The Sunday Oregonian., May 30, 1909, Page 3, Image 3

Till: SUNDAY OICEUONIAN. PORTLAND. 31 AY 30. 1000.
"CRIMINAL MYTH"
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GROUP or COLUMBIA COUNTY OFFICIALS. AND COUNTY TREASURER, WHO DECLARES
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St. Helens Stirred by Search
for "Man With Sore Eyes"
in Robbery Plot.
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Condition Jury Timpcr
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this blackmailing rase developed."
Story of TMot Oirfcrcnt.
The plan of robbing the Courthou-e. as
told to Sheriff -Whit. differed In soma
partirolars from tnr plan JIr Quirk MyJ
'was proposed to him by B!ake-l-:-. Mr.
Quirk wa not a count;, officer in 19CS.
and In fart did not aume the office of
County Tr"CFiir-r until lt .Tun. As
Tart owner, howe.-er. in the only x-t or
abirrsot tv-ok. in Columbia l.onnty. the
destruction or the rr.n,y record.- would
hav- been a'mnsi invaluable to him.
The plan as proponed by Hla fce.i.y.
he -was to burn th ronrihO'iH-
after robl.inc the vault. ITe does not
remember th), exact time that the plan
was broached, but is positive that It
was mor- than two years prior to his
becoming county treasurer. Tliia would
place tbe date at about the time the
P'ot to rob the court hou.-e
porte.j to sheriff White.
Mr. Quick sticks to his story that he
refused to have anything to do with
the proposition, and that he was then
confronted with the story of the des
perate character of McCarty and how
he would net even with any man who
"threw him down."
Quick Stick- to Story.
"The first proposition was made to
me by Rlakrsley rlsht here In my of
fice." said Mr. Quick Joday. "The sub
sequent conversations which led up to
my giving; Blakesley $150 to get Mc
Carty out of the country were oral,
and it was a Ions; time afterward that
the letters brgan to come containing
more threats."
The telegram to Mr. Quick from Port
land, supposed to be from Mccarty,
and demanding that he "or the other
fellow." come to Portland, was dated
May 7. 190S. It was preceded by a
letter. The last two letters were re
ceived last week. They were preceded
by a telephone message. the person
talking saying he was McCarty. and de
claring that he was in Houlton. which
is one mile from St. Helens, on the
Astoria & Columbia River Railroad.
The message was merely the state
ment that Mr. Quick get a letter the
following dir. This letter duly arrived.
nd is the one that is Incorporated in
the indictment. Another letter followed
it. threatening to take up with the
grand Jury the allegation that Mr.
Quick had been involved In a plot to
rob and burn the old courthouse.
Mho Is "Sore-Kyed Man ?"
The Identity of the "man with the
sore eyes" is now one of the principal
mysteries in the case. The description.
as remembered by i-'herlff 'White, does
not tit "Toots Klakesley at all. Blakes
ley never could be mistaken for a man
of 150 pounds. He weighs 200 if an
ounce.
The conjecture la raised bv some In
St. Helens that Quick has not told the
wnoia story, and that the unidenti
fled principal in the plot was perhaps
one whom for personal reasons he
wished to shield: and that, and not
fear of personal Injury. ImpeMed him
to give up money to the blackmailers.
A nice theoretical story can be woven
out or this conjecture by placing
Blakesley as one who learned of the
plot. Identified the St. Helens man I
the scheme and brought the matter
home to Quick in such a way that he
paid I rather than the storv come
out. The difficulty of - fitting this
theory to the case Is that no known
relative or business associate of Quick
answers me description.
At the time the plot was hatched,
Mr. Quick was associated in the ab
stract business with A. M. Holten. then
and now a traveling man. who spent
little time in St. Helena Holten about
that time was very anxious to sell his
interest. He Is described as a short
slender man. probably under 150 pounds.
wnn reoaiitn mustache and light hair.
o eyes were wraK ana might hare
given the impression that they were
sore, but the man In the plot had no
mustache.
