The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-24
GIRL IDENTIFIES
ALLEGED ASSASSIN
Frank Greathouse Charged With
killing Mrs. Bailey and AS
saulting Two Children.
PRISONER QUICKLY REMOVED.
Eliza Bailey, Victim at Alton.
Becomes Conscious Long
Enough to Cause Pow
der Mans Arrest.
PRISONER QUICKLY REMOVED.

Upon information furnished by Miss
Eliza Bailey. the daughter of Augustus
Bailey. Sheriff c. Frank Crow and Chief of
Police John Maxwell of Alton yesterday ar
rested Frank Greathouse. an ernploye of
the Equitable Powder Company. at East
Alton. charged with the murder of Mrs.
Bailey and the attempt to kill the daughter,
Eliza. and the young son.
The assault was made upon the three
members OF the Bailey family as they were
returning home in buggy near East Alton.
The mother died the following day at ST.
Joseph's Hospital in Alton and not until
yesterday morning did the daughter recover
sufficiently TO give any account of the af-
fair
When the hospital attendants found that
the girl was better, they sent for Sheriff
Crow and Chief Of Police Maxwell. and the
girl made the following statement:
Il saw the man and had good look at
him when he stepped up to the buggy at
the ferry. He had been trying TO quarrel
with me for a long time His first name
was Frank. and he worked at the powder
mills. and when / would go there he would
always step up 10 me TO see what i wanted.
had the skiff and were hiring 1t out to boys
and girls. When l was ready to go home
ne wanted me 10 stay, and offered me a
half dollar to let him have the skiff - enty
minutes. told him no. and said was 60
ing home He began Quarreling about il
and Mr. Brown ordered him 10 stop. l put
the skiff away and started to go with my
mother.
Mamma put our money in the pocket
book under the seat Of the buggy. and we
started away. When We came near the hill
al jobs place, l saw some one coming and
told mamma We were being followed Sh.
said she hoped not. and l said 1 did. too.
IDENTIFIED GREATHoUSE.
Then the man came up to us, and it was
the same one I had the trouble with at the
boat, and before at the powder mills. He
was always quarreling about me. He
stepped up TO the buggy and dragged
said he would be the end Of us all. and /
begged him NOT to hurt us. He struck us
with his fists, but do not know whether
he had anything in his hand.
Upon the information the officers went TO
East Alton. where they found Greathouse
working al the powder-mills. He was taken
he entered the room Miss Bailey identified
him as the man she meant.
She was still very nervous while making
the statement and Identifying Greathouse.
In making her statement she frequently
repeated. and at times her words were
spoken with difficulty.
Her condition IS still critical
AS soon as Greathouse had been taken be-
fore the girl he was sent to Edwardsville
by Sheriff Crow. where he was lodged in the
Madison County Jail for safe keeping.
The feeling at East Alton over the crime
IL intense. but 1t is not thought shat any
attempt at violence will be made by the
residents of that village.
Greenhouse is 80 years old and has been
living at East Alton for two years being
employed at the powder factory the greater
part of the time. He says he came here
from near Brussels. Calhoun County, Ill.
He is feet inches tail and well built. The
acquaintance of Greathouse and the girl
began at the powder works. where both
were employed.
SAYS HE is INNOCENT.
Greathouse made statement last night
in the county jail at Edwardsville. He said
My friends have professed themselves
surprised at my arrest. No one could feel
more astonishment than did when accost-
ed by Sheriff Grove at the powder works
to-day. l am as innocent of this charge of
murder as a babe. and will have no diff
Guilty in proving abb.
on the night of the murder Walter
Woods. chum. and myself. rode up the
Big Four track on a line repairer's car as
far as the powder works. We returned
about $50. and / went to the place of Dan
Halter. where 1 board. His son. Gene. and
William Storkey. were talking at the gate
and greeted me as / passed in.
Soon after Gene came TO bed. We occu-
Ply the same room"
Greathouse was visited yesterday after
noon by numerous acquaintance from
East Alton. who We're In Edwardsvile as
witnesses in a damage suit brought BY Y.
b. Job. against the Equitable Powder Com
panY.