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EVEXEfO ROSEBCRG REVIEW. THCRSDAY, DECEMBER It, 1016.
PA9H THREB
STORY OP ROY FARXAM MUR
DER IS REVIEWED BY SU
PREME COl"RT JUSTICE IX AX
OPIXIOX RENDERED LAST
TUESDAY.
MOTHERLESS GIRL IS PROTECTED
Justice Harris Says the Evidence
. Was of Such a Nature as to
Warrant a Conviction of
the Defendant.
Local attorney who have read the
Supreme Court decision of Justice
Lawrence T. Harris, In which he
concurred with the opinion of Jus
tice McBrlde to the effect that Hoy
Farnam was guilty of killing Edna
Morgan, of Cow Creek Valley, a few
years ago, pronounced It one of the
most remarkable and thorough de
cisions ever written by a Supreme
Judge in this state.
In his opinion Justice Harris re
viewed the evidence in full, and ar
rived at a conclusion after deliber
ate consideration of all the circum
stances connected with the case.
Because "of the unusual Import
ance of the case The Review will
publish the bpinion of Justice Har
ris in full. The first Installment of
the opinion follows:
The scene of the tragedy as told
by the record is laid in Cow Creek
Valley. The places to be kept in
mind are the Farnam and Morgan
residences and the Beamer barn.
The defendant lived with his par
ents, a sister and a brother, Lester
Farnam, on a farm about 12 miles
east of the town of Glendale. Edna
Morgan resided with her father and
a younger sister, Esther Morgan, on
a farm about five miles west of the
Farnam place and about 7 miles east
of Glendale. The Beamer barn is
located about three-quarters of
mile west of the Morgan home, or
about Ave and three-fourths miles
west of the Farnam place. A public
road runs past the Farnam house,
extends west down the valley by the
Morgan residence and then con
tlnues on past the Beamer barn to
Glendale. The Beamer barn was lo
cated about fifty feet south of the
road. The building had been erect
ed for a dwelling house and after
wards converted into a barn. The
barn may be described as having a
main part and a shed with the main
part facing the road and the shed in
the rear. When the main part was
changed from a dwelling house to a
barn the ceilings and partitions were
taken out so that there was no loft.
Hay was kept In the main part and
on December 8, seven or eight tons
were spread on the floor to a depth
of between three an four feet. The
southwest half of the shed was used
for cows while horses were kept In
the southeast portion. There were
only two entrances to the barn. One
was on the west side close to the
south corner and opened into the
place where the cows were kept and
the other entrance was on the east
side and led to the horses. A person
could reach the main part by enter
ing either one of the two doors. On
the night of December 8, the en
trance to the horses had two bars
across It so as to prevent the horses
from getting out, but the other door
was left open 10 that the cows could
come and go.
About half past one o'clock on the
morning of December 9. 1914. H.
H. Beamer, whose residence is 720
feet from the barn, discovered that
his barn was on Are. He went down
to the barn and "stayed until It fell
out , and burned down pretty well,
Just like a pile of hay burning.
Beamer and four other persons who
Edna come out of th Morgan bars
and observe! Roy "brushing her
clothing and her hair." Ira Lewis
said that on the night of July 1,
1914, between 11 and 12 o'clock, he
saw the defendant and Edna in a
compromising position. Rice Wilson
and George Barton testified that on
November 8, they saw Roy and the
girl in an unmistakable position. In
September, 1914, Mrs. Ellen McGee
were at the barn then went to bed J made one Plece gingham dress for
agein. About 7 o'clock in the morn
ing Beamer returned to the fire and
saw the remains cf a body in the
ashes, still burning." The neighbors
were immediately notified and ap
peared upon the scene and they then
'saw It was the body of a lady be
cause "there were some hairpins -lay
ing right across, kind of back of the
skull. There were two right along
here, and there was one long corset
stay, and one or two small ones
curled up next to the long one, and
then there was some more laying
right side of it." The remains were
found lying next to a sill and the
body was permitted to burn until
ibout 10 o'clock that morning when,
acting on the advice of the coroner,
the Are was extinguished with water.
When the fire started the body was
evidently on the hay inside the main
part of the barn, because the re
mains were found at a place which
would have been near the south side,
but within the main part of the
barn. The arms and the legs were
for the most part consumed by the
fire, and while the body was burned
beyond recognition, there was yet
enough left indubitably to establish
that it was the charred, burned and
baked remnant of a once female
human being. Between the thighs,
and to some extent protected by
them and the lower parts of the body
from the fire, lay a fetus which the
medical men said had reached about
the fifth month of its development.
The verdict of the jury was evidently
predicated upon the theory that the
death of Edna Morgan resulted from
an abortion produced by the defendant.
