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TTTR MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY.
MAT 23, 1919.
TUCK INVESTIGATION
NOTTD DEWH TEWASH
Grand Jury Reported as Being
Greatly Interested.
CITY PROBE IS IGNORED
Prisoner Assorts Man Was in Crit
ical Condition When Taken
to County Jail.
Privately expressed convictions of
grand jurors who have been conducting
a probe into the Eugene Tuck case all
week and rumors, authoritative and
otherwise, which have been floating
about the courthouse, give rise to the
belief that the results of the investiga
tion, which may be made public today,
will not be in the nature of a white
wash. It is known tnat several public
officials who came before that body
received a severe grilling and left the
grand jury room with a little less com
posure than they possessed upon enter
ing. The grand jury is paying no atten
tion to the special public investigation
being carried on by Mayor Baker and
its decision will be entirely independ
ent of any conclusions arrived at by
the persons who have been listening to
the testimony at the city hall.
Prisoner Telia Story.
Julius S. Ward, a prisoner in the
county jail who was taken there in the
patrol wagon with Tuck and who oc
cupied the same jail corridor as the
man who died, was brought before the
grand jury for the second time yester
day. The first time he refused to make
any statement until he had opportunity
to consult his lawyer. Yesterday he
told his story.
Though still reticent, he is said to
have told others in the jail yesterday
that Tuck was in a dying condition
when placed in the patrol wagon at
the city jail for transportation to -the
county jail, where there are no facili
ties to care for the sick.
"Two men supported him to the
wagon," said Ward. "When he got in
side, his head drooped, his arms hung
limp at his sides and his eyes were
closed." He maintained that Tuck's
appearance was that of a man close to
death. Not long before his death Tuck
was able to talk, said Ward, and pro
tested his innocence of the crime with
which he was charged the shooting ol
Mrs. Tuck.
Police Cruelty Charged.
"He told me the police had given him
the third degree, trying to force him
to admit he fired the shot that killed
his wife," declared Ward. When he
arrived at the county jail, according
to his fellow-prisoner. Tuck scarcely
could walk and staggered about 30
feet to his cot, on which he fell.
Ward was much perturbed with the
tear that what he said about the treat
ment of Tuck might cause the police
to make trouble for him when he was
released from jail, and prejudice them
la the trial of his case.
Jotn A. Collier, attorney for Tuck,
w.3 much incensed yesterday at the
report of prisoners in the county jail
that a man representing himself to be
Collier had called at the Jail several
days before and sought information
from men behind the bars in the guise
of Tuck's lawyer. Three of the men
the stranger talked to later were sub
poenaed before the city investigation.
Jail System Lacking.
Lack of system in the handling of
sick prisoners at the city and county
jails was shown in testimony offered
at the hearing conducted before the
citizens' jury in the effort to fix the
responsibility for the alleged lack of
care of Eugene Tuck prior to his death
in the county jail.
Dr. Fred J. Ziegler, city physician,
failed to account for his not having
received a copy of a report made by
Dr. Rose of the emergency hospital
prior to the time he examined Tuck.
This report showed that upon examina
tion of Tuck on Monday night Tuck
was suffering from tonsilitis, possibly
bronchitis, and had a fever of 102 de
grees. Assistant County Jailor Andrew A.
Cameron testified that when sick men
were brought into the county jail or
prisoners became ill. an effort was al
ways made to secure Asisstant County
Physician Hess and that although he
usually responded to the calls, the re
sponses were not swift. He told the
jury that "he had telephoned to Dr.
Hess at 7:30 o'clock and told the girl
at the home of Dr. Hess that a prisoner
was ill and required attention.
Dr. Hens Calls Up.
Later Dr. Hess called the county jail
and Cameron informed him that "the
murderer" was very sick. Mr. Cameron
said that Dr. Hess immediately said
that the man who was sick must be the
man who had been in one of the hospi
tals and Cameron, thinking that Dr.
Hess was familiar with the case, did
nothing more.
Mr. Cameron was on duty at the
county jail from 4 P. M. Tuesday, the
day that Tuck was transferred from
the city to the county jail, and re
mained on duty until 8 o'clock Wednes
day morning, 30 minutes prior to the
death of Tuck.
When Tuck was admitted" to the jail
Cameron said that he noted a peculiar
pallor on his face, which he thought
was due to the use of drugs. He said
that he answered a telephone call from
Attorney John A. Collier, attorney for
Tuck, and that Collier asked that Tuck
be placed in a quiet place. He told Col
Her, according to his testimony that it
would be better for "the prisoner" to
he in the corridor where he could re
ceive the attention of the other prison
ers. Later he said that he did not know
the name of the prisoner in question
but only knew of him as "the mur
derer.
Memory Is Not Clear.
"Did Mr. Collier mention the name
of Mr. Tuck during the telephone con
versation?" Mr. Cameron was asked.
