St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 26, 1910

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Only Evening Paper in ‘St Louis With the Associated Press News Service.

MORE THAN 20,000 MEN, WOMEN ANDCHILDREN MA _ THROUGHTHE GREAT POST-DISPATCH CHRISTMA

' VOL. 63. _NO. 128. 6 siete

oT. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1910,

_ PRICE ONE CENT

HANDCUFFED. I EVNCHEDIN HEART OF HOT SPRINGS « . White Prisoner Is Led From _ Jail for Safekeeping and Is Shot to Death by Masked _~ Men, While Deputy Who v4 _ Was Guarding Him Stands _ With His Hands Raised. TR AGEDY ON SCENE OF RECENT HANGING ‘Mountaineer Had Been Ar- . rested for the Murder of a Sheriff, an Uncle of the Officer Who Surrendered His Prisoner to Assailants. a _ Special to the Post-Dispatoh. _ + HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Dec. 26.—A mob - which apparently had been well in- _ formed of the details of a plant to re- » E. ‘move Oscar Chitwood, a mountaineer, * charged with the murder of Sheriff Jake. | -Houpt, to another city for safekeeping, ae ‘intercepted the prisoner and a deputy Ee sherift as they were leaving the jail .: at 15 o'clock this morning, and with- ie out @ word except a command to the @eputy to raise his hands, shot the hand- _ euffed prisoner to death. _ “The lynching took place th an in- ee between the jail and the court- “while 15 others waited outside - i Prosecutor J. V.. Wood, Who’ was elect- ed on the reform. ticket at the last _ electior parasol that he would in- rat geld told by. Deputy - Rutherford, who was. 12 sevsiing told the following story the lynching: “Chitwood had. ob- cli change of venue to Denton, , and on Saturday even- ¢ the order came to take him to Little + Where he would be placed in the : for safe keeping until his HOLDS UP TRAIN, TAKES $600; ASKS T0 BORROW KNIFE Missouri Pacific Bandit ShootsArmy Captain Who Is Not Prompt in Elevating Hands; Uses Negro Porter as His Assistant, Leaving Watch Unmolested as Pay. POLITE TO WOMAN, BUT TAKES HER MONEY “Vil Take That Please,” He Said; Lined Passengers Against Wall of Train, Then Searched Their Pockets. Two of the trainmen on Missouri Pa- cific train No. 112, who were robbed by a& masked: bandit en route from Leaven- worth to Kansas City, Kan., Sunday night, a distance of 27 miles, reached St. Louls Monday on the train and told of. their experiences. The man robbed 2 passengers, one of them & woman, obtaining more than $600, shot one of the men, inflicting a scalp wound. A. H. Morrison, conductor on the sleeping car, heard a shot in the ob- servation car, and went in to investi- ‘gate. “The robber had two passengers lined |up with their faces to the wall,” he told a Post-Dispatch reporter, “and was ‘threatening them -with a revolver while he searched them. When he saw me he told me to throw up my hands, and I ‘| aid. He asked me where my money was, and I indicated my right hip pock- | et. He took a $ bill and 20 cents in change. I had $76in a billfolder in my left hip pocket, bat I didn’t tell him about that. ~ Robber’s Description. ° “ "You stand there, and don’t make any Leben’ the robber told me as he went from the ‘observation car into the Pull- man. Presently he came back and called me. He wanted to borrow a knife. I tolaé him I had none. **Oh, well, never mind,’ he said, and fished a knife out of his own pocket. He cut the bell cord, so I could not

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DOCTOR IN AUTO PLUNGES 40 FEET INTO A RAVINE

Dr. B.:M. Senseney of 5788 Clemens avenue drove his automobile over a 40-foot sloping embankment into a ditch half a block west of the Delmar avenué crossing of the Wabash Ral Sunday night. Dr. Senseney was not bady hurt, but regards it as remarkable that he was riot crushed under his machine. The. River des Peres crossing at Wash-

