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TIIE JIORNIXG OREGONIAX, FRIDAY. JULY 30, 1909. TMCOHNTED HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED PORTRAIT OF EVELYN NESBIT THAW, GREAT AND SNAPSHOT Or HARRY KENDALL THAW, TAKEN AS HE WALKED TO COURTROOM. WILL BRANCH OUT oecia. PUZZLES JEL After Trying Day, His Counsel Feel Satisfied He Has Several New Feeders to Be Built in Northwest This Season. Made Good Record. Men's and Boys' Clothing NOTE TO WIFE PRODUCED OPEN OKANOGAN VALLEY NORTHERN Great WITH ODD ; - --a - (i - '-. - - ' -' V- 1$ r ' o'V-ii. :- y f: ' ' " ' c :v:::;: l';:U:4 J r ' if 1 r ' " v - r v ' 1 Proves to Be Only Piece of Evidence Prisoner Objects to by De claring It Is Per sonal Letter. (Continued From First Page. he found most useful wag a tablet con tainlng 2 sheets of foolscap paper, on which were pasted a strange variety of manuscript. Thaw Identified it as some newspaper clippings and scraps of thing; he had prepared and sent to Del- phln M. Delmas. his chief counsel dur Ing the first trial, for use In preparing nis closing speech to the Jury. Some of its contents were strange enough to cause suspicions of the author's sanity, but Thaw invariably explained by saying tney were letters written to him and his family by persons whose kind intentions probahly were better than their mental . balance. Hartridge on Stand. Thaw's examination was delayed a few moments while his attorney called to the stand Clifford W. Hartridge. Thaw's former counsel. It was from Hartridge that Susan Merrill said she received 125.000 to be paid to women alleged to have been abused by Thaw In her Xew York lodging-house. The money, she testified, came from the Thaw family. This morning Mr. Morschauser tried to get possession of the books containing the accounts of these payments, which Mrs. Merrill said she had turned over to Hartridge. He failed because the witness said the account books and other memoranda had been destroyed. Thaw's attorney brought out the fact that Hartridge was suing Mrs. William Thaw for a balance claimed for Ms legal services, which he alleges consist ed largely in suppressing revelations damaging to Thaw and his family. Susan Merrill was In court again to day. Replying to questions by Mr. Jerome, Mr. Hartridge said he had paid out con siderable sums of money, and that his instructions were general and did not come from Mr. Thaw. Mr. Hartridge was not Instructed as to whom he should pay the money. He added that Thaw gave him small amounts of money for Mrs. Merrill, and sent word to her that "Mr. Reed says to say nothing." Mr. Hartridge was also to tell Mrs. Merrill to keep quiet about what hap pened In her house, and to keep every body else quiet and to obtain from her letters to "Mr. Reed." Mr. Hartridge said he received a mys terious telegram from Thaw, addressed to Roger O'Mara. ex-Chief of Detectives of Pittsburg, directing him to get three tin boxes kept by a certain "Miss Bell" In the "Highlands" Exchange In that city. "Let nobody else have them." said the message to Mr. O'Mara. Another mes sage contained in this telegram told "Miss Bell" to deliver the boxes to O'Mara. and cautioned her also to "let nobody have them." "Were you ever sent to anybody for ' Thaw to get a whip?" asked Jerome. '"So." said Hartridge. Mr. Hartridge produced the original manuscript of several statementswhlch Thaw gave to the newspapers in 1906. Thaw's counsel objected to the reading of some of these statements, but In one case requested that Mr. Jerome be al lowed to read the paper to the court On cross-examination, Mr. Morschaus er reverted to Hartrldge's suit against Mrs. William C. Thaw. "It Involves about 193.000 now." remarked the wit ness, "but It may Involve more." Hartridge admitted that he had al ready received $103,000 from Mrs. Thaw, but said It was "for various purposes." Mrs. Merrill Talks Again. Susan Merrill was recalled and Mr. Jerome examined her along the lines of her previous testimony, alleging that Thaw flogged young women at her lodging-house. She described the case of one girl In particular, whom she said she saw treated In this manner. "When Mr. Thaw went away." she said, "he left money for this girl and for others. I saw three different girls whipped In all." she asserted. 