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CORVAIiUS, OREGON, FRIDAY; EVENING, JULY
IS ALL RIGHT NOW
STRANGE STOR? OF PROOF
: OF DREYFUS' INNOCENCE
Persecuted French Officer Freed at
Laei Discovery Made Tjy an
Old School Schoolmate
. Restored to Rank.
iParie, Jolyi 14. The.celebra
tioa of the French National Holiday
today assumed epecial significance
in connection of Dreyfus resuming
his place in the army after he was
declared f innocent. The Official
Journal this morning published a
decree announcing bU reinstate
ment and promotion and inscrip
tion on the list of chevaliers Of the
Legion of Honor.
Dreyfus, who remains, in his
apartments, is besieged by many
friends, who are congratulating him
on his final succese. Hundreds of
felicitations have reached ' him by
mail, telegraph and - cable. The
date of his receiving his sword and
patting on bis uniform awaits his
assignment to a regiment. t
President Fallieres today review
ed the troops at Iyongcharups. The
principal features of the day were
the enormous crowds and the fre
quent shouts of "Vive Dreyfus,"
showing the prevailing sentiment.
As a fitting epilogue to the ac
quital of Alfred Dreyfus, M. Philip
Bunau-ar Villa today gave the As
sociated Press a remarkable story
of how be first discovered positive
proof ot Dreyfus' innocence and the
guilt of Major Count Esterhazy, a
story heretofoie known to only a
few intimates, including Dreyfus,
who said during a recent dinner
here that, whils the estabHs&ment
uf hie ina, cdi. ca was attributed to
many cause.-, E. Buneau-Varilla's
cbanoe dettction ot the counterfeit
bordereau, or the main document
on which the prosecution relied,
was the real cause of the triumph
of justice. M. Buneau-Varilla said;
D.eyius and I entered the poly
iejhtiic school together in 1878.
Our ways parted us or our gradua
tion, he going into the army and I
beiomin? a government ecgineer.
We seldom can.e together but once,
chancing 10 meet him, we chatted
aoout a project which I was direct
ing for the development of the
French Cong . Later Dreyfus wrote
me asking information about the
project lor tie purpose of writing a
geographical study of the French
poeeeBi(n3 in Africa. Through an
oversight' ihe letter remained un
answered. It was , some - years later that
Dreyfus was arrested and convicted
before a secret court-martial. Hap
pening to dine afterwards with my
brother Maurice, proprietor of the
Matin, he spoke of having a photo
graphic reproduction of the boide
leau conututing the only proof on
which Dreyfus was convicted. One
ot the official photos ot the borde
reau bad been submitted to the
court, but tome one had photo
graphed one of the phttos and this
was delivered to my brother with
the id-a that its publication would
preeit further assertions that
Dreyfus was innocent. However,
MiuriCH decided not to publish it,
as he did not wish again to call
public attention to Dreyfus,3;who
was then considered a vile traitor.
When my brother spoke-of tb
bordereau, the idea flashed across
my mind that I might compare the
document with something "written
by Dreyfus during our school days
at the polytechnic echool. I finally
found the old, unanswered letter in
which Dreyfus afked for informa
tion relative to the Congo.'
In Dreyfus' letter to me, the
words having a ' double "s" - were
written with a long "s" first and ' a
short "e" second, whereas in the
bordereau it was just the reverse.
My. brother made an independent
comparison of the bordereau and
the letter and reachad the same
conclusion, namely, that the hand
writing of the letter about the Con
go was not that of the bordereau.
As together we realized this discov
ery, we felt aB though an earthquake
had shaken usuvr . h C '
Maurice immediately announced
his determination to publish the
photograph of the bordereau bo that
everyone possessing letters written
by Drey fuB would be able to make
comparisons, and the following day
the people gerrerally aurT the Drey
iai family inafticniar saw for the
first time what has since been
known as the bordereau. ;Tbe ap-
peaTaace or the autograph - of the
bordereau led M. Castrn. a. . Rt.nr.k.
broker,- to recognise it as being in
the handwriting of one of his cli
ents, Count Esterhaay, thus precip
itating Eeterbazy's trial and the
publication of Zola's famous "I ac
cuse" letter. If I had not forgotten
to answer tne letter Dreyfus wrote
to me about the Cnnco. the nVintn.
graph about the bordereau would
not have appeared in the Matin and
Dreyfus would be dead in shame or
sua connnea on Devil's island.
New York, July. 18. It has de
veloped that Harry Thaw, is con
stantly under strict espionage in
the Tombs. Two "trustys" are as
signed to bis cell. For three weeks
one of these has been a well-known
alienist disguised as a trusty.
This alienist is retained by the
district attorney and has been mak
ing reports regularly ' to him. In
every report h's conclusion is the
same he thinks Thaw is a lunatic.
'Dispatches from Pittsburg say it
is learned from a most authorita
tive source that a serious rupture
has occurred between Thaw's moth
er add- Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. The
mother blames her daughter-in-law
for the tragedy. No matter what
Thaw's fate may be, that of his
wife's is settled.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw must in fu
ture care for herself. The purse of
the Thaw estate is no longer access
ible to her and she will be obliged
to accept a theatrical engagement.
