THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 23, 1920
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NAMES INSANE
WIFE'S SLAYER
Victim Pleads for Life
First Shot Fails.
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GUN ALSO USED AS CLUB
Man Blame Spouse for. Commit
ting Mini to Institution; Thought
Children Were Not Cared For.
VANCOUVER, B. C July 24. Fol
lowing tho inquest today on the body
of Mrs. William George Robbins,
found In Stanley park here on Thurs
day, covered with leaves and flowers,
the coroner's jury returned a verdict
that she came to her death as the re
sult of gunshot wounds inflicted by
her husband.
Robbins, who voluntarily surren
dered to the police on Thursday after
noon and who, according to the
authorities, made a full confession of
the killing, appeareU at the inquest
quite composed and apparently cheer
ful and at ease.
JDr. George F. Curtis, who . made
tho post mortem, testified that the
first bullet fired through Mrs. Rob
bins' body -would not necessarily have
killed her.
Asylum Term Avenged.
The details of Robbins! alleged
confession were narrated on the
stand by Deputy Chief of Police
Leatherdale. According to the offi
cers' testimony, Robbins' action was
primarily prompted by tho belief that
his wife had been instrumental in
having him committed to the West
minster asylum and also because he
thought she was not taking proper
care of their two children.
Robbins told the deputy, the latter
testified, that his wife had "doped"
him. Ho said also, according to the
officer, that on Tuesday morning
after the murder, ho thought she
miKht still be alive and he ran all
the way to the body in the park with
a wet towel to try to revive her.
Robbins, the witness said, was
warned that what ho said would be
used against him
Leatherdale testified that Rob
bings, accompanied by another man
appeared at police headquarters
Thursday afternoon and said:
"I am Mr. Robbins. I killed my
wife Monday night.'
He informed the officer he had es
caped from an asylum June 9. and,
after a search for his wife, he met
her on Monday. They took their two
children to the home of Robbins'
brother-in-law and went for a walk
in the park. Near tho spot where
the body was found, Robbins said h
thought he saw the man. Turning to
his wife, he said:
"What sort of a game Js this 7"
Wife Pleads to Live.
Then he shot her, according to his
statement, said Leatherdale. She fell
and pleaded with him to let her up,
promising not to tell on him. He
refused and shot her three times
mailed him a check for $6.78. repre
senting hla change. The check was
made out to E. Leroy and was cashed
at the Detroit Y. M. C. A.
"Yanez and I often discussed Fer
nandez' habit of changing his name,
and wf agreed he was very foolish
to act the way ho was acting. Out
side of that I never noticed anything
queer about him.
"He and Yanez were both of the
South American or Spanish type.
They were both handsomer men and
were always well dressed. They in
clined to tight-fitting clothes of
sporty cut. They had dark complex
ions and coal-black hair. Fernandez
was about 6 feet 8 inches and heavily
built. He was about 30 years old.
He was a great man for the women.
lancz was about the same age, but
was a good deal shorter man. ,
Clone Six Weeks.
'Tanes stayed in New York until
about six weeks ago, when he went
to San Antonio.
it was about six weeks ago that E.
Leroy left the apartment at No. 106
narper street, Jetroio, teuing ine
manager his wife had gone away the
night before. About that time A. A.
Tatum shipped the woman's body to
New York.
"The letter I received from A. A.
Tatum," Branic went on, "was as fol
lows: "You were recommended to me
by a previous patron. I p-m enclos
ing receipt for trunk addressed to
myself. Please pick up and hold till
I come to New York when I will pay
you cartage and storage." "
I went to the express company
yard at Thirty-third and Tenth ave
nue in a few days and then to the
warehouse at No. 228 East Forty
forth street, but they said they didn't
have any such entry on their books. I
went back later, but they said they
didn't have it, so I thought there was
some mistake and put the letter away.
I didn t think anything more about
It till I read the names Tatum and
Leroy In this morning's paper."
Namea of Consignees Mixed.
The reason tha expressman did not
get the trunk may be that he Inquired
for it In the wrong name. Whereas
"Tatum" said in his letter It was ad
dressed to himself, the receipt named
the consignee as James Douglas.
According to the Detroit police,
two trunks were shipped to New
York from the house at No. 105
Harper street, Detroit, on June 10.
It is possible therefore that Tatum
shipped one trunk to "James Doug
las" and one trunk to "A. A. Tatum."
POLIOS ABANDON ONE THEORY
FARMERS
PLAN N 1 N G
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TO SELL TOGETHER
Co-operative Marketing of
Grain and Stock Decided.
MORE CARS ARE WANTED
President Reports That Only 60
Per Cent or Normal Distri
bution Is Possible.
