THE MORNIXG OliEGOXIAX, WEDTTESDAY, MAY 6, 190S.
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i'i necn uciuK unni to mo block. .
It was handed to Martin who arose and
tooK it very coolly.
"Did you ever sea that before?" be
was asked.
"No. I never did." was the calm
response. The gory spectacle seemed to
make not the slightest impression on Mm.
ilr. Manning then asked that the room be
cleared while he talked to the man alone,
but Martin divulged nothing in the
private Interview, denying that he had
owned the bloody shirt traced to him or
that he had any part In the murder of
Nathan Wolff. Martin was then ordered
locked up for the night.
Asks for Morphine.
The examination will be pursued when
the effects of whatever drug he may have
had yestarday has disappeared. A small
roll of morphine was found In his under
clothing, by Patrolman Goltz. who recog
nized the drue and contlscated it. At a
late hour last night Martin was asking
repeatedly for morphine or cocaine,
saying he was in a deplorably nervous
state. None was given him.
BELIEVE MARTIX WAS ALrOXE
Police Will Investigate Theory of
Accomplices, However.
It is the theory of the police that Mar
tin whs entirely alone in his crime, if he
murdered Wolff. The idea that there was
but one man Implicated has been adhered
to from the first. However, the possi
bility of an accomplice Is not being lost
sight of. Martin may have tried to in
duce one of his fellow drug finds to Join
him In the daring affair, although the
police bolieve he did not really intend
murdering' Wolff when he entered the
pawnshop. The manner In which he se
cured the change of clothing without ex
posing himself, however, is being looked
into.
Martin's reputation with the police has
not been of the best. To the police he
has been kiivwn for many months as a
morphine and cocaine fiend. He has been
arrested for having morphine In his pos
session two or more times and each time
some favorable chance intervened by
which he eluded punishment.
On one of these occasions he was cham
pioned by former Captain of Detectives
Bruin, who is said to have done all he
could to save the man and his family
from publicity. Over a year ago he was
arrested by Patrolmen Leisy and Tenant
on suspicion of having robbed a grocery
store in the North End. Then also he
had morphine in- his possession. At the
time of his second arrest his father and
mother were visiting the Pacific Coast
and arrived in Portland Just when the
police were trying to secure his convic
tion. Through Influence exerted by them
and lack of direct evidence Martin was
allowed to go.
Ever since these Incident he has been
regarded with suspicion by the police.
MARKS ARE NOT SCRATCHES
Dr. Ziegler Identifies Wounds as
Made by Human Hands.
"Those were not scratches inflicted by
claws of a cat," said City Physician
Ziegler late yesterday afternoon in dis
cussing the wounds on Martin's left Jaw.
"If I were giving my opinion as to
their cause in the case of a known mur
derer 1 should say that they were made
by the finger nails of a human being,
in making an examination for an unsus
pected person I would say that they might
have been caused by falling against some
thing. But plainly they were not cat
scratches. Even if the man had caud
scratches of that nature with hli fingers,
do infection would be apparent at so early
a date.
"As to the mark on his head, that might
have been caused by any sharp or even,
somewhat blunt instrument.
SON OF VETERAN SLEUTH
STORY OF CAPTURE
Martin's Father Once Head of New
York Detectives.
It was learned last night front f rela
tive of the accused murderer thai Martin
is the son of Hugh Martin, ex-Captain of
the New York City Detective Depart
ment. His father had ben a well-known
and efficient officer on the New York
police force for the past 15 years and
was retired with honor and a pension.
He Is an old man, well connected In the
City and State of New York and a rela
tive of ex-Senator Martin. He is at
present traveling in Palestine on a trip
around the world and knows nothing of
the charges against his son.
According to this relative Martin's
father Is a wealthy man, owing tenements
and apartment-houses in New York City
which bring him in a handsome Income.
Jt is said that he had been supplying
Martin with sufficient funds to maintain
Ills household expenses while he was out
of employment until recently when news
of his continued abuse of the drug habit
caused the allowance to be discontinued.
Since this occurrence Martin has been
hard put to make his way.
According to this authority Martin's
father, who visited Portland two years
ago Just after his retirement from the
New York Police Department and found
Martin under arrest charged with being
a "morphine fiend," secured his release
and sent him to Salem where he took a
euro for the drug habit. At the time
ho left the city he is described as looking
like a skeleton and came back weighing
t pounds more than before the treat
ment. His father then told him that If
ever he resumed the uxs. of drugs he
would disown him and it is thought that
this ha been done.
