15.
TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1922
P01EXTER Wl
BY BIG PLURALITY
Lead Over Colonel Lamping
Is 26,000.
PEMBERTON IS VICTOR
Representatives Miller, Hadley
and Johnson Get Safe Mar
gins for Re-election.
(Continued From Flrat Page.)
publican nomination for representa
tive in congress: Craigue,- ed-iu
Hadley. 14.276: Turner, 7498. For
the democratic nomination the fig
ures were: Troy, 121: Clise, 228.
Reports from 388 precincts out of
561 in the third congressional dis
trict give for the republican nomi
nation for congress: Nelson, 8084;
Johnson, 23,823.
35,000 PLURALITY EXPECTED
Poindexter's Strength Increased
by Division of Foes.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle,
' Wash., Sept. 13. This is the day for
recriminations and "I told you so s
with the forces lately and variously
engaged in the effort to defeat Miles
Poindexter for the republican nomi
nation to the United States senate,
and they are all going strong.
Senator Poindexter's plurality
when the returns are all in should
reach, if it does not exceed 35,000,
The surface showing of the returns
will make him. a minority candidate.
It will be the simplest sort of arith
metic to add up the yotes cast for
Colonel George B. Lamping, Judge
Austin E. Griffiths and Mrs. Frances
C. Axtell and strike a total in ex
cess of the total vote for Poindexter.
The margin will not be very heavy,
but it probably will be enough to
convince many that had the anti
Poindexter vote been centered on
une candidate Poindexter would
have been defeated. That is what
the opposition forces have been
saying right along, yet nothing
eould be done to bring about the
desired limitation and concentration.
The conclusion that Poindexter is
honestly a minority republican can
didate is not entirely justified by
disinterested analysis of the vote.
It is not safe to assume that the
votes cast for Lamping, Griffiths and
Axtell could have bten controlled for
either of the three. Judge Griffiths
for example, has always been hostile
to the Hearst programme and the
Post-lntelligencer s plan of cam
paign. He couid scarcely have had
that support. The women asso
ciated in Mrs. Axtellts campaign
would not have supported Lamping
under any circumstances.
Had it been possible to eliminate
two of the three candidates there
would have been a marked slump in
the anti-Poindexter vote. More im
portant, however, is the fact that
the anti-Poindexter vote as cast
in the republican primaries is not
wholly a republican vote, far from
it. There has probably never been
an election in the history of the
direct primary, when invasion by
outsiders was more general, open
and notorious-. The vote in the
democratic and farmer-labor pri
maries in all parts of the state is
so small as to be negligible.
Most of the Lamping vote and
much also of the Axtell vote came
from outside the republican party.
It was promised in advance, strong
ly encouraged by the Post-Int'elll-
gencer and the Seattle union Rec
ord and it was delivered. Had none
but republicans voted in the re
publican primary Senator Poindex
ter would have won his nomination
by a very substantial majority over
all his competitors, but expectation
of the vote on supreme court jus
tices may throw some light on the
situation.
The judiciary elections are non
partisan, but at least two of the
candidates opposed to the present
justices have been so long' and so
fully identified with the anti-republican
forces of the state that it
is inconceivable that they received
any republican support. Yet the
vote cast for them is far in excess
of the totals cast In the democratic
and farmer-labor primaries, prov
ing that; thousands of their sup
porters participated in the republi
can primaries.
The apparent defeat of two of
the present supreme court justices
will doubtless be acclaimed as a
v'ctory for the so-called progres
sive elements. It is more properly
attributable to the fact that the
outside candidates had every oppor
tunity to play politics while some of
the incumbent justices were handi
capped by considerations of pro
priety. W. H. Pemberton of Belling
ham has defeated Justice Ho
vey, and Judge Bruce Blake of Spo
kane seems to have pushed
ahead of Justice Parker and made
vigorous campaigns throughout the
state. Both are well known and pop
ular. They won by virtue of per
sistent effort to which the incum
bent justices offered practically no
resistance. Justice Fullerton ia the
oldest member of the bench in point
of service and has a larger person
al acquaintance than any other jus
tice. Justice Mackintosh, also well
known, found time to visit every
county and city in the state within
the last 60 days. Macintosh re
ceived the highest vote of all the
judiciary candidates and tlTe indi
cations are that Fullerton will hold
second place.
The renomination of the five pres
ent members of the house of repre
sentatives was easily forecast and
the prediction has been verified by
the vote but the contest in the first
district, consisting of Seattle and
Kitsap county, was much closer than
expected. Representative John F.
