THE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, ' SATURDAY, MAY -l&xu.
SCBIBER INSANE,
SD ALIENISTS SHY
physician. In operating on Scriber's son
for appendicitis, testified that Scriber
walked the floor, wept and wrung his
hands while his son was in a precarious
condition. He said Scrlber would then
Insist on attending to his business when
he was advised to stay with his son.
Dr. Molitor said that he had been the
Scriber family physician from 1891 to 1908
and that he had frequently advised Scri
ber to leave his work, on account of fail
ing health, but the latter always said
there was no one to whom he could trust
it. In 1906 he said Scriber . became so
affected that he withdrew most of his,
money from the Farmers & Traders Na
tional Bank.
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Defense Admits , Forgery
Notes and Theft "of
Bank Funds.
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CROSS QUESTIONS SHARP
Federal Attorney McCourt Prepares
Himself as Expert on Insanity
' and Secures Admissions From
the Defendant's Witnesses.
Was J. W. Scrlber, cashier of the
wrecked Farmers' & Trailers' National
Bank of La Grande, really insane when
he forged notes and committed defalca
tions amounting- to $90,000?
On this question now rests the. case
of Scrlber, who is on trial before Fed
eral Judge Bean in the United. States
District Court, as a long, hypothetical
question propounded by Scrlber's at
torneys to alienists yesterday after
noon, their answers and the cross-examination
of District Attorney John
McCourt conceded that the thefts were
made as alleged.
The defenselintroduced expert med-
i leal testimony tending- to show that
Scrlber Is afflicted with paranoia, a
form of insanity, which left him
mentally unsound on one particular
subject while he was normal on all
others, and that he cannot be held re
sponsible for acts committed under
such deranged condition of the mind.
A long, hypothetical question pre
pared by Attorneys 1m. H. McMahon
and C. W. Fulton, for the defense,
which embraced the Scrlber family,
tending to show that the mother, two
sisters and a cousin had mental trouble,
was not allowed to be answered by
Dr. W. A. Cusick, the expert ' witness,
until the afternoon session of court
because of objections entered by Dis
trict Attorney McCourt. When the
legal battle was finished Dr. Cusick
laid he believed Scrlber to be insane.
Cross-Examination Vigorous. .
Dr. W. T. Williamson, a specialist
on nervous diseases and for 17 years
Drst assistant physician in the state
isylum, answered the assumption in
the hypothetical question promptly,
saying:
"I would say that he is insane."
The point made by the defense was
that Scrlber had delusions that a con
spiracy existed, prompted by the
Church Bank, a rival Institution, to
wreck the Farmers' &' Traders' Na
tional Bank. Dr. Williamson explained
that there are two kinds of delusions,
one being a delusion of a sane person
which might be removed by reason
ing, and the other an insane delusion
which could not be removed by any
course of reasoning, testimony or proof
that the opinion was erroneous. He
laid the paranoic had Insane delusions,
and described symptoms such as Scrlber
is said to have exhibited before the
failure of his bank.
District Attorney McCourt conducted
a vigorous cross-examination of Dr.
Williamson and Judge Bean also took
part in the questioning.
The District Attorney had a pile of
medical books in front of him and
the questioning brought out the fact
that he had been reading and thor
oughly posting himself on paranoia and
other forms of insanity. After'a long
line of questioning Dr. Williamson said
a man might commit a series of crimes,
fall in health and change from a cheer
ful to the opposite disposition, , become
careless of hi3 dress and change his
whole demeanor, the change marked in
Scrlber's personality by witness for
the defense, and still be sane.
Witness Admits -Situation.
Attorney McCourt then asked that if
a sane bank cashier, who had em
bezzled funds, forged notes, forged
new notes to take up old forged notes,
conducted a process of juggling ac
counts to make the books balance so
that his defalcations would not be dis
covered, had sickness and death in his
family at the time and was also com
batting a bitter fight with a rival bank
which had been taken up by the entire
community and got into politics, might
not fail In health and result in a
change of personality, to which ur.
Williamson replied:
"Yes."