Through a divorce suit, however,
young Mrs. Thaw might secure a
part of Thaw's $2,400 a year at
least, but that whole amount would
be only pia money to her now with
her acquired luxurious tastes.
New York, July 17. The de
fense in the case of Hariy K. Tbaw
accused of the murder - of Stanford
White, made aa unusual and un
expected move today when a writ
Of prohibition was secured from Jus-
lice Blsncbard in the supreme court
ie$trairrng tha district attorney
aud tha July grand jury from tak
ing further evidence under oath
against toe prisoner. Application
for the writ was made by John
Gleason, of cousspl for Thaw, and
the order to show cause why it
should not be continued was made
returnable tomorrow.
Counsel for Thaw allege that
through the illegal use of grand ju
ry subpoenas the district attorney
is summoning all possible witnes
ses in the cate to h:'s office, putiing
them under oath there and taking
depositions which may be detri
mental to the prisoner's interest.
It is further alleged that as Thaw
is already under indictment and
no new icdictment for the murder
of white is contemplated, the dis
trict attorney has no righi to use
the grand jury clock for his own
inquisition.
Almost every person who can ap
pear as a witness in the case, 4T of
them, have baen sworn by the dis
trict attorney, it is asserted, end
depositions made for use at the tri
al. Through all of this counsel for
the defense has not been allowed to
be present. The application for
the writ contained the following al
legations: "For the purposa of preparing
the case for trial, subpoenas are
made by the district attorney, ad
dressed to witnesses, requiring them
to appear . and testify before the
grand jury in an investigation be-
ioic it. these subpoenas are not
made foi "the purpose of procuring
any new indictments for the killing
of Stanford White, but for the
purpose of procuring evidence to
be used against the defendant at
the trials.
The witnesses are required by the
district attorney to be sworn b fore
the grand jury and the depositions
are taken. The newspapers keep
track of the witnesees thus produc
ed and undertake to state the facts
to which tney have testified. : ; The
taking of these depositions against
the defendant has been chiefly en
trusted to Asei-tint District Attor
ney Garvan, and from time to time
A person close to Judge Olcott said
his firm would have no objectio n to
Thaw's engaging other ceuaeel, pro
vided his . firm was recognized as
senior counsel.'1 Clifford W. Hart'
ridge insists that he is still Thaw's
counsel, though he does not ques
tion Mrs. Thaw's right also to re
tain counsel. He says he will de
fend Thaw and the defense will not
be insanity. : ys--A:::' ,
It is, reported today "that Thaw
has been watched constantly since
Continued on page 4.
20. 1906.
MAY GOME TO OREGON
SEATTLE OFFICIALS TALK
OF SHIRKING TRIALOF
HOLY ROLLERS'
Statute Permits It Insane Persons
Residents of Other States May
Be Sent Home Alienists
j Are at Work on Slayers.
Seattle, Wash., July 18. Esther
Mitchell and Mrs. Maud Creffield
may be removed to their Oregon
homes, Instead of being tried for
murder here, despite the direct in
formation on a murder charge filed
here today. This is a proposition
which has b en discussed at some
length by, end has met with some
favor from influential members of
the King county bar. One object
gained by turning over to Oregon
her own citizens, say court officials
who have suggested the matter,
would be that King county would,
at very little cost, rid itself of an
expense bill of about $5,000. Mrs.
Uretheln'e home, they claim, is at
Corvallis; Esther Mitchells in New
berg, Or., or Portland. A Wash
ington law provides that non-resident
insane persons may be taken
to their home state. It reads:
''Whenever any person shall be
fcund in the euperior court in any
county to be insane and such per
son has no residence in this state,
such person shall be sent, at the
expense of the state, to the place
where such person neiongs, 10 every
case where such place cf residence
can be ascertained."
The trial of George Mitchell, it is
estimated, cost King county about
$25,000. A3 many Oregon Witnes
ees would probably be required in
the case of tha women as in that of
the young man against whose life
they plotted. ' The women have the
right to be tried separately, thus
c Micg tte state twice as much as'
did Mitchell. Should an insan ty
commission fiud the .women intace
and the court send them (o O.egoD,
the Oregoo officials who were so
ootspokan in tbir opinions of the
trial of George Mitchell, claim local
court officials, wuuld then have a
chance to haudle the case them
selves. Probably Esther and Mrs.
Crtffi;ld would bs tent to the Hos
pital for the insane at Salem. On
the other hsnd, if alienist experts
should find the prisoners sane, their
record would be admissible at Ihe
murder trial here.
