ttte Mommro oregon-ian. Wednesday, july 26, ion.
DOUBLE MURDER
CONFESSION WEAK
J. H. Wilson. Who Admits Kill
ing Cobles at Rainier,
Tells No Details.
PROSECUTOR IS CHARY
Attorney Declare SNectloiihancTa
Statement May Be Canned by
Pioneered Brain Prisoner
Kef owe to Repeat Tale.
I OI.TMPIA. Wash.. July IS. tPpe
j clal) "Toil know you did not nlll
f them." stormed Mm J. 11. Wilson, wife
- of the section foreman at Ralnlrr. when
he told her he had confessed murder
Ins; Archie Coble and hta brlda of 17
with an as aa they lay asleep In their
- home at Kalnier. the ntsht of July I.
-Do you know what 1 did?" asked
Wilson of bis wife.
"No." he replied.
" ' "I killed those two people out at
Rslnler." he said.
Thn when hla wife protested he
broke down and, cried bitterly.
If Wilson did kill tha pair, he l
not auilty of the murdrr of the Hill
.. family In Portland last June.
Wilson In the presence of John NT.
WIIon. Prosecuting Attorney, and
hhrtff Oaston. after a few questions.
" told about the rrlme this mornlnc
Seated In the office of the Prosecuting
Attorney he declared that a week be-
'. fore tha crime ha waa walkin down
the track whn a voice ald. "Whv
don't you kill nomebody?" He aah!
... that query haunted hint all tha time.
He feared he would kill a aeetlon hand
Sunday nlrht. On the nlirht of the
crime he declares ha went borne after
work and slept In the tent, bat remem
ber nothing else.
Petal la 'ot Told.
-In tha mom Inc. when I woke up. I
fett unasy." he said. "About every
- month I would have one of those In
sane epella come ovsr me and then
. my wife and I would quarrel. Tues
day morn In a I found blood In tha
tent, but It didn't worry me much,
elthoneh I thoueht I had answered
.the question that haunted me. When
the ded bodies were discovered I
. knew I had killed them althouch 1 do
not remember any of the detail. I
told about Fetersoa leaving camp so
that I could convince myself 1 didn't
do It. But that blood! I'm glad I told
-about It. I waa glad when they ar
r'd me." '
Questioned and croaa-qneatloned aa
to detail, he wonld not. or could not
Clve any. lie ay ha know he did It.
because he felt be -would havo to
kill Mrs. roble."
When aked to make a tatement to
tl(n thl afternoon Wllon refued to
i re-tell hla etory. In reply to quea
l . tlons ba admitted everything over
again.
t onfron Thought Weak.
Prosecuting Attorney Wilson aald to
night that tha confession la weak, and
he believe tha etatemanta made may
shatter the state' case. He declarea
he does aot know whether Wilson com
mlfVd the crime or only think he
tld. because hla mind baa been dwell
Inr on It.
Wilson admit ha la a moral pervert.
H has five children tha oldet i and
tha youngest 1 year old. Mra. Wllaon
Is normal In every way. The theory
advanced by the Catheya of Portland
a to tha kind of a moral pervert who
committed tha deed I aubtantlated
by tha etatrmenta of Wilson.
Another attempt will be made to get
a second statement from Wllaon a
the authorltlaa declare what they have
""now I" worthless, and. If anything.
' helps Wilson, who aayi he committed
the crime but glvea no detail, showing
stsrns of Insanity.
So reward haa ever been offered for
- - the capture of tha murderer of tha
- Coble.
Wilson was section foreman at R'n
lar for six montha. When John Mal
' fi-iecn. an aged lunatic, waa arrested.
Wilson tried to etlr up a movement to
lynch him. Later he threw suspicion
' on Swan Peterson, a 0-year-old tramp.
Mr. Wilson, wife of the prisoner, waa
i tlrst to suspect him. She knew of hi
drgsneracy. and called the attention of
the authorltlea to clews agalnt him.
"There 1 no doubt In my mind that
" I killed Archie Coble and hi wife.
Wilson confessed, "but I have no main;
; ory of going to their home that night,
lie and Wlfo Quarrel.
Two weeks before tha murder ha had
aertoua trouble with hla wtf. ha said.
'.r, They wsra living In a tent.
They had had many bitter quarrel,
ho said, but tha last trouble aeemed to
affrct him mora trian any preceding It.
