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TTTE MORNING OREGONTAN. TnURSDAT, SKPTErRlR 20, 1915. HOOKER DIES WITH LIFE STORY UNTOLD Convict, on Death Bed, Admits Grandmother Resides in Wichita, Kans. LONG TELLS OF SHOOTING. day took under advisement the suit of San Francisco heirs of the Jate Ben jamin Heaiey, a. lawyer of that city. to set aside the sale by the adminjstra. tor of the estate, and officials of Jo sephine County, Oregon; of the Jewett group of mining claims near Grants Pass, Or., to satisfy debts against the estate. The defendants assert that these claims are worth $100,000. Mr. Heaiey died, in 1907, and the claims were sold last year by the administrator, by order of the Josephine County Court, for $14,000 to satisfy debts against the estate. These debts had been unpaid for seven years. Thomas G. Greene, of Portland, was attorney for J. S. Hoare, the ad ministrator, and Claus Schmidt, County Judge; Herbert Smith, L. Coburn, Coun ty Clerk, and Will C. Smith, Sheriff of Josephine County, named as co-defendants. The heirs are Joseph Heaiey, Gertrude Duffy, Susan Peters, Benjamin Heaiey. Jr., Walter S. Heaiey and Edward H. Richard, of Grants Pass. Patrolman Says When Escaped Man .Made Move Against Orders lie Thought It No Time to Take Chanco Death. Not Feared. ALBANY, Or.. Sept. 29. (special.) Doggedly refusing- to make a true statement, even when he knew he was facing death. Otto Hooker died at 2:05 this morning, without throwing any light on his whereabouts from the time he shot Harry Mlnto until Patrolman Long, of Portland, shot him in this city at 11:30 o'clock last night. It is practically certain that Hooker lay all day yesterday under the floor of the uncompleted residence which J. It. Misner is erecting at Eighth and Cleveland streets In the eastern edge of this city. While Mr. Misner was working last evening he thought he heard someone cough under the floor, but was not sure. After he had retired he heard the coughing again and knew a man was secreted there. He at once sur mised it was the wanted convict, and arose and procured a gun. He debated whether or not to leave the place to call officers, and as he expressed it, "thought it might be just a drunk any way, and they would have the laugh on him for thinking it was Hooker," so etood guard there for about half an hour. Mr. FlMher Gives Alarm. R. J. Fisher, who lives nearby, passed the house and Mr. Misner went out and stopped him and told him of the hiding man under the floor. Mr. Fisher went to the Southern Pacific railroad yards, where L. L Moore and John Talent, State Penitentiary guards, were on duty searching trains, and told them of the matter. They took with them H. Christofferson, Deputy Sheriff of Multnomah County, and A. L. Long, of the Portland police force, who had come up here yesterday with a blood hound, and who happened to be in the railroad yards. When the four men reached the house Christofferson went Inside and the other three stationed themselves around the house on the outside. With the aid of a flashlight Christofferson located Hooker under the uncompleted floor and called in the others. The two guards identified Hooker and when Christofferson asked him if that was not his name he replied: "Yes, I am Hooker." and Christofferson. holding th lashlight on. him, ordered him to come out and to come with hands first." As Christofferson held the light! on him with one hand and caught hold of his neck with the other Moore kept him covered with a revolver pointed at his head and Long with a 30-calibre Krag-Jorgensen carbine pointed at his bony. "He started out all right with his hands above his head," said Patrolman Long -when talking soon alter the shooting, "but after part of his body was out from under the edge of the floor he suddenly reached back under the floor with his right hand, and w thought he was reaching for his gun. I did not think It was time to take a chance, so fired. Bullet Shatter Shoulder Blade. The bullet struck Hooker in the right breast and went almost straight through his body, shattering the right shoulder blade. The bullet, embedded four inches deep, was dug out of the ground this morning by Chief of Police Austin. The only statement Hooker made Voluntarily after bein;. told he would not live was to give officers the ad dress of his grandmother, whose name is Mrs. Oman and who resides at 1218 South Main street, Wichita, Kan. He said Otto Hooker was his correct name; that his mother is dead and that he did not know whether his father was living. He said he did not care for his father, anyway; that ho had run away with another woman before his mother died. He said he had not been in Wichita for so long that he Cid not remember his grandmother's first name. Hooker talked sullenly when asked questions, but was always polite when asking for water, which he did fre quently, always drain. ng the glass greedily when water was given him. He uniformly said "please" and "thank you" when asking for and receiving water. He also begged once for something to eat. "I'm terribly hungry," he said. haven't had anything to eat for two days. A short distance from the room in which Hooker lay dying was J. J. Ben son, the marshal of Jefferson, suffer ing from the wound Hooker had in flicted. Hooker admitted shooting Benson. . Rev. Father Arthur Lane, rector of Ft. