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SLAYING OF ADAMS
Decision of Coroner's Jury Sets
Ben Ilardmau Free
CASE TO GRAND JURY NEXT
Intention ol Drad Man To Kill WIK's
Kelatlvcs and Himself Sli iwn
By Threats To Oihcrs
Anil His L?lltrs
Kxotteraleil hy (he Cnnuii'i'M jury.
Moil Ha id man, who shot ami killed
his. hrolher-ln-law, .I. W. Adams, n(
lteston last Krlday noon, walked out
tr I In ctHinty jii 11 tills morning n
Iroo itiiili iiiul went buck tn his imu n
tulll home. In tin homer time l)i:iti
it r-ru 1 ifil tu wilir it mil ami attiv
the signatures, tin- jury f 1 1 I lis ver
dict shortly after 1 u uVloi k this
morning, f'dlow iuu; t In hit reduction
of evidence In addition (n that pre
sented Monday. AMer Undine, that
Adams came to tits death from peri
tonitis horn a gunshot 'vimml lu
lllrted hy Itiliiltuan. the tun ail. Is
" I luit Mild shooting by tlen l,m1
iiuiii ih ,iiitiriil uiul r nil it inn
Hurl's, iw'4'otilliiii o iIm' v iili iuv
IHl'HI'lllCtl.
Tho signatories to the vetdbt an1
H. I., Maiwters. ' foreman; (i. I.
Krhlosser t M. Shoemaker. Kite,
S .1. .lone and W. ('. Ilardiui!
Cntnd .lin-y tu Ih'iir I i idem e.
"I fhall nhldo tu the v.tdict of the
Coroner h Jury." said t ist i It l A ' lor-
' III ' llntWtl. "It W a:'- t'iMli (Min'd nf tvp
renentul o cltii'iis. tnul I I'liii-fd ti.--foi
t I hem rvcrv snap nf -v iilnw
that 1 rinihl athfr. It has alvai
hi'-Mt my in hi mil, lww i'.t. to (mi
sent urh miitlt'is to the Ki.t'i.l jury,
and I nhall tint laii In ti.
All of th' ti'silnioliv Mill !. pr.. nt.d
to tti' (tnititl jurv In w rli i' ii fmin,
mid that hnv may in t in tho tint t . i
IIM It W'i'B tit."
Wltm-ftM'N IMI of Tlimilt.
KvhJrnri' In! roilut imI tint In Mn
rlonttiK hour nf lh liujiifHt this
inortilnn ctinnist imI nf the t nnaiimii;
Are now being made on our entire lines of new and seasonable summer merchandise.
While the tremendous selling of the past six weeks has somewhat broken our assortment,
there is still a generous variety to select fromand at prices that make your summer
purchasing a pleasure. Only don't put off buying.
No Matter What You Buy, You Can't Help Saving Money
OUR STORE IS OPEN EVENINGS
GOING OUT
pniilniiK of tin Ii'IUtm wrltti'ii hy
Adams mid printed In Monday's lto
vlow and Htatcmcnts hy Have Hull,
a carotuknr at t ho UosohurK-Itostnn
Hlam harn: i. W. liupp. tho lural
slimo iu;t'iit; I'hnrl-'s Aridiamh'u, n
Kt:ii;i driver, and Mis. Paul Uraf,
wife ot tho man whom Adams shot
and who Is ropnrlod today to ho sttll
Improving. Tho throe men railed to
I lie wll urns stand told of A damn'
threats on tho fatal morning that tie
rode from this city to Uoston and
tho continued inters follow (tie orig
inal thought vein of despairing love,
murder and suicide.
Hull said that when Adams loft
the stajre harn lie was under the in
fluenro of Hi nor, displayed two re
volvers and said he was "going nut
to Sugar IMne mountain to do them
rellows-iifi " liapp said that Adams
was apparently drunk and unmistak
ahly nor ous when he hoarded the
st a tie. To ttii wit uess Adams said
that he "had licked that follow once
tie tore and guessed tie could do It
iit'.iln," To neither of these twit wit
nesses did Adams mention the names
of the ptM-sons at whom his threats
were direr tod. tint any doubt as to
whom lie meant was removed hy thr
Mih'(i'iiH'iit test i mou y of Charles
A rehamheau. who drove I tie slagi
(hat curried Adams to the I lard man
home
Kpecloi to Meet Ih-atlt.
