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VOL. XLVIII NO. 14,801.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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RIFLE ARE FOUND
New Evidence Against
Suspect Martin.
GARMENT DECLARED TO BE HIS
Gun Missing From Store of
Pawnbroker Wolff.
MARTIN WILL NOT CONFESS
Craving for. Drug Falls to Shake
Him Morphine Given Him IjRter.
' Wife Calls at the Jail and De
cides to Stand by Him.
Finding of a blood-besmeared overcoat
and a rue-ty. rifle in a vacant lot near
the corner of Montgomery and Water
streets last night Is believed to supply
evidence which will Insure com-lctlon of
Kdward H. Martin of the brutal murder
of Nathan .Wolff.
The coat was Identified at a late hour
as belonging to Martin. The rifle Is said
to be the one stolen from Wolffs pawn
shop at the time of the murder and rob
bery, early Friday night. Identification
Was-made by Frank D. Hennessy, clerk
of the Municipal Court, who knew Mar
tin. He was positive of having seen the
accused man wearing the garment within
the past few weeks.
The coat and rifle were found at 9:30
O'clock. The Identification was made
shortly before midnight. Detectives were
at once sent out to make a detailed
search of the vacant lot. Martin's coat
and vest, worn by him when he left his
bome Friday morning, are yet missing.
Finds Rifle In Vehicle.
The articles were found by Patrolman
Stark 14-tle. The lot, between Mont
gomery and Harrison streets on Water
street. is on his beat and attracted by
a broken old barouche, he walked up
to the vehicle and inspected the bed.
' The glint of a rifle barrel caught his
y. He drew the rifle out. The coat
lay across the stock.
A lighted match revealed the real na
ture of the find and the ofTicer hurried
to the police station. Here a minute
Inspection wrs made of the garment.
The breast was spattered with blood,
while the right sleeve was literally dyed
in red. Broad crimson smears appeared
on the right shoulder and lapel. The
coat was of a light material and the
stains showed plainly.
Mr. Hennessy was called to inspect the
garment, it being known that he was
well acquainted with Martin. He recog
nized it at once, saying he had seen Mar
tin wearing it many times. Martin at
one time frequented the police station
to converse with ex-Captain Bruin, the
two being close friends because of having
held commissions in the service. " Mr.
Hennessy said he remembered the coat
Jiy its peculiar color and make. Of course
there was the chance that, it was a
duplicate of Martin's coat, he said.
Detectives were sent at once to the
vacant lot to make a detailed Inspection
the premises. It was believed other
articles of interest might be found. The
coat and vest worn by Martin when he
left his home in Sellwood Friday morning
are yet missing. It was thought quite
likely he had disposed of these in the
same vicinity.
Pawnshop Tag on Rifle.
The rifle gave every evidence of having
been stolen from the Wolff pawnshop,
although there was no ready way of
learning definitely last night. It was a
Winchester rifle of 25-30 caliber. To the
trigger guard was attached a tag such
as Is used at pawnshops. An empty
shell was in the rnagazlne but a bit of
cotton in the barrel seemed to Indicate
the weapon had not been fired lately.
That Wolff's murderer carried a rifle
from the pawnshop became known yes
terday afternoon when an inventory of
the stock was made. It was found that
the safe had not been molested, and that
the murderer took Wolffs watcK and
chain, the money from the cash drawer,
possibly some cheap Jewelry 0hd the
rifle. No blood stains appeared on the
rifle. The weapon used in assaulting the
victim was left at the pawnshop by the
butcher.
The police made a crude effort to sup
press the news of their discovery. Word
has gone out that all evidence must be
withheld hereafter on the basis that the
prosecution of the case might be given
a setback by acquainting Martin with the
nature of the circumstances connecting
him with the murder. The Captain of
Detectives. Patrolman Lytle and other
members of the department would not
talk of tha discovery.
MARTIN'S WIFE IS RECONCILED
Visits .Tall to See Husband, Who
Stoutly Denies Guilt.
