TIIE BIOItNTXG OREGOXIAN. . THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,- 1918.
10
'RED RUPERT
WIFE
AND
RECONCILED
Man Charged With Liberty'
Bond Theft and Wife May
Be Remarried.
MRS. RUPERT HEARS TRIAL
Are
Ilr, IiTorcrd Lat September,
brra Strolling About Corridors,
Arm In Arm Dally and
Embrace at Tartlng.
A reconciliation haa been effected be
tween Clyde J. Red Rupert and hl
divorced wife. Tearl Rupert, according
to Plowden Ktott. attorney for the de
fendant. At tha conclulon of thla case.
Rupert and hie wife.. who divorced him
lant September, many be remarried.
Mra. Rupert haa been present
throughout tha trial and areeta her hua
band aa ha leavea the courtroom after
each adjournment. They atroll about
the corridor arm In rn, and embrace
-h ather at tha door of tha Jail ele
vator aa Rupert la taken back to ht
cell at each recesa.
Without tha least show of emotion
and apparently tha moat unconcerned
person In tha courtroom. Rupert yester
Uy afternoon dragged Into his defense
tha name of tha lata Bob Phillips, who.
until bla tragic death November 12.
last, was chief field deputy under
Sheriff Hurlburt-
Kapert Telia Ufe Mry.
Rupert had given a resume of his
Itfa from tha data of bis birth. IS years
ago. until tha day of bis arrest. Decem
ber IS, last for tha alleged theft of
Il.tOO In Liberty bonda from the
Northwestern National Bank, where he
was employed aa a special officer. He
had Just started to give his version of
his bond transactions when ha sud
denly brought in tha name of tha dead
Deputy sheriff.
"A party came to me ona day and
asked me If tha bank would cash lib
art x bonds." said tha witnesa at tha
outset of his direct examination. "This
party said ha represented a German
who did not want bla nama to be
brought out. Thla German. I waa told.
bad purchased tha 'bonda and then
wanted to get bla money back, but did
not want any person to know of It.
(sarin that ha might ba accused of
being unpatriotic'
rhllllse Make Prepaaltlea.
"Who was thla person who asked
you If tha bar.k would cash the bonds'"
sked hla attorney. Plowden Stott.
"Bob Phillips." replied Rupert with
out a tremor. "Bob Phillips was the
man who came to aea me.
"Phillips told me ba was to get per
cent if ha sold tha bonda and told me
it I would sell them for him ha would
divide with ma and give ma a J per
cent commission."
Tha witnesa admitted that ha bad
told Alfred &. P.lx. to whom ha had
transferred 11009 of the stolen liberty
bonda for motorsblp slock, that ha had
received a legacy from an estate which
consisted of liberty bonds. In explana
tion, ha said be did thla because ha waa
cautioned by Bob Phillips not to men
tion any of the persons connected with
tha bond negotiation.
Genua la Kot Kasae4.
"'Who la thla unknown German? ba
was next asked.
"I don't know. Bob Phillips never
told me."
"Pbllllps came to see me at the bank
four or five times." continued Rupert.
"I told blm the bank would not cash
the bonds, but later I remembered that
Rix had been urging me to buy motor
ahip stock, so I told Phillips that he
could probably exchange the bonda for
some good stock without having any
names made public Phillips said he
would sea the German and find out If
this waa satisfactory.
"He cama to ma several days later
and said It waa all right to get the
atock. He gave me a long envelope
with the five $1000 bonda right there
In the lobby of the bank."
"tld anybody sea this transfer?" he
was asked by Deputy District Attorney
Hlndman on crosa-examlnatlon.
"Tee: aome man waa standing near
ns and saw Phillips give me tha en
vilope." replied Rupert.
TVho Is this man r
Maya Lewis Mentioned.
"He la here In tha court rom. I think
bis nama Is Wayne Lewis, of Jones'
Cash Market." responded Rupert.
"How long had you known Bob
Phillips?" ws another question on
cross-examination.
-For eight or ten years."
"When be lay dying at the hospital
late In November after ha had been
ahot. did you go to aea htm?" he waa
asked.
"No. I did not." ba admitted.
"You made no effort, while he was
alive to find out who was the owner
of these bonds?"
"No 1 did not. I thought If the owner
wanted them ha would come to me for
them."
No Receipt btvra far Beads.
"Did you give Bob Phillips a T
ciept for these $5000 In liberty bonu
"So, I did not."
"Do you mean to tell this Jury that
he gave you these bonds without any
rcrtept of any kind?"
"Tes." replied tha witness, almost In
a monotone.
That tha bonda transferred by Rupert
to Alfred R. Rlx are without question
the bonds stolen from the Northwest
ern National Bank, waa the testimony
offered by varioua bank officials. The
chief witness was C M. Dyrlund. aa
aistant cashier of tha United States Na
tional Bank, who had kept a record of
the serial numbers of the bonds. These
bonds, he had received from C. E.
Tiumelin. of the Ashley Jt Rumelin
Bank. Mr. Rumelin and Mr. Rlx had
previously testified that Rix had aold
the bonds to Rumelin.
It waa lata in October or early In
November. Mr. Rlx testified, that Rupert
told him that he had received hla
legacy In liberty bonda and would be
willing to make an Investment If his
name could be kept secret.
"Ha said he did not want his name
to come out for family reasons." said
Rlx.
v. Lloyd Multt. vice-president of the
Northwestern National Bank, told of
employing Rupert for the first time In
tha Fall of 114 and of letting him go
In IMS because ha felt they did not
need the servicea of a apeclal lobby
officer. In October. 11. be again em
ployed Rupert, who remained with the
bank until the day of hia arrest. He
said that Rupert had access to every
part of the bank except tha money
vaults In the basement: that Rupert
had often been entrusted with thou
sands of dollars and had never before
been accused of any theft.
