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Tnr SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 17. 1911.
FIE 11
BOLSTERS
MURDER CHARGE!!
J. A. MasyskPs Testimony Be
lies Plaint That Lochard Is
Victim of Plot.
SUSPICION FELT LONG AGO
Witness Declares Jennings Said Last
June That Ills Employe Killed
Barbara llolzman Officials
Say Evidence Is Strong.
That the charge' against Lewis O.
(Teond) Lochard. that he murdered
Barbara Holxman last March. Is a
"frameup" of recent date. and waa In
sired by revenge and hope of reward,
r waa contradicted yesterday when J. A.
Mayskl. a railroad fireman, testified
before the District Attorney that Frank
Jennings, father of the present charges.
tol, him last June that Lochard waa the
guilty man. Taking Mayskl's testimony
as true, as Deputy District Attorney
Fitzgerald Is disposed to do. this dls
closure remoTed from the minds of the
Investigators a suspicion that the ac
cuser's motives were questionable.
Mayakl also testified that Lochard Is
a pervert and that he plotted highway
robbery against automobile parties on
the Base Line road. At the close of
the day's work all those engaged In
the Investigation declared that prog
ress had been made and that the rase
against Lochard looked more plausible
than It did the day before.
RaSkrrr rtew Takti Vm.
Mayakl. who Uvea with his parenta
at 1IS0 East Madison street, said he
came from Eastern Oregon with Jen
nings about the middle of the Rose
Festival week, last June, and a few
days later was Introduced by Jennings
to Lochard In a down-town saloon. At
this first meeting. Mayakl says. Loch
ard. after sounding him. proposed that
they should embark In a venture to
hold up automobiles on the Base Lin
road.
"We'll stretch a rope across the
road. he Is quoted as saying, "and If
that don't stop. them. Itre got two
sawed-off shotguns that wllL"
Among Lochard'a effects In the pos
eealon of the Sheriff la one gun of
that description. The officials now are
engaged In tracing a robbery about
the time of the Festival, where an au
tomobile was stopped In the manner
described.
"I thought the man was drunk. said
Mayskl. "and told him I didn't want to
go to the "pen. He laughed and said
lied been there and It wasn't so bad."
Marater sptelaa BrearkesV
Mayskl met Lochard again next day
and In a short time he was .with hrm.
he said, he saw him make three at
tempts to approach women, ne boasted
of having an affair with a woman who
had a "mighty good daughter, 1 years
old."
"I told Jennings about this and asked
him what kind of a man he had intro
duced me to, and be said Jfist to keep
still; that he was almost sure Lochard
had - killed the Holxman girl and hn
would have him up for It when the tlm
was rip.
This conversation. If true. Is taken by
the officials to Indicate that Jennings'
charges, while they might be encour.
aged, are not primarily Induced by the
falllng-out that has since occurred
among the associates.
With more than a score of witnesses
yet to be called, all of whom are ex
pected to throw light on one phase or
another of the man s career, the au
thorities were eptlmlstlo lsst night, and
announced that the Investigation would
proceed.
Evldrar Deemeel Stroag.
Instructions liar been sent to Kelly
Butte to keep the prisoner aa nearly as
possible Incommunicado, that he may
not follow the trend of the Investiga
tion and keep himself prepared, as he
plainly has dune so far.
The accumulated evidence after two
days' work Is Impressive. Foremost
are placed the facts that Lochard has
shown degenerate tendencies and that
lie was a frequent visitor to the neigh
borhood where the crime waa commit
ted. Next comes his strong resem
blance to the man described by Mrs.
Nelson, the keeper of the) lodging-house,
and her unwillingness to say he Is not
the murderer.
"Whether this man Is guilty of this
crime or not." said Deputy District At
torney Fitzgerald, "we have accumu
lated enough evidence to show that he
Is a dangerous man. of bestial Instincts,
and a confirmed criminal who has not
In many years rendered any good ser
vice to himself or th world. While I
tsnnot yet accuse htm of .this crime,
the developments of the day have
greatly encouraged me and will lend
Incentive to the further carrying on of
the search."
