THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 27, 1908.
SYMPHONY CONCERT SEASON ANNOUNCED
Opening Performance to Be Given at Masonic Temple on January 11 Miss Katharine Goodson, Pianist, to Be Soloist.
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jkR3. EDN'A B. JONES, who wHl
11 again muug the Portland Syro
' phony Orchestra, ears that there
Is every indication of a prosperous sea
son ahead and that the first concert o!
the series of IMS-CO will occur at the
Masonlo Temple January 1, 1909, on which
occasion the soloist will be Mlas Kath
arine Goodson, the English pianist. At
the third concert of the series David
Bl?pham, the eminent American bari
tone, will be the star attraction.
The new director of the Portland Sym
phony Orchestra is Iavid C Rosebrook,
who eomes highly recommended from
California and the East, where his work
has been notable with the different or
chestras with which he has' been asso
ciated. The personnel of the Portland
Symphony Orchestra Is practically, the
same as last year, with the additional
strength of ten new members, making
in all 44.
Mr. Kosebrook has already won the ad
miration of his men and their hearty co
operation and, coupled with the fact that
the fund raised for the orchestra will
permit of more than twice the work
given the rehearsals last year, makes It
possible for the orchestra to ask for
patronage on Its merits alone.
Miss Katherlne Goodson. the pianist at
the opening concert, ranks among the
world's greatest artists. She has ap
peared with the moBt prominent orches-
fc.T- i.il ini'i
tral organizations of Europe and this
country and has called forth the most
enthusiastic praise wherever she has
been heard. With the Boston Symphony
Orchestra her appearance was considered
one of the most conspicuous feature of
an especially brilliant season, while her
metropolitan recital with Damrosch.
which followed, established her still more
firmly In public favor. Besides the two
organizations mentioned. Miss Goodeon
appeared last season with 14 of the
lareest orchestras throughout the coun
try, notably the Thomas Orchestra, of
Chicago; the ,Plttsburg, and Philadelphia
symphony orchestras and the New xork
Philharmonic.
In the life of Leschetlzsky complied
by Hullah "Goodson" Is named as one of
the master's favored pupils. For years
Miss Goodson studied with Leschetlzsky,
who has been made world-famous as the
teacher or Paderewskl, and he Is no less
croud of Miss Goodson. The master and
artist are great friends and recently Mlsa
Goodson made a special trip from Lon
don to "Vienna to spend a short vacation
with Leschetlzsky before starting on her
Australian tour, from which she has
Just returned and Is now visiting Eng
lish friends in Victoria, B. C, before
beginning her present musical season
Miss Goodson has appeared under the
auspices of such distinguished conduc
tors as Rlchter at his London concerts,
and Nikisch, In Lelpslc It was Nlklsch
who said: "I have known many artists
In ny life, but the true musicians I can
count on my fingers, and I class Good
son with Tsaye, Paderewskl and X' Al
bert." 'In the history of American muslo no
one has won for himself so firm a place
in the affections of the music lovers as
David Bispham, and in Europe Mr.
Blspham's concert work la no less popu
lar. At succeeding concerts It Is the Inten
tion of the management that one local
artist will appear as soloist.
"9009" Facts Are Largely Taken
From Prison Records of Oregon
Book Points Powerful Lesson of Needed Prison Reform, Prom Piction
Writers' Standpoint.
SALEM, Or- Dec- 18. SpeolaL) In
the thrilling and deeply Impressive
prison story, "Number 9009," recently
published by the Saturday Evening
Post, there Is retold, with surprising
fidelity to details, the story of the kill
ing of 'William Mansfield in the Oregon
Penitentiary. June 23. 1888.
Men who were familiar with the facts
regarding the killing of Mansfield rec
ognize at once the striking similarity
of incidents related by the authors of
9009 ' concerning the brutal and cow
ardly shooting of Jlmmie Carroll.
The authors, James Hopper and Fred
R. Bechdolt, assert that their story Is
based upon facts, and of this there can
be no doubt, for nearly every Incident
described by them has Its counterpart
In the history of the Oregon Peniten-
tlary.
In the form of fiction the authors of
"9009" hare exposed many of the gross
abuses which make a prison a brutal
izlng rather than a reformatory insti
tution. The acts of injustice commit
ted by prison officials, the favors ex
tended to prisoners with Influential
friends, the petty grafts enjoyed by
men who are put in power over con
demned criminals and the evil effect of
the "stool-pigeon" system, are all de
picted in the story "9009." Just as they
have been described from time to time
by men who have been familiar with
events at the Oregon Penitentiary.
Mansfield Was Burglar.
William Mansfield was an Oregon
convict serving a 12-year term for burg
lary, eommlted In Multnomah County
In 1SS2. He was one of the convicts
who participated in the outbreak in
18S3. but was captured and returned.
