St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 1, 1905

Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.

The text was read from the page scans by machine (OCR), so it has mistakes and its columns may run together. See the pages · About this title · At the Internet Archive

Page 1

WANTED, * (ES, PROFE &@ SANCIAL aera Tg D: iv | lan WANT DIREC i 8. 5 NO. 4h. _ e ho commen § ailment physician could cure ‘about the hard work : _a livelihood; she Iding up of a fic- {aha she lay soft ote with kind attend- demanded of her Biected to forget her of her parentage or Mheonscious on that Which is strongest in @ forget all that did | door found a™ook so fascinating as this re: ord whi covers but oa months life. I*fhas an air of Candid elation /4t seems to present the shift ing t¥faghts—e motions, fears, ical ousies, hatreds, loves—of thx Coupl | with. self-analysis, with pe kanc * with aspiration and sive, @vouring passion arr the ym her daily round—what sh to care of shorting of her hair fpnle and at entry. a quotation mak Peualls way properly credited. Thise fPansitions give air @f r@lity. and yet one must pect/the jauthor created many facts. Sefering from chrpnic roman tictsm, shé had need of lovers to muk: he; life cémport with its dream ideal; ce mem troop through her pages, 2 Who)pursue her, even who Kiss » Quarfel with her, become d, Wha become hateful and ceas: interes 4 her grow tired 1¢ fiction§ her mew with the same @ fictions) her whole life \ A Troop of Lovers. P) There is a Dr. AV... Whese macnetism affects her, a Mr. w who disappoints her: V who gives his She may kiss it night which accepis solely a handsome pieture: J. V., who covered have an habitual biber and therefore less desirable formerly: O.,. whom meets in wardens, with whom rides auto and who begs ber to return position in his office; Z.. who her flowers, but does not want to know who is the donor: D.. who chats with her the steps of Christ Church and telis her his troubles: Lb is so refreshing ‘and tmperso and never wants to play the lover flirting dentist: a furniture who, drank lemonade while beer and highballs wuntil the sensatlfon of being intoxicated: Ete: tie, whom she had disappointe@ and had to down; Mr. C.. who personal attentions with busibess A.. whom she likes in spite absurdity: ©€., with whom st break, who pieads impassic and throws his cigarette stubs onithe car- pet; Dr. T., whose kisses are dexeribed: G., whom really likes, although he ita a minister; B. ¢who inay bé the im- personal youth or the Bertie previous! noted), who audactously Knock on thy hbedroom—ind others in het selft-rey author 2outl Simplest had her complexion, = thr green sPirt, the end of « from and ed, a | dose a! ach day's Some verse correct neurly al. the record its sus- of her TeCO!) - or of nei art her portrait each ana Sne because |] to been im- than ale heer She ims so dads to sends others or falesmain Sie drank aha srmonth ir Marin she of hei OmMmpves, ! These be real then, may whom like, with whom she Spehds “the delightful afternoon” of Jer life ifternoon' —wes the atiend was Yorn had at gre the Springfield «ill. hospital All the Known facts deny thd shinder of her diars | Some of the men may be real the most part they are figme diseased imagination. The only part of her diary which seems me 1o be sirictly truei relates petty complaints eoncerning fodd: jealousy becnuse dently colored—is men, bul ow yf she describes lover most “a golden ing when she physician and . ’ Bat heer : : her under observation time in » but for of a to her a suriv Porthr—ey paid a higher Wage than she receives and holds hig Sition after acts of discourtesy; Ri Halton shift from affection tor @ Womas siclan in the hospital to deadly because, also, this woman Is paig money, $3, to Baruh Noe's $1. search for @& deadly paolson ; medica~a ‘tasteless, her materia poison lier moral center k& atrop which has made The dranwth test of its disease for pose is her only | and, satiated with poges tia only minor laws, her desir@ pear os a crafty murderer. man und thus affileted, would be for