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Mn. Gordon' Said by Postmaster
Mintd to" Ba Woman Who
: - Called for Oth tra Mail
: ;''at Postofflce. - , ;
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K SENT UNSIGNED LETTERS,
; .JHEN OFFERED SERVICES
For Fc Sht Would Tell Who Had
Written ! Anonymous EpUtli
Woman Sought Agent to Sell J
' erly of Her Manufacture Waa Pa
tron of Local' Marriage Bureau.
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Still In the city Jail, eacerly awalt-
H-lna' ll tint for bar . departure for Ban
sjfrandaco , Jn tni Hope-Ahir etie.may
, eacap connactlon wlttr-th niarveloua
: aarlea of darlna 'oparaUona that ' ara
. ; ' awlftljr baina: revaaled In Portland, Mra.
. . Bertha K. Gordon la auardlnc the lden
. tlty of her confederate with an almoat
fanatlo aeat
, "Find him. if you can." aha aaya, de
fiantly; "detectlvee claim to be able to
find anybody. Let them, and him, and
' If they do, they won't be aaaUtad by
any ' Information ' from ma." :
" In the backaround of all the' ahadH
aranaaottona with wnica aha ta auppoeee
to hare been connected la the myaterl-
oua ficure of a aoan. the confederate la
her chetnea, the maatar who directed
her - In . the. -deeda which demanded
manraiaua .cunning1 and eklM, and who
, ahtalded her, from detection for yeara,
The man la believed to be her huaband,
the1 myatertous principal In the wedding
at 'Vancouver October Jl.s '
In eonnectlon with the myatary sur
rounding the woman end liar deeda la
..the auddea dlaappaaranoe of " the real
'. - Edward 8. Gordon. Gordon la wealthy
and hae extanalve property Intereata In
the Cooa, Bay dlatrtpt. Bualneaa ao
. qualntancea and , frlanda In, , varioua
towns on Cooa bay say that ha baa not
beea heard of eince hla vlalt to Port
land In January. - They beliere that the
'azlatence of a warrant for hla street la
Ban Pranclaco may explain hla diaap.
pearance. Other theories have been ad.
-" vanced. . -i ;.- i. '
. Posed as Ajaatear Beteetdve.'
' The latest role In which Mrs, Gordon
. . appeared In Portland, was that of an
! amateur detective. -It was during the
fall that. she la said to have planned
" and suooeaafully executed tranaactlona
' that have astonished the of f Icera On
'"account of the role of detective which
aha' adopted aha ' escaped detection.
though peraiatent rumora of liar opera
tions reached the authorities.
Behind her In those tranaactlona ap
; pears the . same mysterious man who,
, . even though the woman has at last be-
. come enmeshed In the law, successfully
eluded 'even Identification. His arrest
' ' Is highly Improbable. - It was largely
; through his efforts, officers assert, that
' the woman's schamea were successful,
'and that she escaped when once appro-
. handed by Postmaster Mlnto, who si-
- moat caught her In the act of securing
another's mall. .
Blnoe her recent return from North
; Bend, Mra -Gordon gave op - detective
work and devoted every effort of her
? active and clever brain to a thorough
": mastery of the eubject et chemistry.
It- was for the purpose of manufactur
ing Jewelry and carrying on vaiieua ex
periments of a chemical nature that aha
vlalted the city library night after night
' and poured over, volumea pertaining to
the subject. ' - .
? atomf-M a e'ewslsv. '
Since ner return to the city she. has
;endaavorad to employ an assistant In
. the Jewelry enterprise shs planned. he
. visited vsrlous employment agencies In
. search of a Jewelry manufacturer who
. was willing to trsvel and sell the wares
. she produced - .- ., , .
