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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 14, 1921 BRUMFIELD GIVES WAY ID STRAIN Prisoner Passes Sleepless Night in His Cell. LOVE IS SENT TO FAMILY iRoscburg Dentist, However, Re fuses to Discuss Case Waiver of Cstradition Signed. (Continued From Virtt Page. paper by which he agreed to return without protest to that city to an swer the murder charge. Brumfield, shaking from head to foot with sheer nervous fright, signed his name with a hand that trembled so that he could scarcely trace the words, and said: "There's no use bucking you feT lows. I would have to go back any way and I might as well go peace ably." As near as he was to a complete collapse, Brumfield steadfastly re fused to discuss the crime with which he Is charged. Persistent questioning by the police and by newspaper men failed to move him in his decision not to talk until he can pour his own tale Into the ears of District Attorney S'euner of Douglas county, Oregon, who he has declared is a personal friend, of his of long standing. Murder Questions Ignored. Brumfield talked about ordinary topics but whenever the murder of Russell was brought up, he would Bhake his head and say: "I'll talk when I get home. I won't tell you fellows anything." Brumfield was considerably cheered y the receipt of a telegram from his wife in Roseburg, saying: "Love, keep up your courage." Brumfield, nevertheless, was In bad shape. When asked earlier in the day if he had any message for his family he replied: "Send them my love and tell them that everything will come out all right." Brumfield has a bank account of $725 In the Union bank at Calgary. He deposited this money on his ar rival here before he went out to work on the Vader farm. WOMAN SUSPECTED IN CASE Roseburg OrTicers Start Hunt for Buyer of Skirt. ROSEBL'RG, Or., Au's. 13. (Spe cial.) The officers and friends and acquaintances of Dr. Brumfield are completely baffled by the mystery which surrounds the package, the de sire for possession of wMch proved to be the undoing of the alleged mur derer of Dennis Russell Why should Dr. Brumfield be so attracted to a practically worthless package the contents of which could have been easily duplicated any place, la a mys tery on which doubtless hinges the motive for the murder' of Dennis Rus sell. The value of the package could not have been more than $75 at the most. In fact, it was so valued by the shipper.- The contents were such that they could have been procured easily in any town or city of moderate size, and why Brumfield should have risked capture, or why he should have even 'concerned himself with auch things, could not be sa' isfactorlly ex plained by the officers today. On tho surface it appear 1 that there must be a woman connected with the case. This theory was fur ther strengthened by the fact that the pink silk skirt found in the box was purchased by a woman. There has been free Intimation that there pos sibly was a woman connected with the case, but the officers have de clared that they have no direct evi dence as to whom she could be or what motive she could have in the case. However, this theory was being fol lowed by officers, who began search ing for the woman who purchased the pink skirt. This skirt was first ex amined by Dr. Brumfield. It was too small for his wife, the clerk at Bur chard's Square store, where he nearly always trades, informed him, and con sequently he left it. On the following day, the day or the murder, a youn; woman appeared in the store and ex amined the skirt. She was meagerly described as being short, dark and dressed in a blue tailored ruit and email hat. While she was looking at the skirt Dr. Brumfield came in and asked for a packing .box. He was directed to the back room and there took the box, into which a large amount of miscellaneous refuse had been placed. As he started toward the room he smiled and nodded to the woman examining the skirt and she spoke to him. The skirt needed altering to fit her, and the clerk offered to make such alterations, but the woman declared that she was in a hurry and bought the skirt and went out. In tracing this woman, the officers found that she had been in Dr. Brumfield's office in the capacity of a patient the day previous. She was not known in Roseburg so far as the officers have been able to find out and was a tran slent visitor in the city. Since that day they have found no trace of her. They say that they do not know her name. The skirt was too large for the woman and had not been altered as it was placed in the box immediately. It was too small for Mrs. Brumfield and would not have fitted the doctor who is quite large. Consequently the question arises as to why he should want it. The same is true in regard to the other contents of the box. Two khaki blouses, a pair of khaki trousers, a pink silk shirt, a pink silk combina tion suit, two pink camisoles and an old worn black sateen skirt, the lat ter having been discarded by Mrs. Burchard several months previously, comprised the wearing apparel in the box. In addition there was much ac cumulated "litter" from the store, in cluding a large number of old paper patterns, about four years old, two spools of damaged darning cotton, eorae books and other articles. There was nothing of value and the most expensive garment sold for not more than $10. This box and its contents was taken to