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18, 1906. 1 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY TDM s 5 IDT GUILTY Jury of Six Acquits Hotel Man of Conducting Disrepu table Resort. SPICY TESTIMONY GIVEN ficnsation-Scekers Crowd Municipal Court to Suffocation Few "Wit nesses Fail to Appear Ver dict Quickly Reached. RICHARDS 2vOT GUILTY. t After 30 minutes deliberation the I jury In the now notorious Richards case late yesterday afternoon brought iti the following verdict: We. the Jury in the above entitled case, find the defendant not guilty. ' E. F. REEVES. E. K. KEYZENGA. J. B. RAND. T. R. OL1K. J. R. BAKER. E. VERSTEG. Richards was charsed with openins and maintaining a disorderly houso on the corner of Park and Alder streets. After sitting from 10 o'clock in the morning until 6:30 in the evening, hearing the testimony of 14 witnesses for the prosecution and ten for the defense, the Jury of six men who tried the charge of setting up and maintaining a disorderly house, brought by the city against Thomas I. Richards, deliberated 30 min utes and returned a verdict of not guilty. A great legal battle was fought between Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald, repre senting the city, and C. M. Idleman, Alex Sweek and J. L Long, for the defense. Municipal Judge Cameron was frequently obliged to decide fine points of law throughout the long trial, and there was not a minute of the session that could be called dull. It was a trial of great Im portance to both sides, and never was there a more hotly contested case heard In the courtroom. Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald's 14 witnesses all swore that Richards' hotel bore a bad reputation, and one testified that the defendant himself had confessed to him one year ago that he fitted up the houso for immoral purposes. Minis ters of the gospel, business and 'profes sional men and police officers were among the. city's witnesses. Attorney Idleman. chief counsel for Richards, had among the ten witnesses he called to the stand, men well known in business circles, to testify that Richards' hotel was a respectable place. Two more would have been called, but they were not found by the officers serving subpenas, and in order to expedite matters, Mr. Fitzgerald admitted certain facts Mr. Idleman said they would swear to. Alexander C. Rae, assistant cashier of the Oregon Mortgage Company, and Acting Detectives Kay and Jones were the star witnesses for the city, and Richards was his own best witness. Few Witnesses Fall to Appear. Nearly all of those for whom subpenas were Issued were In attendance. Mrs. Walter Reed was not there. She had evi dently decided to Ignore the summons. Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald stated that had she been present she would not have been called to the stand, and that she will not bo called to account for al leged contempt of court. The crowd that packed the room and corridors was the largest ever assembled to hear a case In the Municipal Court, and at times policemen were detailed to eject some who were drawn there by idle curiosity. Long before the calling of the case all the available space was occupied, and not until tho Jury returned with its verdict did the intensely interested audience vacate. Excellent order prevailed. and rapid progress was made, considering the numerous clashes of counsel ana nne legal points put up to Judge Cameron. When the case was called, the bail of two couples arrested in the mid night raid of January 6 was declared forfeited, as they failed to answer to their names. Attorney Idleman then Interposed demurrer on the grounds that the complaint contained two dis tinct charges and that it did not set forth sufficient cause for action, juage Cameron overruled the demurrer. Considerable time was consumed In selecting the Jury. Judge Cameron caused 12 men to be summoned, and out of, these the six who tried the case were selected. Several of those ex cused were members of the Municipal Association, and were not desired by counsel for the defense. With the completion of the Jury, Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald made his opening statement to the jury. He was followed by Mr. Idleman. for the defense. Alexander Rae, assistant cashier of the Oregon Mortgage Company, was the first witness called by the prosecution He said he was a member of the Munic ipal Association, and was interested in bettering- morals of the city. About one year ago, he said, having heard much talk regarding Richards' Hotel, he determined to go to the place hlm , self and ascertain first hand what the facts were. He said he went there and took dinner one Sunday, and after dining, he