irtrnlrtltfM
a a. . -m - . n k - - -, - a
MOB SCATTERS
BEFORE TROOPS
Riot Calf Brings Sol
diers to Scene. -.
FREQUENT ALARMS SOUNDED
Police Foil Attempt to Cut
Telephone Wires.
TWO MORE INJURED DIE
Entire State Guard. Except Colored
Regiment, Encamped on Capi
tol Grounds and Other
Farts of City.
BFRINGFTELD. 111.. Aug. 16.-TWO
deaths from injuries received in previous
mob fights, the attempted cutting of the
fire alarm wires, the exoneration of Pri
vate J. B. Klein. Company A, First Illi
nois Infantry, by a court of Inquiry for
the killing of Earl. Nelson at Kankakee
yesterday, and the pursuit of a mob by
guardsmen were the chief developments
In the race war in Springfield today.
The attempt to cut the telephone and
fire alarm wire leading to the city hail
was not successful. A policeman saw
three men on top of an outbuilding try
ing to reach the lines overhead. He
turned in ah alarm to the headquarters of
General 'Wells, commanding a provisional
brigade, and the latter dispatched a
wagonload of soldiers to the scene. They
arrived before the trio had done any
damage. The would-bewirecutters fled,
leaving their nippers behind.
Scare at Headquarters.
A genuine scare was caused at the
headquarters in the arsenal tonight after
a squad had been sent to disperse a crowd
at Allen and Spring streets. Five minutes
later a report reached Lieutenant -Colonel
Eddy that shots had been fired in the
threatened district. He Immediately sent
a full platoon to the place to reinforce
the squad. 'When the additional soldiers
appeared the. crowd broke ana ran. ino
soldiers pursued them for several blocks
and the district, which is near the scene
of last night's lynching was In an uproar
for a few minutes.
The arsenal was crowded tonight with
negro refugees from Springfield end sur
rounding towns. About 0 men. women
and children sought shelter in the building
and slept on the floor or in chairs.
Fire Brings Out Crowds.
Alarms were more numerous this
evening than on former nights. In no
single case, however, up to a late
hour, was there any circumstance
which compelled the use of force. A
fire early In the evening at East
Mason and Fourth streets brought out
the largest crowd, but It was com
posed mostly of curiosity seekers and
was handled easily. Three barns were
destroyed by the fire, which is sup
posed to have been started by mis
chievous boys.
Grand Jury Will Investigate.
A special grand Jury is to investi
gate the rioting here," beginning to
morrow, according to announcement
made tonight by States Attorney
Frank Hatch, of Sangamon County.
The scope of the inquiry will be wide
and an effort will be made to fasten
the responsibility for the disturbance
upon certain Individuals who are
under suspicion. .
The Coroner's Inquest over the bodies
of Delmore and Dunnlgon has been set
for Tuesday.
Soldier Only Obeys Orders.
The Court of Inquiry which considered
Private Klein's case was composed of
Major James Miles. Captain Jacob Jud
aon. Captain S. F. High and Lieutenant
F. A. Guilford, all of the First Illinois.
After sitting all day they reported to
Adjutant-General Scott that Klein's act
was performed la the atrict line of duty.
Klein had been placed as one of a guard
of the baggage car on the first section
of the Illinois Central train which
brought the First Infantry to Springfield
yesterday. The train was a special one
and the baggage car contained property
owned by the state. Klein, guarding the
front door, was instructed by Lieutenant
Guilford to allow no one not officially
countenanced to enter the car.
Keeps Four 3Ien From Car.
At KankakM four vounc men. accord
ing to the report, climbed to the front
platform and attempted to enter the car.
Klein barred the way, using the only
available, a bavonet. As the
train started the four youths left the
platform. Klein was not aware mat -ei-son
or anyone else had been injured.
State's Attorney Cooper, of Kankakee,
probably will institute action against Klein
In the criminal courts at Kankakee. The
Attorney-General of the state is compelled
by aw to defend National Guardsmen In
such cases.
TOTAL DEATH LIST .NOW FIVE
groes SU11 Fleeing From City.
Governor Provides Shelter.
SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Aug. 16. With the
arrival here today of the Seventh Infan
try. L N. G.r and two squadrons of the
First Cavalry, from Chicago, the entire
rvinrlin''t oa Pass
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BEATEN. LEWIS MAY
YET SWAY RESULT
PIVK-WHISKERED STATESMAN
IS POWER TO RECKON WITH.
Strength With Labor Vote May En
able Him to Encompass Steven
eon's Defeat.
t-x-t . w vmra RTTREAU. Wash-
ington. Aug. 16.-Special.)-James Hamil
ton Lewis, of Chicago, ei-v-ons...-from
the State of Washington, unsuccess
ful candidate for the Democratic Vice
Presidential nomination at Denver, and
equally unsuccessful candidate for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination in
Illinois, appears to be in a position where
he can do considerable damage in the
Fall campaign and November election.
Lewis, as shown by the late primary
vote, wblle not a great factor in Illinois.
V
" '3
James Hamilton Lewi. Who Is
la a Posltloa to Make Rough
Sledding for Adlal Stevenson's
Gubernatorial campaign-
Is powerful in the city of Chicago, and
It Is conceded that Chioago will swing
the state on election day. It Is too much
to say that Lewis can swing the election,
but it may be within his power to make
certain of the defeat of ex-Vice-President
Stevenson, who outdistanced Lewis for
the primary election.
Since he moved to Chicago some years
ago "Jim Ham" has cultivated the labor
people, and has made himself strong with
them. ' His strength in that city was
hn.n tnr the larare vote he polled, carry
ing Chicago against Stevenson. If Lwls
ls resenixui ana aeaires w wn.iv ...
he can no doubt deflect a large part of
the Chicago Democratic and laDor voie
from the Democratic state tlcKet, ana in
that way seriously handicap the Demo
cratic candidate.
Whether Lewis will show his resent
ment end lead a bolt, or whether he will
swallow his disappointment and remain
regular in the hope of reaping future re-TL-or.1.
la vet to be announced. But if ha
decides to make trouble he can do so.
and in suoa event his fight on Steven
Lnn would unauestlonably have Its effect
on the vote for Presidential electors.
"Jim Ham" has the opportunity to make
himself again felt in politics. Will he
avail himself of this opportunity?
TROOPS PURSUE REBELS
Thousand Chinese Pillage Town and
Flee to Mountains.
HONGKONG, Aug. 17. The soldiers sta
tioned at Konghau, near Wuehow, who
rebelled last Tuesday, and killed their
commander, because a comrade had been
arrested for gambling, have Joined the
Taus, a warlike tribe of aborigines, living
In the southwest portion of the province
of Kwangtung. Their home ls In a re
gion of inaccessible mountains and they
have never been subjected to govern
mental control.
Admiral LI has arrived here In his flag
ship, accompanied by gunboats, torpedo
boats and launches. "Troops have also
k aummoned and the country ls In a
turmoil. The mutineers are 1000 in num
ber. After murdering their commander,
they pillaged the village, securing $100,000
In money and withdrew to the Talking
Mountains.
FATAL . FIGHT ON FLEET
Two NegTO Firemen Slash With
Razors One Dies Later.
AUCKLAND. N.X Z., Aug. 16. The
American battleship fleet, which started
for Sydney on Saturday morning, passed
Cape Maria ran Dieman, the northwest
extremity of the island, at 4:5 this morn
ing. Light winds prevailed and the
weather was clear and fine.
It was reported here that during the
stay of the fleet at this port two negro
firemen quarreled aboard one of the bat
tleships, and that one slashed the other
with a razor, resulting in the man's death.
It Is also renorted that the fireman who
did the killing will be taken to the United
States for trial.
AFTER SOUTH DAKOTA VOTE
Prohibition Party Manager to Make
Vigorous Fight for Chafln.
CHICAGO. Aug. 16. National Chairman
C R Jones, of the Prohibition party,
announced today that It had been decided
-..We a vigorous fight for the South
Dalvote for Chafln and Catkins,
Presidential and Vice-Presidential candi
dates of that party.
Mr Jones held a conference today with
Quincy Lee Morrow, secretary of the
South Dakota Prohibition committee con
cerning the situation i that state. Plans
were made to have both candidates make
a number of addresses In the suite during
October,
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AmiSi xi, xuuo. ,
YOUTH IS ACCUSED
OF BRUTAL
E
Walter Johnson Held
for Perdue Murder.
