St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 27, 1905

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Kelly Clung to Win- dow and Supported Mrs. Kel- ly Whije Flames and Smoke Encircled Them. rr eee ue ee — t Mrs. George A. Kelly and Way Husband Saved Her Ze ‘rom Ft ire} > “POLICE RLY FAT DELMAR FIND 1 31M CRNDSTANI —_—_- o---— “Raids by Police Have Cut At- tendance to Handful and Re- duction of Purses Causes _ Owners to Leave. © —aii!inese ee ee ee IRATE BRIDEGROOM ~ ASSAULTS MASHERS WHO APPROACH WIFE i — oa = Dr. Neil Neison Uses Fist cn Two Men Who Are Charged With Following Wife and Who Approach her as: She Starts for Auto. about 5:30, Mrs. Nelson walked behind her husband and a friend, with whom they were to take an automobile ride. As she crossed the sidewalk a man stepped up to her and spoke: The husband heard him, and, whirling around, saw the man described by his wife. He struck the stranger fair in the face with his right fist. The latter dodged behind another man, apparent- ly his friend. This man showed fight and the den- tist’s fist landed in his face also. He returned a blow or two, striking Dr. Nelson in the face, and then turned and walked rapidly away, accompanied by the other one. Dr. Nelson says he knows the one who attempted to speak to his wife and that he has an office in the Century Puilding. - Mrs. Nelson, who is an attractive woman, lived in Kansas City until two DESERTED WI DEFENDS HUSBAND Mrs, Card Takes Lawyer to In- quest on the Woman He Shot. Thinking that one of two men stana- ing at the Chemical Building entrance was accosting his bride of two weeks, Dr. Niel P. Nelson, dentist, in the Chemical Building, struck him in the face and then gave his companion a beating on Olive street Wednesday evening. Then he handed his wife into their waiting automobile and they rode ‘away while.the two men, with battered coun- tenances, walked east on Olive street. Mrs. Nelson visited her husband at his office at 4 p. m. and told him of a man who had followed her into the ele- vator and, getting off on the same floor as she did, had noted the number of the office which she entered. On her description of the man tne husband looked through the corridors and in the lobby downstairs, but did not see him. As they were BURGLAR TOOK BATH SHAVE AND CLOTHES Home of J. J: Mulholland Scene | of Intruder’s Toilet—Fam- | ily Absent. ESCAPE BY STAIRWAY STOPPED BY THE FIRE HYDE AND HOLMES ARE | 10 SHIP MANY HORSES: NOT IN WASHINGTON OTHERS WILL BE SOLD ee ian String Owned by Millionaire ") Smathers Will Be Placed Un- der Hammer—St. Louisan Will Quit Racing Game. Exploding Gasoline in Kitchen Started the Blaze, Which Spread With Great Rapidity —Rescued by Firemen. Former in Europe, Latter in Chicago—District Attorney Accuses Officials of Misman- aging Investigation. leaving the building, — Encompassed by flames on every side and with the single passage of escape shut off, George A. Kelly, an electrician of S215A Olive street, with his right hand tightly grasping a frail window shutter, his left arm encircling the waist of his wife, suspended himself and his almost unconscious burden over the edge of the windowsill of the second- story of their home. With almost super- human strength he maintained an equlil- | ibrium for more than five minutes, until Assistant Chief Gallagher of the Sal- vage Corps arrived with ladders and rescued the almost exhausted man from his perilous position. Just as the ladder was hoisted flames and smoke broke out of the window, ‘blinding Assistant Chief Gallagher and scorching Mrs. Kelly’s hands. Mr. Kel- ly’s arms and hands were also burned. Kelly’s fingers had already begun to relax their grasp on the frail shutter and had his rescuers arrived a minute later he would have been compelled to drop with his wife to the sidewalk from sheer exhaustion. At 4:30 Thursday morning Mrs. Kelly was awakened by the muffled report of an explosion. She and her husband oc- ‘In order that there might be no bet- - ting even on the first race, as has been | the case on other days, the police ar- ‘fived at Delmar Racetrack at 2:15 p. ‘m., Thursday, one hour earlier than - wbual. The same force as on other days en- tered the grounds and the samé meth- ods were used. Not even a show of re- ‘gistance was made os the track at- taches. Detectives went hiveat the form of @sking for admission and of being re- fused and then Lieut. Hanna of the - Mounted District, who was in charge in the absence of Capt. McNamee, ied his men through the gate. _. Lieut. McKenna heaed thd men on foot, 30 in number, and four sergeants. Twelve riflemen, who this time ac- “Osan the policemen to the betting Wing, were in charge of Capt. Roemer. | By Wire From the Washingten ous of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, July %.