TIIE MORNING OTtEGONIAN. TIITJRSDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1321
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SLAYER DERANGED.
MESSES BELIEVE
Mind of Joseph T. Henderson
Thought Unstrung.
QUEER ACTIONS RECALLED
Delusions Which Rendered Victim
Insane Responsible for Killing,
Is Defense Contention.
Fancied persecution and the obses
sion that his children were ill-treated
and in constant danger possessed the
mind of Joseph J. Henderson for
many weeks prior to the day when
he stabbed his wife to death, accord
ing to the testimony of numerous
witnesses yesterday and Tuesday in
Judge Tucker's court where Hender
son is fighting- for his life on a
charge of murder.
The cumulative effect of the de
lusions was such as to render him
violently insane temporarily, and
during such a spell, of which he re
members nothing. Henderson mur
dered his wife, Gertrude, the defense
contends. Alienists will take the
witness stand today for the defense.
Attorney Uolcletein said last night
that he probably would call the de
fendant to the stand before closing
the defense and also Henderson's 10-year-old
son, who has been at his
father's side throughout the trial.
Flftv-two witnesses have been pro
duced "in the trial thus far, of which
the. state called 20 and the defendant
3:. The majority of the defense wit
nesses were called to establish the
alleged change in character noted in
Henderson since his marital troubles
. began.
AVitnr IteenlU Incident.
r.n J CoarhUn. who met Hender
son on the executive committee of the
boliermakers' union, was a star wit
ness for the defense yesterday. As
an example of the tender heart of the
defendant, the witness related an in
stance in which Henderson stopped
some boys who were torturing a, cap
tured watersnake. His nature changed
after he began having trouble wltn
his wife, said Coghlan.
On May IS last. Coghlan was talking
with Henderson, he testified, when
the slayer started to clap his hands
and exclaimed. "I want my children.
"What's the matter, J. J ?" asked
Coghlan. according to his testimony,
to which Henderson was said to have
replied that "that man Malone has
broken up my home."
Between eight and 10 days before
the tragedy Coghlan saw Henderson
on the street. The defendant said at
that time that the world seemed to
be against him. that a man was trying
to put him on the rockpile if he
didn't pay his wife 70. which he did
not have, according to the witness.
The man referred to was his wife's
attorney, who had sought to collect
his fee and alimony for Mrs. Hender
son, it was said.
Marked Change Is oled.
- On Fridav, August 5, three1 days
before the killing, Coghlan met Hen
derson on Alder street, he testified.
The witness asserted that Henderson
was haggard and pale, that his eyes
protruded and that he hardly seemed
to recognize his friend. Asked the
trouble, Henderson was said to have
replied that he had been "up all night
with the children."
"You mean your boy?" asked Cogh
lan, thinking Henderson referred to
the son awarded him by the divorce
decree, he testifled.To this, he said
Henderson replied that he meant his
other two children, that his wife and
"Malone" had gone out at night, leav
ing them alone in the house and he
was afraid they might be burned up
in a fire. Coghlan further testified
that Henderson told him at that time
that Mrs. Henderson's father had
threatened to kill him and that "Ma
lone" wanted to put his children in a
parochial fthool.
liobert MacGenn, who had Ttnown
Henderson for five years, testified
that on August 6, two days before
the murder, Henderson had come to
his rooms at 6 A. M . had "torn his
hair" and explained: "They've got me
at last. I've got to go to Jail. I've
got an order in my hand to go to
court and show why I haven't paid
the alimony."
Qaeef Condnet Noticed. "
MacGenn said he asked Henderson
if he was. crazy and Henderson re
plied, "N'ot yet."
On cross-examination. Deputy Dis
trict Attorneys Mowry and Crum
jacker elicited the Information that
MacGenn had been a witness for Hen
derson in Henderson's divorce case;
that MacGenn had been , separated
from his wife and that Mrs'. MacGenn
had been a witness for Mrs. Hender
son. Harry Long, friend of Henderson,
testified that not long before the
murder he had observed Henderson
pacing up and down in front of his
wife's home in the pouring rain,
swinging a closed umbrella at his
side. This was between 10:30 and 11
o'clock at night, he said.
F.thel Pascod and J. Pascod, sister
and brother-in-law of Henderson, tes
tified that he wandered around with
a vacant stare In his eyes the day
before the murder, at his mother's
home.
Children Sole Concern.
Henderson told Clark Lawpaugh.
according to that witness that only
the thought of his children prevented
him from jumping in the river, that
the divorce suit of his wife and do
mestic trouble were "almost driving
iilm nuts." that he could not sleep for
thinking of his children, that he
feared for their safety because his
wife, often left them alone at nlffht
and a fire might break out at any
time, that he would "do anything in
the world" to get his family together
again.
Lawpaugh testified that he had
seen Mrs. Henderson away from her
home with other men, but was not
permitted to testify concerning the
circumstances, as he said he had
never communicated the fact to Hen
derson so that It could not have been
one of the things the defense claim!
