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57. NO. 303. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1935.

PRlCP st- toult. Ore Cent 'FIRST IN EVERYTHING." lOutside St. Louis. Two Cent. r.nwT IN EVERYTHING." Girl Follows to Grave Fiance Who Ends Life After Quarrel and Parting QNIGHT AT Spiritualists Say Woman Medium Made Fake Spook Pictures for Customers FLASH! 11 PEACE PLAN DELDGE! DAY! ROOSEVELT HOW FEARS A BREAK DREAM SAVED MAN ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Ml PR0SEC0T0R1N BETTING RING; ARRESTS MADE NOON 1 NO Startling Phenomenon Marks End of Month's Drouth Half an Inch of Rain in 10 Jacques Stark, Principal Witness Against John A.

Schneider, Had Vision in Which Crime Was Repeated. Dread of a Battle in Manchuria 1 Which Might Upset Every- thing Prompts President to I Hasten Negotiations. St. Louis County Official, After ObservingBookmakers Methods at Delmar Track for an Hour, Is Still Undecided. 5 PRESIDENT C.

SPIRIT PHOTOS MADE BY MRS. FOL.SOM. W. STEWART AND JOSIE K- Official Charges Agairst Deposed and Treasurer of Missouri Association, Alleging Fraud and Misconduct. Tell Him I Will Be Dead When He Gets-This," Wrote Miss Victoria Redmond, Found Lifeless With Chloroform Nsar, Meaning Man Wh- With Her Name on His Lips.

jlUSSIAN WAR PARTY HAS NOT GIVEN UP Military Element Makes Effort to Dissuade Czar From Making Peace Picture Brilliant Prospects of Army. TOKIO, June 20. The work of r-KdIiIdk the Peace omral-lon I prnsrriKlns favorably, nml Jt announced at Hie War Office that if Kiisnia names Iter plcniao-entlariei. In llmr It will be possible or the jnpnnrar pariy to sail for America Junr ZtO, when the Km-Xmn of India lea ten Yokohama for T'aiicoover, H. f.

a voynsre of about wo week. 'i iy Wire from the Washington Bureau I of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, June 2i. President loosevelt is seriously concerned over news from the far East. He fears it '-'hat the tiattle which now seems Im -I 'ninent may shatter the peace plans vhich have already reached such a fa- ner5 is nine uuuuu uul unitL ditau prefers to delay an armistice long enough to give Oyama a chance another telling blow.

The reports of tho strength of the Russian position Site Klveil little creilPli ncic. iiie jai- i tnese believe oyarna can crush Line- yltch, and there appears to be ground for their Ik Ilef. It Is the fear or the President twit iny way the fortunes of the battle jnignt go ino result, wouiu jeoparuize 4 h'i Interests of peace. A crushing: de-Teat. Instead of further humbling Rus- would prooaoiy inuame me people Cl.ua'' I (it'suimiiviiq i Sl-ile a Uussian success would advance "he war party to such an extent that Czar would probably consent to con tinue, ne war.

I Knowing, a ha does, the danger of cl.ty. President Roosevelt is making every effort to hasten the peace negotiations preliminary and. If possible, ar-! range an armistice to thwart the im-i pending battle. i Thus far, however, neither country I has formally announced Its plenipoten-I tlaries, and. as a result, the President llias been In no position to even tenta tively suggest an armistice, which cannot be brought about until negotiations are formally under way.

Japan will naturally hot seek an armistice with another victory appar-t-ntly within her grasp, and Russia is inot likely to make any advances. The is that resiuem ituosevcii win probably send another identical note to ihe warring negotiatiors, suggesting sin armistice a note similar to the one which brought about the present negotiations. i KELIDOFF MAY NOT REPRESENT RUSSIA. I ST. PETEKSHCKO.

June 20. The cor-respondent of the World and learns on direct authority that it Ms not M. Nelidoff, Russia's Ambassa- a Vi wilt hfl nnmhl am ttio 1 Russian rcD'-esentatn in the Washirig- ton ptace conference, but the Russian Ambassador In Rome. M. Murlaveff.

