | ie burne chased after the other the police-, Shumate was etanding near the tank with | his tinner’s furnace UNgnted. Before Hammersmith opened the the tank. He ddso. What foliowed is best told in Shumate's language. “When I started to wal away,” he sa‘d “Ham iiton and Hammersmith had crawle out from under the car and were standing near the car. Bauer was still under the car loosening the rivets in the closed end of the tank. The valve from which the gas was escaping was on the west end of the tank and there was a light breeze from the northwest. Carrying my furnace I walked from the car in a southeasterly direction. I was at least forty feet from the car, when | I met an insurance agent named “ ho had be en itn portun ™“ Me to take our an accident policy. I hed + told him I didn’t need a policy, when heard a whiz- zing sound. My furnace was knocked from my hand. I was ‘surrounded by flames. As I turned and ran I saw Hamilton and running from the car. Bauer was crawling from under the car, It seemed his ciothing was on fire. | couldn't seem to get away from the flames which were biistering my face and hands. | fell rg the shop door. Was not unconscious pul , further. Shumate is a horrible sight His ®A Mass Of bDilsters. his lips are white and swollen hile eyes are nearly | eyebrow evelashes and most OF his hal iost of hi: ir ave been burned off. His hana are we a. .moeFt t } \ Vi) oh Uh, S| = ae ~ OR WIZ THE POWER OF PUBLICITY. What Sunlight Did to Hugh Brady’s Indorsements by “Prominent Business Firms.” A MOB FIRED INTO “A CELL. Attempted to Kill Four Prisoners Charged With Murder. 13.—A says DENVER, Colo., Aug. special to the Times from Central City that at ® o'clock th's morning a mob from Russell Gulch, armed and masked, broke into the Central City Jail by effecting an entrance through a door in the rear and demanded the keys of the steel cell from the jailer. In this cell were confined four prisoners held on suspicion of the murder of Alex Goddard. an American miner, who was stabbed during a saloon row with Austrians last Monday night. The mob was after Domin'ic Rohr, be- lieved to be guilty of the murder. The jailer refused to give up the keys, where- upon the mob fired through the bars into the cage. The four prisoners escaped death by hiding beh!nd the mattresses and bed- ding in their cell. The mob, supposing it had killed all four, left the jail. Four lead- ers have been arrested and a strong guard laced about the ja‘l, but further trouble s feared. FILLED UP WITH BUCKSHOT. Kidd Family Under Arrest for Shoot- ing Albert Nybarger. Post-Dispatch. Mo., Aug. Special to the OSCEOLA, 13.—Albert Ny- his home in Washington Township, this county, early on Sunday.. The assassins are unknown, but are supposed to be mem.- bers of the Kidd family, with whom elder Nybarger had t.ouble over stock breaking into a fleld. Noise was heard out- side of the house. Nybarger and his father stepped out to see what was the matter. a load of shot into the young man. hit by buckshot in the hip, but will re- The Kidds have a bad reputation. terrorized the community for y threatened Nybarger at ‘the » stock trouble, hence the sus- | and his wife and one son are at Oscevla. The Kidds live in ’ The preliminary trial is set for Monday. A FENDER SAVED THIS GIRL. | down on Mary Ellen Bower Picked Up by an Easton Avenue Car, } | Mary Ellen Bower, 12 years old, living | j with her parents at 3725 Cozzens avenue, | was picked up by the fender of an Easton | EIGHT CASES OF STARVATION. avenue car at 7 a. m. Friday at Vandeven- ter avenue. | She was crossing the street lelsurely and | paid no attention to the gong of the ap- proaching car until she got in the middle of | the track. Then she saw the car bearing her and was so frightened she could not move. The motorman could not stop the car in time and the fender picked up the girl. She was not injured except for siight bruises about her ankles. She walked home, BLOODHOUNDS TREE A THIEF. ‘Stranger Who Stole Corn Run Down ciosed His, Near Joplin. * , . . rho JOPLIN. Mo., Aug. 13.—A stranger, wh. to give his name, was treed by captured near here He and a sack of the refuses bloodhounds and had been stealing corn, grain was . The thief is n which he took refuge : em ip ail awaiting trial i ey first trial of the ploodhounds, which belong te the Spring City Protective Association. 