The Medford mail., November 27, 1908, Image 2

TRIED TO KILL
SWEETHEART
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. II, In
flamed by Jealousy and whisky, Will
Grandjean yesterday attempted to
murder bli iweetbeart, Carrie Swot
ford, with a meat ax, then believing
that he bad accomplished his terrible
purpose, rnshed upstairs to his room
and committed suicide by drinking
carbolic acid.
The woman, though suffering from
fearful gash In the head, and wltb
her ring driven so deeply Into her
finger that It was necessary to cut
the gold band off. Is not dangerously
wounded. Dr. George W. Tanlesle,
who was called to attend her, says
there Is nothing to fear.
The crime was evidently premedi
tated, Grandjean having threatened
to kill the woman. A man whose
name the police have not yet been
able to learn, who was with Grand
jean all day yesterday and early this
morning, made the statement that
the suicide told him this morning.
"I'm going to kill that red-headed
woman before night." Grandjean,
before committing the crime, stole
from the woman be tried to kill the
' carbolic acid with which be afterward
killed himself.
The Hume Old Story.
It was the old story of love, jeal
ousy and whisky. Grandjean had
been going wltb the woman for about
six months, but she evidently tired
of blm and of late has been going
about wltb another man. Grandjean
brooded over this and evidently be
lieved himself wronged, and medi
tated revenge. For the past three
days he had been drinking heavily,
nursing his supposed Injuries and
working himself up to the state of
rage which resulted in hla attempt
to kill his sweetheart.
Carrie Swofford, the Injured wom
an, is tbe cook at the Terminal hotel,
6 Knott street, where the tragedy
occurred. Grandjean was a painter,
but had been out of work for some
time. She had evidently encouraged
blm In his love for her, as a letter
found among bis effects and Blgned,
"Carrie," written from Seaside on
July 26, calls him "My loved one,'
and closes with "love and kisses from
jour own Carrie."
It Is probable that only the heroism
of another woman, Mrs. Shepherd,
dining-room girl at the botel, pre
vented Grandjean from finishing his
work and murdering Carrie Swof
ford. Mrs. Shepherd rushed up to
the struggling paid and seised the
hatchet and endeavored to wrest It
from Grandjean's grasp, saying as he
did so, "If you bit her again, I'll use
tbe hatchet on you." Her bravery
caused the crated man to relinquish
Ills grasp on the weapon and flee up
stairs, where be made an end of blm.
aelf.
The Woman's Story.
"Will came Into the kitchen where
I was at work getting dinner," said
Carrie Swofford as.the doctor washed
tbe blood from her head, "and asked
xoe to give him a cup of coffee. I did
so, and told blm there were some bis
cuits In the oven that be could help
himself to. He got them and ate
some. I told blm that after that I
didn't want blm coming around at
that time of day and asking for
breakfast. If he couldn't get down
when other people ate, he could do
-without. He didn't aay anything
then, but when be got up from tbe
table, he walked over to where I keep
the hatchet I nse In cutting meat, and
picked It up and struck me on tbe
head. He tried to hit me again, and
I must have put up my band, tor my
finger Is hurt and the ring la driven
away Into the flesh.
Borrowed Her Money.
A, "I bave helped that man tor
xaontbs. I've loaned him money time
and again when be needed It, and
have done everything for him that I
could. And thla la tbe pay I get.
1 have always been doing things for
people all my lite and getting the
-worst of It. I wish I had never seen
Blm. .
y "I met him about six months ago
out at the Twelve-Mile bouse, where
I was working as cook, and ha was
painting. Yea, we were pretty good
friends. And this la what It has
come to. He waa Just pealoua; that
Is all that and tbe whisky, for he
had been drinking hard for three or
Jour days."--,,n,i.v-u ,
t Grandjean was very careful and
ellberate In his self-murder. Beat
ing himself on the edge ot the bed, he
took the two-ounce bottle of carbolic
add which ha had stolen from the
cook, removed tbe cord, drank about
three-fourths of the contents and
carefully corking the bottle again,
replaced It in his Inside Coat pocket.
And then be died. An empty whisky
bottle lay on the cbalr beside the bed.
' He had evidently taken one last drlnfl
before taking leave of life and drinks
forever. No note ot any kind was
found.