As possible associates of Muravieff nre mentioned Baron Itosen, Count Cas-i si nl and Prof1. De Maartens. the Pro- fessor of International Uw in the I'ni- v. rsitv oi pi. i eiersourg.

ana a number of the Intern iional Court of Arbitration at The Hague: The Cur's Government has not yst b.en Informed of Japan's wishes, either In regard to the number of envoys or the litne of the meeting It may be. though, that dispatches have arrived from Washington containing intelligence on those points, but us yes erdav iu a religious holiday Whumonday) Jn public business was suspended and the officials who dropped jr, the foreign ministry did not opw, mv rorrnuilcattansor say anvthlnir dwut It if they Old. A A 7 mmnth If I I 1 I I I I I LI I Directory Of 4100 Names and Addresses of St. Louis most progressive people Offering Service. Offering Employment.

Offering Homes. Offerlrsr Home Sites. Offering Business Investments, Offering Horse Vehicles, Automobile. Musical Instrument. Instruction Such was the iundayPost'Dispatch vV-VANT DIRECTORY i miss It? If bo, look at VM Want Directory.

LIGHTNING KILLS FIVE ANIMALS; WIRES DOWN. Darkness Due to Storm Clouds Over City, Not Usual Smoke Blanket Sun Recovered in an Hour. Midnight darkness, a deluge, during which nearly one-half an inch of rain fell within ten minutes, blinding flashes of lightning that terrified timid persons, crashes of thunder that were deafening and a drop of a degree a minute in temperature were features of Tuesday's storm. And -within thirty minutes after 'the rain ceased to fall the sun was shining and pedestrians and shoppers were out on Broadway enjoying the improved weather conditions and defying the weather man to send another storm. For an hour during the middle of the.

day the darkness of mldnrght descended on St. Louis. The blackness came gradually but raridly, and when the storm clouds that shut out the sun's rays were thickest Broadway was almost deserted. Pedestrians moved cautiously along the sidewalks, street cars crawled along with their gongs clanging continuously and automobiles paid due attention to the dangers of speeding. The darkness was not caused by a smoke pall, but was due entirely to storm clouds, which came from the west, and which hung close to the roofs of the buildings and extended for miles in all directions.

Rain Was a Deluge. Then, at 12:20. there was a blinding flash of lightning and deafening peal of thunder. The black cloud broke, and a deluge of rain which soon filled the streets from curb to curb and made rivers of the sewers began to fall. Within ten minutes nearly half an inch of rain fell.

To be exact, the rainfall during the ten m'nutes while it was heaviest was of an inch. Streets were flooded and mahy cellars were inundated. It was the first rain that was more than a shower since May 29 and it was grateful in spite of its awe-inspiring features. There was little wind, the weather man saying that it was from 22 to 24 miles an hour. At 1:15 p.

when the rain ceased, the downfall aggregated .93 of an inch. Pedestrians on Broadway witnessed a peculiar siirht at 12:30 p. m. A flash of lightning peemed to circle around the dome of the Courthouse. A small flame shot out from a wire which connects inside of the building, and quite as suddenly disappeared.

The shock was felt all over the Courthouse. Judges, lawyers and witnesses alike were startled. In many of the rooms seveial window panes were cracked. Four were in the Circuit Clerk's office. No damage was done otherwise, except to shattered nerves.

The first rain of the day began at 11 o'clock, when the temperature was at 82 decrees. In 15 minutes .11 inch of rain had fallen, and the temperature had dropped to 70 degrees. Showers continued until 12 o'clock, when the rainfall amounted to .22 inch. At 12:20 a terrific deluge broke, and enormous quantities of rain, accompanied by heavy thunder, flooded the streets. As the rain fell and the thunder pealed, the dark clouds rolled away, and it was once more possible to see one way about the streets and sidewalks.

