St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 8, 1910

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Youthful Safe Blower While Passing Through St. Louis on His Way to Prison Con- fesses to Deception He Played Upon a Sorrowing Mother. FOOLED OFFICERS WHO HAD SET HIM FREE ‘Told. Fanciful Story of How He Had No Recollection of Parents—Was Caught at Safe Robbery and Petted by Women While in Jail. Mrs, Nina de Jarnette, recently made “happy by the belief that she had re- covered her kidnaped son, and later dis- ‘tressed by the criminal tendencies of the 16-year-old boy, has now learned she was misled by the intuition on which she relied, and that he is not her, child. The boy, Eddie Holman, confessed the imposture to a Post-Dispatch reporter ‘while he was in St. Louis on his way from Little k, Ark., to Washington, “to serve a three-year sentence in the Federal Reform School for postoffice robbery. _ Mrs. de Jarnette now lives in Memphis. BHadie Holman, in telling his story, ‘geemed to find great amusement in the ‘ way in which he duped her into think- ‘ing him the son whom she had lost in Uses Criminal’s Slang. ‘Eddie Holman is small for his age, is ‘well dressed and good looking. He talks well, though he frequently re- gorts to the slang of criminals as being : e order rearranged © ARE SF HS BS Pes 3 ; be ' as fo i “ Mrs. de Jarnette and ie husband sep-, A fore the birth of was named Felix, and when = Sal old, was stolen from the door- ¥, 5 the deserted woman’d home in S <Arkeatisas. For months the mother -,- geairched for the child, but could obtain mo trace of him. Years ago she aband- ees a Boy Was Captured. May 2% last, the people of New Eden- oS ae ) % Eas en Snmuaaio’ by a boy. ‘The boy was gaptured, but the aie escaped. ‘oak y said his name was Eddie Hol- was 14 years old and that with the safe-blower for months, robbing stores and post- : Mississippi! and Arkansas, He gaid they had robbed the i at Warren, Ark., the night | “before he was captured. He remained in jail for/several weeks oe in Rison, - Ark., the county seat of ¥ ty.’ Rison was the town . “hee baby was stolen -. years ago. . o heard of the boy tn jail pied oo oo apgaar Menta . They carried him his his clothing and read the ad One woman asked him | s woman, after a minute examina- ne.” n of “his features,-decilared ber belief th at he was the long-lost son of her old ’ neighbor, ‘Mrs. De Jarnette, and she to Mrs. so Jarnette, who had } a@ number of years I x Jarnette hurried to the Arkan- 3 ey i MT Fira 5 ‘ ‘3 Fe ge ‘ “< , ag “2 4 a |, . Only Evening Paper in St. toute With the Associated Press News Service.

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lAS ¥LUM PROPOSES PIPING HOT SOUP

Pneumatic Tubes Are- Suggested to Prevent Food From Get- ting Cold. Piping hot soup! That's what they will be doing soon at the Insane Asylum and the Poor House if a plan suggested by Dr. John C. Morfit, hospital commissioner, is ap- proved by the Board of Publi¢t Improve- ments, The kitchens are so far away from the inmates’ quarters at these institu- tions that the soup gets cold before it is served. Therefore it is urged that pneumatic tubes be ‘installed in the bulldings. + Inmates and patients will not be ex-| pected to place their mouths to the pipes and catch the pneumatic soup onthe fly. The hot liquiag will be placed in metal or glass containers, which in turn will be put in asbestos-lined cartridges and shot from the kitchen. Dr. Morfit estimates that under this new system it will take only five min- utes to distribute all the hot soup the patients can stand. Vegetables and other food will also be distributed by pneumatic pressure. The idea was auggesteq by Frank H. GailJbraith Superintendent of Mails at Chicago. DIME THAT LED TO RICHES IS REPAID BY ITS BORROWER Danville Man Returns Loan to East St. Louisan After Five Years. A dime loaned to James Spain of Dan- ville, Ill., five years ago, which formed the basis of a fortune accumulated since that time, . was returned Thursday to Henry F. Bader, a well to do Hast St. Louis retired business man. It will be kept by Bader as a: treasured memento. The coin was réturned to Bader through Charles F. Merker, who succeeded him in the drug business on the East Side. Five years ago Bader had a drug store at Main street and Broadway, East St. Louls. Spain walked into the store