Judge Bean then asked Dr. William
son If the accusations othe than those
admitted by the defendant's counsel
could be proven, whether or not . It
would change his opinion regarding
the insanity of Scrlber. Dr. William
son said that if proof was sufficient
it could change his opinion.
Dr. Lee Steiner, superintendent of the
. State Insane Asylum, was dismissed after
he had answered the hypothetical ques
tion. In which he gave his opinion that
Scriber was insane when cashier of the
bank.
Dr. Tamiesie, hospital physician at the
State Asylum, was the next witness. He
said in his opinion Scriber was insane.
Judge Bean asked Dr. Tamiesie if a man
might not be a paranoic and still be able
to distinguish right from wrong, to which
the doctor replied in the affirmative.
Fulton Jumps to His Feet.
Attorney McCourt brought Attorney
Fulton to his feet with an objection when
he asked this question, following an as
sertion that Scriber had a delusion that
the Church bank was in a conspiracy to
put his bank out of business:
"When a whole community has a be
lief and a man shares In that belief,
would that be a delusion?"
Fulton qbjected on the ground that the
question pertained to a condition ' not
shown by testimony.
"I'll Just illustrate an exaggerated
opinion now," facetiously remarked Mc
Court, "with counsel, when he says that
was not in the record, which is a delu
sion." Witness was not required to answer the
question.
"Supposing from the same evi
dence produced that a dozen people
should all come to the same conclusion,"
eald McCourt, "and one person would
be more pronounced than the others in
his opinion, would that Indicate insan
ity?" "I would suspect him at once," replied
the doctor.
McCourt finished his cross-examination
by reciting a hypothetical question,
even longer than that of the defense,
which incorporated a history of the whole
case of defalcation. Including the minute
detail of how Scriber Is alleged to have
carried on his banking business. Fulton
vigorously objected and finally McCourt
agreed to withdraw the question and
submit a new one at the next session of
court.
Court then adjourned until 2 P. M.
Monday.
In the forenoon. Dr. E. B. McDanlels,
who assisted Dr. X. Moll tor, the family
BASEBALL FIGHT ON TODAY
Oregon "U" and O. A. C. Battle for
State Championship.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene..
Or., May 20. (Special.) The college
baseball championship of Oregon is the
prize that hinges on the result of two
games to be prayed here tomorrow be- .
tween the baseball teams of the Uni
versity of Oregon and the Oregon Ag
ricultural College.
The O. A. C. players, who have been
coached by "Fielder" Jones, arrived
here tonight.
Oregon has suffered much bad luck
this season from Injuries to players,
and the voodoo came, to the front
again last night, when Chandler and
Jamison collided while running after a
high foul.
Both were completely laid out for
several minutes, and Chandler probably
will be unable' to play. Hls absence
will make a big hole in the outfield.
He is also one of the team's best hit
ters. O. A. C. has a heavy hitting team, but
the Oregon supporters are counting on
Henkle, their star let-handed pitcher,
to hold them down. Henkle may have
to twirl both games, as Word Injured
a ligament In his pitching arm in prac
tice. Oregon's present high position In
the race for the Northwest Intercolle
giate pennant is due largely to Hen
kle's steady work in the box and the
work of "Father Tom" Kelley, the Ore
gon coach,- who has developed a fast
team out of raw material.
WELCH SPOILS HIS CHANCES
Sportsmen Say They Cannot Trust
" Him With Big Fight.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. (Special.)
Sports are very sore today over the
way Referee Jack Welch permitted the
Papke-Thomas fight to go 15 rounds
without any apparent effort on Papke's
part to put up a fight.
If Welch had cautioned Papke and
then declared it "no contest,'' or if he
had declared all bets off, he would have
gained the applause of the big audi
ence. As It Is, he has killed his
chances to be referee of the Jeffries
Johnson battle because he has shown
that he cannot be depended on to do
the right thing.
Papke claims h.e lost $750 by letting
Thomas go beyond the 15-round mark,
but those who saw him in the ring
cannot believe this. He gave every
sign of stalling from the seventh to
the loth round, and the ease with which
he finished Thomas in the half of the
16th round confirmed the suspicions
that he had been faking.
