Morning Oregonian., July 21, 1922, Page 3, Image 3

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. JULY 21, 1922
AIX'T IT CUTE? ITS A TIGER CUB.
EVANGELIST'S WIFE
( WELCOME TO A. I. B. DELEGATES j
i OF. MRS; PHILLIPS
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and an invitation to share every more unusual advantage this store presents
Hammer Slayer's trial Set
for September 18.
Girls at Rescue Home Sus
pected, Says Witness.
Merchandise of cJ Merit Only
LONG. DELAY REFUSED
HUSBAND DECLARED KIND
iT GUILTY IS PLEA
JEALOUS
IS CHAR
Court Holds Business of Attor
neys Is No Reason for
-Postponing Case.
r BY EDWARD DOHERTT.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.
L.OS ANGELES. Cal.. July 20. The
tral of Mrs. Clara Phillips, alleged
"hammer murderess,"' was set or
September 18 this mornini? after she
had pleaded not guilty. She is
charged with slaying Mrs. Alberta
Aleadows. who she believed was
alienating the affections of her hus
band. A. L. Phillips.
Attorneys McDonald and Thomp
son, representing the prisoner, asked
for delay, declaring they had so
much business to attend to they
could not properly prepare a defense
until November or December.
District Attorney Woolwinc
laughed at this. "We want to try
this woman as soon as possible," he
declared. "We are willing to grant
a reasonable time in the interests of
Justice, but counsel might find h'm
self so busy he could not prc-perly
prepare a defense for a year."
Court Hearing Is Early.
Mfcs. Phillips was taken into court
early so that the deputies might
not have to fight their way through
the enormous crowds. The crowds
were disappointed. They filled the
courtroom, and the corridors and
the lobby downstairs, and the side
walk outside the building." One had
to stand up In court to see the
woman.
She was not smiling this morning.
She was pale, but calm. She stood
like a soldier at parade while her
attorneys pleaded for her, but Wool
wine demanded to know "from her
own lips" what her plea might be.
Not Guilty Is Woman's Plea.
"'I am not guilty," she said. It
was almost a sob. Her face took on
an expression of violent anger, but
the expression, vanished in a mo
ment and she was calm again.
In the courtroom was the girl
who sold her the 15-cent hammer
with which it is charged she beat
Mrs. Meadows to death. The girl
identified her positively.
"She asked me," the girl told the
authorities, "if the hammer was
heavy enough to kill a woman.' I
told her it was, if she struck hard
enough."
CROWD IS TREMENDOUS ONE
Woman Who Sold Mrs. Phillips
Hammer Is In Court.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 19.
Mrs. Clara Phillips, indicted for the
murder here last week of Mrs. Al
berta Meadows, today entered a plea
of not guilty and her case was set
for trial in the superior court on
September 18. The defense asked
more time, but Judge Frederick W.
Houser, presiding, said he thought
two months was long enough for
preparation.
There was a tremendous crowd
around the jail and hall of records
and the corridors on the eighth
lloor of the latter building, where
Judge Houser's court room is sit
uated, were jammed with curious
people. The courtroom was crowd
ed and the officers had difficulty
In controlling the crowds.
District Attorney Woolwine again
appeared in person and asked for
the plea. One of the attorneys for
the defense said "not guilty," but
Mr. Woolwine asked that the de
fendant plead personally, so Mrs.
Phillips repeated the words, "not
guilty."
The court then asked when the at
torneys wished to try the case. Mr.
Woolwine said he was ready now
and suggested that it be taken up
next week. The defense objected
vigorously, saying it was Impos
sible to have their case In readiness
so soon and asked that the trial be
fixed for late November or early
December. Judge Houser then said
that in his judgment two months
was long enough for preparation
and set the date accordingly.
For the first time since her ar
rest, Mrs. Phillips gave evidence of
anxiety in her demeanor. . She was
pale and the smile that has been
habitual with her was missing. She
was self-controlled, however, and
composed in action.
A young saleswoman from a lo
cal store who had told the sheriff
that she had sold a hammer like the
one used in killing Mrs. Meadows
to two young women a day or so
before the murder was in court to
see whether she could identify Mrs.
Phillips as the purchaser.-. When
the defendant was brought in the
witness scrutinized her and then
smiled and nodded to a deputy
sheriff who accompanied her, but
the latter requested her not to make
any statement, and said that one
would be issued later by the sheriff.
The saleswoman went to the
sheriffs office, where she was in
conference for more than an hour
with deputies. At the close of the
interview the sheriff said he was
not yet prepared to make an an
nouncement as to what she had
said, or to make public her name.
