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firmed a few days ago by the state t f
supreme court. :mm
Clark, accused of killing Charles L.
I Taylor In the Cascade mountains In I
1919, first was found guilty of murder
, in the second degree. Judge Skip-
I worth granted a new trial and he
Here Are the "MASTER CLEANERS" of Portlan
You Are As Near to Them As You Are to Your Phone!
then was found guilty of man-
I slaughter. His case was appealed and
' k a hna Kaon , " t t .. i 1 ,nl
months.
That Clark was oonvicted on cir
Olympia
Blackmailer Here on
cumstantial evidence: that he had
large family to support and that he
already had served nine months in
Jail were the arguments set forth In
H
is Way North.
TIIE SUNDAY OREGQXIAN. PORTLAND, MARCII 2T, 1921
JOHNSTONE
T
he is r:riT shadow
PORTLAND CRIMES DENIED
Prisoner Admits Circumstantial
Evidence of Guilt Is Strong
but Protests Innocence.
In spite of a closely woven thread
of circumstantial ' evidence which
practically precludes the possibility
of a doubt. Herbert L. Johnstone, con
fessed extortionist, who sought to
blackmail a wealthy Olympia, Wash.,
man out of 10,000. continued to deny,
on his arrival In Portland yesterday,
that he is the "Shadow," daring- ex
tortionist who operated in Portland
during the fore part of January.
"I'll admit that you have enough
stuff to send me to the pen for a
long jolt, but you'll never fret me to
stand up in court and admit 1 was
the 'Shadow.' because I did not do the
Portland Jobs," was his parting ulti
mutum to the Portland police after a
night of close questioning.
I'rlxoner Parries Adroitly.
Police Inspectors Hellyer and
Leonard, who have been on the
"Shadow" investigation since Janu
ary, used every wile of the modern
detective in an effort to trap the pris
oner in unguarded statements, but he
withstood their verbal onslaughts
with a guarded smile as he continued
to deny that he was the man who
threw terror Into the hearts of prom
inent Portland residents with his
threatening blackmail letters.
Johnstone laughed with a care
free abandon as he related hie Olym
pia experiences, and told of his escape
under a hall of bullets from a sher
iffs posse which overtook him a few
minutes after he had received a decoy
package from his intended victim.
Mother In Insane Asylum.
"They came upon me before I knew
It and stopped me," he said. "I put
me hands in my hip pockets and they
began to scatter. As they stood off
from., me talking it over I simply
walked away. When they started
firing you can bet I traveled at a
pretty fast gait."
It was only when he was asked
why he had attempted his extortion
operations that tears came into the
prisoner's eyes.
"1 had two reasons,'' he said, as he
drew a handkerchief from his pocket
to brush a vagrant tear from his face.
"I have a mother in the insane asylum
at Steilacoom, Wash. I wanted to get
enough money to get her out and
take her east to the best mental
specialists in an effort to restore her
mind. I would do anything to bring
her back to health.
Wanted Money for Patents.
"My other reason was that 1 wanted
the money to complete a couple of in
ventions on which 1 have been work
ing. I have a couple of steam safety
devices which 1 want to complete and
have patented."
Johnstone readily admitted that he
was In Portland when the "Shadow"
operated here. He says that he con
ceived the Idea of his Olympia black
mailing operations through reading
Portland newspapers of "Shadow's"
exploits. He said he honestly thought
he could get away with the same
thing at Olympia.
"What did you think when you
opened the package at Olympia and
found there was no money in it?" be
was asked.
Good Joke on Blackmailer.
"I thought it was a good joke on
me," he laughed.
"Did you really expect to get the
lio.ooo?"
"Yes, I did."
As Johnstone wa.f being questioned
In the city jail, Mayor Baker walked
into the cell.
"Johnstone, we honestly believe
you are the 'Shadow,' " Mayor Baker
told the prisoner after the introduc
tions had been completed.
"Well, mayor, as long as I live I
pevcr will admit I did the Portland
lobs, because I will not confess to
something I did not do," Johnstone
"ported.
Even after the mayor assured the
prisoner that he would not be brought
to trial for his Portland operations
If he went to prison for his Olympia
operations, Johnstone continued to
deny his identity as the "Shadow."
Hopes "Shadow Is Cansrht,
"Well, my boy, I never would want
you to confess to something you did
not do, but if you are the "Shadow"
I think, it is a duty you owe to your
self and your poor old mother to
admit it now," the mayor told him.