'ttd you ever write letters to Stan ford White?" asked Thaw's counsel. -Tes. sir." "Did he ever call at your placer "Tes, a few times." Mrs. Merrill said she got acquainted with White when he called to see her about renting an apartment. Harry Thaw then took the stand, and Jerome's first question was the eTlow lng: Were you crasy when you killed White?" "I don't know." said Thaw. "I was not medically so." "How do you know?" "The doctors told me so." "Did not several doctors." said Jerome, naming four, "swear in your presence that you were unable to appreciate the quality of your acts when you killed Whiter- "I think so." As the witness took the stand his wife entered and took a seat where she had a full vtew of his face. A private stenographer employed by Thaws family took down all this part of the examination. Says He Had Brain Storm. Thaw said he was willing to accept the Judgment of 14 alienists who said he was Irresponsible when he killed White. "I think I may have had a 'brain storm." " he suggested. Jerome pounced upon the word. "What do you mean by 'brain storm T Was it a feeling of sudden anger or Jealousy?" "No. it wasn't Jealousy. The alienists have explained It." Jerome's agggresslTeness at length seemed to anger Thaw, and after th District Attorney had read an alienist's assertion that he had "dementia precox." or adolescent Insanity, he asked with asperity: "Do you think I have dementia pre cox ?" "No." replied Jerome, promptly, "but this Is not the point." Thaw declared that several alienists were misled by misinformation derived largely from the New York District At torney's office. Asked how he knew this, he said Dr. JoIlilTe had told him so at Matteawan. Thaw again showed his dislike for Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton. While other alienists might have been misled, hs said be did not think Hamilton was. "You don't think Dr. Hamilton mould testify to a falsehood, do you?" said Jerome. "I don't know whether he would or . ex- 1 iJaram turned over to tba witness aj number of newspaper clippings that Thaw had sent to Attorney Delmas on the chance that he might find there some thing of value In summing up. The Dis trict Attorney defied him to find any thing there of the least value to the lawyer defending a man on the charge of murder. Thaw fingered the clippings for a moment. 'Here Is something." he announced, and read slowly and impressively the follow ing words from one of President Roose velt's messages: The hideous crime of rape, the most abominable of all the category of crimes. . Moreover, in my Judgment, the crime of rape should always be punished with death." Thaw read several other extracts, in cluding letters he received in person, and editorial comment. From the sheets In his hands Thaw read also quotations from the Bible and from the poets on the subject of wrongs to young girls and children. Find that thing about St. George." ordered Jerome. Tnis proved to be the following note. addressed to Delmas: 'The book I send you is Percy's He- liques about St. George.V with a verse marked. Was your Idea that Delmas should liken you to St. Georger' asked Jerome. Tells Story of Dragon. No. the story as I remember It was about the Dragon," and Thaw went on to tell the familiar story. 'The Idea," he said, "was that Mr. . White was to be likened to the dragon Jerome droped the clippings and held up a little note containing a pen and ink drawing. "Are you willing this should be shown V Most certainly not "Why not?" "Because It is addressed to my wife and only proper for her to see. "Don t you want us to find out whether you are craxy or notr "Yes." "Then why don't you want this letter read? Isn t, this an obscene letter?" de manded Jerome, holding It out. "It might be if written to another man's wife, but not written to mine." Thaw was asked to Identify a gold hat pin with a miniature dog's head at the end. He said he had seen it before. Was It ever the end of a