St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 5, 1903

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Pee ee — ha " N a bn epee A 2, ‘ 5. ae * aio Bey x * ¢ i a “ bs ye a P Bie " oF a o yt a ae ad "id ; 5 ‘ 4 il — 3 x Bt _ a. a > Wee SS * E ae: - 4 ~ é Ph 2 se ©. , eeee . , During the month of September the Post- Dispatch printed more “For Sale” THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING NEWSPAP TEN PAGEA ER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY DISPATCHES. announcements VOL. 56, NO, 45. of. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 5, 1903. PRICE} in St. Louls, One Cent. Outside St. Louls, Two Cents ——— + than any other St. Louis newspaper. 7g ASSAULTED BY COUNTY CLERK George K. Thomas, Angered by Re- marks of Member of Committee In- | | vestigating His Office, Jumps From | Chair and Strikes E. E. Dempcy. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SEPARATE THEM Thomas Declares He Will Make Good Any Discrepancy—Shortage Now Attributed to Error in Bookkeep- ing—Prosecution Not Likely. George K. Thomas, county clerk of St. Clair County, lll., who has been under in- vestigation by the board of supervisors, whose committee reported him $10,104.65 short in his accounts, assaulted Supervisor E. HE. Dempbcy when the finance committee of the board called at his office in Belle- ville Monday morning and demanded the payment to the county of the money which the committee could not account for. Mr. Thomas struck the supervisor one blow before other supervisors and friends parted the two men. Clerk Thomas refused to comply with the demand of the finance committee at this time, declaring that he had not been given opportunity to investigate the records en which the special investigating com- mittee based its findings. Mr. Dempcy was a member of that com- mittee. He denied the clerk’s statement. The county clerlt was sitting behind his iesk. “You know very well,’ said Dempcy, “that our committee not only asked you to go over your reports with us but urged you to do so.” Thomas jumped from his chair. He walked out in front of the desk, shot his fist in Dempcy’s face and ordered him from the office. “IT am here on the business of this county and the man doesn’t live that can put me ©ut,’’ replied the supervisor. Dempcy is younger than Thomas, but very small in stature as compared to the clerk. His bravado enraged the accused man. “Can't put you out, did put you out? There's a endurance?” cried Thomas. Clerk Nearly Floored Supervisor. With this the clerk swung madly at Dempcy. He landed one stiff blow on the little man's chest. It nearly floored him but his fellow committeemen and other witnesses ran to his rescue and parted the two men. The committeemen left the office and sought the advice of S8State’s Attorney Farmer. it is believed that Clerk Thomas fwill be given ample opportunity to explain the discrepancies in his office accounts. Criminal prosecution, it is said. is not probable, the shortage being generally ac- credited to a lax system of bookkeeping. Mr. Thomas said Monday that he will Make good the balance, at whatever amount it may be established. F. H. Atkinson is chairman of the fin- ance committee and made the former de- mand on the clerk. William N. Balty is the third member of the committee. The investigation of Clerk Thomas’ office was threatened during the last municipal campaign in. East St. Louis, where both Thomas and Dempcy reside. Dempcy was an active worker fcr the Citizens’ party, ot which Mayor Stephens wae the head. Thomas was a leader of the opposition, the Independent Mun cipal party. which was successful in the election, overthrow- ie the Stephens regime and placing Judge las Cook in the mayor's chair. you say? Cant limit to “human > WET, BUT NOT MUCH COOLER Fair Weather Is at Least 24 Hours Away From St. Louis, Says the Forecaster. Fair weather, with some dampness occa- sioned by sporadic showers, is the prom- we for the first day of Fair week. The official prediction is: “Stationary temperature for the next 3%: hours; probably showers Monday af- ternoon.”’ Fair weather con- ditions prevail over the country gener- allz. although there are some sections ~ where there have been rather heavy rainfalls. Fort Worth, Tex., had a precipitation of 2.80 inches, Other points ‘én Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas also ; had heavy rains. _ The weather generally, is warmer, except 4m the upper Mississippi yalley, where there ‘$s falling temperatu@. The thermometer is taken a slump on the eastern Rocky ) In slope, and showers have taken place of the clear and cold conditions ste oa : . that have been prevailing there. THE ELOPEMENT SECRET. ]CROWDS SEE THIS ROBBER | } Albert E. Bell. ROMANCE BLENDS — WITH ARTFUL CRIME Wife of Veteran Mail Robber and Check Raiser Is Means of His Arrest. TOOK POUCHES IN DAYLIGHT Patient in a Denver Hospital Will Probably Die There or in Prison. Albert E. Bell confessed Monday to the Superintendent of a. detective agency in Denver, according to dispatches received by the Post-Dispatch, that he was A. E. Hammond, wWho is wanted in St. Louis for forgery. The confession includes all the crimes with which he is charged. Bell is now in St. Anthony’s Hospital, Denver, guarded by two detectives, and his wife, who was arrested in the hospital, has been released on $500 bond. Bell is believed to be one of the smooth- est and, up toa few days ago, the most successful criminal in his line in the United States. Under the aliases of J. H. Hamilton, A. E. Hammond, J. A. Miller, F. H. Crosby, George. Murray and a few others, he operat- ed successively as a mail pouch thief, forger and check raiser. He has worked from coast to coast and frnm the gulf to the Minnesota Hine. He is a man of clever and engaging per- sonality. He dresses well. has lived hix- urlovsly and impressed all with whom lie came in contact as a sueressful business man. Of medium build 40 old, his prepossessing manners won for him many friends. If he does not die in the hospital he probably will in the penitentiary, for he is likely, to get a life sentence when he is brought to trial for his crimes. Bell. Hammond, Murray, by whatever name he is known, is wanted in St. Louis. He will probably be turned over to the St. Louis authorities by agreement with the postoffice inspectors’ department, for trial for swindling the Lincoln Trust Co. out of a large sum. The Pinkerton Detective Agency, it is said, have enough evidence against him to keep him in jail the balanee {of his nat- ura! life. Bell, as he is generally known, has caused the United States an enormous amount of trouble in the past four years through his propensity for stealing mail bags. It was through this specialty in crime that he came to be known to the St. Louis local and federal authorities. The theft of a mail pouch. at Springfield Junction, IIL, containing a number of checks and drafts was the latest crime ascribed to him. This robbery took place April 10, 1903. Bell's career is the basis of as pretty a detective story as was ever written. Ro- mance is not lacking, and it was made possible through his association with a heautiful and charming woman that he was caught, although it was not her fault. It was the beauty and charm of this woman that made possible some of his most suc- cessful villainy. * Bell appeared in St. Louis March 2% and, under the name of A. E. Hammond, en- gaged in the ice cream business. He made his credit good by depositing with the Lin- coln Trust Co. $1000 in cash. Later he de- posited a number of checks and drafts, and shortly afterward withdrew his depos- its, $1000 for the cash and $2500 for the paper. Forgeries Found Forger Absent. The trust company soon discovered that the indorsements on the paper, deposited by Hammond were forgeries, but when they began to look for Hammond he was gone. Being & member of the American Bank- ers’ Association, of which the detective agency is the police agent, the company placed the case in their hands. When Hammond was described to the Pinkerton men they at once recognized in him l- bert E. Bell, alias J. A. Miller of New York, where he was arrested in 1894 while trying to cash a stolen draft for $1200, for which he was sentenced to the Elmira re- formatory. | Aftor leaving St. Louis with $3500 of the Lincoln Trust Co.'s money, Bell, or Hammond, went Dast. In July he and his .wife arrived in