LOCAL LORE.
For advertisements in this column the rate
of J5 cents per line will be charged.
There will be services at the
Catholic church tomorrow at 10:30.
T. H. Wellsher returned Wed
nesday from a visit at the Fair.
r Mrs. Al Bethers left yesterday
for an extended outing in Alsea.
Mrs. George Lilly left Wednes
day for Newport, to be absent until
about Sept. i .
. Leder Bros. Threshing Ma
chine begins operations Monday ofl
the Rice farm west of town.
Miss Ruby Starr., of Portland,
is the guest of her cousins, v Eva
and Mildred Starr, in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. John Goodman
left Thursday for a visit at the Ex
position. ;,iS-
Wilbur Weeks of . Salem, ar
rived Wednesday eveni ng, and is
the guest of friends.
, r Mrs. M. Ek went to Portland
Thursday for a two .weeks' visit at
the Fair. '
---Miss Louise Gilbert kfLyester
day for a month's stay at Newport.
She was accompanied ' by Miss
Pearl Campbell ot McMinnville.
The Corvallis base ball team
left yesterday for Newport. They
play a game with the Newport team
Saturday and a return game; with
Siletz Sunday. ', i .
' Mrs. G. R. Farra visited with
her sister, Mrs. Graham at Grant's
Pass last week. She returned
home Tuesday.
Threshing takes pi ice on Lee
Henkle' s farm across Mary' s river
next Tuesday. Many machines
will be in operation before the end
of next week. - i '
" Arthur Belknap, Charlie
Watts and Percy Clark spent two
1 . c t 1- 1- ' '
port meeting with good success. :
Frpd StitTunn venernX mana
ger of .athletics at the college arriv
ed Thursday tor accept a position
in the drug store cf Graham &
Wortham. He enters upon his
duties this morning.
In the deep sorrow that has be-
iallen mm and for the assistance,
sympathy and consolatioH so kind
ly and so abundantly bestowed by
neighbors and friends, Burt Lacy
requests the Times to express his
lastiusr gratitude. ' '
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCune,
who have been touring Oregon and
Washington and. have been visiting
in Corvallis the past weekleft yes
terday for their home in Los Angel
es. ' ": " - 'V ,. ' --
Late news 'from George Her-
Dert K.oot is to the eaect that he is t
in his oldtime health and busily
engaged on the ": farm at Wasco.
The accounts are that he has some
good football material in tow for.
next fall.
M. Marchison, ' wife, son 1 and
daughter from Kewanee, Illinois,
and N. H. Wright from Brooklyn,
Iowa, are guests at the McLennan
home. They arrived Wednesday
and are much pleased with the cli
mate and country. Mr. Murchison
is a cousin of Mr. McLennan.
The cause of the trouble with
ihe engine that put the big launch
ing party out of business the other
night was thac the pump which
injects water through the parts to
keep the cylinder from over heating
got out of order and failed to do its
stunt, That stunted further opera
tion of the launch, and gave occas
ion for Mr. Bryson, Mr. Kiger and
Mr. Johnson to " appear in their
striking and strenuous stunts. -
Mrs. Ruth Clark!, Ed Clark
.and Elmer Clark, all oldtime Cor-
vallis'ites have been in town for a
day or two. Mrs! Clark left last
October and has since been most of
the time with her daughter at Pen
dleton. Ed piark left : three years
ngu, auu una pecume casmer 01 a
- tank at Glenns Ferry, Idaho. El
,mer left five or six years ago, and
: Is cashier of a bank at Vale, Ore--gon.
Mr. and Mrs. Winslow are
.expected from Pendleton shortly,'
and with Mis. Clark, are to go to
Newport for a month.
The prosecut?on.;Jias closed' in
the Williamson-Gesner case at Port-:
land. Starr, nephew of William-;
son and a star witness for the gov
ernment, has disappeared, and offi
cers are scoring the Cascade moun
tains east of Eugene in search of
'him. Starr has flitted or been in
duced to" flit in order to avoid giv
ing testimony,. -which was damag
, ing to the defendants ia the former
trial. Flight at this time looks
ugly and it had been better for
both witness and accused if he had
bluvju ma jjiuuuu auu laceu tne mu
sic. :-' ;
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WITH TARGET RIFLE..