asked to be shown the prem ises. He was introduced to Richards. who took him around ani explained matters fully. "Regarding the bachelors' apart ments," said Mr. Rae. "Richards ex plained that he had fitted up the rooms at great expense.' and when I asked him whether he allowed women In there, he said that a man could bring 'his own lady,' or. If he had none to bring, a list was on hand, from which one suitable could be brought-" Tells of One Gay Carousal. Passing- on to a time about five weeks afterwards, witness said one night he was passing Richards place and saw several men and women sitting in a front room. The blind was up and a good view was afforded. He said he looked long enough to see some mar ried men of Ills acquaintance holding women on their laps, hugging and kiss ing "the women and exchanging cigar ettes at Intervals with them. He said the women 'with the men were not their wives. To show that the "common fame" of Richards Hotel was bad, the follow ing ministers were called at this Junc ture. Revs. A. D. Soper. Edgar P. hi II. B. Nelson Allen. Andrew J. Montgomery, e. S. Muckle. snri S. C Lapfcam. All swore they had heard evjl reports regarding the hotel. Upon cress-examination by Mr. Idleman each said he had not secured his reports from amonar .persons living- In the im mediate vicinity of Richards' place; most all of wkat they heard came -from members of the Municipal Association, and their own brethren in the church. Miller Murdoch, who said he had fre ueRtly furnished legal advice to the Muaiclpal Association, was called and swere that he knew the common fame ef Richards' place -to be bad. He -said, upon cross-examination, that he had talked with, a few persons living- near Richards' place. Henry T. Gibson, formerly a patrolman on the local police force, but now em ployed as an officer at the Ladd & Tilton Bank, was the first witness called after the noon adjournment. He had once pa- troled the beat on which Richards' hotel is situated, and he swore that it was a bad place; that he had often seen disor derly women.enter there and emerge later. Patrolman Roberts, one of the raiding party, testified regarding the finding of men and women in rooms of the hotel on the memorable night of the raid. Harry Turner, formerly employed at Richards hotel as a bartender, swore that ho had seen Rose Hathaway, a dis orderly woman, pass through the place on her way to the hotel proper on several occasions. He had often seen ladies and gentlemen, he said, pass through the same way. Acting Detective Kay was next called. He and his partner. Jones, were in charge of the raiding party. Kay described the premises, after which he proceeded to de tail the facts leading up to and Including the celebrated raid. Detective Kay's Testimony. Jones and I had been watching another disorderly house next door to Richards' place, on Park street, explained Kay. We saw a good many things happening at Richards while wc were around the other place, and later we began to watch Richards place. We began in July, and continued from time to time until we Fitzgerald started to cite nme authori ties relative t evidence, but Judge Cam eron said this was not necessary, as the cae must go to the jury. Richards was then called and gave brief but pointed testimony in his own behalf. He said he was president of the Richards Hotel Company, a corporation organised in November, 1S05. He Identified two books that were introduced in evidence as his hotel registers, and said that all who took rooms had to register. He said his Instructions were that the best of order must prevail throughout the hotel. He had never rented a room to any woman. It being a strict rule of the hotel that women unaccompanied by their hus bands could not secure accommodations. Only the best of patrons were among his guests, he said, and during the Fair he had exchanged guests with other first class hotels of the city, all the hostclrlcs being crowded. To his knowledge there never were any disorderly women In his hotel. He denied Witness Rae's state ment relative to keeping a list of women to be called when desired. He said he paid $300 a year license to run his hotel. On the night of the raid. Richards said, a waiter came and told him the whole police force was upstairs. He ran up to ascertain the trouble, and found Kay and Jones going through rooms and caus ing a general alarm among the guests. He said he did not think their warrants were properly signed, and he therefore refused to open doors for them. To show the good' reputation of Rich ards' Hotel. Mr. Idleman then -called the following: Edward Hoi man, A. H. Ellens Charles Smith. J. B. Coffey, J. W. New- court replied, in effect, that he could