Affected Henderson's reason. Law
paugh last saw Henderson before the
murder on August 4, and said that
Henderson appeared to be "In a
pretty serious condition," that he
'talked in a rambling way. looked sick
and appeared very nervous. The wit
ness asserted that he did hot think
Henderson was insane at the. tint
but that he did not think the man. was
far from Insanity.
W. O. Weber and Mrs. Rose Weber,
his wife, had been neighbors of the
Hendersons for a couple of years.
Iat June, after they had moved to
Forest Grove, Henderson came to
them to see if one would not appeal
for him In the divorce case brought
by his wife, they testified. At their
home Henderson put one of their
children, who had the measles, on his
lap and cried over the youngster. His
actions were so strange that Mrs.
Weber thought he might be unbal
anced, she said.
On, cross-examination. Webor ad
mitted that he had permitted Hen
derson to go to his home, where Mrs.
Weber was alone with the children,
with no thought that Henderson's
mental condition was such that he
might be dangerous.
Complaints in divorce suits brought
by Mrs. Henderson in Uecember, 1917,
and September, 1918, were introduced
by the prosecution during testimony
by Oliver M. Hlckcy, attorney for
Henderson in the actions. In addition
to allegations of non-support, cruelty
and calling of vile names, Mrs. Hen
derson charged that on one occasion
when s.he was ill Henderson told her
he thought it would be a good id.ea
fo him to get an ax out of the cellax
and put her out of her misery.
NEGROES POST BEMUD
$300 OFFERED FOR CAPTURE
OF WOMAN'S ASSAILANT.
Money Posted With City Council to
Bring About Arrest of Men Who
Attacked Mrs. McReynolds.
A delegation of negro citizens of
Portland, headed by O. S. Thomas and
George P. Moore, appeared before the
city council yesterday and posted a
certified check for $500 to be used as
a reward for the capture and convic
tion of the person responsible for the
attack made upon Mrs. Phil Reynolds,
last Thursday night.
spokesman for the delegation, in-
tormea tne council tnat tne negroes
of Portland were eager to co-operate
with the city officials in running
down the nernetrfltors of this Krimc.
He protested against press reports
stating that negroes were arming in
Portland as the result of this attack.
1 ne colored people or your city are
1flHr.llhll1incr .(f i'Ans " ha satrl "W
are eager to see that the laws of this
land are oteyed. io rar as this crime
f rnn..rn.i1 W fuel that th. nnlloa
are doing all possible to solve the
mystery surrounding it, but as an aid
to IllstlCA WA ft rA nnntlnfr n cash r.
WAf4 In tha Vinno that It U'111 hclna
about the arrest and conviction of
wnoever is guilty .
MrK. RpviuiIHs irflt rAnnrtori tn haVA
been attacked In her home by two men
wno Dranaed tne letter "K upon her
cheek with acid.
While Mr. Moore did not charge anj
organization with the responsibility
of the crime, be told the council that
if the Ku KIux Klan was not responsi
ble the negroes felt that the crime re
sulted from the propaganda of this organization.
RED CROSS MEET OPENS
Albany Host to Regional C'onfer-
ence of Western Oregon.
ALBAN'Y, Or.. Oct. 26. (Special.)
The first regional conference in west
ern Oregon of the chapters of the
American Red Cross began yesterday
and will be concluded this evening.
Almost all of the 16 county chapters
In Oregon west of the Cascade moun
tains were represented.
Dr. J. K. Crlchton of Seattle, man
ager of the northwest division. was
the principal speaker Tuesday. He at
tended the recent national conference
of the Red Cross at Columbus, O., and
gave a report of that meeting.
Other leading speakers were
John E. Davis of Seattle, division dl
rector of membership activities, and
Mrs. Blanche Blumauer of Portland
who spoke on the work of the Junior
Red Cross. Rev. J. C. Spencer of Al
bany, chairman of the Lane county
chapter, welcomed the visitors.
GRANGE ELECTS OFFICERS
1. O. Powell Is Chosen Overseer of
Polk County Organization.
MOXifOUTH. Or., Oct. 26. (Spe
cial.) At the business session of the
Polk county Pomona grange, held In
the Oddfellows' hall, Saturday eve
ning, officers were elected as fol
lows: Master, P. O. Powell; over
seer, A. 11. Ewing; lecturer, Mrs.
Pearl M. Bartlett; steward, Frank
Loughary; assistant steward, Arthur
Buell: chaplain, W. J. Stockholm;
treasurer. -Mrs. P. O.' Powell; secre
tary, .Mrs. Nellie White; gatekeeper,
Wlllarci Vuell; Ceres. Mrs. T. J.' Ed
wards; Pomona. Mrs. Emma Carter;
Flora, Mrs. William Riddle Jr.: lady
assistant steward, Mrs. Jennie LTtley.
The Pomona grange was augmented
by 14 new members who were initiated
into the fifth degree.
The grange went on record as In
dorsing the work of the farm bureau
in Polk county.
