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Vol. No. XXXIX.
Established 1878
Ah TIio Const Mull.
A Southwest Oregon Paper
That's what tho Coos Hay Times Is, A Booth
west Oregon paper for Southwest Oregon people
snd devoted to tlio best Interests of tills groat
toctloa . Tho Times always boost sad aever
knocks.
LEO 1 FRANK AUTO
UKHD Hliffi
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1915. EVENING EDITION.
Taken From the Georgia State
Prison Farm by Band of
Twenty-five Men
m
TO II TREE
IS DITCHED
SHKHIFF JOHNSON' HADIiY
RRCISKD IX ACCIDENT
ESTON
Life is Taken Near the Home of
Girl He Was Accused of
Murdering
CORONER TAKES THE BODY
Premier Shotted Signs of I'nln From
Hough Handling Kill Did Xot
Speak it Wind When Taken I rom
Prison Cttiitd Threatening
PRICKS OF SHIRT
AS SOUVKNIHS
(tlx AwmUlM I'frHi l" ('"in llr Tlinm.
MAKIHTTA, (In, Aug. 17.
When tlio body wiih cut
down, partH of Frank's Hlilrt
wore torn utvny by uoiivonlr
Kilters. It wiih roughly
bandied before lining put In
to tlio undertaker's tvngon.
O. A. Mhiloyno mid J. S. Riirlou In
Accident Muelilno Tinned
Turtle on Kmhunkmcnt
(Special to Tho Times)
HANDON, Oregon, AugitHt 17.
Shurlff Alfred .lohiiBon Jr., was
quite sovurely bruised nud land his
shoulder wrenched, mid J. S. Hnrton
ami w. a. .iiininyno or uoquillo wcro
Hllghtly Injured when their auto ran
off tho grndo niid turned turtlo liiBt
night. Tho party was en routo from
Hiuidon to Coqulllo when tho acci
dent occurcd.
Mr. Mlntoyno wns driving the enr
which belonged to him. Just what
mimed It to veer from tho road and
plunge over tho embankment Is not
known.
Shorlff Johnson said that hu was
thrown about Iwcnly-flvo feet. Ills
revolver, ImnilciiffH nud pnpora wore
scattered .far and wlilo. Mr. Harton
wan pinioned underneath tlio auto
but luckily wiih not badly crushed.
illjr Amu. Ulivl riwi hi Coon najr Timm.1
MAUIHTTA, (In., Aug. 17. I.co
M. Flank, serving a life term for
Hie murder of .Mary l'hagan and
ttiio wns taken from the prison ?rm
at .Mlllcilguvillu hist night, was
ijnclici) two miles east of hero to
dn:' by an nriueil party which took
lilisi. Ilo was bunged to a treo.
Token 100 .Miles.
I'm li was brought DO utiles
fiiuit pi hum to a point ulinoit within
ebilt cf tho foiiner honi'j of Maiv
I'l'nsar. No shots were flio.1.
"'rani: was barefooted and cvJ nni.t
l'i the prison trousers nud Hlilrt. II?
ttn fjuml at S:::o llilu mDiii'ii".
It Is believed hu was lynsliod
about daylight. Several nutos, well
loaded, left hero In tho direction of
Ullledgovlllo last night.
Of fleers Go Oul.
After the return of sonio of ihu
marliliiCH today tho officers stinted
cut n tho road which thoy bolloied
tlio nutos traveled. They bad only
uono two miles wlion they flaw the
body ol Frank not more than 15
).trda from the n ml side.
BIG DEAL CLOSED
C. C. GOING AND A. Cj GOING
TAKE OVEIt PIIOPEHTV
IS
STOBMSWEPT
Much Damage Done in City
and Part of Causeway is
oamed Away
CITIES liifCUT OFF
Wire Communication Has Been
Demolished and Few Particu
lars are Learned
WIRELESS NOT OPERATING
Commercial Station Is Out of Htisl-
nes The Whole of Soutltcust-
oin Touis Has Suffered from
Tropical Storm from the (iulf
. ,
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CYCLDW
E
Sri'lIltlNTKNPENT TALKS
(hies Story of llotv Prl.soner Wns
Taken A tiny
Wf AunditM firm In Com lloj Tlmra.
iili,i:ik;kvilli:, da., Am;. : :.