BRIEF NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
New York Cardinal Lgue. Primate of
Ireland, will make a tour to Benton, Niagara
Fall and later to San Francisco.
Lexlncton. Ky. Several tobacco beds on
the farm of Joseph Ware, In Boyle County,
were blown up last nlRht by nlghtrlder..
San Francisco Funeral services over the
remains of Rabbi Jacob Vooraaner were
held Tuesday morning in Temple Emami-n.
Chicago The Chicago labor unions have
organized the 'WorkingTnen's Hospital Aewo
clatlon, which will build a hoiitaJ to give
treatment and medicine to workingmen and
their families for f3 a year.
New York. Mrs. Hetty Oreen has re
moved from the cheap flat In Hohoken to an
expensive suite at the Plasa, where her
daughter. Sylvia, and a maid, live with her.
Decatur, 111. The City Council Monday
night parsed an ordinance prohibiting the
sale of alcoholic liquors for any purpose what
ever within the city limits for the next two
years.
New York. Judge Dltke In the County
Court Monday urged the grand Jury to deal
fairly .with act of lawlessness by aliens,
who constitute two-thirds of the criminal.
In his opinion.
London. John Morley and Sir Henry
Fowler took their eats In the Hourn of
Iords Tuesday under the respective titles of
Viscount Morley of Blackburn and Viscount
Wolverhampton.
Tulsa. Okla. W. T. Brady, Democratic
National Committeeman for Oklahoma, fell
from a swiftly moving streetcar Monday
night and sustained serious, although not
necessarily fatal Injuries.
Chicago A bill against anarchy bas been
introduced In the Legislature. It provides
that any person who shall publicly advocate
by spoken or written word the killing of any
person, whether In Illinois or In a foreign
country, shall be deemed guilty of a felony
and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to
the penitentiary. Another hill relates to per
sons who attend meetings at which riot and
bloodshed are Incited.
NEW YORK. May 6. (Special.) The
following from the Pacific Northwest
registered at New York hotels today:
From Portland Miss M. Boskovltz,
at he Savoy.
From Spokane J. V. Anderson, at
the Imperial; R. M. Swlgh and wife, at
the Park Avenue. '
From Seattle S. C. Jackson, at the
Imperial; J. Feuyes, W. Buchler, at the
Union Square; G. E. Eaton, at the
Grand Union.
Bloody Shirt Leads to Arrest
- of Martin.
DETECTIVES' CLfiVER WORK
Morrison streets. The arrest was made
by Patrolman John Goltz and Detective
Hlllyer. Martin made no resistance, say
ing he was Just about to leave for the
station, give himself up and contradict
the story that he murdered Wolff. He
was taken at once to the police station. .
Clews Followed With Dogged Deter
mination Weave Web of Strong
Evidence Around Drug Vic
tim Now in Jail.
Not unlike a chapter from the detective
works of A. t'onan Doyle is the story of
the placing at Edwin H. Martin's door of
the atrocious Wolff murder. The theories
put to use by the Portland detectives
were not new but the clews were followed
out along conventional lines with per
sistence and ability, and the detectives
under Captain Baty are deserving of
considerable credit, even though Martin
did precipitate his own arrest by tele
phoning to the police station.
It was the finding of a gore-besmeared
shirt in the rear of a Flanders-street
lodging house that furnished the clew
which led to Marvin's arrest. This shirt
waa picked up Monday forenoon by Pat
rolman Goltz, whose alertness is to be
commended. The shirt was wrapped In a
pieoe of paper and perhaps had been seen
by hundreds of people. But it attracted
Goltz' attention and he tore the bundle
open and hurried with the ghastly object
to the police station. Here it was turned
over to the Chief who at once passed
its along to Captain Baty, the head of
the department taking no active part in
directlng'hls men in the greatest murder
mystery of years.
Captain Baty assigned every available
man to the case. Detectives Tichenor and
Jones took the shirt to the different
laundries In the hope of finding from
the laundry mark who was the owner
of the garment. At the Opera House and
City laundries they found the marks had
been made.
Peddler Sold Martin Shirt.
But when they followed the shirt to
its' ostensible owner the trail seemed to
flatten out. The laundry marks were
those of E. Sichel. of 46 Ella street, and
a well known citizen. Mr. Sichel, of
course, was not suspected. But he was
Interviewed, and then the prospects grew
brighter, for Mr. Sichel told of having
sold that same shirt and three others to
a Jewish peddler early last week. For
tunately he knew the name of the ped
dler. Max Drey, of 67& First street.
