ENTITY OF BODY
PERSPECTTVE PLANS OF THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AT THE ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSITIONSEATTLE.
CHRISTMAS
AT
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Woman, Alleging Corpse at
Oswego Was Her Father,
Called Notoriety-Seeker.
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Through -train to Seaside.
Leaves Union Depot 6
P. M. December 24th.
A. & C. R. R. R.
$660 IN GOLD . IS AT STAKE
AGii QUESTIONED
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Mrs. Effle Robinson's Claim Disput
ed by Bernhardt HalM. Who Brings
Out Sensational Eridence to
Support His Contention.
OREGON CITT. D'. CO. I Special.)
Probably the most snsatlonl and start
ling affidavit ever flies in the Probata
Court of Clackamas County has Just
been presented by Frank C. Hesse, an
attorney of Portland, and a member of
the firm of HeMe & Beckett. In which
charge are made that bring into ques
tion the Identity of the man whose body
waa found at Springbrook schoolhouse,
near Oswego on September 13. last.
Hesse has a client. Bernhardt Haist by
name, who avers that the dead man was
his brother, but thus far he has brought
forward no evidence to prove this sup
position. One phase of the case that makes It
unusually Interesting is the fact that the
dead man had ISSO In gold in his pockets.
Coroner Holman took charge of the re
mains and turned the money over to the
Treasurer of Clackamas County.
In less than a week after the unknown
man was burled. Mrs. Kffle B. Robin
son, of Flrland Station. Multnomah
County, appeared and demanded that the
remains be exhumed. This was done and
she declared that the body was that of
her father. F. A. Williamson, who had
come from Texarkana. Tex.. last Summer,
to see her. and that he Insisted upon be
ing out in the country where he could
live the life he loved, so they came to
Oregon City together on August 7. After
having dinner at the Brunswick Restaur
ant, she told him goodby and Williamson
crossed the suspension bridge and started
out on a prospecting tour.
Woman Identifies Body.
Six weeks later his body was found In
the brush near Oswego. There were no
indications' of violence, it being evident
that heart failure had been the cause of
death. Mrs. Robinson learned of the
discovery of t h body through the news
papers. She positively Identified the ar
ticles that were found in the clothing,
and her picture was found In the dead
man's watch. Mrs. Robinson then ap
plied for letters of administration, which
were granted.
No sooner waa this done than Attorney
Hesse filed a contesr. and a hearing has
been ordered for January 10, In order
that the contestant may have an oppor
tunity to procure additional evidence in
support of his claims.
The affidavit of Hesse contains no less
than 10 exhibits, being letters written
to him in an effort to let the light shine
on the real facts of the case. He has
conversed with a Mrs. Lull, he says, who
lives next door to Mrs. Robinson, and
has been on rather intimate terms with
her. Mrs. Lull believes the father story
is a myth.
Called Notoriety-Seeker.
Hesse also saw H. E. Potter, who re
sid not far from Mrs. Robinson's home,
and Potter laughed about the matter,
reporting that Charles Ridgway, who
used to live next door to the administra
trix, had mad" the statement that her
claim was nothing but an attempt to get
hold of the money: that she is a woman
who likes to be mixed up In affairs of
general notoriety; that some time In the
Summer she alleged that some one un
known had stolen several hundred dol
lars from her residence, and that one
morning everything was brought back
and hung to the back door.
In his effort to secure testimony to
'discredit Mrs. Robinson. Hesse engaged a
private detective, who went to the house
of Mrs. Robinson, with the pretension
of buying her house. He told her that
he used to live in Wisconsin, whereupon
Mrs. Robinson, or either of her two
halfsisters. made the statement that they
used to live in Appleton. Wis., where
their father was a director In a bank in
1S93. and where he lost $40,000 which
he had on deposit. She also told him
they had formerly lived in Viroqua and
Neillsville. Wis., where she knew Fred
Beeles. a wrestler. Hesse lost no time
In writing to Beeles. signing the name
of J. H. Murphy to the letter, which has
been unanswered. Hesse also wrote to
the Chief of Police at Texarkana. but
has received no answer. Then he penned
a letter to the Chief of Police at Apple
ton. Wis., and obtained the following
reply:
Tor Lived In Appleton.
Appleton. Wis.. Oct. T. 1o Hesse ft
Beckett. Portland. Or. Gentlemen: Tours
of th 2d resardlng one F. A. Williamson
at hand B leave to Inform you that 1 am
unable to find any one who has ever lived
her by that name. I have made every
poMible Inquiry and consulted all the city
directories from 1SV to the present time.