whip?" "It must have been the handle of parasol." Thaw denied ever referring to White as the "Red dragon," as one of the alienists alleged. Some letters received by Thaw and turned over to Delmas were rather in coherent, and Jerome asked the witness what purpose he thought they could serve. Thaw replied that some of this exhibit was rubbish and some of the letters might have been written by cranks, but they contained ideas that he thought Del mas might possibly use. One letter referred to Igrizzly" and Thaw as a Almighty." "This was a suggestion," White as a "tool of the said Jerome. "for Delmas to refer to you as tool of the Almighty.' " "No," said Thaw, quickly. "I put a cross opposite the word 'grixzly,' think ing It might prove useful In speaking of White." Prisoner Denies Letter. . Jerome read a document given him by Dr. Hamilton, who alleged that It was a copy of a proposed letter to the news papers submitted to him by Thaw during his first examination by the alienists. The letter condemned a certain class of wealthy men In New York. who. it was said, made a business of ruining young girls. Thaw declared he had never written anything of the kind. The record of Anthony Comstock's ex amination before the sanity commission brought out for the first time that Thaw had offered to pay all extra expenses if the Gerry Society would keep open all night. "I have since found that the society hsd a place open all night," said Thaw, "and I can't see why they did not tell me that." "Why did you want them open at night?" asked Jerome. "So that the agents would aid us if Mr. Comstock. or your office, or I, caught any 'of this gar of girl-hunters at night," was the answer. At S:3S P. M. Mr. Jerome announced that he was through with Thaw except for a possible question or two later. Court then adjourned until tomorrow. Horticultural Society Incorporates. SALEM. Or.. July 29. (Special.) Arti cles of Incorporation were filed in the office of the Secreary of State for the Oregon Horticultural Society; capital stock $100. The society Is being incor porated so that It may legally receive a bequest willed to it by a Yamhill County pioneer. The Incorporators are Homer C. Atwell, J. R. Shepard and Frank W. Power. Mill Starts as "Open Shop.' TOl'NOSTOWN. Ohio. July 29. The first of the six ' sheet mills at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's plant was started up last evening with nonunion labor, following ths "open aluop" declaration of lb cjampaTijr. Jaly- II . I 1 ' v-' - k ? zz-s4 - m f I - J FISH CENSUS IS OUT Statistics on Industry in Ore gon Are Furnished. CATCH IS WORTH MILLION Last Year Oregon Fishermen Se cured 23,474,700 Pounds of Finny Tribe Forty-four Vessels Used in State. OREOONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 29. The Census Bureau today made public preliminary statistics on the fishing Industry of Oregon for the calendar year 1908, exclusive of canneries and fish dealers. The total fish catch in Oregon was 23.474,700 pounds, valued at 11.356.460. The principal species reported are as follows: Salmon hluoback. . 402.600 lbs. t 20.300 Salmon Chinook. .. .18.176.100 lbs. 1,055.620 Salmon dos 9U5.0O0 lbs. 7.olO Salmon silver 4.922.500 lbs. 10S.980 Salmon steelhead... 2.4S9.4IK) lbs. lnS.720 Shad 4;tO.9O0 lbs. 8.010 Sturseon 114.000 lbs. ' 6.850 Crabs HO.lOOlbs. 6.850 Crawfish 177.60 lbs. 14.0H0 Oysters 78.700 lbs. 4,230 The statement further shows 2224 In dependent fishermen, and 2548 wage earning fishermen. The Industry utilizes 44 vessels and 2312 fishing boats, valued respective ly at $124,545 and $367,347. Fishing apparatus exclusive of boats is valued at $795,490. ASTORIA HAS CRACK SHOTS Sends Team to Clackamas Range to Compete in Rifle Shoot. ASTORIA, Or.. July 29. (Special.) The rifle team selected to represent First Company. Coast Artillery Corps, O. N. G., of this city, at the annual contest to be held at the Clackamas range from July 30 to August 3, will start for there tomorrow morning. The members of the team are as follows: First Lieutenant Karl Knobloch, captain: Quartermaster Sergeant A. J. Schroeder: Sergeant A. L. Steele: Privates Tim Torkelson and D. Malagamba. This team has made some excellent scores and Is expected to hold its own with the teams from other sections of the state. Next Sunday others of the company will go to Fort Stevens to en gage In rifle target practice on the Gov ernment range. TWO ACRES YIELD $1200 Strawberries Proftabie Crop at Montesano. MONTESANO. Wash.. July . 