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DISMISSES" COUNSEL
HARRY THAW REFUSES PLEA
OP INSANITY AS DE
FENSE. Stormy Interview With Olcott
Brings Crisis Says He Is Boss
His Mother In New
York Other Ne we. .
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New York, July 14. Harry
Thaw has dismissed the law firm
gf of Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bo-
InyDge,' In a fit of anger, and the
firm, of which ex-Governor Frank
S. Black is the bead, will not de
fend the young Pittsburger in his
trial for the killing of White. The
dismissal was the culmination of a
number of arguments Thaw has
had wiih various members of the
law firm over the question of a de
fense. Judge Olcott, who has been
the active member cf the firm in
connection with the case, all along
insisted that insanity be made the
Icheitpoint in the defense, while
Thaw insisted, with equal it not
greater emphasis, that he would not
stand for the insanity plea. -
While there have been numerous
arguments between Thaw and Jndge
Olcott on this question, there was
no open break until Friday after
noon, when Thaw, during a verbal
combat with Judge Olcott in the
Tombs, became enraged and
wound ud a tirade .: by telling bis
lawyer flatly the firm of Black, 01
cott, Gruber & Boriygne no longer
was his counsel.
'I am the boss," Thaw is declar
ed to have said, , after Judge Olcott
had given it as an ultimutum that
Thaw should place himself abso
lutely in tbe hands of his counsel
as a pa tier, t in the hands of his phy
sician, and submit entirely to the
judgment of the law firm as to the
best manner i i conducting the de
fense. "And I will not stand for
the - insanity plea," the prisoner
added.
Jndge Olcott then left the prison
it is said, and today received a let
ter, according to the story, from
Thaw, in which the young man
put in writing bis dismissel of the
firm. A member of Judge Olcott's
firm when questioned about the
matter tonight, said:
"Our firm wes not engaged by
Harry Thaw, but by the law firm
of Dele fi Id & Longfellow, who are
counsel for Harry Thaw's mother
and we fa counsel for Thaw's father
during the elder Thaw's life time,
They retained us to take charge of
the criminal end of the case. We
have been obliged, in making our
plans for the defense of young
Thaw, to go alone lines in defiance
of his wishes Further than that
do not ca'e to talk just now." '
It is said another cause for the dis
agreement between Thaw and his
course arose out of the payment of
certain bills Inaw contracted in
thd Tombs afur his arrival there
as a prisoner. A. noticable disa
greement b.'twetn Thaw and Ol
cott's firm came one day last week
when Thaw issued a statement to
tt e newspapers with Judge Olcott's
consent, denying that i.e was in
fBna and 'declaring that that would
not be the defense when his cess
came to trial. Judge Olcott, in
speaking of this statement, said:
"Yes, I permitted Harry to make
the statement; he pestered me to
much I had to."
Thaw was very angry when he
heard, .this, and the next day he
called in the ieporters and made a
verbal and still stronger statement
along the same lines without Judge
Olcott's consent or even knowledge.
It was Judge Olcott's tarn to get
angry when he saw this second
statement in the newspapers, and
it is said he laid down the law to
Thaw Friday afternoon and, ac
cording to the story, received his
dismissal as Thaw's legal represen
tative in connection with the mur
der trial..
District Attorney Jerome, accom
panied by two of his assistants,
Messrs Garvan and Notter, left for
the South tonight to be gone three
daye. It is reported today that the
district attorney wanted to inter
view Joseph Leiter, of Chicago, as
to some details of a dinner party at
which Thaw was present, but this
was later denied by Mr. Garvan.
Thaw . wrote a letter today to
Messrs. Black, Bruber & Bonynge,
formerly dismissing as counsel and
directing that all papers in the case
be turned over to Clifford Hart
ridge. Mr. Hartridee has heretofore
acted as personal counsel to young
New York, July 14 Mrs. Wil-
iam Thaw, mother of Harry Thaw,
who is a prisoner in the Tombs,
charged with the killing of Stan
ford White, arrived this afternoon
from England. She was met at
quarantine by friends, and from
them she learned the particulars of
the tragedy. Tears filled her eyes,
and she evidently had difficulty in
keeping from breaking down when
sbe was questioned by a reporter
who met her. 5
With the return of Mrs. Thaw
the lawyers w bo will look after
Thaw's interests in the coning le
gal battle are preparing for a con
ference, at which the young prison
oner's mother will be preeent. It
is understood Mrs. Thaw is in favor
of setting up a defense of insanity.
If such is the case, she will be in
accord with the lawyers. On the
other hand, if Mrs Thaw should list
en to the pleadings of her son, who
does not like the insanity : defense,
there will be a difficulty to over
come. -
Seattle, Wash., July I3. Fully
cognizant of the punishment the
law demands for the crime of mur
der in the fir6t degree. Esther
Mitchell declares she had rather be
banged than obtain her liberty, or
even'mmunity fiom the law, on
the ground of insanity.
