FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, December 9, 1904 ESCAPED FROM STATE HOSPITAL NO. 4 ________ Man Charged with Murder and Sent to the Hospital as Insane Week Before Last ________ M. Emile Servien, an Italian inmate of State Hospital No. 4, made his escape from that institution last Saturday evening while the patients were being marched from the cottages to the dining room for supper. He broke from the ranks and ran. It was getting quite dark, and although he was pursued by the attendants, he was soon lost sight of in the darkness and made good his escape. Servien was sent from St. Louis to State Hospital No. 4 about two weeks ago, having been adjudged insane in the criminal division of the St. Louis Circuit Court while on trial for murder. The following account of his crime and trial we take from the Globe Democrat: "Servien, about two months ago it is alleged, shot and killed Charles Bonetti, an Italian saloon keeper, at Ninth and Morgan streets. He was formerly a resident of French Village, Ill., and while there conceived the idea that St. Louis Italians are plotting harm to the girls and women of French Village. One Sunday he came to St. Louis, and walking into Bonetti's saloon, is alleged to have emptied the contents of a revolver at the proprietor who was behind the bar. Bonetti was killed instantly. Servien was arrested half an hour later in the rear of a saloon at Tenth and Morgan streets. "At his trial his attorneys pleaded insanity and cited as evidence the close attention Servien gave to his work, alleging that his attention could not be diverted from what he was engaged in doing if a revolver was fired close to his head. "It is stated that Servien several times threatened vengeance upon several prominent Italians in St. Louis and it is thought he may revisit this city. He is described as being 29 years old; weight 150 pounds; 5 feet six inches tall, hair clipped close, smooth face and wearing a dark soft hat, dark coat, vest and trousers." Chief of Detectives Desmond was notified of the escape and several detectives were assigned to watch the trains for the escaped prisoner, but he has not yet been caught.