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CUTTING AFFRAY
AT LAMONTA
Walter Smith is Stabbed
by Fred Freeman and
Harry Pitzer Placed
Under Arrest
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Announcement
Boyd Adama having purchased an interest
with 0. 0. Dunham in the New York Racket
Store, and they having purchased the stock of
Clothing and Furnishing Goods of B. Gormley
desire to annouce to the public that the new
firm has moved into the building formerly occu
pied by Mr. Gormley and will do business in our
new quarters under the firm name of the
owl eastf STORE
In our new Quarters we have more room and in
addition to the large stock which wa now have
wo will add several new lines makinc our store
the most complete and up-to-date in the county.
We wish to call your special attention to our
Shoo Department as we intend to make this our
specialty and cater to the wants of the particular
Thanking you for your patronage in the past
and with a cordial invitation for all to call and
see us in our new quarters we are
- Yours respectfully,
DUNHAM & ADAMS
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Ai a result ot a fight Ix-twcen
Fred Freein-.n and Walter Foiith
over an obscene story j urjorted to
to have Wen circulated by Fmltb
again! Freeman and Harry Pitzer
and arcuing Freeman of 4he crime
of sodomy, .Smith is dow lyin at
death's door at the home of his
father, T. M. Smith, near Larr.onta,
Oregon, Freeman is a fugitive
from justice, and Pitzer ia under
bond a an accessory for assault
with a dangerous weapon.
The fight occurred at Lamonta,
Sunday evening in front of the
Lan.outa store, where the parties
met and Freeman jumped Fmith
ahout circulating the t lories, who
denied the" first allegation and
affirmed the second, whereupon
Freeman called him a lying
and started to hit
Smith, who remonstrated saying
there was no us for Sghting as
their trouble could be settled with
out that and that he, Freeman,
would get the worst of it fighting.
Freeman was not satisfied and
forced the fight by again starting
for Smith who hit him' between
the eyes knocking him down.
Getting up he tried it over with
the result of being knocked down
the second time. A third" time he
went back but was rgak.. knocktd
down in the same place. A fourth
time he tried it, when Pitzer, who
was standing near watching the
fight jumped in between the two
as if to part them, at the Sctr.e
time handing Freeman a knife
and getting out of the way. Free
man with the knife in his hand
again made for Smith, who seeing
the'knife started to run and as he
turned his back Freeman struck
him twice with the knife, the fir.-t
time penetrated the left lung
and the second struck the back
bone making a long gash.
As Smith fait the knife he yelled
to the crowd ''take him off" and
ran about fifty feet where he se
emed a rock and stopped ready to
defend himself. Freeman also
secured a rock atid started for him,
when the bystanders rushed uo
and stopped them.
Smith weak from the loss of
blood was carried into the house
and made as comfortable as
passible.
Freeman as soon as he realized
what he had done made his de
parture. This was about 8 p. m.
At 10 n. m. he went to Joe Wei-
Ongon. gaud's w here he had been work
ing for the past year and drew
what money he had coming to
him. As soon as he had settled
up with Weigand he left and
nothing since has as yet been
learned of him.
Dr. Edwards and deputy sheriff
J. II. Haner left town for the scene
of trouble about midnight arriving
there at 3 a. m.
i;r. fcidwards upon making an
examination found that the first
wound made by the knife had
penetrated the lung, while the
second had struck the back bone,
making a long flesh wound which
was not considered dangerous.
The first, however, had caused
great loss of blood and on account
of warm weather was considered
dangerous.
Pitzer was placed under arres
by deputy sheriff Haner, and
brought to town Monday. He
waived examination and was
placed under bonds which he
furnished and is now at liberty
until the case is settled.
uotii mun anu freeman are
known here, the former lived here
last winter with his parents. The
latter played ball with the La
monta and Madras teams and was
The big power sheep shearing
plant at the Loveless ranch, was
closed down last Thursday, and
rnont of the shearers have gone
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Shtepshearing machines have
been tried here once before, but
failed to give satisfaction. This
trial, however, has been highly
satisfactory, and no doubt next
year, the plant will start up early
enough to put through all the
sheep that can be driven .to the
pens. It is estimated that from
one to one and a half pounds more
wool can be taken from each sheep
with the machines that can be had
with the blades. The sheep are
no more bruised or cut than hand
sheared sheep, and the process is
much more rapid. The last state
ment will probably be contradict
ed by some, as we heard men say
they could shear more with the
blades than they could with the
machines. These were expert
hand shearers, and with the ma
chine they were only beginners.
