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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930
PRICE FIVE CENTS
STREETCAR RUNS WILD,
FIVE PERSONS KILLED
G0NSTANT1NE WILL
START TOMORROW
CITY LISTENS IN ON
NEW POOL TO BOOST
CHRISTMAS. TURKEY
iAIFE STRANGLED,
B,KLPEilB0Dy LURES KILLER
WIRELESS ROMANCE
SPOUSE ACCUSED
DAILY FOR WEEKS
2 8 IXJURED IX WRECK .
FOOT OF STEEP GRADE.
AT
VIOLA DAXA TO QTJIT GOIXG
THANKSGIVING COMBINE NETS
,EOSEBlRG RAISERS $3000.
POSSE CAPTCRES ABDCCTOR
OF WILLL4.M ROWELL, 14. '
-WITH FATTY ARBtCKLE.
CORK SET ME;
PMC GRIPS CIH
Center Portion of Town
Razed After Fight.
V
IS
Flames Started All Night
Long by Exploding In
cendiary Bombs.
SOME BLAZES STILL RAGING
Conflagration Follows Am
bush of Military Three
Killed in Reprisal.
DUBLIN, Dec. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The central portion
of the city of Cork had been burned
to the ground by tonight and other
portions of the city were still ablaze.
The conflagration followed an am
bush of the military at Pillons Cross
Saturday night in which four per
sons were killed and many wounded.
Three civilians were taken from
their houses and shot dead after the
ambush of $he military. Then the
fires started. There were bomb ex
plosions and firing Slso was heard.
The populace was panic-stricken.
A dispatch from Cork said that the
fire hose was cut, rendering useless
the efforts of the firemen.
Walla Blown Out by Bombs.
Two acres soon became a furnace.
The front walls of houses were blown
out with bombs. The great block
between Maylor street and Fish
street still was burning Sunday aft
ernoon, the fire eating its way back
ward. Several' blocks of buildings in the
heart of the business district of
Cork were destroyed by fire during
the night, constituting the costliest
destruction of property since the re
prisals began in Ireland.
A group of public buildings on
Albert ' quay, including the city hall,
the Carnegie library and a portion
of the corn exchange, also were
burned, as well as private residences
in various part3 of the city.
Damage Put at Millions.
Early estimates placed the dam
age at between 2,000,000 and 3,000,-
000 pounds sterling. !
The fires extended to St. Patrick's
street from Cook street to Maylor
street and swept entire rows of
buildings in both sides of Winthrop
street, leading from St. Patrick's
street to Old Georges street.
There was no official confirmation
tfa report that fighting between
the police and military occurred dur
ing the burning of Cork. The only
message ueaxuig ou re
port was a statement that the aux
iliaries had been fired upon inter
mittently between 8 and 11 o'clock
last night.
Martial Law Is Favored.
The labor commission is planning
to send two members to Cork on the
first train tomorrow. The laborites
incline to the opinion that the proc
lamation of martial law will greatly
improve the security of the people
and that it was instituted primarily
with the object of checking excesses
by the new force of irregular police
and bringing them under control.
It was reported from Cork yester
day afternoon that newly arrived
parties of auxiliary cadets marched
through the streets holding up and
searching pedestrians and firing into
the air following the ambush of aux
iliaries within half a mile of the
barracks, 12 of them being wounded
by a bomb thrown from a lorry.
Intense Quiet Lasts Hour.
Between 7 and 8 o'clock a period
of intense quiet fell on the city, but
near 9 o'clock uniformed men began
to display great activity in various
parts of Cork.
At some points tram cars were
held up and passengers taken out.
It was reported that a number were
beaten and others placed against the
wall and closely questioned but wee
finally allowed to proceed.
In the 'Summer Hill district, the
scene of the ambush, shortly after
curfew two brothers named JJelaney
r were reported to have been taken
from their homes and shot, one sub
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Motorman Loses Control of Trol
ley Vehicle at Kansas City.
Switch Canscs TTpset.
