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llOHKIU'ItO. OKKUOtf. OCTOllKK 21, 12I.
JUSTICE IS ROUNDED OUT.
With the conviction of Richard M. Brumfield as the murderer
' of Dennis Russell, justice has been rounded out in this county to
'the satisfaction of a great majority of the populace.
Since the initial day of the crime the guilt for this most
atrocious crime hdverfld closely over the defendant. 1'he chain of
' ' circumstantial evidence connecting Dr! Brumfield with the slaying
of Dennis Russell was complete to the smallest detail.- There was
no link that showed a semblance of breaking under the able de
fense established by the attorneys representing the accused man.
The slate's interests had been so securely cemented by the prose
cuting attorney that they stood before the jury us the guiding
hand to a just and equitable verdict A verdict that did not coun
tenance the ruthless slaying of a fellow man the snapping out of
a human life Without the least justification-i-though the victim had
been rated as only a poor, honest hermit, and his standing in the
communiy much less popular than the previous good reputation
enjoyed by his slayer.
. The murder case has attracted world-wide attention. The
'"former prominence of the murderer and the devilish method of
destroying his victim, commanded the attention of the eyes of the
nation. Few parallels in criminal annals equalled the magnitude
of the crime. The almost complete covering up of the terrible
deed and escape of the perpetrator for a month after committing
the crime, added dense mystery to the whole affair, but the finger
. of suspicion was soon directed at the convicted man and his ap
prehension accomplished by the alert set of officers who were de
' termined to' fasten the responsibility for the murder of Dennis
Russell on the once prominent dentist, strong evidence pointing to
-. ft is guilt from the moment of the crime.
The accused man has had n fair and impartial trial. His
protestations of innocence after conviction count for naught. It
Is the last ray of comfort to a suffering conscience. It is the only
hope held out by the murderer to disguise his self-confessed guilt
and create a 'delusion' within hie own mind that without a com
plete confession he will go to eternity with the thought that the
world believes him innocent of the crime committed.
A man wlios6 life is hanging in the balance grasps at the most
flimsy threads to weave into a cloth to wipe the blood from his
btained hands. The fall from a once prominent and well liked
citizen to the role of a cold-blooded murderer has pricked tho t
man's conscience lo'lhut degree that ho now sees the shadow of
death on the horizon his life is only hanging by a thread and ,
the slightest trifle in the way of defense to his deepest moments
of remorse is marshalled to create a sort of false satisfaction to
the condemned man's mind.
' The activities of Dr. Richard M. Brumfield in this city are a
good object lesson to those who attempt to gain certain ends by
unscrupulous and death-dealing methods.- The motive which
caused the undoing of Brumfield was his avarice for gain. His
credit was impaired, or nearly so, and something must be done to
K-ither sufficient money to cover up his threatened delinquency,
soon to be known to his most intimate friends, business associates
' and the community at large. The convicted man chose the role of
a murderer to carry out his plans to escape only minor disgrace,
if disgrace it be to bo catalogued as a bankrupt. The result of his
. well-laid plans is too fresh in the minds of the public for further
discussion. Richard Brumfield faces tho gallows rather than face
the world for his previous shortcomings. He has been convicted
of murder and will fill n murderer's grave. He leaves a wife and
three innocent boys' to carry a horrifying burden throughout their
entire lives the stigma of which will never be wiped from the
escutcheon emblazoned on their countenance.
Better that an army of creditors hound a man from one end
of the earth to ihe other than to check their progress by out
stretched hands from which is dripping the red blood of a fellow
being. r
si sen sstct
- The American farm is adding to its agricultural machinery
" other means of increasing efficiency and convenience. In eight
states more tlinn half the farms have automobiles', 75 per cent
having them in Nebraska and 73 per cent in Iowa. The states
' r from Missouri and Kansas to the northern border, on their 1,0,-
(100 farms, have G:l 1,000 automobiles, says the Nation's Business.
Tractors sitm to be more popular with farmers than motor trucks.
Two hundred and twenty-nine thousand farms have tractors and
139,000 possess trucks. Trucks are apparently most popular in
connection with farms marketing vegetables and fruit, for 10 per
cent or the New Jersey farms have them. Tractors are proor
tionately most numerous in South Dakota, where they are on Hi
per cent of the farms. The percentage is almost as large in North
Dakota, and is over 10 per cent in Montana and California as well.