Edward H. Martin will not confess
that he murdered Nathan Wolff. Fail
ure met the efforts of the authorities
to wrest from the suspect any admis
sion of guilt. - yesterday. Hope of
gaining any such admission had been
practically abandoned last night. The
police will rely for conviction upon a
mass of clrcumstancial evidence which
fastens the crime on Martin.
Kvery known method of extracting
an admission of guilt was resorted to
burins tha dJLV. Tha nuLn was subject.
BLOODY
a r j
ed to horrible torture by denial of ad
ministration of morphine to his drug
racked system. Suffering the agonies
of death, moaning aloud and writhing
in his dirty cot at the City Jail, be re
fused to say he murdered Wolff, even
when the tempting bait of an injec
tion of morphine, the only possible
agency of relieving his eony, was
dangled before him. ' He showed a
strength that was wholly unlooked for
in fighting theliorrible craving for
opiates, a torture known only to the
abject slave of drugs. Not once did
he whimper or beg for the stuff, al
though saying, when asked, that he
would give anything he had for a
hypodermic injection.
Suspect's Wife Reconciled.
Martin's wife has overcome her sus
picions as to his guilt to the degree
that she will stand by him in his hour
of trial, it is said. She called upon
him at the City Jail yesterday after
noon and told him this. She pressed
his hand through the thick bars and
leaned forward as. if to kiss him. She
was admonished by the jailer to keep
back from the cell .and quickly drew
back. Mrs. Martin admonished her
husband not to talk too much and said
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Judvon Harmon, the Democratic
Nominee for Governor of Ohio-
counsel would be secured for him. She
said she expected to get competent
lawyers to handle the defense.
Martin's fattier, too, will not aban
don him, it is said by relatives. ' The
father was cabled at Barcelona of the
suspicions surrounding the son, but a
message ' received from the . father's
New York lawyers late last night gave
the information that the elder Martin'
had not yet been definitely located.
What stand he will take "In the case
is yet to he learned. Martin received
positive instructions yesterday to say
no more than absolutely necessary."
Search for Evidence Renewed.
Falling to gain a confession, the po
lice renewed their search for evidence.
One of the most convincing pieces of
evidence yet unearthed came to light
early in the afternoon. This was the
discovery of a woman who loaned Mar
tin a small-caliber revolver- at 4
o'clock Friday, .only a' shorty time be
fore W'olff was murdered. '. This
woman, whose identity is withheld,
says she has known Martin ' for-some
time. He called at her home and bor
rowed the weapon, saying he wished
to engage in target practice. He has
not yet returned the revolver. She told
of the instance to Lawyer Tarpley, 351
Chamber of Commerce block. He noti
fied the police, but the woman agreed
to tell what she knew only on being
positively assured by the Chief of Po
lice that she would not be drawn Into
the case at this time.
An immediate- investigation of the
character of the informant was made
and she was found to be a woman
above reproach. Her friendship with
Martin was satisfactorily explained. It
is denied . that she is related to him,
although this denial may or may not
be based on the ;trut"h. She was un
able to say whether or not the revol
ver was of 32 or 38-callber. Wolff was
shot during his fatal encounter. De
tectives Price and Coleman estab
lished the fact that the weapon was' of
32 caliber, finding a ball imbedded in
the wall of Wolff's pawnshop the night
of the murder.
Denies He Borrowed Revolver.
When confronted with the charge that
"he borrowed a revolver Friday Martin
denied the accusation flatly, last night.
He showed no concern at this develop
ment. He denied having ever owned the
shirt that was found besmeared with
blood and traced to him by the police
He denied every circumstance that would
tend to connect him with the crime and
said he would be able, at the proper time,
to explain satisfactorily his movements on
the night of the murder and account for
every minute. He denied that he would
resort to any such plea as Insanity, no
matter what the evidence against him
might be. A complete alibi would be the
scheme of defense, 'he said:
Begins to Crave Morphine.
Martin's craving for morphine became
acute early yesterday afternoon. He had
been in a state of nervous collapse earlier
in the day but did not complain of being
In misery until noon had passed. He ate
little for breakfast and took no food at
noon nor again last night. He paced
Incessantly around the narrow, cramped
and wretched little cell.