Suicide of Mrs. Bart Lacy The In
quest and Some Testimony
The Verdict.
The report of a 22-calibre.iearget
rifle that nobody heard, sent a chill
through Corvallis Tuesday, when
Mrs. Laura Lacy, wife of Burt
Lacv, and daughter of a well known
pioneer, with such a weapon, took
her own life, in her own home,
The deed is supposed to have been
committed about three o'clock.
The body was found shortly after
six o'clock, more than three hours
after the tragedy had happened.
The husband, arriving home for the
evening meal was the first to dis
cover the mute evidence of the ter
rible event that had taken place
while, all oblivioushe was pursuing
the usual round of duty at the store
ofT.rH. Harris, where he has been
for years, chief clerk,
When found, the body rested on
the bed, in the bedchamber on the
firstfloor of the family residence
at the corner of Seventh & Wash
ington. The room is on the north
side of the -building, and about
three in the afternoon, a delivery
man, taking groceries to the house;
glanced jn,--and-saw. Mrs. - Lacy ly
ing on the bed. Testimony at 'the
inquest was that she rested on " the
bed then in the same position that
the body rested in, when it was
found-.." If may be that the fatal
shot had at that tithe rjeeri fired, or
it may be that Mrs. Lacy was" rest
ing then, and that within a few.
minutes afterward she procured
the little target rifle, and with, it,
accomplished the awful deed. Be
fore that, during the afternoon, Mrs
Lacy had been seen in the door
yard by neighbors, but none of
them had spoken to her. At five
o'clock or thereabouts, Mrs. Hodes
one of the nearest neighbors, went
to the house to get cream, but the
door was locked, the blinds drawn,
and she supposed no one was at
home. The body '.was then "sleep
ing its last sleep on the bed'- inside.
With Target Rifi.k.
. The weapon used was a small
pattern, of the 22-calibre target rifles
J. he barrel is is or 20 inches in
length, and the cartridge of the
short pattern. The muzzle vas
placed to the temple and apparently
the .trigger touched by .Mrs. Lacy
as she.xeached the length ' of the
barrel.'. It is a popular theory that
she sat upright in the bed during
the process, and that after firing,
she fell backwards, the gun drop
ping to the floor beside the ; bed,,
and her hea'd dropping back on the
pillows at the point where they
joined. The body, when found,
was on the back, and resting diag
onally across the bed, the feet ex
tending a few mches over the front
side. There was a little blood on
the cheek, the wound in the temple,,
the gun on the floor, and ' no heart
beat in that limp body, when a few
minutes after six, the startled and
shocked husband arrived, and
stood for t'-e first time in the pres
ence of a tragedy. .
Theory for the-act. .
The "chief mystery about the
melancholy event is the reason for
the act. ' All the reports are that
the married life of the dead woman ;
had been most pleasant. Neigh
bors, at the inquest, told of how
Mrs. Lacy had, on many occasions,
spoken most felicitously of the re
lations between herself and .hus
band. All the evidence and all the
accounts of the past and present
support this . theory, and - leave . it
impossible to assign as the cause
any other view than that for the
moment, she was from illness, tem
porarily and perhaps suddenly, out
of her usual condition of sanityv
That is what all familiar with the
facts believe, and what is generally
accepted in the community as the
cause. She was not supposed to
have ever shot a gun before. She
was afraid of guns, in fact, as
shown by testimony at the inquest.
She was fond of her husband 'ho
consulted her in business matters.
and .whoj was-eqnally fond of her.
Yet she took the gun, and with her
own hand, sent a bullet crashing
into her own brain dying instantan
eously, all showing a condition of
mind at war with reason and san
ity. . , ., .". ; ' 'j
. Finding the Body. ., "
The story of the discovery of the
body is brief. . Chester Proebstel
was boarding at the place: He ar
rived home at six o'clock in the ev
ening. He essayed to enter the
front door but no one answered the
bell... The1 door was locked and it
was silent inside. Mr. Lacy . ap-.
peared and called froni the street
about that time. The ' two went
around to the back door and enter
ed, Lacy ahead. Passing through
the kitchen, "Mr. Lacy noticed his
wife on the bed in the family , bed
room - He called to her, but she
did not answer. He stepped up to
the bed, touched her, saw the bul
let mark in her temple, saw the
rifle on the floor, and with his own
heart standing still, called to Proeb
stel. . .-. -"
They phoned for a doctor, and
Dr. Cathey came. He arrived with
in five minutes. "She is past aid;
we must get the coroner,', were
among the first words said. Neigh
bors came in, and the news spread
with a cold numbing thrill through
the town. There was shock, deep
regret and sympathy everywhere.
