St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 20, 1904

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- ik P % : ¢ A oy iw ; , & . 4 iP Tap Wipe a * dite Tee ty gs ‘ ar oo & a TF aaa & 4 e ey age , a ‘ og , eae Va « Ap: my : ao 9 oe a ¥ “a ‘* ae. A a 7 ~— THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING NEWSPAPER e. “~ . i ae 4 4% € y my t- . ee ret Be 73 " Ts : + wep, Hite. hc a we * 24 ‘ AUSSIA CALLS ON FRANCE TO. ~ GIVE. ADUICE The Most Significant Step Yet Taken in Negotiations With Japan, Show- ing the Extreme Gravity of the Next Move to Be Made Soon: MUCH SEEMS TO DEPEND ON FRENCH GOVERNMENT. Russia’s Dilemma Is Due to Her De- termination to Not Yield to Japan and Still Comply With the Czar’s Desire for Peace. PARIS, Jan. 2.—The most significant step so far taken by Russia is now in prog- ress—exchanges of communications with France concerning the position Russia will finally adopt in response to the last Japan note. Long conferences between Foreign Minis- ter Delcasse and M. Nelidoff, the Russian ambassador, are being held dally. Prior to these Russia had not consulted France and M. Nelidoff went to Cannes for an extended stay, telling his diplomatic col- leagues that he happily had no part in the Russo-Japanese negotiations. Following the presentation of Japan's last demands, M. Nelidoff ‘gave up/ his vacation and began frequent conferences with M. Delcasse. It is expected that the exchange of views will exercise a strong influence in shaping the course Russia will adopt. Among the officials and diplomats it is understood here that the exchanges will have the following results: 1. Russia, appreciating the decisive na- ture of the issues presented in Japan's last note, desires to secure the advice of her nearest political friend. re 2. France wishes to exercise her f{nfluence to prevent a war in which she might be- come embroiled. i} More particularly France has begun to realize that she ought to be consulted cen- cerning Rusgia’s course tn China, as Rus- sia and France jointly promulgated the note of March 19, 1902, and setting forth that they would act together concerning the integrity and free develupment of China. , Concepfing Russia's wish to consult France, it is said that the Russian foreign minister, Count Lamsdorff, has a high re- gard for M. Delcasse’s prudence in the difficult situation. One of the most prominent diplomats said today that Count Lamedorff’s task in an- swering the Japanese note is one of the most difficult he ever observed, owing to Russia's dilemma, due to her determination to firmly maintain her position and at the same time comply with the Czar’s desire for peace. M. Delcasse’s talks with members of the diplomatic corps during the last few days revealed his extreme desire for the main- tenance of peace and his advice to Russia undoubtedly followed the same lines. It is the general impression here that if war hreaks out, the best diplomacy may not succeed in keeping France out of the imbroglio. ‘Therefore, M. Delcasse, con- sidering the self-interests of France as well as of the Franco-Russian note of 1892, is counseling pacific adjustment. Concerning the specific character of M. Delcasse's advice, the only guide is the note of 1902, which is being much 4dis- cussed in the efforts to determine its bearing on the present situation. The text of the document refers to the purpose of the two governments to safeguard the integrity of China and approves the prin- ciple that China and Corea shal] remain open to the commerce and industry of all nations. This course is construed here as restricted to the 18 provinces of old China and as not applying to Manchuria and other parts of the Chinese Empire outside of old China. Therefore, while the Franco-Russian agreement is serving to bring about an ex- change of views it is hoped that the agree- ment does not limit Russia concerning Manchuria, >. TALKING OF PEACE WHILE HUREYING WAR PREPARATIONS LONDON, Jan. W.