29. (Spe cial.) C. E. Wagner, of Satsop. bas a prixe patch of strawberries, from which he sold this season 600 crates, at an aver age price of $2 a crate; or a total of $1200 for the crop. There are two acres In the patch and no special treatment was given the plants save a small smudge plant, which was brought Into use to prevent damage from frost, at a cost of about $65. Says I to myself. Says I. The Rex Dental Co., Ablngton Bldg, Is the place to go, Eays X. Line From Oroville to Brewster Will Develop Rich Fruit, Stock and Mineral Land Double Track Line on Sound. MINNEAPOLIS. July 29. (Special.) An extensive programme of improvements which will Include the building of branch lines to tap rich and productive territory In the West and important betterments of service has been planned by the Great Northern and will be carried out during the next few months. The carrying out of the plan means the expenditure of sev eral million dollars, the employment of thousands of men in constructive work and eventually a great increase In the traffic and consequently the earnings of the road. Also it will materially strengthen the Great Northern's position in Its competitive fight with the Harri- man Interests and the Chicago, Milwau kee & Puget Sound for Far Western and Pacific Coast business. This latter con slderatlon undoubtedly had much weight In Influencing the Hills to decide to push the Improvements at once after some of them had been hanging fire for years. Line Down Okanogan Valley. One of the most important of these Im provements will be the building of the new Okanogan branch from Oroville on the Spokane & Oroville line of the Great Northern down the valley of the Okano gan River to Brewster. This line will follow the route taken by the fur traders of the rival Hudson Bay and Northwest Companies a century and more ago. Brewster being on the site of old Fort Okanogan. . It will afford traffic facili ties to an extensive area of rich fruit land, a portion of which has recently been Irrigated by the Government under the Okanogan irrigation project. T'he area of fruit land to which this line will give ready access is said to be greater than the Wenatchee, Yakima and Hood River tracts combined, and the land equally good for the raising of fruit. The line will also pass down the west side of the Colville Indian reservation. which embraces 1,500,000 acres of mineral, timber, grazing, agricultural and fruit lands and one-half of which will have been thrown open to settlement by next year. Will Be Extended to Wenatchee. Eventually the new branch will be ex tended southward to connect with the main line of the Great Northern at We natchee, about 70 miles south of Brewster. It will then tap the rich Entiat and Me thow Valleys, Brewster Flats and Bridge port Orchards in the Okanogan Valley, all of which districts are already large pro ducers of fruit- This section of the line will probably be built next year, but orders have been given the contractors to rush that part of the line between Oro ville and Brewster to complete as soon as possible and work will be at once commenced. Another Important improvement to be made this Fall will be the double tracking of the line between Seattle and Everett. This will be done to enable the Great Northern to add several more passenger trains to Its Coast line service between Portland and Vancouver and as a direct result of the agreement with the Northern Pacific by which the Great Northern has secured trackage rights between Portland and Tacoma from the Northern Pacific. Reach Fort Peck Indian Land. Eastern Montana will soon see the build ing of a long branch line from Balnville on the main line to Plentywood. 