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TTIE-3IORXTNG OR EGOXT AX, FRIDAY, MAT 8, 1903,
S COMPLETE
AGIST MARTIN
Police Are Ready to Proceed
With Examination of the
Suspected Murderer.
HOW EVIDENCE IS LINKED
Statement of Mrs. Grubb That She
1oaned Martin Revolver Is Strong
Point Bloody Coat Sug
gests an Accomplice.
Evidence whereby the authorities
hope to fasten the murder of Nathan
Wolff. pawnbroker. upon Edward
Hugh Martin, former Army officer and
West Point graduate, is complete. It
was learned definitely late last night
that nothing had been added during
the day to the succession of circum
stances connecting Martin with the
crime.
The' police gave out the fact that
they are now ready to proceed with
the preliminary examination or indict
ment of the accused. They will lay
' their evidence before District Attorney
Manning this morning. Summed up,
tho circumstances whereby the police
expect to gain conviction are. these:
Martin bears on his face and hands
marks of an encounter. These marks
are of recent origin and those on his
face appear to have been made by the
linger nails of a human being.
Airs. Grubb, residing In South Portland,
has told Chief of Police Gritzmacher
and Captain of Detectives Baty that
Martin called at her homo about 4
o'clock Friday, some two hours before
the tragedy is thought to have occurred,
and borrowed from her a a-callber re
volver. He told her he wished to engage
in target practice. Just before visiting
Mrs. Grubb he took his own revolver to
a pawnshop on Pine street and sold it
for 7.
Mrs. Grubb Is Positive.
Mrs. Grubb said she Is acquainted with
Martin, has known him for some time,
and could not have been mistaken In the
person who borrowed the revolver or as
to the date on which it was borrowed.
At first she was uncertain as to the cali
ber, but has . since said it was of SS
caliber. Wolff was shot with a gun of
that bore. The gun is yet missing. Mrs.
Urubb says she has not seen Martin
since.
This is regarded by the police as the
most conclusive piece of evidence in
their possession. The other circumstances
mtght possibly be explained away In
some manner or other, but not so with
this. It is their strongest hope of ulti
mate conviction.
Al Fields, a watchmaker, called at the
police station late Wednesday night to
Identify Martin as a man seen by him in
Wolffs store at 6:80 P. M. the day of the
tragedy. Fields failed to identify the sus
pect. He said it looked very much like
the man, but he would not be sure.
Fields' incomplete identification likely
will not be used. It throws a confusing
conflict Into the evidence In this way:
Fields says the man he saw In the Wolff
pawnshop wore a black hat. black clothes
and possibly a black overcoat. He had on
no light-colored apparel of any sort.
Since the blood-stained overcoat found by
the police Wednesday night is not of a
decidedly dark material, the testimony of
Fields and the presentation of the coat
supposed to be Martin's would not aid the
state's case in any way. Whether the
rifle found with the coat was stolen from
W'olff's store was not established yester
day. The police are saying as little about
the coat as possible.
Shirt Xot Strong Point.
The blood-stained shirt, traced to Mar
tin, may or may not figure in the prose
cution. At least, after having served the
valuable purpose of pointing suspicion on
Martin, it will be one of the minor points
In the prosecution. The shirt belonged
originally to S. Sichel. who sold four such
garments to a peddler. The peddler sold
three of the shirts to Martin. The ac
cused man asserts that he can positively
account for all three of the shirts. The
police believe they can acTount for the
fourth, but are not yet sure.
A pair of rubbers and a grip belonging
to Martin and found in the Vclvedere
Hotel Monday, following the tragdy, "will
not be of any use. Martin admitted yes
terday that they belong to him. He took
them from his home after leaving his
wife Sunday night because she accused
him of the murder. Not wishing to carry
them about with him he left them at the
Belvedere Hotel, where he slept Monday
night.
Mrs. Martin's testimony will not be
available at all. Under the law she can
not testify without his consent. Her story
of his appearance home late on the night
of the tragedy with fresh cuts on his face
cannot be given to a Jury unless Martin
agrees. And since Mrs. Martin appears to
have, decided to stand by her husband It
is not likely that any further information
will be secured from her by the authori
ties. .
The coat which Martin Is supposed to
have worn under his overcoat Friday
night has not yet been found. Search
of the lot on Water street, between
Montgomery and Harrison streets, where
the stained overcoat and rifle were found,
failed to reveal anything else which might
figure in the murder.
Confer With Manning Today.