3, “~* .. te | ; ' i TELEGRAPH OPERATOR BEGINS | j | |against the Illinois Central and Mobile & /a strike. / places and discharged. the» | Iitinois Central. of Telegraph W. C. Southerland discharged Two men rose out of the corn and emptied | He was ' | been able to hold a position since for longer barger, 21 years old, was shot seriously at | CLAIMS BIG DAMAGES; BURGLAR WOUNDED TWICE Richard Odlum Has a Bullet in Each ——__.A A " , found on the ground under the | | who fell to the paveme i: at Ninth avenue ers postponed beginning proceedings in the hope that he would be able to get perman. | ent employment. Attorney Thomas Webb says the proof of the blacklist is conclusive, and he has no doubt of a favorable outcome of the suit. It will be in the nature of a test case. If it is successful a number of other sults wij) probably be brought, as a great many men | were blacklisted after the 186M strike. Rogers is well connecied in Belleville. The Record of the Past Ten Days in) New York City. | Station, ‘turnkey at the Fourth D strict. Christopher (of 206 Olive street. Odlum had gained entrance by | NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Eight starving per- sons have been reported here in the last ten | days. Two of them, {too pr ud tO Deg. have | died of hunger and others have been taken | to hospitals. Here are the worst cases: Nathan Rampel, his wife and two chil- dren were found at thelr home, on Aug. 5, too weak from starvation to move. Mamie McCarthy died of starvation on Aug. 6 in Brooklyn. John George Crook was found on Aug. 8 checks in his pocket, but, could not Bei ij} It) hie had $88 in KNOW Ng no one, Ca Bik Frederick Harper, 13 years old. was taken to Be. le VY We Hospital on AUR. ¥. tasted food for five days. He died iags nicnt The latest case is that of Jacques Robert, and Thir:y-fourth street. He is now in the He had not | hospital of the French Benevolent Society. | Leg. Richard Odlum, with a bullet wound in and a wrist badly cut from shat- tered glass, is a prisoner at the City Hos- pital. He is charged with burglary and lar- .ceny. Private Watchman McIntyre of the Fourth District was in a saloon at Twentieth and Olive streets at 11 o'clock Thursday night, when Odlum entered. He had several boxes of cigars which he offered for sale. The watchman suspected that they were stolen and questioned Odlum. Odlum started out with the watchman close behind. McIntyre caught hold of Odlum, who struck him a blow in the face, knocking him RICHARD ODLUM. ae -_-— = _ — dJown. The watchman drew his pistol and fired twice, both shots taking effect. At the hospital Odlum gave the name of Richard Arnold. He was ident fied iat r ty a detective. Odlum is a brother of W liiam J. Odium, clerk at the Second District Police and of Christopher A. Odltum, & O.vjlum kilied a negro about three years ago. The cigars were stolen from John Lever The boxes were identi- fied by him emashing the glass of the front winiow. In doing so he cut his right wrist badi His condition ts not serious. He eeitivels re- fuses to make any statement, HE RODE HIS NEW BICYCLE. Edward Aldham Tried to Scorch and Was Badly Hurt. Edward Aldham, boss workman in Hamilton-Brown shoe factory, rode his new bicycle early Friday morning Mr. Aldham lives at 161 Pine atreet and | HORSE THIE SKIRTS, — Pretty Brunette Secures a Swell Turnout in Belleville and Fails to Return. OFFICERS ARE THE AUTHORITIES BELIEVE AN ORGANIZED BAND IS AT WORE IN THE COUNTY. MANY RIGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN. This Young Woman Claimed to Be an Actress, and Was Accom panied by a Man Supposed to Be a Crook. —— A handsome woman, with short, curly black hair and wearing @ modish gown, is County. ville last Monday. She has neglected to return the turnout. Sheriff Rhein has been asked to take up the cold trail. Sunday evening a man and a woman 4p- plied at the boarding-house of Mrs. Tim. othy McCarthy, 411 South High street, in Belleville, for lodging. They were travel-stained and tired. Their only baggage was a small satchel. The man said he was a musician. He ex- pected to get employment at the Opera- house garden or with the circus announced to arrive in a few days. They were both fashionably attire?. Mrs, McCarthy thought they looked like theatri- eal people. The woman, who was a beautiful brunette, wore a white sailor hat and a thick black veil. sonville in a buggy. He did not say wh they had done with the rig and Mrs. Me- Carthy did not ask any questions. The ‘couple stayed until Monday afternoon. The woman left right after dinner. The man settled the bill and left at 4 o'clock, saying they might return the next night if he se- cured an engagement. They had told Mrs. McCarthy their