—All the talk is of peace, but all.the acts are in the directioy of war. This is the Russo-Japanese situation to- day. The Pekin correspondent of the Times deciares in a dispatch that Japan's latest note is stronger in tone than the preceding one, and thut she will neither yield her moderate standpoint nor accept the media- tion of a third power. Other correspondents at St. Petersburg, Berlin and Tokio believe that Russia will recede, and there wil] be no war. But it is known that Russia is adding to her strength in the east. The Russian baitieship Aurora, the trans- port Orel, the collier Saratoff, and nine. torpedo boats bound for the far east have entered the Suez canal. The Port Arthur correspondent of the Daily Mail declares that eleven .Russian battalions of infantry, together with cav- airy and artillery, have been dispatched to the Yalu river. He mentions also an urconfirmed report that Japan has landed troops in southern Corea. This correspondent cables that he, has had an interview with Admiral Alexiei?, the Russian viceroy, who spoke hopefully of the possibility of peace. TRe viceroy then referred the correspondent to his diplomatic agent, M. Pilancon, who em- Phasized the impossibility .of Russia's evacuation &f Manchuria, and said: “Orders were given six months ago to NOW DEFENDS YOUNG MAN SHE “CALLED DOWN BY PHONE” c* o a AO Ea ye eas ee > “ ‘et ate* we te Se ee OR SS hg hoy Ses Oe me ee . ee >Re Pip +e 2 gis: ep PS y re . eet Fe ak eee Se ha ee : a 4 pe : oe en es : Lacie 4 ROSE INGLES gi * . ail a) te a ute . ORGIVENESS WOK BY NIGHT IN CELL Girl Says She Will Help. Man Who Got Into Holdover for Her Sake. ee CAUSED ANOTHER’S ARREST Then, Having Troubled Trouble, He Found Trouble Troubling Him Quite Extensively. Pretty Rose Inglis, barely 17 years old, of 908 Park avenue, says she will do all she can to get Charies Spies out of the trouble he got himself into because of his infatuation for her. Rose and her friend, Annie Vogeler of 1414 South Seventh street, are full of life and enjoy amusements of which their parents do not approve. They like theater par- ties and occasional dances. Too frequent attendance at these places caused apbjec- tion and the girle decided to throw off re straint. lwo weeks ago they left their homes and rented a room at Eighth street and Chou- teau avenue and proceeded to make the best of their liberty by attending matinees, The landlady ruled them with severity, but allowed them more liberty than they had at home. One of the anxious searchers, who joined the parents in the search, was Charles Spies, who had been attentive to Rose for more than a year. Spies soon discovered that Rose and An- nie had been seen ut a ladies’ shoe-shining parlor conducted by James Sallos, and he jumped to the conclusion that Sallos knew where the girls were living. By represent- ing himself as Charles Inglis, a brother of the missing girl, he caused Sallos’ arrest last Thurdday night. The next day Sallos was released, and Rose heard of the arrest from some girl friends. Called Him Down Real Hard. “I was awfully provoked,” she said, ‘‘to think that Charlie would think I would go to a ball or any place with that man, and I just went to the telephone and called him down hard."’ She did not tell Spies where she was liv- ing at that time, but Sunday he learned through other friends who had met her, and sought her that evening. The party came uptown with another young man, and as the four were returning home, all were arrested and the two girls held in the detention room until their mothers came Monday morning and secured their relenge. Not until late Tuesday did Rose learn that Spies had been held for disturbing the peace of James Sallos. in causing his arrest through misrepresentation. Wednesday morning at the home of her father, William Inglis, she was in a for- giving mood and said: “IT only went to Sallos’ place to get my shoes shined, just as other girls do. I will forgive Ma = nies and I am awfully sorry they put him in that awful holdover.”’