KANSAS ClTT. Mo., Deo. 12. Five
persons were known to have been
killed and 28 injured, six or more per
haps fatally, tonight when a one-man
crowded street ' car got beyond con
trol, dashed down one of the longest,
steepest grades in the city, struck a
switch and was demolished.
According ' to officials not a pas
senger escaped injury.
The car was wrecked as it struck
the switch at the foot of the hill.
The car brushed by the eide of a
lfire-pr nnt filled with nanqinrfrii.
No one on the larger car was injured, j
The identified dead.:
' C B. CLOUGH, Kansas City, Mo.
HERBERT BROWN, Kansas ity.
Mo.
ELMER CRAMER. Welda, Kan.
JOHN BYRNE, Kansas City, Mo,
died late tonight at a hospital.
This made the fifth known, death.
An. unidentified woman also vlj
killed.
WILSON HELDTO SCORN
Berlin Caustic Over Awarding of
Xobel Peace Prize.
BERLIN, Dec. 12. News that the,
Nobel peace prize has been awarded
to President Wilson is received with
scorn and ridicule by Berlin news
papers. The liberal organs bitterly assail
the president and the Nobel judges.
The Clerical Germania says:
"President Wilson is the man who"
gave Germany the right to hope'; then
robbed the Germans of their peace.
If hypocritical peace ambitions are to
be crowned with the Nobel prize, then
each succeeding recipient of the
award must carry a share of his
shanfe."
The Tageblatt declares that Presi
dent Wilson's work has been "to be
queath a heritage of militarism to the
new world to which it was a stran
ger." AUTO HITS AGED DEALER
L. Rossall, 7 7, Is Hurt Seriously
by Unidentified Motorist.
L. Rossall, 77, real estate dealer,
suffered injuries which may prove
fatal when he was struck by an un
identified motorist at Eighty-sixth
street and Foster road : lasj n-ighC
Witnesses said that Foster was cross
ing the street when hit. and that the
I driver sped away alter the accident
At Emanuel 'hospital Rossall was
said to be suffering from a basal
fracture of the skull, possibly'a frac
ture of the .right leg . and severe
bruises on arms, legs and back. At
tendants believed that he was in a
critical condition. He lived at 8300
Forty-ninth avenue southeast with
his wife and son.' .
WOUNDED MAN IMPROVES
Harry Lamberson Arrested Follow,
lag Alleged Burglary Attempt."
CHICO. CaL, Dec 12. Harry Lam.
berson, wounded seriously here early-
today by Policeman Harden, will live,
physicians said tonight. According
to Harden, Lamberson resisted arrest
when caught in an attempt at bur
glary. Police said Lamberson is the 20-year-old
son of R. L. Lamberson,
Portland, Or., fS'rmer. He and his
brother came here recently and reg
istered as H. E. Jones and E. A. Smith
of Oakland, according to the police,
who are holding the brother pending
investigation.
CARUSO ISABLE TO SING
Ruptured Blood Vessel Xot to Pre
vent Concert Tonight.
NEW (YORK, Dec. 12. Enfico Ca
ruso, tenor, who ruptured a small
blood vesseUin his throat" during an
opera performance in Brooklyn last
night, will be able to sing tomorrow
night.
This announcement was made by
Caruso's physician today.
13 CARD PLAYERS JAILED
Men Not Gambling. But Are Held
for" Sabbath Breaking.
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 12.
Thirteen men were arrested tonight,
charged with Sabbath breaking.
They were not gambling, according
to the police, but under the Delaware
blue laws card playing is forbidden
on Sunday.
TWELVE KILLED, 30 HURT
Head-On Collision Occurs at Sta
tion at Armentierres, France.,
ARMENTIERRES. France, Dec. 12.
Twelve persons were killed and 30
injured in a head-ou collision be
tween a freight and a passenger
train "
The collision occurred outside .the
station here.