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, went to the hospital to give the dying man all spiritual consolation possible. He talked to Hooker a few minutes alone. Asked afterward as to his religion. Hooker said: "I haven't got any except what he gave me Just n w." He seemed to have no fear of death, but took his final passing in the same spirit he took everything else almost animal-like. CHURCH MAKES PROTEST JIUUKORD METHODISTS INDIGSAJiT AT BISHOP COOKE. Transfer of Rev. J. Iv. Hairkim to Ore. Kim City AVlth Smaller Salary Oo posed; Reconsideration ABked. MKDFORD. Or., Sept. 29. (Special.) An indignation meeting was held in the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Medford Tuesday night to protest against the action of Bishop R. J. Cooke at the Oregon annual conference in transferring Rev. J. K. Hawki.-s from Medtord to Oregon City. The mating was called by the official board -d was largely attended. By unanimous action a coinmitee of five was appoined to visit the district superintendent. Rev. H. J. Van Fossen, at Ashland, today and urge him to intercede with the bishop in an effort to retain their pas tor of last year. Mr. Hawkins, who has been here only one year, has been satistactory, Hav ing united a divided church, cleared the indebtedness of a year ago and having had 71 accessions to the mem bership. The congregation contends that he is entitled to different treatment. Mr. Hawkins has been at work in the Oregon conference 16 years and has been advanced on every charge to which he has been moved. Rev. H. J. Van Fossen has consented to use his influence to try to obtain the results desired by the congregation. A telegram of protest was sent to the bishop by the committee today. To fill Dr. Fords pastorate at Ore gon City tne tev. Mr. Hawkins is transferred from a $1400 a year pulpit to one paying $1000 a year. NEWPORT OFFERS BONUS 100,000 HELD OUT FOR XKW RAIL ROAD LI.VE. PropOMnl Is Made to Portland & West Coast Company for Construction of First Fifteen Miles. NEWPORT, Or.. Sept. 29. (Special.) Offer of a. bonus of $100,000 has been made by the citizens of Newport to the Portland & West Coast Railroad and Navigation Company as an inducement for the early construction of the first 15 miles of the proposed line from Portland to Newport. Resolutions to this etfect were unanimously adopted at a mass meeting at the Commercial Club Monday night, the condition being that a.ctual construction be commenced within 60 days, of the acceptance of the bonus. J. H. Fitzgerald, manager of the railroad company, has advised the Com mercial Club that if the offer were ac ceptable to the company construction would begin within 30 days. The 15-mile section of the road would penetrate the rich Siletz timber belt, making it available for shipping from the deep-water harbor, and would open for development the Siletz Valley. It is proposed to build the line via McMinnville and Manager Fitzgerald has announced that ararngements for foreign capital to finance the project practically had been completed when the European war intervened, making it impossible to obtain the necessary funds until peace is restored. He said, however, that he felt con fident that the company would begin construction at once on the la-mile section with the proposed $100,000 bonus. TWO SHOTS FATAL Patrolman Long Gets Rioter and Murderer. What to Do for Itching Skins GUN USED ONLY TWICE HOTEL TO CHANGE HANDS J. AY. Dobbins, Formerly of Tort land, to Manage Oregon at Ashland. ASHLAND, Or., Sept. 29. (SpeciaV) J. W. Dobbins, of San Francisco, has taken over the management of the Ho tel Oregon of this city. The new les see was for two years with the Port land Hotel of Portland, also managed the Mammoth Hotel at the Yellow stone, the Montana at Anaconda, and for several years was connected with the dining-car and hotel department of the Southem Pacific. Terms of the lease contemplate a remodeling of the structure and other improvements next Spring at a cost of from $25,000 