Detectives were on hand bright and
early. Tlchenor and Jones began ques
tioning the suspect before 8 o'clock. They
sought' to get him to lay blame of the
murder to morphine. Falling In this they
resorted to hypothetical questions and
wanted to know if It wasn't possible that
he might have killed Wolff, without being
fully conscious of the fact. Martin was
quoted as having said such a thing was
possible.
"I merely agreed that such a thing is
not unknown to (psychology as a man per
forming acts without being fully con-
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STRIKE DBSTAGLE
TO HIGHER RATES
Railroads in Conflict
With States.
WANT ADVANCE THROUGH WEST
Missouri and Iowa Commis
sions Block Way.
CONTROL WHOLE OF WEST
Warn Western Railroads They. Will
Allow No Advance Traffic Men
May Ignore Objection and
Order an 1 Increase.
CHICAGO. May 6. (Special.) After
two days' strenuous session, the execu
tive traffic officials of the Western
roads have not been able to evolve
what they deem to be a safe plan for
a general Increase in rates in the
Western classification territory. It is
understood that the session will be re
sumed tomorrow in the hope that
some way may be found to get
around the opposition which . develops
from the Commissions of Missouri and
Iowa.
It Is understood that the Missouri
Commission has practically served
notice upon the traffic officials that
no Increases In rates between the Mis
souri and the Mississippi Rivers will be
permitted. Advice has been sought
from the chief counsel of the railroads,
and it is possible that the rates may
be Increased, despite the Commission's
opposition. The legal men are of the
opinion that the state Commissions
have no power to prevent action which
affects interstate rates so vitally as do
the rates between the two rivers men
tioned. It so 'happens that the key to a
great portion of the Western situation
Is the rates between the rivers. No in
crease of through rates can be effected
without an 'increase of rates between'
them. Upon these rates depend the
rates to Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, the
Black Hills, Nebraska, ' Kansas and
Missouri. The Commission of the State
of Missouri, therefore, by reason of
the geographloal. location of that state,
is able to control through rates in a
vast territory west of the Mississippi.
' It Is not believed by railroad men
that the courts would permit a state
Commission to exercise this authority,
and the hostile attitude of the Missouri
Commission may, therefore, be Ignored.
Receivership Follows Suicide.
TRENTON. N. J.. May 6. Receivers
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were appointed today for the West
Virginia-New Jersey Bridge Company'.
Following the suicide of President
Morgan D. Magee. of the First" Na
tional Bank, of Manasquan. last, Fri
day, it became known that his bank
had loaned -upwards of $100,000 to the
bridge company, of which he was a
stockholder. "
REDUCE DISTRIBUTIVE RATES
Traffic Managers of Montana Rail
road Bow to Shippers.-
HELENA. Mont., May 6. As the re
sult of conferences between shippers
and traffic managers of all Montana
common carriers, who had come here
to attend a meeting called': by- the
State Board of Railroad Commission
ers, held today, an agreement lias been
reached affecting every jobbing, point
in the State, with a single exception,
whereby substantial reductions . are
made in distributing rates. This sin
gle exception is under consideration
late this afternoon with favorable In
dications. As a result of the conciliatory atti
tude of the railroads, no drastic action
by the Board is anticipated. Distance
and commodity tariffs will be consid
ered by the Board and carriers at an
early date and on this action favora
ble to producers has been agreed upon
tacitly. . ..
RIPLEY WAXTS HIGHER RATES
Only Means of Improving Roads.
Xo Injury to Consumers.
SANTA BARBARA. Cat., May fi.
Before leaving today for his home in
Chicago. 'President E. P. Ripley, of the
Santa Fe railroad, declared himself
In favor of an advance In freight rates
as the best means of obtaining "money
for needed Improvements by roads.
Mr. Kipley declared that existing
rates might be almost doubled without
the average consumer feeling it.
Transportation, he said, is the only
commodity the price of which has not
advanced from 25 to 75 per cent in the
past ten years.