The facts just enumerated make up the
case as it now stands. Other facts may
bi brought to light later, but It is known
the police have nothing else they are hold
ing back at this time. District Attor
ney Manning will be visited today by
that officers who have been Instrumental
in getting together the routine of the
Investigation.
Martin, on the other hand, is not idle,
at least those who will stand by him in
his trouble, are not. A numb?r of prom
inent lawyers have been approached. At
least one lawyer pf great prominence has
declined to take the case. An alibi is the
mainstay of his defense, according to
Martin himself. He asserts that he will
be able to prove a full and complete alibi
and pretends to believe the finger of
suspicion will be thrust asido when he
comes to trial.
The possibility that some one is more
than active in his behalf was suggested
by the police authorities last night in
commenting on the finding of the blood
stained overcoat and rilln late Wednes
day night. Although Frank D. Hen
ressy. clerk of the Municipal Court, iden
tified the coat as one he had seen Mar
tin wearing on several occasions, yet
Mrs. Martin and other relatives failed
to recognize the coat as ever having be
longed to the accused man.
It was suggested that the placing of
the coat and rifle where it was found
might even have been the work of an
accomplice. If not that of some one In
terested in Martin. The coat will be ex
amined by physicians today to deter
mine whether or not the red stains are
the blood of a human being.
Martin spent a quiet day yesterday.
No efforts of a serious nature were made
to get from him a confession. After
their experiences with him the day pre
ceding, the police concluded that there
was little use trying to get voluntary ad
missions. Besides, any. statement made
by him under such circumstances, when
he was suffering from lack of drugs
whioh his system has rome to demand,
would hardly be admissible as evidence
against him.
During the day he received a telegram
from New York. It was signed "Tip
Phelan," and said. "Teddy, I am with
you." Who "Tip Phelan" is, Martin de
clined to ' say, although it Is believed
the name Is an assumed one and that
the telegram was sent by either one of
Martin's wealthy friends or by friends of
the father. The cider Martin is said to
be in Italy, although his attitude in the
i.uua la nfif vat j n nn'ti TliorA 1m rp:Kilt)
to believe, however, that funds will not 1
be lacking to conduct Martin's defense
in elaborate fashion.
Martin's connection with a murder
mystery at Warren. Idaho, was estab
lished as a fact when W. J, Max. for
merly of that town, called at the Police
Station yesterday and identified Mar
tin. Martin was arrested for a theft
of a revolver, but there was a strong
suspicion that he had participated in
the murder of an old miner. Max said.
Martin was not formally charged with
the murder, however. The prisoner ad
mitted he had been In trouble at War
ren, but denied murder was ever hinted
at. The charge of stealing a revolver
fell through, he said, becnuse he was
Innocent of the theft. This occurred
about three years ago. Martin also
denies with emphasis ever having been
connected in any manner with wrong
doing of any kind at Belllngham. much
less with the horrible murder of a mer
chant which Washington officials sug
gest may have been his work.
Small portion's of morphine were sup
piled him yesterday. He ate scantily,
but was far from the tortured wreck
of Wednesday, when drugs were with
held for the purpose of extracting a
possible confession of guilt. Today, in
the eve?it, District Attorney Manning
indicts the suspect without a prelimi
nary examination, Martin will be taken
to the County Jail for confinement.
MYSTERY OF COAT AM) RIFLE
Circumstances Surrounding Discov
ery Suggest Possible Accomplice.
Just what connection the blood-stained
overcoat found in an old barouche on
Water street Wednesday night may have
with the Wolff murder case is a matter
that is puzzling the police. Several
theories are advanced to account for the
object. Several officers have suggested
that the coat might point to an accom
plice, -whether Martin ever owned it or
not.
It developed last night that while Pa
trolman Stark I.ytle was reputed to have
found the coat by chance he was in real
ity summoned to the place by John M.
Sehlott, employe of a livery stable at
Montgomery and Water streets. Sehlott
passes discovery of the overcoat and the
rifle which was with it, on to an unknown
person who told him early Wednesday
that there was a rifle in the old barouche.
It Is further learned that tha coat and
gun appeared to have been put where
they were found only a short time before
discovery, there being no evidence that
they had been out during the rainfall of
the preceding day and night.
At about noon on Wednesday, according
to Sehlott, he was working in the black
smith shop of Moses Linchner, at 393
Water street. While at work near the
door he noticed a man pass. He was tall,
of slender build, and ruddy complexion.