"Adams told me." a re ha m hen n re
lati-d, "that he was gottm to the Hard
man home to do up I tie family he-
ran se, he declared, they had turned
his wife auainst Mm. 'I will prohuhly
he hroimht hark to low it a corpse,'
he said, tor the first crooked move
thev make or if (hey hat an eve I'll
clean them nut.' "
At hamheau told of previous visits
to (hi' 1 taiil man home made hy
Adams On the one Immediately pre
rrilltitt that of last Kriday. Adams In
tended to secure his wife's two child
ren h a former marriage, a ulrl aged
II and a boy nt;rd I '. and take th
in port land, w here ,M rs. Adams was
residing at the lime with n third
child His n-crtdiou at the Hardtuati
hom' was told my Mrs. (Iraf. who fol
low id i chain beau to the w itness
I -tm! She ald:
"We knew nothing of Mrs. el-
son's in, tillage to Adams and when
he pre rntd hiinseir at the house
mid nked for the cliildteu to take
ihetn to Pontaud, we ttatutallv ob-i-
led So did the , hlldreit. ' W e
I ..en i.i ii.immi wnu nun. nut no
talked like a person out of his head.
(Then he became abusive, ntld when
J I ordered him uwav he said he had
.as math ti;M en the place as any
one of the lamlh . Me hegait In tllr
I taie as to what he thought we should
' 'h' -in I I r.nt v.. ungn (hat would
have
can
biin tf I would have had a
luii nl tu Kill mi.xni i
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Th
w ife
ami toand burled In pieces at
llH
pl.n e w here bo was found after
being f-h"t p '.'.!ti! shows his uiental
Iv ii rriponvi!ii:u atid tils Intention
of killing himself. Not all of the
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fragments of t he let (er worn re
eovereil, hut what, were found, when
put together, read as follows:,
"My Hear Wife:
"I am sorry that you didn't keep
your premise, if you had I would
never have done this, hut seeing that
yon did not keep it, I took ft for
granted (hat. they were all against
you for marrying me mi 1 thought I
would bother (hem it little hit and
put (hem or some of them out of Ihe
way In rase you should marry again;
they will never bother you again. I
have been to hey parted you
and me hut I hey will never
P - on and your next
husband If you take a notion to get.
one again.
"If you take a notion to get Orron.
they will not hot her you and him
like they do you and me. You can
have Orrin now is your chance to get
him I am out of the way.
"You know i gave up everything !
had hack east even to my hroi her
and sister and the test of my rela
tions for you you know thev wrote
and told me ff I married (hat old
widow they would disown me. My
dear I love you jusi the same as I
did the day that we landed in Kageiie
'"1 gt ft was the
happiest day of lite and then
to let your fo - ake ft
they might just as well kill me ami
heller too for If they would ha e
killed me I would not of killed an
of litem the only thing that I regie'
Is that I ran I kill all of them thai
had anything to do with It.
"You might think me wrong hut
It Is the only way for me to get oven
with them tor doing such a thing as
(hey did.
"I hope you will forgive me
doing w hat I have tin dear hel
for
veil
wile it you please. I have h.
broken every since you b i
mi hear
bou v
111 est lioseloil g none 1 ;,
f May I t 1 of of that dav
and that nighf until I took the train
for Kugene and have cried even
night since.
"Mv dear sweetheart, I hope ou
will have the best of lurk and wil'
live a long and hajn v hie from now
on. if could of foigo; von i would
but I could not when I did down 1
could see you and 1 thought it I
I could not Ihe with on I could not
live withoul ou so I would be belter
olf dead.
"You can draw tin pension if ou
Iwonl to it will help keep ion in vour
: old ai:e from now on so you will not
hat lo work to support yourself.
