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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1910)
lg tiie aroitxixo oitEGOxiAy. fri-pay. October 21, 1910. . r ' " '"'''if 4mv si'rioaa I " " HQ? icnn dm in at I LUU U I uliu n I A1ERC1LESSATTAGK -osecutor Pours Forth Bit ter Argument in Closing Murder Trial. ;ry to get case today I tome j Complete Talk to IS Men to Decide Fate Judge- to Give- Instructions as Soon as Conrt Convenes. rrbe Webb tnurdrr ease did not reach Jury last nlshc. It will ico to tne - this moraine. Judge Morrow, m one doDitrtmecl the case U betnB -!. will deliver hi charge bglnnlns; 39 In the small room at the south 1 of the Courthouse instead of In !ce Clclnnd's lance department. eoutr s'lmternJd completed nis ar- hnrnt at S o'clock last ntrht. The ,wA. which has packed the court- itn since the trial befn, was larger I in ever yentertfay, ejwnoinn 0 the corridors. In the courtroom ry Inch of standing room was taken. 1 1 balllfs were stationed at the doors ken others from crowding in. -wo deputy sherUfs stood guard over bb ail day. and a part CI tne time l-jriff Stevens himself was in tne irtroom. Mrs. Webb and her aaucn- sat b.-slile the prisoner ail iay. airs. -hh bore tjd well, aunouitn " ws evidence of having spent sleep- r.lrhts. The airl was una Do to ir the strain yesterday, and once or 1 ice broke Into tears. "W ebb rrmainea .'i.L and when the bitter argumen- Ive fire poured hottest from the Hps Trosccutor Kitsicerala. ne ousiea nsc;f with reading a part or tne rriha testimony In the case. tf'ra. rrle Kersh. Jesse P. Webb's I -amour, was bitterly denounoea oy 1 nntr r.l.trirt Attorney Fltssermld In I. argument yesterday afternoon be- -9 the Jury which Is trying Webb for life. la fact tne terms ko "t Fltzcerald were such that Judge rrow. in whose department the case belnr tried, once suggested that ne I "imudrr terms. 1 am telling the Jury noiruns; out I. facts." was the reply of the Ueputy strict Attorney. The attack upon the character and tlmony of Mrs. Kersh waa mane re bitter on account of the stlnK - sentences hurled at Mrs. Irene umbull by Attorney John C. ilcCue his arsruraent. -Vhll my learned friends here were otlna- the Bible, ir they naa remem red the Injunction of Christ, 'he that hit cast a atone.- tney wouia not rm been so anxlona to besmirch the I natation of this little woman. Irene 1 umbull. said Attorney juxgerajo. he has no Interest in mis case, aim I me here only when compelled by sub na of the Ktate of Oregon to do so. : d she la more likely to ten ui I ith than Carrie Kersh, whose nee I at stake. -Do you think for a minute, gentle--n of the Jury that that woman waa 1 -ring Spokane With Johnaon without bb a consent 7 Boo eaya i k ! oblected to her going l-ay. but It didn't do any good. She Is you Webb saJa. aji ngau u La get a better home for your child . ahead.' Til tell yoo the truth of the matter. i-ntlemen. When ane rouna joansoa d some wealth she talkea it over th her naramour. like eyery para- iur doea. These two people knew ley were going to leare together or . would not hare taken their baa Ijte down together the way they did. tiey must have had some wicaeo pur se In tbelr hearts, too. wnen mrj t.d on the train the way they did. -etendlng that they did not know each her. "Another thing you ought not to oyer .v WTnT did Webb register at the Irand Central Hotel as A. C. Powers, of l me. Alaska, when the woman Knew and knew hi name waa Webb? He tast have told Johnson he waa Powers. he never would have signed tne name. I Twers on the register In Johnson a resenee. He didn't want Johnaon nor lyone else to know who he was. unoura e crime be discovered the officers f Told be thrown off the trail In looking I r A. C. Powera, of Nomt. Attorney Fonu s.ild In his argument I at the Jurors would be murderers If er convicted Webb of first degree urder when he acted In self-defense. "Too are not responsible for this ans situation.' said Mr. Fttxgerald. in 1 -r.lv. -He did thia act himself, of his hrn free will. If Johnson had not been l-.fortunate enough to accumulate this (.ere. he would have been alive today. Attorney Mi-Cue eaid he was defending t"ebb for JJ.Ta. "I don't care what the torney for the defense s.iya. replied itxgerald. "When this case is over ere'U be a scrap for this J1S00. Mrs. tersh Is even now claiming It." Attorney McCuo objected to this state-.ent- -He Is only answering your argu- ent." said the Judge. -Well. I object to it." persisted McCue. Ind I want the record to show It." Your objection la sustained, said the j4ge. switching from hi first position. "After these folks got through with t-.U man he didn't have a red cent," ntlnued Mr. Fitzgerald. He had for his Lneral clothes a shirt, a pair of draw- Irs, socks and garters, and Mrs. Kersh I-Mjueathed him her trunk for a 'pulcher. Even the last nickel of that 10 Webb says be loaned mm was gone. "Another thing. Mrs. Kersh was sick the morning, but in the afternoon and I -at night she certainly must have been line fine. 