"I don't exactly remember," answered
Jailor Cameron.
"And you did not mention Tuck's
name when you spoke to Dr. Hess?" he
was asked.
"No." was the answer.
At this juncture of the hearing Mayor
Baker called the attention of the jury
to the fact that Jailor Cameron had
failed to inspect the ledger containing
Tuck's name or the commitment which
accompanied the prisoner from the city
jail.
"It seems to me." said Attorney Col
lier, "that this hearing has resolved
itself into a 'spat' between the city and
county officials."'
Mayor Resents Charge.
"No such thing." hotly retorted Mayor
Baker, "all I am anxious to do is to
establish the responsibility and I want
to bring this point to the mind of the
jury."
Foreman Ridgeway of the jury
stopped the argument between Attor
ney Collier and Mayor Baker and Jailod
Cameron was asked If a report had ac
companied Tuck, he would have seen it.
"I would not have seen it, but the
man who books the prisoners, and in
this case. Chief Jailor Kendall would
be that man. He would have seen it
and issued proper Instructions," he
said.
Dr. Hess was called on the telephone
at 8:05 in the morning of May 14, the
day that Tuck died and told that a
prisoner was in a dying condition, ac
cording to County Jailor D. C. Tichnor.
After Dr. Hess had said that he would
be down immediately, Tichnor said that
he took Sheriff Hurlburt to see Tuck
and when they reached the cell Tuck
was sitting up in bed. A few minutes
previous to this Tuck had been lying
on the floor, Tichnor said, and at his
direction some of the prisoners, had
picked him up and laid him on his
bunk.
Tuck Found Dead.
When Dr. Hess arrived in the county
jail, at about 8:40 A. M., according to
Tichnor, Tuck had been dead for ten
minutes. Dr. Hess made an examina
tion of Tuck and told Tichnor, accord
ing to the witness' testimony, that
Tuck had died of pneumonia.
In answer to questions put by mem
bers of the jury Jailor Tichnor said
that had Tuck's condition been known,
as the city physicians had known it, or
had a report showing him to have suf
fered from a fever of 102 on the night
before accompanied him to the county
jail. Tuck would have been removed
to a private hospital.
When asked if any sick prisoners had
ever been received in the county jail
from the city, Tichnor answered that
to his knowledge three such prisoners
had been received without reports. Two
of them were received from the city
jail and the other was received from
a hospital.
Other Cases Discussed.
"Who were they?" asked Foreman
Ridgway.
'One was Arthur Johnson, from the
city jail, who had smallpox. He was
removed to the pest bouse on the same
day he was received by the county. An
other was Sam Rolli, a murder suspect.
who was brought to the county Jail
from a hospital. The third was a man
from the city jail who had influenza
and was removed to the auditorium
hospital where he died the following
morning."
'Did a report, either written or
verbal, accompany any of these men.
telling of their condition? Foreman
Ridgway asked.
"No sir. The man with the small
pox didn't need any report," said Tich
nor, "it was written all over his face."
FRUIT CROPS TO BE HEAVV
J. O. Holt Inspects Conditions in
Benton and Linn Counties.
EUGENE, Or.. May 22. (Special.)
J. O. Holt, manager of the Eugene
Fruit Growers association, who has
just returned from an inspection of
the canneries in Benton and Linn
counties, reports that he found crop
conditions, about the same in those
counties as in Lane county. Pears will
be short and there will be only a me
dium crop of cherries and prunes, but
the apple and peach crops will be
heavy, said Mr. Holt.
A new cannery is being erected in
Corvallis and a large addition to the
plant at Lebanon is being built. Al
bany has good prospects of securing
a plant, said Mr. Holt.
That the farmers of Linn and Benton
are generally paying more attention to
fruit than ever before, especially to
small fruit, such as loganberries and
raspberries, was the observation of Mr.
Hclt. This industry has been developea
to a much greater extent In Lane coun
ty than there because of the operation
of the big plant of the Eugene Fruit
Growers' association in Eugene and the
branch plants owned and operated by
the association at Creswell and Junc
tion City.
The cannery in Eugene will be oper
ating on gooseberries by the latter part
of next week. Short runs have been
rrade lately on rhubarb.
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Willamette University to Mark Seventy-Fifth
Anniversary.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem.
Or., May 22. (Special.) On three days.
June 7, 9 and 10, will occur the repre
sentation of a great historical pageant
on the campus, in commemoration of
the 75th anniversary of the founding
of Willamette university, the oldest in
stitution of higher learning west of
the Mississippi river. The doors of the
university were first opened to stu
dents on August 16, 1844, and instruc
tion has been given continuously each
year since.
