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3 WOMAN WITNESS WHO FIGURES IN M 'NAMARA CASE HIT BY DECISION After Stormy Session, Attor neys Say They'll Ask for New Trial Judge. TIIE 3IORXING OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1911. NAMARA LAWYER . i - : rw ii . --r- - a . ' r-. m HARRINGTON MUST TALK H I Ordered to Anmfr Quentlons Pol by Ormni Jury IViih SMos Rrhukrd Krom Ilrrirh Ior ng Fxcltrd Hearing. LOS AXCEX.KS. e?t. SS John R. Harrtnaton. th attorney allied with ths UcNtmtra defense charged with contempt of court for hat-Ins; refused to answer questions asked him befors th irrand Jury was ordered today by Judjre Brdsrell to respond to tha ques tions. As a rssult of tha rutins'. Lecorapte Darla. on, or tha Mc.Vamara attor neys. declared It waa probable) that tha defense would ask for a Chang of Juices at the main tr!s.L Tha associates of II trrlr.cton. who waa cited for contempt for refusing; to respond to querlea recirdtna; his al- Ied attempt to tntluenca Mrs. Lena Jnaersoll. of Kin Francisco, m witness for the ata'.e. said that they did not know whether ha would appear before the arm nrt Jury next Monday, the time acreed upon, or would elect to go to Jail and Institute habeas corpus pro ceeding. Ceart Session Moray. Judse Bordwell ruling; cams only after a stormy session In court. In which Lecompte Iavla and Joseph Scott, attorney for tha HcXamara. were ordered to sit down and W. J. ford. Assistant District Attorney, was commanded to cease arsulns;. Judse Bo rd well smld that after an V " o E AEscoIuteFy Faro . '-ew-w' 1 V"'''' fl Economizes Butter, Flour, W v , . W Eggs; makes the food more ) V T.'f' appetizing and wholesome " r V (fa The only Baking Powder made M t254. ' M from Royal Grape Cfreamol Tartar f , ,-V v. : 'Atr- MUMBIl lILLu IVIHIL C. A. Patterson, Once Wealthy Broker of Chicago, Is Shot. PISTOL HID UNDER BODY MRS. LEXA I.NGERSOLL. anamination cf the records he had con- I fl 1 1 T I P fl flinifs ill nfl! eluded that Harrington a answer to the I II 1 1 I I L U U I I I L Mill contempt chars contained na drrilatl fill I I r r II I II I I II I I ef tha facta as stated In the affidavit I UU I LLI1 I lUIIU I UU of Charles Weir, foreman of tha rrand Jury. regarding; the attorney s refusal to answer. When the Judse reached that part of aald he desired to file an amended Servants of Newport Society answer to the cnarce asainst iiarrina;- ton. He said the new document would deal with the contention of himself and hla associate that tha main Issue In tha proceeding; acalnst Harrlns; ton was whether the a-rand Jury and the l1trlct Attorney were actlns; In arood faltn or were merely Instituting Idle proceedings to annoy the defense. Mew Answer X eeessa ry. Judra Pordwell said he did not think aa amended anawer necessary as he had understood the original document. le declared that animadversions cast t the irrand Jury and tiie District At' torney by the defense at tne bejrlnnlns; cf ti.e fcearlns; last lday bad not been admitted to tha record and h lld not wish to hear mora of them. He declared that Harriccton's service to the UeNamsrtt r-e not those of coun sel and therefore Ilia law did not pro tect him la that capacity. There waa , n? reeton. the Judge declared. why Harrlr.Kton should not answer tne question asked by the grand Jury. purlng Ir- iicott'a speech. Assistant T'tMrlct Attorney lord arose and pro tested at his "Insinuations." only to be told by the bench to quit argulmr. Sett arsued that the (trend Jury tere had no rlcltt to InTestlgate the vr-Ars," t!t Ilsrrlngton had tried to brlre Mrs. Ins;ero:l in Sn Frsodsro. lie said li st If any Investlicatlon were to h made of the alleged crime. It shou!d be made In San Kranclsco. Afterneye Are Reeaked. ludire Hordwe:i ssld that he had de cided otherwise and declared that the rrtn Jury must he permitted to pro revd wit1-; Its Investigation whenerer It ltou'l ti:rre was friend for be lievtr tl.at attenipts were being made n either side Klegally to Influence wit rfiKi. He aaid It waa to be com men :,d for lie work. "Then here do w get