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Story of the Shooting
of Dr. J. J- seamans
jn St. Louis
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l* cf win Wdh Uad Dr Seamans, o car-ions
K n dividual Vo on
ei collect a small bill from
^ Ti ,e and store impress will paove our mterest- peop e
kottb-at trinff Dr. fun. Seamans didn t
' DUDitnpIv for
belief among tliose who know
e and who were at the scene
nartiPP .
[Dili drew his and hred
that Seamans get his from his
eue(Dill) could
[f- ' known trouble here that with Dr. any Seamans one at
sought if any one desired to
, mG time, could easily do so by
fetrouble they
wople regret that bis charcater
Iresentment in his un.imely death .
maybe truthfully said that Dr.
L seamans was a thorough gentle
I kind and generous, and Yet
I L with a most sensitive wholly spirit unable of
tmen t that he was
Lnrrol f under while provacation. his slayer He is fast is
Ireriiiand now, whatever his past lUe
t!e nothing derogatory can be
reed against him other than that
e k unfortunately hiiU-tetnpered.
ollowing is the siory :
Iom The St, Louis Republic.]
fOne pistol shot, sharp and
L then three more in quick
■cession, followed by the wild
Iht of a hatless man down the
Ips leading to the dental room
■Dr.E' A. Dill, at 810 North
loadY-'ay, lated at- 4.30 yesterday,
consternation among
I many pedestrians on the
fcwdedstreet at the time.
(The listless man ran around
b corner ’ and down Morgan
[eet. In front of No 415 Mor
n he dropped suddenly in bis
Lcks. His eyes became glassy
H within a fiew seconds bis
[art stopped beating. The
U was John J. Seamans, a
htist, and a bullet had pene
Lkd his kidneys,entering his
By in the small of the back .
je usual crowd gathered, inor
lly curious to see the last
juggle of the dying man,
Upstairs another scene was
lag enacted. Dr Dill lay on
poor in the dental ffice gasp
bfor breath. A bullet had
pirated his left side, just be
r the second rib, passing
rough his lung. Seamans
p fired the shot which wouti
jl Dill, and Dill had shot Sea
ins to death. The dead man
js carried to the Morgue, and
jll was taken to the Dispensary
fl then sent to the City Hos
lal.”
alie Post Dispatch says.
According to the story told by
W and coroborated by Mrs.
(dine, the latter’s attendant
jainans fired the first shot, the
Bet strikiug Dill in the left
le just below the second rib.
e weapon used was a double
n 'el pistol of a large caliber,
the indications are that the
figedy was the result of an
■ filed.
The fact that Sea¬
t's was heavily armed would
ffl to lead to the conclusion
let trouble had been anticipat
[• The dead man had on him
Pen his body was searched
e pi tol from which the bullet
r s fired, a knife and a bibey.
f 'pile of all this it is not
P°wn that he was of a quarrel
[ nie nature, and so far as can
f learned he has never been
reived in any personal con
let with anyone.
£fill on the contray, was of a
l gnaciou 8 disposition, it is said
’
ill m ks WdMi ❖
CONYERS, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1896.
and was inclined to make wh t
it known as a gun play.
It is related of him that he
was in the habit of can ing a
pistol and that oecassionl v,
when angry displayed it in a
th reatning manner. Nor long ago
it is said, a collector for a morn¬
ing paper called at Dr. Dill’s
office and the latter drove him
from the room at the muzzle of
his revolver. The shooting
Thursday shows that he was
armed and the promptitude with
which he drew his pistol and
the accuracy of his aim show
that he was accustomed to the
use of firearms'
While acknowledging that
Seamans, who was his helper,
was an efficient workman, Dill
p aid him only $10 a week and
it is asserted loaded him down
with work and found fault with
him continualy for not doing
more.
Seamans’ side of the story, of
course, will never be known.
He died before he had a chance
to tell what occurred in the stuf¬
fy little back room wnere he re¬
ceived his death wound. » >
DR. B1SLLIS TESTIFIES.
Dr. E R. Beilis, a dentist
at 1312 Franklin avenue, went
to the Four courts and testified
what he knew concerning Dr
Seamans. Dr. Beilis said that
Seamans, when he came to St,.
Louis last fall applied to him
for work He said he h.-td just,
coim* from Chicago, and intend
settling Iutv for good ^
ter wards Seamans went to work
for Dill, end while working
him off-e ' c l 1 , ' f D ■.
office Seamans ;old him some
time ago that he was only get¬
ting $10 a week and intended
starting nn an offiice for him¬
self- Last Sunday Seamans
visited him and told him that
he thought he would open up
an office in Corondelet. and that
he would give up his position
with Dr. i'ill next Saturday.
Dr. Beilis said that Seamans
had told him that Dill was not
popular with his female patrons
and that they would often wait
hours in the office for him (Sea¬
mans) to do their work
DAWES’ EXPERIENCE WITH DILL.
It may be shown that Dill i s
in the habit of making “gun
plays” on occasions when ho
thinks the circunstances warrat
him. Charles A. D a wes, a Re¬
public collector, has the follow¬
ing story, which he says he will
tell anywhere, to show this char¬
acteristic of Dill;
“ On January 20 I had an ex¬
perience with Diil that I will
not forget for some time,” he
said. I had a bill against him
for $13, and for a long time I
had been trying to callect it.