He wore dark clothes and a black Fe
dora, apparently new. He was clean
shaven, had keen eyes and spoke with a
peculiar drawl. He went a few paces be
yond the door, walking south, and then
returned and stood in the doorway.
'There's a gun down there," Sehlott
quotes him as saying, "and it don't belong
to me. Better go and see about it."
"Where? ' said Sehlott, without pausing
with his work.
"Down there In that old rig In the va
cant lot," said the stranger, walking
away.
Between Linchncr's shop and the
Hubert & Hall shop is the vacant half
block. There are several old vehicles
which have stood in this lot in the rain
and sun for many months, among them
the barouche.
Out of the panelss window of this
vehicle stuck the end of a canvas rifle
case. Sehlott says he took hold of it
to draw it out and found that It con
tained a rifle. He looked inside the
barouche and there in the bottom,
thrust under what had once been a flap
to cover the seat frame, was what
looked to be the bloody sleeve of a light
overcoat. Sehlott says he paused,
afraid to touch the thing. He took the
rifle In its case over to Hubert & Hall's
shop and told John Frazier, the fore
man, and Benjamin Lynch, an employe,
of what he had found, and under what
circumstances.
They opened the case and found It
contained a 25-30 caliber Winchester
rifle in good condition. The barrel
showed evidences of having been dis
charged, and in the chamber was one
shell that had been fired. In the muzzle
of the rifle a bit of cotton had been,
thruet. Frazier and Lynch listened to
Schlott's tale of the bloody coat-sleeve.
The men talked it over, and Frazier
suggested that Sehlott and Lynch go
and get it. This they did, Sehlott not
desiring to go alone. An examination
of the coat revealed that Its left side
was besmeared with blood.
Numerous explanations were suggested
during the afternoon as these men con
tinued to work. Finally Frazier thought
that something wrong must be connected
with" the affair, and advised Sehlott to
go out and hunt through the neighbor
hood for the strange man, if he found
him to call a policeman and tell the
story. All three made a round of the
saloons. Perhaps half ar hour or more
was taken up in this way, and the men
Anally returned to their work without
having seen the stranger. Late in the
afternoon they thought it might have
some connection' with the Wolff case,
and after, supper called up the police
station.
At about 9 o'clock Patrolman Lytle
was sent out, having been told of the
matter, as he reported in on his reg
ular beat. He went to the shop with the
men and after seeing the coat and rifle,
telephoned back to the police station.
This coat has been seen by half a dozen
people who are familiar with the one of
similar style, material and color of one
frequently worn by Wolff, and not now
to be found. The gun answers the de
scription of one missing from the mur
dered man's store. This gun was pledged
by J. Ewing, who lives at Gresham. Or.
Mr. Ewlng called at the pawnshop on
Tuesday with his ticket to redeem his
pledge but his rifle could not be found
He went home without it. He has not
seen the rifle found with the bloody coat
and the police are awaiting his identifl
cation.
Crime Charged to Martin.
BELLIN'GHAM, May 7. Police officials
declare they can connect E. H. Martin,
undt-r arrest at Portland and charged
with murder, with the murder of Freder
ick L. Dames in this city three years ago
Martin was in Belllngham at the time of
the murder, and lived near the scene of
the crime, but was never under suspicion.
The killing of Dames was peculiarly
I atrocious, similar to that of the Portland
pawnbroker, and is believed to have been
committed by either a drug fiend or a
maniac. Dames was a butcher and some
times loaned money. He was struck down
in front of his shop, his head horribly
hacked with a cleaver and then dragged
to a rear room, where a large screwdriver
was driven through the head. Charles
Weatherford is in jail here changed with
the crime, and others have been held on
suspicion, but evidence has always pointed
to another man as the actual criminal,
whom the officers believe they have found
In Martin.
TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL WILL OBSERVE THE
- FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING
Largest Jewish Congregation of the Pacific Northwest to Hold Appropriate Services Tonight, With Addresses
by Rabbis Wise and Koch. .
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TEMPLE BETH 1SHAEL SYNAGOGUE, TWELFTH AND MAIJT STREETS, ASiI REV". JONAH B. WISE,
RABUI OF THE CONGREGATION.
TEMPLE 'BETH ISRAEL will cele
brate Its fiftieth anniversary to
night with a special service at the
Synagogue, at Twelfth and Main streets.
