Morning Oregonian., October 21, 1922, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1922
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DAUGHTER OF SLAIN WOMAN AND HER' ATTORNEY.
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State Unable to Prove "Doll
Twins" Aren't Alive.
WOMAN FAINTS IN COURT
Mystery Still Unsolved, Not Even
"Father" Knowing Whether
"Children" Were Real.
Banditry Following Evacuation of
City by Japanese Prompts
' Landing of Small Forces.
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HAMMOND, Ind., Oct. 20. (By the
Associated Press.) Mrs. Hazel Mc
Nally, .declared by her 55-year-old
husband to be the mother of "doll
baby'.' twins, was freed of a charge
of murder today when Judge Henry
C. Cleveland ruled the state had
failed to prove the infants are not
fctill alive.
The 26-year-old wife, who has
grinned and giggled through four
days of the preliminary hearing,
while witnesses attempted to fasten
on her the charge of double mur
der, collapsed and fell fainting to
the floor as the cheers and applause
of 150 women courtroom fans rang
in her ears.
By a strange paradox of the law,
the defense which maintained the
twins "born" to Mrs. McNally last
December were but inanimate ide
ations of china and" straw dressed
in baby clothes, won its victory be
cause the state was unable to prove
that the mystery babies were not at
the present moment living, breath
ing human beings with actual, flesh
and blood. '
Mystery Remains Unsolved.
The missing corpus delicti law
yers' phraseology for the "body of
the crime" proved a stumbling
block to the state and because of
it the mystery of the McNally twins,
whether they ever existed, whether
tbey were only dressed-up dolls, or
whether, as the state contended,
they were first real babies and then
dolls, remains unsolved.
Sustaining the motion of Samuel
Swartz of South Bend, attorney for
Mrs. McNally, for dismissal of the
charge. Judge Cleveland ruled that
all legal decisions maintained that
some proof that a dead body actually
existed, that It came to Its death
by violence, and that the person
charged with the crime was' in some
way connected with Its commission,
was Necessary before a charge of
murder could be supported.
Women Sftrwitirle for Places.
Hundreds of women and a few
men pushed and struggled up the
dark stairs to Hammond's city coun
cil chamber an hour before the door
was thrown open on the final chap
ter of the "doll-baby" case. A bar-'
rier of stout oak desks four feet
high had been erected across the
room to block the rush of front-row
fans when the door was finally
opened. Behind it women "jammed
in a solid mass so dense as to make
movement impossible and stood for
two hours and a half while three
lawyers argued the merits of the
corpus delicti.
Their long wait was rewarded,
however, .by a thrilling movie
climax when Judge Cleveland
solemnly pronounced his decision.
To the boom of a flashlight barrage
and the cheers of the audience, the
defendant, who looks more nearly
19 than the 26 years she confessed
to, rose to her feet, smiled and then
fell to the floor.
"Woman Lifted to Table.
Lawyers and newspaper men lifted
her to the table and fanned her
with lawbooks, while photographers
on one side and spectators On the
other fought for vantage points.
while on. the fringe of the crowd,
standing first on one foot and then
tn the other, hovered Frank Mc
Nally, the 55-year-old husband, who
testified yesterday his wire had
fooled him for weeks, having him
carry a doll around under the belief
it was one of his children.
A half hour later the mystery
rcother of the mystery twins, dis
heveled, but smiling, was helped
lito an automobile, took her fare
well bow before bhe courtroom fans
and left for her home in South
Bend, surrounded by her mother,
friends and Attorney Swartz.
The trial fans, who have hung for
four days on every bit of salacious
testimony, were left behind wrest
ling with a mystery just as im
penetrable as it was before the trial
began. Again on the outskirts the
elderly husband, watching his wife's
triumphal exit, and still doggedly
maintaining that she gave birth to
a son and daughter last December.
The spectators who elbowed hira
aside to watch Mrs. McNally ride
away were inclined to believe he
was the victim of a clever hoax
from beginning to end, but its pur
pose, why it began and why it
ended, is as much a problem as ever.
LLOYD GEORGE IN BATTLE
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peroration will take whether he
has any new domestic reforms or
legislative plans to propose as a
now election cry. There have been
rumors that he has some new plan
for unemployment insurance with
a view to detaching the labor vote
from the labor party and bringing
It into the fold of his proposed cen
ter party.
Election Result Awaited.
The rebel conservatives, who are
headed by Mr. Bonar Law, Sir
George Younger and Stanley Bald
win, who brought about the fall of
Mr. Lloyd George, have contended
that they were trying to get back to
the party system. Only the result
of general elections will show how
far they have succeeded In this. Up
to the present the only consequence
of their tactics has been adding of
still another group to the existing
party groups, thereby bringing tlfe
nriusn parliament still nearer to
me group systems of the European
parliament.
Mr. Lloyd George, who, during the
war, split the liberal party Into two
sections, has now done tthe same
thing by the unionist party. Thus,
instead of the two original parties.
tnere now are four, with the labor
party making the fifth. There no
longer will be an Irish party, which
for so many years during the great
home rule agitation was able to
dominate the Westminster parlia
ment by throwing its 70 members
to whichever side it chose.
