THE MORNING OREGOXI AX, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1908.
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Gil RETIRES
FROM THE CASE
AGENT SWINDLES .
J. WESLEY LADD
BUILDING FRONT COLLAPSES; TWO MEN INJURED.
H. B. LITT
Book Impostor Operating in
Chicago Believed to Have
Visited Portland.
Overruled by Court on Law
Point He Withdraws From
' Suitter Trial.
Tdky
RARE EDITIONS HIS BAIT
TESTIMONY FOR DEFENSE
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Account of $50,000 Clean-up in Il
linois Brings to Light Fact That
Same Man Fleeced Rich
Local Citizen.
A clever book agent, who la reported in
press dispatches to have swindled prom
inent Chicago people out of $50,000. is be
lieved to have operated In Portland a
little over a year ago. J. Wesley Ladd
waa one of the victims of the shark,
who has Just been heard from in Chicago.
He believes it Is the samo man who
cleaned up a tidy little sum here.
Although a reward of 50 has been post
ed for the man's arrest, he seems Im
mune and is still at liberty to ply his
nefarious trade. His work in Chicago
is along the same, lines that marked his
career in Portland.
The impostor's favorite method here, as
there, waa to get into the confidence
of wealthy people who could afford to buy
rare, and consequently expensive, edi
tions. He purported to be the represent
ative of a responsible publishing house
In the Middle West. Of course, these
pretensions were false, and the houso is
now lending every assistance It can to
effect the fellow's capture.
After talking books and getting his
Portland customers interested, the
agent's custom was to induce his friends
to sign notes for him. One reasbn he
' asked this slight favor was so he could
bring out books from the East to show
v-hts customers. For such books as he
disposed of, for the agent had some source
of supply, he exacted robbers' prices.
Sells Books to Ladd.
After buying some very expensive books
from the agent, J. Wesley Ladd. who is a
book lover and has a splendid library,
was told by a friend that he was paying
too much for his books and investigation
proved the statement that he was giving
more than fair prices for the agent's
wares. But the discovery came too late
for by this time the agent had secured
liis signature to a number of joint notes
that totaled a comfortable sum and had
disHDDeared. leaving the banker to Bettle.
Now a book agent whose work Is
exactly similar has popped up In Chi
cago and it is believed that the man's
game worked so well in Portland that
ho was emboldened to try it in breezy
Chicago, where it la the boast of the
average business man that he cannot be
cheated at any game.
Not only that, but the book agent went
to the families of some of the biggest
financial giants and shrewdest operators
In Chicago. Mrs. John A. Patten, of
Kvanston, wife of the famous grain
operator on the Chicago Board of Trade
and formerly Mayor of the college town.
obligingly signed notes amounting to
$f).0)0 and gave her personal check for
J2950 more. The checks and notes were
realised upon and all the woman has to
show for her Investment is a de luxe
edition of books worth probably about
M0.
Signs Notes for $10,00 0.
Another millionaire's wife in Chicago
listened to the attractive story of the
book agent and signed notes for 540,
000. When her husband heard of the
notes and investigated, he found he had
been cheated. Thereupon he sorrowfully
compromised and got his wife's notes
back upon the payment of $10,000.
But Speculator Patten is bent on re-
venue. He can fight an enemy in the
Chicago wheat pit and lose without flinch
ing. but when it comes to a book agent
getting the better of him. he resents It.
He declares that his wife has been shame
fully imposed upon in her wish to act in
a charitable manner. He declares he in
tends to see justice done and will do
everything he can to bring the itnposters
to Justice.
"My wife Is heartbroken about this
thing.'' Mr. Patten said in telling of the
affair to a Chicago newspaper man. "Out
of the kindness of her heart, she .signed
notes for about fcS.OQO and save them to
the book agent so he could have the
books bound for him by a well-known
publishing house. The books really were
to be sold, so the agent said, to a Port
land banker who was then in Burope.
The agent made a plea that he had been.