The farmer's wife is getting some advantages. On 61 1,000 farms
that means 10 Hr cent water has been -piped into the house,
and on 452,000 there is gas or electric light. The telephone is the
most universal of modern facilities used on the farms. Almost '40
ier cent of all farms now have telephones, and in Iowa the figure
runs up to 8fi per cent. In the states beginning with Missouri
and Kansas, and extending northward, where automobiles ore
most numerous, 70 per cent of the farms are equipped with tele
phones. o
It would have !oen n God-send to all if the watchman at the
county jail last night had fallen asleep and failed to awaken until
early this morning. But the.trouble with the average watchman
is, lie is always on the job. 1
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No sooner does one chapter in the local murder case close
than a new angle presents itself.
' GOOD EVEXIXO FOLK
Well, we'll have to put up with the
uuss fur a while yet.
He laughed when ue) told hhu the
ladder was weak.
And remarked It would bold half
a lou.
It cost him a hundred to settle the
- bill
' When the doctor and nurses were
done. ;
The only things that make some
husbands worth killing la their lo-sui-ojice.
Keep moving -statues belong in
iario and we bavo no park.
'"Hniatter Joe, touch of hay
fever?" ,
"Nope, Just been smoking one of
J. W. PerklnV cigars."
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Dear ed. Prune Piekln's: Our baby
Is big enough to crawl around the
house and we have not yet named
her. What name would you suggest?
Ans. If the baby crawl around
the house why not call her Ivy.
t
i All any modern cook needs Is a
ran-opener.
Joe Murphy says garlic may be
good for a man's nrterles but It Is
rough on his friendships.
- You can never tell how sophist 1
cated a girt la by the cut of her
goim. Hint's why so many men are
in continual hot water.
LUCK.
Superstition can be put
town merely as habit
And jet to have a rabbit's foot
Is luck)- for a rabbit.
- Perpetrating, promulgating, .. of
licrpetinttliig piffling, - pusillanimous,
peltry, puerile, pitiful paragraphs. Is
a pernicious practice predominating
In the pursuits and peregrinations of
the pencil pushlngof many poor pub
licists. Perhaps It la pardonable for
I'l-une firkin s.
One of our nicest citizens stood on
a corner today extolling bis own vir
tues. He said he would never do
anything In private that he wouldn't
do in pulillc. . wonder if he ever
takes a bnth?
COMPKNSATIOX.
There was plenty for the railroads.
When munitions must be movin'
And tlu empties were a strlngiii' .
Krom Sew York to Sun Antone;
Anil the guys who built the freight
ers Could ent l.yonnnlse pointers
While the soldier man was lucky
If lie got a horse's bone.
Now the Semite solons tell us
With their pompous honeyed
phrases
Thnt the golden goose ain't layln
As she did In seventeen;
That the greatest, richest nation
Can't afford Hie compensation
To the cogs thut worked together
In the Yankee war machine.
Them was plenty thotich, for parlies
Who contracted for the clothing
And who shipped the cold canned
willy
That we dined on overseas;
Hilt some luck to Veep ns going
"I'lll thO Wlll4 tt'ltl.1.1 t..n Kl....-lnrt
Oh, mv goodness, quite unheard j
oi-
Iet 'em freeze yes, let "em
freeze!
They ran garner manv billions
for enforcing prohibition;
They can squander many fortunes
On a plane thnt never flew;
Hut. their present expectation
In the case of compensation
Is to let her ride, by chowder
Which Is what they'd love to do!
'-American 1-eglon Weekly.
How ran a man say that a woman
has mailing to do? In one short
year she gets dinner Hurt times.
THRU MlMBfRS Of THIS
FAMILY HAVE All MADE
- ' BIG GAINS IN WEIGHT
"I gained 12 poundi, my wife
lalned 26 pound and my daughter
1 Mining day by day taking Taiilac.
It's the bige.t nurpilie or our lives
and all our friends and neighbors
are talking about It. This medicine
has made a wonderful change in
every one of us. Before I got Tan
lac. I could hardly drag one foot af
ter the other. 1 had IniilKeHtlon per
fectly awful. In fact we were ull
regular dyspeptics. We all swear by
Tanlae now at our house. It ought
to be in every home. It's the world's
greatest family medicine."
The above statement was made by
George L. Tes;y. a well-known and
highly respected machine, living at
83 Downing St., Iiuli'aln. N. Y.
Tanlac Is sold In Itoseburg by W.
F. Chapman's Pharmacy and by
leading druggies everywhere
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Police Guard
American Embassy
(Br United Press.)
; PARIS. Oct. 12 One thousand
policemen guard the American em
bassy and the residence of Amb.is-
uador Herrlck to prevent the com
munists thri'Uted march and demon
station aKuln.it tho United States in
favor of the release of Saceo und
Vanzettl, comiuunlt Is convicted of
murder in Massachusetts.