On February ,11 aha vlalted the offloe
' of the Scandinavian-American Employ
ment company. 'No. North - Second
; street, There shs msde known her
-Lsranje and left her address. :
. "I wanraTslrigle himi ons who-takca
-''a drink, but does not drink excessively,
who la a good salesman and la wllliag
to travel for the business that I sm to
establish," aha said, y "I am willing to
pay a good salary to the right man. 1
am living at the Portland hotel and you
may call me there, by ; 'phone at, any
time. I am anxious to secure the man
at once,? . '
v Offlcere who have been Investigating
the discovery of what waa believed to be
a counterfeiting' outfit in her room at
the Portland have concluded that-aha
aecured the varioua tnatrumenta and
chemlcala for the purpose of manufao
turlng Jewelry. -The traveling aaleaman
' waa wanted to sell the wares she msde,
'.'.they say.- .. - ,-. - ,
.Kaews at reotofftee.
' That lire. Gordon , has been engaged
In various shady tranaactlona la the be
lief of many who have recognised her'
.' from the photograph that appeared In
yesterday's Journal. ;- -
"Cha la a dangerous . woman." com
mented one man thla morning. "1 know
or an " Incident. ' related to ttl- br'the
woman In queatlon, where lira. Gordon
- attempted to get money out of her, even
T going so far as to- go t he-potoXnce
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Three-Phonographs' of 'it- SJ Gorion,
. the Last Taken With; the Woman
Nowin'jaa Here.?" , v'-.
JE17S TalASSACRED
HEAR-GonEt ;
Fifty : People Slain and ' Three
Hundred Wounded In Attack'
" on Ghetto by Russians.".
DYNAMITE IS USED TO
BLOW UP SYNAGOGUES
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Troops and Police Make No Effort
' to Stay . Assaaains Men, Women
'and i Children - Struck Down and
Their Bodies Mutflated.- 7..
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. '(Joemal Specie Ssrvke.i .
Odessa, . Feb. J. Fifty peraona were
killed and a0 Injured In' an 'stuck on
ths Jewish ' residents of WJetta, near
Gomel, following the proclamation Is
sued by Kleshoft, ths leader of ths antl
Semite movement In that part of the
empire, calling for a general and ruth
leas massacre of Jews.
Uobs . of . armed, men -; marched sud
denly : on the Jewish quarter. Their
coming was expected, and all Jaws
either fled or barricaded themselves as
best they - could , In . their homes ' and
places - -of . business'. , Houses were
broken. Into. The. attack at first was
concentrated upon the more prospermia
Jewa ' Troops. and police made no effort
to stay the aaaaaalna, who atruck-down
men,, women and children, , mutilating
lBr ViMlleai vUlasina houses and shoos.
In " several-tases -toe-boalasrat tlctliaal
were collected in the house, which, waa
then fired. , - ',.'.: .
Dynamite was used to blow ' up two
synagoguea,' the doora and windows be
ing flrst nailed up. so that the rabbis
snd others -who fled there ' for refuge
could not escape.. - : ,
BESIEGED WOMAN GETS '
FOOD AND DRINK BY MAIL
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Uearaal KdcUI BerrVre.)
Jacksonville. 111., fab. ll.-For. four
days Miss Belle Bishop, proprietor. of a
rooming-house) a block from the public
square,, has had the-entire , JacksonvUle
polios force at bay, threatening to shoot
the flrat officer who attempted to enter.
The house la In a atate oftalege, and
the occupants, among whom Is ssld to
be the daughter of a prominent banker,
are unable to 'Obtain food or water ex
cept through tbs United States ' malls.
The aiesa la a result of an unsuccessful
attempt to raid the ho owe. - Miss. Bishop
telephoned her attorney, . that aha waa
out of food snd water snd the. letter
Sent a supply-threueh the malls, packed
In tin. cans weighing four pounds each,
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K. S. Gordon, the, Cooa Bay Lumber
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' The top aignature is that of Mra.
. ' ' Gordon In jail, those below, it the
ones of. the wontan and man mar
'ried lay Vancourer : last October.
The resemblancenof the Brand E's
in the' woman's hand are peculiarly
4 noticeable. i IzlLil'S-zJ.
