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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1021 , 3 ir III OTTD PORTLAND LAWYER WHO WAS KILLED YESTERDAY AND HIS SLAYER. A u mmi uluilii I PARLIAMENT LEADER So unusual and attractive is this sale to those who really know rug values and all the conditions that in dicate scarcity and higher prices in Persia so luring the advantage of getting what one wants at one's own price, that dealers from various points on the Pacific coast are in at tendance. We especially want our regular pa trons here at .home to share in the advantages to buyers at this sale. Sir Edward Carson Hands Over Reins of Office. PASSING ERA HELD GREAT Kewrd of Unionist Party Is De. clared to Be Clear United Ireland Is Held Possible. PDA P MM unai lS IKr vssssv' ' SkW fSt m f ' fi j 1?' V BELFAST, Feb. 4. By the Asso ciated Press.) The Ulster unionist council today elected Sir James Craig:, member of parliament, leader of the party in the new parliament to be set tip for Ulster under the Irish home rule act. Sir Edward Carson presided over the council session. Sir Edward Carson, In handing over the reins of office as leader of the unionist party, said a great chapter In history in Ulster had closed; that the great fight had gone through without a single act which would dis grace the province. "We have a clear record." he said. "Let us preserve it" There was an age-old reproach that au Irish parliament in Dublin could not be trusted to do justice to any Protestant minority. Sir Edward con tinued, adding: Let us take care that this reproach canno be made against your parliament. United Ireland Diacuaaed. "From the outset let them see that the Catholic minority will have noth ing to fear from a Protestant ma jority. 1-5 f X 'III: . A o if - . ' C I S1 ' ! tj Miwii'iiiMiwaimtf AitMaviVmiMftiJrii wt.nr imtini.aini A C25V I 2 .? MmmtHWnfcit rmn v "ViWitnim liiir unfair il y, . , .-r-t, ,m'"S J"" "iv T """vi " f- m"" CHARLES J. SCH.1ABEL. OS LEFT ( THOTO BV MtALPlM, AND JOSEPH C. POBJSCHL, PHOTOGRAPHED AT COUNTY JAIL BY THE UHEtO-MAS. am at 2 p. m. and tonight at u. is PROMINENT LAWYER IS SHOT IX COURTHOUSE. Regarding talk cf a united Ireland, Joseph C. Poeschl, Injured in Kail- Sit bdward said: "Ulster can be won by sincere pro Cessions of the same Ideal of loyalty to the throne, pride In the throne and acceptance of those principles which have made the country great through out the world, but she will never be ccerced. There can be no possible commencement of an approach be tween the north and south of Ireland until the south and west abandon the horrible methods they have pursued and now are pursuing. way Accident, Is Believed to Be Paranoiac. (Continued From First PK. ) tween two cross ties and was unable to extricate himself. Seeing that he would be killed 'f he remained upright, he flung him self out over the edge of -the bridge. The train cut off his foot, severing the leer above the ankle, and he fell The election of Sir Jamej Craig as I 25 feet into a gulch. The story which' he told later of going back to get an iron wrench left on the rails which the first premier of the new Ulster parliament means the virtual though voluntary retirement of Sir Edward might have derailed the train and Carson from his longstanding leader-1 caused a heavy loss of life appar- ship of the loyal people of the six I ently was an afterthought. Settlement la Sought. counties of Ulster. Home Rale Crises Her-lied. Sir James has bee:, in the imperial parliament since 1906. He was the right-hand man of Sir Edward dur Ins the home-rule crises. Sir James, who was made a baro net in January, 1913. for war serv Ices, was boru at Strandtown, County Down. January 8, 1871. He served In both the South African and world "We endeavored to get a settle ment from the railroad, for the case was not considered a clear one for suit. Judge W. D. Fenton, counsel for the railroad, offered to compro mise and the maximum offer which he would make was (2800. We ad vised our client to take It, but he refused. Later he employed Judge wars. He was treasurer o: the royal . -. , ,.j.i UUU.CHU1U 1 11 .1 I B'U AJ.W. AU A i and 1920 he was parliamentary secre tary of the ministry of pensions, and later succeeded to the financial secre taryship of the admiralty, which post he still holds. Physically, Sir James is big, bluff and cheery, and Is ex tremely popular in social circles. BAND, ATTACKS BARRACKS Police, t'sln; Rifles and Bombs, Beat Off Assailants. ' court. A Jury there