On June 23. 18S8. while working in the
prison foundry he complained that he
was sick, and that he could not work
on the food he was receiving. He was
taken to the prison chapel where Cap
tain W. W. Saunders, a fellow prisoner
and hospital steward, questioned him
regarding his ailments and then ordered
him back to work. Mansfield refused
to go. saying he was too sick to work
and Saunders then notified Warden M.
J. McKinnon. The Warden at once re
peated the command that Mansfield re
turn to work but the latter still re
fused. Mansfield Shot Down.
McKinnon sent for Guard John Whit
ley who soon appeared, armed with
Winchester, and took his station near
the chapel altar. At McKlnnon's order,
Whitley covered Mansfield, who was
some distance away, with his rifle. The
Warden then ordered Mansfield back to
the shops and the refusal was repeated
whereupon the convict was told that he
must go back to work, or be tied up and
flogged or shot.
"Shoot and be damned," exclaimed
Mansfield, opening the front of hi
shirt. "I won't work and I won't be
flogged." When McKinnon tried to ap
proach Mansfield, the latter edged off.
keeping out of the way. After further
parleying, during which Mansfield con
tlnued defiant. McKinnon gave the
word and Whitley fired, the ball pass
ing through Mansfield's abdomen and
causing his death a few moments later.
A small knife, with, a blade 2 Inches
long, was found on Mansfield after his
4eath.
"Justifiable) Iro'Irrtc1, Verdict.
A Cm oner's jury, after bearing the tes
timony presented by the prison officials,
rendered a verdict of Justifiable homi
cide. Notwithstanding this verdict, the
management of the prison was severely
criticised then and afterward for shoot
ing down the convlot Instead of over
powering him and compelling him to
serve out the sentence of imprisonment
Imposed by the court. While the prison
authorities sought to excuse themselves
by saying that they would not take
chances with a desperate man, they were
censured by a large number of people
who could see no risk in half a dozen
men undertaking to overpower one and
who also believe that since prison offi
cials voluntarily engage In such employ
ment. ' they should expect to meet some
Sanger.
taken of the case. One was that Mans
field was really sick and could not work
on the food he was receiving, and if that
was true, he was unjustly killed. The
other view Is that Mansfield wanted to die
and took this means of ending his life.
If that was true, the prison officials
yielded to his wishes Just as completely
as though they had provided him with
poison or a weapon with which to com
mit suicide.
It Is this failure of prison management
that the authors of "9009" picture In the
killing of Jlmmie Carroll.
Tracy" In It, Too.
The central figure In the story of "9009"
Is John Collins, and the story of bis
career Is a fairly accurate account of the
escapades of Harry Tracy, whose es
cape from the Oregon Penitentiary In 1902
was followed by deeds of daring that
made the whole civilized world stand
aghast. The purpose of the story Is to
depict prison life, the. attitude of guards
toward con vie to and of convicts toward
each other, the injustice of prevailing
prison methods and the evil Influence
those methods have upon men who. In
theory, are sent to prison to be re
formed. In pursuance of this purpose, the
authors tell of the workings of the "con"
system, give an account of the tricks
of stool pigeons and expose the weak
ness of a prison management which
places men of low character In control
over convicts. It is not to be assumed
that the authors represent that all the
evils are found In any one prison or In
any prison at any one time.
Oonrict'B Troubles i-nj Prison.
John Collins, whose prison number
was 9009, was guilty of burglary and
assault with Intent to kill, was sen
tenced to serve eight years, and, upon
reaching his cell, read the rules which
Informed him of the time he could earn
by good conduct. He resolved to be
good, but this resolve was rudely
shaken a few moments later when
Guard Jennings came to his cell, stared
him In the eye and remarked, "you
are a bad one."
Collins found that prison officials
encouraged convicts to tell on each
other that the convict who would re
port the misdeeds of his fellows could
win favor among the officers. In the
effort to win this favor and secure
assignment as trusties or perhaps get
a pardon convicts would make false
reports or lead their associates into
violation of the rules so that they
could profit thereby.
Collins soon found that when these
stool pigeons reported anything to the
prison officers they were believed,
while an accused man would not even
be listened to In bis own defense.
He learned that every convict must be
looked upon as a possible stool-pigeon
and felt that at any moment he might
be the victim of the system. Jen
nings, the guard who pronounced him
a "bad one," Informed Collins of his
determination to "break him," and this
guard lost no oportunity to persecute
the convict.
A stool-pigeon "framed up" an out
break and then gave the oflcers the
tip, so that when the attempted break
oocurred (Collins Joining In It under
the excitement of the moment), the
victims of the plot ran Into an am
bush of armed guards and some of
them were mercilessly shot down. The
officers who had been Informed In
advance of the Intended outbreak per
mitted It to occur so that they could
gain reputations for efficiency and
make themselves "solid" with the ad
ministration. That this stool-pigeon system as pic
tured In the story existed for years
in the Oregon Penitentiary is generally
agreed among men who have been fa
miliar with the prison affairs. In his
recent book giving an account of bis
"Thirteen Years in the Oregon Peni
tentiary" Bunco Kelley tells how the
system was worked and bow frequent
ly injustice was done. But this sys
tem undoubtedly obtains in other pris
ons as well, so this feature of the
"Number "9009" story would not con
clusively Identify It with occurrences
in the prison at Salem.
