St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 30, 1905

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Ser PK es ak 20 ~ PAGES 7 _— mere, | ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING NEWSPAPER WITH ASSOCEATED PRESS DISPATCHES, - a IN EVERYTHING.” “VOL. 57. NO. 313. ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY. EVENING, JL — 30, 1902. . _ _ FRICE (Guesise oaaes in ial AU TINEERS IN f iy + “ae s =, : - “ : , mw ‘ * ee Sate # my 3 : 13 “ arte} " . wi ha , — : “a og : As . b> ° ° > eo a 5. 4 r 4 » e : ~ : - = ; te ba, . z 6 2 a *« ad " 7 ‘of ‘3 L : ° — i. - wee ee — —~ o ‘ : 7 Bey Ss & » > 7 3 be 7 ty wt 42 ‘ i we 4 Ly ” ! 4 Pas " 3 " * * - & - e Z . 7 o A ¥ ‘ . ' , ; % € a ‘Ss . e 4 , ie als LAS ; Se eB art f - ’ . i ere ae . ; EP hee a ? ‘ ~ ee © aye F 5 , BE teres AEs, Pi 4 ' y q F a, Tan iil +7 are * a - ’ mA i 7 hg « 5 . R | & . y 4 . 2 ’ 4 a T7532 e * i A om a - ‘oa My ; % . a. i ie . ? rt A be % _ ae ee P ae - " a” is F ey ' _ = end nee a " K * ° / : a y J * uv { gy tc" 7 a. A LY " ? . Pa rd y * e 2 hos 7 & ° = ‘ ye . ‘ : ier] 4 . i Basher 5 + a ~ ss y a ‘ ¥ee a y : ss a *. * ae BLACK. SEA FLEET AT THE “PORT OF WIRES Se See HAVING BE “AND RAZOR AT DOOR =. _—— Getrge A. Bookman, Cabanne Resident, Left Downtown Meeting of Carpenters’ Union to Return to Family, and Is Be- lieved to Have Been Assaulted by Ene- * mies or Robbed as He Was Entering His ; ——— wir" we we tie a 7 "VE GOT YOU NOw,” - GIRL HEARD VOICE SAY Bins pte sil ~~ - — Bill Found in Back Yard by Milkman, ho Later Discovered Hat and Razor—' + “Blood Stains Leau Across Street Car Tracks and Supposition Is That Body Was Borne Away. "The family of George A. Bookman, living at 5576 V believe that, nm ave- _ i, He was attacked at his own back door about 11 p. m. Thurs- ‘aa he reached his home after attending a meeting downtown; a 1 Rew: slain or seriously wounded by footpads; and that, body was then } oan away or eer is for this belief is that Bookmai ‘is m hat hie nat, blood-stained razor were found at his back re unt 5:30 a. m. | blood stains, the size of a nickel, were grouped inaspot about one n diameter on the granitoid walk there, and that bloodstains, the size ‘a a dime, at intervals of 3 to 10 feet were found leading to the back fence, . the Suburban tracks ipo Keeding from the Suburban tracks to avenue. art of the way along another anitoid walk Cabanne avenue, one block south of embers of the Spencer family, living at 5572 Vrenon avenue, next door ‘to the Bookman residence, heard unusual noises between the two houses about 351i p, m. Thursday, Miss Emily Spencer believing that she heard a man’s voice : “I've got you now!” Police Captain McNamee of the Mounted District, five detectives from the our Courts and a wumber of policemen in the Cabanne district, are now at ‘work on the mystery. The police have no theory bearing on the case, but Bre conducting a searching investigation. At 7:30 . ts a stairbuil m. Thursday, after eating his supper at home, Brookman, who by ‘trade and 53 years old, left to attend a meeting of Car- * Union, Local No, 578, at 1306 Olive street. He is treasurer of that ‘He is known to have attended the meeting, but left before it was over, that he was not feeling wel] and wanted to go home. earlier than this. Another member was delegated to left considerab! Another member temporarily in his place as treasurer, and Bookman then ‘left the meeting. Neighbors Heard Noises. Tiaiaas. tn. Thursday, members of ihe family, living next door to the heard the unusual noises in back yard between the two houses. noises were not of a nature to them, however, and they made tion. Spencer, 17 years old, says that heard words spoken in the rear be- ten the two houses at thls time. That ‘he thought Thuraday night that she 4 these words, but was in ntii told Friday morning of Mr. ‘a» disappearance of the dis- ‘nde at’ his back door: Then ‘was sure she had not been mistaken. e words, uttered in @ man’s voice, she were! “Now I've got you!” “T've got you now!” wheertain about them at the however, Miss Spencer said noth- and the family soon afterward re- AB 5:90 a. m. Thomas Sweeney of 4007 ty avenue, a mijk wagon driver employ of Murray Bros., went the Bookman residence from the b entrance, a granitoid walk lead- - the back door, to deliver che supply of milk. According to his | story be found a $1 bill on the near the kitohen door. the bill, delivered the milk ‘afousing or seeing any of the went on his rounds, >» LOE SL ES SE Er eso ae . i ‘. : ok . —— es 4 , “ ~ > ? m ] : ‘eG4itionnl G1 bills, « dime, a hat, ol wate, chain and a bilood- were on the ie does not understand secing them at the time OSL Tas . 