When they have become equally
as efficient with the machines, or
in other words, reached the same
deeree of science, they will no
doubt turn out from 25 to 50 more
sheep in a day with the machines
than they were ever able to turn
out with the shears. A scientific
or expert hand shearer must not
undertake to pair himself with a
green hand with the machine for
a demonstration of the rapidity of
the latter process, nor vise versa,
for such would be disparagement.
Complaint was made by some
local shearers too, who said the
machines were robbing the local
shearers of employment they had
depended upon every spring.
Tnis complaint is also unjustifi
SECOND TRIAL
HAS COMMENCED
Case Harder Fought Than
Before bat Is Follow
ing the Same Gen
eral Lines
Unable to agree on a verdict,
the jury which had been deliberat
ing for nearly 4 hours on the
guilt or innocence of Congressman
J. X. V'illiamn, Dr. Van Geaner
and M. R. Biggs was discharged at
1 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Judge De Haven immediately
set the second trial of the defend
ants at 10 o'clock Friday morning,
the case of the United States vs
Jones et al, which had been set for
that time being postponed to a
later date.
Two of the jurors, G. 0. Walker
of Lane county and O. H. Flook
of Douglas county, voted to the
last for the acquittal of all three
of the defendants, the other ten
voting for conviction.
In response to the questions of
the court, the jury stated that
they were unable to agree on a
verdict as to any one of . the three
defendents. The statement caus
ed surprise in the courtroom, for
it had been the general theory
that the disagreement bad arisen
over Congressman Williamson
alone. , ,
Thirty-six ballots were taken
On the first four there were four
votes for the acquittal of William-
able. 1 The local theep .rers 600 nd three for the q!ai f
have a better opportunity to get
in at tne plant tnan ioreiguers,
and are as apt scholars as any
others, and when they do get in,
outsiders . are shut off entirely,
where by the old method, a crew
of shearers from the outside could
always find work to do at some
corral. They cannot establish a
power shearing plant and will not
come here unless they are sure of
getting in at the plant.
There were about 60,000 sheep
sheared at the plant this spring by
20 machines iu 40 days. The
plant was late getting started, and
quite a number of sheep owners
could not wait. Another thing,
ail sheepmen should club together
to protect the range in reach of
the plant the restxf the season so
it will be in good shape for next
spring.
A ware house should be built
there and sales day advertised.
This plan of selling has been a
boon to the 6heepmen of the north
ern counties and will be here if
adopted. Lakeview Examiner. "
DIXIE MEADOW
ELECT OFFICERS
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Shop between Biggs' and Bell's law offices on
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Prlnevlile, . Oreion known as quite a peaceable fellow
David Campbell, of Hillsboro, a
pioneer of 1853, was stung to death
by bees Tuesday, July 18th while
removing honey from a hive at the
home of J. M. Grear, of that city.
Deceased was expert at handling
honey-bees, and was generally in
demand for these services.
The bees swarmed out of the
hive and attacked Campbell on
the forehead, face and temples,
and he must have fallen uncon
scious at the very first attack
Two physicians were called, but
the man could not be aroused from
his stupor, the poison having enter
ed his system.
Mr. Campbell was born in Illi
nois, August 9, 1844, and came to
Oregon in 1853, settling with his
father on the Campbell homestead,
six miles south of Hillsboro. He
was wedded to Agnes Fleming in
1873. Two children were born to
the union, Enella Hoover, who
survives, and Perley Campbell,
who perished on a lake south of
Hillsboro, the latter part of Janu
ary. Campbell had Just received
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the others. After the ballots were
practically unchanged, standing
ten for the conviction of all the
defendents and two for acquittal
The twelve jurors for the second
trial were chosen rnday morning
out of 33 answering to the call.