. Spies’ case is set for trial Friday in the City Hall police court. FENDER SAVES GIRLS LIFE Little Bertha Gardner Carried Nearly a Block, Scampers Home With Few Slight Bruises. A motorman on a Jefferson avenue car, whose name the police did not secure. dropped his fender Tuesday night while crossing Warren street and scooped up 9- year-old Bertha Gardner. saving the little girl from what s@emed inatant death. Bertha had been to a corner and was re- turning to her home, 258 Warren street, when she stepped in front of the car. She was cnrried nearly a block before the car was stopped. Upon being released from her pertious position she scampered home, unmindful of her slight bruises. COFFIN JOLTED FROM WAGON Funeral Party Shocked by Sudden Capsizing on Rough Road,- Which Exposes Body. Careless driving over rough roads, which resulted in the throwing of a coffin from the farm wagon used as a hearse, disor- niged the Party of mourners following he body of William Jehnseon, a Center- ville Station negro, to the grave. The driver of the farm wagon drove at full speed, paying little attention to the cond.tion of the roads, and caused much nervousness in the party of mourners be- fore. the accide occurred, on t and bo xposed ac- | evacuate New Chwang and Manchuria, pro- : | oe gr : rm ; 4 er - Bid Se ae 7 CONTINUED ON PAGS THRES. i. eS Se ae ral es * Py =. £ y- . ‘ pens ae I } ? war a "er Oy sorta Ne dedy. "the the cemetery to FRENCH STRANGLE MILES AS. SHE TLLS LIFE STOR —_—_——_- -—s Gabrielle Bompard, Whose Crime Was the Talk of the Whole World, Ex- _ pected to Startle St. Lotisans Dur- ing the World’s Fair. DUAL HYPNOTIC EXISTENCE IS WOMAN'S NOVEL DEFENSE | | ‘Neither Conscience Nor Pity Sways This Amazing Human Puzzle, Who Talks Quietly of Her Gentle Rear- ing and Happy Girlhood Days. Special to ghe Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Gabrielle Bombard, the strangler, must return to France. The United States* authorities at Ellis Island, where the woman is detained, are deter- mined to deport her under the law forbid- ding the immigratic2 of ex-convicts. The Bombdrd woman has made no effort to hide her identity, although she has just served her 18-year sentence as an accom- plice in ohne of the most extraordinary murders in the annals of crime. Convicted of being the accomplice Michael Eyraud in the murder of Toulssant Gouffe. a well-to-do bailiff, she was im- mured in prison on the very day that Eyraud’s head fell upon the seaffold. it was more than nine days before the crime and its sensational trial were forgotten. A noted scientist had urged; that Mile. Bom- pard had been under hypnotic influence when she aided in the murder of Gouffe, but to the great disappointment of the aud- fence he was not permitted to make a demonstration of this while the trial was on of But immediately she was released the other day the scientist put this old theory of his to the test, with the startling result that the woman under his hypnotic sug- gestion went over the whole tragic scene, repeating her anguished pleas to Eyraud not to force her to the revolting deed. The scientist, Dr. Kierdorff, who accom- panied the woman, intended to exhibit her ™ this hypnotic state in the hope to make money by giving public exhibitions of tne circumstances ‘under which the murder was committed. The crime for which Mile Bompard perved 13 years in prison, and for Which Michael Eyraud was gillotined was cOm- mitted when she was only 18. She had earned an evil reputation. Touissant Goufte, a well-to-do bailiff, fell in love with her. She and Eyraud, it is charged, conspired to murder him for his money. Hiring an apartment in the Rue Trongon Ducou- dray, the woman lured the victim there and induced him to sit on a sofa in front of a pair of curtains, behind which Eyraud was concealed. While pretending to caress him, she took the girdle from her waist and put it around his neck. Eyraud seized the two ends, attached them to a rope, which had been placed around a pulley in readiness, and strangled him. The body was placed in a 4ack and then concealed in a trunk, beside which the woman slept that night. The next day they took it to Lyons and threw it int the Rhone, where it was discovered. girl with Eyraud had fled with their vic- tim’s money to America, traveling as fa- ther and daughter. Here