The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-17
MURDERER CLARK or EAST ST.
LOUIS PLEADS GUILTY.
EXTREME PENALTY.
TESTIMONY WAS STRONG
Motorman Who Was Shot Ii, Mouth
and Robbed Tells Story Of
Crime--Other witnesses
Corroborate.

/ Believile, Ill. Jan. Wills
Clark murderer Of Motorman Eugene
v. Goudey OF the East St Louis ani
Suburban Railway Company, and who
seriously wounded Conductor Nj, r..
/ lO'Brien on Saturday evening, Dcceln-
Der Is, must answer with his life for
1.-THE crime which was one of the lnosss
Icowardly ever committed In St Clair
county.
| He was sentenced to be hanged nv
Judge George Crow In the circuit
court at ii o'clock Saturday morning.
after States Attorney Fred ], Teck.
lenburg had introduced eleven wit
nesses, thereby proving the prisoner
guilty beyond all doubt.
The decision Of the court ii that
Clark be hanged ON Friday. February
Is. Judge Grow said Clark had moth.
ing more to expect, and advised him
to prepare for the day when with bin
life he will be compelled To pay FOR
the death Of the man he shot AMI
killed In most cowardly and daF
tardly manner.
The story OF the crime n still y
vivid recollection to every reader b!
newspaper In st. Clair county.
The principal witness at the hear
ing Of the case on Saturday morning
was Conductor M, r. 0'Hrien, who
was In charge OF the car ON which
the shooting occurred and who was
seriously wounded, the bullet striking
him in the mouth.
/ Conductor ORrien was brought ta
/ Belleville on special car nf the
Suburban He wore a handaEe about
his head, and when brought into tho
court room was assisted 10 the stand
by two friends,
0'Rrien for the second time post.
lively identified Clark iii the negro
wh0 did the shooting. The first iden-
Hospital, East ST. Louis, on the sum
Eday night following the murder.
0'Brien stated that Clark had
boarded the car at Fireworks Station
and rode to the end Of the line, start
, ing back on the same car on its re
turn trip. A minute or so after the
car was set In motion O'Brienl who
lhad hfs@haek. turned to..the negro,
| hrapl EEIIaEk .asise sps illssf tHs taiFr!s
led about aa he MheessI Nas shot
With d hplFt from clark.s' pistol
Onrens. stated sthai he fell tot the
floor face down Although cen
seious, he says he was helpless sant
lunahle to move. Lie heard second
shct fired and moment later feIt
lClark searching his pockets and als0
| lsayering the money belt which be
hads strapped about him
a three-blatc pearl handle nocke1
knife, the file blade OF which Wa
broken, was identified BY OBrien ~
being his property This knife WAS
found on Clark when he was search
Cd after his arrest on the SUNDAY
night following the murder
/ ~ iyiAEhs t&4 tit1EiAa Ntt1 tAuEhtAhAH
| ton, stated that he had seen CLARK
about two weeks previous To tAa
4 might ef the crime. and that the neyrs
lad been one Of bis passengers at
Ithat time
\ A silver openface watch identified
,Ehy OBrien ais his property was also
ffound In Clark's possession.
Nh Roberta Heis.oH, negress, whq
tmct Clark af dance some hours
latter the crime had been .commttea,
kFstifed that Clark had large roll
IH money In his possession and had
.ffreated The crowd to two cases p'
'fhcer two bottles Of wine and two
bottles Of whisky spending s74o.
She stated that later In the even
ing CLARK requested to 10 70 her ROOM
and she took him upstairs. He gave
her Ills money. s5i75, and the watnh
TO keep for him until morning On
tSunday morning he arose early aud
. demanded hts money and watch. She
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