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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921 LAPSE OP MEMORY (Special.) The commercial block on Market street between G and H com prising a 25-foot lot and two-story concrete building occupied by the Lenoir lodging house and the Jumble shop on the lower floor has been sold by Jones and Jones for C. L. Watson to J. P. Standke of this city for ap proximately the assessed valuation, (11,000. The telephone company is expected to take over the lower floor for a supply depot about the first of the month. FATHER IS GRILLED IN SOUTHARD TRIAL I!!!!IIII!!!1!!!II!I!1!11I1!!!!I11!!!1I11!H t DEFENSE OF SLAYER Come today! Lotisso and Brumfield Set Examination of Body of Example for Wife-Killer. Daughter's Mate Reported. mm ipiM HENDERSON TRIAL BEGINS Witnesses for Prosecution Tell About Crime Declared Deed Prompted by Revenge. The mornln? of the day when Jo eph J. Henderson was ordered by Presiding- Circuit Judge Morrow to appear and show cause, if any, why he had disregarded th court's order to pay his ex-wife alimony of $30 month, Henderson went to the home of Mrs. Gertrude Henderson, placed her in fear of her life for half an hour and then plunged a butcher knife into her back four times. This was testimony given the first day of the trial of Henderson for the murder of his ex-wife and mother of his three children, August 8, 1921. In the opening statement of the prosecution, it was asserted that mo tive for the crime would be shown by the testimony of a witness, not yet produced, who would say Henderson told him before the divorce u granted that if his wife was awarded the children and alimony, he would not pay any money but would "get" her. Lapse of Mrmory Ia Defense. A defense paralleling that offered for Thomas Lotisso, who killed his English war-bride, and for Dr. Rich ard M. Brumfield, in the recent Rose burg trial, is that presented In the opening statement of Barnett H. Gold stein, attorney for Henderson. As in these cases, Henderson will hold that he was insane and suffered a lapse of memory at the time of commission of the murder, which prevents his re calling the attendant circumstances. To support the Insanity theory, Goldstein said he would show that Henderson contemplated suicide two weeks prior to the crime, being found by a friend on the Broadway bridge gazing at the water beneath, and that a grandfather and greatgrandfather of Henderson both died insane. Com mission of the crime In broad day light, with little attempt at conceal ment, stamps It as the act of a maniac, said the attorney. Prosecution Charges Re-venue. On the other hand, George Mowry and Maurice E. Crumpacker, deputy district attorneys handling the prose cution, are contending that the crime was planned and carried out as pre meditated by a revengeful man. He knew the difference between right and wrong and realized the enormity of his act when he shot himself in the head, they asserted, holding fur ther that the fact that Henderson did not shoot himself until discovered by the police hiding in his mother's chicken house indicated the attempt ed suicide was only an act of despair by a cornered murderer. Twelve witnesses for the stare were examined and the progress made In the trial indicated that the prosecution might rest today. No attempt has been made by the de fense to deny that Henderson was the layer, reliance being placed on the contention that his mind was unbal anced through domestlo trouble. Police Officer Testify. Griffith Roberts. Charles E. Hews ton, Cecil M. Miller and A. F. Gor don were police officers who cornered Henderson two hours after the stabbing. They testified to condi tions In the home of Mrs. Henderson, at 1072 East Nineteenth street. North, and to the search which ended at the home of Henderson's mother, at 575 Roselawn avenue. Two said that Henderson declared on the way to the police station that he had stabbed his wife because she would not let him ee the children. Delos Kndfcott, patrolman, testified to seeing Henderson go into his ex wife's home half or three-quarters of an hour before the stabbing. Laura Copeland, neighbor of Mrs. Hender son, testified that not only was Mrs. Henderson wounded but one of the children, Welth. had a cut on his right cheek and blood on his blouse when he ran from the house. Mother Pleads for Life. "Oh, doctor, please don't let me die I've so much to live for," was the plea of the dying woman to Dr. George ParrLsh, testified the physi cian. Leo Goetsch, deputy coroner, and Dr. Frank R. Menne, coroner's physician, told of the condition of the body. There were bruises on throat, right leg. ba-ck of both hands, four knife wounds in the scalp and four knife wounds In the small of her back, ranging In depth from three to five and a half Inches, was the testimony. Nettie B. Lawpaugh and Paul J. Pierre were minor witnesses. A. F. Knight, attorney for Mrs. Henderson, who had been accused by Goldstein in his opening statement of persecuting Henderson, was the last witness called. He denied any thing approaching persecution and said he hail tried to persuade Mrs. Henderson to refrain from divorce procedure because of the children when she came to his office with black eyes and bruised body. The divorce wa granted June 30 and ali mony of $30 a month was granted Mrs. Henderson, with the custody of two of the three children. During the testimony