R. L. Squires, who happened to be
In tbe house at the time of the trag
edy, which occurred at about 10:15,
called up the police station and told
the desk man of the attempted mur
der, but did not know at the time
that Grandjean had committed sui
cide. In fact, he did not even go up
stairs after Grandjean until the ar
rival of Officer Abbott, a few min
utes later, being afraid, he says, that
Grandjean might attempt to kill blm,
too. When Abbott arrived he went
p to Grandjean' room, No. 41, and
lying on the bed with bis feet on the
floor, dead.
Waa Glancing Blow.
The officer summoned Dr. George
W. Tamlesle to care tor the wounded
woman. The doctor arrived within a
few minutes and sewed up tbe wound
In the woman's scalp. Fortunately
the ax bad struck ber a glancing
blow, otherwise It would bave killed
her Instantly. The most painful In-
Jury was to the finger, tbe ring be
ing so deeply sunk Into It from the
force of tbe blow that she stopped
with her hand that It was necessary
to cut the ring off before tbe wound
could be dressed. i
Deputy Coroner Dunning arrived
and took charge of ber body. No-.
body except Carrie Swofford appear-.
ed to know anything ot Grandjean
except that he yas a pointer, had been
out of work for some time and bad j
been rooming at tbe botel for about
a month.
Letters found In tbe dead man's
suitcase, however, show that he had
a sister In Springfield, 111. Most of
the letters were simply signed, "Tour
sister, H. C," but one ot them bears
the signature, "H. Crofton." She ap
pears to bave been a faithful corre
spondent, one of the letters stating
that she would write to blm once a
week. Another letter Is from a
brother, C. B. Grandjean, and Is dat
ed at New Berlin, III. Another broth
er, Roy L. Grandjean, also lives at
Springfield.
The dead man appears to have
been the owner of a house at Spring
field, a number of letters in reference
to Its rental being found. His band
book shows a deposit of 1400 made
In the Commercial National bank of
Los Angeles on January 10, 1908.
There are no stubs to show that any
of It bas been withdrawn, although
Carrie Swofford says she bas on sev
eral occasions loaned blm money.
Grandjean appears to bave been
between 35 and 40 years of age and
unmarried. The body baa been tak
en to the morgue.
CHINA EMPEROR AND EMPRESS.
Particulars In Connection With Their
Deaths; Very Peculiar Customs.
PEKING, Nov. 19. The edict or
dering posthumous honors for the
late dowager empress was Issued to
day. It enumerates for the fourth
time since the death of bis majesty
the program of reforms to which tbe
new regime Is committed. Accurate
Information as to the last days of
the emperor waa obtained today
from the palace. The emperor made
a speech less than an hour before
his death. He passed away during a
period ot the greatest excitement
and confusion.
His native physician gave orders
that the emperor be dressed for
death and that the Imperial yellow
clay be spread over the road leading
from the winter palace to the for
bidden city. At the same time the
Imperial conveyance was made ready
to convey the emperor to the bed
chamber. Both their majesties
awaited the coming of the grim
reaper clad In their full official
robes and surrounded by hundreds
of court officials and followers.
It waa a barbarous exhibition ot
soulless and Inhuman formality and
etiquette of the court.
On the night of November 16 the
empress called the members ot the
grand council together and talked
with them for some time. She was
lying prone, but fully dressed. Af
ter an hour'a consultation the eoun
clllora were dismissed and told to
return at I o'clock In the morning
with the edicts prepared to announce
the succession to the throne. It Is
reported that her majesty was able
to signify ber assent to these pecul
iar edicts, but Immediately after
ward lapsed Into unconsciousness
and waa dead In tbe morning.
Pa Tl, the baby emperor, has been
taken from his family and cared for
within the palace precincts. He Is
popularly reported as crying day
and nlgbt for hla old nurse.
KAISER MUCH ISOLATED.
BERLIN, Nov. It. The results of
the representations made to Empe
ror William yesterday by Chancellor
von Buelow and the consequent lm
perlal pledge to, keep both speeches
and acta within close constitutional
grounds, are measured In colder
wood by the people ot Germany to
day. The emperor Is still much Iso
lated from the sympathlea of both
the upper and lower levels of soci
ety.
The talk among tbe friends of the
chancellor and the ministers today
Is that they must wait and see how
the emperor acts when the next
keenly Interesting public question
comes up. Doubt exists aa to
whether, at the age of SO, the em
peror's Impulsive and candid dispo
sition can be so modified by tbe
events ot the past fortnight that he
will depart from a practice he has
followed during the It years of bis
reign.
Prince Von Buelow and hla party
will pursue an opportune policy, af
firming resolutely that the Imperial
conduct will faithfully follow the Im
perial word.