- I.i'n .M. Krai k Georgia's noto-1
hf"-t mi convict, was romovod fri'in
tho Georgia prison farm hero tonight
by 25 nrined men who ovorpowored
Warden Smith. Previous to tho at
tack tho wires leading to tho prison
had been cut,
Frank was placed In an auto nnd
rushed In the direction of Katon
,nn. It has not boon nscertalnoil
whether Frank wns lynched or whom
"o IMrty tlint removed him was
composed of his friends.
Is Overpowered.
"I was called to tho door Just
an I twiR preparing to rotlro," said
inptnlu liurko. tho Riiporlntondont
it it., .i. ,
" me niuo prison farm today. "Two
Urorg men grabbed mo and soon
"I'l'cil handcuffs on my wrlstB.
four othors stood guard over mo.
remount rated ami thoy declared
tnl It wns of i(o uso for mo to
"I'll'm as they md como for Frank
a"l 'ere going to get him.
'I In oaten (.'mud's Life.
"J was marched up to tho ponl
Uary building. When wo reached
"" building a demand was pmdo
'nr tho gate- to bo opened. ' Mean
nio ono of tho men began cutting
- viuim)nQ w rea an, infnpm,i
,e euard that If ho did not open
no would bo killed as soon as an
eatranco was effected.
iiJmP Sa, Was unloc,io,l '' Hio
wt guard cumo forward. Whon
b 'f way y tho steps a dozen rushod
room a"'1 ma,e a dash for Frank's
"ragged Don-,, Stairs,
one pnson guard declared four
E 1mi Pranl b' th0 " an"
2.i a ,ifUl srabbC(l ,1' y
bumno i' amI ,10 Was drageert out and
"inped dow tho Rtono steps.
apparently Wag BUffw,nB hUonSQ,y
Will Erect Kino lliillding al Droad-
tvuy and Andei-soti as Homo for
(idliig and Harvey Company
Tho final details or the deal for
tho purchiiBo of tho Janies Kerrey
estate property at tho corner of
Hroadwny and Anderson wero com
pleted by C. C. doing ifnd his fath
er, A. C. doing today. Tho abstracts
wcro approved tho doed transferred.
Thu property Is ono of tlio most
dcslrahlo In .Marshfleld. It Is f0
x lir feet nnd has frontago on
Hrondway, Aiidorson and Second
Court, South.
C. C. doing said this morning
Hint It might ho a week or so boforo
they would tnko dorinltu steps to
wards tho erection of tho now build
ing as thoy aro now negotiating with
sovoral parties for tlio leaRo of tho
second Htnrfv nnd these- negotiations
will not bo concluded for awhile.
Tho lower floor will bo ccupled by
tho ding & Harvey Kurnltiiro com
pany. A. C. doing Ih now In Port
land but wll probably return hero
soon.
and groaned from tho pain liifllctod
In handling him in bis wounded con
dition. Wns Well Ordered.
"Tho wholo procedure was well
ordered and only a fotv words wero
spoken. Only two inon wcro mnsk?
cd hut I did not rccognlzo any. Tho
leader snld, 'Now, boys, for tho
Btvamp,' and thoy wore off."
Would '.Mutilate I tody.
Frank's body wiib cut down nt
10: in a. in., but not until ono of
tho crowd Hint had gathered had ad
vocated tho mutilation of tho body.
Nowton A. Morris, formor superior
court Judge, Immediately pleaded
with tho throng to nllotv tho Inquest
to tnko Its proper course
Vole Is Taken,
A voto was suggested and taken.