Asbury Park. He was then Mr. Crosby, fruit, ped veer aay up ie Geam ne 7. whole state, and whose d x to four figures. He im solinas ren in a cottage, furnished 6 cit Bo aaa tats ane car ontie n sumptuously, wi assisted hon with poor me the Crosby a center. Crosb and vears CARRY MAIL POUCH AWAY WOMAN FORCES LOOT FROM THE Mrs. Denison of De Hodiamont Chases Burglar, Awes Him and Re- gains Plunder. MAN ESCAPES ON STREET CAR Boys Take Up the Chase, but the Thief Barely Eludes Them—He Had Stolen Clothes. Mrs. Samuel B. Denison, a pretty little woman with dainty pompadour. sparkling eyes and a most determined way, is the heroine of De Hodiamont. She chased a burglar across a vacant lot, shook her fist in his face, and made him drop his sack and let her take away from it two coats that belonged to her husband, She would have taken the rest of the four suits of clothes that the burglar had stolen, but he made a motion as though to draw a revolver, and when Mrs. Denison stepped back he ran. She ran after him, but he escaped, even though Mrs. Anna Lynch, a neighbor, and several small boys took up the pursuit. They followed him until he boarded a fast-moving Olive street car, and some of the boys came close enough to him to catch at his coat tails. — Mrs. ‘Denison lives at 6035A Suburban avenue, which is an upstairs flat. Mrs. Lynch occupies the downstairs flat. In the basement a quantity of Mr. Denison’s win- ter clothing is stored. Carpenters, working in the basement, left the side door open. While Mrs. Denison was eating her break- fast in the dining room upstairs Mrs. Lynch and Mrs. James Halpin and Mrs. Bolt, who live next door. began to call to her and ask if she had sold anything to a second-hand man. When she said that she had not they told her they had seen a man with a sack over his arm coming from the basement. They told her he had started out across a vacant lot toward the car line. Mrs. Denison hurried after him and caught up with him near the car tracks. She shook her fist in his face and ordered him to open the bag so she could look into it. The man seemed frightened and obeyed. When the thief took to flight again Mrs. Denison was joined by Mrs. Lynch, who entered the chase. The burglar then ran toward De Hodiamont avenue, and several small boys at this point teok up the pur- suit. The man ran at record speed to the car tracks and the ys could do nothing more than’ catch his coat as he whizzed past them. He caught an eastbound Olive street car and was gore. Mrs. Denison had taken time to call to a grocer’s solicitor to find a policeman, and the young.man had driven off in a hurry. He found an officer who had been looking on De Hodiamont avenue for the same burglar, and returned with him a moment after the thief had got on the car. Mrs. ‘Denison says the man was about 5 feet 4 inches tall. wore a false mustache that was not the color of his dark hair, had a dark complexion that was badly splotched with yeHow marks, had very small eyes and a short, stubby nose, and very small flat ears. He wore a black stiff hat, a brown coat and vest with a dark Stripe, and black trousers. A notable feat- ure is a short upper lip. which reveals ugly teeth when he talks. FATALLY HURT BY ALLING IRON Frederick Scholl Struck by Piece of Metal Which Descended From Top of Smokestack. Fred Scholl, 63 years old, of 3123 Ohio ave- nue, superintendent of the Chase Bag Co., 8 North Main street, while directing a gang of men who were wrecking a smoke- stack at that place at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, was struck on the. head by a picee of iron which fell from the top of the stack, 55 feet above him. The iron hit him squarely on the head, causing a compound fracture of the skull. ; Mr. Scholl is at the City Hospital. He is fatally injured. PIRATES-BOSTON GAME OFF TODAY Rain Necessitates Postponement of the Fourth Game in the National Championship Series. Special to the ‘Post/Dispatch. PITTSBURG, Pa., Octg5.—Rain necessi- tated the cantnananent we the Pittsburg- Boston world’s championship baseball game here today. A Both teams arrived here last nignt. A tremendous cro had gathered at the station to greet the player’ and the dem- onstration was such that Clarke was wired to put Philll off the train before the depot was reached. 