sick and outof luck. He asked “or some quinine, a sheet. of paper, an envelope and a postage stamp, and. said he had no money to pay for them. Bader passed the medicine and sta- tionary, amounting to 10 cents in value, over the counter... The quinine cured the }chills, and the letter brought. Spain. the money he wrote for. He left for the: West to seek his fortune. His luck turned and he accumulated wealth. He stopped at East St. Louis Wednes- day and went» to the drug store and found that Bader had sold it to Merker. The dime was intrusted to Merker to be delivered to Bader with his thanks. SLEEPING COUNCILMAN TAKEN FROM BED TO MAKE QUORUM Had Forgotten Special Meeting and Marshal Was Sent for Him. - 4 Councilman George 8S. McDowell of Maplewood forgot there was to be a special meeting of the Maplewood Council Wednesday night to cast up | the returns of the special election for two members of the Council. The other members waited for him until 11 p. m., and not having a quorum sent Marshal McBride to his home. McDowell. was in bed asleep. The Marshal fold him that his presence was required at the city hall. and he re- luctantly got up and went to the meet- ing. Charies W. Bell and Albert Renkel were elected to the Council without op- position, to fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of L. Ww. Cape and Edward Closs. THIEF STEALS SILVERWARE, LEAVES IT ON CHURCH STEP Keeps $65, However; Passerby Found Valuables in Front of Edifice. The thief who robbed the residence of Mre. Nina Roseman, 1447 Wright street, left part of his loot to the church. At the iiasenae home the thief got, besides $65 in mony, six knives, as ‘many forks and teaspoons, five tablespoons and a butter knife, all valuable. The money he kept, but the tableware he deposited on the steps of the Fourth Baptist Church, Thirteenth street and St. Louls avenue. . Mrs. L. Luedecke, 1816 Hebert street, found the silverware and notified mem- bers of the church. Mrs. Roseman, went to the church and recovered her prop- erty. SENATOR DIXON IS VISIBLE “Come In” Sign Surprises Call- ers at His Office. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Senator Dix: on of Montana ie forging to the front for the honor of being the most demo-

Pos, eal Ee Sey t - Ls one day and told Bader he was broke, | GILL CHARGES: CATLIN TRIED 10 BUY DEMOLRAT Congressman-Elect He Offered Inducements to Committeeman. $500 THE SUM NAMED iImproper Instructions Given to Election Judges, Also Is Charged. The charge that Theron E. Catlin, Republican Congressman-elect from the Eleventh District, attempted to buy the support of a member of the Democratic City Committee for $500 is made in con- test proceedings against Catlin institut- ed by Patrick E. Gill, his Democratic opponent. Notice of “he contest was served on Catlip Thursday by Peter T. Barrett, attorney for Gill. The name of the member of the Demo- cratic City Committeeman alleged to have been approached by Catlin is not disclosed in the notice of contest. At- torney Barret® said his name would not be made known until it was brought out in the evidence. It is also charged that Catlin’s cam- paign manager offered threg prizes to the Republican judges of election who showed the largest vote in. their re- spective precincts for Catlin. It is charged that these prizes were offered to unduly -influence the judges to re- turn a higher number of votes than Catlin actually received. Says He Made Speéeche It is further charged that “Catlin himself addressed meetings of the Republican judges and clerks. ,An- other allegation is, that all of the as- sistant postmasters of St. Louis urged the carriers to vete for Catlin, stating that the ‘old. man,’ meaning Post- master Akins, was vitally interested in Catlin ang desired to have him elected. The carriers were warned, it is charged, that their ballots would be watched to see whether they voted for Catlin. or Gill. Many of.the carriers, it is asserted, were forced, in violation of the law, to spend election day at the ‘polls working for Catlin. |. The petition makes the formal charge fthat many illegally régistered persons were allowed to vote, that many persons legally entitled to vote were not allowed to do so, and that the postmaster at St. Louis held up ‘notices to Democratic voters warning them that their names were to be stricken from the eer tion books, ; Untrue, Says Catl “The charge that I vttempted to influ- ence a Democratic city committeeman to vote for me is absolutely untrue,” said Catlin to a Post-Dispatch reporter ‘TI never heard of it before. “The charges made in the petition are all untrue. Many things contained in it are news to me, as I never had any knowledge of them.” ILUNGEING STRAPHANGEBS PICK "POCKET, LEANING ON VICTIM Clarence P. Oliver Was Indul- gent, Thinking Them In- toxicated. — . Clarence P. Oliver and his mother,”of 4607 Maryland avenue, boarded an Olive street car at Grand avenue Wednesday evening. As they were standing in the aisle, clinging to a strap, two men lunged carelessly against them. ‘Dofi't pay any attention to them,” Mrs. Oliver told her son. “They are in- toxicated.”’ * When the two men got off the car at Vandeventer avenue, Oliver let go of the strap and put his hand in: his over- coat pocket. He found that his pockeé book, containing $20,. was gone. WOMAN RECLUSE IS KILLED IN FIRE: BUCKET OF GOLD MELTED Aged Hermit, Worth $30,000, Kept $5000 in Double Eagles at Her Home. Special to the Post-Dispatch. CLEVELAND, O., Dec, 8.—Mrs. MI- nerva Williams, aged 85, was found dead in the fire ruins of her home in .& remote section of Noble County yesterday. <A bucket of gold, which it was known she kept in the house, and which at first could not be found in the ruins, was discovered today. The bucket and the gofa had been melted by the flames It is estimated that there was $5000 in double eagles in the bucket, and because it was missing the Coroner thought &’he had been murdered. “The woman had been a recluse, refusing even to see her two daughters. She was worth $30,000.

