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TILE MORNING OKEGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY,' MAT 13, 1908.
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1 1 WOLEF'S RAINCOAT
GAS-PIPE THUGS
BY
Wife and Little Daughter of
Second-Street Merchant, Hor
ribly Beaten, Found
Unconscious.
Pawnbroker Positively
Identify Garment.
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NO CLEW TO CRIMINALS
.Second Simllnr Assault in 17 Hours
Puts Police Force on Their Met
tle Crime Believed to He
Dcd of Maniac.
THREE DARK CRTMK8 IN HEART
OF THE CITY.
May 1 Nathan Wolff, pawnbroker,
attacked In his place at 183 First
street, at about 6 P. M., shot In the
neck, backed to death with a hatchet
and robbed of money, watch and
stock worth about Edward
H. Martin t now In Jail accused of
this brutal crime.
May 11 Max Hermann. Junk and
second-hand dealer. 267 Couch street,
attacked In his store by thug, who
beats him Into insensibility. The
weapon used is a thick piece of Iron
taken from a brakebeam, and bears
a slieht coat of rust. It was left
lying beside the victim. The assault
occurred, at about 6 P. M-. and the
victim," after being robbed. Is left
lying unconscious- In full view of the
sidewalk. His recovery Is looked
for. C. W. Wagner, a brakeman. ar
rested on suspicion. Is seemingly ex
onerated by occurrence of second and
similar crime 17 hours later.
May 12 H. Neuman, second-hand
dealer, terribly beaten In the middle
of the day at Second and Couch
streets, sustaining fracture of skull
which may result fatally. Is found
unconscious in his store and says two
men entered his place, one of them
attacking him with a section of gas
r.tpe wrapped in paper. The motive
does not appear to be robbery, as
nothing was taken from the place.
H. Neuman, dealer in second-hand
Koods at 41 North Third street, was at
tacked in his store by a thug or thugs
shortly after 11 o'clock yesterday
morning and beaten across the head
with a section of rusty gasplpe in
such a manner that his recovery is
doubtful. His skull was fractured from
a point near the ear to the base
through one terrific blow or a succes
sion of blows in about the same spot.
The motive for the crime is lacking,
as nothing was taken from the place,
so far as can be learned. The victim's
watch was left dangling1 from his
Docket and a quantity of change was
not taken from Neuman's pockets as
he lay unconscious. The cash till was
not molested. Even had the assailant
been frlghteneu away hastily, the vic
tim's watch could have been taken
readily.
Following only 17 hours after a
similar attack on Max Hermann, junk
and second-hand dealer at 267 Couch
street, only a few yards distant, the
crime gives evidence of being the work
of some one of unbalanced mind bent
on wreaking a horrible . vengeance on
second-hand dealers because of some
grievance, real or fancied.
As a result of the two attacks, pawn
brokers and second-hand dealers gen
erally were greatly excited yesterday
and last night. All were arming them
selves and every customer was watched
closely. Loaded revolvers were kept
handy at all times, as a repetition of
the assault wus not regarded as im
probable. Mistaken in Assailants.
Neuman was struck down a very
few minutes after 11 o'clock. At ex
actly 11 he was seen behind his coun
ters and at 11:20 was picked up bleed
ing and unconscious. lie at first said
he had fallen from a pile of cases, sus
taining his Injuries, but later declared
two men entered the store, one of them
striking him with some Instrument and
without warning. The police believe
he is mistaken as to the number of his
assailants and this might easily occur,
considering the frightful injury to his
skull and the attendant injury to the
brain. An Italian peddler, who left
the scene without leaving his name or
address, told of having seen one portly
man leave the Neuman place a few
minutes before the victim was found
unconscious.
The weapon of assault was found
near Neuman's head in the rear of the
store. It was a piece of rusted gaspipe
and had been wrapped in brown paptjr,
no doubt to hide the thing from Neu
man as the would-be assassin walked
Into the store. Hermann, the victim
of Monday's attack, was knocked down
by a bit of iron of a brakebeam. This,
too,, was rusted. It Is believed- the
assaults were made by one and the
same man. There was but one man
In the Hermann affair, at least only
one who appeared inside the store
Monday night.