of Mr. Knight the defense Introduced records of three other divorce suits, two ot which were begun by Mrs. Hender son anf one by Henderson during the last four years, but all being dis missed when reconciliations were effected. GRANGERS OF POLK MEET George A. Mansfield Tells of Bu reau's Relation to Farmer. MONMOUTH, Or., Oct 24. (Spe cial.) The regular meeting of the Polk County Pomona grange was held In the Oddfellows' hall in this city Saturday. Dinner was served by the women of the Monmouth grange. The afternoon session was opened with two vocal solos by Mrs. J. S. Landers. T. J. Graves, county -commissioner, explained the proposed tax levy to be voted on at the November election to raise funds for road purposes. - The principal speaker of the after noon was George A. Mansfield, presi dent of the Btate farm bureau, who was invited to speak in the interests of the bureau. He told how the farm bureau proposes to help the farmer solve his problems. P. O. Powell, secretary of the state farm bureau, participated In the discussion. Both men passed several days in Polk county in the interest of the bu reau's membership drive. Saturday night Mr. Mansfield spoke at Buena Vista. DEATH CAUSE IS SOUGHT Murder Defendant's Parent Says Wife of Meyer Did Not Know of Insurance at That Time. Alx-rdreii Buys Block. AHF.RPKKV Wash . Oct 24. BETTER DEAD Life is a burden when the body ia racked with pain. Everything wor ries and the victim becomes despond ent and downhearted. To bring back the sunshine take COLD MEDAL The national remedy of Holland for over 200 years; It Is an enemy of all pains resulting from kidney, liver and uric acid troubles. All druggists, three sizes. Xook for the name Gold Medal oa every box and auoept jm IniiiaUoaw f MATRICIDE IS CHARGED Indian Arrested for Killing Aged Parent in Her Cabin. YAKIMA. Wash.. Oct. 24. Jacob Tohyowan, a Yakima Indian, son of Eliza Yohyowan, an aged woman, who was killed recently in her cabin ear White Swan, today was arrested charged with the murder. After being taken into custody, he Bald, according to sherifrs'officers, that if he com mitted the crime he must have been drunk. He said he had no recollec tion of the killing. The arrest was made on the strength of a statement by Columbus Sam. a grandson of the murdered woman, that Jacob had told him of his intention to kill his mother. Jacob was said to have told the officers also that his mother, who was believed by the Indians to possess evil powers, had destroyed so many persons that he feared she would destroy him. APPLE MOVEMENT ACTIVE Shipments From Hood River Valley More Than 571 Carloads. HOOD RIVER; Or.. Oct. 34. (Spe cial.) Up to Saturday night the total of apple shipments from the valley had reached 671 carloads, with the Apple Growers' association leading with 318 cars. These shipments rep resent less than 25 per cent of the valley'a tonnage. Apples are moving Into storage warehouses here at a rapid rate. The association had received 601,290 boxes. an approximate 6C per cent of the ap ples picked by its affiliated growers. Other shipping concerns report re ceipts in proportionate percentage. During this week, with picking over and packing crews augmented to the limit, apples will be rushed to shipping points in greater volume than ever. WIFE BEATER SENTENCED Man Who Practiced Cruelty for 20 Tears Must Serve Time. TACOMA, Wash?, Oct. 23. (Special.) Periodically for 20 years J. D. Campbell has beaten his wife and as result she has become insane, it was charged yesterday oy jjeputy Prosecuting Attorney Sorley before a petit Jury in a lower court. Camp bell was arrested on a charge of wife beating. The criminal coif.plalnt was brought by Mrs. Mary Machett. a neighbor of the Campbells, who said that on Oc tober 17 as she was passing the home of the accused she saw Campbell hold ing his wife against the wall and ad ministering a severe beating. Camp bell, who is nearly 70 years- old, was found guilty and sentenced to the county Jail for 30 days. TWIN' FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 24. That W. J. Trueblood, father of Lyda Meyer Southard ordered a thorough exami nation of the body of Edward F. Meyer, for whose murder his daughter is now being- tried, to satisfy himself of the cause of death was brought out this afternoon in examination of True blood on the witness stand for the defense. Mr. Tmebrood testified to the effect that his daughter, the defendant, had told him on the day of Edward Mey er's funeral, that she knew nothing of any life insurance carried by Meyer, but later the same day an examina tion of Meyer's papers led to the dis covery of a receipt for & premium paid to a life insurance company. He declared that he advised his daugh ter, in that she had been married to Meyer but a short time, that- the parents of Meyer should share in whatever estate Meyer left and that, as a result of this advice, the de fendant had given the premium re ceipt to a sister of the deceased, who was present with the understanding that if the policy were collected the sister might retain half. -Witness Ia Grilled. Prosecutor Stephan worked hard to draw from the witness the admission that this step was advised in order to allay suspicion as to the cause of Meyer's death. The witness admitted that friends had told him of current rumors of foul play in connection with Meyer's demise, but stuck to his statement that he had no