'Webb came to Portland to get wcrk. lut he is such an aesthetlo gentleman -.at the first thing he must do is to go i the City Park and look at the flowers lad trees. He piles thia man Johnson ' 1th liquor. That the way be looks for Job. He says he had the whisky and live It to Johnson on the train, but the kotau wants to make the case a little .ronger. so she says Johnson had the rhlaky. that he bought It In Spokane. IVebb says someone followed them In the ark. A guilty conscience needs no ac- taer. No one would have been follow- -Lg if he had been out there looking t trees and animals and birds. He bad 1st blackjack right in his pocket then nd If he bad found a proper spot h lcrciid have brained Johnson right then. Ind left him for the exowa to pick at. rovided he could have got the roll from Is pocket. Wh!!e Johnson was getting shaved. I7ebb went over and tickled him under Me chin to make himself a little more l-lendly. and this quarrelsome man John. m said. "What do yon want? You may eve anything you want? He didn't know kwhb wanted hi life. "Do yon gentlemen think an ordinary Inan would kill bla victim In self-defense nd then calmly put the body In a trunk, i olst it on the waron and coolly alt on (he wagon with the drrver and the llt- ;e hoy while It was hauled to the depot! "The Almighty spoiled mis wnoi plan id caused the express messenger to That trunk can't fro on this train. htp.' Too may hide your sins for the moment, but somewhere, somehow every man pays the penalty for his wrong-doing. . -Those holes In Johnson's head: were not punched with this blackjack. They were punched on both sides. When Webb found that waa too slow a process, he took the poor fellow's shirt and tied only one. knot In It- But he kept pulling and pulling on it till he strangled him. -Whose Sey did Webb lock that trunk wlthT The key to thia trunk was found In Mrs. Keren's purse at the police sta tion. I believe she put clean sheets on the bed and took off the bloody onea while Webb went to the depot with the trunk. The boy was locked in the other room during the crime, -and Mrs. Kersh stood at the door on guard, like Lady Macbeth, while Webb waa putting bla victim out of the way." Attorney Fouts. In his argument, said If Mrs. Kersh and Webb had planned this murder they would have bad the trunk line-lined to hide the evidence of crime. Webb tried to drown his sorrow In drink, he said. He accused Deputy Fitzgerald of wanting only another scalp for his belt Manslaughter Is Admitted. Both John C. McCue and Seneca Foots. Webb's attorneys, admitted they believe Webb guilty of manslaughter. McCue Intimated It by asking the Jury to bring In a lesser verdict than first degree murder. Fouts boldly said so. He told the Jury he stipulated with Webb when he took the case that he BOGUSSLEUTHFALLS J. H. Reed Announced Wedding Which Hadn't Come Off. - GIRL'S NAME IS. USED Los Angeles Belle Alleged by Pre tended fecret Service Agent to Have Married Him After Stern, rarrnt Mas Eluded. Coupling the same of Miss Florence Cooper, a Los Angeles society belle and j)-.'.-l,t-w . nf lha wealthv citizens of the Southern California city, with his own and causing a ncuuous hoij their marriage to be announced In a Port land evening papers, led to the arrest ; te ' ' j " 'fv- if-. , 7- " would try to secure a verdict of man slaugtber. Attorney McCue finished his arru ment at 11:30 yesterday morning. He did not neglect to denounce bitterly Irene Trumbull aa a stool pigeon. "You can buy this kind of cattle for $5 a piece any day In the year." he declared. "Personally I am not paying i:S0 for the testimony of a witness like that." Attorney Fouts. who argued for a half hour In the morning and an hour In the afternoon, laid particular atresa on Webb's testimony that he was given the "third degree" to make him confess. -Mr. Brown." he said, addressing one of the Jurors, "your boy and I were In the Philippines together and we gave the "water cure there when we were up against It for Information. I know It wasn't right to do It. but these detectives are no mors human than Bill and I. Their Jobs depend upon the number of men they send to the penitentiary or to the gallows." Then he plunged Into a discussion of Johnson's motive in giving Mrs. Kersh I1S00. when