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WHY HE DID XOT IXDICT ON
CORPORATIOX CASES.
Says He Had Every Reason to Be
lieve Courts Would Dismiss
NEW YORK. May 6. During the pro
ceedings today before Commissioner
Hand of the charges against District
Attorney Jerome. Mr. Jerome defended
himself in general from the charge that
he did not strive sufficiently for .ndict
ment of accused persons In corporation
cases. He said that in a quasi-judicial
office like his, he believed it to be the
officer's duty not .to waste his time and
the public's money in -obtaining indict
ments which he had every reason to -believe
the courts would dismiss.
Mr. Jerome was still on ie stand
when the hearing was adjourned fof the
day. He will continue his testimony.
Departure Is Delayed.
WASHINGTON. May 6. A change in
the order governing the movement of
the Pacific fleet, commanded by Rear
Admiral Dayton, was announced at the
Navy Department today, by the opera
tion of which the vessels will remain
at San Francisco until May to, -when
they will sail for a southern cruise.
The original orders to Admiral Dayton
contemplated the departure of his fleet
on May 9, the day following the naval
review.
MMET.SE THRONG
WELCOMES FLEET
Crowd of a Million at
- San Francisco.
HILLS BLACK WITH HUMANITY
All Cities by the Golden Gate
Deserted for Day.
IMPOSING NAVAL PAGEANT
Practically Every First-Class War
ship in American Navy Anchored
In Spacious Ha'rbor "Bob"
Elans Is in Command.
ITINERARY OF THE n,EET.
Dec. 16, 1907 Palled from Hampton
Roads.
Dec. 24, 1907 Arrived at Port of
Spain.
Dec. 29, 1907 Sailed from Port of
Spain.
Jan. 13, 190S Arrives at Rio de Ja
neiro. Jan. 23, 11)08 Sail from Rio de Ja
neiro. Febl 1. 1008 Entera Magellan -Straits.
Feb. 8. 19)18 Sails fromPunta Arenas.
Feb. 20. 1908 Arrives at Callao.
Mar. 1, 19C8 Sails from Callao.
Mar. 12. 1908 Arrives at Magdalena
Bay.
Apr. 12, 1908 Sails from Magdelena
Bay. ,
Apr. 14, 1908 Arrives at San piego.
Apr. 18, 1908 Arrives at San Pedro.
Apr. 25. 1008 Salla from San Pedro
and arrives at Santa
Barbara.
Apr. 30, 1908 Sails from Santa Bar
bara and arrives at
Monterey.
May 5. 1908 Sails from Monterey.
May 6, 1908 Arrives at San Fran
- Cisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 6 Through the
towering portals of the. Golden Gate
heavy laden with the romance of cen
turies Into the harbor- of the city of a
hundred hills; into a new San Francisco
risen from the ruins, of. two years ago,
the Atlantic battleship fleet steamed to
day In review of a multitude unnumbereo.
It was the same imposing pageant of im
maculate white ships that sailed from
Hampton Roads nearly five months ago
In the wake of the. President's flag, but
with the splendid accomplishments of a
record-breaking cruise of more than 13.000
miles and three weeks of wonderful tar
get work behind it.
Flutters Nation's Welcome.
Today the. white-anchored, four-starred
blue flag of the Secretary of the Navy,
flying from the main of th trim little
gunboat Torktown, fluttered the welcome
of the Nation, while the Governor of
California, the Mayor of San Francisco
and the people of 100 or more towns and
cities voiced the greetings of the enthus
iastic West.
. The exciting thrill of possible adventure
lurking on the dimly distant horison
which marked the departure of the fleet
from Its Eastern base, was gone, but
there was still today the satisfying sense
of preparedness which travels with this
self-reliant ffrce of fighting vessels and
the manifest pride of nearly 1,000.000 resi
dents of the great Western country who
gazed for the first time upon a column of
first-class battleships.
Joined by Cruisers.
Once inside the entrance to the bay,
the heavy vessels of the Eastern Coast
were joined by the armored cruisers of
the entire Pacific fleet, and the Navy of
the Nation all save a few newly-commissioned
or reversed ships on the At
lantic and some patrol boats scattered
in the Orient Joined in a parade, which
for Impressive beauty and strength of
fighting timber has never been equalled.