not ceatrol the clty case, and as the City Attorney said they did not desire rae as a witness. I was discharged. "I have been informed that the list of subpenas was originally very much larg-er and names had been stricken from It by the authorities, due to po litical Influence, and one gentleman' told rae a friend of his got his name off by tho payment of $20, but who paid It. and to whom it was paid, his friend would not disclose. Many other witnesses present were not called, and under all the circumstances, I think the subpenaing of so many wit nesses the city did not use. and .appar ently had no intention of using, was peculiar." REUNITED BY ACCIDENT Sellwood Man Discovers Iocatlon of Father After Twenty Years. Robert Lee Fagg, whose home is at 543 Spokane avenue, in Sellwood. has discovered the whereabouts of his father from whom he separated whem a mere boy 20 years ago. Both fatner and son lost all trace of each other. It transpires that the elder John M Fagg, father of the Portland man, la a resident of Sitka. Alaska, where he has lived as a retired member of the United States Marine Corps. He is married and has a step-daughter. The SOME OF THE FACES HARRY MURPHY SAW AT THE RICHARDS TRIAL finally raided the place. We first noticed that the lights would go out at the en trance to Richards' hotel, whenever a man and woman would enter, and after they had passed on out of sight, the lights would appear again. we saw women come out of there, and saw them run in various directions, to points where they would get onto -streetcars. Rase Hathaway, a disorderly wom an, we saw go In there frequently. We once saw a girl, aged 18 years, come out cf there so drunk she was hardly able to stand. "Now for the night of the raid," said Kay, and the crowd of spectators pressed forward, eager to catch every word. "We watched the place a long time, and saw several couples enter. We decided to go in, and went at It with a rush. At the parlor, we saw men and women, the women being seated on the men's laps. They were all smoking cigarettes. Jones and I hurried on upstairs, leaving officers to guard the doors, so as to keep every one in. In the 'English room we found a couple, and as wc stopped to talk to the man, who gave the name of John Wil liams, Richards came up and demanded to know what we were doing. We told him we had warrants, and proposed to arrest every man and woman found. We asked him to open the doors, and he said he would not; that we could break them down. If we wanted to, but he refused to assist us. "A man and woman found in one of the rooms said they were Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Shanklln. Both were so drunk they did not care whether they were arrested or not. Alfred Johnson and Florence Smith, as a man anu woman' gave us their names, were caught in another room. These were taken to headquarters and booked." These two couples were those whose ball was forfeited because they failed to' ap pear to answer to their, names when the cases were taken up. Accuses Kay of "Wife Desertion. On cross-examination, Mr. Idleman questioned Kay, and asked him If he did not desert his wife and family, at the time he left England, which was 16 years ago. Kay replied In the negative, and ex plained that his mother-in-law refused to let his wife come to America with him. A strong point, so regarded by the de fense, at least, was here brought out. "John Williams," as he gave his name when arrested, turned out to be John William Inskeep, employed as a dishwash er in a First-street restaurant. He was among those who escaped, the woman with him also escaping. Counsel for the defense declared that Inskeep was In real ity a stool pigeon, employed by Kay and Jones, and that he was purposely allowed to "escape." This was denied, however, by-the prosecution. W. L. Johnston, bookkeeper for the John Deere Plow Company, was called to the stand to testify as to the reputation of Richards place, and swore It was bad. Acting Detective Jones, Kay's partner, testified to the same facts regarding the watching of Richards' place, and regard ing the raid. He said that "once ho saw a young girl rush out of Richards' Hotel, dash down a side street and then take a car to First and Washington. He fol lowed her. She transferred to Sellwood. He had since talked with her. She was very young, but he did not wish to sav anything further about her. That Inci dent occurred, he said, on the evening of December 31 last. "On the night of the raid," said Jones, "when I arrested the woman who gave her name as Smith, and the man who gave the name of Alfred Johnson, she threw up her hands in horror, and almost shrieked, "Oh, my God. don't arrest me. for I am. married. My husband has been to Chicago, and I expect him back to morrow. For heaven's sake, don't take me. for it will ruin my life. The man said. 