VOL. XL VIII. NO. 14,742.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NEGRO OPPOSITION
DUE TO STANDARD
Oily Money Greases
Dusky Palms.
FIGHTING TAFT IN THE, SOUTH
Contests May Make Scandal
at the Convention.
MAY OVERPLAY THEIR HAND
Wellman Kxposes Sclwme of Mo
nopoly to Defeat Its Arch-Enemy.
Prolonged Fight Means the
Nomination of Roosevelt.
By Walter 'Wellman to Chicago Record
Herald. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. (Special.)
There's a colored man In the woodpile
also Sandard Oil for lubricant. It Js t
dangerous combination. It develops that
the one hope the opponents of President
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft have of
beating the latter in the Chicago conven
tion is by developing a factious, artificial
opposition In the Southern states. The
Brownsville negro regiment Is the pre
text and Standard Oil is furnishing the
funds. At least that is the belief of men
who usually know what they are talking
about.
Organizing Negro Revolt,
For weeks a number of men have been
going through the Southern states Incit
ing political revolt among the negroes.
and among the whits Republicans who
have been turned down as officeholders
and office purveyors by the President In
his desire to get efficient Federal service
in that region and Incidentally give the
Republican party there at least a sem
blance of respectability. These men are
well supplied with funds, which are un
derstood to come from 26 Broadway, the
lair of Standard Oil, and they are spend
ing It freely where It will do the most
cood.
The game Is to win delegates, of course,
wherever that be possible, and where it
is not to start contests which can be car
ried to the Chicago convention with a
great air of virtue and as much noise as
possible about the opposition to Taft. The
result is sure .to. be a stench . in. the nos
trils of the country- It will be surpris
ing if the Republicans at Chicago next
June are liot more disgusted with the
Southern outfit than they have ever been
before, and that Is saying a good deal.
Contests Financed by Standard.
The lobbies of the hotels and the pre
cincts of the convention hall will be
filled with a lot of scrambling colored
men, claiming to be delegates-elect, and
behind them, paying all the bills and
pulling the wires, will be a few shrewd
white politicians drawing their fiscal sus
tenance from the coffers of the giant
corporation which President Roosevelt
brought to book in the courts.
The fact that paid agents of the oppo
sition are traveling about encouraging
rump conventions is of itself suspicious.
It is the easiest thing In the world to
tlr up that sort of trouble in the South.
In almost every state in the black belt
there are two Republican factions one
present officeholders and their friends.
the other former officeholders or would-be
officeholders. What occurred in Florida
Is a sample of the game the opposition
to the President is trying to play In
every state.
If the men fighting Roosevelt and Taft
have "the Standard barrel to draw upon,
they can make a lot of trouble in the
South, not only with rump delegates, but
by tampering with the honor of legiti
mate delegates. There is a very fair
chance that the Republican party will
find Itself involved in a disgraceful scan
dal before many months have passed.
The opposition figures that Taft must
have more than one-halt of the Southern,
vuies, noi including jnaryiana, west Vir
ginia, Missouri and Oklahoma, to win.
They hope to steal or buy that half
away. Can they do it? Probably not.
But suppose -they do suppose they pre
vent the nomination of Taft on the first
or second ballot, and tie up the conven
tion for a day or two after the balloting
has started? What reward will they reap
for their labor? The nomination of Mr.
Roosevelt. "
DAUGHTER MAY NAME BRYAN
Mrs. Leavitt to Be Democratic Con
vention Delegate.
DEFTER. Colo.. Feb. 26. Colorado is
a state where women vote. It is prac
tically certain that the Democratic party
of the state will send Mrs. Homer J.
Leavitt, daughter of William Jennings
Bryan, to the National Democratic con
vention, which meets here July 7, either
as a delegate or an alternate. It seems
as certain as can be that Mrs. Leavitt
will either make a seconding speech for
her father's nomination for President,
or make the principal speech placing him
before the convention.
Mrs. Leavltt's husband Is a portrait
rtlst and has resided in Denver since
hie marriage to Mr. . Bryan's daughter,
four years ago, so she is eligible to sit
as a representative of Colorado's Demo
cratic women In the National convention.
President Second Gladstone.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 26. "Glad
Stone was a strong man, whose human
side showed in . all his policies, and
Roosevelt is his counterpart. The two
will go down In history side by side
and will have a place which is all their
own."