Neuman was seen lying in his store.
apparently dead, by two members of
the Norrls At Rowe circus band. They
were about the city gathering up
lithographs and walked Into Neuman's
place about 11:15. Seelng'the bleeding
form of the proprietor lying on the
floor, they hurried out and reported
what they had seen to H. Ostrow. at
Third and Couch streets. Patrolmen
Circle and Burri were notified and they
found Neuman slowly bleeding to death.
But for this timely discovery death
must have resulted shortly.
Tells Conflicting Stories.
The patrol wagon was at once Bent
for and Neuman was taken to the po
lice station, gaining consciousness in
the meantime. Here an effort was
made to get a description of his assail
ant or assailants, but he told two dif
ferent stories, first saying he was in
jured by accident and later saying two
men attacked him. His story of the
occurrence is believed, except as to the
number involved, although efen in that
he may have been correct.
He said he was alone in the store
when two men entered. He paid no
particular attention to them except to
note that one was carrying a long,
slender parcel. They walked up to him
and. without saying a word, the one
with the concealed gasplpe struck him
across the head. He was knocked
senseless. As to a description of the
men, he was able to say nothing that
was of use to the officers.
The fact that the Neuman place was
not robbed Is the basis of the theory
advanced by the police that the work
was that of a vicious lunatic or some
dangerous pervert bent on revenge. A
considerable sum in small silver was In
the cash drawer and easily accessible,
but a careful txamliatlon of this till
showed it had not even been tampered
with.
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Yamhill, Washington. Folic, Columbia,
Josephine, Coos, Klamath. Malheur, Ben
ton, Lane, Marlon, Linn, Union and Was
co counties. Among the delegates ar
riving last night from Eastern Oregon
were: Umatilla, El M. McComas and N.
C. Richard; Gilliam, R. R. Butler, Jay
Bowerman and C. A. Danneman;
Wheeler, J. H. Putnam; Sherman, W. H.
Ragsdale, Julius Wiley and L. Barnum.
REALIZES THAT HE HAS LOST
Bourne Unwilling to Be Member of
Instructed Delegation.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 12. Senator Bourne is' about
ready to concede defeat in the Republican
State Convention next Thursday. Dis
cussing the outlook today, he said ' it
seemed almost certain that Oregon's dele
gation to the Republican National Con
vention would be Instructed for, Taft.
"If it is," said Senator Bourne, "I will
not serve as a delegaet, if I should be
chosen. Under no circumstances will I go
to Chicago under instructions binding me
to vote for Taft. If chosen ander such
instructions, I will decline to act as a
delegate."
For some time the Senator has been
pulling every available string in hope of
securing an unlnstructed delegation. He
has even appealed to his colleagues in the
Congressional delegation to use their in
fluence at home to prevent instructions
for Taft. Prom the first, however. Sena
tor Fulton has been an avowed Taft man
and has taken Issue with Bourne on this
question, favoring selection of delegates
who will vote for Taft first, last and all
the time. Fulton is confident that Taft is
to be nominated,-and he wants Oregon to
get her share of credit out of the conven
tion. Neither Congressman Ellis nor Con
gressman Hawley has taken any hand In
the preparations for the state convention,
notwithstanding Bourne's appeals. They
do not feel that members of the Congres
sional delegation should be sent as dele
gates to the National convention, and
have, therefore, allowed party leaders at
home to manage things as they deemed
best.
Senator Bourne has grown unusually
gloomy during the past two weeks. He
does not even enthuse over the second
elective term propaganda. He has never
been known to admit. In so many words,
that Taft will be nominated, but little re
marks he drops from time to time Indi
cate that he has practically no hope of
pursuing his Roosevelt campaign to . suc
cessful termination. He felt keenly the
action of the State Central Committee in
unanimously indorsing Taft over his pro
test, and then followed quickly the abso
lute failure of his attempt to arrange for
stampeding the Chicago convention for
Roosevelt. Failure of other third-term
men to attend that meeting was ample
indication that they have abandoned hope
of forcing the nomination upon Roosevelt.