No Party Strong Bnongh.
With the five separate parties, It
Is clear that no single party can
form a big enough bloc to carry on
a government not aided by further
alliance. It has to be remembered
that the whole of the, electoral ma
chinery and the funds of the con
servative party belong to the re
bellious younger section of that
group.
Mr. Lloyd George is credited wi$h
intentions to create a center party.
This would necessitate the creation
also of new party machinery and
party funds, for the former premier
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Photo Copyright by underwood.
Charlotte Milln (at right) ronferrlnc with MIm Florence STorfh, htr attorney, mho. It ha recently been
learned, have been holding a packet of letters whteh proved that Rev. Edvrard Wheeler Hall and Mm.
Kleanor Mills (mother of Charlotte) were In love, and that they met clandestinely. ,
has-no such funds or machinery at
present at his disposal.
No general election for many
years has presented such unpredict
able problems for solution. One of
the weekly political reviews de
clares that it will turn upon the
simple question of for or against
Lloyd George, and therefore will be
purely a personal contest. There is
no great question now before the
country for the electorate to decide.
and, from the slight indications; al
ready afforded, the ex-premier, who
is in a great fighting mood, seems
to turn the whole contest ort the
personal equation.
Electorate to Be Watched.
Alitical circles consider that it
will bet interesting to watch and see
how far the conservative electorate
will follow th Bonar Law ministry
in throwing off allegiance to Lloyd
George and whether his powerful
lieutenants, Lord Balfour, Lord Bir
kenhead, Austen Chamberlain, Sir
Robert Home and others who fol
lowed their chief into the wilder
ness, will be willing to maintain the
somewhat anomalous position as
conservative adherents to a nomi
nally liberal chief, or whether they
gradually will drift back into the
regular unionist fold.
IRELAND LITTLE INTERESTED
Successor to Churchill More Im
portant Than to Premier.
DUBLIN, Oct. 20. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Irish seem to
take only an academic Interest in
the passing of Lloyd George. In
general the feeling in Ireland is
that Kngland's cabinet change will
have no paipaoie ellect on Irish re
turns. What Ireland is most interested in
Is the personality of the .man who
will succeed Winston Spencer Chur
chil as secretary for the colonies.
Since the Anglo-Irish peace treaty
was signed Churchill has been the
connecting link between England
and Erin and all differences that
arose were discussed .with him.
In the south the republicans re
ported him as a dictator to the pro
visional government, bdt the Free
State officials have had no serious
friction with him. In the north his
dealings with the Ulster govern
ment were gratefully acknowledged
by Sir James Craig, the Belfast pre
mier. -
It is regarded as important in
Dublin that Churchill's successor
shall stand by his acts and show the
same spirit in carrying on the ad
ministration of affairs in Ireland.
Dublin feels no apprehension of
any possible danger to the treaty
because of the change of govern
ments in London.
RECALL PETITION FILED
2563 Ask for Vote on busting of
Clackamas County Judge.
OREGON CITT, Or., Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) Petitions for the recall of
County Judge Cross were formally
filed with County Clerk Miller ju;t
before 5 o'clock today. The petitions
contain 2563 signatures. A total of
1984 are needed to put the issue on
the ballot.
rue law provides no definite date
for recall elections. The clerk is
empowered to call an election with
in 25 days after the filing of a re
call petition. Every effort will be
made to place the recall upon the
same ballot as the general election,
November 7, Mr. Miller said.
GRAFT LAID TO DOCTOR
Typewriting Machine on Payroll
as "Elsie Smith," Is Charge.
CHICAGO. Oct. 20 Dr. Arthur E.
Gannage, charged with petty graft,
has been suspended as superintend
ent of the municipal contagious dis
ease hospital. It was here that in
vestigation is alleged to have dis
closed that an L. C. Smith typewrit
ing machine was paid a salary in
the name of "Elsie Smith."
Further inquiry showed, it was
said, that money obtained from the
sale of barrels was credited to "Mr.
Stave," while the son of a hospital
cook was carried on the books as
"Mr. Eatum."
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some of his vestments from the
house and stopped by the home of
Mrs. Clarke U. get a cassock oi
the minister's from the church, to
which Mrs. Clarke had the key,"
he said. "She was at J;he Mills
house, her husband told me, and, as
I did not know where that was,
Mr. Clarke showed me the way. We
went to the Mills house and from
there Mrs. Clarke and I went to the
church, got the rest of the vest
ments and took them to the under
taker." This statement, in turn, was con
tradicted by Miss Millie Opie," who
lives next door to the Mijls family.
Miss Opie declared she was present
at the Mills home on the afternoon
when Teddy Carpender came to ask
Mrs. Clarke to accompany him to
hiin-h ond that hnth Mr. a.Tid
J Mrs. Clarke were there when Car
pender arrived.
Says "He Conld Have Had Her."
She quotes Clarke as saying, after
Carpender and Mrs. Clarke left the
house:
"My wife and Mr. Carpender have
gone to the church to get some pa
pers out of Dr. Hall's study."