Mr. Quick's brother. J. Warren Quick.
now marshal of St. Helens, was then
employed in the abstract office. War
ren Quick is quits dark, weighs more
than loo pounds but it is said was bav
ing eye trouble about that time. He
now has a full growth of dark eye
lashes.
May Have Bern "Go-Between.
Sheriff White's assumption Is that if
any person at all In St. Helens was
connected with the- plot, the man de
scribed to Mm was a go-between, and
did not live here.
Whether Blakesley was actually in
such a plot or not will probably be one
f the developments of the trial. It Is
pointed out that by reason of his em
ployment in the Courthouse he may
have overheard something of the plot
which gave him his ground work for
subsequent operations. Tte Ieputy
Sheriff In whom Sheriff White con
fided the story of the plan to rob the
Courthouse Is Charles Blakesley.
brother of Toots."
Charles Blakesley bears a most ex
cellent reputation ire. St. Helens. He is
exceedingly close mouthed concerning
the business of the Sheriffs ofrice. and
Sheriff White says he will stake his
reputation that Charles Blakesley never
breathed a word of the plot to any
member of his family or other person.
Whitewash for Quick.
The intimation spread by friends of
"Toots- Blakesley that the grand jury
would probably find something wrong
with Treasurer Quick's accounts was
et at rest by the report of the grand
Jury filed yesterday. The report says:
"We have examined the records of
the County Clerk. Sheriff. Assessor and
Treasurer, and find the books and rec
ords of these offices In first-class con
dition. The books of the Treasurer
have had a careful examination and
inspection, and we find them In good
shape, well kept and up-to-date, and
the amount of money on deposit In the
banks corresponds with tbe cash book."
Statements made by Blakesley that
some of ths grand Jurors Informed
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him that they jl.l nr,t believe him I
guiiiy. out nsd to bring me indict
ment and thought Itlakesiey might be
the "goat" selected by Qui-k in order
to cover up shortagc-s. have been called
to the attention of the oistrict Attor
ney's office. An Investigation will be
made to ascertain if any of the grand
Jurors have been making any remarks
concerning their deliberations.
Both Treasurer Quick and Marshal
Quick today denied Blakesley's state
ment that Treasurer Quick was seek
ing revenge because his brother was
not appointed court bailiff and Blakes
ley was.
"I never heard of my brother wanting
the place." said Treasurer Quick.
T never sought the office or wanted
t." said Warren Quick. "Jack D'Spaln
told me one day that he had Informed
"Toots" that I was after his Job. but
that he did It Just to worry "Toots."
as he knew "Tools" and I were not on
good terms. That Is all there Is to
the whole matter."
The trial of Blakesley was today set
for June 15. The defense today asked
for a continuance until the next terra
of court, but Judge Campbell announced
that the showing for a continuance
would have to be made on June 1.
KX-SHKItlFK TKI.LS OF PLOT
Tom Viord Say McCarty Tipped
Him Off to St. Helens Flans.
Jack McCarty. whose name has been
connected with the St. Helens blackmail
ing case, and of whom tbe Columbia
'ounty authorities believe thev have
found a recent trace in Portland. Is In
the Missouri state penitentiary at Jeffer
son City, according to ex-Sherirf Tom
Word, of this city.
Mr. Word says he has had reliable In
formation to thst effect, and has no rea
son to doubt it. Furthermore. Mr. Word
Ir positive that McCarty has never been
in Oregon since lie left here on a steamer
tor dan Franclsm early In MO.
Mr. Worl admitted last evening that It
was he who tipped off to Sheriff White,
of Columbia County, the plot to rob the
Courthonse. but bts recollection of the
description of the msn who was at the
St. He-lens end was that he was heavy
set. Mr. Word could remember no other
particulars.
"Jack McCarty tipped te thing off to
me himself." said Mr. Word. "I tried to
reform the man. When he was sent to
the penitentiary from here I was not sat
isfied with the way the thing was done,
and I fold McCarty that when he got
out I would get him a Job and help him
lead a straight life. McCarty came back
here after hie release from the peniten
tiary, and I found work for him. and he
promised me he would never turn another
trick lit this state.
