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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1908)
'3gP88B is jar MUBLI8Hti FULL ASSOCIATCp. PRtr jRT COVCBSTHC MORNING FltLO ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA 33rd YEAR. NO. 109 ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS WOLFFS 5ST PROTESTS IOC Edward II. Martin Arrest cd for Murder LAUNDRY MARK CLUE Traced From the Home of Friend to a Lodging House, Where He Was Captured CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE Martin Denied Being the Murderer nd Explained the Wound on Hla Head by Saying he Had Injured Himself With an Axe. PORTLAND,. May 3,-Edward II. Martin, the accused murderer of Nathan WolfT, pawnbroker, who was brutally murdered at his First street shop Friday evening last, was ar rested this afternoon. The apprehension was the result of a ceaseless search which was carried on since the discovery of the crime at 9 o'clock last Friday night. Bit bv hit evidence was gathered and so siklfully put together that last night there seemed little doubt tha,t the police were on the right track and a John Doe warrant was Issued. " The clue in the chain of circum stantial evidence which pointed in Martin's direction was the discovery of a bloody shirt in the rear of a cheap lodging, house on Third street, Latin- dry marks on the shirt gave" the police Nthe clue which led to Martin's arrest. Thc police were close on Martin's trail all day and this afternoon he was traced from the home of a friend to his lodging house on Grand avenue and East Morrison streets where he was placed under arrest without any trouble and hurried .to the police station, where he was examined by Chief Gritzmacher. He denied being the murderer and explained the deep wound on his head and hand by say ing he had injured himself with an' axe. Some deep scratches on his neck he said were inflicted by a cat, but the police are placing no reliance on these statements because witnesses have been found.to whom Martin is alleged to have otherwise explained - his wounds. Martin was at one time an officer in the regular army and served in Cuba as lieutenant of the twenty-first in fantry. He contracted disentary while on this campaign and met hjs wife who was a nurse in the hospital at Syracuse, where he was being treated for the disease. Mrs. Martin stated to an Oregonian reported today that she had entertained suspicions that her husband was implicated in the crime from the moment he returned home Friday night, with his face and hands cut, minus his shirt and wearing a strange coat and vest. Martin, who is alleged to be a co caine fiend, will be further examined, and the police hope, by depriving him of drugs, to force a confession from him, So far as the police are con cerned they have no doubt that Mar tin is the right man. , Every detail of the man's life, his action since the crime, various Injuries on the head, necks and hands, the discovery of the shirt and other evidence not made public confirm them In their belief that Martin killed Wolff. In addition to material evidence in the hands of the police, they had obtained from the accused man's wife, what it alleged to be practically a confession of her husband's guilt. Mrs. Martin, who is refined little woman, is completely unstrung. She married Martin in Syracuse, N. Y. He first explained to her he had been held up on hit way home. His next story was that he had been en gaged in a poker game in a saloon which broke up in a fight and in the melee he had been hit with a chair. Mrs. Martin said that her suspic ions 'were only further aroused by her husband s stories and Sunday on her j way to the Catholic Church she pur posely took him past Wolffs pawn shop. There she says she asked him point blank if he had anything to do with Wolffs death. Mrs. Martin says he" replied he had STEAMER ME KEL TOWED INTO HARBOR PICKED UP BY STEAM SCHOONER WASHINGTON The Washington Sighted Her Five Miles Off Shore Drifting In the Trough of the Sea and Her Two Anchors Hanging 1 ' THE MEN WHO WERE PUT ABOARD FOUND NO BODIES THE STEAMER IS AWASH ABOUT TWENTY FEET PROM THE STEM-THE DECKS ARE SWEPT CLEAN AND THERE IS A PART OP THE STERN SHOWING A JAGGED EDGE ABOUT EIGHT FEET LONG AND TWO FEET ABOVE THE WATER-BRIDGE AND SMOKE STACK NOT DISTURBED. MUTILATED BODIES FOUND. LA PORTE, ,lnd., May 5.