—They are mixing up a woman with the cotton report scandal. She is said to hawe btefrrowed large sums of money from Chief Statistician | Hyde on notes indorsed by the dis- missed Holmes. This woman's name cannot be men- tioned at present, but she Is a clerk in the Agricultural department. The notes fe for sums larger than those appeared in thé checks that came into evidence during the postoffice frauds trials. In fact the money trané- actions that appear in the, Machen case > appear as comparatively small change in the transactions mentioned in con- »nection with the cotton scandal. There is nothing about the notes in- dicating that they.represent anything other than legitimate business traneac- tions, but they have not been explained to the grand jury or the officers of the departments of agriculture or to the two secret service operatives nes die fcovered them. They are merely among the LEFT HIS OLD GARMENTS|CARD BOWS TO HIS WIFE Two Sit Near While His Love for “Other Woman” Is Told. When the Coroner’s inquest began in- to the death of Buelah Craft, who was killed Tuesday evening at her home. 3214 North Broadway, by Frank Card, who afterward tried to kill himself, Mrs. Card appeared in the Coroner’s Mulholland’s Best Suit Gone—Razor, Brushes and Bath Used. The burglar that ransacked the resi- dence of John J. Mullholland, 4362 Forest Park boulevard had the ap- pearance of a perfect gentleman—when he left. He was smooth-shaven—with Mr. Mul- holland’s razor; his hair was neatly Mr. ep Pa eee mounted men remained out- | Carnedas = * Passing the grandstand, the sates oe detectives brought up the ‘ sou" Matthews and “Jack” Hansen, jana 2 and Hid not tired . stood aside an objection. | ig ide at the gate. forces saw two men and one woman. - In the betting ring was only a hand- x ful of spectators. - mpautes until the first ' gcheduled, but the scene was wry list- arlene The trouble at the track is failing js ts excite interest even as a spectacle for the crowd outside had dwindled to have its ordinary proportions. @hat the warrants - “POLICE OR NONE WILL ENTER TRACK.” KIELY. Chief of Police Kiely said this morn- ing that the police would again raid | Delmar Racetrack this afternoon, and issued Wednesday would be served if the men against “oem they weré issued could be found. Chief Kiely also said that he did not cw why Gov. Folk had summoned Police Captain McNamee to Jefferson ee unless it was that the Governor ak Manted to obtain at first hand a de- failed report. of police operations at * Delmar Racetrack. if any attempt is made to Close this gate today Chief Kiely has decided to * feeep the spectators out of the track un- --¢ii the police are admitted. When Prosecuting Attorney John- ston of St. Louls County was told \hursday morning of Chief of Police ’ Kilely's declaration that, if the St. Louis permitted to enter lice were not bi ‘ oa racetrack no one should enter, fe fhe gaid: y= “The St. Louis Chief of Police can vent persons being admitted to elmar racetrack if he has the neces- gary authority. “T do not think he possesses such au- thority. If he does what he now threatens I shall issue informations charging him with disturbing the « ‘peace, or assault, or whatever grounds the case warrants.” | MANY HORSES SENT ot , ’ ed , » - AWAY; BOOKMAKERS G0, it is now five days since the St. Louis police commenced raiding the Delmar; yacetrack in search of violators of the anti-poolselling law. The regular bookmakers have ascat- | tered. Aiready some of them are head- for other racing quarters. Few of them appeared at Delmar Wednesday. . Those who did kept well under cover. Out of town horsemen are beginning to ship their horses to other racing ts, believing that the game is -up at Delmar. ‘a a one express car ®hipment of horses from Bt. Louis. The reduction of purses from $900 to gm, made Wednesday by the Delmar Ficcetrack management, fo lowed a re- _ @uction two weeks ago from $40 to $300 hs the “cause. "The Iren Mountain Railroad now runs. nightly for the | Wednesday night. Henry Batchelor, q horses have been racing at Del- i r, shipped hie stable to Texas, about ts null. might G. R. and