contbat) with at least an onslaught With steel; being a woman ¢he s a tasteless, odorless Aig. Dr. G must die bec Six Verars must die without Inju G. has powerful wrists templates with fear the those wrists might .fr attack. She searches Persons of achieved ‘Rev. J. Weldon Baker of Joplin Practices What He Preaches and Insists on Upholding the Majesty of the Law Though | | It Is Necessary to Invade His Own Household and Seize | } Upon One of His Own Blood, Greatly Beloved, to Do So. mixes ; ’ ae . : . visededtiiee le cas AT + fice : LT, eT ates ! ; acre ecognized it ie | ‘ xpl i > 3 eg - > SNe a ~~ ee — —_ - — a ee her boasted intellig« know row fat expcriment ke mor med | - | ) ' ‘= =" re 4 IOUT epee T eee Le wditen -* 2 ma - OTe. - . - «2 . ° — | -- i BOia. —_ { : . ee o 2 in ~ , , >» Fi. . . . ~y ‘> Ng + . > ~Ag Po _ ~~ " or +4 . fr, 2e SI ates Sir : “r* ‘ ; ‘ 8A AD a ig th obey tes se . cr to ~~ pete eet TL B) ee SOMERGET -—— — | insisted to of church's lMderary value of light the Bit ble ‘'s pomp sense the and music. do | how kK Tees 3 Charged With Robbery of Em- ployer and Attempted Arson, She -Poses as an Injured Girl, Deprived of Her Right- ful for Her gree of comfort, so exchanged it tor "Tales of the Cloister,’ and liked it very Buch; it is new and Interesting.’ “I have begun to read ‘Tommy and Grizel’ and like it much.” ‘Tommy and Grizel’ is very interesting, and I think i shall read more of the author's works.’ ““One of my patients gave me a copy of ‘Black Rock, by Ralph Con- and srom the first few pases I think [- shall like it very much. of it long ago when pub- serial, Qut have quite for- the story excepting remembrance -that finished Ralph Con- the whole interesting, though ordinarily jizabeth Stuart Phelps’ Tubs,” Was not in- was interesting. “interest- rmative nor the She puts the seal of her books with the calm éf- Auburn prodigy. Surely the smartes her should final curt of criticism! The Girl Herself. iway from the diary to the not pretty. Truly she is is plain. She has a@ high fore- expressive eyes. She strong sense of her much experience, you very stead- very mor, read | lL read parts Ished as a getten how that | iti Was ran, have a vague very interesting.” [ Slack Rock,’ night, and tite Pending by (>?) ects ado not 7 for the into ‘pinton ranteryv of 1 school lat us cet girl, She is not. She ana fine havirg importance and look at ej recetiv, You cannot test expression al head eves, is not shy, owl those en eves ilv, very her statement by the ut her unatfected that part of nee eves. the nerves brain we mtiscles are bv that call conscl: touch the thickness of her per lip small. It is blunted and characteristic of poor exec- ubility. Her lips do mot set firm- ly, pout and, coupled with her formed chin, indicate fecbleness and strong love of luxury. Hier complexion is bad and the texture of her skin unpleasantly suggests a dis- ordered: state of health. ller ear is large, Strongly marked for intellectual- ity aad a degree of strength which be- of the her because nose . eens utive Siightly receding, poorly lies her chin. A physiognomist would - ee a ee + - es ee - The up- Heritage and. Makes Sympathetic Persons Care Through Many Strange Pretenses. sum her up as having power of cone centrated thought, lack of steady pure pose in action, weakly lascivious ind withal possessed of considérable nacive refinement. Her hand is long and narrow, the fin- gers tapering and extremely pliable. Spiritual women's hands are of this type. The thumb is short and bends backward, as is the case with all ir- resolute persons. She takes much care of her personal appearance, but with poor results, lack- ing the knack of the fine lady in seif | decoration. : Signs of Refinement. Hier voice is pleasant, her words ar- ticulated as carefully as her penmafn-. ship, and she expresses herself in speech as correctly as she writes. She has a certain poise, which puts intellectual {n-: feriors at a disadvantage, but with t\lliose to whom she chooses to be gYra- clous she is very winning: Her smile is charming. She hasn't smiled much recently. Since she