TIIE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1908.
TRIED FDR MUHDER
GUILT! OF ARSON
Lamphere Is Sentenced to
Prison, Fined $5000 and
Disfranchised.
VERDICT CAUSES LAUGHTER
?nry's Finding Ridiculous, Says De
fendant's Attorney If Guilty at
All, Guilty of Murder Ak
for New Trial.
LA PORTE. Ind.. Nov. ;. Ry -w-pher.
char iced with the murder of M"-s".
Rrlle Oiinnrm and her three ciuulren by
Bttlnc fir to th Gunness hou.e. was
found irutlty of arson tonight hy the
Jury, -which liad dlibrat.'d ince 5:30
o'clock !at evening. Within five min
ute after the veniirt the defendant was
sentenced to the Slate Prison at Mk-hl-Kin
City for an imletermlnate term of
from two to '.'1 year, fined $5JU0 and wa
aifranchi.ed for five years.
Verdict KUliciiloui.
Attorney W'orden. for the defense, said
tor.lnht that a motion for a new trial
wouid be made, and nhould It be refused,
an appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court
would f Mow. The Indiana Supreme
Court ia two years behind In Its work,
ro thia caae could not be reached until
after. he had served the minimum time
of hi sentence. Mr. Worden declared
the verdict to be ridiculous.
"If he was guilty at all." -saiJ the at
torney, "he was trail tj- of murder. He
should have been acquitted."
The motion for a new trial will be
based on the Judge's Instruction that a
jurv could find Ijimphere guilty of arson.
Should the case be carried to the Su
preme Court and sent back for retrial.
Ijimphere could not be tried on any
charge In this particular case excepting
arson. th crime for which he was con
victed. However. In an event or that
kind the tate would elect to try him on
one of the Indictments, probably the
Ilelgelein case. Members of the Jury are
reticent about discussing what occurred
In the Jury-room, but enough has been
learned to know that but for two mem
bers Lamphere would have been found
guilty of murder or manslaughter, the
verdict being a compromise. Several
members of the Jury, it Is understood,
held out Ions for murder In the nrt de
Free, with a life sentence. So far as
could be learned, none was for hanging.
Confident Body 'Was Woman's.
lamphere. in a statement tonight, said
that he was confident that the adult
body in the fire was that of Mrs. Gun
ress. He reiterated his Innocence In t,he
matter of setting fire to the house,
though admitting that he was on the
road and saw the tire that night. He
also declared that he did not see Mrs.
Gunness kill Helgelein.
"I have no complaint to make about
the verdict. Things looked pretty blue,
but the verdict mlcht have been worse."
GERMANS BOAST OF POWER
wpaper Declares Kaiser's Troops
Could Dictate Terms in England.
BERLIN". Nov. :S. German military
critics have contributed their opinions to
various newspapers concerning the
upeech made In the British House of
Lords November 23 by Field Marshal
Lord Roberts. In which he expressed
fears of a possible German invasion of
Knelnnd and intimated that a force of
Ij.Ohi.OmO men would be necesary to pro
'tect the island. In ever)' instance they
Meprecate the Idea of war. but the pos
taiblllty of such an Invasion Is not ex
cluded, particularly In the event of a
greater portion of the British fleet be
ing engaged at a point distant from that
selected for a landing.
The Tageblatt publishe an Interview
with an anonymous person, who is. how
ever, described as a high military au
thority, whose Judgment is that under
favorable conditions Germany could land
sufficiently strong Invading force In
England to enable her to dictate terms
of peace. The- feeling of nervousness in
England. It is argued here, arises from
the realisation that they do not possess
adequate forces under arms.
Kaiser Starts Censorship.
BERLIN. Nov. 36. Emperor "William
has ordered that the court circular which
Is given dally to tne press, and in w.iieh
are described the doinxn of His Majesty
and of the nyiil family, be much ab
breviated In the future. The circular
hereafter must be contined to the Hmper
'or's acta, as ruler, and the events con
nected with these ac ts. The movements
of the Empress and iYlnces will, as a
rule, be omitted.
