The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-19
New Circuit Attorney Has Hard
Tasks Before Him For
Next Month.
He WILL GO INTO TRAINING.
kratz and Snyder Doodle Trials
and the Myrtle Eberly Case
~! Give New Official
i.eii5y 10 Do.

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His first month IN once i'''..'E
he one ot the haraeSt Al '.'',
the ne" circuit Al'''"' "'''
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on January l. ne wy
troubles VIII DeE'H' -,
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jewel
To reduce ms hesh MI 9ase' VIA ~ ~
a gymnasium to take a course "l d .'"''..''+
An athlete In his carrier Gays "e i'
that 1t Will not be haTd lor MIN.
He is member Of the Missouri A''!e''c
Club. but as Tommy SULLIVAN the OoAii7
teacher there. is a light weight tAe ne"
Circuit Attorney feels that ne Is h"' 'lS
enough TO assist him much. Accordlfeiy
he has nearly decided to go to the SGs'-
ness Mems Gymnasium ana nave ms lf4-
outs with Bob Douglass. who IS larger
and stronger. II probably Will he worth
seeing when Sager gets little harder anu
dons the mitts with Douglass.
But the legal battles ahead OF him are
giving Mr.. Sager more worry than those
in prospect with Douglass.
The Kratz case IS set for hearing at
Fulton on January >. the day following
Mr.. Sager's entrance 10 office.
I'm ready for it," he says. and OK
pect to win it,
EXPECTS To WIN KRATZ CASE.
The Kratz case is one of the most i'm
portant on tho Doodle docket. It probably
has attracted more attention than any Of
the others. because OF the extradition
treaty with Mexico. which was necessary
before the fugitive could be brought back
for trial. This made II of national as
wei, ss state Importance.
In the Kratz case Mr.. Sager and his as
sistant George y. FTckeissen. will have
tn meet two OF the best criminal lawyers
in the state. Thomas Fauntleroy and
Thomas 7 Rowe
Following the Kratz case is one outside
the boodIe docket. but one in which the
neopIe are interested because A girl. IS
voars old will be o-, trial for her liberty.
MYRTLE Fberly will be tried on January
6 for killing Thomas Lane. known also as
Thomas Leonard. The veteran of criminal
I.uvers charles p Johnson. will defend
ber This oIone is half the hattie in such
a case according 70 other LAWYERS.
cov.rnor Tohrsor &c tr,oro,,gtIy- at homo
before ,u-,, in . case where tho evrnna-
,b.t;c cbora "a, be touched His ,-qr-
mont for tho p;rl -yho admitted the dav
after her arrest that she shot Lane be-
cause he failed TO keen his promise TO
marry her. probably will be one of the
hes, he ever has made. He is interested
in the case and its fine points. and he
will do everything possible to win it.
Myrtle Eberlv lived at No. 5loo0 Won Yer
sen avenue. She was a waitress at Dream
land resort near the Administration en-
trance to the Worlds Fair. Lane was a
bartender. He vas going under the name
OF Lecnard there On the night Of Octo-
Der s. Myrtle Eberly met him at Jefferson
avenue and Walnut street, after visiting
his -roominehouse nearby. They walked
together to point on Twenty-third street,
between Clark avenue and Walnut street
Here the girl shot Lane.
II asked him If he intended to marry
me. and he said no. Then / shot him."
she said later. He had put me Off for
three days, promising each time l saw
him that ne would make me his wife and
repair the wrong he had done me
SNYDER CASE THE HARDEST.
1t has always been hard TO get a jury
10 convict a woman on such plea, and
with girl OF IS years it will he even
more difficult task
Probably the hardest battle will be the
case of Robert II. Snyder. which is set for
trial on January Is. Fred Lehman,