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I'JUNEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, OCfOl! Kit 3 1,1901.
NO. 46
VOL V.
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LYTLE HOT GUILTY
Jury's Verdict After Be
ing Out 18 Honrs.
Defended Wife's Honor
Thle, Ho Saye, Waa Why Ee Killed
Emraett Eaaan, and Jury
Muat Have Agreed So.
Tlio principal event of thin term
of Circuit Court was the trial of
Andrew 1). Lytic for tho killing of
Kmmctt Eitgun, July 21, near Per
ham's saw . mill. The testimony
introduced did not vary materially
from that introduced at the pre
liminary examination, and was to
tho effect that Kagan attempted to
criminally assault Mm. Lytlo dur
ing the absence of her husband.
The State presented its (tide of
the case in an able manner and
the defence wan ably handled, but
the jury evidently accepted Mrs.
Lytlc's testimony as being true, and
in doing ho, could render but one
verdict, as it iH an unwritten law
that a husband has the right to de
fend his. wife' lioiwr,, no mutter
what the consequences nviy be It
in to be hoped that al! parties are
satisfied, us the case wus fuirly
tried before an impartial jury of
representative men of the county.
Mrs. Lytlu's testimony in sub
stance wan that Eagtn came to her
home on the afternoon of Thurs
day, July 18, und took liberties
j wiih her, and that she tried to get
him to leave her alone; he finally
left, but returned again that! night,
und came into her bed; room,. ud
taking her from the bed and throw
ing her upon the floor, attempted
to outrage her, but after a struggle
that lasted for some time, Eugan
left. Her husband returning home
Saturday noon, v and that niglt
after they had retired, she inform
ed him of Kagau's conduct. Lytle
uro.se and went to tho pasture
for bin horse", but could not
catch it until daylight, lie then
;odo to a neighbor's house, borrow
ed a revolver, and then proceeded
to tho bunk house of the n '1 where
Eagan was sleeping and opening
the door, shot him. ,...;,...,
Following "is the jury: J II
drav. (foreman). J'L Window, C
11 Allen, C (i Eon(;Udy Hajwy, W
Elliott, W II Foster, J D llarrill,
C A Gilchrist,, Frank Johnson,. J H
Pemaris, und J C Johnson.
i Iiu Ulentii of the Trlnl.-; .", ,1
Defendant j.leai -'"not guilty"
Oct. 22, 9 a m.
Went to trial ict. 25, 1:30 J) m
Jury.empaui kd 5 p m sam6 d:iy.
Saturday: State's introduction
, of cvidiiuwj and linished. 4;0 p m,
fame day, and at 7:15 p m the de-fi-ndent
look the witness stand; fol
lowed by Mrs Lytle and other wit-
ncssefl for the -defence, and all had
, testified by 8:45!. .,,
Monday, Oct. 23. 9 to 10:45 a m
i wag taken up by the state in in
troducing ; , rebuttal tcstimony..
W A Bell, for tno tato, addressed,
the jury at ll':04 am and spoke
in an able mannor for, 48 minutes.
' At l:p6 p m, M E 1 Brink, for the
defendant, addressing the jury,
fpoko tor 23 minutes. He was fol
lowed by Barnes, in a 52 minute
argument, received by applause at
tho close. Menefee then addressed J
tht jury for 49 minutes in a modest i
but fcblc munner. '1 he Judge then " ;
gave the jury instructions and they, , . ,
filed into the jury room at 4 prnitflrS. b. Ji. MajTOIl oPTl-
nd lifter 18 hours rendered a ver
dict of not guilty.
Only. 27 witness out of 44 that
were subpoeuied were called.
Poat Items.
Fmm our regular e"rreHiiIi:iit.
The hay bands are at work again
putting Up the third crop of alfalfa.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Jessee, of
Westfall, are visiting with relatives
in this vicinity.
Ed Gillen water returned from a
business trip to Mitchell last week.
Some of our bachelors boys are
putting up new houses and others
are repairing their old ones. We
are to lose some of our neighbors
and hope this is a sign that we are
to gain some new ones.
Mr. and Mrs.' Chas. Spaugh, of
Looking Glass, Pugolas county,
y-,. ,it Mm fimt tiart of the week
v
isilina with Mrs Spraugh's parents
Mr. und Mrs. J. W. Wimcr.
J. H. Kclley and family have
returned from a recent trip to the
volb-y.
Frank Hughes arrived on Thurs
days staE" frm Hoquiani, Wash
ington. Frank spent' last winter
on the creek and made many
friends while here.
Eugene Wimer, accompanied by
bis wife, returned from Roselmrg
last Thursday. Frosty Nohth.
Price Paragraphs.
Kfiim irar regular eorinimli-iit,
Farnvrs are still busy putting
in their fall crops in this vicinity.
N. B. Moses returned the first of
the week from 'a ' business trip to
Prineville.
. Randall Gibson and Charles
Bedell were on tho Creek recently
looking after business affairs.
Charles has returned from, Al
bany, where he went several weeks
ago to sell "horses. He brought
home a'disfigured man and a side
padrileA Chac'ey we don't quite
understand this.