Ill and that if he could get the books from
the publishing house he could sell them
to the Portland banker, with whom he
had had former dealings.
"My wife had purchased a few books of
tins agent previously. When the agent
represented to her that he must have a
signed contract from some trustworthy
person, with notes to cover the amount of
the purchase, she agreed to sign them
so that the agent could sell the books to
the Western banker when he returned
from r-urope.
Mentions Portland Banker.
"The first notes that she signed
were for laaviL The agent went awav.
but returned In a few weeks and said
that the Portland banker wanted
better set and that if he could order
set worth JJS500. he could sell them to
lilm. He asked Mrs. Patten to sign
notes for that amount so he could get
the books, and tore up the old notes
before her eyes. This convinced my
wife of his honesty and she signed the
new issue. Besides this, she signed
ether notes upon the representation
of the agent that he could sell the
books for large sums to millionaire
book lovers.
The Western banker referred to is
J. Wesley I .add. The recollection of
his transactions with the book agent
is too painful to permit him to dwell
upon the particulars or recount the
details. He admits he was "stung,
but he does not say how much.
The scheme worked upon the wives
of the Chicago millionaires Is de
scribed as being nothing more than
the old lightning-rod game disguised
in calfskin and morocco.
Among the "rare" editions for which
Mrs. Patten unwittingly contracted,
was Halliwell's edition of Shakespeare.
This edition, the agent said, wa? worth
thousands of dollars, and was finely
bound. The edition, which was lim
ited to ISO copies, signed by the pub
lisher and Mr. Halliwell. is on sale in
Chicago bookstores for $100.
Detectives are a work in Chicago
on the case and their findings indicate
that there was more than one man
concerned In the game.
They believe that the gang has head
quarters In New York and that they
duped many people in Chicago besides
Mrs. Patten and the other millionaire's
wife, whose name has been guarded
with the utmost secrecy. Mr. Patten
says he knows a number of people
who have been victimized in Chicago
of more modest sums through the
convincing talk put up by the book
agent. The wife of one of his clerks,
he said, had been duped into buying; a
set of books or $S5 worth about 25.
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KCl.VEU FRONT O" BUILDING AFTER THE COLLAPSE.
Collapse of a section of the brick front of a building, which is being repaired at 21 North Second street,
precipitated A. D. Moody and Otto Olin, who were at work on the wall, to the pavement 15 feet below
under a half ton of brick at 3:16 o'clock yesterday afternoon. That both men were not killed is regarded
as remarkable, for a big steel beam was released by the falling bricks and dropped with the two Imper
iled men but did not strike them. Both were thought to be dead, as they lay buried in a mass of brick
and mortar but, on being rescued from the debris, It was found they were severely though not fatally
hurt. Moody sustained Injuries to his back and leg and Olin's hip was wrenched. Both men were cov
ered with minor cuts and bruises. The two men were working from a scaffold on the wall and were en
gaged in replacing old brick with new ones. A steel cross beam weighing a ton was held in place by a
steel pin, which became loosened. The beam and a shower of brick fell together, carrying the workmen
down in the debris. Moody, who was the contractor in charge of the work, was taken to the Good
Samaritan Hospital. Olin was taken to his home at 105 Bast Water street. Both men were resting easily
last night, no bones having been broken. Barring the development of internal injuries, both will be about
In a short time.
FIRST CONVENTION OPENS
PORTLAND DISTRICT EPWORTH
LEAGUE IX SESSION.
Ma n y M embers Hca r A dd ress by
Rev. F. L. Young on "Optimism."
Dr. Ghormley Tonight.
The first annual convention of the Port
land District Ep worth League was opened
at University Park Methodist Episcopal
Church last night, when, a large number
of Epworthians and others from all over
the district, gathered to hear an address
on "Optimism," by Rev. F. L. Young, of
St. John. The" edifice was decorated with
Oregon grape and other green products
of the forests, and presented a pretty
sight. Dr. Young's remarks were strik
ingly appropriate, being especially cheer
ful, and were directed 10 the young peo
ple In particular.