Aeeaaeel Fares A
your lips." said McBride, repeating this
phrase many times.
"He seems convinced." said Lochard
with a gesture of despair. "I wish you
would think this over." he said, clos-
tervlew.
conference McBride had
with the Investigators,
tra over his statement and
cautioned him aolemnly that be was
under oath and waa dealing with a
human life. McBride showed Impati
ence at the repeated questioning, but
adhered to the material parts of bis
story. Some discrepancies were detect
ed, but not more. In the opinion of the
questioners, thsn Is consistent with
faulty memory.
Laeaaral CMtradleta Self.
Lochard was tripped up on one Im
portant statement yesterday, when be
admitted that he read the account of
the Holxman murder at the time, al
though In his first statement he denied
ever heating of the crime. The dis
covery came through W. F. Mlnard.
who haa worked with Jennings tn get
ting th evidence, and at whose house
In Woodlawn Lochard was staying
about the time of the murder.
Mlnard said he remembered dlscuss
ng with Lochard another murder In
which a man they knew was impli
cated, at Roseburg. and on looking up
SHOPPING RUSH ON
Stores Crowded at Night by
Christmas Present Buyers.
NEED OF HELP PRESSING
Portland Emporiums Jammed by
Vast Throngs Which Descend on
Helpless Clerics Spirit of Char
ity Takes Possession of All.
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Robert Collier.,
Robert Collier, who died In
Portland last Sunday, was on of
the pioneers of the Iron working
trade, having engaged In that
work In Portland for 42 years.
He came here from Scotland In
186S and was engaged by Smith
Brothers' Iron Works, with which
company' he remained up to the
time of bis death. At on time
he was worshipful master of
Harmony Lodge No. 13 of the
Masonic fraternity. He waa also
a member of St. Andrews' society.
Tense and dramatic waa the moment
when Lochard was brought face to face
tn th District Attorney's office yes
terday morning with Algln McBride.
the South Bend fisherman who baa
testified that Lochard boasted to him
of killing the Holxman glrL The two
men sat within a yard of each other
and during the Interview engaged In
a battle of eyes In which neither
f. Inched.
"Do you know this man? asked Dep
uty District Attorney Fitzgerald of
Lrharu.
"I never met him In my life," said th
prisoner.
MrHrKe was then told to repeat his
statement of the alleged conversation
in the South Bend saloon, which he did
without deviation. When he reached
the Incriminating point. Lochard held
up Ms hand and said: "Stop!"
"Let mm tea his story," said Fits
grrald.
I don't want him to fall dead here,'
s.M Ltvehard.
"Do you drink? t'ae hop?" Lochard
a.oked as McBride finished.
"Neither one." said the witness.
"Your story is false and you know
it is false." aaid Lochard with level
voice. "You say I mentioned this girl's
name, yet Sheriff Steven knows I had
to writ It down this morning to re
ineniber lt I should like to have your
nerve, my friend; you know In your
heart you are not telling the truth;
that you are telling something that
win cause my neck to stretch."
Stary Adhered Ta.
1 hope tt does If you are guilty,"
responded McBride.
' What would you think if I should be
hanged and then someone would con
fess this crime?" asked Lochard. plead
ingly. "Now. lad. change your mind
and apeak the truth. I am sorroy for
you sorry for myself."
"I have told just what cam from
the flies of Th Oregonlan with the
story In It, he found that the Holxman
murder waa chronicled In the same
Issue. He Inferred that Lochard must
hare aeen both stories, snd when the
prisoner waa again brought in to talk
on this point be admitted reading of
the Holxman rase.
"Of course," he said, "everybody In
town knew of It." Asked why he had
denied It on the prior occasion, he said
he bad forgotten about It.