It wns overwholinlngly in favor of
allowing thu corouor to tnko charge
of tho body. It was then cut down
and a two mllo trip to Marietta
started.
Taken Toward Atlanta
At tho suggestion of Judgo Morris
tho body was takon from tho under
taker's wagon In which It had been
placed at tho lynching (.cone, and
put Into an auto on tho outskirts
of (be town. Tho auto started to
ward Atlantii,
I.oft Hospital Sunday
Tho party which took Frank from
tho ponltontlary camo In fivo autos
and arrived at tho prison farm prac
tically unnoticed. Frank wns suf
ficiently recovered from tho wound
In his thront, inflicted by nnotbor
prisoner a month ngo, to leavo the
prison hospital Sunday.
I'Kopm: iihixu hkscckd
NO MVKS AICI-3 LOST
Itlj Asnorlilnl Prrm to Conn llnj Tlmra.
(IALVKSTON (Wireless to
San Antonio), Aug. 17. No
loss of life Is reported here,
but all thu houses on tho sea
wall havo been destroyed.
Hunts on tho main streets aro
taking peoplo from buildings
to tlio United States trans
port Dufford.
WHOLK SOt'TIIKHX COAST IS
DUVASTKD IJV STOHM
Jinny VIcHiiin nro Itcported In De
layed .Mosngo Dated Sunday
' From Capital
tnr AmoIM.I rre to Com Uir Tlmm
1'OItT AIT IMHXCB, Sunday (De
layed), Aug. 17. A violent cyclone
devnsted thu entire southern sldo of
tho Hnltlen republic. There arc nu
merous victims In tho towns nlong
tho const.
A CotiHolldntion of Times Const Mail,
and Cooi Hny Advertiser.
No. 20
BRITISH
BO
SINKS; 1000 L0S1
Transport Royal Edward Tor
pedoed by German Submarine
in Aegean Sea
FIRE li EnSTSIQE
STAIt (HtOCKIIV AND WAHi:
HOl'SH Ill'KXS AT MIDNKH1T
Total Loss Partially Covered by In-
surancc Itollef Is It tins of
Incendlnry Origin
TROOPS li A FIGHT
iiavk i:n(3aoi:.mi:nt across kio
(JltANI)i; AVITIl .MEXICAN'S
1IKACII TWO TOWNS
4
One Soldier Is Killed and Two Oth
ers Wounded Iluixllls Are
Kept Out
(117 AhocIiickI rrcn lo Cout Dy Tluiw.t
HHOWNSVILLi:, Aug. 17. Last
ulght'B fight nt l'rogresso wiih fought
entirely by .Mexicans firing from tho
Mexican side or thu illo drnndo nnd
no Mexicans succeeded In getting
through tho army patrol Into tho
United States.
Itoports by tlio Mercedes ofriclals
last night that more than 180 Mex
icans crossed Into Texas under cover
or this fight proved to bo unfounded.
Tho bullotH which killed ono Ameri
can troopor nnd wounded two enmo
from across tho border.
1
li
ABOARD
Mostly Artillerymen of English
Army and Only Six Hun
dred are Saved
IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
Xo Particulars Aro Itecelvcd Forth-
Tblity-ttvo Offlcei-N tvero Aboard
Nearly All Wore Soldiers
1)7 AaiocltliA Irf. ia Cno Utj Tlrnr.)
DALLAS, Aug. 17.
Communication has been
reestablished with San An
tonio and Austin.
til Auoi-latixl l'rc to Coi Uj Tlmra.)
(1ALVICSTON, Texas, (Wlroless to
Fort Sam Houston nnd tulopbono to
San Antonio), Aug. 17. Galveston
today passed through ono of tho
worst storms within the last 15
years. Fivo feet or water stands In
tho city. Two fires started today and
aro yet to bo placed under control.
Tho transport MeClellan lato last
night broko from bor moorings nud
drifted hnlf a mllo seaward. Tho
commercial wlroless station at Port
Arthur la out-of commission and thu
big aerial masts at 'Fort Crocket aro
down.