-A week later." he said. 1 wu walk
ing along the railroad track, when I
. heard a voice say "Why don't you kill
. somebody T
-I don't know where tha voice cama
- from. It worda kept prey In a on my
" mind. Tha n!ght before tha Coble
murder I waa afraid to sleep In the
"section-house let 1 should murder
soma of the men there. o 1 slept In a
" tent that night. I kept worrying aU
: the day. Monday.-
On Monday Mra. Wilson went to Ta
r coma, and Wilson alept In the tent.
-I had a terrible beadacha Monday.
' " ha said. -I remember going to bed
' tnat night In the tent, and then I can't
recollect anything until Tuesday even
ing, when thy discovered the two
bodies. Aa soon a I beard they bad
- found the bodice I waa afraid I bad
"done It. My mind aeemed giving way.
Wife Tell Authorities.
-Whsn I wakened tha morning after
the murder there waa blood In the
- -tent, but I thought probably 1 bad
- suffered from aosebleed In the night.
A serious flaw In Wilson' state
ment Is the fact that when hi wife
- returned home some hour before tha
discovery ol the bodies, ba told ber to
say nothing about the blood stains In
' . the teat. Mra. Wilson. however.
. promptly notlfld the Thurston County
. procutor. Wilson's word to hi wife
would Indicate that he realised that It
. waa necessary to suppress knowledge
aa to the bloodstaloa Wilson Is IS
' " ,er old. and n Canadian by birth. He
bad been working with the section
' gang In Rainier for sis. month before
the double murder. Before moving to
Rainier be waa In King Couuty for
about a year.
' W lleon Not Hill Murderer.
8hrt!t Maaa. of Clackamaa County,
who Investigated tha Coble eaae. de
clare there la no connection between
tha Coble murder and the murder of
the ll'U family at Ardenwald June I.
' altbouab both crime were committed
' for tha aame motive and In tha same
manner. WUon haa hown that he
was fir from Portland at tha tlma of
the Hiil murder.
OREGON FACULTY MEMBER RESIGNS TO HEAD MUSIC
PARTMEJfT AT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
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PROFESSOR IRTIO M. GLKJT.
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Music Professor Will Go to
University of Washington.
LARGER FIELD CALLS HIM
State l'nlvrrtlv Student Hojtret
Departure of Faculty Member
W1m FDundod IntercollegU
ale Athletics There.
VXIVERSITT OP ORBGOX. VMgene.
Or July 15. (Special.) Announce
ment baa been made that Professor
Irving Mackay Glen, dean of the school
of muslo and head of the department
of early Kngllsh language and litera
ture at tha University of Oregon, haa
resigned to become director of music
at the University of Washington.
Professor Glen hag been a member
of the Oregon faculty elnre 1S9T and
haa alwaya been very close to the
atudent body. He will leave Eugene
with his family In a few weeks for
Seattle to enter the laraer field.
rrofrssor Glen waa graduated at tha
University of Oregon In 104 and then
look graduate work at John Hopkins
University until 1S97. In his senior
year at Oregon he won the Falling
oratorical prls of 1 1 SO and took an
active part In all branches of atudent
activity.
Widely known as -Father Of Base
ball" at the University of Oregon, the
departing savant might properly be
called tha father of Intercollegiate ath.
letlca a welL In the t-'prlng of 1894
he organised a naieball nine, the first
athletic team at Oregon, and aa Its
manarer took It to Corvallla for the
first tilt between the state Institutions.
Tho Oregon Agricultural College won
the game. 12 to 29.
For many years Professor Glen has
been chairman of the three fnculty
committee student affairs, athletics
and senior atandlng which most vital,
ly concern the student body. He has
been a member of the governing ath
letic council elnre Its Inception.
Every glee clnh that aver repre
sented the University haa hern led and
drilled by Professor Glen. He also
founded the custom of having a play.
In 1S. and" haa been Its guiding spirit
ever since. In the realm of music.
Professor Olsn Is favorably known
throughout the Paclflo Northwest. He
haa participated In virtually every
musical festival of not In the Willam
ette Valley and for four year hnd
charge of tha music at tha Ashland and
Gladstone Chautauqua meetings.
At rommencements since ISO! ona of
tha feature baa been the playing of
the orchestra under tha direction of
Professor Glenn. President Kane, of
Washington, who made tha class ad
dress her this commencement, was so
welt pleased with the work of the
commencement orchestra that ha add
ed to Inducements previously given the
Oregon man and finally gained his
point. Although his fine baritone
voice haa attracted several manager
of grand opera, he haa refused to go
on the stage.
With hla arrival the department of
music wilt be placed on a higher rat
ing at the University of Washington.
For tha first time, drareea will he
granted In It aa an academic depart
ment and the director of -music will
rank aa a regular faculty head.