TAKEN WHILE IN RESTAURANT
Killing Occurred in Cabin
North of Hillsboro.
OFFICERS LONG ON TRAIL
Arrest by Sheriff or Washington
County on Clews Followed Since
Body Was Found Several
Weeks Ago.
While eating dinner at the London
restaurant on Hawthorne avenue, Juat
west of Grand, last night, Walter
Johnson, 23 years of age, was arrest
ed on a, charge of murdering Elmer
Perdue in a lonely cabin near Timber,
Washington County. He Is in the Mult
nomah County Jail and will be transferred
to Hillsboro today, where a formal charge
will be entered against hira.
Johnson's whereabouts are said to have
been furnished the Sheriff of Washington
County by a woman of whom he was en.
amored. His wife and child live in Port
land, but the woman ls known only in the
netherworld.
Body Found In Woods.
The arrest was made byherlff George
C. Hancock, of Washington County. The
body of Perdue, whom Johnson ls accused
of killing was found several weeks ago
in a wooded gulch near a deserted home-
t.1 a. ahort distance from TimDer,
small settlement north of Hillsboro. Ever
in tho hndv was discovered Johnson
has been under suspicion, though the offi
cers refused to take action until asaureu
that thev had sufficient evidence.
Perdue was murdered in the mountains
23 miles from this city. A boy by the
name of Neighbor found the body while
ninkinr blackberries near the cabin of
Frank Burgholzer. He discovered the
body partly hidden under an upturnea log,
Pockets Had Been Rifled.
Horrified at his grewsome discovery,'
Neighbor hurried back to his home and
an Investigation was Immediately insti
tuted. The Coroner was finally notified
i ri.mi.ri reunited in a verdict which
declared that the man had come to his
death by foul means.
The Kkull. it was found, had been frac
tun the nnckets rifled, and the body
carried from the cabin to a efeulch 100
yards distant.- In the mans watcn pocaev
nam fnnnri two stamped badges, Dearing
the words, "E. E. Perdue, Spokane,
Wash., 1907." .These were overlooked by
the murderer and were the sole mark of
Identification save a horseshoe nail ring
and the fact that four back teeth In .the
upper left Jaw had been filled with amal
The officers had little evidence upon
which to work, but their suspicions were
directed towards Johnson for a number
of reasons. In the first place, he was
suspected because he had been locating
many strangers In the mountains, either
iirwr. hnmeateads or upon timber claims.
It was ascertained that Johnson had lo
r.tnl Perdue and the first location was
a timber filing. The filing, however, did
not suit Perdue, and for some reason
It was dropped at the Land Office.
Located Perdne on Claim.
It has been ascertained that Perdue.
In nmrfinv with a number of Swedes
and J. J. Fisher, a book-store man of
Portland were Dlloted by Johnson Into
the mountains from Buxton the latter,
part of June. The party, minus Perdue
and Johnson, who were left In the hills,
returned. . and Perdue was never seen
alive again. He was a comparative
stranger In Portland and In Hillsboro
and consequently his disappearance
created little mystery.
It ls now known, however, that Be naa
been in Portland several weeks prior to
iiio rtiaanrjparance and that he had a
large sum of money on his person. An
other fact that the Sherire or wasning
. rnnntv rpzards as suspicious Is that
Johnson, who is said to have been with
out funds .when he went Into the nms,
apparently had money on his return. Hi
ls said to have paid off a number of
claims at Buxton and Is also said to
have returned money to men in Portland
whom he had falsely located.
Subject Is Married Man.
Johnson Is 22 years of age and is mar
ried to a daughter of Riler Thomas, a
Nehalem homesteader. He has been liv
ing a precarious existence in and around
Portland for several years. He lived in
Washington County as a boy, and his
father, the late Charles M. Johnson,
conducted a saloon In Cornelius for a
number of years, later going to Gaston,
where he raised hops until his death a
few years ago. The family was always
considered respectable, and the father
bore a reputation for honesty, although
he was a hard drinker.
