, 1908-01-18
MAY HAVE
MADE ACID
BELIEVED THAT ST. LOUIS WO,
MAN coNcocTED POISON
THAT KILLED THREE.
Paper of Home City Gives Details of
Awful Tragedy in Which Wife Of
General Manager of Laramie Plas-
ter Mills Kills Sons and Self-Sent
Servants Away for Day.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat of
yesterday gave a full account of the
death Of Mrs. Leo Jacobs of that city.
after she had administered prussic acid
to her W sons, Edwin, aged Z years,
and Sam, aged Is months, exactly Is
told in The Republican the afternoon
after. The Globe-Decomrat says that
in order to break the news of the
tragedy to Mr.. Jacobs as gently as pop-
sible, James r. Dougan wired the be-
reayed husband and father to meet
him at Kansas City at the earliest pos.
sible moment" and it vas this tels-
gram that was placed in Mr.. Jacobs
hands at 10 o'clock Wednesday night,
by a representative Of The Republican,
the same reporter having a few min
utes before given Mr.. Jacobs the first
intimation of the awful tragedy. Some
of the paragraphs from the article in
the st. Louis paper will be of interest
at this time.
To St. Louis from Texas.
Mrs. Jacobs was the wife of Leo ia
cobs, general manager of the mills of
the Acme Cement Plaster company
Her husband was away at the time
inspecting mills in Laramie, Wyo. Two
years ago the family moved to St.
Louis from Dallas, Tex. Mrs. Jacobs
maiden name was Blum. Soon after
their arrival here Edwin was stricken
with a very painful growth on his neck.
which greatly worried his mother. She
lent that her husband had to send her
to st. Luke's hospital, where she was
attended for FIVE months by DR.. Mau-
rice A. F%rankenthal and by DIR. Sidney
Smith. She had in constant attend
ance two trained nurses to prevent her
doing herself injury. Last July she
was removed TO her home and mad
two nurses attending her until three
weeks ago. f. NJ. Whiteman, wife and
child stayed at the house as company
for her. Whiteman is travelling audi,
tor for the Acme Cement Plaster ON.
pany, with office in the Frisco building.
Three days ago the Whitman family
left to go to housekeeping, thinking
that Mrs. Jacobs had fully recovered
She had been UP and attending to
household duties for several weeks,
and it was thought that all danger of a
relapse had passed.
Servant Had Day Off.
After having been almost constantly
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Jacobs left on January 6 for Laramie.
On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Jacobs
took the two children out for a walk.
This was the last time she was out
of the house. George Smith, a Pull,
mar porter, and his wife, Annie, who
did the kitchen work, had been with
the family over a year. The first Of
this week Smith left the city and since,
according to Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Jacobs
has been constantly begging her 20
take a day off. Tuesday Mrs. jacobs
informed Mrs. Smith that she must
take her day off yesterday, as Mrs.
Jacobs wanted to go downtown today.
Servant Gave the Alarm.
yesterday at y a. IN. the servant
left the house and did not return unit!
9 o'clock in the evening, when she
found the doors locked and the window
shades pulled down. She Immediately
became alarmed, notified the neighbors
and called Mrs. Jacobs over the tele-
phone, but could get no response. She
then notified William Baker of 4256
Lindell boulevard, a brother-inlaw of
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