7 the friendly offices and ee ee crowd over his two vic- enthusiasm of the it in some harm. Phillipe woth angle at East Ldéiberty and accordingly got took the street car home. . RESULTS AT MORRIS PARK. irst race—Charawind first, Gibson Light second, Enright third. =---—_— FAIR GROUNDS RESULTS. First race-—-Phillida first, Amberilla sec- ond, Thank Haven third. — St. Louisan Gets Good Position. E. R. Heyt, president of the Hoyt Metal. has od vice- a,tt . and upon his return to the hotel he found ARRESTED FO TEALING $5000 FROM EMPLOYERS! FUGITIVE EMBEZZLER IS | CAUGHT IN H y= IS OWN TRAP —_—_ = | i ad Cashier of California Concern, in St. Louis, Appeals el Who Stele $5000, Is Robbed to Police and They Take Him Prisoner. Although an embezzler fleeing from the Officers of the law, J. Weller Reed, lately cashier of the Los Angeles branch of the California Fruit Canners Association, could not stand being robbed himself. Through a complaint to the police he was identified and arrested for stealing nearly $5000 from the Pacific coast firm. Under the name of James H. Johnson, bookmaker. he was a guest at the Laclede} Hotel Friday. He was standing im’ front of the hotel Sunday evening when a styl- ishly attired woman came strolling by. She was young and pretty and Reed winked at her and, to his satisfaction, she smiled in return. Reed took a walk with his new friend that his pocket had been picked of $2008. He could not resist a chance to get it back and to punish those who had de- spoiled him, 80 when a policeman passed the Laclede later in the night Reed told about the affair. Ele stated the bills were chiefly of $50 and $100 denomination, with 19 $20 bills. Circulars had been received at the Cen- tral Police Station Sunday evening, sent out by the California Fruit Canners’ Asso- ciation and offering $500 reward for the capture of Reed, whose photograph and description were given, together with de- taile of the embezzlement. The circular stated that the missing bills were chicfly $0 and $100 bills with a num- ber of $20 notes. When Serat. James Mc- Glynn heard Patrolman Sicking’s report he decided that Johnson was Reed and sent Sergt. Driscoll to the Laclede. ~ The alleged’Mr,. Johnson was asked to step to the Four Courts “to identify the woman’ and went gladly. There he was confronted with the circular. He admitted that he was Reed and had stolen nearly $000 from the Los Angeles firm. He said he would go back to California without «a requisition. The circular stated that Reed had a bad record, was a dang- erous man, and had hilled one man. Reed denied having killed agyone. He had a gun on his person when arrested. Letters found on him by Sergt. McGlynn ‘indicate that he was in Chicago in i8% under the alias of Johnson. The Fruit Canners’ Association will re- cover $2067.56 of the amount stolen by Reed. This is all that now remains of the loot. Reed carried his money in.two rolls and in different pockets and the woman or wom- en who robbed him took only one roll. Reed is 46 vears old. He will be held. pending instructions from the California authorities. ‘OUR PATROLME ARE SUSPENDED One Not for Gambling at Hogan’s Place, but for Trying to Shield Fellow-Officer. Patrolmen Timpke, Campbell and Glynn are suspended by Capt. Gaffney, pending the result of their trials and the grand- jury's indictments. charging .them with gambling at Hogan's saloon. Upon the charge of having made a false report with the evident intention of shield- ing Campbell, his partner on the beat, Pa- trolman E. L. Morton, was also suspended Sunday by Capt. Gaffney under orders from Chief of Police Kiely. When the expose of the policemen’s craps game at Hogan’s saloon was made by the Post-Dispatch, Morton, as well as others, was asked for a report. He reported that Campbell had been with him at all times in patrolling the beat and had not visited Hogan's saloon. Charges against Morton will be preferred by Chief Kiely at the next meeting of the board of commissioners. Capt. Gaffney reported to Chief Kiely Sunday that the investigation had proven that Timpke, Campbell and Glynn had been mbling in Hogan's saloon, as