The streets ran curb deep with water, and the sewers, which since May 29 have had no rain water to take care of, became rivers. During the showers there was much thunder, which grew in volume as tho storm progressed. Five Animals Killed. At noon lightning struck a stable belonging to tho. city garbage plant at Vandeventer avenue and Forest Park boulevard and killed four mules and one hoise.

outright. Several other horses and rmiles in the stable were urlharmed. During the electrical storm most of the telegraph and telephone wires In the city were temporarily disabled. The official forecast is: Partly clondy tonight and Wednea-dny, with thunder nhonerii slightly loner temperature tonight. Variable nlndi.1 Rain has fallen over a large part of the country, but no heavy storms have b-n reported.

The loaal weather bureau anticipates no serious results in this section from the newly-developed upper river flood. It is expected that the Mississippi at St. L.iis will rise slowly for a few days. St. Louis has Pot-Dlpatch readers every day than It has home.

"First In CHANGES HIS IDEAS ON IDENTIFICATION. Combination of Circumstances Looked Bad for Prisoner, but Dream and Sweetheart Saved Accused Man. A dream dreamed by the State's principal witness cleared John A. Schneider of having murdered Saloon Keeper Chark3 Mutzberg of Mississippi and Chouteau avenue, shortly after midnight on the morning of Nov. 21, iyo4.

The dreamer was Jacques Stark, a witness to the killing, who had positively identified Schneider as the masked robber who shot and killed Mutzberg. The dream was dreamed on the night of Jan. 19. but the Circuit Attorney did not learn of it until Monday, when he summoned Stark to his office, the ca-se against Schneider coming up Tuesday. Confronting the Circuit Attorney in the privacy of the fatter's office Stark related his dream.

Two months after the murder he had a vision. He saw again enacted before his eyes the slaying of Mutzberg. Two men entered the saloon wearing black mufflers as masks and with their hats pulled down over their yese. Stark, and a man named Charles Salisbury and several others were In the saloon. The masked robbers commanded all present to hold up their hands.

Salisbury resisted and was shot in the forehead, but not seriously wounded. Mutzberg, the saloon keeper, got a shotgun and rushed to he front door after the robbers, one of whom shot him. then followed them outside and was again shot. Then he re-entered, the saloon and fell dead at the bar. Where Dream Differed.

Thus tar Stark's dream was a duplicate of the real killing of Mutzberg. But in his dream, he says, at the moment that Mutzberg was shot at the door' the muffler-mask fell from the i face of tha man who shot him and Stark says he saw that the man was not Schneider. Simultaneously the two robbers looked at him. he says, and called aloud in sepulchral tones: "Not Schneider! Not Schneider." Because of this dream. Stark told Circuit Attorney Sager he was not willing to take the stand and swear that Schneider was the man who killed Mutzberg.

This left the State without an identifying witness. Salisbury, who had fought with the slayer of Mutzberg, lmj positively refused to swear that Schneider was the murderer. Schneider had been arrested In the first place because one of the two hats left behind by the robbers, together with their muffler-masks thrown away on the street outside, bore the name "John J. Schneider" on a card of the Silver State Bakery of Denver, Colo. Sweetheart Aided Alibi.

The middle initial did not eorres-ond with that of the St. Louis Schneider, and both of the hats were much too large for him. In addition, he established what was considered by many a satisfactory alibi, his sweetheart, 16-year-old Ollie Elgar of Perryville, who was stopping at the rame house wirh him, testifying that he was making love to her until 11 o'clock on the night of the murder and that she saw him at 7 o'clock the next morning, and that when he told her good-night he had gone to his room for the night. It was also learned that the hat had been stolen from a John J. Schneider In Denver, whose handwriting was found to correspond to the written name in the hat.

But in the meantime the St. Ixuls Schneider had been arrested on Stark's testimony, held for the grand Jury, indicted and kept in jail awaiting trial on a charge of murder in the first derree. With Stark's refusal again to positively identify Schneider as the slayer of Mutzberg the case against Schneider fell to the -round. "I must enter a nolle prosequi in the case if your dream makes you unwilling to identify Schn-jider." said Circuit Attorney Sager to Stark. Convinced by Dream.