SENATOR BOURNE'S DENIAL
Not Bartering In Postofflces, but
v' Will Fight the Unfair.
PORTLAND, May 13. (To the Editor.)
A few days ago The Oregonlan pub
lished a report, said to come from Co
lumbia County, to the effect that Senator
Bourne was "trading postofflces for sup
port of delegates in the Republican state
convention," and your Washington cor
respondent, in a somewhat extended dis
patch, treated the matter with serious
concern from his side of the spit. Under
date of the 11th instant Senator Bourne
wired me from Washington:
"You are authorized to state for me In
papers that I brand as malicious lies the
claims that I am trying to secure support
of delegates to the Oregon Republican
state convention by promise of postofflces
or other patronage," and adds: "But
shall exercise my Senatorial rights to op
pose confirmation of any Presidential ap
pointees who fight unfairly or make per
sonal or political misrepresentations."
I will ask that you give this denial at
least as much prominence in your paper
as you gave to the report herein denied.
JOHN C. YOUNG.
RALLY IN SOUTH PORTLAND
W. S. U'Ren and W. R. McGarry to
Debate Recall Bill,
The campaign will be opened by the
South Portland Republican Club tonight,
when a rousing rally will be held at
Jones' Hall, on Front and Gibbs streets.
The main feature will be a debate be
tween W. S. U'Ren, of Oregon City, and
W. R. McGarry on the recall bill. Other
speakers who have been Invited to be
present are: Sheriff Robert Stevens.
Judge Cameron, R. G. Morrow, C. N. Mc
Arthur and Waldemnr Seton. A fine mu
sical and literary programme has been
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JTEUMAJPS SHOP ANT THE ARTIST'S
THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED.
arranged by Miss Lena Harwafc and
Frank D. Hennessey, and a large crowd
is expected to attend.
Stevens Opens Campaign.
Sheriff Stevens will open his campaign
for re-election at ft meeting at Jones'
Hall, Front and Gibbs streets, tonight
under the auspice of the South Portland
Republican Club. George J. Cameron,
candidate for District Attorney, and R.
G. Morrow, for Circuit Judge, and candi
dates on the legislative ticket, will also
make short addresses. Miss Harwas and
Municipal Clerk Frank D. Hennessy will
sing and Johnson and Bailey, a comedy
team, will appear 'in black-face special
ties. Democratic Candidates Buoy.
Democratic candidates are continuing
their quest for votes in a vigorous cam
paign of the county. The county central
committee has arranged for a rally at the
Woodmen Hall. Mount Tabor, tomorrow
night when addresses will be made by
District Attorney Manning. Tom Word,
A. King Wilson' and others. The same
candidates will address another Demo
cratic meeting at Woodman Hall, Weod
stock, Friday night.
BIRTHDAY OP INSTITUTE
SEAMEVS FRIEND SOCIETY OB
SERVES ITS FOUNDING.
Institution Has Been In Existence
for Past 30 Years in
Portland.
The 30th anniversary of the establish
ment of the Portland Seamen's Friend So
ciety was commemorated last night in
Taylor-street Methodist Church, where
the society was organised in 1878. The
meeting last night was presided over by
Dr. Benjamin Young, pastor of the Taylor-street
Methodist Church. Addresses
were delivered by E. Quackenbush, presi
dent of the society; Chaplain E. H. Roper
ana jur. Meserve. Dr. Luther R. Dvott.
Dr. William Hiram Foulkes, and Dr.
Jonah B. Wise also spoke In commenda
tion or the institution, and pledging the
support of their congregations in any
movement that shall be undertaken for
Its furtherance.
Two musical numbers were rendered bv
the Lakme Quartet, consisting of Mrs.
May Dearborn Schwab, Miss Ethel M.
Lytle. Miss Petronella Connolly. Mrs. W.
A. Bushong. Mrs. W. E. Thomas, accom
panist. Professor Wllder's male chorus
also gave two musical numbers. Ole Ol
son, of the Norwegian ship Nordalon,
sang two solos, one of which was In Nor
wegian. x Mr. Quackenbush. in his address, gave
a brief history of the organization, sup
plementing nis remarks by reading a
number of letters from sailors who have
enjoyed the hospitality of the Portland
Institute, in which they expressed their
appreciation of the kindness shown them.
