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I'lll'f II ACID
INTO THROAT
SEATTLE HAS CRIME THAT IS A
NEW VENTURE IN THE ANNALS
OF SOUND CITY CRISES
FORCES ACID DOWN UNCON-
8CI0US MAN'S TIIEOAT.
An to Racing at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Feb. 5. Six races,'
twenty-five miles, are to be decided
In the Mardl Gras racing meeting
here today. Motorist from all over
the land are here, including Ralph
de Palma, the famous track and road
racing driver, who makes his first
appearance In competition since one
of his legs was broken in a track
race at Danbury, Conn., last sum
mer, . de palma Is still ''' hobbling
around on a cane. "..'.'
When unconscious robbers pour car
bolic acid down his throat lias
friends In St Paul but can't lo
cate addresses Was of big phy
slque and (ought to prevent death
at hsnds of the two thugs.
hlnd by two or more men and gar
Toted and dragged Into an alleyway
'and then robbed and deliberately kill
ed by having carbolic acid - poured
down his throat as he lay . on the
ground unconscious was the fate be
falling Charles A. Gunstead.
The dead body was found at two
o'clock this morning on Post street,
near Yessler Way, by a Greek named
Martin Mevslck. and it now lies In
the morgue awaiting advices from
the man's relatives who live in St.
Paul but whose addresses are un
known. .
The inquest will be held today or
tomorrow. The murder of Gunstead
Is one of the most unusual and fiend
ish acts ever committed in Seattle.
There is not a mark on the man's
body save the acid burns around the
mouth. The man Is of such' power
ful build that It certain that he put
up a 'uard" fight before being over
powered. ...
FUGITIVE
SHOOTS SELF
BARRICADED FROM POSSE
SEVERAL DATS
FOR
Driven insane from loss of sleep, fu
gitive commits suicide ,
CHIME ARTIST
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EXPOSED
SINCE ARREST OF WFJ. GOHL
MATT TALK WHO DARED NOT
WHILE BE WAS AT LIBERTY
ABERDEEN EMBITTERED AT I
WORK OF OUTLAW, GOHL.
Many new murders and sets of-ar
son discovered and laid at door of
' Imprisoned seaman Former friend
cowed by threats, dares now to
U1I of what Gohl has done in the
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way of murder and arson.
:; Walker, Minn., Feb. 5. After being
besieged In a fortified house for two
and mortally wounded Howard Sex
ton,, committed suicide today just ai
the posse and deputy sheriffs wer
preparing to storm hlB barricades
The defense of McDonald was spec
tacular. He was pursued by. dspu
ties and police and fled to his home
in which he took refuge. After bar
Heading the windows and doors, hi
stationed himself near one of the
openings and kept the pursuers at
bay. For 'more than 48 hours the
desperate man fired at every head
appearing within range of his gun.
Finally, driven almost insane from
loss of sleep he turned the weapon
adopted a plan for storming the bar
ricades, when they heard the shot
and reconnoitered. They discovered
the body of McDonald. McDonald is
reported to have shot Serton for re
fusing to buy htm a drink. '
DEFENSE HAS
RESTED CASE
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REBUTTAL EYIEENCE INTRODUCED
MONDAY BY HENEV IS TEE
PRESENT SCHEDULE OF CASE
LAST GUN FIRED BY THE '
DEFENSE AT SOON TODAY.
Court has adjqurned until Monday
Jury will get the case some time
In the middle of the week unless
new matters crop out Last evi
deuce introduced by Hermann not
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of material weight.
Big Athletes Compete.
New York, Feb. 5. More than two
hundred athletes are entered for the
annual mid-wluter games of the Ir
ish-American athletic club.
Among the out of town champions
who will compete are. James Rector,
the country's greatest sprinter; and
Bobby Kerr, . the fast Canadian
sprinter. Also Wilton Paull, the
great half mller of the University of
Pennsylvania. A dozen other unl
versltles, which Include Boston and
Peensylvanla and Chicago have sent
on full teams.
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TWO DOZEN
TAKE EXAMS
LOCAL CIYIL SERVICE SECRETA
RT SUPERINTENDS
0 HERDS
GIVEN TESTS
SAWYER AND GROUT HERDS ARE
FOUND TO BE FREE CF THE
DREADED CESEASE
GOVERNMENT AGENT GIVES
ATTENTION TO DAIRIES.
Work of testing dairy herds in and
about La Grande has commenced
,No trace of disease in those alrea
dy tested Public has been anxious
to see the tests applied in and
about La Grande.
TIE BILL
IS RETURNED
GRAND JURI IN SESSION BUT
SHORT TIME TODAY.
