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VOL'. IV No. 38
SHOOTS
HEN
KILLS HIMSELF
CHARLES GEHRIG, GATEKEEPER
AT OAKS, WREAKS DEAD
LY VENGEANCE
WIFE'S FORMER HUSBAND WOUNDED
Suicide And Spouse Separated Week
Ago Enraged Man Lurks On
Street For Third In
tended Victim
One man is dead, another may die
and two women are wounded as the
result of two murderous attacks made
last night by Charles Gehrig, a gate
keeper at the Oaks, on his wife, her
sister, his wife's former husband and
his stepson. Mrs. Carrie Gehrig, who
is seriously wounded, and Mrs. Nel
lie Oliver, her sister, slightly hurt,
were shot at 408 Fourth street, Port
land. Winfield Scott Holmes, a
hackdriver, and former husand, of Ge
hrig's wife, was shot down and, it is
thought, fatally hurt, at Third and
Mill streets. Gehrig took his own
life.
The dead:
Charles Gehrig, aged 45 years; a
gatekeeper.
Wounded:
Winfield Scott Holmes, 47 year old,
a hackdriver, shot in the- abdomen;
believeTT fatally hurt.
Mrs. Carrie G. Gehrig, aged 45
years, shot in the hand and right side
of abdomen; is given a chance for
life.
Mrs. Nellie Oliver, aged 37 years;
shot in the right knee.
Gehrig, who separted from Mrs.
Gehrig about a week ago, was the sec
ond husband of the woman, her first
being W. S. Holmes, from whom she
got a divorce 16 years ago. After be
ing separated from her for 15 years
Holmes went to board with Mrs. Ge
hrig a week ago, when Gehrig, after
a quarrel with her, left her. In the
household were Mrs. Gehrig, Jimmie
Holmes, her son by W. S. Holmes,
Mrs. Oliver and James O'Rouke, a
hostler in a livery stable.
Mrs. Gehrig and Mrs. Oliver were
sitting about a table on which was an
oil lamp in their rooms at 408 Fourth
street about 9 o'clock, and O'Rouke
was sitting at the stove across the
room when Gehrig entered silently
with the gun in his hand. The first
intimation they had of his presence
was when he shouted: "Now I have
you," and fired three times.
The first shot put out the light, says
O'Rouke, who turned when he heard
Gehrig speak, and who saw the face
of the man with the gun. The second
and third shots, fired in the dark,
struck home, one in Mrs. Gehrig and
one in Mrs. Oliver. They fell to the
floor together, and Gehrig ran out of
the door. O'Rouke ran to a neighbor's
home and telephoned for a doctor.
Fifteen minutes later, as Jimmie
Holmes and his father approached
Third and Mill street, on Mill, on
their way home, Gehrig stepped out
of the shade of a tree with the revol
ver in his hand. He fired twice, says
Jimmie Holmes, the first shot striking
the elder Holmes in the abdomen.
Then Gehrig ran down Mill stret to
Second. Jimmie Holmes ran to Patrol
man Mallon, who was attracted by
the shooting, and together they ran
down Second street. A block toward
town they stumbled over the body of
Gehrig, who had taken his own life.
WILLIAM
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FINE HOME
One of the most beautiful homes in
this city is that being erected by Wil
liam Andresen on his property on Jef
ferson street, between Sixth and Sev
enth streets. Mr. and Mrs. Andresen
designed the home. The house is to
have a handsome stone ve
randa, the pillars on each side being
of large stone blocks. The veranda
will have a cement floor. The recep
tion hall opens from this and at the
rear is a smaller hall. The large liv
ing room on the north side of the hall
way will have a fireplace of tiling,
and the large circular window will be
an attraction. At the rear is the li
brary, while on the opposite side of
the living room is the dining room
and back of that will be a large and
commodious pantry and kitchen. .A
breakfast room is between the library
and the kitchen.
On the second floor are four large
rooms and a sleeping porch at the
rear. Each room is well ventilated
by large windows, and all have good
sized clothes closets. The linen clos
et, bathroom and sewing room are al
so on this floor. All of the rooms on
the second floor as those of the first
open into a hallway. There are four
dormer windows on the third floor.
The residence has a full cement
basement in which will be the laundry
and fuel room. The house will be
heated by steam, and already the
heating apparatus has beta installed.
