6 THE 3IORNTXG OREGrONTAN, FRTD AT, -DECEMBER 3, 1909. WOMAN SWINDLES EUGENE RESIDENT By Marriage Bait, Easterner Catches Many in Her Net. CAREER HALTED BY ARREST J. Frank Ross Tells How ''Bunco Stecrer," Now in Pittsburg Jail, Was Able to Get His Money. Little Fnn Ends in Regret. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dee 2. (Special.) The postal authorities of the Pittsburg district claim to have nipped one of Um best-laid plans of swindling innocent men that has come under their notice for some time. Alice Crum, of Johnstwn, Pa., known also aa Mrs. Alice Peterson, a most at tractive young woman, was placed under arrest last evening, charged with having used the mails to defraud. She has been placed under heavy ball for a hearing In Pittsburg. "it is claimed that the young woman has victims from coast to coast and that she has engaged herself to marry about 60 different porsons in the last year and has collected heavily from each of them by mail. Among those whose names appear as Miss Cruni'K enthusiastic correspond ents Is that of J. Frank Ross, Bugen. Or. ALL IX FIX," ROSS SAYS Admits Woman Got Money From Him, but Says Not Much. KI'GBNE, Or., Dec. 2. (Special.) "My relations with this woman began through the medium of a correspondence bureau," said Mr. Ross to an Oregonian corres pondent tonight. "It was prompted on my part In a spirit of fun. Our corres pondence covered a period of about one year and ended last Fall. I had never promised to marry the girl, but wrote that tr she would come West I would "look her over. "On receipt of my letter she telegraphed me to wire money, saying she would com' st ones and I complied. It seemed all right a my correspondent had previously volunteered to send references, among other sponsors naming the Mayor of Johnstown as her special friend. I waited a reasonable length of time for this wo man to put in an appearance, but with out result. Then I linally wrote, only to receive word of sickness in the family and that she had spent the ready money and gave out a gentle hint that another installment would be accaptable. "On receiving ' this mtesive I wrote a letter demanding that she Immediately put in an appearance or else I would put her where she belonged. Her reply, re ceived In due time, announced that she would start Immediately. More delay, then I wrote to the mother, who stated that "Alice was In Chicago and gave her sllered addrew. I registered my letter lo the new address and put a special delivery' stamp on the envelope, but the letter was. returned uncalled for. Then I took the matter up with the postal au thorities, forwarding all correspondence and .other data to them. "I trnst that I have been the means of halting the career of this creature. She got a small amount of money from me; 1he price of car fare, but her subsequent overtures fell on deaf ears. I refused to be stung by the same bee twice. LIGHT CAST ON MYSTERY Husband of Woman Found In Bath tub May Know "Something." NEW YORK. Dec. 2. A rumor that the husband of Mrs. Ocey Snead, the young woman found dead In the bathtub of an unfurnished house In East Orange, N". J., is still alive, is credited by the police there. The husband, the Chief of Police believes, could tell why his young wife was kept in seclusion, why she was separated from her baby; why she was given barely enough food to keep her alive, and why, although money was borrowed on her life insurance policy, she appears to have enjoyed the benefit of none of It. Presumption of foul play was further strengthened today by the testimony of J. T. Carabba. a Brooklyn lawyer, who volunteered the Information that he had witnessed a third will made by Mrs. Snead and drawn by him in his office. Miss Virginia Wardlaw, under arrest In Kast Orange.' he said, had offpred him a large Insurance policy for $10,000 ir he would see to It that the will was drawn In her favor and that of her sis- . X STUDENT IS BLACK HAND Blackmail Demanded to Help Drexel TJndergrad Through College. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Dec. 2. Alleging that he had - posed as an influential member of a black hand gang, the Postal- Inspec tors arrested Perry Ralph Minnick, a student at the Drexel Institute here, on a charge of writing threatening let ters to D. T. Walker, a wealthy Phila delphian, demanding $550 under penalty; of death. The authorities say Minnick con fessed that he demanded the money in order to pay his way through col lege. A trap was set for Minnick, who is 19 years old. Bogus money , order receipts purporting to be worth $550 were Bent to him in a letter, and when he appeared at the central postoffice to cash them -e was arrested. same month of 1908 In Multnomah. There was an Increase In the number cf mar riage licenses issued, but the percentage of Increase falls far short of keeping pace with the percentage of Increase In legal separations. i These statistics of human Interest are taken from the public records. They appear In the report for November Is sued yesterday by County Clerk Fields. This document, as dry as figures usually are. tells that the number of divorces last month was 37, as compared with 20 in November, 1908, an Increase of nearly 100 per cent. The number of marriage licenses was 248. compared with 200- In the same month a year ago, an Increase of .less than 25 per cent. It takes no master of abstruse mathematics to figure that If the ratios are maintained, there will come a day when people will be separated as fast as they can be Joined together.