CITIKS CUT OFF
Fato of (inlvesloii Is Xol Knott n at
Dallas Toduy
CHIT. REED QUITS
ltKSK.'NS POSITION AS MAKTKIt
OF HAH IIHKIH.'i: .MlCHIi:
Will Kctlro fituu Poslllon Seplcituber
1 Successor Has Not Yet
Hevn Aiiuoiiuced
Capt. John Heed has resigned his
position ait master or tho U. S. bar
dredgo MIcTilo, effcctlvo Soptomhor
1. Ilo will continue In his position
until Hint dato or possibly until his
successor arrives.
Capt. Kecd has been In charge or
tlio Mlchlo slnco her completion nnd
has long boon Identified with bar
work on this coast. Ho has boon of
fered positions on the Columbia and
Paget Sound but has not announced
his future plans.
Who will succeed him bore has
not been announced.
TIIOSH AltOAICD AND O
TDK NU.MHF.lt LOST
Total nunibor aboard ..1C02
Total nunibor saved . . . COO
Total lost 1002
co to ski: itivicu
AND HAHIIOH .Ml IN
(Ilr AmocUIihI I'rraa In Coon II17 Tlinra.1
DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 17. With
tho cities and towim of southwest!
Texas Isolated from tho rest of 'tho
world nnd ono or tho worst troplcul )
storms or n deendo wenrlng Itsoir .
out over tho const prarles, tho fato
of Galveston Is still unilotormlnod,
Hugh McLnin
Sengstackon left
Ing for Portland
with Chairman
nnd Henry
this morn-
to confer
Spnrkmnn
4
444444
tllf Annrlalnl rrcm to Coo IU7 Tlmri.
LONDON, Aug. 17. Tho Hrltlsh
transport ltoyal Kdward lias been
torpedoed and sunk by n German
submarine, It was officially announc
ed today. Six hundred men wero
saved out of HlfiO troops and 220
other portions on board.
In tlio Aegean Sea
Tho text of tho announcement fol
lows: "The Hrltlsh trnnmfnrt llnvnl
Edward wiis sunk by an enomy sub
marine In tho Aegean Sot Saturday
ornlng. According to Information
at present nTallabld, tho transport
had on board 32 mllltnry orrieors
and 1350 troops, In nddltfon to tho
ships crow or 220 men.
Mosily Artillerymen
Tho troops consisted mainly or re
inforcements ror tho Twenty-ninth
division (anil dotnlls of tho ltoyal
medical corps. Full Information
hns not yet boon recoivod but It Is
known about COO wore saved.
LOSS OF LIFM DIG
Tho Hrltlsh admlrulty'a record of
transporting great numbers or
troops to tho various righting zones
without loss of life, ns far us official
ly reported was broken nftor more
than n yiar of war. A. torpedo of
n Btibmbarlno at last round Its mark
with tho transport Itoynl Kdward in
tho Aegean Boa with a loss or life
that may reach 1000,
Owned In Canada
Tho ltoyal Kdward wob 11,117
tons gross and wns owned by tho
Canadian Northern Hteumshlp Com
puny at Toronto.
SF.COND FIHK ON
Tin: sami:
LOT
nlthough It Is bollovod tho storm cen
ter hns pnssed Inland slightly west
of that city.
This mornjhig San Antonio nnd
Austin added to Isolated cities, In
dlcntlug that tho troplcnl storm
which struck Gnlvestnn yestorday Is
working a considerable distance In
land. Houston nnd Ilcnumont nrn
still cut off from wire communication.
and tho members of tho Riv
ers and Harbors committee
there. Tho Portland Cham
ber orCommerce, In response
to a quory, said Sparkman
and party wero oxpected
there Thursday to spend ono
O day. So tho Marshriold men
decided to try nnd seo them.