In Lochard s apparent Inability to re
member the name of the murdered girl,
th Investigator see a deliberate af
fectation. Lochard has relied all the
time on his foregetfulness of the nam
to confut McBride. who says h men
tioned it at South Bend. The Sheriff
made repeated attempta yesterday to
lead him up to a point where he would
have to speak the name, but as often
as be did. Lochard evaded the trap and
professed failure to remember the name.
"FTaaae-V" Says Lewbard.
When Mlnard confronted th prison
er. Lochard made a direct charge to him
tliat he had framed the case up. Mlnard
said Lochard was "daffy about women"
and vain of his personal appearance.
He told the Investigators of an attack
alleged to have been made on a girl by
Lochard and not previously reported.
This took place, he said, when Lochard
was working at the Southern Pad no
shops in Brooklyn, and led to his dis
charge. Mlnard also presented a state
ment from Wllilam tilbson. telling of
two girls at Tom Word farm, whom
Lochard.1 he charged, had Insulted. Gib
son said Lochard admitted the fact.
Minard said J. F. Hawkes, now Joint
ly accused with Lochard of larceny,
had told him that Lochard threatened to
dynamite the house of the woman who
reported against him to the Southern
Pacific officials. Hawkes lg also given
as the authority for a statement that
a man whose name he would not give.
came upon Lochard one day, weeping,
and that the suspect said he was think
ing of a crime he had committed. Mln
ard said he had heard Hawkes say that
he would give J500 or $800 to get rid
of Lochard.
Sheriff 'Stevens asked Mlnard If It
was not Hawkes who furnished $1000.
offered as ball for Lochard In the lar
ceny cases. Mlnard said he put up the
money himself, having borrowed 12000
as ball when he was on trial for a
crime recently and was acquitted. Hav
ing the money still on hand ha was
Ullng to put np half of It for Loch
ard. provided the prisoner reported at
his house every day. He denied any
knowledge of an attempt to get Loch
ard out of the way to shield Hawkes.
Their minds animated by a single
thought.' the first night rush of Christ
ma shoppers took place last night at
every store in Portland. Thousands of
Individuals animated by the same de
sire pushed, scrambled and fought their
way through every one of th down
town stores.
Th shop assistants said one to an
other: "It has come." The annual
Christmas rush, that none can foretell,
was-what they meant.
Two thousand extra employes were
pressed Into service on the Instant by
the stores, one emporium placing 400
at work within ax period of less than
three hours. And these were not suf
ficient. Even early in the evening it
was a most happy shopper who could
progress 10 feet In as many minute
at any rate along any of the main
shopping aisles.
Store Employes Faee Ordeal.
ow on the day will be a long
the store help. The stores will
hours varying from 8 to S:a0
d will close promptly at 1:30.
To conserve so far as may be possible
the health of the women employes, two
hours are given off for meals, but even
with this consideration, the women
fear the days will be long and hard.
Every delivery wagon, every unem
ployed boy and woman lias been
pressed Into service. Those who want
work of any description around the
stores of Portland can find It for the
last six days of the Christmas rush.
There axe Just six days left. At 8:30
Saturday night the gong will ring In
every store and the pursuit of happiness
for others. In the form of Christmas
presents, will be over for at least one
year.
Womea Not "Flnalcky."
The curious who care to watch the
stream of present-buying humans learn
much that Is Interesting and surpris
ing. The woman shopper is not the
"flnnlcky." hard-to-be-pleased person
the humorous papers depict , her. On
the other hand, she goes direct to the
counter at which she Intends to do her
business. There in a moment or two
she makes her selection. The only dis
advantage about the woman shopper Is
that she wants her purchases delivered,
declare the store employes.
On the other hand, the male shopper
decides the time has arrived for him to
endow his miscellaneous relatives with
tokens of the season. He hies him to
the store. Then he becomes a piece of
Jetsam, floating In a sea of shoppers,
which hurls hither and thither th
man who says: "I want something for
a woman of JO. a man of SO, a child of
10, an as th case may be.
But the shop assistants, who are un
able to convoy the male shopper all
over the building, express most fervent
ly th desire that he would animate his
mind with a single thought that of
one present at a time.