"I would not identify him as the mur derer for all the money in the world." rerlled Stark. "I believe now that he is innocent, and I would feel that I had a great crime on my conscience if I swore that he was Whereupon Circuit Attorney Sager, having no other evidence against Schneider, entered a nolle prosequi In is case and Schneider was released as i the direct result of Stark dream. But be was held on another charge, that of I tne residence of John Schmoll. California avenue, Aug. 1.

4. Stark did his dreaming at 1903 Papin street, inhere he lives. St. has more Post-Diwpatcb readers every day than It has homes. 'First In everything.

JOKES WITH ATTACHES; HAS DRINK WITH OWNER Deputy Sheriff Also Enjoys Hospitality Assistant Attorney Kiscaddon Plays Detective Gathering Evidence. "It's too dry here, Roland. Ieta An a wet spot," no remaraea Him Adier, one of the proprietors of the Delmar Jockey Club to Prosecuting Attorney Roland Johnston, who had visited the betting ring at the Delmar track Monday afternoon for the ostensible purpose of satisfying himself as to whether the anti-pool selling and bookmaking law was being violated. ji ne time Aaier extended the Invitation the prosecutor was watching the progress of events at a book known as the "Texas Club," under the direct control of the Central Turf Association, which has charge of the betting privileges at Delmar track. Johnston stood there 20 minute.

In that brief time he saw a score of bets made and several hundred dollars change hands. He observed that one man received the money, another held forth a miniature blackboard on which the odds were posted, a third recorded the wagers as they were received, on a large sheet of paper, while a fourth employe acted us caahter and took charge of the money. The sheet on which the beta were tabulated was directly under the eye ot Prosecutor Johnston. He watched It Intently for several minutes. Then he turned and said to a friend: "It does look as If they were recording bets." Then "Billy- Hagermann.

one of the best known bookmakers at the track, walked over to Johnsion and, puttin his arm around the Prosecutor's neck in a rather affectionate way, asked him how he felt. "Fine," answered Johnston. Hagermann continued to crack Jokea with the Prosecutor until Adler arrived. Johnston accepted Adler's lnvl.at.on to ha.ve a drink, which they enjoyed at a remote corner of the bar. The races were then practically over and the Prosecuting Attorney did not return to the betting ring.

Mr. Johnson arrived at 5 and had aa hour to see what was going on. "I am going to watch thla thing closely." he said to a Post-Dispatch reporter. "And If I become convinced that the law is being violated I shall certainly act. But lust now I am not prepared to say what I Intend to do." Deputy Sheriff Clarence Campbell mi also at the track, but he did not attempt to make any arrests.

He spent considerable time at the bar enjoying the hospitality of the racetrack mm. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney J. C. Kiscaddon was also at he track. After striding up and down the betting ring, in full view of the gamblers, several times, he announced In stage whlspera that he proposed to "find out something." "What are you going to find out?" he was asked.

"Hush." he answered. "Don't give me away. Few of these boy know rae and I am getting hot on their trail." It wae reported that Klacaddon desired to arrest all the bookmakers and to keep on raiding them until they closed down. This he refused to confirm. "I am proceeding on my own lines," he said.

Just then Frd Essen, tha Republics boss of St. Loula County appeared. Kl-cadden caught his eye, and approaching Essen asked him if had made a bet. "No," replied Essen, uaturixlly, "I never bet on the ponies." "You had better not," remarked the Assistant Prosecutor grimly. "If yoal had 1 might have used you for a wit ness.

Kiscaddon remained In the betting ring nerly two hours. The bookies knew him well and watched Ma rnove-menti closely. Sheriff Herpel wa not on hand, and 1n hla absence Deputy CTspbeil said be did not fl railed upon to make an arrest. The deputy spent parf of afternoon near the book operated hv Todd and Charles. Cella.

brothers of LojJs Cei'a, who with C. A. Tilie and ftm Adler, own the Dehnar track. Six books were In operation and at ench about six men emplored. There ere 330 spectators on hand.