1 am not insane, she insisted
this morning," and before shooting
my brother I gave all the possible
results the fullest consideration.
I knew that I would be arrest
ed, and that the excuse I had for
doing whtt I did would not be con
sideredby the court."
lo a question as to whether or
hot she thought more of the dead
Holy .Roller, Creffield, than she
did ot the members of her own fam
ily, the girl re pi red that Creffield
was a holy man, and that her broth
er George "was defiled. "
ohe- admitted that sbe bad, as
was stattd bv Mrs. Maud Creffield,
volunteered to kill her brother,
knowing that Mrs Creffield would
not be able i s do it.
The girl during the conversation.
evinced no emotion, and stated that
ehe was willing to plead guilty to
the crime of murder in the first de
gree and take her punishment. She
said sbe had no money and knew
no one who would lerd her any fi
nancial assistance if she wanted
any, which she says sue does not
Mrs. Creffield is also willing to
submit to whatever punishment
may be in store for her. She, too,
declares that 6be is perfectly eane,
and the only excuse she offers for
her share in the killing is that she
was as justified in bringing about
the death of George Mitchell as be
was in killing her husband.
"I would have killed bim my
self if it had been possible," she
said, but I knew it was not, and
after we had talked about it Esther
Mitchell volunteered to do it for
me. After some hesitation I let
her do it. I expected to be pun
ished at the lime, and expect to
now. I have no money, and wil
not admit that I am crazy, for J
am not. I am just as happy here
as I have been at any time since
my husband was killed, and Idoa't
care what comes now." '
lbe women are kept separated
in the jail, Esther Mitchell being
confined by hers if in a email cell
just rff th9 jail office, while Mrs
Oi.ni Id ia in the woman's ward
Tney have seen none of their friends
Mrs. Creffield, while in Seattle,
had three revolvers in her posses
sion at different times. After the
killing of "Joshua," she took a re
volver from her room. This sbe
turned over to the police matron af
ter her arrett aa a witness. While
in the cqstody of the poliee matron
and under the closest surveillance,
she succeeded in obtaining another
weapon. This "she gave to the ma
tron Monday night when she was
released. Wednesday morning sbe
purchased at Spangenberg's cutlery
store the gun with which Esther
Mitchell killed her brother. She
bought the revolver Wednesday
morning at 7:30 o'clock, a few min
utes after the store opened. She
told the clerk she wanted the weap
on to keep around the house.
Tuesday night, when Mrs Cref
field returned to the police matron's
house to get some clothes she Lhad
left there, she asked for the return
of her two revolvers. The police
matron refused to give them to her.
She then eaid:
. "Why, you might as well give
. Continued on page 4.
A RUNAWAY TRAIN
ENGINEER AND BRAKEMAN
KILLED AND CREW STICK
TO POSTS IN WILD
RIDE.
Fireman Badly Injured Cars Are
Piled Up in a Heap Engine
Loses Control of 17 Fi eight
Cars on a Heavy
Grade Other
ews.
Ashland, Or., July I4 A freight
train on the Southern Pacific, con
sisting of 17 cars, drawn by one big
locomotive, got from under control
c6mingdown the Siskiyous soon
after noon today, at tunnel Hp. 16,
and made a wild run down . the
mountain, piling up iu a heap at
Clawson yards.
Engineer Bob Steiger and Fire
man Galbraith were terribly injur
ed. Engineer S eiger and his tire-
man were scalded and mashed un
der the engine as it tumbled over,
C. D. Lockerman, brakeman, was
so badly crushed that he died this
afternoon.. Passenger train south
bound, No. 15, had a narrow es
cape irom colliding with the run
away. The injured were brought to
Ashland.
One brakeman was under the re
mains of four cars, where they were
all compressed into the space of one
but piled 20 feet high.
(quickly as possible the injured
men were removed from the wreck
age and brought to Ashland, Con
ductor Hilty, of the runaway train
coming down the track ahead of
them in order to flag and stop the
south bound passenger train, which
be nut about two miles from Ash
land. Brakeman CVD. Lockerman died
here this afternoon1 as a "result of
bis injuries receive! in the wreck.
Engineer Robert Steiger was fear
fully scalded and crushed under
his engine. Brakeman Sim Wylie
was badly bruised, but hi? injuries
are not fatal.
Two hobos riding on a tank car
of oil behind the locomotive had
every stitch of clothing stripped
from them but were otherwise un
injured. The fireman who bad
rushed on t)p of the train to set the
hand brakes, and Conductor Hilty
and Brakeman Morris, who were on
the rear part oi the train, workicg
at the brakes, also escaped .without
injury.