! ' I w ill now. I am cry
w he vv riting this in bote
; Kugene.
; "tlood bv M
j ' Hear Iteloved Wife,
1 "Mis. John Adams.
or
"Mrs. UUa Nelson
P S Plea-e give or send mv
Pension P lo my wife.
I Pencil tint, it ion )
"ll is a pleasn re for me to d e
; ring that I know some ot the kick
il ai e dead.
( Pencil Notation)
"My dear wife, have been brood
ln over our parting until ft has got
the best of me and I take this way j
iv.il ot it. If you were I would!
h::ve settled it easier than th - vvav." I
Wholesale Murder Planned. I
Adann:' in ten I ion of killing such !
in ,mii hers of t he I la i d man family as
he might chance tu Mini at. homo' is.
plainly eviib nl in the letter which ;
was addressed "To whom it may
mil. -em" an. I which would have been
found on his person In t'-r event of;
his suicide. A paragraph from this,
loiter reads like this: j
"The only thing I am sorry for is
that I could not g.M the rest of Ihe.
relation, my dear wile's brothers and
si-deis that were against me. There !
is more, hut I better not try to get'
them or the Sheriff will get me and
t would rather dye than to go to
j.ill. as I have a clear record. If I
thought I roii Id get them without
killing anyone else I would, but I
thm" I want, to kill some pour, inno
cent poison. I would rather leave
them go for I am a rrack shot and
would not be taken alive, hut dead.
Cood-bve. Cod bless you all and es
periaily my dear wife and step
children." j
Other parts of the letter follow:
"I have a brother and sister, hut
nobody out here knows where t hey ,
are. and they are well off. P. S.
Please do not try to find them and
put disgrace mi them. I will cam ,
it all
"There is fme thing 1 wish you'
would do for me and that is to give
my pension papers to mv dear love. :
It will help her in her old age if she
lives o he old. w hich I hope to Cod.
and will prav as long as life is in my
body for Cod to take tare of her for
me.
Please te 1 mv dear belovi d wife
that my love is all for her and I dve
lor her rather than live without her.
"Cnod-be,
" You rs,
.mi IN V
"Spanish- nteri
"Co. M,
II. ADAMS,
'an War Vi'teralt.
V. S. V. Inf.
i:i: i I'M 1 1: tisavsi i iw.
1 ei .niiiev lo .1. i ilihsou. Jlil;
I''1-.' lo: -'I. Mo, k 1'. Voioalla Ceille
leiv. K f. Hill lo W It. Kinsel. $ 1 100;
1 , a.'l i s see I v , L'l,-." .
V .1 II. How to Mis 1.. ('. Wil
liams. $lii. panel of land In West
Ho-teha re.,
M's I' ll!i,,l:l,s IS enioviim a
visit 1 1 1 iii li.'i inoihir. who atried
here MoikI.iv nii;lit from Willows.
CASTOR I A
For Itif.iat" ami tliildren.
The Kind Yen Hav? Always Bough!
Bonrt the
bignatuw of
THAN
max itm:sTi:n as itimw
ku:"i s ;h-;s ... mkkt him.
I (. Cray, of Oakland, Accused of
Swindling Mrs. ('. Sol tie
Out nf
Wailing at Oregon City to hoard a
northhiiind train on which his fian
cee. Miss Alice Metralf, aged 1 !)
years, was enrouto to Portland to
me t him. Prank O. Cray, aged 4
yars, was arrested by a deputy
sheii:f on a warrant charging him
wit it obtaining II by Talse pre
tenses from Mrs. Carrie Settle, of
Oakland. Or. On the returning train
to I'osehurg Cray was brought here
hy Deputy Sheriff F. C. Stewart, who
was wafting at the union depot in
Portland to nali Cray in case ho
shou'd elude (he vigilance of the
officers at Oregon City.
Cray orcttpies a cell in tho county
jail. He will he arraigned before
.lusth'o of, the Peace Marsters Wed
nesday upon the arrival here o" Mrs.