found In favor of the railroad. Poeschl was of a very vengeful disposition. Mr. Schnabel never re ceived a cent, bo far as I know, for services rendered Poeschl." As one reason for his enmity toward Mr. Schnabel. Poeschl declared that In October, 1914. the attorney caused him to be examined by alienists and penters' union. Poeschl is by trade a carpenter and is a member of the union. Poeschl said that he was a German-Austrian, born near Vjfnna 48 years ago. He is unmarried and lived at 269 V4 First street. According , to his statement he first came to Amer ica in 1904. taking out his first citi zenship papers in 1905. He was nat uralized some years later, just when, he could not state. "Are you insane?" Poeschl was asked as a final query. "I don't know," he. replied. "I don t think so. I have much on my mind, though. I can't think of anything e-ept my trouble and the people who wrong me. I can't stand it. Poeschl was Insistent on display ing hi9 Injuries to the interviewer, elaborating: on each detail. He said he had never threatened Mr. Schnabel, but that he had followed him for two days with the idea of "scaring him. I'm Dying, Is Assertion. 'He fooled me for a long time," he said. "If I have to die, it's no differ ence to me. I'm dying, anyhow." . J. J. Scheeland of 447 Sixth street was with the deputy sheriff and at torney when the shot was fired. He was looking directly at the slayer and described his actions as very de liberate and unhurried. "The revolver clicked once, but did not go off, so he calmly pulled the trigger a second time." he declared. "It happened so quickly I did not realise what the man was doing." Mr. Schnabel was in court as coun sel for Max Ganguin, who, with a woman known as Ella Doe, was ar rested yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff Schlrmer at Multnomah sta tion on a statutory charge. Ha had Just been before District Judge Deich to make arrangements for bail for his client. $100,000 Reward Desired. Following the vote bf the Oregon legislature by which Poeschl received a medal, costing not more than $20, asylum. W. B. Cameron, county agent l'UnJZ' Xlll in charge of insane cases, could find' .,,. , n. , no record of the examination jester- ", ',, ,,,h day and the asylum had no report on the case of Poeschl. romly Praalon Cmt Off. Through the offices of Attorney C DUBLI.V. Feb. J Another big at tack occurred Wednesday night when 100 armed men attempted to rush the Rathcormac barracks, near Fermoy. The police, using rifles and I M. Idleman, the county commissioners bombs, beat off their assailants. were persuaded to grant Poeschl a In an official reprisal yesterday the I pension for three months, beginning postoffice and a business house at November 8. 1920, of 2j a month. Wllliamatown were burned. An am- The payments ended with January 9 bush occurred there January 28, 1921. Poeschl was asked if he held in which Divisional Commissioner Mr. Schnabel to account for tho stop Holmes of the royal Irish constab- j page of the payments at the end of ulary was wounded, dying the next 1 the three months' period. day. Five constables also were I "He'd have let me starve, but h j wounded in this attack. I didn't have anything to do with that,' - ine tnira trial arising out of the said the murderer. assassination of court-martial officers Seated on a bed in his solitary cell . last isoveniDer was postponed to an unannounced date. It was stated that the postponement was In con sequence of an attempt to assassinate an important government witness who was wounded. Lord Dunsany, poet and playwright, pleaded guilty today when brought to trial by court-martial on the charge of possessing arms and am munition. He was fined 25, with the alternative of three months in prison. He paid the fine. Lord Dunsany was arrested re cently after a search of Dunsany castle. In County Meath, had dis closed several shotguns and other sporting arms. It had been found that game was being shot on the Dunsany estate and the military raided his castle and found the sport ing weapons. IRISH SIXKIXG RIDICULED Report of Attack on British Sub marine Declared Fantastic. LONDON. Feb. 4. Inquiry by the ." admiralty into the loss of the British submarine K-5, which sank with all hands fff Land's End a fortnight ago, "-has failed to clear up the cause of the sinking, as there were no sur vivors and the wreckage gave no clew, but the reports originating in . Dublin, attributing the disaster to a new electrically-controlled projectile from an Irish