he had known her only a few weeks. "Don't you know, love la a form of Insanity?" he said. "When a man Is desperately In love, he Is Insane. Do you know, I have fallen In love harder in three mlnutea than I ever did In three weeks. Thafa the hardest Jtlnd of love, the kind you get Tta-bing! The fact that three weeks after he met this woman he gave her $1800 is not re markable. I rather think that If he had had 111.000 he would have given It ail. Look at that man Cbanler, who gave his all to that actress. These things are only natural. This was only a logical reault of a mind Inflamed by love. "Woman, lovely woman, la the cauae of more tribulation In this world than anything else. God love them, we can't live with them, nor without them. Get It right down to the crux, and It was love for woman, not money, that was the cauae of this crime. "Johnson, the cattle-trader, was fas tidious, for he wore, garters, and did you ever hear of a cattle-trader wear ing garters, unless It was the round kind? He was considerable of a dandy In the line of business he followed, and. take It as a rule, such men think they can make a hit with the ladles." F IS PROPOITT OWNERS APPEAR BEFORE EXECUTIVE BOARD. Citizens Would Compel Oregon Elec tric Road to Stop at AH Corners for Local Passengers. 'Thirty property owners made a de termined fight yesterday before the street committee of the City Executive Board against the granting of the pro posed railway franchise desired by the Oregon Electric Railway Company on Salmon street, from Front to Tenth, and along the latter from Salmon to Flanders street. The speakers de clared that there would be no objection to the adoption of the franchise. If It ahould first be changed to provide that cars must stop at every street for the accommodation of local passengers. The street committee, which has no legislative authority, and which can only suggest a valuation for the fran chise, refused to act at once on the suggestion of property owners that the Council should be induced to change the reading of the franchise before final adoption. Members of the committee, after the meeting had adjourned. Indicated that they would aak the Council for a re vislon of -the franclse. as suggested. It was tentatively decided at a con ference of the property owners after the meeting that if the Council does not make provision for the stopping of cars on street corners for the ac commodation of local traffic, they would take steps to have the matter submitted to a vote of the people. C H. Carey. In behalf of the rail way company assured the property owners present that the cars would atop for passengers, but this waa not sat isfactory to the remonstratora. who In sisted that a verbal promise waa not what they wanted, but a binding pro vision In the franchise. In addition to wanting the cars to stop at street cor ners, the delegation also asked that not more than two cars he permitted to form a train over the proposed route. I Among the remonstratora were I. N. Flelschner, Richard Wllllama. Frank Warren. Charles Grittmacher. J. B. Laber. H. W. Wells. John F. 0Shea, James B. O'Shea and Mrs. Nellie Robinson. of J. H. Reed while be waa lounging In the lobby at the Imperial Hotel during Wednesday night. Reed caused It to be said that he was a secret service agent of the United States, and tbat the wedding was the culmination of a romance which had Its beginning while the pretended officer was In Los Angeles a year ago. Pictures of the lady and the bogus officer were printed, and It was said that they Would immediately go to Mlddleton. Or., to spend their honeymoon. An irate papa was artistically worked Into the story. Even Photograph Was Bogus. The wedding never took place, the pic ture published waa not that of Mlsa Cooper, but one of Miss Helen Bouse, of Loraine. Ohio, and a girl whom Reed says waa a former sweetheart. Middle ton. Or.. Is a place of such small Import ance that lis postofflce was recently dis continued. Reed says that he did not know Miss Cooper at all. but that he had beard of her. Reed's desire to keep In the limelight led to his action in giving out the wed ding story. When It was read by Secret Service Agent Glover, the latter hastily ran through his list of names of agents of the Department, and could not locate the man. hi company with Special Of ficer Nicholson a hunt for Reed was started and the officers located him on the streets. Trailing him Into the lobby of the hotel the officers watched Reed engage a guest In conversation, and caught a glimpse of the star which adorned the bosom of his fashionable vest They Invited him outside and when the aldewalk was