60 miles north and near the Canadian boundary. It will follow the course of the Big Muddy Creek and will pass along the eastern border of Fort Peck Indian reservation. This reservation, which contains about 2.000.000 acres of good agricultural land. Is now being surveyed, and as soon as the Indian allotments are made It will be thrown open to settlers probably next vear. To the north of the r'ort Peck res ervation there Is still some land available for homestead entry. The line now being built from Colum bia River Station 62 miles north of Water ville and which Is to be completed by November 1. and another short brancn which is to be added to the extensive net work already possessed by the Great Northern In Northern North Dakota and We Arc Exclusive Agents for The Canadian Pacific Railroad Co. s Lands In the FAMOUS ALBERTA COUNTRY for Wasco, Crook, Sherman, Gil liam, Wheeler and Morrow coun ties. Or., and Klickitat County, Wash., Write to us for our circular, giving a description of this coun try and laud thai will grow from 40 to 60 bushels of wheat to "the acre every year. The price of ' this first-class wheat land Is $12.00 to $18.00 Per Acre with ten years' time to pay for it. Irrigated land up to $30 per acre, on same terms. Now Is the time to buy. It will never be as cheap again. It's a good Investment for the rich or the man with moderate means that wants to farm and pay for his farm out ot his crop. INVESTMENT COMPANY E Lafayette Bldg. Sixth and Washington Streets. Men's REGULAR $40.00 REGULAR $35.00 REGULAR $30.00 REGULAR $25.00 REGULAR $20.00 Boys Knickerbocker Suits REGULAR $20.00 SUITS $15.00 REGULAR $15.00 SUITS $12.50 REGULAR $10.00 SUITS $ 7.50 REGULAR $ 6.50 SUITS $ 5.00 will run. from Stanley, N. D., 20 miles north to Powers' Lake, complete the list of the road s extensions tnis year. PRISONER MAY BE BAD MAN Salem Officials Think Xorgrove Is Wanted Elsewhere. SALEM. Or.. July . (Special.) Sheriff J. H. Ross, of Lincoln County, came to Salem today to get J. R. Norgrove, want ed in Newport for the alleged theft of a camera. Norgrove tits the description or a man wanted in Eugene for forgery, and the Salem police believe they have in Norgrove an old all-around "bad man." Before he was arrested here ne went to two local banks and asked them to draw on banks at distant places for con siderable sums of money Norgrove said he had on deposit at those points. At each bank he obtained a checkbook, and the police believe he Intended to flood the city with bogus checks and make a quick get-away. Reform School for Bad Boy. wnnmw Tdnhn. Julv 29. rSoedal.) Claude Giles, IS years old, who struck During the alteration of our store we will continue to sell fine hand-tailored clothes at Vz to V2 off the regular price BROKEN LINES OF UNDERWEAR, FURNISHING GOODS AND HATS AT ONE-HALF PRICE lmWoohit Grant Phegley, Manager GENUINE BARGAINS IN MEN'S AND BOYS' SPRING SUITS Suits College Suits SUITS $30.00 SUITS $26.50 SUITS $22.50 SUITS $19.50 SUITS $14.85 REGULAR REGULAR REGULAR REGULAR REGULAR .til LI LEADING CLOTHIER Joe Rocke, another boy, with a piece of gas pipe and drew a revolver and threatened to shoot him In a quarrel Sun day, was committed to the Idaho Indus trial School at St. Anthony by Probate Judge Mortgaridge. Court Will Not Iilft Lid. SEATTLE, July 29. The Superior Court refused today to grant the In junction asked for by the promoters of the Al Kaufman-Dr. Roller boxing ON SALE EVERYWHERE A. Santaella & Co., Makers, Tampa The. Hart Cigar Co., Distributors SEE OUR REGULAR $20.00 VALUES NOW ON SALE AT CLOTHIERS FURNISHERS $35.00 SUITS $26.50 $30.00 SUITS $22.50 $25.00 SUITS $19.50 $20.00 SUITS $14.85 $15.00 SUITS $11.85 match, scheduled at the World's Fair tomorrow night to restrain the Sheriff from interfering with the match. The Sheriff filed notice on the fight promot ers a few days ago that he would not permit the contest. On one of the thousand Islands an enter prising American has started a pheasant farm. He expects in time to have 4000 to 5000 English golden pheasants on his island. As the nearest land is half a mile away, he thinks he'll be able to keep them at home. 0 mow. Seventh and Stark Street