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Section Two
VOL. XIX. ROSEBCRQ. OREGON. FK1IAY KVKXINO, DKOKMllKIt 13, 101U.
PRAISED BY BAR
STORY OF ROY FAR NAM MIR
I)ER IS REVIEWED 1JY SU
I'HEME COURT JUSTICE IX AX
OI'IXIOX REXDERED I.AST
TUESDAY.
MOTHERLESS GIRL IS PROTECTED
Justice Harris Siijb the Evidence
Was of Such n Nature as to
Wnrrant .a Conviction of
I lie Defendant.
(Continued From Yesterday.)
Edna Morgan was homo in the sit
ting room during the evening of De-
cemDer 8, until about 10 o clock,
when, according to the testimony of
her father, he saw her alive for the
last time as she left that room and
Btepped out into the hall. The
father does not know whether she
went upstairs to the bedroom which
she occupied with her sister, al
though he supposed at the time she
was going to bed. Esther Morgan re
tired about 8:30 and never saw Ud
lia alive after that time. The next
morning the father und Esther arose
at the usual hour and it was discov
ered that Edna was missing. When
Edna left the sitting room a cap and
a rain coat belonging to Esther and
tne blue short coat belonging to
Edna were hanging In that room but
on the morning of the 9th those ar
ticles were gone. Three medical
witnesses expressed the opinion that
the remains were those of a young
person, basing their conclusion on
the appearance of a wisdom tooth
the condition of certain organs and
the upper end of the femur. Physi
cians also stated that the expulsion
of the fetus resulted from an opera
tion with the hand or an Instrument
and that death probably occurred af
ter the birth.
About 8 o'clock on the morning of
the 9th, before any women had come
from the road to view the fire,
tracks apparently made by a woman
were discovered lending from the
center of the road about a rod east
of a gap or bars In the fence- "right
straight toward the gap" in front of
the lleamer barn "in toward" the
barn. These tracks were indistinct
except two. One was close to the
gap or bars but within the right of
way of the road and the other was
insldo the enclosure and a few feet
from the bars through which the
person making the tracks had evi
dently gone. Each of the two plain
tracks appeared In cow manure. The
imprints were made by a No. 3 shoe
and apparently the shoo had a good
heel. Edna Morgan wore a No. 3
shoe and the shoes worn by her that
night were comparatively new. The
length of the two tracks correspond
ed with the length of one of her old
shoes. Moreover, the very places
where the two plain tracks were
found would indicate that the wom
an making those tracks did so in the
night when she could not plainly see
where she was stepping.
On the 15th of the preceding Oc
tober the father purchased a corset
from A. H. Hcnson, a merchant at
Glendale. Edna wore this corset
that night because Esther said that
Bhe could feel it when she had her
arm around the sister while playing
with her that evening. The corset
could not be found In the Morgan
home the next morning. Corset stays
and supporter buckles were found
with the burned body. A. H. Hen
son never carried or sold any corsets
except W. T. corsets. Indented on
the supporter buckles used with the
W. T. corsets are the letters and
figures: "Pat. 11. 2. 09." These let
ters and figures appear on buckles
found with the body and, moveover,
the buckles that had been In the Are
were exactly like those used on W.
T. corsets. There are four supporter
buckles on the sample W. T. corset
received In evidence. Four buckles
were found at the Heamer barn. The
metallic part of three buttons or
grips used in connection with the
supporters were panned out from the
ashes and they were exactly like the
same part of the buttons or grips
found on the sample corset; and,
finally, assurance is made doubly
sure from the circumstances that the
two clasps, which were found with
the body, and are made to fit each
other down the full length of the
corset, are the exact counterparts of
the two clasps on the sample corset.
On December 8, Edna wore the
dress that Mrs. Ella Mctiee had made
for her In September. The material
and buttons for that dress were sup
plied by Edna. Mrs. McGee says that
Edna furnished her with three large
old fashioned pearl buttons, which
the girl said had been used by her
mother when living and she had no
other buttons like them. Those three
buttons were sewed on the skirt of
the gingham dress. The buttons had
"an oval shaped ring carved" In
them and that is what cau3ed Mrs.
