p The WEATHER
TODAY'S CIKCULATWN OVX
4,200
AND STILL CROWING
Highest temp, yesterday 62
Lowest temp, last night -.61
Unsettled with Rain Tonight A
Friday; Moderate Temperature.
Consolidation of The Evening Newt and The Rostburg Review
An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Best Interests of the People
ROSEBURG. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2. 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 1S OF THE EVENING NEWS
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VOL. XXVI1 NO. 115 OF ROS
GERALD CHAP
MAN TRIES TO
SAVE HIS LIFE
Man on Trial for His Life
Testifies in Cool and
. Collected Manner.
AN ABSOLUTE DENIAL
Tells Court He Was Not in
Store Where Man Was
Killed May Have
Hidden Securities.
5?e Cordon Guards Chapman in Murder Trial
SK V r -i v
(AmcUtcd rrm Lwtd Wirt.)
HARTKOItH, Cmn April a
For more than an hour Imliiy ;t
ald Chapman, mail lNt-r, who
made a wiuuttioiuil ewnpc from
Ailunta prison, Mas a spectacular
wllnwiM In his trial f..i-
tier of Jainn Nkelly, a policeman, I
..U,..,K , roiHx-ry or a .rw llrl.
tain store but (Molier. Shortly
after C'lutpiniina testimony both
sides reic and a reccus was tak.
rii with arguments to follow this
afternoon.
Each side was nllottctl two
hours and a half for summation.
Ihe cane was expected to no
to the Jury after the prosecution
closed tomorrow morning.
(AaoetatM Pros Leased Wirt.)
HARTFORD, Conn.. Apr. 2
Gerald chapman this morning took
the stand in his own defense on a
.imrgB 01 naving murdered Patrol
man Jamos Skelley in New Brit
ain last October 12. I
Chapman, cool and collected,
speaking In clear tones denied he
had been In the Davidson and Lev
Inthal store In New Britain at any
time. It was In this store that I
Skelley was murdered.
His direct examination was '
brief. Under questioning of Fred- '
rrick J. Groehl, he told of the j
Skelley murder through the agen- i
cy of "Dutch" Anderson, his part
of the New York mall robbery. I
Under cross-examination he re- 1
fused to be rushed into answers
at the hands of State Attorney I
Hugh M. Alcorn. ! nnwrcTIP
Alcorn went Into the orlsoners i uuln 1
Past life over the objections of
t.roeni, which Judge Jennings ov-
erruiea.
XzzztTIXi I - ' - r, l- 7
F''J ' mis VrrA YrW h H -5
A squadron of police, unequalled In the annals of court History, guarded every move of tlernld
Chapman, notorious bandit, during his Hartford, Conn., trial tor the murder of Policeman James Skeljy,
of New Britain, Conn. Walter E. Shean. son of a well-to-do family, will be the State's chief witness. He
la said to have contesKOd that he and Chapman plotted the robbery of the New Britain store Where Skelly
met his death when he surprised two gunmen at work. A specially posed portrait ot the so-called
master bandit'' la shown above.
iASSASSINATION
i
GEN. AGOSTA
OF
RESULT OF FEUD
General Maciel Suicides Af
ter Confession Were
Former Companions.
aid In procuring a divorce. Ma
ciel's wife took, her own life upon
learning of her husband's intentions.
i Later General Obregon, as presi
dent appointed Maciel third chief
' of the war department and he In
said to have used his influence
against Acosta that the latter
i wrote to his enemy an insulting
'letter the consequence of which he
was tried by court martial tor in
subordination. Acosta's statements also brought
him a duel challenge from Ma
ciel, but this he rejected, declaring
Maciel had dlshonered himself by
his proposition as to the divorce.
SIX TRAINS TO
CARRY
DENY SHEPHERD
REEDOM
1
F
JAIL ON BAIL
Chief Justice Hopkins
Makes Ruling and Sets
His Arraignment.
Will Bare Soul
MAY APPEAL CASE
Judge Says Question of
Mans Guilt or Innocence
... Not to Be Decided
by Him.