Miller was so confident of renomi
nation that he made nothing of a
campaign. The returns show that a
little more pressure behind the can
didacy of Phillip Tindall, Seattle
city councilman, would have resulted
in 'Miller's defeat. Representative
Lin H. Hadley. of Bellingham car
ried the second district over a di
vided opposition. Representative
Albert Johnson won without effort
asrainst the slight opposition of a
light wine and beer candidate in
the third district. Representative
John W. Summers of the fourth dis-'
trict and Representative J. Stanley
Webster of the fifth were unop
posed. The fight on Senator Poindexter
will be Immediately resumed this
time on party lines. Much of the
anti-Poindexter vote of the primary
election will sort itself out in sup
port either of C. C. Dill, the demo
cratic senatorial nominee or of
James A. Duncan, the farmer-labor
candidate. Effort has been made
already to bring two together for a
conference on the possibility of one
or the other getting out of the way.
Neither Dill nor Duncan will be
WASHINGTON PRIMARY ELECTION RETURNS FOR UNITED
STATES SENATOR.
33 "0
o 2.
X
(6
73
3
i
County
2
Pa
Adams . .
Asotin ..
Benton ..
Chelan . .
Clallam .
Clarke .. .
Columbia
Cowliti .
Douglas .
Ferry . . .
Franklin
Garfield ".
Grant - . .
Grays H'r
Island ...
Jefferson
King
Kitsap .
Kittitas I
22
13
17
99
49
134
132
236
185
642
544
. 508
1,117
898
840
633
699
276
170
151
125
211
313
402
167
366
281
37
18
28
25
15
11
13
I'l
21
69
181
20i
420
40
31
124
410
29
22
5
9
46
408
65
50
145
696
225
94
6.575
525
351!
866
534
465
2,698
. 389
442
71
92
480
245
118
2.269
355
16,988
1,946
1,072
333
2,176
1,234
179
274
Klickitat
Lewis .
Lincoln -Mason
...
Okan'g'n
.Pacific ..
11
63
458
125
64
719
238
47
99
132
132
2,811
82
229
67
858!
2.4311
311
570
40
10
18
18
24
175
3
. 14
211
26
603
685
N 80
110
1,791
54
Pend d'O..
512
Pierce ..
San Juan
Skagit .
Skam'nia
S'h'mish.
Spokane.
Stevens .
Thurston
Wahk'm.
8.847
107
. 527
219
1.930
10.164
666
10
78
207
31
d3
545
2,794
143
40
400) 1,697
5
101 254
54
685
1,884
3031
W. Walla
49
98
52!
1.028 2.197
368! 2.4S6
147! 1.424!
Whatcom
Whitman
Yakima
71
5071 4.962'
539
1S65ll9.072i72.253jl8.638i479Q46.469l5104!741i4451lll57i66Sj515!2157
Totals.
WASHINGTON STATE
52.
County.
Adams
Benton
Chelan
Clallam
Clarke
Columbia
Douglas
Ferry
Franklin
Garfield ; . .
Grant
Grays Harbor
Jefferson
King
Kitsap ;
Kittitas
Klickitat
Lewis . :
Lincoln
Mason
Okanogan
Pacific
Pend d'Oreille
Pierce
San Juan
Skamania
Snohomish I
22
1
28
7
1
25
9
11
7
11
9
15
6
426
40
27
11
64
40
10
13
3
24
175
1
10
37
168
26
26
5
19
98
52
87
539
18
781
352
46
605
62
269
113
525
294
490
230
17.609
1,231
737
584
2,782
522
288
393
115
570
17
934
420
44
615
66
259
128
550
330
593
233
21,404
1,511
846
601
2,820
1,014
324
453
133
676
9.536
64
200
1,895
12,696
743
1.665
265
970
2,465
1,499
3,997 1
10,131
40
203
1.805
10,292
638
1,789
231
1,029
2.345
1,658
3.564
Spokane
Stevens
Thurston
Wahkiakum
Walla Walla
Whatcom
Whitman
ak ima
Totals I
1853 ! 77.059 I 8 7 . 7 :t
found willing to do this, but both
will be subject to heavy pressure
especially by the representatives of
Mr. Hearst.
Ill I'ISSTON FOR POINDEXTER
County Gives Senator Plurality of
487 Over Lamping.
OLYMPIA. Wash'.. Sept. 13. (Spe
cial.) Complete unofficial returns
from 40 precincts in Thurston
county in - the republican primary
give Poindexter a plurality of 4i
votes over Lamping for the sena
torial nomination. Mrs. Axtell ran
a poor third. C. C. .Aspinwal of
Olympia and L. H. Hubbard of
Tenino, incumbents, were renomi
nated for the state iegislature in a
field of six candidates. In the county
contests W. D. Forbes ran far ahead
of Roy C. Hoage, incumbent, for the
nomination for sheriff., J. H. Gif
ford, ex-sheriff and present chief
deputy, was nominated for assessor
in a field of four.
The complete vote In the-republl-can
primary follows: ,
United States senator Poindexter, 1697;
Lumping, 1210; Axtell, 570; Griffiths, 4)0;
Stevenson, 159; Tittle, 37.
Representative in congress Johnson,
3135: .Nelson, 673.