she deserted Ey- raud and returned to Paris with a young Frenchman named Garanger. To him she confessed the crime, which he made her dtaciose to the police. Eyraud was captured in Cuba, where he tried to commit sui- cide. The trial was attended by the most fash- lonable people in Paris. Prof. Loegois maintained that the girl had acted her part in the crime under hypnotic sugges- | Soom. He offered to hypnotize her in court, but this was not allowed. Eyraud was “en- | tenced to be guillotined; she to 20 years’ | imprisonment. | It was the expectation of the man who has Bompard in charge, to reap a rich har- | vest by exnibiting her in St. Louis during ithe World’s Fair next summer. | The womans face is pleasant tu look on. |Her forehead is intellectual and broad—a trifle too broad for symmetry; he ‘prominent, but well chiseled, and set deemed Fag oe pi ye I oe parted in the Cu- | pid's bow of the painter. Once gs » | tremely pretty. ad beers. | Her big gray eyes open ,at the worid of which she |for so long. Her hair is icurling and soft. Her teet |shape and like pearls. Ey | Mile. Bompard's teeth. | Her han are tiny, exquisite] (and soft as a baby’s. Her foot is Ban ong the instep arched, and she wears a girt’s No. 13 shoe. For it must not be imagined that this utterly heartless and inhuman ‘creature was born @ peasant. But here is her poof 4 in Lill “Tl was born In 6, @ suburb of ‘on July 16, 1868. My father, Pierre Bo om ‘was a wealthy metal broker. We lived in a | best private schools, with the daughte | wealthy and noble families of Sneak 7 became a musician, and spoke al) the lead- ing continental languages save that horrid English, which, however, I could read. | “At 18, during a long vacation, I found |that my father had brought to take my 'mother’s place a housekeeper. I could not wide in wonder has seen so little bright chestnut, h are perfect in erybody remarks ' ime, I set out for Paris. 1 had some money ‘and jewels, and thought I might make 2 living for_us both by teaching music or painting. But I did not know. By and b my money and-jéwels were all gone, and 'went to work In a large store. Phere I met | Michel Eyraud, who said I was too pretty |to work in a store; that he could get me lemployment as companion to a “at lady. rhat was the beginning of the end. He was 47, married, with grown children, one hter as old as L. He wag not handsome —hideous, rather. But he possessed abso- jute influence over me. He looked at me with his big black eyes, and I felt myself | drifting ates Sie labpett, as posen m l were body, an pou unfit he a Oe was wn to him and ly felt ee e! Se a wa any distance A ay And he always beat me when I mosis: nee > “CONTINUED ON PAGE TWo, a delightful chateau, and I was sent to the | i | shaven. ar this, so one day, taking my maid with | GABRIELLE BOMPARD, PARIS STRANGLER, WHO IS BARRED FROM ST. LOUIS FAIR DOWN 0. ZERO BY TOMORROW NIGHT Snow Will Bring In Cold Wave, Which Weather Experts Con- sider Overdue Here. RAIN AS AN INTRODUCTION Temperature Tonight Will Not Go Much Below Freezing Point, but Then— Zero weather in St.” Louis is scheduled for Thursday night. Snow will accompany the bitter cold. Storm conditions generally will prevail in the city for two days at least, the spring-like,” balmy breezés be- ing driven helter- skelter by the stinging winds of winter. - The official fore- cast, issued by the local weather bu- reau Wednesday morning, says: ‘Rain tonight and Thursday, turning to snow Thursday. Colder Wednesday night and much colder Thursday. Brisk southerly winds shifting to high northerly winds. Minimum tempera- ture Wednesday night about freezing. Zero weather is expected Thursday night." Unsettled and stormy conditions prevail in nearly all s@ctfons of the country. With- in the past 24 hours rain has fallen in Ar- kansas, Missouri, Illinois. the lower lake region and the Ohio valley. Snow is reported from New England, Kansas and South Dakota. Rain, sleet and snow are falling over a narrow area ex- tending from eastern Nebraska to southern Wisconsin, and very cold weather prevails in the states along the northern border. ‘Rain and snow are falling slong the Pa- cific coast. East of the Misgissippi river and in the west gulf states the temperature hy rising. a ‘ SPECIAL COLD WAVE FOR SOUTHWESTERN STATES A special cold wave warning for Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma was sent out from |New Orleans Wednesday morning. The |prediction is for the follpwing tempera- ‘tures: In western and northwestern Texas. 