Seltle and Miss Metralf. who will he
used as witnesses against him. I'n
U n own to C ray. Miss Metralf was
accompaiifed on her journey to Port
land by Mr.;. Settle and unknown to
Miss Metcaif. Mrs. Settle had previ
ously sworn out a vvarVant for Cray's
arrest. M iss Metralf has been in
Mrs. Settle's employ at Oakland,
where she met Cray, then a hoarder
a! Mrs. Settle's.
Cray cnie to Oakland last Hereni
her and it appears that he had two
or- three business t ratis.trtions with
Mrs. Settle, which culminated a
mon t h ago ftt Hie woman loaning
him $.".".n "to settle up an ostato in
Corona, t'al " Cray left presumably
A GAS RANGE
Roseburg,
Tor the south and nothing more was
heard of him until he wrote to Miss
.Metralf front Oregon City last week
asking her to rome to Purl land for
their marriage. He sort the girl
PL-diking to make tie- journey
alone. Miss Metralf innocently ac
quainted .Mrs. Settle with the situa
tion and asked her to go to Portland
with her. Keeping the girl ignorant
of her own Interest in the where
abouts of Cray. Mrs. Set le readily
rousenled to the journey and then
she slipped over to Uos: tmrg and
lodged a complaint against Cray in
j thi Justiro Court.
; When arresied, Cray bad nn his
person $2-17 In money and two gold
I watches, one of which, tor a lady,
! contain d his picture, the other, for
t a gentleman, containing ,!ns M-m-
calf's picture.
LOCAli N EWS. i
Mr. iiml Mrs. I.. K. Vcnki'V l.-rt fur
Asliluml tliis nuirnihi; to In, :(!(..
Ceo. Knlilh;i:;i-n lir.il West
1 shippi'il two t'nrlo.uls ot sin...) irnm
; lien- In I'nrllnnil loil.iy.
i Mrs. I', n. IVckl.'v. Mrs. elms
, M'cllrv. Mr. anil Mrs. ti. .1. Cii. m.iv.im'i
mill llolit. Mall wcif anions tin.. OnU
tank I't'nple in town Inili'.v.
1 lli'V. V. 11, Katun Is to ilrllwr til.-I'-oiirtll
of .Inly oration at Clhl.'. n
wo learn from .lolm .Mon m-iI"-. v. l-.o
was down from iIpto toilay.
.lames M, Col mi. k. a naif..' o Srol
latul. a rt'Siil.'iit of ll.js.-n ,i in ami a
stimo cull.'!' by on niialinii. lias
rlaroi! his inl.-lition tu'io;-.. CVnntv
Clork I.ouox of hocomini; an .mrri
ran rltizi'n.
la yourkiich.r, GUARANTEES A
C001- HOUSE tli. se warm days
ASK THE WOMAN WHO
USES ONE
The Gas Company
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Oregon
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NfiUMU. IMKKCTOK.
i iio iinpri i i'ilontod total of
' files wore cast at Moil
's school election in Kose
!,. of which Dr. K. Ij. Miller
cued Ti and 11. S. Nichols
The latter was a eandj-
for re-election. The pcr
iliiy of the candidates was
a factor in the contest ill
w.iy whatever. Tho only
:e vvas I lie liolicy of the
0 ! hoard in the enipioy
ii i and rejection of teachers,
1 some features of school
i hiisiness management.
t'-rms of a school director
ior live years, and in their
r of seniority the new
nl is: S. I.. Dillard, .1. A.
l-iiian. A. T. .Marshall, R.
Svphens. I ir. K. L. Miller.
' will meet proliahly W'ed-
'' ''v.Miinir for orcaniza-
i and attend to routine
W. Kuykendall has returned
an ontiiiK at TriuiiKlo Lake,
'oantv.
': or more houses In the vil
0 Kay loe. Okla., were smashed
' rrit'ic nale Sunday night, but
i- i'son In the town, which lias
liitlion of linn, escaped, and on
' i"p hurt. Not a htilldlng in
il' iire remilned stnndlnir.