Even now insanity experts aie
holding an inquiry into ihe mectal
condition ot the prist ners. Much
wi 1 depend on their report. The
information to be filed this after
noon Lames i7 witnesses for the
state, including local police officers,
newspaper reporter?, pbysiciane,
and Perry and Fred Mitchell, Fred
Dickmen and Lewis Sandelle,
Newberg, Or,, July 17. Beside
his mother in a quiet cemetery of
the Friends church, in this town,
George Mitchell lies in the last long
rest. He was buried this after
noon by the Friends church, per
sonal friends of the family tnd
townspeople ofNewbeig.
r Assembled at tha depot this
morning a large crowd awaited the
arrival of the remains of George
Mitchell, slayer of Franz Edmund
Creffield, the Holy Roller "apos
tle," who alter his acquittal on the
charge of murder, was killed at the
Seattle depot by his sister, Esther
Mitchell. At 8:45 o'clock the train
pulled into the station and with sad
faces the grief-stricken brothers of
the dead man, Fied and Perry
Mitchell, alighted.
At the conclusion of the services
at the trjorge the funeral procession
wended its way to the Friends cem
etery where, with a fe last words,
the body of George Mitchell was
laid at rest beside that of his moth
er.' Money to defray the expenses of
the funeral was raised among the
good townsmen of Newberg, who
also subscribed sufficient to pay for
the trip of the grief-stricken broth
ers who accompanied .. the body.
The Mitchell boys' expenses back
to Portland, where they expect to
work, will also be paid by the local
people. . The money was - raised
through the efforts of Mayor H, R.
Morris and Marshal J. " J. ' Woods,
who after their return from the Se
attle trial,' where they 'were called
as witnesses on behalf of George
Mitchell, etarted a personal canvass
to secure the necessary subscrip
b.f. Dtrm aaaar
and Proprietor
tions.
St. Petersburg, July 19. Gener
al Stoessel, the heroof Port Arthur
who for so many months defended
the Russian cltidel against the at
tacks of the Japanese, will be sen
tenced to death for surrendering
the fortrees. Stoeesel's defense has
been looked upon as the one bright
spot for Russia in the disastrous
conflict with the armie cf the mi
kado, but the report of the com
mission appointed to ii-qulre into
the surrender dispels even this he
roic defense, finds that there was
no necessity for the surrender ' and
recommends that General Stoessel
be sentenced to -ieath and General
Feck, a member of Stoessel's staff,
who urged the surrender, be con
demned to 20 years' confinement in
the galleys. 1
. The report finds that the resist
ance could have been prolonged a
considerable 1 length of time and
holds that it was the garrison's du
ty to bold ont until the . last man
perished, in accordance with Rus
sian army ideals, before striking
colors.
The Japanese maintained their
besieging lorce of 100,000 men
practically throughout the cam
paign. Their losses were placed 1-
60,000 men.
General Stoessel, defender of the
fortress, had at the beginning 42,
000 men. These were reduced to
about 18,000 men.
The siege began February 8, lo04,
with a naval attack. January 2 ,
1905, after a siege of 330 days, rep
resentatives of General Stoessel, the
Russian, and General Nogi, the
Japanese commander, arranged for
terms of surrender.
GRAND
Mid-week Excursion
To Newport
and Return
Wed. July 25
From Albany, Corvallis and
Philomath. Leaves Albany
7:3o, Corvallis 8, Philomath
8:12.
Returning leaves Newport at 0:30 arrives
Albany 10. Fare Albany, Corvallis
and Philomath $1.50, Children $1.00,
For the benefit of those who do not care
to go on excursions on Sunday the C.
& E. has arranged to run the above
grand mia-week excursion. - ,
Fivf and one half hours cf fun and plea
sure at the briny deep.
Come and bring the children and
enjoy the day.
Summons. ,
la the circuit court In the state of Oregon, for
u ton coumy.
Catherine Boehriuger, Plein'.lff, l
Oregon and California Railroad '.Co., I
and Union Trust Company. .Deft's. J
To Union Trust Company, the above named de
fendant: In the name of the ctate of Oregon you are
hereby summoned and leqnirea to nppear and
answer the complnlnt of the plalutlU lu the
above entiUed suit, la the above entitled
court, now on file In the office of
the clelK 01 said coul t on or belore the last day
of the time prescribed in the order for publica
tion of this summons made by the county judge
of Bentou ceunty, stale of Oregon (which order
is hereinafter referred to) to-wit: August 31,
1906, and you are hereby notllied that If you fail
to appear and answer the said complaint as
herein required, for want thereof the plaintiff
wUl apply to the above entitled court for the re
lief demanded in her said complaint, to-wlt:
that the defendent O. & C. R. It. Co. make a
deed to plaintiff con v. ying the N. W. quarter of
n. w. quarter 01 uou iw. Township 13 B.,
R. 6 W.. in Bentt n uuuutv. Oreeon: that defend
ant Union Trust Company join in said deed,
ana mat u aeienaants reiuse to mase snca deed
then that the decree of the above entitled
conrt stand in lieu thereof.
This summons Is published In the Corvallis
Times newspaper once a week for six succes
sive and consecutive weeks, beginning with
the issue July 20, 1906 and ending with
the Issue of August 81, 1906. In pursuance
ot the directions contained In an order
made by the Hon. K. Woodward, countv
judge of Benton county, Oregon, dated July
id, iwo. uaie oi urst puoiication nereot is jujv
20,1906.
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