Stamp Windows Susy.
By the bye. If you desire to purchase
postage stamps and have packages
weighed, you might try the branch of
fices. At the Morrison-street Post'
office, long lines have been formed and
a trip to purchase stamps that Is not
performed early In the morning or
round about midnight had better be
taken In company with a camp stool.
The rush is far beyond the ability of
tne cieras, backed up by added win
dows, to handle.
The charity that is being shown this
Tuletide season is bringing to light
sad instances of destitution and want.
J. M. Mllllken Is 64 years of age and
bedridden. He has nine children rang
ing from il to 16 years and only the
oldest boy is able to work. Until re
cently he supplied the family with $7.50
a week and on this sum the little fam
ily, living tn a basement of a frame
building. 41 North Twenty-second
street, fought desperately to keep the
wolf from the door.
A neighbor, aware of the family's
plight, directed attention to Mrs. Lou
Wagner, whose husband keeps a grocery
store at Twenty-fifth and Thurman.
Mrs. Wagner took out food for the
family and learned the mother was
sick and one daughter seriously ill. The
boy had been unable to find work, ex
cept intermittently, for some weeks.
In addition to the parents, the mem
bers of the Milliken family, who will
have to depend on others for a visit
from Santa Claus, are: Delmar, aged
16; 'Willie. 12; Lettle, 10; Gladys, 7;
Percy, 8; Vera, S; Jack, 11 months.
Andrew C. Harrison's ! !
"Absence Worries
Wife.
Seattle Bookkeeper la Employ 7f. V.
Kelloga; So. Mysteriously Dis
appears Wlthoat Appareat Heaaoa.
. Friends and relatives of Andrew C
t iiai Harrison. 36 years old. a book
keeper, who mysteriously disappeared
nt lor nie
Monday, are puzzled to accour
action. The last time Harrison was
seen, according to the best knowledge
obtained by his wife, was at noon on
Monday, when he visited a drugstore at
inird avenue and Columbia street, (
Seattle. I
Illness Is ascribed by Mrs. Harrison
as the probable cauee of her husband's
peculiar actions, as she states that he
bas been a victim of stomach trouble
for a long time.
xne iftci mat Harrison iert an nis
money in the bank, had paid all out
standing debts, was never known to
drink, had always spent his evenings
at nome. wnere his life Is said to have
been most pleasant, the family owning
Its own home at 2116 North Forty
sixth street, Seattle, and, as he had no
money when he disappeared, deepens the
mystery surrounding his aDsence.
The famllv consists nt the wife.
daughter of 14, and a boy of 5. They
nave lived here the last seven vears.
coming from San Francisco, following
his discharge from the Twelfth United
State Infantry, with which he served
as iiattaiion Serreant-MaJor. being sta
tioned in the PhilinDlnes. where he
completed his term of enlistment.
rrom the verv time Harrison came to
Seattle he had been employed as book
keeper for N. V. Kellogg oi Son, cabinet
makers at 1252 First Avenue, South. I
His accounts are said to be regular In
every respect. The senior member of
the firm is Mrs. Harrisons father.
The missing man is five feet eight '
Inches tall, has dark brown hair and 1
brown eyes, smooth face, wears nose
f lasses and Ms average weight is about I
30 pounds. He Is a good mixer when t
in normal neaitn. and nas nosts of
friends In and about Seattle. It Is
feared that he has become, mentally I
unuaiKnura I rum ine puecis ol illness.
and that he haa wandered awav.
Mrs. Harrison would be glad to hear
or any clew that might lead to tne
whereabouts of her husband, as she Is
arciraciea oecause oi nis aDsence.
Perfect ' Ctr
Christmas gjL
For II
Entire V!
STEPMOTHER IS ACCUSED
Property Left by Father Basis of
Salt for Division.
R
IGHT in the center of
the things midway
between the theaters,
close to docks and
depots and in "the very heart
of Seattle's business district.