State representative, 28th district As
pinwall, 2128; Hubbard, 1851; Mrs. Clar
ence Mayrard, 1353: Mrs. Ella M. Russell,
912; Daniel Gaby, 682; W. J. Mllroy, 801.
Sheriff Vf. D. Forbes, 2426; K. C.
Hoage, 1779.
Clerk I. N. Holmes, 3564.
Auditor Bertha Chambers, 2024; Anne
Dminf, 2203.
Treasurer W. C. Salter. 3625.
Prosecuting attorney Roscoe Fullerton,
3453.
Assessor J. II. Qifford, 1541; A.
Schooley Moore, 804; A. E. Cagwin. 942;
S. Y. Bennett, 916.
Superintendent of schools C. L. Car
roll, 8005.
Engineer Frank A. Weir, 3552.
Coioner Kenneth 1 Partlow, 3512.
Commissioner, first district Fred G.
Anderson, 748; A. M. Rome, 410; Ira N.
Deline, 318.
Commissioner, second district M. F.
Pugsley, C44; A. G. West. 352; Frank
Cushman, 255; Robert F. Whitham, 145;
R. B Wyatt, 217; William A. Nal
smith, 232.
Twenty -six precincts out of 40 in
Thurston county for supreme court judges
givei Six-year term Mackintosh. 1665:
Parker 1615; Fullerton, 1788; Lane, 1021:
Blake. SB9.
Two-year term Pemberton, 1123;
Hovey, 970.
CLARJSJB PRIMARY SURPRISE
Many Officials Seeking Re-erection
Are Defeated.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 13.
(Special.) The primaries held here
yesterday brought forth a number of
surprises. The several county offi
cials who are now in office and who
were running for some other office,
after having served two terms, were
defeated.
The total votes for all candidates,
with the exception of Dole and
Cedar creek precincts, where about
60 votes were cast, follow:
For United States senator Grif
fiths 656, Poindexter 2368, Axtell
1113, Stevenson 623, Lamping 355,
Tittle 83.
. Representative in congress, third
district Johnson 3912, Nelson 1258.
State representative Ryan 3754,
Hopp 2223.
Sheriff Cresap 2475, Miller 1694.
Bowman 1686, Laws 647, McCaffer
ty 579.
Auditor Strickling 2163,, Blaker
1904, Henrichsen 1594, Carson 768,
Kies 557.
. Treasurer Riordan 2770, Callen
dar 1954, Ranck 1005, Laughlin 772.
Engleman 470.
Assessor Palmer 2034, Lent 1851,
Burnham 1601, Wilson 841, Bun
nell 600.
School superintendent Krohn
1770, Smith 1703, Scherzer 1569,
Alexander 1078, Blair 833.
Coroner--Limber 3225, Knapp 2864.
County commissioner district No.
1 Ungemach 578. Hall 386. Mills
334, Davis 351, Garrett 151, Hilberg
143, Eddings 68.
County commissioner, district No.
2 Marchbank 593, Sliderburg 401,
Lindh 255, Sperber 225. Allen 216,
Swank 96, Hoover 65. Dubaclf 44,
Bennett 42, Jamison 38.
Justice of the peace, Vancouver
Blair 1294, Vaughan 1181.
STATE SENATOR IS IN DOUBT
fltu'uinbeiit Is Leading in Race
for County Commissioner.
GOLD END ALE, Wash., Sept. 13.
(Special.) The result of the repub
lican primary election for state
senator and representative from
o
!3
3
32
68
28
47
86
61
10
61
40
15
30
17
55
39
31
271
632
867
122
30
"321
58'
6
" 155
38,
1651
1,663!
354
200
45
36
16
28
190
56
34
9 8
9
44
4
2
2
5
6!
46
11
7
416
'ii
107
7
16
27
214
326
08
200
20
35
134
4 4
6
535
751
56
74
49
18,940
1,481
1,223
27
156
17
16
13
150
48
215
1,243
69
64
40
7
11
3
24
178
480
42
90
2
321
333
6
'ii'
159
534
288
'2
r
:3
64J 248
40 3
7 3
11 2
'24"7o
17511425
87
8
?5
H1
130
74
24
66
3
20
7
6
73
864
39
958
26
294
10
335
12
6,304
116
175
130
2
"2
82
94
22
3
io
'36
70
883
107
212
280
51
19
18
49
105
21
2.579
2.612
135
307
40
24
' ' '2
8
31
159
1.210
' 371...
3! 5
36 49
891. . .
8 52
S76I. . .
27
212
5.1
488
989
231
338,
'2771
121
'55
1291
55
304
1.339
SUPREME COURT TICKET.
r
p
3
V
3
p
55 3 I
524 I
479 I
615 I
401
7
583
238
38
417
38
197
85
428
218
412
141
11,377
765
1,151
568
. 2,063
660
204
246
84
575
6,909
17
143
1.118
5.478
523
970
178
543
2,106
888 I
2.552 I
540
24
775
- 366
19
778
306
51
540
66
252
128
505
269
500
206
15,233
1,057
761
580
2.920
907
252
367
113
593
11,461
45
185
1,615
7,559
448
1.615
. 236
887
2,?52
1,191
3,719 !