- - ' Deeds and mortgages numbered 2773 last month, and 2204 in November, a year ago. Marginal releases also increased from 348 to 440. There were 19S cases in the Circuit Court, against 143 during the corresponding month a year ago. Pro bate cases were 67 last month, 55 In November. 1908. Hunters' licenses numbered 270 . last month, 248 In November, 1908. The number' of Insane has fallen off, as have the non-support cases. Thirteen deranged folk were sent to -the . asylum last month. 17 In November. 1908. There were five non-support cases last month, seven in the same month last year. The county's profit from the County Clerk's office last month was $2749.91, and In November, 1908. $2083.22. MATE DRUNK, IS CHARGE OFFICER OF BURNED ST. CROIX ACCUSED BY PASSEXGERS. Witness Asserts No Effort Was Made to Put Out Fire rVessel Might Have Been Saved. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. First Offi cer Frank Mills, of the steamer St. Croix, destroyed by Are off Southern California, was charged today with having been intoxicated on the beach after the landing from the burning steamer and having been insulting to one of the women passengers. The charges were made by H. Cummlngs. a passenger, who testified before the Federal inspectors Investigating the burning of the vessel. The witness further charged that the officers and crew of the St. Croix made no serious effort to subdue the flames, and said that he believed the steamer could have been saved had they shown any desire to do so. Inspector Bulger asked the -witness If he had not stated, in a conversation with the Federal officer, that he had heard that Peters, the quartermaster, had been offered $3000 not to appear. T.ie witness said he had heard such a statement, but that the Inspector- might be mistaken as to the language used in telling of it. SNOWGRIPSNORTHWEST EVERYBODY WALKS TO BUSI NESS IX TACOMA. Streetcars Tied Up Wltli Foot of Snow on Ground rEa stern Val-. ley Also Blanketed. ' TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 2. (Special.) Everybody walked in this city today, as a result of the tie-up of the streetcars by snow. Fully one foot of snow has fallen and the cable cars and many electric cars on uphill streets are at a sta-ndstill. Light and telephone wires are down all over town. The storm has been general east of the mountains and In this vicinity, the only point west of the mountains which has been seriously affected. SAYS STIFEL BETRAYED IT ev Indiana Telephone Company Flics Court Allegation. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 2 The new long-distance telephone company of Indiana today filed in the County Court an answer charging Herman C. Stifel of St. Louis and New York with at tempting to betray the Indiana Inde pendent system to the Continental Telephone & Telegraph Company. DIVORCE SHOWS INCREASE Gain in--Weddings Slight;. Separa tions Doubled. Divorces were nearly twice as numer eus last mouth us they were during the Pendleton Gets Second Snowfall. PENDLETON. Or., Dec. 2. This city Is experiencing its second heavy fall of snow this season. The ground was cov ered at daj-light this morning, but at that time the snow had ceased falling, and by 9 o'clock was all melted. Soon thereafter it began falling again, however, and since then has been coming down at the rate of half an inch an hour. The snow is ac companied by wind, but the temperature is not very low. Heaviest Fall at Walla Walla. WALLA WALLA. Wash... Dec. 2. The heaviest snow of the year fell today, the white covering being over two Inches In depth. No damage is reported as yet and local business is not Interfered with. This date had been set as annual clean up day by the Mayor, but the plans were abandoned. Attalia Valley Hit by Snow. ATT ALIA. Wash., Dec. 2. (Special.) Three inches of snow fell throughout the valley early this morning, following a sudden drop In temperature. The mercury is rapidly falling tonight. BRIDEGROOM TAKES POISON Wedding Tour Ends in Shortage of Cash to Pay Hotel Bill. SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 2. Threat ened with eviction from the hotel, where he has been staying with his bride, because he could not pay, W. A. Johnson, one of the best-known min ing experts in the profession, took cyanide of potassium and was found dead in a room at the Belmont Hotel yesterday. Acquaintances say that Captain John son formerly was manager of the min ing property of the Guggenhelms in Nicaragua and South America, served Cecil Rhodes in South Africa, - and made a brilliant record in the Boer war under the British flag. He is said to have put a large fortune into a group of mining claims at Yerlngton, Nev. His widow was formerly a school teacher at Yerlngton. i FLEEING CONVENT, GIRL ADDS TO WOE Bill at Hotel Paid by Young Men Unconscious, Re fuses Clew. FATHER LIVES IN IDAHO MORGAN BUYS EQUITABLE (Continued From First Page.) byword. He was asked if he had set tled scores with Mr. Ryan, and an swered tersely, "Not yet;" the public added with ready intuition, "But soon." Morton Professes Ignorance. At the offices of the Equitable So ciety, President Paul Morton pro fessed Ignorance of the transfer and news of the change of control seemed to come as a surprise to other offi cers. It Is known, however, that di rectors of the society -anh principals to the deal were in conference yester day and until late today, and there is authority for- the statement that the transfer met with their approval. Night Spent In Wellington, Made No torious by Gingles Incident, Deepens Mystery and Pua Ies Chicago Police. CHICAGO. Dec. 2. (Special.) Mystery In the case of Miss Hazel Robertson Dillon. 