These letters were significant fpom the
fact that they are an indication of the
esteem in which the Institute Is held by
seamen. During the past year. Mr.
Quackenbush said, the Institute had wel
comed 36,000 sailors. - During the past
three months the concerts given have
been attended by over 300 seamen each
week. The attendance at the religious
services was also shown to be large.
The Portland Seamen s Friend Society
was organized July 31. 1878. In Taylor-
street Methodist Church. It fullfilled its
mission for 21 years, discontinuing its
work, owing to lack of funds, in 1899.
Following the visit of Secretary Hunter,
of the American Seamen's Friend Society,
of New York, the local Institute was re
organized, and In 1906 Chaplain and Mrs.
E. H. Roper were sent to Portland to
carry on the work.
Following Mr. Quackenbush's remarks,
Chaplain Roper delivered an address, in
which he asked for the co-operation of the
churches and the business men of Port
land In an effort to build up the present
Institute. He referred to Portland's grow
ing importance as a seaport, and the in
creasing number of seamen visiting this
harbor. He declared that the efficiency
of the Institute should keep pace with
Portland's commercial advancement.
"I wish those men who are advertising
Portland could realize how a first-class
seamen s Institute could advertise this
port." he said. "Talk about your Rose
Festival as an advertising medium. It
is not to be compared with the advertise
ment these men from all the world over
could give the city. Some of our sailors
will tell you of this or that port In the
Old Country, some port In Australia or
Canada, and will say: 'That Is a pretty
good sort of a place, but the institute is
vile. They don't know how to run an
Institute. The people think they're too
good to come In contact with a sailor.'
But some day a fellow will go from Port
land to some other port and tell them
that Portland has the best Seamen's In
stitute in the whole world. What you
want is a non-sectartan institution that
Is as free to a Jew as to a Gentile; as
free to a Catholic as to a Methodist. That
Is the kind of an Institute that I have
organised, by the grace of God and the
help of President Quackenbush."
Sells Western Pacific Notes.
NEW YORK. May 12. The Denver
Rio Grande Railroad, acting for the
Western Pacific, has, it was announced
this afternoon, sold $15,030,000 two
year. 6 per cent notes, with the priv
ilege of extending them for three years
from 1910. Proceeds of the sales of
these notes will be used in completion
of the construction of the Western Pa
cific
IDEA OF" THE SCENE WHEN
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WILL
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POLITICIANS DARE TO OF
IT? ASKS MR, M'CUSKER.
If They Do, the People Will Be
Heard From Later, He Says, and
Something Will Drop.
PORTLAND. Or., May 12. tTo the Ed
itor.) For reasons that are obvious to
everyone, there la a decided effort 'In some
quarters to create the impression that there
Is a determined fight on between what la
known as the Fulton faction and the Bourne
faction. If these faotions exist, why do they
exist? Not by virtue of any action taken
by Bourne's friends, or the advocates of
btatement No. 1.
Statement No. 1 wen in the primaries,
therefore has no reason to sacrifice a prin
ciple by abandoning her nominees, and by
all the rules of -war. to the victor belongs
the spoils. But we are confronted by
most unusual condition, vis. that of seeing
the defeated .party or faction In control, and
threatening to revenge itself on the vie
tors. I say in control; 1 mean they think
they are in control; but before the primary
election iney had also counted their trains,
but when the people were heard from,
somehow things were different, and the peo
ple are yet to be heard from at the June
election, and again things may be dif
ferent, j
According to press reports, bv sendlna a
pledged delegation to Chicago, and defeat
ing Bourne, Fulton will revenge himself on
Bourne or his (Bourne's) fight against him
In the primaries. 1 am not aware whether
this is Fulton's views or not; bot Fulton
knows, and 1 believe so expressed himself
before leaving for Washington, that his so
called friends who had only their personal
ambitions at stake, advised him wrong. As
one who was in a small way responsible for
the success of Statement -.No. 1. I want to
say emphatically that the advocates of
Statement No. 1 made no fight on Fulton
other than .that they supported fully and
loyally the candidates who represented this
principle, and if Fulton was on the other
side, that was his misfortune, as be 'is of
age and had the opportunity of getting on
the right side, the side of the people.
we regarded the nomination of a united
States Senator as merely an incident to the
principle, ana made our fight on the Legis
lative ticket, as this carried with It every
thing else. We still regard the election of a
United States Senator as merely an incident
to that same principle, for Statement No.