Many delegates and visitors from near
ly every chapter of the district were pres
ent at the opening session. More are ex
pected this morning, when the conven
tion will open its services with a devo
tional meeting at 9 o'clock, led by Rev.
C. T. McPherson. pastor of Epworth
Methodist Episcopal Church. Papers on
various phases of Epworth League work
and discussion of the same will continue
throughout the -day.
University Park Chapter and Church,
of which Rev. W. R. Jeffrey, Jr., is pas
tor, is entertaining all the delegates and
visitors. At noon and night, lunch will
be served to all. both today and tomor
row, and a special lunch will also be
provided for every one who attends the
Sunday afternoon rally.
The programme for today is as follows:
Morninir
Devotional services. led by Rev. C. T.
McPherson. pastor ot Epworth Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Paper and discussions.
The Epworth I.eapue as a Spiritual Force
In the Church." ly H. A. Killam. of Cen
tenary Chapter.
"The Word of Christ in This Generation."
by James A. Bamford, of Mcunt Tabor
Chapter.
-our Brother bv the Wayside." by Mrs.
T.ena Swetlamt. district third vice-president,
of ! -aurelwood Chapter.
"MMhutls and Phases of Social Work. by
Roy Glass, of University Park Chaster.
Roll call of chapters.
Afternoon
Devotional services, led by Rev. Harold
Oberir. j.astor of the Monta villa Methodist
Kplscopal Church.
Th( Secretary." by F. S. Francis, of
Sunnysid Chapter. ,
The Treasurer." by F. S. Godfrey, of
Central Chapter, district treasurer.
"The Junior League." by Mrs. Stella H.
Burt, district superintendent of the Junior
Leagues.
Roll call of chapters.
Missionary exhibit.
Sonff service.
Add res by Rev. J. F. Ghormley, pastor
of Cantral Chritan Church.
MANILA PLANS FOR FLEET
Visitor Declares Festivities Wil Sur
pass Those on Coast.
Although having followed practically
all of the big receptions tendered the
officers and sailors of the battleship
fleet since Its arrival in the waters of
the Pacific, Samuel J. Wallace, for sev
eral years a resident of Manila, who Is
now visiting In Portland, believes that
these festivities will be surpassed by
the entertainment that is being
planned for the "Jackles" when they
reach the Philippines. Even at this
early date, according to Mr. Wallace,
arrangements for the entertainment of
the 30.000 or more men who man the
ships of the Nation's fleet are under
way, and preparations have proceeded
to a point where but very little re
mains to be done.
"Of course, when I say that Manila
Intends to outdo the cities of the Pa
cltlc in the entertainment, of the men
of the fleet. I am not trying to dis
credit attentions showered upon them
by the Coast enthusiasts, but am
merely stating what I am assured will
be the truth," said Mr. Wallace this
afternoon. "I realise that there are
many who will Insist that I am promp
ted In my assertions by a certain pa
triotic feeling. However, when the
fleet entertainments that are being
given on the Pacific Coast are a thing
of the past, and the great armada
wends Its way homeward after circum
navigating the globe, the truth of my
assertion wUl be proven beyond, any
doubt. I have followed the fleet from
San Diego to San Francisco, and have
witnessed celebrations and entertain
ments that have excelled in brilliancy
and splendor anything that I had be
fore seen.
"Every school child and business
man, as well as the women of the Isl
ands, is helping along the success of
the celebration that Manila will extend
to the fleet. Special features, such as
will provoke much comment, will be
consolidated with the general enter
tainment programme."
Mr. Wallace will leave tomorrow for
Denver, to visit his mother and father
whom he has not seen in five years.
He intends to return to Manila before
the fleet reaches the Islands.
QUICK WORK ON CONTRACT
Construction of Plow Company's
Building Will Be Rushed.