Forty-four vessels, ranging from the
16.000-ton Connecticut and the five sisters
of her class, down to the tiny torpedo
.Tom 1.. Johnson, Who Gets
Rlrcteii Delegate to Democratic
Natlounl Convention, After Los
ing; fr'tfrht Against Harmon.
boats no larger than 'a racing launch,
passed through the harbor to the-anchor-age
south of the uarket-strcet ferry ter
minals where tonight, outlined in the fire
of their electric illuminations, they lie
in four long lines awaiting the review of
Secretary Metcalf on Friday morning.
Crowds Blacken Hills.
The parade and maneuvers of anchoring
occupied fully four hours of time and.
gave to the people who made black the
hills of the city, the islands of the har
bor, housetops and mountain heights 20
miles away, the most -wondrous naval
spectacle they have ever known. For,
after all, whatever may be the c-iaborate
festivals planned ashore in welcome of
the fleet, the ships themselves, steaming
along In' varying formations, really, pre
sent the picture that is most beautiful to
see.
No black-hulled navies of other na
tions can ever match the wondrous
impressions the white ships of the
Atlantic fleet have created at home
and abroad.
Cities Are Deserted.'
San Francisco, Oakland and other
cities nearby all took a holiday to wit
ness the coming of the fleet.1 There
was a complete cessation of business
and the streets in the downtown sec-'
tlons were absolutely deserted. Banks
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,. 73
dejrrees; minimum, 47 decrees.
TODAY'S Showers; south to west winds.
National
Garfield derides to . sell timber land for
actual value. Page 5.
Senate passes child labor law. Paire 2.
Houe rejects bill for canteens in Soldiers"
Homes. Page 2.
Bonaparte gives opinion on iand-crant set
tlers.. Page 2.
Republicans of House agree on currency
bill in caucus. Pase 1.
Publisher exposes false promises of paper
trust. Pase
Polities.
Ohio Democrats nominate Harmon for Gov
ernor, but Johnson Is elected delegate.
Page 5.
Hard fight between Taft and Fairbanks In
Kentucky. Page 4.
Connecticut Republlrans elect majority of
Taft delegates. Page 4.
Domest 1c.
Four more bodies found in Guinness farm;
accomplices in (Jhlr-ago suspected. Page 1.
Montana farmer makes confession about
dynamiting of train. Page .
Missouri and Iowa may block advance la
railroad rate. Page 1.
Sports.
Coast league jcores: Portland 4, Rvn
Krancisco 4; Lkb Angeles 5, Oakland 5
Page 5.
Rain stops local game with score a tie.
4 to 4. Page 5.
Pnclflo Cwut.
Fleet arrives at San Francisco, welcomed by
Immense throngs. Page 1.
How Northwestern people saw fleet enter
Golden Gate. Page 4.
Desperate man caught In battle on Seattle
street. Page
Whole countryside to search for missing
woman at Walla Walla. Page
Man killed by collapse of building at
Marshfleld. Page
Portland and Vlc'nlty.
Bloody coat and rifle found, believed to
connect Martin farther with murder.
Page 1. ' 1
Martin's criminal career In the East.
Page 1.
City Attorney Kavanaugh resents assertion
of Mayor lane. Page 10.
Political camps are scetiva of great ac
tivity. 4'age 10. . '
Four wives bring suit for' divorce. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Grain rules committee of Board of Trade
completes it work Page 15.
Bearish sentiment prevails In Chicago
wheat pit. Page 15.
Bulls in control of stock market. Page 15.
Cornll Bart leaves in ballast for New Cale
donia. Page 14. '
8lcamsh!ps start rate war for carrying
grain.. Page
FOUR ADDITIONAL
CORPSES DUG UP
Shipped to La Porte
from Chicago?
BROUGHT TO FARM IN TRUNKS
Draymen Give Important Clew
to Murder Mystery.
