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OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 1, 1908
No 51,
25th YEAR.
HEAVY SENTENCE
TO HINDU
Short Deliberation by Jury Brings
Sealed Verdict.
TESTIMONIES
Filled up on Liquor and Went to Serenade" Hindus
With Forty Rifle Shots Court
- Proceedings.
The second day of the regular term
of Circlut Court for Clackamas Coun
ty convened Wednesday morning Ap
ril 22 at 10 o-clock. Judge McBrlde
presiding, Clerk Greenman and Sheriff
Beatle In attendance, at which the
trial of John Dickenson, William Dick
enson, J. M. Dickenson, Earl Ransaer,
Jahn Riley and Walter Sinclair, held
for the murder of the Hindu Bhag
man Singh, which occured November
30 of last year at Jarl's mill, near Bor
ing, was commenced.
Asst. Dist. Atty., Eby, and Atty,
Dan J. Malarkey of Portland appeared
for the State, and Geo. C. Brownell
for the defendants. A separate trial
for Sinclair was moved for and grant
ed. Clerk Greenman read the informa
tion charging the defendants with will
ful murder, to which each defendant
pleaded not guilty. The work of se
curing a jury to try the case then
commenced. After the excusing of
quite a number of jurymen, and pre
emptory challenged, many having ad
mitted prejudice against Asiatics. The
following jurors were agreed upon:
Amos Harrington, E. W. Randolph,
Henry Machand, H. August Bloom, H.
T. Stackeveather, Andrew J. Hobble,
E. B. Albright, S. W, Sampson, Geo.
DeBok, Presley Howell and A. D.
Gribble. Sangar Singh was sworn in
as a witenss for the State, and
through a Hindu interpreter, stated
that he came to the United States
through Canada last September, and
met Bhagwan in Portland, and that
sometime during the last of October
he with Baghwan and Bhingar Singh
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came to Jarl's mill, when he secured
employment. The three took posses
sion of an empty cabin, putting the
same in habitable shape. About eleven
o'clock at night October 31 while the
three were asleep they were awanen
ed by loud noises and firing of guns
near by. Shortly, bullets began to
pierce the walls of the cabin near the
roof, and finally some came lower,
when suddenly Bhagwan Singh utter
ed a cry of .pain and stated he was
shot in the thigh. Witness, with Bhin
gar Singh stepped out of the cabin and
shouted that if the firing would cease
they would leave next morning, and
later went to Mr. Jarl's house and in
formed him of the trouble, and of one
of their number being shot. Mr. Jarl
called a physcian. Defendant recog
nized John Dickenson as one he saw
the same day of shooting.
Dr. McElroy's testimony was pro
fessional in relation to the condition
he found upon being called, and his
ordering patient to Portland.
It was brought out by further testi
mony that bloodpoison had set in the
gun shot wound which resulted in the
death of the Hindu.
Vernon Halls testified that he was
with the crowd the night the shoting
occured, and the suggestion of sere
nading the Hindus was carried out
with Winchesters and other arms,
from a hill nearby, with intent to
scare the Hindus. They heard a cry
and stopped firing and retired, and
did not know of the results until so In
formed by one of the foreigners.
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.The Court then adjourned until
' Thursday
Joe Jarl testified to one of the Hin
dus coming to' his house that 'night,
waking him up and telling him that
one of them was shot. He then hunted
up Bert Johnson, the Constable, and
together they went to the Hindus'
cabin and found one of them on the
floor wounded and bleeding, and Dr.
McElroy was summoned.
Miss Rillis Sinclair, a sister of one
of the prisoners testified that on that
night she was in Dickenson's house.
The Dickenson's, Riley, Sinclair,
Hawes and her brother all lived there,
and she kept house for them. That ev
ening she heard the suggestion that
the Hindus be given a serenade, and
retired early.
Vernon Hawes testified to the effect
that they had drunk some beer and
then it was suggested to serenade the
Hindus and they went up the hill
with guns and. fired down into the
canyon. They heard a cry like a cry
of fear and quit firing and went back
to the house. Fired about 4 shots.