I used to go iuto his offica ev¬
ery time I was in the neighbor¬
hood, but seldom canght him in
I always found Seamans there,
and I want to say that Seamans
was a perfect gentleman, and
that I do not believe those sto¬
ries they are telling about his
having insulted several iadies
I know that he attended to the
business and was always gentle¬
manly * fill was then in his for
mor quarters' on Broadway and
Oliver steet. Being unable to
get any satisfaction out of Dill,
I conclded that the only way
tr get the amount of the bill was
to sue him. So when I went in
there, on the 20th I caught Dill
in and asked him to make some
arrangement to pay. I told him
that we wanted something on
the bill 1 bat* if on’y 50 cent a
week. He would not give any
satisfaction, and I told him that
under the circumstances, I would
have 10 tiring sul. When I
sud this he exclaimed; ’Now
you ge out of my office!’ and a
the same time throwing his hand
back on his hip pocket- as if 10
draw pis'ol, I did believe he had
a pistol, and said ; ’Ob, you’ve
got no gun. Such bluffs don’t go
with me. you little coward. If
you’ve gOi a gun, why don’t you
pull it?’ He vhen raised his
hard a little, and I saw fhe butt
of a revolver. I confess that
this did not make me feel very
easy , and looking him in the
eye, eutending to strike him if
he made an effort to pull it I
backed slowly ou of the door
into the hall, and then dared
him out. He would not come.
I went away and afterward
sent a lawyer o see him. Rath¬
er than be sued, he agreed to
pay, and is now doeing it.”
The following is the verdict
of the Coroners jury after the
inquest vhich was held Satur¬
day inorniug, Feb. 29, two days
after the shooting
“The deceased, <>r. John J
Seamans, came to his death oii
Morgan street, between Fom f,h
and Broadway, Febuary 17, at
4:?i0 p, m., from a gunshot
wound in the back. Said
wouud was caused by a buh<-<
fired from a gun in th • h inds o
l>r FdwardE (fill at 810 NiVrfi
Broadway Fetiu t . 27. 4 25 p
in seif-defens-■■ -Justifuble
t»omicid>?.”
Foffo'vag vs the statement- of
Mr. .lames O Seamans, made
to i reporter of :-le St Louis
«• sb ’-'I- i he duel
f . Mil ,tl !
the trouote my brother tiad wnh
Dr. Dill,” said James Sea.
mans < ( and she is no other
than Mrs Lillian A Carline, the
onlv to’e-wifoes- "• fhe tragedy:
Until sh went. , woi k in the
dental rooms Dr. So ionns and
[)d tlocg • M-th-r iV’-l j
VViicu site o.uu-* trouble com¬
menced. It is not true howev
er, that my brother attempted
to pay her attention, was re¬
pulsed, and had it in for her
ever since My brother confid¬
ed everything in his life to me
and at night he used to tell me
what had occurred during the
day in the dental parlor. These
stories showed me that Dr- Dill
was very fond of the woman,
and liked to be alone with a pret¬
ty one in the operating room
whenever he could. My broth¬
er cared nothing for Mrs, Car.
line, and was not jealous of
Dr. Dill. He did not want her
around where he was, and, on
severol occasions, when she tri¬
ed to boss him he told Dr. Dill.
On the other hand, Dr. Sea¬
mans told me that Dr. Dill liked
the company of Mrs. Carline ex¬
ceedingly well. When she first
went to work in the dental par¬
lor, she and Dr. Dill, ray broth¬
er told me, would go out to
dinuer together every day and
stay away for an hour or two.
My brother told me Mrs. Dill
was jealous of Mrs. Carline, and
on several occasions quietly
entered the waiting room and
listened at the door of the op¬
erating room to hear what Dr.
Dill and Mrs. Carline were say¬
ing to each other. Two weeks
ago my brother and I dicided to
open up dental parlors in South
St. Lonis, and he began
ing the fact known to his
tomers. Mrs. Carline
him telling this entention to a
Tiiousands ot Women
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woman who had about $40
worth of work on her teeth to
be done, and she said she would
wait until he got located, and
call on him. Mrs' Carline told
this to Dr. Dill, and he was tak¬
en with the belief that Dr. Sea
mans was enticing away his
patrons. It caused the troublo
which ended in the killing.
. My r , brother ,, always , carried . , a
revolver and weapons for pro¬
tection. because he was a slight
- . . lCfttft and tuft , , least ,
Uftl man VIO—
lence was liable to prove fatal t
r
to him. My brother told me
weeks ago that Dr. Dill also
constantly carried a revolver
It is not true that Dr. Seamans
deliberately intended to kill
r% Dr* Dill. Plftlthftr vr*.i • it .. trU8 . .. tu<lt .1 ,
l*
h‘i . has . Wlfft , . and _ Clllldren i • i j m
a
Nashville. He was never mar¬
ried. ”
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that his brother had offered, in-
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Seamans says;
‘As to insulting any lady, [’ll
wager my reputation that Dill
speaks falsely if he says it. My
brother had the greatest re¬
spect for ladies, and the,
greatest contempt f <r those
pretending to be la lies who
were not. He never insulted
a lady m his life. My
never told of any trouble with
Dill. Dill neglected his busi¬
ness altogether, and brother ran
it for him. My brother gave
Dill notice that he was going to
leave, I have been studying
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