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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDxYY, FEBRUARY 8, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HEYBURN RAISES
ICY DEATH LURKS IN
WOMAN WALKS TO
GAYNOR -SAVING
MAN OF 70 IN FIT
OF TEMPER KILLS
HEDBERG WAS MY
TRAILS OF ALASKA
DEATH OVER FALLS
l-TIME GHOSTS
USING HARD WOBD
MAXT FREEZE IX TEMPERA
TURE OF 7 0 BELOW ZERO.
BIDS FOXD FAREWELL TO HER
WOUXD-BE RESCUERS.
ARMY CAPTAIN SLAYS DOCTOR
AFTER HOT DISCCSSIOX.
VOL,. L.-XO.
SURGEON ADMITS
IV A F
GOTHAM
MILLIONS
r
Confederacy Is Bitterly
Attacked in Senate.
WOULD SEND BACK LEE STATUE
Outburst Occurs Over Plan to
Lend Tents to "Rebels."
QUIET REBUKE IS GIVEN
After Fiery Speech Is Over Vole
Shows Every Man, Republican
and Democrat, Disagrees 'With.
Unionist From Idalio.
WA6HIXOTOK Feb. 7. Protesting
against lending Government tents for the
use of the Confederate Veterans at their
annual encampment at Mobile, Ala., next
April, Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, in the
Senate today, made the sharpest com
ment upon the issues of the Civil War
that has been heard in Congress in 3D
years. t
He inveighed against men in "rebel"
uniforms being permitted to occupy Gov
ernment property or the "rebel" flag be
ing allowed to fly above it. Finally, he
irlfted into the question of honoring men
hy placing their statues In the hall of
fame, and by unniistakeable inference
condemned the action of Virginia in send
ing the statue of General Robert E. Lee
lo Washington.
Quiet Rebuke Is Given Him.
"Take It away and worship it. If you
please," he thundered, "but do not In
trude it upon the people who do not
Rant It."
democratic Senators moved uneasily
about on the floor, conversing with each
ther, or sat, frowning, during the
ineeeh.
When Senator Heyburn had concluded,
Senator Bankhead. of. Alabama, said:
"T am sure the Senator from Idaho feels
much better, and I ask for a vote."
"By rollcall." shouted a dozen or
Senators, from every part of the cham
ber. When the vote was had on the
tent resolution, all Democrats and all
Republicans, except Mr. Heyburn, voted
for It.
Bailey Trifle Heated.
The resolution was reached in its
regular order. Mr. Heyburn was prompt
to raise an objection, and Mr. Bank
head Just as alert in moving the con
sideration regardless of the objection.
It immediately was evident that the
objection had aroused some feeling,
for, with flushed face and animated
voice. Mr. Bailey, who sat near Bank
head, declared that if the resolution
was ruled out of order no other busi
ness could be transacted.
The Bankbead motion being- undebat
able, the Senate Immediately proceeded
to an aye and no vote on the question
as to whether the resolution should be
taken up. This was decided in the af
firmative unanimously, Mr. Heyburn not
voting.
Speech. Is 4 0 Minutes.
Mr. Heyburn then spoke for probably
40 minutes, and went over many of
the Issues of the war. He declared
himself as much a patriot now as he
had been In 1863-4. There were no
material Interruptions, but all Senators
listened with evident Interest.
The Southern Senators held hurried
consultation while "the Idaho Senator
was proceeding, and decided to make
no reply. Accordingly, when Mr. Hey
burn had concluded, they contented
themselves with allowing the question
to go to a vote after the laconic re
mark by Mr. Bankhead.
It so chanced that Mr. Ileyburn's col
league. Senator Borah, of Idaho, was
one of the first Republicans to be heard
in the roll call. Without a twitch of
countenance he voted in favor of the
adoption of the resolution against
which Mr. Heyburn had so recently
been investigating.
Heyburn Very Earnest.
Mr. Heyburn's speech was delivered
in earnest tones, though in well-moderated
voice.