Is still an Issue, and If anyone doubts Jt, he
should wait unttl after the election. The
people are watching the trend of affairs,
and it is safe to say that they wtll look out
for their own Interests. If the people have
made a mistake by overlooking the selec
tion of delegates to the State Convention
ho were in accord with their view, they
vlli remedy it by aboHshlng that useless
piece of machinery, and electing by popular
vote the delegates to the National Conven
tion. This is coming.
If Fultrn's friends are sincere for har
mony, why this threat of revenge on Bourne
for their defeat, and how can they consis
tently help Cake, as Statement No. 1 owes
its success, as also does Cake, in a large
measure, to Bourne and his friends, not be
cause he took any part in the Senatorial
ngnt, tiut Decause of the Incident which I
mentioned above. Statement No. 1 would
have won with any other leader, as the
principle was with the people, and only
waited on some one to fan it Into action
Bourne took up the fight, hence he gained
me enmity or those who were defeated. To
vent their spleen, they do not hesitate to
Jeopardize the Interests of the state by
rorcing tne state convention to send
pledged delegation to Chicago, giving as a
reason a desire to tie up Bourne, who is
a KooseveU advocate, when the true reason.
as intimated by one of Fulton's
friends. Is that If Taft - Should be
elected Fulton would have a place
In the Cabinet. Now this looks very
much like a personal ambition, rather than
a desire to benefit Oregon, and I have no
objection to it, as I would like to see Fulton
honored: but I do not believe It Is necessary
to sacrifice any other clttsen to feed thJs
ambition. I believe if a poll of the people
were naa. is per cent or the voters of Ore
gon would name Roosevelt first, and yet I
do not believe even In sending a pledged
delegation for him. To be fair. I favor
sending both Fulton and Bourne, as they
are both our representatives, and as Bourne
remains in the Senate for several years vet.
can Oregon go on record as directly offering
an Insult to her senior Senator, and expect
tne representatives of other states at the Na
tional Capital to heed the demands of Ore
gon for legislation at the hands of a repre
sentative discredited at home? I do not
mean discredited by the people, but by a
few disgruntled politicians with a petty
spite to vent.
It will be well for those contemplating
this act to pause and consider what the peo
ple will say about it. Remember, the peo
ple have some funny ideas regarding honor,
and it may not always accord with those of
the politicians.
To revert to the attempt that is being made
to engender discord in the Republican
ranks:
If It once becomes fully understood by
the people that certain factions are attempt
ing to throw the election to the Democrats
In order to kill for all time Statement No.
1. It is barely possible that they may get
some assistance that will not only accom
plish that result, but will also elect a com
plete ticket from one end to the other, so
that there can be no mistake In the minds
of anyone that the people rule. If any can
didate nominated either on Statement No.
1 or on party choice statement is not satis
fied with the result, all he bas to do is to
let It become known by his actions and his
worry will be over. The people are patient,
but there is such a thing as rubbing it In,
and It la not well to tamper with the peo
ple's rights. I hope no one will construe
this into a threat, for it is nothing of the
kind, but a plain statement of what mlfrht
happen. THOMAS McCUSKER.
PORTLAND TO PORTLAND
Women Autoists Start From Maine
to Oregon Metropolis.
PORTLAND, Me.. May 12. Mrs. E.
Teape and daughter, Mrs. Verna McKel
vie, of Idaho, left this city at noon to
day on an automobile trip to Portland.
Or., for their health. They will make
no attempt to speed and will travel
only In the. day-time.
STRONG LINK OF EVIDENCE
Prisoner Shows Xo Concern When
Questioned About Xew Develop-'
ment, but Police Are Con
fident of Conviction.