Holmes and West Indictment and old
matters corrected up.
' After being in session a few hours
today the special session of the grand
Jury came to an end with the return
of one true bill against the two boys,
Holmes and West, held for burglary,
not in a dwelling house.
Aside from probing the box car
case, the grand jury took up the mat
ter.of correcting clerical errors in
some old Indictments, and this done,
the jurors adjourned sine die.
LATER Harry West and Harry
Holmes this afternoon pleaded guilty
and waiving time, sentence was pas
sed by Judge Knowles, West receiv
ing a sentence of two years and
Holmes three years In the penlten
tlaryM. The reason Holmes received
a greater sentence 'was due. to the
fact that his previous record showed
be had served time from this county
a few years ago., .....
Fair Officers.
The agrlclutural officers met. with
the board of directors of the Union
County Exposition Co., and elected
from that company Fred Currey to
act as secretary for the Agrlcultu
ral Society for the ensuing year.
Prpsldent J. D. McKennon, La
Grande.
Commissioners C. D. Huffman, of
La Grande; F. E. Smith. Elgin; S.
F. Pace, of Enterprise; and C. T. Mc
Danlel, of Wallowa.
ELE TI N
IS FIXED
HIGH SCHOOL QUESTION UP FOR
VOTE ON FEB. 27
School board Issues notice of special
- school meeting here
February 27th Is the date of the
school election to accept or reject
the Issue of $75,0000 bonds for repair
of the grade schools and the building
of a new high school. The school
board met last night and acted on
the petition already filed with , them
with signature from sufficient of the
large taxpayers. The date of the
election was set for Feb. 27th. There
was little else of importance trans
acted besides this.
is throbbing with great Interest oever
the' most sensational murder , case
It has ever had and citizens who have
kept silent as long as William Gohl
was a free man through fear of per
sonal harm from him are now telling
tales -which cast sombre hues over
the past of his life and connect him
with crimes ranging from arson to
murder. '
: Former Friend talks
Charles Jacobson, formerly, the
warmest friend of the accused man
but now embltered against the prison
er for alleged "Double Crosses," told
the police today that Gohl started a
big fire here about eighteen months
ago by setting off an Infernal mach
ine in the Alaska saloon. - Jacobson
said that he did this in the spirit of
revenge against, the saloon propriet
or and others in the block. i .
Several Muredrg are CharpedV
Jacob Miller, Formerly a deputy
riherlff, and wife, who left here some
time ago to live In one of Gohl.s cabin
in the mountains, have not been heard
of since and it is thought that this
Is another matter that will be In
vestigated' and probably layed at his
door. ' ' J , '
Charles Hattberg met death when
his back was turned to the murder.
This fact was established ly auto
psy. The work of the surgeons show
that the bullets which caused the
death of the murdered man entered
the brain at the back of the head,
travelling upward.. Hattberg was
dead, according to the physicians,
when the anchor was tied about his
neck and the bady thrown In a river.
.uiuiuiu. t'w, kah, worming
ton closed the defense in the Dinger
Hermann trial at 11:15 this morn
ing and a few minutes later court
adjourned until Monday when !Heney
will begin, putting In rebuttal testi
mony, V which will take until Mon
day noon.
It will probably be the latter part
of . next . week before the jury will
find a verdict '
As the last gun in the defense at
tacks the testimony of Henry Mel
drum during the session this morn
ing. W. W. Cathcart, a former em
ployee in Meldrum's office was put
on the stand and told of the time
when Hermann visited "the office and
said Hermann and Meldrum wer In
the room alone. He knew Mays, he
said, but Mays was not in the office
at the time Hermann was there and
he fixed the date as some tlme in the
fall of 1902., Cathcarfs testimony
was weaked by the fact that Her
mann's visit was in 1901 and not In
1902. '
Prepare qnestons to. give to appll
. cants for enumerator Jobs
Two dozen people, - ' Including a
sprinkling of women, this afternoon
took the examination given by the
civil service commission to select
enumerators for the coming census Fred N. Newell of Pendleton, with
taking in .this county. The papers, I the United States Bureau of Animal
coming from the government, were j Industry, has completed ' two tests
sent to Don Scott, secretary of the ( here which include the herds of the
Two La Grande milk sources have
been tested for tuberculosis, and In
these two instances, the herds are
free of the dreaded disease. Dk
MONEY IN nOGS.
