TIIE 3IORXIXG OITjEGOXIAX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1903. 12 no ESCAPE LYNCHING Federal Officer Declares Cash ier Was in Danger of Violence. TELLS OF HIS MISDEEDS La Grande Bank Embezzler Declare His Crimes AVere Committed In Futile Fffort to Save the Institution. Spirited away from Iji Grande br a Deputy United Slates Marshal 12 hours ahead of the previously announced time of departure, in order, according; to the officer, to escape possible lynching at the hands of infuriated citizens. J. W. Si-rl her. ex-cashier of the wrecked Farmers A Traders" Bank of La Grande, arrived In Portland last right In Federal cus tody and Is lodged In the County JalL Bonds have been fixed In the sum of IJ3. In default of which Scrlber will rma!n In the Jail, awaiting the action of the Federal grand Jury, which is to b called in January. The prisoner has abandoned efforts to secure bonds. Spirited Away by Officer. In custody of Deputy United States Marshal Tom Hammersiey. Scriber left !. Grande Wednesday night. It had teen previously announced and arrarged that the officer and prisoner should leave Thursday, but local conditions, according to the officer, caused him to decide I pon a sudden change of plans. "From Information I received from the PherifT and others at I.a Grande. I de cided that It was Imperative for me to take the prisoner away at once. There were all kinds of talk of lynching end I was convinced that It was my duty to remove Periber from the scene. "In order to avert anything of the kind, the Sheriff of Union County had kept a force of deputies on guard at Scrlber's house for several days. In view of these things and the open hos tility and constant threatening reports and rumors I heard. I took the pris oner and hurried away from I.a Grande 12 hours ahead of the time we had intended to lea-e." Departure Wan Most FltLfuI. Hammersiey describes the scenes at tending the departure of the banker as pitiful in the extreme. Members of the family it Is said, were oblivious to the violent attitude of the mob. Broken In i.plrit. hopeless. Involving none but himself In the great bank disaster of Kastern Oregon, the La Grande cashier willingly, and almost gladly, passed through the great steel gate at the Jail last night. He talked readily of hts troubles, of the failure' of the bank, and asked no favors. "I alone am responsible." gkriber ald. "and must stand the consequences. But this I want you to say for me that they cannot find a dollar that I appropriated to my own use. a dollar that 1 used for peculation or a dollar that I squandered It all went In an effort to save the bank.' Great Pride In Bank. Fifty-two years of age, with a hanking experience of 1ft years, this ex-cashier. w-hofe pride In the hank and the attend ant prestige of his position, according to his story, caused h!m to wreck it utterly and dissipate the savings of hundreds in futile efforts to rave it, gave no evidence in appearance of the fearful strain he has endured. For four years, according to hlsttory last right he has practiced every deceit and subterfuge he could deviate to avoid suspicions of the bank examiners. There are no gray hairs, no turrowed cheeks, no dark lines beneath the eyes. Jndt-ed. it is only the narrow wrinkles shout his eyes and the deep look of hop-:-hss terror there that Indicate the fright ful struggle to elud the examiners for the past four years. He was very nervously talkative. It was partly this look of hopeless terror that caused the Federal authorities to Incrense his bond to JiV. which they knew he could not Fiiise. so that he might be taken Into custtwly. In tlw jail he has no means of suicide, and every pre caution to prevent even possible eflorts at self-destruction has been taken. Roirw of His Troubles. It was in 1fl that Scribers financial troubles began, according to him. That Is when the Siinipter bank in which he was Interested broke, end If he had closed his I w Grande bank at that time, sub sequent tronhle would have been everted. From the time of the closing of the Bumpter bank, he said, he hud resorted to every trick and subterfuge at his com mand to keep the bank going. According to "ntted States Attorney Mo- Court, tlie actual cash snortage is $12.0j0, wliile the total shortage will be as much 12'rt" chiefly through forged notes find similar Instruments. Scriber will be prosecuted by tlie Federal authorities. Although he has abandoned efforts to se Vure bonds, he would b rearrested at ence in case of his release. - Scriber yesurduy filed a petition in bankruptcy w..ich will probably reach the office of the clerk of the United States Court today. His entire estate, he says. Is valued at JT.oort. while liabilities are de clared to be $S4.oV. The difference, he de clared, would be used for the benefit of the creditors of the defunct bank, a possi ble to be applied to the payment of more than nV"). Will Turn Oicr Everything. "I propose to turn over everything I have for the benefit of the bank's credi tors." he aald. "I have Just filed a peti tion In bankruptcy and shall turn over everything to them. "The amount of my assets, according to the sum I Just mentioned to yoit. doa r.ot Include my holdings in the bank." he said. "I have shares of stock and l ad contracted for 1M shares In addition. J hold 1S6 shares In my own name and they of course will be turned over to the bank, but whether or not It will be possible to realize anvthtror on them I do cot know. But it tilings had gone right, if my plana had worked out as I ex pected them to do. my own holding could have saved me. Blames Only Himself. 