The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29


! himself
man leyeled his revolver at him and started
to pul! the trigger when Jones raised hts
hand and warned him 20 shoot nj his peril
iinibert finched and allowed himself to be
led out OF the saloon without firing a shot
He He'd down the street. declaring that he
WIS looking Tor IN. p.fidi.r who stole his
i1ra IN" lives Of all Il the residents Of
When i"Ihert Reached point about
tW"nty-'iv. feet from Addison Kings sa-
loon the pcddIcr stepped out Of the door
onto the sidewalk. with a smile on his
race lie had done no man an injury and
ne count no; imagine why any one should
want To- hurt him Without a word Uolb-rt
ran W {" him. steadIed himself in front of
me Oh man and. raising his revolver on a
level with his hrrasf pulled ,bp trigger
The old man fell To the ground a CORPSE
me bullet had nlow'd through his heart
ito'tert STOPPED long enough to see shat
Reign of Terror Higgins.
addison King. the owner Of the saloon
iiI several farmers who had been drinking
~ Ills place heart the sho, and ran out to
!nandei their to scatter. and TO emphasize
ms command he fired several shots at them
ne th"n co"lly reloaded his revolver and
ihe reign of terror began. There are many
huirt holes In the windows III houses and
the doors where inIbsrt shot AT the resi-
dents of the place. Cellars were sought by
Holbert took the road TO his home. and
on the way passed the housa Of Jerry Jak.s
. brother-in-law of SalooHkeeper Jones
Hoibtrt called to Jakss To come out. lakes
reSponde'i. thinking that h" could probably
r"cify the man. He had not time TO utter
a word before Hoihert opened fire. crying
mat he mad Killed one man, and was raaiv
for more. Bullets passed through Jake='s
thighs and he fell to the floor of the porch
H"iher:, thinking thar h. had killed Jakes
continued his flight At Liz home his wife
had hid zen in room and locked the door.
hciherts wright was too much for the
lastenings. however, and he battered them
down. Airs. Holbert climbed out OF a win
dow and rushed to another room. her hus-
band firing at her continually.
Meantime Il message had heen sent for
kUrfuss ambulance from East St. Louis.
ami the corpse of Hoiten and Jakes The
wounded man. were taken to East st. Louis.
No attempt was made To capture. HoIbert
who had fortified himself In his home The
house was given wide berth. and the
East ST. Louis police authorities were ap-
peeled TO for assistance The Sheriff was
also notified.
Half an hour later a single shot rang out
from the Holbert residence. 1t was followed
by a heavy thud. which was heard across
the street. cautious advance was made
ard II was discovered that Holbert had
shot himself. RE lay in a pool OF blood
which spurtsd from a wound under his
right ear.
Holbert was unconscious when he was
taken TO the Henrietta Hospital. He. is at
tended by several trained nurses, who are
Holten's body was taken to kurrus's
morSue. He had a peddler's license In his
possession. issued from ST. Louis
Jakes's injuries We're dressed by Doctor
EanDn. He was then taken home. He is
Married and ia p years Old.
Mrs. Holberts Statement.
Mrs. Holbert was nearly FRUSTRATED after
the tragedy and could not give very intel
ligible story of what had happened. She
said that Ho!bert was "a years old. and that
they had been married six years. Three
children 81 HDlhPrt
employed AZ the Elliot; Frog and Switch
Works. He made good wages. and kept his
family above want but occasionally became
intoxicated. lie had very bad temper
when drunk. hut WAS never known TO use
q revolver before The Eeichbors assert that
he sometimes beat his wife, but Mrs. Hol-
bert denied this statement.
T. W Jones. In whose saloon the trouble
originated, repeated the story as related
above. lie did no: know whether the peddler
had had Holbert's knife.
Addison King. near whose saloon Holten
was killed, declared that Holbert was crazed
with drink.