Will Gilchrist ' and daughter,
Mrs. E-Laugldin, passed through
here last week enroute to Prineville.
Norns Morean has buut a new i
house on his homestead.
Hawkins Brothers are again pi -
pnutore of tno fluiiry saw nnu.
(Ji T. Boy nton, of- this section,
went to Prineville hist week to
serve as a juryman.
L. V. Tice is again a resident of
this purt of tUe worJd.--Ji'Miio. ;
'A Wttruyr.'-J'iike man over, in
. . , .,, i f', I a very serious cuse but he thought
ions of stock salt, gathered from!" -r r,
the laky marsh this" PV.mmer. 'Ofllllttl " ul 6
course the salt is mixed with ,lirt
and is only lit
for stock 'pnrpose
During a favorable rain several
years ago over six hundred tons
were gathered, r ' '-.,,
" A man in California aceidently
found a mountain of copper; u
liueking broncho uncovered a for
tune ledge for tho ridet in Idaho; a
Nevada farmer finds" gold in the
1 1 1 ..1 ni lwi aMn ,f !
laou 110 wan inunniB v.. i.m
.. l.ill 1 uhnvoU it nn(a".lninl-1!t5rit'g9
andgets,25 a ton out .of it. Is
th.'t ..nD frnm tnt1AftV ' nf Villi'.
illlQ DUI.I.II30 .IUIU i-"
pose, or success irom just piain
good luck. , Tenacity is all right
but it needs good luck occasionally
a a lubricant or it will lueak loose.
Ex. .''---
A SAD ACCIDENT
ously Injured.
Hope3 for Her Recovery
Team Frightened by Falling Tree
ani Baokod Off oftJraae on
Santiam Road.
Last Tuesday about four o'clock
as Mr. and Mrs. 8. R. Slayton were
traveling on their way to the valley
about one fourth mile above the
Walton ranch they met a team and
as the grade is very narrow at that
point the teams could not pass.
Mr. Slayton got out of his wagon
and went to the assistance of the
man coming up and togethei they
backed his wagon about forty yards
l"c B'uo- vau
accomplished their work, a crash
was heard and on looking up they
saw a tree fall on the hillside above
them, and frightened the team and
it lunged forward and together
with, the falling tree frightened Mr
Claytons team which backed off the
grade and rolled into the river
something like 6hcThundred' feet.
Mrs. Slayton was carried " down
With -.tho wajtori ''iamlv' sustained
frightful" injuries' 'ijich may yet
prove fatal JVg soon as Mr. Slay
ton saw the loam hacking. up he
ran to it, but it' was to late to do
any good-, , He followed iown the
declivity and was .at ' the bottom
almost as soon as the team and
rescued Mrs. . Slayton from the
water into., which she had fallen,
which at that place Is quite deep.
Mrs. Slayton sustained a 'broken
limb and several, flesh wounds.
Dr. Lamberson was' summoned
from Lebanon and set the limb and
had . Mrs. Clayton removed to
Lebanon at once, . where she is
now. II Parry was the man met at
the point of the accident anl who
went to their assistance and remain
mi w iih them' until Thursday. Mr
Parry brought uewsto this, place.
Ed Slayton wont to Lebanon Thurs
day and is'withHhis parents. Mr.
Slayton ..did not sustain, any in
juries of a seriqn nature. .One of
the horses died, 'tho ' jMlof i;g day
and the other thought to bo all
right; the wagorf was almost m
total wreck and the wonder is thiit
Mrs. Slayton was not instantly
killed. The ddctof said that if Was
.
Turwiccl as n'rop,
Tanveed has come to the front ! timber,! n the northern jiartofthe
as one of California's diversified and; district that is practically un
vnlnnhln urodiiets. nd under tbei towihed. Much of this timber b
scientific name of tirindella robusta
is being shipped 'to an eastern pV
tent medicjneliirnand.mahufac -
tuivu Ji vv v.- Kb
l,Jffa Aruiw sivs-
ArgUSSajS.
J. V."Tliomp
Outd baledljlivich;, Malheur ton
'75 bales of '250 pound each last year (heads in this district anJ.ioulo
,l,m i.mn ilKullt ihto fill n i 1 afford an outlet for the timber oi.
U1IU W 111 , 'ivt.io wuvnv v , . "
quanity this year. Ana thus a
market has been established, for
what has hitherto been considered
worthless and a niiifance ' .
Hold Train Itoblier.
What is perhaps one of the
boldest trainrobberics on record
occured on the Southern Pacific
near Cottage Grove last Tuesday
morning. Tho robber got away
with the contents of five registered
mail pouches, which are supposed
to have contained several hundred
dollars.
A despe'ate attempt was madetc
pillage the express v;ar, but this
was followed by the resistance of
Messenger Charles F. Charles.
But one robber was actively en
gaged. There is evidence, however
that another was present, and a
theory that three were in the gang.