TROOPS
iSUHER CAMP,
Recently the newspaper took up i Medford Will Rf Trirnnoer
i. I .i,- I-..
II1W IBRD, II1I1.IIIK ... l.tfj
I
Coolly and candidly he discus- ! Cliallenowl tn Duo Ut R.
sed his spectacular criminal rc- r j .
ord. under Alcorn's urglntfs. He ; rused to Meet and General
admitted four previous criminal
convictions and discussed them
Maciel Was Declared
Dishonored.
dipapslonatelv.
When Alcorn asked the unflinch
ing witness if he had a (run when i
he held up the mall truck In New '
York In 1951, he said he had not. ,,.,, j
"Anderson had, but I had not," """""I wiw )
he said. I MEXICO CI TV. Apr. 2. The as-
Alcorn disagreed with Chap- s8sinatlon of General Abelarde
man's version of the mall robberv Acosta Thursday nlcht bv General
and the witness, looking straljiht Austln Maciel and the latter's j
Into the prosecutor's eyes said: suicide after confessing his crime i
"I don't want to argue this mat- to ,ne police are declared by the
ter with you. I don't wish to go in- authorities to be the outcome of a
to the esse at all. It has nothing lonK standing feud,
to do with this charge of murder." The two men were close friends
H had fired a shot at a Muncle ,n tn"lr' youth, while students at
policeman at the time of his
ters exchanged by the two offic
ers and this brought about Ma
clel's dismissal as head of the ar
Itillery department.
' I The climax was reached Tues
day night as Acosta was entering
TROUBLES itne WRr department. Maciel, ac
companied by other officers,
I alighted from an automobile and
shot his enemy from behind. Two
I street vendors were wounded by
i stray bullets and one Is reported
! to have died.
I Maciel, fleeing from the scene,
! spent the night at the home ot a
! friend, after reading the report of
'the crime In the morning papers
Ihe went to police headquarters and
j confessed. Ijlter In the day his
body was found in Kscana Park a
bullet hole In the right temple.
With National Guard
Boys in June.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
rest, "hvcause he thought him, a
holdup man," he said.
"He sa!d nothing before he pok
ed his gun under my heart." he
added. tat!n? he "was an unpres- .
possessing fellow at best." So he
ated on the Impulse, he said
thinking the policeman a hlghwnv-1
man anil he fired to save f 4,700 I
he had.
The nltro-gh-eerlne found In his
effects, he said, had been bought
by him and Anderson at Shean's
repeated ursring. "It was for him
and his ganT." he said.
"W git It In the Pennsylvania
oil fields."
The ear so much dlsenssed in
the esse ws owned by Anderson
and himself. Chapman said. The
Saturday afternoon before
murder, October 11,
Holyoke, he testified
tAwUt1 Ft Liiw4 Wlr..i
WASHINGTON. Apr. 2. E. S.
Booth, former solicitor of the In
terior department who 'Is under
Indictment here with Senator
Burton K. Wheeler of Montana on
ar- tne military academy and the part- charges of conspiracy, pleaded not
CAMP SITE IS CHOSEN
Work on Laying Out Train
ing Camp Will Be Started
Shortly 2500 Men
to Take Trip.
(AwortotMl Preai Leiwd Wire.)
SALEM, Ore., April 2. 8lx
special passenger trains will be
required to carry national guard
troops to Medlord In June, ac-
(AaorUtnl hfa Lrued Wire.)
CHICAGO, April 2. William
D. Shepherd, charged with mur
der today a second time, was de
nied freedom on bail by Chief
Justice Jacob Hopkins In the
criminal court.
The Judge set Shepherd's for
mal arraignment for a week from
today after defense attorney's had
indicated their proposed Intention
to appeal to the state supreme
court upon the question of the
ball.
Judge Hopkins after consider
ing the six affidavits filed yester
day by the defense refused to re
consider his previous decision de
nying Shepherd admittance to
ball.
The question of Shepherd's
guilt or Innocence of the charge
in the Indictment that be murder
ed William N. McCllntock, his
foster son. by typhoid Inoculation
to gain his million dollar estate,
was not up for decision, the Judge
said, and he would not be forced
Into any expression of opinion as
to such guilt ot inoculation. The
affidavits, the courts Jield, . did
not warrant re-opening the bail
question.