I alio find that no ettrh man wns ever
lntrejted In anv of the banks and that
there h not been a bank failure In this
tonn since ISSO. and that a Hate bank
and paid 0 per cent on settlement. Tours
truly. E. W. Haefer. Chief of Police. Apple
ton." Wis.
Tou certainly must have the wrong lo
cation. Hesse wrote to the Chief of Police at
Viroqua. Wis.. -and was adrlsed that
Williamson left there about 20 years ago
and has not been heard from by the au
thorities since. However, tne .City Mar
shal of NelUsville. Wis., sent the fol
lowing interesting letter to Hesse &
Beckett: "
In replv to vours of Nov. 2. I will say
that I believe Mr. F. A. Williamson never
lived here. I have ascertained that Mrs.
Robinson had an uncle who lived In the
town of Washburn, with whom she lived a
part of the time. His name Is Charles
t.owrey. po.tofTtce address. Oranton. W Is..
H. R. No. 4.; this Is about 15 miles from
Neillsville. east.
I n.ver hard that she went by the name
nt Williamson, as she was known here.
tWore and after her marriage, as "frazy
Jane " I knew her husband and all of his
ramily I understand that the Robinsons
ire now llvina at Lents, about three miles
"torn Portland. 1 have ben told that at
".h time she was here her fatrer lived at
iroqua. Wis.
If you can reach the Lowreys you will be
able to get Information you desire.
Four days after writing this letter, the
Marshal of Neillsville sent the following
missive to Portland:
Old Scandal Is Involved.
Sln'-e wrltina some days aso f have
learned more about the Wl Uiamsn-Kob!nson
fanUlv which may be of service to you.
At the time of the birth of Mrs. EfTie Rob
inson har mother had one Jessie Willlama
arretted on the charae of being the father
:f the child. Jesse Willlama waa acquitted
by the rourt.
It la firmly believed by old friends of said
family that the grandfather of the girl,
bv marrlag. was the true father of the
sir). Thi. Jesse Williams now lives In the
'.-wn of Fremont, on a rural route running
ut of Uranton. Wis.
This Marshal of Neillsville. whose
name is J. W. Hommel. seems to have
become interested In the case, for in an
other letter under date of December 2.
he says:
Iteg-ardlnr the Robinson woman, will say
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that I learned that her aunt lived in the
village of Granton and I went over there
to'la v.
This aunt, an own slater to Mrs. Robin
sons mother, is Mrs. ynthia Emallne
l.osrev She tells me tnat ma rnim i jii.
RoMmun). was abouf 4 years old when her
mother married. Thla first husband s name
was Stare fore, with whom she lived about
two vears. when they separated. They had
no children. She or he later secured a divorce-
Later she married a man by tne
name of -lovce Jenning-J. to whom she had
four daughters Mra. Jsnnlnaa. Mrs. Robin
son's moMier. died about eight ears aso.
Mr Jennings died about two years ago. both
deatha ocrurrlng at Sugar Orove. a few
miles from Viroqua. It Is evident from
what thev tell me that. Mrs. Robinson was
born In that neighborhood. When the l.o
rni came up Into thla country, the girl
ca'me. Her people never lived here.
Mrs Low rev tells me that her slater fMrs.
Robinson's mother! told her that It was her
own step-fsiher who waa the father of her
child.
The man Williams wss srresred on the
charge but the case never came to trial.
The acheme was worked tip by the stepT
father In order to clear" himself.
None of the family ever lived at Apple
ton or had any interest In banks. The whole
trihe was poor and all girls snd bo a
had to work out for a llvlnr.
The name of the stej,-father and fathr
of Mrs Robinson waa Asbury Moore. lie
wa burled at Hugar Orove. I did not learn
whether the man had teeth at the time of
hla death or whether he had ever had teeth,
but they volunteered the Information that
he was damned mean."
I found you had written the Iowreys two
letters and wired them but they said tliey
were not going to bother writing the tribe
waMTt worth It. They think It aome ' skin
game of Effle-s.
After some correspondence with Charles
Lowrey. at Granton. Wis.. Hesse &
Beckett received the following telegram
from him:
FtTle B- Robinson's rather died In Vernon
County, near Viroqua. Wis.. In SpHcg 1DOS.
Woman Accused of Prand.
Mr- Hesse believes, therefore, that the
name of F- A. Williamson is simply
used bv her as a fictitious name and that
she is attempting a daring fraud to ob
tain the l60. and he makes the follow
ing deductions:
First That in order to prove the body
Is that of Christian Haist. a brother of
the petitioner. It will be necessary to
have a certificate of the death of Mrs.