'I have nobody to blame but myself. I did things which 1 should not have done, but I did them for the bank. There was no one In whom I could con fide. I could not take my attorney Into my confidence, nor the director of the bank. I was by myself, and I have blundered, my plana did not work out. and I must take the consequences. "During the last year, since last No vember, money has been scarce and it has been extremely difficult to keep th bank going, even doing as I did. But tuere have been many, many times during the past year when the bank HURRIED 1 had much less money on hand than at the time It closed." SMILES OX LEAVIXG FAMILY Scriber Exhibits Xo Feeling, While Other Cry With Broken Hearts. PENDLETON". Or.. Oct. 23. (Special.) Arrested for the third time last night, J. TV. Scriber. the La Grande bank wrecker, was brought to Pendleton on the night train and arraigned before United States Commissioner Halley this morning on the charge of forgery. He waived a hearing, and. unable to furnish the K5.000 ball demanded, was taken to Portland this afternoon by United States Deputy Marshal F. E. Ham mersiey. where he will be held In Jail while awaiting trial. tVhen asked if he wished to furnish ball, after the amount had been fixed. Scriber declared he would make no effort to furnish such a sum. He Insisted that should he do so. additional charges would be preferred and more bail demanded with each reoccurring success in se curing bonds, and that he had given up all hope of keeping out of Jail by this means. Though Scriber has shown himself to he as thoroughly heartless. Marshal Hammersiey says that in all his 15 years' service as an officer, he never saw any thing quite o pitiful as the sorrow of the banker's family when the man was arrested and taken away last night. The officer declared that It was painful to see the way those children suffered and that he himself was compelled to turn awav to keep from breaking down. But It did not bother Scriber. While every body else was crying and It seemed that the grief of the children would be enough to melt the heart of any man, he smiled through it all. "I thought he would break down -hen I got h.m to the train." said the officer, "but he did not.. He took It coolly and could even sleep." When the officer and his prisoner reached Pendleton. Scriber paid for a special guard and they went to a room In a hotel. The man for whom the pen itentiary doors are yawning, slept as un disturbed as a child. While waiting for the train today. Scriber laughed and chatted galy with his friends. While here. Scriber admitted to Ham mersiey to having forged the name of Sheriff Childers. one of his best friends, to a note for $2000. and also the name of O. F. Coolidge. one of his bondsmen. It was the discovery of this latter fact, as much as the announcement of the greatly Increased amount of shortage, which led Coolidge to want to be re leased and to have Scriber taken Into custody. Hammersiey declared that the people of I-a Grande were getting greatly worked up over the continued disclosures of additional evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Scriber. and he believed that had he waited until today that there would have been a demonstration asalnst the banker at the depot. He gave it as his opinion that only the lack of a leader has saved Scriber from violence at the hands of enraged depositors In the de funct Institution. NEW FEAT BY WIRELESS Steamer Talks to Honolulu and San Francisco at Same Time. S F ATTT.F:. Oct. 2. For the first time In the hlstody of wireless telegraphy, a steamer between San Francisco and Honolulu has been In communication with both stations at the same time. This took place aboard the steamer Lur- llne, of the Matson Navigating company, which talked at the same time to both ports, when 1100 miles out of San Fran cisco, bound for Honolulu. The I-urline la equipped with the Massle system. GOMPERS TO FLAY TAFT Labor Leader Will Address Mass Meeting Sunday in Xew York. NEW YORK, Oct. 29. A mass meet ing of laboring men will be held Sunday at the grand central palace. Samuel Gomfiers. president of the American Federation of Labor, will make the principal address. Mr. Gom pcrs. it is announced, will attack the position of President Roosevelt in the present campaign and Mr. Taft's at titude on labor. Sherman Speaks In Alnbny. ALBANY. N. Y.. Oct. 23. After a day of active campaigning through the Adi rondack Mountains. In Warren County, J. S. Sherman, Republican Vice-Presidential candidate. addressed a large audience In Albany tonight. NEW HOME OF PORTLAND Y, V, CA, IS NEARLY READY TO BE OCCUPIED t i r" . 