"This resolution refers in terms to a
Confederate veteran's reunion at a
specified time." ho said, "and it pro
poses that the Government of the
United States, in recognition of its pur
poses, shall lend the property of the
United States. I trust I shall not be
charged with bad faith when I say that
1 have today inquired from a Senator
who Is interested in this measure
-whether on this occasion the men en
gaged in this celebration would wear
the rebel uniform and his reply was in
the affirmative. I asked him further if
the rebel flag was to be carried over
this property of the United States and
he replied that both the rebel and the
Union nags were always carried at
these reunions."
tirand Array Cause Just
Mr. Heyburn ' then proceeded to say
that while he did not want to open the
wounds of the war. he still thought the
South had made a great mistake In that
war. He had been told that the Govern
ment was in the habit of making such
loans to the Grand Army of the Re
public and he thanked God that such
was the case Decause the Grand
Army was composed of men who had
fought on the side of the Union and
Muacluded m Pass 2-
Merchants Returning Bring Tales of
Suffering and Hardship in
Intense Cold.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 7. Three
Nome merchants, who have just arrived
in Seattle, having traveled from Nome
to Fairbanks and Valdez on snowshoes
and by stage, report that the Winter
in the North is the severest ever
known. They left Nome December 7,
and encountered continuous ad weath
er and temperature often 70 degrees
below zero.
On the Valdez trail they reached Mil
ler's roadhouse Just , before the climax
of the storm, where they found four
dead people laid out Joe King, an old
miner, frozen to death; Mrs. H. A.
Rockefeller, a middle-aged woman, well
known in Nevada, who died on the
stage ' from heart affection due to the
cold: an old man named Taylor, frozen
to death, and Mrs. Miller, proprietress
of the roadhouse, who had succumbed
to pneumonia.
At another point on the trail an aged
man named Franz Giebel had been
frozen to death while driving toward
Valdez wita a one-horse outfit. The
Nome men said that Winter gold-mining
in their neighborhood had been
highly successful.
Newspapers received from the Yukon
Valley tell of miners losing hands and
feet frozen, and of fears entertained
for men snowed in on the creeks with
insufficient supplies. The census enu
merators were to have begun work on
January 11, but could not start out.
After a hrief respite, the blizzard Is
raging again, according to cable ad
vices. The Copper River Raiv.oad has
been tied up, and August Ande.oon has
been frozen to death on the erail be
tween Chltlna and Copper Center.
BROKEN LEG IS FATAL
Klamath County Pioneer, Living
Alone, Is Found Dead.
KLAMATH FALLS. On, Feb. 7. (Spe
cial.) Joseph Hendricks, a pioneer of
1S52, who had lived in Klamath County
for about SO years, died alone In his cabin
some time between Thursday and Satur
day, as the result of a broken leg, frac
tured near the thigh, probably by a fall
at his cabin door, though no evidence Is
found of the manner of the accident.
Hendricks was 79 years old and had
lived at the place where he died about
three years, keeping some horses and oc
cupying himself with small farming opera
tions. Death evidently resulted about six
hours after the injury and the body was
not found until Sunday, probably two
days after life became extinct.
The cabin is situated about seven miles
from this city.
CONVICT FREED; IN TOILS
As Prison Gates Open, Federal ex
Prisoner Is Rearrested.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. Feb. 7. Ar
thur S. Spencer, alias Harry S. Reardon,
who completed his term in the Federal
prison today, found Deputy United
States Marshal Need waiting for him at
the prison gate and was arrested on the
charge of impersonating an officer of
the United States Immigration Service.
Reardon has already served other terms
In prison for the same offense. He rep
resented himself to a Chinaman as being
a Government Immigration Inspector and
collected S3 as a fee alleged to be due
the Government.
Willie awaiting trial he collected a
similar amount ot another Chinaman.
His offense was not learned until after
he had commenced serving his sentence.
WOMAN TO BE TRIED ANEW
Mrs. Ford Must Appear Again.
Prosecutor Scores Jury.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 7. Henry L.
Hunt, prosecuting attorney of Hamilton
County, announced today that the sec
ond trial of Mrs. Jeannette Stewart
Ford, on a charge of blackmailing
Charles L. Warrlner, would not be de
layed. The prosecutor reiterated his
opinion that the . failure of the first
Jury to reach a verdict was the result
of "sickly sentimentality that makes it
almost Impossible to convict women."
"There are indictments against Mrs.
Ford for receiving stolen money and
for a more recent attempt at blackmail
than that brought forward in the first
trial." said Dennis Cash, assistant
prosecutor.
$800,000 FROM ABROAD
Paris 'Waters Recede, Houses Topple.
$4,000,000 Wanted.
PARIS, Felx 7. Foreign subscrip
tions to the flood relief fund now ex
ceed JS0O.00O.