AIR SPEED RECORD BROKEN
Frenchman 'Travels at. Rate
ot
194.5 Miles an Hour.
PARIS. Dec. 12. Sadi Le Cointe, the
aviator, today broke the world's air
plane speed record for four - kilo
ir - it no-
cegoti-
Is, or at
meters.
Flying at Villa Coublay, he
ated the distance in 46 seconds.
the rate of 191.5 miles an, hour.
Regal Baggage Loaded
for Athens Return.
DEMOCRATIC ROBES DONNED
Both King and Queen Plan to
Cater to People. - -
REFORMS ARE PROPOSED
Improved Labor Conditions, Agri
cultural Betterment, Aid to Poor,
Woman Suffrage Considered.
LUCERNE, Dec. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Preparations have
been completed for the departure of
ex-King Constantine of Greece and
his family for Venice next Tuesday on
the first stage of the journey to
Athens. The regal baggage, consist
ing of 220 trunks and boxes, was
taken to the railroad station this
morning.
The members of Constantine's
household still were bewildered by
the unexpected refusal of the Greek
government to allow.. Professor
Georglos Streit and M. Papparago
poula, advisers to Constantine, to re
turn to Greece.
Constantine and Queen Sophie, ac
cording to members of their house
hold, are expected to take a leading
part in urging reforms in Greece. It
was said an endeavor would be made
by them to be more democratic than
they were before they were sent into
exile. Constantine, it was said, prob
ably will urge legislation for Im
proved labor conditions, agricultural
reforms and a betterment of the sit
uation of the poor, while Queen So
phie hopes to head a movement for
woman suffrage.
Constantine has asked the Greek
government, to send missions to the
United States, Great Britain and
France to place the Greek situation
in the right light before the world.
SOVIET PROTESTS TO ALLIES
"Interference in Affairs of Hel
lenic People" Resented.,
LONDON, .Dec 12. The Russian
soviet government has taken part in
the Greek troubles by sending a
strong note of -potest to Great Brit
ain, France and Italy against their
"brutal interference in the affairs of
the Hellenic people." according to a
Moscow dispatch to the Daily Herald.
The soviet did not threaten any
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Movie Star's Conversation on Cata-
lina Island to' Los Ange
les Heard Distinctly. v
When .Viola, Dana, motion picture
actress, took down the receiver of the
wireless telephone a the hotel In
Avalon, ' Catalina island, Saturday
night and began conversation with a
friend in Los Angeles, she did not
know she was exposing her gleeful
chatter about romance to other parts
of the coast.
Neither did A J. Twogood, dean of
the Portland Toung Men's Christian
associantlon engineering schools.
know he was going to hear the latest
news from the motion picture sphere
when he fastened himself inside the
receiving apparatus of the wireless
telegraph outfit of the Oregon Insti
tute of Technology., -.
"I'm going to auit stepping out
with Arbuckle," "spoke Viola to her
friend. "Well. I'm going with Wal
ter." .
The words came distinctly to Mr.
Twogood's ear, and he was interested,
for he had heard Viola talk before.
Then the wireless telegraph trans
mitted another conversation from the
wireless telephone:
"When did you get back, Chaun
cey?" asked a voice. "Where are youj
going tonight?"
"To the dance."
"Who are you going V
And the transmission again ceased.
, Mr. Twogood said he had heard
several conversations from Catalina
island and Los Angeles, but that the
messages Saturday night were un
usually distinct.
There is no. penalty for the one
who' listens.
. GENEVA, Dec 12.-Wireless- tele
phone message.- from England were
heard plainly in Geneva today when
William Marconi gave a demonstra
tion. The newspaper correspondents
attending (he assembly of the league
of nations were invited to the demon
stration and understood, guite clearly
messages spoken by Lord Burnham
and Lord Kidciell from Chelmsford,
county of Essex, England, S00 miles
away.
JAPANESE -WEDS WHITE
Portland Girl Is Bride of Rich
Oriental Merchant.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec. 12.