to $30,000. Mr. Dobbins will assume the management October 1. Fiill Justification Asserted by Man Who Killed Convict Slayer of Warden Minto Courage Is Recognized. Anson L. Long, the Portland patrol man who shot ard killed Otto Hooker, escaped convct .and murderer of War den Minto and assailant of Marshal Benson, has fired but two shots in the execution of his police duties, but each has killed the man at whom it was di rected. He believes himself thoroughly justified in shooting Hooker, as the man was a "killer," was armed with a revolver believed to be loaded, and had been warned not to make a suspicious move. In the recent riot at Linnton in which drunken Austrians and Slavs attacked the police. Long fatally wounded Joe Kocar, as the man was about to strike a fallen policeman with a heavy plank. Witnesses at the trial testified that Long had provocation enough to jus tify drawing his gun long before he did so. In the police department Long has a reputation for coolness and courage, and is not considered as a man who is recklessly quick on the trigger. Though quiet and reserved. Long is one of the best-liked men in the de partment. Incidentally, he is only a fair revolver shot at least in police target pracice. "I ordered Hooker to crawl from under the flooring with both hands in front of him, or I would shoot," said Patrolman Long yesterday, giving his version of the shooting. "He poked his head and shoulders out, crawled back and then started out again with his empty hands held out. Suspicions Move Fatal. "When half way from his hole, he flopped without warning on his right side and flung one hand out of sight under the floor. I fired. I knew he had a gun and had every reason to be lieve that it was loaded, as it sup posedly had contained six shells, and he had shot twice, killing and wound ing two men, which would leave four shells untouched." It is now supposed that Marshal Ben son's gun, which Hooker was armed with, had contained only two cart ridges, both of which had been fired as no trace of the other shells could be found, though the gun was discov ered under the floor of the house where he was captured. He denied having the gun, which was found later by Deputy Sheriff Christofferson, and it has been suggested that the motion that cost him his life was made in an effort to hide the gun. Patrolman Long said yesterday that he did not believe a police officer was justified in shooting except in defense of life, or in the captiu-e of a man guilty of a serious crime, who could be caught in no other way. In dealing with a murderer, he maintained, an officer should take no unnecessary risk. Patrolman Long was warm in his praise of the courage of Deputy Sher iff Christofferson, who was with him at the capture. Christofferson was the first to find the place where the mur derer was hidden. He poked hi3 .elec tric flashlight into the darkness, and hailed Hooker. Jic surveyed the mur derer in the light of his flash, and if the man had not been blinded by the light would have made a particularly good taget.for shot or club. Neighbor Makes Discovery. According to Long's story, he and Christofferson, with two Salem guards. were watching the Albany station. It became cold and at 10:30 they asked a young, man to see if he could find any coats or blankets at a nearby house to help keep them warm. The boy in quired and at the first place of inquiry the owner told him his suspicions as to the unoccupied new house adjoining, where he had heard a cough. The of ficers hurried to 'the scene. Guards stood on the far side of the street, asserted Long, watching for any escaping figure, and he and Christof ferson entered the front door of the house. Christofferson suggested that Long make the circuit of the house on the outside, looking for means of exit that the criminal might take advantage of, if hidden there. He did so, and en tered the house again just as Christof ferson made his discovery. Hooker was beneath the flooring at a corner of the house where the work had not been finished, leaving an opening. There was no basement, but the man lay on the ground with the floor about a foot above his head. Long joined the Portland police force February 8, 1912. He was on moral squad duty with Lieutenant (then Ser geant) Harms at first, and later walked a beat and did motorcycle work. Until recently he patrolled Linnton on his motorcycle. Since the riot there he was placed on a Portland beat because Austrians living in Linnton made threats of "getting" the officer who had killed one of their number. Long's first notable capture was that of George Levy, an Idaho murderer. Long was nearly killed in a motorcycle col lision with a