The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
T.p-Year.Oid Girl Dies In the Home
of Dr.. Oliver B. Hart, a
Chicago Physician.
POLICE CLAIM FIRST ASSAULT,
THEN he GAVE HER POISON
VIZ. Had Gone 10 City With the
c,rI,. Two SIsters-Physicinn
Formerly Lived in st. Louis,
where His Father is a Wealthy
Residential Moral Derelict.


Chicago. Oct. DIR. Oliver B. Hart,
son Of A. B. Hart, millionaire real es-
tate man, living at 10 Portland place,
ST. Louis. was arrested at his fash
ionable home in Rogers Park. a Chi
cago suburb, accused Of attacking
Irene Krakow, a t~en-year-old girl, IN
his home, the attack resulting in her
death.
The attack was made while DR..
Harris handsome young wife was IN
Chicago, playing the part OF Lady
Bountiful to Irene's two sisters, Edith,
aged 10, and Hazel, aged 6, the first
OF whom had been adopted by the
Harris. while Irene and Hazel lived at
the Illinois industrial home. The chill
dren often visited their sister at the
Hart home, and Mrs, Hart had planned
to take the three girls down town, but
Irene said her head ached, and she was
allowed TO remain at home with the
doctor.
The Crime Revealed.
Mrs. Richard Cortis received, a tele-
phone message from DR.. Hart, that he
had been accidentally locked in an up
per room, and asking her to release
him. She went to the Hart residence,
and her little girl entered a basement
window, opened the front door and let
her mother in. She found Hart locked
in a room up stairs, and together they
opened the door. r
Mrs. Cortis Finds the Body.
Mrs. Cortis saw something on a
couch, covered with a sheet. DR.. Hart
stepped t o the object ard removed the
covering, revealing the body of the
child, clad only in underwear.
Mrs. Cortis gave a graphic descrip-
ton of the actions of DR.. Hart. She
a he knelt beside the dead girl,
kissed her and bewailed her fate.
Poor little darling!" the doctor said.
you have KILLED yourself with NOR
phine."
In the hope that the child vas not
dead, DR.. Hart and Mrs. Cortis carried
her to the bathroom and tried to re-
vive her. DR.. Paul Hullhorst, of No
42G9 North Ashland avenue, was sum
moned.
The Police Called In.
When he saw that the girl vas be-
yond recall he told DR.. Hart the police
must be notified.
To this Hart objected, saying that he
would give q death certificate, and that
no further action would be necessary.
Nevertheless, the police were called.
Pending their arrival, DR.. Hart sat
down and began writing his will.
The VIII.
To Mrs. Cortis and Mrs, Albert Otto,
another neighbor, he said he feared the
police would arrest him, and he init
mated his intention to commit suicide.
The will began as follows:
Il leave my house and lot to my
wife, Vera, and all my household goods
to her, except such furniture as Vera
wants to give
At this point the physician fell I'M
conscious to the floor, just as the police
entered.
Previous to beginning to write his
will, DR.. Hart wrote a letter to his
mother.
"My Dear Mother-Take care of my
wife, Vera. hope father will leave her
my share Of the estate, as she has been
q good wife to me-"
The Doctors story.
To Mrs. Ccrtis and DR.. Hullhorst DR..
Hart talked disconnectedly during the
interval between the discovery of the
tragedy and the time he fell senseless.
He said he had been cut in the yard,
and upon re-entering had been told by
Irene that she had eaten some of the
tablets in a glass jar.
He said he had become so excited
that he accidentally locked himself in
the room where Irene was.
Mrs. Hart and Edith Klokow re-
turned soon after the police reached
the house.
Mrs. Hart refused to believe the
charges against her husband. She ca
ressed him and showed deep emotion.
The police have gathered much evil
dence to ~substantiate their case
against Hart. This evidence was placed
before the coroner's jury.