19
722
" "44
471
60
226
114
268
306
400
193
18.729
1,221
696
141
2,529
719
166
295
78
536
8,928
60
158
1.681
7,184
476
1,021
216
832
1,826
777
3.120 I
14
682
285
59
.457
53
325
156
303
355
377
162
14,964
1,178
651
19
2,258
1,023
136
302
75
784
7,765
60
185
1,481
13,316
704
899
191
810
1.836
1,241
2.810 !
55
476
. 65
' 249
141
328
317
370
215
16,723
1.378
391
38
2,399
844
181
373
80
658
8,750
83
173
1,68
9,449
655
1,123
253
892
1,861
992
3.016
3 I 70.443 69.603 I 68.816 I 52.3S3 I 69.369
Klickitat county is in doubt, with
boht candidates claiming to nave
won.
. In the fight for county comm
sioner in the first district or west
ern part of the county, John G
Wyers, incumbent, is leading over
Al E. Harden by a few votes, with
three more precincts to report.
Twenty-six out of 38 precincts give
the following result:
State senator, 16th district, John
A. Miller, 901; John C. Crawford
823. State representative, 21st dis
trict, A. F. Brockman, 827; Lyman
W. Ward, 845. Sheriff, W. S. War
wick, 983; M. M. Warner, 851.
Treasurer, Helena McGulre, 1182;
Frederick Wilson, 570. Assessor,
Charles F. Jaekel, 989; A. J. Ahola,
744. , Engineer, W. F. Byars, 788;
Clyde W. Spalding, 904. County
commissioner, first district, John
G. Wyers, 403 A. E. Harden, 386;
R. A. Byrkett, 33.
ABERDEEN FQR POINDEXTER
2 600 Votes Cast; Johnson Also
Favored; Some Results Close.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Sept. 13.
(Special.) With about 2600 votes
cast out of a registration of 3580,
the Aberdeen electors indorsed Sen
ator Poindexter and Representative
Johnson, 'cast very even votes for
some county candidates and in some
cases voted against the expressed
Judgment of other parts of the
county. - Poindexter received 1330
votes in Aberdeen, as against 760
for Lamping and 202 for Griffith
Only 13 democratic votes were cast
in the democratic race.
Republican nominees for legisla
tive and county offices, as the re
sule of yesterday's primary, follow:
State senator, Oliver S. Morris, Ho
quiam. v
State representatives 29th district,
Carl Morck, Aberdeen; II. B. Dollar,
Malone. State representative 30th dis
trict. C. H. Rycbard, Hoqulam.
Commissioner first ' district, W. E.
Johnson, Satsop.
Commissioner second district, S. K.
Bowes. Aberdeen.
Sheriff, close, Elmer Gibson, incum
bent, leading.
County clerk, W. C. Birdwell, unop
posed. County treasurer, Oliver Dunning, un
opposed. County attorney, A. E. Graham, Aber
deen. .
Coroner, Dr. Lawrence Hopkinson, Ab-
erdeen.
County auditor, W.
Montesano.
County engineer, J.
D. Campbell,
H. Kirkwood,
Aontesano.
County superintendent,
Hoouiam.
Ralph Main,
County assessor, undecided, as between
S. A. Girard, Hoquiam, and J. E. Calder,
Montesano.
SKAMANIA FOR POINDEXTER
Colonel Lamping Gets Only 24
Votes' in County.
STEVENSON. Wash., Sept. 13.
(Special.) The primary election in
Skamania county yesterday, with
the exception of one small precinct,
gave for United States senator:
Stevenson, 110: Lamping, 24; Tittle,
5; Griffith, 59; Poindexter, 181; Ax
tell, 91; Longstreet, 21; Seeley, 14;
Dill, 50.
For representative in ' congress:
Johnson, republican, 874; Nelson,
democrat, 96.
For state senator: Crawford, re
publican, 279; Miller, republican,
206; Christensen, democrat, 132.
For state representative: Huf
ford, republican, 304 Robinson, re
publican, 238; Sweeney, democrat, 97.
The county ticket caused a scram
ble. The republicans nominated
Meyer for shelff, Haffey for clerk,
Mitchell for auditor, Wachter for
treasurer, Wright for assessor. Hall
for engineer, Hazard and Breslin for
commissioners and Lowden for
county superintendent of schools.
The democrats nominated Hooker
for sheriff, Chesser for clerk, But
ler and Sawyer for commissioners
and Llllie Miller fof county, superintendent-of
schools.
Lamping Has Slight Lead.
RAYMOND, Wash., Sept. 13.
