St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 16, 1897

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ra —_ _ ‘own homes by th’s method. : Superior, Light rains contineed on ” = SS . " . = en : : * , ¥. 4 7 Bos (COM M REPURTS.) DO YOU WANT TO LE TO 10° A St. Louisan Has the He Tells All About It For Readers of the Next SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH Secret and é THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES, , CIRCULATION SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1897, 124,364. and ee Ste hal ¥e : — y oe ) oa - ai a. nae ws Yo f *. Le 7 y * 4 - ‘ 4 . a * 2 she (CUMPLETE MAankeT RePURi ay VOL. 49, NO. 129. THURSDAY EVENING— ST. LOUIS—DECEMBER 16, 1897. -_ PRICE} Outside St. Louis, Two Centa St. Louls, One Cent. > Pl > = = *- - = =F =F F © 4 ® —— ae —_———_ ne : "MY PRETTY © MAID "KIND MR, One SAID Mrs. Krite Saved Her Money by a Tearful Plea. MANY DOLLARS IN POCKET. -_—- a SHE SAID “OH DEAR” TO THE HIGHWAYMAN AND TOLD A PITIFUL STORY. THE ROBBER WALKED AWAY. She’s Sorry the Story Is Told the Pub- lic, For It Will Spoil Other Wom- en’s Chances for Doing the Same Thing. Strong men have been tackled by foot- pads, and when the strong men have given up their valuables without a murmur they have afterwards assured their friends that they did a bra'ny thing. A man’s a fool to resist a highwayman who ig armed and ready to add murder to robbery, they would tell their friends. Stronger men have been tackled by foot- pads and resisted, and they have usually got the worst of it. Now comes a iittle, black-haired’ woman with the ways of an ingenue and a childish tremor in her pleasant voice, who has done what strong men never had the nerve to do when it came to a show-down w:-th a husky bandit. She has introduced the in- fluence of intellect over vicious instinct Mm the matter of these little transactions of the road and she has come out victorious. The little black-haired woman is Mrs. A. H. Krite, 1312 North Grand avenue. When Mrs. Krite met a villianous-looking robber .@he reasoned with him, answered his ques- ' tions promptly, like the good little girl in the Sunday-school class, and by so doing, it must be admitted, she knocked a blow- hole into the argument that honesty js al-| ways the best pol-cy. Se Mrs. Krite was not honest with her high- wayman. She deliberately told him a so, ~—@queesed. a few tears out of her big gray eyes, bul she saved the silver dollars waicn cinked mockingly in the loose pocket of her skirt. Mrs. Krite assists her husband in the operation of a confectionery and a fiorists’’ business at 1812 North Grand avenue. She received anh order for some fiowers for a tuneral and she had to go to the green house eariy in the morning. It was rain- ing, and@there was a long trip ahead of her to the green houses on Natural Bridge road. She was walking along North Mar- ket street, between spring and Prairie avenues, hurrying to the Northern Central car barns to catch t first car out that morning. As she crossed the alley near St. Teresa's Church a tall, evil-visaged man stepped forth and seized Mrs. Krite by the arm. Other women would have fainted. Some . would ave yelled murder and been choked for their pains. Not so Mrs. Krite She hung her head as if she were embarrassed and gaid: “Oh, sir, how you have frightened me.” Po samen g are you going?’ growled the ruf- an “To the doctor's, air. My mother is ill. I pray you do not detain me, sir.’ “How much money have you? to me quick.” Unlike other women, Mrs. Krite does not o about with her purse stuck out before 1er in her hand, tempting thieves. She was, therefore, enabled to hold out both palms and say: “l have no money, sir. My mother is so ill I never thought of money.’’ Just the same, there were some silver dol- ‘jars and a roll of bills in the pocket of her mackintosh. It was fortunate that Mrs. . Krite ig so girilish in appearance as to jus- tify the sick mether and dutiful young daughter dodge. The highwayman growled. He didn't - Wipe his eyes on his coat sleeve and remem- ber that he had a sick mother once. as ro- mantic highwaymen sometimes do. He pushed Mrs. Krite away, and said some- thing im a tone of disappointment and dis- | gust which Mrs. Krite positively refuses to the alley, and cenghey =P ‘ er added weight of Uncle m's silver rattling and flapping about her knees, sped up the street to the car barns. She caught her car, transacted her business at the green-house, and never said ‘“‘beo”’ about her adventure unti] she returned to | the shop and told Krite, in a matter of fact way, that he was lucky to -have her al.ve She didn’t mean it that way, but she cer- Give it hen he disap Mrs. Krite, with DISAPPEARING POLICEMA GULLET FouND FLOATING ON THE CHICAGO RIVER, ——_-_ J\ (F] CHICAGO POLICEMAN In Chicago an embargo has of late been put on crime, They’ve a Vigilance Committee in that city at this time; : The citizens are arming, ._ For the thugs are so alarming ' That the Windy Town they’re harm- ing : More than e’er did dirt or grime. WA { GPA. 3 ere beg? aS is if ee ) fragt Hai a eee TE plage i he ee “ B Be OG eee Mie Wi Tee ly : ; : ate 6.2% if P : > ai * . vy “4 ie ' Pep CON caattate ee CO 4 i re f ij , A CHIC - - His brass knuckles each cit buckles on his fist so red and rough, And he gets out his old bludgeon in high dudgeon at the tough; Sure such valiant vigilantes Would have tickled old Cervantes, For they all put up their antes With the biggest kind of bluff. > a: 4 ‘ TS pe . "os ite- 5 gf od Se ee => — ee |) TR. FE Rt ; rs Ja — - ~ a . + : ag ' ae: ¥ r 7 - P a THE CHICAGO VIGILANTES. COATS FOaK SALE Sy eo +b ; : cee & i rm ’ ; Mei Sait Siete, a Te ) ’ - ; 7 2 Bey Talay ee H : j ° St, S34 “— ‘ yo a7i* hm. i a ' P| ‘ J Y va Yizr; GH BULLET PRAOOF , so bity gh ' arta 4 ar! aul: Pas ib tas 5 tht phage a te. © er ED tL " AGO G — ITILEMS GOING BUSINESS, Let courts slumber, fn the number of these nien not one will flinch As they drag up all who pillage in the village to"Judge Lynch, And they’llsimply raise Old Harry With ajshotgun charivari Until on-all toughs who tarry In Chicago they've a cinch. While revolvers are the solvers of the riddle crooks propound, 'Tis small wonder if a blunder puts cits underneath the ground. But if they fall in a duel, Tho’ it seems a trifle cruel, They will make the best gas fuel In the next place they are found. MKINL QVER THE PEOPLE'S PROTESTS APPOINTS MKEHNA, “ a ; ! WS nS ” . 7 Pe : f y JOSEPH M’KENNA. Strong Remonstrances Are on May Not Be Confirmed by the Senate. The Pet of Plutocrats Given a Seat on the Supreme Bench. FRIEND OF THE TRUSTS. File at Washington and He EE) tainly spoke the truth. Any husban ‘ith | such a plucky, quick-witted diplomer mat wife is in rare luck. ™ “I don't know how of a sick mother,"’ she told her story porter, . “Scared! No, only those miserable s{lver dollars rattling and spoil my yarn “I'm sorry this thing's Q print. It will probab! er gag for other a) think | Krite as Dispatch re- | I was afra‘d |} Would ae) to | I happened t gkurgled Mrs, to a Post- Ging to get into | y spoil the sick ey women," moth | FOOD BASKETS FOR THE POOR, Rev. M. B. Gott Will Give a Novel Christmas Dinner. we Rev. M. B. Gott, pastor of the Union Mis- sion, 1432 Franklin avenue, is preparing to furnish the poor with Christmas dinners, M esionaries canvass the districts and sat- isfy themselves who are worthy and needy. Baskets of provisions will then be sent to | such as the missionaries recommend. Last year 60 persons were fed in thetr | Mr. Gott says he will feed many more this year. . THE WEATHER FORECAST. | PARTLY CLOUDY—COLDER. a en ee | : For St. Lous and vicinity: Partly cloudy and colder Thurtaday night; Friday, fair and continued cold. For Missourl—Pair Thursday night and Fri- Gay; coider in the east portion Thursday night. For llliinole—PFair Thutaday night and Friday; colder Thursday night; much colder in the south portion Thureday night; colder in the extreme south portion Friday night. There were light local snowa in all the States west of the Mississippi River, and also om Lake p the North pe cee Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16.