Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-08
a MuLLloNAunE MURDERED.

Anss J. saell, % Chicago, shot DeaA ta
Ilss own House. Probably Sy Dsr-
gbass.
CHICAGO. Feb a-Amos J. smell. millionaire. who
Is the owner OF the toll road running through Jef-
ferson, was found murdered In his bed this morn
ing at MS residence. as Washington boulevard
About O'Clock a servant girl heard a nolse like
pistol shot coming fr,m MT. Sneh's room. but paid
no attention 20 IL Later he was found with bull
ear EntraDce was erected by the murderrrs
through a back door. they having taken out the
pane, and sawed out the losk Snsa ~, ., ~,
tion are now working up the case. MI. smell was
one OF the largest real estate owners In chicago.
and all this business was transacted In the base-
ment OF his own house. which was ntted up
oarricaded and there were several large safes In
the room In which the millionaires business was
done. The theory In regard 20 the murder u that
a carefully Planned robbery had been arranged
Itwas known that during the nrst part OF each
month large sums OF money, the proceeds from MT.
believed thai the burglars Effected an entrance
into the house and We're al work at the safe when
MT smell, hearing the noise went down 70 the
His body was found IN the hall Just at the en-
trance Of his once door.
rAxrrcuLARs or rHE CRIME
The burglars who entered Mr.. smells house made
raid during the night on several houses In the
neighborhood, the tracks IN the snow showing
thai they vent from one back yard 60 another.
Upon reaching Mr. SMELLS they bored sixteen OF
seventeen augur holes through the kitchen door.
and finally effected an entrance. Prom the Kitchen
they proceeded 10 the oice which was In the frOnt
OF the house. Here Il appears, there was nothing
OF value 10 BE- found The safe and desks were
they proceedea up tSe @ stairs 10 the paror moor
The door al the head OF the basement stairs was
lor when it Is supposed that Mr.. smell, Who
sleeps directly above this room, heard them he
left his bedroom. and, taking a revolver. went
down the front stairs The folding doors leading
into the paror were shut. but It Is supposed that
he heard the noise IN the room for he fired a shot
and turned the nre, the bullet sfriking the wood
work, and, reboundlng hit Mr.. smell In the breast,
who then ran back toward the rear OF the hall
The burglars must have followed him and shot
again, for the murdered man was found at the
head OF the basement stairs, with a bullet-hole
The Smell house is a large three-story and base
ment structure, solidly built of brick and stone,
and one OF the most imposing residences In a
neighborhood noted for It's fine architecture. but
ITS only occupants last night wereits owner. man
/ sixty-four years old, two servant girls. and two
little girls, grandchildren OF Mr.. snell who were
4 spending a few days there. There Is as vet no
| clue whatever TO the burglars All during the
\ winter Chicago has been oyerrun with crooks and
\ thieves of every description, and many daring bur-
glaries have been committed, the police being aT-
parently unable 10 stop them or discover the
! Mr. smell leaves a wife, two married daughters
| and a SON. Mrs. smell and one OF the daughters.
MIS- Frank conn, are at present on ylsl, IN NIL,
her husbands death viii be kept from her for the
present.
| Mr. smell was one OF the wealthiest and best
l known residents OF the West Side, and had been
| connected with Chicagos history for great many
years. lie was born In Little Falls ny, and came
West In 1874.
| His fortune at his death amounted 10 about
| Sf.OO0,0o0. Amost extraordinary feature OF the
| crl me Is the fact that although the murder was
committed about - O'Clock and the noise u the
shooHng heard BY the servant girls at that time.
they paid no attention 20 II, explaining their ac-
tfon after the murder had been discovered by say.
Ing that they thought Mr.. Smell had accidentally
nrssd the shot IL was therefore, not until about
O'Clock that the coachnan, who slept In the barn,
entered the house 10 look after the furnace and
discovered the body OF Mr.. Smell