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'TilE MOJINING ASTORIAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1904.
WITNESS TO
COME HERE
Miss Christine Lchio to Be Pres
; ent at.WiIIen Inquest Tomor
row Afternoon.
LEGAL STATUS OF THE CASE
Point f Law Seldom Knisod
Conies Up In This flatter,
Affecting Punishment of
Convicted Minors.
The coroner's Investigation Into the
death of Miss Alexandra Willen will
b resumed at 1 o'clock tomorrow af
ternoon. Yesterday Constable TJtsln
ger went up to Ladu. Wash., where
he served a subpoena upon Miss Chris
tine Lento, the missing; witness. Mr.
TJtsinger stated, on his return, that
Miss Lehto would be here In time for
Monday afternoon's Bession of the
coroner's Jury. This young woman
formerly worked at the residence of
Police Commissioner Cook, but it has
not yet been positively learned what
the nature of her testimony will be.
The present Investigation has devel
oped an Interesting legal point which
seldom is brought out in the courts
of this country. District Attorney Al
len stated the legal status of the af
fair to the Jury at the session Friday
afternoon. During the course of his
, remarks, Mr. Allen said:
"If a person use a dangerous or
deadly weapon In a careless and reck
less manner, whereby another Is killed,
the party so using the dangerous
weapon is guilty of manslaughter,
even though no harm, in act Is In
tended; and if Willie Cook did. In such
manner, even though not Intending to
shoot Hilda Willen, carelessly and
recklessly, without due regard for her
safety, point the pistol at her and pull
the trigger, he would be guilty of In
voluntary manslaughter, and, being
boy under the age of It years, could
be sentenced to the reform school
Mr. Allen further ststed that the
coroner's verdict If It found such to
be tha case, when filed with a com
mitting mairistrate. would operate as
an Information against Willie Cook on
a charge of manslauirhter, and that It
was, therefore, of the utmost Import
ance that tne investigation wt inor
ough and searching. In order that the
coroner's Jury should make such rec
ommendation as in' Its opinion the evi
dence warranted.
That section of the Oregon laws
which deals with cases of the kind at
Issue is in part as follows:
"Whenever any boy or girl between
the ages of 10 and H years Is con
victed before any court of competent
Jurisdiction of any crime which, com
mitted by an adult, would be punish
able by Imprisonment In the county
Jail or penitentiary, such Juvenile of
fender shall be committed by the order
of said court to said state reform
school. . . . and provided, further,
that nothing In this act shall be con
strued to debar any circuit ,court or
county court from punishing any capi
tal offense In such manner as Is or
may be provided by law."
This section of the statute would
permit the circuit court to sentence
any minor between such ages to be
hanged In the event such minor was
convicted of murder In the first de
gree, or any other capital crime; but
In the event of the conviction of a
minor between the ages of 10 and IS
years of any crime other than a cap
ital crime, with the exception of a
few minor county offenses, such minor
could only be committed to the state
reform school. This is a feature of
the law that seldom arises in the
criminal courts.
IMMENSE LOG
FOR BIG FAIR
ft a a .
Largest iimoer ever lut on
Coast, Possibly in Country,
Turned Out at Hume's.
PART OF FORESTRY EXHIBIT
Monster Stick Is Four Feet
Square. Forty-four Feet Six
1 licit en Lonframl Scales
8344 Feet.
passing Octavla street one of the pns
sengers cried out, "She's aflrel" Smith
glanced back and saw the rear of the
vehicle In flames. He stopped the ma
chine and the occupants piled out In
a moment the automobile was wrapped
In a blaxe that mounted fifty feet Into
the air. A crowd assembled and some
body turned In a Art alarm.
Al Faulkner and Harry Chambers,
two well kknown chauffeurs employed
by the Mobile Company, were aO the
barn at Van Ness and Golden Gate
avenues and sow the burst or name.
Hastily loading two fire extinguishers
Into a high apeed French machine,
they made a. record run up Golden
date avenue, arriving in time to save
the engine. All of the woodwork of
the machine was destroyed, together
with robes, seat cushions, etc., and the
framework was so badly damoged as
to render It practically useless. The
The mammoth Vipruce log squared at estimates the loss at 11600.
the Hume mill Thursday Is believed I
leakage In the gasoline tank which
to have been the largest timber ever
cut in a Pacific coast saw mill, If, In
deed, not In the entire country. No
other mill in the northwest dared un
dertake to cut the gigantic log, but
Manager Hume, of the Tongue Point
Lumber Company, had no hesitancy In
offering to do th work for the gentle
men in charge of the Oregon forestry
exhibit
The monster timber Is now lying on
e dock at the Hinne mill, where It
has been viewed by scores of persons.