As Mayor Baker, left the jail John
stone called out to him:
"Well, good-bye, mayor; I hope
you catch the 'Shadow.' "
Inspectors Hellyer and Leonard said
hftv would continue tneir invesuga
tlons, and In the event Johnstone
manages to escape a prison sentence
in Washington they will have him
returned to face the Portland charges.
The evidence, they say, is so con
clusive that there is little question
but Johnstone and the "Shadow" are
one and the same person.
Johnstone Taken to Olympia.
Johnstone is SI years old and of
slight build. He is nearly six feet
tall. He was taken on to Olympia
early last night by deputy sheriffs
from that city. He arrived in Port
land at 6 o'clock yesterday morning,
hevlng been brought into the city
from Albany by automobile. He was
met at Albany by Chief Jenkins and
Inspectors Hellyer and Leonard.
REFERENDUM IS INVOKED
Washington Session Law Relating
to Utilities Attacked.
OLYMPIA. Wash., March 28. (Spe
cial.) The first referendum on the
1921 session laws to be filed was re
corded today with Secretary of State
Hinkle and calls for a referendum on
chapter 69 of the 1021 laws.
This is an act relating to public
service properties and utilities and
provides that when a competitive
business coming under the head of
public utilities or properties wishes
to engage In business It must first
file a "certificate of necessity," show
ing that it Is needed by the public
Attorney James Haight of Seattle
filed the referendum.
SLAYER'S PARDON SOUGHT
Petition Being Circulated In Case
of Martin Clark.
EUGENE, Or.. March 2 (Special.)
A petition was being circulated In
Eugene for the pardon of Martin
Clark, found guilty by a Jury In cir
cuit court here last summer of man
slaughter, the verdict having been af-
I
the petition for pardon.
SALEM BOY WINS HONOR
William C. Jones Will Receive
Army Rillet at CorvallU.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis, March 28. (Special.)
William C. Jones of Salem has been
named by the military department
as Its honor graduate student, and
under a ruling by the war depart
ment will receive a second lieuten
ant's commission in the regular army.
Because of being rated by the war
f ':r;J
; bats JA U
' - I dr I
Herbert L. Johnstone, confessed
blackmailer at Olympia, who,
police believe, la the "Shadow."
department as one of the "distin
guished institutions" offering reserve
officers' training corps work, the col
lege is permitted to nominate one
man each year for a commission,
which will be awarded to him upon
graduation.
Jones is a senior', majoring in
animal husbandry. He came to Ore
gon Agricultural college from Iowa
State college at Ames. Iowa. In his
military work here he attained the
rank of captain and recently became
a member of Scabbard and Blade,
honorary military fraternity. He
served in the navy. Jones is also a
member of Sigma Phi Epsilon frater
nity. DEBATERS ARE SELECTED
Willamette Morningeide Contest
Houses General Interest.
WILLAM-ETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem,
Or., March 2. (Special.) Interest
on the local campus is centering
about the Willamette-Morningside de
bate scheduled for next Wednesday.
Sheldon Sackett, junior, Sheridan, Or.;
Bernard Ramsey, sophomore, Madras,
Or., and Frank Benpett, senior, Good
Ins. Idaho, compose the team whtch
will represent Willamette in her first
intersectional debate.
They will uphold the negative side
of the question, "Resolved, . That Im
migration to the United States should
be further restricted by additional
literacy tests."
Clothing Is Matinee Ticket.
More than 10 00 children attended
the morning matinee given yesterday
by the management of the Hippo
drome theater to which the admission
fee was a bundle of used clothing,
magazines or newspapers to be used
by the new Industrial department of
the public welfare bureau. Many
children had exchanged their bundles
at the fire stations for tickets which
admitted them to the performance,
others brought their contributions
with them and these were piled high
in the entrance of the theater.
SAT1VR SON OF KLICKITAT
IS HKA.U OP LEUIOAi POST.
Captain Lyman W. Ward.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., March
26. (Special.) Captain Lyman
W. Ward, post commander of
Louis Leidl post of the Ameri
can legion at Goldendale, is a
native son of Klickitat county
and was born at Goldendale in
1887. His father, W. H. "Ward,
. is a pioneer business man of
the town. Captain Ward grad
uated from the civil engineer
ing department of the Washing
ton State college at Pullman.
