- THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY JANUARY 6, 190S.
JEROME MAY BAR
iMBS.THAW-5ST0RY
Criminal Lawyers. Urge Him
to Exclude the Girl's
t Testimony.
FRESH FACTS FROM EUROPE
Assistant Garvin Has Gathered Sen
sational Evidence JVhlch Will Be
Used in Cross-Examination of
Evelj-n Trial Begins Today.
NEW YORK. Jan. 6. On the eve of
the second tril of Harry K. Thaw, which,
will begin tomorrow before Judge Victor
Dowling of the Superior Court, It was
reported that District Attorney Jerome,
may attempt this time to bar the testi
mony of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbtt Thaw, wife
of the accused man. At the first trail
this testimony was allowed to go before
the Jury with the consent of the Dis
trict Attorney who said the precedent set
In the case of the state against Wood
seemed to cover the matter. Special
criminal lawyers of prominence In their
profession have argued the point with.
Mr. Jerome since the close of the first
hearing and have urged him to oppose
this line of testimony at the trial about
to begin. These attorneys declare a vital
principle of law is Involved, and that It
should go to the highest courts for de
termination. Mr. Jerome has given no
definite answer to his fellow members ot
the bar, and may feel Impelled to consent
to another recital of Mrs. Thaw's story
to prevent an appearance of Inconsistency
with his course of a year ago. But trie
representations made to him as to the
Importance to the community at large or
testing the legality of such testimony
have been usually strong, and many of
the prosecuting officer's closest friends
would not be surprised If he should rise
In his place when Mrs. Thaw Is called
as a witness and contend against the
admissibility of her testimony.
Story Vital to Defense.
Young Mrs. Thaw was allowed to
testify at the flrst trial upon the theory
that It was her story, told to Thaw In
Paris In 1903, two years before their mar
riage, that planted the seeds of tem
porary Insanity In his brain. The prose
cution was not allowed to test the truth
or falsity of the story, the court rule
being that, regardless of its truth, the
Issue had to do solely with the effect
upon the defendant's mind. Mr. Jerome
offered witnesses who, he declared, would
contradict certain of the girl wife's state
ments, but they were not allowed to be
heard. The prosecution had Its only re
course In a severe cross-examination but
even this was allowed only on the ground
of testing the credibility of the witness
in a general way.
Already the rule laid down in the Thaw
cape has served as a precedent In an
other. A former judge in Virginia re
cently shot and killed a young man
asalnst whom his daughter had made
charges of having drugged her. The
young woman admitted that she had not
told her father the truth, but he was
acquitted on the ground that her story,
true or false, had, the effect of inflaming
the parent's mind to an Insane degree.
The presiding judge followed the rule set
down In the Thaw case. .
Feature of Wood Case.
The lawyers who have approached Mr.
Jerome on the subject are inclined to the
opinion that there are vital differences
between the Thaw case and that of
Wood,- which served as a precedent at
the trial before Judge Fitzgerald. The
Wood case was one in which Woods'
wife told him that her father had been
guilty of improper relations with her
before her marriage and had but recently
sought her again. Wood, in the heat of
passion, straightway emptied a shotgun
Into his father-in-law, killing him in
stantly. The defense was one of Insan
ity, brought on oy the awful story of
the wife. The defense pointed out that
In the Thaw case the killing did not
occur until three years after the recital
which is alleged to have incited the deed.
The lawyers say the defense Is just as
vital as that which the law makes In
various degrees of murder a homicide
committed, in the heat of passion being
widely distinguished from a coolly
planned and deliberate one.
-New Facts From Europe.
District Attorney Jerome has consis
tently declined to discuss the Thaw case
for publication. His course as regards
the all-important testimony of Mrs. Thaw
will be watched, however, with the keen
est Interest. If her story Is decided ad
missible by Judge Dowling. It is expected
the 'cross-examination to which she will
be subjected will be far more severe even
than the first one. Assistant District At
torney Garvin spent several months last
Bummer and covered much of the ground
included In the travels of Harry Thaw
and Evelyn Ncsbit during the two trips
abroad which preceded their marriage.
The District Attorney seemed last year
to have every detail of the young
woman's life at command, but It is said
that this year he will be , able to con
front her with incidents of the European
trip net hinted at In the flrst hearing.