reached relieved their man of custody of a SS-callber revolver, a pair of handcuffs, a pair of brass knuckles, and an assortment of photo graphs. The photos showed the alleged officer In his street clothing of the very latest style, and while wearing different disguises. Reed Popular Joy-Rider. Reed says he came to Portland about two weeks ago, and secured rooms on Hamilton avenue. Reed Is formerly from Chicago and Ohio. He was apparently not working the "officer" gome for big money, but by scraping acquaintance with chauffeurs and stringing" them as to his business. Reed was enabled to take many Joy rides In company with foolish girls and women. The secret service agents will make a thorough investiga tion of the record of the man and look Into the great mass of correspondence which was secured In a search of his room. WATER AMENDMENT LIKED Fulton Park Improvement Club Ap proves Measure Unanimously. The proposed water amendment to the city charter to be submitted to the voters at the November election, re ceived unanimous approval of the Ful ton Park Improvement Club at Its meeting Tuesday evening. The club adopted resolutions favoring the amendment as being an Improvement over the present system of laying mains and recommended the same for adoption at the polls. Various districts of the city. Includ ing Fulton Park, have had great dif ficulty in obtaining a water supply under the present system, owing to the fact that a large amount of technical proceeding are required, which Involve long delays and expense. It has been found almost Impossible to obtain con tractors to bid upon this .class of work. The Fulton Park people are at pres ent without any water supply what ever, except from private wells. Al though this district has been In the city limits more than 20 years and has paid city taxes for that period of time, the residents of this district have been unable to obtain a water supply under the old system, although they have made numerous attempts to do so. BAD MILK BRINGS ILLNESS Complaint Is Issued Against Own er of Diseased Cow. Milk from a cow suffering from an inn&mod udder bes been peddled about the northwest portion of the city and several persons have been rendered 111 by It, says City Chemist Smith, who swore yesterday to a complaint against Mike Oloomer. of SOt Twenty-flve-and-one-half street, who owns the cow. Three complaints against the quality of the milk were made yesterday to the city chemist and one of the complainants said that members of her family had been made sick by drinking the fluid. Smith investigated and found that the cow was unfit to produce milk fit tor human use. . Th Stylm and Quality Label H'S-rss-y :v.'.v..v..'-..?y. mm t.:';-i i 1 is K-c-i-.'-:-ifl jiT-.v.f '.''tui. T..vii mtem mmimmm 5T Adler's Collegian Clothes always maintain that high standard which has made these garments so sought after by good dressers every where. The merit of the materials used, the exceptional fitting qualities, and the artistic lines upon which they are cut, give them a class which no maker has ever succesfully imitated. Men who are admirers of perf edt apparel are the staunches! patrons of Adler's Collegian Clothes. Foremost dealers in an sections of America are showing our overcoats, suits and raincoats at$15.00 to $35.00. Our 6tyle book will thoroughly post you. Mailed upon application. David Adler & Sons Clothing Co. Nobby Clothes Makers . Milwaukee POLICE TIME US Fifty Patrolmen Find Most Chauffers Overspeed. WATCH SNAPPED ON MANY Chief Cox Stations Men on Well- raTed Streets to Keep Tab on Au-tomoblle-Rnshcrs Many Are Warned of Arrest and Fine. 'Aroused by an exposition of the num ber of fatal and near-fatal automo bile accidents of recent occurrence In Portland. Chief of Police Cox ordered every man of the day relief to report for extra duty at 6 o'clock Wednesday night, in plain clothes, and stationed them at various points on principal thoroughfares throughout the city to time all passing; automobiles. While no arrests were made, the experiment proved the contention of city officials that violations of the speed regulations are common. More than 60 patrolmen participated In the Investigation, being- stationed in palTS at crossings on the well-paved streets popular with Joy-riders'. Every car that passed was timed, and few were found that were not groins; the full speed allowed by law, or faster. Many Are Warned. Cars were stopped by the policemen and cautions were administered to the drivers. The work Wednesday night was only a preliminary. At Intervals In the future the patrolmen will be sent out without warning:, end on the next occasion arrests will he made. No records of the speed of the pass ing; cars . were kept by most of the policemen, hut reports were made cov ering; 13 cases, the names being; those recorded with the Secretary of State as the owners of the cars. Eugene Jenkins, one block In 6 sec onds; J. W. Bevls, 8 seconds; A. W. Baird. 