was found bound and gagged on the floor of Dr. Cham- lee’s office a week agu last Thursday she has had small matter for smiles. Her effort to make it appear that she was attacked and bound by a negro robber, who stole $59, proved abortive. The’ police did not’ believe im this fic- tion, being ddubtful of everyone's verac- ity. Although her wrists were slashed painfully, they charged her with creat- ing the robber out of her imagination, and binding herself. She confessed finally. When the police have secured a con- fession from so accOniplished a liar, she has had not only thirty-third degree. After the police came the doct inquire into her sanity and presé@nt alternative of prison or asylum, She has a fear of the asylum which seems unreasonable. ‘ld rather go to the penitentiary fer 10 years than to the insane asylum for one year,” she said. Yet she has feigned insanity on sev- eral occasions to convince her public that it should care for her. There is the mystery about Noe. the third, Dut | * oe ——— as iton. lind | i brown eves, ends a day's notation tn the cry:. “Don't tell me the path that leads to de: I am positively frantic evime, and can't dc J means.” Cad Antendent the BY JON fe. Correspondent Disxpnteh. A Staff JOPLIN, Mo ‘don Bak: | ot used CONTESRO* able truth Keven at this stuge the ‘eaucher n the arn yf it of Miner Sheriff willing to the other citizens would have lent “No,” sald J. Weldon .B the sane yo AW, ~ te suffer.” ight and prom: have stuved haw rhe relen se on i Weavers to secire dl amendment of ise’ of Newton Counts application was back such an court and aid iker, pres urred of has im the penaity and must Business Type of Man. to and tall, s beak hair his beard. Ile is the 19) pounds, pale, Lael | expected find him thin for a head and # not the p lle is with burning eves, an ei hulo of grey about nose, a owing whit model spartan. built, 5 feet 9, dark brown hail lItis teeth are beautiful, powerful marked but hard tiie iinter’s af e&tocktis and reund his not by ard and work, merchant hands marred by) lie looks nan who is king ot cause he owns the the genetal store, binders and loans money He isin the earls threugh the High Sehool in Hutchin- fon.-Kan.. and for the past I4 yeurs has been in or around Joplin. He actually lived in Joplin years. Formerly he was a mine broker, and in 1899 Invested £3.000,000 in. three months in mining properties for New England cap- ita lists. All his Hite he chureh work and of the Christian Church at Streets, He axssistecl when it repladed of be- the sort “a country town, elevator, the hotel, sells harvesters and on crops. forties, went his seven has been interested in for veurs Was super- Sunday sehool of the Fourth ated. Peart in} financing this ite frame ~ Post- | ~~ — = . a oe °° iin i gt tl lee +9 NUTSHELL STUDIES OF REV. J. WELDON BAKER THE MAN. Stockily built, 5 feet 9, 190 pounds, brown eyes, dark brown beard, beautiful teeth, powerful hands, looks like a prosperous merchant. od tr troeture ] Orickr ci | imup ‘yt vid ment building but iit Was Nine ut! ot the now tion sabout HIS LIFE. Born and educated in Hutchinson, Kan., a successful mining broker at Joplin, organized a church and became its pastor because it needed him. HIS CREED. ‘Laws are made to be obeyed and those who break them must suffer. That is justice.’ WHAT HE DID. Investigated case of brother arrested for highway robbery impartially, became convinced of his guilt, per- suaded brother to plead guilty and refused plea for mercy. Visits brother in penitentiary, and becoming con- vinced of reformation, secured pardon. et i i i Hn) tled [rapidly bids e if ine res f Many, lived mad idence members f ther echool and I} ike l evalua organize od he moved mut to this lot builaing ¢ From Broken to Pastor. ana and finan- same Mr. Ba- aside broking and of the gospel. ‘bership of over en needed A YNAStot none The could be more satisfactory eially efficient than this ker Hie Inid pe mini tlis ehurch halt. tive rrpitie Ame a ater i a i el It} of Hle officer has a ; here visit, alarmed becayse he We «all uffect medicine “When mother