Cil-F.X TO KrCCKEI KIMBALL
Washington University llccrut Act
on rrel!onl' Iteeomruentlatlon.
SEATTLK, Wash., July 15. (Bpeclal.)
Irving M. Glen, for 11 yeara dean
of the deoartment of music at tho
University it Oregon, waa alerted head
of the muslo department of tha State
University by the Board of Regent at
their meeting today. The recommenda
tion waa made by President Kan. Tha
naw muslo director will have a pro
fessorship In the faculty, with full
charge of the Stat University musical
department. Instrumental and vocal, aa
well aa the orchestra, glee club, band
and student choruses and operatic pro
ductions. Professor Glen take tha position left
vacant by the resignation last 8prtng
of Charles O. Klmhali. who left the uni
versity and retired to Eastern Wash
Inrtnn. owtna to Illness In hi family.
Professor Glen Is a brother of Mrs.
A. 8. Kerry, of thl city. He waa
eager to come to Seattle and did not
obtuln an Increase of salary over that
ba received In Oregon.
INDIAN WAR VETERAN DIES
Edwin Billings, or Hoscburp, Came
to California In Early Day.
ROSEBURO. Or.. July 15. (Special.)
Edwin Billings. 91 year old. for
nearly a quarter of a century a resi
dent of Pouglaa County, died at hla
bom In Roseburg Sunday. Death re
sulted from Infirmities attendant to
old aire. The funeral was held Mon
day, burial following at tha Masonic
cemetery. Mr. Hillings 1 survived by
a son. Edward BIlllnKB. and a daughter,
Mrs- Albert McGhehey. both of Jtose
bum. Grandfather- Billings, as he was
best known by hi many friends and
acqualntancea In thla locality, was born
In Thatchnm. England. In 1820. When
1 years of axe he decided to emigrate
to the United States, and f 1839 ha
sailed for New York City, where ho ar
rived after an eventful voyage. There
ha remained for soveral years, then
proceeding west and. locating at Sacra
mento, Cal. During his residence In
that city he was engaged In the mer
cantile business, and aside from sup
plying the usual city trade, furnished
supplies for thousands of laborers, who
were at that time employed In con
structing the Southern Pacific railroad.
Leaving Sacramento. Mr. Billings re
turned to New York, where he remained
I.
f . r ' .-"
V
r.rfwla Billing, Callforala
rioneer aad Indian War
Veteran Who Died at Roae-barg.
but a short time when he again drifted
west and located at Orovllle, CaL In
this town he lived almost continuously
until 1(90. when ha removed to Rose
burg to live with Ms son.' Mr. Bil
lings was twice married. His first
wife died In New Tork, while his sec
ond wife la burled In California.
Mr. Rilling Is a veteran of the Civil
and Indian wars, having aerved In Com
pany E. First Regiment. Nevada Vol
unteera. Ha waa a member of the
Christian Science Church, and also of
Reno Post No. It. Grand Army of thla
city.
MAN KEEPS 112,000 TROUT
John Teal, of Dallas. Haa Private
Hatchery That State May Buy.
DALLAS. Or.. July 2i. (Special.) John
Teal. ex-County Commissioner, and ona
of Polk County's leading business men,
operates one of the largeet private rtsh
hatcheries In Oregon. He has three
ponds. In the largest of which are
good-slxed trout: In another are 15.WO
mailer trout, and In the third are 15,000
small trout.
Water for tho ponds comes from a
spring, snd is constantly changing. Tho
state la now trying to buy the hatchery,
which la well equipped.
Game License Reach 9000.
MEDFORD. Or.. July IS. (Special.)
Fishing and hunting licenses to tha
extent of 14000 have been sold by tha
county this eaon. Two tbouaand
forty-seven fishing permit and 811
hunting licensee le the record so far
thl season and the hunting haa Just
begun. The fishing season will be over
In three weeks and the number of
angling permits may not reach mora
than 2500. Last year the ealo of
hunting and B.'hing paper totaled
117S0.
AGREEMEr,
IT NOT
KEPT, IS RULING
F. W. Leadbetter Victor in Su
preme Court Over W.
P. Hawley.
STOCK VOTING INVOLVED
Action t Replevin $50,000 In
Bonds Is Successful, Lower Court
Bclns Reversed Other De
cisions Handed Down.
SALEM. Or.. July 25. (Special.) F.
W. Leadbetter. In the Supreme Court
today, won a victory over W. P. Haw
ley when a case appealed from Mult
nomah County was reversed in an
opinion by Justice Burnett.
In substance the allegations of the
complainant were that Leadbetter was
owner of 1S0.0O0 worth of the bonds of
the Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper
Company.