A. E. Flow- Bas or 12 nerees to Texas a ae It was then 15 tace was all ‘agyae during that “dence of his having visited every room d. brushed—with Mr. Mulhol- 8S cOmb and brush, and he was at- hat ta shoes in the most genteal Sfon-4h Mr. Mulholland’s “He was a Ti daddare sort of burglar, too. That Mr. Mulholland might not suffer from expostre, he left some of his old clothes, including shoes, socks, collar’ and necktie. The man ‘came through a transom into the kitcheri some time between 9:30 .e. m. and 7:30 p. m., Wednesday, members of the household being time. There is evi- in the house. He selected a suit of underwear. a pair of socks, a shirt, a necktie, a collar. cuffs, a pair of shoes, a suit of black clothes and a straw hat. A very soiled towel left behind leads to the belief that he enjoyed a bath before making the change and the con- dition of a shaving outfit shows that he scraped his face clean. A comb and brush bear evidence of vigorous usage. The gentleman burglar made his toilet before a full-length mirrcr, which is de- ‘ducted from the fact that his old shoes. collar, tie and other apparel were found there. The collar bore the initials ‘A. E. D.’’ Thus attired he departed by the front door. WEATHER INDICATIONS. Missouri—Docal rains and probably thunder- storms Thureday night and Friday: fresh southerly winds and probably squalls. lowa—Local rains and thunderstorms Thure- | day night and Friday; fresh southerly winds | and sovalls. Iilinois—Local rains and storms Thirsday night and to south winds. Kansas, Nebrask® and rains Thuraeday night; shifting to westerly. Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indian Ro apa night and savas showers ———— ee oe oe ot peer ‘ thunder- | Sonth Dakota—Local Friday, fair; winds Territory— ee — Finley will ship 12 horses away from Delniar. Smathers to Sell String. Edward BE. Smathers, who owns the best stable at Delmar, and whose colt, “Uncle Charley,”’ won the Derby at the Fair Grounds this season, has _ tele- graphed his trainer, John Lowe, to sell all his horses on the paddock at Delmar Racetrack Saturday. Phil Chinn, M. B. Miller and Schrei- ber, who some time ago shipped their stables from Delmar to Memphis, are now shipping from Memphis to New York, not caring to return to the Del- mar track. T. H. Stephéns, who has always here- tofore sent his horses to Delmar, has ordered them to be turned: out to pas- ture on his Kentucky farm. Moses Goldblatt has left his stable, at Memphis until he knaws how mat-| ters will turn out in St. Louis. Cc, Ghio of 8t. Louis, stable at Delmar, says that he is think-' ing of going out of the business, Siris Schawacker, another 8t. Louis horseman whose stable was established at Delmar. has ordered his horses turned out to pesture | in Illinois. POLICE WOULD,STOP DELMAR WIRE SERVICE. R. H. Bohle, manager of the Western Union in 8t. Louis; President Stewart of the Police Board, Chief of Police and Detective Killian met in Chief Kiely’s office Thursday. After the conference Mr. Stewart was asked if the matter under discussion was that of bringing about a discontin- uance of the Western Union's tele- grapific service to the Delmar race- track, He said: “Well, we're investigating. husband. The attorney, Albert | Miller, took charge of Card's interests in the hear- ing. As his wife entered the room Card arose from his chair, wheré he was sit- ting with his head covered with band- ages, and bowed to her. He declined to make any statement of his motives in shooting Mrs. “Craft, on.the advice of his Attorney. POLICE RELEASE SOLICITOR City Employes Who Commis- sioned Him to Get Subscrip- tions Reprimanded. Robert Coburn, who was arrested Tuesday at the instance of St. Louis business firms, among them the Ken- nard Carpet Co., on complaint that he had solicited subscriptions in behalf of City Hall employes, for the establish- ment of a “municipal library” and the ‘riday:; fresh east; organization of a “City Hall baseball team,’ was released from custody Wednesday on the order of Chief of Detectives Desmond. Chief Desmond said that he told the prisoner not to solicit further subscrip- tions. At the same,time the Chief admin- istered a reprimand to Dan Walsh, an employe of the City Collector’s office, and Joseph Richards, a clerk in the of-; fice of the President of the City Board cf Assessors, who admitted they had commissioned Coburn to secure ‘scriptions. They said they thority to do so of Mayor Wells or the heads of their respective municipal de-| partments, Walsh and Richards said that it had’ been customary for City Hall employes to get up a baseball team every yeur and to print a score card the advertisements of St. Louis firms. The proceeds from these advertise- ments, they deciared, were used to de- fray the expense entailed In purchasing baseball bats, balls and other needed articles. They denied that they got the money to help equip a library. They denied all knowledge of the library project. WYMAN TO FIGHT YELLOW FEVER SPREAD, WASHINGTON, July 27.