THE MORNING OREGONIAN, 3IOXDAT, JUNE IT,' 1918.
SECLUDED RANCH PROPERTY WHERE JEREMIAH A. O'LEARY, ALLEGED POTENTIAL SPY AND NOTED NEW YORK AGITATOR, SPENT THREE WEEKS IN HIDING. AND i
(MARY'S ARREST
IS EXCITING STORY
ALDER HOTEL RAIDED
MEN AXr DOCUMENTS" CONNECTED WITH THE EPISODE. AND HIS ARREST NEAR PORTLAND UNDER ESPIONAGE. ACT.
Information Given by Army In
telligence Bureau.
Secret Service Men Bring
Large Force,- Prepared
for Resistance.
LIQUOR SOLD IN ROOMS
I'lve Women Arretted. Soldier Held
as Wltnef Slrinccnt Meas
ures Will Re Adopted to
Keep Portland Clean.
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Preparations for II id trig Fugitive
From Sedition Lavs Carried Out
by Clever Confederate, Be
lieved to Be Arthur Lyons.
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vicinity, quickly stepped through the
irate 'and the leader had confronted
O'Leary before he could emerge from
beneath the car. At the moment . the
fugitive was seized three shots were
fired, but only as a signal to the party
of men in hiding in the forest skirting
the ranch, 100 yards distant.
In response to the signal the entire
party quickly surrounded the prisoner.
The party, it develops, had as its lead
era detective operatives, a Government
agent or two. and embraced also two
or three of the neighbors of the imme
diate vicinity. This group of men had
gone to their hiding place, where they
had full view of the premises, early
Wednesday morning.
Revolver Kept Clone mt Hand.
O'Leary was first backed against the
house and searched He took his arrest
calmly, admitting that he supposed the
"jig was up." In a few minutes he was
taken within the house and plied with
numerous questions. He was given time
to change clothing and pack his few
belongings. Search of the premises
revealed a revolver, which the man in
hiding kept close at hand when not
depending on the shotgun for needed
defense.
The prisoner averred that he had
purchased both weapons with the
ranch. This statement is untrue, said
Mr. Sagar, who declared he sold no
firearms to the purchasers of his
place.
"It's Hanging- for Me," Said O'Leary.
"I guess it's hanging for me." O'Leary
is reported by witnesses to have said,
in one of his few utterances made as he
was being led away by members of the
party.
"Good-bye, dad, I'm sorry for you,"
he eaid to Mr. Btine, as he gave the old
man a parting hand clasp and handed
him a. piece of money.
"Not a bit of worry about me, but
I'm sorry for you," was the loyal re
sponse of the employe.
The departing prisoner presented
the car to Mr. Stine. according to one
of the few statements the old man now
makes. Before the Government men
left, after they had questioned the
man-of-all-work, they placed the ranch
and its belongings in his keeping. They
cautioned him about giving out Infor
mation of any sort, and the faithful
custodian has since maintained discreet
silence, declaring that he will say noth
ing about the affair unleBs called Into
court.
Mr. Stine Haa Air of Mystery.
When Mr. Sagar appeared yesterday
at the place he and his son had owned
for the past four years to learn the
status of affairs, he met rebuffs at the
hands of the newly appointed care
taker. Very tartly and with an air of
mystery that baffled the former owner,
Stine reassured him that he need not
worry about receiving the remainder of
his money as the mortgage notes fall
due. So insistently did Stine make this
assertion that the mortgagor came to
believe the occupant has received in
etructions from Corbitt or O'Leary with
reference to disposition of the place or
completion of payments upon it.
In the three weeks that he spent at
the ranch O'Leary had stocked the
house quite liberally with provisions,
always buying the best of everything
and paying from a fund of money of
good size. Several trips he had made
in the car to Vancouver and to Rid ire
field. Once he took Stine along with
him to Vancouver. On two occasions
he took along as his companion William
vv niiamson, nearest neighbor, who car
riea mum each evening to the two
strange oacneiors.
O'Leary Moat Gentlemanly.
Both Stine and Williamson were im
pressed with the gentlemanlv
of O'Leary, who had been pictured to
mem in advance by Corbitt as
"writer" who had suffered a briolirinivn
and needed quiet and rest above every
thing else. O'Leary's wife. snnnrrii
Corbitt's sister, was said to be employed
va.nuiji;a iis a stenographer, draw
ing a salary of J200 a month.