The iury is composed of the fol
lowing men:
James Green, farmer, Sweet
Home, Linn county; L. A. Rose,
farmer, Phoenix, Jackson county;
R. B. Collins, farmer, Hillsboro,
Washington county; W. W. Scott,
clerk, Creswell, Lane county; Roy
W. Porter, blacksmith, Oregon
City, Clackamas county; John
Mock, farmer, University Park,
Multnomah county, S. A. Tharp.
farmer, Mouroe, Benton county;
Henry Keene, farmer, Aumsville,
Marion county; J. P. Lewis, mer
chant, Cottage Grove, Lane .coun
ty: W. D. Barcely, stockman, Ben
ton; George Cirk, farmer, Eugene,
Lane county; M; S. Adams, car
penter, Dayton, Lane county.
Examination of the witnesses in
the second trial commenced Mon
day. The trial promises to follow
closely the lines of the former one,
with the exception of additional
evidence, claimed by tne prosecu
tion, that the presence of Congress
man Williamson in Prineville
from June 14 to 26, 1902. will be
proved "beyond question. This
point could not be satisfactorily
established in the former hearing
of the case. The fact that the
second trial will be even more
hard fought than the first seemed
to be indicated, when the case was
begun in earnest. The Govern
ment is leaving no stone unturned
this time to secure conviction, and
the defense is throwing every
available obstacle in the way.
Objections by the score have
been already introduced to the
questioning of the witnesses by the
District Attorney, and exceptions
to the ruling of the court, when
adverse to the interests of the de
fense, have been entered on the
record. Given encouragement by
the disagreement of the last jury,
the defense hopes for" acquittal al
the conclusion of this trial, or at
least another disagreement.
The testimony now being intro
duced is largely a recital of con
versation and occurrences already
brought; out in the first trial.
Practically the same witnesses as
before are being questioned
At the annual meeting of the
stock holders of the Dixie Meadow
Mining Company held at Prairie
City last week the following officers
were elected: Dr. V. C. Belknap,
president and treasurer; J. Dotson,
secretary; J. W. Howard, J. II. ,
Gray, Dr. V. C. Belknap, C. Keexe
and J. Dotson board of directors.
The larger part of the stock
owned in the mine was represented
either in person or by proxy, and
those present were much encourag
ed over the prospect for the mine.
The new board of directors havs
in contemplation some improve
ment to umke in he nmchinery
of the mine and as soon as this is
done they are confident that it
will take its place among the big
producers of the state,
While the machinery now being
used in the mine is able to handle
a part of the ore it has not the
capacity to handle the better grade
ore. The ore that has been handl
ed by the present machinery is the
lower grade ore, averaging a little
over $10 a ton and the mine has
been doing better than paying ex
penses on this. There are hund
reds and hundreds of tons of good :
ore in Bight and with the addition
of machinery with an increased
capacity this ore can be handled
ith a profit that will soon place
the mine on a money paying basis
to its stock holders.
With the Sumpter Valley Rail
road building that way the pros
pects are indeed looking np. The
railroad has grading made for the,
laying of nine more miles of road
this season and this will cut down
the expense of the hauling of the
ore considerably.
The future of the mine certainly
does look brighter and the f tockt
holders have a cause to feel more
hopeful. Stock which had reached
the bottom can't be bought and it
is only a matter of time until it
resumes its normal place in the
quotations.
BURIED ALIYE FOR
OYER 23 YEARS
Twenty three years ago John
Gales was sentenced to be hanged
on a certain day. Now he is found
practically buried alive in the
Joilet penitentiary, the oldest
prisoner in point of servitude that
that instution shelters. Long
since has the law lost its power to
enforce the original mandate, so
bis release is asked by his sister
on habeas corpus proceedings!
The mystery is unexplainable
from the records of the courts and
not to be solved through the
prisoner. It has come to Jude
Kersteu, who has been asked to
grant a hearing on the points in
volved. The puzzle is how the
murderer eluded the gallows, how
he reached the penitentiary, and
why he was then lost to identity
through these long years.
Gales does not know himself
why he was not put to death. He
heard his death sentence read, and
his life was to be forfeited on
March 24, 1882. He watched, the
days pass and was then suddenly
whisked out of the Cook county
jail and hurried to the peniten
tiary. For years since he has been fear
ful that if an error had been made
the execution would be held when
his identity was discovered. Now
an opportunity for freedom baa
come through the discovery that
the law holds him only on a faded
death warrant, long since void.
Gales on November 28, 1881,
hurled an ax at the head of John
William Hessell, a farmer living
near Woodstock, Illinois, killing
him instantly. -