The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05

full of escaping them. they make the reck.
| less rather than the courageous criminal
| ana are sooner or later caught in legal
| traps for their crimes. 10 which their owr
VI bounded, egotistical confidence of escape
| leads them
They dare where more cautious and
aole-minded criminals would fear to go. and
| they venture on the execution of more
| risKy schemes for less prospect of reward
! Ihey have the disposition to dare as
great criminals have because of their NOR.
o oIG ana desenerate esotism. but always ac-
| s.Ihey blunder into crime and are easily
oeeeeted but they are always sure of es-
rntli heir career is ended by the law.
n Inbst contemplate and insignificant of
he i'i iias as sort of pigmy aspiring to
.,i he mas done das;ard's deed in a cow
ardly manner, and has entrapped himself.
ou1 does not seem to realize it.
he does not see the missing links in his
hopeful chair of extrication The Bonfils
loan links. for instance. and the broken
links in all the stories he has told of the
tragedy. VI VIC
OPINION OF
CRIMINAL LAWYER.
Governor c. p. johnson, one of the oidssr
criminal lawyers in Missouri saws:
Ihere Is strong chain of circumstantial
evidence surrounding the crime and Bar
ringtons own laundering statements will
work most strongly against him.
II ne Had Deen shrewd | think he would
Fave tolo a different story He would have
admitted the death of Mccain and s,rivad
10 account for the death in some way. His
ACTON IN reporting the disappea rance MS
SS ,,h,,'a story Of the alleged trouble at
SuDuiban Park and his being seen nj Pom
ms prior to the time the crime was com
mitted all shows that he was not a shrewd
man. e"u
The case is n most Interesting ono nav
eTineiesS; think it is of the most in
: a,,is tnat mas ever been recorded In St
Louis. " lille the identity of the body found
at Bonhis was not perfectly establshed
sun tue circumsiantial evidence is so strong
mat the theories which attempt to show
ssh. arc io'i-
II is not reasonable to believe that Bar
rhi a would take the murderer's end OF
noaA remaining in st. Louis at the risk Of
his life. while Mccain remains safely away
ms ms case is similar in many ways to a
der was committed fifty years ago. Doc
Tor Neoster; professor of chemistry in Har-
Eatd: was the murderer. and a man named
tim. vac
w, SWeb SIC, owed Parkman money. for
which the latter held notes These notes
became due and Parkman pressed WebsteS
for payment. ''e'
one day Parkman's absence was noted.
he was entering Webster's office WHICH
But the claim that Webster murdered
the man could not be esta shed No trace
seen entering Webster's Office could be es-
ia blished. ~
The Sheriff of the county made an ear
nest search for the body of the missing
PaFkman- The search had progressed fnT
several days when the Sheriff got a note.
written IN scrawled hand. telling him
that the body had been cast into the river !
Several other notes. similar in meaning.
We're ,a received I've by the Sheriff. The river was
p9 III me BODY was not discovered.
buildings in which the chemistry depart |
Inent was located discovered Webster IN the
boiIer-room, in the basement The next
morning he detected a peculiar odor in the |
enE1ne-room. When the fire box was emp /
tied some small Tartic;es of bones and set |
OF false teeth were found in the ashes
ebster was Immediately arrested and
the authorities began an effort to establish
the claim that the particles OF bones were