What is regarded as the most conclu
sive evidence yet developed against
Edward H. Martin, held for the murder
of Nathan Wolff, came to light yester
day when the police admitted having
positively Identified the overcoat worn
by Martin at the time of his arrest as
belonging to the victim, Wolff.
Martin's daring In wearing the coat and
In practically giving himself up to the
police while he hsd the coat threw the
officers off the trail at P.rnt. It could not
be conceived that the man would go so
far as that.
But the overcoat Tibs been fully Identi
fied by the widow of Wolff and by his
little daughter. A number of corrobora
tive circumstances further substantiate
the Identification and this will be pressed
forward as the chief bit of evidence
against -Martin at his forthcoming trial
In the State Circuit Court. ,
Child Recognizes Coat.
'That's papa's overcoat," was the
pitiful exclamation of little Miss Wolff
when detectives took the garment to the
Wolff residence, at 6B6 Kearney street.
and presented it for identification to the
widow. The little girl's remark was
voluntary as it had not been intended to
ask her to look it over.
Mrs. Wolff at once verified the child's
Identification. She said the coat was a
familiar object to her and that her hus
band wore it away either the Friday of
the murder or the day preceding. Her
positlveness along this line, however,
would prevent Martin from declaring he
had bought it from Wolff at some
previous date. She said she remembered
the coat in every detail and could hardly
be mistaken.
That the police did not place this coat
sooner is a matter of no little surprise,
even among some members of the de
partment. It Is a long grayish raincoat
and hod Sergeant Baty, the acting head
of the detective bureau, or Detective
Tlchenor, who has been! engaged in
handling the purely routine aspects of the
case, looked the coat over, It Is hard to
understand why they would attach no
significance to the fact that all marks of
identification had been torn .from the
coat. It was not until someone chanced
to inquire where Martin got the over
coat that an investigation of the garment
was begun with the important results
already referred to.
Garment Sold to Wolff.
The coat, it has been learned, was pur
chased from the Ben Selling store. It
was recognized by one of the clerks who
said he recalled quite distinctly selling
such a garment to Wolff several months
ago. The coat he sold brought $30. A
notation in Wolff's memorandum books
shows he purchased a raincoat from Mr.
Selling's store in June, paying $20. This
correspond's with the store's records.
Martin was questioned about the coat
yesterday but the subject did not ap
pear to alarm him. When asked where
he got the coat he hesitated a moment,
yawned In a leisurely way and volun
teered, that he bought It some time ago
from a peddler in front of the Portland
Hotel.
Martin was taken to a cell at the
County Jail during the afternoon. He
was taken along with several other
prisoners who are held for trial and as
signed to. a cell much more comfortable
than the grimy place where he was Im
prisoned by the city. Provision was made
for the small allowances of morphine, as
the man Is such an innate slave to the
drug that It Is doubted if he could live
for any length of time without It. An
effort will be made to secure an early
trial of the case. The police say that
with the Identification of Wolff's overcoat
they are now ready to proceed with the
trial.
ASKS FAIR PliAK FOR MARTIN
Friend of Prisoner's Parents Will
Befriend Him.
Edward H. Martin, now held at the City
Jail, suspected of having murdered Na
than Wolff, has a new and Influential
champion.
Edward Campbell, a capitalist of San
Jose. Cat., arrived In the city yesterday
on his return from a trip around the
world. Mr. Campbell is a pioneer of the
Northwest, having been one of the found
eds of Hooiulam and an active agent In
the development of the Grays Harbor and
Puget Sound country. He Is also exten
sively interested In Portland real estate
and a man of large means. He recently
met Mr. and Mrs. Hutrh 'Martin, of New
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FIFTH AND STARK STREETS
Tork, parente of Edward H. Martin, while
aboard a steamer on the Mediterranean.
From casual traveling acquaintances they
became close friends, and made the trip
up the Nile and to various points of in
terest in Egypt together. Mr. Campbell,
when seen at the Portland Hotel last
night, was easily persuaded to discuss the
Martin case.
"I first heard of the dreadful affair a
day or two ago on the train," he said.