"The affidavits support In the
main to attack tne character and
credibility of the state witnesses
and that is a matter for a Jury,"
said Judge Hopkins. States Attor
ney Crowe asked that Shepherd
be immediately arraigned, so that
an early trial date could be set
but William Scott Stewart, Shep
herd's attorney, said he wanted
time to dec.de whether to appeul
to the supreme court on the ball
question. The court then Bet ar
ralgment for April 9, and said It
could be continued If necessary
in cuse an appeal was decided on.
The defense affidavit princip
ally attacked the character and
testimony of C. C. Kalman, head
of a school of science who con
fessed and was Indicted with
JOSEPH EWiTGyoN"
josepn Elllngson, hnge Viking
father of Dorothy Elllngson, six
teen year old Tiger Girl, of San
Francisco, was prepared, according
to dispatches from the Golden Gate,
to go on the witness stand at her
trial and tell of bis hard-drinking
days. In aa effort to show pre-natal
Influences on his daughter, who
killed her mother when reproved
for her lass lifr
OFF CERS
6ERALDIN
E
HOOTCH SUPPLY
lice and Excellent Supply
of Booze Is Found.
FATHER OF DOROTHY ELLIUGSOU
GIVES TESTIMONY AT TR AL TODAY
BRANDING
DAUGHTE
R INSANE
Attorneys for Defense Also Introduce Circumstantial
Evidence Tending to Show that Accused Girl ,
Is Guilty of Crime Maintains Her - '.
Composure in Trial Today. . -;
(Associated Press Leased Wire.) -
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 2. By th, strange twist the murder trial
of Dorothy Ellington, 17 year old tlaytr of her mother, ha ta.
developing Into a determination of present unity, her own attorney
Introduced evidence today to establish by circumstantial vldtnoaahs
killed her mother, as charged.
When the defense started thla line of testimony the prosecution
questioned it relevancy. ' .,, '
"Are you prepared to admit," asked Assistant District Attorney
Harmon D. Sklllln, that this defendant actually killed her motherr
"We are stipulating nothing," responded 8ylvester J. MoAtte ot
defense counsel, "but we do Intend to prove that, aa part of the evi
dence of her Insanity. No one saw the defendant kill Anna Elllngson.
But we will bring it out by a chain of circumstances.'
The girl, nervous and agitated, eat through the testimony of her
father, Joseph Elllngson, without a recurrence of the fainting spell
.that have interrupted other session of her trial. A matron sat -betid
her, occasionally protecting smtlllng salts, and th f.rl whisper.
Ji comments on the Ustlmony, some time an Indignant "no". Smit
ing she left th courtroom with th matron. . ;
Her father said he believed her Insane, H gave thla opinion at
tr outlining a history of hr delinquencies and her conduct toe hsr
arrest.
In cross-examining him, Mr. Sklllln brought out that the girl had
i win ner rawer -she d.dn't Ilk Alexander Moolln," her chief counsel:
The defense went Into its theory
that prenatal Influences disposed I "Dld h"r "other ever have any
'Dorothy toward insanity. Under lCOn'fo1 0Ter herT"
questioning Joseph Elllngson said: .Sm 'k ..,.
"About three months ' before her?"
Dorothy was. born her mother I "No, but sometimes her mother
ca.ne Into the bedroom where I wollld "et angry and yell at her."
was sleeping and tried to choke I Tne t&ttiT also recalled that the
mo f I... .,.-..-- .1 t. i . j . , i elrl hurl hnen miwul. and AnHa-
Private Car Raided by Po-'uity. after which she feu to thei,ed- ..
;jnoor in a rami." me rather'began I "e B1Mflun grew increasingly
la recital of his delinouenrlna as a agitated as the testimony proceed-
child. The first serious breach In ed ,od t0 natron held smelling
her conduct, he said, came at the 't to her nose,
age of 12 when she and another I Elllngson recalled a recent occa
glrl were picked up by a sailor i ''on- when he and her attorney
and MnlHIer" onrl ... .n visited her In nrlann and ah
ARRESTS ;"lht ' "went Into a raving fit." He add-
MAKE NO
Not Known Whether Ger
aldine Farrar Will Be
Prosecuted Stays
in Drawing Room.