seacraft were ridiculed today by admiralty officials as fan tastic - "lumbers of governments would llKe to have a sea fighting contriv . . anc capable of the performances claimed for this Irish 'hush plane,' " was the comment of one of the ad- miralty officials. He pointed "out that the sinking had occurred more ' than 100 miles off the Scilly islands. EIGHT GET TEARS EACH ' Stowaways Bound for MacSwiney Funeral Are Sentenced. EEiFAST. Feb. 4. Sentences of six years' penal servitude each were iro ' posed today upon the eight men who were arrested October 25 last, when j discovered on the Kingstown mail boat, wearing Irish volunteer uni forms, on their way to attend the funeral in London of Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork. The sentences, however, were made three years actu tally in each case, three years being remitted. Three men who were found with revolvers at a recent dance in Kings town were sentenced to ten years in prison, of which five years were remitted. Governor Signs Bonus Bill. " . ST. PAUL. Feb. 4. Governor Preus .'today signed the soldier bonus bill ""providing for ihe disposal of the re ' "maining $4,538,000 bond issue, which "''' means that soldiers who have not re- ..ivM their bonus will h nald as i one persecutes me. soon as money is obtained from the He had been partially supported, he i . sale of the bonds. ( declared, by local Ho, 6C of the car at the county jail with his wooden stump of a leg perched on a nearby chair, the crippled Austrian failed to show any effects of his deed, other than a ghastly pallor, which over spread his face. Broken English Is Used. When he answered questions, torrent of broken English poured from his tips, indistinguishable at times, and at others, extremely hard to understand. Poeschl refused to believe that Schnabel was dead. "He isn't dead," the' Austrian kept Insisting. "He can't be dead. I just shot to scare him. I shot between his legs. I didn't kill him." The first question put to him, brought forth a flood of garbled lan guage about his railroad accident. Prom the flow of words, the fact that Poeschl believed that the lawyer had "double-crossed" him, was all -that was distinguishable. , The man's Imagined grievance, which had been preying on bis mind for almost a decade, transformed it self to a rush of words as Poeschl attempted to express the feeling which had led him to kul Schnabel. Murder Intent Denied. No information could be gained until bis vehement explanation had come to an end. He would stop mo mentarily at a direct question, only to launch forth again about tne acct dent which rendered him a cripple for life and the alleged mismanagement ol his affairs. . "How long had you been planning to get even with Sohnabel?" be was asked. "I don't know. Three year: ten year maybe. He no treat me right He rob me." "Did you go up to the courthouse with the intention of killing him?" .no. x just want to scare mm. tie can't treat me that way." " 'How long since you had spoken to Schnabel?" "Oh, maybe two years, maybe three. He pass me on the street with his bead up in the air and never look at me." Close questioning failed to reveal how long the murderer had 'Planned to slay Schnabel. He said that he had owned his revolver for more than a year, having purchased it from "an old man" on Front street. Poeschl came directly to the courthouse from his home, he said, and first saw Schnabel in the district court on tho third floor. "He with Dick .Delch when I see blm first," Poeschl declared. The man then -followed the attorney through the corridor, to. the elevator where the murder took place. Poeschl talked much about the medal which had been awarded him by the state of Oregon. Since the failure of his suit against the railroad, Poeschl said he bad been eking out his existence by selling pencils on the public streets. , Pmmllii In Charged. "The police, they arrest me nearly every week." he muttered "Every- by the governor February 20, 1917, Poeschl sought a state pension, later a city pension and wrote many im posing documents setting forth his claims to compensation from the rail road. . His serious injury aroused ready compassion and he was generally looked upon as a harmless crank. He never ceased to charge Attorney Schnabel with a degree of responsi bility for his failure to obtain what he termed "justice. " An involved statement of his case. which he presented to many citizen 'n the course of disguised alms-seek ing, recites his version of the accident which crippled him and