Thus declared Rev. Frank W. Gun
saulus, president of the Armour Insti
tute of Technology, Chicago, In the
course of an address here last night at
the dinner of the Knife and Fork Club.
Bryan Leaves on Trip.
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 2t. William J.
Bryan today addressed the Nebraska
Press Association, his theme being
"Newspapers of the Orient." He de
scribed newspaper methods in Japan,
China and other countries. Mr. Bryan
left for Memphis late today to
attend a banquet on the evening of
February 28. On the following day he
will deliver an address before the Mis
sissippi Legislature.
No Indorsement in Maryland.
BALTIMORE. Feb. 26. The Republican
State Convention to name delegates-at-
Representative W. E. Humphrey,
Who Got -Favorable ' Report on
Seattle Exposition Bill-
large to the National Convention at Chi
cago, will be held here on April 30. Thia
was decided upon at a meeting of the
State Central Committee today. No In
dorsement of a Presidential candidate
was made.
Instructed to Vote for Taft.
ALVA, . Okla.. Feb. 26. The Second
Congressional Republican convention this
afternoon selected delegates to the Na
tional convention at' Chicago. Resolu
tions Instructing the delegates to vote
for Taft were adopted by a large ma
jority.
Ohio Delegates for Taft.
. SHELBY, O., Feb. 26. The Republicans
of the Fourteenth Ohio District in con
vention here today, elected delegates to
the National convention and- instructed
for Taft.
Convention Favors Taft.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 26. Repub
licans of the First Congressional District,
In convention at Greenville today, de
clared for Taft for President.
Indorse Taft and Roosevelt.
STEUBEN VILLE," O., Feb. 26. The
Sixteenth Republican Congressional
Convention today unanimously in
dorsed Taft and Roosevelt.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'8 Maximum temperature. 61
degrees; minimum, 44..
TODAY'S Rain; fresh southwest breeze.
Foreign.
Czar receives Douma and discusses agrarian
problem. Iage 4.
British Parliament demands change In con
trol of Congo, Face 1.
Queen of Holland' and 'husband have nar
row escape In collision. . Page 8. . ,
' National. k " '
Dalzell In House . reluctantly . consents to
tariff revision. Page 3.
Aldrlch currency ' bill condemned on both
sides. Page 1.
Senate committee to. hear, both sides of
naval controversy. Page" 4.
Roosevelt sends Waterway Commission's re
port to Congress. . Page 2.
Roosevelt tells teachers war ' on rottenness
will continue. Page 1. . ,
Hawley speaks for . land grant resolution
tefore House committee. Page 3.
Officers of fleet visit-ruins of ancient Pe
ruvian temple. Page 2.
roiiucs. i
Standard OH Company stirs up negro op-
- position to Roosevelt In south, race 1.
Domestic.
Mrs. Walker, richest woman In Philadelphia,
marries. Page 5. .
Mrs. Roy and her husband both tell story
of shooting of cariuns. page 1.
Receiver for one of Gould roads. Page 6.
Alio admits he killed wrong priest and will
plead guilty. Page 4.
Ohio Legislature passes local option bill.
Page 4.
Sport.
More racing autos arrive In Chicago. Page 10
Pacific Coast.
Plot of anti-Asiatic society exposed at Van
couver, B. C. ; row follows In session of
Exclusion League. Page 8.
Student editor at University of Washington
flunks In English. Page s.
Construction work on Oregon Electric be
gins south of Salem. Page 6. .
Ruel to testify in Crothers-Older libel case.
Page 2.
Police And Mrs. Martin's dynamite caches
and confirms "Baby" James' story.
Page 3.
Commercial and Marine.
Horsts" hop-pk-king machine will be tested
in Australia. Page 16.
Chicago wheat market weakened by heavy
celling. Page 35.
Stock speculation almost ceases at New
York. Page 15.
French bark Vlncennes Is again fixed for
roruana. page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Police Inspector rat Bruin resigns; savagely
assaus mayor ins ana others; charges
are serious. Page 10.
William Durrell fatally shoots Mrs. Marl
Klura ana commits suicide. Page 1.
Hearing of Myers will contest continues.
f age o.
Council authorizes Park Board to employ
uiriiiurimciH si ,nu a year, page 10.
Purchasers of granted lands as well as
grantees may be prosecuted under Fulton
resolution. Page 7. .
Republican primaries are well attended.
i-age .
Strong evidence brought out against alleged
iui-ki turimure trull. fags II.