10 degrees by Thursday morning; southwest and northeast Texas, 20 degrees by Fr'- ‘day. Oklahoma. 20 degrees by. Thursday: in southeast Texas and Arkansas, 2% degrees by Friday. : e STAGGERS TO SEAT AND DIES | Carbolic: Acid Dose Kills Stranger Who Falls Unconscious Into a Chair in a Saloon. An unidentified man, about 55 years old. staggered into a saloon at 16% North Broadway shortly before midnight, sank into a chair unconscious and died imme- diately after being removed’ to the City Hospital. , Outside the saloon was found a broken bottle which had contained carbolic acid. The man’s meuth was terribly burned. | In the dead man’s pocket was found a | slip of paper bearing this address: "3318 | Missouri avenue.”’ | The stranger was dressed In well-worn | clothes and his hands were hardened by labor. He is: & feet, 10 inches tall and! 160 pounds. The face is smoosh | | weighs REPLY WITH DEATH CHARGE Sons of Henry Schaefer File. Suit Against M. Hellinger, Wealthy Farmer, at Belleville. A sensational damage sult for $5000 was filed Tuesday afternoon at Belleville against Michael Voellinger, one of the Wealthiest and. most Jase farmers of St. Ciair ‘County. e plaintiffs are Hen and Charlies @chaefer, administrators of the ws. tate of Henry Schaefer, Sr., deceased. | They cl va Voellin with « ‘dGeath of their father, Henry Schaef ?, him on the head wit! ‘club, caueing concussion of the brai which death resiited a week later. Voetli r aves a the Shiloh road near TURNS TO GET STOLEN JEWELS Dr. Michaels of Philadelphia Offers to Pay Reward and Ask No Question. LOST ARTICLES WORTH $2000 Physician Declares He Was Robbed at Planters’ Hotel After Night of Hilarity. Dr. R. BE. Michaels, a retired physician of Philadelphia, is back in St. Louis Mm the hope of recovering about $2000 worth of jewelry, which. he says, was stolen from him on a previous visit. He is willing to pay the thtef or his assigns $200 on ee of the goods. “I'll not ask a question,’’ says Dr. Mi- chaehk “I will hand over $200 as soon: as} the jewelry is passed to me, and the man/ or his agents may depart fn peace. Ihave reported the matter to the’ St. Louis and, while they have had a month to work on it, they have reported no results.”’ The articles stolen from Dr. Micheals were, he says, a diamond stud, which he values at $1000; a gold watch, chain and locket, which he valued at almost another $1000, and $100 in money. He does not look for the return of the cash. The articles were stolen, he says, from his room, No. 741, in the Planters’ Hotel December 17 or 18. The robbery followed what the doctor ad- mits was a wild and hilarious night, with several bottles and a few birds. Then came “the morning after’’ and a severe attack of remorse and gastritis. He was too fil to get up—so fll that he paid little attention to who came and went—so ill that at the time he didn’t care\ whether he had any jewelry. When he got better he didn’t have any. Made Friends With Two Young Men. Wr. Michaels, on his way to St. Louts from Philadelphia, made friends with two young’! men, one of whom said his home was in St. Louts. Both stopped with him at the Plan- ters’, and made their rounds with him to the World's Fair grounds and elsewhere the following day. As night came on, one left. The other remained and he and the doctor quickened their pace. There were few things they did not see in St. Louis that night. Next morning at Dr. Michaels’ request his friend removed the diamond stud, cuff buttons and other ornaments from the doctor's shirt and put them in his trousers. The friend advised that they be put in the hotel safe, but Dr. Michaels refused to take such a precaution, So his