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-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
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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. .
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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.
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box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in
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I have to eat good, bad indifferent
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and I don't believe any man's stomach
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It has to have something to break the
fall and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is
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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
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