Here the State closed.
John Dickenson and his son Wil
liam, on the defense testified to hav
ing had some beer, and then went out
to celebrate Hallowe'en by firing guns
down the canyon. There were four
guns two shot guns, a revolver and
a Winchester rifle. After they had fir1"
ed two volleys tney neara a cry irom
the cabin, like a cry of fear, and they
stopped firing, and went, back to the
house. Did not know that they hit the
Hindu Had no intention of doing so.
Did not know that there was anyone
in the cabin.
Earl Rarisier testified that he had
signed a statement to the effect that
they agreed to go out and serenade
the Hindus and went out with the
guns, but he had signed it because the
Assistant District Attorney informed
him that while the law did not com
pel him, it would do him no .harm to
do so.
Walter Sinclair testified to signing
a statement under the same circum
stances. It w as embodied In the state
ment that they made the same freely
and voluntarily.
This evidence closing the case.
The jury retired at 3:30 in the af
ternoon, and at 6 o'clock, Saturday
morning, announced to the bailiff
that they had agreed. The verdict was
sealed, and the jury was excused un
til 9:30 in the morning, at which time
to appear and deliver the verdict.
At 10 o'clock the verdict of the jury
was read as follows: John and William
Dickenson were found guilty of mur
der in the second degree, and the
others were found guilty of man
slaughter with recommendatjon to
mercy.
Attorney Brownell asked for a stay
of proceedings until Tuesday to pre
pare a bill of exceptions.
Sentenced was passed Tuesday in
the Hindu case and J. M. Dickenson
and Wm. Dickenson was each given a
lifo sentence. Walter Sinclair, after a
severe reprimand for bad conduct,
while Incarcerated in the county jail
was given 6 years in the penitentiary,
in which to quietly think over his past
life. John Dickenson, Earl Ransier
and John Riley were given a three
years sentence but paroled.
The Criminal docket of the Cir
cuit Court has been rapidly handled
this week and many leases have been
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HOUSES ARE
IN DEMAND
JOHN TROCKSEL RECEITLY FROM
SWITZERLAND BUYS ESTA
CADA LAND.
MANY FARMS ARE SOLD
Real Estate Men Claim There Never
Was Larger Demand For Desir
able Homes Than Now.
The Oregon City real estate men
spv that, business is looking up in this
city and throughout the county in the
real estate line, mosi every aay we
real estate men are asked about va
.ant hmiwii which are scarce In this
city, especially those in a desirable
location. ,
Snhoolev & Bill, real estate dealers.
say that during the past week new
comers have come to inem iouiuus
for houses. Durlng the past week they
have made several sales in Gladstone
and farms.
Mr. Schooley is building a house
near the Gladstone station, and when
finished will be occupied by his fam
ily. The house will be modern
throughout with hot and cold water,
electric lights, and a cement base
ment. The house will have seven
rooms with a reception hall. A. B.
Hughes is the contractor, and the plas
tering is being done by Simmons &
Wyman. Mr. Hughes has also taken
the contract for another dwelling, for
Mr. Schooley, and it is being built on
the property, where the Schooley
house stood before being burned last
summer. There are seven-carpenters
at work on the building, who are push-
ing-the work forward, me Duiuing
ivin hnvn p.iv rooms, modern improve
ments and has already been rented.
Three hundred feet ol siaewaiu is al
so being built around the property.
Tha clnflstmifl Real Estate associ
ation during the past week has also
made several important real esuuu
transactions. Charles Olson, who has
been residing at Canemah, has pur
chased property consisting of six lots,
and will commence construction of a
hniisa immediately. Mrs. Elsie Hugh
es, who has been making her home at
Willamette, has disposed or ner prop
erty Interests at that place, and will
take up her home at Gladstone, hav
ing bought an acre from the Gladstone
Real Estate Association in East Glad
stone on the Clayson County road.
Mrs. Tingle has just erected on her
place in Gladstone a wind mill. The
tank has a capacity of 1000 gallons,
and the water taken from a 40-foot
,well. Carter. & Dsuichy have charge
of the-work, the tank being made by
Straight & Salisbury, of this city.