Mist of them wer bettors. Th booa-le refused to take any bet than li None of them spfd a. tntr mat trie t- Iul County authorities wouJd molest them. of Selling Minor Gun. A warrant was for th arrest of 1J4 Franklin avenue, charged with aelllftg revolver l.

bv Acltant Prosecuting Attorney tin i'uwlx) morning. Waiter IrfP fa -her of aiter Lan made th-charge. He. said he fours'! his rriol-vrr and that the latter said he bought It from Bothman. Tnla is th flret -rant for uch a cause Issued by Aala suit Prosecutlna; Attorney JUaltoo.

t2 th body of her daughter to their old home in Xewport for burial. The Inquest was begun Tuesday morning after an examination of the contents or Miss R'jdmond's stomach by the coroner's physician. As told In Monday editions of tha Post-Dispatch it Is believed death was due to chloroform a partly empty bottle of which was found In her room. Miss Redmond was 21 years old. IN.

AIRTIGHT R00 TOM Off Schick, -Who Was Tired of Life, Stopped Cracks With Putty. WHY HE REFUSED TO LIVE Wrote "Unable to Adjust Himself to Life in Pleasant Manner." George J. Schick of 1021 Dillon street was found dead at noon Tuesday In a room at 1119 Chouteau avenue, with the gas turned on. He had made the room almost airtight. He left a note saying he' was tired of life.

Schick rented a third-story front hall room of John Flentye Saturday at that number and paid week's rent in advance. He went away and was not seen again until Monday afternoon when he entered carrying teveral packages. He retired to his room. Fh ntye koncked on his door. There was no res onse and Flentye broke open the door Therl was an almost ovc rowe.

Ing rush of Ka.1' J-hf man dfvad his bed. He had stopped all cracks and crevices with putty and with strips of his underclothing before turning on the gas. making the room so nerlv airtight -that' death must have came quickly. The note gave his name and address He appeared to be a hour tody was takrn ne rgue His farewell letter wai Reasons for my voluntas- He diagnosed hi failure to adjust himself to life In a Pleasant manner. It declared that he had never been able to adjust himself to society and to conditions as he found them and stated that he despaired of ever being able to do so.

The greater part of the letter was discussion of religious matters In a morbid strain. A ruilon street, supposed to be Schick place of residence, it was learned from Mrs Miry Smith that he had lived there last winter, but had moved to the house of Mrs. Brouthers 1442 Mississippi avenue, where he roomM I with his steD-brother. Charles Worth, both in the employ of the Missouri Pa- Lliiu ivaiiionu. it was sild at the latter place that Schick went out on the Eads Bridge i i coiuii.il one night three weeks 1 aao.

but was arrested bv the night i watchman and locked up "in one of the i bridge from which he escaped by dropping out of a window. Since then he had been out of work, morose iml despondent, and his mind is thought to have Iwrn a.ffected. He came to riU luuis from Kvansville. Ind Eoy of 13 Helpless From Drink Harry Johnson. 13 years old.

of 20or3 Krankiln averue. is at lh City Hospital covering from the effects of intoxication. He was taken there Monday afternoon from the vicinity of lilair and Fallon street, in a helpless condition. He says he and David Parvitr, 15 years old. and Mitcl'ell Judd.

18 vears old. drark ten 5-cent "cans" of beer, which they obtained from a saloon In that vlclnltv. GAS 4 Other affidavits charge that certain feats of alleged "spirit writing" were done by a Miss Elia Preston at Mrs. Folsom's dictation. Still charges that certain exhibits of alleged "spirit writing" on a card show handwriting identical with that of Mrs.

Another affidavit identifies a card sent up to Mrs. Folsom at one of her meetings and contains th-s sworn statement of Miss Preston that she: wrote the answer at Mrs. Folsom's dictation. Not Locked in Room. A letter from a witness claiming to have been present at a meeting where Mrs.