(AMocUted Pma Leiiml Wirt.)
MUSE'S POINT, N. Y., Apr. J.t-
He said she nlaved trn.nt from led: "n." awearlng like a mad
school frequently and finally was " " '
your
late
Shepherd, that he Bad supplied The matter of prosecution of Oer- ' h.dkereh?ef H
Shepherd with live typhoid cul- ,i,nn v.-... i-j . ... ""'"'rcnier. ti
tures obtained from the city Wln,e arrar noled "in,"r tne 5u and your w
detained In a juvenile home for a
time.
"Did you ever talk to
daughter regarding her
hours?
"I did," said the witness. He ex
plained that he warned her that
she should consider her future,
that a girl of her years should not
go with older persons of doubtful
character.
Aa her father exposed her life.
the girl continued to twist
was asked
health department, and instructed Te'a'1 ' the selzue of liquor In
Shepherd how to administer the her private car was In abeyance
germu. i today nenriino- a miwri fmn,
tome agents here to the collector d,r ,cnool?"
wife ever attend
church?"
Not since our marriage."
Did Dorothy ever attend Sun-
1 He describe her fainting spell"
since the trial began.
He then gave It as his opinion
that the girl Is "Insane." . .
On cross-examination he was
asked : " -
"When did you first doubt . her
sanity?"
"After she committed this of
fense." -
Further questions elicited from
him ehat she had been abnormal
virtually every time he visited her
her In the Jail. She refused to answer
did question, he said, and ' didn't . ap
ing Is said to come through an at- guilty when arraigned today
tempt py jiaciei 10 enlist Acosta a r.as released cn Jl.Oim ball.
Demsey Laughs at Claim of
Gibbons to Chamo Title and
Says Fight With Tunney Farce
CMlCAr.n Anrll r-mininl
for William D. Sheuherd. served of th Port of Ogdensburg.
cording to train schedules for the I notice on the states attorney to- I The singer's private car the
movement issued today by Hriga- ; day that they would tomorrow n,.w York was boarded h' fnr
dler-Ceneral George A. White, ' apply for ball for Shepherd, who ,V ,i . . 1
commander of the reinforced brl- is charged with the murder of uePu,'r collectors after It had croa
gade, which is to hav its field . his foster-son. William N. Mc- "d tn border eroute from Alon
training In Southern Oregon be- .Cllntock, before Circuit Judge W. treal to Rutland, Vermont where
b.tut, .uii. j. v. iirotners. juuge jacou nop- mIhb vrt.a
pear to know what It was- all
about."
- He added that she did not thank
him for gifts he brought her.
Assistant District Attorney Har
mon D. Sklllln read an extract
from testimony at the coroner's in
quest quoting (Elllngson as saying
Elllngson said that when she he "never had noticed anything'
was a babe he had used alcohol wrong with her mind." j
"pretty heavily." He detailed the The girl whispered to the - ma
glrl's childish rages. She was not Iron Indignant comments on the
obedient, he added. testimony. , ' :
"Once In a while, when ihe was
little." i
an(j Troops from Eastern Oregon
1 and the West coast will leave
home during June 11, and will
converge In Portland and points
south where they will board the
six spv-clal troop trains that are
to land tho entire command at
MedforJ during the morning of
June 12. Twenty-five hundred
men are affected hy this move-
kin twice has refused ball.
GETS INFIELDER
to appear In con
cert.
