THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1905.
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DETECTIUES
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Snow and "Kerrigan Accused of
4 r Failure to Report Where-
. abouts of Suspect. ,.; t .
IT IS SAID THEY WENT ! :
' v J7 TO YOUNG MAN'S HOME
Then Told . Parents to Have Him
... Come Around, Instead of Which
V Thomas Russell, jr. Fled find Was
V Not Caught Till Yesterday.
V
City Detectives Frank 3. 8 now and J.
F. Kerr Iran will hare, to faoe charges
before the police committee of the city
. executive board tomorrow afternoon.
'" The charges were filed by Thomae CK
... Greene, a member of the police ' com-
mitts, .with Chief Orttsmacher, end al-
lege failure to Inform the chief of
pcjlce or the captain of detectives' of
Important matter relating- to the where
' about- of a suspected highwayman, of
, communicating Information whereby a
auapected criminal waa enabled to elude
" ' arrest, and of incapacity aa detectives;
7 The- eharges are based on the part
. the two detectives had In the search
' for the two hishwaymen who held up
, a man by the name of Ayleewortb In
'- the'-Terminal company's yards on the
night of Pee ember IS. The charg-es
- cite the fact that Detectives Day and
, . Vaughn jero detailed to work on the
case. On the following: dsy Detectives
' Snow and Kerrigan ascertained the place
i of mesldenoe of Thomas Russell. Jr.,
- who was suspected of being Implicated
:.' In the crime. Instead of Informing the
4 two - detectives who had been detailed
. on the case or the chief or captain of
detecUsves-Pf their discovery as required
by ths rules of the department, they
u wen the borne of the suspected
- highwayman, ill Alder street.
Young Russell wss not to be found,
'; but Snow and Kerrigan Informed his
... parents, so It Is charged, that he was
wanted for the crime of highway rob
'. bery committed the -previous day In the
v Terminal company's yards. . Mr. and
' Mrs. Russell Informed the detectives
that their son would be home soon, but
' Instead of waiting for him- tbey elected
" a promise of ihe parents that, they
' would bring; young Russell to the police
ststloa or set him to come there. The
detectives left and shortly thereafter
young Russell arrived-home.'- Learning
";. from his parents that the police were
searching for him. he Immediately de
' parted and no trace of htm was secured
until yesterday, when -he was arrested.
. The Investigation will tsks place at
. 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon In the
executive board room la the city hall.
' This will be the-first time In more than
' two Years that a detective has ' been
V brought to trial before the police com
. mission.' . .
!, I " Sewey Kaklxur now Time. 4''.
(Joaraal Special Servfce.) ...... J
' Norfolk, Vs.. Dec IS. -The steamer
Alabama reports that she passed the
dry dock Dewejt II miles south of Solo-
; - mrai isisna making two miles an hour.
iNs-At this rate It will take the Dewey IS
aivuiiu iu raw jsaniia. i
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(Joaraal Special BVrrW.)
Paris, Deo. 19. It Is formally denied
"ht France has sent aa. ultimatum to
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288 Washington
Rebels Capture Zlatoust and Es
rtabiish Republican Form of
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Covernment.
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GOVERNMENT SAYS T
HAS CONQUERED MOSCOW
Strike t Warsaw Grows Stronger and
No Newspapers Appear Traffic on
.'Vienna Line Interrupted Chaos
Reigns, in Manchurian Army.
. fjaarnal Srxrlll ftarrlre.)
Bt. Petersburg, Deo, 19. Reports from
Moscow oontala but little Information
as to , the real oondltloa of -affairs.
Scarcity of food Is caualng much suf
fering and the revolutionists, although
keeping up Intermittent warfare, are
losing- ground. - From this cKy ' troops
by the -hundreds are being rushed Into
Moscow" to assist In putting down Ihe
rebellion. - -- "
Zlatoust, a town of 17.000' In the Ural
r mountains, haa been captured by the
rebels snd placed under a RepuDllcan
form of government.-- The officials have
been Imprisoned snd red flags fly over
ths government arms factory. Cossacks
have been notified that If they attempt
to assault or retake the town the
Imprisoned' Off lclsls will be killed.