stated in e Post-Dispatch Friday. At Franklin avenue and Beaumont street late Sunday afternoon the police were jeared by a crowd f shooting when they arrived to quell a disturbance. Sarcastia rks were hurled at them by an unfeeling throng eager to know who was the winner at the last me of dice. ‘“Kiow much did you lose in your craps “Go back to your gamé; it re and other exclamations of de- who arrived ended. JAPAN'S CHIEF ENVOY HERE Commissioner General Tegima, represent- ing Japan at the World's Fair, arrived in St. Louis from Washington Monday after- noon at 1:30, accompanied by Vice-Com- Kanzaki. "phe dietinguished Japanese gentlemen were mét a DREAMER AWAKES IN THE COLD RWER While Entsanced. by Vision of Owl Car Sleeper Rolls From Nar- row Pier. After the style of western eowboys, two sailors on the Wiggins Ferry wharf boat lassoed F¥ank Suovier as he was about to drown in the river at the foot of Valen- tine street early Monday morning and drew him ashore. eaxhausted. Suevier had fallen asleep on the edge of the dock and fell overboard. Hearing the splash W. A. Dean of 289 Bismarck street and N. E. Phillipps of 2207. Locust street, who age employed on the wharf boat, ran out on the dock. Suovier, who lives at 106 South Second street, was much alarmed to find himself in the river. He had been dreaming he was sitting on a curbstone waiting for an owl car.: CHANGE BROKERS GET SEVERE JOLT} _—-— => -—----—— Not a Drop in the Market, but a Fall in an Elevator Was a severe jolt. It was not a drop in the market, however, but in the elevator shaft. Theodore Bowman, Otto Niederhaut others. When six feet from the bottom the shaft the brakes slipped vator siid down to t Theodore Union 4, B. > oe Y me £ a. : ere’ sree +. z Se . ok 2 ae, —" Fray hep ce POS Cs ga PT ES pas monte Rca |B arvee, presenti = to tn Pant - E . , ' where oe “will eit y . , > +" > }Bhenandoah avenue; ARMED INSANE MAN - i. AT THE WHITE HOUSE Desperate Struggle Made by Peter Elliott ¢ Minneapolis With the Guards in an Ef« pp | fort to See President Roosevelt. = -. es he ae AA 5 es 3 ttm ee - _——_— DREW A REVOLVER - AND TRIED TO SHOOT = = — a —_—_— | - ce 4a.2 = Y - : eS - >>_——_Eyy WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.—A desperate hand-to-hand encounter with an armed in- sane man who was determined to see Presi- dent Roosevelt, occurred in the vestibule of the White~House shortly before noon today. The man, who gave his name as Peter Elliott, and his home as Minneapolis, was overpowered by the officers on duty at the White House entrance and carried to a police van which had been summoned. He was placed in the van in the custody of two officers. Seeming to realize then for the first time that he was under arrest, Elliott began a furious struggle with his captors for liberty. He drew a revolver and attempted to shoot Officer James Cis- sell. The officer grabbed his hand = and wrenched the weapon from his grasp. Elli- ott’s struggles were so fierce, however, that the two officers in the cramped quarters of the van were unable to overcome him. Officer Cissell then drew his revolver and fired two shote to attract attention. Chief Usher Thomas Stone and Officer Parker of the White House force, who had assisted in carrying Elliott to the van, attracted by the shots, rushed back to the vehicle and assisted in overpowering him. In the struggle within the police van Elliott had broken a gilas panel with his head, severely cutting his head and face. Officer Cissell sustained a serious cut on his right arm, two tnches of flesh being cut out of the fleshy part of the arm. He suffered considerably from loss of blood, but his injury is not serious. The van was hurried to the emergency hospital, where the injuries of both Cis- sell and Elliott were dressed. Elliott is undoubtedly violently insane. Several days ago Secretary Loeb received a letter postmarked Washington and writ- ten on letter paper of the St. James Hotel, this city. The letter enclosed a photo- graph of Elliott and an incoherent re- quest for an interview with President Roosevelt. The letter was signed “Peter Ell,” the statement being made immedi- ately under the signature that the writer was registered at the