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THE MORNING ASTOMAN ASTORIA. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1908. O - " " v- " I i..-.-. .i.i.....,uii.:. .,. I... ?i;;g aaasaasi " " ..r nim II CTa:.-.gr.- - ,,. ;.:., : ,j-J..-..,-.-. . iir , i - This Week "WALNUTS" lc Per Pound A. V. ALLEN SOLE AGENT FOR BAKER'S BARRINGTON HALL STEEL- rtirvxTxrc7ii AND 3871 , ' BRANCH PHONE 713 rviiw i NEGRO BANDIT DEAD Battle Between Police and Highwaymen POLICEMAN AND ONE MAN HIT Wounded Man Captured Along With I His Partner Deadly Duel Between Thugs and Officers at Short Range in Which They Are Worsted. : PORTLAND, April 16. Patrol man Carl D. Hanson killed one of three highwaymen, an unidentified negro, shooting v him through the heart, and sustained a slight pistol wound in the right shoulder himself. Fritz Raithke, the avowed leader of the trio, was shot through the right leg by Patrolman Vessey. When Reithka was caught in hiding by Patrolman C. E. Tennant he exposed the third member of the gang. Eddie Ives, the yonngest of the trio, was caught hiding his gun, by Sergeant of Police Wendorf, and con fessed to detectives. Though he' was wounded in the right shoulder in a pitched battle with three .highwaymen this morning Patrolman C. D. Hanson reloaded his revolver to continue rapid cross fire with the criminals. Two of the thugs were but ten feet from the patrolman in the combat and the third, a negro, operated his revolver from across the street. The body of the negro lying on a slab in the Coro ner's ofPe bespeaks victory for Patrolman Henson and the capture of the other two highwayman after a chase in which 18 patrolmen partici pated forms a laurel won by the uni form branch of the Portland police flpnnrtment. I " J' t From six different quarters of the city late last night and early this t morning reports came to police head quarters that three vicious highway men were on the rampage, and when one quarter would be visited by the peace guardians the highwaymen would be heard from at another point. Finally Patrolmen Henson and S. B. Vessey came upon the highway men face to face at East Ankeny and East Second streets, and the tltigs opened fire on the policemen. Both thugs and patrolmen reloaded their revolvers to fight to a finish, and not until the negro who was farthest from the policemen fell in his tracks did Jiis comrades weaken. Then one of the highwaymen, Fritz Raithke, wounded in the right leg by Vessey, took to his heels in one direction, and -Eddie Ives, the remaining high wayman, also fled, taking an oppo site course from that of his com panion.' Bleeding and in pain, Raithke was found an hour later in hiding in pil ing near the foundry at the east end of Burnside street bridge by Patrol man C. A. Tennant, and Ives was caught by Sergeant of Police Wen ' dorf, walking south on the Southern Pacific tracks. He had stopped to conceal his pistol between the rail road ties when Wendorf nabbed him. Two telephone messages, one from Thirteenth and Glisan" streets and the other from Ninth and Couch streets,' 20 minutes apart, wire the intimation received by the po- . lice that highwaymen were about. At . 10-30 o'clock John Kosky reported nc had been waylaid by three highway men at Thirteenth and Glisan streets and robbed of 80 cents, and his com plaint was followed by one from Frank Patton, who reported he had been robbed of 50 cents, his watch ' jmd a locket at Ninth and Couch streets, apparently by the same men. several patrolmen to the other side of the river and notified Patrolmen Hen son and Vessey, who patrol the East Side, to be on the lookout. The highwaymen in the City Jail capture with nonchalance. When cloture with nonchalace. When Raithke was seized and marched to the police station he was sullen, but finally relented and told the police his companion, Ives, was a Portland bov and lived at 614 Qutmby street. ,When Ives was caught by Sergeant Wendorf. he asserted his innocence, but broke down when brought to the police station, and Raithke remarked to Captain Bailey: "There's Eddie Ives, now." , Ives is an ex-convict, having serv ed a term in the penitentiary for lar ceny. Little is known of the record of Raithke. Ives declares Raithke forced him at the point of a revolver to join him and the negro in last night's crime. Both Ives and Ratthke say they did not know the negro un til last night. Loot was found on both prisoners. Ives declares Raithke is a murderer for whom authorities of Germany are seeking. In the municipal court this after noon Ives and Raithke were bound over to the grand jury in the sum of $3000 each. GORED BY AN ELEPHANT (Continued from page 1) the circus attendants who assisted in the capture, was severely bruised al though rescued before any bones were broken. At the Glenwood Hotel, Eva Howe a guest, was sitting in a swing when the maddened beast made full at her. She was about to flee when the elephant's keeper, who was close behind, called to her to sit still and as a result, the elephant rushed bys her without molesting her. - ' ' BLAMES HIS GUN. Bandit Who Killed Kent Marshal Sorry he Didn't Kill Sheriff. SEATTLE, April 16 Slowly the net is being drawn tighter