Robinson's natural father and step
fathers. gPronThat if Mrs. Robinsons
mother's own stepfather. Asbury Moore,
was the real and true father of Mrs.
Robinson, and if he died and was burled
at Sugar Orove. Wis., it Is pe'fectly evi
dent that he cannot be the man found
near Oswego.
' Third If Staee Core, whom Mrs. Rob
inson's mother married about four years
after Mrs. Robinson's birth, is also dead,
having died at Boas. Wis., it is also evi
dent that he cannot be the party found
near Oswego.
Fourth If Jesse Williams, who was ar
rested br Mrs. Robinson's mother at the
time of the girl s birth on the charge of
being the girl's father. Is still alive. It
is shown beyond doubt that he cannot be
the person found near Oswego.
Fifth If Joyce Jennings, the second
husband of Mrs. Robinson's mother, died
about two years ago at Sugar fJrove.
Wis., he cannot be the person found near
Oswego, all of which will go to prove
that the person found is not Mrs. Rob
inson's father.
Mr. Hesse is now trying to secure
copies of the death certificates of As
bury Moore. Stace Core and Joyce Jen
unrl hoiieves with this evidence he
can establish the fraudulent nature of
Mrs. Robinson's claim.
That Mrs. Robinson, however, clearly
established the identity of the dead man
Is believed here by the officials who had
charge of the case. She even described
down to the minutest detail his pipe,
which she said had a crack in the stem,
which fact had up to that time escaped
the notice of the Coroner. Her picture
was in his watch, together with a note
giving his name as F. A. Williamson,
and stating that his daughter was Mrs.
Robinson, of Firland Station.
FUGITIVE SEEKS SHELTER
Escape Mtlen Slakes Himself at
Home In Klickitat Houm?.
I-TI.E, Wash., i:ec. 20. I Special.)
Today a sheepman from Glenwood re
ported that the much-wanted Miles has
shifted from the brakes of Klickitat
River to those of Rock Creek, which
puts through the Goodnoe Hills coun
try into the Columbia River. Miles
recently visited the sheep ranch of
James Hart, on Harrison Ridge.
The fugitive fed his horse, and. evi- '
dently -with the aid of a skeleton key.
entered the house, procured food and
remained for the night. A note was
left on the dining table reading: "I
am Bob Miles, a thief. I have taken
grub and hay; but I won't steal from
you. and some day I may make it
right."
The fact is known now that a few
days before the escape Miles was paid
$800. his portion of an estate, and this
money he carried away with him.
FIGHT IS DECLARED OFF
Presence of Deputy Sheriffs Stop
Bouts at Elma.
F.LiMA. Wash.. Dec. 20. (Special.) The
prize fight that was billed for last night
between the Droxie Kid and Frank
Street did not take place. The presence
of three Deputy Sheriffs from Montesano
put a damper on the bout.
Tt is no doubt will be the end of prize
fighting In this county, the prosecuting
attorney having annourced that he
would permit no more while he was in
office.
TOUCH THE HEARTS
Of the ladles iM Christmas by pre
senting them beautiful flowers and
plants from the "up-to-date" floral
shop of Clarke Bios., 87 Morrison
street, opposite Corbett building.
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GOVERNMENT BUILDING AT PORTLAND EXPOSITION, SHOWING COMPARATTi B EXTENT.
SEATTLE Wash Dec. 20. (Special.) The above drawing shows the perspective plans of the Government
exhibit building; to be erected at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to be held in Seattle in 1909.
HOOD RIVER CLEW SLIGHT
Tralnrobbers - Believed to Have
Bought fcwap In Apple City.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Hood River County and city guardians
of the law are busy trying to get infor
mation concerning the three men who
recently held up the O. R. & N. trafn
at Fairview, but so far have obtained
but little evidence as to their actions or
presence here.
It is believed by 1.. H. Huegins, of the
grocery Arm of Wood Hoggins, that
he sold the men the soap that they used
to make cups to explode the nitro-gly-cerine
that blew open the express car
door. Mf. Hoggins aays that two men
came to the store about 4 o'clock of the
afternoon that the train was held up
and secured a box of matches and a cake
of soap, stating that they were not par
ticular about the kind or quality of the
aoap. and that he gave them a bar of
the common laundry kind.
Both of the men. he says, were rough
looking characters., the man who bought
the soap being tall and thin, with sev
eral days' prowth of beard, and hU
companion of short, stocky build.