The match was a very poor one, as
Papke outweighed Thomas by 15
pounds and was so strong that he han
dled Joe as though he had been a 10-year-old
boy.
HILL PLAYS NEWBERG TODAY
Academy Team Will Make Its First
Appearance of Season.
In the first public appearance this sea-
eon the Hill Military Academy baseball
team will play the Newberg High School
team on the Vaughn-street grounds' this
afternoon, beginning at 1:30 o'clock. The
Newberg High-School has a .good team
and has won a majority of the games
played this season.
Hill has been practicing hard under the
coaching of Rich Parrott, a former Tri
Clty League player, and expects to de
feat the up-river rivals. The players of
the Hill Military team are: Daly, pitcher;
Anderson, catcher; Searer, first base;
Zbinden, second base; Troy, third base;
Baker, shortstop; Westbrook, left field;
Clark, center field; Maloney, right field.
Motor-Boat Owners Go on Picnic.
With Cedar Island, a point about 12
miles up the Willamette River, as the
objective point, about 30 motor boats
of the Portland Motor Club will leave
tomorrow morning for the pecond picnic
of the season. Last year the' club held
a picnic on Cedar Island and a general
good time was enjoyed. This affair will
be a family party and enough good
things to eat are assured for the single
men. Games and races of ail kinds will
be indulged in during the day, and the
return will be made early Sunday eve
ning. Commodore C. W. Boost will have
charge of the fleet.
Dilworths to Play Vancouver.
For the second time this season the
Vancouver and Dilworth teams of the
Tri-City League will meet tomorrow
afternoon on the Vaughn-street lot.
Bladen, the auburn-haired lad, who
formerly did the receiving for the
soldier team, will endeavor to lower
the colors of the Dilworth tribe by
pitching for Vancouver. Akin, the old
reliable south-paw, will hurl the slants
for the East Portland team. Joe Bauer
will do the catching for Dilworth and
Captain Paul Irwin will cover first.
Hawthorne to Play Eliot School.
Because of yesterday's , defeat of
Arleta by the score, of 19 to 5 on B-uck-man's
Feld the Hawthorne school will
play the Eliot school team In the final
game for the second place and the Co
lumbia Hardware Company silver trophy.
Hawthorne batted two pitchers out of
the box and hit the third one hard. The
game was witnessed by ' a large crowd
of rooters from both schools. The bat
teries for Hawthorne were McCumfy and
Richardson.
Chehalls Out for Ball Honore.
CHEHALIS, Wash., May 20. (Spe
cial.) Chehalls baseball fans have ar
ranged for a special train to leave here
Sunday morning early and run to Ray
mond, where Chehalls and Raymond
will contest in the State League to de
termine which club will be first after
the week-end series is played out. The
two teams are now tied) for first place.
Vanderbilt's Horses Score Places.
PARIS. May 20. In the Prix Paul Au
mont of $3000, one and a half miles, run
at Maison Lafitte today, W. K. Vander
bilt's Relnhart finished third. In the
Prix de Saldle Choury for 3-year-olds, of
J1000, seven furlongs, Mr. Vanderbilt's
Clatterfoot came in second.
Salem 5; Dallas 2.
SALEM, Or., May 20. (Special.) In one
of the beat baseball games of the season
the Salem High School today defeated
the Dallas team on Willamette Field, E
to 2. No scores were made until the
sixth inning, when Dallas lost Its grip.
La Grande Ready for Track Meet.
LA GRANDE, Or.. May 20. (Special.)
Athletes to the number of 50 are al
ready here and more are coming to
participate in the Eastern Oregon track
J and field meet here tomorro-
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COLUMBIA IS OUT
Shut-Out by Jefferson Ends
Chance of Championship.
WASHINGTON HAS PENNANT
Interscholastic Honors Decided by
Fast Game of Jefferson High,
Which Will Now Play Lincoln
for Second Place Cup.
Whatever chance Coach Dolly Gray's
Columbia University baseball team had
for the championshipi of the Portland In
terscholaetlc League was obliterated yes
terday afternoon on Multnomah Field
when the fast Jefferwm High School team
shut it out by the score of 4 to 0.
