Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-02
THE ST. LOUIS SCANDAL.
Nrs. Teviss Extraordinary Conduct
After the Shooting.

LIFTING HER PARANOUR TO HIS FEET AND URG-
ING HIN TO FLIGHT. AND THEN VISITING HIM AT
HIS BOARDING HOUsE-HER CONFESSION TO HER
FATHER-IGLEHART's sYMPATHIzINa FRIENDS
From the New York Sun.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 30.-At O'Clock on Tuesday
evening the door of somewhat Isolated two
story brick building at 1416 Singleton street
opened and man walked down the fight of
four stone steps leading from the vestibue to
the sidewalk. He then stopped, and turning.
waited until woman had come down the
steps and joined him. The man was seemingly
In the prime of life, and was tall and well
uiesseu, ana ri had very heavy reddish-brown
moustache. The woman was of beautiful figure
ana medium height, but blue veil pinned
tightlY over her face and turban hat prevented
any one from seeing her features. Those who saw
her during the next few exciting moments say
that she wore seaskin sacque and black silk
or satin dress. On reaching the sidewalk the
couple. who subsequently proved to be Frank
l. lglehart and Mrs. Kate Tevis the young
wife OF Rush II. Teyis, and niece of Gen. w. T.
sherman, faced east. and walked briskly toward
18th street. which is less than block dis
tant from the house. They had almost reached
the entrance of an alley which opens to the
southwark about twenty yards from the house,
when two men suddenly stepped out of the
alley. where they had been hidden by the high
fence enclosing the house yard. Not a word
was spoken, but the smaller of the two
men. who proved to be Mr.. Tevis, raised
revolver in his right hand. took
deliberate aim at the woman's companion and
fired. 1glehart staggered backward several
steps. and then. doubling over partially toward
his right side, fell on the sidewalk, and stretched
out upon his back. His assaiant Immediately
stepped forward to the PROSTATE man. and was
pointing the revolver at him with the evident
intention of firing finishing shot. but the pri-
yate detective who had been lying in wait with
hn ran forward, seized him by the arm
wrenched the pistol out Of his hand and pulled
him away. Meanwhile the woman behaved
in a most remarkable manner Paving no
attention to the Others she stopped down and
assisted her wounded communion to his feet
Then she got behind him ndpushed him vigor-
ousiy along the sidewalk toward the west He
bent over. held his hand up to his side, and
started on quick walk, which. under the eager
ur@ing of the woman, soon increased to q run
Seeing that he had struck good gait and max
ing sure that he was not being pursued, she
turned off at a path which leads diagOnally across
vacant lot from Singleton street to Papin
street. and quickly disappeared from view.
The fugitive kept on westward up Singleton
street. and those who saw him pass noticed that
there was blood on the hand which he held to
his side, and that his body was bowed more and
more as he ran. Reaching 10th street, nearly
two blocks distant from the scene of the shoot
ing, he turned southwark, and persons who
knew nothing OF the shooting saw him meet the
woman with the blue veil near the corner of 10th
and Papin streets, which point she had gained
in advance of him. What they did next was not
known by any one in the neghborhoOd. There
all trace of them was lost and the trail was not
again struck for several hours.
Immediately after the shooting TeVis and the
detective walked eastward down Singleton
street to 18th street. where they turned south
ward and stopped at the livery stable of Peter
Masterson. which extends from 18th street back
to the alley where they had been secreted. Just
before they entered the stable the smaller man
was heard to remark:
Hell die. / guess"
The other replied: We'll, let him; what do
we care!"
Entering the stable they called for their rig.
and the hostler soon brought to the front a
fine top buggy with bay horse Climbing into
the buggy the men drove off, and as in the
other case, the trail was lost. A crowd collected
at the scene of the shooting, but not until all
the parties to it had disappeared, and while there
was very convincing evidence that it had occurred
nobody could give any information as to the
persons who had taken part in it, or the causes |
that had led to it. After an exchange of YER
siOns, which were in nearly all cases creations |
of fancy. the crowd soon dispersed and when |
the matter was reported to the police depart |
ment an hour later by Policeman Thomas Smith |
there was nothing in the lonesome little street |
to suggest that it had recently been the scene |
OF such thrilling occurrence. Newspaper re-
pOrters detectives and others were soon scour-
Ing the town for information of the atfray and
the participants in it, but it was not until yes
terday that the names leaked out. The scandal
which was thus caused is now on every tongue
The people interested are all highly connected
and wealthy.
Iglehart was shot in the arm, and the wound
while painful, is not necessarily dangerous.
Mrs. Tevis fled to the residence Of her father,
Col Reese, of the army, to whom she confessed
her fault: He was almost OverpOwered by the
sense of his daughters shame. Vigorous efforts
were made'to keep the matter quiet, and such
powerful social influence was brought to bear
on the local newspapers that this morning they
make almost no reference to the scandal. After
her interview with her father. Mrs. Tevis con-
scented to face the husband she had wrOnged,
and in his presence she declared that sever
ance of the legal ties that bound them would be
blessed boon to her, let the grounds of that
severance be whatever he chose to make them.
Mr.. lewis Will begin q suit for divorce. The DO
sition in which the family with whom. Mr. Iglehart
Is boarder is placed is an unfortunate one. The
Hoyt family is old and respectable the husband
and father having for many years been among
our most prosperous business men. Their
social relations are excellent. and they feel
deeply Inundated by the affair When lyle
hart came home on Tuesday night he rang the
door bell and the lady Of the house opened the
door for him. He announced that his arm was
broken. but did not say he had been shot and
the inference made was that he had fallen or
met with some other accident. No particulars
were asked for but physician was summoned.
In the excitement attendant on the hurried visit
OF the doctor the door was left open, and prOba-
bly, half an hour after Mr.. Iglehart's arrival
woman entered and asked the colored waiting
man whom she met in the hall which was Mr..
lgleharts room. She was informed and she
went up stairs and knocked for admission The
waiting man casually remarked to his mis-
tress that lady had just gone up, and
thinking it must be a relative OF Mr..
1glehart. she hurried up stairs to receive her.
She found Mrs.. Tevis sitting by the patients
bedside, and Iglehart introduced her as Miss
something or other. Considerably confused by
the situation, the lady Of the house called Col
Hoyt and questioned him about the visitor,
asking him if it could be possible that there was
anything improper in the circumstance Col
Hoyt endeavored to quiet her fears but she init
mated that unless all was right she should make
a very vigorous protest against the presence of
the stranger. Mrs. Tevis was permitted to re-
main about half an hour, and then Col Hoyt
took her away. She was not yelled. but ap-
peared perfectly selfspossessed. 1t was not I'M
III the lady of the house read the newspaper
yesterday morning that she knew ANYTHING of
the real nature OF the case. and her Indignation
then knew no bounds. Yesterday Mrs Teyis
presented herself again at the door. and was
reremptorily ordered away. Having failed to
see lglehart, she started east last night with
her father leaving her little girl tn the care NJ