:liSIS IS REACHED
GKILMAXS AUK MKXACINCJ SAFK
TV OF IICSSIAN AII.MIKS
Teutons Held Ui Cbwk in Konm
Places Hut Go Ahead nt Other
Points
CAFSKWAV HIIOKKN
Olio
NOTICK TO CONTHACl'OHS
Bids will be received by Andrew
Stora, August 21st, 1915, for the
clearing of school grounds In dis
trict No. 36, at tho Forks of Coos
River. Right reserved to reject any
or nil bids.
JOHN RIASCA, Clerk.
riiousaiid Feel Torn Atvny Is
Report
(0 Ai'octilM Prps to Coo l; Tlmra.
WACO, Toxnfe, 'Aug. 17. A re
port from Galveston says 1000 feet
or tho Causeway at Galveston wns
washed away. No furlhor particu
lars wero given.
STORM STILL KAGP.S
Report
That Wind
.Miles An
is Hloitlug
Hour
.55
(Dr Amacltteil l"tw to Cao lr TlmM.J
TOPKKA, Kas.,' Aug. 17. A re
port from Wall's, Texas, tho nearest
point to Galveston retaining n wire
communication, reports that tho
storm Is still raging with tho wind
blowing 55 miles un hour.
IIRfSII FIHK AT
NORTH HKXD
I'ODAV
Tho North nend Hro de
partment wns called out this
afternoon. Drush in tho
Ilnngor dlstrlrt was burning
Horcoly but was put out bo
foro damago was dono. Tho
blaze started from n bonfire
of last night which It was
though wns extinguished
but which tho wind fanned
Into llfo again.
lljr Aworto. I'rc to Co ruy Tlmra,
LONDON, Aug. 17. A crisis hns
been reached In tho present stngo or
tho eastern cninpalgn. Grand Duko
iNlcholas will not bo able to assure
tho surety or his armies until tho
menace prcsonted by tho operations
of Von lllndonhurg In tho Courland
region Is removed.
, In tho Hausk district of Courland
tho Russians claim tlio GormaiiH havo
been driven back whllo Kovuo still
Is stommlug the German tldo.
! Tho chlof strugglo howovor, con-
trs In tho region north of Nlemon,
O notwithstanding tho rccont success
o,
of tho Russian roslsttuico. Detwcou
Narow and tho Rug tho Gorman drive
niCBsago wns received bore saying j8 making headway. If tho Russians1
a largo vessel had been blown plan to hold tho valuablo transvorso '
through tho. causeway connecting railroad through Vllna, Grodno, I
This wns tho first fire nt
Kastsldo bIiico tbreo years
ago when tho Whltty grocery
Btoro burned about the samo
timo of night on the samo lot
and tho cnuso was novcr
learned. Tho lot was bought
by Mr. Johnson trem Mr.
Whltty nnd tho now grocery
building erected.
The Star Grocery Company store
nnd warehouse at Kastsldo was en
tirely destroyed by Hro at midnight
and practically everything In tho two
buildings lost. John Johnson Is thu
manager or tho company and with
Mr. Leo ol Idaho owned tho Btoro
nnd stock and tho properly on which
It Is located.
Tho store Blood In tho neighbor
hood of the bcIiooI houso but apart
rrom other buildings so thuro was
no Immcdlnto dnnger or tho fire
spreading. Tho loss on building
and contents, It Is said, may reach
$1,000 nnd there wiib $2,000 Insiir
nnco. Tho store wns quite n substantial
building nnd behind It n fotv feet
dlstnnco was n wnrehouso whore oil
nnd other goodn were stored. Roth
buildings wcro entirely consumed.
Thought. Incendiary
Whllo Mr. Johnson haa not minlo
any stntoment to tho of feet It Is tho
general boiler In Knstshlu that tho
tiro wan of Incendiary origin. Tho
place, wns closod ns usunl a 0:30 p.
in. nnd thoro hnd not been u fire In
tho building for a wcok. Mr. John
son docs not smoke so It was not
posslhlo tor him to hnvo left a burn
ing clgnr In tho place, nnd anyway,
It Is bollovod any traco or Hro that
could hnvo been In tho building
would havo canned tho flames to
hnvo broken out nt an earlier tlmo.