Pipes have been installed in the
building, for a vacum cleaner to be
operated by electricity, and so arrang
ed that when each room is cleaned
the dust will pass through these pipes
into the basement, a receptacle hav
ing been installed there for that pur
pose. The floors of the Andresen
home will be of hardwood. C. W.
Vonderahe is the contractor.
Mr. Andresen and family expect to
move into their new home before
Christmas.
DARROW
CORED
BY FREDERICKS
PROSECUTOR ADMITS PLEA OF
DEFENDANT WAS MOST
ABLE ONE
LABOR LAWYER DENOUNCES FOES
Speaker Calls Attention To Agree
ment To Prove That There
Could Be No Reason
For Bribery
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15. Still un
der the spell of the defendan'ts el
oquence, hundreds thronged the court
room at the afternoon session to hear
District Attorney Fredericks make
the closing argument for the prosecu
tion in the trial, which began its
fourth month today.
"You have listened," said Freder
icks, "to one of the most marvelous
addresses or orations ever delivered
in any courtroom when you heard Mr.
Darrow. But that only reflects upon
the ability of the man and has mighty
little to do with his guilt or inno
cence. History teaches us that the
most brainy men have gone wrong.
This defendant's unfortunate predica
ment is the result of those peculiar
philosophical views which go to make
up his nature. His insidious band en
tered into bribery from the very be
gining of the the McNamara case;
bribery in his very nature. He had
the idea that there was no integrity
that could not be bought."
Fredericks is expected to speak
most of tomorrow .
With almost the entire courtroom
in tears, Clarence S. Darrow brought
to a close, in a powerfully pathetic
plea, the final argument for the de
fense in his trial for alleged jury brib
ing, shortly before noon today. It
was a thrilling closing of a plea that
was unique in the history of American
jurisprudence, and as an unschedul
ed finale the bells of a nearby cathe
dral tolled forth the Angelus as one
of the Nation's greatest legal defend
ers consigned his own fate to the
hands of the jury.
With tears streaming down his
cheeks, the Chicago lawyer made his
last appeal, and when the final word
was spoken, men as well as women,
jurors and court officials, had hand
kerchiefs to their eyes. There was no
attempt at a demonstration, and the
bailiffs had no difficulty in clearing
the courtroom. Friends of the accus
ed moved slowly forward and shook
his hands, but few words were spok
en, as the lawyer was visibly over
come with emotion and apparently on
the verge of exhaustion.
After announcing that he would
confine himself strictly to the charge
upon which he is on trial the brib
ery of George N. Lockwood Darrow
entered into a comprehensive analysis
of the evidence for and against him in.
that issue.
Placing the testimony of the prose
cution's witnesses and that of his own
on the scales, one against the other,
he sought by logic and reason to show
the improbability of the state's allega
tion that he had given the bribe mon
ey or induced the corruption of the
juror.
Hardly a detail of the testimony oi
Bert H. Franklin, the eonfessedjury
briber, was overlooked in the attack
upon him, nor a point made in his
favor by the many witnesses who con
tradicted Franklin: The speaker, time
after time, called upon the jury to
choose the man whom they would be
lieve Bert Franklin, briber and ad
mitted falsifier, testifying for his own
liberty, or Job Harriman, Frank E.
Wolfe and himself, who had testified
against Franklin.
"If you convict me, you must say
that Harriman, Wolfe and myself are
perjurers, and Bert Franklin is an
honest, saintly man," he declared.
Although more moderate than yes
terday in his thrusts at those who had
brought about his branding as a crim
inal, Mr. Darrow took frequent occa
sion to denounce his enemies, particu
larly in charging the prosecuting at
torneys with trickery, and malice' in
the production of evidence an in ar
guing to the jury. He protested that
he would infinitely prefer to go to the
penitentiary himself than be one of
the jury to sentence him on such evi
dence. I hope," he said, "that the District
Attorney's office got its maney's
worth when they bribed Franklin with
his liberty to testify against me."
Turning from Franklin and the al
leged bribery transaction, Darrow
launched an attack upon John R. Har
rington that surpassed all his prev
ious denunciatory assaults.
Flaying his former friend and em
ploye with bitter invective, he declar
ed that Harrington's act in- "coming
2000 miles to lure him into the dicta
graph trap at the behest of the Na
tional Erectors' Association, was the
most infamous thing in the criminal
annals of the world."