ulterior mo tive in advising that his daughter ac cept but half of the estate, including the Insurance money in the event that this was collectable. Cross-examination also developed the fact that in the case of the death of Gordon McHaffie in Hardin, Mont., in 1915, he went to Hardin in re sponse to a telegram and personally paid the expense of sending the body to Twin Falls for interment. The casket containing the body was met at the Twin Falls station by the un dertaker, he said, and taken direct to the cemetery for burial. Daughter Found at Hotel. The witness asserted that he did not know Edward F. Meyer person ally but came into town from his ranch upon being advised of Meyer s death. He found his daughter at a local hotel together with a sister of the deceased, and In conversation with the sister said to her that It was j too bad that there should be stories! of alleged foul play in circulation in connection with the death of Meyer, to which, he said, the sister agreed. Asked directly if he had ever said that he did not wish the sister to suppose that his daughter was guilty of poisoning Meyer, he declared that he may have said this or something similar, but that the conversation was too general in character to per- it of his remembering distinctly. There is a good deal of speculation here as to what further witnesses will be called by the defense, the im pression being that the trial is rap idly nearlng its end. The defendant showed no more than her usual Interest in the pro ceedings during the time her father occupied the witness stand. SAFE-CRACKERS GIVE UP Job at Aberdeen Not Completed, but Lunch Is Eaten In Market. ABERDEEN. Wash., Oct, 24. (Special.) Safe cracking is an appe tizing occupation. R. E. Taggart to tine Greaite iliiiiiiiiii of Woolen st Sale G oodls In If ears! This great, annual sale is meeting with a more enthusiastic reception every day! Hundreds of people are supplying their needs for winter woolens now, throughout all of our stores in the state. Many of the woolen mills in Oregon, as well as a number of eastern mills, have contributed to this sale. And, due to the low price of wool this year, all lines of woolen goods have shown a big reduc tion, and with it comes our annual woolen goods sale making STILL GREATER SAVINGS FOR YOU! Come today and come early save money on this wonderful merchandise by supplying your needs for the entire winter NOW! Men's Wool Sox Cut in Price! A stock that will win the approval of "every man in the northwest. AH kinds, all sizes never was there a more complete assortment. Wool-mixed Sox 20, 3 pairs for... 500 Fine quality Wool Sox, pair 400 Splendid Worsted Sox, pair 600 Big, heavy Yarn Sox, pair 350 to 600 Men's Wool Shirts Complete range of sizes. All thoroughly shrunk and well sewed. Good reliable Shirts .' $2.25 Splendid Shirts, various colors $3.25 Extra fine quality Shirts .$3.85 to $4.50 Sale Includes AH Loggers' Shirts. Men's, Young Men's SWEATERS The largest and finest assortment we have ever shown. All colors and sizes, including "rough necks," slipovers and jerseys. ..$2.85 to $8.65 All Men's and Boys' Outing Flannels Reduced All Men's and Boys' Mackinaw s Reduced BLANKETS Positively the largest and finest assortment we have ever shown. Every pair in this great stock reducedl Double-size Blankets, splendid values $4.55 Better grade in variety of colors. .$5.15 to $6.45 Fine, large Pendleton Blankets, up from. . . .$9.50 Baby Blankets, Auto Robes and Steamer Rugs ALL REDUCED Fleece Wool Batts $2.65 Boys' Woolen Goods Reduced! A stock just as complete as the men's. Every line of woolen goods in the Boys' Department has shown a big reduction. Boys' Underwear, NOW 950 to $2.25 Boys' Sweaters, NOW....: $2.15 to $7.35 Boys' Flannel Blouses, NOW $1.95 Boys' Mackinaws, NOW $6.95 to $10.50 BOYS STOCKINGS NOW CUT IN PRICEI Men's Underwear Reduced! Soft woolens in fine, medium or mixed quality. Union and 2-piece suits. A won derful assortment. 2-piece garments as low as, each 75 d Fine garments, soft and warm. . . .$1.45 Union Suits, fine mixed quality wool $1.85 Extra good quality Union Suits $3.25 Best heavy weight Union Suits, special at $3.75 to $4.50 tlrn's Furnishings, 1st Floor. Men' Suit, Overcoat, Pants and Mackinaw. ld Floor. Blanket and Bora' Depart ment, 3d Floor. Special Attention Given to Mail Orders BROWNSVILLE WOOLEN MILL STORE (S. W. Cor.) Third and Morrison PORTLAND, OREGON head of the local bureau of criminal Investigation, deduced from evidence of a repast which he discovered when Investigating activities of burglars at the Bay City market. 709 Curtis street yesterday. The light lunch ap parently was not sufficient for the strenuous work and they quit after drilling two holes In the safe door. They took about four dollars from the cash register. Entrance was gained by jimmying the front door. The Batinovlch general store, 50 Curtis street, was entered 'n tht same way and three razors and sev eral cartons of cigarettes were taken. Fred Sangerford reported that his home at 322 Front street had been burglarized and $100 stolen from hta trousers pocket. All the burglaries were in South Aberdeen. Orpheum matinee today. 15-25-50-Ad. Orpheum matinee today. 15-2n-50-Ad. ' V..T; , Delicious I X an order - today. mm IMPERIAL .. Cup Custard it's the eggs T7 GGS and milk and sugar and spices that's custard. 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