In Warsaw the strike Is growing
stronger. - None of the newspapers ap
peared today, the. printers refusing to
work.v Traffic on the Vienna line has
been interrupted, snd In other Industries
the feeling of ' discontent Is growing
stronger. Reports from the ancient cap
ital state that butvllttle news reaches
that city of occurrencea In other pans
of the empire. The latest received 'In
Poland from Moaoow Is to the effect
that the Cossscks are gradually gamine-
around asalnst the peasants, and
that the slaughter of the last week Is
too terrlhla to contemplate.
Advices received here Indicate that
chaos reigns among the troops In Man
churia. That many officers nave peen
assassinated by the infuriated men be
cause of detention for so long a time In
that country, and that ths extremely
cold weather that baa set la la making
the disorder more apparent. - - '
Despite the capture of the revolution
ary committee, members or tne work
men's organisation continue to receive
reports .from Moscow snd assure their
Si. Petersburg brethren that the Mos
cow situation Is well in the hands of
ta rebels. Ths sjovernment. while
mating the statement that the soldiers
have the Moscow matter-under control,
express the fear that a terrible mas.
sacre will result with the final conquer
ing of the rebels st that place, as It Is
feared It will be Impossible fo'r the
authorities to restrain the fury of. the
Blaqk, Hundred. .,".:
BRITISH APPEAL
Sterohamts to Bassla Ask
Complications of Bassla and Oennaay.
tJoorast Special 'Srrlee. 1 "
London. Deo. . The : British tner.
chants In Russia havs asked the for
eign office for protection. The report
that complications have arisen between
Russia and 'Germany 'over the Kaiser's
proposal to ecnd a warship to Riga Is
confirmed. ' ' . '
Inuilme'of prosperity Oregon farmers
should keep -up Ml enlarge ths work of
building good '.roads. .
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Ing at ths floor for some time. Young
looked up snd said:
"My God. and has It come to this!
Well. I '.forgive 'Kasber for all he did
to me and, I hope he -has forgiven me
for what I did to him'. I hope God will
give bim the bestf. It I did not bear
any grudge agalnat the man, but do not
thing he did the right thing the way
he prosecuted me. We were friends for
It years and I only had ths one trouble
with him. - v , . .
"But the statement he makea about
my knowing who killed Mrs. Van Dran
is false. I can' trove where I was
during the days previous to Mrs. Van
Dran's death, and I am surprised that
he would 'make such a false statement
at the hour of his death.",
vCAMUT OF TRAGEDY
Murderous Assault Is Followed by Mu
, der of Mis wife. ,-
Within the brief space of eight
months Ksspar Van Dran ran the whole
gamut of tragedy. " t,
On the night of May he was the
victim of a murderous f assault, unpro
voked snd .unexpected, and It -was by
little less than a miracle that be es
caped with , his life. Joe- Young shot
him flvs times, four of the bullets tak
ing effect . ..
Nursed back to convalescence by the
tender and unremitting care of his wife.
Von Dran left the hospital and estab
lished a comfortsble home, the first
that the cod pie had enjoyed since their
marriage. Saturday evening. Aoguat II,
less than a month after they had taken
possession of the premises, Mrs. Van
Drsn died In agony as ths result of
swallowing a glass of ginger ale which
was strongly Impregnated with cyanide
of potassium. Ths circumstances point
ed unmletakably to murder.
Van Dran was heart-broken- oyer his
wife's death. He had been a Aevoted
nusnand and Mrs. van Dran was a
most loving wife. Th home was de
stroyed. Van Dran, aa soon as he had
recovered from the first crushing' force
of ths blow, bent bis energies to , the
discovery of ths murderer. The police
and the district attorney made aomer ef
fort to .solve the mystery whtc.n
shrouded the r case, but without suc
cess. Young Admits Wotting. "
Three weeks etter Mrs. Van Dran's
death, Joe Young 'waa placed on trial
for his assault on Van Dran. It . was
thought that he trial might bring some
disclosure as to the murder, for strong
suspicions' "had teen entertained that
Yd tin g waa at leatt an accomplice In
the crime.. But these expectation were
disappointed. If Young ' had guilty
knowledge of the crime he kept It to
himself. On the chsrge of murderous
sssault on Van Dran, Young was con'
vlcted end sentenced to six years In the
penitentiary. A petition for his pardon
Is now being circulated.
