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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1908)
1 ADDISON WWfc"U.'i?: (HflCS KICHTER: "we snouia not. lei in les merely plague us also gratify us. We not their poison-baga .. . . . . r mvxm diock 01 maruic; ana the art of the sculptor only clears away the super flous matter, and removes the rub bish." Statues of "Opportunity," they should should seize only, but their HONEY-BAGS, too." "Times" want ads, afford a simple method of turning trifles to useful ends of "taking the sting out" of Success," and "Good Fortune" He concealed and often scarcely con- coaled at all In "Times" advertising. 1 X small events. ., 5F MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED I'ltESh R. 24T VOL. II. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY.jAPRIL 16, 1908. ROBY ID KILLEI l wm LIFE ON STREET HERE ff jf M Youth, Crazed by Jealousy, Murders Sweetheart and Com- .mits Suicide by Shooting on Sheridan Street, Near Fairgrounds, at Midnight Last Night. ONLY ONE WITNESS Had Evidently Carefully Prepared for Deed and Wrote Let ter to Mother Explaining Why he had Decided Upon Crime Bullets Pierced Hearts of Both. Girl Refused to Marry On Less Than Year's Courtship Had Threatened Her. Carrying out a carefully laid plot that his mind, crazed by love and jealousy, had conceived and ,ar--ranged for ending his troubles,' John Grills last night, about,' midnight, shot and killed Ora Rdtiy and then committed suicide on'South Sheridan street as they were en route home, fi Four shots werefired from a fired from a thiriye t eight calibre revolver, two nffcslnsM entirely and Jtne other two piercing the heart ofeach and producing al most instant death. The tragedy, which Vbcurred about three hundred yards mifcth of the racetrack stables, was witness ed by one, Dan Starr, a horse trai; er, whowas returning to the staples from the city and was within aBout 200 yards of the couple when the shots were fired. CHvlng to the dark ness, he could not dratlnguishivho it was but hastened, passed Ike bodies' to tho stables to get aid. Thelast spark of life was gone, when he and M. H. Nay and6thers returned. Grills lying on trie Bide-'her walk ffiiimheVgirPjust oft the Wank In the mud The tragedy had not been without a struggle. The box of candy, the book and the shawl scattered along the walk and -the fleeing footsteps that residents of the neighborhood heard fold plainly of the girl's ef forts to save herself. The powder burns on the clothing and skin showed that Grills had followed her and placed the muzzle of the gun within a few Inches of her body be fore he pulled the trigger. The bul let passed through the heart and body, imbedding itself just beneath ' the skin on her breast. She plung ed forward, off the walk Into the - street where she was found, her only appeal being a few screams evideu: ly uttered before the fatal bullet had been fired. Scarcely twenty seconds after he had killed the girl, according to t"ie evidenoe of neighbors who heard the noise of the tragedy, Grills placed the muzzle of the revolver to his breast and fired, the bullet passing through his heart and Imbedding it self just beneath the skin below his left shoulder. Grills' plans for ending it all were revealed this morning when the let ter, printed in this story, was found in his pocket, Written in a pencil, I evidently with a nervous hand, he told of tho ravings of a crazed mind. In addition to the letter was a noto on a picture postal card, containing practically the same data as given l'i the letter. Met Down Town. Giillu met Miss Itoby down town last evening. Just where and how, no one appears to know. About 11:30, they stopped at Jack Davis where ho bought a box of candy. She waited at the door but ho insisted that she come in and drink some soda. She complied. While she was drinking, he