2 0-Ycar-Old Canonsburg, Pa., Girl
Not Murderer's Victim
DETROIT, Mich.. July 24. The
trunk in which the body of an un
identified woman was found tn New
York was received by Detroit police
this evening. Later detectives hurried
out on what they said was a new lead.
The belief that the murdered woman
might have been Katherine Dana, 20-
year-oia uanonsburg, fa., girl, was
abandoned by police today.
A man's blue serge coat, found in
the trunk in which an unidentified
woman's body was shipped from De
troit to New York, was purchased in
Palatka, Fla.. according to police. A
label in the coat bore the inscription:
"Browning-Fearnside Company, Pa.
latka.
This information was taken by tho
police to strengthen their theory that
"Leroy" and "Fernandes" are the
same man. saying that a South Amer
ican, which "Fernandez" is believed to
have been, might enter the United
States by way of Palatka. They also
S . more, then beat her over the head 11 1 i, uu, ni..
with the pistol until it was broken,
Leatherdale produced two incoher
ent letters written -by Robbins and
found on the body of his wife. They
were addressed to Mrs. Field, sister
of the prisoner, and Mrs. F. C. Yorke,
mother of Mrs. Robbins.
ger of the apartment, house here
here Leroy occupied an apartment,
had noticed an accent in the speech
which made her think that he was a
South American.
I SKIPPER SUED BY CADETS
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j BRUTAL- TREATMENT ALLEGED
BY WASHINGTON YOUTHS.
early 20 and had taken up the rob
ber's ;trail.
Information reaching here was tha
e told the tourists and stage drivers
e had one or more companions hid
den in tho brush near him.
Eight Merchant Marino Sailors
Stranded on Island Aflcr
Trouble on Vessel. "
SEATTLE, Wash., July 24. (Spe
cial.) Eight merchant marine cadets
from Washington, stranded at Hilo,
Hawaiian islands, have brought suit
for 125,000 damages against Captain
E. F. Eckharat, master of the training
shi i. Vlcksburg.
American Legion members of the
Hawaiian islands have obtained legal
aid for the cadets and arc backing
them in their court fight to show
that Captain Eckhardt resorted to
brutal tactics.
While sleeping in the parks and
roaming the country, living on ba
nanas, the youths who left Seattle on
the training ship have written to their
parents in Seattle of their troubles on
the high seas and in the distant port
of Hilo, which is on the island of Ha
waii.
Unrest developod aboard the Vicks
burg when Cadet Birley S. Fullington
of 4507 Greenwood avenue, Seattle,
was thrown into the ship's brig dur
lnp the ocean voyage for alleged in
subordination.
The brig was next to the engine
room and was so hot that shipmates
forced the doors open to relieve his
discomfort. Captain Eckhardt had
the cadet reincarcerated and thrown
Into the native jail when the Vicks
burg reached Hilo.
When brother cadets heard that
their comrade was forced to eat native
"cow cow" for five days, they re
signed from the training ship, ap
pealed to the American Legion and
stayed on the island when the vicks
burg steamed away.
Seattle parents, on receiving details
of the trouble, engaged an attorney
to investigate.
CLEWS TO SLAYER FOUND
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West Sixty-third or Sixty-fourth
street. Fernandez remained in Phila
delphia until July. 1919, when he
joined Yanez in New York. Eithe
. then, or previously. I think he was
zz employed by the Hudson Automobil
company. He and Yanez were expert
T- - automobile mechanics and good
arivers.
"About this time Fernandez got into
- a bad scrap. He was driving an auto
mobile home from Coney island with
some girls and men when had an ac
cident in which one person was killed.
T He was in the hospital several -day
and was in jail about a month before
he got out on bail.
"He gave his name when arrested
as u. J. Woods and on July 10. last.
left a trunk at my place under that
name for me to store for him. He
- ... also borrowed $20 from me. In Oc
tober or 'November he jumped hla bail
and went to Toledo, O. .He went to
Detroit shortly after and was there
.i on December 25, 1919, for he wrote
me a lettet on that day.
rr : Letter Sent in January.
"On January 7, 1920, I received a
- letter from him asking me to send
the trunk to. li. Leroy, car. of Y. M.
- C A., Detroit. He inclosed a check
for $25 to pay back what he still
- owed me on the t'iO loan and the
2 t charged for storage of the trunk,
-asking me to return any change due
OUR STAGES HELD UP
(Continued From Klrrt Page.) '
Aquitania Makes Good Time.
NEW YORK, July 24. Completing
her first trip since refitting as an
oil-burner, tho steamship Aquitania
arrived here today from Liverpool
Despite an accident off the Irish
coast, where one engineer was kilted
and a stoker injured in a boiler-valve
explosion, the steamer averaged 22.04
knots and made 576 miles on th
fourth day out. Among her cabin pas
sengers was Walter Hagen, American
golf champion.