The trial tomorrow may not begin until
noon. It is the lirst day of the January
court term, and it will be necessary for
Justice Dowling to charge the new grand
Jury and dispose of a number of routine
matters before taking up the Thaw caao.
UPSET POLITICAL PLANS
Ohio Legislature May Enact a New
Primary Law.
COLUMBTS. O.. Jan. S. Members of
the House are quietly being urged -to pass
the Huffman primary election bill, which
two years ago passed the Senate, but was
held up In the House. The Huffman bill
provides for the nomination of county of
fleers and election of county committee
men at primaries provided for toy the
board of elections, but makes no provi
sion for the election of delegates to any
convention. If the Huffman bill should
he passed and take effect before Febru
ary 11 It would nullify the call Isstied by
the Republican State Convention for. a
slate primary at which the Republicans
of Ohio are expected to express their
preference for a candidate for the Presi
dential nomination by repealing the Bron-
son primary law under which the call for
a state primary was issued. The nullify
ing of the state committee's call would
result In delaying both the state primary
and state convention, &s a new call would
have to be Issued.
Entertainment Wednesday Night.
A fine programme has been arranged
for the entertainment to be given for
the benefit of the educational fund of the
National Industrial Peace Association on
Wednesday evening, January 8, at the
Y. M. C. A. auditorium.
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Company, shot and killed his sister-in-law,
Emma V. Helms, and slightly
wounded his wife and afterwards com
mitted suicide. Martin suspected the
Helms woman of being responsible for
the estrangement between himself and
wife.
January 8 Oscar Lindgren, pro
prietor of the Garfield Hotel, Four
teenth and Savier streets, was fatally
shot in his barroom. Ed Nelson, a
former bartender employed by Lind
gren, and C. H. Danielson were ar
rested, charged with the murder. At
the trial the jury returned a verdict
charging the men with different de
grees of crime. This was considered
irregular and the men were discharged
without a further trial.
March 12 Peter Garretz, an ex
newsboy, shot and killed Anton Grohs,
In the latter's saloon. 315 Water street,
and slightly wounded two spectators.
Subsequently at the trial Garretz wa
adjudged Insane by the jury and was
afterwards committed to the State In?
sane Asylum.
April 1 Roscoe H. James, son of
Superintendent C. W. James, of the
State Penitentiary, because of jealousy
shot and Instantly killed his sweet
heart, Grace Disney, on West Park
street, Sunday night, March 31. He
then shot himself, dying from the
wound the following: morning.
May IS Resenting -a remark from
his drunken associate while drinking
in Fred Fritz's saloon, Hans Holt
struck Henry Robinson with his fist.
Robinson fell to the floor, the Impact
of the fall fracturing his skull. He
died soon after. Holt was arrested,
but was afterwards discharged on the
grounds that it was the fall to the
floor and not the original blow that
was responsible for the death .of Rob
inson. May 17 While resisting? the efforts
of an armed highwayman who had
held up his car, Charles L. Nevius, con
ductor in the employ of the Portland
Railway. Light & Power Company, was
shot and killed. The murderer es
caped and has not been apprehended.
June 20 Charles H. Reynolds shot
George Herbert Hibbins, who died a
few hours later. Reynolds suspected
Hibbins, whom he found at -the Rey
nolds home in company with Mrs.
Reynolds, of being unduly- intimate
with his wife. He was indicted for
murder and at the trial in the State
Circuit Court was acquitted on the de
fense of the "unwritten law."
July lii Alexander Huber, a Swiss
dairyman, was murdered on the Cor
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nell road while returning to his home
from this city, where earlier in the
evening he had had a fight with some
of his countrymen In the Gruetli sa
loon. While the murderer was never
captured, the man who was strongly
suspected of the crime afterwards com
mitted suicide by hanging near New
Era, Clackamas County. .
August 8 Etta Liebe was shot and
instantly killed by her husband, Harry
C. Llebe, who then killed himself. The
tragedy resulted from the refusal of
the wife to live with Liebe, who was
the son of a wealthy and respected
family living in Eastern Oregon, be
cause of .his dissolute habits.
September 5 Charles Bailey, a
teamster, while intoxicated, shot and
killed his stepdaughter, Rhoda Bell
Bailey, and slightly wounded his wife.
He then killed himself. At first Mrs.