MceGe to "take particular notice" to
It." One whole button and some
pieces were taken from the place
where the body lay and Mrs. McGee
testified that the whole button was
exactly like those I put on the
dress." There was also some testi
mony that Edna's front teeth had
been shortened by decay, and the
record discloses some evidence tend
ing to show that the front teeth of
the skull found in the Beamer barn
wore short. Harry Wilson was at the
barn soon after the body was discov
ered and he saw the form of a corpse
"with the head lying in the barn,
about the center of the barn. She
was lying on her back, and the body
part of the body from the hips up
was in this direction, and the corset
was one side of it, had fallen off on
the alii. She was lying partly on the
sill in the center of the barn, and the
side that was lying on the sill was
still burning. The clothing had
burned away, and her form was ly
ing partly on the side, it lay on "the
corsets, and they burned on the
ground, but on the other side they
were stnndlng up, held up by the
flesh. I saw also the hair of her
head lying there, and the hairoins.
and I saw the bones of the arm, and
her arms, and the form of her legs.
Saw also that she wore something of
waterproof, you could see the cuffs
her arms lay this way, and you
could see, the cuffs of both sleeves.
tney looked heavier than the bottom
of the dress, you could see the cuffs,
and three or four inches of the bal
ance. It looked like it had been
waterproof cloth. And I could see
tho bones of the arms laying up this
way. And the legs down to the feet.
They were badly burned. You could
soe the form of the legs and the
rorm or the arms."
Additional evidence appears in the
record relative to the appearance of
tho ashes left by the burning of the
wearing npparel. Hairpins and shoe
buttons with wire fasteners were
found with the body. Mrs. Florence
Uewey told the jury that she was
up the morning of the 9th on account
ot her sick mother and was living in
!he Eliff house, 810 feet from the
Beamer barn; that she stepped out
on the front porch to observe the
condition of the weather and noticed
i light In the lleamer barn and "as
I turned to go into the house.
I saw the reflection, I knew the barn
was afire, and when I walked a step
or two and went Into the door
I stopped to look back through to the
fire, and as I did so 1 heard a gun
shot at that barn. Some small cal
ibre gun."
Underneath the body Harry Wil
son found "three pieces of flat lead;
it had melted and run into the
crevices."
Testimony concerning oil of tansv.
logwood tea, echinacea, a shoe track
and horse tracks are largely relied
upon to connect the defendant with
the death of the girl. Evidence con
cerning a letter written by the de
fendant and received by the deceased
was an important feature of the
trial. Oil of tansy is a poison and
an abortive agent. Logwood tea is
poisonous. Echinacea is used as a
blood medicine and to treat Dlood
poisoning. Dr. D. A. Forbes, of
Canyonville, says that the defendant
came to him on September 2, 1914,
and told him "that he had a cousin,
a young lady who had been out with
a young man, and she had gotten in
to trouble, and wanted to know if I
would take the case, and I told him
I would at term. That is the expira
tion of the period of gestation. He
wanted to know if I could not do
something before that time, they did
not want to let tne case run. and I
questioned him with regard to the
time, and he said it was two months.
and I told him it was not my prac
tice at an to interfere with anvth ne
of that kind. And "he wanted to
know of me, when he found that I
would not take the case at all. he
wanted to know what I could advise,
and I told him I would not advise
anything, to begin with, and he
asked me then with regard to some
drugs, and I told him that anything
he could use in that lino was of a
poisonous nature and I would ad
vise him not to fool with It."
The defendant also spoke to Dr.
Forbes about the use of oil of tansy
with cattle and Inquired about using
logwood tea and oil of tansy. H. E.
Jeffries gave some extract of log
wood chips to the defendant, who
said he wanted it for a girl, explain
ing ine reason. Ahmit thrpo riava nf-
terwards Itov secured more Mtraft :
of logwood chips and at that time !
told Jeffries that "he had inquired of
a doctor in Canyonville if that stuff i
was any good or not, and the doctor
told him that the stuff was poison.
and any poison would do that, and to j
be careful." ltoy subsequently told j
the witness that the "stuff is no'
good." In September, 1914, the de
fendant asked J. E. O'Nell, a drug
gist In Canyonville, for oil of tansy,
but the latter had none. On Septem
ber 6, 1914, and again on September
20, following, II. I,. Darby sold oil of!
tansy to Hoy Farnam. On Decern-1
ber 10, a bottle Inbeled echinacea :
and a bottle containing oil of tansy !
were found In the Morgan home In
a bureau drawer used by Edna. The
sheriff testified that he exhibited the
oil of tansy bottle to the defendant
and the latter "said he got it at ;
Darby's drug store In Glendale." j
Mrs. Farnam stated that "we had a
bottle Just exactly like this" bottle
of echinacea. It. M. Morgan testi
fied that he had never had oil ol
tansy or echinacea about the house.