estimates the actual loss prevented as a locomotive freight cars and 16 lives with a total value of $217,287. "And yet this pla'ntlff has never received one dollar in the way of com pensation, but. on the contrary, ha the additional heart-sickening convlc t:on that he is the victim of rank In justice and base ingratitude," he re cited in this petition, continuing fur ther to say that unprejudiced, well informed and mentally well-balanced citizens of this community have said that -no sum of less than $100,000 would constitute fair award. - Vengeful Fory Indicated. The petition, written in 1918, shows many signs of the vengeful fury of the man against Mr. Schnabel, for it says: ''On a certain day while still in Good Samaritan hospital, suffering intense physical pain and under great nervous strain and therefore in no condition, mentally, to know what he was doing or why he was doing It, Attorney Charles J. Schnabel laid some papers before him with the harsh remark: 'Here, sign this quick (gruff). I have to go!' thus break ing the nerves again of the patient, and Inducing patient to affix his signature to the same. Plaintiff now believes that the said papers were in the illegal nature of an agreement to a transfer of his action to the fed eral court. Throughout his recital, Poeschl refers to himself as "the herj" and 'the martyr. "On about February 9," the docu ment incoherently continued, "lawyer Charles Schnabel was sent in. By ex plaining how Poeschl removed this wrench first, Schnabel in a. gruff voice, snapped on La Roche. This tricky, coarse, intervention caused the nerve-wrecked patient to stop his mind, to forget to remark how he saved all lives from train disaster first For all the frightful injuries Lawyer Schnabel filed only one dam' age suit for $30,000, only for the torn off leg, It goes on to speak of the attorney "roaring" at the "weak . patient,' Malce quick. I have to go." Narrative In Rambling One. "Again the patient broke down.' rambled the narrative, "and lrrespon sible signed a paper with which the martyrs own counsel helped the greedy defendant lawyer to remove illegal the crushed victim damage ult to the rederaf court. Schnabel concealed the first case of life and property saving from any court action involving $217,000 for criminal gross carelessness injuries." The name of the Attorney continued to obtrude In the maudlin statement. 'After a year, . Schnabel. tried to force the martyr victim to abandon his three claims for venal $1500 and uined the credit the last means to live on, but determined and in the face of starvation Poeschl did not sell. February, Attorney John Dltch bLrn tried to defraud with $1900." Charges of perjured testimony fol low, and then the following assertion: "On October 15, 1914, City Attorney Stadter, partner of Lawyer Schnabel, tried to abduct the hero, by wrecking his mind In Solitary Jail' railroaded In Iron Chain' there without a court I trial probably to Salem to quiet the Hero Martyr for,ever, except the County Doctor Houser was not of that sort Prison walls are not so bad as being a martyr abandoned for years ta perish." Law Practiced 30 Years. Mr. Schnabel practiced law at the Portland bar for more than 30 years and had lived in the city since 1889. Born in Pittsburg, Pa., August 17, 1S67, the son of Kobert A. and Eliza beth M. Schnabel, nee Elizabeth iiecKer. he passed his early years I under toe tutelage of his father, who was a newspaper editor of the old school and who had served valiantly in the civil war. The elder Schnabel answered Lincoln's call for volunteers and died as a result of illness con tracted during the army campaign. Mr. Schnabel's preliminary educa tion was obtained in parochial schools of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Grand Rapids, Mich., and, at the age of 21 years, he arrived in Portland to re side the remainder of hib life. He waB graduated from the Univer sity of Oregon law school with the degree of bachelor of laws in June, 1S91, and since that time had prac ticed continuously In the city. Legal friends knew him as an at torney who in preparation of his cases expended a great amount of energy, thoroughness and concentra tion, and he was considered success ful in his chosen vocation. the great Atiyeh O A 8 o'clock stocks of highest grade A 11. Alder at Tenth Alder at Tenth Appointment Won in 1883. He was appointed to the office of assistant United States attorney in 1893, serving throughout Cleveland's administration under United States District