-Four mutilated bodies were found today buried in the backyard of the Gunness home, which was buried recently and in which Mrs. Gunness and her chit dren perished. Finding the buried bodies is held to prove that there was murder committed in each case. UNIMPORTANT TESTIMONY. SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-In the Rucf bribery trial today Jos. E, Green, - president of the . Parkside Realty Company, got through his long siege on the witness stand and was followed on the witness stand by G, H. Umbseo, the real estate man. Testimony of both witnesses were quite frank, but their admissions were no more damaging that that they oaid Ruef's attorney's Jee to help them get their franchise. (Continued on page 8.) AGRICULTURAL BILL Heyburn's Speech in Opposition to Forestry Service RIDICULED DIVISION CHART Smoot Said he Could Prove, iNot by Prophesy, But by Figures, That the Timber of This Country Wat Being Rapidly Destroyed. WASHINGTON, May 5-A speech in opposition to the forestry service was made by Senator Heyburn of Idaho in the Senate today while the agricultural bill was under considcra tion. Warner of Missouri continued his speech on the Brownsville affair, but did not conclude. Heyburn suggested an amendment excepting Idaho from the states in which the secretary of agriculture may give permits for exportation of timber from the forest reserves. He ridiculed the chart of the forestry di vision, which was swung on the wall of the senate chamber marked with statements as o the number of years the forests of the various parts olf the country would last. The forestry di vision', he said, was launching into the realm of prophecy in a way that would require greater wisdom than that possessed by Sages of old when (Continued on page- 8.) , . SHOOTS AT HUSBAND IN SALOON ENTRANCE BOISE, Idaho, May , 5. While trance driving through the business section last night, the streets being crowded with people, Mrs, M. ,A. McGee arose in a buggy and fired three shots toward the front of the Pioneer sa loon. Her husband stopd in the en- at the time. McGee and his The steam schooner. Minnie E. Kelton which was abandoned Sunday afternoon after encountering a terrific gale with her deck load of lumber shifted and a tremendous wave washing overboard, to a watery grave, eleven of her crew, was towed into Astoria yesterday forenoon by the steam schooner Washington. , Captain Nason, of the latter, says he, sighted her on Monday morning about five miles ,off shore with both anchors (which the Kelton 's captain had put out to keep her off shore), hanging straight from her haw;se pipes. The anchors were cut loose asjhere was no possible way to raise them and they were in the way. She was adrift and rolling in the long westerly swell of the sea. By noon time he had put three men aboard and had a stout tow-line made fast to her by putting it round the forward mast and Samp son-post. Good weather and a fairly smooth sea enabled the Washington to tow her to Astoria, a distance of abou 90 miles afid she is now in the lower harbor off Smith's Point, and she is guarded by Chief Mate William Batch elder and a sailor. The owner of the Washington is ex pected tomorrow and he 'will direct the disposition of the unfortunate vessel. The men who were put aboard of her ound no signs of live nor were any bodies in the ship and it is safe to say everyone was off the boat when Captain McKenna and the survivors were rescued by the Yaquina Bay, Life Saving Station men. KELTON'S CREW COMING. NEWPORT, Ore., May S.-The survivors of the crew of the steamer Minnie E. Kelton arrived here today accompanied by the bodies of two sailors. The bodies recovered were those of Olaf Rosquist, a Finn, whose former name was Otto Wilhelm Johnson and the other body that of A. II. Jensen, a seaman and a Dane. The burials will take place tomorrow. Captain McKenna will ship his crew to Astori tomorrow and proceed there himself to take steps to regain pos session on the Kelton. STORM SWEEPS ARKANSAS. wife separated last week, after she had created a sensation by horsewhip- found her husband driving.' She is At Marche, a hamlet of 100 people 10 Wires Down, Over Entire State and and Much Damage Report LITTLE ROCK, Arfl., May S. Arkansas was visited last night by a storm which covered practically the entire State, doing much damage to property Wires are down in every direction and information is meager. being held at the police station pend ing preliminary hearing. miles from this .city, a large plant of Hammond. Lucas & Devore Lumber Company was completely destroyed. There was no loss of life. A great cloud, composed of limbs of trees, passed high over the townof Morrill ton late yesterday afternoon. Con way, Ark., is reported to have been damaged, and Watson, in Desha coun ty, near the, Louisiana line, is reported to have been wiped out. '; ' ' ; - t BOISE, Idaho, May S.