This tells yon how the Savoy
is located and why every
thing will be so convenient if
you stop here. Your stay will
be a comfortable and enjoy
able one, too. Let ns prove it.
to secure possession of the property,
all of which Is In the City of Portland
and a great deal of which Is revenue-
producing. He charges that his father
was drugged and was committed to an
Insane asylum without just cause. He
alleges further that Mrs. Forsyth
agreed to deed back the property to
his father previous to the latter death.
but willfully neglected to do so.
In 1890 th elder Forsythe, it is al
leged in the complaint, left his wife
and ohlld In California and cam to
Portland. Here ha met Marie 8. Stew
art, sometime known as Dunn, the
present widow, and they lived together
for several years. In 1898, two years
after the death of his wife, Forsythe
and Marie S. Stewart were married.
Forsythe died last June. The real
property he had accumulated Is valued
at 816.000 and he Is alleged to have had
In addition considerable personal property.
RELIEF CORPS ELECTS
Mrs. Elizabeth Cummlngs to Succeed
Mrs. Williams.
RECORD AT ROSEBURG IS BAD
Lochard Caught Robbing Store Ex
plosives Found on Illm.
ROSEBUBQ. OrDee. 16 (Special.)
Leond Lochard, under arrest at Port
land as a suspect In connection with
th murder of Barbara Holxman, was
sentenced to serve two and one-half
years In th penientlary from Douglas
County February 24, 1?08. At that
time he was known as Skelly.
When arrested Lochard was attempt
ing to enter the M. Joaephson clothing
store In Roseburg and was only cap
tured when policemen drew pistols and
ordered him to throw up hia hands. A
full kit of burglar tools was found In
an ash barrel near th seen of Loch
ard capture.
When Lochard was In Jail before be
ing sentenced to the penitentiary he
was found to possess nltro-glycerln
and other explosives.
The action in which George W.
Forsythe, of California, is seeking to
force his stepmother. Marie S. Forsythe
to give him a half interest In land
which his father deeded to her was
again -taken up yesterday when Mrs.
Forsythe appeared before County Judge
Cleeton to supply certain information
wanted by Charles Schnabel, attorney
for the young man. Mr. Bchnabel had
asked only a few questions when L. R.
WdBster. representing Mrs. Forsythe.
interposed an objection and a long ar
gument ensued. Judge Cleeton finally
asked the rival attorneys to submit
their contentions to him In th form of
briefs.
In his complaint, filed several months
ago, George W. Forsythe alleges that
his stepmother used undue Influence
At the regular meeting- of Lincoln-
Garfield Women's Relief Corps Decem
ber 5, officers were elected for the
coming year. Mrs. Elizabeth Cum
mlngs was unanimously elected to suc
ceed Mrs. Williams as president; Mrs.
Martha Hatfield, senior vice-president;
Mrs. Elizabeth Hayden, junior vice-
president; Mrs. Vessey Teevin succeeds
herself as treasurer; Mrs. Sarah Kemp,
chaplain; Mrs. Julia Stevens and Mrs.
Mary Brooks are retained as conductor
and guard respectively.
Delegates chosen to visit the con
vention were Mrs. Wynle Hathorn.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison, Mrs. Woodell,
Mrs. Brltton and Mrs. Hayden. Alter
nates chosen were Mrs. Otto, Mrs. Hat
field. Mrs. McKenney,- Mrs. Devlin and
Mrs. Ferguson.
Installation of the officers will take
place on January 2. . ,
BIG BOSTON BANKERS VISIT
H. Ii. Jligjrinson and C. E. Perkins Are
Secretive About Mission.'
H. L. Hlgginson and C. E. Perkins,
members of the Boston banking firm
of Lee, Hlgginson tt Co., one of the
oldest and wealthiest financial institu
tions of the country, have been in Port
land for the last week on a buslnels
trip. They will depart for home tomor
row that they may reach Boston by
Christmas.
