THE ST7"1"AT OREGON"! AX. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 12, 1909.
DELIRIOUS WOMAN
ACCUSES HUSBAND
Only One of Three Women Who
Survives Fiendish Attack
Gives Police Clew.
HUNT FOR NEGRO STILL ON
Savannah Mob, Roused by Brutality
of Outrages and Murders, Tramps
Countryside Negroes Answer
ing Description Put in Jail.
. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Dec. 11. Mrs. Mas
' gle Hunter, only survivor of the three
women who -were murderously attacked
In their home here yesterday, made
statements in her delirium today that
caused the re-arrest of her husband, J.
C. Hunter.
Physicians and nurses who have
hoped to catch a word leading to a
clew to the person who murdered Mrs.
Ultra Grlbble and her daughter, Mrs.
Carrie Chandler, heard Mrs. Hunter say
her husband had struck her. The po
lice was Immediately notified and Hun
ter was taken in charge.
Despite the injured woman's delirious
talk, few believe anyone is guilty of the
crime except the negro man, now miss
ing, who was seen to enter the' house
about the time of the murders with
an axe in his hand. Rewards of $1300
have been offered for the negro's cap
ture. Throughout the man hunt, which lasted
all night, intense excitement prevailed.
So frenzied did the searchers become after
learning that Mrs. Ohlander had been
criminally attacked before she was mur
dered, that a white man who, by acci
dent, had scratched his face, came near
being torn to pieces when the crowd saw
the blood.
Fences were torn down and doors broken
In. Every obstruction in the path of
the- crowd that would have afforded a
probable hiding place for the fugitive was
leveled.
The negro wanted is said to be SS' years
of asre and slender of build. Practically
every negro who answers this descrip
tion has been cent to Jail during the night
on suspicion.-
Several persons have said they saw such
a negro entering and afterword leaving
the Grlbble home about the time the
murders are supposed to have been com
mitted. All of the victims had been cut or
tabbed with u knife and then their heads
emptied, presumably with an ax.
Mrs. Hunter, despite her frightful inju
ries Is thought to have a chance for re
covery. Mrs. Gribble was 72 years of age and
Mrs. Ohlander 45. Mrs. Hunter Is So years
old.
EARNINGS BEGIN TO MELT
Man With $306 in lockcts Found
Helplessly Drunk.
"Them's m' earninRS fer las' year,
officer." said George Van Heller to Jailor
Thompson as the letter extracted cur
rency, gold and silver aggregating J3S6
from the man's clothing at police head
quarters last night.
"I earned $1 every day las year over
an' above my kep. I took it out of
lie bank today to buy some land. T
Tut tansld up with some friends an"
.if.if I am not drunk but helplessly In
toxicated." chuckled the bedraggled
nrltor.er.
Van Heller was picked up by Patrol
iran Cailbiaith at Second and Washington
t trcett.
SNOW DEEP AT HOOD RIVER
Three Feet Falls in December and
More Is Expected.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.)
BJ.cht Inches of snow fell here today.
Then the weather moderated and a heavy
rain set In. On many buildings the
snow is over two feet deep and the
weight from the rain is causing some
damage by breaking in roofs. Several
buildings from which snow has not been
removed have been flooded.
Over three feet of snow has fallen here
this month and the streets are filled with
snow banks four to five feet high. As
Hood River was short about 11 Inches of
rainfall for 1909. on December 1, it is ex
pected the precipitation cither of snow or
rain will continue to b heavy for the
rest of the month.
TICKET FILLED LAST DAY
Milton Near to Having: Vacancy on
Aidermanic List.
' MILTON. Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.) With
onlv a few hours left in which to place
a candidate's name on the official ballot
by petition, supporters of W. H. Bailey
and James Edwards late ' this evening
filed with City Recorder Bruce Shangle
petitions placing their candidates on the
ballots, th is preventing a vacancy in one
Place on the ticket.
Ths vacancy was caused by the sudden
death of W. A. Banister, who was chosen
at the city caucus. As there was only
. one ticket In the field failure of any
candldate to accept the nomination left
the office without a nominee.