Bailey was thought to have been
fatally Injured and was removed to
the Good Samaritan Hospital, from
which she was discharged 12 days
later. :
October 23 Harry M. Logan, a rail
road engineer, resisted a masked high
wayman at Fourth and Sheridan
streets and was shot though the
breast, dying at the Good Samaritan
Hospital the following day. Subse
quently Joe Anderson was arrested and
charged with the crime. He will be
tried at the January term of the Cir
cuit Court.
November 10 Alexander Glass " was
shot and killed at his home. Circum
stances pointed to the. wife, Mrs.
Augusta Glass, as the gruilty party.
She has been arrested and, although
released on her recognizance, vrill be
tried for the crime in the Circuit
Court next month.
December 11 Willlant Henry DuPuls
was the victim of John Wynne, who re
sented a slap in the face by shooting his
assailant, emptying three shots into the
body of DuPuis. Jealousy by DuPuls of
attentions alleged to have been paid his
wife by Wynne is said to have been
the direct cause of the tragedy. Wynne
is In jail on an information charging
flrst degree murder and will be. tried at
the next term of court.
December 18 Melville G. Bradley, while
intoxicated, shot and instantly killed
Policeman John" W. Glttlngs, whom he
charged with interfering with his family
affairs. Bradley afterwards went to his
home and secured another hat. After
bidding his wife good-bye he left the
house and has not been located by the
authorities. ,
Decanter 23 Ciacchlno - ' Alari, an
Italian, was shot through the heart by
an unknown enemy. - At the Coroner's
inquest, sufficient testimony was adduced
from the unwilling witnesses to attach
the crime to Nicola Emilio, of Seattle,
for whom the police are now searching.
Orazlo Inzise and Francisco Alcara, sus
pected accomplices, . are being held in
jail as witnesses.
A review of all homicides in the other
counties of the state, follows:
Clackamas County.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Jan. 5. (Special.)
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Clackamas County last year. On
March 23 William A. Henderson shot and
killed his wife, Martha Ellen Henderson,
and his wife's father, Joseph D. Maxwell,
of Latrove, Cal. Henderson then blew
out his own brains. - The woman was in
stantly killed, but Maxwell lingered with
a bullet In his head for nearly a week.
Henderson tried to compel his wife to
deed him her farm, at Kerby, Josephine
County, but she refused and left him on
account of his cruel treatment. She came
to Oregon City with her father from Cali
fornia and Bled suit for a divorce, and
one morning Henderson came to the city
and finding the pair in the Wilhelm Tell
Hotel, went to their room and shot them.
On halloween night Bingwan Singh, a
Hindu, was shot and fatally wounded,
at Jarl & Paghros. lumber camp, near
Boring. Seven men, J. M. Dickenson,
and his two sons, William . and John
Dickenson, Walter St. Clair, John -Riley.
Earl Ransler and Vernon Hawse, took a
position late at night above the cabin
of the foreigners and opened Are with a
revolver, - two shotguns - and a r rifle.
After many shots were fired, one of the
bullets from the rifle struck- Singh, in
flicting a fatal wound. All of the men
were arrested and are confined , In -the
Clackamas County Jail. They will be
tried at a special term of court Jan
uary 20.
Clatsop County.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)
Clatsop County has had but one homicide
during the past year. June 14, J. H.
Bowlsby, a resident of North Bend, Ore
gon, went on board the steamer Alliance
as she was lying at her wharf in this
city, where he unexpectedly met Cleve
Jennings, whom he shot, inflicting in
juries from which Jennings died -a few
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TABLE SHOWING HOMICIDES OF 1907 IN OREGON BY
- COUNTIES, WITH STATUS OF EACH CASE.
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Baktr 4 1 1 Ti 1 1
Clackamas 3.... 2
Clatsop J J
Columbia 1 - 3 ,
Coos 1 1
Douglas 3 .... 3 - - ....
Jackson -4 p. ...l. ... 1 3
Klamath' 1 1 . .-
Lake - 1
Lane 3 1 .j jf
Malheur 2 ...t 1
Marlon .- ; 1 2
Morrow 2 2
Multnomah , 15 - 1 1 4 B 2
Polk r. ...... 1 1
Sherman 1 1....