(Special.) I. Sakamoto, 36 years old
and a Japanese In business In Port
land, and Mildred Clark, 22 years old,
a white woman, were married here
yesterday by Rev. A. D. Skaags, re
tired Christian elder. The bridegroom
wore two large diamonds and was
well dressed. The bride was expen
sively dressed and had a dazzling dia
mond engagement ring.
S. Uemura of 87 North Sixteenth
street, Portland, was the witness.
The bridal party came from Portland
in a large car with a chauffeur and
there were two white men in the
party, one being business manager
for Mr. Sakamoto. The Japanese
was said to be wealthy.
County Agent Urges -Farmers
to
Fall In Line and Repeat.
Profit Coup.
RQSEBURG, ' Or.. Dec, 12. (Spe
cial.) Turkey raisers of this county
profited by a pool formed Just pre
vious to Thanksgiving, and a sum in
excess of $3000 was xaved by holding
firm for an advance over the open'
ing price of 40 cents. County Agent
Haslett announced In launching
movement to form another"Tool to
control the price of turkeys for the
holiday trade.
In an open statement to farmers of
me county no said the recent pool
had the effect of advancing the price
for prime birds practically 14 cents
above the first price offered by for
eign buyers. The price received for
bids shipped on consignment, he "said
was 62 cents per pound gross, netting
the, producer 4 cents.
With this showing It Is hardly
likely the consumer, who has been
looKing lorward to a more conser
vative holiday price for turkeys over
that paid, during Thanksgiving week,
will apprecfttte the effort being made
here to form another turkey pool.
What effect the appeal of the county
agent will have on the producers of
this county is not indicated, but it is
evident a goodly number will join the
new pool owing to the success of the
first ventures.
It is generally conceded many birds
were held over for the holiday trade,
th-is being evident by the limited
shipments made duriflg the latter
part of November, which reached only
about one-third of the usual consign
ments shipped to foreign markets.
However, It must be understood the
number of birds raised" in Douglas
county the past season are far below
normal, due to the extremely dis
agreeable weather of the past three
montns, and there is no assurance
twat there will be an abundance of
turkeys for holiday consumption
Inquiries are already beng received
from distant buyers in regard to local
market conditions, one Seattle firm
bidding for a large number of fowls
for the Christmas trade. To date no
outside buyers have appeared In th
field. It is expected the market will
open Friday of this- week.
DIAMOND IS IN SAUSAGE
PurrbasfT or 15 Cents Worth of
Meat Goes Back for More.
NEW YORK, Dec-12. In an east
side grocery today Harry Wohl, book
keeper, purchased one-half pound of
sausage and a -carat diamond all
for 15 cents.
Wohl, a bachelor, procured the Sau
sage for his breakfast. Eating, his
teeth Came in contact with something
hard. He spat it out and vowed he'd
never buy sausage again. H picked
up the offending particle, found it to
be a perfectly cut diamond, then went
back to the grocery. .
"Watcha want?" asked the grocer.
"Fifteen cents' worth of sausage,
please."
Killing Believed Climax to
Moonshine Brawl.
MAUDLIN HUSBAND IS JAILED
Mrs. Nellie VTevis of 344
Second Street Victim.
ROOMER TELLS OF FIGHT
Witness Says Man Had . Arm
Around Woman's Neck and She
Fell From Face Blow.
Choked to death during a drunken
brawl by the man who later declared
her to be "the finest woman in the
world." was the probable fate of Mrs.
NellTe Tevls, 35, who was found dead
on her bed in the Tevis apartment at
344 Second street soon after noon
yesterday. Her husband, John Tevis,
is accused by witnesses and police.
..Tevis, who was arrested at 6:45
last night when he returned to
the apartment, informed Inspectors
Schum'and Powell that he could not
"understand why she did it." The of
ficers stated that he was under tha
Influence of liquor when arrested.
He apparently was drunk when In
terviewed.
"Nellie and I had been happy dur
ing our two years of wedded life,"
he said. "We had never quarreled
and when I left home to go down
town yesterday morning I kissed her
good-bye. When I returned she said
that she was sick, and laid on the
bed. I went to her and held her
head in my arms until she died. Then
I went downstairs and told someone
there that Nellie was sick and asked
that a doctor be called."