off?" roared tjcott. ' "Kxamine the law." aald the court. "Sit down. Mr. Scott. I want no fur ther arguTnent ever thla matter." Lsvts arose and beran addressing the court on the same subject. He also was told sharply to "sit down." The Juiice ssid he did not thir.k that It waa necessary to order any punish ment for Harrington, but ruled that he must answer the queetiona. He released rim en hla own recognizance. Oppos Irg counsel then agreed upon next Monday a the time for Harrington scheduled reappearance before the grand Jury. Sew Jeaze Wanted. The court agreed to examine th mended anawer Scntt wished to file, to determine If It should be admitted to the record. He also permitted tha defense to hare Inserted In the records the refusal of the court to summon members of the grand Jury to testify In court aa to their good faith In the Harrington matter. Clarence Parrow aald tonight tat the ruling of Judge Bordwell. taken with hi prerloua statements that he had ordered the grand Jury to Investi gate the rase and M commending It for It action, gave the defense ground for asking a change of Judges. If a motion for a change of Judge I trade. It will be presented to Judge Bordsre'.l . himself. Before the case could be taken from thla county It would hare to be ahown that ail J! of the regular Judges here and two or three who sit In extra session also were biased. Have Own Smart Set. FANCY BALL IS EXCLUSIVE Mrs. Irrnrh Vanderbllt Entertains Kle-ct of 'Kitchen and Carriage lloufe by Proijr Hrr Butler I Heal Social Dictator. moat constantly while at work and also chewed tobacco. A peculiarity which I recalled in the light of this discovery Is that the old shoemaker never would vote. Time and again In hotly-contested elections friend have urged lcr to vote, but she always gave a positive refusal. No rea son was ever assigned by her for not voting. The woman was a good shoe maker. Last Slay the woman had her first at tack of Insanity. She recovered, how ever, and nothing strange about her conduct was noticed until about week ago. "W idower," Cart Aaawer. Laet Saturday night she became vio lently Insane and tore up her bed and became destructive around the shop. Friends took charge of her yesterday morning, and Deputy Sheriff Green brought her to thla city last night. She was examined before County Judge Duncan and waa committed to the asylum thla morning. RICH MAN PENNILESS KiDHi Millionaire Tratrllnr Jllnon Coin Sent by Bankers. ROSTOV. Sept. S. A r-rnnlless mil lionaire Is not cornmon sight, bat harles K. Nisson. one of Kansas' wealthiest produce men. answered this description when he arrived here from Napl on the liner Canoplc. Nisson's temporary financial embar raesment was due to the fslrure of the t'anopic to make It scheduled stop at Almerla. Spain, where his banker had sent hi money. Funds were awaiting the Kansan when the Canoplc docked here. Thorp Known In Forest irovc. FOREST GROVE. Or, Fept. IS. ( Special.) Genersl T. J. Thorp, of whom mention waa made in Thursday's Oregontan. In a Los Angeles special dtspatrh as having "heard the csll of the wild." and trted for a 49-acre homestead In the "Mallbu" district, was for several years a resident, with hla fsmlly. of this plsre. and waa principal ef the public school bare. General raora moved from her to Corvalila. NEWPORT. Sept. IS. Newport has long been known for the excluslvenes of Ita "society ISO." which aa chosen by Mrs. Ogdrn Mills, Mrs. John R. Drexel and Mra. Stuyvesant Fish has caused much heartburning among those not fortunate enough to be Included. but now the servants of the "150" have gone a step further an organized an exclusive set among the butlers, do mestics, chauffeura and maids that number only 100. The Who's Who list In servants quar ters was determined by Mrs. French Vanderbllt. Mra. Vanderbllt told her butler the other day. before departing for Tuxedo on a visit to her mother. Mra T. O. French, that she wanted him and all those In the Vanderbllt service to Invite their friends to a dance and upper while she waa away. Affair Doa l la Style. And. mark