DAIRIES BELOW STANDARD
t
Colfax Milkmen Warned by In
spector They Must Improve. -
COLFAX. Wash., Dec. U. (Special.)
State Deputy Dairy Inspector K. H.
Bothel, of Spokane, finished his inspec
tion tonight of the Colfax dairies and
stated that all five dairies were below
the Drooer standard, giving them warning
to Im nrove.
The following per cent was given, 100
being perfection: Oolfax Jersey Dairy, 62;
Colfax dairy. 58: Whitman, 50; McComber;
JT: JSlles. 27.
AID TO INJURED DELAYS
Kailroad and County Officials
Squabble Over Kxpenses.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) Who shall take care or the in
jured and pay the hospital expenses of
persons injured on railroad rights of way
Is a much mooted question in Clark
County. The Nortnern Pacific Railroad
Company denies It can e made to stand
for such expenses and the county of
ficials- are Just as certain they ars not f
liable. j
Thursday, a man picked up alongside
the railroad track, with a deep gash in
his bead, laid for hours beside a corpse
In the railway station because no one
wanted to stand the responsibility of
hospital expenses.
A. L. Miller, counsel for the Northern
Pacific Railway Company, said this "morn
ing that the county is first, last and all
the time compelled to take care of the
poor and the needy; that the railway com
pany Is willing to bo responsible for any
one connected with the railroad, either
passenger or employ, who may be in
jured, but not for others who may be
found Injured on the railroad track; that
a person hurt by a railroad company may
suo the company and collect damages. If
he proves his case, but the company can
not be compelled to board or- care for
the man while he Is recovering from his
Injuries.
"Why should the county be compelled
to pay the expense incurred by a tramp
when injured by the railroad company,
although at the time he was a tres
passer?" asks County Attorney Stapleton.
"If the train crews were diligent in their
duty they would see to it that no tramps
were allowed to remain on the train, so
there would be no accident from this
source."
THIEF HAS C0NSG1ENGE
RETURN'S STOLEN" WATCH TO PO
LtCK HEADQUARTERS. "
Mysterious Package Brought to Sta
tion Contains Note That Starts
' Officers on Search. v
Supposedly a Christmas token to one
of the attaches of police headquarters,
delivered early last evening' by a street
gamin, proved to be stolen property
which a conscience-stricken thief was
endeavoring- to restore to the owner.
"Here's a package, Mr. Policeman,"
said the urchin as he tiptoed with
apprehension toward Captain Bailey
and handed' him the little bundle
wrapped in a newspaper.
"Who is it for?" inquired the Captain.
"Dunno an ol" woman wid white hair
guv' it f me t' take here," responded
the child as he scurried from the place.
After a moment of close observation
Captain Bailey summoned an officer
and handed him the package. "Take
this to the matron some figs or some
thing for a prisoner In the women's
ward."
A few moments elapsed. The officer
returned, package in hand, and said:
"Mrs. Simmons doesn't like the looks
of this she thinks it's an infernal ma
chine, or' poisoned tea and won't
open It."
"I'll open it," said "Andy" Sorenson,
the telephone operator. He did. A
gold watch, No. 12 size, was laid on
the desk with the following note
scrawled in pen and ink on a, money
order application:
"Was In 'Port' from Southern Ore.
on a few days' visit. It was a drunken
Idea I had to steal this watch and
give it back to you when you were
sober. I was never guilty of theft and
do not want to be evpr. Sorry to hear
you were arrested. Wishing: you good
luck. E. H. C."
The police are endeavoring to ascer
tain the identity of the owner of the
watch, as well as that of the conscience-stricken
thief.
POLICEMAN NOW VAGRANT
One of Portland's Earliest .Peace
Guardians Sleeps in Cell.
The first bath In years was accorded
J. H. Ennis, one of the first policemen
that ever patrolled the- streets of
Portland, after he had entered the
City Jail and asked for a night's lodg
ing last night. The veteran "copper"
Is 77 years of age, and from his cot
made an almost futile effort to lift
the veil that clouds the memory of
his. past. - -
The man came to this cit in 1861
and worked at the trade of a cooper
for years. During his residence here
he served as one of the three patrol
men under Captain Sloan. He never
married. Later on he worked as a
trapper along the banks of the Willam
ette River and interior streams. For
the past several years he has had a
hut In the grounds of the Rlverview
Cemetery. His shack was recently de
molished by the heavy fall of snow.