TROLLEY HUE
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Plane Completed , for ;Th rough
- Electric Car. Service. From '. :
Boston to Chicago. 7 '
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TRAINS WILL' RUN AT
'.; ' EIGHTY.. FvJILES AN HOUR
Pullmans and Express Cars Attached
Urto-Date Service at Half the
Price , Jf Regular Steam . Car
'Coat. ' K.-'r
- (Jonraal Spedsl Service.) -
Boston, Masa. Feb. SI. Plans have
been completed by the VandsrbUt-An-drew
a syndicate for the conatruction
of a palatial thSough trolley service
between Boston and Chicago, with trains
running. 19 miles sa hour ever the pri
vate right ef way. More than $180,
eeo.OO la to be spent la opening up the
system.; which will run . Pullman ears
and expresses, with fares and service
at half ths ordinary steam car cost, -Eachcar
will weigh to tons, and have
Ave floors, with layers of asbestos be
tween' to deaden aolae and make them
fireproof. . Every convenience la to- be
added, aven electric cigar lighters. -
Though the; line is more than l.JOS
miles long. - there remain only a . few
mors points to be oonnected and the
most magnificent electrlo' railway In
ths world will be opened. V.
NO NEED TO PAY UP i
'CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT
.. . (JoBraa gpseUl Sertlce.' - I AT -Vaahfngton.
0. C, Feb, !.--Beoause
he refused to pay an aasessment of 1170
for campaign, purposes assessed against
htm by Stats Chairman J. H. Brady of
Idaho, the organisation refused to rec
ommend A, Q. . Nettleton, postmaster at
Nampa, Idaho, to succeed himself. He
was flatly told by Senator Heyburn that
because of his failure to 'contribute
that he could' not have another term.
Nettleton'a - record . was good and 'ths
people of Nampa were saUafled with
lmduidthea.andldate of the organisa
tion waa turned, down By the poatmse .
tar-general, who urged Neltletoo's re
appointment. '' President Roosevelt yes
terday sent to ' the - senate Mr. Nettle
ton's name to succeed himself at Nampa
and the senate will confirm the nomina
tion. - '-: . :. ' .- - ii. ' , . . J f"
IIUIIEDPIILIOI
JOURNAL GIRLS WIN FIRST PRIZE
IN HONOLULU'S FLOWER PARADE
- (Jeans! Special Swvlce.)
''Honolulu. Feb. Jl. The Ortgori Jour
nal girls' carriage won the first prlss
In ths biggest floral parads In the his
tory of the lelanda, -whloh took place
yesterday aa one Of the principal fea
tures of the Washington birthday cele
bration. There were St flower-decorated
Sutoniobllea In the procession, as many
more carriages, which were' followed by
hundreds of Hawaiian women on horse
back wearing costumes of brilliant col
f 'i
Mrs. . McCord or Cordon, Photo-
( graphed In Jafl. "
I'illllT "TARIFF-Oil
WATCHES
New Yorker Buys Best American
Trust TIme-Plecee Abroad,
, ; "Sells at Home. ;
HIS PRICE A THIRD OF -
. . THAT IN THE STATES
At That He Clears a Profit After
' Paying thity and Freight Never
theleee There Is Not s Move To-
:warJ Tariff Rerieion. j
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" By John E. Lstnrop. '
(BDeelal Cerrespeadeaea ef The Joarsel.)
Washington. D. (X, Feb. ts. Hera's
what the "standpatters" on the subject
of tariff revision havs to explain In the
eastern atatea aa advertisement In the
olit- conservative New York Herald,
printed February It, which offers
American-made watches, bought In for
slgn countries, Imported back Into this
country, the regular duty paid on them
and sold here at about II l-I per cent
of what they cost In the stores that ssll
directly from the watch trust
"Don't be fooled." reads the Herald
advertisement of Charlee A. Keen, lie
Broadway. New rork,TTjrrths watch
trust. Here's where I convict them
With their own evidence. For ths paat
two years I have been following up the
watch trust and Its nefarloua methoda
of selling watches In faraway coun
tries. Vacls Sam Fays tae Frslgat.
"I have discovered that ths
and companies were selling
superior, grades of their goods for a
mere fraction of the prices they cbsrged
for Identically the asms grades In the
United States. To cover up their ex
tortlon, ths watch trust now seeks to
Justify - their unfair price discrimina
tion by claiming that it was necessary
tor them to do It In order to 'open up
a. foreign market.' Nobody questions
the right of ths watch trust to do with
Its goods aa it sees flt; but are you
willing to pay the cost of introducing
our American-made watches In foreign
oountrtear Much to the chagrin of tha
watch, trust, my agenta bought thou
aanda of thaae watchea in foreign coun
tries and they are now here in my store
for the undoing of the watch trust." ;
r' .'"Farm Machinery, Toe.