11 seconds; Harry A. Morse, 10 seconds; Minnie B. Inman, 10 seconds; E. R. Angell. 8 seconds; J. H. Bur g;ard A Co., 10H seconds; W. F. Stine and K. S. Belcher, 8 seconds; W. JU Crawford, seconds; Smith Motor Car Campany, 11 seconds: E. L. ThomD- son, 8Va seconds; Aivln W. Balrd, 9 sec onds; I. js. JLipman, 8 seconds. 30-Mile Speed Made. The lowest of these speeds Is Just within the legal maximum of 15 miles an hour, while the highest is at the rate of nearly 30 miles en hour. Chief Cox is satisfied with the show ing; of his men and will use the method largely in the future. He has ex pressed to Judge Tazwell his convic tion that violators of the speed regu lations should be dealt with severely, and the schedule of fines Increased materially. BOMB PLOT TS EXPLODED Dynamite Found Near Henry Home Left There by Workman. Dynamite found Wednesday after noon near the residence of C K. Henry In Laurelhurst, waa left there Inno cently by grading contractor, ray "Detectives Day and Hyde, who made an Investigation of the report that an attempt had been made to blow up the Henry home. The detectives secured a statement from Thomas Dwyer, foreman for Twohy Bros., grading contractors, who admitted that he had placed the dyna mite In the cherry tree where it waa found. He said his object was to put it beyond the reach of children. Dwyer had encountered a streak of hardpan and borrowed the dynamite from the foreman of the Laurelhurst gang to blast It out. Ho had used part of it when his work was Interrupted, and, for lack of a better place, he hid the explosive In the tree until he could use It. FARMERS MAY SHIP EAST Expert Sent to Walla Walla Jleeting to Explain Wheat Rates. . OLTMPIA. Wash., Oct. 20. (Special.) In response to a telegram from the Farmers' Union, which Is to hold a meeting at Walla Walla, the State Railroad Commission has sent . O. O. Calderhead, rate expert, to be present for the purpose of giving information in regard to .rates on wheat from In land Empire points in Washington, Ore gon and Idaho to Minneapolis. It Is believed that the farmers are planning to have some wheat shipped to the Minneapolis market Most of the grain in Eastern Wash ington Is sent through to Portland or Puget Sound for milling and export and why the farmers want to ship to the Middle West puzzles officials at Olym-pla. AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY So Thinks at Least One Traveling; Man. 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"My friends often 'Josh' me about it, tell me I'm an easy mark for patent medicine fakers, that advertised medi cines are humbugs, etc., but I notice that they are nearly always complain ing of their aches and pains and poor digestion, while I can stand most any old kind of fare and feel good and ready for my work when it needs me, and I believe I owe my good digestion and sound health to the daily, regular use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, year in and year out, and all the "Joshing" in the world will never convince me to the contrary. - "I used to have heartburn about three times a day and a headache about three or four times a week and after stand ing for this for four or five years I began to look around for a crutch and found It when my doctor told me the best Investment I could make would be a E0 cent box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and I have invested about 60 cents a month for them ever since, and when I stop to think that that is what I spend every day for cigars. I feel like shaking hands with myself for I can keep my stomach and digestion in firstclass order for 60 cents a month. I don't care for any better life insur ance. "My druggist tells me they are the most popular of all stomach medicines and that they have maintained their popularity and success because they do as advertised. They bring results, and results are what count In a patent medicine as much, as In selling barb wire." TELLS US HOW TO GET RID OF BAD ' COLDS AND GRIPPE IN FEW HOURS You Must Surely Try This the Next Time You Have a Se vere Cold or a Touch of Grippe. Tou can surely end Grippe and break up the most severe cold either in head, chest, back, stomach or limbs, by tak ing a dose of Pape's Cold Compound every two hours until three consecutive doses are taken. 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