He was forced to seek shelter, and
after wandering about the streets for
four days, appealed to the police for
assistance.
"They are all strangers here now,"
said the shaggy-haired derelict. "There
used to be a time I knew almost every
man, woman and child in this city
but I'm a stranger now nobody cares
for me. and now I'm sheltered in a
felon's cell."
Friends in Oregon City will be ap
pealed to by- the police to aid the old
inhabitant.
DANCE ALMOST STOPPED
O. A, C, Cadets Clash With Physical
Director, City Helps Out.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis, Or., Dec 11. (Spe
cial.) Owing to a misunderstanding
with the physical director, E. D. An
gell, the military ball, the foremost
social event of the year, which is in
progress tonight, came nearly having
to be postponed. As in former years,
the students expected to be allowed
the use of the Armory Friday after
noon for a practice dance and to get
the floor In condition. Just before as
sembly drill yesterday morning the
physical director Informed the com
mittee the Armory would be needed
for basketball and for physical cul
ture classes and would not be available
for the dance until Saturday afternoon.
On the strength of this announcement
the dance had been postponed, when
the City Council and the Coffee Club
came' to the rescue of the cadets and
offered the fine floor of the City Hall
for the affair.
Feeling" among the student body was
high when It became known the,, dance
had to be called off. The faculty had
been willing for the event to take
place, and the only obstacle was the
action of the physical director. The
O. A. C. Barometer, the college weekly,
got out an extra, describing the sit
uation, which was followed by a later
edition, giving the good news of the
action of the City Council.
Injured Man Revives at Last.
VANCOUVER", Wash., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) After lying unconscious in tlfe
hospital for almost 48 hours, Theodore
Zonlck, wTio was found seriously in
jured on the railroad track near1 Van
couver last Thursday, opened his eyes
this morning and talked with the at
tending physician. He told his name,
that he was an Austrian and had
worked In the mines in Pennsylvania
and Colorado. He was unable to tell
how he was injured. - He will recover.
Free Reading-Rooms to Open.
OREGON CITT, Or., Dec. 11. (Special.)
The Oregon City Library ' Association
will open to the public on Monday the
free reading-rooms located on the third
floor of the Masonic building. The rooms
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SHEPARD AGAIN PRESIDENT
Hood River University Club Elects
Officers for Yetir.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Dec. 1L (Special.)
At the annual meeting of the Hood
River University Club, held today, new
officers for the ensuing year were chosen
as follows:
President. Vj. H. Shepard; vice-president,
P. H. Caroll; -secretary and treasurer, E
O. Hall; board of governors, R. H. Wal
lace, R. W. Kelley. A. J. Derby, J. F.
Watt, C. D. Thompson.
The reports of the retiring secretary
showed the organisation to be In a flour
ishing condition. December 20 was de
cided as the date for the club's annual
ball.
TWO SACRIFICED IN WOODS
One Man Crushed Under Log, Other
In Sawmill.
STAYTON. Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.)
Caught beneath a falling tree in the camp
of the Curtis Lumber Company near
Mill City, Otis Jessup, 21 years old, sus
tained injuries from which he died a
few hours afterward. He was single. '
The next day A. M. McClare. aged 29.
married, was crushed between a post and
Saw In the sawmill of the same com
pany at Mill City. IS miles east of Stay
ton, and terribly 'hurt, one leg being re
duced to a pulp. He soon expired. The
latter has a mother in Portland, and the
body has been shipped there for burial.
FRANK GREEN SENTENCED
Von tli of 19 Pleads Guilty to At
tacking Girl.
COLFAX. Wash.,' Dec. 11. (Special.)