-The State Board of Pardons postponed the Rear ing of the petitions ofs Harry Or chard's attorney for commutation of the prisoner's sentence jintil tomorrow. ROOSEVELT'S POPULARITY. SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-In- complete returns from today's pri maries at midnight indicate that the Lincoln-Roosevelt League has carried the city by a large Ttnajority over the regular organization ticket. Out of 69 delegates to the state convention chosen are 49 league men. Returns from the sta'te indicate that the cor responding success for the league at all points where they made a contest Out of a total of 103 delegates in Los Angeles county, the Jeague has prdb ably elected 62. . , PILED UP IN THE CREEK Freight Train Runs Into a Washout 3 OF CREW ' DROWNED A Thunderstorm of Unusual Se verity Swept Over SL Louis . and Vicinity 35 SQUARE MILES INUNDATED Many Thrilling Rescues of Persona From Flooded Homes Have Been Reported Property Loss Said to Exceed $100,000. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL A Lively Debate Kept Up in the House INCREASED SAFETY IN MINING I Gen. Woods Recommendation to Pur chase 6000 Acres of Land Was Serevely Criticised by Fitzgerald and Battler. WASHINGTON, May S.-A live ly debate was kept up all day today in the house on the sundry civic bill Repeated efforts were made by Gaines and Chaney, supported by many other members to procure application for investigation looking to the in creased safety in mining and then had about got Chairman Tawney to the point where he would consent fb the appropriation of $30,000, when Underwood, of Alaska, objected and the proposition for a time, at least, was dropped. A provision in the bill for the pur chase of 6000 acres' of land in addi tion to Fort j McKinley, Philippine Islands, (recommended by General Wood, excited severe criticism from Fitzgerald and Battler, the former continually referring to the general as Doctor" Wood. The three remaining hours of the (Continued on page 8) ST. LOUIS, May 5.--A thunder storm of unusual severity, accom panied by. a high wind of almost tor nado velocity, swept over this vicinity early today, doing much damage to property and indirectly causing loss of life, ' 1 , 4 A bridge on the Louisville & Nash ville Railroad, near Belleville, III, was washed out and wrecked a freight train. Engineer Ward, Conductor Smith and a trainman, whose name has not been learned, were caught under the engine and drowned. The train was piled up in a mass in Schoenlaub Creek, which was swollen into a torrent The village of Edgemont,' I1L, was flooded, and many persons were forc ed to take refuge on improvised rafts. The whole area of lowlands known as the American Bottoms, east of East St. Louis, III., and comprising 35 square miles of territory, is under water. French Village, a town of 100 in habitants, one of the oldest settle ments in Illinois, was struck by a 1 miniature tornado ,and many houses were unroofed. Telephone and tele graph wires are down and there is no communication with French Village. Traffic is impeded on electric lines running to v various points east and north of East St. Louis, 111., because of high water. The first floors of houses in. the American Bottoms are flooded, and farmers are utilizing rafts and boats in rescue work. " In St. Louis the wind blew down trees and sign boards, broke in many store show windows, and crippled telephone and telegraph wires to a large extent. Several residences were struck by lightning and the fire de partment was kept busy responding (Continued on page 8.) KENTUCKY FEUDISTS IN DEADLY BATTLE LEXINGTON, Ky., May 5-A tele gram from Jackson today says it was reported there that Ed Callahan, for mer sheriff and feud leader.'who was stabbed by his brother-in-law, John Spyer, yesterday, one arm being al most severed, is dead, but the report hds not been confirmed. Callahan and Spyer fought in Callahan's store at Crockettsville, 20 miles from Jack son, and Callahan's son, William, shot and killed Spyer when his father was stabbed. It is hard to secure authen tic news from Crockettsville because of its location. It has no telephone connection.