1 'Si T. W. C. A. BY THE first of next month tne building for the Young Women's Christian Association will be ready to turn over to the trustees. The building was erected from plans made by MacNaughten, Raymond & Law rence, and Is located at the northeast corner of Seventh and Taylor streets. The cost of the building exclusive of ts furnishings Is $.0,000. It occupies a site GOxli'O and adjoins theifbuilding of the Y. M. C A. now under process of construction. Work on the building now neaxing completion was begun 1 iij: , - vrVW V. rt J 1 THREE CONVICTED TWO ESCAPE Verdict Returned in Federal Court in Los Angeles Con ' spiracy Case. NEW TRIAL TO BE ASKED Counsel for Defense Granted Ten Days in Which to File Motion. Trial Hard Fought From Step to Step. After being out for five hours and 55 minutes, the Jury in the United States Court that heard the evidence In the con spiracy case against the defendants In the Pacific Furniture & Lumber Com pany, found Dr. A. H.- H-rdderly, William H. Smith and Richard Hjnes guilty a charged in the indictment, and Lee R. Myers and Jeremiah Huntley. ex-United States Commissioner for Curry County, not guilty. The trial, although not attracting much attention locally, has been one of the most important land-fraud cases tried In Portland since the Representative Will iamson case, and It Involved more acre age than any thus far tried by the Gov ernment. In the conviction of the three defendants, Tracey C. Becker, special as sistant to the Attorney-General, and United States Attorney John McCourt feel that the Government haa won a sub stantia! victory. The trial of the so-called Los Angeles conspiracy case has been fought with considerable vigor and the end Is not yet. No sooner had the Jury rendered Its verdict than Attorneys McLemore anu John Manning asked for the ucu.il ten days' stay, which was granted, and will, at the end of this time, demard, a new trial. The case In which th three defendants were convicted was an attempt to obtain something like 30.001) acres of timber lands in Curry County, forming a belt of timber that would extend to Northern California. It was shown by the evi dence that the officials of the company through their agents. Induced persons to buy stock In the company and tal;? up timber claims, for wnieh the com pany was to pay the filing fees and also to purchase the claim ftcr the final papers had been received. Throughout, since the Indictments were found against the defendants, the case haa been vigorously fought, not only in the Federal Co-.rt here, but In Los An geles as well. Most of the defendants of whom there were a dozen or more, were residents of California and the California defendants especially fought removal to Oregon. Some ot them were successful and the cases against them were dis missed. Two died before being brought to trial. The Government has never been able to locate one of the defendants. Jn this case, like others that have been tried in the Federal Court here the penal ty calls for a county Jail sentence or term of years In a Government penitentiary, or a fine of from ti to 110,000, or both fine and imprisonment. RINGS BELL, FACES GUNS County Jail Visitor Sounds Riot Call While Hunting Jailer. With the County Jail riot call ring ing In their ears. Sheriff Stevens' dep uties rushed down stairs yesterday morning, revolvers In hand, ready to assist Jailer Hunter in .quelling the supposed disturbance. But all ap peared to be running smoothly in the Jail, and upon Investigating the depu ties found that an aged man by the name of West was responsible for the alarm. Wishing to speak to the Jailer, who was attending to his duties in another part of the jail. West had In nocently pressed a button, which he supposed would call the Jailer. West Is starting an industrial farm and wished -t . . ;.. '' Bl'ILDIXC SEVENTH A'D TAYLOR early in the year. The building is faced with high-grade brick, with terra cotca trimmings. The following contractors completed the work: Masonry and brick work, Bingham & McClcllan; carpentry, Gardner & McClellan; painting. R. Wllllamsen; plumbing, J. F. Shea; electric wiring. Western Electric Company: fixtures, Barrett Bros.: steam heating. Cox & Vaughn. The building Is to be heated from the plant In the Y. M. C. A. building, some temporary arrangement to be em ployed until that building Is ready. iU to offer employment to a few of the prisoners upon their discharge. Cost Bill Filed In 3Iyers Case. George T. Myers. Jr., filed in the County Court yesterday a cost bill for $365.65, which amount he demands front Mrs. Georgia Frances Stevens. The reporter's fee for taking and transcribing the testimony In the George .T. Myers will contest was 1449. there being S52 pages of type written testimony. Half of this fee is demanded in the cost bill. "With the exception of $8.50, the clerk's fee, and $1.95 Sheriffs fees, with $5 to an at torney, the balance is the amount ex pended for witnesses. Land Title Is Complicated. The suit of Frank H. McCarter to have August Franks ejected from property at Tremont, on the Mount Scott carline, was taken under advise ment by Judge Cleland in the Circuit Court, yesterday. Franks showed by testimony that he has been living on the property since 1895. Fifteen large deed books were taken Into the court room yesterday morning, while Mc Carter was trying to prove his title to the property, which is described as lot 8, block 87. DYING M TELLS STORY H. E. LAGE LOSES MOXET OX RACES, THEN" SHOOTS SELF. Went to Bay City From Idaho for Treatment Stranger Swindles Him Out of $00. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29. (Special.) Despondent from Illness and brooding over the loss of the money with which he had expected to secure treatment, H. B. Lage, a German farmer from Wenona, Idaho, attempted to commit suicide In Golden Gate Park this afternoon by shooting himself, and now lies fatally wounded at the Central Emergency Hos pital. Lage came to this city from Idaho two weeks ago, intending to procure medical treatment for rheumatism, a disease from which he had been a sufferer for several years. Shortly after his arrival in this city he met a man, who persuaded him to Invest $100, which was nearly all the money that he had, in bets on the races. After securing Lage's money, the stranger disappeared, and Lage, prevent ed by illness from working and lacking the means of support himself, determined to end his life. While on the operating table Lage told his story to Chief Steward C. C. Bucher, and the Police' Department, when in formed of the circumstances, detailed De tectives Bell and Murphy to Investigate the case, with a view to locating the man who swindled Lage out of his money. Laborers Suspected of Crime. Deputy Sheriffs Leonard and Beatty last night arrested A. E. Peck, Mike Cal lahan, Fred Hart and Albert Artlfur, all laborers. In a logging camp one mile south of Llnneman Station, on the Esta cada line, on suspicion of having at tempted to burglarize the house of Oscar Moore, a rancher, who lives on the road about half a mile from the camp where the men work. The attempted robbery was made a few nights ago and was dis covered by the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. Moore. She awoke In the night to rind a hand feeling around under her pillow. She screamed and the Intruders grabbed her by the hair and attempted to smother her with a pillow. Her screams had-aroused the household and Mr. Moore came running to the rescue. The robbers had made their escape and no trace of them was found. Examina tion showed that they had gone away empty-handed. Cows Take Part In Parade. NEW YORK, Oct. 29. Five cows on their way to peaceful homes in Brooklyn came near breaking up the Republican parade on the way to the Taft meeting at Madison Square Garden last night. The cows were being driven along Sixth ave nue and came In contact with the parade moving towards the garden. The bands, the yelling and the red fire caused con sternation among the cows and with their heads down they charged the marching Republicans. The marchers scattered In every direction and It was not until the police and the man who owned the cows rounded up the fright ened animals that the parade continued. . i STREETS. The basement Is to contain lockers, a swimming pool-and the department of domestic science. On the first floor will be the auditorium, 40x50, living room and general offices of the asso ciation. On the second floor, dining room and kitchen will be located, and on the upper floors classrooms, gym nasium and quarters for transients. The architects have charge of the In terior decorations and furniture which they expect to have ready for a formal opening of the rooms about the mid dle of NOTembo- ATWDODS II JAIL Father and Son Arrested on Serious Charge. HELD UNDER NUISANCE LAW Drs. C. H. T. and C. H. Atwood Are Taken Into Custody on Charges Growing Out of the Death of Pearl Lamb. Dre. C. H. T. Atwood and C. H. At wood, father and son, who have offices in the Allsky building,' end who operate a private hospital at Tremont station, on the Mount Scott line, were arrested last night about 6 o'clock at their hospital by Deputy Sheriffs Bulger and Kelly on a warrant sworn out by Assistant District Attorney Fitzgerald yesterday afternoon before Justioe of the Peace Olson, which charges them Indirectly with being in strumental in causing the death of Pearl Lamb, a young woman from Eugene, Or., who died at the Atwood hospital on Mon day night following the results of mal practice. The accused doctors were taken to the County Jail, where they were kept In default of $1000 cash bail each. The arrest of the Drs. Atwood was made a little earlier than had been an ticipated, owing to information which reached Assistant District Attorney Fitz gerald to the effect that one of the de fendants was preparing to leave for Eu gene for the purpose of destroying evi dence obtained against them there. The warrant in this case does not charge the J.fnn.l.nta VL1th TT1 ftJlSlftUghter. but charges "indecent and immoral acts which openly outrage public decency and are Injurious to public morals." This is the same statute as was used in the pros ecution of the defendants in the now cel ebrated Lane-Waymire-Radding