—President McKinley to-day sent to the Senate the nomination of Joseph McKenna, the present Attorney-General, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, to fill the seat on the bench made vacant by the retirement of | Stephen J. Fieid. . Ever since the suggestion of McKenna@ for this post, strong protests have been made against his selection. These protests are based upon his unfitness for the place, be- j qualifications as a ju- for the reason of his in the hands of cor- cause of his lack of rist, and especially well-known pliancy porations and trusts. Most of these protests, strength to the'r allegations, come from the Pacific coast, where McKenna is best known. In California he is regarded as the pet of piutocrats, which lends It is known that a strong fight will be made against his confirmation by the Sen- ate. Other nominations to-day were: Carles G. Dawes of Illinois, to be Comp troller of the Currency. John W. Nesbit of Pennsylvana, Pension Agent at Pittsburg. Court of Private Land Claims—Joseph R. Reed of Iowa, to be Chief Justice; William W. Musray of Tennessee,’Thomas C. Fuller of North Carolina, Henry C, Stuss af Kan- to be sas and Wilbur F. Stone of Colorado, to be Associate Justices; reappointments, their times expiring Dec. 31, 1897. DUEL Wilh | ~ BURGLAR, ee Two Bullets Whizzed Through Orville Cale’s Sleeve. FUSILLADE IN THE WEST END. SEVENTH ATTACK BY ROBBERS ON THE HOME OF GEORGE W. CALE SINCE MARCH. THE POLICE FORCE CENSURED. Blue Coat, Who Responded Fifteen Minutes After tue Shooting, Was So Drunk He Couldn’t Understand Anything. Burglars seem to make a specialty of freight traffic manager of the St. Louis «& San Francisco Railroad, at 3047 Magnolia terrace, Within the past two weeks the place has twice been broken into and since March 5 Lewis Mills, attorney of the United States for the Southern district of Iowa. Robert V. Cozler, attorney of the United ee States for the District of Icaho. Henry C. Dockef¥, Marshal.of the United | States for the Eastern district of North | ’ Carolina. The President also sent in a large num- ber of appointments, which were made dur- ng the recess of the Senate and which have heretofore been announced. The question of hts confirmation fs likely to occupy the Senate for many weeks. The President, it is said, is determined to stand by his Attorney General to the end of the fight. He will insist that Mr. McKenna con. tinue as Attorney General until the Senate | confirms his nomination as Associate Jus- tice. —_—--— & ——- PROTEST AGAINST M'KENNA Lawyers of Seattle “Send a Remon. strance to Washington. Special to the Post-Dispatch. SEATTLE, Waéeh., Dec. 16.~The Kin#'s County lawyers have sent a remonstrance against the confirmation of Joseph McKen- na as Aesociate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. It criticises his legal ab/‘l- ity, but does not question his pereonal hon- esty, It is signed by Republicans and Dem- —_— f last seven attempts have been made by burglars to loot the premises. The last attempt was Tuesday night and it was aitended with a series of thrilling events, The burglar was not caught. Or- ville H, Cale, 18 years oid, made a valliant effort to catch him and came within an inch of being killed. Two of the bullets from the burglar’s pistol ploughed through his coat sleeve At 9:30 o'clock Tuesday night Orville and his 19-year-old brother, Dutro. C, Cale, were sitting in a room adjoining the kitchen. They heard a noise as if some one was cross- ing the kitchen floor cautiously. They ran into the room in time to see gq man leap out of the back door. Orville had a revolver in his pocket and hastily drew it. Dutro was unarmed and ran upstairs for his pistol. Orville fol- lowed the man across the back yard and attempted to shoot, but his weapon missed fire. He did not give up the chase and overtook his man near the barn in the northwest corner Of the lot, The robber drew his revolver and point- ing it at Orville commanded him to throw up his hands, The young man thrust his pistol forward and again it missed fire. The robber, realizing that he must fight, shoved the pistol almost in Orville’s face and fired. The brave boy threw up his arm to protect his head and two bullets fired in rapid succession from the robber’s revolver ploughed their way coat sieeve, grazing his