"He told me after his return thst a man
from St- Helens had spproached him with
a plan to rob the Courthouse there. I
wired to Sheriff White, and he came here.
I told him all I knew of the matter, and
Sheriff White went home. I never heard
anything more from him. I would have
been willing ro go throuch with the mat
ter. I would have had McCarty lead the
others along, snd we could have captured
the whole bunch. Soon after that I got
McCarty a Job on a boat running to San
Francisco, and I am positive ha has never
been back here since.
"I could Identify Mccarty's handwriting.
I think I still have some of his letters la
my possession."
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IMMUNE
K. E. ttalrk.
Great Hunter Meets Same Sad
Fate as Other Whites.
CONTRACTS NAIROBI ITCH
IDAHO CADETS GO TO FAIR
Vnlrerslty Students 'Will Be Re
viewed by Governor Bradyr
MOSCOW, Idaho. May 2. I Special.!
Lieutenant Smith. V. S. A., command
ant of the University of Idaho cadets,
announces that arrangements have been
completed for the cadets to go to the
A--T.-P. Exposition June 10 over the
Inland Electric and the Great Northern
Railroads. "
On June 12 there will be a parade and
review by Governor J. H. Brady and
his staff on the Exposition grounds.
Efforts are being made by Lieutenant
Smith and friends of the cadets all over
the state to have a large attendanae
at the fair while tne cadets are en
camped there.
AMBASSADORS TOOK GRAFT
Trench and RusMan IHplomats to
Turkey In Trouble.
BERLIN. May . The Lokal Anselger'a
Constantinople correspondent says that
ha learns from persons in high authority
that the sudden recall of the French Am
bassador. M. Constans. and the Russian
Ambassador. M. Zlnovteff. was due to the
discovery In the Tlldis Palace records that
Abdul Ham Id had paid M. Constana 30W
Turkish pounds monthly and M. Zinovieff
1LO0Q. The correspondent says the Paris
snd St. Petersburg governments were
forthwith informed and ordered the re
call of the Ambassadors. According to
the correspondent, the archives also con-
'niu vumpromtaing leners ana. receipts
for money signed by Klamll Paaiia. form
er ISrand Vixier. which led to his arrest.
He also asserted that evidence against
Ferrtd Pasha. Minister of the Interior,
was found, snd that this started a violent
agitation In favor of forctng him to retire
from the cabinet.
"U is believed." the repert pa vs. "thst
Tewflk Pasha. ex-Orand Vniler and now
Ambassador at lindon. played a double
role. So many of the members of the old
regime were smirched by Abdul HsmCl s
archives that the Young Turks are aeti
tatlng publicly the placing of power in
new nanus "
HEW SEALING TREATY
British Inspector Brings Oat Per
sons I New From IUoeell Par
ly. Some of Which I
Somewhat Knnny.
CHICAGO. Msy S (Spe. 1.1.1 F.
Ptealdent Roosevelt may have slopped
scratching by this time, but he spent
his first fear dsys In the African Jun.
gle country strenuously objecting to an
attack of the Nairobi lirh. At lea.t
that la the report Frederick Bennett
Carr. who has Just come from Africa.
gives tne Times.
Carr Is an inspector of a district un
der the Ufltlsh government In the Tsm
Klver country. He had superintended
the preliminary arrangements for for
mer President Roosevelt's hunting trip
in ririti.n r.ast Arrlrs. lie spent Sui
day In Chicago, en route to Hongkong.
wherelie will superintend the shipment
ot army supplies.
Mtv. Carr has been In British East
Africa for II years, and he points out
that some of the customs of the Ho-
malls have been embarrassing to Mt.
Kooseveit. who. ha believes, will write
a book on his experiences with the na
lives when be returns.
Ills Women Bearer.
JAPAN' AND Rl'KSIA COMING
AGREEMENT.