There .isn't a word here In .Washing
ton on the eubject of tariff revision;
yet one oaanot And many who do not
admit that the tariff ahould ba revised.
When this Is said. , it means not' alone
the Democrats; It Includes moat of the
Republicans and they as a claaa ap
pear to 'be- as Insistent as any that tha
present tarllr schedules are absurd.
It la notorious, too, that farm har
vesting machinery, aewlng machlnea and
many other manufacture are sold In
foreign countries at materially leaa than
la charged for the sams ' in this coun
try i yet there Is not a mo,ve this ses
sion to revise the' flgurea and take from
the gigantic Induatriea, such ss the
steel trust,'' Hs protection that, under
existing .circumstances, exceeds In ludl
erouaneas ths talea of Brobdlgnag.
' "Vroteote kneel Treat. W-'J:
Dividends declared by the steel trust
tQtahatpratmatrJy. 170,000, 000. The
capitalisation of, the- UriltedVfatea
Steel ' corporation IS about 11,000,000,
000. of which every one knows much ts
water. ' Seven per cent dividends on In-
(Continued on Page Two.)
ors 'The prlsee for' decorations were
awarded by former Queen UHuokalant.
The Oregon girle arrived Wedneaday
and are having the time of their Uvea
They are In the. beat pt aplrlta and are
being lavishly entertained by the Ha
waiian .They are staylna- st the Royal
mawsJJkn))oteln the handsomest In the
laianaa , , . -
The, parade -yesterdar was followed
by a frsnd ball in celebration of tha
day at whlrh the tourlate met he so
ciety folk ef the Island.
DDES
'ISffll IS SOLD
Arch- Bigamist nd '? Wife-Mur-:derer
Asks' Cod .tor Forgive""
His Enemiea While' on
- the Scaffold.
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SENSATIONAL ATTEMPT;
7 TO DELAYEXECUT10N
Deemed Man- Sleeps Soundly and
.Eata Heartily in Shadow 7of the
CallowsDeclares .His Innocence
Loses Nerve for a Few. Minutes
on Failure of Appeal. ;
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Chicago, Feb. IX. "I want to say
something. Ood forgive them, for they
know set what they do. I die an inno
cent man. Good bye."
Theae were the last worda of Johann
Hoch, the modern bIuebeard;who-waa
hanged at 1:14 o'clock this afternoon
for tha murder of hie wife, Maria' Wal
ker Hoch. Tremendous efforts were
made by the doomed man's attorney to
save-his client, resulting In dramatic
scenes at ths foot of tbs scaffold, which
postponed for several hours ths fall of
ths fatal trap.'. ' .,- : ,
Fese4 Oood Slight. J'':
Hlch r6se about 7 o'clock this morn
ing, after six hours of good sleep;" He
eheerfally greeted the guard and Joked
with the jailers. He gave an epicurean
order for hie breakfast, . His attorney
was' trying to ' Sle sa appeal te the
courts to sttempt to prevent the axe-
outlon by investigation or Hoch s san
ity. . ' . ' .: w-r
Hoch refused to lose confidence. He
was cheerful and said that as long ss
there Is life there ts hops, but told ths
jailer that he was prepared for. death
or a sudden aurprlae. He wouldn't deny
or affirm any of ths stories about his
history. Hs ssld that he had heard In
directly from his aged father and with
in a few-days, but said his sire didn't
know of his trouble ' snd would nsver
learn. He spent muck time with spir
itual advlaera of various denominations.
Including Catholic, although he-la a
Lutheran himself. , ,
. . Appeals for Writ.
Represents tlvs Commertord. . Hoch's
attorney. Bled a petition In the United
States eourts aaklng Interference on the
grounds that ths proposed execution
would Interfere with the fourteenth
amendment of tha -constitution. Ths
execution .was postponed an hour.