excused himself and I went into the back room where hoi bade good bye to Cecil Holland, Jack I Davis, Julius Egonoff and some other boj-3 there. While he didn't give them any reason for bidding them good bye, tho inference they had that he was going away, probably to Portland as he had been talking of the trip. Then they left tho place together and proceeded homeward, that being the last seen of them a.ive. Both appeared In usual spirits. About fifteen minutes later, the tragedy occurred. Well Known Here. Grills was a foundryman and had becj following that vocation. He It a step-son of the late Dr. Murphy j and lived with his mother, Mrs. Mur p'iy, his sisters, Mra. Wm. Wade and Mary Grilla. He wai born at Rose liuis and came here from Balom. HIh father is a contractor at Roseburg an I .Salem now. Two other sUtera, one f Bnlom and one at Gavdlnei, ul .0 sarvlve bill). On Roby U the daughter of 8. C. Pnl.- who resides near tho Kalr iri., :M. She wou'd have been twe-ity-t'iree years old August 80th, no:. . The family moved from Salem t-i North Rend last September and n f- mo'IIis later T"oxcl to Miii'th- 1 he h.-xl r si J 1 j' honr 1 nnl ;.ricd to woii. la U.l '1.... .kL. NEAR THE SCENE lor candy store. She fs survived by her parents, a twin brother, Orley, and two other younger brothers, Or ton and Alonzo. . The Hoby homo is in South Marsh field being a white house just across the street from the. race track. Grills had recently been working at the Nelson Iron Works of which his brothefn-law, Wm. Wade, is an officer the definite arrangements havenot been made for the funerals, Gyffls' will probably be held Sunday1. body of Miss Roby will be sent to the old homo In Salem for inter ment. V Had Threatened Her. XTnero had been warnings of the tragedy but no one had taken the threats of Grills seriously. The night or the second night previous to tide crime, Grills, according to the story told by Miss Roby to her folks, hair placed a revolver against her reast, "I would end it all now if It wasn't for your mamma and mine." It occurred at Miss Roby's home, after all had gone to bed. Miss Roby was frightened and told her family. Her mother suggested that Grills be put under bonds to keen the peace or other precautions taken. Mr. Roby thought to send away but couldn't do so and the matter "was let "drag. TMiss Roby was nervous until a short time after wards, Grills told her that he was going to Portland in a day or two. Previous to this, he had told her that he would see that she wouldn't walk down town with anyone besides himself or write to any other fel lows, intimating that he would take strenuous steps to prevent. This threat resulted in Miss Roby's twin brother, Orely Roby, calling on Grills and asking him what he meant and telling him If he couldn't be have better to stop calling on her. Grills said that he didn't mean no thing but had merely been angry on account of the tenor of a note that she had written him. In addition to this, Miss Roby asked him what he had meant by his threats and he said that he shouldn't be taken seriously. Wanted to Marry Her. According to the evidence given by the dead girl's twin brother at the inquest this morning, Grills had asked Miss Roby to be his wife al though ho had known her but two months. According to what his sis ter had told him, she told Grills that she wasn't going to get married now and wouldn't marry anyone unless 'he know them for at least a year. Grills kept insisting but was put off and ho is said to nave grown in sanely jealous, thinking blie Intended to jilt him. Miss Roby'3 father said that he didn't want to discus3 Grills' actions with Grills as ho might get angry, and say more than he should, so lie sent Orley Roby, the twin brother, to Grills, as previously stated. .11 oilier Had Premonition. Mrs. Roby, the dead girl's mother, heard the fatal shots