Vmatllla. J 31 11 1 1
Union , tf 1
Wallowa 1 1
Wasco 21 1... ..... .... ..... .... . 2
On appeal to Supreme Court.
hours later. Bowlsby made no denial of
the shooting, admitted he had been hunt
ing - for Jennings for several days and
had killed him because he had been inti
mate with his (Bowlsby's) wife. . Bowlsby
was exonerated by the Coroner's -iury
and at the trial during the September
term of the Circuit Court, the jury re
turned a verdict of not guilty on the
ground of insanity, the defense in the
case being based principally on the "un
written law.
Baker County.
BAKER CITY. Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)
On September 80, as Harvey K. Brown,
ex-Sheriff of Baker County, was entering
the gate to bis home in this city he was
brutally assassinated by the explosion of (
a DoniD .wnicn ww louuneu oil u bumib
unknown person-- The perpetrators of
this crime have never been apprehended
nor has a clew ever been found as to
their Identity.
John W. Hambleton was shot and In
stantly killed in the road near Pleasant
Valley. Sunday. July . 7. as he was
walking along with his wife. Mrs. Ham
bleton was tried at the next term of
court and was acquitted on the ground
that she was acting in self-defense. There
had been considerable trouble between
the two and she claims that Hambleton
struck her, knocking her down, and as
she rose to her feet attempted to strike
her again, when she shot him.
Millard J. Donnelly was stabbed In the
neck and fatally wounded at the Union
Companion Mine at Cornucopia, Novem
ber 17, by Ben West, who claims that he
was acting In self-defense. There was a
Quarrel between the men while they
were In the mine and on coming to the
top Donnelly asked West and his partner
what they had against him. They re
plied "nothing." Donnelly slapped West
when West drew his hand from his
pocket and stabbed his assailant. West
will be tried at the present term of court.
A quarrel between two sheepherders
was the cause of the death of Hank Rice,
who was shot and fatally wounded, by
Christian Duck, near Durkee, October 13.
Before dying Rice accused Iuck of filing
the first shot while Luck says that Rice
fired first..' There were no witnesses to
the shooting. At the trial held yester
day, the jury after being evenly divided
as t the guilt of Duck, compromised by
returning a verdict of acquittal rather
than put the county to the expense of
another trial. Luck was charged with
murder in the first degree.
Colombia Connty.
ST. HELENS, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)
There was only one homicide In Columbia
County during the last year. On May 8.
Francisco Guarjodo shot and killed Her
bert Minor Swarthout, at Pace's mill,
about two miles from Ranier. Mrs.
Swarthout had left her husband and had
been living with Guarjodo. Swarthout
visited the place and threatened to kill
Guarjodo. The latter procured a gun
and killed the husband asf' he was leaving
the premises. Guarjodo was found guilty
of murder in the second degree and sen
tenced to life Imprisonment In the State
Penitentiary-
Coos County.
MAR9HFIELD, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)
One murder was committed in Cooe
County during 1907. William Wearn was
killed by John Kelly at Libby, a mining
town near Marshfield June 2. Both men
were miners. They had been drinking
and in a drunken brawl Wearn was
stabbed and afterward died. Kelly claims
self-defense. HO was put In jail but later
released on bond of 3000. His trial is
pending. . -
Douglas County.
ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.)
Marshal Frank Lundy, of Yoncalla, on
November 8, was forced to shoot a hobo
who was resisting arrest. His name was
found by the Jury impaneled by the Coro
ner to be C. A. Stratton and on an ex
amination the killing was declared to
have been Justified.
On November 11 Hiram Shook and
Manse Kincaide were shot and killed by
Louis and Walter Carlisle, brothers. The
Carlisle brothers had a homestead 20
miles from Oakland and the Shook crowd
wafl determined to drive them out of the
country. For this purpose they went to
the homo of the Carlislcs and after some
words the Carlisles fired resulting in the
death of Hiram Shook and Manse Kin
caide, and the wounding of another of the
crowd. The Carlisle brothers surren
dered to the officers and at the Coro
ner's Inquest were declared Justified in
killing Shook but not justified in killing
Kincaide. This resulted In aij examina
tion before the Justice of the peace of
Roseburg, who turned the Carlisles loose,
finding they had acted in self-defense.
Jackson County.
ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)
Saturday, December 28, Jamea Mankin
was shot to death by C. H. Walsworth In
a battle over possession of a house on
Mankln's farm which Mankin had ordered
Walsworth out of. Mankln's son and
Walsworth's son joined in the conflict
and in the deadly combat with rifles and
shotguns Walsworth and eon were both
wounded and the elder Mankin was
killed. The Walsworths are In custody.
The tragedy occurred near Jacksonville.
August Buccione and Mike Ramette,
Greeks employed by the Southern Pacific,
quarreled September 22. Buccione In
flicted a fatal wound on the head of Ra
mette. Buccione has attempted suicide
several times since his incarceration in
Jail. He will be tried early In January
and self-defense will be pleaded for him.
October 17, Charles Fink, of Downs,
Kan., was shot to death by three thugs
who sought to rob him and two com
panions at Steinman tn a box car of a
freight train crossing the Siskiyou Moun
tains. The thugs escaped and have not
been apprehended.
November 23, Albert Engvall was acci
dentally, shot and killed by Chief of Po
lice C A. Simons, at Ashland. The
Coroner's Jury which Investigated the af
fair exonerated the officer and found that
the shooting occurred in the line of his
duty. The recent grand Jury took up the
unfortunate affair and returned an Indict
ment against the officer. The case will
be tried at the adjourned term of Circuit
Court which convenes at Jacksonville to
morrow. : Klamath County.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Jan. .-Special.)
August 18, at Wise & Maxwell
sawmill, near Keno, Albert Cole shot
George Soltz, a Portugese laborer, who
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was Intoxicated and attempting to gain l
a point ot vantage to shoot a fellow 1
workman with whom he had engaged in
an altercation. Albert Cole, a young man
of about 22, obtained a gun from a near
by house and shot Solti to prevent the
intoxicated man doing Injury to others.
The bullet inflicted a fatal wound. Cole
was exonerated by the Deputy District
Attorney, who conducted an investiga
tion. Lake County.
LAKEVIEW. Or., Jan. 5. Special.)
In the . latter part of April Charles
Thompson, a rancher living in Warner
Valley, this county, was found dead be
side the road, death having been caused
by a bullet through his head. The Cor
oner's Jury returned a verdict that de
ceased had met his death at the hands
of persons unknown. - - '
Lane County. .
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) There
were three homicides in Lane County
during the year of 1907, all occuring in
the Mohawk Valley. W. M. Butler killed
John H. Ford June 14. The Coroner's
Jury exonerated Butler, who was said
to have fired in self defense.
On September 21 Charles W. Crowley,
age 28, and Bert Nunn, age 42 years,
met at Marcola, emptying their pistols
In a terrible fight which proved the
death of both men, Crowley dying with
in a few minutes after receiving his
wounds, and Nunn expiring in the
Eugene Hospital two days later. Bad
blood had existed between the two for
some time.
Before Nunn died the Coroner's Jury
exonerated him and declared Crowley
the aggressor.
. Malbeur County.
ONTARIO, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.) Near
Jordan Valley, Walter Scott shot an killed
his wife. Ethel Scott, and Harper Dun
can, and afterward killed himself. Scott
was jealous of Duncan whom he found
at his home on returning from a trip,
and shot him as Duncan was monnting
his horse. Scott then entered the house,
and after forcing his wife to write a
confession to her parents, killed her.
Scott was found dead near Haystack,
about 80 miles from home.
. Marion County.
SALEM, Or., Jan. B. (Special.) The
homicides In Marion County In the past
year have been as follows: S
Victor D'Anna, after a night of
drunken debauch, entered the room of
Benjamin Gholson, to whom he was a
stranger, and without any apparent mo
tive, shot and killed the latter. D'Anna
fled and was soon after pursued by the
officers. Finding escape practically Im
possible, he committed suicide by shoot
ing himself.
Mrs. Margaret Moores was' killed while
asleep in her room near Sidney. Her
throat was cut from ear to ear some
time during the night while she lay in
bed. A bloody butcher knife was found
near her. Investigation established it
as a case of murder, and the officers
are still working on the case but have
discovered no satisfactory clew to the
murderer.
Mrs. Casteel, her son. daughter and
hired man, Mort Montgomery, were killed
at Macleay, and their bodies burned In
the dwelling In which they lived. Investi
gation has led to the conclusion that the
deed was committed by Montgomery,
though there are some indications that
It was a case of robbery and murder.