Tbe wreck ia the wirst that ever
happened on the Siskiyou moun
tain's. Fourteen of the 17 cars
were badly demolished and a num
ber of them emsshed into kindling.
The engine, one of tbe largest of
tbe mountain climbers used by the
Southern Pacific, was badly demol
ished. Tbe injured men, Steiger
and Wylie, after receiving medical
attention here, were hurried to the
railroad hospital st Portland cn a
special train.
: Trainmen think it possible other
tramps may still be under the pile
of wrec kage. ,
Engineer Steiger died on the spe
cial tiaia at 8 o'clock, on tbe way
to Poriland.
Tbe Southern Pacific has always
been very fortunate in its experi
ence in moving trains on the eteep
grades of the Siskiyou mountains,
and in spite of the difficulties in tha
way, have had very few accidents
Not a little of the credit for this is
due to the cool beadedness and brave
ry of the men who manage their
freight acd passenger trains with
hundreds of lives daily.
Today's occurrecce was no excep
tion to the role, and Engineer Bob
Steiger and Fireman Galbraith faced
death in a wild ride on a runaway
freight train down the north side cf
the mountain today. With Con
ductor Hilty and Brakeman C. D.
Wiley, they endeavored, until the
train no longer held the rails, to
stop its tremendous and furious
rush towards Ashland, and all went
down in the wreck.
Speculation is wide as to what
would have happened if, instead of
being ditched at Clawson, the run
away tr in had continued on and
smashed into the two sections of
the southbound train No. 15. which
was jus starting from here, loaded
with passengers.
Section Foreman Williamson was
eating dinner with his gang at
Steinman station, half way down
the Siskiyous, and 10 miles from
Ashland, at 1 2:20 P. M. today,
when he beard the wild" whistling
of a freight train whose engineer
was calling for brakes. : Not . know
ing there was some car running
away he called hiB men together
and they came close to the track.
In a moment they were horrified
to see a complete freight train en
gine, 17 cars and a caboose, com
ing like a whirlwind. Scarcely had
they glanced at it, however, before
it had disappeared from their sight
around the curve, and then tbe
gang' got out their hand car ' and
started down tbe rails after the
train, an Foreman Wiil amson saye,
"just to see where she will pile up."
The crew pumped "five miles to
Clawson switch and fcund the
wreck 14 ' car ground up, track
and rails torn and twisted 400 feet,
tender stripped and flung against
the fence, and the engine itself dis
mantled and lying on its side, with
the engineer crushed in the cab,
scalded y almost to death and hi
clothes on fire.
Chicago, July I4. A. Gourdain,
who was released from the Cook
county jail yesterday on bonds of
$10,000, presented a short time la
ter the unique spectacla of a man
trying to break into the penitentia
ry. Just after he was given his lib
erty the former banker hurried on
an ele:tric oar to Joliet and de
manded of the chief deputy that he
be incarcerated. The deputy denied
tbe Btrange tequest and Gourdain
started back to Chicago with -the
avowed intention ot instituting
mandamus proceedings to compel
the authorities to put bim in prison
at once, that he might begin with
out delay serving tbe 4 1-2 years'
sentence for operating a lottery.
Gourlain later explained ' bis
aversion to the Cook county jail.
I propose to serve my sentence eve
ry day of it," said he, "but I will
not do it in the county jail. . My
objection is the noise and the close
proximity of tbe street. At Jolitt
it is quiet and my rest is never dis
turbed with ribald EOngs and clang
ing bells. If I cannot serve m
sentence any other way I shall build
a penitentiary somewhere on the
side of a hill. and live in a cell for
4 1-2 years."-, "
. At King's Valley.
Hay harvest is under full head
way aod the crop is the largest for
several yeara. Grain is looking
well but some fear is expressed of
damage by the extreme heat, but
so far there is no apparent injury.
Curtis Miller is getting along
much belter with his logging since
be got married.
J. P. Logan is building a new
dam at tbe grist mill.
Bud Price is now the U. S. mail
carrier from Wren.
Ernest Eddy was at home for the
Fourth.
Edna Oren has returned home
after staying with her parents until
they were through with the measles.
John Price has sold his farm to
Link Allen and intends to make
his borne this winter with his fath
er's family.
Some of tbe Valluy people went
to Newpoit on tbe excursiou ou the
8tb.
M. L. Frantz is felling out his
etcck of merchandise at cost.
C. A. Rice always raitea good
crops. Tbif year he has a crop of
Vetch hay and it is so heavy that
he cannot cut i. Ha would let it
ripen and tramp it out on the
ground but be don't know what to
do with the straw.
Italian peddlers have been rather
common in the Valley latelv.
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