Attorney Dan Murphy. He served as assistant United States at torney until 1898 and was known as a staunch Cleveland democrat' How ever, later in life his political adher ance changed and he became affiliat ed with the republican party during tne leadership of Roosevelt. Shortly before coming to Portland Mr. bchnabel held the position of stenographer in the general offices of the Pullman company at Cblcaero ana ne wastn employe of that com.' pany from 1888 to 1889. He married Miss Elsa Anna Smith, daughter of C.E. Smith of Portland, October 6, 1896, and two children. twins, Charles xi. and Katherine E. were -born of the union February Late in 1907 Mr.. Schnabel became senior partner of the law firm of Schnabel & La Hoc he, but practiced his profession alone after the appoint ment of W. P. LaRoche to the city attorneyship in 1913. Shrine Membership Held. A member of the Mystic Shrine and mason of the 32d degree, he took great interest in the work of his order and supported many charitable enterprises, among them being the Y. II. C. A the Boys' and Girls' Aid society and the Humane society. For over 16 years he held the vice-pred ciency of the General German- Aid society of Portland. He was a mem ber of the Unitarian church. During his professional career, he was president of the Schnabel In vestment company, secretary of the Smith & Watson Iron works and member of the general council of the Bar association, as well as ona of . the leaders of the Itulanomah County Bar association. He also, from 1885 to 1887, was a militiamen of the Michi gan national guard. Frienda have declared that Mx. Schnabel was a man of strong char acter and was unequivocal In matters of public Interest. He had- been slated as one of the principal speakers at the public schools next Friday at services to be held commemorating the anni versary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. MEDAL AWARDED IX 1917 unreserved will be offered to the highest bidder at nWfr TXT r i i including the collection assembled per sonally in the Orient by Mr. George Atiyeh Investors, collectors, home owners, wholesale and retail dealers all lovers of the better class of Oriental Rugs, within reach of this event, are invited to attend the sale. - Examine the stocks at your leisure between sessions and make selections - that you would like to bid on at the following session. IYEH ALDER AT TENTH 4 ESCAPE; I T I OREGOX CITY" FUGITIVES ARE KETAKEX AT .ASTORIA. Legislative Resolution Cites Bra very in Saving Train. STATE HOUSE. Salem. Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Joseph C Poeschl, who this afternoon shot and killed Attor ney C. J. Schnabel in Portland, at the 1917 session of the Oregon legisla ture received a medal for .bravery in flagging a train which was imperiled while crossing a trestle in Multnomah county. The legislative records show that on January 4, 1910, while employed on the trestle, Poeschl discovered an iron wrench chained to one of the rails over which a Southern Pacific passenger train was approaching. Poeschl, according to the wording of the resolution authorizing the appro priation for the medal, rushed to where the wrench was chained and removed it just in time to save the train from being derailed. Although succeeding In saving the train. Poeschl was hurled from the trestle to the ground below, a distance of 25 feet. He sustained the loss of one leg and serious injuries. Many members of the legislature. after hearing of the shooting of At torney Schnabel. recalled that they were members of the legislature at the time the appropriation for the medal was authorized. Tonight Dr. Steiner, superintendent of the state hospital for the Insane, was asked by Multnomah county of ficials if Poeschl bad ever received treatment at that institution. The records at the hospital do not dis close that Poeschl had ever been an Inmate of the Institution under bis right name. S. ft H. green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co. Main 253. 