His military training began at
college and he was one of the
first officers to receive a com
mission in the officers' train
ing camp at the Presidio at San
Francisco In 1914. He afterward
became captain of a company
In the coast artillery reserves
for Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana and Wyoming, being
the youngest captain In the
coast artillery. After receiving
his commission Captain Ward
was detailed for duty at Fort
Worden, Wash., and afterward
went overseas with his com
pany. Sinoe becoming commander of
the American legion post at
Goldendale In January of this
year Captain Ward has taken
an active Interest In the affairs
of the local organisation and 1b
working out plana for a county
organization, which will Include
legion posts at Goldendale,
White Salmon and Blckleton.
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ROW IX ECGENE COMMERCE
BODY INVOLVES MOVING.
Officers of Organliatlon Held to
Have Been Elected in
Illegal Manner.
EUGENE, Or., March 2. (Special.)
That the present officers and di
rectors of the Eugene chamber of
commerce were not legally eiectea,
was the contention of the faction in
the chamber opposing the moving of
the quarters to the Elks' building.
At a meeting last night of this
faction the statement was made by
a number of attorneys who have
i j i , v. m .nrH m of the cham-
ueivcu ,J - -
ber that when the old commercial
club changed its form of organiza
tion and the name was changed to
chamber of commerce the only change
in' the articles of incorporation was
the change In name. The original
articles provided for the annual elec
tion to be held at the regular monthly
meeting in March of each year, and
as the present directors and officers
were elected last fall It was held that
their, election was not legal.
A resolution has been prepared to
be presented at the regular meeting
Monday night, calling for the elec
tion at that time.
A resolution setting forth the al
leged disadvantages ot the proposed
new quarters and the advantages of
the old quarters, which the anti
moving faction desires to retain, was
adopted unanimously.
SOLDIERS' BONUS PAID
Washington Distributes Million
Within Ten Bays.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 26. (Spe
oial.) Over $1,000,000 In bonus
money has been paid 4238 .ex-service
men during the ten days sines the
money has been available, according
to figures given out today by State
Auditor C. W. Ciausen.
In answer to a number of criti
cisms concerning the rate of speed
at which ths warrants are being paid
by the state, State Auditor Clausen
said: ...
"There are only three men in me
state auditor's office authorized to
sign warrants the state auditor, a
deputy and assistant state auditor.
Besides the bonus work there is the
entire balance of the state business
to care for. Since the Inception of
the bonus work we have endeavored
to work the warrants through as
quickly and expeditiously as war
ranted by care necessary In the dis
tribution of ll,0oo,000 of the tax
payers' money." '
Two Go to Penitentiary.
r a n D i vniT Mnrnh 26. (fine-
clal.) Ray Mcthiffey and Chin Bill
(Chinese) were taken to saiem iasi
night by a deputy sheriff, where they
.mi .A-uA thAir sentences. ImDOSed
by Judge Knowles, following their
conviction In tne circuit court, hlc
Duffey was sentenced to from one to
ten years, having been found guilty
ot uttering a forged instrument. Chin.
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Bill, who, with Mrs. Charlie Jones,
wife of the Chinese police interpreter
in Portland, were tried for the murder
of Jeu Sheu, Chinese of Portland, was
sentenced to one year in prison and a
fine of $1000. The jury freed Mrs.
Jones.
RADICAL GETS OVATION
Strike Leader Is Welcomed When
He Returns From Prison.
VANCOUVER. B. C, March 2S.
W. A. Pritchard, one of the leaders
of the one big union, and who was
recently liberated from the Winni
peg prison, where he served a terra
on conviction of seditious conspiracy
In connection with the Winnipeg gen
eral strike, arrived here today.
Hundreds greeted him at the sta
tion and sang the "Red Flag," as,
accompanied by his wife and children,
he walked between closely packed
ranks to a waiting automobile.
Aberdeen Gets Howitzer.
ABERDEEN. Wash., March 26.
(Special. A five-Inch howitzer can
non, model 18D3, arrived here yester
day from San Francisco, consigned
tt Mayor R. C. Sargent. The gun is
the gift of the ordnarce department
at Washington. D. C, to the city, and
was obtained through. William Irvine,
a newspaperman of Aberdeen, now at
the national capital. The howitzer
weighs 7950 pounds, and took up half
the space In the boxcar in which It
was shipped. It was unloaded by the
fire department and hauled to a tem
porary position on the city library
lawn.