—Surgeon- General Wyman of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service returned to the city today and will take personal charge of the service’s campaign against yellow fever at New Orleans. St. Louis h has more Post-Dispatch readers every day than it has homes. “First in everything.” . > At Home Scaled In an Easy Chair You may (tentatively) select a new stenographer, Find a new apartment, Decide upon an investment in real estate. Do many things which should be done. And all simply by studying the Post-Dispatch Want Ads. BF 10,071 People's Popular Wants Post-Dispatch last week, more than the number pom 1} bythe next nearest St. Louis t Medium, office with an attorney to defend ue sub- | had no au-| cupy. four rooms in the second story of an apartment house. When’ Kelly arose there was a distinct odor of smoke and he opened the door which leads into the kitchen from the front bedroom, which they occupled. . lie met a rush of flames and a stifling sinoke, which almost suffocated him. He realized instantly that the stairs lead- ing to the street below was the single passage of escape, and grabbing his wife in his arms he ran into the next reom and burst open the door into the hall- way. Met by Smoke and Flame. Another burst of flame and suffocat- ing smoke met him and he ran back into the bedroom. In his excitement he had left the kitchen door open and the room was rapidly filling with smoke and flaines were leaping over the doorsill. Shut off from escape by the stairway, the window facing Olive street offered the only means of escape. Mr. Kelly flung open the window and cadlled loudly for help. Policemen Cur- ran and Dorris were standing on the corner a block and a half away. Hear- ing the cries for help and observing the smoke issuing from the rear windows, they ran up to the house, where the frightened couple sat suspended over the window sill. No ladders or poles of any kind in sight, the policemen were unable to as: sist them. A minute later Assistant Chief Gallagher of the Salvage Corps at 9391 Locust street arrived. A ladder was inimediately hoisted as the flames leaped frora the top of the window out of which the couple hung suspended. | Oarried Wife Down Ladder. containing With his wife almost unconscious in his arms, Mr. Kelly, with the assist- ance of Assistant Chief Gall: agher and Policemen Curran and Dorris, descend- (ed to the ground. Not until Kelly and his wife were res- cued from their perilous position on the windowsill was the fire alarm turned in, and when the engines arrived the flames were shooting out of the rear of the building and smoke was pouring in vast volumes from the front bedroom window from which the couple had just been rescued. The flames were extingujshed after an hour’s hard fight. A can of gasoline had exploded in the kitchen, which ac- counts for the hot fire which spread to the other rooms so quickly. Mrs. Kelly was dazed by fright and both of her hands were slightly burned. Neither she nor her husband had time to put on their clothing, and when they were suspended out of the bedroom win- dow both were attired in their night clothes. Mr. Kelly is the St. Louis delegate for the local electrical union. He was burned slightly on the face and his |hands were badly scorched. The fur- niture was a total loss and the damage to the house will amount to $1000. GAS WRECKS DWELLING. July SOMERSET. 0©., 27.—Former State Senator Wiliam E. Kinck and | in a’ wife were fatally burned today natural gas explosion that wrecked | their home here. Mr. and Mrs. Finck. were found by’ ‘néighbors in the wreckage unconscious and fearfully burned about the face and bedy. It is supposed they hunting for a leak and found it. The POST-DISPATCH is the only St. Louls newrpaper with Associated Preas Day Dispatches. WS AILLED IN ATTACK Al HUSKA NOVSKA Number of Slain and Wounded in Assault on Villagers Near Kishineff Is Not Yet Estab- hshed. KISHINEFF, July 27.