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8 BARBER IN CUSTODY IFJ ALBANY MURDER Hecker Is Said to Have Given $815 to Frank Coieman. SEARCH FOR BODY FAILS Alleged Slayer Tells Authorities Victim Was Thrown Into . Calapooia IUver. ALBANY. Or- April 19. (Special.) fort land officers tonight took into custody Harry Coleman, local barber, to whom Russell Hecker. ex-Albany youth accused of murderins Frank Bowker. musician, gave $65 late Sun day night. It was said that Hecker also had given Coleman $750 in ad- WlklUU IUD CUU ub J " day Coleman had placed the money in a safety deposit vault in the Cusick bank here. Bowker's body has not been reeov- ered. The police from Portland ar rived here today and continued their investigation with little communica tion with the local authorities. It was said here that Coleman had been taken to Portland, either to be held as a witness or for further investi gation. Hecker has been charged with first-degree murder. Search (or Body Falls. Working from information supplied yesterday by young Hecker, who led Portland police to a point on the llt the highway bridge which spans the Calapooia between Albany ana cor- vallis, grapplers dragged through the wift current throughout the day. Shortly before noon Hugh Brady, Portland city grappler, reached Al b.ny, and set out in a small skiff, armed with grappling irons and hooks. But try as he would during the long hours of the afternoon, the Portland grappler was unable to fiad any evidence of the corpse, which Hecker, the confessed slayer, has said he tied in a hop sack, weighted down with stones, and threw over the bridge railing into the waters, The search was abandoned tem porarily late this afternoon. Port land officers cult work at 4:15 o'clock and left for Portland. Local men who had been dragging the river all day gave up less than an hour later. Hugh Brady said he doubted if the body would be found before it floated. Conference to Be Held. Whether the Portland men engaged In today's work will return tomor row was not known. Officers of the Portland police force said in leaving here this afternoon they would not know until they reached Portland and talked with their superiors whether they would be back tomorrow or at alL Whether local officers will take up the direction of the work If the Portland officers do not return was also undetermined tonight. Excitement was occasioned when a launch carrying grappling irons pulled up an automobile cushion from the river bottom near the bridge from the end of Third street to Bryant park, more than a mile below the bridge from which Bowker's body is believed to have been rolled. It was determined, however, that this cushion naa Deen in me water xar too long to be the missing cushion from the car Hecker had Sunday night. After searching thoroughly all fore noon in the vicinity of the bridge where Hecker's father pointed out the place where the body was tossed into the river, the grapplers took a new tack this afternoon and dragged the river from the bridge down stream practically to its entrance into the Willamette at this city. No trace of the body was found. The Calapooia river is known to be full of holes and as the current is strong In most places the searching work is diffi cult. Veteran Palls in Search. Both Portland and Linn county authorities are a bit disheartened over the failure to locate the body of the slain Portland man. It was thought that the arrival of Hugh Brady would dispel all doubt as to the location of the body, but the grizzled veteran was unable to solve the many strange twists and eddies of the puzzling lit tle river. While the grapplers were at work seeking to recover Bowker's body. his brother, Albert, paced to and fro on the river bank, anxiously watch lng every move which was made. He remained throughout the day, and will continue to com as long as there is any hope that the river will give up the body of his brother. Police Detective Heller devoted the entire day to piecing together bits of evidence in and around Albany. I. M. Coleman, who lives near the Hecker home In Albany, told the detective that Hecker had come to his house early Monday morning, somewhere between midnight and 2 A. M., and asked for a coat for the auto ride from Albany to Portland. Mr. Colo man says he gave Hecker a sweater and navy pea jacket. These articles of clothing were worn by Hecker when he was arrested in Portland early Monday afternoon. Mr. Coleman further said that Hecker that night had paid him $65 in currency, which Hacker had bor rs.Bla's F&toriteTgcie Bran Muffins Made by thit recipe, your bran muffin xcill get many eneoret : ' Take two eggs, two tbsp. butter (or substitute) and i cup sugar; cream together; add 1 cup bran and it desired) J cup raisins, 1 cup white flour a tsp. baking powder, tsp. salt. Stir well together and moisten to stiff batter with 1 cup Carnation Milk mixed with cup of water. Bake in greased muffin tins from fifteen to twenty-five minutes TZ-UJu. It vou haven't ur fltuatratad booklet of lOO tmtad recipes, write lor cepy ta Carnation Milk Prod ucts Co- 503 Concord Bids, Portland, Ore. rowed from him some weeks