The river Seine has fallen IS feet
from its crest. More cave-ins In tbe
streets, and falling houses are reported
as the receding waters withdraw the
supporting pressure.
The cabinet decided today to ask
Parliament for J4.000.000 as the ad
ditional credit necessary for the relief
of victims of the flood.
KING GOES UNDER KNIFE
Operation for Appendicitis Upon
Gustave, of Sweden, Sucees.
STOCKHOLM. Feb. 7. King Gustave
was operated on tonight for appendicitis.
The official reports state that the opera
tion was a success.
The King hap been suffering from in
ternal disorders. It is stdd that the
physicians diagnosed bis cac as ooe- re
quiring Immediate operation.
Civilian Called Him
"Cur," He Says.
SECOND NAYY DANCE CASE ON
Miss Hesler Flashes Engage
ment Ring at Trial.
COWLES IS AIDED BY WIFE
Court-Martial Growing Out of Inci
dent of Cbarlcstown Hop Is En
livened by Testimony of So
cial and Personal Kind.
BOSTON, Feb. 7. Resentment of the
attentions of a civilian to his fiancee.
Miss Dorothy Hesler, of Evanston, 111.,
was the basis' of the defense of Dr. A. S.
Rohnet, Past Assistant Surgeon, U. S. N.,
at his court-martial trial today, resulting
from the episode at the naval dance at
the Charlestown Navy-Yard on December
11.
Dr. Robnett's trial, which was on
charges of conduct unbecoming a gentle
man and of profanity, lasted only four
hours. Much of the interest had been
robbed by the testimony at the trial of
Paymaster George P. Auld last week, on
charges growing out of the same inci
dent. Robnett Admits One Charge.
The trial was simplified by the admis
sion by Dr. Robnett that he did use ob
jectionable language when he called Dr.
E. S. Cowles. the ejected civilian, to ac
count for his attitude toward Miss Hes
ler. Dr. Cowles, who was again on the
stand, denied that he attempted to make
clandestine appointments with the young
woman, and in this he was substantiated
by his -wife. She also supported him in
regard to Robnett's words over the tele
phone, which formed one of the charges'.
Cowles Changes Testimony.
Dr. Cowles explained his effort to ob
tain an appointment with Miss Hesler at
an elevated station by saying the young
woman had been, Invited to dine at the
Cowles house and Mrs. Cowles had sug
gested that the doctor meet her on her
way from Maiden.
When Major Leonard asked Dr. Cowles
why he did not offer tho same explanation
at the Auld trial last week, the Judge
Advocate objected and the testimony was
suspended while arguments were made
on the question.
Mrs. Cowles also explained the elevated
station incident with Mlsa Hesler, saying
that she had invfted that young lady to
dine and told her husband that he ought
to escort her from the station to their
home, as Miss Hesler did not know the
way.
Auld Acted Alone.
Paymaster Auld said that Dr. Robnett
did not know his purpose when he Called
Dr. Cowles from the dance and that he
used Dr. Robnett's name without the lat
ter's knowledge.
Then Dr. Robnett took the stand in his
own defense. He admitted that he asked
Dr. Cowles by telephone if he had not re
ceived a request from Miss Hesler to re
turn her picture. Dr. Cowles replied that
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J , UNPOPULAR KIND OF CULTURE. , - , J
Mis Beatrice Snyder, of Buffalo,
Chooses Niagara as Suicidal
Place Leaves Letters.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Feb. 7. A
young -woman, thought to be Miss
Beatrice R. Snyder, of Buffalo, com
mitted suicide today by wading into the
river just above Prospect Point and
going over the American falls.
As her body swept over the brink: of
the cataract she turned her face toward
her -would-be rescuers and smiled a
farewell to them.
A park policeman paid scant atten
tion to the -woman when she first ap
peared on the path leading to the river
bank. When she began to run toward
the river it was too late to Intercept
her.
Without a moment's hesitation she
waded Into the stream. She turned
once and smiled toward the -men who
were calling to her to stop, and con
tinued to move rapidly into deep water.
In an instant she was whisked from
her feet and carried rapidly toward the
brink of the falls.
On the banks was found a handbag
containing this note:
"Mama and papa, may youi both for
give me for bringing this awful disgrace
upon you In these years ow your life.