The congregation was founded in 1858,
since which time it has observed the pub
lic rites or the Jewish faiyi without In
terruption. Its history is- a parallel of
that of the city and state. Starting with
but a few members, with slender means
and in restricted quarters, it grew with
the development of the city until now it
Is the leading Jewish congregation of the
Northwest, second only in size- and im
portance perhaps to the great congrega
tion Emanu-El. of San Francisco. Its
membership embraces the leading men of
the faith in the city and it is recognized
throughout the United States as one of
the most progressive and liberal , in the
country.
The first home of the congregation was
TOLD HER TO EO TO
"WIFE SAYS STOXE WANTED HER
TO SUPPORT HIM. '
Various Unkind Acts on Part of Hus
band Alleged In Her Divorce
Complaint.
That Harry Stone compelled Mrs.
Albie Stone, his wife, to live with him
at the home of his mother and brother
is one of the grounds for a divorce
urged in a complaint filed in the Cir
cuit Court yesterday by the wife. She
says that her husband's relatives
nagged her continually, telling her
that she should go to work and -help
support her husband. She says fur
ther, that her husband frightened her
in March, last year, by telling her he
would desert her unless she would
work for him, and that he refused, for
days at a time, to speak to her.
She says her husband did not earn
much money, but that even this was
spent at saloons and over the billiard
table. His cruelty to her. she says,
has become unendurable. At one time,
when she was 111 and needed a physi
cian, he told her he would not pay the
bill, and at another time asked her
whether she wanted a doctor or a dose
of strychnine. She asks to resume her
maiden name. Fowler. The couple
married in Portland, December 14,
1904.
Gross drunkenness for three years is
the ground for a divorce urged by
Julia Dennis. She brought suit in the
Circuit Court yesterday against Benja
min F. Dennis. She asserts that during
1904 and 1905 her husband was almost
continuously intoxicated. Since 1900,
she says, she has earned her own liv
ing. They were married in Sacra
mento, Cal., April 16, 1893.
Devlin Sues to Recover on Note.
Thomas Devlin, as receiver of the Ore
gon Trust and Savings Bank, has filed
suit in the Circuit Court to have four
shares of stock In the Aurora State Bank
sold, and the proceeds devoted to the
payment of a $534.33 claim. . Besides this
he seeks to recover $10 interest and $50
attorneys' fees. The suit is brought
against Fred C. Tuttle, who withdrerw
the money from the bank on a note, giv
ing the shares .of stock as security.
Administrator for Thompson Estate.
The County Court has sanctioned the
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on Fifth and Oak streets, which property
was acquired in 1359. The first synagogue
to be 'built in, the Northwest was conse
crated on August 15, 1S61. The dedicatory
sermon was preached by Rabbi Elkan
Cohn, of San Francisco. The present home
of the congregation " was dedicated by
Dr. Jacob Bloch, ' retired, rabbi of the
congregation, and by Rabbi Jacob Voor
sanger, whose death last week has been
a shock to the Jews all over the United
States.
The congregation has been served by the
following men as readers and rabbis:
Rev. S. M. Laski, Rev. H. Bien, Rev. H.
Bories, Rev. Eckman, Rev. Schwab, Rev.
M. May, Rev. A. Rosenspltz, Rev. Jacob
Bloch, Rev Stephen S. Wise. Rabbi Jonah
B. Wise is the present Incumbent, having
assumed the office November, 1906, upon
the departure of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise
for New York.
The special service in celebration of
appointment . of Wj J. Hawkins as ad
ministrator in Oregon of the Robert R.
Thompson estate. Mr. Thompson, of San
Francisco, died last Winter, leaving prop
erty valued at $3,000,000. The Multno
mah County property is valued at $659.
000. Other portions of the estate are in
Yamhill, Columbia and Wasco Counties,
but Mr. Hawkins does not-at present
know their value.
Under the will. Mrs. Harriet .Thomp
son, Ivey L Borden and L." L. Hawkins
were appointed executors, but Mr. Haw
kins died after the making of the will.
The heirs chose W. J. Hawkins to act
in his stead. .
Court Xotes.
The estate of Ida Schloth has been
appraised by M. P. Dolph. W. G. Cox
and Hugh C. Gearin at $5500.
Alphonse Gulnther was sentenced by
Judge O'Day. yesterday morning, to
two monthd In the County Jail. He
was convicted of stealing a -watch and
$68 from Alfred Tripp.
A suit which has been pending In
the Circuit Court for the last ten years
was finally disposed of by Presiding
Judge Gantenbein yesterday morning,
when he Issued a permanent Injunc
tion against the City of Portland re
straining it from collecting assess
ments for the improvement of torbett
street, made in 1893. The suit was
filed In November of that year by J.