The coroner came, and the body
was carried to the morgue. A jury
was empanelled, and testimony" ta
ken. Deputy State Attorney Bryson
questioned the witnesses, and their
statements were reduced to writing.
I he verdict was quickly reached
after, the testimony was all in!; .;It j
was in effect, that Mrs. Lacy came!
to her death from a gun shot wound !
innicr.ea Dy ner own hand - .with
suicidal intent. ' , . -, -
Thursday morning, the body fol
lowed by the sorrowing husband
and many sympathizing friend
was taken to Soap Creek, theiome
of the dead girl's childhood, and
laid to rest. She was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Collins,
and was. held in high esteem in Cor
vallis. and wherever else she was
known. Some of the evidence at
the inquest, reduced - in . verbiage
and with the questions eliminated;'1
is here given.-
At the Inquest.
At the inquest, W. 3. Lacy in
answer taquestions, testified, say
ing:. I came in through' the kitch
en from down town, and she was
lying in the bedroom on the bed.
Mr. Proebstel was with me. I
know of no motive or reason she
should have had for committing
suicide; 1 Our marriage relations
have ever been pleasant. My wife
was always cheerful, and was never
despondent. Before I left 'for the
store at noon she was in her usual
ly pleasant frame of mind. I have
searched the house for written com
munication that she may have left
but have not been able to find any.
Her health had been of late extra
good, we had returned irom a
vacation trip at noon 4he: day be
fore. Nothing of an '" unhappy na
ture occurred on the trip. We
went to-Portland and out into Wash
ington about 100 miles. We stop
ped two or three days at the honie
of my wife's people in Polk.county
on our way. back. It was a very
pleasant visit. My wi!e never
threatened to take her life. She
was 32 years of age. I told her not J
to get a warm sapper.' I wasfrrstj
in the room where - the body was
found, and touched the body but
did not change its position. I picked
the gun up but laid it right back
in the same position. Proebstel
was there at the time. It is my
gun and I have had it in the house
two and a half years. It is a 22.
small and short, and I last used it
about the time cherries were ripe.
I did hot keep it loaded. The am
munition was kept in the kitchen
on the top shelf. I found it there
after the body was found. She
was not in the habit of using the
gunv I don't suppose, she ever
shot a gun in her life." - r
Front door Locked. '
v Chester Proebstel, being , ques
tioned by Deputy Attorney Bryson,
testified: "I ate dinner with Laura"
and Burt, that day. As soon as the
dinner was over Burt and Laura
went into the kitchen, and I went
to the college, remaining there un
til io minutes to six. ' I went to
Burt's then and tried to get in the
frontdoor. Burt was coming up
street and he called to me to come
around with him and have supper.
I turned around and went with
Burt to the woodshed. :I was six
f eet 'behind him when he went into
the house. ' As soon as he got into
the house he said, "Oh Laura."
He went into the Bedroom-ipd call
ed to me to come." ' She -was lying
on the bed. The back door of the
house was shut. ; -The body was
lymg'on the bed "with . ' the head
where the pillows ; join- She- was
lying on her back and her feet to
the right side of the bed. She was:
lying diagonally across the bed.
The gun was lying on 'the floor-
j with the butt end towards her feet
and the muzzle toward her1.- head,
almost parallel with her body. It
was six or eight inches from'' the
bed. Mrs.: Lacy was dead and
there was blood on the ;lef'cheek.
There was a gunshot wound in the
temple. - After we y discovered ' the
body I ran to the front door which
Burt unlocked, and L rah two doors,
north and telephoned for Dr. Cath
ey who came in about five minutes.