you. Webb. I want the thing done In worthy atyle." she said a parting admonition. Her words were obeyed literally at the bail, which took; place last night. It can be sal J now on positive au thority that the truly fashionable In life below atalra number only 100. and not a alngle person more, r or Webb. the Ward McAllister of this lower stratum of high society, sent out only 100 Invitations to ladles maids and gentlemen's gentlemen, to several but lera. a few dlatlngutshed cooks and coachmen, half a doxen chauffeurs and three or four young aaleswomen la the shops here. I'ecorstora. with flags, bunting and plants, transformed the laundry of the house a very large room into a ball room. The women wore gowna wnicn mere as becoming to them as they bad been to their mistresses on not more than two or three occasions thla sea son: the men's evening clothes had com from tha best tailors; the men's maaters have good taate In clothes and the monej, to Indulge it. tiaieeta Flay Brfdae. Tss, After dancing a couple of hours sup per was served In the dlnlng-roora of the servant' quarter, which were adorned with flags and lanterns. The orchestra played during the supper, and after It every butler congratulated Mrs. French-Vanderbllt's chef and called him a master of his art. Then there waa more dancing, but the haughty coachmen, the dignified butler and the cooks, who have nec essarily acquired years with their skill, sat down again to their bridge, for which Webb, at Mr. French-Vander-bllf bidding, had provided pretty prize. Soon after midnlaht the guest politely told Webb and the two women who had received with him that they had to thank Mr. Freneh-Vanderbllt and him for a very pleasant evening In deed, and took their departure, cheering (or her and her servants, most of whom have been with her for years. WOMAN LIVES LONG AS MAN (Contlnned From ftrst'page.) rub lied any other marked peculiarity. The old man died eight years ago, and since then the woman ha conduct ed the hop alone. The supposed man was always friendly with visitor to the shop,' but never went out of the shop day or night except to take her meals since her father'a death. The two looked 'very much alike and there la no doubt of their relationship. . M.a.Uh IlaWl.s Marked No one ever suspected that the sup posed son was a woman. She had very small feet, and this fact wm often no ticed, but. aa she talked like a man. walked like a man. and had no other feminine atrlbutea. her true sex never was suspected. Sh smoked a pip ai- VOMAV ASSOCIATES SHCXXED Transfer FTom Men's Ward Resisted at Salem State Asylum. SALEM. Or. Sept. IS. (Special.) Kay Leonard waa brought to the asylum tonight by the Sheriff of Linn Coun ty. The commitment papers were made out before Judge Duncan, and they gave her sea as that of a man. aald ah was a widower, a shoemaker by trade. and that, while she used tobacco, that she did not Indulge In Intoxicants. She was received at the hospital without her true sex being discovered, and It was not until Attendant Grub, In en forcing the rules of the Institution, of giving her a bath, learned that she was a woman. Dr. Ktelner. superintendent of the In stitution, and Dr. Griffith, one of the physicians, were then summoned, and she waa transferred from the male to the female ward. "Her mentality la slightly Impaired because of the secluded life she ha led." aald Drt Stelner. She talks very Intelligently on most aubject. After transferring her lo the female ward I learned her story. e in many way she ha the resem blance of a man. She has a scant beard, weighs about ISO pounds, stands rive feet four Inches, and has mascu line manners. She uses good language. her conduct la perfectly clean, and there I nothing to Indicate that In her his tory there Is any abnormal degeneracy. "She says that In no time of life, though she believes there were times when people suspected her of being woman, has she ever been Insulted. "When she arrived at the hospital she demurred to talcing the ueual bath, say ing she waa tired and had Just taken one and did not need It. When Informed