before. On the chance that this money may have belonged to the missing man. Detective Hellyer took charge of the money and will hold it as evidence. Residents of Albany who have known young Hecker since early childhood are stunned. They know of him only a a spoiled child, whose every want had been satisfied and who had never shown vicious ten dencies ,d'iring the 20 years he had lived there. People who know him still are unable to believe that he killed Bow,ker in cold blood for the $100 which Bowker was said to have carrie.d when he took the fatal auto mobile ride with Hecker last Sunday night. There are many here who freely predict that when Bowker's 7 8EATTI.K MAX TO ADDRESS BAPTIST LATMEJi TO MORROW. Corvrln S. Shank. Corwin S. Shank, a prominent attorney of Seattle and first vice-president of the northern Baptist convention, will aaVdTess the Baptist laymen's meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the White Temple. Eight hun dred laymen are expected to hear Mr. Shank's message. His subject will be "The Layman and His Church." The meeting is being held to create interest in the world wide campaign now being con ducted by the Baptists for their missionary and educational work. The goal for this year is $18,000,000. This year's quota, it is hoped, will be completed by April 30. L. R. Marvin will preside at the meeting tomor row night. body is recovered from the river the money he carried will be found upon his clothing intact. Source of Sack Mystery. Just where Hecker procured the hop sack in which he tied his victim before hurling the body into the river still remains as much of a mystery as ever. Detective Mallett made a close examination of hop yards in the vi cinity of Jefferson but was unable to gain any information of value. Hecker's father is said to have told the police Che boy admitted getting the sack in a hophouse near Jeffer son, but there is only one such place on the east side of the river and this house has contained no sacks for several years, it was ascertained. Just how long the work of drag ging the river will continue is not now known, but it is believed that the work will be continued under the direction of Sheriff Lewelling until all hope of finding the body is aban doned. The Calapooia flows Into the Wil lamette about two miles from the bridge where the body went Into the water Because of the bar at the mouth of the river, it is abso lutely impossible for the body to leave the Calapooia and enter the Willamette, persons familiar with the two streams say. Local officials said that the search might possibly be lengthened into several weeks. Hecker, Alleged Slayer, Is Favored Prisoner. Tooth Treated With More Consid eration by Everyone From Chief Down Than Anyone in Memory of Oldest Police Reporter. THE most favored of prisoners in the city jail is Russell B. Hecker, alleged slayer of Frank Bowker last Sunday night. Hecker, since his in carceration, has been treated with more consideration by everyone, from the chief down, than anyone in the memory of the oldest police reporter on the Babylon Brick. Prison rules at the city Jail are that prisoners shall not smoke nor read. Hecker Is kept well supplied with fags, smoking them at will, and end to end, so to speak. He is sup plied with all the Portland papers and follows with Interest the devel opments in his case. Newspapers and books are denied "ordinary" prison ers, because they Jam them down the plumbing fixtures and cause much in convenience. A certain deference is shown him, also, that is denied the prisoner who is sobering up from a jag and has not killed anyone. For two hours and a half last night Hecker engaged in a one-sided con versation with a reporter. He lis tened attentively while the reporter did all the talking. Otherwise it would have been a silent visit. At intervals Hecker wept when refer ence was made to his father or mother, but he firmly declined either to deny or affirm any connection he may have had with the slaying of Bowker. "I have found," he explained sadly, "that every time I have disregarded my father's advice I got into a scrape of some kind. . I promised him that I would follow the instructions of my attorney. I'm very sorry that I can't tell you anything about the case. REED STUDENTS HOSTS Junior Class Entertains Scholars From Five High Schools. Presidents and vice-presidents of five high school senior classes, repre senting Franklin. Jefferson. Lincoln, Washington and James John, were guests last night of the officers and heads of committees of the junior class In preparation for the annual Reed day. Dinner was served in the Japanese room in the commons, and plans were discussed for arranging the entertainment for all high school seniors for that day. Later the group repaired to the Anna Mann cottage. where a short programme was given. Owing to the fact that the Univer sity of Oregon and Oregon Agrlcul tuaral college will hold their junior week ends May 11. 