(Special.) Out of 37 precincts in
Pacific county 27 precincts give
Colonel George Lamping 987 votes
for United States senator and Miles
Poindexter. 956 vwtes. For state
senator, P. L, Sinclair received 1657
votes and John W. Kleeb 1078 votes
from Pacific and Wahkiakum coun
ties. For prosecuting attorney,
John I. Ophelan received 1456 votes
and Edward M. McConnelly 1281
votes. J. T. Stratton was nomi
nated as representative to the state
legislature without opposition.
DO J JIM
IS SUICIDE, IN: CELL
Murderer Makes Rope of
Canvas From His Bed.
TWO LETTERS ARE LEFT
Dentist Rolls Blankets Into Form
, of Man to Distract Attention
of Prison Guards.
(Continued' From First Page.)
my -fellow man. A just God would not
keep me out of heaven because I had
suicided when life became intolerable.
Give Rosina and the other sisters and
the brothers my love, also Junel.
You and I were bo .happy through all
our trials and joys. No shadow came
over my life with you until my mental
trouble began. That I tried to hide fr,om
you. to our destruction.
Of course you know I'm innocent of
Russell's death." Every impulse of my
iife, every Intent was lust opposite to
that to hurt anybody. I'm so thankful
you and the boys believed in me and
continued to love me.
I wish I might hold you In my arms
for a while this morning. I love you
deeply, tenderly, truly. . God bless you,
I'll wait for you.
YOUR MELVIN.
To Warden Le"wis ot the prison
Dr. Brumfield left the following let
ter, coupled with a postscript desig
nating how a few articles left in
his cell shall be disposed of.
The letter to Warden Lewis reads:
Dear Mr. Lewis Under the circum
stances, life is not worth living, and Dr.
Smith's statement that my neuritis
might last several weeks clinched the
matter for me.
I am innocent of the crime of mur
der. Because I could tell nothing of
what happened that night they thought
I was a liar-
Several important points were over
looked my the jury. Several state wit
nesses testified to seeing the driver of
the car wearing a straw Panama hat. I
possessed but one such hat and it was
found in my office in the Perkins build
ing. It would have been impossible for
me to return it there.
Clothes Are Questioned.
Two doctors testified that the two
shots. in Russell's back were made after
death that there was no hemorrhage
maide the body from them. the only
persons who would shoot into a dead
body would be an insane man or one who
had killed the victim and saw & chance
to lay it on to someone else (Last sen
tence underlined).
If I were substituting another man's
body for my own would I leave his
clothes on him and all kinds of marks
of identification? The ring on Russell's
finger was one I wore at times but which
I carried in my pocket most of the time
because it always made a blood blister
on my finger when I worked on the
ranch. Also I mixed my amalgam fill
ing in. the palm of my hand and the mer
cury would get on my ring. The suit of
clothes 1 usually wore and carried the
ring -fn was found at the seene of the
wreck, partly burned, according to prose
cution's testimony.
Who knows when Russell got into the
car? . Perhaps he stole the ring from
that gray suit . of mine. A letter was
found in his pocket (this wast brought
out at the trial) from a woman asking
him to leave her. alone that she was
married and did not want him to break
up her home. A man who will break up
homes la capable of anything almost.
The letter from Canada why might
they not have been dictated by some one
else? I'd have been as likely to write
them as to give a man enough money
to go home to Oregon wouldn't I? Some
fellow from LaGrande said I loaned him
money in Canada to get home on.
What became of the man whom I can
faintly remember a accompanying me at
Fortiandi Seattle, iame, etc.; wnar
was his interest in me?. This' has all
been very bewildering to me.
You men have treated me finely here.
You -are real men. I hope I have not
been too much trouble.
R. M. BRUMFIELD.
P. S. Please have Dr. Smith send
proofs of death to Mrs. Merle Brurnfield
General delivery. fortiana, Oregon.
Thank you. R. M. BRUNFIELD.
P. S. I recently lost my best friend.
He is dead, yet alive, and will come
again some day and this will all be
straightened out then. Will you please
burn all my wife s letters seeing that
they ARE burned and not scattered
among the Inmates? They are very
sacred to me. Mie Is the only woman
that has ever had a place In my life.
The crime for which Dr. Brum
field was convicted and sentenced to
hang probably was the most sensa
tional homicide ever recorded in the
annals of Oregon's criminal history.
Peculiarly, the crime was committed
on the 13th of tjie montn, and most
of the important subsequent de
velopments in the case fell on that
date. The closing- chapter in the
homicide and its chain of develop
ments wag written in a little cell In
the penitentiary here today, Septem
ber 13.
Liquor Declared Drugged.
Records in the case showed that
Dr. Brumfield. well-known dentist
and social leader of Roseburg, went
to the home of Dennis Russell on
the night of July 13, 1921, possibly
under the pretense of offering Rus
sell temporary employment.- The
prosecution contended that Russell
later entered the Brumfield car
where he was plied with drugged
liquor and' afterward taken to a
point a few miles south of the Rus
sell home on the Pacific highway.
There, it was alleged. Dr. Brumfield
shot and killed his victim. At this
point pedestrians the next day found
Russell s nat, some nair ana ten-tale
blood spots.