TO he
Agitation for Japan's Adlieslon lo
Joint Fishery Convention
of Power.
VICTORIA. B. C. May 3 Thst lb
Jspanes and Russian gnvrmrm-nis are
coming to an agreement regarding a
treaty for the protection of fur seals In
the North Pacific Is the report brought
by the Empress of China, which reached
port today. The Hochl. of Toklo. says
the suthortties of the Russian Commer
cial Iepartment sre drafting the treaty.
Many setxure 0f Japanese sealers have
been made. The Jspanese schooner Yoo
fuku Mini was recently seised by a Rus
sian cruiser In Northern water for
poaching on the sealing ground and was
fined tun. The Mlura Mara, whlcffc was
orderexl confiscated for poaching, baa ap
pealed to Irkutsk from the doc felon of
the Hakodate tribunal.
Commenting on the recent aelsuns Of a
Japane sealer on ths Alaskan coast, th
Japan Mall swys:
"It la virtually Impossible for Cie Jsp
anes authorities effectually to restrain
these poacher. They are the outcome
of the geographical situation as much
of the predatory Impulses which anlmat
even ?!h century humanity. But It Is
much to be desired that the semblance of
condemning thetr lawleness should be
remove.1 by the adherence- of Japan to
the fliicry convent. r which exteta be
tween the Cmted England and
RuhIi."
USE NAVAL MEN AS CREWS
Strike of French Sailor More Sert
oli Kach I'aj.
PARIS. May :. The strike of the
sailors of the Merchant Marine Is be
coming more aggravated. Crews from
warships have been placed on board a
limited number of merchant ships
temporarily In order to Insure the
transportation of mails and passengers
to Tunis. Algeria and Corsica.
I believe the most comic thing that
i happened to the ex -President on
j his travel." said Mr. Carr. "wss tbe
: discovery that out of 7 2 besrers he hsd
I engaged for his Intend trip from th
I McMillan place, 12 proved to be wo
. men when they were Inspected after I
I smallpox outbreak.
"Mr. Kooseveit was Indignant to
'think thai these women had been hired
i Him ! .-' vi t -n . v.wr isi.y as
they had been carrying hug bundles
of ramp dunnsge on their heads for
hundred miles, but the fact a that his
escort consisted of the leading women
In Homall society, and each one of them
waa consumed with class pride at b-
Ing permitted an honor her humble sis.
ters couldn't arhlev. 1 don't know
what happened when the smallpox be.
ttayed their little plot, but If they went
ahead It 1 1 been shown by this time
that t! women sr Just competent
a th men.
Laiarj In Jangle.
"I doubt whether much ha been said
about, th Ju'.a ranch. Mr. McMillan
place, but It I on of th show place
of Eaat Africa. Th ranch contain
everything that eould a found la an
American Orst-claaa hotel, from an artl.
tidal Kr plant to th very last word la
electric lighting.
"Of course. Mr. Roosevelt took Nai
robi Itch aa soon as h reached lb
Althl Klver country. It looks awful
and makes a man think he haa picked
up om hideous African disease, but It
Is only th hives, though In a ben
virulent form than you bav seen them
here.
"White men generally get the out
break Inside ef a week after they ar
rive at Mombasa. It look a though
th victim had beea plastered from head
to fool with rip mulberries, and they
have a terrifying appearance to th
uninttlsfed.
Day Monday May 31st, in Honor of
the Dead Soldiers of This Republic
IN MEMORIAL
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MemorijI Div-tj? &zy we commemorate the lire of
our soldier dead tbe Nation flag will be. it balf-mart.
the wheels of indartry throughout th land will b stilled,
and the people of thi Republic vUl either around the
tomb of thetr honored dud to lay their floral offertacs.
It's a. email thin this gif-in one day for consecra
tion to the memory of thoae w ho ggye their liree that our
country might endure: yet it 11 fraurht with treat influ
ence for food, and those benefited are not departed,
but th llTinc whose he art a are kindled with rreater lore
for country and ffllow men. The kindly emotion which
a nation' prayer Inspire make a better citlien of him
who bow hi head in honor of oar eoldier..