Professor Delia Crowder-Miller of
the public speaking department of the
university is writing the pageant,
which will represent in drama and pan
tomime the story of the university
from the days of wilderness to the
present time. Practically every stu
dent in the university will take part
in the production, and Superintendent
Hall of the Chemawa Indian school has
consented to have nearly 100 Indian
students to participate in the commem
oration. The pageant will require three hours
for its production, and the interludes
will be filled with numbers from the
orchestra, chorus, and pantomime by
children.
'ATTRACTIVE LIFE' SOUGHT
Wife Goes to San Francisco; Hus
band Asks Divorce.
"Portland is too clow life in San
Francisco is much more attractive," de
clared Genevieve S. Rethlefsen last
April as she left her husband to go to
California, at least that is what Henry
Rethlefsen alleges she said, in his suit
for divorce filed in the circuit court
yesterday. She is now, he asserts,
"cultivating the so-called attractive life
of San Francisco. " They were married
in Portland in 1915.
Arcangelo Salvatore did not resemble
the sort of person his given name would
suggest, according to Secondina Salva
tore, who declares in her complaint for
divorce that he beat her continuously,
sometimes using his razor strap and
often merely his fists, assaulting her
until she was in a dazed condition.
Other divorce suits filed yesterday
were: Edith K. Fleming against Rae
man T. Fleming, infidelity; James W.
Shields against Hilda F. Shields, deser
tion: Margaret E. Warner against Rich
ard W. Warner, desertionj Pearl Mooney
against James Mooney, drunkenness,
and Ella Royce Hasenkamp against Au
gust N. Hasenkamp, cruelty.
TWO BURIED AT ESTACADA
Calvin Keith, 20, Victim or Cancer;
Mrs. Closner, 18, Dies of "Flu."
ESTACADA, Or., May 22. (Special.)
Two deaths of young persons oc
curred here Tuesday. The first was
Calvin Keith, aged 20. Last June he
had an infected tooth. Cancer devel
oped in the eye and head. He was
born in the Garfield district. His
mother Is Mrs. A. R. Hawkins and the
boy made his home with her and his
stepfather. Besides his mother he is
survived by four brothers. The funeral
was held today. Interment was In Lone
Oak cemetery.
Mrs. Emery Closner died at the
home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Perry In Garfield. She was
married last fall and was not quite 18
years of age. Shortly after marriage
she and her husband moved near
Eugene, but returned here about Christ
mas. She was ill with the influenza
last February and did not fully re
cover. A baby daughter died a short
time ago. Mrs. Closner was buried today.
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SLAV RESTAURANT MAN LOSER
THROUGH ANCIENT SWINDLE.
Substitution of ''Wrong" Money
Box for "Right" One Leaves J.
Maretick Poorer but Wiser.
"Such an old, old game." plainted
M. R. Mltrovitch, Jugo-Slav restaurant
keeper at 62 North Third street, when
Informed that his , partner. John
Maretich. had been robbed of $1800 in
cash through the substitution of
japanned tin boxes containing funds
for an alleged business enterprise.
The "box game," as it is known to
the police, is one of the most venerable
of swindling devices, yet Maretich em
braced it with complete trust- Police
are now looking for the trio of oper
ators who separated him from his sav
ings. According to Maretich he was ap
proached by three men. two of his own
nationality and one Italian, with an
attractive business proposal. Yester
day forenoon he withdrew $1S00 from
Ladd & Tilton's bank and met his pros
pective partners. As a guarantee of
good faith, said Maretich, he placed the
currency in a tin box, together with a
similar amount deposited by the trio.
The box was locked. Reposing com
plete confidence in him, as they care
fully explained, the. three conspirators
gave Maretich what he presumed to be
the box containing the cash, retaining
the key.
Shortly after he had returned to his
restaurant. Maretich became suspicious
and hammered the box open. It proved
to be a duplicate filled with stones and
waste paper.
Mitrovitch. his partner in the res
taurant business, was at the police sta
tion arranging bail for two racial
brethren arrested on prohibition charges
when the news came to him.
"Ah, why didn't he tell me, his
friend, his brother-in-law, his partner?"
grieved Mitrovitch. "Such an old, old
game. I have known of it for a long
time. I could have told htm. Now peo
ple will say my partner 'fell' for such a
thing."
GIRL IMPLICATES SOLDIER
Discharged Engineer, 35, Accused
of Statutory Offense.
Godfrey Mickelson, 35. a discharged
soldier, is in the city Jail awaiting trial
on a statutory charge, his victim al
leged to have been a 12-year-old girL
who is now a patient in the smallpox
pesthouse. The alleged offense is said
to have occurred several days before
the girl was stricken with smallpox
Owing to the fact that Mickelson has
been exposed to the malady, Deputy
District Attorney Deich will ask the
health authorities that he be placed in
close quarantine. In order that no
chance be given for a possible outbreak
of the disease in the city jail.