Frank Green, aged 19 years, today
pleaded guilty to having attacked
Emma Trautman. 17-year-old daughter
of John Trautman, a wealthy rancher
of Uniontown. Miss Trautman died at
Spokane last month of convulsions fol
lowing childbirth. The child also died.
Green was sentenced to from one to
14 years at Monroe Reformatory.
Falls City Views to Be Shown.
FALLS CITT. Or., Dec. 11. The Com
mercial Club of this city will hold a
meeting In the Wagner Hall Saturday;
December 11, to get films for stereop
ticon views of the city and vicinity.
These will be sent East and exhibited
to show the resources of Kails City.
Fire Does $150 Damage.
" VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) Fire at noon today did J150
damage In Henry Van Atta's house at
.the corner of Fifth and Esther avenue.
GEORGE OFF LM ROLLS
SUPREME COURT ACTS UPON
ATTORNEY'S REQUEST.
Asserting That He Is Mado Target,
Tacoma Practitioner With-
draws Name.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Dec. 11. (Special.)
The name of Charles .E. George, the Ta
coma lawyer, whose marital troubles have
been aired In the press, was stricken to
day from the roll of practicing attorneys,
at his own request. It has been reported
since George left for New Tork, where
It was announced he has been retained
as counsel in the Thaw case, that a com
mittee of the State Bar Association had
his name on its list of- those under in
vestigation for dlsDarment.
George addressed a letter to the Su
preme Court asklr.ff that, his name be
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stricken from the roll of attorneys. This
motion was granted today.
George, in his petition, says: "The same
men and means were employed to defame
me that were recently called to Impugn
the Integrity of this court, because, as
editor of the Lawyer and Banker, I de
nounced the prostituted scoundrels for
their infamy. I have been made a tar
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that I withdraw from practice, until such
time as I establish my right to readmls-sion."
GIRL'S BODY IDENTIFIED
Argo Wreck Victim Washed Ashore
Is Nellie Hunter.
ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.) Late
this evening Coroner Gllbaugh received
a message from. Mr. Hunter, of Tilla
mook, directing that the body of Nellie
Hunter, which was found on the beach
yesterday, be shipped to Tillamook for
interment. The body was positively iden
tified by a birthmark on the child's
breasf.
Nellie Hunter was a victim of the
steamer Argo, wrecked off Tillamook Spit
November 28.
NEW GOVERNOR INSTALLED
Thomas W. Patterson Sworn In at
Victoria, B. C.
VICTORIA. B. C, Dec. 11. Lieutenant
Governor Thomas W. Patterson was
sworn In at the Government buildings to
day bv Rudolphe Boudreau, clerk of the
Privy Council, sent from Ottawa for that
purpose. The new Lieutenant-Governor
at once took up his residence at Gov
ernment House. James Dunsmuir, retir
ing Governor, was to have left office yes
terday but desired to remain to attend
the polica ball in his capacity as Lieutenant-Governor
before retiring.
Lieutenant-Governor Patterson, Liberal,
was chief among the opponents of the
railroad policy of Premier McBride, Con
servative, during the recent elections
but his new post removes him from poli
tics. The McBride government is pledged
to a subsidy to the Canadian Northern
line.
Youth Held on Serious Charge.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) Charged with a statutory of
fense against Erna Loveall. aged 13.
George Pouley, 21 years old, whose
home- is on Bachelor's Island, after a
hearing in Justice Court this afternoon
was bound over to the Superior Court.
Ball was fixed at $1000. in default of
which he was lodged in the County
Jail. The complaint against Pouley
was filed by Mrs. Loveall, mother of the
girl.
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A SOLUTION QF THE PROBLEM OF WHAT
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Useful
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Smoke Coats, Bath
Robes and Lounging
Robes, $5 to $20
Neckwear
50c to $4.00
Hose
35c to $3 a Pair
Reefers
$1.50 to $6.00
Jewelry Novelties
50c to $4.00
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Collar Bags, Traveling Set,
Bridge Sets, Bags, Purses
$1.00 to $30.00
Umbrellas and Canes
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Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs
25c to $2.00 Each
Gloves
$1.50 to $4.00 a Pair
Silk Pajamas
$7.50 to $15.00 a Suit
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