Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-09
RICH MAN MURDERED
AnIss j. smell, one Of On csgb's Mii-
lioHatrea, Killed by Burglars in
His City Residence.
He Fires Through a Door ut rhem-Th-y
Return tho EiEe With Fatal Eject and
make Good Their Eacape.
A MILLIONAIRE MURDERED.

| CHICAGO Lie req. o.-AmOS ). SaCIl,
the millionaire, who is the owner Ct the
toll road running through Jefferson, WIGS
found murdered ia his bed at his resi-
deEce, 425 Washington boulevard, about
2 O'CLOCK this morning. Tle servant girl
heard noise like pistol shot coming
from MIR. Smells room, but paid no at
tention to it. Later he vas found with
bullet hole in mis- left breast and one be-
hind his left esr. Entrance WAS efecled
by the murderers through the back door.
they hsriDg taken out q panel srG sawed
out the lock. Caief CT Detectives Hen
shaw End four detectives from the Central
stStion are now working up the case.
Smell WAS one OF tae largest real estate
owners IN Chicago, owning great num-
Der of houses which he rented, and sll his
business WAS transacted in the basement
of his own house which was fitted up as
an office. The windows and doors were
heavily barred, and there were several
large safes in the rooms In which the mil
| lioLaire's business is done. The theory
in regard to the murder is that
a CAREFULLY PLANNED ROBBERY
had been arranged. It was known
that during the first part of each
month large sums of money, the proceeds
from Mr.. Snell's houses, were kept in the
basement. 1t is believed that the burg
lars effected an entrance in the house and
were at work at the safe when Smell, hear |
Ing q noise, went down to the basement
and surprised the thieves st their work. |
His body was found in the hsll at the en- |
trance of mis- office door.
Tie burglars who entered SHELLS house |
made rsid during the night on several
houses in the neighborbood. Tracks in |
snow show that they went from one back |
yard to another. Upon reaching SHELLS |
they bored sixteen or seventeen augur
holes through the kitchen door and final
ly effected an entrance. From the kitch-
en- they proceeded to the Office, which
was IN the front of the house. Here it
appeared there was nothing Of any value
to them to be found. The safe and desk
were
FILLED WITH PAPERS.
ana after ransacking these they proceeded
up stsirs TO the parlor floor. The door
st the head OF the oasemen. stairs was
skillfully forced and the men were In
the front parlor. when It is sup.
posed that Mr.. Smell, who slept
directly above this room heard 1
them. He left his bed room, and taking
a revolver, went down the front stairs
The folding doors leading into the psrlor
were shut, but it is supposed that he
heard C noise in the room, for he fred s
shot through the door. The burglars
opened the door and returned the fire,
the bullet striking the woodwork and re-
bounding, hitting Mr.. Smell 10 the breast,
who :hen ran back toward the rear end
Of the hall. The burglars must have fol-
lowed him aud
SHOT AGAIN,
ss the wounded man was found at the
head OF the basement stSlrs with a bullet
hole behind his ear. Smells house is q
Isrge three-story basement structure,
5olidly built of brick and stone, and one
Of the most imposing residences in the p
neighborhood, noted for it's fac nrchitec- I
.ure, but its only occupants last night
we're its owner, 6 man sixtv-four years
Did, two servant girls and two little girls, {
OF Mr.. Smell, who were \
spending few days there. Mr.. Smell
daughters and son. Mrs. Sell
md one of the daughters, Mrs. Frank
Coffin, are at present On q visit in MIL
Raukee. MIR. Smell was one of the
Realthiest and best known residents OF
he west side, and had been connected !
With Chicsgo's history for great many
'ears. He was born in Little Falls, N Y
md cane west in 1914, stopping for s ieWf
months in Cincinnati, then coming TO this
lily. Later he went to Milwaukee return =
ng here in shout year and opening :
lotel ct Schsumberg. After residence !
" six years there ne renewed TO Jeffer-
on, and there laid the foundation OF the =
ortune which at his death amounted 10 -
bout 100000. The most exuaordin-
~ feature Of the crime fs the fact thst =,
Though the murder WAS committed
bout O'Clock and the noise Of the Z
hcoting was heard by the servant girls -,
t that time, they paid no attention to 1t,
their action after tie murder =
ad been discovered by saying that they
bought Mr.. Smell had accidentally fired
hot. IL was therefore not until about
'clock that the coschm9D, who elept In
he barn, and entered the house to look !,
fer the furnace discovered the body Of a
If. Smell. Later it WAS discovered that s
be burglars had taken q check for $4,000
nade by, A. j. Stone, Mr.. Suell's son-in- r
zw, payable to Mr.. Sn II, from an iron g
OK in the office. Whst else they secured
1ill probably never be known, as Mr..
nell himself WAS the only one to whom :
be contents Of the strong box WAS Known e.
Is said by all who knew him that there {:
Tas no money or negotiable papers in the 9:
OK, as he never took such papers 70 his Z;