names. but she does not remember them. It was about 4 o'clock when the woman applied at-Muren Bros.’ etable for the horse and buggy. She said her name waé Miss Lovat and she was a regular boarder at Mrs. McCarthy's. She wanted to go to Sast St. Louis and would not be back un- til Tuesday even'!ng. Without requiring any security or refer- ences she was given the best turnout in the stable. Inetead of going toward East St. Louis she drove south to Fourth street and turned east. It is supposed the man jo'ned her tn the east end of town. When she did not return on time, the firm made efforts to catch her. Messages were sent in every direction. It was learned that the rie had passed through Lebanon and had been seen be- tween Summerfield and Trenton. At Leb- anon the occupants said they were bound for Vincennes. The authorities all along the line were notified and Frank Muren left Thursday night for Vincennes. Sheriff Rhein was not notified of the theft until Thursday afternoon. He imime- diately put Deputy Herman Barnickol on the case. . Mr. Barnicko!l believes an organized band of horsethieves !s operating In the county. A few weeks ago a horse and buggy were stolen from Haldena’s livery stable by a gan in the same way, and only a short time before that Dr. Vetter’s buggy was driven away from in front of a drug store. There have algo been numerous thefts out in the county. None of the thieves have been caught. The Belleville authorities were notified on Friday afternoon that the rig had been abandoned at Fairfield. She and her com- panion are supposed to be at Ebfield, White County. The authorities there have been no- tified to arrest them. DEFEATED THE PRIMARY PLAN. The Main Issue Before the Virginia Democratic Convention. ROANOKE, Va., Aug. 13.—The primary plan for the selection of United States Convention, was defeated, the opposition of Benator Democratic chiefly through John W. Daniel. THE WEATHER FORECAST. POST-DISPATCH THERMOMETER. (On the sidewalk, In the shade.) | FAIR AND WARMER. the | when he reached Locust street he thought | he would try the speed of his wheel on the asphalt pavement hill at Seventeenth his hat flew off. He let As he scorched down the | loose both handie-bars and grabbed at thie | tile. car tracks. When he regained consc'ousness Aldham living on ‘dewa'k was the « An ambulance took him to the Clty enenary uw he ; lr I iva Th mpson at nt hing and dressing i in hour in etit his Na.t al wounds his wrist knees were raw Mr. Aldham was sent home, and his run. away bicycle was corraliled and returned there also. The wheel struck the Eighteenth street | Dies | There was a bad cut on the chin, | was sprained and his shins and | For St. Loule and vicioity—Pale and varmer Friday night: Saturday probably showers For Mi«sourt—tiemerally fair Friday night and Raturday; possibly showers in the extreme ourta portion Saturday, warmer Friday night. For Illieote—Generally fale Friday night and Maturday;: warmer Friday sight; warmer is the sooth portion Saturday. The river at St. Leuls will coptinue toe fail slowly The bigh pressure has moved eastward. and low pressure covers the West with « marked trough extending from Eastern Culotade aad Nebraska ‘orth ward There were bo rains, except in the Nort) weet ami ettreme Weet Cool wWeatbet costinves, eteept over the terrti- tery covered by the low area. r im the extreme Northwest the barometer ie rising rapidly, accompanied by falliag temger- ature, ee ee eee ee we Rn Eee a > * > Pe a MOP ones « | Senators, the main issue before the Virginia | IN PURSUIT. | THE SON The man said they had come from et a ary would SOW MAY HAVE KILLED HER Another Sad Chapter in the Shocking Tragedy at Peter Hauptmann’s Home. IS ALSO INSANE. MAY HAVE BEEN WILLIAM AND NOT LOUISA WHO CUT MRS. HAUPTMANN’S THROAT. HAD THREATENED HER LIFE. Although William Had Charge of His Crazy Sister, His Mind Was Also Unbalanced—Taken From Home to the Asyiure. Ce ee ee Troubles come thick and fast to the hewsee hold of Peter Hauptmann, the well-known the latest type of horsethief in St. Clair cigar manufacturer. He was called from his place of business She procured a gray horse and a buggy | to his palatial home on Greer avenue ten from Muren Bros.’ livery stable in Belle- | days @go0 to find his aged wife cold in death. her throat cut. Added to the horror , Was the fact that the deed had been done by one of his children The act was charged to his daughter, Loulsa, 2% years of age, who for some time had been demented. It was claimed that the daughter stealth- ily