Johnson left his quarters on the West
Side, In this city, a week ago and Sheriff
Stevens has been keeping a watch on a
woman named Mrs. Thomas, who is In
the half-world. He is a meek, mild
mannered fellow, and the last one on
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C RM
CROKER COMES TO
WORK FOR BRYAN
SAYS HE WILL KEEP OCT OF
NEW YORK FIGHT.
Next Month Set as Time for Pro
posed Invasion by Exiled
Tammany Boss.
a'tttct- vnpK Au sr. 16. (Special.)
r:nkar rmkr former leader of Tam
many Hall, will come toAmerica next
month .to lend the weigni or ms im.u
ence to the effort to elect W. J. Bryan
President. When Bryan left Ireland on
!.! . TMir Mr. Croker ac
companied him to his ship and assured
I a 1 .4 1
him that if he was nominates uj mo
Democrats, Mr. Croker would do every
thing in his power to oring uuoui m
election.
In announcing his Intention to come
Richard Croker, Who Is Prepar
ing to Get Into Campaign In
Aid of Bryan.
to New York to aid Mr. Bryan, Croker
tn have said that he had no
intention whatever of taking any part
In the New York politlfel game, except
such as was necessary to aid Mr. Bryan.
With other phases of the situation he
..m r, Tin Intention of interfering
and would return to Ireland as soon as
he had accomplished what he could do
to further the Interests of the Demo-
Although Mr. Croker was opposed to
Mr. Bryan in 1896, .he soon afterward
revised his opinion
BUILD NATIONAL THEATER
British Scheme to Honor Shake
speare's Memory.
LONDON. Aug. 15. (Special.) The
scheme for a Shakespeare memorial, to
take the shape of a National 'lneaier,
a aten farther here when the
committee of the rival schemes of a
statue and a theater met at the Mansion
njith the Iord Mayor In the chair.
a friendly amalgamation having taken
place. The meeting appointed a strong
executive committee wnicn inciuaes me
Lord Mayor, Lord Bsher, Lord Lytton,
Lord Onslow, Beerbohn Tree, Comvns
Carr, William Archer, Bernard Bnaw.
Granville Barker, W. L. Courtney. A- w,
n.m sir John Hare. H. W. Nasslng-
ham, the Hon. Laurena Gomme and
others.
The executive committee Intends to hold
- f mmmlsalon in the first place
with the object of ascertaining the ideas
of specialists with regard to the founda-
tlonof tne iNationai ireiutr.
.hanM nf . the DrODOSed
in Lii 1 111 y , -
National Theater becoming a fact now
that the two scnemes ior uunurms mo
memory of ShaKeepeare nave ueeu wiu
gamated. '
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
vor. . v.o Wa.itr nm temDrature, SO
1 r. .r 1 r. ivi.n . .
. i.m..m Ka Afkrrpos.
TODAY'S--Falr; northwesterly winds.
Domestic.
Halna brothers, held for Annls murder, calm
and unperturDOQ. - j-
Tunnel on Wettern Pacific reported to be
collapsing, f age . .
rolltlcaL
. . n. ....... I- A Raoclation.
Van uieave. " .
ars Bryan s election
to DUSineaa u.iw.
Heart's knlfa aimed at Bryan's vital; light
one of personal eplte. Page 2.
Taft goes to angle for baas in Lake Erie.
Page B .
Croker coming from Ireland to work for
Bryan. Page 1.
Eastern Democrat will support Taft for
sae of a tariff revision. Page 2.
Paclflo Coast,
Oreiron prune growers preparing to market
large crop.' Page 6.
Harriman and wife make social call on
landlady of country hotel. Page 8.
Willamette Valloy Development League
speakers to tour Valley. Page 8.
Pport.
Portland loses again to Lee Angeles; San
Franclaco takes .two games from Oak
land. Page 9. . .
paclflo Coast League batter show slump.
Big prizes offered for livestock show and
race, in Northwest. Page 9.
Portland and Vicinity.
Walter Johnaon arre.ted and charged with
Washington County murder. Page 1.
Nine hoodlums arre.ted for conduct on
Mount 6cott streetcar. Page 14.
Boy rescued from slough by streetcar pas
sengers. Page 7. .
Bryan senda letter of thanks to Kentucky
KJlck for resolutions of . indorsement.
Page 5.
Flah Warden McAllister will enforce new
Ash laTts strictly. Page 13.