Investigation has not yet ended.
Morrow County.
HEPPNER, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)
Two accused murderers are In Jail here
awaiting trial on murder charges. They
are Webb McCaslin. alias George or
William Webb, and Dan P. Doherty. On
the night of September 29 McCaslin shot
and, killed B. F. Zespeli, a wealthy
farmer, whom he was accompanying to
his home near Heppner. The murder
was evidently committed for the purpose
of robbery, for McCaslin knew Zespeli
had considerable money on his person
on the night the crime was committed.
The suspected murderer disappeared the
same night and was apprehended and
arrested at Spokane, December 7, where
he was driving a lumber wagon. McCas
lin will plead self-defense.
On December. 20 Dan P. Doherty -shot
and killed Oscar Allen in a saloon at
Lexington. The two men had been drink
ing together, Allen buying' the drinks
at the request of Doherty. Tiring of the
continued imposition on his generosity,
Allen finally demurred and- refused to
pay for more drinks, whereupon a quar
rel ensued in which Doherty drew his
revolver and fatally shot his carousing
associates. Doherty is under arrest and
will plead self-defense.
Polk County.
DALLAS, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.)
Enoch A. Spores, a Grand Ronde Indian
living on Mill Creek, killed his mistress
on the morning of November 18, by strik
ing her on the head with a fence rail.
Spores was Immediately arrested and
placed in the county jail In Dallas, where
he committed suicide a few days later by
hanging himself to a steel bar with his
handkerchief and a pair of shoe laces..
Both parties had been drinking heavily
for several days, having, according to a
letter left by the suicide, purchased their
liquor at a gallon house near the Grand
Ronde agency.
Sherman County.
MORO, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.) On July
S, near John Days. Ferry, R. S. Ward
attacked W. G. MacDonald, whom he
struck with a spade. During the alterca
tion a shot was fired mysteriously, kill
ing John Freeman. Ward was placed
under arrest, but was subsequently re
leased. The murderer has not been, ap
prehended. ,- - '
Umatilla County.
PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 6. (Special.)
Umatilla County has been the scene of
three homicides during the year 1907. One
of the murderers was acquitted, one is
serving a 15-year sentence In the peni
tentiary and the other is under sentence
to the penitentiary for ten years, but is
awaiting an appeal to the Supreme Court
for a new trial. -
John P. McManus, editor of the Pilot
Rock Record, shot Bob Estes In a local
saloon on February 9. He was tried for
murder in the first degree and acquitted
McManus had been robbed a couple of
times just before and he .alleged Estes
was trying to take money from his pock
ets wfcen he shot him. The prosecution
alleged McManus was drunk at the time
and that he thought he was shooting
Jack McCarty, the fellow he had accused
of robbing him the two previous times.
After being out all night, the Jury
brought in a verdict of not guilty.
As the result of a feud of long stand
ing, George Horseman, a prominent
stockman of this county, shot and killed
Clarence McBroom, a young rancher of
the southern part of the county. They
quarreled at a meeting of cattlemen held
at Gurdane schoolhouse. May 20. The
quarrel ended in a fist fight which was
followed by the snooting. Horseman
came to Pendleton and gave himself up.
He was tried for murder In the second
degreee, found guilty of manslaughter
and sentenced to serve ten years in the
penitentiary. An appeal for a new trial
was taken to the Supreme Court and he
Is now out on 310.000 bonds, pending the
settlement of the appeal.
A drunken quarrel among members of
a harvest crew In the northern part of
the county resulted in the shooting of
Jack Monee by James Sawyer, August 17.
The bullet struck Monee in the groin
and it was not thought that the wound
would prove serious. He was brought to
the hospital here and ;died while Sawyer
was awaiting a chance to plead guilty on
the charge of an assault with intent to
kill. The charge was then changed to
murder In the second degree. Sawyer
was tried, convicted and is now serving
a 15-year sentence in the penitentiary-
Union County.
LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. E. (Special.)
There has been but one homicide in
Union County during the past year. On
April 15. J. N. Hall, a blacksmith In
the Indiana mine, near Medical Springs,
Union County, struck Isaac Enlund, an
other employe in the same mine, on
the head with a miner's drill, Inflicting
an injury resulting In the death of En
lund. Hall was tried on the charge of
murder in the first degree and ac
quitted.