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: iit: se : St. Louis, Dec. 26th, 1910. The Sunday Score by the St. Louis Sunday ) oe yesterday, Sunday, December 25th,-was 10] Columns 85 cee «| Post-Dispatch Excess eg eS cols. Over the Globe-Democrat..:..16 cols. or over the Republic 18 per cent excess over the Globe- Democrat The Want Ad Score Was: Post-Dispatch . . 39 Colemns gg POST-DISPATOH excess of Want Ads over the : ' Globe-Democrat and Republic Combined was 5 Columns -_Qver the Globe-Demoorat. .......18 columns: ugh | een ee hg

Machine Keeps. Right Side Up and Physician Escapes Serious Injury—No Lights to Warn Drivers of Danger. of repair work. Dr. Senseney nad been to see a patient on King’s highway boulevard, and finding the crossing biocked, turned his automobile into an alley to drive north to Delmar boule- vard. Gees Through Air. He was running along at a fair rate of speed when suddenly he felt the sensation of flying through space. The automobile hit the bottom of the ditch right side up. “I did not know the ditch was there,” said Dr. Senseney to a Post-Dispatch re porter. “There is no protecting light or fence to worn people of its dangers. Anybody else is liable to drive into it at “any time, just as I did. The city should see that there is some protec- tion against such pitfialls.” Dr. Senseney said he was very sore after the severe shock of the fall, but otherwise felt no ill effects. The auto- mobile was still in the ditch Monday. The River des Peres gulch in the Washington Heights district is entirely unprotected. The gulch is from 30 te 40 feet deep. There are many places where into the ditch. There are no fences either at the Del- mar or Washington crossings. If an automobile, on a dark night, should be driven slightly to one side or the other of the Delmar or Washington boulevard bridges it would drop into the bottem of the gulch, 80 or @ feet below. In some parts of the river there*is a solid rock bottom. An automobile fal- ling upon the rock bed would be crushed to pleces. The danger to pedestrians is sald by the residents there to be equally great. FAIR WEATHER TO OPEN CHRISTMAS WEEK, NO SNOW IN THE FORECAST TCUTRASE Sine Ne. FOR ACAN OF BiR> GERD.

suspenders; four due bilis from money-lend- ers; tin cuff links and near-silk sex; bandana kerchiefs in a box; colored post cards by the score; 200

* i Teale hf PS Bein Seeks) ee | i ree Cee Wet Socgr ? v “ PR Ree eee a aN POLICE HELP GIRL BREAK INTO SHOP. TROUSSEAU Arrives Here to Wed but Gown Is Missing and Stores All Closed. When Miss Margaret Hooper arrtve‘ at Union Station from Chicago Monday morning to be married she was greeted by her uncle, C. H. Howard, president of the Commonwealth Steel Co., and her fiance, Charies 8. Hart, a wealthy busi- ness man of Dayton, 0. When Hart went to look for the baggage he dis covered thatthe trousseau had not ar rived... This threw the party in a panio, The bride-to-be had no wedding gown. They hurried into Howard’s automobile and started to scour the downtown de- partment stores for a wedding gown. They visited ‘every. one, but all in vain. They were all closed. | In their quandary they appealed to Policeman Dempsey, who at first watched their maneuvers with suspicion... When he had learned of the situation he consented to help them. He suggest- ed that they try Schaper Bros., on Ninth and Washington avenue, and went there with them. They succeeded in arousing the elevator boy at this place, and after explaining their plight, were referred to a buyer. for the firm who happened te be the only one in the store. Be Gisplayed several gowns from which Miss Hopper selected one costing $600. She then went over to the glove counter and picked out a pair worth $6. Policeman Dempsey was shocked. He had never seen Such extravagance be- fore in all his life. - When he telephoned in his report he orate gown covered with gorgeous Prus sian chiffoniers and trimmed at the bot tom with Marathon fur. Multzee later described the gown as follows: A meésaline silk gown trimmed with Persian chiffon and trimmed at the bottom with Marradate fur. The party departed for the residence of Heward, 6501 Chamberlain avenue, for the marriage Monday afternoon. TAXI TURNS OVER SIX TIMES, SIX YOUNG MEN ARE HURT Jefferson City Joy Riders Plunge Over Embankment Near Hadley’s. Parm.