case. District Attorney Cameron said last night that this was the first instance in which an offense of this character had been prosecuted under this statute. He said he had instructed that the prosecu tion be brought In this way because of failure in the past of prosecuting officers in securing conviction on charges of manslaughter. The claim made by the Atwoods to Coroner Norden when the investigation In the case was first begun that the malpractice alleged wafi not ef fected by them, but by a Eugene physi cian, is discredited by the prosecution, which makes claim to having evidence showing that the malpractice was actual ly done by the Atwoods and that the statement signed by the girl before she died was written in order to protect the Atwoods. "It will be a serious menace to the dis honorable physicians of this community If we secure a conviction on this charge," said Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald last night. "It will mean that we can proceed against many who otherwise we might have to pass by without hope of reaching. If the Atwoods are convicted, it will curtail a great deal of the mal practice now being carried on in this city." 1 The attitude-of the prisoners was one of composure lajst night at the County Jail. "We believe that some enemy has Inspired this attack upon us," said the elder Atwood. "If the prosecuting offi cers of this county are really looking for the malpractioners of the community they might have looked further than to us. During the past month we have re fused to take about 50 cases of this char- 1 . u- u t. . wiucai oraeai tnrough w hich the expectant mother must pass, however, is so fraught with dread, pain, suffering and danger, that the very thought of it fills her with apprehension and horror. There is no necessity for the repro duction of life to be either painful or dangerous. The use of Mother s Friend so prepares the system for the coming event that it is safplv ria:crl without o,r A - tu- , & , '"""" ..j onjf uaiigci . mis great, ana wonaerrul remedy is always applied externally, and has carried thousands Or "Wnmpfl thmno-Vi fho . information of priceless value to all expectant mothers. THE BRAD FIELD REGULATOR CO. Atlanta. Ga. 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This was the measure, which pro hibited the shipment of liquor Into prohibition districts. It was killed by the Judiciary committee on the ground that should It pass the courts would hold It unconstitutional. Because of the defeat of this measure and the Speaker's alleged connection with it, he has been fought bitterly by the tem perance cause and especially the W. C T. U. The exoneration of the Speaker by the members of the committee was given in reply to a query from the Cen tral Christian Advocate, published at Kansas City. Congressman Littlefleld, author of the bill, previously had de clared the Speaker had nothing to do with its defeat. The Central Christian Advocate wired six KepuDiican mem bers of the committee to ask if Little fioid'a statement was true. The six members addressed, as well as four Republican members who did -At .nfl.K'n nv messfl.cre. Immediately replied, supporting the LIttlefleld state ment In full ana aecianng cannon imu nothing whatever to do with the fate of the bill. ROAD'S FINANCES WRECKED (Continued From First Page.) shown to much zeal In presenting de ductions from the figures submitted. NThe Arthur Toung report shows that 8,454.000, Including the floating debt and the padded figures, have been spent in the construction of the entire road. Outstanding against this is a total bond and certificate issue of 16,000,030 and other debts amounting to $2,169,000, making a total debt of 8,169,000. The difference between this amount and the money actually expended on the road is $9,715,000 Only a hazy idea of the ultimate dis position of this J9.71S.000 exists outside the circle of Frost and his confidants. Most of it went into the hands of A. C. Frost & Co., and thence was parceled out to various Frost enterprises. About $2,000,000 went to the Alaska Central Rail way, of which Frost was president. A tremendously large amount was dissi pated in the selling of bonds at extremely low prices. Until the affairs of A. C. Frost & Co. are probed thoroughly the Investors will not know all of the quick sands that sucked in their money. Dentist Dies, Bride Destitute. Dr. W. N. Ooodby, who died early yesterday morning at St. Vincent's Hospital, was Identified yesterday by his wife, who had been a bride but two short months. Mrs. Goodby was formerly Miss Jennie N. Bussey, of 57o East Burnside street. Dr. Ooodby had absented himself from their home for several days prior to his death, and it is thought had resorted to a drunken spree to drown recollections of recent business troubles. He had lived in Portland for 20 years past, but had not practiced his profession of dentistry, except for periods of short duration. He was last associated with Dr. L. M. Thornton, of the Marquam building. He formerly lived at Woodland, Or., and made several trips to Alaska. 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