Two Automobiles Burned.
ALBANT, Or.. Oct. 26. (Special.)
Two automobiles were burned In a
fire which destroyed a garage1 at the
esldence of Mrs. Austin Bond at
Thirteenth and Ferry streets In this
city at midnight Sunday. The
loss will be about $2000. with no in
surance. Mrs. Bond owned one of the
cars burned and the other was the
property of J. Smith of this city.
Prune Crop Brings $1700.
SCIO. Or.. Oct. '26. (Special.) Mat
Doubek, owner of the Scio prune
grove, has Just received a check for
11700 for the prunes raised on his 12-
acre orchard near Scio. In 1918 the
crop brought more than 4000.
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ITER CASE APPEALED
SIPJtKME COURT TO DECIDE
IKKIGATIOX EIGHT.
Ownership of Entire Flow of lUver
Denied Pnclfic Power &
Light Company.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Oct. 26. (Spe
cial.) Following filinn of a decree
by Circuit Judge Wilson of The
Dalles, notices of appeal to the su
preme court were " formally an
nounced by the Pacific Power &
Light company, the Oregon Lumber
company, the East Fork Irrigation
district, the Mount Hood Water com
pany and the Glacier Irrigating com
pany. The decree covered 130 pages.
The decision of the case, a con
firmation of the findings of the state
.vater board, is a decided victory for
the East Fork Irrigation company,
the rights of which were attacked by
the Oregon Lumber company eight
years ago, the case at that time re
sulting favorably for the Irrigation
concern, having gone to the supreme
court. The case was remanded with
instructions that the state water
board assume Jurisdiction and con
duct a thorough Investigation for the
basis of a complete adjudication of
ail claims on the watershed. The Pa
cific Power & Light company at
tacked the rights of all irrigation
concerns, maintaining that through
rights incident to riparian ownership
it was entitled at times to the entire
flow of the river. The decision de
nies the right of riparian ownership.
The appeals of other litigants in
the big case are based on claims to
priority rights to use of waters of the
stream.
The case, as It will set a precedent
in Oregon supreme court decisions on
riparian ownership, is being watched
by irrigation attorneys in all parts of
the state.
Oct. 26. (Special.) Four varsity de
baters were selected at the tryouts
held yesterday. Boyd Isemlnger of
Eugene, Charles Lamb of Tillamook,
Paul Patterson of Portland and Fred
erick Rice of Redmond were the suc
cessful candidates. Professor Clar
ence D. Thorpe, debate coach, is ex
ceedingly pleared with the material
but realizes that much study anl
work are necessary before the team
will be ready for intercollegiate de
bate. The tryouts were the most
closely contested of any held here for
years, said Professor Thorpe.
Woman, 81, Found Dead.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 26. (Spe
cial.) When Thomas Tooney returned
to his home in Vader from work yes-
Half-Billion-Dollar Freight Bill
on Lumber
FREIGHT bills on lumber amount to $500,000,000
a year. Almost as much as the entire cost of
cutting the logs in the woods and sawing them into
boards at the mills.
Sawmill men have reduced their manufacturing
costs to a minumum in order to stimulate the revival
of building on a normal cost basis.
Sawmill men have no control over freight rates
or the other costs of distribution of lumber. They speak
authoritatively only of the cost of lumber at their mills.
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Lumber Prices Down
To Rock Bottom
SAWMILL, men have reduced
the price of lumber at their mills
more than one-half. Prices of some
low-grade items are lower than be
fore the War.
More than 100,000 men are out of
work in the lumber industry because
sawmills can't find market for their
output at a price sufficient to cover
the cost of production.
This is in the face of a shortage
of not less than 1,500,000 homes,
according to Government estimates.
Freight Cost More
Than Lumber
MORE than 30,000 sawmills
compete for the lumber busi
ness of the nation.
This competition normally keeps
mill prices down because 20,003
sawmills could supply the demand.
As long as the public has to pay
more for the transportation of a car
load of 2x4's than it pays for the lum
ber itself at the sawmill, the benefit
of low prices at the sawmills will
not be fully shared by the consumer.
Build of Wood and Build Now
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terday evening his mother, Mrs. John
Tooney, was missing from the house.
Investigation revealed her dead in the
barn. Death was attributed to heart
disease. Mrs. looney was HI years
of age and had been a resident of
Vader for the last 45 years. Three
children survive, William and Thomas
Tooney, both of Voder, and Mrs. Anna
O'Brien of Philadelphia.
Brltisn Consul to Speak.
T7NTVKRSITY OF ORKGON', Kugene.
Oct. 26. (Special.) University stu
dents Interested in foreign trade will
hear John Trant, British counsul for
the Portland district, speak upon for
eign commercial relations tomorrow.
The foreign trade department of the
school of buftnes administration
plans to bring to the university dur
ing the year as many consuls as pos.
slble that are located in Portland.
Mr. Trant, who was British consul at
Boston for some time, is considered
thoroughl versed In International
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Varsity Debaters Selected.
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