For the past three-months Van Dran
has shown plain evidence of the terrible
depression which waa preying upon
him. He would not glvs up the hope
that the murderer of hta wife would
even yet be detected and punished, and
only three days ago remarked I 1
"l still hope to solve the mystery.
My brother-in-law Is coming back la a
day or two and we will try age In to find
the murderer." v., - .A - : -..
. Chose Poison That Killed, Ble -Wtfex '.'
' His thoughts turned constantly to "the
manner- of his wife's .death and he fre
quently alluded to the suddenness with
which the blow hsd fallen.
"I can't realise it eyen now," he said
recently. . . -. ',.-. .
When at last his troubles drove bint
to self destruction It was not unnatural
that he should choose' the ' same" Mode
of death which had taken his wife from
blm. ' ' -. ' '
Kaspar Van Dran .and 'his - wife are
said by those who knew them best te
fiave been a peculiarly iiappy'couple. J.
M. Long, who waa Van Dran's attorney
for ssveral years md up to the time of
the latter death, said today:
"I have never seen a man and wife
who seemed to live so happily . and to
be so closely allied aa Mr. and Mrs. Van
Dran. I never . knew two - married
people so much In one another's confi
dence. In bis . business affairs as in
sverythlng-else he constantly consulted
her. Their home life was peculiarly
happy and waa better than that of 91
per cent of the married people In this
city. Just a day or two ago he told me
there was toothing left for him to live
for since his wife's death."
The same testimony Is borne by many
others who were Intimately acquainted
with the Van Dran a. -
Van Dran at ons time kept ths Rail
road hotsl at Albany and there he met
and wooed his wife. Later they moved
to Pendleton, where he hsd charge of
the Hotel Pendleton for a number of
years.- A. bout a year ago he oame to
Portland and purchased -a saloon, known
as the Washington cafe. 430' Washington
street. '"'
Only a few doors distant waa a sa
loon owned by Joe "Young, with whom
Van Dran had formerly been on terms
bf friendship, but Young, resented the
competition to which .he was-subjected
and held himself aloof from Van Dran.
Young's wife came to Van Dran on sev
eral occasions saying that her husband
waa Ill-treating her and that she bad
no money to buy food for herself and
her children.
Van Dran finally advised Mrs. Young
to- see a lawyer and on his advice she
consulted J. M. lng. This became
known to Young and he aeserted, after
his murderous assault on Van Dran, that
the latter had had Improper relations
with Mrs. Tonng. - Nothing to-sustaln
the charge has ever been adduced and
all the known facts discredit It.
On the night of May t .Young walked
Into Van Drag's saloon with several oom-
oanlons and had several drinks. He left
theealoon but returned a moment later
and fired five shots In quick succession
at Van Dran, who fell,,, with blood
streaming from his wounds, behind the
bar. ...... ...
Van Dran was taken . to ths hospital
where be e-emslned lot nearly two
months. But for the Iqying cars of his
wife It la doubtful whether he would
have ' reoovered. When he was finally
able to leave the hospital his first csre
was' to establish the home for wnlch he
and Mrs. Van Dran bad been planning
aver slnoe coming to--.Portland. -They
rented an attractive apartment at 8
North Seventeenth atreet and Van Dran
furnlahed It comfortably. - Miss .Mon
telth, Mrs. Van . Dran's younger sister,
waa a frequent visitor at the apartment.