With this information, Jones and Tiche
nor called on Drey, finding him at home.
He recognized the shirt at once and on
consulting a memorandum book said 'he
sold it last week to Edward H. Martin,
living in Sellwood and an employe of the
City Engineer's office. The manner of
the transaction whereby Martin bought
the shirt was what had impressed the
peddler.
It appears that Drey went Into a Third
street pawnshop last Wednesday. He
exhibited four shirts to the proprietor
saying he had bought them and felt he
had been '.'buncoed" as the shirts weren't
worth the price paid. Martin, who
chanced to be in the pawnshop on the
mission of pawning some drawing instru
ments, looked at the garments and said
they were worth a dollar to him. Drey
offered to sell at that price, but there
was a hitch in driving the bargain, for
Martin said he would have to wait for
the money until he could pawn the draw
ing instruments. He claimed they were
worth $18, but the broker was trying to
drive a hard bargain with him. He vol
unteered to go to the City Hall and get
a catalogue showing that he had paid
8 for the set, and left the nawnshnn.
When he returned with the catalogue a
loan was negotiated and then Martin left
the place with Drey. They walked to
the Plaza block and proceeded to barter
for the shirts. Martin tried to cut Drey
down on the price, and finally agreed to
take three of the shirts for 65 cents, Drey
keeping one shirt himself.
Officers Make Secret Search.
This incident had necessarily made an
Impression on Drey and he had no diffi
culty in identifying the shirt. By ' 5
o'clock the officers let go of all other
clews and set out to And Martin. They
attempted to suppress the discoveries of
the afternoon and even denied having se
cured a "John Doe" warrant from the
District Attorney's office, although pub
licity ultimately enabled them to secure
their man.
Monday night Detectives Baty, Tiche
nor. Jones and Howell went to Martin's
home, at 602 Umatilla street, where he
had moved two weeks ago from 66! Mar
shall street. They approached the house
cautiously, believing Martin might be at
home. Howell was sent in on a recon
noiter. He knocked at the door and rep
resented to Mrs. Martin, who responded,
that he had employment for her husband.
She said she did not know where he was.
that .he had been missing since Sunday,
but that she was expecting him at every
moment.
From that minute up' to the hour of
Martin's arrest the house was not left
unguarded for a single moment, Tiche
nor and Jones were detailed to shadow
any one who might leave the place, and
they followed Mrs. Martin later to Rev.
Father McDevltt's residence. Here they
presented themselves and- were intro
duced by Father McDevitt and given an
opportunity to question Mrs. Martin, who
was already suffering the tortures of sus
pecting her husband and the brutal mur
derer of Wolff might be one and the same
man. Mrs. Martin returned home later
in company with her unmarried sister.
Miss Sarah Griffin, and remained there
until summoned to the police station by
District Attorney Manning after Martin's
arrest had taken place.
Martin Was Not in Hiding.
The Question now was that of locating
Martin, and In this the department was
not so successful as in running down the
clews. He was hunted for high and low,
in North End resorts, opium dens, subur
ban roadhouses and at the homes of vari
ous persons known to be numbered
among his acquaintances. The fact of
his disappearance was taken as another
circumstance throwing guilt in his di
rection. Martin, however, was not keeping to
the under world or in the woods. He
spent part of his time at Turn . Halle.
Sunday night he slept at the Imperial Hp
tel, following the quarrel with his wife
over her accusations of murder against
him. Monday night he slept at the Bel
vedere. v
Following publication in yesterday's
Oregonlan that the murderer was known
to the police and that his arrest was
hourly expected, and later the Issuance of
an extra naming him as the suspect,
Martin became very much exercised, but
made no attempt to leave the city.
He was in the Turn Halle saloon a few
minutes before noon, when he caught the
flash of headlines and took a paper accus
ing him of the murder from the hands of
a patron of the place. Reading the arti
cle, he turned abruptly from the place,
telephoning a few minutes later to the
police station and asking for Captain
Baty. The captain was not in at the
moment, and ha then informed the desk
officer that he had Martin in custody and
would bring him to the police station
about 5 o'clock. His arrest occurred an
hour later In the rooming-house over
Penny's saloon, at Union avenue, and
GIVES MAKTIN GOOD NAME
.Father McDevitt Says Arrested Man
Is Changed Character.
Rev. Father McDevitt - was present
in the detectives' room at the police
station during; the last part of the ex
amination by District Attorney Man
ning of Edward H. Martin yesterday
afternoon. As a friend of long stand
ing of both Martin. Mrs. Martin and
Martin's parents. Father McDevitt was
inexpressibly shocked at the horrible
crime laid at the door of a young man
whose prospects seemed so bright only
a fw years ago.