The defendant admitted upon tho
witness stand that he was getting
the extract of logwood chips for the
purpose of an abortion but claimed
that be was getting it for another
man.
Thirteen boards fell out of the
gable end of the shed where the1
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cows were kept and wore not con
sumed by the fire but lay upon the
ground undisturbed until turned
over , in the search for tracks. A
shoe print was found in the mud
about three feet from tho entrance
on tho west side of tho barn and in
dicated that the person who made
the track had stepped out of that
entrance. This track corresponded
in every particular with a shoo worn
by Koy Farnam on December 8.
Large corrugated hob nails had been
driven into the sole of his shoo und
a single row of small nails appeared
around the edge of the solo. Similar
hob nailS as well as small nails had
been driven in the heel of the shoe.
The track revealed tho same row of
small nails and plainly showed the
Imprints made by the hob nails.
Measurements were made of the
spaces between the nails in the track
und those measurements corresnond
exactly with the same spaces be
tween corresponding nails found In
the shoe. Additional but indistinct
tracks were found, indicating that
the same person had gone out, to the
fence and across to the north side
of the rond. A horse had been tied
on the hill north of the road.
It will be remembered that the
tracks made by a woman led from a
point about one rod east of the bars
in front of the barn. Commencing
at this point tracks made by a horse
wero found lending nlong the north
side of tho road a short distance and
then up a hill to a place In the
brush about 180 feet from tho road.
There were indications showing that
the horse had been tied to an oak
sapling and had stood there for an
hour or two. Thero was a ring
around the sapling showing that the
rough bark had been rubbed as
though by a rope tied around it.
Dlnck hair was found on tho tree
and also on a tree Immediately be
hind the prints made by tho hind
feet. Some rope fiber was picked up
at the foot of the tree to which the
horse had evidently been tied. At
about 8:30 on tho morning of the
9th, Uoy appeared at tho sceno of
the firo riding a black more called
i ISlack Bess. He tied the mare to the
! fence on the south side of the road
I about 50 feet east of the bars at the
lleamer barn. The mare was ridden
back to the Farnam place that even
ing. On December 10, tho tracks
made on the hill on the north side
of tho road wero traced to tho Far
nam barn. Illack Dess was then
taken out of the barn and measure
ments were made of her hooTs. These
measurements corresponded exactly
not only with the tracks made by the
male when taken out of tho barn at
that time, but also with the tracks
mudo by the horse that had gone up
the hill. The horse tracks in the
road between the Farnam place and
tho Beamer barn showed that two
trips had been made by the samo
animal, one sot of tracks being
slightly fresher than the other. The
tracks made on one trip going west
turned out of the road In toward the
Morgan home and then proceeded on
west toward the Deamer barn. When
the mnro was taken out of the Far
nam barn on the 10 th, Bhe was tied
with a halter that had a rope and
Lester Farnam testified that a rope
was attached to every halter that
they had. Droppings left by the
horse when nscending or descending
the hill contained wheat, and on tho
lOlh every manger In the Farnam
bam contained wheat hay.
Allen Drown testified that he
slayed at the Gilliam house on the
night of December 8. The Gilliam
ranch is located between tho Farnam
and Morgan homes, being about
three miles west of the Farnam place
and about two miles east of the Mor
gan residence. Drown went to bed
about 10 o'clock on tho night of the
8th, but was kept nwako by a dis
located thumb until about two or
threo in the morning. This witness
snys that about one hour mid a half
after ho went lo bed ho saw a horse
and a rider pass along the road go
ing west and about two o'clock In
the morning he heard a horso cross
a bridge not far from the house.
Tho defendant says he retired nt
10:15 the night of the 8lh, and It
appears that he arose about 5 o'clock
tho next morning.
About noon on December 8, tho
defendant wroto and addressed a let
ter to Edna Morgan and at his re
quest his mother put It in tho mail
box, and then telephoned to Edna
telling her that she would rccelvo a
letter. Tho stage reached tho Mor
gan home about 8 o'clock and Edna
was seen to receive a lettor from tho
driver. Sho read it on the way to
the house and then put It In her
bosom. That morning ilabel and
Alice Darton came to the Morgan
home to visit with the Morgan girls,
andjieforo tho arrival of the stage it
was understood that Edna was to go
homo that evening with the Marlon
girls and stay over night with them !
at their home, about two miles west
of the Morgan place; but, after re-'
coivlng tho letter Edna decided not'
to go home with the Barton girls be-
causo she tlinni'ht . un
come down that evening. Alter ltoy
hud dono the chores and about sup
per time ho was called to the phono
by Jlnimlo Pickett, who asked tho
defendant to come over to the Jeff
ries homo and play cards that even
ing, but Hoy answered saying that
ho could not because he was busy.