Fclnom claimed to have been locked in by her opponents on the executive board, declares that the statement is untrue. In the detailed charges against President Stewart he is diid. among other things, to have called a majority of the executive board "a nest of bumble-bees seeking to disrupt the State association." He is also charged with refusing to carry out the provisions of a motion regularly made and adopted at a meeting May 27, 1DO0. thereby making premature adjournmtnt necessary, causing Interruption of important business and a rupture in the board. The final cliarga against him is that of "not being a true Spiritualist, losing temper, browbeating, reviling and upbraiding." Th-re are no specifications as to the charge of ungentlemaniy conduct in the presence of ladies.

Pictures From Advertisements. In the meantime, as told In Monday's Post-Dispatch. Pt-sldent Stewart and Treasurer Mrs. Folsom claim that their recent expulsion by the Executive Board is illegal and they do not recognize it. Messrs.

Whlltier and Everta. howeer. claim that Stewart ami Mrs. Folsom have ceased to attend the meet-mas of the board. "There is nothing personal In our attitude toward Mr.

Stewart and Mrs. Folsom." says Dr. Whlttier. "We are acting solely for what we consider the srood o'f Spiritualism In Missouri. We do not believe that Mr.

Stewart should remain at the head of our organization, and we are convinced that Mrs. gives fraudulent "spirit photo' and 'spirit writing' seances. In the group in the alleaed spirit Dhoto that figures In our evidence against her. three faces Een almost dally in the newspapers ar shown. "We are going to fight this thing through ta a finish, first before the National Association in Washington and later, if necessary, before the National Spiritualists' Convention." OH, MR.

PLEASE MARRY US Bridal Couple Finds Christian Church Clergymen Out of lown bave Une. Edward Johnson is back at his home in Rose Clare, with his bride, who was Miss Bessie Lyden of St. Vincent avenue, but for a while Monday afternoon locked like he would have to stay in St. Louis a day cr two. The trouble was the couple wsn'el to be married by a minister of the Christian Church and it seemed that all the Christian ministers had gone to a State Convention.

Rv. F. N. Calvin, pastor of the Compton Heights Chriotlan Church, had gone and at his home, where they called to be married, they Uarned trat about all the rest had. An for minister was tele phoned to the Christian Publishing H'use on I-cuat street.

A couple of hours lat Rev. J. O. M. Luttecbergr strolled in.

He had missed hi train to the Butte Contmion. He wai snt to Rev. CaJvln'a residence, where the rou-pie were waJlir.g. and he married them Ultra. MINISTER Dr.

Olin D. Whittler, secretary, ami Oscar F. Evertz, editor and press agent, of the State Progressive Spiritualists' Association of Missouri, have, in the name of the executive board of the St. Louis branch of the organization, formulated official charges against deposed President C. W.

Stewart and Treasurer Rev-. Josle K. t- These charges are accompanied by affidavits setting forth the alleged facts upon which they are based. They will be forwarded this week, it is said, to the headquarters of the National Spiritualists' Association in Washington, where a decision as to the propriety of the expulsion of President Stewart and Treasurer Mrs. Folsom will be made.

In the event that either side takes an appeal from this decision the matter will be fought to a finish before the national convention of the organization in Minneapolis next fall. The char.es against President Stewart are: "Unconstitutional and unparliamentary conduct at board meetings; un-gentlemanly conduct In presence of ladies; insulting remarks to a majority of members of the executive board; obstructing and delaying the business of the board meetings: unfairness and partiality toward certain board members; assisting Josle K. either through ignorance or connivance, in perpetrating gross frauds upon the public by supporting Josie K. Folsom in her wotk as medium for the Truth Seekers' Society." Charges of Fraud. The charges against Treasurer Mrs.

Folsom are: "Giving fraudulent independent spirit-wlrtlflg. also bogus spirit pictures, thus degrading and injuring true spiritu-U phenomena an dwillfully ftecel In the unsuspecting public at- tracted to her hall by advertisements in the public press; false statements and conduct, also language unbecoming a minister of the Gospel of Spiritualism." One affidavit la the' case charges that three faces In a "spirit photo" given to a patron by Mrs. Folsom were reproductions of faces appearing in newspaper advertisements, newspaper clippings of cuts being also placed in evidence. One of these "spirit faces" was labeled as that of a "sister," anothvr a "niece" and the third a "friend." LIGHTNING KNOCKS WOMEN SENSELESS Belt "Strikes Double House in! East St. Louis, Wrecks Entire Structure.