For Chronic Diarrhoea.
"While In the army In 18(1 I was
taken with chronic diarrhoea," says
George M. Felton, ot South Gibson,
Pa. "I bave since tried many reme
dies but without any permanent re
lief, nntll Mr. A. W. Miles, of this
place, persuaded me to tryChamber
laln'a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, one bottle of which stopped
It at once." For aal by Chaa Strang
EMPLOYERS'
LIABILITY ACT
Among the many important meas
ures that will be Introduced in the
state legislature this winter will be
a bill for an employers' liability law.
Such a measure bas been Indorsed by
the legislative committees of the
state grange and the Oregon State
Fetlf ration of Labor. These commit
tees are considering other legislative
matters which will be drafted Into .
presentable form and presented for
the consideration ot tbe state's law
makers. The provisions of tbe proposed law
remove the limit of the amount of
damages the relatives or legal guard
ians ot a deceased workman may sue
tor injuries resulting In tbe death of
an employe. In practically all cases
resulting In Injury or death It Is pro
vided that the negligence of a fellow
servant shall not be a defense to an
action for damages. The failure of
employers to surround their employes
with all reasonable safeguards Is sub
ject on conviction to a fine ot from
1100 to $1000.
At Portland the Central Labor
Council, head body of the labor or
ganisations ot that city, appointed a
committee of five members, of which
W. H. Fltigerald is chairman, to rep
resent that organization In co-opera-tion
with the legislative committees
of the state grange and the State
Federation of Labor in preparing
various legislative measures demand
ed by those organizations for presen
tation to the legislature when It con
venes. The text ot the employers' liability
act Is as follows:
An act providing for the protec
tion and safety of persons engaged In
the construction, repairing, alteration
or other work, upon buildings,
bridges, viaducts and other struc
tures, or engaged In any work upon
or about electrical wires, or conduct
ors or poles, or supports, or other
electrical contrivances carrying a
dangerous current of electricity; or
about any machinery or In any dan
gerous occupation, and extending and
defining the liability of employers In
any or all acts ot negligence, or for
Injury or death of tbeir employes,
and defining who are the agenta of
the employer and declaring what
shall not be a defense in actlona by
employes against employers."
ANOTHER PORTLAND MVRDER.
Watchman on Oue of the Boata Waa
Killed and Then Robbed.
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 19. The
dead body ot M. C. Rasmussen, a
watchman on the steam schooner
Washington was found In the en
gine room of the schooner tonight.
His head bore a wound apparently
made by a blunt Instrument, His
watch bad been torn from the chain
and only $29, a small part of what
his friends think he possessed, was
found In his bunk.
Rasmussen was last aeen alive
Wednesday by four members ot the
crew of the British ship Leyland
Brothers, which waa moored alond-
slde tbe Washington. Rasmussen
was seen in company with a well
dressed stranger. The pair went in
to Xhe engine room and shortly af
terward the stranger was seen to
hurry away from the schooner, while
Rasmnssen was not again aeen alive.
Becoming alarmed at his long ab
sence, the three sailors on the Ley
land Brothers and C. L. Johnson,
foreman on the dry dock, alongaide
which both the Washington and the
ship were moored, instituted a
search for the missing watchman. On
entering the engine room they came
npon hla body. -
LAD OBEYS FATHER. '
Faring Starvation, Aged Alaskan
Warns Son Not to Disturb Him.
8EATTLE, Nor. It. Pathetic
was tbe ending of Charles Haynee, a
pioneer Alaska trapper, news of
whose death is at hand from the
Naas river country. Two brother
trappers found the aged man dead
in bis cabin, and-only their timely
discovery saved bis 6-year-old son
from starvation.
Telling the child that he was go
ing to bave a long sleep and that he
must not try to awaken him, Haynes
pointed to the one solitary loaf of
bread the shack contained and
warned htm that he must not eat It
all at once, but just take a little ev
ery day; also warning him to eat
sparingly of a small turnip and sev
eral carrots In a box behind tbe stove.
He then gave directions that a hand
kerchief lying on the table be placed
over his face when he was quiet, say
ing: "You must not look on papa's face
when he Is asleep." The sick man
then lay back and died. The orders
were faithfully carried out by the
poor child, except that when blood
oozed from hla father'a mouth he
stuffed tbe handkerchief In to stop It.