The win by Jefferson gives the pennant
to the Washington High School, the win
ner of last year's pennant. Columbia and
Washington probably will play next
Wednesday afternoon. The win will also
give Jefferson a chance for the cup for
second place. Jefferson and Lincoln will
play for the cup.
This is the first game this year in
which the Jefferson High School team
really played the ball it is capable of.
In the two games this season the Jeffer
son lads would go up in the air in one
inning and lose the game, but yesterday
they were as steady as clockwork and
won the game as easily as they should
have won the former games. The whole
team played a fast, snappy game all the
way through the nine innings and Co
lumbia was held scoreless.
Arthur Does Great Pitching.
Earl Arthur, the Jefferson High School
lad, pitched winning ball from the start.
He was touched up for a total of nine
hits, but these were- scattered widely and
two hits were all they got In one inning.
He, however, tightened up when neces
sary and pulled out of two pretty bad
holes.
Eddie McAllen, for the victorious team,
caught throughout the game with a
catching hand which was badly hurt
several .days' ago. McAllen distinguished
himself toy driving in the first two runs
with a timely hit to left Held. He also
had the Columbia players hugging the
bases closely. He caught several men
trying to -steal second. Van Zant made
a great one-handed catch of Kirk's long
fly to center field. Lind also made a
good catch of a fly while on the run.
Three of Jefferson's runs were made
in the third inning. Stuerhoff. the first
man at bat, walked. Brady also walked
and Arthur sent both of them on a
notch by bunting safely along the first
base line'; Arthur was caught off first a
moment later and Stuerhoff started for
home, but by a quick throw from Harris
he was' caught. Brady went to third and
Arthur to second on the play. Then
came Eddie McAllen with his well placed
hit to left, scoring Brady and Arthur.
McAllen took second on the throw to the
plate, stole third and scored on a passed
ball by Perkins.
- McAllen Makes Final Run...
The other run was scored in the sixth.
McAllen, first man up, got a walk. He
promptly stole second and went to third
on Murphy's infield hit, which Heywood
couldn't reach. Morgan and McAllen then
worked the squeeze play and McAllen
scored. Murphy stole second and was
sacrificed to third by Campion, but was
caught off third a moment later by a
dandy throw to Finnegan by Perkins.
Williams hit to the pitcher and was out
at first and Van Zant fanned and ended
the inning.
Columbia had a man on third three
times, hut failed to register. Kirk, the
Columbia pitcher, fanned 11 and allowed
but four hitot but they all counted in
the run-'getting. The players:
Jefferson. Position. . Columbia..
Arthur p Kirk
McAllen c F. Perkins
Campion lb Harris
Brady . .2b. ..: Davis
Murphy 3b Finnetfan
Morgan ss..... Heywood
Williams, Lind It... V. Perkins
Van Zant cf C. Perkins
Lind. Stuerhoff.
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Umpire 4rwln.
FAST GAME IS SCHEDULED
Catholic Young Men and Multnomah
Nines W1U Meet Today.
What promises to be tie most ex
citing and one of the best amateur
baseball games of the season will be
the game on Multnomah Field tins
afternoon between the newly-organized
Catholic Young Men's Club team and
the long-established Multnomah Club
nine.
This will be the first game ever
played between these institutions on
the baseball diamond, although they
have met several times in the football
arena. This game will be the first of
a series to decide the athletic club
championship of the city. Three games
will probably be played in all.
The Catholic Club has a number of
well-known local stars on Its team and
expects Jo give the veteran Multnomah
squad a hard game. Will Gleason, the
nifty backstop of the .ast Side team,
is said to be one of the best amateur
catchers In the city. Other well-known
players for the Catholic Club are
Tommy Crowley, John Leary. Davis and
Moore. Clark Hedrick, the midget
flinger, will pitch for the East Side
lads.
Cass Campbell will probably dele
gate Ed Morris to the mound for the
Multnomahs and either Bob Twohy or
Shearer will perform behind the platter.