"Not a word was said about get
ting ,the minister's vestments," said
MIbs Opie.
Mr.' and Mrs. Clarke, -Carpender
and Miss Sally Peters, spokesman
for the widow, Mrs. Frances Hall,
today refused to discuss the dis
crepancy in these several state
ments. Mrs. Clarke has consistently
refused to make a statement regard
ing the case since the crime waa
discovered.
She was i friend of the Halls and
of Mrs. Mills and was with them at
Lake Hopatbong on the day before
the murder. Mrs. Clarke visited
Mrs. Hall on Thursday afternoon,
the day Hall and Mrs. Mills were
killed. "
Jimmle Mills, husband of the slain
woman, declared today that he
would have stood aside had he
known that his wife preferred an
other man.
"If I had known that Eleanor and
Dr. Hall were in love," said the
church sexton, "he could have had
her and I would have stood aside,
This murder could have been
avoided.
SPAN TO BE DEDICATED
Pasco-Kennewick Bridge Celebra'
tion to Be Held Today.
PASCO, Wash., Oct. 20. (Special.)
The new Pasco-Kennewick bridge
will be dedicated tomorrow. Speeches
by prominent Washington men, a
parade, banquet and street carnival
will be among the principal fea
tures. Charles G. Huber will make
the presentation talk on behalf of
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ceptance. The programme follows:
Pasco 11:45. Official luncheon,
announcements, Bertram D. Dean.
1:30. Presentation of bridge. ' On
behalf of the builders, Charles G.
Huber; on behalf of the owners,
John M. Crawford. Address of ac
ceptance, W. J. Coyle, lieutenant
governor of Washington. Connect
ing link of Yellowstone Trail, H.
O. Cooley, manager Yellowstone
Trail.
3:00. Grand parade to the bridge.
3:30. Dedicatory ceremony. '
Kennewick 4:00. National High
ways, John W. Bummers, represent
ative fourth district. Highway
Building, James Allen, supervisor
Washington state highways.
6:30. Official banquet; toast
master, A. R. Gardner. The Golden
Rivet, Frank Waterhouse, president
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Re
sponses by presidents of commercial
organizations and mayors of com
munities. 7:30. Street carnival and free
dancing. Pasco and Kennewick. i
Musical numbers will be furn
ished by Miss Marguerite Howard
of Spokane, accompanied by Mrs.
Rene Porter Bruen. The shrine
quartet and a number of bands will
also provide musical entertainment.
EX-PRINCIPAL SUES BEND
Breach of Contract by School Is
Charged in Complaint.
BEND, Or., Oct. 20. (Special.)
Allegations of breach of contract
were made in suit filed here today
by Mark A. Paulson of Silverton,
ex-principal of the Bend high school,
in which he seeks to recover J2130
of back salary claimed as due him
with .interest at 6 per cent.
Paulson was discharged by the
Bend school board last fall on
charges of incompetency and in
subordination, the board contending
that he had continued Frank I.
Rockwell, football coach and science
instructor, as an instructor after
Rockwell had been dismissed for
inability to give proper Instruction
to the football squad.
STRIKE HERE IS MENACE
(Continued From First Pafre.)
working yesterday -.ith 375 men, 45
of whom were union men and the
balance nonunion.
"We are hopeful that an adjust
ment may be made before violence
is resorted .to, as the conservative
forces among the unions, and the
citizens, seem disposed to assist in
the proper adjustment and to pre
vent a tituation that will injure the
port very seriously."
300 New Members is Goal.
" SALEM, Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.)
Three hundred new members is the
goal of officials in charge of the
baiem chamber of commerce mem
bership drive which will begin here
next Monday. A meeting, at which
final plans for the campaign were
discussed, was held here tonight.
M. J. Duryea of the state chamber
of commerce, Portland, is assisting
Manager Duncan in the work.
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VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. 20. (By the
Associated Press.) American and
British marines were landed here to
iay to guard the consulates of the
two nations.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. (By the
Associated Press.) Consul Winslow
Vladivostok has advised the
state department of the landing at
that "place of a small detachment of
American marines for the protection
of the American consulate, because
of the state of lawlessness which
has prevailed since the Japanese
evicuation.
French Consulate Looted.
Several bandits recently held up
the French consul at Vladivostok,
according . to information here, and
compelled him to surrender the key
of the consulate and combination to
the safe containing papers and rec
ords of the French authorities.
The bandits were said to have
taken 6000 yen from the safe and
robbed the building of other val
uables. Armed Protection Necessary.
While no such incident has oc
curred o the American consul, offi
cials here said they believed armed
protection for the American son
sulate was an altogether wise pre
caution. Landing of the marines, it was
explained, has been made for that
purpose only and had no political
significance.
TERROR RULES VLADIVOSTOK
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TOKIO, Oct. 20. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Terror reigns in Vlad
ivostok as the completion of Japan
ese evacuation approaches, accord
ing to dispatches received here
today.
Last night the city was plunged
in darkness by the failure of the
lighting plant. White guards roamed
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