As Rhe saw the bricks and plaster falling from the Inside wall of her home, when it was strcuk by a bolt of lightning about 12:30 p. Tuesday, the interior of the house being wrecked by the stroke. Mrs. Otta Muntzer of 431 Co- lumbla place. East St.

Louis, fell to the floor of her bedroom in a dead faint- At the same moment Mrs. Mlnnette Goldman of 453 Columbia place, the two houses being under the same roof but separated by a heavy saw the wall shattered to fragments and she fainted also. There was no one In either house save the two womn, Mrs. Muntzer Deing the wife of Frank Muntzer. connected with the Swift packing establishment In East St.

Louis and Mrs. Goldmn the wife of Harry Goldman of the Goldman Bros Furniture Co. of St. i-ouls. St.

Louis has more Tost-DIspatch rem rs every day than it has homes. "Flrat la vr7tMn." Uid the hope or joining her sweetheart in the death which he had gained at his own hand three weeks before, prompt Hiss Victoria Redmond of O5o Finney avenue to end her own life with chloroform Monday? Several hours after her dead body was found In her room, this note, undated, unaddressed and written In lead pencil, was discovered: "Will the finder of this not please notify Mr. Steve Stuart of Woodvil.e. Tell him that I will lie dead when he gets this." Tuesday morning there was found In effects a leitcr from Stuart's sister, postmarked at Woodville, May 30, telling her of the suicide of Stuart. While the wording of Miss Redmond's note Indicates that she did not know oi her sweetheart's suicide, no motive for her own self-destruction sav despondency at his death can be ascribed by her mother or others who knew her.

The fact that the letter from Miss Stuart had been' In her possession at hjast 16 days, indicates that, despite the phrasing of the note, she knew of Stuart's death. Did she phrase hev note as she did yj protect the memory of the man she ioved. wishing to keep the world in ignorance of the fact that he had killed himself? Or had she planned her own suicide for three weeks, written thf. nnti at i that time, delayed her f-vlf-destructfon, and then, when- she took the fatal step. failed to rewrite the note? 0 jj.a.u.

yuailClb i ine letter from Woodvide is dated i "June 30," but the post-mark of "May 30" shows the dating to be a mistake. It was received in Sr Louis June 2 or 3. and the envelope bears no mark to show that there was a delay in its delivery. It shows that inere had been a quarrel between Miss Redmond and Stuart before her departure from to Join her mother some three weeks ago. It was signed "Bessie Stuart." The letter reads: "My Dear I write to tell my brother's desth, as his last request was to let you know he was dead, and that he never ceased loving you.

I hardly know how to begin telling you. We are all so sad; mamma takes it sc hard. Vic. if only he had died a natural death, but it was suicide. He shot himself and lived eight hiurs.

He died with your name on his lips. "Darling, don't think we blame you at all but he did love you si; and since you left Woodville and you all had a terrible misunderstanding he was never like himself again. "My brother did love you so, and he believed to the very last that you loved him, and certainly you did. for he was good and nobl. and now to think of his death! Vie, won't you shed just one tear for his sake? Come to us and see his grave.

I will love you as brother did." Mrs. Almlra Redmond. Miss Red- mond's mother, came to St. Liouis from Newport, last March, and has i teen employed In the laboratory of Dr. E.

D. Albin. a patent medicine manu- facturer. Miss Redmond Joined her mrtthpr ppi i-, und -1 a em ployed in a 10-cent store on Washington avenue. Mrs Redmond was this morning completely prostrated over her daughter's death and the tragic tale of disappointed love which the note and the lettvr revealed.

Tueadav morninsr tha mother will taia 1' Sim.