I Pour deputies said they found
! about forty bottles of champagne,
whiskey and beer concaleed In the
car. Miss Farrar was in hen- i
Jazz Girl on Trial for Murder
fA-ocutH rm. Wiro the New York boning commission
NEW YOHK. Apr. 2 Clinch- Vccntlv placed the name of Jack
I?.?hbof '.""iim'S (:,nd A,hl;tl Pempscy. holder of the world's
club of a llght-heavywelitht match ,,... , . , ,
between C.ene Tunney and Tom wl-'ht boxing title, on Its In-
Glbbons. effected yesterday will eligible list, the champion dubbed
bring together on June 12 In an op- It top notch comedy, shrugged his
en air battle at ratrhweights two shoulders and raid:
men who have attained nuizilfsMc ' "I should worrv? thev make me
the distinction along much the same laugh."
he spent in 'n. Both boxers are Irish-i Dempsey had another laugh com-
".- .into u' mi.iiniinirii ng vesteritflv and when ha wns
her stateroom and was not disturb-
ed. She did not appear during the i
search. '
Tho singer and her nartv were
Kill land ,
(AwvliN Vtrm laied Wlrr.,
POItTI.ANI), Ore., Apr. 2.
President Turner of the Portland
ment. all belonging to the eighty leazue toiinv rinsed rlenl where, allowed to proceed to
! second Infantry and attached by the club will get Dee Walsh, In- ""hout furnishing bond.
i units, i ne uniis oi me conimann fielder. In t exchange for Pitcher
are the I bind and ISath Infantry Ted Plllette and casn. says a dls-
regiments comprising the eighty- patch from Ssn Jose. Cal. Walsh
second brigade with the attached ha be) u,ty infielder with San
i units consisting of battery A. Kranclseo for a number of years.
148th field artillery, company of Dut wai 0d ast winlPr to the
the llbth combat engineer, and Lincoln western league club.
i ..unuiiui i-uiiipn.ijr lot.
' train, he said, leaving his car In cleverness topped bv
Shean's possession. punrh and have been consistently
"I rsnnof tell yon where I was successful against the foremost
all the time." he told Alcorn, when men of their division. Gibbons
the latter asked him concerning is the older and more experienced
h's whereabouu on certain dates, of the two flehters and earned un-
"Vou must remember. I was a fug- paralelled distinction two years
Itlve from Jiistire and was Jumping aro by going the lS-rmnd limit
around from state to state." with Jack Demney. Gibbons Is
Chanmsn srore in a musing now 3n vears old and has fourht
trne and had to he warned on or- 97 ring battles, srnrlng 42 knnrk-
?aslons to raise his voice, that the outs, winning nine by decision.
Jnrv mlcht heer He was nulet drawing In one. losing three and
and self possessed and sat slump- appeared In 42 no-declsinn en-
ei down In the witness rhalr. Ills counters. One of his match's was
resnner auegested a young man en- declared no contest,
gaged In a pleasant discussion of Tunney who Is 27 has facel R7
current tonics. opponents, scored 28 knockouts
Concerning 'he South Hadley, nd captured 15 battles hy decl-
Mass., house, frequently mention- alon. He h.s lost one bmt and
ed 'nring the trl.il Chapman said: hss tnken part In 12 no-dee. slon af-
"Shftsn honrht It for us for a fairs. He also hss seen sji en-
bootlerging center. It wss sn ex- razement declare' no contest.
ce'lent place for lust thst. Hstv flreb. Pittsburgh "wlndml'l'
Cities contributing troops to
the Southern Oregon movement
are Maker, I.a Grande, The Dalles,
flnKhlnr .... i j . .u . ( uresnam, roriiana, Ht. Helens,
"H..JP,- PP,"d nf the signing of papers A,,orl.. For., (irove. Tinn,nok.
ror a match between Tommy Gib- MrMlnnvllK Salem, Corvallls.
bons and Oene Tunney for the ,)aM wondl.urn. sllverton, 1-eb-heayywelght
championship of the , Kugene. Cottage Grove,
world, he took It. , fioseburg. Grants Psss and led-
"A laughing proposition." he ford. Announcement of the train
said. He then scoffed at Gibbon's Ing noint for other trooDs will be
ciatm to tne title and termed It ad
vertising. He also took occasion for a long
distance, verbal Jab at the New
York commission saying that that
borly can di whatever It wishes in
New tnrk. but that there are oth
er statea In which toj fight.