Ing home from hi. saloon bottle, of ,ln4
Van Dran. wss In ths habit of carry-
ger ale. of which his wife wss very
fond. He took home two bottles Friday
night,.. August ' 11. and the following
evening he and his wtfs drank one bot
tle ; bef oro dinner. After dinner V
Dran went down to bis saloon, and a lit
tle later Mre. Van Dran and Miss Mon
telttt went out for a stroll. -calling at
the ssloon for Ksspar.., He went a short
distance . with them, then returned to
the, saloon, and the two women went to
the' epartrqent. ,- q
Mre.- Van Dran had i oompiamea 01
being thirsty and sha vtent-at onoe to
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$45.00. Overcoat lor $35.00
$40.00
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Our Mr, Steinbach will, in
markets. Orders entrusted
th.'pantry to: get the' remaining bottle
ottlnrer ale.' She poured two glssses
and. ralslrfg, her own to. her lips drank
deeply. , '
With a sWangled cry of warning te
her sister, who had not yet tasted net
glass, Mrs. Van Dran staggered to the
kitchen-desperately seeking to get water
With which to assuage the horrible palu
In her throat - An Instant later she sank
tor the floor, dead. ,-
Assistance was hastily summoned by
'Miss Montelth, but It waa useless. Van
Dran was called over the telephone and
waa Informed that hie wife waa dead.
Paralysed by the tidings, unable to com
prehend that the wife whom he had
parted from only half an hour-before
was In truth no longer living. Van Draii
ran In frantlo haste from his saloon,
flung himself on a wagon which hap
pened to be standing near by and drove
In mad haste to his home. So desperate
was his anxiety to get there that he In-
ird himself severely, wrenching one
ankle so that he waa scarcely able te
stand. . " . : ,.
Kasoar Van Dran was sever again
4 the same man after the shock of that
lerrioie nis".
The -coroner's Investigstlon showed
Lthat the bottle of ginger ala bad been
so heavily Impregnated wltn cyanide
of potassium that there was enough
of the poison ."to kill ISO people," to
use the coroner's expression. The bot
tle had been atahdlng In the pantry
neafe' window opening ori an area, and
one of the many theories advanced waa
that some person Intending the murder
of either Van Dran and his wife or
both of them, had comet In through the
area and substituted the poisoned bottle
for the one previously there. ' Others
believed . that the poison waa put In
the bottle before It left Van Dran's
ssloon and that he unconsciously car
ried to his home the cause of his wife's
death. '
1 Still another theory was that the
ginger ale bottle had not been prop
erly cleaned at the factor: .and that
the poison was already in It when the
bottle waa filled and sent out from the
works. There were many circumstances
which seemed to render this theory un
tenable. Including the fact that cyanide
of potassium will change ;th color of
gliUrer ale In a few hours to a dark
brown, and Van Dran waa positive that'
the ginger ale was of a natural color
when he took It to his borne.
Miss . Montelth confirmed the state-
hmenta of her brother-in-law In many
Important particulars, snd though at
ths outset - the detectlvee entertained
suspicion that Van Dran might have
been the criminal this theory was soon
abandoned - as absolutely Impossible.
Watt Montelth, Mrs. Van Dran's brother,
cams .from California to aid In the ef-'
forts Uo solve the ' myetery and he
worked with Van. Dran to this end:
There waa-much criticism of the dis
trict attorney' -.office and of the detec
tives because of their failure to dis
cover the criminal. No active work wae
done until two or three days after the
murder and clues ere allowed to grow
cold before they were followed up. No
Intelligent examination of the premises
was made at the time of the murder, nor
was tne poisonoa ginger uiBpwura
to determine Its color and appearance.
?rcum. JTl
strong light on the time when the cyan
ide wss placed In the bottle. ,'
Vtn IiSn was unsbls to attend .prop
erly to his business after- hla wife'
death. Customers fell off at his saloon
and he was soon without any Income,
The expenses -ef the search for his
wife's murderer were a considerable tax
on his scanty means, snd It Is believed
that In left llttleor nothing behind him.
Two days ago.. Van Dran wae -ap
proached by one of. ths attorneye for
Joe Young and was sskedt to sign a
.petition,, for Young's pardoo..
The re-
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j quest was based on tlf assertion that
Mrs. Young and her children were rn
need and that Young, If released, would
support thsm
But Van Dran refused. , He hsd al
ways believed that Young Waa at least
the Instigator of Mrs. van Wtn i deatn
and he replied: "I don't "think ,Mrs-
roung can ne any worse on man i am.
