The Monett times., October 22, 1909, Image 4

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THE HART INVESTIGATION
The Coroner's jury in Session
at City Hall. Several New
Points Brought Out
The adjourned coroner's inquest,
investigating the death of Frank
Hart on the night of Octobej 7th, is
in session at the city hall.
Several witnesses have already
teen examined and it has ben
shown that Frank Hart was seen
to drive out of the alley north of
Broadway between Fourth and
Fifth streets with a woman beside
him in the buggy. He was also
seen to turn east on Bond street.
Mrs. Phillips heard angry voicet
on or near the alley on Bond street.
Couducter Toomey and Hubert
Kaiser saw the buggy run into the
gutter, and Mr. Kaiser testified
that he saw a woman leave the vi
cinity of the buggy and go wesl ti -ward
Fourth street.
Mrs. Milton Overton saw Mr.
Hart in his buggy on Broadway,
near Sizer's restaurant, talking to
a woman who was standing near
the curb, and a moment later saw
Hart drive up Third and fasten his
horse in front of his rooming place
at W, E. Thornburg's.
L. F. West testified that he saw
the body of Frank Hart picked up
on Broadway and conveyed to Dr.
Hawein's office, then he and his
wife proceeded west to near Sal
zer's lumber yard where a man,
running at a swift pace, overtook
and passed them. He gave his
opinion as to who the young man
was.
The case was again adjouned in
order to secure futher testimony.
Immediately alter the adjourn
ment cf the coroner s court, sitting
i
on the death of Frank Hart, the
officers proceeded to the t rooms of
Vick Exposito, over McKee's drug
store and atter a short search a
hat was found stuffed behind a
picture on the wail that was recog
nized as the missing one that was
worn by Mr. Hart at the time of
his death. Exposito was immedi
ately arrested and placed in the
city jail.
Mrs. Lulu Mace, Exposito's
housekeeper, or rather the woman
who had charge of his rooming
house was hunted up by the officers
and confessed to being the woman
who was seen in the buggy jast be
tore the death of Frank Hart and
said that his death was accidental,
that when the horse ran into the
ditch she and Hart were thrown
out and that when the horse ran
down Fifth street she picked up
the hat and proceeded back to her
rooms.
The Coroner re-convened court
Wednesday afternoon and Vick Ex
posito and Mrs. Mace were ques
tioned at length j s to their know 1
edge of the events of the death cf
Hart.
Exposito testified that Mrs. Mace
informed him of the fact of her rid
ing with Hart and that she gave a
detailed history of how she and
Hart were thrown from the buggy
and that she went back to her room
after the accident and took Hart's
hjt with her.
Mrs. Mace testified that on the
night of the accident she was at
the wiudowof.ber room over Mc
Kee's drug store and that she was
called to the street by Mr. Hart,
w ho informed her that he had been
at Joplin and had a message fcr
her, and that if she would ride
with him he would give her the in
formation. She told him she would
be in the alley in the rear of the
building as soon as she could
change her clothing and that she
would go with him as far as the
home of her brother.
She met Hart as agreed and
drove noiti on Fourth and then
turned east on Bond. When the
horse jumped the ditch she was
thrown oat acd as stunned for a
me nent. The buggy ran over her
aak'les, both wrists were sprained
ESKIMOSCONFIRMEDCOOK
A Danish Officer Tcld They
t Had Reached The Pole
Copenhagen, Oct. 18. The Dan
ish government's Arctic yacht Cod
thab returned here yesterday from
Greenland. Captain Schoubye, the
skipper, was the first white man to
meet Dr. Frederick A. Cook return
ing from his Polar expedition.
At first, Captain Schoubye says,
he was skeptical about Doctor
Cook's story, and then the doctor
showed him bis journals and ob
servations. The captain knows a
good deal about astronomy, and
everything appears to him to be
correct.
Captain Schoubye declares he
has no doubt whatever that Doctor
Cook reached the pole. He made
inquiry among the Eskimos and ob
tained at first hand a report from
Doctor Cook's two Eskimos. They
both told the same story about the
Doctor's polar journey. One day
after making some observations
Doctor Cook told them with much
j yousness "we shall be there to
morrow."
and she was hurt on the left limb.
She picked up Hart's hat and went
to her rooms. A day or two alter
the accident she wrote her hus
band at Joplin, he came over and
she told him th? story in full. He
suggested that she say nothing
about the matter.
She denied that she told Exposito
that she was with Hart and also
denied that she ever mentioned hav
ing the hat in her room.
Mrs Mace afterward admitted
that she told Exposito that she was
with Hart at the time of the ac'ci
dent and that she had the hat in
her possession.