"I was astonished," said Mr. William
son yesterday, "when 1 read in h-
paper that this man we knew as Wells
is a scoundrel end a bad man. In my
trips with him he had always acted
like a man of best breeding Tr..
when his automobile refused to run or
uroati. aown ne never swore or cursed.
u Jeary .was always attired In
rancner costume. Usually he wore
oiue iiannei shirt, overalls and high
uoois. .tie was unshaven, permitting
liia beard to grow. In reality he
.eeiiieu mucn oi an invalid as he wa
weak, lean, eyesore and unfitted to do
any out me lightest of labor. His
uiec was composed chiefly of eggs,
or uroiioa cnicKen and fresh ber
rles and vegetables. Baked beans com
pusect a iavorite aish with him.
Scheduled Location Satisfactory
Full facts of the deal which put Cor
bitt and his "brother-in-law" in nn
session of the secluded chicken ranch
were obtained yesterday from Thomas
i-t fagar, lormer owner, now residin
at Woodstock avenue. Portland
It was about May 11 or .12 that Cor
bitt appeared at the Sagar ranch, where
my tne owner ana his crippled son
imam, resided. The visitor came o
the Ridgefield-Vancouver Jitney bus to
answer an advertisement offering th
place for sale, which Mr. Sagar had
inserted m a Portland Sunday nane
Corbitt was quickly impressed with th
layout He went so far as to say so.
me secluded location one-third of a
inile off the highway, at the end of a
lane passing only the homes of Mr.
Williamson and Mr. Sutton, undoubted
ly appealed most strongly to the ranch
hunter.
.Mr. Corbitt explained about his "sis
ter" and the sick "brother-in-law." for
whom he said he was planning to buy
a quiet little ranch. After expressing
satisfaction with the place offered by
Mr. Sagar he promised to return, and
departed. Two days later he reap
peared, and this time left a, $50 de
posit on the agreed rrice of $300 an
acre, or $900.
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hiding the 450 chickens. R0 rabbits.
ousu furnishings, tools and crops or
ernes and vegetables.
The money to make the $oo0 cash
avnient then due was taken bv Corbitt
rom a roll of $100 bills produced from
the inside of his trousers. The "roll''
as of such size as to stagger Mr.
Sagar, and he immediately chlded him
self for not having demanded the ill
rice in cash. A note for $150 was
given by Corbitt. under the mortgage,
payable May IS, 1919, and a second note
for $200 was dated to mature -May IB,
920.
Mr. Sagar had his grip packed and
never returned to the ranch. Presum
ably Corbitt went to the place and took
possession at once. William Sagar. the
crippled son, was still there, but was
vidently persona non grata, for It was
but a day or two later that he notified
the father, now in Portland, that he
had stored his things and gone to the
Hood River Valley to pick berries. A
few of the personal effects not sold by
Sagar to Corbitt were sent to the own
er. May 9, being conveyed here by Mr.
Williamson, who came to Portland for
the opening of the Adventlst camp
meeting on that day.
Deal Concluded at Vancouver.
Corbitt demurred slightly at the
price, but they finally came to terms
when it was agreed that $550 should
he paid down and a mortgage given
for the remainder.
It was on May 16 that seller and
purchaser concluded their deal, in the
office of Yates & Tates. at Vancouver.
Along with the ranch Corbitt obtained
all the equipment and all but a few of
the effects on the place. He obliged
Mr. Sagar to make a complete list, in
Samuel F. Stine German Born,
Samuel F. Stino, now the zealous
custodian of the Ccft-bltt-O'Leary poul
try farm, gives little of his history
except to declare that though of Ger
man blood he la as loyal as an Ameri
can can be.
Though he states he was born In
Germany and brought to this country
when S years old, he declares his father
was born in this country. He was
employed at the Portland agency by
Corbitt to do the manual labor about
the place and serve aa cook. He asked
$40 a month and his board. Corbitt
thought this a rather high wage, but
after a little haggling came to terms
on this wage.
Stine was engaged May 18 aha was
immediately taken out to the place by
Corbitt. They traveled In the car bear
ing Oregon license No. 24.678, whtcn
had on that same date been trans
ferred on the records of the state from
the ownership of Mrs. Minnie L.
Wheeler, of Milwaukle, Or., to "Thomas
J. Corbitt, address unknown."
So thoroughly upset was stine over
the mystery of the arrest of his em
ployer that he Journeyed Thursday to
the office of Sheriff Biesecker, in Van
couver. There he asked if he might
see a certain prisoner, whom he could
not name, but who. he said had been
arrested at the ranch. He was told no
such arrest had been made by members
of the Sheriff's force.
Later in the afternoon the aged
worker, more deeply puzzled from
thinking over the incidents and evident
disappearance of the arrested man and
those who took him, tsune appeared
again at the Sheriff's office. This time
he told his broken story or tne arrest
to Deputy Sheriff George M. Johnson.
Mr. Johnson was mystified by the tale
and the actions of the visitor, but
knew nothing: whatever of the arrest.
He made notes of the report Stine Rave
then practically dropped the matter
from his mind.
