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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY; 21, 1921 a TISSO Of T i DEFENSE REARS EfilD Both Sides May Rest Case by Tonight. STATE WITMESS SHIFTS Ta.vicab Driver Testifies for Slayer; 'o Outcry Heard While Girl Was in Auto. attorney, who questioned him at the same time, and Dr. George Parrish. city health officer, who was awak ened by a woman's screams while in his room at the Mallory hotel the night of the killing Showerman testified that Lotisso told him ,a few hours after the trag edy that he had killed his wife and did not care if he hung for it in the morning. The witness said Lotisso fully realized what be had done and thought he had done what was right when his wife refused to return to him. Defense of Thomas Lotisso, wife slayer, based on the Insanity theory. was well under way at adjournment of court last night, and there were indications that both sides would rest their cases, except for argument, by tonight Transition of Ed Goneau, for-hlre automobile driver, from witness for the state in tne first trial of Lotisso to star witness lor the defense in the second hearing was accomplished without confusion. He repeated on the witness stand the story he had told at the first trial, which was the rasis of perjury charges filed against him by the state several days later. t'ross-rxaminaiion did not sh;.ke bis story. He testified that there was no struggle between T -ssie Lotisso rnd her husband as they drovo down Alder street the night of November 3". and that he heard n.i screams or outcry of any description. The state has produced six witnesses wi.o said they had been roused from sleep thai nitht by screams of a woman, fol lowed by four shots. Oonean dorm tar Police. After hearing the sh its, fired on Fourteenth street out rf his sight, Goneau testified that he nrove east on -rtlder to the intersection of Four teenth, saw a body lying !n the street J nd two men standing .ver it. drove iinrth on Fourteenth away from the murder scene, down Washington to Broadway, notified two policemen that he thought "Dago Tommy had killed his wife," and drove them bac to the scene. "Why dldn"t you go to where the body was lying when you rim saw it?" Goneau was asked by Joseph L .Hammersly, deputy distr ct attorney, in the cross-examination "I didn't think It was necessary to go there." replied the witness. "I eaw two men there. Really, I don't believe I knew Just what I was do ing." "Didn't you think your car might be of some service?" pursued his in terrogator. "I figured that with that many shots she must be dead and there was nothing I could do with the car, so I went for the cops." was the an swer, vvnen he returned, the dying woman had not been moved, he said. I.otluo "Nice" Daring Ride. On direct examination. Goneau tes tified that during the ride from the Chinese restaurant where Lotisso had gone for his wife, to Fourteenth and Alder, Lotisso "had been very nice to her. putting his arm around her" the was crying at first but the couple talked together in low tones later, he said. On cross-examination. Goneau ad mitted that at the coroner's inquest he had testified that Lotisso and his wife during the drive had been quar reling "a little bit." He admitted his arrest for perjury and a recent con viction for bootlegging. Mrs. Kvelyn M. Conway, a new wit ness called by the defense, told of finding a letter written to Lotisso by nis wiie in October, at a time the prosecution contends he was verv at tentlve to an old sweetheart. Mrs. ueriruae oeddes. This communis tion thanked Lotisso for some money am naa seni. amount not mentioned ana was signed "With love and Kisses. -Jessie. Early In the evening preceding the ruurning oi toe Killing, iirs. Conway, in wnose nome Arthur W. Larsen chum of Lotisso. had been staying, talked with Lotisso, or rather listened to him for half an hour as he recited hi3 troubles. She said he did not seem particularly nervous but that he wanted to talk to some one. NEW STORE WILL OPEN Second Wool worth Establishment Ready for Business. The new 15-cent store of F. W. Woolworth company, at the south west corner of Broadway and Alder street, will be open tomorrow after noon from 2 to & o clock for inspec tion and will open at 8 o'clock Satur- J day morning for business, according i to announcement made yesterday d R. J. Williams. Oregon and Washing ton n.. n . rn, fnr Ih. fOlYiriAnV. ThA management of the store has I issued a general Invitation to the nnhllf to visit the store during the in spection period. There will be an 8- ' piece orchestra to give music for the ' occasion. ' I The new Tortland store Is No. 1126! In the Woolworth chain. It" will be operated in the same fashion as ail i the other stores of that organization, j according to Mr. Williams. Eari j Goodwin will be manager. The new store Is declared to be In line with the policy of the Woolworth company to establish two stores in leading cities of the west, it is de clared. UNIT DECLARED ASSURED Roscburg Machine Gun Company Is Obtaining Enlistments. ROSEBURG, Or.. Feb. 23. (Special.) Following a meeting at the armory last night of young men eligible to enlistment in the proposed national guard unit here, it was announced this morning that the company is practically assured for this city. The names of 65 men are necessary be fore the machine gun unit can be organized, and C. L. Stoddard, for merly a captain In overseas service, spoke before the high school this aft ernoon, and succeeded In enlisting a number of the young men in tne pnmninr. Salaries for the members of the unit will total approximately $8000 annually, and in addition funds will be available for equipment. Taxpayers' League Elects. ROSEBURG, Or., Feb. 23. (Spe cial.) At .. meeting here of the directors of the Douglas county tax pavers' league last night. Loyal V. Emery, a Coles valley prune grower, was elected president; C. O. Garrett, a stockman of Glendale. first vice president; G. W. Riddle of Riddle, sec ond vice-president: A. A. Thiel of Yoncalla. third vice-president, and H. O. Fargeter of Roseburg, secretary treasurer. The directors are: Loyal V Emery, G. W. Riddle. C. H. Bailey. A. A. Thiel. O. L. Beckley, S. D. Evans, Arthur March and C. O. Garrett. Auto Goes Over Bluff. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Feb. 23. (Special.) K. G. Harland. head of the electric equipment company, en route to Walla Walla from Lewlston yester day afternoon, saved his life by leap ing from his automobile as it went over a bluff on the slippery Marengo grade. His car was wrecked. He was brought here today in another car and sent out a wrecking crew. This hill has been the scene of many bad wrecks. I.otia.o Says lie Couldn't Sleep. "He said that If he could get to talk to his wife alone, everything would De all right." said Mrs. Conwav. "but he declared there always seemed lo be another girl with Tessie. He had not been able to sleep because or worrying about his wife, he said He toid me that he had been saving up money so that he could take her back to England as he had promised her mother. He was going to meet her that night after the show to which he was going with Mr. Larsen ne said." Larsen was a witness also. He was with Lotisso until 11:30 the night of the killing. He had known him lor about three years. On cross-examination, he answered that he had observed nothing unusual about Jjonsso s condition that nisrht. Mrs. a I. L. Ruthman. proprietor of ine .-vavarre hotel, related on the witness stand conversations between Jessie and two other men she said sne had overheard while eavesdron ping at the telephone exchange board scout a month before the tragedy. Two Jlen Called oa Phone. Lotisso had gone to the hotel and wanted his wife to stay with him. said Mrs. Ruthman. Before she went to bis room Tessa telephoned two men. declared the witness, telling one of them she could not keep an engage ment wun mm mat night, as her husband was there. This was after midnight. Mrs. Ruthman testified. Mrs. Ruthman said Lotisso had told her he wanted to take his wife back to Lngland and open a little ice cream parlor there, and was caving money with that end In view. Lotisso himself took the stand shortly before adjournment last night and detailed the accidents in his youth which had subjected him in later years to fainting spells or com plete lapses of consciousness. His tes timony had not reached his marriage when court closed. Barney Lotisso, father of the ac cused, and Jennie Lopez, sister, tes tified concerning the mishaps of the young man, also. .Wife Taunted Mate. Testimony. Other witnesses for the defense, who testified In the first trial, were M. G. Butterfield and H. A. Chapman, who described an argument between Lotisso and his wife at midnight in the street near the Morris hotel, say ing that after she had gone to her room. Tessie taunted her husband from the window. The episode had such an effect on Lotisso that he walked away nnsteadily from the hotel, spinning about dizzily near a street intersection, said Butterfield. Verne Bristow and Thomas W. Hughes, taxi-drivers, were other wit nesses, telling of actions of Lotisso prior to the crime. Final witnesses for the state, pro duced yesterday morning, were Grant Showerman, newspaper man, who in terviewed Lotisso after the murder;. Richard Deich, former deputy district ' Roseburg Playground Planned. ROSEBURG. Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) If plans Initiated by Umpqua post of the American Legion materialize, the youngsters of Roseburg will soon be provided with a fine playground. The tentative proposal was discussed at a meeting held in the city hall last night. It Is proposed to invite aid of the city council in perfecting the plan. In addition to a central ath letic field. It Is believed necessary to provide four community playgrounds, one in each section of the city. Kelso Man Becomes Minister. KELSO. Wash., Feb. 23. (Special.) W. S. Pearson, who has been asso ciated with his father. C. B. Pearson. In the realty firm of Pearson & Son. has been ordained as a minister of the Mennonite church and has taken a pastorate at Granger. Wash. He is jiot yet 21 years of age. His father will continue the realty busi ness here. T4 4, Washington Programme Given. MONMOUTH, Or.. Feb. 23. A George Washington programme under the direction of Miss Laura Taylor, head of the department of physical education, and Miss Bessie McChes ney. third and fourth grade critic of the Independence training school, was given In the Oregon Normal school "Read The Oreconian classified ads. . . Wings of the morning! Good coffee for break fast makes things seem just right. It gives you a real set-up for the day's work. And how good it is! how fragrant, how rich and smooth to the taste! Schilling Coffee is one of the fine coffees, packed in vacuum-sealed tins to keep the original fragrance and taste 'until you get it. 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Special for Opening Day Only. 1 5c Pound This candy made in Portland. SOLD IX POUND LOTS ONLY MILK CHOCOLATES , These are our regular line of ORIOLE CHOCOLATES At a Special Opening Price V4 Pound 10c SOLD IN POUND LOTS ONLY SALTED PEANUTS These Are the Little SPANISH PEANUTS That You Like so Well. On Sale, the Opening Day, Only 15c Pound SOLD IN POUND LOTS ONLY SEE OUR WINDOWS FOR ADDITIONAL OPENING SPECIALS! -WOOL WORTH Broadway and Alder Streets CO. Portland, Oregon K r 4