'Yes, please let her go, and take me. If you must take some one. I will stand for anything, but for God's sake, don't ruin her life by taking her. Finally, when I told them I muBt take them, the man said they would give fictitious names to avoid publicity." Patrolman Smith, formerly on the Rich ards Hotel beat at night, swore that he had seen disorderly women enter the place at all hours on his shift, and he knew the place to be bad-. The city rested its case, and Mr. Idle man asked the court to instruct the jury to brig; in "a- verdict of not guilty. Mr. kirk. Clate Fellows, Frank Anderson and Lee Chandler. The latter is employed by Richards as a waiter. He is now under arrest, charged with assisting persons to escape on the night of the raid. He re fused to say, when asked on cross-examination, what part, if any, he took in helping people to get out. W. M. Ford and A. Ford, desired as wit nesses for the defense, were not found by the officers with the subpenas, and Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald admit ted, for the sake of saving time, that if present they would swear that Inskeep. the alleged stool pigeon, told them on the afternoon of the raid that he knew the raid was "coming off." and that he had a room up there. Richards Blamed by Fitzgerald. Closing arguments were then made, and the case submitted to the jury. Mr. Fitz gerald, emphasizing a statement made by City Attorney McNary earlier In the day, pointed out to the Jury that Richards was responsible for the publicity given many highly reputable persons In the case, as, CONCERNING THOSE SUBPENAS. The oSlplal list of witnesses sub penaed for the prosecution and de fence In the Richards case Is on nle In the office of Cleric Henneser. of the Municipal Court, like all public documents of the kind there. Every name appearinr on that list has been published In The Oreronlan from day to day. as trabpeaa were Issued, as may be proved by a. comparlosn of the official list on Hie with that pub lished In The Oreeonlaa. Additional subpenas were lsued yesterday for William Warner, Henry T. Gibson. AL Johnson and Harry Turner. Actlns; 1etecttves Kay and Jones furnished lb names of all persons subpenaed. aa they had full charge and were told to summon any number of wltnetees to prove their case. A (tenttatlonal rumor, spread broad cast yesterday, to the effect that sev eral oridnal subpenas. issued for wit nesses la the case, were stolen from the private desk of Captain of re tectives Bruin, had no foundation in fact. A brief investigation proved It a mere canard. he declared, Richards had .been running under false pretenses. and had thus brought unenviable notoriety on some of Portland's best citizens. Counsel for the defense argued that there was absolutely no evidence to show that Richards ever operated a disorderly house, and .flayed the police for alleged stupidity In the matter. JAMES WOOD'S STATEMENT Thinks It Peculiar Ho Was Subpe naed, but Not Allowed to Testify. James McL Wood, who was among those summoned as a -witness, made the following statement regarding his connection with the case: "I obeyed the subpena, the same as I would the summons of any -court but 1 supposed that In issuing It the city was sincerely desirous of putting me on the witness-stand. I saw Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. McNary. and ex plained to them that I was alone In business, without assistance except purely clerical, and very busy, and It would be a great accommodation to me to be called early. It was Inti mated that I would have to take roy 6hances with the others, and so I sat there from 16 A. M. to 4:30 P. M. "When the city closed Its case I asked the court to be allowed to testi fy, saying that I had been subpenaed, and, under the circumstances, this wasK supposed to cast some discredit on me, and I desired to say I had re cently been to Richards -on my way home about 6:26 P. M., to deliver a nre-lnsurance policy. In November I had dinner with some friends down stairs, and I had nothing to be ash am ed of to disclose, and I thought X ought to . kav e . ts e j: 1 gh t t say se. The GUM NINES IS READY F TRIAL Girl Accused of Patricide Faces Grant's Pass Jury Today. IS SORRY JASPER 'KILLED THE DISCOVERER Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, the Great Woman's Remedy for Woman's Ills. latter belongs to a girls' society. known as the Cousins' Society, an or ganization which maintains a paper for tne promotion of correspondence. Miss Fagg. h step-daughter of John M. Fagg, had written a number of let ters and her