Men Well Supplied Wit Money.
That both men were plentifully su5
plied with money has been disclosed
in their dealings at Vancouver and
Ridgefield. The supposition Is that
they carried this with them.
W. R. Byron, special' agent of the
Department of Justice in Oregon, de
clared yesterday that he knew nothing
of the circumstances surrounding the
capture of O Leary, though he had re
ceived telegraphic information that
the man was wanted.
United States Marshal George S.
Alexander said yesterday that his of
fice had no part in the capture, and
that heSknew nothing of the details.
It is understood, however, that Mr.
Alexander Is expected by the Govern
ment to have supervision over the
ranch, left without apparent owner
since Corbitt's disappearance and
O'Leary's arrest. Conference over dis
position of the property, or Its care
at least, will prubably be held In Tort
land tomorrow by Mr. Stine and Mr.
Alexander. i
Above General Vlevr of the Chicken
Ranch and the Houae. Where O'Leary
Sought Refuse. Left Samuel K. Stine.
Farm Laborer. Who Worked for
O'Leary end la w (iorenmrnt Cus
todian of the Ilanrh. Center The
Car In Which the Fugitive w York
er Drove About Clarke County, and
I niler Which He Wan Working; When
Surrounded I. ant 'Wednesday. Rlarht
Rural Delivery Mailbox to 'Which
Came the Captured Man'a Mali. Be
low, at- Left Thatnaa 1 Haaar. W ho
Sold the Ranch to Thomas J. Corbitt.
Confederate of O'Leary. Below, at
Riant Photographic Copy of ote
and Facsimile of the Mortaaae Given
by Corbitt In Buying the Ranch. The
Signature on the Morlaasre, Laraer of
the Documents, la Corbitt's.
of the luncheon speakers will disouss
some phase of the question.
Lloyd J. Wentworth. district super
visor of the Shipping Board, will speal:
on housing conditions as the Govern
ment wants them, and on the penalty
for profiteering. H. E. Plummer, City
Building Inspeotor, will speak on fort
land's housing needs. Carl R. Jones
will discuss a fair return to landlords
on their Investments. Herbert Gor
don will undertake to tell how Port
land's rapidly increasing population
may be properly housed.
BOYS TO BE ENTERTAINED
Invitations Out for Allied Nations'
Soldiers and Sailors".
All soldiers and sailors In service In
any branch of the army or navy of the
allied nations ere Invited, as are Im
mediate relatives, to attend the enter
tainment Tuesday evening at the Ma
sonic Temple, 38S Yamhill street, corner
West Park, under auepfces of the As
sociatlon of Fathers of Soldiers and
Sailors. The evening will be devoted
to dancing and other entertainment.
Refreshments will be served.
A programme of Interest has been
arranged as follows: Readings, Mrs.
Herbert Garr Reed; whistling solo,
Mrs. Lota Stone; tenor solo, Albert
Stanhope Brown; Scotch songs, George
C. Graham.
DEMOCRACY'S PERIL THEME
Kev. V. G. Eliot Discusses Recent
Happenings In Russia.
"Democracy. Its Perils and Its
Blessings" formed the theme of the
sermon or Rev. W. G. Kliot. in the Vni
tarian Church yesterday morning.
One of the glorious results of the
war. salrt Dr. Kllot. is what it has done
HOUSING TO BE DISCUSSED
Rotary Club to Consider All Side
of Question.
The Rotary Club will delve into
Portland's housing problem at ita meet
ing tomorrow noon in the crystal room
of the Hotel Benson, when every one
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for the dollar-a-day men who are find
ing surh supreme Joy in doing great
things for their country and for hu-!
manity and who never again will be
satisfied to settle down to mere money-
making and the consideration of
selfish aims as their first thought.
A peril he cited is in conditions com
ing suddenly upon a people unprepared
for true democracy, such as wan ex
emplified in the recent happenings in
Russia. The dangers of democracy to
te found when the masses use violent
means and when sabotage Is employed.
were carefully explained by Dr. Eliot.
The democratic process was upheld
by the pastor S3 atratnBt tli fanatical
and violent methods which delay prog
ress. He declared that the outcome
would be that things would he so ad
justed that every person would have
the best opportunities for self ex
pression, provided that same self ex
pression does not interfere with others.
Klickitat Pioneers Meet.
WHITE SALMON. Wash.. June IS.
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Acting upon Information tlvrn by the
Intelligence Bureau at Vancouver Bar
racks, officers of the war emergency
iuad conducted a raid early Sundav
morning on tto Alder ftreet Hotel at
Fifth and Alder streets. Nine of the in
mates, four men and five women, wero
taken into custody by the officers and
will be brought to trial today In th
munlcip.il court, charged with va
grancy. The persons arretted ar:
Charles Togo, Janannse clerk and ele
vator operator: Ray Fuller, George C.