The game will begin at 3 o'clock:. The
players: '
C. Y. M. Club. " Pos. Multnomah Club.
w.hJ-i..u Harwu . .D.Morris. Jones, UouKla
Gloason c B. Twohy
Moore
TRACK BOYS IN MEET
HIGH SCHOOL GAMES WILL SET
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WILLAMETTE IS HANDICAPPEJ
Two of Best Men Will Not Be in
Track Meet With Pacific Men.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem.
Or., May 20. (Special.) Lacking, two
of its best track men, and with Just
one week's work. Willamette Univer
sity track team will meet Pacific Uni
versity on the local field tomorrow.
Reeves and Lowe, who are two of 'the
most experienced men on the team, will
not. be in the meet. Each of these two
athletes was practically certain of sev
eral points, and their absence is a se
vere loss. . -
The track, just completed, is one of
the best in the - West. Grading and
surfacing ' were finished only a week
ago. and this Is all the time for reg
ular work that the team has had.
There is a great revival of old-time
spirit at Willamette, and the students
are all squarely back of their team,
although they understand it "has but
slight chance to win. No one will be
surprised if the Willamette team does
not score more than 10 to 15 points.
Following are Willamette entries for
tomorrow's events:
Fifty-yard dash. Cummings. Rader; 100
yard dash, cummings. Black; 220-yard dash,
Cummings. Rader; 440-yard dash, Mclntyre,
Blackwell; 880-yard dash. Rowland, Minton;
one-mile run. Rowland, Minton; 120-yard
hlRh hurdles, Belknap; KO-jard low hur
dles, Belknap, Mclntyre: hish Jump. Rader,
May; broad Jump, Booth. Blackwell; shot
put. Blackwell, Pierce; hammer-throw,
Belknap. Pierce; discus throw. Pfaff, Bel
knap; pole-vault, Blanchard. Rader; relay
race, Cummings, Belknap, Blackwell, Rader.
Young Everett, Sprinter Who Will
Compete, Has Been Credited
With 9 4-5 Seconds.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
Seattle, May 20. (Special.) Every
thing Is in readiness for the University
of Washington's sixth annual inter
scholastic track and field meet which
will be held on Denny Field Saturday.
The -meet will be a. most representa
tive one, as all of the four-year high
schools of the state have entered men
5a the preliminary- meets. The track
Is in better snape now than ever be
fore and the weather promises to be
perfect.
Hordes of visiting high school peo
ple are looked for on Saturday and it
Is promised that all will be taken care
of by special committees. Low rates
are In effect on all railroads and many
will take advantage of this offering.
Several crack men are entered and
as a result records should ue smashed
at every turn. There is a phenom by
the name of Stuchell coming from
Everett, who is credited with 9 4-5 for
the 100-yard dash. Cook, of Ellens-burg-,
has proved himself to be the best
sprinter east of the mountains and -e
and the Everett boy should run close.
Risdon, of Broadway, looks like a
sure winner in the mile, considering
his past performances. Coe, of Spo
kane, should have little trouble In tak
ing the high jump. Aside from these
two events it is pretty hard to dope the
meet, as so many of the men are un
known quantities. Interscholastic
meets are noted for dark horses any
way, f '
Portland has a relay team entered
and should put up a stronp: fiht with
Broadway and Spokane In the final
event of the day.
The meet Is under the ' management
of Herbert Sidler, who says that every
effort has been expended In trying to
make the meet a success. The officials
for the meet are experienced .men and
have proved their capability on pre
vious occasions.
TENNIS
CONTESTS
NARROW
Wickersham and Jones Will Meet
Gorrill and Ewing Today.
The tennis tournament at the Multno
mah Amateur Athletic Club is narrowing
down to the finals, and thus far soma
excellent matches have been "played. Yes
terday Black defeated Tooker In an ex
citing and well-played contest, the scores
of . which were 6-3 and 6-2.
The only other match game played was
between Gorrill and Merrltt, the former
winning in two straight by scores of 6-3
and 6-4. Today's games will be between
Brandt Wickersham and Richard Jones
at 4 o'clock, and Gorrill against Ewing
at 5 o'clock.
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