From this spot the officers con
tended that Brumfield took his vic
time to a lonely spot near the Ed
win Weaver farm, north of Myrtle
Creek, -where he blew portions of
the head and jaws away with
dynamite.
Leaving the Weaver farm with
the body the prosecution alleged
that Dr. Brumfield returned to
Roseburg and then continued east
to the place where he shunted his
automobile 'from the road into a
deep ravine. The car was wrecked
and partly burned, and under the
chassis was found the badly muti
lated body which afterward was
identified as that of Russell.
Body Thougkt Doctor's.
The burning car was first dis
covered by some Roseburg young
men and the incident was reported
to the officers. An investigation
followed, and at first it was pre
sumed that the body was that of Dr.
Brumfield. This was partly sup
ported by the fact that Brumfield
lived a short distance east of where
the car was found, and the pre
sumption that he might have driven
off the road while returning to his
home.
A day or two later, however, Rus
sell was reported to be missing, and
evidence was unearthed to show that
Dr. Brumfield had been seen on the
road near Russell's cabin on the
night of the tragedy. Despite that
Dr. Brumfield's ring and some of
his clothing were found on Russell's
body subsequent investigation proved
that Russell and not Brumfield was
the victim of the tragedy. Bullet
wounds found in Russell's body
proved conclusively that he had been
murdered.
Further investigation proved that
Brumfield, on the day of the murder,
had visited a Roseburg store, where
he had purchased some women's gar
ments, which he later placed m a
box and sent to Seattle, Wash., under
the address 01 . Norman wnitney.
This package was expressed at
Myrtle Creek, where Brumfield was
recognized by the agent and a num
ber of railroad, employes. Then
came reports that Brumfield had
borrowed heavily from the Rose
burg banks during the few days
preceding the murder.
Slayer Caught in Canada.
With this damaging evidence at
hand circulars were sent to all parts
of the United States and Canada
asking for Brumfield's arrest. On
August 12, 1921, came- the report that
Brumfield had been arrested near
Calgary where he had been employed
a6 a farm hand under the name of
Norman "Whitney.
He then was returned to Roseburg
and the trial followed in October
with Judge G. G. Bingham of Salem
presiding. He was convicted off first
degree murder, and sentenced was
passed on October 31. He was
brought to the penitentiary the
same day and was to have been
hanged January 13 of this year.
Brumfield later appealed his case
to the supreme court, which in a
decision handed down here a few
weeks ago affirmed the verdict of
the lower court. Motion for rehear
ing of his case then was filed and
this was still pending in the su
preme court when Brumfield com
mitted suicide today.
Large Debt Indicated,
Summarized, the evidence in the
Brumfield case indicated that he
was heavily in debt, and thought by
substituting Russell's body for his
own he would be able to get out of
the country and his wife would be
In a position to collect his insur
ance
Local attorneys today, after learn
ing that Brumfield had committed
suicide, said it was their opinion
that Mrs. Brumfield will now be
able to collect her husband's insur
ance, aggregating approximately
?20,000. Had he been legally hanged,
she would have been barred from
participating in the insurance, the
attorneys declared.
Prison officials said that thev had
watched Brumfield closely, and that
a guard had passed his cell every
20 -minutes. The clever manner in
which the doctor arranged the in
terior of his cell, howaver. probably
served to elude any suspicion on the
part of the officers and gave the
prisoner plenty of time-to commit
the act. .
Peaches Are Ordered.
At 10:30 this mornine Dr. Brum
field ordered some peaches from the
warden, which were delivered to his
cell. Part of these had been eaten
by the prisoner before he committed
suicide.
Insurance policies carried by Brum
field included $16.0H) in the Oroe-on
Life Insurance company, $3000 in the
Mutual Life Insurance company and
tiuuu in tne New York Life Insur
ance company. Of the insurance
carried in the Dregon Life Insur
ance company $600-0 was written
May 2, 1921, or less than three
months prior to the murder.
Prisoner Had Neuritis.
Dr. W. Carlton Smith, prison nhvsi-
oian, in a statement tonight said
that he was called to attend Dr.
Brumfield yesterday and found that
he was suffering from a. severe at-
ck or neuritis.
"Dr. Brumfield was far from well
when I talked with him yesterday in
his cell," said Dr. Smith, "and T In
formed him it probably would be
several weeks before he would re
cover completely from his ailment."
mrs. jsrumneld last visited her
husband in the penitentiary hAr
last Sunday. At that time the doctor
apparently was In the best of spirits.
Prior to leaving for Portland two
weeks ago Mrs. Brumfield had
called on her husband once each
week, she had taken him fruit and
reading material and provided him
with such other delicacies as are
allowed under the prison rules.
Mrs. Brumfield now is employed in
Portland apartment house under
an assumed name.