Collins' Story and Tracy's Life.
The points of similarity between the
careers of Harry Tracy and John Col
lins, "9009,"' are chiefly these: A rifle
was taken over the prison wall at
night and hidden where the convict
could find It; the convict shot down
defenseless guards who had treated
him unjustly; he escaped over the wall
and led a dare-devil chase over the
hills and through timber; he relieved
a workman of his clothes; he stopped
at farmhouses and ordered fod, tra
versed towns, shot officers, stole horses
to aid him In his flight, always brought
down his man when he shot; and, l
finally, was surrounded in an open
field, where he made no fight, but let
the posse shoot him as he lay con
cealed by the grass or grain. Then,
too, there la a similarity In that the
convict is unquestionably guilty in
each instance. The authors of "9009"
do not try to picture their chief char
acter as a hero unjustly serving a
prison term, but represent him as most
prisoners really are guilty but not
past reformation.
The story is apparently 'designed to
Impress upon the American people the
Idea that many prisons are not in fact
reformatory In their Influence because
there are too frequently placed In
charge men who are not chosen for
their work because of any known fit
ness for the duties and responsibil
ities they are to assume. The story is
a protest against the policy of shooting
down a convict when he is safely with
in prison walls and surrounded by as
many guards as may be necessary to
overpower him. .. As the New Tork
Times says, it Is an Indictment of a
branch of the Government for the com
mission of cruelties which rival in in
tensity pretty much anything of the
kind on record.
The book reviewer of the Times ex
pressed a doubt whether the story Is
founded upon facts, but there Is enough
now known of the history of events In
the Oregon Penitentiary to prove that
It Is so founded and there is reason
to believe that If all the truth were
known It would be found that the
authors are also correct in saying that
they have knowledge of facts much
worse and more revolting, which they
shrank from using.
ROMANCE FAR OUTDONE
Convict Spins Horrible Tarn, of
Lurking Terrors,
PARIS, Dec. 28. An escaped convict
named Hyacinth Barthelemy, who sur
rendered to the police recently, relates a
story of adventure and privation probably
without parallel In French criminal an
nals. In 1897 Barthelemy was sentenced
to a long term, of penal servitude for
burglary, and was departed to Guiana.
He and five other prisoners managed to
escape from the convict settlement. They
seized a boat from some natives and
after a dangerous journey, partly by
river and partly through a trackless
forest, reached Venezuelan territory. Be
fore arriving at Caracas, however, two
of them were crushed to death by a
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NEW TORK. Dec. 26. (Special.) Catching goldfish in Union Square is the oddest activity New York has known
this week. Each year when cold weather sets in, the fountain basin In Union Square is drained and the thou
sands of goldfish, with which the basin ls'stocked, are dipped out In nets, put In tanks and are moved to their
Winter resort the Aquarium. The Tom Sawyers of the neighborhood are only too eager to help In the work.
A Tremendous Cut-Price Clearance Sale
Including Every Item in My Entire Stock of
Diamonds and Jewelry
. After the greatest. Holiday season's business in the his
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All Diamonds at lO Per Cent Off
These are all perfect stones, selected as to their individual worth.
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Our entire stock of Novelties, Buckles, Combs, etc., which surpasses in
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20 Per Cent Off on All Watches
From the finest down to the lowest price watch in my stock (Howard ex
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All Cut Glass and China at
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Not a store In the Northwest that shows a finer assortment of choice Cut
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Our entire stock, the finest ever
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Fancy Clocks of every description,
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python, a third was devoured by a puma,
and a fourth killed by a crocodile on the
hull, if tYn OH n nro.
Barthelemy and his sole remaining com
panion eventually arrived at the Vene
zuelan capita, but the authorities, on
finding that they were Frenchmen, threat
ened to have them shot. They escaped
Into the wilderness again, where Barthe
lemy's companion was killed and eaten
by cannibals. After Innumerable other
dangers Barthelemy reached the eea
coast and embarked on a Spanish
schooner, which landed him at Bordeaux.
Be arrived In Paris this week only to
find that his mother and sisters had dis
appeared, leaving no trace of their where
abouts. In despair he surrendered him
self to the authorities m order to secure
food and shelter.
Asks Boston Surveyor to Quit.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. Secret aw
Cortelyou today said that he had asked
Mr. McCarthy, surveyor of the Port of
Boston, to reslpn either that position or
the chairmanship of the Republican city
committee. The Seoretary stated there
was nothing unusual in this case. It was,
he added, simply an Instance of too much
politics, and he had simply taken the
same course that he had In similar case
from time to time.
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