Myrtle Creek and there Dr. Brum fiirt requested the clerk to ship it to Mrs. Norman Whitney at Banff, Canada. This gave the officers the first clew as to the destination of the fugitive and formed the trail which ultimately resulted in his cap ture. The agent informed nim that the office could not accept packages consigned to Canada and the desti nation was changed to Seattle. In giving his story to the officers the agent was unable to remember the name of the Canadian town except that it ended with two "f's." The officers pored over several maps before they were able to decide on Banff and then at once sent out cards carrying descriptions of tin dentist to all points in that vicinity. After ascertaining the contents of the box. they believed it to be only a blind, and they maintained that be lief until the doctor sent the letter to the Seattle office of the company asking that the box be forwarded to him. Why he should have, done this has completely baffled the officers. Sheriff Sturmer and' Deputies Webb and Hopkins have left for Calgary to bring Brumfield back to Roseburg. It is expected that it will take at least a week to get him back to this city, and during that time he will be under extremely close -guard. It has been intimated that he will be smuggled into Roseburg under guard, for fear of violence from some of the friends of Dennis Russell, although it is not generally thought violence will be attempted. Mrs. Brumfield fought against the truth until the last poss-ible minute, and when finally defeated in her claims continued to express her love and confidence in a message dis patched to her prisoner-husband. Steadfastly Mrs. Brumfield, as a true wife, held to her declaration that the man arrested in Canada was not her husband. She maintained this stand in spite of the news which was shown her as fast as it was received. Although it became plain later in the day that she Was beginning to give way, she reiterated time and again "it isn't so," as if she might by con stant repetition convince herself of that point. It was not until she re ceived his message through the press, the message giving his love to hee and the three children and telling them that everything would be all right, that she gave up. "I still have confidence in him." she said. "I know it will all come out right." In spite of her ability to control her emotions, she was in tears today when she finally was forced to admit that the. prisoner must be her hus band. She was still confident, how ever, that he could explain and said she must hear his story from his own lips. As soon as his message had been given her, she prepared to answer and asked that it be for warded to her husband in charge of the chier of police at Calgary. It read: "All love and confidence." District Attorney N'euner this after noon said that the reward offered by the county court would undoubtedly go to the Royal Northwest police oiticers making the capture. Al though the tip for the arrest was furnished indirectly through the local sheriff's office, the county court will doubtless pay the $1000 offered oy the county to the men who put the fugitive under arrest. MURDER I SS CCE CHARGE HOW LIKELY Man and Woman Involved in Mahoney Case. ARREST SOON POSSIBLE Couple Who Figured In Power-of- Attorney Episode Declared Positively Identified. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 13. (Spe- moming- was not sufficient to extin guish two forest fires in the Santlam national forest. Both are reported under control and neither has covered much - territory. One is near the Breitenbush hot springs in - Marion county, northeast of Detroit, and the other near Crescent mountain, north west of Fish lake, in the southeastern part of Linn county. Though 11 fires have started in the Santiam national forest thus far this year no disastrous fires have oc curred. - VISALIA. Cal., Aug. 13. The fire In the Kings river district of the Sequoia national forest definitely was con trolled this afternoon after burning about 12 square miles of brush and limber country, according to a tele phone message from General Grant national park, which has been used as a base by the men, who for a week have been fighting the flames. At times 600 men were engaged. Although the fire is said to have been one of the worst In the history of the Sequoia forest, no person was injured. UXDERWOOD, Wash., Aug. 13. (Special.) A forest fire in the Colum bia gorge, between Underwood and White Salmon, was burning un checked yesterday. The fire started cial.) Arrest 'of a man and a woman from a camp fire of an extra gang on TRAFFIC MANAGER NAMED A. S. Edmonds Selected for O.-W. It. & N. Position. Word of the appointment of A. S. Edmonds as traffic manager of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navi gation company reached Portland yesterday. The announcement was contained In a communication from the office of H. M. Adams, vice-presi dent of the Union Pacific system at Omaha, to William McMurray, gen eral passenger agent of the O.