Besides his widow, Dr. Brumfield
s survived by -three small boys, two
of whom are staying with an-aunt
n auiorma; nis parents and sev
( eral brothers and sisters in Indiana,
and another sister, Mrs. C. B. Pat
rick of Willamina. Mrs. Patrick is
the wife of a well known Southern
Pacific conductor.
BRUJfFIEIiD CULTURED MAN
Prosecutor Says Suicide Was Super-Criminal
of Century.
"Brumfield . was the super-criminal
of the century, a man of mag
nificent education and admirable
culture, a mentil aristocrat who
held himself aloof from the general
public, a man with wonderful nerve
and keen intelligence, and without
doubt, a man perfectly sane at all
times during the planning and com
mission of his crime," said Deputy
District Attorney Hammersly, who
assisted at the prosecution of the
dentist in Roseburg.
"If there was ever a case for
which the capital punishment law
was especially fitted, this was the
case," said Hammersly.
Hammersly said the crime was
planned and executed solely for the
purpose of securing the $20,000 in
surance. Widow Here, Says Report.
Mrs. Richard M. Brumfield is working-
in a Portland apartment house
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roll. Sale price, 3 rolls J-
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roll. Sale price, 4 rolls J-
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sale (3 cans) J-
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sale (2 cans)
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For 35 Years Wall Paper Only, "Now Paints Also."
230 Second St., Bet. Salmon and Main Sts.
under an assumed niyme, according
to a niece of Dr. Brumfield, Mrs.
Alonza C. Spencer, 392 East Sixth
street North. With her is her oldest
son. Richard. 12 years old. Her two
other sons, Robert and CJilbert, aged
8 and 10 years, are in the country.
near San Jose, Cal., -where arrange
ments have been made (or their care
and education.
Mrs. Spencer eaid the only reason
Mrs. Brumfield changed her name
was because she feared she could
not obtain employment if her iden
tity were known.
"Mrs. Brumfield had nothing to
say for publication." said Mrs. Spen
cer. "She received the news of Dr.
Brumfield's suicide with stoicism."
Pears Canned at Sherwood.
SHERWOOD, Or., Sept. 13. (Spe
cial.) The cannery Is busy with the
larsre yield' of Bartlett pears, which
appear to be a specialty of Sher
wood.
Mr. Roth, the cannery manager,
asse-rts that the pears sent in from
Sherwood are larger and of a finer
quality than any shipped In.
Phone your want ads to The Ore
gonian. Main 7070.
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OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY
Investigates all cases of alleged
cruelty t animals. Offices, room
150, Courthouse, Phone Main 037S
from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.
rphe society has full charge of the
city pound at its home, 635 Columbia
boulevard. Phone any time, Wpod
lawn 0764. Dogs for sale Horse
ambulance for sick or disabled
horses. Small animals painlessly
electrocuted where necessary and
stray animals cared for. All dead cni-
tuala, cows, norses. eta, jncaoa up.
Shoes that Add to
Your Vitality
Shoes that bind and distort the
feet are a source of constant irri
tation. They drain your nervous
energy, distract your attention and
lessen your ability to concentrate
and to work. Such shoes are a
drawback to health and success. If
you would enjoy the best that life
has to offer of buoyant strength
and achievement, change to the
comfortable, helpful Cantilever
Shoe.
It is well built on a last that
conforms to the contours of the
foot. With the natural inner sole
line, the toes point 6traight ahead
and are comfortable; a share of
the weight of the body falls easily
on the ball of the foot.
The well - set heel encourages
good posture, which, in turn, en
courages good health.
The shank of a Cantilever Shoe
is drawn up, by lacing the 6hoe, to
fit the instep and provide restful
support. And it FLEXES WITH
THE FOOT. It does not bind the
muscles and impede circulation as
a rigid sole does. It strengthens
the muscles by allowing them
freedom to exercise, thus pre
venting or correcting weak arches.
Sold in Portland only by
Cantilever Shoe Store
353 Alder Street, Portland, Or.
WITH LEMON JUICE
Squeeze' the Juice of two lemons
Into a bottle containing- three
ounces of Orchard White, which
any urugr store win supply ror a
few cents, shake well, and you have
a auarter pint of harmless r.nd de
lightful lemon bleach. Massage this
sweetly fragrant, lotion into the face,
neck, arms and hands each day, then
shortly note the beauty and white
ness of your skin.
Famous stage beauties urn this
lemon lotion to bleach and bring
that soft, clear, rosy-white complex
Ion, also as a freckle, sunburn and
tan bleach, because it doesn't irri
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I'tlU.lt; NOT1CI-.
AUCTlore UAUv.
Office ot the motor trner"rtatlon
officer, the Armory, I'ortland. or., Sep
tember 8. Hi::.. There will be auld al
pubiio auction at ths Armory (en
trance at 11th anil Iiavle -treutM I'ort
land, Or.. br(lnulng at S f M.. M-p-leniber
13, lU-i. the lollowlng pubiio
anluiala:
6 DRAFT MULES.
Payment mult be made by caeh or
certified check on dale of sale. Hue
ornatul bliliiere will be reulr-il to re
move animal- frum the Armory within
two boura after eale. Suec-eeeful Ma
dera will bo required to furniea their
own haltera to remove animate. I.. A.