Tr Luther Dyott assigns lax enforcement
of law a. one oau.e of Springfield race
riot. Page 8. '
St Lawrence Church observes anniversary
' of patron martyr. Page 8.
City may take action to proflt by bond of
United Railways. Page 14.
Elaborate plans made for observation of
Labor Day. Page 14.
Building and realty activity reviewed.
Pa 1Commerclsl and Marine.
Steamship Alesia reaches Portland with
small cargo of gunnies and general mer
chandise. Page .
V'.- - (.-'' ' v ;: :
U CLEAVE
GIVES
REPLY TO
Election Would Prove
Menace to Business.
BANKING SCHEME WILDCAT
Democratic Platform Assails
Trade Interests.'
CHARGES ARE ALL. FALSE
Dishonest 3Ieans Taken to Make
Political Capital on Labor Issue.
Guaranty Plan Would Wreck
the Financial System
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16. James W. Van
Cleave, president of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers, today Is
sued an answer to a recent reply by W.
J. Bryan to an article by Mr. Van
Cleave a few weeks ago, which pointed
out certain special reasons why, ac
cording to Mr. Van Cleave, business
men should vote against Mr. Bryan.
Speaking today, also for business
men. Van Cleave says that the injunc
tion, tariff and banking planks of the
Denver platform assail the interests o
every man in the country -who Is en
gaged In any sort of trade.
Labor's Rights Are Protected.
"The falsity of the Insinuation in the"
Denver platform that labor jjnions are
t,ta Mr Von r?le&va savs. "ls
shown by the fact that their members
continue in their regular employments
on every working day In the year in
every town in the United States. Every
member of the Lincoln Typographical
Union, at whose banquet he was a
guest on the evening before his formal
notification of nomination, could have
tnld Mr. Brran that there Is not a ves
tige of truth In the pretense that any
r-t rt Cnna-resa or any ruling of any
Federal Court ever forbade a labor
union to organize, to ask such wages
from employers aa the union saw fit to
ask or to make any terma of employ
ment which" would be agreeable to both
parties."
Violence Always Opposed.
He then asks: "Does Mr. Bryan, as
a lawyer and a public man, know that
his platform charges are false?"
Ma tn Mr. Brvan that the National
Association of Manufacturers, like the
courts, has always recognised the rights
of the unions to get any terms from em
ployers in which amicable agreement
could be gained, but that tne association
iimv onnnsed the Intimidation and vio
lence, which, he says, have sometimes
been practiced by some of the unions.
"Does be personally favor the legaliza
tion of the boycott " , Mr. Van Cleave
asks, and he adds that the country la
Interested in getting a plain, direct
answer from Mr. Bryan on this point and
In getting It Just as quickly as he can
give It.
Scheme Worse Than Free Silver.
Speaking of the guaranty fund .which
the Denver nlatform urges for the pay
ments of depositors of Insolvent National
or state banks, Mr. Van Cleave asks:
"Does not Mr. Bryan know that this
vicious provision would penalize the hon
est and careful banker for the benefit of
the hanker who ls dishonest and reck
less? Can he not see that this scheme
wntild remove all the safeguards which
our present laws have raised up against
plungers and grafters who have worked
their way into the control of many of
our banks; that it would Immediately and
Immensely Increase the number of such
bankers, and-that It would precipitate
. nf extravagance, wild speculation
and corruption which would . wreck our
whole financial system? Is not Mr. -Bryan
.mm that his wildcat banking scheme
of 1908 would bring chaos and ruin to the
country even Quicker and in larger meas
ure than hte silver debasement of the
currency of 1896 and 1900 would bava
brought lt?
LIBERALS FAVOR COUNT
Official Deposed by Kaiser May Go
to Reichstag.
BERLIN, Aug. 16-Coun.t von Posa-dowsky-Wehner,
who was obliged to
retire some months ago as Minister of
the Interior because of his habit of te
naciously holding administrative views
not In agreement with those of the
. 1 iiir.iw ta nrnrioaed for
Jlimperur, is 1 '
he Reichstag by the Liberals of
the Speyer Ludwlgsharen constituency.