streetcar a year ago as There is immediate relief for skins itching, burning and disfigured by eczema, ringworm, or similar torment ing skin - trouble, in a warm bath with resinol soap and a simple application of resinol ointment. The soothing, heal i n g resinol medica tion sinks right into the skin, stops itching 1 n a t a n t ly, and soon clears away all trace of eruption. even in severe and stubborn cases where other treatments have had little or no effect. You need never hesitate to use resinol. It is a doctor's prescription that has been used by other physicians for twenty years in the treatment of skin affections. It contains absolutely nothing that could injure the tender est skin. Every druggist sells resinol ointment and resinol soap. Samples free. Dept. 7-R. Resinol. Baltimore, Md. he. was on his way to answer a burglar call. DEAD SLAYER TO BE CREMATED Few Xote Hot il rn. During Time of Victim's Funeral. . SALEM. Or., Sept. 29. (Special.) Whiie hundreds of friends were doing honor to the memory of Harry Minto. murdered superintendent of the State Penitentiary, there arrived here frim Albany, on a Southern Pacific train, n plain box containing the body of his slayer. When the black horses and the farm wagon reached the prison yard the body was taken to the hospital: To morrow it will be cremated at the State Hospital. A man who had been Hooker's cell mate asked permission to view the body. . "He often told me he'd be hard to catch some day," he said. "He was hard, all right, but it didn't pay." And that seemed the unanimous verdict of the watchers. JUDGE WINS OWN SUIT C. TJ. Gantenbein Gets $7000 Ver 1 diet Against Kealty Company. Judgment for the plaintiff for the full amount asked. $7000, with interes at 6 per cent from February 1, 1914, was given by Circuit Judge is-ava naugh yesterday in the case of Calvin V. Gantenbein against the Willamette Building & Realty Company, of which Fred Kothchild is president and F. S. Stanley secretary. Judge Gantenbein sued as assignee of A. B. Widney, who had sold to the defendant corporation a lease which he had ootained in 1910 to the property at the northeast corner of Third and Mor rison streets, from the Louis Fleisch ner heirs. The lease called for the erection of a $350,000 building, con struction to begin upon termination of the leases of the various tenants, February 1. 1914. When, in February. 1914, the Wil lamette Building & Realty Company renewed the leases of tenants for an other three years, showing that the building was not to be constructed. Judge Gantenbein. as assignee of Wid ney. started suit to recover $7000 in cash. Douglas to Get Xew Rural Routes. SALEM, Or., Sept. 29. (Special.) Word was received here today by W. C. Hawley, Representative in Congress from the First District, from the Post office Department that an order had been issued establishing additional rural mail routes in Douglas County. Routes will be established from Au cher via Galesville to Azalia and from Azalia to Glendale. Trips will be made six times a week. The order effective October 11 next. HEIRS' SUIT OPINION WAITS Federal Judge Bean Takes San Fran cisco Case Under Advisement. After a trial extending over parts of two days. Federal Judge Bean jester- SUCCESS OF A NEW REMEDY FOR BACKACHE, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEYS Folks in Portland and adjoining counties are delighted - "ith the results they have obtained by using "AN UR1C." the rewest discovery of Dr. Fierce, who is head of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo. N. Y. Those who started the day with a backache, stiff legs, arms and mus cles, and an aching head (worn out be bore the day began because they were in and out of bed half a dozen times at night) are appreciating the perfect rest, comfort and new strength they ob tained from Doctor Pierce s An-uric Tablets. To prove that this is a certain uric acid solvent and conquers head ache, kidney and bladder diseases and rheumatism, if you've never used the "An-uric. cut this out and send 10 cents to Doctor Pierce for a large sam ple package. This will prove to you that "An-uric" is thirty-seven times more active than lithia in eliminating uric acid and the most perfect kidney and bladder corrector. 