Efforts to trace the supposed robbers
after leaving the store, however, have
not resulted in giving tne nmcers any
information that would lead to
Identification If arrested or what
did until train time.
their
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DALLAS BOYS WIN AGAIN
Defeat Spokane Basketball Players
by 5 5 -to-14 Score.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Dec. 19. (Special.)
The Oregons, of Dallas, played their last
game in the State of Washington last
right, defeating the Spokane Y. M. C. A.
by a score of 65 to 14. The Oregons have
won every game played In the State of
Washington. Score byf.alves:
First Shaw, center, threw 5 goals:
Reed. 4: Fenton. 1: Morton, t. Second
half Shaw. 6; Fenton, 2; Reed, 2; Mor
ton. 3: C. Shaw, 1.
Total number points made in six games
bv the Oregons, 266; opposing teams, 50.
The team from the Beaver State are in
good condition, after a hard week's play.
The next game will be at Anaconda,
Mont.. December 21.
WHISTLER TAKES CHARGE
Assumes Command of Pnget Sound
Artillery District.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.. Dec. 20.
Colonel Garland T. Whistler. United
States Artillery Corps, recently ordered
to assume command of the Puget Soun-1
Artillery District, arrived at Fort Wor
den today and took charge of the dis
trict. Colonel Whistler comes from Furt
Totten, New York, where for ten years
past he has been in command of that
post and in charge of a school of sub
marine mine work. Colonel Whistler in
vented the range finder now in general
use in the various coast defenses.
MORE PETTY ROBBERIES
Burglars Continue Work at Aber
deen Despite Increased Police.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) Although the police force has
bean Increased by six specials and Sat
: . .Ofe-se...;
5
urday a dozen suspicious characters were
run out of town, this morning it was
reported that a meat market In South
Aberdeen waa entered and all the money
in the cash drawer taken, about $25.
The Atlantic Hotel was also entered.
One of the lodgers lost a gold watch. $100
in money and a new pair of shoes. Other
boarders were aroused when attempts
were made to enter their rooms and the
burglars escaped. It is believed the
thieves have a camp somewhere, as the
henhouse of the Atlantic Hotel was
broken open and a lot of chickens stolen.
ROSEBURG JOINTS RAIDED
Sheriff and Deputies Seek Viola
tions of Local Option Law.
ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 20.-Spec!al.)
All the Roseburg soft-drink " establish
ments, five in number, were raided
simultaneously last night by Sheriff Fen
ton and his deputies In a search for evi
dence of any violation of the local op
tion law. Three were found to be obey
ing the law. At one near the depot a
bottle supposed to contain whisky was
found behind the bar and at another
several bottles which the officers think
contained beer, instead of near-beer,
were confiscated. No arrests have yet
been made.
PAPER MILL IS PROMISED
Brownsville Commercial Club Try
ing to Interest Capital.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.) A
paper mill is in prospect for Brownsville
and if present plans are realized Linn
County will have two of these important
industries. The Brownsville Commercial
Club is In communication with Eastern
people who are considering the establish
ment of a big paper mill in the city on
the .Calapooia.-
A big paper mill has been operated at
Lebanon for several years and ranks as
one of the county's leading enterprises.
Gets Drunk, Smashes Windows.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) For taking a big club and smash
ing out all of the windows of James
Haffey'a saloon, in Camas, during the
early hours of Saturday morning. Pat
rick Caliill. a swamper of the place,
was arrested and brought to this city
last night by W. C. Warren, Marshal
of Camas. Cahlll is about 45 years old
and has been stenographer, telegraph
operator and musician. This is his sec
ond offense.
Albany Knights to Build.
, ALBANY. Or.,. Dec. 20. (Special.)
Leonidas Lodge. No. 36. Knights of
Pythias, of Sclo. will soon rank among
the many lodges of that order in this
state which own buildings. A deed was
filed in the County Recorder's office here
last evening transferring to the lodge a
piece of ground 26Vixl42 feet In Sclo's
business district and the lodge will pro
ceed at once to erect a building.
To Beautify Albany Campus.
ALBANY, Or.. Doc. 20. (Special.) Ex
tensive plans for beautifying the campus
of Albany College are in prospect.- Con
siderable work has been " done on the
campus in past years but there has never
been any systematic plan for the creation
of a well-rounded campus. The board of
trustees of the college has appointed a
wmmium to confer with a landscape
at -a , M a. af4 t'
Me.t J- JSJ, $
aite&tttaMj!.lllpaI i .... Oat
gardener and secure plans for a thorough
system of making the campus beautiful.
