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OURI, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17. 1912.Assault Charge Latest Chapter in ColeFamily Feud, Involving Legal ActionsHusband of Joplin WomanWhoBrought $50,000*Alienation Suit Arrestedfor Shooting at ManHis Home Two YearsAgo.iSpecial to The Globe.St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 18.—John Jackson Cole, husband of Mrs. Dorothy Walker Cole of Joplin, and eon of Amedee It. Cole, millionaire, was arrested here today on a charge of felonious assault on Walter Heiinbuecher of Kirkwood. The assault is alleged to have been committed two years ago. It records a finale to the troubles which have been pursuing the Cole family for the last three months.Young Cole, who was arrested at Broadway and Market street, was taken to the Clayton jail by a deputy sheriff, lie declared his father had reopened the assault case In revenge for sensationala} ..iPRESIDENCYEXECUTIVE TEUiR LOTUS OLUIIOF HIM HOPEH AND DISAPPOINTMENTS.CIVIL SERVICEcharges made against him4 in connection with the Colo alienation suit, recentlyfiguring in St. Louis courts, when the son charged his father with Improper attentions toward his wife.Fired Upon in Home.The charge of assault, which led to the arrest of Cole today, dates buck to June 9, 1910, when Cole is said to have entered the home of Heimbuecher in Kirkwood, while the family was at dinner, and fired a bullet from a revolver at Heimbuecher. A warrant for his arrest was issued immediately, but an understanding was reached by which Cole agreed to leave St. Louis if the case against him were not pressed.No further action in the affair was taken until a 160,000 suit for alienation of her husband’s affections Was filed by Mrs. John Jackson Cole, against Ir. Ernest H. Cole, her husband’s uncle. After making a sensation counter charge that his father, Amedee B. Cole, bad alienated the affection of Mrs. John Jackson Cole, young Cole disappeared suddenly. He was not seen in St. Louis during the taking of depositions.Alienation Suit Dismissed.His lawyers refused to divulgewhereabouts, declaring that an county charge bad been revived to gethim into custody.The Joplin woman’s suit for $60,000 laterwas dropped.A controversy over the management of the big Cole estate started the feud, which has resulted in various le^al actions.vocat*4s Deform* and SarcasticallyRefers to Democratic lenders.John Jackson Cole,dee Cole, below; Mrs. Cole, above.By Associated Press.New' York, Nov.PresidentTaft sung his “swan song99 as chief'‘n i —*RICHER PUISESIATEIRUSIWILL FILED IN IX8 A XL ELENLIVES WIDOW BALANCEOF PROPERTY.BROTHER EXECUTORhisoldWealth of Former Joplin Citizen InEstimated at More Than OneHalf Million Dollars.Mrs. Dorothy Walker Cole, wife of John Jackson Cole, referred to In the above llspateh, now is at the home of her varents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Walker, No. 1222 Joplin street. She refused last night o discuss the assault of two years ago, charged against her husband. Mrs. Cole I vent to St. Louis after her alienation suit vas filed, but returned to Joplin soonifter.The Cole estate Includes many rich mldlngs, some of the local property being he John Jackson Investment Company, wnlner valuable mining tracts west ofSpecial to The Globe.Ig)s Angeles, Cal., Nov. 16..Judge Oliver H, PJcher of Joplin, whose will was fllud here today, tied up one-half of his estate as a trust, In charge of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company of St. Louis. The other half of the estate Is given his widow.Judge Plcher died October 4 of this year. The petition, filed by At-4 A nn 17* .si rr n £3 U n m »\ «v ItrA/s 4 k /\ 1..executive of the nation tonight. As the guest of the Lotus Club, the president responded lo the oast, The President,’’ In a speech which many of his hearers considered iho most remarkable he luis ever made. He Hhlfted from grave to gay and fromthe philosophy, which he said four years !i the White house had taught him, to a discussion of problems which face the nation.He laughed at the outcome of theelection, smiled when he spoke of some of the plans of President-elect Wilson and touched with gentle sarcasm William J. Bryan.In for Higher Salary.Tn his serious moments the president earnestly advocated the admission to the halls of congress of members of a president’s cabinet, declared that u Hlx-year form In the presidency was enough for any man, advocated strongly the placing In civil service of practically every officer in the government, service and hinted broadly that, congress should provide for expenditures so that they need not lower the dignity of the position they have held when they enter into private life.His chief regret, the president said, was that he had been unable to Influence the United States senate to ratify the arbitration treaties with Franco and Great Britain, In spite of that fact, he asked his audience to believe that, he would leave office with the deepest gratitude tothe American people for the honorL n .1 llJltl Cl n/l U/ttll I llO
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Sun, Nov 17, 1912
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