For four long days and nights,
without a apark of fire to warm bis
shivering body and with no food
other than a morsel of dry bread
and the raw vegetables, the little fel
low watted patiently for hla father to
awaken, each night getting quietly
Into bed with the cold and lifeless
form, bnt obedient to hla Instructions
never once attempting to awaken him
nor even murmuring at the cold from
When discovered by the trappers
the frightened child took refuge un
der tbe bed. Tbe bread was all gone
and but two small carrota remained.
No amount of coaxing could induce
blm to talk, but when the curtains
which surrounded the bed In the cor
ner of the shack were parted the
whole story was at once known.
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS.
That Is the Amount Involved lu
California Land Deal.
8T. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. II. The
Republic tomorrow will say that ne
gotiations are pending between Rut-
,edge and Kllpatrlck of this city and
a syndicate of eastern financial men
for acquisition ot tbe entire land of
the stockholdings of tbe firm of Mil
ler & Lut of San Francisco. Tbe St.
Louis firm has an option on the
property.
The deal Involves more than 120,
000,000 and will mean tbe passing of
the greater part ot the butcher busi
ness ot the Pacific slope Into the
hands of Eastern men, who, the dis
patches from the west assert, are
affiliated with tbe beet trust.
ECHO OP BRADLEY CASE.
The Jury Which Acquitted Her Meet
and Send Her Message.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. The
Jury which one year ago held the fate
of Mrs. Annie Bradley, slayer ot Ar
thur Brown' ot Utah in Its hands,
met last night at a banquet held In
this city. The following telegram was
sent to Mrs. Bradley, who Is at pres
ent engaged In newspaper work In
Salt Lake City:
"The Jury which acquitted you a
year ago sends congratulations and
best wishes for your success In your
undertakings."
The dinner was given in honor ot
Daniel A. Newman a member ot the
Jury, who leaves today for the Isle of
Pines to make his home.
23,000 A YEAR.
Court Ignores Mrs. Gould's Flea That
She Needs STOOO Monthly.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. Katherlne
Clemmons Gould, wife nf Howard
Gould, the multi-millionaire, was
awarded an annual alimony of $25,
000 by the supreme court today. The
sum ot $120,000 was demanded by
counsel for Mrs. Gould, but It was
represented by the attorneys for
Gould that he had suffered material
reduction of his Income through
losses and Investments.
The plea of Mrs. Gould that her ex
penses were $7000 monthly was not
considered by tbe court.
The hearing of te suit for sepa
ration, with Its expected attendant
scandal, will probably begin In Jan
uary. SAVED THE TOTS.
Bnt the Man Who Bravely Did So
Now Has Hydrophobia.
CHICAGO, Nov. 19. Gustav A.
Wolff, Jr.,' died at the German-American
hospital early yesterday morn
ing of hydrophobia. Tbe young man,
who was 22 years old, was bitten on
the right hand August 0 In rescuing
several small children from a rabid
dog while they were playing near his
old home. The wound was dressed
and healed, and it was believed he
waa out of danger until Sunday,
when he complained ot a pain In hla
hand. A physician examined him and
found him too far gone to be taken
to the Pasteur Institute.
LINCOLN SPEECH FOR ALL.
Committee Wis hen Every School to
Hear It on Anniversary.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. The su
perintendent of every school district
In the United States will be asked
by the Lincoln centenary committee
ot this city to have Lincoln's Gettys
burg address read to tbe children in
their schools at noon precisely on
February 12 next, the one hundredth
anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's
birth.
A suggestion to this effect was
adopted at a meeting ot the commit
tee held today. , .
Lama Back.
This aliment Is usually caused by
rheumatism of the muscles of the
small ot the back, and Is quickly
cured by applying Chamberlain's
Liniment two or three tlmea a day
and massaging the parts at each ap
plication. For sale by Chas. Strang.
Why Colds Are Dangeroas.
Because yon have contracted or
dinary colds and recovered from
them without treatment of any kind,
do not for a moment Imagine that
colds are not dangerous. Everyone
knows that pneumonia and ebronic
catarrh bave tbeir origin in a com
mon cold. Consumption Is not cau
sed by a cold but tbe cold prepares
the system for tbe reception and 'de
velopment of the germs that would
not otherwise have found lodgment.
It Is tbe same with all Infectious dis
eases. Diphtheria, scarlet fever,
measles and whooping cough are
much more likely o be contracted
when the child bas a cold. You. will
see from this that more real danger
lurks In a cold than in any other of
tbe common ailments. The easiest
and quickest way to core a cold Is to
take Chamberlains cough Remedy.