Both Drlnklnic Moonafalne.
When asked whether he had been
drinking. Tevis said: ,
Nellie and I had been drinking
moonshine. I think it must of been
sqme of this stuff made In Iron pipes.
and it poisoned her... I, am broken
hearted that she la dead. I did not
know that she was dead when I left
her."
A few moments later Tevis said
that he held her in his arms whfle she
died. He was consistent in disclaim
ing any part in causing her death,
however. He said that he did not
know where he went when he left the
bedside of his wife, but authorities
believe that he spent the time in
thinking up a plausible story.
Guff, Says Tevln.
"Aw. guff," he said roughly, when
informed that- he was held for Inves
tigation regarding his wife's death.
"They ain't got nothin". on me."
That the woman had been choked
to death and had possibly suffered
from a broken neck was the belief
expressed by Dr. Earl Smith, coroner.
after an examination of the body at
the morgue. jAn autopsy will be per
formed at 8 o'clock this morning to
determine definitely the cause of
death.
From evidence obtained by Police
Inspectors, Collins and Horack and
Motorcycle Patrolman Stiles, it was
learned that Tevis and his wife had
been engaged in a bitter quarrel a
few minutes before the woman was
fond dead on a bed by Elmer Har
less, son of the landlady at the room
ing house where Tevis and his wife
lived.
Woman's Screams Heard.
Harless told the police that he
heard the. woman screara several
times. A moment later, he said, Tevis
came downstairs and asked him to
hurry up to his room. When he ar
rived at the room. Harless said, he
saw the woman lying on the bed. He
said that Tevis was too drunk 'to offer
any assistance. After Harless had
administered first-aid treatment he
telephoned for a physician, but when
a physician from the police emergency
hospital arrived the woman was dead.
While Harless went next door to
telephone, Tevls had succeeded in put
ting on his shoes and left the house.
James Kennedy, who 'occupies a
room next to the Tevls couple, said he
heard the couple quarreling during
the morning. When he heard Mrs.
Tevls scream he said he rushed into
their apartment Just in time to see
Tevis strike his wife In the face. He
said Tevis had his arm around his
wife's neck at the time, and that she
fell over on the bed after she had
been struck.
Hnsband Drlnklns; Two Weeks.
Kennedy substantiated the etory
given by young- Harless relative to
Tevis' alleged Intoxicated condition.
He said Tevls had been drinking heav
ly for two weeks and that he assisted
in taking the man home Saturday
night. ' Mrs.. Tevis also had been
drinking, he said Kennedy told the
police he had known the couple for
two yers.
That Tevis realized the quarrel
had terminated fatally for his wife
and fled Is the belief of the police.
Not until young Harless, told Tevis
that he thought Mrs. Tevis was dead
did Tevis lace up his shoes and leave
the bouse, he said.
The couple had been married for
about two years and formerly lived
at the Medford hotel. Mrs. Tevis had
been employed as a waitress In local
restaurants, but had not worked for
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Xephew of California Publisher Is
Seized While on Way to School
and Taken Into Mountains.
FRESNO, Cal., Dec. 12. William
Rowell, 14, son of Mllo L. Rowell of
Fresno and nephew of Chester II.
Howell, California publisher, escaped
from, a lone kidnaper, who had taken
him Friday to Plnehuret, near Gen
eral Grant park, today-telephoned to
his parents and was returned to his
home In -Fresno. A posse, organized
by Sheriff Jones, returned tonight
with I. M. Stalker, who, the officers
said, had confessedxto taking the boy
frorr-his home.
Riwfel received a letter Saturday
asking him to take $3000 to a desig
nated spot. He communicated with
the sheriffs office.
The officers said that Stalker had
served a term In the penitentiary and
thatthe car In which hetook the boy
to the mountains was stolen.
