The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-07
bE E1i14
Outraged Young Girl He Had
Adopted and then Murdered
Her to Conceal His
Brutal Crime
HE SWALLOWED POISON
AND TRlED TO END HIS OWN MIS-
ERABLE LIFE BUT HE RE-
COVERED AND WAS AR
RESTED BY CHICAGO
POLICE.

Chicago, Oct G.--Dr. Oliver b. Hart
physician. residing in the suburb Ct
Rogers park, is in custody of the po-
lice pending further investigation of
the death of Irene Klokow, ten years
old which occurred yesterday in the
physicians residence. It is the opin-
ion of the police that a charge of mur
DER viii he lodged against Hart, and
that he win have much trouble to es.
cape conyic ion
The girl died in bedroom Of the
Hart residence in which she and the
physician had been locked for several
hours. It is the opoinion of the author
itiea. based on facts disclosed al the
inquest today, that the girl was NAL
treated and then poisoned in an at
tempt TO conceal the crime.
After finding it was impossible for
the child to recover the physician swal-
lowed morphine and lay in an uncon-
scious condition all last night and dur
ing the greater part of today, Late
this afternoon he partially recovered
and was brought to the city and locked
up In the police station.
The girl was taken a year ago from
an Illinois Industrial Home for Girls
ny Hart and his wife, who desired a
girl Who could serve in d measure as
cgompanion for Mrs. Hart, who Is but
seventeen years of age and at the
same time do the light work about the
house.
Yesterday the girls two sister
came 10 The Hart residence aad il
company with Mrs. Hart went on q
shopping expedition to the city.
Irene compla ned of a headache and
remained al home. What happened
In the house is not known exactly, bur
the first intimation that anything was
wrong was a telephone message sent
by Hart to Mrs. Cortis, a neighbor
asking her to summon help as he was
dying.
The woman called DR. Hulstrom ant
then ran to the Hart residence which
fhe found locked Her little daughter
entered through the cellar window ant
unbolted the front door. Hart callet
to her from the bedroom, the door o.
which she had 10 break open.
The Klokow girl was lying ON tht
bed partially dressed her hair disar
ranged and much of it torn from hei
head and The room showing evidences
of desperate struggle.
The girl was unconscious and eyi
IDENTIFY dying and Hart informed Mrs
Cortis she had swallowed morphine
pills after he had given her some me
dicine
Just at this instant Mrs Hart re
turned from her shopping expedition
and the physician summoned by Mra
Cortis, arrived
Hart repeated his story, and will
Hulstrom was working over the girl
body Hart went into an adioinin:
room and swallowed a large dose o
morphine.
The girl died in short time ant
IIulstrom turned his attention 10 Hart
II was not until late this afternoon
that he recovered. In the meantim
the police wereon guard at his bed
side, and when Hart was in a non
NAL condition he was taken to tn
station.
The inquest over the girls bod
brought out no facts other than thos
stated above but the police are conf
dent that Hart can be convicted Q
responsibility for her death Hart
the son Of 81. Louis millionaire, Fl
will be detained by the police unit
conclusion Of inquest which will b
resumed Tuesday
Police Inspector Wheeler suhjecte
Hart to an exhaustive examination tC
night IN an effort to secure state
ment of the occurrences in the house
but the physician refused TO alter hi
story.
He insisted throughout that the gil
was not murdered, that he did no
misuse her, and that he did not a
tempt to commit suicide.
Dr. LewlSc the coroner's physician
who examined the body of the cir
declared tonight that there was nc
the slightest doubt that she had bee
treated IN a revolving manner