-W. R. & N. Mr. Kdmonds is at the present time traffic manager of the Los Angeles at Salt Lake Railroad company, with headquarters at Los Angeles. His appointment will become- effective September 1, when he will make his headquarters in Portland. He will fill the position formerly held by F. W. Robinson prior to the time Mr. Robinson became freight traffic man ager for the .Union Pacific system and left Portland for Omaha. M. de Brabant, now assistant traffic man ager of the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad company, will succeed Mr. Edmonds as traffic manager of that line. Mr. Edmonds is widely known in railroad circles, having had wide ex perience with several " railroad and steamship companies in capacities of considerable importance. He" is 40 years old and was born in Louisville, Ky. During the operation of the United States railroad administration he served as assistant in charge of the division of traffic and went to the Los Angeles line, im-mediately after he was relieved of government al duty. Prior to his service with the government he was assistant freight traffic manager of the Mis souri Pacific Railroad company. There has been no traffic manager of the O.-W. R. & N. since Mr. Robin son received his appointment as gen eral freight traffic manager of the Union Pacific system. This took place shortly after March 1, 1920, when the railroads were released from federal control and began oper ations under private ownership. as accessories before the fact of the murder may be the next development in the Mahoney case. This report gained circulation today t-s the result of a two-hour confer ence between Deputy Prosecuting At torney Patterson anl Captain of De tectives Tennant. Both Patterson and Tennant re lused to discuss the matter definitely, but there was a well-defined report that they have obtained positive identification of the man and woman who called on Emil J. Brandt, attor ney and notary public, and executed the power of attorney giving James E. Mahoney authority to administer the $200,000 estate of his wife, Mrs. Kate Moores Mahoney. Deputy Prosecutor Patterson ad mitted the possibility of such an ar rest. He would not say, however, whether they would be charged with oeing accessories to the murder or merely with forgery. Brandt Remembers Pnir. "If all the evidence we have was that they falsely represented their identity to Brandt and that the wom an forged the name of Mrs. Maho ney," he explained, "we-couldn't prove anything but forgery. On the other hand, if we obtain supplementary evi dence connecting them with the mur der. their visits to Brandt's office would certainly tend to strengthen an accessory charge." Brandt said tonight that he had rot heard anything about pending ar icsts, but that, if confronted by the couple who visited his office, he would unquestionably be able to iden tify them. Brandt's name is on the list of witnesses attached to the mur cler information. According to the authorities, the only thing which has kept Mahoney from confessing to the murder of his wife is the fact that, if he did so, he ould not shield the man and woman who are believed to have plotted the crime with him, and who. under the laws of this state, would, if convicted, be equally guilty with him of murder ii: the first degree. l Overtures Reported Made. It is said in police circles that Ma honey already has made some tenta tive overtures to find if the state would "forget" the power of attorney if he pleaded guilty to murder. The prosecution, however, has turned a deaf ear to these offers, believing that the case against Mahoney is so strong that there is no excuse for any compromise. It became known today for the first t me that Alahoney has been trying to persuade John F. Dore to represent him in the case as attorney. Dore said tonight that he had given JIa "polity no definite answer." Ever since the filing of the formal murder charge against Mahoney new witnesses have been cropping up in the case, and it is expected that this will necessitate either the filing of a in complaint or the addition of a fresh list of witnesses. the Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail road. l-anned by a high wind, it soon Jumped the county road halfway up me diuii ana up into the green timber on top of the gorge, endanger ing the Erie inn and several summer homes and working its way toward White Salmon. A crew of 30 men built a wide trail from the Krie inn to the town of wnite oaimon, wnich would be in danger should the high west wind continue. The fire swept over nearly all the trenches in the afternoon, but was well checked again during the night. MAN HELD UP IN STREET MASKLESS BANDITS GET $800 IN AFTERNOON FORAY. ROBBER SUSPECT SHOT (Continued From First Page.) FOREST FIRES CHECKED MSSNACK TO FORESTS REDUCED BY FIGHTERS. on. get out of that car!" Decker was said to have ordered, as he covered the deputies with a German luger pistol. Almost simultaneously came the command from the deputies in the brush, "Hands up!" Brown, who was found to be un armed, complied with alacrity, but Decker fired twice at the officers. His gun jammed and he turned to riin. Kendall fired twice and Mollen nour three times, bringing him down. The range was about 60 feet, and of a total of 60 buckshot which went whistling at him, 13 took effect. Mrs. Verna Sullivan of the Lendell apartments was with the party. As the two men stepped into sight she immediately identified them as the ones who last Sunday night held up her and an escort, "Shprty" Spencer. Mrs. Sullivan had requested the sher iff's office to permit her to assist in the plant. The request was granted ir order-that identification would be immediately possible should the men appear. Brown was locked up In the county Jail and Decker was taken