Cooper & Company have sold farm
and city proporty during the week.
The farm belonging to Joseph Trax
tie at Logan was sold through this
company. The property belonging to
Mrs. Fredericka Hornshuh, on the
corner of Eighth and Madison street,
has been sold by the Cooper Real Es
tate company to James Swafford.
There is a seven-room house on the
place. The price was 51700. The
Bishop place near Molalla Avenue was
also sold to J. L. Mattock, who has
sold his farm near New Era and will
move to Oregon City. O. . Ennech
brecht,, who recently"-arrived from
WIsrmiKln lms nurnhased two lots at
Gladstone, and will soon commence
the erection of a building.
The real estate firm of Gorbett &
Elliott in the postofflce building have
several good land deals pending, and
will close them up the first of the
month. The remainder of the Carter
farm at Molalla has been sold by
them. A tract of land was also sold
to a party recently from the East,
who will take possession immediate
ly. O. A. Cheney in the Stevens Build
in ir niiii n. n Robeson. In the Andre-
sen Building, report they are making
sales of real estate in me city anu
nnnntrv nnrl Rav that the demand for
desirable dwellings is better now than
it has been for several years, Mr,
Robeson sold 170 acres of land, of
iuhif.ii r.s nnrea wre under cultivation
to John Trocksel, who recently came
from Switzerland. The property De
longed to E. C. Courand, and the value
Is $8200.
John Gleason has purchased tne
property belonging to the McNamara
uutntonn Thirteenth street near Wash
ington and is making preparations to
buna.
disposed of. Two unworthies were dis
posed of with light sentences.
In the case of the State of Oregon
against Roy Carden, a sentence was
handed down Monday by the Hon.
Tbmomas A. McBrlde, Judge presid
ing imposing a sentece of two years
and six months in the penitentiary.
The plaintiff appeared with his at
torney G. C. Brownell ana cnangea nis
plea to guilty of the charge of crimin
al assault and was given the sentence
as above.
C. S. Haines was also sentenced to
six months in the county Jail, having
been proven guilty of numerous charg
es of very shady conduct frightening
women in the vicinity of Canemah.
The case of Anderson and Nelson
for assault at Clackamas was held
over until next term.
Two Informations were formally fil
ed against Otto F. Olson for embezz
ling school funds of Willamette Dis
trict and another for forging the name
of Rudolph Koerner to papers and ne
gotiating same, to which he plead not
guilty.
HIGH SCHOOL WIN.
Gresham Team l Defeated by Park
place High School.
The baseball game at Gresham
Wednesday between the Parkplace
High School and the Gresham team,
resulted In a score of 2 to 14 In favor
of the Parkplace High School. A re
turn game will be played on Friday
afternoon, May 1, on the Parkplace
diamond. There wure about 100 to
witness the game of last Wednesday.
The feature of Wednesday's game
was the pitching of Johnson, of the
visiting team. In the first Inning
Rivers made a sensational catch, and
was greeted with cheers. In the sec
ond inning two scores were made on
an error by the Gresham boys. Mc
Anulty made a home run in the last
inning. Witzig, who Is the catcher of
the Parkplace team this year, did
some fine work, making several ex
ceptional good catches, during the
game. Metzger, of the Gresham team,
made a good catch in the first Inning.
The Parkplace boys are negotiating
with several Portland school teams
for a game at the Parkplace diamond
in the near future. The Parkplace
boys can put up a good game, and dur
ing the coming year expect to show
other teams what they can do.
The Parkplace High School boys
and tho Gresham boys met in debate
this winter, and the debate was won
by the latter, so now the Parkplace
boys feel that they are even with
their opponents in winning the Wed
nesday afternoon game.
The lineup of Wednesday's game Is
as follows:
Gresham
Stanley
Lynch
Watson
Turner
Shattuck
Emery
Jones
Metzger
Roberts
Position
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2b
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Parkplace
Witzig
H. Johnson
Taylor
' McAnulty
Hargreaves
Rivers
Gault
Bailey (cap)
S. Johnson
Local Option Mast Meeting.