Also my Heavenly Father forgive all my
sins. But I have been very good, thank
God. You will find a slip for the money
under your dresser scarf. With my heart
full of love for all your kindness and
tender love, good bye. Lovingy,
-BEATRICE."
There was a card in the purse bearing
the name of Beatrice R. Snyder.
HUGHES POSITIVE OF PLAN
New York Governor Reiterates De
termination to Quit Office. '
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Governor Hughes
reiterates his determination not to accept
a renomination, in a letter made public
here today.
"I have already publicly stated that I
cannot under any circumstances accept
a renomination." writes the Governor,
"and I suppose that is understood by the
people of the state. Certainly it should
be, and I do not see how I could have
been more explicit than in my statement
to the newspapers.
"Of course, you and others who have
been so strong In njy support should real
ize that there is not the slightest doubt
about the matter, and that I mean exact
ly what I have said."
OFFICER DENIED RETRIAL
Cosmopolitan Magazine Wins Second
Round in Suit,
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Judge Ray in the
United States Circuit Court denied to
day the motion of Lieutenant Charles T.
Wade, teacher of mathematics in the
Annapolis Naval Academy, for a new
trial of his suit for $100,000 damages
against the International Magazine Com
pany for an alleged libel published in the
Cosmopolitan Magazine.
At the trial of the action, the jury
rendered a verdict in favor of the defend
ant. Lieutenant Wades complaint was
based on statements made in regard to
the gunboat Bennington disaster in an
article criticising the naval personnel bill.
WAR "VET'S' WIDOW SUED
Alleged Second Marriage Causes XJ.
S. Action for $1254.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7. Suit en
tered today in the United States Cir
cuit Court revealed the fact that Mrs.
Mary Martin, of this city., has been
drawing a pension for 13 years as the
widow of a Civil War soldier, although
she is alleged to have been married to
a second husband during that period.
The suit seeks to recover for the Gov
ernment the sum of $1254.
$1,500,000 Is Savedon
Salary Item Alone.
OYER 1000 MEN LOSE JOBS
Active Tammany Workers Are
Those Affected.
ECONOMY IS WATCHWORD
Everybody In Xew Tork Now Ilappy
Except Practical Politicians
Who Long Have Preyed on
Unsuspecting Citizens.
BT LLOTD F. LON ERG AN.
NEW TORK, Feb. 5. (Special.) There
was an unofficial meeting of the Board of
Estimate the other day, at which the
members exchanged views, and decided
that they would be able to save Jl.500,000
a year to the city on the one item ot
salaries.
It Is the understanding that none of the
borough presidents, the controller or the
Mayor, are expected to cripple their
working forces. But the officials are
satisfied that they will be able to care
for the interests of the city as well, if
not better than their predecessors, who
had assistants galore.
The men who will be turned out. oc
cupy what is known as the small places,
the salaries ranging at from $1000 to
$1500 a year. It is therefore plain that
from 1O00 to 1500 men are scheduled to
lose their Jobs.
' Employes Under Civil Sevice.
All of these employes are protected by
cK'il service rules. In other words, they
can only be removed on charges and after
a hearing, and even then the action of
the bureau chief is subject to review by
the courts' of the state.
Most of these workers are active Tam
many men, the kind that keep the as
sembly district clubs going. The bulk of
them were named under the &poils sys
tem, and then shifted to the protected
class to make their Jobs life positions.
But this economy wave is too much for
them. The courts have always held that
a city official has a right" to cut down
his force as often as he pleases. To pre
vent fraud or favoritism. . however, a
man ousted because of a cut in the force,
retains his right to be re-employed if
his place is filled within six months. After
that he is out for good.
As the new city officials are sincere in
their work, this proviso has not created
any great public rejoicing among the men
who have lost their comfortable berths.
It is the best thing for the taxpayers,
and incidentally the worst thing in the
world for Tammany. It Is upon thescr
little fellows that the organization has
always relied in the past. They have
been election district captains, workers at
the polls, and in other ways have aided
in the success of Tammany in many a
hard-fought field.
Political Enthusiasm to Take Drop.
Now that they are down and out, and
are compelled to seek jobs in civil life.
It is safe to assume that they will lose
muoh. If not all, of their political en
thusiasm. The elected officials are going slow
Tries to Escape but Is Caught and
May Be Secluded in In
sane Asylum.