A large crowd were at the exam
ination and there is a difference of
apinion as to whether it was a case
ot murder or accidental death
In some particulars the testimony
did not agree.
The examinrtion was adjourned
to November 2nd.
Beneath Car Wheels
Bummer Roark, colored Frisco
porter, about 35 years of age, whose
left leg was ground off yesterday
afternoon beneath the wheels of an
Oklahoma City-bound passenger
train, although given rather prompt
medical and surgical attention by
local physicians, died last evening
about 7;30 o'clock.
Roark but recently came to Sa
pulpa, formerly residing in Paris,
Tex He was married and had just
established a home near the Ice
plant. Roark boarded the train at
the depot and was attempting to
alight at his home, when the acci
dent occurred, his leg slipping un
der the car wheels. -Sapulpa Light.
More Than Enough is Too .Much
To maintain hea th, a mature
man or woman need just enough
food to repair the waste and supply
energy and body heat. The habit
ual consumption of more food than
is necessary for these purposes is
the prime cause of stomach troubles
rheumatit-m and disorders of the
kidneys. If troubled with indiges
tion, revise your diet, let reason and
not appetie control and take a lew
doses of Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets and you will
soon be all right again For sale
by all druggists.
The Boy From Missouri
As soon as it became known that
young Adams, who pitched the
Pittsburg Pirates to victory in the
championship series, was born and
bred in old Missouri, the Detroiters
played as if they were paralyzed.
We know of course that when
Adams bad to do it he would make
Ty Cobb and the rest of the Tigers
look like brush leaguers. He gave
them plenty of rope and then pulled
their props from under them with
J as much ease, apparently, as one
would demolish a house of cards.
When a Missourian starts, the
rest of the world might just as well
clear the track first as last.
Springfield Republican.
WELCOME THE COMING,
(Copyright,
Assistant Yard Master
Mr. and Mrs. F inkenbinder, of
Gates Center, have arrived in the
city and will make their home here.
Mr. Finkenbinder has accepted the
position of Frisco Assistant Yard
Master.
Fine Stock
Several head of tine Jersey cattle
will come to this vicinity from tre
Koontz Sue stock sale at Carthage.
E. W. Wallen purchased two heifers.
J, E. Jones onetwo-year-old: Judge
Mathews, one heifer; Y. E. Costley,
one heifer; H. O. Abermathy, one
cow. Our farmers are paying more
atsention to fine stock of late.
To Make Less Cotton Cloth
New York, Oct. 18. Expecting a
decrease in the demand for cotton
goods, on accouut of high prices,
mills operating 10 million spindles
have agreed to a curtailment cf out
put.
The cotton crop this year is the
smallest in many years, and the
price of raw cotton now, about four
teen cents a pound, is more than 50
per cent higher than a year ago.
On The Move
J. F. Campbell is moving his
family from the Chain property on
Fifth street to his residence in For
est Park.
E. O. Brown will vacate the Tar
bet cottage for the Chain residence.
J. Thomas will occupy the Tar
bet cottage.
Paul Attaway is moving his
family to the houe recently vacat
ed by A. I. Patterson.
T. J. Rowden will move into the
house vacated by Mr. Attaway.
Fred Reinsmith, the electrician
has moved his office to the water
orks office building.
N u r ses ( i ra J u a t e
Fourteen nurses will receive di
plomas tonight from the Lutheran
Hospital Training School at St.
Louis. The graduation exercises
will be hel J in the Concordia Semi
nary, Jefferson and Miami avenues,
with addresses and a muic pro
gr m in German and English. The
Reverends W. Hallerberg and C. S.
Drews will be the speakers. The
class is one of the largest ever
graduated from the school.
Miss Florence Brooks and Miss
Esther Schoen, former Monett girls
are among the graduates.
Immediately following their mar
riage in the parsonage of the First
Methodist Episcopal ch urch. Fourth
street and Byers avenue, by Rev
Frank Netf. Ora P. Keller and his
bride, formerly Miss Bessie Lowe,
yesterday afternoon hurried to the
station to catch a train to the home
jot the bridegroom's father-in law,
at Sarcoxie, with whom the)' wih
spend their honeymoon. They will
be home to their Joplin friends at
Fifth street and Gray avenue after
November 1. Joplin Globe.
Invitations are out for the wed
ding of Miss Claudia Snider to Mr.
Ernest E. Johnson. The marriage
will take place at the home ot Mr.
and Mrs, J. R. Snider, October 25.
SPEED THE PARTING
1909.)