The many remarkable cures effected
by this preparation have made it a
staple article or trade over a large
part of the world. For aal by
Chaa. Strang.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THX MAIL,
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According to the i.elg:'am recolved
yesterday by Recorder BenJ. M. Col
lins, on behalf ot tho city, the bund
ing company of John Nuveen H Co
of the city of Chlcaco Is ime f the
most charitable organizations lu the
world doing a financial builuen.
It will be remembered that the Nu
veen firm agreed to taka the M.-d-ford
water bonds to the extent of
$365,000. "Well, they haro tuken
them, all right, all right, but It the
city Is to receive anything in return,
or Just what tbe organization it will
ing to donate to the city Is something
which time alone can tell. However,
from the way the affair now looks
the city appears to be In a pretty bad
tlx.
To begin with, the city agreed to
pay the bonding company a commis
sion of $18,000, which amount was
to be deducted from the $365,000.
When the agreement was signed by
Recorder Collins and Mayor Reddy
it was expected that soon after the
full amount of the balance would be
forthcoming from the company In
tbe coin of the realm. Now It may
be possible that the city will be of
fered finally the privilege ot turn
ing over everything In order to call
the matter square.
The following telegram was sent
to the firm Wednesday by the rep
resentatives of the city:
"John Nuveen ft Co., Chicago.
No bonds will be delivered except up
on payment ot principal and accrued
Interest, less your commission. Shall
we send them subject to these terms?
"A. E. REAMES,
"Attorney for the City.
B. M. COLLINS,
"City Recorder."
That brought from the Nuveen
company the following reply:
B. M. Collins, City Recorder,
Medtord, Or. : Telegram received. In
sist bonds being delivered wltb all
coupons attached according terms our
contract. Endeavored be fair and of
fered divide interest. It not accept
ed, withdraw this offer and Insist
upon strict compliance our contract.
Do not believe city desires test mat
ter in federal court as delay more ex
pensive them than us. If we took up
all bonds Immediately and allowed
city half accrued Interest, would this
be satisfactory? Wire. With due
respect your attorney's opinion, larg
est and most prominent corporation
and bond attorneya here. Including
Judge supreme court, hold contract
absolutely enforceable. Consider
question of contract authorized by
ordinance mere technicality, as
mayor and yourself both certified
that you accepted proposition under
authority ot city council and city de
livered part of bonds under terms
thereof. Does city desire an arbitra
ment of court?
We can afford this better tban
city, although disliking lawsuits. We
are disposed to be fair and willing to
make concessions, but not willing
concede everything. It appeals to
any one'a ordinary business sense
that money cannot be engaged and
held without cost. We will hold city
liable for commissions and prospect
ive profits on sale ot bonds, as delay
la causing loss every day. Wire re
ply Immediately.
"JOHN NUVEEN ft CO.,
"Bankers."
In addition to tbe $18,000 of com
mission on tbe bonds, this makes an
additional difference of about I'loOO.
This would make a difference all told
ot $25,500 from the amount called
for of tbe bond Issue before the city
receives one cent from the company
in return.
Up till a late hour last night the
matter stood like this: The lawyers
representing the city bave Issued an
ultimatum to tbe bonding company
refusing to send any more bonds ex
cept upon payment of the accrued In
terest and principal, less the commis
sion. Just what the reply will be,
of course, cannot be told for a cer
tainty, but It Is expected that it will
be very much along the lines of tbe
one received yesterday.
HUNTS la YEARS FOR CHILD.
When Woman Finds Her Boy Co art
Decides She Can't Have Him.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 21.
After prosecuting the search for her
child for IS years, finding the boy in
Belllngham last June, the adopted
son ot A. W. Demlng, Mis Maude
Fields of St. Louis failed today to
secure possession ot the child. Judge
Neterer of the Superior court giving
the boy Into the charge of Its adopt
ed parents.
When the child was three months
old Miss Fields left It at a hospital In
St. Louis, returning for It three
weeks later. It bad been adopted
and fnrtther Information was refus
ed her, Thelong aearch commenced
which ended In Belllngham, and four
months' legal battle followed on a
habeas corpus writ.
William Barnes, father of the, is
now a wealthy Chicago resident.
Miss Fields became hysterical and
threatened to take her life when the
decision was rendered.
Two rich merchant at Robinson
vllle, Miss., fought a duel the other
day, and both are dead. Parte Is sure
to regard that as a badly bungled affair.
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