It Is assumed that this change In pro
cedure Is due to recent discussions in the
newspapers, while the Emperor was stay
ing jit Ivmaueschlngen, during the so
ralled crisis, trie court circular having
reported the number of etaus that fell
before His Majesty's ritle and mentioned
his merry mood at evening banquets. The
circular must in the future be shown to
a responsible official before being given
to the press.
PARIS SHAKEN BY MURDER
tOomlnued from. First Page.)
s not Wolff, the man who did commit
the crime resembled him strongly.
Then su.-plclon turned upon Mme.
Stelnheil herself, and at C o'clock It was
announced that she should be locked up
in the prison at St. Laxar under a war
rant of arrest. No charge, however, was
specified. Wolff was also held, but not
on a warrant. One of th'e surprises of
the day was the revelation of the fact
that Mine. Japy, who was murdered at
the same time as Steinheil, was not
Mme. Steinhell's mother, as had been
supposed, but her stepmother.
The end of the day brought a crop of
sensational rumors. It was said that
Xlnister of Justice ilriand had ordered
an investigation of the open charges
that Mme. Steinheil had been the mis
tress of M. Leldette. the examining mag
istrate In the case, and that M- Leldette
had been Instrumental In stifling the In
vestigation. Chief of Detectives Ham
ard was credited with the statement that
Wolff had practically established his
alibi and that open suspicion had been
cast upon Mme. Steinheil Couillaud. the
man arrested several days ago on suspi
cion, was released.
Story Creates Sensation.
The local newspapers published extras
throughout the day giving under big
headlines the details of the woman's
tilement and Uer subaeuueni exaauna
tlon by if. Hamard. Behind the inter
est In the crime Itself lie tne more or
less thinly veiled Intimations that France
is on the verge of a scandal involving
high personages, and the failure of the
police to clear up the mystery had led
to the open assertion that their lack of
energy Is dictated by powerful repre
sentations, dating back to the death in
Paris in 1S99 of Felix Faure, at one time
President of the republic.
The public appetite for a sensation was
whetted further by M. Hamard. who an
nounced at 1 o'clock that the mystery
was not yet cleared, and that a great
surprise might be expected at any mo
ment. .
The crime In question was committed
the night of May 31.
Mme. Japv was murdered at the same
time as Steinheil. The latter was a por
trait painter and a grand-nephew of
Moissonier. The assassination of the
woman, however. Is supposed to have
been Incidental to-the killing of Stein
heil. He was the man It was desired to
put out of the way.
Woman Bound and Gagged.
Steinheil, his wife and Mme. Japy lived
together. Mme. Japy was bound and
gagged by her assassins. Alexander
Wolff, the man accused today by Mme.
Steinheil, is the son of a woman who
was formerly employed in the Steinheil
family as a cook. He and his mother,
whose name is Mariette. were at once
arrested. It transpired, however, that
Mme. Steinheil was not the first person
to accuse Wolff. A mechanic named
Warner told the police a few days after
the crime that Wolff had suddenly come
around with a pocket full of gold. The
night of the crime he was not present In
his usual haunts, but the morning after,
when he read an account of the tragedy
In a newspaper, he appeared to be great
ly excited and swore that he would have
vengeance on the assassins.
Mme. Steinheil repeated her statement
to the newspapermen to M. Hamard.
chief of detectives, this morning. She
was hysterical and sobbed out her story.
In many respects her statements were
conflicting. She said that Wolff com
mitted the murder from the motive of
robbery, but that he spared her on ac
count of her daughter. She said she had
kept silent up to the present time be
cause of Wolff's threats to charge her
with having Incited him to the mur
ders if she denounced him. She declared
emphatically and repeatedly that Wolff
was nothing to her and that she was not
In any way a party to the crime. She
did say. however, that she had hated her
husband and that she had a lover In
whose eves she wanted to justify herself.
"I hoped to Justify myself before a
man whose love I have now lost forever,"
she cried.
In Love With Nobleman.
This man Is said to be a French noble
man, and in his identity Is believed to
lie the key to this romantic tragedy.
There was a series of dramatic con
frontations at the Palace of Justice
throughout the morning. The parties to
these interviews were Mme. Steinheil
and her daughter. Marthe: Alexander
Wolff and his mother, and the man Coul
laud. Each was subjected separately to
a close examination by M. Hamard and
M. Levden.
Marthe Steinheil has been devoted to
her mother in the beginning, but today
she was in a pitiful condition of dis
tress. After the ordeal at the Palace of
Justice she was completely prostrated.