and immediate ly surmised tho truth. She had been asleep but awakened her husband. They got up, found tholr daughter was not homo but seeing that their soil, Orton, with whom she had gone down to tho skating rink, wa3 not in, returned to bed. Tho mother re malned awake, however, and when 5 o'clock came, she inblstod on Mr. Roby and Orley arising and starting a search for Ora. They started down town and when passing Mr3. Murphy's home, where Grills made his home, Oi'ley stopped to Inquire about Grills.. Thore, they learned whs truth. ' Left With lii-other. La3t evening, rbont 7:30, Miss Roby and her brother, Orton, aged 20, Brnrrd down town together. Just befero leaving she went oyer to her coiiFin, Moses" M. Bullork. whe makes hU home with the family and said "Good-bye, Duels Bill," and stennlnc? over to her mother, kissed her and said, "Gotfd- night." Soon afterwards, nhe was seen at the skating rink, ski'tfa'g with Dar. Starr who was the only near witness of the trapredy, Jur-t how and where ,sho met Grills cm Id not be ascer tained, Ortou hafn lHt ber ana soent the night down town with frjends. rJJI Hart Ucen DrHlcine. f!cl! Holland, wbo had known Grills since th- latter's coming to ( o.,s P?v, tpt!fl.rl that he saw oil i. mound ihu Aaiing rink early GRILLS' LETTER TO HIS MOTHER. The following letter was found in Grills' pocket, it being enclosed in a sealed envelope which was addressed, "Mother from John": "Well, Mamma, I had to do it. 4- Yes, I told .her I would do It and I meant it. You mustn't take it too hard for I couldn't help it. She Just drove me to it. She will not bother any- body else. There isn't much to do in town. I know I have been a bad boy but It is all over now. She has received her reward. I could not live and see anybody else have her. I know I am crazy but I cannot help It. I never was any good and I would be worse In the future. Give my love to all the girls and tell them why I done it. She promised me, then she tried to shake me but she couldn't. If I can't have ' her, nobody else will. Tell Bill to get that bill from from Fred and add $6.00 to it for Cecil Holland. But find out what he wants first and then add $1.00 for the Pioneer Hardware Store. Pay bearer 75 cents for hauling the boat. Then add what he thinks It is worth and give It to dock Goodbv. JOHN. in the evening. Grills, ho said, had been drinking but was far from intoxicated. Grills also was display ing the revolver and twirling it around his finger but Holland didn't think much of the latter fact as he nad frequently seen Grills with a gun. Grills, he said, appeared to be in his usual mood. Grills had recently told Holland that someone in Marsh field had threatened to shoot hjm (Grills) on sight and the proposed to be prepared for them. Later, Holland saw GrllU with the girl when they Stopped at Jack Da vis' store. Stnrr Saw Shooting. Dan Starr, a horse trainer who sleeps at the Fairground, testified at the coroner's inquest that he was within about two hundred a'rds of the couple when the shooting took place. He said that he was en route home and while going down Sheri dan street heard a shot fired.' It ap peared to be ahead of him. Soon after the shot, he heard a scuffle and a girl's screams for help. He hasten ed ahead, then heard two shots in rapid succession and alter an inter val of several seconds a fourth shot. Owing to the darkness, ho couldn't make out much but was merely able to see the flash of the last shot. He hurried on, noticed a body on tho sidewalk and made straight for the stables where he awakened M. H. Nay and returned to Investigate and give the alarm. After seeing that the two were dead, they came down town for the officers. Previous to the shooting, he testi fied that he had skated with Miss Roby at the rink. He didn't re member of having held any con versation with her, other than that