around Mike Petridge, the Servian, who was captured , in the'Cascade Mountain after a chase, lasting four days. 1 nc finding of -a42-caliber pistol on Petrige makes, the officers believe h was he who fired the shot that killed Marshal Miller, of Kent. It was a 32-caliber bullet that ended the mar shal's life. Milia Alagich, the robber who was wounded and captured in the fight of Saturday afternoon, was shot through the nose by Petridge b accident. The other bandits had re volvers of larger caliber. To Deputy Sheriff Matt Starwich the prisoner said:' "My gun was a very poor one or I would have killed you long ago. I kept shooting and shooting at you, but the bullets went wild. In the old country I was a crack shot. I have killed men before. I. used to be in the army, and one time in. a fight I killed six men." Everybody Will iSprce M ; for Easier , . . , :f ; v.. -v ' ' v And Scores of the Best Dressed Men and Boys Will x V 1 0 -51 .- i V .JF J I Benjamin Suit For Easter and All Other Times ..... . ... . . If you want your suit to be absolutely correct In style, - and choice of pattern and the best workmanship, you will buy it from Judd. The prices are modest and in reach of everybody . . . . ... 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Ihc applicants tor beruis explain that they would far prefer to see the battleships proceeding on their course to lying at anchor in a harbor. t House-Cleaning Time Mattings in all TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS. WASHINGTON', April 17. -The department of justice today decided the institute proceedings under, the interstate commerce act to compel the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad Company to furnish accommodations to negro passengers paying a first-class fare equal in all respects to those furnished the white passengers. DIXON MEMORIAL.. NE WYORK, April 115 George Dixon, the negro, pugilist, is to be remembered by a , memorial in New York. The friends of the fighter have arranged a fund of $1,500 which has been turned over to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals for the erection of a public fnnntain ill th little sciuare at Horace reeis, appaicunj - . . .. ...! -r ti:. Tt-iiW AeAucmi CtrAot snil Rth avenue, as the Munici- that the highwaymen" were working pal Art Commission has approved the towards the East Side, dispatched design for the fountain. PORTLAND, April 16-Chartc P. Doc wires to the local agent of the North Pacific Steamship Com pany that the steamer Roanoke made a- special trip out of San Diego with 8(X) passengers Tuesday to meet the warships which were bound for San Diego. . As a consequence she has been thrown one day behind her schedule and will not arrive at Port land until next Wednesday, instead of Tuesday. It would have been just as easy for her to have picked tip 8000 peo pie as 800, says Doe, had she been capable of handling such a crowd. The dock was crowded with men, women and children, who had to be left behind. The government would not issue a permit for her to carry more than the number named, and long before she sailed every Tiertb was taken. Those who arrived at the dock late offered fabulous sums to the more fortunate ones for their tickets, i Gasoline launches . were chartered. Crowded to capacity, they hurried down the coast to meet the big sea fighters. Every avail abl craft was pressed into service, and still the public could not be accom modated. In his account of the affair Doe states that he never saw any thing like the general scramble to get aboard the numerous boats. .Captain Jensen of the Geo. W, El der, scheduled to sail for San Pedro and way port? onight, has been .. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Kills the Girl Who Had Tired of Him and Turns Gun on Himself. MARSH FIELD, Or., April 17- John Erills. aged 23, late Tuesday uijjht shot and killed Ora' Robey, a young lady with whom he had been going, and then turning the gun on himself, ended his own life. The youni? people were both well known in Marshfield, and both were popular. They had been to a dance during the evening, and all was sup posed to be as usual between them. Nothing was known of the murder and suicitte until tne no(iies were found about 1:30 yesterday morn ing. The tragedy occurred on a bridge near the home of the young lady. When found Miss Robey's body had fallen from the bridge and was lying face up. . Erills had been working for some time in Portland, and it is thought that during his absence Miss Robey had become enamored of another man. The reason assigned for the deed here fs that she did not care for him any longer, and i, that when he learned the face his passion overcame him and he pulled his revolver and shot. OCEAN LINERS COLLIDE. y NEW YORK, April 16-The ocean liners Monterey and United States collided in the main channel of low er New York Bay today. Both ves, sels. were damaged but no. lives were lost and no one sofar as known was injured. V ,VtT flii'tL'1. 1 fllflffi ' tlf" !Iy? Imc just re- Bo-CartsionneBaby jlgg , m . 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There are 65 clubs,, representing thousands , of yachtsmen that are members of th association. '