560-21. Adv. Phone your want ads to The Ore- gonian. Main 7070, Automatic 60-95. Two Whites Not Tet Captured. Escape Is Made Through. Hole in Ceiling of Jail. OREGON CITT, Or.. Fefb. 4. (Spe cial.) In a Jailbreak some time be tween 12 and 1 o'clock this morning, four prisoners escaped from the county jail at the courthouse here. Two negroes, held on a burglary charge, and two whites, Hanley and Brown, got away. The two negroes wen recaptured at Aurora while rid ing on a freight train with seven hoboes. The officer at that place re membered the negroes. Wells and Brown today were still at liberty. The escape . was made through an old hole in the ceiling above the cells and into the assessor s office. The board had been nailed down after a prisoner had escaped by oawing the hole through the floor several years ago. The men used an iron bar to force the opening and, traveling through the courthouse to the back wood chute, gained their freedom. FRENCHMEN WOULD FIGHT Real Duel May Be Pulled Off in Paris Tomorrow. - PARIS, Feb. 4. Deputy Paul de Cassagnac. speaking to the Asso ciated Press Tnursday, said he could make no comment on his challenge published in LOevre to fight a duel with Leon Daudet, leader of the royalist association, with army re volvers at 60 feet, firing at will. He pointed out that the law govern ing French duels provides that 48 hours must elapse between the chal lenge and acceptance or rejection of the challenge, during which penoa the challenger must say nothing, only his seconds being privileged to talk. A friend of the challenger declared that as soon as the time allowance of 48 hours had expired M. de Cassagnao would "surely slap Daudet's face west, east, . north and south," and added, "be on hand Saturday for the fireworks." While little Is known of M. de Cas sagnac'a ability as a duelist, Leon Daudet has been fighting duels for many years. He has been wounded several times in his encounters, and in turn, nas wounaeu uiauy meu. GAZETTE JOINED TO GLOBE London Newspapers Announce That They Will Amalgamate. LONDON. Feb. 4. The Pall Mall Gazette announced today that it has amalgamated with the Globe. Both will be published as one news paper from Monday next under the title of the Pall Mall Gazette and Globe. The amalgamation cornea In conse quence of the crisis through which the British newspaper world is pass ing, owing to the increased price of rewsprint and the augmented wage of editorial and mechanical staffs. The Globe, the oldest evening news raper in London, established in 1803, has changed hands a number of time in recent years. It has been on the market for some months, as are other London papers. Maritime Smoker Planned. To return a complimentary dinner tendered to them some time ago by the Marine Engineers association, members of the Masters, Mates and Pilots' association this evening at 8 o'clock, at room 523 of the Oregon building, will hold a smoker in honor of the marine engineers. Announce ment was made yesterday that about 200 seafaring men are expected, to attend. , . CHURCH UNITY DEMANDED NEEDS OF FOREIGN MISSION FIELD STRESSED. Speakers at Sv Louis Conference Tell How Workers Are Embar rassed by Divisions. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4. The need for church unity in the foreign mission field was stressed by representatives of the unification movements confer ring here in an effort to co-ordinate their interests. Rev. C. C. Morrison, Chicago, editor of the Christian Century, they are expected to keep up In their work among the heathen. "A missionary may go out an ardent Presbyterian or Kpiscopalian or Dli ciple, with the doRmatic distinction nf his denomination," ha said, "but he will invariably come back from his work In the mission field catholicized, convinced that those things that make distinctions anions Christians at home are of no point or pith." This feature was emphasized also by Rev. A. J. Brown of New York, for many years secretary of the Pres byterian foreign mission board. "A divided church will never, can never save the world." ho declared. Mall Worth $23,000 Missing. NEVADA, la., Feb. 4. Investiga tion is being conducted here to ascer tain whether a pouch containing first- . class mail and banking paper, ejtl- asserted i mated to be worth as much as $23,000 that missionaries are tmbarrassed by has been lost or stolen, it became the divisions among Christians which ' krown here today Dear Folks: rQT) not a Rare at Hotrl Whltcomb From $2,041. jOO Outside Rooms. Write for Folder Containing Slap of City. J. U. Van Home. Mgr. San Francisco, California Let me Introduce Twin Friths, two tail bills at the head of Mnrkrt tre-t. Today nr followed a vlndin road around these Ilia. At toe P, San FranelNCO liny and five eountlen lay atretched out before u like a TurkUfc cur It'a wonderful! Fifteen minutes anro we not back to our cony room here at Hotel Whlteomli, We are now pre-parina- to raid the dininK room, P. S. The rnid im aueeeaaful we had a splendid dinner. utTIOTEL Whitcomb Civic Center SAN FRANCISCO A