Veto of vehicle tax ordinance Is overriden
t ft "
ti1- :
j it1 - i
if - i - " frt
. - I rff -
v
PROSECUTE WAR
Off ROTTENNESS
Roosevelt Will Still
. Smite Wrong.
FRANK TALK WITH TEACHERS
Country Growing Better, Pres
ident Tells Them. I
HOW TO TRAIN THE YOUNG
Schools Should Educate Toward the
Farm and Workshop Skilled
Hand and Brain Combined
Make Dignity of . Labor.
WASHINGTON, Feb.. 26.-That there
will be no let-up in President Roosevelt's
policy of warring "against rottenness
and corruption" was emphatically de
clared by the President today in an ad
dress to the delegates to the department
of superintendents of the National Edu
cation Association during their reception
at the White House. Continuing, the
President , gave his views on educational
methods at considerable length and with
thought and vigor of expression.
At today's business session of the asso
ciation Oklahoma City was selected as.
the next meeting place and officers were
elected as follows: President, W. H.
Elson, Cleveland; secretary, A. C. Naso'n,
Salt Lake City.
Mr. Roosevelt in his address . to the
convention said In part:-
Teachers Most Important of AIL
Of all the bodies of citizens that I have
received here at the White House, there
is none that occupies a more Important
relation than yours. I am tempted to Bay
none has aome that has occupied as im
portant a relation to the Nation, because
you men and women who deal with educa
tion, who represent the great American pol
icy of education for all children, bear a
relatton to the family, a relation to the
future of our whole people, such as no other
like number of Individuals can bear. . I
own six of the children that you edui-ite.
and I am prepared to extend cordial sym
pathy to some of you. --
Seriously, friends, it is Idle for. any man
to talk of despairing of the future of this
country or feeling unduly alarmed about it,
if be will come in contact with you here
and with the forces that you represent.
Fundamentally this country is (sound; mor
ally no less than physically. Fundamentally
in lis family life and In the outside- activi
ties of its Individuals the country is better
and not worse than it formerly was.
Continue War on Rottenness.
This does not mean that we are to be
excused if we fall to war against rotten
ness and corruption, if we fall to contend
effectively with the forces ef -evil; and they
waste their time who ask me -to withhold
my hand from dealing therewith. "But' It.
Is worth while to smite the wrong for the
very reason that we are confident that the
right will ultimately prevail.
You who are training the next generation
are training this country as It Is to be a
decade or two hence; and while your work
In training the intellect is great. It is not
as great as your work in training charac
ter. Mores) than anything else I want to
IS THIS
' ' THE Ml'LEPHAVT OR lONKEPH.T. . , . '
- LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. IS. Mr. H arry Murphy, Portland. Or. Dear Sir: I read your picture of the triumphant or
donkephant, whatever you. please to call It. It Is a bird without wings, and in. course of time its brothers will grow to
full sise so they can be broke" to ride. The mulephant is the political emblem of Oregon. All we will lack when
tbe brothers grow up will be another baby donkephant, publlo ownership-of production and distribution, when we will
have stolen every plank In the Socialistic platform. Hurrah for the donkephant! Tours for reform,
''...'... ' 'J. B. STODDARD.
see the public school turn out . the boy and
girl who. when man and woman, will add
to the sum of good citizenship of the
Nation. ,
Train Both Hand and Brain.
I trust that more and more our people will
see -to It that the schools train more toward
and not away from the farm and workshop.
JVe have spoken a great deal about the
dignity of labor of this country; but we
have not acted up to our spoken words for
in our education we have tended to proceed
upon the assumption that the educated man
was to be educated away from and not
toward labor. The great nations of me
diaeval times, who left such marvelous
works of architecture and art" behind them,
were able to do so because they educated
alike the brain and the hand of the crafts
man. We, too. In our turn must show that
we understand the law which decrees that
a people which loses physical address In
variably, deteriorates; so that people shall
understand that the good carpenter, the
good blacksmith, the good mechanic, the
good farmer really do fill the most lmpdrt
ant positions in our land and that it is an
evil thing for them and the Nation to have
their sons and daughters forsake the work
which,-. If well and efficiently performed,
means more than, any other work for our
people as a whole.
Manual Labor fs Dignified.
One thing that I would have you teach
your pupilB Is .that whether you call the
money gained salary or wages does not
make any .real difference and that. If by.
working hard by your hands you get more
than If you work with your' head . only. It
does not atone for It to call the smaller
amount salary. The term "dignity of
labor implies that manual labor is as dig
nified' as mental-labor, as, of course. It is.