FINE FOR TREATING IN TACOMA'|8™ Buying. of Intoxicants _for An- other Made a thietemednce: TACOMA, Wash., Dec: 8&—An anti-

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ISEVEN HEIRS ASK LARGER SHARE IN $207,000 ESTATE Trial of the Suit to Break| Will of Mrs. Matilda Largue Is Opened.

NIECE A DEFENDANT Charged With Causing Testa- tor to Change Document, Benefitting Her. Six nieces and a grand-niece of Mrs. Matilda Largue are the plaintiffs in a trial which began in the Circuit Court Thursday to set aside the will by which Mrs. Largue bequeathed the bulk of her $257,000 estate to her favorite niece, Mrs. Edwin 8. Puller of 4344 Forest Park boulevard. Mrs. Largue, whose home was at 3840 Lindell boulevard, died in October, 1909. Two-thirds of her estate- was left to Mrs. Puller. The other heirs contend that undue influence was used to in- duce her to change a previous will, un- der which there was a more equal di- vision of the property. In his opening statement Lee Meri- wether, attorney for the plaintiffs, said that the estimated. value of Mrs. Lar- gue’s estate is $257,102 and that the share received by Mrs. Puller was $141,862. The plaintiffs are Arthur G. Taylor, Linnie T. Brandenburger, Jesse T. Ver- nier, Grace T. Mortland, Edith C. Tay- lor, Blanche Taylor and Mrs. Sadie Ferree. All of these, by terms of the will, were to receive an equal interest in 40 shares of Bank of Commerce stock, after the death of Melinda Wallace, a niece of Mrs. Largue. Mrs. Ferrell, the grandniece who is contesting the will, is a sister of Banker William Ramsey of Pittsburg, one of the financiers indicted as a result of a bribery investigation there. In his opening statement, Benjamin Schnurmacher, attorney for the con- testing heirs, said that Mrs. Ferrell came to St. Louis to Induce Mrs, Largue to give her $25,000 to be used in defend- ing Ramsey. When Mrs. fused to give this amount, Mrs. Ferrell reduced her demand to- $1000, and finally accepted $500, after she had made herself so disagreeable that che was ejected from the Largue home, Schnurmacher said. will prove that Mrs. Puller, who lived at the Largue home, was active in trying to induce Mrs. Largue to make a new will to take the place of one drawn up in 1907 and that in July, 1909, she succeeded in doing this, although at that time there had been impairment of Mrs. Largue’s mental faculties. Benjamin Schnurmacher, attorney for Mrs. Puller, said it was natural that Mrs. Puller should be the favored heir, as she had always lived with Mrs. Largue and had been kind to her. FLEEING RAT OPENS GAS VALVES Entire. Family Barely Escapes Being Asphyxiated.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass., Dec. 8.—A rat | Came near being the cause of the death of a whole family last night. In fleeing from,a cat in the’ home of Charles Osborne the rat hit the valves in a gas range and the escaping gas awakened Mrs. Osborne, who found the other members of the family in a semi- conscious condition. The cat is dead, but the rat escaped. WEATHER MAN DECLARES COLD SNAP IS ABOUT OVER; WARMER FRIDAY THE TEMPERATURES. 1 a. m 28 11 a. m..... 24 12 (moon) . 2661 Pe

tea he Temperatures, Highes eNom ty “The hobble is out of date, I un- derstand,” said the haberdasher. ‘Yes,’ said the druggist, “I have been reading all about it in the papers.’”’ “All about it? Are. they printing much on that sub- ject?’’ “Sure, columns every day.” . “That's strange. I hadn’t noticed .” “Tt’s right on the front page.” "You don’t say.” “Yes, all about ' | St. Louls getting rid of the Verminal Hobble. Haven't you béen reading about the railroads that are coming into the Manutacturere’ Railway fold?” Official forecast: Fair tonight and WITH ov CMOMIN G 2

of .1 .Largue re-} Meriwether told the jury that he horn aey ene Rooregysato . wl FREESE se srr 2 meno mi : foot, T “Se LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER ¢ 8, 1910. — |COURTROOM SKETCH OF MAN ON TRIAL “FOR MURDER, WHO ACTS AS HIS OWN ‘ATTORNEY:

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Ce Ae" ” ORK ACCUSES WIFE OF DARNING JAPANESE SFRVANT'S SOCKS Colonel S. Williamson Says He Objected. to Oriental Staying in House.