Chinese Couple
Have Suicide Pact
HONOLULU. T. H.. Oct. 1. A
tragedy of the East was enacted hore
when i:r. and Mrs. Ah Sing Apo,
young Chinese, paid for their honor
with their lives in a suicide, pact in
which Apo shot hl3 wife twice aud
then killed biinBelf at their home,
police Investigation of the mutter re
vealed. A letier written by Mrs. Apo Just
before the murder and suicide fur
nished the police with the clue to the
tragedy.
Tho letter, .written to Mrs. Apo's
sister, was Introduced at the coron
er's In iUHHt. it revealed the attach
ment of Mrs. Apo for another man,
the authorities muted. Apo had dis
covered this and wus about to separ
ate from his wife, according to the
letter. They met to seek a better
wav out of the trouble.
Tho lotlerexpluined that husband
and wife had agreed upon death as
the beat solution. Their prepara-'
tlmis were made calmly and without
hurry, the letter said. Apo obtained
a permit to purchase a pistol, ex
plaining that he noeded it to protect
Ills home. His wife wrote the letter,
explaining the motive for the tragedy
that was about to transpire.
The two shut themselves lip In the
hn.ise. The next day the bodies were
discovered.
Judge Holds
Court Outside
ALBANY, Ore., Oct. 21. (Cp)
Even as Thelstoles Threadliaro.
Itinerant geiitleiuun and nemher of
the Floating population, ohserved
that "Any where I can hari; my hat
la Home. Sweet Home, tj me", to
Is any old place h. re he can uflck
a fine Is a courtroom to Judse Vic
tor Oliver, of Albany.
The other day S'ate Inspector
Kenneth Bloom would admit of no
delay to Q. II. Jones, t. re-:ideni of
Phlolmath, and Insist, d that no got
the matter of overspeetlini? on the
streets of Albany off his chest forthwith.
Thep repaired to .Turiip) Olllver's
yard, where the judge h"ard llio
caseand, standing upon iio grees
ward of the Impromptu luill of
Justice, with a swinging sate for tho
lillnd lady's Bcales, inete-1 out a fine
of ten bucks to I he unfir: ai.aio Mr.
Jones.
iltOl'M) THE TOWN
IHTI- XSK Oh' M1M.
SOLTHAItl) ST A UTS.
(By United Press.)
TWIN FALLS, Oct. 21. The de
fense of Mrs. Lydia Southard, al
leged "Bluebeurdess," opened their
case today by uiging the approval of
four motions to strike out evidence
pertaining to the deaths of Mrs.
Southard's three previous husbands.
Tho prosecution rested yesterday.
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KKKP THIS KEMICDY.
At the first Bymptom of a cough
or cold, breathe llyomei. The best
people always have it In the house
and end a cold before it gets deep
seated. Sold by W .F. Chapman.
Just a few more of the children's
and Misses' hats, a clean up for Sat
urday only Bell Millinery.
Appearance Extraordinary
HELEN CLARK E,.
Sh PH PH PC v
i ins concert Dy these artists
is an event of unusual interest'
Miss Clark and Mr. Phillips will
give more than their regular
concert numbers. In a few selec
tions, they will compare their
art with its Re-Creahon by Mr
Edison's new phonograph. The
assisting artist will be Thomas'
George, pianist.
Presbyterian Church
Monday Eve., Oct. 24th
The concert is primarily an Invi
tation nfi'air. But, a few leseivations
. ( are available for geueial distribu
tion. Music-lovers can obtain these
tickets- without charge, by applying
Immediately to tills store. Call,
write, or telephone.
Ott's Music Store
HOSEUIHO, OREGON.
Back to Work
High HIkmiI Holds Contest
At the lust period this afternoon
the high school held a rivalry con
test In reading aud speaking. As
soon as this was over a rally took
place for tho football game that will
take place tomorrow between Hose
buig and Eugene.
Special far Will Arrive
Word was received today to the
efect that a special tar will romo in
on No. G:t tomorrow morning from
Uugoiie hiliiKiiig students from 10 11
gene to witness the football game
between KoBehurg and Kugwne.
There will be also about IU0 people
who will motor down tomorrow. It
is honed that ItoseliiiriF will hnvo n
large a turn mil sn Kiifft.ne '
washes dishes 1011.1 times, gets flic
children ready for school tulce a dny
for I HO days, puts the tmhy to Nleep
l-loo times, makes about ;to ciii-i-n,
wishes she hnd a new gown iiImmiI
7MI times ench day, anil meets her
husband at the door every time he
fomw home to inform him he hasn't
cleaned his shoes. Who says n oin
an doesn't have anything to do?
I.AKi: PKItKlNS SKZ:
"If war Is hell uhnl Is !,.
- x w 3y
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