Indeed, the highest kind of labor Is that
which makes demands upon the qualities of
both' head and hand, of heart, brain and
body.
Physical prowess, physical ." address are
necessaries, they stand on a level with in-'
tellect and only below character. Let us
show that we regard the. position of the
man who works with his hands as being
ordinarily as Important' and dignified and as
worthy of .consideration as - that of the
business man or professional man. We need
to have a certain readjustment of values in
this country, which ' must primarily come
through the efforts of just you men and
women here and ; the men and women like
you throughout this land.
Breadwinner and Housekeeper. '
I would not'have you preach an Impossible
ideal; tr, if you preach an ideal that is
Impossible you tend to make your pupils
believe that no Ideals are possible and
therefore you tend to do them that worst of
wrongs to teach them to divorce preaching
from practice, to divorce the Ideal that they
in the abstract admire from the personal
good for which they strive. Teach them that
they should earn their own livelihood. Teach
the boy that he is to be the home-maker;
the girl that she must ultimately be the
homekeeper; that the work of the father Is
to be the breadwinner and that the mother
is to be' the housekeeper, that their work is
by far the .most important in the land; 'that
he work of the statesman, the' writer, the
captain of -industry and all the rest Is con
ditioned, first upon work that finds Its ex
pression in ' the family, that supports the
family.
WANTS CHANGE IN CONGO
PARLIAMENT ASKS BRITISH
. GOVERNMENT TO- ACT. .
Demands Transfer of Control or
That Steps-Be Taken to En
force Berlin Treaty.
LONDON,- Feb. 2$. The House of Com
mons tonight, after a short debate, adopt
ed a resolution asking the government
"to do ell injts power to secure the trans
fer of the control of ' the Congo Inde
pendent Free State, and, ' falling such
transfer within, a reasonable time, assur
ing the government of . Parliament's
hearty: support of any measure that it
might be necessary for the British gov
ernment o take,, alone or in conjunction
with the powers that signed the Berlin
treaty, to insure the effective carrying out
of its provisions." i
' Speeches on both sides of the house
severely indicted the existing administra
tion of the Congo- State and urged the
government to take steps to leave the
Belgian government In no doubt regard
ing the set!d determination of the peo
ple to assert Great Britain's treaty rights.
THE' NEW REPUBLICAN STANDARD?
TELLS VERSION OF
HUSBAND'S CRIME
Glacia Calla's Story of
Brother's Death.
SAYS HE WAS SHOT IN BACK
Singer Would Drive Paul Roy
to Electric Chair.
LOVE FIRST SEALED LIPS
French Husband for Whom Warrant
Has Been Issued Asserts He Was
Forced to Kill Carkins
' In Self-Defense.
NEW ' YORK, Feb. ' 38. "The . whole
story," as she called it, was told tonight
by Glacia. Calla, the beautiful opera singer
who, in the tragic role of a deserted bride,
denouncing her husband as the murderer
of her brother, baa excited interest on
two continents.
Her success in Paris,- her marriage to
Paul Roy In Boston, the quarrel at the
New Hampshire Summer home, followed
by a duel; her flight in the night to her
mother's home and the ten agonizing
hours she spent beside the corpse while
the recital of suicide u being decided
upon, were given by the woman with all
the dramatic art of which she . is
possessed. She agreed to shield her hus
band, she explained, because "Oh, when
you love a man so!"
Woman Seeks Re-venge.
Now that her husband has left her and
denied the legality of their marriage and
has even asserted ' that she is several
years past her admitted age, the .singer
says that she has had time to realize
"the horror of it all" and will ."never let
up until I have driven him to the electric
Chair."
Miss Calla. as she prefers to be called
closed the interview with the statement
that she had already told her story to
the authorities of "New Hampshire and
to my attorney here, and I have been
forbidden to talk about the matter."
Denies .-Husband's Version. .
Miss Calla, who in private life is Mrs
Paul Roy, came here- several days ago
and has since made her home with her
cousin, George El Hodgdon, a dealer In
automobile supplies. A few days before
her husband sailed for France she called
at his apartments but he was not in. She
did not see him at any. time here and
had not lived with him, she said,, since
the death of her brother, George A. Car
kins, on January 2. She engaged counsel
in. this city and obtained a warrant for
the . arrest of her husband; which was
afterward sent to Rome. The statement
.1
t
by her husband, cabled from Paris today,
in which he asserts that his brother-in-law
was killed in self-defense, led Miss
Calla to give her version of the tragedy.