Wasco County.
THE DALLES. Or.. Jan. 5. (Special.)
Two homicides have occurred in
Wasco County during the year 1907.
On August 6, Ernest Bonoml, an Italian
market-gardener, was shot and killed
while asleep In his bed by Edward
Gosson, a young farmhand whose par
ents occupy an adjoining farm. Be
cause of an alleged grudge, the murder
wae deliberately planned by Gosson,
who left his work near Pendleton, came
to The Dalles, and successfully escap
ing recognition, made his way to the
Bonoml farm, where he laid in waiting
from Saturday until daybreak Monday
morning. Having meantime obtained
possession of Bonoml's own shotgun, he
then crept up to the outdoor bed where
Bonoml and his wife lay sleeping, and
committed the deed. He escaped from
The Dalles without detection, returning
to Pendleton. A few days later he
was apprehended and brought back to
The Dalles by Sheriff Chrlsman, to
whom he confessed his guilt. He will
be tried at the February term of court.
On August 26, Thomas Hale, an itin
erant gambler, shot and killed Thomas
McConnell, a eheepherder. In the bar
room of the Columbia Southern Hotel,
at Shanlko. Hale had arrived in .the
town that night on his way to Burns,
and Is said to have been Intoxicated
when he left the train. During the
night he drank heavily, walked about
the streets discharging his pistol, and
toward morning wandered into the
hotel barroom, where he became Quar
relsome, and after some words with
McConnell, drew a revolver. Fright
ened at Hale's appearance, the bar
keeper went for help, and returning
found McConnell dying. Hale then pro
ceeded to the Shanlko Hotel porch and
fell asleep In a chair, where he was
arrested a few moments later. He had
never seen' or heard of McConnell be
fore, and claims to have no recollection
of the deed. He awaits trial In the
County Jail.
Washington County.
HILLSBORO, Or Jan. 6. (Special.)
Washington County .has been free
from homicides during the past year.
But one death, directly or indirectly
due to violence, has resulted, and it Is
a matter of conjecture as to whether
death In thla case was due to mental
shock or from physical stress. On the
night of August E, Mrs. Catherine
Senften. an aged Swiss woman residing
near Cedar M11L was assaulted and
robbed, and although Sheriff Connell
made Immediate search the robber ha
not been apprehended. The old woman.
who was 76 years of age, was badly
bruised by the burglar, who secured
about $80 In money. The robbery was
effected about midnight, and for several
days the woman complained of internal
injury but declined to tell how she was
Injured. Two weeks later her house
was again entered and the premises
disturbed. From the night of the first
robbery the aged woman commenced to
fail, and she died within, two weeks.
Wallowa County.
ENTERPRISE Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)
Frank Raymond, a cattleman residing
on Snake River, shot and killed by
his 19-year-old brother-in-law, Howard
Whlttier about 60 miies cast of this city
Saturday, December 21. While Intoxi
cated, Raymond returned to his home
and began to abuse his wife, whereupon
the wife's brother seized a rifle and fatal
ly shot his abusive relative. Young
Whlttier afterwards surrendered to the
authorities.
Foresters of America In Portland.
PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (To the Editor.) I
wlah to correct statements in afl artlcls that
appeared In the New Year'n Issue- of The Ore-
ronlan under the head of "City Secret Or
ders," the same written by A. I Barbur. The
article stated that the Foresters of America
numbered some 350 In the city of Portland.
Allow me to state officially that the For
esters of America in the City ot -Portland
number 1980. I would further Inform the
writer that had he added another cipher to
the 850 he might have been hitting- cinse to
the mark for the State of Oregon. It was
thle that caused me to read the article over
twice, and I do not mean to enter this a a
censure, but merely as a correction.
It is a ple&mire for me at this time to state
that Oregon holds the record for percentage
gain in memberahlp in the Foresters of Amer
ica for the past year, and that even during
the late financial crisis we met with, more
applications for membership than at any on
time during the most prosperous period that
our state has bad.
For further information, call at room 815
Commercial building, where I will be pleased
to show the official records of the organisa
tion, which is the oldest fraternal organiza
tion In existence today.
A. B. DALGITY.
Grand Secretary.
Grand Court of Oregon, Foresters of America.
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