.Mr. Johnson carried n big stock
ol goods and conducted a good store.
Ho hns ninny friends both In Knst
nldo nud Marshfleld who regretted to
hear or his loss.
Alarm Is .Phoned
Tho Hro wiih discovered by Mrs.
John West who hnpponcd to ho up nt
tho tlmo and saw the blao. Shu tel
ephoned to the Mnrahflold central of
rico and tho operator In turn called
everyone In Kastsldo who has a tel
ephone bo they could glvo tho alarm.
Soon many tvoro out to help fight tho
flro.
Xo Flro Protection
Knstsltlu hns no tvntor system and
no flro dopnrtmont. Tho nonrcHt
water was a, block away nnd all Hint
could ho dona was to attompt to save
some of tho contents. However thu
flro hud such n start when dlsrovur-
eti inni mo wnoio Ijullilliig wus
quickly enveloped, In riames. The
cash register nud a fotv sacks of Hour
were all that was saved. Tho build
ings wore burned to the ground.
Mr. Johnson boards nt tho homo
or Mrs. Swausoii and was notified
and wiui ono of tho first to got to
tho flro but llko tlio others could do
nothing.
Seen From Hero
Tlio blaze was Keen by tho night
policeman and a fuw others In
Mnrshrield but It wiih too far ud
vaccd ror any assistance to bo given
rrom this sldo or tho buy.
It Ik supposed that Mr. Johnson
will nrriingo to rebuild and open his
store ngaln nud ho wns tlolng u nlco
' business.
POSSE HUNTING
FOB 1BDEREB
i
R. B. Neff Who Killed Lakeport
Man Still at Large In Jhe,
Timber
PROBABLY
S
Women of Neighborhood Are jn
Great Terror of Attack arid
Further Bloodshed
SHERIFF IS LEADING HUNT
Assisted by Deputy and Klght Oilier
.Men Woods are Doing Scoured
Heller is that Neff Is in tho.
Rhicklock Country
VF.SSKL HLOWX IX
Wind Carries Hlg Rout Through GuI
veston Cunsoivuy
HIT AaaocUtrJ rrrw to rooi lUf 'ilmri.l
Galveston with tho main land.
Operator Flooded Out
After losing tho wires to Calves
ton early last night tho Santa Fo
fleers hero retained communication
with Alvln, midway between Houston
nnd Galveston, ror sonio tlmo, final
ly losing It when tho oporator at Al
vln stated tho water was about to
cover his desk and ho was compel
led to leavo. Before going ho stat
ed tho water In that vicinity was
trom three to ten root deep.
Brest, Lltovsk and Kovol, thoy must
soon definitely check tho Teutons
COT
IS
Rooms and breakfast at .Miuli
field Hotel. Gentlemen only. Will
put up luncheons. .Mrs. Helen Hal-
TEMPLE, Texas, Aug. 17. A '.'y. Phone 1117-L,
APPEAL IS GRANTED
JOHN It. LAWSON WILL GI'.T AN
OTIIKR CHANCK
(Ilr Auo' UlvJ Trux to L'ooa Utr Tliutt )'
HKNVER, Aug. 17. 1'hi State
Supreme Court grantod smorsodo.ib
lu tho caso of John R. Lawu, con
victed and given u lire son,.jno on
tlo charge or murder growing out ot
tho conl strike. Tho action allows
Lntvsou to nn appeal of tlio caso
U-foro tho court on Its own merJls,
GHKLK KING WILL HAVH XKW
SKT OF ADVISORS
Today Aceopts t.'io Resignations
Which Weio Tendered to film
Yesterday, Report SajH
(Br Aworlttel rreai to CNkw IUt Tlmaa.l
LONDON, Aug. 17. King Con
atalno ot Greeco accoptod tho resig
nation ot tho Gounarls cahlnot,
which was tondored to him yestor
day by tho rormor promlor, accord
ing to a dispatch rrom Athens. Ven
zelos, tho lendor or tho opposition,
was Invited to consult with tho king
today.