acquaint- ance left thenf in Dr. Michaels’ trousers, bade him good-byv, hoped he would get bet. ter and left. The diamond stud was set In gol@ and platinum, and so made that it could not be taken from the shirt except by the release of a patent catch inside the shirt front. The watch was made by Phillipe, in Geneva, and on its face bore the nhime of Baily, Blanks & Biddle. The chain was plain gold, of 50 pennyweight. The locket was also of plain gold. Dr. Michaelis reported the loss to the hotel management \at once, but no trace of the missing jewels was, found. His jf- ness became serious, and his wife was sent for. He returned with her to Phita- delphia just before Christmas. Mrs. Mich- aels is with him on his present trip, and they are stopping ‘at the Washington Hotel. ya IILER HURT IN-CAR: CRASH While Standing on Platform Near 2. City Jailer James Dawson had his right hand cut and waa severely shaken up in « collision between an east-bound’ Eighteenth street car and a Bellefontaine car at Ninth. anid Pine streets Wednesday morning. He was the only person injured, Sergt. Dawron was on the of the Eighteenth street car, | Police Say Mrs. Billick Looted Dep “I Was Out of Money and Had to] o wore. A pair Ce a Ste e 7. ! en Sy ee bi , Seg y" va. Sa * : “e ts > Sie eo ore a a oll g a ment Store With Aid of Long Ca] . : and Wicker Basket, Fastened With a ee ee ee ad s FY t 4 v ae @ ha ay ie It,” Is Plea of Young Women‘ Who Her Escaped. ¥ . * Ps " Plunder Woman Detective Sock Yoon aaa @ thetten GER... ccviccadeccune Muslin wumderwenr. ....ccce French flammela ....i.scees 8 pairs stik home. .......sse. Be As Oy #: iL : i z, . ri ~ > 2 . . o_o ts ° » - Ln PRE as, 5 Ris com ade Pe « ¢ ] “+s . ra of * > ’ ie Sy a A ay x — * *- « : F; 4 ANG aor Poy * ; ie *2 _ lace curtaimsa ....... Grems ..- eens eesaves black silk shopping bag.. remnants muslin okirts.. malttemm.....ccccsccee pair rubbers eeeereere eee Faas e wits F be ar heb tain. a eS Se ee ae Tae in ate see Ee ae oon oe “ * “ve. , ls a 4 i f i ee 3 Ol a - = ™ . ; P bs ; Mt SE : x 4 a rt ree > a he et 4 tS Tetal value ssnen edittveiaanineal Mrs. Mary Billick of San Franciseo, whe, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Fior-— ence Billick, a stylishly attired and ¢ a ing young woman, has been in St. for several days, is a police charged with shoplifting. tes Mrs. Billick, or Mrs. Rhodes as she call herself when arrested, is 55 years old, but simply dressed, gray-haired, and very respectable and matronly | She says she is a guest at a gn : * eR as Bd a a a Pre, +o i eae ¥ the Washington avenue, where arrest . ing | hour - house detective, amounted to s tween $200 and $300. Cee et Two young women, both striking »b : oly r : xh “ 4 4 nettes, attired in tailor-made gowns .n ee small and stylish hats, were with Mra, ae Billick on her rounds through the « ee which inéluded almost every dep aa but escaped when they saw that been detained. . ee Mrs. Billick, it is charged, concealed @t@- | / len articles in a deep wicker basket Yay cealed under the long black cape, about her waist and pinned so that ay would not fall. 3 ae Her cape nearty reached to the flo and her general appearance was that @F a very portly woman. When searched DF]? — Miss Wilson, she was found to be very — ip slender. aes “Money All Gone,” Woman's Excuse, : Re ole : ~ ee ¥, en he 4 Vora ‘ a . a aaa Wades i oes her mo live and/ get tornis. . “You may will only let me Wilson. Bypt the been jo by house detective, the hosiery department at shortly af o'clock she thought she saw E ‘ift some silk stockings from the. woman detective, Leo Steyermark, ~ The detective was amazed at the » an’s daring when she saw her lft 3 bolts of costly silk from @ counter put them under her cape. Through § flannel department, the muslin undery the clove department and others Wilson wetched this latge person in Miss Wilson gave the clerk a sign silence, but the two young« ons Mrs. Billick had heard. away. The woman in the cape ut counter to Conmeper alone, b that (it was 4:30 o'clock) s At the door M! ' Je 4 P wey ¢ “" the store. > x % % te ee PI Fe id ~