Show I Dog Jog Stands Guard Over Dead Hermit Until It Is Is Killed I Recluse Near St. St Louis Probably Probably j ably Died From Star Star- Br el Tb Th T o 11 Sl N. N Nei Strike Service ST. ST LOUIS Dec Dee 23 Charles Charles Stone I lived a a. phlegmatic existence lIe Ho was known as the hermit of Carr I Island in the tho Mississippi river be between between be- be tween St. St Louis and Venice His hns only companion was a a. dog dog u fi Scotch terrier Yesterday that dog doS fell across the dead body of his master after a valiant defense and vigil that lasted probably for days Stone was 61 years old His body was discovered yesterday in his loss hut but by two men who were attracted by bythe bythe bythe the whining of the dog The animal apparently was famished and it is be believed believed believed be- be Stone died from starvation or exposure Attempts to enter the house were balked by the terrier who leaped savagely at all intruders Even food would not coax it from the body of its master and companion for years It had to be killed I About a a. year ago Stones Stone's half- half brother George orge Weaver who lived I with him In the Island hut was killed 1 accidentally by a trap they had set for burglars Stone and Weaver had rigged I up a shotgun FO so that it would be discharged discharged discharged dis dis- dis- dis charged when the door opened ope One I Inight night W Weaver aver forgot that the trap was I Iset set and entered the door He lie was killed Instantly Since that time Stone had lived I alone in the cabin with his dog He lived JIved from funds obtained from the tho sale of Junk picked up In the railroad I yards of ot Venice He and his dog were last seen In Venice a a. week ago I Thursday |