(Special to Tho Times)
LANOLOIS, Ore., Aug. 17. With
an armed Insane man (it largo in tho
woods and a posso conducting a man
hunt to find him, thu peoplo In tho
uolghborhod of Lakeport aro in ter
ror Tor Tear ot attack. It. D. Notf,
who last Saturday shot and killed
A. J. Wlttmaun nud attempted to
kill Charles Walker, tho school
toucher, hna not yet been round. It
Is believed that ho Is Insnuo and al
so that ho Is armed nud tho peoplo
nro naturally In alarm until ho has
been apprehended.
Sheriff Rulloy nnd n deputy nnd
eight othor men formed n posso
which searched till night without suc
cess and thoy aro still out todny.
It Is believed that tho man will bo
found today.
Hunting In Tlmlier
Tho orrieors nnd others are work
lug under tho assumption that Ne(C
is In biding lu tho Rlncklock dis
trict botwoon Lakoport and Port Or
ford nud botwoon tho county road
ami tho ocean. Hero Is a largo ter
ritory which Is denso with thick un
derbrush lind small timber nnd no
butter place to hldo could bo found.
It will require a thorough search ov
er tho entire country sldo to find
tho man and then ho might cscapo
uvea a largo number of searchers.
Rome hulluvu that Neff may tnko his
own Illo nud tho gonornl bollof is
that ho will not bo taken without a
right.
Think Him Insane
Thoso who know Noff Bay Hint
they lire convinced that ho Is Insane
It scorns that ho has somo proporty
at Lakeport and about $C00 In a
bank nt Ilnndon. It is said that ho
wont Beeiirlty ror tho school board on
somo bonds and that tlio board was
In somo difficulty Clnnnclifjl' and
Nefr feared that ho wna going to lose
his money. Ho was n mombor of
thu school board himself. Ills -acquaintances
say that thoy think' ho
had brooded ovor tho possible.! loss
until his mind had become unbal
anced .'. .. . .fj4
Xo Real .Motive
Many say that Noff was ajjjodd
man when In his right mind and thoy
cannot lmuglno hid doing anything
murderous unless ho was orazed.
Thoro scoiiiB to hnvo boon no reason
for hlu killing WIRmunn furtuor
than that ho thought Wlttmann wns
a Bymathlzor or Churlos Walker, tle
school toachor, whom Notf biamVd
for tho bcIiooI troublo. '
Nefr iittomptod to kill Wnlko'r aF
so Saturday uvonlng and shot at him
ouco but tho bullet penetrated
Walker's clothing without Injuring
him nud ho took tho gun awuy from
Noff. This wns boforo It was
known Hint Noff hnd killed Wltt
mann. It Is said Hint Noff liriiV'iii
tlmatod threats ugalust othors ln,,Uo
locality and It Is feared that If ho
Is not caught ho will como back and
cnuso more bloodshed.
Tho peoplo ot tho locality aro
more exeltod than they havo been for
many years past and thoro will bo
llttlo rest In tho neighborhood until
Nofr Is round or his rate known If
ho Is without food bo can Bcarcoly
stay long In tho woods whore ho is
bollovod to bo hiding.
Funeral Is Held
Tho fuirbrnl or A. J, Wlttmnn was
hold yostorday urtoruoon at 2 o'clock
trom tho rosldonco. Thoro was a
largo attendance ot friends.
Will louvo Marshfleltl Thurbday,
August 1I, with 2 nutos for Pnniiinii
KvposKIon, San Francisco, Fare $lff.
Make reservations early. .Cor-lgati
Knov, Phone UOO-J,, Right Cafo.
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