About the quickest contract work ever
undertaken In Portland was that done
yesterday on the new plant for the Oliver
Brr. J. F. fihormley, AVho Will
Address the Kpworlb League
Convention at University Park
Mrthodlat Church Tonight on
Trmpemnce. v
Chilled Plow Works, at Bast First and
East Taylor streets. The contract was
signed at Jl o'clock A. M. and at 1 P. M.
work was begun on the site. The lot is
100x100 and the building will occupy the
entire Quarter block. Some filling is
necessary, but no piling will be required
as the concrete piers and foundations will
rest on good ground.
The plant is to be erected on plans
drawn by MacJtaughton. ttaymona
iAwrence. who will also superintend the
building. The foundations are to be of
concrete, the outer walls of brick and the
interior of slow-burning mill construction.
Ever . since the establishment of
branch of the company In Portland, the
local representatives say the business
has grown rapidly and. that finally the
home company at South Bend, Ind., de
cided that a Coast branch had become
a necessity to care for the business.
After investigating the advantages offered
toy other cities. James Oliver II, who is
the resident official of the company, de
cided that Portland, in point of location
and other advantages, is the best place
for the branch and the company pro-i
ceeded' forthwith to secure the site and
award contracts for the construction of
the building.
Estimates place the cost of the three-
story brick building at from $25,000 to $30.
000 and it will be ready for occupancy
about July. Plans were being examined
vesterday at the Building Inspector's of
fice and the permit wlll probably be finally
granted today.
The first permit granted" for alterations
on the building formerly occupied by
Pantages Theater, of $15,000, has been is
sued. Work Is progressing; rapidly on the
basement, which has already been exca
vated.
The traction facilities of Europe are far
behind tho.e of tnis country. w itnin
radius of 30 miles of Liverpool there is
pnpula-tlnii of 7.000,000. the most thickly
populated country in the world, and not a
J mouwioB,
troiiey una in existence tor incur accom-
ALL STATES SHE IN CUT
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE IS
JfOT SPARING OF AX.
Contention That Mr. Hawlcy Should
Have Got More for Crater Lake
Park Not Borne Out.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 20. Private letters reach
ing Washington state that Will G. Steel
has been censuring Representative
Hawley because he did not get an ap
propriatlon of $50,000 for Crater Lake
National Park. This criticism is based
on the fact that $50,000 was carried in
the sundry civil bill for the construc
tion of a road into the Mount Rainier
Park in Washington.
That Mr. Steel's criticism of Mr.
Hawley Is unjust and undeserved will
appear from a brief statement of the
facts. The House committee on appro
priations, which framed the - sundry
civil bill, was guided by the estimates
of the Department. The Departmen
recommended an appropriation of a lit
tie more than $10,000 for the Crater
Iake Park, and a like amount for the
Mount Rainier Park. The last Con
gress, however, authorized the con
struction of a wagon road into the
Mount Rainier Park, and made the Ini
tial appropriation towards Its con
struction. This road, therefore, was
placed on a par with river and harbor
improvements that are placed under
the continuing contract system. Con
gress had previously authorized the
building of th.s road, and the work
was unfler way. It was therefore in
cumbent upon this Congress to make
provision for carrying the work for
ward, and it was solely because of this
fact that the $50,000 item was inserted
in the bill.
On the general item of improvements
the Mount Rainier Park did not fare as
well as Crater Lake Park, for the Sen
ate did not raise the item for general
Improvements in Mount Rainier Park,
though it did, on motion of Senator
Fulton, increasn tiia. Crater Lake item
to $10,000. nearly the amount of the es
timate. It would be absolutely impos
sible for any delegation of four mem
bers to get an appropriation for a Na
tional park in excess of the estimates.
Such a thing has never been done. Had
it been possible, the Oregon delegation
would have secured as much money as
could possibly be squeezed out of the
committee. Instead of increasing park
appropriations over the estimates, the
House committee took the ground that
these Items were less important than
appropriations for other public works,
and in consequence, every park ap
propriation was cut way below the
estimates, even for Yellowstone Na
tional Park, which has more friends In
Congress than any other National park.
In this horizontal cut. Oregon suf
fered no worse than any other state.