name appeared In the publication In full. Tho paper cna talnlng her name happened to fall Into the hands of Robert Lee Fagg; of this city, and the name being an uncommon one, he wrote Miss Fagg, to learn, if possible, something of his father, with the result that It was established that Robert Lee Fagg, of Portland, and John M. Fagg-. of Sitka, were son and father. The latter has been a resident of Sitka for the nast 17 years, and a year ago he retired from the Marine CorpB. and now owns his home and is a respected citizen. Robert Fagg has been a conductor of the O. W. P. for some time, but at present, with his family, is absent from the city. He is about 26 years old. and was a very small chid when sep arated from his father, and until he received an answer to his inquiry, did not know that he was still living. FINANCIAL MOSES WANTED Et. Johns May Ixse the Property Pnrchased for City Hall. Hedged In by a charter provision that prevents the Council from borrowing money, or even Issuing bonds, the St. Johns Council finds itself facing a diffi cult problem, that of completing the pay ment of $2X0 for the property recently contracted for from Charles Oihouse, for a city hall site. The price asked for the tract, comprising about four lots, by Mr. Oihouse, Is $3505. all of which must be paid by the first of February. Of this amount Mr. Oihouse has received JCO from the Council, with the understanding that the remainder was to be paid by the end of the present month. M. L. Holbrook. in order to enable the Council to secure this property, which Is very desirable In point of location for a city hall, offered to advance 000. and "W. M. Kllllngsworth offered II 000 to en able the city to get along with a S-mlll levy. It is understood that Mr. Killings worth wants security, which the Council cannot furnish. The time is short, and there Is much anxiety among the city officials. One re marked yesterday" that Mr. Oihouse must be paid his money or the sale will be off and the city, will not only lose the prop erty but the 5300 paid on It. The $1000 check of the St. Johns Hotel Company Is still in the hands of the Recorder for a liquor license, but It is not available, as no license has been issued. The Council cannot Issue warrants except there Is money to pay them, or on judgment of the court. It Is recognized that It would be little short of a calamity for St. Johns to allow this valuable piece of property to slip away. A Moses Is wanted to lead the way out of the financial wilderness. SWEENY DENIES RUMOR Spokane Man Not Yet Ready to Im prove the Dckum Homestead. A report gained circulation on the streets yesterday that Charles Sweeny, of Spokane, bad come to a definite decision In regard to the Improvement of the De kum homestead, and that he was having plans drawn by a local architect for an eight-story building to be erected upon the property. In response to a query from the Oregonlan, Mr. Sweeny wired from Spokane last night to the effect that the rumor Is not well founded. It is known that Mr. Sweeny Is- plan ning for extensive improvements upon this property, but, the nature of these Im provements is as much a mystery now as It was at the time he bought. It Is alse kaown that he considered the ad visability ef erecting a, handsome hotel up the Dekaro homestead. Taut no an nouncement has been made as to whether he still think of diag this er whether he will construct a building ef seme other B&ture. Sister of Condemned Man Is Un concerned at His Conviction and Strokes Stray Kitten While News Is Told. BT TV. G. MACRAE. GRANT'S PASS. Or.. Jan. 17. (Staff Correspondence.) "I am sorry that Jasper did it." This was one of the first state ments which Dora Jennings, whose trial will begin tomorrow morning for the mur der of her father. Newton M. Jenning3. made to Sheriff Lewis yesterday, while he was bringing her to this city for trial. This statement, if It Is borne out by the developments of the trial, will be signifi cant, for, from the very beginning. Dor?:" has maintained that she knew nothing of tne murder of her father. It might have been a remark In passing, but great im portance Is placed upon It by District Attorney Reames. for It may mean the disclosing of the whole story of the crime, and that told by Dora. It would also In dicate that the entire responsibility of the murder will be shifted to the shoulders of the brother. "When the prisoner arrived from Mcd- ford, Mrs. Jennings, her slater Julia and her two brothers were at the train to greet her, and after she had distributed a kiss around to each, in answer to an In quiry as to how she felt, she said: "I am feeling all right." Kitten Is Her Companion. "When she alighted from the train she