Let vm lay our floral wreath at th tomb of those
who hay gone ahak out Old Glory to th breese. It'
only a rite., form, a symbol, but it' mor than speech
or written word. for. throuch Vh obstrrince of the reverential rite, the heart of th
Nation five expression to it great and lurung gratitude. It 1 fitting that w horJd re
member these, our Nation' defender, and that for on day w should turn add from th
acta Titir of business uf to pay trtbut to the heroic deeds.
See Monday Evening Papers for Announcement of
Our Annual Juno Sale
STRIKERS ARE QUIET
AIO. MIIJ-S nCT OXK IUl .MK AT
ABKIUIKKX.
row arternoon there will b
bested discussion.
CITY READY FOR SETTLERS
I-a bor Meeting- Today Kapected la
iKerlde Ioe Police force
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ABKRl'KF.N. Wash, May !. impe
rial. AH lumber mill but on In this
rlty resumed operation this morning,
and so far th strike situation seems
relieved. Th bled mill, where th
trouble started. I still closed, but Man
ager W. H. Mark announce that op
eration will begin Monday. Men have
beo secured front Portland and Puget
Sound cltlea to tak Ui plec of th
striker. N further trouble Is i.
peeled, although Chief of Pol Ice Oeorg
but had many deputies n hand and
automobiles in wait at th central sta
tion ready to respond to a hurry calL
There wa no pared la lb streets to
dav by th strikers.
Mill employe w ho remained loyal
were accosted on their way lo work
this morning and asked t quit, but few
did o. Milt owner aay th present
seal ta too low, but that It la Impo-
sibl to rale It on account of condi
tion of th lumber market. Tby In
slst th mill ar now operating at a
loss.
A larg meeting of lb striker was
held this afternoon and another Is
scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. On
th result of the meeting will d
pend whether there I to b a peaceful
ending of th strike. Th blade mill
will be started Monday and thi mar be
th point at which th strikers may
mak a stand-
It Is re-ted at th meetlr.g temer-
Kale at Prlnc-o Ilaperl C'toe With
Total Kale of II.IW.IH.
VASrOlTRR. It- C. Msy S lte-
rtal At the c lo of th sal of lota la
th pew towns!! of Prince Rupert today
th total spproslmat amount of
mad reached CIO. W. P. llinton.
general parvr agent ot t be O. T. P..
today stated that th railway will formu
late cbentes at one to attract eel tiers
Into that section of the northern Interior
ot Iwttiah Columbia to hm traversed by
the rod new linen.
TRAIN GRINDS UP BODY
MIX ON' TltrCaK MKCTa tK.TII
MIA It H Yimi.
SECOND VICTIM OF FIRE
Inqwest K1 ported lo I let cat Cause of
elesmrr Accident.
VAVOOt'VRR. It. C. May 3 (flpe.
rul l- ttecond Kngineer Oeorg liiark. of
I be steamer ".otiiilm. which waa dam
aged by a bad nr off Roger Curtis Point
two day a ago. died early thia morning
from hts burns, making tbe coud death
mulling from th fire. Ftrrman tjato
death la espected
The Inquest to be held over tUack'a re
mains is espected to reveal Interesting
facta concerning th real cau of th
Br.
TEN Y. M. C. A. MEN INJURED
Automobile Overtnrn "While They
Are Seeing; tf! lonl. '
fT IjrMnfl Msy ! Ten visitor to the
V. M. C. A. convention were hurt, several
eertouair. when a "!celng tL. Uiin'' su-
tombile evert uf ied 1 V f
lHter la PsM-ke Vtewr Name
Herman C. IleVaa and I
I o4 marked Minneapolis.
lioon RtVKR. Or, Ma- 9 -pee.s!