Whether he will accept probably will
depend upon his indorsement by the
-r.tritB. Various Catholic Journals
approve of such indorsement, but there
seems to be opposition 10 mm m uio
Centrist local organization.
Th Cohnt. although 63 years old.
such ls his passion for study, has been
attending lectures on political economy
.- .rate administration! at the Uni
versity of Grenoble, France, during this
Spring and Summer. He has been m-..-i-
alao to visit the United States,
tv,r a loner time had a desire to
observe for himself the working of
American Institutions.
BRYAN
NATION REQUIRES
NAVY NEAR HOME
PROTECTION' DEMANDS STIR
WASHINGTON CHIEFS.
Vessels Long Out of Commission
Must Be Prepared tor
Emergency,
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16. (Special.)
With the best portion of the American
Niw In Australian waters on its cruise
around the world, and with demands for
gunboats in Cuban waters, at Santo Do
mingo, Venezuela, Central America and
various other places where American In
terests may need protection, the Navy
Department haa been put to it to secure
enough ships to fill urgent needs. Some
vessels which have been long out of com
mission and others which had been rele
gated to Innocuous desuetude because of
James W. Van Cleave, President
National Association of Manu
facturers, Who Points Out
Menace of Bryan's Election.
their antique build and equipment have
been ordered into commission,' and it is
nmhahia that the next Concrees will be
asked to provide for some additional
gunboats which can on occasion be util
ized for police duty.
The gunboat Ranger, an old Iron ana
wood barkentl'ne, will be placed In com
miainn t Cavite. The Frolic, a mere
steam yacht used during the Spanish
War, will also be placed In commission
and accompany the Ranger to New
Fork. The Wheeling will be placed in
commission at the Puget Sound Navy
Yard. STRIKE TO SAVE TUNNEL
Forces of Men Combat Landslide In
Nevada.
RENO, Nev., Aug. 16. (Special.) For
the past three days scores of section men
in the employ of the Southern PacVTIo
Company on the Palisade division in Ne
vada have been at work trying to prevent
the caving of the big tunnel of that com
pany near Palisade. The tunnel Is 309
feet or more In length and cost more than
$150,000 to complete. Last year the West
ern Pacific started a tunnel 60 feet to
the south of the Southern Pacific. This
was recently completed, 1 and now It Is
known that the blasting has practically
shaken the entire mounjaln, which ls now
elpwly sliding Into the Humboldt Rlv.er.
Big Umbers in the Southern Pacific tun
nel are being slowly crushed like so much
matchwood, and unless a means of com
bating the' slide ls determined upon it
may necessitate the company abandoning
the tunnel.
A thousand men and twice as many
horses and mules were placed at work
along the Western Pacific Railroad In
this State yesterday, and, from now on
the line will be rushed to completion.
For nearly a year operations have been
practically at a standstill In this state.
The grade has been completed from Salt
Lake to a point near Elko, while from
this enfl the grading has reached a com
paratively short distance. Work west
ward will continue now until completed.
Trains will probably be running Into Wln
nemucca early this Fall. ..
NEEDS CASH FOR BIG NAVY
Britain Will Raise Loan of $500,
00O.000 for Ships.
LONDON, Aug. 17.-The British govern
ment, according to the Daily Telegraph,
contemplates raising a large loan in view
of the growing naval competition abroad.
It ls stated that financiers of the highest
standing have undertaken to get $500,000,
000 on nominal terms to meet the neces
sities of the fleet for the next few years
without disorganizing the annual budgets
or casting a heavy burden upon the pres-
irnnarn rf CtT.
It such 4 plan ls attempted, it will be
because It is possible to forecast tne iu
ture requirements of the navy until a g m--eral
shipbuilding programme has been
crystallized and the setting aside of this
fund would be a declaration translated
Into terms of cash of the country's, inteia
tion to maintain a two-power standard at
all costs. -
WRIGHT FIXES BROKEN WING
Damage of Thursday's Accident Is
Being Repaired.
LEMANS, Aug. 16. Wilbur Wright,
the American aeroplanist, has been
busy for the past few days reconstruct
ing the broken wing of his aeroplane,
which met with an accident on Thurs
day. The work Is now well advanced and
possibly will be completed tomorrow.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
KAINS
BROTHERS
LOCKED IN JAIL
Both Very Calm
Police Court.
in
WILL BE ARRAIGNEO TODAY1
Smoke Cigarettes and Appeafl
Unperturbed. .