Grain Offle Is Closed.
LA GRANDE, Or., March 26. (Spe
cial.) The local grain office of the
Wallowa Milling & Grain company
has been closed indefinitely. Although
the officials of the company here re
fuse to make public the reason for
closing, tt Is understood that It is due
to the decline In wheat prices and the
necessity of making heavy , cuts in
overhead expenses. It Is also reported
here that cuts in the company's force
have been made also in Enterprise.
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REQUISITION FOR G. W. JOHN
.IS MIMED AT OXYMPIA.
Washington Executive Announces
He Will Not Aid in Collection
of Debts in Oregon.
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 26. (Spe
cial.) Governor Hart today refused
to grant requisitions of Governor
Olcott of Oregon for the extradition
of . G. W. John, wanted In Oregon
for giving a check of $74.85 without
funds for payment. Governor Hart
informed Governor Olcott he was of
the opinion the requisition extradi
tions were to be used merely as a
debt collector, and that he (Governor
Hart) would not countenance this.
Governor Har stated in his com
munication to Governor Olcott that
he discovered, that B. P. Ellingsen,
the Oregon agent, had offered to set
tle the matter and let John stay In
Seattle on the payment of the $74.85.
Governor Hart also recommended that
the Oregon district attorney be more
careful in drawing his extradition
Da d era. as he labeled the crime a
i felony, while the attorney-general ol
, Washington holds it to be a mis-
demeanor. ,
John was operating a coal mine In
Coos county, Oregon, and not having
money to pay his employes he gave
them checks, according to the charge,
and some time after left for Seattle.
Governor Hart also states the records
show that John remained in Coos
county after the crime was committed
and the officers had known his
whereabouts in Seattle.
George Vanderveer, chief counsel
for the I. W. W appeared In behalf
of John.
Veteran Policeman Retires.
Bill Carr. veteran police patrolman,
for the past three years bailiff in
police court, retired from the public
bureau yesterday on a pension of
half-ay. Carr had been In police
That
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police bureau. He has been in poor
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LUMBERMAN IS HOPEFUL
Five to Eight Years of Prosperity
Predicted for Industry.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. March 26.
(Special.) J. S. Williams, lumberman
of Seattle, who has arrived to take
charge of the sales organization of
the Grays Harbor Shingle eompr.ny,
in an interview yesterday predicted
that lumbermen of the Pacific coast
will enjoy between five and eight
years of prosperity as soon as the na
tional building campaign is launched.
He declared that a two-months' trip
throughout the east and the middle
west, from which he has Just returned,
has convinced him that the lumber
market is on the mend, but that con
ditions are due for a further adjust
ment before building operations can
bo expected to become extensive.
Freshman Edition Is Out.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Sa
lem, Or., March 26. (Special.) Fol
lowing an annual custom, the fresh- j
man class issued its edition of the
Willamette Collegian this week. The
frosh Issue, which was printed in
the class colors, brown and gold, was
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Wash. Robert Notson of Heppner,
Or., was associate editor; Earl Shafer
of Salem, Or., sports editor, and
Audred Bunch of Salem, Or., society
editor. Other staff members for this
issue were: Mabel Rentfro, Edna
Jennison. Mary Gilbert and Dorothy
Thompson, all of fialem, Or.; Albert
Geyer, Wenatchee, Wash.; Fred Pat
ton, Forest Grove. Or.; Howard Not
tage. Newberg, Or.; Byron Arnold,
Vancouver, Wash., and Alice tykes,
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Tetrazzini to Sing April 13.
Madame Lulsa Tetrazzini, prima
donna soprano, and one of the big
artists of grand opera and concert,
will sing in tne public auditorium
this city, Wednesday higlrt, April 13.
Word to this effect came yesterday
to ' Manager White from Manager
Healy, San Francisco, who looks after
Madame Tetrazxinl's Pacific coast
concert tours. The last time Tetraz
zini sang in the public auditorium
she was cordially greeted by a capa
city audience and hundreds were
turned away because of lack of seats.
Fire Destroys Newport Home.
NEWBORT, Or., March 26. (Spe
cial.) The residence of Mrs. E. M.
Wright, located on the edge of New
port, was destroyed by fire, said to
have been caused by an oil stove on
the second floor, yesterday. No in
surance was carried. Very little was
saved, as the flames made rapid head
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