she had Introduced him to her broth er, Orton Roby. That was about 9 o'clock and he didn't notice her af terwards. Coroner's Tnquest. Dr. E. Mingus, the Coos county coroner, this morning Impanneled a jury consisting of Charles A. How ard, II. I. Lendn. Ed. R. Colgan, Chas. W. McCulloch. L. W. Traver and Geo. Thomason. Tho witnesses they called wore: Mosos M. McDonald, Cecil Holland, Inck Davir, Julius 15 gen off, Dan Starr, James E. Wall. August Frii- een, Clinrles LaChnpollo, M. II. Nay? Dr. J. T. McCormuc, J. T. howls and Orley Roby. All testified Rii'istanMally to tho facts above set forth. Wall, Frlzeon and LaClmpcllo live on Bioadway, a block from tho scene of tho tragedy, and Nay at the race track, and were among tho first on the ground. Wall telephoned to Marshall Carter and accompnniod tho officer to tho scene about twenty minutes aftor the laht ahot was fired. Dr. E. Mingus was also called and the bodies removed to T, J. Lewis' nnrgue where they still remain. The Inquest was also held at Mr. Lnwli" parlors and attracted a great crowd. Coroner's Verdict. Aftr completing tr.o Investiga tion, tho coroner's jury returned two verdicts. Tho first In the case of the 4ir , finding that she had come to her death from a wound Inflicted b John Grills, the crime being commit ted through Jealousy. In th ea of the man, tbey found he ha 1 come to his death at his own handp, H wound being inflicted with sulcMai Intent. POSTMASTHU VUti ItAXDO.V. Senate Cnufti-ius Apuuiiitiiioiil of I Jtohnrt Walliur for I'l.ioe. J WASHINGTON, April 18. The ,8onate haa oonflnned the appoint ment or Robert walker aa l'osi master at Uando'u. Pioiuot the Interest of Poos con 1 y bv voting for Geo N. Fun'i U.i representative TlireeRobbers Commit ySeries . J . . . 01 urimes ana une ig &noi to Deah. (Bm Assoclat s.) PORTLAND, A . Of the three thugi who, lit commit- tod ai.serics' both sides of thi riv itified negro is deaB; Frit: nother of the robbers is 'ering from a bullet twoun eg and Eddie Ives, tSo third in jail, a self- confesbjd robb olman Charles D. Hcn&on, wh the dead rob 1s being cared ber threaigh th for In Oie 1 bers haWng one of tho rob tn through the s arm. Tshe were kept busy ) locate the three last nigli highway ad robbed several s and about one citizens o'clock t G. W. Stevens 1 police station rushed In saying he leld up and rob- bed at t: d of Burnslde street brf He furnlshed the police an ate description of tho trio and a 1 of police were sent district. Patrolmen to patrol Henson an Vessey came upon the robbers, w track and dng alone the railroad mmanded Uhem to sur- render, response slllade of Bhots was the instantly uhe officers igaged Inui fierce bat e robbers shot Henson and robbej roouei One I ugh A acred' m tie through rm ana in return no managed' others Im 11 one of ihem. The ied tely took to their heels eaca ing the darkness. The and Rathke was search c tinu captured peneatlj. a wharf "where he had sfecreted himself. Iveg. was ar restedf at mis hoitlb and whin taken to Jal confessed tolhls complicity in the nightfc work. Ives tofd the police thathe did notknowjthe name of his negro conipanlom claiming to Jjiave met Pfor tne first time list night, i Is bepig "sweated,? by the ce today and has told them that like 1b a deserter fram tho Ger l army and Is waated in Ger many for the alleged iiurder of his jvlfe. The police havegot little in formation out of Rathfe. SOUTH SIDE South MalshMd Sower Ques tion To BlDlhidefc. at Dow's F. S. Dow y redaj In compliance with the lnstr ons f tho Marsh- field city coun IssueiKa call for a meeting of tl: Soutti Marshfleld property own o be Ireld at the Dow wareho 7:30 tonight to decide how uth MArshfleld sewer shal b t and imid for. Every South Ma' lfield m-operty owner who i posed safov tend asthe inter ed in thY pro- System' urged w at- council 11 acceptXthe recommendations of Iglit's nieet- Ing as tho means of cuting Uie workf If it is possible be carried out. the plan o VThe project will bo thfffcughly dls cussed to settle, if posslhm, tho dif ference of opinion on the iHJfcnosition. unci Cft ;. 