Burt said, 'There is no use; she is
dead. I Dx. Cathey, after be 4ame,
said: 'I will have to get the" cor
oner; don't touch her.' Then E-
Horning came along and I called
him in.. : The room was on " th-;
north side of the house. So far as
I know the relations of the hus
band and. wife in the , Lacy home
were most pleasant."
What-the Deuveryman saw,
Dr. Cathey being questioned, af
ter making examination in the
presense of the jury, testified:
"It is my opinion that death was
caused by a gunshot wound inflict
ed by her own hand. The wound
in the right temple would be suffi-.
cient to cause death. I think a few
hours elapsed after the shooting be
fore the body was found. I first
saw the body a few minutes after
six o'clock." f
Charles Harding testified:
' 'I drive a delivery wagon, and
not far from three o'clock was at
the Lacy home delivering goods.
I went part way around the north
side of the house. . I looked in a'
room on the north side of the house
and I noticed a woman lying on the
bed, , I could not tell what color
dress, aud only glanced in J to see
whether I was going the right 'way
or not. I went on the north side of
the house through "mistake, and
when I tound out it was the wrong
way I turned back. I - could not
see the face of the woman on the
bed. Her position was about as
described by the other witnesses,,, I
have been delivering twq weeks."
Other witnesses were J. H. Har
ris. Mrs. Nellie Pratt, Mrs. Ida
Hodes. Mrs. Ethel Harris, and E.
B. Horning. J. H. Harris testi
fied that Mr. Lacy was at the store
all afternoon, Mrs.-Hodes that Mrs.
Lacy had been in the yard during
the afternoon,, but that she had not
spoken' to her. All testified to the
very happy relations between the
husband and wife.
DELAYED TRUTH
Proaght to Light by, two Confes-
,,: sions New Phase m Blumberg sjs
. , v Case.
v Things are doing in the Blum
berg case. As all know, the case
has been appealed to the circuit
ciurt. It is not likely, however,
that Jacob will make a very strong
fight in that court, if, indeed he
appears there at all, for the power
ful reason that John McGee who
swore at the trial that he obtained
no whiskey from Jake, has confes
sed to the authorities that the con
trary is true, and that he did buy
the whiskey from Blumberg. Not
only this, , , but Blumberg himself
has confessed f. that : he sold the
liquor to McGee, ;all in spite of his
former asseverations to the contrary.
It reads like romance,"., this swear
ing on the -witness stand to one
thing, and afterward making the
statement that the opposite is true,
and indeed, there is a deal of ro-
jnanceun. it .v. .
The - confessions are understood
to be the outcomg-of plans set afoot
by State Attorney Bryson for bring
ing a couple of cases of perjury
It is known that a witness under
examination in theattorney's office
was broken down and made to ad
mit facts that lef1 to certain and
strong cases of perjury, , and that,
there were t V be arrests to match.
The confession of McGee was made
before Justice Holgate and it invol
ved a full retraction of his testimony -at
the Blumberg trial, and corrobor
ated completely t the testimony of
Officer Osburn. Fred Overlander
and C C. Huff. Like McGee,
Blumberg has all along . denied the
facts and asserted his innocence.
Justice Holgate has stated to the
Times that McGee' s confession is
substantially as above stated. As
the Times has all along maintained,
this illicit. tra3c in. liquot can
not be safely carried on in this,
town. .The men who, - attempt it
are sure, sooner or later, to come to
grief. Blumberg s experience, es
pecially the new phase of it, proves
it. It will be proven even more ir
resistibly when the government
takes a hand, . under the revenue
laws,, for Blumberg has no govern
ment license. -
Sunday Excursions. '
Taking effect Sunday and continuing
every Sunday throughout the summer
excursion, jtiains on the porvallis & East
ern will ruu sharp
schedule:
on the following'
, Leave Albanv. ; 7:30a. m.- . .
m ' 1 -Corvallis . S:o0 .:. ' ...
-. ' i'."- Philomath 8:12V ' '
'. .- Wren 8:31 ' ' ,x
- - V i-Hotlyett ' 8;s0 ' . :'" .
.y V Summit 9:05 ' , ;
v .; ' Na-hville 9:r5:.v' .. . "
,- ''. Norton s "9:39
" Eddvville 10:00 ' ..-.:v
' . , .Ghitwood- 10:13, '.