That the appropriation was reduced
was not due to any lack of effort- on
the part of Mr. Hawley. for he labored
conscientiously to get as much money
as possible. If Mr. Steel had the slight
est conception of the way in which ap
propriations are secured in Congress,
he would have never made his attack
upon Mr. Hawley. Money is not hang
ing around the appropriations commit
tee room to be picked at the pleasure
of members. Every dollar has to be
fought for, and in the general fight
Mr. Hawley accomplished as much as
any other member similarly placed.
Masters Slay Go on Strike.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2L Bight hun
dred members of the two local organiza
tions of masters, mates and pilots may
tender their licenses to the Government
Inspectors if the charges filed by Super
vising Inspector John Bermingham
against Captain Johnson, of the river
steamer J. D. Peters: Captain Parker, of
the Key Route ferry-boat Fernwood, and
Captain Rideout, of the river steamer
Modoc, result in the suspension of the
licenses of these men. Captain Berming
ham charges that the three masters
named neglected to obey the navigation
rules at the time of the arrival of the
battleship fleet on May 6 and that they
caused the whistles of their boats to blow
unnecessarily loud.
Metzger fits glasses tor $1.00.
' H&nan skoea aX Rosenthal's.
Xext Door Neighbor of Shaffer, the
Murdered. Man, Tells of Events
Leading to Shooting Landlord
Gives Similar Version.
Henrv E. McGinn, who was em
nloved as snecial rrrosecutor In tne
Suitter murder trial, resigned yester
day because of a ruling against nlm
bv Judge Cleland on a law point Lan
J. Malarkey, of counsel for the de
fense, asked and waa granted the
privilege of calling Captain James A.
Watts, a. member of the firm of Brown
& McCabe, stevedores, to the stand out
of the regular order, captain watts
was asked If he knew the reputation
of Henry Shaffer as being a man of
violence when drunk. The witness re
plied that he did, and said that Shaf
fer had worked for him. He was asked
what kind of man Shaffer was, but
before he could answer objection was
interposed by Judge McGinn.
Watts had made arrangements to
leave at. 2 P. M. yesterday with his
family for Seattle to see the fleet. He
was obliged, however, to remain until
the afternoon session of court, in or
der that the attorneys' arguments
might be heard. Judge Cleland ad
mitted the testimony. Watts said Shaf
fer's reputation was bad. Asked if he
remembered a time when Shaffer lived
at Twenty-third and Lovejoy streets.
and beat his wife, he answered, "Yes.
He said there was a crowd around at
the time.
Chester Shaffer, who was a next-door
neighbor of Henry Shaffer at the time
of the shooting, was then called to the
stand by the defense, the state hav
ing rested. Although of the same
name he was not related to the dead
man. In many details he contradicted
the testimony of the state's witnesses.
According to his story there were two
kegs of beer in the house the after
noon of the party; one in the cellar
lying on its side, and one in the bath
room. This testimony was corrobor
ated later in the afternoon by Jacob
Holzworth, Shaffer's landlord, who said
he had seen members of the party car
ry the 10-gallon keg of beer from the
basement Into the house just before
he left to search for an officer. That
was between 5 and 6 o'clock at night,
he said.
Says Shaffer Threatened Trouble.
"Henry Shaffer came to me in the
afternoon," said Chester Shaffer, "and
wanted me to fix some boards for him
across the bathtub to set the beer
glasses on. He said that If the old
man, referring to Mr. Holzworth
made any trouble he would show him
a tough time, that he would show him
he (Shaffer) could run his own buei
ness.
"He took me to the basement and
raising one corner of a 10-gallon keg
saia: -mis is a Keg of beer for my
friends.
"Then we went upstairs, where the
eight-gallon keg was. Shaffer filled
a half-gallon lard bucket with beer by
working a pump, like a bicycle pump
on tne Keg, and then filled a glass.
drank from the glass. He drank from
the bucket. Then he filled the glass
and bucket again. He said the beer
had just been put on tap, and showed
me the wall where the foam had spat
terea. men ne tried to tell me some
more about his trouble with Holz
worth, but I didn't care to listen to
It. It appeared to me as though he
wanted to tnrasn the old man.