5, © ve Harbor With Three War Vesse oan bellious Seamen Lay Down ‘ at Once—Details of Mee Unknown—City for a Time B 8 | i ” REVOLT SPREADS . To 4 — _ MANY OTHER -_ WwW *s - iin én ~~ Pon -=s b Bi! i eee Fierce Fights Héws Between | Tro Ops in the Streets o * Libau as Well as at Princi Muscovite Seaport +G ‘ the Future Entertained ; at Tas WASHINGTON, June 30.—Mr. E ican ccnelag Obmee ie SE aprender pre: om the mutineses and rioters soon ¢ ) here at 12. o'clock Joy: of J Seg » . ™ a a ee te r " . i bs - eee ; 7 \ * Ny re, k ae a - es i ~~ Ee 4 + * ; e - . er Bed oar FF . Gare WALK "Ss af v < 2 VERNON aie | BOARD WALK CABANNE AVE } Hi} A Indicates Spot Where Bookman’s Razor Were Found; BK to C Trail of er = eer SHEURBAW TB eR Peace Addison dt si lisnt ses tdi Hat and aciiies and a Blood-Stained Blood Stains Terminating Abruptly. RAIN PROMISED TONIGHT Little Change in Temperature to Be Expected, According to Forecast. A little dampness is the promise cf the official weather forecaster. This is how he read the signs as he looked out this morning upon ai cloud- less sky: “Showers to- night or Satur- day; no mate- rial change in temper ature, southerly winds.”’ There is not much to dnter- est the weath- er man in any part of the country. There is some uneset- tled weather in the north and south, but there isn't a respectable storm anywhere. The temperature is practically unchanged, although the tendency is toward warm- er weather east of the Rocky Moun- tains. CZAR PLACES ODESSA UNDER MILITARY LAW J.J. HILLS AUTO ILLS A WOMAN Chauffeur Runs Down Pedes- trian on His Way to Trial for Scorching. NDW YORK, June %.—Frank C. Foote, a chauffeur for James J. Hill of the Northern Pacific Railroad, ran over and fatally injured an unknown wom- an with his automobile at the corner of Charles and Greenwich streets, today. The woman died half an hour later. Foote was remanded to the custody of the Coroner. He wae on his way to court at the time charge of of speeding the auto. ae MADE FACES AT COMPANY? —_—_—... When Mrs. Rose Olin entertained company on the front porch of the fat at 4318 Evans avenue, where she lives upstairs and Charlies Crews lives down- stairs, Crews objected because he said she and her company blocked his way. They quarreled, and each had the other arrested. They ‘old their stories in Day- ton Street Police Station court Friday. Crews said Mrs. Olin and her co » * ng lete tee A. ; ee OER Se lee 3 . t * . 7 q . . - ‘ ps - a rs ‘, he nw ‘ - a r we . . Key — . ey ~ 7 7 By the Rébistabed: Delek: .* LONDON, June 30, 6:20 ». ke cal message received in London this evening says he Bi Sea squadron arrived off Odessa and then | the vessels could be seen off the horizon, where t ! now motionless. a The London message does not wakiiasaahi for the retirement of the fleet under a who had been expected to attack the muti battleship Kniaz Potemkin, as soon as het : Odessa. One possible explanation is the fear that hi men may refuse to fire on the rebels. Another p reason might be his unwillingness to enter the ha in the face of a powerful and hostile war vessel ju: night is falling. ii - - }Aby 'e a J a ed s By Associated Press. LIBAU (on the Baltic Sea, the chief port of | Russia), June 30.—A 4000 mutinous sailors. are surrow ed in a small wood a with Ne guns. <4 The mutiny arted Tsay night when netrly 00 seized the guardhouse, wrecked the barracks and attacked th ficers’ quarters. Se se ws'as calor into the woods, which they have since held. ; & i ODESSA, June 30, 1:00 pees Sp eee sant fighting the Imperial trnepe snk Coates 3 SS ee | less reinforcements arrive today the rebel force of mutinous sailors 4 ing workmen will hold the entire city. As it is the rebels more than hold their own. Wire « streets have stopped the charges of the Cossacks, and machine battleship Kniaz Potemkin, placed behind strong barricades, ha attacks of the infantry. : 7 The entire water front is in possession ig . Y rt oo a % mee = 7 , a oe " fused to fire on the sailors. The situation are to maintain a foothold in the city reinfo The mutinous crew of the ba * ODESSA UNDER FIRE; lelele RIOTERS. 3 SLA $ the extent « the : it hs ’ re. &, Py _ ws Page.