Picturing Harrington as a man who
had eaten at his table and slept In his
bed while betraying him, he declared:
"So long as he lives the mark of
infamy will be upon Harrington's
brow and will even pass to his de
scendants." Rising to heights of vituperative el
oquence yet unattained in his long ad
dress, Darrow consigned his betrayer
to the i"horde of rogues, informers,
crooks, vagabonds and immunity
hunters who have testified against
me."
"Show me an honest man," he chal
lenged in stentorian tones, "who has
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NOTHING
Emil Seidel, Candidate for Vice-President
on the Socialist Ticket.
JAGGAR FINDS WHEAT
CROP BELOW AVERAGE
Frank Jaggar, of Carus, who has
been threshing wheat and oats
throughout the county, said Thursday
that there was hot more than two
third's of an average wheat crop and
about an average crop of oats. He
said that much of the wheat had
shriveled as a result of the wet weath
er and ravages of the Hessian Fly
and the apis. Mr. Jaggor has thresh
ed about 9,000 bushels of wheat and
oats. There is considerable smut in
the oats. Mr. Jaggar expects to de
vote several weeks to threshing. He
announced that the rains if they con
tinued would do much harm to the
hop crop.
JACK ROBERTS HAY
BE GIVEN NEW TRIAL
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t PORTLAND, Aug. 15, (Special.)
A new trial for Jack Roberts, shotgun
highwayman and slayer of Donald
Stewart and George Hastings, will in
all likelihood be granted by Circuit
Judge Morrow upon presentation of
the formal request by the condemned
man's attorneys. Today the Judge
made an order authorizing the court
stenographer to furnish Roberts .with
a transcript of the evidence at the
trial, at the expense of the county, on
which the attorneys will base their
demand for a new trial. The formal
motion will be made in a few days.
That Judge Morrow is inclined to
view the request for a new trlai with
favor, has been well understood by
the District Attorney and the attorn
eys for Roberts for some time past
Today the Judge returned to regular
work at the Courthouse to prepare
himself for taking up his duties as
presiding judge during the coming
j-ear. When approached on the sub
ject of the Roberts case he partially
confirmed the report of his favorable
attitude toward the convicted man. -
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18. SCHNEIDER'S
BLINDNESS INCURABLE
Mrs. Anna L. Schneider, who re
cently underwent an operation of her
left eye returned from the St. iVn
cent's Hospital in Portland Wednes
day evening. Mrs. Schneider, who has
been totally blind for four years, was
persuaded by friends to undergo an
operation who, thought she might re
cover her sight. After remaining in
the hospital two weeks, it was decid
ed by the attending physician that
Mrs. Schneider had prolonged the op
eration too long to be of benefit. Mrs.
Schneider, when informed that she
would be blind the rest of her life,
decided to take a course in a school
for the blind. Mrs. Schneider is the
mother of two beautiful little girls,
who live with her in a little cottage
on Polk street, between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets. Ehe is grateful to
her friends who have given her assist
ance. SOCIALIST CANDIDATES
TO SPEAK AUGUST 31
W. W. Myers, the prominent Clack
amas County Socialist, announced
Thursday that B. F. Ramp, Socialist
candidate for United States Senator,
and W. S. Richards, Socialist candi
date for Congress in this district,
would speak in this city on the even
ing of August 31. They will come
here in an automobile and will make
their speeches on a street corner. The
candidates will start at Albany, the
home of Mr. Richards, and will speak
at various towns and villages between
that city and this. Mr. Myers says
the party will poll a larger vote this
year than ever before. He is the par
ty's nominee for county commission
er. E ESTATE -
GOES TO CHILDREN
The estate of Ida M. Mundhenke,
who died March 12, 1912, was filed for
probate in the county court Thurs
day. The estate is valued at $7,000.
Alma M. Finn was named executrix.
The testatrix willed the following $5
each: George Mundhenke, Harrison
Mundhenke, Jacob F. Mundhenke and
Walter F. Mundhenke. She willed
the rest of her estate to Alma M. Finn
a daughter, and a son, Albert C. Sen
ker. Most of the property is in
Clackamas County.
FIRST NATIONAL IS
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
Extensive improvements are being
made in the First National Bank
building, among them being the con
struction of a cement vault, in the
rear of the building. J. D. Renner
has charge of the construction.