ROYAL DULCET DAINTIES
Everybody likes them. Have
for Xmas. Royal Bakery - and
tionery.
i supply
Confec-
Breaks Windows While Drunk.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) Otto Fout, an Austrian, who has
been employed in the Catholic Home
at Oswego, is in the County Jail
charged with breaking two windows
at the institution. He had been drink
ing and cherished a grudge against the
place. Fout will have a hearing in
the Justice Court. He was committed
by Justice of the Peace Kelso, of Mil
wuukie. Aberdeen Puts on Extra Police.
ABERDEEN, ' Wash., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial. Burglars entered two places of
business last night but only a small
amount of money was secured. An extra
force of policemen have been put on until
after ttoe holidays and a number of sus
picious characters have been run out of
town.
A par excellent table d'hote dinner
served at the Perkins Grill Christmas,
5 to 8:30. Reserve your tables.
Elegant stock of
suit cases at Harris'
window display.
fitted bags and
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The stock is very large and , complete
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No gift is more beautiful, useful, or
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Phonograph Replaces Pastor,
in Frontier Church.
SCHEME PROVES SUCCESS
Congregation Startled A hen Rag
time Record Gets In by Mistake,
but Decp.logue Is .Substitut
ed and All Goes Smoothly.
BELLIN'GHAM. Wash., Dec. 20.
(Special.) Even the minister has at
last been crowded out by labor-saving
devices, for canned sermons, canned
hvmns and canned prayers dispensed
to the congregation by a big and blat
ant phonograph have become the rule
in Deming, a little town ten miles from
this cltv. This Sunday marks the in
auguration of the new custom, and It
bids fair to prove a pronounced suc
cess. Deming is still something of a fron
tier town, and while it has a church. It
is not yet provided with a minister.
It is the usual custom for the occupant
of some pulpit In Bellinghnm to go
there on Sunday and hold divine serv
ices, but while volunteers for this are
not lacking, their services are not reg
ular. Members of the Deming congre
gation decided last week to secure a
better attendance and to have two
services on Sunday, and since ministers
were not availahle. they hit upon the
idea of substituting phonograph rec
ords for voices of the church choir and
the preacher.
Accordingly a big. noisy phonograph
was turned loose on "Rock of Ages."
"Watchman, Tell I"s of the Night,"
and various others of the old standbys.
Some confusion was caused when an
unidentified record commenced to grind
out "Love Me and the AVorld Is Mine."
but It was promptly checked off and
the doxology substituted.
Now the congregation plans to have
Belllngham ministers deliver their ser
mons into the phonograph, and Deming
even proposes to reproduce the render
ing of the services, and the church
may be run wholly by machinery. How
the phonograph is to settle a row be
tween the deacons or a choir feud has
not been decided.
NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY
Independent System to Be Installed
at Milwaukie.
MILWACKIE. Or., Dec. 20. (Special. )
Preliminary steps have been taken toward
the organization of a mutual telephone
company by the citizens of Milwaukie.
At a meeting held Thursday night, an
organization was effected by the election
of the following officers: Chairman, John
R. Kelso: secretary, J. F. Duffy. Man
ager, t'ralg, of the Northwestern Tele
phone Company, was present and ex
plained what was the best way to ef
fect an organization. It was reported
at. the meeting that tW residents had al-
EVENINGS
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AT HOTELS
TICKETS AND PARLOR
CAR RESERVATIONS ,
At 122 Third St. and -Third
and Morrison Sts.
ready agreed to take telephones and sine
then others have signed, so that from the
start there will be about 100 telephones. '
Connection will be made with the North
west long-distance telephone lines, which ;
will provide Milwaukie with direct com- '.
munlcatlon with Portland and other
cities. j
Cost of the plant will be about $2fi09, and
it is proposed to form a company with'
a capital stock of J3O0O, much of tha
stock already having been subscribed. '
A meeting will be held in the Mllwauklu '
City Hall Tuesday night to elect directors
and complete the organization of tha,
company. '
Accused of Stealing Films,
KLMA. Wash.. Dec. 20. (Special.) .;
A man named Brown was arrested late .
last night charged with the theft of
over $1000 worth of films from the '.
Bi.1ou moving-picture show. Brown
was a former employe of the Bijou. '
More than $300 worth of films were
found in his rooms. Brown is a stran
ger here, and. but little known, lie
will be held to stand trial.
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