Polivka. i.
Nick Batlck was convicted of assault
and battery yesterday and sentenced
to pay a fine of $60. The case was
tried by Judge Cleland, of the Circuit
Court, without a jury. It was brought
up from the Municipal Court on ap
peal. In the lower court Batlck was
sentenced to serve' 60 days. He was
charged with assaulting and beating
W. W. Cutler on March 1.
F. J. Helllwell was standing on the
platform at Kern Park, on the Mount
Scott carline, February 11, when he
was suddenly struck by a car, accord
ing to his story. On this ground he
has brought suit against the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company to
recover $1000 damages. He says the
car was approaching from the rear,
and that the motorman gave no signal.
He has spent $25 for liniments and
salves In an effort to cure his wounds.
Helllwell is a grocer.
Pope Postpones Consistory.
ROME, May, 7. According to a semi
official statement made at the Vatican,
the Pope 'has postponed his consistory
from June to September, wishing it to
coincide with his priesthood jubilee.
Spring styles Hanan suoes at Rosenthal's
Eye rlasses $1.00 at Metrger's.
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the fiftieth anniversary will be very
simple as the trustees propose to erect
a permanent memorial in the shape of a
chapel in the cemetery. The musical
service will be under the direction of
Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer and will be
rendered by a double quartet. The special
song service will comprise the Thirtieth
Psalm, by Nembach, a composition dedi
cated to Rabbi Isaac 31. Wise, father of
the present Incumbent. "The Lord is
My Light," by a male quartet: the trio.
"Praise Ye From Attilla." The double
quartet Is composed of Mrs. Bauer, Miss
Fleischner, Mrs. Bushong, Mrs. Brodie and
Messrs. AInslee, Monteith, Montgomery
and Richards.
Rabbi Samuel Koch, of Seattle, will de
liver an address and Rabbi Wise will
peak on the history of the congregation.
The service, will begin tonight at 8
o'clock, and all who wish to attend are
welcome.
CLUMSY WORK BY POLICE
PRAISE FOR, CLEVERNESS IN
MURDER CASE UNMERITED.
Martin In Reality Gave Himself Up.
Tracing of Bloody Shirt Mere
Child's Play.
That the police department, while cred
ited by the Council with having done
good work in bringing about the arrest
of Edward H. Martin for the murder of
Nathan Wolff, in reality handled the case
clumsily, ia the firm belief of those famil
iar with the working up of the case
against Martin.
Only to the fact that the suspect made
no effort to escape the city and that he
actually telephoned his whereabouts to
the station, is his arrest on Tuesday to
be attributed. He might be at large yet
had he been so minded.
The police began looking for Martin
Sunday. They knew the"man by name
and by description, and expected that he
would have marks about him of his al
leged encounter with the victim Wolff.
By a piece of good luck they had come to
lay the crime at his door.
Notwithstanding that Martin spent
Sunday night at the Imperial hotel and
Monday night at the Belvidere, that he
spent several hours daily at the conspic
uously located Turno Halle saloon, and
that he' wandered at will about the
streets, his face cut and scarred, the de
tectives detailed on the case, directed by
Captain of Detectives Baty, found them
selves lacking in facilities to pick the
man up.
The search was confined to visiting
homes of Martin's relatives and friends
and watching his wife's movements. A
constant guard was kept posted at the
Martin home on Umatilla avenue, the
theory being that he would return home.
It didn't occur to the detectives working
on the case that Martin might' show up
among the saloons he was wont to fre
quent, or that following the quarrel with
Mrs. Martin Sunday night, he might have
gone to one of the hotels and registered.
It is known that on Tuesday morning
hope of finding Martin in the city had
been practically abandoned. It was de
cided that he must have left the city.
The search was palling on the sleuths
and several went home for sleep.
At this very time Martin was in the
Turne Halle saloon, only a few blocks
from the police station. The bartender
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and proprietor of the saloon knew him
and talked with him of the murder, not
only on Tuesday but Monday as well.
While In that place Martin read in an
extra edition of a newspaper that he was
suspected by the police and wanted by
them. Having lost hope of getting their
man, the officers gave out Martin's name,
believing it might be of benefit in post
ing the police of other communities
where Martin might have fled.
The suspected man read and acted at
once. Crossing the river, he sought out
a telephone and called up police head
quarters. ' He asked for Captain Baty.
saying afterwards he intended arranging
to meet that officer. But Captain Baty
was asleep in his home on the East Side.