arm his head not more than ap inch. Then the robber vaulted the fence and running through & Vacant Jor at the rear of the house Was lost In the darkness Meantime Dutro had returned to the soene. e had his revolver ang springing to the fence, he fired four shorts at the retreating burglar. Their @rner aroused by the shots, ran to their ut Was too — A. 8S. Cole to a Post-Dispatch reporter, “before we aroused anyone. Then a pri- Vate watchman came along. We told him of our experience and he beat the pave- ment ten minutes before a policeman came. Vhen.he did come he was so drunk he could not understand what had occurred. He wrote a report that was so unintelli- gible when it reached the police station it could not be understood and another officer Was sent to find out what really occurred.” Then Mr. Cale detailed to the reporter the account of Tuesday night’s experience. “I do not like to talk about these un- pleasant experiences,’’ continued Mr. Cale, “and would not if the police would make some effort to give us adequate protec- tion. Seven times since the fifth of last March, and twice within two weeks, has our house been visited by burglars. If the police have. made any efforts to apprehend the burglars I do not know of it. Orville H. Cale had one of the most thrilling experiences on record with burg- lars at his home last March. Thieves en- tered the house two weeks before and were seen running through the back yard with a sack filled with plunder. Orvile, who was then 17, saw them. He did not hesitate, and drawing his revolver went after them. He fired twice. The robbers dropped their plunder, which consisted of silverware, ete., and escaped. That th attested the following note which was found pinned on the stable door a few days later: Dear Orval: day night. do, look out for your akull, We know you shot us that Sun- We are coming back, and when we Yours ces 18 It wag on the night of March’ BS that the burgiars who had been wounded by Orville ville and his brother, Dutro, were éitting in the house when Orville thought he heard the dogs in the siable stirring aboot. late to be of any cog eto os in time to witness the ems burglar. He, too, Was armed arn) fired umber of shots in the hope e¢ attracting ocrt’'s alike. ‘ it attention of the police, . At least Ove utes olapes ” seid Mr: was about 10 o'clock and he started out,to see what wage the matter. He was whist- ‘ling when he entered the stable and was breaking into the home of George W. Cale, | nor suspecting trouble. Two men sprang upon h'm and dealt him a stunning blow on the head with a club. The boy had no time to ery out for help. The blow rendered him unconsclous. When he regained his senses and recalled what had happened he found himself bound hand and foot. QUEL WITH A NEWFOUNDLAND J. F. Devol Fights for His Life Near a Tobacco Factory. | | J. F. Devol of 4262 Norfolk avenue, en- gineer for the American Tobacco factory, had a street duel with a vicious Newfound- land dog Thursday morning, in which the dog was left dead on the field. Devol was on his way to work. Crossing the alley near the factory the dog sprang at him and planted jts teeth in the caif of" Devol’s leg. Devol knocked the dog off, but it carne back more furious than ever, snap- ping and tearing at Devol’s clothing. Devol, seeing that the dog meant a battle to the death, pulled his pistol and while thé vicious beast had its teeth in his fiesh fired a bullet into its brain. The dog joosened its grip and with one whining moan rolled over dead. Devol went to the City Dispenrary, where Dr. Thompson cauterized the dog bites, which were quite severe. ARCHBISHOP. KAIN. Among the Notable Arrivals at New York From Abroad. Dec. NEW YORK, 16.