He delivered those to Hawley, it was
alleged, on an agreement that Haw
ley, who asserted that he wa a stock
holder In the company, should retain
the ownership of his stock and vote It
as directed by Leadbetter, or allow
Leadbetter to vote It at all tho otock
holders' meetings for the protection of
his Interests, to all of which It was
set forth that he agreed.
Iyoadbetter Would Replevin.
Afterward, learning that Hawley
owned no stock In the corporation,
Leadbetter brought action to replevin
the tSO.OOO in bonds and obtain $9000
damages as well. It was set forth that
the contract waa Illegal and void, as
against public policy. The lower court
found In favor of Hawley.
In hla opinion Justice Burnett holds
that conceding, without deciding, that
the contract was Illegal and void as
to public policy, the contract Is an ex
ecutory one. lnaamueh as Hawley
never fulfilled his part of the agree
ment. "The principle underlying ouch af
fairs l that until the Illegal contract
la executed the law will aid In the
recovery of the money paid or the
property dellverad In part performance
of the Illicit enterprise," write Jus
tice Burnet. "But when -It Is fully ac
complished tha courts will ba closed to
both parties and will leave them with
out a remedy. . . . On the defend
ant's theory of tho contract's being
against public policy, the plaintiff had
not passed the place of repentance,
the agreement being yet executory;
and a ha Is proceeding In disaffirm
ance of the contract he had a right to
be heard before the Jury and take its
verdict. The Judgment Is reversed."
Lewis Cae Affirmed.
The lower court Is affirmed In the
case of Mertle C. Lewis vs. the Port
land Railway. Light & Power Com
pany. In the lower court she obtained
a Judgment of $.1600 against the com
pany for personal Injuries.
Other cases decided today were: Du
fur OH Company vs. T. W. Enos, et
al.. appealed from Wasco County; W.
It. Hradshaw, Judge; affirmed in an
opinion by Justice Moore.
Louise Jones vs. Thomas E. Jones,
appealed from Clackamas County; J.
U. Campbell. Judge suit for divorce;
reversed and remanded In an opinion
by Chief Justice Eakin.
a. S. and Llnnle Rel vs. ETrnma L.
Savage, appealed from Polk County;
William Galloway, Judge; suit to es
tablish a trust; reversed In an opinion
by Justice McBrlde.
Christine Salens vs. Queen City Fire
Insurance Company; appealed from
Multnomah County; J. B. Cleland.
Judge: action to settle the right to an
Insurance policy; affirmed in an opin
ion, bv Justice Burnet.
A. N. Wills vs. O. and Fred Zanello;
appealed from Multnomah County; W.
N. Oatans. Judge; suit to foreclose me
chanic's Hen; affirmed in an opinion by
Justice Bean.
GIRLS THOUGHT BURGLARS
Coming Home Late From Auto Ride,
They Climb Through Window.
EUGENE. Or., July 25. (Special.)
Mistaking Patrolman Thompson for a
burglar, K. E. price, who lives at West
Twelfth and Olive streets, emptied a
double-barreled shotgun at him Sun
day night, missing the officer by a
few Inches.
The policeman, who was coming down
the alley In response to a telephone call
from Price, who believed that burg
lars were attempting to enter the
home of F. B. Dunn, his father-in-law,
next door, also mistook Price for a
burglar and was about to take a shot
at him when he was forestalled. Both
men then began maneuvering to cap
ture each other and the comedy of
errora was only terminated by their
accidental recognition after the entire
neighborhood had been aroused by tha
chase.
Tha cause of all tha trouble proved
to be the two daughters of Mr. Dunn,
who, returning late from an automo
bile ride, found that the door had been
accidentally locked, and were trying
to enter their rooms through a window.
BRIDGE TRAFFIC HEAVY
60 Trains Daily Are Handled Over
Columbia River Span.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 23. (Bpe
clal.) Sixty or more freight and pas
senger trains are handled daily over
tho big ateel draw-bridge across the
Columbia River at Vancouver, by tha
aid of the new Interlocking block sig
nal service, which makes It Impossible
tor an accident to occur on the bridge.
The Interlocking device, built at a
cost of 155.000. Is so arranged that
men In the tower on the bridge can
follow tha movement Of all trains ap
proaching or leaving the bridge and
trestles. A train cannot pass unless it
has a clear track, the switch being
automatically locked, but If the track
Is already clear tha train need not be
stopped at all except for the draw.
The block system Is used on the entire
Northern Paclflo line from Portland to
Tacoma.
ment be submitted to a vote of the
people of Chehalls. The petition waa
referred to the City Attorney and Ju
diciary committee to investigate and
report at the next meeting of the
Council. The City Treasurer, F. J. Al
len, reported that he had paid off 112.