So Martin explained that he "had Martin
in custody and would bring him In about
6 o'clock."
This was at noon. Martin then pro
ceeded to the home of a distant relative
and asked that the police be sent for.
His request being denied he went to the
rooming-house at Union avenue" and East
Morrison street, where he communicated
with other relatives, telling them of his
whereabouts and saying he would sur
render himself to the police. The officers
were then told definitely where Martin
was and he was arrested very shortly.
In effect Martin surrendered himself to
the police.
Credit is due Patrolman Goltz for the
finding of the gory shirt which first di
rected suspicion to Martin. This shirt
was in an inconspicuous point on his
beat in the North End, but with an eye
to details, he noticed it from the side
walk. The shirt was traced by the laun
dry mark to E. Sichel, a well-known
Portlander. Here the search would have
ended except Mr. Sichel recalled having
sold the shirt to Max Drey, a pedxller.
and Drey, in turn, recalled having sold
it to Martin.
That suspicion had not already fallen
on Martin Is regarded as remarkable.
The crime had the earmarks of being
committed by a drug-nend. Martin was
known as such, his record was regarded
as shady, he had had dealings with
Wolff, was seen in Wolff's store at 5:30
o'clock Friday afternoon by A. W. Fields,
a watchmaker, and above all, was parad
ing the streets with his face freshly cut
and scarred. And yet no suspicion at
tached to him until the lucky incident of
the shirt. It was mere child's play to
learn the probable owner of the shirt at
the time of the murder. But, as pointed
out by those familiar with the case, when
it came to locating a man who was parad
ing himself fearlessly day and night. Cap
tain Baty, the temporary head of the
sleuthing department, was unable to de
liver the goods.
The collecting of evidence, too, had not
been facilitated by the police. All ma
terial evidence is that brought into tho
station independently. Mr. Fields called
to identify the suspect as a man he saw
in Wolff's store at 6:30 o'clock Friday
afternoon. He called voluntarily, per
fected a partial Identification, a most im
portant circumstance, and yet the head
of the detective bureau admits he didn't
bother to inquire the result of the inspec
tion when Fields left the suspect's call.
ENTIRE BLOCK IS SOLD
Rumored That Big Building Will
Follow Recent Purchase.
Just a few days before he left for an
Eastern trip, last week, Charles K. Henry
closed, the deal for the block bounded by
Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Couch and Davis
streets. The sale of this block was re
ferred to at the time, or at least a part of
it, but yesterday additional facts came
to light with reference to that portion of
the property formerly owned by the Et k
erson estate. In the absence of Mr.
Henry it was not learned positively yes
terday what the pieces brought separate
ly. From a reliable source it was learned
that J16.500 was tho figure paid by Mr.
Henry for the property of R. L. Eckerson.
The eastern half of the block, on Sev
enteenth street, was owned by Dr. ,H. E.
Jones, and is improved with a residence
at present occupied by Dr. Jones. He said
last night that while the sale is a fact
and that Mr. Henry acted for the pur
chaser, he is not informed as to the future
plans for the property and did not know
for whom it was purchased. It is said
$50,000 was paid for that piece. The Will
iamson piece is 100 feet on Davis and 125
feet on Eighteenth, and is reported to
have been put in at $25,00!); the rest of the
block, 75 feet on Eighteenth and 100 feet
on Couch, is the lot which belonged to the
Eckerson estate. The block is platted as
167 in Couch Addition.
The fact that Mr. Henry left for the
East Immediately after the deal was
closed has given rise to various rumors
concerning the purchase, among them be
ing that a syndicate lias secured the prop
erty Intending to erect a building to oc
cupy the entire block, and that the bro-
Go.
ker's trip lias reference to closing up some
Buch arrangement. Another rumor In the
dealers' offices Is that a sanitarium Is to
be established on the premises, and one
or more of the dwellings utilized for this
purpose.
Building permits yesterday for the most
part were for dwellings of a better class,
one being taken out by Chief Gritzmacher
for a house to cost about $400. The larg
est permit was for a 'three-story brick
building on Glisan street near Third, to
cost $0,000, to be erecetd by A. Flesch
man. GOINGEAST
Those contemplating a trip to the
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Apply at local office. 142 Third street,
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Tomorrow and Monday positively . the
last days for discount on West Side gas
bills. Remittances must be received be
fore discount period expires.
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