The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-10

Cal. at which place Colonel Best died last
April while in the house OF Doctor John
Dowall Woods
Colonel Best was IN Denver a mining
enterprise March .. when he met Doctor
John n. Woods. who invited the promoter
to visit him at his home In San Rafael.
Cal, where he lived. he said. with his
widowed sister. Tie widowed sister is
now said to have been his Wife
COLONEL BEST
VISITED DOCTOR WOODS.
Colonel Best accepted the invitation and
reached San Rafael on March *. On the
night OF March 81 he became suddenly H.
Doctor Woods injected a hypoderrnic solu-
ton OF brandy and morphine and then
called in Doctor ". F. Jones In consulta-
ton. The latter told Doctor Woods that
he had done the very worst thing for his
patient; that the morphine. instead of slim
ulGtinC the heart, would tend to weaken It's
action. He was thereupon ordered by
Woods to leave the case.
Two DAYS later Mrs. Best was informed
OF her husbands Illness. On April Doctor
Jones was called in again, and on that day
Colonel Best died. Doctor Jones made out
a death certificate which stated that the
On April kilograms were sent to Albert
NJ Best OF Grandview-on-the-Hu n.
Y, and his brother. William NJ. Best Of
Seattle, Wash. informing them of their
fathers death. William, who was asked to
arrange for the shipping OF the body East,
wired back he could not DO It himself. but
asked Doctor Woods TO attend to 1t for HIM
son OF DEAD MAN
! INVESTIGATED CASE.
Three weeks later Charles Best. after an
! unsatisfactory exchange Of letters with
Woods. decided to find the physician and
learn the particulars of his fathers death.
Woods had said he was going to Phillips
burg, y. J. Charles went there in vain. but
at last caught Woods in Atlantic City and
haG him arrested on the charge of trover.
The city magistrate said he had no juris-
diction, as the defendant was a resident of
| California. Woods was. therefore, dis
charged and disappeared.
/ Warrants were issued yesterday in Sar
Rafael. Cal. for the arrest Of John D
Woods and Alice C. Woods on a charge OF
grand larceny.
/ The Best brothers say that among othe,
! things. 500 shares OF stock in the Gordon
Tigh Mining Company. valued at $3.50. two
! checks for SO each and an express order 70,
! sSc, which were In their fathers possession
| at the time of his death. are missing. They
also say that eZorbitant bills have been re.
ceived from Woods. including one for si5l
! for the undertaken and so for a trained
| nurse. trained nurse. they affirm, thei,
father did not have.
The signature to the receipt Annie q
Shope, is. they say, like Woods's hand
writing. To cap the climax came a note
from Woods for s. coo. The signature. the
sons assert. they feel confident is for.
gerry.
Colonel Best was a well-known man IN
this city and IN the South for years. He
; amassed a fortune by building railroads in
| the South and was said at one time to be
: worth $4,000. At that time he lived a,
! Caldwell. y. J.. In a fine house and at vari-
! ouos times held receiverships and had
! charge of reorganizations of commercial en-.
terprises. Among them was that OF the
| Bankers and Merchants Telegraph Com.
| pany. large trust company and an import
| ant savings bank. Colonel Best met Jay
| Gould while engaged with his railroad en-.
| terprises and until Mr.. Goulds death the
| two were friends.
| Colonel Best lost his money and went
| West to make another fortune in mines as
| promoter.