Ilold-l'p Scene Too Realistic
Pittsburg, Oct. 18. James Speer,
a Deputy Sheriff from Ballinger.
Tex., hit Pittsburg two days late
for the opening ball game he had
intended to see, so he took in all
the nickelodeons along Fifth ave
nue. Pittsburg's "Great White
Way " Lie enjoyed them immensely
and became more interested at each
succeeding show.
The last show, "The Bandit,"
was the reproduction of a Western
stage hold-up. All went well until
the masked bandit had ordered the
coach passengers to stand and de
liver. That was more than James
could stand and whipping out a
big forty-four, the Sheriff troa.
Texas began banging away at the
canvas, yelling. "Shoot him you
cowards, shoot him!"
Friends of the Texan from the
Sheriff's office here quietly smug
gled the excited Sheriff out of the
nickleodeon.
Nothing New in the Hart Case
At the close of the Coroner's ex
amination Wednesday into the cir
cumstances of the death of Frank
Hart, Vic Exposito, who was
placed under arrest on the day pre
vious, was released, there not be
ing any testimony brought out that
would warrant his being kept in
confinement.
The story of the death of Mr.
Hart as told by Mrs. Mace, cleared
up the mystery of his death in many
particulars and many now believe
that the murder theorv is no lonrer
tenable.
Unless new testimony is produced
the accidental death .tory as told
by Mrs. Mace will be generally oe
lieved. Sheriffs Cannot Search Cars
for V ct (roods
Muskogee. Ok., Oct. 18. A re
straining order preventing the
sheriffs in forty counties in eastern
Oklahoma lrom interfering with the
shipment of liquor by Kansas City
men to consignees in Oklahoma,
was issued by Judge Ralph E.
Campbell in the federal court here.
The order is a temporary one and
is intended to prevent sheriffs from
searching cars for incoming con
signments of liquor, as has been
the custom heretofore.
The Times has the largest sub
scription list in Mocett.
Mrs. Julia Brown has returned
from a visit in Neosho.
Mr. Tulley, of Springfield, atten
ded the dance here Wednesday
night,
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Judkins, of St.
Louis, are visiting relatives and
friends in Monett.
Mrs. J. W. Wyatt, of Hamilton,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J
Wirt Patterson.
Byron Callender and daughters
Genevive and Mary have gone to St
Louis for a week's visit.
Vic Koenig, of Sarcoxie Prairie,
who had been visiting friends here
for a few days, returned 'Thursday
rcormn
LOCAL NEWS.
Mrs. Johnson ot Verona, visited
Mrs. Geo. Wood Sunday.
Chas. Iden has returned from a
visit at Rogers, Ark.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E.Vaughn visit
ed in Veroi a Sunday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wirt Pat
terson, Tuesday night, a son.
R, M. Callaway spent Wednesday
in Sapulpa, Ok., on business.
Leo Leckie went to Springfield
on business iVeanesday.
J. H. Gulick has returned f-om
Indiana where he went to attend
the funeral ot a relative.
Miss Leon a Smith, ot Kansas
Cit)r. has gone to Sapulpa, Ok., to
accept a position.
Miss Lizzie Larkin, of Peirce
City, was in Monett on business
Wednesday.
Miss May Jackson of Ft. Scott,
has accepted a position at Spring
held She formerly lived in Monett.
R. A. Gardner's little daughter
Robbie fell and broke her arm
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. O. Barker, Mrs. J. O. Den
ton and children and Sam Pittman
visited in Purdy Wednesday.
Chas. Abbott, a merchant of
Phelps, was in the city Wednesday
visiting his friend, J. C. Moore.
Dr. C. T. Dusenbury is in Chi
cago attendinga meeting of railway
surgeons.
Dick Mahoney departed Tuesday
night for South Dakota to take a
chance in the land drawing
Mrs J. W. McCraw and Miss
Leona Cox, of Purdy, visited rela
tives in Monett Tuesday.
H. I. Bradford sold this week a
fine piano to J. H. Mettloch, north
of Peirce City.
Mrs. Nancy Hutchens returned
Monday from Cassville where she
has been keeping house for her son.
Mrs. Wm. Callaway, of Carthage,
is visiting R. M. Callaway and
family.
Mrs. II. C. Kepner, of north of
town, is visiting for a few days
with Mrs. F. P. Sizer.
Miss Grace Fly, of Purdy, will
be married Sunday to a young man
from Ft. Smith, Ark.
Don Williams, of Fort Smith,
Ark., visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. E. Williams Sunday.
Mrs. Wilson, of Paris, Tex., vis
ied J. E. Harvey's family last
week.
Mr. Thrall is again ill at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Chas,
Woodruff.