A mass meeting will be held at the
M. E. church of Clackamas -next
Thursday at 7:45 In the interests of
Local Option. Mr. Fisher with sever
al other speakers and a soloist will
be there. Everybody come.
COMMITTEES
ARE APPOINTED
CLACKAMAS COUNTY ROSE AND
CARNATION SOCIETY MEET
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ENTHUSIASM IS SHOWN
Society Adopts Color of Mission Rose,
First Variety of Rose Brought
to Oregon by Pioneers.
The meeting held by the Clackamas
County Rose and Carnation Society In
the county court room on Saturday
afternoon was one of the most en
thusiastic meetings held by this or
ganization. The meeting was presided
over by the president, Mrs. G. A. Hard
ing. The report of the previous meeting
was read by the secretary, Mrs. Ro
sina T. Fouts. Mrs. Grant B. Dimlck
and Mrs. John Walker, who composed
the soliciting committee, have been
very successful In their duty, and have
$31.00 in cash besides the beau
tiful premiums that many of the busi
ness and professional men of Oregon
City have donated. The society has
purchased twelve dozen vases for the
flowers for the coming rose carnival
which will arrive this week.
Pink and green are -the colors se
lected for the Rose Society, and the
colors for the badges of the coming
rose carnival will be of these colors.
The colors are taken . from the
variety of Old Mission rose which
was first brought to Oregon by the
old settlers.
It is probable that the armory will
be procured for holding the two days'
session of the rose show, and a com
mittee composing Mrs. F. 0 Barlow
and Mrs. Thomas Warner, will make
arrangements in securing the hall. It
has been decided to give a musical
and literary program In connection
with the rose show, and some of the
leading local talent will take part. The
committee appointed to have charge
of the program is Miss M. L. Holmes,
Mrs. A. C. Warner, and Mrs. J. H.
Walker.
Mrs. R. J. Goodellow and Mrs. B.
F. Linn are the two chairmen appoint
ed for the refreshments and will ap
point their committees at the next
meeting.
The other committees appointed
were as follows:
Badges. Mrs. T. A. Pope, Miss Va
ra Caufleld and Miss Nan Cochran,
General Supervision. Mrs. G, A.
Harding, Mrs. Roslna Fouts, Mrs. F.
T. Barlow and Mrs. J. W. Norrls.
Arrangement of Flowers. Mrs. G.
B. Dimlck, Mrs. Estes, Mrs. T. A.
Pope, Mrs. J. W. Norris, Mrs. F. T.
Barlow and Mrs. Clara Morey.
Arrangement of Wild Flowers.
Mrs. A. C. Warner, MIbs M. L. Hol
mes and Mrs. John Falrclough.
The registering committee Is com
posed of Mrs. J. L. Waldron and Mrs.
Pauline Schwartz. Mrs. Waldron was
also appointed assistant secretary of
the rose fete.
The reception and edcoratlon com
mittee will be appointed at the next
meeting.
It was decided by the society to
charge a fee of twenty-five cents to
all exhibitors, who are not members
of the Clackamas County Rose and
Carnation Society. The membership
fee of the society is only twenty-five
cents, and with this small fee many
more people of Oregon City, who care
to beautify the city, should become
members of the organization and give
a helping hand and make the coming
rose show a big success. It Is the In
tention of the society to show the vis
itors what Clackamas County can do
In the culture of roses.
A -motion wasmade and passed at
the meeting to invite the strawberry
growers ot, Clackamas County to ex
hibit their luscious fruit at the rose
fete providing the berries were in sea
son when it is given. A vote of
thanks was also extended to the berry
raisers, who exhibited their ber
ries at the last rose fete, and who re
cently turned over to the Rose Socie
ty $26.00, the proceeds of last year's
fete.
Owing to the present cold ralnt it
will prevent the roses from advancing,
and the date of the rose fete has not
yet been set, but It will be held be
fore the roRe carnival In Portland, and
will probably be held in the last week
of May.