wore a long coat, with a fur around her neck. and. nestling in her arms, was a little black kitten, the companion of her long Jail days In the Jacksonville County Jail. To the casual observer, Dora had nothing of the appearance of a prisoner or a murderess. The news that her broth er Jasper had been convicted of murder. which was told her by Sheriff Lewis, did not seem to depress her. Her chief solici tation seemed to be for the kitten which she carried under her arm. and a desire to purchase a few articles from a local dry goods store. After she had made the purchases she went to the home of Sher iff Lewis, where she remained all night. The reason that she was not locked up as a common prisoner is because the new jail here, which is in course of construc tion. Is not yet completed. It was the Intention of District Attorney Reames to have arraigned Miss Jennings this evening, but her attorneys. Colvig and Durham., requested that it might go over until tomorrow. This was readily consented to. and If all of the special jury ordered by Judge Hannx has ar rived, the trial will start at once. It was Intended to begin the trial today, but. owing to the heavy rains which have fallen almost continuously since Friday last, it was Impossible for all of the jurors to reach Grant's Pass. The late stage which arrived this evening brought all but one or two of the Jurors, so. un less the panel should be exhausted, the trial will be In full swing before the noon recess Is taken. Looks Are Not Bad. It Is hard to realize that this slip of a 19-year-old girl will tomorrow be on trial for her life. There Is nothing about her that is suggestive of the criminal. That she has a heart full of sympathy and kindness is shown through her love for the stray kitten which she adopted In the Jail at Jacksonville. "When the start was made from the Jail at Jacksonville Sheriff Lewis informed Dora that the train con ductor would not allow her to bring the kitten with her, and wanted it left be hind. Tho girl pleaded so hard to be allowed to bring her pet with her that Sheriff Lewis relented, but he told her that she would have to hide It when she got on the train. This she did. and when the conductor camn around for the tick ets. she tucked the kitten under her great coat until he had passed. Every chance she got she would take the cat from its hiding-place and play with it. She was the center of attraction on the car from Med- ford until the train reached here. Dora, like her brother Jasper, has been a model prisoner, and the officials of the Jacksonville Jail were loath to see her go and hope that-sho will soon be free. Dur ing her trial she will not be subjected to the horrors of being locked up behind bars. It is the desire of District Attorney Reames and Sheriff Lewis that Dora be accorded as much freedom as if she were out on bail, and as long as she appreciates this comfort she will be treated with this consideration. Jasper Jennings Is Itestless. Jasper Jennings' first day as a prisoner condemned as a murderer was a restless one. His iron will and self poise seemed to have deserted him and now he is pin ning his hope to a new trial. It is doubt ful whether this will be granted, for the .trial throughout was remarkably free from errors, not more than three or four exceptions fcelng taken during the hearing of the case. It Is not believed that he will be used as a witness against Dora, yet the District Attorney may call upon him to again tell of the confession which he alleges Dora made to him on the day they were coming to Grant's Pass. During the day Mrs. Jennings and Blanche Roberts called at the jail and held a short Inter view with Jasper. So far Attorney Harry Norton, counsel for Jasper, has not made a motion, either for an arrest of Judgment or a new trial. Mr. Norton left tonight for Salem, where he goes to argue a case before tho Su preme Court, but before leaving he re quested that the passing of sentence be postponed until after Dora had her trial. Then it will be decided what further action will be taken in Jasper's case. MAIL SERVICE IS POOR. Chamber of Commerce Asked to In vestigate Portland-Eureka Route. President R. R. Hoge. of the Chamber of Commerce, has received a letter from the Marshall-Wells Hardware Company, requesting that some action be taken to secure for Portland better mail service between this city and Eureka. CaL The communication states that the Portland houses of late have secured considerable business from that point, and that pros pects for more are very bright, but that the mail service from Eureka, to Portland Is so bad as to Interfere materially with the business transactions. 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