—An attack on the Jews in which several were killed and wounded is reported to have oc- curred at Ruska Novska (New Russia, probably a village near Kishineff). The number of fatalities has been established, OLDEST IN PRESBYTERY. Special to the Post-Dispatch. GREENVILLE, Ill... .July 27.—Rev. Thomas W. Hynes, D. D., the oldest minister in Alton Presbytery and prob- ably in the State of Illinois, died at his home here yesterday afternoon, aged 89 years. Bright's disease was the cause of his death. , Dr. Hynes came to Illinois in 1848 and was pastor of the church at Hillsboro until 1852, when he came to Greenvile and resided here ever since. He was a man of wonderful physique and intel- lect, and until a few months ago re- tained the full use of all his faculties. UNCLE SAM HAS DOUBTS Chinese Exclusion Treaty Soon Expires and New One Must Be Negotiated. WASHINGTON, July 27.—Some doubt is expressed in official citcles whether it will be possible to obtain China's consent to another treaty with the United States, providing for even the exclusion of Chinese laborers from this country. The State Department is aware of IiIl- feeling throughout China on the whole subject and now that the immigration treaty with China has been allowed to lapse without the negotiation of a new agreement reports have reached here that China is inclined hereafter to re- fuse to sign any similar convention. A BIG POTTERY TRUST. PHILADELPHIA, July 27.—A $40,000,- 000 pottery trust has been formed by not were ferred stock. Philadelphia capitalists to control the rentire tableWare and china output of the country. The principal manufacturers of which the new trust has secured control, are , those of East Liverpool, O., which ts }the center of the crockery manufactur- ing of the country. There are 22 pot- teries In that place. | Of the $40,000,000 capital the greater inart will be issued on 7 r cent pre- The stock will be listed on the New York and Pittsburg Ex- changes. FAST ST. LOUISAN BENNINGTON VICTIM ———— <P ———_ Charles Oliver McKeon Met Death in Awful Explosion on Gunboat. It’ was discovered Thursday that Charles Ouver McKeon of East 8t. Louis was one of the victims of the Bennington disaster at San Diego, Cal. ana McKeon. who was 2&4 years old, whose parents live at 730 North Ninth street, East St. Louls, enlisted Dec. 4, 1902, as an engine ro m ap;rentice under the name of Charles Oliver.. After the explosion, when it was found that he was one of the victims, a member of the crew told a lieutenan that the man known as Oliver ha told him that his real name was Me- Keon and that his home was in East St. Louls. This was reported to the Secretary of the Navy, who asked Congressman Rodenberg to make inqul.tes. He did so and located the parents of the young man. Mr. Rodenberg wil: have the er. fects of McKeon sent to his parents. Burned to Death by Lime. Special to the Post-Dispatch DiS MuiN&s, lo., July ~While itn- duiging in a girlish romp, Gertrude Stockley, the 10-year-old daughter of a Christian minister at Lone Tree, Io.. fell into a box of lime near where a house was built. Workingmen pulled the mass of burning, quivering flesh from the vat, but the girl lived only a few minutes. Major A. R. Patterson Dead. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEVADA, Mo., July 27.—Maj. Alex- ander R. Patterson, aged 78, Republican olitician, died this morning. He lved ere over 3% years. ZIONISTS MEET AT BASLE America Is Well Represented Among the Thousand Dele- gates Present at Congress. BASLE, Switzerland, July 27.—The seventh annual Congress of Zionists opened here today in the grand hall of the Casino de la Ville. Over a thousand delegates are present, repreeenting the leading forces of the Zionist movement throughout the world, inciuding an unusually strong delega- tion from the United States, After the delivery of addresses of welcome in be- half of the ci Max Nordau pro- nounced an elog¥ent eulogy in memory of Dr. Theodore Herzl, founder of the Zionist movement, this being the first anniversary of his death. At noon the congress resumed its ses- sion which was attended by a religious service in the synagogue organized by the Jewish community of Basle. The selection of a successor of Dr. Hers! attracts great interest, 48 aiso does the proposed establishment of a Jewish colony tn Brituseh Rast Africa. The Americin deicgates include Dr. Henry Friedenwald of Baltimore, Pres- went of the American Federation of Yioniste; Assistant City