000 of the bonded intebdneas of the
city, $7000 of which waa on the light
fund, and $5000 on the sewer bonds.
Within the last year he kept tha sink
ing fund so invested that they earned
the city $727.48 more interest than the
annual interest due on them. This sur
plus was turned into the current ex
pense fund.
Councilman Charles Dlockman asked
for a leave of absence until October.
The motion was declared lost. Mr.
Dieckman said that the reason for
the vote was because he was favor
able, with Counellmen Green and Sul
livan, to a municipal water plant, while
the opposition to him were friendly to
the proposed BO-year grant to the
Washington-Oregon Corporation.
Councilman Fechtner replied warmly
to Councilman Dleckman's accusation,
declaring himself favorable to a mu
nicipal plant if possible to build it.
CARRIER RULING MADE
SHIPPER A"D TRAFFIC LIfK
3IAY FIX FREIGHT VALVE.
Washington Supreme Court Holds
That Shipping Agreement Applies
In Case of . Loss.
OLTMPIA, July 25. (Special.) For
the first time the Washington Supreme
Court has passed upon the amendment
made to the Railroad Commission law
in 1907, and in the case of the Car
stens Packing Company against the
Northern Pacific Railroad, the court in
reducing the verdict of the Pierce
County Superior Court, said that whlla
under that amendment a common car
rier cannot escape its common law li
ability by reason of a contract, yet
the amendment does not prevent the
carrier and the shipper from agreeing
upon the value of a shipment. In the
case In question the packing company
sued for $821 and recovered $71J. which
the Supreme Court cut to $356.65.
The packing company shipped a car
load of hogs and sheep from a point
In Oregon to Tacoma. Near Vancou
ver the train was wrecked and 108
sheep and two hogs were killed. The
railroad had a contract signed by the
shipper, whereby the value on a aheep
was fixed at $3 and on a "hog at $10.
The lower court held that the contract
was void and that the market value
had to bo paid, but the Supreme Court
decides otherwise, saying tho contract
Is not unreasonable; that tho common
law liability has not been avoided, and
intimates that the value fixed is a
reasonable one for all sheep and all
hogs as the market prices fluctuate
and the rate in a measure is based
upon their value.
Although the members of the Public
Service Commission w411 not discuss
the case It Is understood that they
agree with the court's Interpretation
of the law.
YANKEES ARE BUDDHISTS
Three Americana Ordained as Priests
In East Indian Sect.
SAN FRAN'CISCO. July 25. Probably
for the first time In the history of
Buddhism, native-born Americans have
been elevated to the priesthood of that
cult in tho United States. Thomas
Dry-den. W. T. Moody and Solon C.
Leonhaeuser have been ordained by the
venerable Svaml Maxxinlnanda, Bud
dhist bishop of Sacramento and will
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FOURTH AND WASHINGTON
have charge of the seventh temple of
the Udana Karana, just completed and
dedicated here.
Dryden. who is known to Buddhists
as Kalandra Svaml, was appointed
pastor of the seventh temple. Moody,
now Antlma Sveml. was made assistant,
and Leonhaeuser, whose title is Svaml,
is doctor emeritus. The seventh temple
will be replaced shortly by a bulldins;
housing; a temple, monastery and col
lege. "
Double License Fee Opposed.
SALEM. Or., July 25. (Special.)-
Complaining that a large number of
automobile owners are bitterly op
posed to the new law which requires
such owners to pay two registration
fees in a single year. K. M. Sherlock,
of Portland, has written to Secretary
Olcott placing: the matter before him
and requesting- an opinion from the Attorney-General.
Sherlock contends
that tho original license fee paid the
first of the year under the old law is
a contract and that the state In pass
ing the second law has Impaired- the
obligation of that contract by requir
ing payment of a second license fee.
A billion talks a year take place over the
telephones of New York City.
COMMISSION PLAN LIKED
Chehalls Citizens Petition Council
for Vole on Charter.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. July iS. (Spe
cll At the City Council meeting last
right a petition waa received signed j
by lis names, asaing m m pr-.
posal for a commission form of govern-
TEMPERATURE
At Bayocean Monday 2 P. M. 70'; at Portland 98'
At Bayocean Tuesday 2 P. M. 68; at Portland 839
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its inconvenience and spend your week-end where the cool ocean winds make
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and 100 other healthful recreations are constantly inviting you to participate.
The Tremendous Popularity of Last Week's
Special Cut-Rate Excursion From Portland to
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