crept up to the parlor sofa, on which her mother was sleeping, and struck the fatal blow with a long, keen-bladed knife. The first one to look upon the scene In the handsomely furnished parlor was Wtl- liam Hauptmann, the 28-year-old son. The mother was gasping her last breath, and William said that she could not speak. The belief was that she had been put to death by her ill-fated daughter. Loutsa. Willlam Hauptmann was committed to the Insane Asylum Friday. The pitiable plight of his mind has raised a doubt as to who was the real author of Mrs. Hauptmann’s death. Was it Louise, or was it William? The condition of young Hauptmann’s mind for six weeks prior to the tragedy raises this doubt. Members of the family had been aware for some time that William's mind was unbal- anced, The father concluded to deal gently and carefully with him, in the hope that the rw op would wear away. He had been at work in his father’s store, but it was de- cided to keep him at home, and in order no? to bring the family's fears too sharply to his own condition, he was told that his sal- be the same if he would stay about the house, keep a watch on Loutsa |and do whatever he found to Interest him. He agreed to this willingly, and seemingly lost all interest in his down-town business. He was most of the time uncommunicative, though when spoken to,answered rationally enough. ; On one occasion, a week or two before his mother’s death, it Is sald, he became fretful about something, flew into a violent rage and told his mother that he tntended to kiil her if she ever interfered with him again. For several days he was morose, scarcely noticed his mother, but In time became more considerate of her. Since his mother’s -death his mind has grown worse. He has never spoken of her 'or of the scene in the parior. lain to members of the family eath of his mother had greatiy- It was that the | affected h / pore, ‘hed «a brief conference to-day; but m. The day after Mrs. Hauptmann was killed William was placed under the oare of an oto who has watched him n‘ght and ay. Peter Hauptmann, in the hope of checkin the malady. called In physicians. but they could do nothing to relieve the youfwig mar, The phvsicane were Drs. L. P. Pollman and Liovd Simpsen. Thureday Health Commles'oner Starkioff and Chief Dispensary Phys'ctan Jordan were sent for, to meet Dra. Simpson and Poliman at the Hauptmann home. They examined Willlam and dec'ded that tt waa best for him to he sent to the Asylum The young man seemed to be fully cog- nizant of what the medical commission was there for and talked rationally. He sald he was w'lling to go to the Asy- lum: that he felt hia mind was not righd and hoped to be cured. Loultsa Hauptmann is atill at her ho under the care of an attendant. She wil be sent to a private sanitarium. Since the death of their mother, she and Wililam have never exchanged a word, and have seldom been permitted in each other's pres- ence. “I do not know who killed mother,” said Mrs. Windsheimer, Friday morning. “Lou sa may have cut her throat and again William may bave done it We do not know ard since the burial of mother no one in the family has spoken about the matter. “Two days before mother was killed Wil came to me and said, ‘I feel an awful pain in my head and I'm sure I'm going iike sister... He meant he was going to crazy like Louisa. “Wl was the one who was with mother when I found her throat cut. He had blood on Him and waa unable to talk All he could do was to cry. He may have killed her and Loutea may have killed her. We do not know.” Charities Hauptmann, brother of the Insane Lout«a and William. eall Friday that he did not know who killed hia mother but he Had always thought Loviea 44 ft, al- was never | though he could give no reason for beilev- ing 20. t! He said that the matter mentioned in the familly. SWORDS TO BE THE WEAPONS. The Count of Turin Anxious to Meet Henry of Orleans. ROME. Aug 13.—The Count of Turin, nephew of King Humbert, who has chal- lenged Prince Henry of Orleans to fight @ duel, left for Italy secretly for that pur- his departure being unknown even to the Commissioner of Police. The Count was accompanied by the Marquis di Ginort and an aide-de-camp. Swords are to have been selected as the weapons to be used in the encounter, PARIS, Aug. 12.—The seconds of Prince Henry of Orleans and Gen. Albertone have they postponed the discussion of the a nom duel between the General and the In consequence of the intarwegsien of Prince Victor Emmanuel, Yay St ; the — over others es Cet ah Sl gg OP,