MAY LIFT QUARANTINE
made In the near future. It was
said, although Ihe roast artillery
will probably train at Fort Harry,
because of construction work at
Kort Stevens, which will proNably
...... ... V .v., fnnti.r...! I,.,lnv wllh tln.riiiir
OCDENsni'ItO. N. Y.. Apr. 2
Whether Geraldlne Karrar will be
prosecuted a a result of the seiz
ure of liquor In her private car
yesterday at Mouses Point will de
pend upon the circumstances, it
i was stated at the offices of the
I collector nf the port here today.
House's Point comes within the
Jurisdiction of Ogdensburg collect
or.
A.cl.tH Pre tr--M Wlr. ) , Th c0p(,tor , aWatng reports
SALEM. Ore.. Apr. 2. Whether from his riennllea It nr.lnta,l
the Oregon quarantine against out however, that In cases of per
livestock shipments from Callforn- sons attempting to bring small
la still exfming since It was Im- stock nf liquor Into the country In
posed a year ago because of the their baggage the usual procedure
prevalence nf foot and mouth dls- n to confiscate with no prosecu
ease In California shall now be n unless the cwner of the liq
llfted will be discussed at a meet- uor refuj,,., to surrender It.
ing or the state livestock sanitary
hoard In the offices of Governor
Pierce tomorrow.
R. N. Wilson, representing Gov
! The champion agsln denied any
Intfntlnn of retiring an his ap
pearance lent color to his denial,
for he was thf-n preparing to en
ter the ring for an exhibition per
formance at a navil day field pro-
I l. I Lll.il L 1. I
pinui. in uin exiuuiiiuii on
some fast footwork and nlaved
Chapman denied that he nat wn0 took the rnldril'wA-elght title with his opponent for 3 rounds.
p.ih pi. "bud-lv." Dutch Ander- from Johnny Wllsr. defeated He Indicated that his next fight
son to escape from the federal both flihhons and Tunney by derl- may be In California anl said
r-.itentlrv at Atlanta or that An- slon In 1322. that he had received ieTempt
derson bad assisted him. AnOer
( Continued on psge ( )
I training.
Arrangements of tne southern
Oregon csmp have been practic
ally completed, and the actual
construction work on the camp
site will Ire commenced In a short
time. Laying out of a field ar
tillery firing range, requ rlng a
five mile field of fire will be un
dertaken next week In the vicini
ty of Medford.
Funds for all phaavs of the
Pierce, sta'e veterinarian W. H.
Lytic and c. A. Park, president of
the state board of horticulture,
and requested that the ban be lift
ed. He said there had been no
appearance of the disease among
domestic aufmals since October 9
Isst, th"t lls practically rltmlnat-
RUTLAND. Vt. Apr. 2. Mem
hers of Geraldlne Karrar's party
on concert tour today said that It '
was near-hier and not champagne
that customs agents had selr.ed
when thev searched her private i
ra at House's Point, N. Y., yes- j
tenlay,
Miss Farrar refused to enmment
on reports thst forty bottles of
wine snd a quantity of real beer i
had been found In her car afar
It crossed the bord.s on the way
ed among der,ini that all oth- from Montreal to this city.
er states have lifted their quaran- Her manager denied that any llq
tlnc. I uor had been found In her car and I
Abont wai k ago the state live- said It would be absurd to smug-
-.11 1 jyf )
t- l n
CZezKrJ HASSOVD lOtJDEieBAOir.
training mnvemsnl mnA t.rrwrr. m . I I. : i .. ..I n.mnn .1- .Ka 1 n 1 1 rtA
Ing offer from (ftifornla promiat hsve been set aside by the I'nltrd adrmted a resolution asking the Stales when I In uor was so easily
ujs AMit.l.t.3, Apr. . nnen ers. Q v ip ate government. i governor not to rift th quarantine, obtainable here.
Th San Franel.ro trial of Dorothy Elllngson, sixteen-year-old Jas
mad slayer of her mother, bad to be postponed for hours because 'he
defendant, her stoic bravado gone, collapsed twice during the early
proceeding. The girl Is shown facing the Jory In the court room.
Judge Harold Louduback, of 8aa Francisco, ppsalded M the trial.