Chile Press Pleads Revolt Cause.
SANTIAGO. Chile, July 23. Ideas
of a pan-American understanding
relative to recognition of de facto
governments are contained in an edi
torial printed in El Mercurio toMay.
If such an understanding can be
reached, says the paper, certain con
ditions should be fixed under which
governments born of revolution might
be recognized.
here, announced th.it a convention of
these organizations would be held at
Columbus. O., probably in August.
ILWAC0 PLANT IS BURNED
Loss of Light and Power Accom
panied by Water Shortage.
ASTORIA. Or.. July 24. (Special.)
The town of llwaco. Wash., faces the
necessity of being without light,
power or water for an indefinite
period as the result of a fire that
early this morning destroyed the
nlant of the North Shore Light es
Power company.
The cause of the fire was unknown.
Only the fact tha. there was no
breeze saved the Ilwac- mill and
other nearby buildings.
The water reservoirs are supplied
by pump3 electrically operated. There
is only a two-day supply of water in
the reservoirs.
COAL PRODUCTION IS BIG
10.969.000 Tons Record Mark
Since Switchmen's Strike.
WASHINGTON. July 24. Bitumi
nous coal production of 10,969,000
tons for the week ended July 17. an
nounced today by the geological sur
vey, was the lamest of any weeK
since the first of the railroad switch
men's strike in March.
This output also exceeded that of
the last previous full-time week by
413,000 tons.
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General Booth, Accompanied, by
Aides, Returns to Home.
VNEW YORK. July 24. General
BYamwell Booth, head of the Salva
tion Army, accompanied by his son.
Adjutant Bernard Booth, and his sec
retary. Commander Theodore Kitch
eng, sailed today for his home' in
London after a five months" tour of
Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
CHICAGO, July 24. Appointment of
committees to devise plans for the
Co-operative marketing of grain, and
vestock was determined upon at the
final session today of the American
farm bureau federation. The livestock
proposal was unanimously approved
hen the association's committee on
that industry recommended It. This
action came a few. hours after the
plan of the grain committee had been
received favorably by a majority of
the convention. .
The grain committee appointed by
R. Howard, president of tho federa-
ion, will be a permanent body with
eadquarters in Chicago. It will in-
estigate existing plans of co-opera
tive marketing as well as suggest
ew plans.
The committee to study plans for
the co-operative marketing of grain
as named tonight Is composed of
James Plumb, Kansas; J. G. Brown,
Indiana; James Clemmins. Wisconsin;
H. R. Mumford, Illinois, and C. P. Hub-
ard, Nebraska.
The programme will be submitted
to the federation (or final action.
More Cara to Be Asked.
A resolution was adopted directing
that efforts be made by the farm bu
reau to obtain cars to move crops.
It also was recommended that freight
roblems be referred to the federation
to obtain uniform freight rates and
equal facilities for all farmers.
The federal trade commission was
congratulated for "its substantial
work in the cast and the support of
the federation was pledged. Another
resolution' Indorsed deep waterway
projects.
1-0.000 Cara Need Repairs.
Efforts of the federation to obtain
freight cars were reported by Mr.
Howard. -
In Jnnuary the federation sent i
delegation to Washington to learn
whether we could obtain more cars,
he said. "Ws wore advised that there
existed a shortage of approximately
100,000 cars und that about 120,000
more needed . .repairs. Wo were told
that the best we could hope to obtain
in the way of freight ears was about
60 per cent of normal distribution."
Representatives of the United
States grail growers' association and
of the national board of farm organ
izations, who attended the meeting Rend The Oregonlan classmen ans.
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Forestry Course Advised.
MADISON, Wis., July 24. Many
phases of the forestry profession
should be considered engineering and
instruction In all forestry colleges
should be shaped to meet the needs
of Industries which use forest prod
ucts. Dean Franklin Moon of the New
Tork state college of forestry said
today, at a national conference of
forestry college educators.
Italians Repulse 4000 Albanians.
LONDON. July 24. Insurgent Al
banians numbering about 4000 at
tacked the Italians yesterday on a
front of 10 meters between Ciakoo
Inert and the castle of Canlna. but
were driven back by counter-attacks.
according to a semi-official state
ment as reported by Reuter's corre
SDondent at Rome. The Albanian
casualties included TO dead.
Mrs. Vanderbllt Accepts Tost.
NEW TORK. July 24. Mrs. Corne
lius Vanderbllt, wife of Brigadier
General Vanderbllt, in a cable re
ceived today from London accepted
the chairmanship of the women s
committee of the Army and Navy
club's movement to erect a 13,000,000
memorial to officers who died in the
world war.
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