Dispatch. cab in which six young men of this city were taking @ joy ride went over an |embenkment four miles west of here, pene t aaciadpeba te pratigh on HAD GOOD SCHEME TELLS DETECTIVE TAL 0 JAIL Strops at 50 Cents Each and Sell Them at $1.50. Detective John Kilker of Chief Smith's staff passed up an opportunity to enter the razor strop business Monday. Kilker @id not have the necessary $0 which would, he was informed, net him a half interest in a building at the northwest corner of Highteenth and Market streets in six months. Kitker had been: detailed to watch Union Station for confidence men. On the Eighteenth street bridge he was ac- costed: by a person of rural mien. who saw in him no resemblance to Sherlock Holmes. .. “Don’t look much Ike snow,” piped the stranger in a friendly spirit. “Down my way I'll bet its good and white now, though.” “Where do you live?’ asked the de- tective. “Nebraska,” the stranger responded. “Things are mighty slow they? Been tryin’ to get a job, but somehow I can’t hang on. What busi- ness are you in?” “lm in the second-hand business,” said Kilker. “Are you doing very wer ‘No, I’m not.” “Well, I’ve got a scheme,” the strang- er said. “If I could get $60 to buy a stock of razor straps our fortunes would be made. I can buy strops at 50 cents, sell them for $1.50 and make people think they are getting a bonanza. If you can let me have $50 I'll guarantee you we'll own that building over there in a few months. Kilker informed his newly made ac- jquaintance that he had a friend who would gladly talk over the proposition with him. He asked the stranger to ac- company him to see the friend. They walked to .Twelfth and Clark avenue. At the entrance to Central Dis- trict Police Station the stranger stopped. “Where are you taking me?” he in-

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, Basket Dinners Provide Building. the grand total to more than 20,000, sailed right down-into. thet ae iC - 2000 MEN ENJOY A FEAST AT THE MIDDAY LUNCHROOM About ten thousand men, women and children feasted at Coliseum Monday as the guests of Post-Dispatch readers, att biggest and merriest Christmas celebration St. Louis ever while about two thousand homeless men dined just as bout n at the Midday Lunchroom. At the Coliseum only 2500 could eo seated at a time, and the feast was in four relays. hee ' This was in addition to abont 10,000 basket dinners d Sunday to those who couldn’t attend the dinners. ‘This b The first relay at the Coliseum. ‘sat down. noon, ad had they begun eating when Santa —_ a j bee 2 od wy shouts of the happiest lot of children you ever saw.

This great eccasion was made possible by contributions of about $10,000 by Post- Dispatch readers to the eleventh annua! Christmas Festival Fund, Fancy a Christmas tree # feet high. and brilliant with electric bulbs! That's what your guests had at the Coliseum Such another Christmas tree never was seen in St. , and it gladdened the hearts eof children just to look at it. ; Late Diners Fare Weil. It was possible to seat only 200 per- sons at one time, but those who waited for later tables didn’t get cold food, you may be sure. They were served just as generously and the food was just as palatable as that set before the earlie: guests. Nobody was allowed to go away un til it just wasn’t possible to eat any more. The first relay fell to with «a right good will, and it wasn't long unt’ the tables, at first freighted with good things to eat, looked as if a small hur: ricane had struck them. Then they were} cleared and reset for the second relay. The gifts were not to be distributed until all had eaten. For every girl there was a doll, prettily dressed, and a book. The older girls were to get sweater caps. The books were carefully censored, and won the approval of the

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women who examined them. And there was a knife for every boy —a knife of quality—a book, a rubber Ball and a horn. And for every boy and girl there was a box of y. Not bad,/after a turkey dinner. Ooucert Precedes Spread. The dinner and the distribution of gifts were preceded by a concert, at which Seymours Military Band and the Industrial Schoo] band made gay and martial music. That was from I to 12, while the guests were gathering. General Manager MoCulloch of ths United Railways estimated that 800 guests had assembled at ll o'clock and at that time they still were coming.’ “The Post-Dispatch has a large fam- fly today,” said the Captain, “and i judge from the preparations that it {is going to be a well-fed family. Does my heart good to sde so many children hap-} py at one time. Tey if aH util | :

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