GOOD SPEAKERS
FOR CHAUTAUQUA
Program for Fifteenth Annual Ses
sion near Completion.
EXCELLENT MUSICAL PROGRAM
Outlook Unusually Good
Games Good
Will
The program for the Willamette
Chautauqua Association for this ses
sion promises to be one of the best
that the Association kas furnished for
some time, and Secretary H. E. Cross
is busily engaged in getting the pro
gram into shape, The Young Women's
Christian Association, which is repre
sented by Miss Frances Gage, of Port
land, and was in Oregon City last
week conferring with Mr. Cross. The
following departments have been pro
vided for: literature, B. J. Hoadley, of
Heppner; music Dr. R. A. Heritage,
of Salem; Bible study, Dr. Whitman,
of Seattle, Wash.; W.- C. T. U. Insti
tute, Mrs. Henrietta Brown, of Alba
ny; elocution, Eugene Knox, of Taco-
ma. Wash.: Women's Club, Miss Anna
Clark, of Missouri; biology, Professor
Sweetzer, of the Uuiverslty of Ore
gon; domestic science, Y. W. C. A., of
Portland; Sunday School institute,
Rev. Charles Pblpps; birds, William
Lovell Finley, of Portland; mission
study, Rev. Paul Rader.
July 8. Morality and Literature,
President H. M. Crooks, of Albany
College.
July 9. "Moral Treatment of Ner
vous Diseases," Dr. Luther B. Dyott,
First Congregational Church, of Port
land. July 10. State University Day.
July 11. "Being Brothers with
Earth," Professor R. F. Robinson, Sup
erintendent of Multonomah schools.
July 12. Japanese program, 5 p. m.
July 13. National Bureau of Health.
July 14. Women's press day.
July 15. Pacific University day.
July 16. Pioneer day, Colonel Mo-
Cracken and Judge Strong.
July 17. State Agriculture College
day, President Kerr.
July 18. Patriotic day.
July 19. Chinese program, 6 p. m.
The forum Is under the direction of
Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, who has charge
of this at last year's session, and
which proved to be one of the main
features of the assembly. Mrs. Dye
has partially arranged her program,
and will be Oregon talent. The forum
will be hold during the morning ses
sion, except the mornings when the
Chinese and Japanese programs are
given. This is a new departure of the
Chautauqua management in having
Chinese and Japanese appearing on
the program, and the program they
will give is to be quite a novel one,
and treat for those who have never
FRAKES AND
PAPERMAKERS
A GOOD DAY AND A GOOD GAME
SUNDAY WITH ENTHUS
IASTIC FAN8.
SOME TERRIFIC HITTING
Visitors Victorious Putt Papermak
ert to Fourth Place High
Score.
The game Sunday between the
Frakes, the West Portland team, and
the Papermakers, resulted in a vic
tory for the visitors, the score stand
ing 12 to 6.
Terrlflic hitting waB the order of
the day, and the ball was pounded
all over the lot. Hill, the local first
Backer, held the highest batting aver
age, making four bits out of fivetimes
up. Antolne, the Frakes' back-stop,
secured three swats, two of them two
sackers, out of five trips to the plate.
He started matters In the first Inning
by rapping out a single, and scored on
Day's two-bagger. The visitors an
nexed four more runs in the second
chapter on a base on balls, an error, a
two base hit and a single.
In the fifth, Rich Parrot smashed
one to centerfleld, and went to third
on Schmeer's single to left. His au
burn haired brother rapped a long ona
to the left garden, and the elongated
one registered. Sater stirred up mat
ters in the local's half of the same In
ning by a single over left, advancing
to third on a wild throw by Antolne,
and stealing home in the most daring
manner. Johnson and Antolne each
added a tally for the Frakes In the
sixth, due to wild throwing and Day's
bit. Antolne started the eighth can
to by rapping out anotber two-bagger,
and a single by Day scored the big
catcher. Day reached the third sta
tion on two put-outs, and scored on
Schmeer's hit to Kruger, which was
Jugled. Kruger led off in the last of
for Season of 1908 Ball
Athletics. Many
Camp.
had the advantage of seeing what
these people can do.