"I'll tell you the whole story," said
the singer. "I met my husband in
Paris, where his father Is a large
dealer in horses. We were married in
the City Hall in Boston last October.
We went to Newlngton, N. H., where
my mother has a house. On the night
of January 2, my brother, Mr. Roy and
myself Intended to go to a concert
My husband wanted me to wear an
automobile veil, as we were going to
the concert In our automobile. I said
I would wear a hat.
Story of the Murder.
" "What, a large picture hat, so that you
will make a conquest?' said Mr. Roy
We then had some words. I glanced at
roy brother and he glanced back at me.
He slightly nodded his head. I knew he
wanted me to leave the room and so I
stepped into the butler's pantry.
"Immediately I heard several shots.
- if - Viaa-iirttn
Tumon Ford, of Salem. Prominent
Lawyer. Politician and One Time
Presidential Elector From Oregon,
M ho Is Seriously III.
cried to the two men. There was no
answer. When I opened the door o the
kitchen where, they had 'been, my brother
staggered out toward me, extending his
right hand and saying: 'Peachy, I'm
shot.'
"Peachy is my pet name. I cried for
help. I cried for Paul, but he did not
answer. I cried again for Paul.'
" 'Paul' I said, 'Paul,' Paul you've killed
Sonny.'
"I received no answer and ran from the
home to my mother's home. I saw a light
in her window. Just as I was about to
climb the porch steps I was seized from
behind. Turning, I saw it was", my hus
band. I was breathless afteif a long run
over shrubs and .across a bridge and up
the steep hill on which my mother's
house la situated, and could not tell him
to leave me, as I wished. He said: 'Don't
say anything. I did It In self-defense.
For God's sake don't say anything.'
Told Her Not to Tell.
"I called him a coward and said he
had murdered Sonny.
"I then ran up stairs to my mother's
room. I cried: 'My God, Mother, Sonny
is shot.' ' ... . ' . .
"My mother ruhed down to her hus
band's room and awakened him. John
Kelly he is my stepfather was awakened
and ran to a neighbor's house .'and called
Dr." W. A. Junkins. i My mother took a
lantern and both of us ran back. to the
house. Behind us was Paul. - He several
times ran up to me and told me -not to
say anythlng. He kept on repeating 'I did
It In self-defense.' '
"Whan we reached the house Sonny was
lying in the pantry face downward. My
mother tried to -turn the body over, .and
asked Sonny to talk to her. There was a
bullet hole Just ' above the bridge of his
nose and another higher . up in the fore
head. Dr. Junkins then arrived and pro-,
nounced my brother dead.
"For ten lieura we were with the dead
body of my only brother before the coro
ner arrived. My husband's very presence
gave me the horrors. When the coroner
said It was a suicide, I made nonobjection
Made Off Will Tell-tale Clothes.
"When Mr. Kelly ' was taking the
clothes of my dead borther to the' barn,
Paul said to him: 'Jack, be careful. Don't
let any one see those."
"That was because there was a bullet
Hole In the back.
"When he would come near me I would
cry, "Get away from me, coward. You
shot him in the back.'
"I will never let up until 1 drive him to
the electric chair."
Asked why she had not told the au
thorities her present story sooner. Miss
Calla said: . ' ,
"Mother and I were frightened put
of our lives.; Why, when we'were on
our way. back to the. house., mother
and I, after my brother' was shot, my
husband said to me: .-
." 'I ought to have shot you and then
myself.' - .
."Oh, when you love- a man so. It
takes a long time to realize the horror
of it all." . . , i ..
TELLS STORY OF TRAGEDY
Roy Declares Carkfns Fired First
Shot After Heated Words'.
PARIS. Feb. 26. This afternoon Paul
Roy, charged with the murder of George
A. Carkins in America, gave out a
statement from his fathers home, at
Neuilly, but he would not comment on
the allegations against him made by his
wife. Roy says he was married to Miss
Carkins. in Boston, at the City Hall, on
October , ' 1907. After visiting relatives
on January 7, Roy and his wife returned
home and had dinner in company with
Mrs. Roy's brother.'
After, dinner, we planned to go over to
Greenland to attend a concert," Roy says,
My wife left the room to dress herself.
returning shortly in a beautiful costume
and wearing a large hat. I told her that
the hat waa too large to ride comfortably
in an automobile, but this comment she
1
1 ' J -
'if V i
WOMAN FATALLY
SHOT BY LOVER
iam Durrell Then
Turns Gun on Self.