' '' f. .Morrison" 10:21V --
-;, El.pity 109 ..-'
' Toledo .10:55 .
" J At rive, Yaquina : 10:20
- , "Newport 12-00 N. , - '
Leave5; ' ' ' 5-00 p. in." "
' Returning trin arrives at Corvallis
at 9-20 p. in. ; Albany 9-55 p. ' m "
V Fare Corvallis, . philomath. Iq New
pdrt'and return, 1 .50,; .Vj West of Phir
lomath to Chitwood . inclusive, Ji; all
points west of Chitwood to Storrs inclu-1
eive .75; all points west of Storrs; 50
J. G- MAYO "V
CJeri, Pass,' Agent. j
For Sale.
90 cords oak grub wood,
of F. L. Howe, Corvallis,
F. D. No 1.
Jnquire
Or., R.
Sfft GRAND
lR-Anniyersary Sal
As this week' marks the Thirty-fifth year that I
have been in business in Corvallis, I wish first to thank
my patrons and friends for the liberal patronage they
have extended me, and lo announce that, as has been
my custom, I arrTgoing to hold an Anniversary Sale for
just one week. Bat this year I am going to offer you
prices that will eclipse an 7 previously made on the
same. line of goods. -
Here are Some "of the Prices I am Making: '
1900 Yards Torshon" Lace and insertions, all widths
and select patterns, while it lasts 5c per yd.
Thompson's Glove Fitting and W. B. Corsets to fit all
forms, $1 50, $1.25, and $1.00 grades going at 75c
! 50c ualues reduced, to.....-..--. 36c
Ladies Sailor Hats, this line we are going to discontin-
ne.v; All 50c values. ..t:........f. .......24c
'. - Ail' 25c values'.....'........!:....!.'.;......!..; I9c
Special Ainoskeag. Ginghams, all colors..........5c yd.
Ladies Parses and Hand Bags, black, white, brown and
tan, leather and velvet,
- Regular 1 50 values reduced' to................... $1.15
- $1.25 95
" $1.00 " :.,.. 75
" .75 " ' .. .48
..Ladies Auto Yacht Golf and Saucy Caps all colors
Regular $1.50 caps now .......,..:$1.05
. do $1.25 do do 95
do $1.00 do xlo 78
do ,75 do do ...:... .' .56
. . do .50 do do .1 .38
I want lo close out my entire line of Eummer suit
ings and wash goods comprising: Voiles, Scotch Ox
fords, Mercerized Taffetas, Spot Mohairs and Crepes
Luster Linens and Homespun suitings in the season's
latest shades, at the following prices:
40c goods reduced to 31c.
30.
do do 22c
25c
.16
do do 19c
dp r do -Vlh
v . ' 10c goods,
Fifty pairs men's trousers and outirig pants reduced
: from $4.50 to $3.60; $4 values to 3.20, S'3.50 val
... lies, to $2.65; . $3. values to $25, $2. 50. values $1.95
Boys' Buster Brown Norfolk ami JNfidd? Suits size 3 to
." 8,years, regular $3.50 valnspecial $2.95; regul
; ar $3 values , now $2.55; re-nlar $2.50 value;$2.15
all $2 values now $1.65; resW $1.50 value $1.29
GROCERY DEPARTMENT-EXTRA SPECIAL
Ball Mason Fruit Jars, pints' 60c, quarts 73. half-gallon $1
21 pounds choice rice $1
6 cans Sardine s 25c . '""
Extra Standard Tomatoes 10c per can
Extra Standard Corn 10c per can
Arm & Hammer or Schillings Soda 4pkgs25c
WesternWry' Granulated Sugar $5. 70 per sack
.-. Fruit Sugar $o.70 per sack
S. L.
The White House
Including pur entire stock of seasonable goods,
and jduringf Jhis sale-, v? Wgt- ISfOT. BE
IINDeIrSOLD,. but wiir meet all ccmpetition.
When.you see it
35c Goods reduced to
27c
22e
15c
10c
25c do do
20c do do
12. do do
reduced to .08c- .
KLINE
Corvallis, Oregon
in our ad, its so.