The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-23
Nashville American.l

NASHVILLE Americana
There were strenuous scenes in the
court of Justice R. r. Caldwell, on
Thursday afternoon, following the
preliminary arraignment of DR.. j.
Herman Feist, who was arrested dur
ing the morning on the charge of be-
ing the alleged murderer of Mrs.
Rosa Mason Mangrum. DIR. ]. E. Ma
son. of Madison County, father Of the
dead woman, made an effort to get
to the physician, and was taken from
the court room by the officer. There
was a surging crowd on the sidewalks,
and it looked as if there might be
trouble for time, a number Of Off
GERS being called to preserve order.
The aged man insisted on going back
to the court room, and this caused
excitement in the crowd, and one man
of powerful physique started toward
the officer, who drew a revolver, and
the man fell back.
The arrest of DR.. Feist was an I'M
expected development in the myster-
ious case, although it has been known
since the discovery of the body in the
Ohio River, near Cairo, Ill, that his
movements about the time of the
disappearance of Mrs. Mangrum were
a matter of investigation by the de-
tective department. The investiga-
ton has been proceeding quietly but
persistently, and as nothing new had
been announced in connection with
the case for several weeks, it was
natural that the arrest was a matter
of great interest throughout the city,
as the news that the physician had
been taken into custody spread with
great rapidity.
Relations With Deceased.
All of the evidence that the detec-
tives have against the accused man
is not known, but some important
facts said to have been learned can
be stated. DR.. Feist had been Mrs |
Mangrum's physician for something |
over a year, and one of her rela-
tives stated that since he came into |
her life she had never been the |
same. On the night Of the disap- |
pearance it is said that DR.. Feist I
secured his horse and buggy at the |
livery stable, where it is kept, and |
returned at an early hour of the
morning, the horse to all appearances
having been driven very hard. 1t is
said that what were supposed to be
fragments of a woman's hat were
found in the buggy, and that the bug
gy appeared to have been washed off
with some kind of liquid which it re-
quired gasoline to remove at the sta
BILE. The piece of silk found in the
River, near West Nash
vile, was later identified as a part of
the lining of Mrs. Mangrum's hat.
There are other facts known regard Il
ing the relations of DR.. Feist and Mrs
Mangrum, it being said that he had
borrowed sums of money of her.
There was report that the physi-
clan who analysed the contents of the {
of Mrs. Mangrum had re-
ported the result, and it was thought
that there may have been some de-
Velopment of Importance, as to the
cause Of Mrs. Mangrums death. The
in which she met death is
not known, or at least no information
On this point has ever been given out.
Released on Bond.
DR.. Feist was released on bond In
he sum mentioned after a conference {
between his attorneys and counsel for {
he State, Attorney General E. A. Il
Price being present. The reason the
State did not go into a preliminary T
hearing of the case. 1t is supposed, q
vas because it was not regarded as 4
desirable to show its hand at the !
present time, as the information I
night prove very valuable to the de- /
ense later. IS
The arrest Of DR.. Feist was made
" Lieut. Sidebottom and Detectives s
irwin and Dowd, he being taken into b
custody at his office In the Wilcox s
between 10 and IL o'clock In 4
he morning. DIR. Feist took his ar v
est quietly, and accompanied the h
hree officers to the police station, T
where he was INTERCEPTED and de- &
lined to make any statement what