The Rowell boy started for school
Friday morning and was followed by
Stalker, according to the story he
told the officers: Stalker told him
to leave his bicycle in the rack at j
school and promised to show him box
ing and wrestling tricks if he would
accompany him.
Answering questions of the district
attorney. Stalker said:
' "I tied his hands together with a
rope before we got out of town. Then
I stopped at a store 'and mailed the
letter.
"I was getting breakfast this morn
ing and, because the boy had been so
good and quiet, I had let him go
where he wanted to. He went out of
the shack and I suppose he went to
the store and, to'.d the man there.
"I wanted tha money to help my
prison pal, who is doing 50 years, get
his release. - I thought Mr. Rowell
would pay."
JINGOES ROUSE JAPANESE
X y .
America Called on to "Reflect on"
Land Law Protests.
TOKIO, Det 12. A large mass
meeting of members of the Students'
league of Japan was held today in
Unyeno -park A resolution protest
ing to the world in the name of
"justice and humanity" against the
anti-Japanese land law In California
was adopted. The resolution -called
on the American people to "reflect on
the course."
The speakers, who were chiefly
students and Journalists, declared
that while the world recognized
Japan as a great power, America
treated the Japanese as an Inferior
race.
A similar demonstration was held
yesterday. The object of the meeting
waswto arouse public opinion.
TREMOR SLIDES FATAL
South American Quakes Cause
Death and Injuries to Several.
SANTIAGO, Chile. Dec. 11. Delayed
advices received here report loss of
several lives and injuries to a num
ber of persons as the result c-f- great
landslides around the Inactive volcano
Villarca, in the province of Valdiva.
Xhe slides followed . violent earth
tremors felt In the southern provinces
Thursday and Friday. .
SAN JUAN DEL SUR, "Nicaragua,
Dec. 11. Earth tremors have occurred
at Choluteca, Honduras, simultaneous
ly with tremors felt at Leon, Nicara
gua. No serious injury was reported.
INDEX OFTODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 45
degrees; minimum, 41 decrees.
TObAY'S Rain; stronK southerly winds.
Foreign.
Germans closely watch American-Japanese
controversy. Page 4.
Cork :et afire and populace is in panic.
Pase 1.
Constantine starts on Journey to Athens
tomorrow. Pase 1.
National.
America must ' join league of nation or
build more warships, says ranieli.
Page 2.
Herbert Hoover, as secretary of proposed
department of public works, ms.y enter
cabinet. Page a.
Congress prepares to hear farm bill.
Page S.
Democsets blame Cox for election de
feat. Page 2.
Breach avoided1 in cable controversy.
Fags .
Domestic.
Townley passes as league czar. Page C."
Many -killed- ana hurt when street car
Harding tnd Hoover discucs problems.
Page 4.
Boy. 14. escapes from lone kidnaper, who
is captured. Page 1.
Attractive widow's suicide reveals diouble
life of ra.uroaa superintenoent. rage ti.
Pacific Nortbwest.
New pool forming to boost Christmas tur
key. Page 1.
Visions of Victim's body lure alayer to
scene of crime oany lor ten weeks.
Page 1. t
Club makes change- In Seattle candidates.
Page T.
Sports.
Grid coaches challenge Winged M eleven.
Page 11-
Tiny Herman kept from boxing here.
Page lo.
Baseball draft meets with approval of
leaders.' Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Boxers are warned by Chief Jenkins.
page is.
Wireless man listens in on radio conversa
tion between movie stars at Los Ange
les.. Page 1.
Financial circles see bright future.'Page 17.
Local firm owns sheep, mill and stores.
Page IT.
Knowledge of law Is aid to farmers.
Page 1.
Wife strangled, husband arrested. Page 1.
United States levies moonshine fine of
$10,818. Page 18.
Many poor children wondering if Santa
- will find them. Page 9.
Forty thousand rose slips- to be exhibited.
Page 17.
TJnlty of churches held big question.
Page 16.
Weather man predicts rain for Portland
today. Page 7.
Gift of probably $300,000 offered Oregon
medical school. Pue 6.