12 and 13, Reed day has been moved one week ahead to May 5. "Harold Brownson, Donald Ramsdell, Howard Smyth and Clifford Johnson have been visiting the vari ous high schools and report that the seniors are anticipating Reed day. The festivities will commence at 2 in, the afternoon and extend into the night. . WWW A ir iJ - - It tl ' - ' nt h - - It i t i ft" ' A t I i - II GIRL OUT DfU BAIL AFTER MURDER QUIZ Nellie Lainhart Repeats Her Denial of Knowledge.- $2000 BOND PROVIDED Friend' of Hecker Tells How He Kemained Away From Home and Worry It Caused Her. Although grilled all afternoon and large part of the afternoon by Captain Moore, chief inspector; Cap tain of Detectives Harms, and Deputy District Attorney Mowry, Nellie Lain hart, friend of Russell Hecker, tear fully stuck to her original story that she knew nothing of the killing of Frank Bowker, either before or after it was committed. Not until the end of the afternoon session, when A. H. Lea appeared at police headquarters and said that he knew Miss Lainhart well, through taking his meals at the. Imperial hotel, where she was employed, and that he thought he could get her to divulge all she knew were the ofti cers and the attorney convinced that her original story was true. Ball Provided for Girl. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, through the efforts of Mr. Lea, Georgt S King of the Imperial hotel appeared at headquarters and deposited .iuu bail for Miss Lainhart's release. Mr. King said that he would take her to his home, 664 Everett street, and sea that she did nothing in the w;iy of retaining an attorney or of any other nature that might help the case for Hecker. "I have known Hecker for a long time," Miss Lainhart told her ques tioners, "almost a year, I guess, but I have only lived with him at the Liii'an apartments, Sixth and Mont gomery streets, for about thres weeks. Please do not think I am e bad girl, because I never did any thing like this before. Hecker prom ieed to support me, and that helped me meet living expenses. T was with him all Sunday after noon and he seemed in excellent spir its and apparently didn't have a seri ous thought in his head. We talked about going to the baseball game on Tuesday and he had tickets for it. Late in the afternoon he left mo and I- went to work. I did not see him until about 7 o'clock that night, when he walked through the hotel lobby. Disappearance Caaaea Worry. I had no chance to talk with him. I noticed that he was wearing a close fitting gray overcoat. He went out the door and I did not see him again until 7:30 o'clock Monday morn ing. When he didn't come home at night 1 was greatly worried, because it was the first time he had stayed away all night and I could not jm'ag ine what he was doing. 'No idea of any such terrible con sequences ever entered my mind, be cause Hecker was not the kind of man, in my opinion, who could do such a thing. He surely isn't the criminal sort and I never 'dreamed that he would do anything serious. He was just sort of a spoiled child and liked to be pampered. "I really didn t ask him where he had been all night, even if you do think it strange. I waited for him to make some explanation. When he came in he was wearing a sailor's pea jacket and his clothes were soiled In spots. He said he had to go away right away, and I cooked his break fast for him. We talked together while we ate. but he offered no ex planations for his absence. Story at First Doubted. "I didn't see him again after he left the apartment, and knew nothing of the affair until the officers came for me. That's all I know, really." When Miss Lainhart told the offi cers the same story in the morning they were certain she was concealing something from them. They thought Hecker would surely have told her some story about what he had done all night, and that if she had worried as she said she had she would have asked him where he had been. When Mr. Lea told her that she surely must know more than she had revealed she replied that she didn't, that she was telling everything she knew. Tearfully she begged him. Captain Moore and Deputy District Attorney Mowry to believe her and finally convinced them that she had related the only story she knew. Miss Lainhart is a girl of extremely pleasing appearance and pleasant de meanor. Mr. Lea said that she was liked by all the men who frequented the Imperial hotel and that they had always thought highly of her. Attorney Still Silent, Thomas G. Ryan, attorney for Hecker, was at police headquarters yesterday afternoon, but maintained the same silence he has held concern ing his client since he was first re tained. "I have nothing to say," Mr. Ryan said, "and shall not talk until the case comes up in court." Rex Case, a friend of Hecker's who was held as a material witness, was released in municipal court on motion of George Mowry, deputy district at torney. Mr. Mowry said he was con vinced Case had no connection or knowledge of the case. The charges against Hecker were held over in court until today. It is not certain just when his preliminary hearing will be held. Bulgaria Asks Moratorium. LONDON. April 19. It is stated here that the Bulgarian delegation has presented to the Genoa confer ence a memorandum asking a morato rium on the payment of Bulgaria's war reparations. 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