MeBride Parehaaea Baad.
George M. McBrlde testified that be
had met Rupert In the office of A. &
Itta. and that he had purchased one
$1000 bond from Rupert, through Rix.
for some stock In a shipbuilding plant.
Aa had been expected. Rupert'a tes
timony concerning his relations with
the lata Bob PhiHipa caused a stir In
the courtroom. He admitted that he
had kept the bonds In his pocket for
nearly two weeka after PhiHipa had
leen killed before he had completed
hla negotiations for their transfer.
Rupert Retalae Cosssalaaloa.
He also testified that he had re
taincd $150 from the bond sales as
hia own commission and had deposited
$100 with his attorney. Mr. Stott, for
Phillips share. He aald thla money
waa to be given to the unknown Ger
man if he should ever call for IL
"Didn't you think that Bob Phillips'
heart-broken mother waa entitled to
this money?" he waa asked.
"I never thought about that," he
answered.
"If this German had shown up and
demanded those bonds, would you have
given them to him?"
"Yes, I would."
"Did you have any Idea that these
bonds had been atole -. from the bank?"
"No."
Bank Officials Nat Informed.
"Then If you really thought they be
longed to thla German why didn't you
tU the bank officials about It the day
tliey bad you In the bank office Just be
fore you were arrested."
"Becauee I had no confidence In Mr.
Multt."
"Are these all the Liberty bonda that
you ever had In your possession r
'Yes. they are."
"Are you aura of that?"
"I am."
"Isn't It a fact. Mr. Rupert, that you
gave A. c Mubllng $9000 In bonda to
hold for you?"
"No, I never did.
Tears ago a man Introduced to the
world a thin copper strip for protecting
shoe tips, and received $4,000,000 In
royalties.
ARMY NEEDS STEEDS
Officers to Comb State
Horses and Mules.
for
OFFICIAL RED TAPE CUT
Funds Deposited In Oregon Banks
and Raisers Will Be Paid Direct.
Mules Bring $215 and Cav
alry Horses $14 0 Each.
Captain F. S. von Stade and Lieu
tenant C. O Weeks, of the United
States Army Remount Station at Fort
Keogh, Mont., left Portland yesterday
for a tour of the central part of the
atate In search for horses and mules
for the Army. They will buy direct
from the farmers and stockmen and
there will be no red tape to go through
with in making payment. Funds have
been deposited In Oregon banks and
payment will be made direct to owners.
A flat rate of $140 for cavalry horses
and $215 apiece for mules, will be
paid. The horses should weigh 1000
pounds and up, be aaddle-broken and
hardened. Horses fresh from the range
are not wanted. Likewise mules wuld
be broken and should be 1200 pounds
up In weight, and hardened.
Cap' n von Stade and Lieutenant
Weeks will be in Prlnevllle today, Red
mond tomorrow. Bend r'ebruary 23 to
-a inclusive and In Lewiston. Idaho,
February 26 and 27. They will be back
in Portland on various occasions and
they may be -eached at the Portland
Hotel. They will make It a point to
visit localities where they can find
available horses and mules. Their
headquarters In Portland are at the
Portland Hotel.
"We are going to deal direct with
the farmer and horse-raiser," said
Lieutenant ..eeks yesterday. "The Gov
ernment has eliminated all of the so-
calicd red-tape details in order that
we may treat with the farmers direct.
Our funds are on deposit in reeon
banks and we will pay direct for the
horses, the farmers getting their maney
Instantly. This system has been
adopted because of the dissatisfaction
expressed when the Army was getting
me norses from contracting buyers.
Naturally the contractor's commission
had to be figured In and that meant
that less could be paid the horse owner.
Now, however, the regular price will
be paid the farmers direct. People
with horses to sell should hear in mind
that it is necessary to have hardened
horses. It takes longer to prepare a
green' horse for service than It does a
green" soldier. We prefer horses that
have been worked.
"Tha Government wants to impress
upon the farmers and horse owners
that now is a time they can make a
sacrifice, by giving up their hardened
horses and set to. the task of training
their green colts and range animals.
The farmers can do a special service
by letting us buy such available horses
and' mules. The need for these horses
Is pressing. We have come to the
Northwest In the hope of finding the
kind of animals needed. The buyers
from the allied governments have been
through this section before and the
farmers.
ALLEGED PRO-HUN FREED
Case.' Against Joseph LeKoy Fails for
Lack of Evidence.
Joseph LeRoy, who figured in a sen
sational affair at the Strand Theater
Monday night, when some one called
out that "Germany should win," was
discharged In Municipal Court yester
day afternoon because, as Judge Ross
man stated from the bench, he waa not
positively identified as the man who
had uttered the statement. Deputy
City Attorney Deich, who prosecuted
the case, said he also had a reasonable
doubt, and did not wish to see the man
imprisoned without more proof.
LeRoy had a membership card in the
L W. W. when arrested, but he said in
court yesterday that he would throw it
away; that he Joined It only because
he had to in order to get work in the
woods and had no interest in the cause
otherwise.
During the night. Just at the close
of a patriotic speech by A. G. Clark,
some one in the balcony shouted, "What
about Invisible government Germany
ought to win." There was instant up
roar all over the theater, and so much
confusion followed that no one took
sufficient pains to Identify the man who
made the remarks.
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