Mickelson, who professes innocence,
served in an engineering regiment
which did not get overseas. The girl
is said to have made a complete con
fession, implicating Mickelson. The
case will be postponed until the com
plaining witness is released from quarantine.
Citizens to Repair Park.
PASCO. Wash.. May 22. (Special.)
A shortage of funds for the proper
care of the city park makes it neces
sary to And other means for keeping
the trees alive and growing. For this
purpose the Chamber of Commerce has
asked that every man in Pasco who
can be present Friday evening about 5
o'clock, bringing a shovel, saw or prun
ing knife. The women of the Civic
club will serve a pk-f'c dinner at the
conclusion of the wui.
HANK FPU NURSES LIKELY
FIGHT FOR MEASURE OF AU
THORITY OX AT CAPITAL.
Time Probably Not Far Off When
"Mary Jones, Nurse," Will Be
Addressed Captain Jones."
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, May 22. A strenuous fight is
being waged to- have congress give
relative ranks to army nurses and it is
surmised that the time is not far off
when "Mary Jones, nurse," will be ad
dressed most respectfully as "Captain
Jones."
Many members of congress, no doubt,
have been impressed by the argument
adanced by the nurses who have re
turned from overseas in support of
their claims. A bill similar to the
Lewis-Raker bill, giving relative ranks
to army nurses, which failed in the
last congress will be introduced In the
new congress and it is safe to say that
no better summing up of the nurse's
case will be submitted than that which
Senator Chamberlain will lay before
the committee on military affairs of
the senate.
The document which the Oregon sen
ator will present to the committee is
a letter from Miss Mary C. Campbell
of Milwaukie, Or., secretary of the
Oregon State Graduate Nurses' asso
ciation. Miss Campbell writes:
"Without the dignity of rank and its
evidence of authority, to give orders,
the nurses have been forced through
out their service to see the efficiency
of their professional labors impaired.
"Without the dignity of rank and
the respect which it insures, they have
hnth individually and co!!ectlv'y been
pctsunally discommoded, einbanaused.
Ignored and misprized and profession
ally impeded and thwarted.
"Hence, it is Indeed to be- hoped that
the new congress will give this matter
its specific attention and by the con
ferring of rank on nurses eliminate the
causes of these unfortunate consequences."
AGED JANITOR ARRESTED
Statutory Charges Placed Against
William Hudson.
Statutory charges against William
Hudson, janitor in the Electric build
ing, brought his arrest yesterday after
an exhaustive investigation conducted
by the women's protective division. He
has been released under heavy bail and
will be tried before Municipal Judge
Rossman tomorrow in morals court.
Hudson, who is 73 years of age, i
accused of attacks upon a 12-year-old
girl, whom he enticed to the Electric
building after hours, according to Dep
uty District Attorney Deich. The case
is said to have been first brought to
the attention of the women's protective
division when the wife of one of the
street railway officials overheard Hud
son telephoning to the girl and asking
her to come to the building.
Mrs. Rlizabeth Moorad of the pro
tective division heard the telephone
number, it is said, and traced the giri
to her home. A full confession is said
to have been obtained.
Logger Dies, Refusing Identity.
BEND. Or.. Mav 22. (Special.) Re
fusing to give any information concern
ing his relatives. John Wilson Evans,
logger, died In Bend following injuries
received when a runaway log rolled
over his body. The funeral was held
t'lis afternoon. It is believed that Evans
is his correct name, although a few
hours before his death he told attend
ants that it was "John Wilson."
Read The Uregonian classified ads.
WAGE HEARING POSTPONED
LOYAL LEGION COUNCIL SEEKS
ADDITIONAL DATA.
Officers of District Manage and
Lyceum Manager Abolished la
Interest of Economy. j
As a matter of economy in the oper
ation of the Loyal Legion of Loggers
and Lumbermen the office of district
manager was abolished for the various
districts and also the office of lyceura
manager in the headquarters office at
Portland. The last named official had
charge of providing entertainment pro
grammes for the camps.
After a busy session of three days
the members of the central council of
the organixation saw the futility of en
deavoring to conclude the general con
sideration of wages without additional
data. Accordingly, it was decided to
adjourn until June 17, at which time a
session will be held for the purpose of
clearing the docket.
The minimum wage was increased
from 3.20 to $3.60 a day, an advance
of 6 cents an hour. While this makes
a change in the official minimum wag
it does not. in fact, make changes ex
cept in a limited number of small saw
mills, as generally the minimum wag
paid is in excess of the scale.
Many mills pay $4 as a minimum and
some pay $4.25 and $4.30. but there are,
small mills that, because of their lo
cations, disadvantages in handling prod
uct or for other reasons cannot pay tha
higher wages and operate at a profit.
Mrs. Jane F. Draper, said to hav
been the first woman ever employed by
any national bank in Boston, has re
tired after 35 years of continuous serv
ice with one institution.