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8 THEMORXINO OREGONIAW. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1917. VERDICT SEALED IN PQ1S0N CANDY CASE Jury's Decision to Be Known Today Unwritten Law Is Urged by Defense. DEFENDANT BREAKS DOWN I i-sj Irv .... " i M x . j i : i Testimony Goes Against Mrs. Edna Gregory, Charged With Sending Ieadly Sweet s to Girl Hus band Was Attentive To. A sealed verdict was brought in at 8 o'clock last night by the jury which had been hearing the trial of Mrs. Edna Gregory, of Pendleton, tried before Fed eral Judge Bean on a charge of having sent poisoned candy to May Carter, also of Pendleton, through the United States mails. Several additional implications were brought into the case yesterday by District Attorney Reames. The jury retired at 5 o'clock. The verdict will be made known in court this morning. Strong evidence that Mrs. Gregory had sent the candy was furnished by Postoffice Inspector H. F. Peacock, who sent two test letters to Mrs. Greg ory, and by J. A. Wesco. a handwrit ing expert, who Identified a letter written by Mrs. Gregory, in which her connection with the attempted poison ing is referred to, and who also identi fied the handwriting in the address on the box of candy as that of Mrs. Gregory. Deror Letter Seat- . Mr. Peacock's testimony showed how i had been led to euspeci mm, Gregory of sending the candy as soon as his investigation had begun, on ac ni,nt nt her alleged Jealousy of May Carter, a woman who had known her husband before his marriage 10 nrr. Having obtained knowledge or me cir cumstances by which Mrs. Gregory had nhtnlned the arsenic used in tne canay, Inspector Peacock wrote a letter to her purporting to come frcm a person named Murphy, who spoke of having supplied it to her. The lener asKea Mrs. Oretrorv If she had told the au thorities of sending the candy to Miss Carter. Another letter spoKe 01 a pian to place the matter in the hands of the authorities. Two letters were placed in evidence yesterday, which were written to Marphy by Mrs. Gregory. They fell into the hands of Inspector Peacock, who had given Mrs. Gregory a post office box number and told her to answer his inquiry without writing any name on the envelope. The letters were directed, therefore, to a box be longing to Inspector Peacock. One of the letters, which stated that the authorities had not discovered the authorship of the attempted poisoning, was denounced yesterday by Mrs. Greg ory as a forgery on the part of the postofftce inspector. She also testi fied to the effect that her husband had sent the candy through the malls in an effort to involve her. In retaliation to her resentment teward Miss Carter. Letter Brings Grief. W. F. Pierce, an engineer, of Pendle ton, appearing on the witness stand yesterday, testified that he had seen Mrs. Gregory while she read one of the letters fror.. Murphy, and, believing it to be genuine, had shown signs of anxiety. Pierce was sick at the time, so he testified, and was being nursed by Mrs. Gregory. She had told him that the letter contained bad news, and torn it up. Out of curiosity. Pierce had taken the pieces and reconstructed the letter, which he said was the one aent by Inspector Peacock. Stgcned ConfeMslon Repudiated. A full confession of her guilt In the case, which had been signed by Mrs. Gregory at Pendleton, she testified yesterday, was obtained from her by coercion. Against the testimony of Chief of Police Roberts and Inspector Peacock, who declared, that Mrs. Greg ory had signed the confession know ingly and voluntarily, she stated that she had been taken to jail and the confession wrung from her by Intimi dation. She also stated that she had not rea. the document and did not know what it conveyed. An alibi was established by Carl Gregory, her husband. In defense of her assertion that he had mailed the candy. Geary Kimball, in charge of construc tion work for Umatilla County, testi fied that Gregory had worked on the county road under his supervision February 9, the date the candy was mailed, and that he had remained at a distance of four and a half miles from Pendleton during the entire day. The candy was mailed, according to the postmark, at 1:30 P. M. on this day. An attempt was made by B. F. Mulkey, attorney for the defense, to In voke the unwritten law for his client, who is young, of pleasing appearance, and the mother of foup children. Mrs. Gregory, who displayed remarkable coolness during her testimony, wept copiously during the argument of her attorney. l ... J 4 A. 1-7- -ftl'-'.'