Pearson, a soldier, who is being heM
as a witness: ". K. Peterson. Mnud
Hammond. Ooldl Kndicott. Fay Tay
lor. Minnie Thompson, and Pearl Martin.
The officers unexpectedly appeared
on the scene ana seized the switrii
bonrd and all lines of communication
while the raid was in progress. In
formation gained by the officer sta
tioned at the switchboard assl.ted tin
squad in the raid. Frequent calls over
the phono to other rooms divulged to
the officers that liquor was on the
premises and several bottles were
taken as evidence to the police sta
tion. The plan adopted by the war
emergency squad in the raid was sini-
lar to the procedure followed by the
authorities in other citie where large
numbers of soldiers are frequent vis
itors. With the large number of soldiers
at Vancouver Barracks visiting in the
city constantly extreme precautions
and most stringent measures will he
adopted to keep Portland clean, s? v
the officers. The city authorities do
not wish a recurrence of the ban to
prohibit soldiers from visiting in the
city such as was recently placed upon
Seattle by the Army officials because
of the social conditions.
Officers Teeters, Phillips. Parker,
Pratt. Spaugh and Schum. of the war
emergency squad, conducted the raid.
Officers of the squad say that at least
50 soldiers called at the hotel while
the raid was in progress.
The Aider Hotel was the scene of a
spectacular police raid about 18 months
ago, when squads of patrolmen de
scended upon the hostelry and ran
sacked it from basement to top floor
in quest of contraband liquor. Several
seizures und arrests were made. The
former raid was conducted by W. H.
Warren, then secretary to Mayor Albee.
CAPTAIN KENLY PROMOTED
Officer Well Known Here Now P.rlg-
adier-tieneral.
Once a Captain of artillery stationed
st Vancouver Barracks, he is now
Brigadier-General W. L. Kenly. newly
appointed chief of military aeronautics,
according to advices received by old
time friends In this city.
As Captain Kenl. 10 years aao. when
he commanded an artillery company
at Vancouver Barracks, lie was well
known in Portland and has many
friends to rejoice in his promotion.
After his transfer to another pout
local friends for a time lost touch with
General Kenly. The last previous word
of him was received six years ago. when
he was In charge of recruiting in New
York City.
MAN RUN DOWN BY AUTO
Riclinrd Zollins. of Oakland. Cat..
Suffer Severe Irulc.
Richard Zolllng. aged SR. from Oak
land, t ill . was run dow n by an automo
bile, at Sixth and Main streets last
night, and customed severe bruises and
a contusion of the left check. J. Han-
nan, of ITS Taylor Ftrret. was driving
the car. The injured man was takrn
to the emergency hospital for first aid
treatment. ll- may later be sent to
his rooms at the hotel.
Mr. Zoning l recently from Aus
tralia and is in Portland on a business
trip. 11c Is to take charge of one of
the new ships to bo launched by Hie
foluinbfa Klver Sli i ohni li inc Oitrjorv.
fSpecial) The pioneers of Camas
Prairie and vicinity, representing the
early settlers of Western Klickitat
County, mot at Husum, on the White
Salmon. Friday for their annual outing
and business session. William Coates,
of Trout Lake, was elected president;
Peter Conboy, of Glenwood. vice-president,
and Mrs. O. P. Krcps, of White
Salmon, secretary.
Rev. George Waters, Indian minister
from the Yakima Reservation, gave an
Intcrcptinar talk on the early trading
period of the Hudson Hay Company and
aid that he was afraid of the first
white man he saw. He Is 7S years old.
BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
51 ra. t,raf 5aye laol Cured Her.
1 'a rl I nc ton. Ia. "I suffered from
bronchial Asthma so badlv I would
often have to sit up half of the nlalit
or lean over the back of a chair, and
ko weak 1 could hardly walk acros
the floor. I had spent lois of monev
for different Asthma iiiedicmea without
help but Vlnol helped me so I sl.'.-
well, and am so well and Ftrong 1 am
doing all my work on the farm." Mrs.
Knmia Graf.
Vlnol is a constitutional remedy
which contains beef and cod liver i o j
tones, iron and manganese peptonates
and glycerophosphates. We strongly
recommend Vinol. The Owl Dm; Co.
and drticaista every where. Adv.
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Through an error In the copy In nvr
page ad of yesterday there appeared
the names Josephine and Harriet Leach.
It should have been
Florence and Harriet
LEACH
the well-known sweet fingers of this
city, whose phenomenal euccessea
throughout the whole country have put
them In the front rank of high-class
entertainers.
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smiles come as the folks taste the
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WHEAT SA VERS a new cracker
designed to save wheat. Good for
the kiddies and grown-ups too.
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