That Mrs. Ida lL. Williamson used to darn the socks of a Japanese servant, and that she kept the Oriental in her home, 5169 Fairmount avenue, over the protest of her husband, Col. 8. Wil- Namson, was one of the allégations in the husband’s deposition, filed Thurs- day in Judge Fisher’s court. William- son is resisting his wife’s suit for sepa rate maintenance. portant part in the Williamson case. When the wife filed her suit several weeks ago, she told the Sheriff that Williamson was living at the Hotel Ber- lin, and that he could be easily identified by the cream-colored socks which he always wore. Williamson later ‘appeared at the Sheriff's office and accepted service, Japanese Later a Boarder. In his deposition, taken at the instance of his wife’s lawyers, Williamson re- lated: “My wife used to darn this Jap’s socks, though I protested against his even being in the house. His name was Saito, I think.” “Didn’t Mrs. Williamson darn your socks?’ he was asked. “Yes,” he replied, “but I was not a. servant.”’ He testified that ‘Saito was in the house first ag a servant, then as a boarder, paying $10 a-month board and that another Japanese, who pai $12 a month, also was there for a time... “Why did my wife and I seberate? Williamson rejoined to one of the lawyets’ qtfestions. “It was because of her jealous and captious disposi- tion.. - Pogrnd would Selt me-in a street car

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Masculine hosiery has played an im- When Mrs. Annie Webster of 8723% Chouteau avenue heard a noise in the basement Wednesday njght, she got’a revolver and went down. In the back yard she saw a man. “Hands up.” she commanded, thrust- ing the revolver in the man’s face. Up went a pair of hands, When Mrs. Web- ster demanded to know what ‘the In- truder was dging on her premises, he pretended to be unablé.to understand. She ordered him to march in front of her, while she kept him: covened with the revolver. Mrs. Webster took her prisoner down the street until she met Sergt. Michael Burke. The man gave his name to Seret. Burke as John Tomle of 3981 Sarpy ave- nue. Burke took him to the Magnolia Avenue Police Station. A séarch”™ dis- closed a loaded revolver, 2 keys; a screwdriver and $2. : THREAT TO SCREAM SCARES A BURGLAR Woman Routes Man She Had Found Holding Door Shut in Her Home. Mrs. Al Schelsinger was nent out of her home, 2155 Geyer avenue, Wednes- day. evening by a burglar with whom she parleyed and later frightened away by a threat to scream. Mrs. Schelsinger went to a store 'at

put the key in her handbag: Returning to the house half:an hour later, she was about to put the key in the lock when she heard a noise inside of the. house. Someone was a about in the kitchen. ‘Turning the knob she found that the. door was unlocked. Trying to push open the door she found that someone soe was holding it shut. A man’s gruff voice said; ed here.”’ said Mrs. Schiesinger. The thréat was effective. She heara | | the sound of retreating footsteps. The PONT OF PISTOL | Finds Him in Back Yard and Marches Him Until She Finds Policeman. 5p. m. She locked the kitchen ddor and | “Keep out} f you don’t let ‘me in I'l! ices? oe Disposing of Site for 99 Years Does Not Protect ‘# City, Report Says. The Civic Zeague issued a _ report Thursday opposing the leasing of the Union Market site to a St. Louis syndi- cate for a period of 99 years. The league went on record as favoring the improve- ment of the market, but declared that Council bill. 231, proposifig to. lease the site for 99 years to private persons, does not adequately protect the interests of the city for the following reasons: “1. The policy of. long-term. leases without revaWation at reasonable peri- ods (10 to 2 years) does not adequately protect the city and offers too great a chance of speculation with muntcipal property. ., rm ’ Legality Is Doubtful. “8. The provisions permitting the use of the city for other than market pur- poses after 2% years is open to the same objections as the above. “8. The city is not protected by a@ pro- vision which would permit the cancella-, tion of the lease by the purchase of the Union Market improvements by the city at any ‘time during the life of the lease. “4. The statutory provisions that the city shall. regulate the rental of the stalls fakes an ordinance delegating that right to a lessee of doubtful le- gality, : “The 6 wishes to encourage any movement looking to the improvement of the Union Market, provided the city’s property 4s adequately protected. Should an ordinance with the changes outlined |< above, fail to meet the approval of any | ,

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