- GARMENT WORK HINDERED I. AV. V. Suspected of Plotting for Strikes in Uniform Factories. CLEVELAND. Oct. 6. Cleveland Fed eral authorities started investigations today of a new Industrial Workers of the World plot to cause garment factory strikes calculated to block manufacture of uniforms for America's Army. Several Cleveland factories have Government order. R esinol keeps skins clear in spite of everything The smoke and dust of city life, the sun and wind of the country, the steam and dirt of housework all spell ruin for good complex ions. But the regular use of R esinol Soap, with an occasional application of Resinol Ointment, keeps the skin so clean, clear and fresh that it simply cannot help being beautiful. All dru zgists sell Rminol Soap and Oin IBfllt. Why don't yon fceffio uaiac them t If , .- - I , v s- - CJ "TJ?e aS-r-S WZzer 7zj-ZZj7' G.jpy- "3?- SAre 5, i.j?EfVSI I J- - - - s , t - 1 if-irMie-ji ..s IS TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Majestic Madge Kennedy, "Baby Mine." Columbia Roy Stewart, "The Devil Dodger." Liberty Margery Wilson, "Moun tain Dew." Peoples Dorothy Phillips, "Pay Me." Star Ethel Clayton, "The Wom an Beneath. Sunset Dust in Virginians." Circle Charlie Street." Farnum, Chaplin, " The "Easy "Baby Mine" mt Majestic. "Baby Mine," a picturization of the popular stage farce-comedy by Mar garet Mayo, with Madge Kennedy, Broadway favorne, in the stellar role, will be presented at the Majestic The ater commencing today. Miss Kennedy was the star of "Fair arid Warmer," and "Twin Beds," two of the most successful of New Tork plays, and those who have seen the pic ture predict that this young woman is to prove one of the big attractions of the silent drama. v "Baby Mine" is a play that Is par ticularly adapted to the ' cinema, and throughout the East is being received with acclaim and voted one of the hits of the season. In "Baby Mine" Miss Kennedy plays the part of a young wife who fails to hold her husband and resorts to a maternity role in order to bring him back to her. Much of the merriment of the play is caused by the efforts to secure an infant to present to the hus band, and then to keep the house from becoming a regular nursery, with an overflow of babies. with Booth Tarkington. All three celebrities are members of the Lambs' Club and had much to tell to each other concerning the boys back on Broadway. m Among the various educational fea tures of the new Geraldlne Farrar film spectacle, "The Wonwi God Forgot," to be released by Artcraft. is the por trayal of the first use of gunpowder in this country. The unique guns and cannons used in this production are relics obtained only after considerable trouble from museums and collectors of antiques. Several months of re search by a special staff at the Lasky studio were necessary in order to ob tain the correct data on the period with which the photoproduction deals. Directors of motion pictures have Screen Gossip. "Actor, athlete, photographer, presi dent of a business organization, moun tain climber, hunter, author, motorist. cowboy, explorer and humorist these are the accomplishments, vocations, avocations and titles of Douglas Fair banks, the most versatile nephew of Uncle Sam," writes one admirer. He likewise dubs "Doug" "Film President." a a a The trouser evening gown is here and has already found an enthusiastic exponent in Dorothy Phillips, the Blue bird star. Miss Phillips, by the way. Is one of the best-dressed women In movies.