The round table will be resumed
this year, which will be held on the
grounds at 3:30. The program is be
ing arranged, and it is probable that
other addresses and musical selec
tions will be given beside the follow
ing program:
July 8. Settlement work, Mrs. S. M,
Blumaur, of Portland.
July 9. "Women in Reform Work,"
Ada Wallace Unruh. 1
July 10. "The Oregon Girl."
July 11. "The Boston Convention."
July 12. Japanese, of Portland,
will furnish the program for. the sa
cr6d concert 1
July 13, "Christian Citizenship."
July 14. Women's Union's.
July 15. "Public Health," Dr.' Es
ther C. Pohl, Portland Health Officer.
. .July 16. "Old Glory," Mrs. Mary
Slbblts, of Kansas.
July 17.-Travelers' Aid.
July 12 has been set aside for Pub
lic School Day, and tho prizes will be
awarded to the BChool children for the
flowers that were raised from the
seeds that were distributed by Prof.
T. J. Gary, county school superin
tendent. Pupils from all over the coun
ty are working for prizes, and much
enthusiasm Is being shown by the
young folks in this new movement
made by the Chautauqua Association
and Prof. Gary has received requests
from many parts of the county by the
children for seeds and he Is confident
that there will be a good display by
them.
Mr. Cross Is Striving hard to ar
range the program for the main Chau
tauqua, and will probably be complet
ed by the latter part of next week.
The music has, not yet been decided
upon, but Mr Cross Is at present cor
responding with Beveral leaders of ex
cel out musical organizations, and will
be decided in a few days. Mr. Cross
will endeavor to procure music this
year that will be one of the main fea
tures of the assembly's program.
The Chautauqua begins July 7, and
! closes July 17. A. F. Parker, who has
charge of the baseball program, which
is always one of the main features of
I the Chautauqua, is negotiating with
several baseball teams and hopes to
be able to announce the teams that
! will participate in a few days. The W.
I C. T. U. is to furnish three programs
and the Women's Club and Y. M. C. A.
will also furnish three programs each.
the eighth with a single, stole second,
aud scored on Hill's hit to left, which
was an easy two-bagger, but the Eu
gene lad was called out for cutting
first base. In the closing chapter,
Drennen, landed on the spheroid for
two sacks. Johnson's single advanc
ed him to third, and Johnson stole
second. Both scored on Houston's
single. The Papermakers "got busy"
in their half of the ninth and for a
time things were mighty Interesting
to the local fans. Griffith hatted an
easy one which was dropped by the
first baseman. Sater followed suit
with another poor hit, which Schiueer
Juggled and Sater arrived safely at
first while Griffith rested on Becond.
Kelt hit a grounder to the pitcher,
who threw third, retiring Griffith. Sat
er then stole third, and scored on Van
Northwlcks' lilt to short, who threw
home in a fruitless endeavor to cut
oft Hater, who scored. Antolne whip
ped it to first, but Van was safely an
chored, and Parrot then lined It across
the diamond to stop Kelt at third. The
throw went wild, the ball going to the
rocks, and the little catcher romped
across the rubber while Van rested
on second. Robinson negotiated for a
single, scoring Van Northwlck, and
the slab artist stole second and scored
on Hill's fourth hit. Mill stole sec
ond, and went to third on Chapln's
hit, where he was retired by a throw
from Antolne.
CANBY GETS FAIR.
Site For Clackamas County Fair De
finitely Decided Upon.
The people of Canby through the
efforts of some of its enterprising clfr
izens and mainly through the work
of Robert S. Coo, vice-president of the
association, have succeeded In the lo
cating of the Clackamas County Fair
In their city. At a meeting of the
Fair Association in Oregon City Fri
day afternoon, the matter was brought
up before the stockholders and the
offer from the Canby people was ac
cepted, which was a proposition to
subscribe 11500 worth of stock, and to
give as much land from the Wait tract
as would be necessary for a term of
ten years.
The Oregon City Courier and Amer
ican Farmer and Metropolitan "Maga
zine for one year all for $1.75. Sub-