TUCSON. Ariz.. Feb. 7. (Special.) Cap
tain Stephen O'Connor, United States
Army, retired. Is a prisoner In the Santa
Cruz County Jail, at Nogales, charged
with murder. Last Friday, at Duquesne
Camp, he shot and killed Dr. S. A. Rus
sell, with whom he quarreled.
The doctor wearied of, a discussion they
were having and turned away. Captain
O'Connor, armed with a repeating shot
gun, followed and shot him through the
body. O'Connor fled, apparently bound
for Mexico, across the lillls only a few
miles distant, but was soon overtaken.
It is believed he will be committed to the
insane asylum.
The prisoner is 70 years old, vigorous
and known throughout the Duquesne
district as the owner of an ungovernable
temper. He was retired from the Army
about 10 years ego for disability. He
came to Arizona to work some mining
claims be had found more than 30 years
ago when a private in the Eighth Infan
try, at Camp Crittenden. He had long
Army service, enlisting in 1860 and holding
a non-commissioned rank through the
Civil War. In 1St he was commissioned
Second Lieutenant in the Eighth Infan
try. A son is understood to be a Lieutenant-Colonel
in the service now.
MRS. GLAVIS HAS STORY
Wife of Rallinger's Accuser Reaches
Washington, Promises Sensation.
WASHINGTON. . Feb. t. (Special.)
Mrs. Maud Glavls, wife of chief assail
ant of Secretary of the Interior Ballinger,
and plaintiff in divorce proceedings in
stituted in Seattle. Wash., has arrived in
this city, with promises of a sensation
that she will pring.
Owing to the publicity attending the
suit for divorce filed by her at Seattle,
Mrs. Glavis. since arriving in this city,
has remained In seclusion, her presence
being known only to a few intimate
friends. It was said that her husband
learned she was In the capital only with,
in the last few days.
"Of course, I wish to avoid any trouble,'
Mrs. Glavls said today, "but since the
matter is begun, I intend to see It
through, and you can say for me that
the public will hear something within a
few days that will be a great surprise.
"It will be given out pretty soon, but
just at present I am not ready to say
anything about it. When it is made
public, it will be a big sensation."
BRIBERY CHARGES MADE
Pittsburg Bankers and Couucilmen
Are Indicted.
PITTSBURG. Feb. 7. True bills were
returned by the grand Jury today,
charging conspiracy, bribery and per
jury against President E. H. Jennings
and ex-Vice-President A- A. Griffin, of
the Columbia National Bank; Charles
Stewart, former Select Councilman; Max
Leslie, County Delinquent Tax Collec
tor, and V. F. Nicoll, a capitalist.
The Indictments were found upon a
confession alleged to have been mad-e
by Griffin to the grand Jury.
The cases involve the alleged pay
ment of bribes to Councilmen in 1908
to secure their votes for an ordinance
designating city depositories, of which
the Columbia National Bank was one.
MEXICAN SLAYERS CAUGHT
Murderers to Re Taken to Line and
U. S. Officials Will Arrest Them.
DOUGLAS. Ariz.. Feb. 7. Yznacio An
tonio and Jesus Bega, Mexicans, accused
of the murder of Ernest Kuykendall and
Owen Plumb In the Swiss Helm Moun
tains a few days ago and tracked across
the Mexican line, were arrested today In
Cananea, Mexico.
It requires three weeks to obtain requi
sition papers from Washington, but
through collusion with Mexican officers
the prisoners are to be brought to the
American side of the boundary at Naco.
Officers have been notified by wire to be
there and capture the Mexicans when
they cross the line.
TAFT'S BROTHER RECOVERS
Leaves Hospital for Apartments and
Expects Soon to Go East.
IDS ANGELES, Feb. 7. Henry ,W.
Taft. brother of the President, has re
covered sufficiently from an attack of
erysipelas to leave the hospital where he
w'as taken a week ago, for apartments at
a downtown hotel.
Dr. W. A. Edwards, his physician, says
Mr. Taft probably will be able to resume
his journey eastward before the end of
the present week.
GEN. WOOD IS IN HOSPITAL
Rumored Serious Condition of Pa
tient, Denied, However.
BALTIMORE. Feb. 7. Major-General
Ieonard Wood is a patient in a local
hospital, where he Is undergoing treat
ment for an old injury to his head.
Reports that General Wood's condition
was serious met with emphatic denials.
Denial was also made of the report that
his presence in the hospital was due to
a fall from his horse recently.