1730 p. in. Holy Saturd chul Candle, ami iiihI water, fol of nu s.-i at !i Eil Services 7:30 p. m. Sunday, There of Ettshl SiindHy, which will be mil. The Times SaturJay evening SPECIAL MATINEE AT I5I.YK Saturday afternoon. Children under 18 years, 15e. ft la conceded that Geo. N. Fai rln wlll rncielve 4 largo majority Tor representative. A 'f" 8TUKET KNAI. TvOf 4ii--i 10 .inj n H-rnom r I Ir.,. . fir..,'' T ty .'W $S(I0 -:tuuman & Co. of V 01 v In j di i - 0LY WEEK SERV CES tt x hi int onunurruo- vo SlM'cil fined Kriibiy tVicmomcs to ISeWhl "' t'"' JilliolU'f jiikI XlCplscopal CliurcIiei.jT Tho closing week of thy Lonten season lsfIng partlcularliwobservcffl In tho CatVillc and Eplsjfpal chur ches with sffcclal service TomprrowVbayjg OiJd jFrJfl, thei ONM11 JMmMfFoth thes(STchobo3 "foll(s: IWIIOIKW ririnA Ri'lilnv linuo If I I i fc HIT 1 , i ifieoTnliu; llJPi'ii!oP'yi! f $i aiSii1 'rmoiSon tho Paoslon, ym !es"Ing of Pai- fEn lr, and Duptls- IBwcd v celebration MFui m. ItjSinnI ( liu)i. byiday at IiIl-i. in and Mi 1 n rti fin.1 TmlA ti tii ,' l .v ' I. " jyiii ue u s)pciai rn'ocrani S Bervicos at the cmiirc,h'B ilU'fed in Larson Sjsfmgle Mill, Offerated By Rowan and Reve, troyerfwith $15,000 Lc (Sfecial to The Times.) COQUfLLE, Ore., April 1C. Coqulllff Shingle Mill was tc destroyjll by lire early yesterday tailing! loss of about $15,000 throwifg a large number of mei of employment temporarily. Insurance was carried but tne amount is not known. The ml o mnnfltv nt nhnnt. 100.000. i Tholflre. the exact origin orfwhicn Is notlnown, has gained sucj nead way wiBen discovered that iims im possible:, to check It. The Alll was locatedThulte aways from ojrer build ings anqtwas, without nrerotection. The inlll was built aujwt eighteen months Ifco .by Mr. Ljfrson now in Portland, ho leasejjrlt to Rowen and Reeve TtjjQ-Jiare been doing a frnnii iinHlnessThe fire had recently shipped out a cargo of shingles but also had a big stocic on nanu. BREAK FEU HAD DEER. Steamship Had Uirltonl Passenger Frorif Coos Hay tom'ortlnnd. PORTLAND, April 1-In a big cage Occupying a bertlbetween decks jl handsome deer arrlfted from Coos IMy on the steamer Brlfckwater last night. The animal was cl&tured In thejfforests fringing the w a couplefpf weeks ago. It will t sent from Here to George Fusset oFJSea- slde, Oregon, and will be amoittt the attractions seen at the beacbEthls Rpnsnn Thoteamshin Breakwater :om- pleted ojie of the fastest rottn trlps she has wet, maue uetween i' tland Port- and CooslBay by reaching h lnnd dockXut 1 o'clock Mon after- noon. ThatBreakwater classed in over the Coratobia rlverjra'r at mid night and, aftashjafstay at As toria, proceededujrtno river. She sailed from Portland Wednesday night and practically made tho.rciund trip In three and a haif days, 'j Big Businesl MaFined Under New Pureortl and Drugs (By Assfcilted Press.) VASmNnTjrw.Arrll in. As a result of theJrnrstonviction under the Pure FojTd anomDrugs law, N. Harper, President dthe Washing ton Chamhjrr of CoSkmerco and n drug manjRacturer, js sentenced in police urt to a fliof $C00 on one counjp and $200 wi another count. JTo Is mnnufacMjring and selling ail alleged inlslatwod phar iiinnmitviil comnound. President Roosovflt had insisted that tho pio- secutiiii omccr ciemanu a jnu sun tence plew York state invention Resembles Kit kenny Cat Fight If ition. (By Assocl.l Press. ) NEW YORK, rll 10. Amid and great con- scenes of turbulen uslon the Statu 1 locratlc Convon- Ion adjourned t , After a blt utlon undented McCarren and rrr contc-it the oBir Senator PatrlckFII, ui d' legates 10 districts of Kings county, iated tne McCabo county, olect 1 the various delegates fromJUban od four delfg.es fit congrr"-' lonul m dltrl prcKldi 1 1 1 .1 ft rs new state ilfnimltte Selected id elf cted 11 Resolution liibtead of 11 m d ,tii la Ihroi:"'! .im'Mpln.'i-,' c vad ruth I hi-d a 1 D dulf k'aie dfln r ' rubb V," ''I'lK ,,! ' He I.