-—-Among the paa- Fen Withelm II., from Genoa, were former Vice-President A. E. Stevenson and Mrs. Stevenson of Bloomington, IL; the Rev. Dr. C. A. Briggs of Union Theological Seminary, New York, and Archbishop Kain | young man’s aim was g£00d was | and left the note of warning, returned, Or- | Led ito St. Louls six months ago. gers arriving here to-day on the Kaiser | — | ONE OF BURGLAR CLOHAM'S TOOLS WAS A BLUE BOOK, College Graduate, Who Turned Robber, Tells How He Located the Homes of St. Louis Millionaires and How He Acted Within the Residences. OLDHAM’S WEALTHY VICTIMS. J.C. Allen, 6 Forest Park terrace. William F. Nolker, 4504 Lindell boulevard. John D. Perry, 12 Vandeventer place. PPODOD OO PoPoPoGododreodeocre John B. Shepley, 50 Vandeventer place. R. B. Whittemore, 68 Vandeven- @ ter place. L. M. Rumsey, 3536 Morgan street. Nichalas Scharff, 3535 Pine street. Fs SPO Poee OOP OOoo ee Popes > It Is Easy to Rob a St. Louis House, Says Oldham, for the Police and Watchmen Keep the Crooks Informed by Rapping on the Pavement—He Relates Why He Embarked in Crime. James Oldham, alias Noland, college graduate and West End burglar, has been transferred from the Four Courts holdover to the jail. It is hi’ intention to plead guilty and throw himself upon the mercy of the court. | _He says that he fobbed the homes of none but millionaires, Oldham was born/ in Ireland and is 32 years of age. Most of his life, since he reached man’s estate, has been passed in prison. He wag sent from Boston for ‘three and a half years for forgery and soon after being released went again for ten years on a charge of burglary. “It is ail because of the way I was raised,” said Oidham to a Post-Dispatch reporter. “When I was a boy, living with my father and mother in Dublin, I had all the money I could spend and everything I wanted. J was sent to the public schools and afterwards to the celebrated Jesuit College at Cedarhurst, England. At 18 years of age I returned to Ireland Bad got into bad company. It was the old story of drink, gambling and women. I was head over heels in debt; but-was paid out by my father. “Instead of turning over a new leaf I went the same old pace. Again and again did iny | father pay me out, and the last time we _quarreled I asked him for one more chance —a chance in America. He gave me £100, | and k came to this country. Boston was ; my objective point. There i had a distant | resative, the general manager of a big rail- road. Insieaa of going to Besten I went to the Saratoga races. In a few weeks my money was gone, all lost on the paces. Then i'l went to Boston, “In the offices of the Northern Pacific | Railroad I received a salary of $75 per montn. | with my gambling and exiravagant ideas | this was not a drop to the bucket. | forged | the ._paymaster’s name to a check for 980U ,and got the money. I was eentenced to three and one-half yeara in the Massachu- setts State prison, and served all my time but dat allowed for good behavior. “In prison I met a crook named Shanna- han, and when I got out | met this man in Bosi®. We were both broke. He proposed a job, but I held off. He said I had noth- ing to do but wait outside and keep a ‘watch, 60 | went with him. We got a good ‘stake from the stuff we got, and several more jobs followed. “I was arrested the same way I was in St. Louis, not by the vigilance of the po- lice or in the house I was robbing, but as a suspect on the street. I was going home with a bundle under my arm. A som Bn te stopped me and saw | was carrying silver- ware. When I was tried the fact that I ‘was just out of prison was against me. 1 got ten years. “With the money I earned in prison and a ticket furnished me by the State I came I had learned ithe trade of shoemaking in prison, and famong new peop.e, where my past history }was not known, I Intended to lead a new ife. ‘IT got employment in the Hamilton- | Brown shdéde factory, but the dull season ; came on and I was laid off. In a few weeks, my Money Was goue. My boarding house keeper locked the door on me. Hun- ~—- — ~—_— -—— oe gry and without money it was still my in« tention to be honest. ° “While sleeping on the Court-house steps a hobo stole my hat and shoes. I t my good coat and vést for old ones and a pair of shoes. “Then I went back to crime, forced by | and hunger. “In St. Loui knew that the rich men lived west of @rand avenue, and it not the homes of the poor I was after. Reading the papers made me familiar with the names of the millionaires of St. Louls, and a lust year’s Blue bought for a quarter located their homes for me. “At these houses I never went up