that It waa a regulation of the Institu tion sne iinany yielded and she was placed In custody of a receiving attend ant. A few seconds afterward he came rushing Into the office with the start ling information that the person com mitted waa a woman and not a man. "We then decided to transfer her to the female ward, and It was then she properly rebelled. She . said that for 4 years she had associated with men of the world as a man. and that she did not now desire to don women's at tire and associate with women; that she was too old to learn new tricks, but again she vielden. ' Woman Confronted by Witness Then Confesses Slaying Consumptive Husband Victim Sought $25,00 0 for Lost Lore. DENVER. Colo., Sept. 26. C. A. Pat terson, formerly a wealthy broker of Chicago, was shot and killed today by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude G. Patterson. Charges of Infidelity, threatened di vorce suits and other marital troubles are given as the cause. It Is also said the woman shot after her husband had struck her. The shooting took place In Mont- clalr, a suburD. Two shots were fired, both striking Patterson In the back. Mrs. Patterson then thrust the revolver under her husband's body and informed bystanders that her husband had shot himself. Later she confessed when confronted with a statement by a wit ness of the shooting. Witnesses say she fired aeveral shots without effect before her husband fell mortally wounded. Months of matrimonial discord cul minated In Mrs. Patterson filing suit for divorce In the Denver courts Sep tember 1. 1911, charging cruelty. Pat terson brought suit In Chicago Sep tember 20 against Emll W. Strouss, a millionaire clothing manufacturer. asking $25,000 damages for alienation of his wife's affections. Patterson charged that four months after his marriage, October 1, 1908. Strousa and Mra. Patterson eloped and spent sev eral months traveling In Europe. feeven months ago, accompanied by his wife, Patterson came to Denver on account of his ill-health. The couple lived together until last Friday, when Patterson entered a sanitarium for consumptives. 1 Millionaire Alleged Count. CHICAGO. Sept. 25. Suit charging Emll Strouss with having alienated the affections of Mrs. Patterson and asking $116,000 was filed here last Fri day by Charles A. Patterson, who was hot and killed by hla wile in Denver today. According to the bill ef complaints the Pattersons were married at Carmel-by-the-Sea. Cal., October 1, 1908. Four months 'later, Patterson alleged, his any knowledge of the affairs of the They were In Paris some time, he averred. Patterson also alleged that his wife was with Strouss in St Louis In May, 1910. Strouss is president of a wholesale clothing company and Is rated a mil lionaire. When told that Mrs. Patter son had killed her husband he denied and knowledge of the affairs of the couple. . OFFICERS GET PROMOTION First and Second Lieutenants of First Infantry Advanced. X OREGON"! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Sept. 25. The War Department has ordered the promotion of the fol lowing officers of the First and Twen ty-fifth, Infantry, the First being at Vancouver Barracks, and the Twenty fifth at Fort Lawton and Fort Wright, Washington: First Lieutenants to be Captains Ralph B. Lister, First Infantry; Brady G. Ruttencutter, First Infantry: August H. Bishop, First Infantry: Edwin J. Nowlen, First Infantry (to Thirteenth Infantry). Second Lieutenants to be First Lieu tenantsGeorge C. Lawraeon, Twenty- fifth Infantry; Robert P. Harbold, Twenty-fifth Infantry; James A. Ulio, First Infantry; John B. Corbley, Twen ty-fifth Infantry; John M. True, First Infantry: Walter E. Pridgen, First In fantry. No change of regiment Is made un less Indicated. First-class private. Royal A. McWll- llams. Hospital Corps. Vancouver Bar racks, Is ordered dishonorably dis charged from the aervtce. HEARSE CANDIDATE'S AID New Jersey Man In Campaign Puts Sign on Vehicle for Dead. ' NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J, Sept. 25. 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