FARMERS I
FOR ELECTION
TR0I1TDALE
GIRL KILLED
T. T. Glenn sells 16 head for $379.20
Nearly $30 each
T. T. Glenn broughtl n 16 hea,d of
hogs from Summerville which he dis
posed of for $379.00, lacking 80 cents
of averaging $30 per head.. .The
price was eight cents per pound,
live weight. Mr. Glenn stated that
really be did not have the heart to
take the money, and would never
have thought of asking such a price,
but as the offer came to him he did
not have the heart to refuse. When
hogs bring as much or more . than
beef cattle, there must be money in
raising hogs at the present time.
commission in this county, and Mr,
Scott superintended the examination.
No information as to the several local
districts, or anything of that sort, is
obtainable, as none of the census ov
erseers are here: The people who
took the exam, today have previous
ly applied for blanks and. instruc
tions. 1 ' ,. : ' v.;
The examination wai conducted in
the Commercial Club.
CHALMERS- DETRIOT POPULAR
Local agents get word Jf itetaal vote
count In Portland contest
G. M. Rlchey and J. C Henry, lo
cal agents for the Chalmers-Detroit
car have been informed of the exact
vote that resulted from the vote at
the Portland Auto Show and have
been given the figures of the result
The Chalmes Detrtot proved the
popular car with a vote of 242,220;
the White got 14,290; the Wlntori 11,-
690 and the Cadllac 3,860. The rest
were scattering.
Sawyer and Grout dairies.
Mr. Elwell Is an expert In his line
and comes to La Grande for the pur
pose of testing all the herds. He
has already completed ' two dairy
tests, and it is hoped that ho will
fall to find any trace of tuberculo
sis In any. ,
During the campaign for clean dai
ries that has spread - over the stats,
milk consumers here have been anx
ious to have their sources tested, and
the government Inspection is In ac
cordance with the public wish. The
work will be-completed as soon at
possible. .
Fine lot of Steers.
Walter Pierce dispoBel of two car
loads of alfalfa fed beet cattle to the
Grande Ronde' Meat Co, which av
eraged 1200 pounds to the animal. A
Few. stacks of alfalfa hay and "a
bunch of cattle are a combination
that means a bank account in this
country, and Union county farmera
have many such combinations.
ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS
OF COUNTY UNION.
Proposition of buying sacks also up
r for consideration today.
. Annual election of officers for the
county union of the Farmers Co
operative Union took place late this
afternoon. Prominent members of
the union from, North Powder to El
gin, are here to participate. The pro
position of buying sacks for the com
ing summer was also discussed, al
though it is doubtful of an order will
be placed this afternoon.
BODY HURLED SIXTF FEET BY O.
"V R. & N. EXPRESS '
Eye witness sees little girl run Into
by the fast train.
Troutdale, Ore., Feb. 5. Sadie Ut
tlng, aged 12 years, was run down
and Instantly killed at 10 o'clock this
morning by an express of the O. R.
& N. Co. railroad. Eye witnesses
say the little glrls's body was hurled
60 feet when strack by the train,
which was traveling at the rate of
60 miles an hour. -
Beeches life Sentence
t Stockton, Calif, Feb. 8. Mrs. Em
ma Ledoux, who pleaded guilty to
the murder of A. N. Mc Vicar took a
life sentence rather than attempt to
stand the ordeal - of a second trial
with the poslblllty of a second death
Sentenced for Embesdlement
- Mason City, Mich., Feb. 5. For
the embezzlement of nearly $700,000
state funds, . former State Treasurer
Frank Glazier was sentenced today
to serve an Indeterminate sentence
of from Ive to 10 years in the penin
tentlary. ' . .
Javelin to Replace Hammer.
Portland, Ore., Feb. B. That the
"big six" colleges In the Northwest
athletic conference will abolish the
hammer throw, substituting in its
stead the javelin throw In . future
field meets, and that the two-mile
run will be added to the list of track
events Is probable, according to del
egates In attendance at today's meet
ing of the athletic representatives of
the six schools.
Danger to spectators whenever the
16-pound missis Is thrown through
inability of the athlete to control
the direction of his throw, Is assi
gned as cause for the desire to abll
Ish the event . '
TT(Q)
Yon will need suggestions
and practical help Tthile get
ting famiUar with photography
You wUl also need fresh re
liable supplies.
' In both we can provide Just
what is necessary.
Our store Is the headquart
ers for amatuers photograp
hers. '
Join the fraternity.
Adolph Wealthy a prominent ranch
er of the Elgin section, was in the
sentence. She was taken to prison city this morning transacting bust-
thls morning. : ness matters. ' r
Commencing Friday, the
4th we will develop kodac
films every Friday free of
charge Remember every
Friday, Bring in your films
NmlinDtu- Co.
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