She was permitted, however, to pose
for newspaper photographers with
the understanding the picture when
published was to be captioned "The
Mystery Witness."
"Try to look as you looked at Mrs.
Phillips," said one camerman.
"I saw her looking at me, too,"
the witness remarked. She had
previously told officers, that the
woman to whom she sold The ham
mer asked 'i her If it was "heavy
enough to kill a woman with," and
that, thinking the remark a jest,
replied that it was if one hit a suf
ficiently hard blow with it.
Deputies who escorted Mrs. Phil
lips to and from' the courtroom
said they had a hard struggle get
ting her back to the jail after the
arraignment, because of the crowd
of spectators who? tried to , get a
ellmpse of her. The progress of
the prisoner was halted several
times while officers forced back the
curiosity seekers.
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GERTRUDE SHEEHAN AND HER PET. '
Miss Gertrude Sheehan, shown here taking a stroll with "Spots," a pet
tiger cub, brought here from Colombia, South America, has accepted it
as her pet instead of an angora cat. The animal is at present stopping
at the McAlpin hotel, New York city, and startled the maids at first, but
they were assured that "it's as tame as a kitten and does not scratch."
precincts in the state opened and
the votes recounted, this will be re- I
sisted strenuously hy counsel for
Mr. Olcott, it was indicated. To ob
tain such an order from the court,
attorneys for Governor Olcott said,
it would be necessary for the con
testant to point out specific in
stances of fraud and furnish a list
of the names of the alleged illegal
voters. It was alleged by Mr. Hall
in his petition that these illegal
votes were cast in more than 1000
precincts in the state. ' -
Fall Recount May Be Asked.
It also is probable, attorneys said
today, that in case the contestant
is successful in having the votes re
counted in certain precincts of the
state, an effort may be made by
Governor Olcott to force a recount
of the ballots in every precinct in
Oregon. Governor Olcott's friends
have declared that a recount of the
whole state, In case there is any
ground for fraud or erroneous
rious citizens of the state, has esti
mated the cost of the contest pro
ceedings at from $40,000 to $50,000.
Much of this money, it was said, is
being furnished by the Ku Klux
Klan and its affiliated organiza
tions. There Is. also a movement on foot
to raise a fund with which to defend
the proceedings. A committee has
been appointed to receive contribu
tions, and It was reported today that
the response has been more general
than at first anticipated. Paul Wal
lace is treasurer of this committee.
Friends of Governor Olcott have es
timated that it will require $25,000
to defend the proceedings, none of
which the executive will be able to
pay out of his own finances.
Judges Kelly and Bingham an
nounced tonight that the election
contest proceedings will have right
of way in the local courts, and that
all other cases will have to wait'un
til the case is concluded.
WHAT , CONGRESS DID AS
ITS DAY'S WORK.
. Senate.
Debated tariff bill, mate
rially reducing the rates on
cotton gloves, Insurgents co
operating with the democrats
for the first time.
Comprehensive bill for ad
justing all American claims
against Germany offered by
Underwood, democrat, Ala
bama. Ship subsidy discussed and
defended by Ransdell, demo
crat, Louisiana.
Majority of agricultural
committee submitted report
rejecting all proposals relat
ing to the development of
Muscle Shoals.
counting, is the only fair and just
way that the issue oan be settled
definitely for all time.
Actual recounting of the votes,
should such be ordered, probably
would be in charge of a referee to
be appointed by the court. Whether
the ballot boxes, if opened, would
be brought to Salem for the recount
or whether the referee would visit
the various counties in which fraud
was alleged, has not yet been de
termined, attorneys said.
Mr. Hall, in letters sent out to va-
MR. OLCOTT WINS POINT
(Continued From First Page.)
dents, aliens and voters residing In
one precinct voting in another pre
cinct, and the alleged refusal of the
election boards to allow challengers
to be present at the polls.
Although every effort probably
will be made by the attorneys for
Mr. Hall to obtain consent of the
court during the trial on the answer
to have the ballot boxes in certain
Hazelwood
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made of choicest ingredi
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cakes are topped with a film
of vanilla icing and sprin
kled with chopped nuts.
Race Track Coffee Cake 40c
Almond Ring ......... 40c
Butterhorns 15c
Buttercups, 3 for.'. 25c
Tea Sticks -. . 10c
Poppy seed Coffee Cake. 20c
The Hazelwood
Dairy Store
126 Tenth Street
; Broadway
Hazelwood
127 Broadway
Burglars Get Smokes.
' VANCOUVER, Wash., July 20.