Aftorwarda tho defendant was called
to the phono by Edna and they had
somo telephonic conversation.
If time und space permitted, many
additional details could bo recited
which dovetail with, strengthiin and
support the prominent features of
the story of Edna Morgan's disap
pearance: hut no attempt will be
mndo to enlarge upon tho narrative
except to note that when nt the
sceno of the firo on tho morning of
the 9th, tho defendant said, "I will'
be blamed Tor this," and according
. to tho testimony of Mrs. E. E. Wil
son, a snort time afterwards and on
tho samo morning he said, "How
much better marriage would have
been than this." (There was ample
evidence to Justify the jury to find
that the defendant at some time af
ter 10:15 left his home on Black
Bess, passing the Gilliam home 3
miles distant, when Brown says he
saw a horse and rider going west,
and that pursuant to an engagement
he picked up Edna at her homo and
proceeded on towards the Beamor
barn, threo-fourths of a mile away;
lhat as they reached the burs Edna
got off tho horse at the center of the
rond nnd wont in towards the barn,
while Roy rodo tho mare a little
further west down the side of the
road and then up the hill north of
(Continued on Pago Six.)
"Good Fellows" Will Organize
In common with its practice in previous years,
The Review is now making arrangements to organize
a "Good Fellows Club" to care lor the children of
Roseburg who will not receive Christmas gilts unless
the same are provided by members of this unique and
public spirited organization.
To get the plans under way as quickly as possible,
The Review asks that all persons having knowledge of
children whose Christmas will be cheerless unless they
are provided for by the "Good Fellows" of this city, to
send the names of the little ones to The Review, to
gether with their age, sex and street address. The
names of these children will be held in strict confi
dence by The Review management, and onlv one of
them will be given to each "Good Fellow." There is
also an obligation for the "Good Fellows" to fulfill.
The members of this organization are asked to visit
The Review office before Saturday preceding Christ
mas and secure the name of one of the unfortunate
children. All transactions in connection with purchas
ing and delivering the gifts will be confined to the
donor and recipient, The Review acting onlv as agent
in securing the names of the children and placing the
same in the hands of the "Good Fellows." There are
quite a number of children in Roseburg this year who
are looking ahead to a cheerless Christmas unless the
"Good Fellows" get busy and come to the rescue. Iiy
participating in this worthy cause your own Christ
mas will be made much happier, and you will know
that you were the means of having lightened some ach
ing heart. Last year the names of every unfortunate
child reported to The Review were provided with gifts
by the "Good Fellows," and it is believed the demand
for names this season will be equally as large. All
names sent to The Review will be investigated, and
only those who are worthy will be given to the "Good
Fellows."
The regular charity committee will provide neces
sities for the poor, while the "Good Fellows" will look
after the wants of the children.
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IN ENDLESS VARIETY FOR
TOMORROW'S SHOPPERS
What's left of the Square Store Stocks are now
selling at give away prices.
Do your buying here tomorrow. Mighty savings on all
merchandise suitable for Holiday gifts, combined with the
hundreds of other lines at Selling Out prices-offering you
the greatest double inducements to BUY HERE.
W "Last Days" Prices "lllf
THROUGHOUT THE STORE
All wool Batiste All wool 42in. Gift Hdkf. Boxes
36 in. wide,reg. Suitings plain & ? ?mb.r?iierf.i H""s-
65c NOW plaid reg. $1.25 " SCa" ft X
39c NOW89c MI 79c
Figured Organ- SilkMarquesitte White Pique
dies 36in. wide 36in wide reg. 36in. wide reg.
reg. 25c. NOW 65c NOW 35c grade
19c 39c 24c
Justrite Corsets Men's $3.00 and Men's 50c - 75c
Front laced reg. $3.50 Felt Hats TIES
$5.00 NOW NOW Selling at NOW
$3.90 $2.19 35c
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FINAL SELLING OF
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STOCKS
NOW ON.
Lfiwis Rrns. & f!n . nf KnnkatiA in rlinrnrA
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