stairs. Rich people sleep up stairs. and on the lower floor it is safe work, The silverware was what I was after. Bric-a-brac, pic- tures. and werks of art E.det- alone. was no way to dispose of stuf. silver could be maoted and I had a man who would buy all I brought him. “In a-‘house at night, a burglar can gen- erally tell the way the land lays. When I heard no snoring or loud breathing u stairs I knew that doors were closed, an it would be dangerous opening them. “Only in one case did I ever go into the sleeping rooms, and that was at the home of Mr. Allen. As soon as I got in the house I could hear a man’s snores. I knew that man was sound asleep, and that the door leading to his room was wide open. I went up to the room and found the game was an easy one. His clothing was on a chair about six feet inside t door, and I had no trouble in getting his coat, vest and trousers. “It Is my experience that there ts little senqet in bungling, especially here tn St. Louls. Watchmen for the homes of mil- lionaires and the police are fond of rap- ping their. clubs or sticks on the stone pave. ments and walks, Il presume to let the peo- ple ins'de know they are outside. This is always a good cue to a burglar. All he has to do is to wait until the nolse passes down the street. “Inside the houses there Is little danger. While I was in Mr. Perry's house he came down into the dining room for a drink of water. There was no light in the room and he didn’t see me. gots out of the house, ouse without kbowing it from the out- side and leaving a window open in case I had to escape in a hurry. I never carried a nistol or other weapon. “Silverware, forks and spoons, is easily dienosed of when a burglar first gets onto a fence. By the manner of the jewe or dealer we can always tell whether a visit there would be advisable. Lipman Epstein, th® Franklin avenue jeweler, readily bought my first offerin half a dozen silver spoons, and I then knew he was all right and was the man I wanted, Then I had no hesitation in going to him and diaposing of the stuff. At Mr. Rumsey’s house I saw a watch- man prowling around. I saw him try the windows of the various houses on his beat. I had no intention ef being caught in the “a house, When I went through the window I cut the cords... By tying these e to- gether the window was made to appear locked. While I was In. .the house t watchman made another round. He ¢ the window through which I had entered. It appeared to be locked and he passed.on, Then I continued my search for the allver. “I suppose I am good for a te in prison. The reformation of a thief is harder than most people believe.” CAT'S DIAMOND EARRINGS Mrs. Anita Comfort Originates a New Fashion tor Felines. Anita Comfort of 3709 Westminster Mrs. pet cat, which she has decorated in a novel Manner. Some months ago M 7 re. Comfor with ears pierced through which little taa- sela were tied. place is the proud possessor of a big. black ! i , Was in San Francisco and there saw a cat | of St. Leu The idea gtruck Mrs. Coanfort as a good = one, and when she returned home she had the ears of her tt plerced. Instead of tassels she has placed em diamond screw earrings in ita ears, whi sparkie against the black fur. The cat seems to be proud of ite adorn+ ment, and to understand the value of the ems, for it rarely ventures outside the Ouse, COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR ercury Will Hover Near the Zere Mark After Dark. The cold wave ite on and will remain in- definitely. It is gaining strength hourty, and Dr. Frankenfield says the mereury will drop to 6 or 10 degrees above sero to-night, making it the coldest night of the winter. There is no warm weather in sight on the map, and the extreme cold will Doge. The observer's excuse for the non-appeare ance of rnow is that a low barometrie aren. bound for St. Louls, got lost som@ where. ARKANSAS LADY WARRIOR. Miss Emma Whittington Appointed Honorary Colonel. ee Special te the Post. IMepatch. * a at a. 7) =? i = x = a x re . oe ’ ®: eh > a s hee - Fae ‘< 4 Nc - , sui” en t Ls oaee Sie x 5 é eet Sete: Pe one today. pepdoied i Dec. on 3 Jones ¢t ed : tington colonel * map Se