I went home and told my wife
there was going to be trouble in the
neighborhood, and that we would leave
and avoid it. We went to my sister's
near the Steel bridge, on the East Side.
We returned home between 5 and
o clock in the evening. I could hear
the racket at the Shaffer home a block
and a half away.
"Did it sound like the noice of two
steps and waltzes?" asked Attorney
jxtaiaraey.
Party Was "Whooping It tp.'
uiey were yening, -whoop 'em
up, wnoop 'em up.' I could hear
stamping, like clog dancing. It sounded
as though some of them were trying
iu Bins, out couian i. ttesldes that
heard some stringed instruments play
ing."
The witness then told of Holzworth
visit, 15 or 20 minutes after he (Ches
ter snairer) returned home with hl
wife. He said they went to look for
an officer, and remembering that a
nearoy grocery store, which had a tel
ephone, was closed they went to Suit
ter's home. Holzworth and the officer
returned to Henry Shaffer's house
wnne tnester isnarrer followed to hi
own nome with Mrs. Suitter and he
two cniiaren. -
uere tne witness for the rir.f.,.ior,
flatly contradicted the testimony of Mrs.
Dora Shaffer, the wife of the dead man.
one said tne policeman wore an over
coat. Demg very positive in this state
ment. Chester Shaffer said Suitter wore
no overcoat until after the shooting.
wiieu ne luanea mm ms (Chester Shaf-
icr sj.
On Mallory avenue, across the street
irom tne longshoreman's house, is
park. The witness said that when he
proceeded with Mrs. Suitter and th
children along Mallory avenue to the cor
ner of the Henry Shaffer home, just op
poslte the square, he saw Patrolman
Suitter and Shaffer standing almost in
Iront of Henry Shaffers house.
inure tney stopped and had some
argument," continued the witness. "It
seemed to be pretty warm. I saw Mr.
Shaffer step up in front of Mr. Suitter
and shake his fist In front of him. Then
I saw the officer pull back his coat and
show his star. I could not hear much
that was said except that when M
Suitter pulled open his coat Mr. Shaffer
said. 'I will have you blacked.' I didn't
catch just what it was. but I took it at
the time to mean that Suitter would get
his eye blacked or something of the kind.
"I saw Mrs. Dora Shaffer on the front
steps: I saw her come out of the front
door. There were three or four standing
with her. She was in front of them.
They crowded her out." .
This statement Is directly at variance
with Mrs. Shaffer's statement that she
did not go to the front porch, and did
not see her husband on the sidewalk
talking to the officer. Chester Shaffer
was asked by District Attorney Man
ning on cross-examination how he knew
it was Mrs. Shaffer. He resented this,
and answered with some force, "How do
I know youT' He said she wore no
cloak or hat at the time.
Story of the Shooting.
"Between the time Mr. Suitter first
called and the second visit the aolae
Ladlies' amdl Misses'
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continued to grow worse. I went out on
my front porch. Then Patrolman Fred
J. Leavens appeared at the door of
Henry Shaffer's house, and, standing on
the porch, called to the crowd on the
opposite comer of the street. They didn't
seem to understand what he wanted. He
seemed to be In an awful hurry, and ran
across the street. Just then I heard two
shots fired. I jumped the railing of
my porch, and ran into the Shaffer house
by the front door. I was there before
Patrolman Leavens returned.
"As I entered I saw several people in
the front room rushing for the kitchen.
I ran to the kitchen, and found Henry
Shaffer lying on the floor. Several peo
ple were crowding over his body toward
Mr. Suitter, who was in the corner. They
were very much excited, and were mak
ing suggestive motions. The body lay
with its feet toward the kitchen door.
The bloood was flowing from the mouth
onto the floor."
On cross-examination the witness said
that Suitter told the crowd to stand,
back, and that they looked as though
they would rush him.