to the city emergency hospital. When asked concerning his alleged activities, Decker, while on the oper ating table, said: "I'm not going to' say anything. I won't talk. You're paid to find out, aren't you?" Several of the bullets passed en frely through his legs, but three struck near the belt and may prove ogerous. Hills totaling $54 were found on Decker when his clothing was ex amined at the hospital, but no papers which would identify him. Four robberies in the Oswego dis trict were laid to the pair, and others may develop. L. W. Church, 691 Holly street, lost $25 to them; E. E. Mc Claren, architect in the Lumbermen's Exchange building, lost $20. and J. W. Looney was relieved of $75. The other victims were Mr. Spencer and the woman. The deputies said they had laid in 'Bit for the robbers for 12 niehts Blaze Which Threatened Large- Body of Fir In Tillamook County Is Blocked. The fire on Wilson river, Tillamook county, which was reported Wednes day as threatening a large body of timber, is now under control, accord ing to reports of P. S. Brumby, vice president, and C. C. Scott, secretary, of the Tillamook County Fire Patrol association. They returned yesterday from- the scene of the fire. All of the wardens in the employ of the association between Forest Grove and the coast were mobilized by officials of the organization and rushed to Tillamook county to fight the blaze, and through this prompt j action it was placed under control be- iore any serious damage naa oeen wrought. Robbery Occurs While Pedestrians Are Passing and Criminals Make Getaway In Auto. While pedestrians were passing along the street, two unmasked ban dits yesterday afternoon held up and robbed George Viskovich of Camas Valley, Or., of $800 In currency and made their escape in a big blue tour ing car. Before Viskovich could sound the alarm the bandits had disap peared. Viskovich told Police Inspector Kelleher that he had arrived in Port land Friday and had registered at a hotel near Sixth and Burnside streets. He drew $808 out of a local bank that afternoon and . planned on returning home yesterday afternoon. He said he left his hotel during the afternoon and started up Flanders street when he was accosted by two roughly dressed men who asked him for a match. As Viskovich turned to comply, one of the bandits shoved a pistol into his ribs while the other reached into his coat pocket and grabbed the wallet containing the currency. The robber who held the weapon shoved it beneath the victim's coat in order to hide it from the view of passers-by. As soon as they had procured the money the two men walked hur riedly to near Broadway and Flan ders street, where they ,'umped into an automobile and fled. There was no rear license plate on the machine. Viskovich told the police. ine victim denied he had showed his money to any person since he had drawn it from the bank, al though the police are confident that the daring robbery was pre-arranged. The fact that the men had their ma chine parked along Flanders street near where Viskovich walked to go to the union station indicates they had everything arranged. The man who grabbed the wallet also knew Just where to look for It, as they displayed no lost motion in com pleting their banditry. Viskovich is a road construction foreman in the Camas valley country and had come to Portland sorely for the purpose of getting the money from the bank, he told the' police. He was on the way to the railway station when the robbery occurred. Aliens Will Be Barred. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 13.; Begin nlng Monday the city will employ no workmen on municipal contract Jobs unless they can show by certificates that they are registered voters here Walter H. Tieldeman. assistant city engineer, today estimated that about half of the 600 men now employed on such projects wore aliens. Many laborers for the city enrolled at the city registration office today. PRINEVILLE. Or.. Aug. 13. (Spe cial.) An electrical storm which struck this section last Sunday after noon was the cause of 22 -fires in the Ochoco forest. Had it not been for the prompt and efficient work, of the forest service force much damage would have resulted. According to Forest Supervisor Harpham, 21 of these fires were directly due to lightning and all occurred on Sunday and Monday. The total area burned over was estimated by Mr. Harpham to be 30 acres. There are a number of these fire3 still smoking, but all are under control at this time. HOOD RIVER.Or.. Aug. 13 (Spe cial.) Forest fires that menaced orchard places in the upper valley and heavy green timber Just opposite here on the Washington side of the Columbia are under complete con trol. The Washington fire, which ran for three days through under brush and firs along the .gorge, ap parently has burned out. Upper valley rchardist3 say that forestry officers who directed the fight on the fire there have with drawn, leaving, only a few men to watch burning snags. The latter fiie was the most serious In this district this season and for a time threatened orchard homes on the west side of the upper valley. ALBANY, Or.. Tug. 13. (Special.) A slight rainfall in the mountains of eastern Linn county yesterdav CARD OF T1IAXKS. We want to express our apprecia tion and heartfelt thanks to our many friends and neighbors, also Cosmopilation lodge 109 K. 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