Miss Stella Birke. stenographer
for Mayhew& Sater, is at her work
again after a short vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Beery have
returned home from their Western
trip.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Wood have
gone to Canton, Ohio, to m ake their
home.
J. M. Smith, of Aurora, visited in
Monett Monday returning to Aurora
Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Leitwein re
turned Tuesday from St. Louis
where they went to attend the fune
ral of Mrs. Leitwein s aunt.
Mrs. C. C. Favvver returned to
her home at Seligman Monday
night after a visit with her sister,
Mrs. J. T. Wilkerson.
John Vermillion is painting all
his Fourth street cottages vvnite.
The houses in that block will all be
white.
Mrs. Harrison Yocam has re
turned to her home at Enid, Ok.,
after a visit with her mother, Mrs.
L. A. Blood.
The ladies of theChristian church
served dinner at Campbell's hall
Tuesday. The Christian ladies are
noted as cooks and their dinner
was excellent. They were well pat
ronized. To quickly check a cold, drug
gists are dispensing everywhere, a
clever Candy Cold Cure Tablet
called Preventics. Preventics are
also fice for feverish children. Take
Preventics at the sneeze stage, to
' head off all colds. Box cf 48 25c
All dealers.
D. R. Thomas was in Ca-isvile on
business Tuesday.
Mrs. AV. F. Lenhart viited in
Verona Thursday.
W C. Hawk, of Cassville, is visit
ing his son, R. P, Hawk.
Harley Herroa left Sunday for
Kansas City where he has good po
sition as stenographer.
Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh enter
tained the Five Hundred Club Tues
day evening. The prizes were won
by Chas. Anderson and Mrs. J. G.
Taylor.
L. N. Swartzel returned Tuesday
night from a visit to his daughter,
vlrs. J. A, Riley, at Chicago. He
also visited at his old home in Mc
Lean county from which he had
been absent for 32 years.
Ralph Wheatam, superintendent
of Harvey eating houses, who with
his family has resided in Rogers
during the summer, has returned
to Monett. Rogers Republican.
The fast mail was several hours
late Wednesday owing to splitting;
a switch at Dixon, The train ran
on the siding and was partly cap
sized. Fortunately no one was seri
ously injured.
Word came from D. Wainright
that his wife would undergo an op
eration at the hospital at Kansas
City this morning.
Mrs. Eliza Hurst, aged 91 years,
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Jennie Hamilton, at Wash
burn, Sunday, October 10.
D. A Lawson, who was at
Walsh's store this week as demon
strator for the N. K. Fairbank
company, became sick and was
obliged to go home. He expects to
return later.
The Tennessee Artists and En
tertainers at the opera house
Thursday evening, October 28, un
der the auspices ot Woman's Home
Mission Society. Admission 25c. A
delightful program will be ren
dered. Mrs. Emma Heironymus and
daughter departed Thursday morn
ing for a business and pleasure
trip to North-east Arkansas and to
Memphis, Tenn.
Fred Naeter, publisher of the
Cape Girardeau Daily Republican,
was in the city for a short time
Thursday on his way to Joplin to
attend the State Republican Edito
rial Association. He is an old-time
friend ot A. L. Jenks, of our city
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gurley, of Saw
yer, Kan., visited in the city Tues
day evening on their way to Purdy.
Mrs. Gurley was Miss Bertha Mc
Reynolds, formerly a school teach
er in Monett.
Mrs. J. T. Wrilkerson left Thurs
day for Mansfield, Ark., to make
her home for the present. Mr. Wil
kerson has a run as passenger con
ductor out of that place. Mr. and
M s. Wilkerson have always been
prominent in all projects for the
good ot Monett and will be greatly
missed by their many friends.
Robert F. Moody of Monett, yes
terday applied to the local recruit
ing office for a position in the in
fantry of the United States army.
Up to a few weeks ago, Moody was
a mail clerk on the Frisco railway
out ot Monett. fr the past three
years. He went to Monett from
Lowell, Ark. Springfield Republi
can. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Buley and
daughters, ot Joplin, have been vis
iting with relatives north of town
for a tew days. Mrs. Buley and
daughters will go from here to
Stoutland tor a further visit. Mr.
Buley was, lor a number of years,
in the jewelry business in Monett.
Officer Moudy informs us that an
unknown man entered the tome of
Mr. a.nd Mrs. Titsworth, on Mar
shall Hill, Monday night, when no
one was at home except Mrs. Tits
worth. The lady ran to the neigh
bors and turned in the alarm. Mr.
Moudy Jwas called but on entering;
the house discovered that the man
had escaped by the rear door.