BODIES ALL DISMEMBERED
Indiana Authorities Convinced That
Lampbere Assisted Mrs. Guinness
In Her Fiendish ' Work Case
Has Many Ramifications.
BODIES SHIPPED FROM CHICAGO?
1,A PORTE, Ind.. May 6. It la the
opinion of the authorities that Mm.
Guinness had accomplices In Chl
ago and that after prospective victims
had been lured to that , city to be
robbed and murdered their bodies
wore shipped to this city In order to
keep the Chicago police from gain
ing knowledge of tha crime. Tha
Sheriff has notified the Chicago po
lice to be on the lookout for a gang
In that city, believed to be In the
wholesale murder business for pur
poses of collecting Insurance money.
The gang is believed, to have disposed
of part of the bodies in La Porte.
LA PORTE, Ind., May 6. A possible
solution of the Guinness farm mystery,
which was deepened today when four ad
ditional bodies were found in the barn
yard, developed this afternoon. Evidence
that the nine dismembered corpses un
earthed yesterday and today, had been
shipped to this city, probably from Chl
caso.' came to light, the testimony of
draymen who had carted trunks and boxes
to the Guinness homo bearing this out.
In addition, the local authorities received
Information that two trunks consigned to
"Mrs. Belle . Guinness. La. Porte. Ind.,"
were being held in an express office in
Chicago and the assistance of the Chi
cago police in unraveling the puzzle wa
sought at once.
Identification I Qualified.
Two of the nine mutilated bodies were
identitied in a qualified way this after
noon. Antone Olson, 2410 Indiana avenue,
Chicago, viewed the remains supposed
to be those of Jennie Olsen. the 16-year-old
foster daughter of Mrs. Guinness,
and pronounced them to be those of hts
daughter. A sister of the dead girl, Mrs.
Leo Olander, 2818 South Park avenue,
Chicago, accompanied tho father and
added her testimony regarding her sister's
characteristics.
May Not Be Hclgeleln's.
A. K. Helgeleln, whose inquiries re
garding his missing, brother. Andrew,
led to the first discoveries on the Guin
ness farm, became certain that the
largest and best preserved of the
corpses is that of his relative. Against
this, however, is the evidence of the
autopsy performed on this particular
body by Dr. J. H. William Meyer. He
found contradictory conditions which,
to his mind, at least, proved that the
dead man perished long after Andrew
Helgeleln disappeared in January last,
even going so far a to say that the
corpse showed evidence of having been.
In the ground less than two weeks.
A. K. Hegelein, however, refused t
be convinced by these findings.
I.amphere Is Silent.
Ray Lamphere. who is held on a
charge of first-degree murder, growing
out of the fire which destroyed the
Guinness home and caused the deaths
of Mrs. Guinness and her three chil
dren, offered no new evidence, despite
repeated questions. Jtalph M. Smith,
prosecuting attorney of the district, as
serts, however, that a confession l not
necessary so far as Lamphere is con
cerned. "We have," said he, "positive evi
dence in the shape of letters connecting
Lamphere with the recent murders at
the Guinness farm."
The exact nature of these letters vu
carefully guarded by Mr. Smith.
Delve Into Her Past.
An attempt to identify one of the
corpses as Ole B. Rudesburg, lola, Wis.,
was also started by the Sheriff's office
here. In response to telephone messages
sent there this morning, word came to
night that a member of Rudesburg's
family had loft there for this city.
Delving into tho past of Mrs. Guinness,
the local authorities found one unex
plained death in her immediate family,
which, they think, may shed light on
the present tragedy.- Six years ago there
was at the farm a child named Swan
h 11(1 a. supposed to have been the daugh
ter of Mrs. Guinness' first husband. The
girl was then about 3 years old. Dr.
H. Martin, of La Porte, was called to
attend her one night, and diagnosed the
case as an attack of bronchitis. Three
days later the child was dead.
May Exhume Corpse.
Dr. Martin, not having been called In
the Interim, refused a death certificate,
and the Infant, it is said, wag buried
without fulfillment of the legal require
ments. The Coroner is considering the
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