Is by long odds the largest stick
ever seen In this part of the country,
and at St. Louis will startle the na
tives as timber never before startled
them. Manager Hume Is now waiting
for the A. A C. to back In a flat car
on the siding at the mill, and within
few days the timber will be started
for St Louis. It will be appropriate-
placarded and on its long Journey
supplies the fuel. None of the occu
pants was Injured, but one of the pas
sengers had the back of his overcoat
burned out
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will constitute a valuable advertise
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new saw mill.
The log was brought down to the
mill from Clatskanle. Local loggers
had found the giant of the forest on
the property of Mr. Benson and news
of the And reached the St. Louis fair
commissioners of Oregon. Mr. Benson
readily agreed to get out the log free
of charge, but the commissioners were
at a loss for means to have It squared,
Mr. Hume was asked to undertake the
work and promptly agreed, so the log
was brought down to Astoria. For a
few days It was In the northeast cor
ner of the big boom, where It attract
ed much attention. On Thursday It
was hauled up Into the mill and there
t
Jarefully cut down to a timber 48
nches square.
Originally the log measured 44 feet
6 inches in length. At the larger end
the diameter was 93 inches, while at
the smaller end It measured 67 Inches
In diameter. It scaled originally 10,
526 feet.
The timber turned out of the mill
Is 44 feet 6 Inches In length and 48
Inches sciuare. It scales 8544 feet. Its
weight Is Just 3 1-3 times the number
of feet It scales, or 28,480 pounds.
There was no charge for the log, no
charge for the service rendered by Mr.
Hume, and it will be laid 'down at St.
Louis at little cost to the state.
'It's certainly a magnlflflcent piece
of timber," said Manager Hume yes
terday, "and I am happy we were able
to square It for the state commission.
A timber 48x48 feet 6 Inches ishrdlur
A timber 48x48 and 44 feet 6 inches in
length must be seen to be appreciated.
Even persons living lA a timber dis
trict have little Idea of the Immense
size of such a timber. This stick will
be a great advertisement for the lum
bering industry of the state, and, hav
ing come fiom an Astoria mill, will
constitute as well a very fine advertise
ment for this city."
Persons who desire to see this Im
mense timber may do so by calling at
the mill during the next few days. Just
when It will be shipped has not been
stated, but It will not long remain here.
Some excellent photos of the timber
have been secured, '
Los Angeles, March 19. Mrs, Sadie
Haywood, alias Peterson, who mys
teriously disappeared from her rooms
Thursday and for whom the police
had been searching, fearing that her
once Insane husband would murder
her, returned to her mother's home this
morning. She tells a weird tnle which
the police do not believe. She nays
soon after she left home last Thurs
day morning, she was suddenly seised
from behind, blindfolded, gagged and
put In a carriage. After a long ride she
was taken out of the vehicle and taken
up into the third story of a building.
When the bandage was removed from
her eyes she saw that she was In a
comfortable room, but the windows
were barred. She says she does not
know In what part of the city this
house Is situated. Morning and even
ing, she says, food was taken to her
room by a mun or wom.in. This morn
ing ubout 7 o'clock the man who car
ried her away came to her room and
told her that as there bad been consid
erable printed about her disappearance
In the papers he had determined to
release her. Again she was blindfolded
and taken downstairs and placed In a
carriage. There was another long
drive and then the carriage stopped
and she was put out on the street.
This was at Eleventh and Georgia
streets.
She declares that she did not se her
husband, and that so far as she knows
he had nothing to do with her cap
ture. Her manner Is not that of a wo
man who had passed through a very
harrowing experience, and she ex
pressed a desire that the matter be
dropped rather than have any further
Investigation made. .It Is considered
hardly possible that she could have
been seized on a well traveled street
In broad daylight and carried off with
out eome persons witnessing the ab
duction. She says she does not know
either the man or woman who held
her caotive.
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Automobile on Fire.
San Francisco, March 19. A heavy,
three-seated automobile with a steam
driving power, belonging to the Mo
bile Company and driven by Frank
Smith, a chauffeur, caught fire yes
terday afternoon about 5 o'clock on
Golden Gate avenue, between Gough
and Octavio, and was entirely de
stroyed except the engine.
Smith was returning from the park
with two male passengers and after
Sight of Execution Emboldens Prison
ers Who Dash, for Liberty.
New York, March 19. Emboldened
by the sight of the execui Ion of crim
inals In the city prison Wednesday I
night, 30 condemned prisoners mode a
dash for liberty, according to a Her
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attacked the guard, fought their way
through the gates and escaped half
naked.
The criminals had been Imprisoned
for three years, charged with assist
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escaped to Japan in 1900. Fearing pos
sible trouble, the Japanese military (
guards have been distributed through- !
out the city, although so far every- I
thing Is quiet.
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