"I read in The Oregonian of the arrest of
Martin and the circumstantial case the
police had made out against him. Know
ing his parents as among the finest people
whom I have ever met, I Immediately felt
a personal interest in him. Just as soon
as I got here I went to the Jail and had
an interview with the accused man. He
Impressed me most favorably. It may be
true that he Is his own worst enemy, and
there may be some circumstances which
would seem to connect him with the
crime. However that may be, there is
deeply Implanted In. the American breast
a desire for fair play, and I think it a
damnable shame that the police, the
prosecutor's office and the press should
combine to convict any man- before he has
had a hearing. That seems to be the
present situation in this case.
"I do not assume to say that Martin Is
Innocent, but I do Insist that every man
Is entitled to a fair trial under the Con
stitution, and that the public reserve
judgment until Martin and his friends
have had a chance to be heard. His
father will be here as soon as possible and
will doubtless do all In his power to set
his son right before the world. I shall be
in the city for several days, and expect to
Bee Martin again tomorrow. I have no
Interest in the case further than to see
my friends' son given a fair deal, and if
there Is anything 1 can do to help matters
in that direction, I shall do so.
"Here Is a man charged with the most
serious crime that can be laid at the door
of a human betng, without friends or In
fluence, or means, and with the most
powerful agencies arrayed against him.
All that he can demand or that I could
wish Is that the public reserve Judgment
and not convict him before he has had a
chance."
WOLFF ESTATE WOKTIl $34,443
Appraisers File Tliclr Report With
County Court.
The estate of Nathan Wolff Is worth
$J4,443. The report of the appraisers, J.
L. Dinkelspell, J. F. Relnhart and Her
man Marks, was filed with the County
Courtv yesterday. Of this amount $15,123
Is covered by the pledges and jewelry at
the pawn shop of the murdered broker.
The cash on hand and In Ladd &. Tllton's
Bank amounts to 1. 440.42, while two life
insurance policies are valued at $10,000.
The real estate, consisting of lot 14,
block 2M. Couch Addition. valued at
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valued at $140.
Of the jewelry and pledges In the First
street pawn shop, the only articles
marked In the appraisement as missing
are a Jo Rignet ring and a $7 rifle. The.
mounted diamond goods owned by Wolff
ere valued at $11,308.75.
Judge Webster has issued an order
authorizing the administratrix, Mrs. WolfI,
to sell the entire stock at public auction,"
at not less than the appraised value.
SUSPECT WAS NOT MARTIN
Man Seen In Wolff's Store Does Not
Answer Description.
E. I Giles, an employe of the Jacobs-.
Stine Company, who was said to have
expressed his belief that Martin Is tha
man tye saw conversing with Nathan
Wolff at 5:35 o'clock on the night the lat
ter was murdered, says he has been mls
quoted with regard to the matter. Mr.
Giles said:
"The man I saw does not answer the
description of Martin, as the papers give
it. I have not seen him and, therefore,
am not able to say. I )assed Mr. Wolff's
pawn shop at 5:33 o'clock on Friday
night on my way home. I looked in at
the display In the window and observed
a man In consultation with the proprie
tor. They were In full view and I glanced
at the man two or three times. He looked
at me a time or two. His face was cov
ered with about a week's growth of beard.
He wore a black derby hat and a long
cravenette coat of grayish brown mater
ial. I should certainly know the man
again if I saw him. I did not say thnt
I would go to the jail and identify the
man. I have had no desire to be mixed
up in the case and had not thought my
testimony necessary, but If It should be
considered so, I am quite ready to
give It."
Form Inland Knrpire LeHgue.
PENDLETON, Or., May 12. (Special.)
The Inland Empire Baseball league was
organized in tills city tonight. W. I..
Thompson, cashier of the Commercial
National Bank, of this city, was elected
president and treasurer. The league will
bo in class D. under the National Asso
ciation, and will have a s-alary Unlit of
$750. The four towns comprised arc Pen
dleton. Walla Walla, Baker City ami
La Grande, each of which was repre
sented at the meeting hold here tonight
and each of which has put up the guar
antee that the schedule will be played.
The season will be opened Thursday.
May 21, and four games are to be played
each week. Pendleton opens at Walla
Walla and Ia Grande at Baker City:
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