The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-02-17

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lsrs whsm ~ sasd nisesverse e...sss-
M eDs Prsmises-Ns Present C1sw =
ne murdorers.
CnIcAoh Feb a-Amos ,. 6nelI, mill.
ionsirs. who = the owner Of the toll road
runnin M through Jefferson, was found ,
| murdsrsd in his bed yssterdav morning
e his rssidence, No 40 Washington
| boulevard About = N. = servant girl
| heard : noise like : pistol shot coming
from Mr.. SMELLS room. but paid no atten.
! tion 10 II. Later be was found with .
1 bullet hole In the left breast and one be.
| hind the left car. Entrance was effected
! by the murdcrers through hack door.
1 they having taken out the panel and
| sawed out the lock. Chief Of Detectives
| Hsnshaw and four detectives from tho
Central station are now working up the
case.
M. Smell was ono Of the largest real
estate owners In Chicago, owning = large
number Of houses which he rented. and
al his business was transacted In the
basement Of his own house. which was
nsted up q an Office. The windows and
doors were heavily barricaded. and there
were several large safes in tho room
In which the millionaIre's busi-
ness was done The theory in regard to
the murder IL that carefully planned
robbery had been arranged. IL was
known that during tho first part OF each
month large sums OF money-the pro.
ceeds from Mr.. SMELLS houses-wers kept
IN the basemant. IL Is believed that the
burglars effected an entrance into the
house and were at work at the safe,
when Mr.. Smell, hearing the noiss. went
down 20 the has ement and surprised the
thieves at their work. His body was
found in the hall just at tho entrance Of
his ONCE door.
The burel ars who entered Mr.. SHELLS
house made = raid during the night ON
several houses In the neighborhood, the
tracks In the snow showing that they
went from one back yard to another.
Upon reaching Mr.. snell's they bored
sixteen or seventeen auger holes through
the Kitchen door and finally effected an
entrance From the kitchen they pro-
cseded to the Office. which was In the
, front OF the house. Here Il appears there
was nothing OF any value 70 them TO be
found. The safe and desks were filed
with papers, and after ransacking these
| thew proceeded up the stairs to the par.
lor floor. The door Mt the
head OF the basement stairs was
, | skill fully forced and the men were
I IN the front parlor. when IL Is supposed
, | that Mr.. Smell. who sleeps directly above
this room, heard them. He left his bed
} | room. and. taking . revolver, went down
, the front stairs Tho folding doors lead
ing into the parlor. were shut, but u II
supposed that he heard the noise IN the
d room. for he fred . shot through the
i door. The burglars opened the door and
. returned the fire, the bullet striking tho
4 wood work, and, rebounding, hit Mr.. Smell
I IN the breast, who then ran back toward
: the rear OF the hall. The burglars must
!. have followed him and shot again. - tbs
|. wounded man was found ut the head OF
}. the basement stairs with bullet hole DO
y hind the ear.
y The Smell house il . large three-story
Q basement structure, solidly built Of
z brick and stone, and one Of the most i'm
d posing residences in . neighborhoo1
o noted Tor it's fine architecture But 10
u only occupants Tuesday night were 10
owner. q man sixty-four years old, two
= servant girls. and two little girls, grand
children II Mr.. sn ell, who were spending
n : few days there. There Il % yet no clev
> 70 the burglars. All during the winte
' Chicago has been overrun with crook
e ana thieves or every description, an'
: many daring burglaries have been com
:, mitted. the police being apparently un
!. able TO stop them or discover the crmi'
{, mails.
Or Mr.. Smell leaves : wife, two marrie'
% daughters and son. Mrs. Smell and on
3. 81 the daughters, Mrs. Frank Coffin, ar
* a present on visit in Milwaukee. Mrs
4, smell n very III, and the news Of ne
x husbandss death will be kept from her 10
" The presenf. Mr.. Smell was one Of tn
ID weaithiest and best known residents Q
II the West Side, and had bsen connecte'
IS with Chica COS history for . great man:
n years. He was born in Little Falls, =
In ". and came West in lS4s, stopping 70
ig 4 few mont hs In Cincinnati and the
in coming to this city. little later q
he went to Milwaukee, returning here
Q. about 4 year and. opening q hotel :
nd achonmberc. After residence Of 81
ed Years there he removed 20 Jefferson, an
,er there laid the foundation OF his fortune
$50 which at his death am ounted 20 abos
m E.OOO,0o0.
most extraordinary feature Of 81
crime Is tao fact that although the mu'
ire der was committed at about two ocloe
Tor and the noise OF the shooting was hear
re bv the servant girls 1T that time, the
lin paid no attention 70 u. explaining the
70 action after the IN rider had been d.
'p- covered by saving they thought Mr.. Sne
ste had accidently fired the shot Il Va
he there fore, not until seven o'clock thu
ng- the coachman, who slept In the barn an
ul. entered tho house tolook after the furnac
- discovered the body Of Mr.. Smell
mo Later Il was discovered that the burr
re ~. lars had taken check for 5000 made
~ A. J. Stone. Mr.. Smells son .in-law. pay
-. bic 60 Mr.. Smell, from the iron box ~
AZ ofFice. what else they secured will pro
. sblv never be known, as Mr.. Smell hi
or. self was the only one 90 whom the CO
val tents OF his strong box was known. Il
~ aid by all who knew him that there -
". no money or negotiable paper ~ !.
sne box, q he never took such papers %
80 house.