TROOPS STW OFSCEKE
XO DEMONSTRATION BY STRIK
ING CLAYWORRERS.
Clergymen Intercede Willi 'Employ
ers in Behalf of Workingmen, but
Their Petition Is Denied.
PERTH AM BOY, N. J., Nov. 26. Al
though the clay-mixing and clay-working
strikers In Keasby village, on the out
skirts of this city, made no demonstra
tion today, and evidence accumulated that
thev were not likely to resort to further
violence, yet It was decided this after
noon not to withdraw the troops.
All the Injured were reported tonight
out of 'danger.
Rev. Francis Gross;- of the Hungarian
Church. and Rev. Julian Ziellnskl, of
the Polish Church, held a meeting with
H. M. Keasby and H. R. Keasy. of the
National Fireproofing Cumpany. and
urged the needs of the men. The priests
asked for the Increase from J1.35 to Sl.EU
for which the men have struck. They
were told that business conditions did
not warrant an advance at this time.
LEAVES MONEY TO WOMEN
Wealthy Manufacturer Bequeathes
Sum to Nurses.
CHICAGO. Nov. 26. Three gradu
ates of the Illinois Training School
of Nurses will receive legacies left
them by Walter E. Ammon. a former
patient. The nurses and the amounts
left them are: f
Miss Nellie O. Miller. o00: Miss
Freda B. Phelps. $500; Miss Alice L.
Voigllt. 1600.
Mr. Ammon was a manufacturer of
buttetlne In Jersey City. N. J. Six
vears ago he came West on a business
trip and while at the Auditorium Hotel
In this city became ill with typhoid
fever. Miss Miller was called in by
doctors who were attending Amnion.
The patient was taken to the Presby
terian Hotel, where he was attended
for three months by the other two
nurses.
Mr. Ammon. while in the Pennsyl
vania station in Jersey City, on No
vember 17. was fatally shot by Andrew
McGrath, who had a fancied grievance
against him. -Mr. Amnion's- will also
contains bequests for many young
women In the vicinity of New Tork.
To a young woman who did the sten
ographic work in drawing his will
he gave $250. and the young women
who were employed by his firm in
Jersey City, 11500. Miss Anna Louise
Carrie, of New lork City, received
$:'5.000. with no explanations, and Miss
Magdalena B. Williams, daughter of
a Jersey City policeman, to whom Am
mon Is said to have been engaged, gets
one-third interest in his business
bouse. Miss Williams was Amnion's
private secretary for some time be
fore the murder.
Outlaws Safely Berthed.
SACRAMENTO. Nov. 26. President
Taylor, of the Boston American League
baseball 'club, came to terms this after
noon with Harry Hooper, the great right
fielder of the Sacramento State League
team, and Hooper will reportto Boston
next season.
Charlie Enwrlght, first baseman of the
Sacramento club, whom McCredie has
tried to get for two years, goes to Cleve
land next year.
Steel 3Iagnate Is Seventy-one.
NEW YORK. Nov. 26. Andrew Car
nesie's 71st birthday passed quietly,
happily and uneventfully. He crowned
the anniversary with a quiet little din
ner to a number of Intimate friends last
night at his residence in East Ninety-first
street. Only 14 guests were present.
Many telegrams and messages of con
gratulations were received by the iron
master during the day.
- nA- nft on diamonds at Motx-
J ger a, 342 Wualiington street.
HEIGH OF TERROR
EXISTS 111 HAYTI
Anarchy Widespread and
Country Generally Is Liter
ally Running With Blood.
WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS
Persons Suspected of Sympathy
With Insurgents Shot Down.
Foreign Residents Make
Frantic Appeals for Aid.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26. According to a
cable dispatch, received early, today by
the. Picayune, from St. Thomas. D. W.
I., private cable advices received there
from Port Au Prince are to the effect
that the cn sored dispatches sent from
Haytl, give only a faint idea of the
reign of terror now existing on that is
land. The dispatch continues:
Anarchy reigns throughout Haytl and
the country is literacy running with
blood. Private cables received here from
Port Au Prince states that wholesale ex
ecutions are In -progress, both by the gov
ernment forces and the revolutionists. .