- a a a - Hughie Mack, the fat boy whom no body loves but everybody laughs at, has forsworn allegiance to Vitagraph and will hereafter be seen in L-Ko comedies. r m 9 Dorothy Dalton is one of the best tough girls on the screen, but honestly. he's not nearly as tough as she looks. a a a That Roscoe Arbuckle has Just sent the manuscript for a volume of original verses to the publishers is the news which recently startled the film world. Muse-wooing is by no means limited to real poets, so why should'nt a fat com edian try. Tom Forman, Lasky leading man, who recently enlisted in the Coast Ar tillery Federal Reserve of California, as a private. Is by way of becoming a Second Lieutenant, having taken the examination in company with several others. It is expected Forman will pass with flying colors. a a a Douglas Fairbanks did a couDle of handstands and climbed the side of the Artcraft studio recently between scenes of "The Man From Painted Post," by way ' of entertaining Roi Cooper Mc Grew, the playwright, and Harry Leon Wilson, author of the famous "Ruggles of Red Gap" stories and "The Man From Home," written in collaboration RIM Greater Vitagraph's magnificent produc tion from the famous stage play Begins Tomorrow V at the r-7 SUNSET N. B. No Raise in Price a tIADQE KWEDYJi BA.BY f v New York Tribune says : "Just as everyone had about decided in his mind whether he preferred Mar guerite Clark or Mary Pickford, along comes Madge Kennedy and upsets all calculations. She is sweet, she is subtle and her style is inimitable." The international comedy success, begins today for limited engage ment only. Regular Prices 5 and 15 Cents MAJESTIC hi : SaSS35Sj4Sll , u,.m... , 4..JI a. J. at. LU-.U nan. Wl "5MSSsSS?3, mm m mm 7 -t-- " done various things for the sake of the god realism, but it is to be doubted if any screen general can surpass Frank Lloyd's record. Lloyd is making "Lea Mlserables." with William Farnum, for the Fox Film Corporation. Some money was needed for certain scenes and the director sent his assistant scurrying through New York City to get French coins of the period of "Les Mlserables," the 1830's. Lloyd got them, too. a a a Under the direction of Marshall Nel lan, who staged "Rebecca of Sunny- book Farm." the new Mary Pickford Artcraft production, "The Little Prin cess" is now rapidly nearing comple tion at the Lasky studio in Hollywood, Cal. The original book, which became popular through the country, is- from the pen of Francis Hodgson Burnett, who in 1903 dramatized the story at the Criterion Theater, with consider able success. a a a , William Buress, formerly with the Fox Company, is to support Dorothy Phillips in her future Blueplrg proauc LAST DAY PAY ME r ? WITH DOROTHY PHILLIPS P EOPL E..S SUNDAY Doug. Fairbanks in "THE MAN FROM PAINTED POST" Some Show Sunday Olive Thomas dainty star, in the quaint drama of the cowboy and the "Follies" girl Broadway, Arizona always 100 Columbia tions. Albert Roscoe, aiso with the Fox Company, where he played oppo site Theda Bara for a time, will be added to Miss Phillips' support on the Bluebirds. a a a Vola Vale, who has the only woman's role In Charles Ray's first Paramount Ince picture, "The Son of His Father." has been engaged by Thomas H. Ince to play opposite William S. Hart In an Artcraft production. Miss Vale will be remembered for her xeellent work in support of Sessue Hayakawa in tha Paramount picture, "Each to His Kind," and of George Beban in "The Bond Be tween." a a a Mary Thurman. the Paramount-Mack Sennett comedy beauty, is fixing up her Fall clothes the principal one is a skating costume and no pun is intend ed. They say that those who raved over her bathing suit will simply be rendered speechless by this new creation. STAR LAST DAY "THE WOMAN BENEATH" With ETHEL CLAYTON Story by WILLARD MACK II SUNDAY MARGARITA FISCHER in "PUTTING IT OVER" The Greatest Comedy of the Season You Saw Her Last at the Movie Ball You Can't Beat It Sunday A Superb Bill MARGUERITE CLARK in BAB'S DIARY FATTY ARBUCKLE in OH DOCTOR! 4