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ALLEGED COW THIEF
IS HELD TO ANSWER
Carl Johnson, charged with . steal
ing a ccw from Christian Fischer, of
Gladstone, was held to answer to the
grand jury by Justice of the Peace
Samson Thursday. The evidence was
not conclusive but Justice Samson de
cided it would be best to have a thor
ough investigation by the grand jury.
Johnson was released on bond. Jus
tice Samson also heard the evidence
on a complaint charging Johnson
with stealing six ducks from E. D.
Sievers, of Gladstone. He will rend
er his decision at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. IDGE WORKER MAY
BE FATALLY INJURED
Charles Hopkins, an employe of the
Southern Pacific Company, who was
injured in a fall from the trestle at
Twelfth street in this city is still in
a serious condition, and it is doubtful
if he can recover. Hopkins' skull
was fractured, and he has not regain
ed consciousness. He was taken to
the Good Samaritan Hospital in Port
land where an operation was perform
ed. Hopkins is twenty-eight years of
age and has a wife and one child. He
fell only twenty-eight feet, but struck
on his head.
WILLIAM WEISMANDEL
SELLS BLACKSMITH SHOP
- G. F. Hodge, who recently sold his
livery stable and H. Hughes have pur
chased the blacksmith shop of Wil
liam Weismandel on Main street be
tween Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
Mr. Hodge took possession immediate
ly. Mr. Weismandel came to Oregon
City about four years ago from Macks
burg. He and his wife will remain in
this city for the present . "
WEST SIDE TO HAVE
OWN WATER PLANT
ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEAD OF
LAND COMPANY ELATES
MANY SUBURBANITES
UNION HIGH SCHOOL IS PLANNED
Power Cost Too High For Oregon City
To Furnish Water To Out
siders Many Here With
out Service
Residents of the west side are elat
ed over the announcement in the
Morning Enterprise Thursday that
Manager Moody, of the Moody Land
Company, which controls a tract of
almost 700 acres, had arranged to
drill wells with the intention of estab
lishing a water system. The residents
of the 'west side have fought for sev
eral years for this convenience, but
Oregon City, for obvious reasons, has
been unable to furnish it. Now the
land company proposes furnishing the
water, and the work of drilling the
wells will be started at "once. The
announcement was made at a meet
ing of prominent citizens of Willam
ette, Bolton and West Oregon City in
the rooms of the Oregon City Com
mercial Club Wednesday night. The
object of the meeting was to take the
preliminary steps toward the organ
ization of a booster club.
It also is planned to establish a
high school on the west side. It prob
ably will be located in Willamette
althoug'a Bolton and West Oregon
City will make a fight for it. The
school would be a union one, and all
pupils on the west side who desired
to attend and had passed the required
examinations would be allowed to at
tend. The Oregon City Water Board would
like to furnish water to residents of
the west side, but is unable to do so
because of the great cost of power. J.
E. Hedges, secretary of the board, has
explained that the power might cost
more than the business received. In
addition to this explanation it is a
well known fact that many residents
of this city are not supplied with wa
ter and when they are the additional
demand will tax the resources of the
plant. Superintendent Howell says
the plant was constructed for the
people of this city and it would be an
injustice to the taxpayers to weaken
it by supplying water to communities
outside of the city.
RELIC OF ANCIENT
TRIBE UNEARTHED
While excavating for the basement
of the home of Professor J. W. Gray,
at Gladstone, a few days ago, work
men unearthed a remarkable stone.
The stone was beneath several larger
ones, some of which weighed several
tons, and a blast was necessary to re
move it. The stone had been used as
a corn crusher probably by a race
that antedated the Indians. The rock
is in the forni of an arc and the ra
dius is about two feet, while the cir
cumference is four feet. It is beaut
ifully carved. Mr .Gray has had this
relic placed in the basement of his
house, and will sell it. ,
MRS. C. C. WILLIAMS
IS
Mrs. C. C. Williams, one of the
promient Oregon pioneers, who has
lived at Mount Pleasant for many
years, underwent a serious operation
at the St. Vincent's Hospital, Thurs
day morning. The operation was per
formed by Dr. McKenzie, of Portland,
assisted by Dr. M. C. Strickland, of
this city. Although Mrs. Williams is
more than sixty-five years of age, her
condition is somewhat improved. Wal
lace B. Williams, of North Yakima,
Wash., and M,iss Ella Williams, of
this city, were at their mother's bed
side. RAILWAY CREWS
GO TO TILLAMOOK
The bridge and pile driving crew of
the Southern Pacific, which has been
erecting the trestle at Twelfth street
in this city, will leave today for Tilla
mook to construct a trestle over the
Salmonsberry River. The bridge
crew is in charge of Vance Chestney
and the pile driving crew is in charge
of M. Otterbeck. H. E. Edwards, the
cigar dealer, and Robert Austin will
accompany the crews to Tillamook
and spend two days -there. Other
crews will be sent here today to com
plete the building of the Twelfth
street trestle. The crews that leave
today are composed of the following:
T. Armstrong, R. A. Taylor, M. Otter
beck, Frank Pickett, Ben Emerson,
Ed Whitchett, Louis Kling, Andrew
Smith, Minor Allen, Cheney Chestney
Hance Kling, Rosco Andrews, Wm.