Howard Relates Visits to
Owyhee River.
SHADOW IS ONLY WILLOWS
Vision of Victim Floating on
. Water Ceaselessly Met.
TRUNK KEPT IN WUJT0
Each Member of Family Taken for
Ride With Ghastly Burden
Still in Back of XTar.
ONTARIO, Or, Dec. 12. (Special.)
From Septemler 14, the night on
which he threw the body of George
R. Sweeney, whom he had murdered.
Into the waters of the Owyhee river,
until November 2, George W. Howard,
the self-confessed murderer, now in
custody at the county Jail at Vale,
dally visited the scene to see whether
or not the body had risen from its
watery grave.
All this time he had visions that
the body had risen and that he could
see it before his eyes. The apparition
haunted him and this lured him re
peatedly to view the scene to test the
truth of-hls visions, but each time he
found that the shadow which his
guilty conscience conjured into the
body of the murdered man wa-s that
cast by a bunch of willows on the
bank.
.Story Told to Sheriff.
This was the story Howard told
Sheriff Noe today at Vale, following
the return of the party which went
to drag the waters of the Owyhe
river for the body. They did not suc
ceed in finding the body, but they did
confirm Howard's confession in every
other detail.
They found at the home of How- "
ards parents the trunk in which he
transported the mutilated body, and
in that trunk they found smears jpf
blood of the murdered man. They
found in It. too, strands of hair Iden
tified by the officers as that of
Sweeney.
They also" found at Ferguson's
shack. 15 miles south of Vale, the
tray of the trunk and other evidence,
confirming another detail of the con
fession. It was here that the body
was placed in the trunk for the last
part of the ghastly ride.
Family Taken on Trips.
Another peculiarity indicating the
unusual mental condition of the
youthful murderer was his parents'
stories to the officers of Howard's
visits home, before they were told
that he was a self-confessed murderer.
The Howards told of the boy's arrival
at the house in the afternoon in the
car with the trunk in the rear, of
how he took each member of the fam
ily, his father, mother and sister,
one at a time, for a ride about the
lonely roads.
They told, too, how, when he was
urged to take the trunk from the car
that more might enjoy the ride to
gether, he demurred laughingly and
said that it was heavily loaded with a
phonograph and records and a lot of
other junk and thus they suspected
nothing. ,
Suspicions Are Aroused.
The visit ot the officers, their ques
tions concerning young Howard, their
request for his trunk and other activi
ties naturally aroused the suspicions
of the Howard family, but the officers
evaded telling the mother, who was
most persistent in asking about
George. But before they left they
told Mr. Howard the truth of the boy's
confession.
The officers found, too, that he re
mained there all night and left the
car and trunk outside his home, then
drove the next day to the Palmer
ranch, near which he threw the body
into the river. Again the automobile
stood in the open within the view of
all who passed by for several hours.
Same time that night, Howard dis
posed of the body.
The officers in their search found
the wagon wheel, the spindler and
the shoe of a mowing machine, all of
which Howard confessed he used In
weighting down his victim in the shal
low waters. The officers. Marshal
Farmer of Ontario, C W. Glenn and
Frank Gienn, deputy sheriffs, and
Bert High were not equipped to drag
the river though they worked for two
days. ' '
Another Attempt to Be Made.
They returned to Vale and Ontario
last night and after gathering ma
terial With which to continue the
search left tonight for . their second
attempt.
The waters of the Owyhee have
been low until very recently and the
officers felt certain that the body
could not have risen and floated over
the dam or it would have lodged in
the many water wheels down the
stream. .' .
With the return of the officers, it
was learned that the confession which
Howard finally signed before. Acting
District Attorney Lytle at Vale in
reality was made here in the Ontario .
marshal's office Wednesday night in
the presence of Sheriff Noe, District
Attorney Swagler, Marshal Farmer
and that a stenographic report was ,
made by W. M. Walker, official court
reporter, who transcribed it the fol
lowing day and sent it to Vale , for
Howard's signature.
Howard In the meantime had been
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