A msn wboee psme Is eurpoeed to bse
llermsn C. IVkm w aa diagred !
dnath beneaex an t. U. 4k N. siitmin1
passenger train st an estly hour thi
morning.
When thre miles east of Wyeth. pas
senger sere startled by the noise o
something thumr-irg on the bottom of one
of the roache. Th Irslnmeu s-rt not,
lied and th train stopped and the man
gled remains of the dead man cut loose
from the trucks, where, they hsd twen
held br his clothing. The be1y wss taken
on to W vet h and Coroner Kdginton. who
ws rotlned. today made an Investiga
tion. Krona marks left along the track
and portions of th body and rMMnc
which wee found. It t Relieved tht the
dead man. who t thought to bav been
riding on the trucks, was dragged a Sou
three miles before It was discovered. The
bead and face wee eruehed beyond rec
ognition. A eearvh of th clothing die-chwa-d
a metal tag and an envelope en
which wa the name of Herman "
"Plrken. The letter bore a Mtnncapo
poesmark.
Ths body Is thought ro be thst of a
man about years old. After making
some run br r lneteston it was burled
by tbe Coroner st "A yeth
Ctndfiastl It ta rssseeed a -a I la es
herer-v a ! 1 sa ctnptuy sad the 1- 1
ae4 still fnrm se a i.nr. sea entre.i ail
iie eatarsl III esii-irt la ubia e4 Weet
MORE TROUBLE FOR SUNSET
Pasadena People Wtnl Phone Com
pany Barred I'rom Clt.
PAPArKNA. Cat.. Msy Si. Residents
of Pasadena are circulating a petition
asking the city to refuse to grant the
Sunset Telephone Company a franchise
to do business In th city under any
clrcumstsnces.
The Fight Is On
Every moment of your life, when
you are at home er abroad,
awake er a sleep -
Urtween the poiaon rerms that are in air,
food and water, every wherw in fact,
and the billion of yoo invisible f nends.
I he buie sold ier-corruscle t n you r b lood .
If these little eoldier are tept Mrorir
and healthy by taking Hood a barsa
parUla, you need have do fear of dis
ease. Begin oaing it at once if too are
at all under tbe weather, o'r hare
trouble of tbe blood, stomach, liver
and kidney. Get it of your druggist.
We're Expert Movers
Pianos moved by Kiters experts ar
never Injured. Tc t bm nt time.
J'boues A :3i and Etc. 1 1.
BAREEE SHOP
COMPLETELY FUR
NISHED for BUSINESS
FOR RENT OR WILL BE SOLD
FOR CASH OR ON EASY TERMS
OWNER Wllals BE ON PREMISES SUNDAY
FROM 2 to 4 P. M.
pr the key may be secured from the timer joists at cor
ner of Front and Oibbs streets. Take the 'S' or
'F" oar?, which pass tbe tloor.
This shop has every-onvenien'e necessary to
the trade and is very cozily appointed. Xotliinj, old
or worn alout the furnishinp.
WILaL BE RENTED
OR SOLD
tn thetio easy ternis: If rented, the monthly rental
will be $oO, water rate not included. If pureliasetl,
$10 monthly may be paid on the. purchase price of
the furnish in rs. whick will le listed at the actual
cost price, $100.
There is business at this point to warrant two chairs, ami a pood barber can
easily do a very profitable busincjs. Tlie owner of the building. Mr. I. Gc
mrtz, wishes to secure a pootl tenant, therefore makes this liberal offer.
There are two living-rooms in the rear and a full basement. Man and wife
could be very comfortably situated. Ixvation southeast corner Front and Gibbs
streets.
Contents of
the Shop
Two new Koch sliding-seat
hydraulic chairs. rxrcelaia
ihamjwo bain and stool,
three mirror, 1 S x 4 i) inchea,
one c water heater, one
stand, three oak chairs, one
mirror and hat rack, two cos
turner, one eipht-dar clock,
one shelf with drawer and
drapery, two waste baskets,
two larpe picture, all plumb
inir connection and 33 yard
new linoleum cot era the floor.