Persons who are suspected of sympathy
wlthnhe insurgents are being summarily
shot by order of President Nord Alexis.
The same course Is being followed by the
revolutionists, who have control of the
southern portion of the Republic.
."Foreigners in Haytl are making frantic
appeals to their government for pro
tection and the French representative has
cabled for ships. The German Minister,
it Is said, has cabled a similar message
to Berlin.
'It Is the general opinion In St. Thomas
that Intervention by the United States is
necessary."
NO BRITISH SHIPS SENT
Consul-General Does Not Fear for
Safety of Conntrymen.
LONDON. Nov. 26. No British war
ships have been ordered to Hyti. The
Consul-General of Great Britain at
Port Au Prince has informed the For
eign Office that he Is not apprehensive
of any danger to British subjects or
British Interests.
NEW YORK LOSES GIFT
Yerkes Widow Refuses to Pay Inter
est on Big Library.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Because the
widow of the late Charles T. Yerkes
refused to pay J17.000 interest on a
mortgage, the city of New York will
lose the Yerkes" Library and Art Gal
lery adjoining the Yerkes' mansion, at
Fifth avenue and Sixty-eighth street.
An order providing for the sale of the
library under foreclosure on Decem
ber 16 was entered yesterday as a
result of proceedings brought by the
Mutual Life Insurance Company,
which held the mortgage.
Mr. Yerkes provided In his will that
the library and art gallery should be
come municipal property and since the
suit of the Mutual Life was instituted
it was generally understood that the
matter would be amicably settled. But
unless something is done between now
and December 16.. the property will be
lost to New York as a public institu
tion. The value of the library is considered
to be greatly In excess of the amount
of the Judgment to be satisfied J242.296
while the land where the structure
is situated Is held at about 12,000 a
front foot.
With this as an estimate, this prop
erty is twice as valuable as the
amount of the judgment.
Buy your Xmas gifts now; save 25
per cent at Metzger's.
When to Use
Dr. WUliams'
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These piDs were originally
a prescription used in the
doctor's private practice and
their benefit to mankind has
been increased many thousand
fold by their being placed on
general sale with the doctor's
own directions for use. They
are entirely safe and contain no
opiates or other habit-forming
drugs.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
are the remedy to use when
the blood is thin as in anaemia;
or impure, as in rheumatism ;
or when the nerves are weak,
at in neuralgia ; 01 lifeless, as
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strengthen die nerves and have
cured troubles of women and
growing girls and many forms
of weakness. That hundreds
of people have tried the treat
ment with good results is
shown by the increasing num
ber of cures reported. -
Dr. Williams' Pink Fill am sold by all
druggists, or will be sent postpaid, on
receipt of price. 80 cents per box: fix
boxes. SXfiO. by the D. Willisana Iledichw
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Reg. 15c
Reg. 10c
Reg. 15c
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Reg. 25c
Reg. 10c
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Boric Acid, per lb. (Merck's).....
Sal Soda. peV lb
Soap Bark, per pkg
Poultry and Game Seasoning, can
Epsom Salts ,per lb
Babbitt's Lye, per lb
.Friday 50
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BARGAINS IN TOILET SECTION
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Flesh Food
....Friday 290
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Reg. $ .75 Push Button and IXL Pocket Knives Frid'y 480
Reg. $1.25 Flash Light .Friday 730
Reg. $1.00 Bath Brush, long handle Friday 58?
Reg. $1.00 Three-piece Shoe Polishing Set Friday 630
SPECIALS IN THE RUBBER PEPT-
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Reg. $1.75 Comb. Syringe and Water Bottle, 3-qt, Fri. $1.59
Reg. $1.25 Comb. Syringe and Water Bottle, 2-qt, Fri. 980
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Reg. $ .75 Rubber Gloves, all sizes Friday $ .39
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Reg. $1.25 Fisher's Rye Whisky, per qt
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Re $1.00 Duroy Port Wine, per qt
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.. Friday $ .88
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50c Hand Brushes, for . Friday 340
45c Kent Tooth Brushes for Friday 390
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$1.25 Hair Brushes, for 7o0
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