7" you are a sufferer, go to your best druggist and ask for a 50-cent box of "An-uric." You run no risk, for Dr. Pierce's good name stands behind this wonderful new dis covery, as it has for the past half cen tury for his "Favorite Prescription" 'for weak women and "Pleasant Pel lets" Xor liver ills. Adv, HUNDREDS IIOXOIl MR. MIXTO Funeral Services for Victim of Con- vict Are Impressive. SALEM. Or., Sept. 29. (Special.) Hundreds of persons today paid final tribute to the memory of Harry P. Minto, superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary, who was shot and killed Monday night by Otto Hooker, an escaped convict. Funeral services of an impressive nature were held from the chapel of Rigdon & Richard son. The services were in charge of the Salem lodge of Elks, of which order Mr. Minto was a member. The body was taken to Portland for crema tion. At 10 o'clock, when the services be gan, friends of the slain officer filled the chapel and many stood outside of the building during the services. Tribute to the bravery and upright character of Mr. Mlnto as an officer and citizen was made by John H. Mc Nary, of this city, who was District Attorney here when Mr. Minto was Sheriff of Marion County. Eulogistic remarks also were made by Judge P. H. D'Arcy, of Salem. Pallbearers were Judge George H. Burnett, of the Su preme Court; George Waters, Walter Keys, J. C. Siegmund, Ben Olcott, Sec retary of State, and F. W. Durbin. FRESHMAN SPIRIT PLEASES Willamette University Newcomers Organize Class. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem. Or., Sept. 29. (Special.) The fresh men class of Willamette University gives evidence already of having the Willamette University spirit that all the upper classes are proud of. Last week a meeting was called to organize. A constitutional committee reported on the constitution and bylaws, and their report was accented. The fol lowing officers were elected: President, Joe Minton, of Salem High; vice-president, Teall of California; secretary, Stewart of Amity, Or.; treasurer. Hall of Lebanon High; sergcant-at-arms, Ohling, of Salem. Purple and white class colors were accepted. The freshmen have placed their numeral on the athletic grandstand. 500 TO JUDGE NEW FILM Special Performance of "Damaged Goods" Will B Given. Five hundred prominent physicians, clergymen, social workers, clubwomen and others have been invited to wit ness a private screen performance of Eugene Brieux' "Damaged Goods" at the National Theater Friday morning at 9 o'clock. The performance, admis sion to which will be by Invitation only, will last two hours. Kvery member of the Portland Board of Censors indorsed "Damaged Goods," with the only condition that children less than 16 years of age be mm ONCE every year all Firestone salesmen meet at our Akron head quarters. At our first annual meeting only thirty men were present; this week we'll have over three hundred from all parts of the United States and several foreign countries. Besides attending the general sessions addressed by Company executives, branch managers and sales men, every representative will spend hours in the factory studying, in a practical way, the manufacture of Firestone tires. He will actually see our experts building into Firestones the "extras" you have been reading and hearing about; that extra layer of fabric in the five-inch tire; the extra ply in the three-inch; the extra coating of pure gum between the plies, etc. He will see the "inside" reasons why 50 per cent more Firestone dealers were added last year, and why our output was increased 78 per cent He will see five great buildings under construction to provide over seven acres of additional floor space which will increase our output of pneumatic tires from 7,500 to 12,000 a day. This increase of 4,500 tires per day is larger than the output of the original new Firestone plant erected on its present site four years ago. He will rub shoulders with hundreds of men whose interests are kin to his, and from them he will reap a great harvest of valuable and helpful information which he will use to the advantage of customers in his territory. These days of conference and study represent a large invest ment, but it produces adequate dividends in better service . for tire users the world over. It means a greater, more alert, better informed Firestone organization, and that insures satisfied customers. And there you have the vital reason for it all because satisfied customers constitute the corner stone of this business. Firestone Tire arid Rubber Company ''America's Largest Exclusive Tire and Rim Alalfers." 65-67-69 Park Street N., Portland, Or. Home Office and Factory: Akron, Ohio. Branches and Dealers Everywhere. ,y - - , excluded. "Damaged Oooda" starts a week's run. at the National Sunday morning? at 11 o'clock. Newspapers throughout the East al ready are discussing the film produc tion, which was described by Dr. Cal vin S. White as immeasurably superior to the stage production. Brother, Sister Win I'air Trips. rOTTAGK RROVK. Or.. Sept. 29. 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