At the very outset the defendant
contends that "there is no proof of
the corpus delicti from which the
court or the jury can say that the
body found in Beamer's barn was
the body of the missing girl at all
and further that "there is not one
circumstance from which It can be
said that the defendant caused the
death of Edna Morgan at all, in the
commission of an unlawful act
otherwise." It therefore becomes
necessary to examine the evidence
which was submitted to the jury.
A motive can be ascribed to Roy
Farnam which would have been
more relentlessly pursuing and more
fearfully pressing upon him than
upon any other living person. Roy
Farnam is an unmarried man and
was about 23 years of age. Edna
Morgan would have been 15 years
Did on December 9, 1914. Their ac
quaintance with each oilier dated
from about Christmas, 1913: ac
quaintanceship grew into friendship
and friendship apparently ripened
into love, for commencing with the
latter part of June or the first part
of July no other boy or young man
escorted Edna Morgan to dances,
parties and literary entertainments
except Roy Farnam: the defendant
admitted that so far as he knew he
was the only person who kept com
pany with Edna Morgan. She was
a frequent visitor at the Farnam
house; it was not unusual for her to
be there two or three times a week
and the longest period between her
visits was about three weeks. More
than once she remained at the Far
nam home over night and the next
day was taken home by Roy. On the
Saturday preceding the day of her
disappearance she stayed over night
with the Farnam family and was
escorted home the next evening by
the defendant. J. J. Pollock testi
Aed that in the latter part of June,
1914, he saw the defendant and
GARDINER JTTW9
Edna with the waist and skirt sewed
together, but so constructed that a
belt could be worn if desired. Mrs.
McGee found the waist measurement
to be 26 inches and made a belt 28
inches long so that it had two Inches
lap. This witness testified that when
taking the measurement for the
dress she noticed the development of
the bust, "more than I had noticed
her before. I remarked about it."
Edna wore this bolt only a few times
and soon discarded it. Margaret
Wilson called at the Morgan home
on the afternoon of December 8, and
having noticed the belt on the table,
picked it up und tried it on Edna,
and found it to be two or three
inches too short. Her father, R. M.
Morgan, stated that Eona had not
gone to basketball games for prob
ably a month prior to her disappear
ance. Mrs. Emma Herald told the
jury that a few days before Thanks
giving she noticed that the girl
"looked too large to be normal," and
that the impression made upon her
was so strong that she spoke to her
husband about her suspicions, verna
McGee explained some observations
which she had made at a basketball
game about a month prior to De
cember. Helen Ferbrache and Mar
garet Wilson stated that Edna had
worn a certain short blue coat to
school and that they had not seen
her with the coat off in school for
a long time. There was ample evi
dence to warrant the jury in believ
ing that Edna Morgan was pregnant
and that Roy Farnam was the au
thor of her condition.
(Continued in Tomorrow's Issue.)
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Henry R. Perrett, of Salem, has
arrived here to pass a few days with
friends.
J. M. Burt, of San Francisco, ar
rived here lnst evening to spend a
few days on business.
Seth Maitland, of Glengarry, ar
rived here last evening to spend a
few days on business.
R. E. Smith returned from Port
land this morning, where he had
been on a business visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Howe, of Port
ladd, arrived here last evening to
pass a few days with friends.
Attorney A. C. Shaw, of Portland,
spent last night In Roseburg. He
was registered at the Umpqua hotel.
C. M. Starr, of Portland, arrived
here last evening to spend a few
days looking after business matters.
D. R. Crow and Archie Mnttlce, of
Riddle, returned home this morning
after visiting here briefly on busi
ness. Mrs. C. D. Ruick returned home
this morning to Myrtle Creek, aftei
passing several days here with rela
tives. Spirella Corsets can fit all types;
made to order. Belle Case, Corse
tierre, Bell SiBters' Bldg., Phone
320-J.
Mrs. F. F. Parker and Mrs. G. W.
Grubbe, of Wilbur, arrived this
morning to spend a day here with
friends.
Little Agnes Helms, of Glendale.
who had been visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Strong, returned home
thiB morning.
The Krohn Drug Store prescription
files are now at Chapman's Phar
macy for those desiring a prescrip
tion refilled.
Judge G. F. Sklpworth, who spent
yesterday in Roseburg holding a
special term of court, left today for
his home at Eugene.
Miss Zena Dement, who had been
visiting relatives here for a couple
of days, returned home to Myrtle
Creek this morning.
Mrs,, James Hutchings, wife of a
local baker, entered a Kosehurs
sanitarium today, where she will re
ceive medical treatment.
M. D. Morgan loft for his home at
Harrlsburg last evening after a
couple of days spent In Roseburg
looking after business matters.
Judge Hamilton yesterday entered
a decree in favor of the plaintiff In
the case of Pearl Mabic vs. W. II.