was on a was very many that it read evil. I knew that Miner did not know the grip had on him until his wife told would smoke a cigarette in of night to induce sleep. looking after some mining and I found that he in getting there and neglectful of had many talks with him on the and he always main- tained that cigarettes did not hurt hin. phrase I believe that did. Scientists tell that they affect the eyesight ‘aUSE blindness, and Miner undoubtedly blind. If they that physical effect it is rea- to that theyV will af- mind. as the lesser used thern, but I the me that he the middle “He properties for and Presi- me. is size its mother ng rapidly has been she much is grow! dent Lian has friends smoked s0 cigarettes. were fearful health. She which destroys the sent for it and his secretly.. He told he didn't crave that he had and had thrown pavers. “He was his coffee and -itse discontinued. Sovn he ing as bad as In January, Sdward Riddle the polnt of a pistol, of all his money. Un his complaint the young men were arrested. The identification was incom- and the corroborating circum were slight, “hris- habit He in his de- and and is a high inthe ¢ Church State hible Society. State, would ofr a for tobacco. | wife guve it Si mie after this cigarettes all over the the had nomination, who recog ize his force was TMB capability. me Te ‘ ran, affairs like a business] was late and directly. I . but I addressine Hyper te’ of illustration. onducts more, week talks simply have his work. I any him ain Sure subjec? not smoked one tor a on 1) not homels not heard preacl that Alan: sulesmen,. 18 & Brown, his away his tobacco plain they will color us and Wis in was or reir Miner Penitentiary dav. tle vear sentence, but let us keep gone to his wife ter. rekolved to make amends for error in his past. You will read this perhaps, and if it may be benefit in reading It the sat- isfaction human curiosity. Blames Brother’s Cigarettes. ‘Miner's downfall began when he com- menced to smoke cigarettes,” the preacher told me. We were in the study of the South Joplin Christian Church and.I ‘had in-| terrupted the preparation of his serman, told of the medicine in aiministration smok- riert the Satur- pardoned bs Folk last served 18 months of a five- I know his whereabouts, that fur has and §-year-old daugh- all the Baker from Gov. color resummed can have ever. IMM, Miner robbed 8. P. sonable fect the supposc Baker lk | * ¢ secret he “Miner was reared in Hutchinson, inum. 1 ao nut know at what grade he left school, but he had a good common- Sunday torning,} school. education. He learned no trade. Hany saree aches bui he had a natural aptitude for ma- wt ee chinery and he has worked arvund at far bevond :; . mines in this section, doing almost all kinds of work about agisting and pumping engines. I beliewe that he could ould an engine. “His last lena, where piel mon it vou ane fight the cabe conviction was by ho means certam, Richard Balch of Newton acknowledged Brother Believed Him Guilty. it was several .days after his arrest thit Mincr sent his wife to his brother, the preacher Thy hatter says: “I Went to see of your County has regular work wus at Ga- he had a bicycle shop. He made monoy and lived well. Two years ago he. went to the Baxter Springs “Cirarettos insidiously nmareotic | Seldiers’ reunion and invested his mon- and, 1 belleve. more dangerous masse PP in a shoot-the-chutes ‘and tbost it | re? ar found tim ver dei At. (whisky. .1f 4 hal to choose aad oe that he was in Ward straite drink and cigarettes i would ake ae i fell amgng evil hs REM NR ese RE a STR OE a got ree ag Bll woesanta ktodl ah paaiogsae: as Prosecuting Attorney | Missouri Preacher Tells of | Sending Brother to Prison t out Attorney his | ' 'manfully. iim j that ; | three and | [learned to do his stent, ‘his first 99 in a was, leame ‘a day. | the Havens at | dally stent, if the young men had been enabled to, ‘hie sentence. ial The. prison ii. Was 'a model lake Man of Him _—_—_s - ~ ee oe — er oe ——————E pupae — ee eee ee ~= - — + ae - = ——— him to confess and accept the transgressed law. lIle