"His people are respected and cul
turd people and his wife is one of the
nicest Christian women to be met with,"
Father McDevitt said, "but this boy Is
not himself," he' added, after looking
sorrowfully at the prisoner. "It is
like seeing another man, to know him
as he was and to see him now. He is
not in the least like himself.
"If he is guilty of this awful crime,
It was while he was under the influ
ence of. a drug. It was that drove him
to it.
"A more gentlemanly fellow you
would not want to meet when he was
himself. He1- was a gallant officer in
the Spanish-American War and every
thing was bright for him. He was
taken with yellow fever in Cuba and
was given this drug and then got to
using it habitually, I am told.''
W!l MARTIN WAS TRACED
RELATIVE OP WIFE INFORMS OF
WHEREABOUTS.
Accused Man Says When Arrested
That He Intended to Give
Himself Up.
Martin's arrest followed a telephone
message sent to the police by Carl A.
Blakney, a distant relative of the ac
cused man's wife, and the part played
by Mr. Blakney and H. H. Pomeroy, part
ners who comprise the firm of H. H.
Pomeroy & Co., of 135 Grand Avenue, is
of considerable Interest.
The story of how he was caught in a
room over Penny's saloon, corner of
Union avenue and Morrison street, by
Detective Hellyer and Patrolman Goltz
is given in the words of Patrolman Goltz,
who was in the police station at the time
the message was received, and who wit
nessed all of the inchlents which occured
from that time until Martin was ap
prehended. "It was 12:30 o'clock," said Goltz.
"when the message came in. I was off
duty because I was required to testify
in a case in the Circuit Court and had
been delieved from duty. I had been out
serving a subpeoena and had come in
to make my return on it. The man on
the desk suddenly turned and lnfformed
us that Martin had been seen and that
we could get him If we went at once. .
"This message said that he had been
seen going into a Chinese laundry at
the corner of Second and Madison streets,
where, it ia said, white 'hop fiends' some
times frequent. Chief Grttzmacher and
Captain Baty were both out and Patrol
man Gruber, who answered the tele
phone, asked Captain Baty's clerk, Pa
trolman Hunter, what had best be done.
He advised that Captain Baty be called
up immediately. This was done, and he
instructed us all to get to the place
with all haste. Patrolman Hunter and
Patrolman Leisy, who happened Into the
station at the time, and myself, started
out. We were searching the 'hop' Joint
when the wagon, driven by Drive
Gruber, came up. Gruber told us that
another message had been received say
ing that Martin was on the East Side.
I We went back to the station and learned
that he had been seen at tne nouse or
Mrs. James Boyle at 480 Davis street.
"We four started out again. Two
blocks from the station Detective Hellyer
passed by, and learning- our mission.
Joined us. At the house of Mrs. Boyle
we were Joined by Mr. Blakney, who
had sent the message. Martin had been
there 20 minutes before but had gone.
His armearance had frightened Mrs.
Boyle, and her husband, who came in a.
few minutes later, had telephoned at
once to Mr. Blakney, his nephew.
"Blakney ran over to the house and
was there when we arrived. He said
that he had heard that Martin had
walked toward Union avenue. Mrs.
Martin said that he was dressed in a
dark suit and a new black hat. He had
called on her for the purpose of in
quiring about his wife. Mrs. Boyle,
who had in some way neara tnat no
was wanted, was very nervous. He
wanted to leave his overcoat and
gloves in her house, but she objected
and made him take them with him. She
was afraid that he might return there
again.
"We drove down Davis to Unien ave
nue. As we had found no trace of him
we separated and scattered in different
directions. Finding an automobile on
the corner, Hellyer and I took it and
scoured the vicinity along Sullivan's
eulch. while the others went off in
other directions. We met again In a
little while at the house of Mrs. Boyle.
Mr. Blakney then Joined us and ret
ported that Martin had been seen by a
Mr. Pomeroy at Grand avenue and Mor.
rison. At Grand avenue and Morrison
we separated and started to look
through the saloons in the neighbor
hood. While we were searching, Mr.
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Blakney came to us and led us to the
Toom over Penny's saloon, where we
found Martin.