Mllner, Captain. Infantry Alolr Trans
portation (Jfflrer. Hdwy. 44.
At Hie re-iuem u or the nev. m.
Clark, 129 K. Join, near E. Morrison.
Halo at 2 f. M. J. T. Wll-on. auctioneer.
At tbe Baker Auction House, -smnlit
and Weet lark streets. Bale at 10 A. si.
MKETINO NOTICES.
OREOON COMMA NDKRT,
NO. 1, K. T. Muted con
clavs Thuredsy, Hept. 14, at
7:ai V. M. Order of the
TernDle. Official vlnlt of the
Inspector General and Urand ( ommand-
erv ornoers. unii coi pi wm iuhi
DromrAly at o'clock P. Al. Hie
atteml-
ance of all Sir Knight
111 l.
appre-
ciated.
C F. WIKUANU, Jlecorder.
WASHINGTON Ct)M
MANVKKT, No. IS. K- T.
I Drill team: Important re
k .l thle fThuredey) eve-
i.i mt. T:3l sharp. Members
reu.ue.ted 1. gAKK c.pt.ln.
COLUMBIA LODOK, NO.
114. A. K. AND A. M. Spe
cial communication this
(Thunday) evening k'10
o'clock, labor In the F3. A.
degree. Viitliir brethren al-
wav welcome Hy orilr w . i.
ways w,cKJfi-D i oi.HuN. Secretary.
BUNNYtSlDW IXJtXlK, NO.
16X A. y. A. M.. 3WH and
Hawthorne. Ptuted. Septem
ber 14. at 7:.'l' I'. M- Ad
drem by taetu Peck on tne
onmoiileorv school education.
All Master Masons welcome.
TBMfL.nl CHAPTER VO.
i 140. O. K. 8. Stated com-
7M munlcation this (Thursday)
"Wvl! evenlns at b o'clock, litn
ami Alberta eis. '"
...n. I . v order V. M.
jilS UCLLa J. ilA-NUI.AN.
Secretary.
H. f. O, J
N Kes-ular
'ul- (Thurnuay)
f. O. ELKS, Ku. jm
meeting thl
evsnins. s
o'clock. Elks' Temrie.
Kev. John Uyee.it of llu
buaue, lows. Chaplain of
the Urand Lodse. will be
present with u thle
nlns. visiting
members
.jJrs welcome.
M. Jv. 1 AULUIAWfe"-'"!"''"
TENT NO. 1, MACCA
BKliS, will hold a rekulsr
review tonight (Thurs
day) evening at Maccaba
Hall, oft1 Weehlnitton
atreet. Lare-e attendants
tlealred. VnltUig bit
KnlKhre welcome.
TYhON KINtit-LL, R, K.
lisssalo Lod(S No. HI.
I. O. O. r Member
are requested to attend
the funeral services of the
wife of our brother, J. C
Knlnes, to he keld at pear
son undertaking parlors.
MASSAlfl
No. 871 Ruill sut Thursday, Sept. ii.
at 2:30 Y. M.
I w. HAVirv is. ,
W. U. SCOTT, ilec See.
UTOI'IA REHEKATt
IODOE, NO. S3. I. O. . K.
Kcirular business meeting-
this (Thursday) ev-n-
v ln "In Orient hall, fcnet
nth and Alder streets,
ALICE VAN NATTA. N. rt.
JKaalB I.. H KNUEHSON. See.
STAR LOriOK, NO SI9.
-a (Bk, I. 11. O. IT., 104 Vi alllins
fDt! worth mt., near Alblns
Ji'yj Z-?--5 Hemilsr meetlns. i.llliig
L- , t.iJ J brethren welcome.
'aiun-v- u y Mr LIN TOOK. N. a.
F. H. VAN WVN'IAKUjIN. Sec.
Rose City Snclel club ot Rose City
chapter, No. Hit, O. K. R., meets thi
Thursday evening at o'clock In Keel
Hhle ilueinee Men's club. Cards and
social evening.
THE FIRST of a rles of card rrtl-
to be given by Aetra Circle, N. of W,t
8144 Taylor St., Thursday cvsnlnff, F-pt.
14. Admission KQc. 1'rixsa. verybody
welcome.
HALL on Wai-hliiKton t. for rent
morning. Wednendav and Runday nlgbls.
Ses Maccabees, Morgan buildltis.
RF-KBRVATTONH ARB NOW TtFTTNO
accepted for dancing parties at Cottilloa
I nl I. K. J. llelland. Mgr., Eai! i,..l.
oxniF.m
PORTLAND MAR2LE WORKS
gen th wt.. opp. rny null, yr.v who.
.'otto Schumann marble woqks
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