Watt J. Montelth, the brother of Mrs.
Van Dran. InvUed Kaspar to Join -to a
dinner party last evening and was sur
prised when he did not appear. Later
In the evening the party went to the
skating rink, not supposing that there
waa any serious reason for Van Dran's
absence. t. . '
Montelth declared this afternoon that
.he would yet aolve the mystery of his
sister's death. .
"8hs waa murdered and I shall never
stop untU I learn who did It," he said.
MIDSHIPMAN COFFIN'S
" trial comes to end
' '(Joeraal Bneelal 8TTlr..'
' Annapolis. Md.. DedMS. The trial of
Midshipman Trenmore Coffin, on
charge of haxlng Midshipman J. P. Kim-
b rough, cams to an end this afternoon,
when the courtmartial concluded Its de
liberations. The findings were for
warded to Admtrsl Bands, There Is a
conflict of opinion as to whether Ad
miral Sands, aa the convening authority,
is empowered to rdylew'ths findings
Sands intimated that ho will send the
record with recommendation to Wash
ington. The. trial of Midshipman
Stephen Decatur, Jr., was commenced
this afternoon. He ie accused of cas
ing. , : . v '
JUDGE DISMISSES CASE
, AGAINST PORTLAND MAN
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'tKpeelal fHspateh to The Joarnal.)
Walla Walla.-Wai.il.,' Dea It. Judge
Huffman yesterday dismissed the case
against O. "-W. Haar,,'a Portland travel
ing man, charged with obtaining money
under fat, pretentefl. Haar borrowed'
$600 from the bank last March at the
time he was conducting the Vlctorls
bakery. - The bank people swore thst
he-had made false affidavits aa to his
Indebtedness snd assets. - Haar, later
went Into bankruptcy. The court held
that no criminal Intent was proven. -
ELEVEN WORKMEN ARE v
' BURIED, IN CAVEIN
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- Washington. Deo. 11. The excava
tion for bank building caved In this
morning and 11 workmen were burled.
One man waa taken out dead and It Is
believed four others still burled may be
dead.
Dyspepsia .
.1 Don't thin yoa can cure your dyspepsia
In any other way than oy strengthening
and. toning your ktomacb. '7
That is weak, and Incapable of performing
Its function!, probably because jod have
hnpoeed upon it In one way or another ovm
and pver again.
Too should take .
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Board, of Control Makes a Move
. in Vancouver School 7
ttj.; 7 r Trouble.' '.vS
(Rpaclal Dlapatrh te The lonrna?), i
Vancouver, Wash.. Dec, J. things
havs akena- new turn in the fight of
the state board of control to remove Dr.
James Wataon from the uperlrUenuncy
oft the Stats School tor Defectlve-dutli.
yesterday thepoard drew up a formal
order ousting Dr. Watson from the
school and Chairman .M. F,,Klnc1d left
at once from Olympla .for. Portland.
This morning Dr., Wataon received a
telephone call from .Chairman Klncald
ststlng thst hs waa at a hotel In Port
land. He had little to say to Dr. Wat
son, -but asked at once for
Professbr t
PiUlnghsm. the head
school. At the request of Klncald Pro
fessor Pllllnghsm hurried to Portland
on the first, ferry sftef receiving the
message to meet Chairman. Klncald at
Portland. .. t ..-. '
Dr. Watson stated thla morning that
he knew nothing of the new scheme to
get him out of the school, slthough he
believed-tttenLla; one now being, organ
ised. 1 - . f
The suDDoaltlon here is thst fearlns a
general walkout of the teachers of the
school the board of control has decided
to appoint Pllllnghara to .succeed Dr.
Wstson instead of W. M.. Marshall. In
this manner It Is hoped a number of the
teachers msy be Induced to remain.
' Woedbar Taa fcevy. -"
(Special Dlapatrb to TSe J.wrtl.(
Wood burn- Or.. Dec !. The rlt v pmm.
cil has made a tax levy of o mills. At
a special school dletrlct niet-ttng In
Woodburn yesterday ( mills tax waa
levied. .
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