hotel as Peter El- liot. It was evident to Secretary Loeb that _ — | ~ The Man Was Finally Overpowered, Placed in” Custody, Carried to the Police Van and Conveyed to the Hospital. P 5 sued directions at once that the offi duty both at the White House and at & executive offices should be on their gual against him. The photograph was turned over to the secret service officers, ae All the officers, both at the White EF and at the executive offices, however, warned to be on the lookout for the and not to take any chances with him. — Shortly before 12 o'clock Elliott walked up. to the main door of the White House, stepped inside and inquired of Officer Cla. sell if he might see the President. ©" Chief Usher Stone and Officer Parke were standing just within the vestibule the time. Mr. Stone told the man Bh could not see the President just at hat. moment as he was engaged, but that *~ might possibly arrange to see him a a while. Instantly, the man having been nized, a hurry call was sent for a- van. Scareely had the call been sent when Elliott became violent. The offi and attendants after a brief but st struggle, overpowered him. Officer Gleeell made a cursory examination ,of his pool ets, but found only a pair of shears a a large penknife. The man became quiet at refused to leave the White House un n ~—— was forced to go. a The offiecers conveyed him to the pe ‘ van, which by that time was wait the gate of the White House The struggle in the van . a as soon as Elliott had been placed in ¢ vehicle. He drew his revolver from a Qe et which seemd to be an enlarged , fob. ' — As that is a host unusual place in whiel to carry a pistol, Officer Cissell, in Bie) hurried search. had overlooked the ipe on. The pistol was an ordinary five-shooter of a cheap pattern. At the emergency hospital, where wounds were dressed, Elliott said that was a Swede and that his home was Minneapolis. From the hospital the was taken to the First precinct police tion and incarcerated In one of the | tention wards. » + ae .At the St. James Hotel it was ited that Elliott arrived there Jast Wednesda) evening. He registered as “P. O. Ell, New York.” He had no baggage and paid f& his room in advance. He cc ed hin self about the hotel in a quiet, g ly manner and nobody with whom ; in contact Imagined that he was 7m Elliott is about 5 feet 6 inches BA years old, with light brown hair ae a t,o 9 ae " _ ‘ r " * = ee yee a ~ el ‘ . ‘he a ns re * aS. % £ . S me . ie a | - his correspondent was insane, and he is- and apparently is of foreign birth, FESTIVITIES DELAY GRAMDJURY'S WORK — New Body Is Impaneled by Judge Taylor, but Is Not in Active Service. The October grandjury was sworn in by Judge Daniel G. Taylor Monday morning, but no sessions will be held until wext week, this delay being granted because of the festivities now under way in con- nection with the fair and the Veiled Prophet's parade. The new grandjury is made up largely ef heads of large business concerns. Judge Taylor gave the grandjury only the regular instructions specified by law, making no special reference to any of the various investigations which have been undertaken by previous grandjuries. _Ctreuit Attorney Folk has announced, however. that the October body will con- tinue the boodle investigation where the June grandjury dropped it. The new grandjury is made up as fol- lows: George P. Jones, ofl, 4011 Westmin- ster place; Louis Becktold, printing, 206 Charlies J. 8, lumber, 1822 Wash street; Wiliam J. GHIEF ARCHITECT PHASES ST. L *» F. S. Lamb, President of the A -chi- . = i , Po a! 2 - - a a : _-* tectural League of America, — 2 3 “ % iy + > Speaks at Fair. ee: In his response to the address of (We come delivered by Mayor Wells at @ Administration building on the orl? Fair grounds Monday, Frederick 8. Lammy president of the Architectural Leng America, congratulated the : city on the fact that St Louls forward to set an example in ot beauty to all the great cities of the U States. ie After speaking of the beauties Of World's Fair architecture and t in the architecture that prevails in the ™ ness and residence districts of the city, Mi Lamb said to the mayor: pre % ‘ al =, bs ps tags “We know of the very commendable % * a