Jacob Holzworth, the owner of the
property where the homicide took place,
next took the witness stand. He is 62
years old, of German birth, and has been
In Portland 24 years. He said he went
home early the night of March 1, and
cooked his own dinner. He Intended to
leave his house early that night to avoid
the noise of the birthday party next
door. He said he did not go near the
Shaffer home to remonstrate with the
longshoreman, as "I didn't want to get
my head broke." He was on the stand
when court adjourned last night.
Testimony Before Inquest Read.
During the morning session Miss Julia
Kirker, the stenographer who took the
testimony of Officer Suitter at the Coro
ner's Inquest, was placed upon the wit
ness stand to read from a transcript of
her shorthand notes the story of the
shooting. The purpose of the introduc
tion of this testimony before Suitter has
been called upon to testify Is not appar
rent. A portion of Sultter's testimony
reads:
Whn I drew my sun Shafer aiii. "Shoot
and bo d d," and rushed at m. He struck
at me. and 1 tried to hit him with my
club, but w cornered so closely that I
could not strike with any force. Snaffer
grabbed my left wrist, and several of the
men seized my right arm Then I kicked
twice and fired. I did not think I hit him
the first shot, and I fired again, and kicked,
and as I did so he fell.
Attorney Malarkey then asked Miss
Kirker if there was not a crowd at the
inquest, and she said, "Yes, pretty near
the same crowd that is here now." (
"Were they demonstrative?"
"Well, they were not quiet; they hissed
at Suitter."
"Did they not spit at him?"
"I did not see any such thing."
"Any testimony that was favorable to
Suitter was hissed at, wasn't it?"
"Some of it was."
Shaffer's Slster-ln-Law on Stand.
Mrs. Emma Span. Mrs. Henry Shaffer's
sister, said that when he was shot Shaffer
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stood wftli his arms akimbo. She was
asked if Shaffer struck Suitter, and
answered:
"Oh, my God. no. He asked nice to go
out awful nice. He ask Just, so nice
what he can. Awful nice. Awful nice."
Referring to this in his argument to
the court, later. Attorney Malarkey said
that instead of stepping up to Suitter as
meek as a lamb, he went at him like a
roaring lion: that Shaffer had fight in
him and that there was no question but
that Shaffer was known In the commun
ity to be a violent and desperate man.
Paul Doch. one of the witnesses for
the state during the morning, unexpected
ly contradicted some of the state's own
witnesses. Chief of Police Gritz
macher was placed on the stand in the
morning to tell about an order to the
police, issued November 13, regarding the
use of firearms. His testimony was ex
cluded by decision ot the court, upon the
objection of Attorney Malarkey. The
court held that no matter what the or
der to the police, the state law must gov
ern them In their actions.
Morak Sues on Promissory Note.
John Morak, who ran at the primar
ies for Constable on the Republican
ticket, has filed suit in the Circuit
Court against Joe Amato and his wife.
Morak alleges that they signed a prom
issory note the first of this month call
ing for payment of $263 on demand.
This has not been paid, says the com
plaint. As Amato cannot write he
made his mark, and Morak acted as
witness to the signature.
Offensive Partisan Resigns.
RUTLAND. Vt., May 21. Following the
receipt of an official notice from Con
troller of the Currency Lawrence O. Mur
ray, calling attention to the rule forbid
ding political activity by Government em
ployes. Frank W. Fish, of Vergenness, for
the last eight years National Bank Ex
aminer for Vermont and part of Massa
chusetts, submitted his resignation.
Mr. Fish had been canvassing In the
First Vermont Congressional District for
the nomination for Congress, and It waa
this that caused the notice from the Con
troller. Confer on Meat Inspection.
WASHINGTON, May 21. An Import
ant conference between officers of . the
Department of Agriculture and meat in
spectors from all parts of the United
States will be held at Chicago beginning
May 25, and will continue for several
days. The primary object will be to
secure, if possible, a more uniform en
forcement of the new regulations gov
erning the inspection of meat.
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