(Special.) A pool hall operated by
George Chanakas of Camas was
broken into last night and 20 boxes
of cigars and 20 cartons of cigar
ettes stolen. Four dozen cans of
smoking tobacco also were taken.
A radio set was stolen from the
Interstate Manufacturing company's
plant at the foot of Thirteenth
street.
Ex-Maid in Trotter Home Takes
Stand to : Testify for
Mission Chief. -
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. July 20.
Esther Nelson and Ellen Land
gren, girls of the City Rescue Mis
sion, were "stuck" on Melvin E.
Trotter, superintendent, in the opin
ion of Mrs. Trotter, according to
Phoebe Marshall Haines for 13
years a maid in the Trotter home.
Mrs. Haines, who took the wit
ness stand late this afternoon In
the seperate maintenance action,
which Mrs. Trotter has brought,
was for 13 years a maid in the
evangelist's home. She was the
first witness for the defense, the
plaintiff having rested its case
after reserving the right to in
troduce witnesses later.
"Mrs. Trotter said Esther was
too fresh, that she made eyes at
Mr. Trotter and that when sing
ing she would roll them around
at him,"' the witness testified.
"She said Ellen was too fresh,
that she would go down to the mis
sion just to. be with Mr. Trotter."
Husband Declared Kind.
The witness, who w"as only 15
years old when she first entered the
employ of the evangelist, said she
left the Trotter home In 1910 after
she "had some words with Mrs.
Trotter."
"Did Mr. Trotter do anything that
caused you to leave?" asked Attor
ney Starr of. counsel for the de
fense. "No."
Mrs. Haines, however, worked at
the Trotter home until 1915. She
said Trotter was kind to his wife,
that she never heard him use pro
fane language toward her, speak
harshly to her, nor saw him strike
her.
It was about ten years , ago, ac
cording to the ex-maid, that Mrs.
Trotter's conduct toward her hus
band began to change. Then she be
gan' to watch the girls and Trotter
at the mission and at their cottage
at Macatawa park. Mrs. Trotter
complained. It was stated, that the
girls would come to the mission
more regularly when he was there
than when he was absent. Some
times Mrs. Trotter would say the
girls liked her and at other times
she would have a contrary opinion,
it was testified.
Quarrels Declared Frequent.
The evangelist's wife told Mrs.
Haines, it was declared, that the
girls -would follow - Trotter around
and that they would talk to him in
low tones that Mrs. Trotter could
not hear.
Sunday night Quarrels during the
summers of eight and nine ypars ago
at their cottage were frequent, Mrs.
Haines added. They would begin, she
said, when Mrs. Trotter would ac
cuse the girls of following her hus
band around. Trotter would deny the
accusations and then Mrs. Trotter
would name them and include the
Nelson and Landgren girls.
The story of the first love scene
of Rev. Mr. Trotter with his secre
tary, Miss Florence Moody, was told
in superior court yesterday by Mrs.
Trotter, as she said it was told to
her.
Under re-direct examination by
her counsel, Mrs. Trotter said her
husband and his secretary told her
the story. It was on Christma
morning, 1916, that Trotter was at
work in his private office at the
mission, the witness swore.
"Miss Moody came to the door and
wished him a merry Christmas,"
Mrs. Trotter testified.
" 'No merry Christmas for me; no
body loves- me,' Trotter replied.
" 'Why, I do,' said Miss Moody.
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Cider, White and Tar
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" 'If you do, you've got to show
me."
" 'All right, I will,' the girl as
serted. ,
Alleged Caresses Related.
"She went around his table and he
took her in his arms," Mrs. Trotter
said. She asked them, she said,
when this story was told her several
months later, if this relationship had
continued "since that time and was
told by Miss Moody that It had not.
Miss Moody added, Mrs. Trotter said,
"only whsn you've been talking and
we'd get careless." v
The witness added that Trotter
had reprimanded his secretary after
the birth of her child and her return
to her work at the mission, for her
failure to testify and that the girl
did; on occasions "testify" at the
mission meetings, but that she
never said she had given birth to a
child or had committed a sin.
Mrs. Trotter asked Miss Moody If
it wasn't difficult for her to "tes
tify." ..
"Tes, it is," the witness quoted
her as saying, "I felt like getting
up and telling the whole story the
other night. I don't know why I
didn't."
. Highway Paving Authorized.
SALEM, Or., July 20. (Special.)
Paving of that part of what is
known as the Pacific highway, frorn
the state fair grounds to a point
about 400. yards north, was author
ized by the city council here today.
The completion of this stretch of
road will provide continuous pave
ment the entire distance from Port
land to Salem. The improvement
will be paid for by the city and will
he completed by September 15.
Paint, $2.00 Per Gallon
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