"He was seated in a chair. His coat
and hat and cuffs were off and lying on
the bed. His vest was unbuttoned and
he looked as though he was about to lie'
down. Hellyer stepped forward and said
'Hello, Ed." and shook hands with him,
holding to his left hand, while I, at the
same moment, put out my right hand
and took his right. He made no resist
once. 'I suppose you fellows man me,
said he. 'I waa going to give myself up
at 6 o'clock, anyhow. I had telephoned
Captain Baty that I would." "
The police had started to look for Mar
tin at 12:80 when the first telephone mes
sage was received, and at 2:08 he was
under arrest. At the1 station, under or
ders of Captain Moore, Detective Hellyer,
Patrol Driver Gruber and Patrolman
Golz searched Martin. In ls pockets
was found $41.03. He was stripped, and
hidden away In a fold of his undergar
ment was found a paper package con
taining enough morphine to kill a scora
of people.
How Mr. Blakney discovered Martin In
the rom is related by himself. He said:
"I had left the police officers and was
looking about the saloons, but could not
find him, when I thought of telephoning
to my store. My partner told me that
Martin had Just caled m eon the tele
phone and, finding that I was out, had
asked if Pomeroy knew where his wife
was. Pomeroy said that he had phoned,
he thought, from Union avenue and Mor
rison. I started out for this place and as
I was passing by, Martin called me from
the window upstairs. I went up and
talked to him in a room which he must
have Just rented.
"I told him the detectives were after
him and he had better give himself up.
He said that he Iroew it and had notified
the police that he would surrender him
self. I asked him if he would watt until I
came back. He said that he would and I
went out to hunt the police. I found them
around the corner and led them to Mar
tin's room. I have known the man for the
past two years, and have always found
him to be all right. I don t care any
thing about th ereward, nor does my part
ner. I did wha tl did because I thought
It was my duty. I am distantly related to
Martin's wife. She la. my fifth cousin."
ECHOES NO COMPROMISE
Says Prohibition Deal With Liquor
Means Hell Covenant.
CANBY, Or.. May 8. (To th Editor.)
Whan A. B. Buttnr attacked th statement
made by Rev. John Linden, of Oregon City,
concerning Christians working- In the hop
business, h based bis remarks upon
fa Las prem 1 sea. H 1 a argn meat la. in sub
Stance: 'If the hop business, being- con
nected with the- brewery business. Is wrong-,
then, every other business In any way con
nected with the brewery business Is wrong.'
This, at first glance, seems self-evident.
but a closer scrutiny shows the folly. In
the first place, the principal use for hops
is to make beer. This Is so very true that
hops-rowers have co-operated with brewers
to down. If possible, the prohibition wave
that seems sure to overtake the entire state.
So closely allied are the two Industries
that to foster one is to encourage the other.
na to destroy the one is to harm the other.
Such is not the case with the trees, which,
perchance, are occasionally used for barrel
staves, iron boilers, etc.
Since the principal use of hops is for beer.
and only the exceptional use of the other
things mentioned hy Mr. Buttner la for
beer, the comparison 1 unjust and savors
of that same argument so often advanced
that prohibition does not prohibit. Every
one knows they never annihilate. Such la
true in regard to every law, for our laws
against stealing. murder. etc., do not
prevent crimes, but they do1- prohibit, and
no sane community would be without them.
The true Christian stands opposed to ail
wroasr, and for all right. He cannot af
ford to - compromise. To comr,romiae with
the liquor business means a covenant with
hell, and to aid the hop business is to
foster to some extent the beer business Rev
Mr. Linden did only his Christian duty to
nsht the evil so prevalent in this section
Proclaim Against Mulai Hafid.
TANGIER, May E. Tt U reported here
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The selection of the Weber by
this renowned virtuoso for exclu
sive use on his present co'ncert tour
is conclusive proof of its supreme
artistic value. Throughout the
Weber's entire active history, ex
tending over more than half a cen
tury, it has been conspicuous for
the honor and appreciation be
stowed upon it by artists of inter
national fame. The premier posi
tion of the Weber is recognized by
the entire musical world.
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from Fes that people of that city have
Issued a proclamation declaring: the
downfall of Mulal Hand, the usurping
Sultan of the South, and the restoration
to authority of Abd-El-Azlz, the Sultan
of Record. .
Ten-Hour Day Ordered.
. READING." Pa., May 5. Today all
employes of the Reading Railway,
roadway department, were ordered on
lrt hours per day. They had been on
nine hours all Winter. This affects at
ieast 1000 nen on the different dl-vlnlons.
Frankfort, Ky. The ai-tlon of Governor
Wlll.on on the petition for the pardon of
raleh Pnwws ha hpfn rtelaved.
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