held felt that I was with | peBalty against ed of me and harsh. ed two ise, not criel aid attorneys to look to defend him on but to protect his They ad- and throw the court. me he was the and anxiety at defiance he was plotting with other pris- jail delivery, an extra provided frustrate this emplo: his © of after a Plea guilty, nterests in all him to upon Sheriff caus not proper ways. plead gulity j vised the of lirnkelf inerceyv told trouble Reiuvers of much i this for in his stuge, believed to be oners for a and j}xuard was to ‘plan, Changed After Confession. when he was brought to see tat his duty became prisoner, was that the Sheriff said he the boy should go to The Sheriff recom- that I go to Prosecuting and present that view. “Mr. Balch not, however, fied that Miner's reformation was geuu- He insisted on his going to court he went iike a man and told the truth to Pepper. He was given a sentence years In the Peniten- “Roi to confess he and so changed his demeanor did the mot believe Penitentiary. mendéd the was satis- ine. and Judge of five tiary. “From confess he but time that he decided to hak never whined or whim- has taken: his punishment the pered., “When he reached the penitentiary he put in the saddle shop and given months to learn to cover suddle-trees in a day. I saw him at the iration of this ® days. He had having covered a few days before period. Later he be- that he covered 200 in The prisoners are pald for all work they do in excess of their and when work was plen- tiful he sent as much as © a week to his wife. wis ext da v end of the #0 ¢Xpert the Thoughts of Wife. “le said then that if they would give him all the work he could do he would content to remain until the end of He only wanted to be able to earn enough money to care for his wife and daughter. He had no wish to escape the full penalty Imposed for his crime. But there were long periods when there was pot enough work, and he had many hours of ieienens in his well. be Rirgeag ci. * ————- they ‘dope’ themselves. Miner toid mea that whereas he had formerly believed that cigarettes did not hurt him, he now believed them to be the great cause of his trouble. “On my first visit I asked the war- den about him and found that he was not known to that official. P ‘He's a good prisoner, though.’ warden said, ‘for if he weré not I would have heard of him.’ ~ “His record was good throughout his term, and after he had been there a year | began my efforts to have kim pardoned. Prosecuting Attorney \Baich prepared and signed the petition, as aid Judge Pepper, Sheriff Beavers and many citizens of Newton County. Pare don Clerk Speed Mosby promised to take the petition up in its turn, agreeing with me that if the boy were reformed the object of his incarceration Riad been accomplished. I had every reasen now to beliuve that his reformation ®Was géen- uine, and I intendédd to press i musts ter. Parents Join Efforts, “A few weeks ago mother and father came to visit me. Father is very much broken by age and by this dixgrace. Thelr one cry was for a | 7 told them that J believed all that was necessary would be for them te go to JeSerson Citv and press the application. “Mr. Mosby told them on the Grat in terview that he had investigated and would recommend favorable action, but that as Gov. Folk was coming home Acting Governor = one net to act. “On Gov. Folk’s return the applica-4 tion was presented to him. Baturday, night I had a mes#age f mother that theit mission was auce That. is all I have heard. I Sere os has gone to his wife that he is thoroughly redeemed ma. Ia sole will be a good citizen. . #5 re Ths “it has been a terrible be learned like a man, and” once thought me cold and lieve that he now hoids an ferent view. ¥ “Laws aré made te an at ’ That is justice. j: age “He was only a. lahore: “He stop: *d cigareglps >_ ere sf rd to. have | at the ae d_smoks as fy pa. . vers +¥ . abstracting the money herself, injuring has passed through a flery furnace, she ~~ Sarah . = morphine with which, as they say, the those who break them. mat wmutten -. ae. Ye Bw. * ee 2 eS ae ——