THE ASHLAND ADVERTISER,
flonarch of the Amateurs.
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Vol. III.
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AhHLAXD. OKMJOS, W K I) X EM) AY. NOVEMBER «. 1H9&.
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THE DECISION QUICKLY flADE.
THAT WICKED GUN.
DURRANT fWST DIE.
A l:le»h Wound from Which no Serious Result
If Anticipated.
The Verdict ol the Jury Heartily Endorsed by
the People.
Theodore Purrant, who has been on
trial in San Francisco for sometime past
for the murder of Blanche Lamont, is
now a man destitute of liope. The fol
lowing verdict seals his future: “ We, the
jury, find the defendant, William Henry
Tlieodore Purrant, guilty of murder in
the first degree.'* The verdict was ren
dered by the jury at four o’clock last
Friday afternoon.
The jury retired to their room at half
past three after an address that extended
through an hour and a half by Judge
Murphy. A deliberation of twenty min
ute! united the opinions of ilw mem-
liers of the jury and bv four o'clock the
people in the crowded court room knew
that Purrant was to die for the murder
of Blanche laimont.
The verdict of the jury is heartily en
dorsed by the people, and not until the
murderer has been swung into eternity
will some of them be satisfied.
Friday, November 8 is the day art for
the sentence. On that day, also, trial
v>f the Minnie Williams casv will lie set.
Another shooting accident, w hile not
serious, exemplifying the saying that
“guns are dangerous playthings in the
hands of small boys, you know,” oc
curred last Saturday forenoon.
The participants in the accident were
Harry High and Lloyd Cox,while an old
thirty-two caliber revolver played a
prominent part. The boys, having found
the revolver, lrought some cartridges for
it and went down upon Bear Creek to
hunt. In attempting to extract a cart
ridge from the revolver, on their return,
young High accidentally discharged the
weapon, the ball grazing his thumb and
ploughing a gash through young Cox’s
left arm.
Pr. Browers dressed the wound and no
serious result is anticipated.
Satisfied at Last.
It is an old saying that the farmer is a
hard man to please and satisfy; no
sooner is he thoroughly complaining of
too much rain than the necessity for ir-
rigation stan»s him in the face, and start«»
him investigating the latest practical
and profitable methods. Experience
The 5ta*e Held Up.
now con firms the claim that a Hercules
Gasoline Gas Engine solves the problem
A. C. Freck, a rough character who of economical, reliable power; and for
had lieen placed in the Klamath County once the farmer is suited, for a Palmer
jail for horse-stealing, preferring free A Rev Pumping Plant so operated gives
dom to confinement, escaped last Friday. him a chance of clearing his overflown
After obtaining bis freedom, he pro lands, and, later on, of flooding his
ceeded to bob I up the Ager-Link ville ¡»arched fields, lieaides using his engine
Stage. The hold-up was made within for cutting feed, sawing wood and run
almut twelve miles of Klamath Falls ning churns, etc.
early Sunday morning. The stage was
halted, relieved of the mail ami told to
Will not Fight.
|iass on.
Deputy Sheriff Gordon, being al>oard
The chances of the Corl»ett-Fitzsim-
the stage, returned shortly to ca^e the
escaped bird and was successful in his mons mill taking place in Arkansas an*
efforts and the robber is again behind very slight. Telegraph offices have been
the bars, decidedly the worse for his ordered to return all money collected for
bulletins.
lawlessness.