The New York herald., 1877-03-21
pIXE'S CAREER IN ST. LoUIs--sCANDALoUs
REVELATIONS OF A SHAMEFUL LIFE
From the Chicago Tribune, March 10.

PIXIES CAREER IN ST. LOUIS-SCAEDALOUS
REVELATIONS OF A SHAMEFUL LIFE
From the Chicago Tribune. March l9
Sr. LOUIS, Mo-, March IL, 1917.
From . resident OF this city to-day your cor
respondent learned many facts in relation TO
the strange career OF Professor William c. Pike.
The Pike family resided IN ST. Louis for about
year. In 1866 the Professor kept second hand book
store on tho southwest corner of broadway and Null
lanphy streets. The little shop covorod with
piacards announcing the skill Of the Professor
phrcnologst The name and title under which he then
did business was "Dr William G. p Robinson" At
that timo he living with his present wife,
her sister, Miss FANNIE Evans, and their mother, in
large tenement house near the foot OF Hampstead
street. Pike and his wife not married, the Pro-
lessor having married the sister OF girl who had
jltcd him in Wisconsin, and then deserted her He
succeeded in seducing Miss Geneveve Evans aud in In
ducing her to accompany him TO ST. Louis II was In
order Try aud this girl that her mother and
sister consented to accompany them to the Mound
City. MISS Fanny was an estinable young
lady, ana the salary which sho earned In q
OF Filth, was the main support OF the lamily owing
to the disgrace attached to her sister she refused sew
era advan iageous oilers of marriage, and the moment
Gencveve aud Pike were married she and hcr mother
returned TO their home in Wisconsin. The marriage
brought about in very peculiar manner, and
manly through the instrumcntany OF DR.. Thomas 9.
Moody, who made PIKE believe that he had medumistic
powers, that while IN franco ne hau discovered
tha the Professor and Mss Evans were vnR together
In coGcubnagc Pike at that time had his doubts about
Sprualsm but the discovery OF his secret LED him TO
believe that there something IN H. and, although
he had sworn never 10 be again trammeed by mar
riage laws he consented TO union with his victim,
and the Two made ono by DR.. Moody paying the
necessary expenses PIKE was as homeIy as u mud
fence. His vile. the other hand was quite good
looking woman She proicssed to DO u clairvoyant,
and was terribly jealous OF The Professor who ad-
dton 10 being ugly, was careless ns 10 his personal
appearance and never changed his shirt unless COM
nllaNf In dA I'm nnA ugtnnh N
cellar TOR a bucket of coal Geneveve (she was Miss
Evans ut that t,me) swore there was woman with
the old maD and rushed down 10 nd Der iears ground
less The Professor TOO, had very bad temper, and
the household was Kept lively with their constant
quarreng, Pike occasionally singing around coal oil
lamps and chairs with an utter disregard Tor tho consc
quences. This Unmatched pair had very bright little
daughter who, II alvc now is about nIteen years oi
Her iather took pride IN declaring That he In.
tended to raise her as reelover that she should live
with the man she loved best, and never be bound to
husband While in the hook trado he invited the gem
ieman who furnishes The Information to the public,
aud who was then mere lad, TO go into
business with him. The boy borrowed Sla0
from his mother. turned it over to .Robinson."
and was swndled out OF II OF course. After
tuinr in that business the eccentric phrenolop
moved into littc frame building on Bddlc between
Sixth and seventh streets, where he passed his leisure
time quoing the Bible, giving lessons in shorthand
publication, which his wife, whilc In cairvoyant
state, declared TO him, he taking down hor words N
eventually prepared before submitted to tho
printers Pike and his Wit disappeared from ST. LOUIS,
and again heard OF until the wires flashed tho
news from Chicago Thursday night Of the terrible
tragedy in which they were the principal actors.
After perusing the above It WILL doubtless, strike the
reader as very strange that Pike should have mnr-
dered n man for tue alleged seduction of woman
whom he himself had seduccd II Will also interest
the Chicago public (who are anxious TO have the
disposed OF as expcditously possibc) and the ofi
who are prosecuting II, to know that the mur-
dcrer IS a bsamist and q man who has, during tho
course OF his crooked career, travelled undor
than namc IN order, doubtless, to shield himself
IRON the officers OF tho law. His having adopted tho
cognomen OF ''Kobnson is also curious coincidence,
which will attract attention to another woman who
figures prominently the case as the mistress OF tho
murdered man.