- VCf," U'Kl oftei , p ( X) disiili-ciiiiri' Jin'caiiBC tli v -c not permltiod f'l. t th'- ( lllll I 'I' In tho usunl 'lib in. Ilnrrl sent for tl j.ol'fe wjio 11 hall alter Cam n d l 111. i allin. Tl difficulty f u if 1 order. 'I oaii' 1 ul' wll bund " I i'fi-r b annou' inotlo-i 1 rrl"l, Ii'nis" f nu' tlou t I lOUI'll tt ti tl it earrlod It ' e 'i iiu.b'ili nan, 1 I " li t.i'i 'it ' (.if rft ! U. il en m I 'Hi. I JapanesePoStman Commits Assault oVcninese Servants of Amjican Consul. (By AsfeMjated Press.) PEKIN, ApHl16. With regard to the assaultlcoimlUed recently by a Japanese PflBtmBn and other Jap anese on thcfr othe native servants of the Amenfcan csul General at Mukden, Wigard D. Straight, Baron Hayashl, thf Japane minister tc China, has wlvcn assurwices that it any Japanojre ofllclal haWoftende full reparation for his (ITscgurtesj will be mo Judge Hamilton s For Sain aw Keith OcBajW Johnsc L(at. JuoIjo HamUTon In the Wrculfc court has jusjr handed down a deci sion in the jKiuse of Sain and llolth. vs. Holmejret al., finding forfctho plaintiffs. jrThe actlqn involved lime real protjBrty, most of whiclif' Is known m Ocean and View andrtho JohnsonrMud Flat, and Is lojatcdl near Na-th Bend. In tin case'-of Culver "vs. HlRston. a proceeding for contempt fcJtmaln tainlngfc, boom across Stocjpslougb Judge Hamilton decided Jfgsinsfc tho HlllstonsE fining them $" apiece for contomptwjl tho courtfyorder. Geo. N. Farrln Is Indorsed for representative by the leading busi ness men of "Marshfleld, And Nprthi Bend. 1 A ' . i PASSES AWAY v Mrs. Greenmun, Pioneer of Coos Bay, Found Dead in Bed This Morning. Mrs. Edla Greenmun, an old plonv eor resident of Coos Bay, was- found dead in bed this mpwUng at her home on C Btrtjfcjajyjt-diucliter, Mrs. W. U. Dpy'liii-i liuiiWHcaIltns about 9 o'dTack this ,mifrnfim. that the old ladyiad passed-jlway jwacc fully durln tho nlglit. Tho ?Io nf ilnntli vir lienrl fniturGf and od n.m aim Bniirn nu iiannl tn4f RVPm lnc and flille she slept the dcsitfl angel toifdicd her tired eyes, audi she dropfud calmly Into tho droira-,1 less slutJior that knows uo w;il: Itys on earth, Mrs. glrcoumun wn btirniiV In? Sweden luring tlio yeailli34, ami romalneti tliero for several j ars after hci marriage. Mr. mil Mrs. Greenmun canto to Coos Ila:l about 3D years ago. F01- a an or lino tney uveu at 1110 uiu. Epstnort lilno. then later thoy pur chased a liomo In Marshfleld and moved ho Mr. Greenmun rfio' after lmvlil; lived only live year? America. ISltico then, for thi years Mrs Greenmun has llid! alone. Th-ei chlnren Hitrvi.vc IicrJfV'M J. i' e Brownm Mrs. C. A. .Jiin a and M-J. W. Lpoug:as, njof t.i gc, city. Also hcrmandohnii n, by her decensed son wQfU&O; r ti Tho funeral will ho held fr n tr Swodish Lutheran church, nf ''lent sho was a monibor, Satufddy ,u 2 p. m., Rov. B. 1 .BongtkOU o.T.' i T3 ing. MAJOR KIXXEV -PAKS. - Major L. D. Kinney, candid"."' !or tlie tlepubllcan iiomtnatlou for t-' t' reiiroRuntntivo fuim Cpo cuini. tit tho firlmarles tomorrow, itHJi e at t''. Mmtoiii' Opera House lier' !a.t n.'i lug. He waB greeted .b ' ry. f'l. ciowd. '.lie dalt wMlyffi , eit 'it Ksuei and askedthafci evcvo' eo thought that .he had th rVii. Ij nropf-rly rourosent Cqos en . voto for him tomorrow. H- .. ' !t)thiB campaign at Nort' Ji '1 I u iil'iht. , ' ONLY g "Mir E-iMer ' Jnore da I. , ll y novelties. Cash Store. We are now prepared v u r ttnod. By 814a 1 11 st'irc 1 tut t PromoUgUi 'y by voM"'fjl renrt s ntativV. Ti. t ff irri 1:1" -'in t 1 f ir '.. II! '' vo., want a nu"-i,. n ; 1 , ,i,i, 1 1 SLEEP H