18 years old, found unconscious In Lincoln Park, deepened today when it developed that she passed last Friday night in the Wellington Hotel, where Ella Gingles, the Irish lacemaker, alleged she was bound and tortured. Miss Dillon's bill was paid by Edward Clark, of 35S Garfield avenue, and Irving Scott, of 2060 North Park avenue. State ments made by the men were contra dictory and Miss Dillon and her mother, who came from Saugatuck, Mfch., to Chi cago to search for her, refused to give the police further information. Meanwhile the circumstances of the young woman's escape from St. Mary's convent, near Tarrytown, N. Y., where she says she was placed by her father, became known. The police declare she took a dress belonging to another girl and scaled the wall, after having slipped the. garment over the gymnasium suit she was wearing. Strangers Pay Her Way. Young Clark said he and Scott met the young woman on a North Clark-street car Friday evening, and she asked them to direct her to the Wellington Hotel. He says they did so and thinking she had no money, paid for her breakfast and room rent. Both said they gave the girl their names and addresses and then departed. Miss Dillon remaining at the hotel. Saturday morning, according to Scott's story to the police, the young woman telephoned to him at his home and asked him to meet her at the Wellington Hotel. "The girl paid she wanted to see me right away." said Scott, "and asked me If I would pose as her brother and help her to get a room at tha Plaza Hotel, North Clark street and West North avenue, saying her youthful appearance might cause her trouble. I did pose as her brother and succeeded in getting her a room at the Plaza Saturday." Mother Denies Clark's Story. Clark said he did not know of a hotel to recommend and took the girl to his home, where she remained Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He said that the girl suddenly disappeared about noon Tuesday. Clark's mother told the police that Mlas Dillon was not taken to her home at any time. ' The police are trying to get In com munication with the girl's father, who Is an official of the Oregon Short Line, with offices in Glenn's Kerry, Idaho. WAuBSHY$3pO,000 HALF OF $600,000 EMBEZZLE MENT NOT ACCOUNTED FOR. "Lost in Speculation," Is Only Rec ord Given of Vast Sum Which Big Four Officials Seek. CINCINNATI. Dec. 2. More than half of the $643,000 that Charles L. Warriner, former local treasurer of the Big Four Railroad Company, admits- to having been stolen from the railroad cannot bo accounted for. The Indicted treasurer has furnished a statement which accounts for $318,000, of which $84,000, he says, was paid In blackmail, and he asserts the balance of $325,000 was lost In speculation. According to Warriner he carried on fits stock market operations through the New York brokerage firm of Henry Clews and Co., but an examination of the books of that concern, it is said, shows that in the entire course of his transactions with them he could not have lost more than $17,000. The question that still perplexes rail road officials is "what became of the money?" Frank M. Couden. a Federal official, who claims to have givem the New York Central authorities their first intimation of the embezzlement, says he was prom ised a reward, which he has. not received. He says the matter Is in the hands of his attorney, United States Senator Dick. LABOR LEADER IS INSANE? Much Evidence Thai Ryan Not Mor ally Responsible for Murders. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 2. Attor neys for Albert Ryan. s organizer for the Western Federation of Miners, who. will face two murder charges in Judge Davis' court next Monday, will ask that Ryan be examined as to his sanity before the charges are heard. Their assertion that he is hopelessly insane will be backed with depositions from Nevada, Arizona and other states, describing Ryan's mental condition previous to his arrival in Los Angeles. Ryan killed two men In the lobby of a local hotel on July 16. Shooting at Otto Miller, a porter, he killed both Miller and Harry E. Snyder, a guest, who was seat ed nearby reading a newspaper. The motive for the crime ' has never been learned. Chile Signs Arbitration Deal. SANTIAGO'. Chile, Dec. 2. The proto col with the United States for refer ence of the Alaop claim to King Ed ward for mediation was signed by the Government of Chile today. W. S. Bo j Ion Seriously 111. DENVER. Dec. 2. Winfield S. Boy Ion, United States Surveyor of Customs, is dangerously 111 at his home in this city. He is not expected to reaver. BACK TO NATURE. Nature supplies a remedy for most diseases, and when such a remedy Is found it should be used. 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