Felkins, George Curtis, Fred Zouk,
Roy Andrews, Vick Daniels, J. Stew
art, George Bennett Carl Beals An
drew Jacobson and "Sandy" Chowing.
CITY TO FILL 7TH
STREET QUAGMIRES
COUNCIL COMMITTEE HOPEFUL
THAT HARDSURFACE MAY BE
LAID NEXT YEAR
UNIFORM SIDEWALKS ARE URGED
Retaining Walls To Be Erected By
Municipality And Charged To
Property Of Non
Residents The reconstruction of Seventh
street will be the most important
question considered at the meeting of
the city council this evening. It is
understood that the committee on
streets will mak.e a report urging the
repairing of the street. That will
mean, if the report is adopted, that
the holes in the thoroughfare will be
filled with crushed rock at the ex
pense of the city. The committee,
however, it is reported, will go furth
er. It will recommend the repairing
of the street in the hope that the pro
perty owners, who have made a re
monstrance against hard surface pave
ment " being laid will change thefr
minds soon and that hardsurface may
be authorized next year. It is gener
ally agreed among business men that
the street must be hardsurfaced with
in a year or two..
Councilman Tooze will urge at the
meeting this evening uniformity of
sidewalk construction. The cement
sidewalks now being constructed vary
in many respects. Some of them have
a smooth surface and some a rough
surface. Some are colored with lamp
black and some are the original color
of cement. The street committee has
decided that all sidewalks should be
alike and will make such a report. It
also will recommend that all side
walks be of the same width.
The committee has decided not to
recommend the appointment of an
other man in the city engineer's de
partment to inspect sidewalks. The
contractors who build sidewalks for.
the city will be compelled to give
bond, and if the work is not satisfact
ory the sureties will be forced to re
new them. or forfeit the bond. All
sidewalks whether built by the city or
property owners must conform to the
grades established by City Engineer
Montgomery.
Mr. Tooze, of the street committee,
said Thursday evening that the coun
cil would be urged to enforce the law
providing the placing of liens on pro
perty of non-residents for the build
ing of retaining walls.
The city will build the walls in such
cases and the property will be sold,
if necessary to pay for them. This
action is absolutely necessary to
keep the streets in good condition.
OREGON CITY PACER
WINNER Of BIG PRIZE
Local lovers of thoroughbred horse-"
fiesh are congratulating Ed Reckner
on the recent success of his thorough
bred pacer "Cap Apperson" at Van
couver, B. C, where out of a big field
of crack horses he won second money
in a $3,000 purse. Mr. Reckner has
entered his horse throughout the
Oregon, California and Arizona cir
cuits, with Sim Lindsey, as trainer
and driver. "Cap Apperson" was sired
by Zombro, dam by Altamoht, and
was bred by Captain Apperson of
Parkplace. Another local horseman
James Petty broke and trained the
animal,
"Cap" has been in good hands
throughout. Steve Bailey, a well
known Seattle horseman being his
first owner, succeeded by William
Vaughan, of Oregon City, owner of
Haltamont, who in turn sold him to
Mr. Reckner. He is nine years old.
Captain Apperson, after whom the
horse is named was one of the first
horseman in the state to bring in pedi
greed stock, both horses and cattle,
and for several years was the moving
spirit as well as president of the Ore
gon State Fair Association. Probably
iio citizen has exercised a greater or
more intelligent interest in the breed
ing of the thoroughbred. Great things
are confidently expected of "Cap" this
year.
O. A. Stillman, Prohibition Candidate
for Congress from First District.
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