EYEWITNESS TELLS STORY
Annls, With Six AVounds, Display
Remarkable Grit "Captain, You
Have Made a Horrible Mis
take," He Moans.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16. The arraign
ment of. Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr.,
U. S. A., who yesterday shot and killed
William AJinis. advertising manager of
Recreation and Burr maniou ''"
ly, was postponed today until tomorrow
by Magistrate Matthew J. omitn in ura
First District Court at Long Island City.
similar action was taken in the cas
of Thornton Halns, brother of Peter
C. Halns. amateur yachtsman and.
author, who held the crowd at bay with
a drawn revolver, while the captain ac
complished his work or vengeance.
Don't Like Handcuffs.
The two men were removed to Long I"
land City this morning from the Flushing
police station, where they spent the night
in separate cells and were at once taken
before Magistrate Smith, 'ine Drocners
appeared absolutely unperturbed and
neither showed any trace of the uncom
rfohi i.,t snent In ta.il. They showed
some embarrassment while having hand
cuffs placed on them, but soon regained
their equanimity.
Both Men Very Calm.
During the ride to Long IslaDd City
In the Flushing patrol wagon, both
the Captain and his brother calmly
smoked cigarettes. After the postpone
ment of the case Captain Halns and his
brother were once more handcuffed and
taken to the Queens County Jail, whera
they were given a large and comfort
able cell on the second floor.
Charles II. Roberts, who helped ta
pull Annis out of the water after he
had been shot, and who was prevented
from going to his assistance by Thorn
ton Halns' leveled revolver, said today
In recounting the Incidents of yester
day's shooting:
Eyewitness Tells Story.
"Annls was seated afthe tiller of hlsl
sloop bringing her to the float . Louis
Harway, who was in the boat wlth
Annis, was forwarding her off the,
float. Halns saw Harway first and
walking up to him. placed his revolver!
against his chest. Harway, thinking
the whole performance a Joke, play
fully brushed the man's ar maway.
Haines by that time had realized his
mistake and crouching down so as ta
get on a level with Annis, who as I
saw, was sitting in the stern of tha
boat, emptied his revolver Into him.
Wife Shouts, "Look Out, Will."
"Annls was In his bathing suit, unarmed
defenseless and unprepared. With tha
firing of the first shot Mrs. Annis, who,
with fully a hundred women and children
was on the pier watching the prepara
tions for the usual Saturday afternoon
races, called out shrilly, 'Look out. Will..
Almost at the same time I rushed toward
Captain Halns, but before I had gono
two steps his brother, Thornton Halns,
stood before me, a revolver pressed
against me. 'Stand back,' he shouted,
'this Is a matter between these two.'
Displays Remarkable Grit.
"By that time Peter Halns had com
pleted his work. Annis with six bullets;
in him arose from his seat In the boat
and attempted to step from it to tho f
float. One of the bullets had lodged In
his knee, however, and as he stood up j
his leg gave way under him and he top
pled into the bay! Wounded to tha,
death as he was, Annls still had tha
marvelous grit to try to swim to the:
float. He took two strokes and this
brought him near enough for me to grab
him and pull him upon the float.
"Thornton Hains still stood with His
weapon in his hand and for a time re
fused to surrender it.
Moans "You Have Made Mistake."
"Annls, who was moaning faintly,
stretched out on the float, turned to Peter
Haines and said: 'Captain, you have made
a horrible mistake.' Peter names nesi
tated a minute and replied: 'I may have,
but I don't believe it.' Annls then turned
to our Swede boatman and asked: 'John
have they got cowards like this In your
country T
"The others on the float had been try
ing to get some explanation as to tha
cause of the shooting from the two broth
ers. Finally Thornton Haines, who had
filled a pipe and was comfortably smok
ing, said: 'I've been trying to keep him
from doing this for some time.' "
Loses Life on Track.
PATERSON, N. J., Aug. 16. At ths
Clifton Cycle stadium today, "Sonny",
Bridges 23 years old. a motorcyclist and,
ex-llghtwelght pugilist, was thrown from'
the motorcycle which he was testing on
the track and instantly killed.