Gun Teste Postponed at Hook.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Tests of the
four-Inch gun recently brought to the
proving ground at Sandy Hook which
were to have been begun today were
postponed Indefinitely. It was found that
some changes In tbe gun-carriages were
necessary.
FRIEND, GOHL SAYS
Prisoner in Cell Talks
Freely of Charge.
POLICE TO BLAME, HE AVERS
Dead Man Lived With Gohl
Until Trouble Arose.
ANXIOUS TO VIEW BODY
Accused Man Insists Authorities De
nied Him Privilege of Rest
Friend Xo Fear or Trial,
He Tells Reporter.
HOQUOAM, Wash., Feb. "."I am an
innocent man, innocent as you of tho
crime with which I am. charged and when
I take the witness-stand ill behalf oT
myself It wll not take me five minutes to
vindicate myself. I do not fear a trial
because I have nothing to fear," said Wil
liam Gohl today. He further said:
"Charles Hedberg. the man whom the
police say I murdered, was my loyal and
true friend and the idea of me harming
one hair in his head is repugnant to me.
"Hedberg lived at my house and was
for a long time like a member of my
family until six months ago. W7hen the
trouble came up concerning those auto
mobile robes which I was accused "of
stealing. I thought it best to give him
something lees to do as I wanted no re
flections cast on my family. Hedberg
then moved to Indian Creek.
Anxious to See Friends Today.
"With reference to the death of Hal
berg I did not know that I was charged
with murdering him until I was taken to
the police station and the warrant read
to me.
"Although Halberg was my best and
truest friend although I was charged
with murdering him, yet the demand to
see the body, a legal one, was denied me.
Had I been allowed I would have gone
to see the body, but I was not given the
privilege.
"If Halberg has been killed, the blood
of Halberg rests on the heads of the po
lice of Aberdeen and the Sheriff of the
county.
Police Jealous, Cries Gohl.
"I have repeated and warned and told
them that there was considerable cattle
stealing going on right under their noses,
as their own statements will verify.
"Personal grievances and pettifoggy
strife between the police department of
Aberdeen and the Sheriff's office have ob
structed any efforts to prevent the crimes.
"Anything else concerning the case
I do not know, because I have not
been told anything, have heard nothing
except the reading of the warrant
charging me with the murder of Hed
berg. I have not seen a paper with
the exception .of the officers, my wife
and my attorney you are the first
man - who has been" to see me and to
whom I have talked.
"Third Degree" Is Awaited.
"I am still in darkness as to any
other charges which you say are made
against me, but am still in hopes of
being given the celebrated 'third de
gree' or sweating process, through,
which they put all bad criminals as I
am known now. When given this de
gree I hope to learn something of which.
I am charged of the circumstances
leading up to my arrest, etc. I am
now utterly unable to find out exactly
on what grounds my arrest Was made.
"It has been rumored by Wilson
Buttner, who had offered his services,
that I was to be lynched and that he
refused the case. I wish the public to
know, although I desire to refrain from
injuring Buttner, that his condition
after his trip to Montesano In my be
half was such that I was compelled to
dismiss ' him from the case and have
since engaged A. M. Abel. v
"I .am treated well in jail and have
no neason to kick or to make com
plaint. The officials are strict but
courteous to me at all times. I have
all I desire but freedom. There is
plenty of food, and although not fur
nished . with T-bone steak, I get suf
ficient to eat to keep me sound in body
and mind.
Reserve Judgment, He Pleads.
"Knowing myself innocent I want to
ask the public to refrain from judging
me too harshly until after my trial
when the evidence submitted and my
own story will declare me cither inno
cent or guilty.
"Yesterday was my birthday, and as
I sat in this jail, cut off from the out
side world, friends seeming to have de
serted me I had plenty of time to re
flect over the past.
"I was born in Germany, February 6,
1873. I am a German and I am proud
of It. Although I adopted the American
flag and it has changed some of my
ideas of Life and has caused me to love
this grand old nation and its stars and
stripes, yet nothing will be able to
change the blood in my veins."
Here the writer produced two of the
latest daily papers containing thrill
ing accounts of the charges against
the prisor r. Gohl begged permission,
to read them, saying that he was
afraid th the Sherifr would stop him if
he was caught scanning them.
He begged to be allowed to keep the
papers; he would have them hidden on
his person, but said:
"No. they will search me again today
and will find them."
Gohl was then assured that he could
(Concluded on Paso 6.1