Hilton and .Mrs. Mai.d Hilton.
Barcley Corsets, the only corset
guaranteed throughout, made to
each and every individual measure-:
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Rena M. Miller, representative, 442
Commercial Ave., Phone 418-J. j
R. W. Gilbert and wife returned
home to Dillard this morning to
gether with the latter's mother. Mrs.
F. A. Crawley, of Chicago, whom
they came to meet and who will
probably spend the winter here.
(From the Gardiner Courier.) I
Even a sickly grin Is more to bo
desired than a snarl.
Got an affinity? Tell your wife
about it and then she won't believe
It. !
Mrs. Beaman, of Scottsburg, was
a Gardiner visitor the first of the
week. ' i
Engineer Woolley, of Reedsport,
was a Coos Bay visitor the last of the
week. '
Frank York was In Gardiner tho
last of the week attending to business
matters. '
The First National Bank of Gar
diner hold Its regular monthly meet-;
ing Monday evening. j
Will Koepke was a Gardiner visitor
tho first of the week, coming In from
his farm to do some trading.
Miss Smith came down from Elk
ton the Arst of the week and will
visit relatives on Smith River for a
short time.
There are about 20 men now em-
ployed by the contractors of the j
jetty, building the receiving dock
and buildings.
A. J. Drews, who owns a machine
shop at Reedsport, was In Gardiner
a Bhort time Sunday looking after
business matters.
Ralph Noel has received tho posi
tion ns foreman on the pile driver
now being used In building the re
ceiving dock nt the jetty.
When you hear a fellow constant
ly grumbling about his luck and
hard times, he Is simply advertising
the fact that he is getting exactly
what he is entitled to.
W. P. Reed has purchased from
the Southern Pacific Company their
buildings at Reedsport which were
occupied by tho employes of the com
pany during the bridge building.
We understand that tho dedica
tion of the new school building will
take placo about the first of the
year, and probably school will open
in tho building about the same time.
Oregon will operate under tho pro
hibition law now in effect until addi
tional legislation to cover the "bone
dry" amendment adopted at tho re
cent election, is passed by the Legis
lature. The streets of Gardiner which
were graded last spring are in very
had condition owing to mud, which is
caused by the roadbed being badly
cut up. The rond should bo either
graveled or planked.
It Is reported that the Tillamook
and Patsy are both tied up at As
toria, being unable to get out on
account of the storms. Another re
port is that the Tillamook lost part
of her cargo during tho recent storm.
Dave McClay and family have
rented Dr. Fields' ranch on Olter
Slough and moved onto tho place
Tuesday. Mir. ,'JHcClay intends to
carry on a dairy business and will
start in with about 10 cows at first.
The storm has been general all
along the coast dining the past two
or three days, the wind blowing nt
some points as high as 90 miles per
hour. One man was blown off u
boat at Coos Hay the first of the
week.
While unloading some cattle at tho
wharf Friday night, a yearling steer
jumped off the scow into the river nnd
disappeared in tho darkness. The
next day it was found on the opposite
side of the river among other ealllo.
In getting across the river from Iho
point whore it started to the point
where it would have to land on the
opposite side of the river, the animal
would have to swim at least a mila.
FROM l'ltlltll:s TO ISIiOAIIWAY
Soven men hurriedly assembled in
a Western hamlet in the wildest sec
tion of the cattle country. One of
these men was hound for New York
to prove up on his claim fur a for
tune, willed to him under condition
that he should live In New York u
year and manago the estate. Ho takes
along with him six of his compan
ions carrying their saddles and com
plete cattle outfit Into the wilds of
New York society.
This is the basis for tho dominant
comedy element which will make it
so attractive to film fans when this
Bluebird photoplay Is presented at
tho Majestic Theater tomorrow, Fri
day, with Hurry II. Carey and Oliver
Fuller Golden leading a company of
typical Western characters. The
woman conies Into the case after the
cattlemen set tie down In New York.
She Is one of the operatives In the
plot to disgust tho newly rich cow
boy with New York and send lilm
back to the prairies. In the event, of
this accomplishment the villain of
the niM-e will come Into monev.
William Qtiino plays the role ofj
the man who would win the fortune
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from hin cousin and liln pone as tin
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ono of tho original i c I u Involved in
"Love's Lariat." The far! that there
on tors an engaging lovo Rtory, after
tho eomedy section of Iho feature
has boon disposed of, will appeal t
that largo following of film faun
who Hko happy endlngH to I heir
plays; anil before the story is oiidoa
thoro will be sensations enough to
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Ono In going pretty enily, tho other
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"Where are you going, my pretty
maid?" "To Quality Meat Market,
sir," she said.
The ninlil In quest fun was n quality
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