Attorney Leon Zolwkoff of Chicago. head of the “nights of Zion,” and the Rev, Judah L. anes of Brooklyn. Secretary of the American delegation. ed wi. The POST-DISPATCH is the only at. Louis newepaper with Associated | “First in Everything.” ~ MOTHER-IN-LAW 1S BLAMED FOR WOES Judge Bishop Denying Divoree, Says She “Delighted in Wid- ening Breach.” “It seems to me that this is a case of too much mother-in-law,” said Judge Bishop. So, Thursday morning, sitting for Judge Reynolds of the Circuit Court, he dismissed the petitions of both husband and wife for a divorce in the case of Rosie Theresa Broderick against Daniel J. Broderick. He held that Mrs. Broderick had not sustained her allegations of cruelty, abuse and nonsupport and that _Brod- erick had not sustained his. charges made in a cross-complaint. Mrs. Broderick is the daughter of Mrs. Rene De Youngs of 1121 North’ Channing avenue. She asked for the restoration of her maicen name and the custody of her child” Judge Bishop heard the evidence Saturday. He summed it up Thursday as fol- lows: “After carefully reviewing this case it seems to me to be a case of too much mother-in-law. When trouble arose in the family, it appears, she made no ef- fort to reconcile the couple, but de- lighted in widening the breach of mis- understanding.’ Consumptive Gets Freedom. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., July 27.— Because Sam Lawson is belleved to be incurably afflicted with consumption Gov. Folk today pardoned him. Lawson came from Boone County in 1909 to serve seven years for burglary and lar- ceny. CLARK CASE DCCKETED United States Action Against Montana Senator for Timber Land Frauds in Archives. WASHINGTON, July 27.—The case of the United States against Senator W. A. Clark of Montana, involving a charge of defrauding the United States in the appropriation of timber on the public lands, was docketed in the Supreme Court of the United States today. The record in the case was very volumnious, covering 7000 printed pages. TOPEKA BANK ASSETS SMALL Among $1,222,435 Doubtful Reported by Receiver Are Devlin’ s Puzzling Collateral. WASHINGTON, July 27.~The report of the receiver of the First National Bank of Topeka, Kan., which closed its doors on July 3, 1906, has been rece by the Comptroller of the Currency. dambbes the ‘assets of the bank as fol- lows: Good. $766.64; doubtful, $1,202,488: worthless, 3139. 156. and the llabilities as follows: Indi- vidual be! 9 $1. 122,737; ee ot $12. 4: unpald drafts outsta $10. - one: other Habllities, $606. Total, $1,680.587. The receiver states he found much difficuity in estimating the value of the Devlin collaterals ang that his estimate ‘aside for explaggtion when Hyde Holmes return, which, it is pret “will be before the present grand jury finishes its work and makes a report. Hyde and Holmes are the two men above all others who would have been able to give the grand jury light. Hyde has gone to Europe and Holmes is in Chicago. District Attorney Beach, in & statement, accused the officers of the Department of Agriculture of misman- aging the case up to the time the papers were submitted to him, but the of the two men, if it is fight, took place after the case was turned over to the Department of Justice, represented in this case by him. The mystery with which the grand jury investigation of the cotton leak scandal is hedged about haé@ been heightened by the appearance of an- other woman in the case. This woman visited the office of the District Attorney, heavily veiled, and @ — successful effort was made to prevent her identity from being learned. After torney she left the bullding, Presum- ably the woman is a witness whe wil subsequently be called. LEWIS GETS MORE TIME. Attorneys ‘Have Ten Days Longer to File Bill. Judge MoPherson, of the United States Circult Court, Thursday extended the time in which attorneys for E. G. Lewis may file a supplemental bill in” the sult i an injunction the Postof ent to n the op- pration of the fraud order now ~ force. The attorneys had been given until Saturday, July 2%. This is now ext ten days. It is believed that this sup- Plementa! bill will contain answers the numerous questions go pag when, at the hearing se veral daye for WAM WAVE TO FOLLGW RAIN perature Friday Tem Cool Risin Thursday morning for Thursday atrived Thursday at noon. shower which came then which are to come Thursday to usher in warmer weather, of them May not even a brief conference with the District At- , y