VICTIM IS MRS. MARIE KLUM
Assassin Tries to Kill Hus
band, but Revolver Snaps.
GORY TRAGEDY ON STREET
Durrell Is Dead and Woman Cannot
Recover Murderer Jealous Be
cause Mrs. Hlam Returned
to Her Husband.
William Durrell, horseman, 50 years
old. and head' of 'a family, shot and
fatally wounded Mrs. Marie Klum, of
whom he was enamored, yesterday aft
ernoon, and after firing a bullet through
his own body, trained the gun on Omar
Klum, the woman's husband. The
weapon snapped and Klum escaped unhurt.-
Durrell died later at the Good
Samaritan hospital, fne woman was
hanging to life by a thread late last
night, a 38-caliber ball Having passed
through her spine.
The tragedy occurred on the side
walk in front of the New Nortonia
hotel on Eleventh street, between Stark
and Washington. It' was witnessed
by a score of people. Klum and his
wife had Just left their home across
the street from the Nortonia. Durrell
came up behind and shot the woman
without saying a word. He fired on
her three times, two balls taking ef
fect, one in the spine, the other In the
left arm above the wrist. Then he
pressed the revolver against his ab
domen and fired.
Snaps Gun at Husband.
Screaming with pain, the woman fell
to the sidewalk. Durrell, without
seeming to notice the fatal wound in
his abdomen, turned toward the hus
band, who had his hands before his
face and was pleading to be spared.
He snapped the gun at Klum, and
when It failed to explode, readjusted
the cylinder and snapped it again, fir
ing this time in the air. He then sank
in his tracks.
The victims of the tragedy were car
ried Into the Nortonia. Klum helped
carry his wife in. Hundreds of excited
people began swarming about the scene,
and the police had some trouble In driv
ing the throng back from the entrance
of the hotel. It was thought at the time
that Klum had done the shooting.
Physicians found Mrs. Klum screaming
with pain. ' Durrell lay in the hall
motionless, his eyes closed. He wns
thought to be dead, and not until after
the arrival of Dr. Palmer and Detective
Sergeant Baty was it discovered the man
was alive and conscious.
Husband Defends Wife's .Name.
Jealousy was admitted to be the motive
for the shooting, but different accounts
as to the relations between Durrell and
Mrs. Klum were given by the principals.
In a dying statement -Durrell said the
woman lured him away from his home,
promised to leave her husband, and after
living with him three brief days went
back to her husband. Ho sajd it mad
dened him and that he decided to put an
end to the affair, which had been under
way for two years. Klum denied that
his wife had eVer been away from home,
for tliree days or had ever given Durrell
any great encouragement. He said the
fellow was Simply desperate at having
been foiled.
Durrell left in his pocket a letter evi
dently Intended as a sermon to other
husbands who are inclined to tread the
primrose path. The letter covered both
sides of a sheet of note paper. It de
scribed his feelings in a way which
showed he was a sufferer from desperate
morbidness because of his own and the
woman's follies. lie said In the letter he
would give his whole life for "just one
more chance at home.", spelling "home"
In capital letters. Oddly enough his
tragic message was scaled In his blood,
two big red blotches finding their way
through his clothing to the paper:
, Durrell's Dying Statement.
Police officers were on hand by 3:15 P.
M., 10 minutes after the shooting oc
curred. The task of getting to the bot
tom of the affair was at once taken up.
Durrell was at first passed for dead.
Mrs. Klum was unable to talk and Klum
seemed too much excited to make any
coherent statement. Shortly before 1:30
Durrell opened, his eyes and spoke. Ser
geant Baty leaned over the dying man
and got his statement. ' Durrell was
barely able to talk;, but he tried to make
his. voce seem firm. He did not give in
to the wound or his pain in any way.
I shot her.", he said faintly. "I've
been going with her for two years. She
promised to leave him and go with me.
'I had her at the Depot Rooming-
house for three days." ho continued, af
ter a long pause for strength. "She said
she would stay with me. She said she
would not go back to her husband. I
went to the room at night and she was
gone. The next time I saw her she was
with her husband. A rage came over
me and I made up my mind to end '.he
whole thing. It made me desperate. I
shot her and then shot myself.
'Will you do me a little favor?" Dtir-
t Concluded on page 1.)
tConcluded on Page 10.)