At the Portland Hotel last nlirht the
jome of Dings Famous WalkingDog
For
The
Entire
Family
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If your taste runs to Grand Pianos, the
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The $600 Kohler & Chase Ckb Player Piano
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$750 Club Grand (an old established make,
the name of which we have agreed not to
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only $585 $30 cash and $15 monthly; no
interest for one year.
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When YOU consider a player, insist on getting
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the difference will be apparent to the veriest
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met Player will tell at $250, the highest price ever asked for a Player other than a genuine Pianola.
Every Pianola Piano contains a $450 Player; no other Player mechanism is priced at over $250.
The prices for Genuine Pianola Pianos Are $575, $625. $725. $825, $975. $1075,
$1275 for Uprights and Up to $2350 for Grands
KOHLER & CHASE are exclusive agents for the beat instruments in tho musical world. Kohler
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The 1912 WEBERS Prices' uprights, The 1912 'J. & C. FISCHER-Prices, np-
S575 up. Grands, $800 up. right, S425 up. -Grands, $750.
The KOHLEK & CHASES Prices, uprights, $350 to $525. Grands, $750. '
K0lllF ChSlS wIsMngton St. I
bankers said their mission here was of
considerable financial importance and
had a bearing on the completion of an
enterprise in this state that was now
in course of construction.
Mr. Hlgginson has visited Portland
before, but this was the first trip of
Mr. Perkins to tha Pacific Coast. Mr.
Hlgginson said he would be here again
next Summer, if not before.
Phil Metschan, Sr., Improves.
Phil Metschan. Sr.. proprietor of the
Imperial Hotel, who was taken serious-,
ly ill Tuesday night, was reported yes
terday to be improving rapidly by Dr.
Homer I. Keeney, who is attending
him. The doctor believes that it will be
a matter of but a few days before he
Is recovered.
THE NEW EUPHONIA $475
Ss-note player, fully warranted. What
Is your old piano worth? We will take
It. Sherman. Clay & Co, Morrison at ;
Sixth. Open evenings.
Cafeteria to Be Oprn Xlglita.
The Catholic .Womena Leajrua cafe
teria, restroom and reading-room will
be open evenings the week before
Christmas. Choppers and business girls
Invited. 11 Steams building. Sixth an
Morrison street a
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look ro tws ntAsa avuitt
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Rent a used piano, Stelnway, Chiek-
erlng. Mason A Hamlin. 13 per month.
Kohler A Chase. S7& Washington St.
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If requested, Mr. John Bing of 5S1 Fourth Ave., Kew York City, will gladly
inform you of nearest dealer to your locality if your dealer does not carry this line.
THE CHICKEN BUSINESS DOES PAY
As an indication of what an awakening of interest in poultry will do, consider one
phase of it, the consumption of e?rs. When you eat your next egg, remember that it
is probably one of the 52,560,000 shipped into Portland from states eat of us every
vear to supply the demand over and above the eggs the Oregon hens furnish. We pay
on an average 30 cents a dozen for these ezgs, or $1,314,000 a year. Every dollar of
that amount ought to be paid to Oregon producers. More than that, we ought to be
exporting instead of importing all poultry products, for there is no section of the coun
try under the sun where poultry will thrive as, well as in Oregon.
The above facts and figures- are convincing enough that a 5 or 10-acre poultry ranch
will pay for itself in a very short time. .What other business will yield such large re
turns on the investment f
Our co-operative policy of teaching you the poultry business and marketing your
products, thereby assuring you of top-notch prices at all seasons of the year, is an ab
solute assurance of your success.
The company's 108-foot laying-house is now complete. Building to contain 20,000
capacity incubator, now under construction.
Five- aid Ten-Acre Tracts, ?75 to $150 Per Acre, on Easy Terms. Write for Literature.
Oakland Poultry Products Co., Inc.
308 Spalding Building, Portland, Oregon. Originator of Exclusive Poultry Colonies.
Main 1590.
Place vour order for one-day-old Chicks for Spring delivery (best-laying strain White
Leghorn in America).