The Paducah sun., 1906-03-17
DR.. j. Herman Feist is Charged
With Numbering Woman.
lie Takes His Arrest Calmly.-Is Also
Suspected of Having Killed An
other Woman.
MYSTERY MAY BE SOLVED.


Herman Feist on the charge of mur-
dering Mrs. Rosa Mangrum. C. D.
Mason, Mrs. MNngrum's brother,
swore out the warrant, which charges
murder and robbery.
Mrs. Rosa Mangrum mysteriously
disappeared from Nashville ON the
night OF December Ia last and, some
twenty days later her body was
found floating in the Ohio river at
Cairo. III.
Different clues h> re been unearth-
ed from time TO time, but until re-
GENTLY those who are prosecuting the
case did not believe they had sufli-
cient evidence 10 wa, st an arwea..
Relatives OF the dead woman. 1t was
known, had all along suspected DR..
Feist, and as the various details of
the case we're worked out tIh.s sus-
picion became more deep-rooted.
Soon after the body of Mrs. Man
grum was fourd i'm the Ohio river the
name OF DIR. Fe;st was whispered
about the city. The rumor of such
suspicion. was net lcng i'm reaching
the ears OF the Nashville physician,
and he is said 10 have approached
counsel sccn thereafter with a view
of employing legal talent should he
need II. DR.. FeiIst is confident he
can exonerate himself.
II was shortly before 10 O'Clock
when officers appeared I'm DR. F'e.kt 3
Office in the Wilcox building and i'm
formed him that he was under arrest
on state warrana DR.. Feist ac-
oepted the situation quietly and went
with them TO tine police station.
If DR.. Feist experienced amy mark
ed chaguhn or detection over his ar
rest he did not manifest 1t to amy
of the crowd that gathered around
the Office. He walked around the
room with a nonchalant air occasion
ally smiling when talking to friends
IL rs necessary for a prisoner TO
be brought before a justice to plead
IN the case and the defendant entered
plea Of not guilty. His attorney
then took the position that even
though the grand jury is in session,
Justice Caldwell had tine right to
hear evidence fE the case IN order t.
ascertain whether the defendant Is
entitled TO bail or not.
Justice Caldwell held that If ne
made application to hear evidence in
order to ascartain whether he was
eniitlcd to obtain bail or no, II was
his duty to hear such evidence as the
defense brought forward. but ii was
clearly not the duty of the state to
produce it's witnesses to show that
the defendant was not entitled to
ba6l.
The Mangrum murder case has
heen one of the greatest mysteries
and puzzles the detectives hnre have
had to deal with in years. Mrs. Man
grum disappeared from the city ap-
parently to go on visit to Chicago
but II is thought that she neve,
reached that posnt How she met
her death is a conjecture. for post
mortem examination was held acrt
no trace of poison was found at tha'
time. The lungs were not fl!e5
with water. indicating that death
was not by drowning. The head wag
almost scalpei. Many thing thai
this was done by a sharp instrument
When she left here she had aboni
$1,000 in currency and jewelry, val
ued ait about the same amount Nc
trace Of this has ever been found, al.
though a reward was offered for ths
return of any part OF 1T, or some q
her clothing which was found to b'
missing.
Weeks after her disappearance
was known her trunk was located b.
Lieut.. Sidebottom in Chicago. 1t WA
brought back here and on being optr
ed 1t was found to be packed just al
Mrs Mangrum packed 1T before leav
tng the city. Nothing was fount
that would throw amy light on th'
mystery, however.
There is another case in which thr
name of DR.. Febst was connected
This Is the death of Miss Sadie Geld
stein, who Is said to have COMMITTEES
sufc.ac Sunday moTiIsng. May 10
1908. According to relatives CT th'
young woman, who was but q yearl
of age, she was madly infatuase:
with Dr. Feast She was in DIR. Fest
Office in the Wilcox building whel
she took the drug. DR.. Feist denae'