The trouble began when the train
had passed safely outside the yard
limits of Cottage Grove, and ended
within sight of the lights of Eugene,
the main part of the train being
left within about two miles of
Cottage Grove, when it was deemed
unsafe to continue the assault on
the express car. The Sheriffs of
Lane and Douglas Counties were
promptly on the hunt. Piiikerton
detectives were sent to the scene
on the first . train from Port
land, and a Deputy United
States Marshal and three postal in
spectors went up from Portland
to take part in the search for the
robbers. The robber performed in
the regulation Jessee James style
and carried , things with a high
hand. After exploding a large
amount of dynamite against the
expre car without results, the
engineer was ordered to cut out
everything but the mail car and
move ahead which he did. The
robber left the car near Eugene.
I No clue has vet been founds :
Burn Oregon Land lUtrlct.
Of all the Counties in the. State
of Oregon, which Offers unlimited
opportunities, for the : exercise of
energy, capital and good .business
judgment, there is , perhaps none
where this can be better found than
in the County of Harney. ,
It has . water, timber, minerals
and oils, and the thousands of
acres of rich agricultural lands,
which are waiting to be appropri
ated by living energetic citizens,
This country extends 'north trom
the Nevada line for one hundred
and fity miles, and is about ninety
miles across from east to west.
' Within its borders are the Stein
Mountain?, Malheur, and Harney
lakes? and innumerable small
streams (which are filled with trout
and jOtber, fish Jindf trill . afford
water W irrigation Jof several mil
lion acjres of land, asjjrell as fdr-:
nifchintf lightAnJ'-jW in great
i ..," X t, .-, '-.'J . i
amounts, leioines without num
ber can find' a substantial footing
(ii this itof 'un'rrounding counties
ift this district, and a small enipirt
might easly be built up that coUm
sustain- iVli w W Imt- liUiw
tance from outside markets. There
Urn nearly f.uy townships of fine
tributary W ilvle3 Uiver on
the soath side of the divide, unu
hhe heail, waters. f the John Ua
tin; timber lands in the south-
- eru part of Grant County on the
I i -
L
, uie east. BnureiusicHi.t
j for the capitalists and citizens who
settle in tho Bums District Pub.
J lie Land.-.- 1
GENERAL HEWS.
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There
3ome Stolen, Others Not
Culllngs From Our Exchanges
News No tee of the Week
Timely Topics
The Judge Advocate General of
the Army in his report for the year
just ended shows that there were
6,065 trials by general court marti
al being 600 less than the preced
ing year.
The L. J. Whitney dog and
pony show, 1 which was or
ganited in Spokane last winter
and spring, recently went to piece
in the Sound country and wa
sold out at auction. '
Hay throughout the valley is
not as plentiful as it was last year,
and it is demanding a good price.
As most of the rancher? have sold
their beef cattle there is iio un
easiness over the possibility of a
severe winter. Lakeview Rustler.
Oregon butter, put up in tins
last June for export trade, scored
93 points, at the '. Pan-American.
exposition, being one-half point
higher than standard freh butter,
and highest point scored ior ex
port butter, c '
According to Sheriff ,Vfijliam
Frazier, many hundred ( lieud of
horses have been taken fron. tho
ranges of eastern Oregon and other
parts of the 6tate, for ue in tho
armies of the world. Just a; pres
ent the United States Government
ageuts are looking out for 1'out
300 head for. use in the Ariihery
branch.,. ! - t ,,.:. t ..,.;.
From the Scientific Atn;.-.ican
we learn that a meteoric siiov.-t r of
shooting stars, 'equal to1' re
nowned showers of the yeai v 1799,
1833 and 1867, will kr on
November 15th of this '.xn'ir. .n Let
ali remember the date, to: if ie!i
a shower of stars falls Us- tfrtileied
it is something to bewirii - of
more than ordinary irt;er- Mv '
Sport' rivalling jn" ex',;- 'i: -nt
that of iiWift'alo hunt, is f - i'. ed
to take 'i-lace in Wasbint:t:m md
Iron counties in Utah, :uV! ;v sa
the line into Northern -'iia
Tliiirsdny. when the p.'ojle '.lie
Cana3a'n . uistricftxhfi ; " ' et
forth a extermi nafe", V -' ' '' '.. ny
.. . i i ;.. ; -desert
horses' as
can I
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" i.-J -I-; kd i;
j. poughis, county, .girl's ,'
.tight; Mjrf Knirua iici;,ll.u
g.neer. .at; her : father.....;
.Miw. .V';l.'ollun) liiuk;.'--1-'
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work tlKruh,ly , au.d .
.of atjl.ii her hands. w;r-ii i.
sary.. Yhc country, y.iL.i i ...i
ter off, if there , wer.v .-.tn tv
i l .....
, btUous .yung .;la,die. -a.-";; -.,
;nmny "uwivfpjnis'-. ,
i F'ilh ?. en land is' hfi-i' :
epidemic in Slmniit N
everyone- wno has -h'-lie-"
right is lalking 'of -go in' -
Agency PJa.ns oountiyMi-- ' :
a' homestead. r ilie laii.l.i-.;.
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very Lxt quality, ani n(
producing st-ction cam
celled ' anywhere-' in ! ?
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