Judge Landis denied the writ of
habeas corpus. - Hoch says thee he. will
not go to the 'gallows and says hs will
resist with physical violence.
At 12:1" o'clock ths death warrant
was read to ths prisoner. When told
that the writ had been, denied ba lost
sll his calm demeanor. -iWlth supreme
assurancs he - declared he would fight
for his Ufa However, be .listened to
his death warrant calmly. ;
Juat aa preparations for reading the
death warrant were completed . Attor
ney Commerford appeared on the scene
waving an. appeal sona. auiy aianea,
demanding a further star Of execution.
The appeal was from ths decision of
Judge Landis denying tne wni or
habeas corpus, n
' Break Broken by TH. '
Deputy Sheriff Peters. Jailer Whit
man and officials In charge ware In S
quandry after thla laat move snd ap
pealed for advice to the state's attorney
and hla assistants. Meanwhile Hoch
ordered dinner.. He ate heartily, enjoy
ing every moraeL He waa ths ' only
man In the prison not agitated.
Peters and Whitman, upon the advice
of the state's attorney, decided to delay
the execution no longer and Immediately
began . proceeding with the execution.
The trap was sprung at 1:14 p. m.
HootTa neck appeared to be broken by
the falL Hs waa pronounced dead and
was out down at 1:M. , . j-
... . . , asserlpeton ef Zoea. ' -
Johann Hoch. or Schmidt, aa ha de
clared his rightful name, was a short,
heavy-set German-Frenchman, about 40
years' old.- bsld eTtcepttngow-the-stdBS
of his head, where he wore black, care
fully combed, curly, el I ken hair, tinged
with white threads. Hla nose was long
snd aquiline; hla lips thick, wide snd
sensuous, msakhig irregular, careruiiy
kept teeth. A., blonde mustache orna
mented his upper -lip. " The remainder
of his face was clean shaven.' His head,
neck and ahouldera were leonine. Hla
features had a Jewish caat; hla manner
wss eourteoua deferential snf always
seemingly considerate for others.
. He received those wno aperoacned mm
with a smile and confidential nod and
usually a handclaap. He studied to es
tablish confidential relations by whis
pering something of no consequence, aa
If Imparting an important secret, ir
encouraged, hs put hla hsnd upon the
knee or ehoulder of the person he came
In contact with and patted him "affectionately."-'
He waa gentle sa a woman;
In fact, ' hla , movements auggeated a
femininity, aa If he were an . obsessed
woman, ma mannera and nature .ware
like a tiger' a foot soft "an vilvety, but
aheathing tatona
(Continued en Page Three. X .
Major Portion of Fair Grounds
"Purchased by United Railways
Company for Two Hundred
. Thousand Dollars.
WILL PROBABLY BE MADE
SITE OF NEW SUBURB
Recent Sales of Major Portion of Ex
position Park Have Been Madcat
an Average Price of About Ten
Times What Land Could Have
Been Bought for Two Years Ago.
' The Cottel tract., comprising a large
part of ths Lewis and Clark exposition
grounds, was purchased today by the
United Railways company. The deal
embraced about 140 acres and the pries
paid was upward of 1200.000. .
. Ths Cottel tract includes the sites of
the American Inn, ths Bridge of Nations,-
the Trail, the Homer Davenport
farm, ths experimental gardens, ths
guards' headquarters snd ths hospital.
It Is bounded on tha west and south by
the Linn ton road snd extends back to a
line Including a part ef Guild's lake,
v ftulteUs for Bhope. .
."We nave not decided what uses ths
Lground.wlU be put Jo, We were offered
the property only a yew days ago by
teiegrapa rrom the owners, who Uve at
Ban Francisco. We thought It a good
buv and took it." aald W. D. Larrahea
President fcvane of tbs United .Rail
ways company was non-committal as to
the company'a purpose In scqutring the
property. It. Is ssld ths ground Is
suitable for ths shops and barns of ths
Forest Grove electric line which they
propoew iv ouua, out xne site is Be
lieved te be too expcnalve for that pur
pose, as maoh cheaper ground equally
well located could be secured for the
company's mechanical purposes. Ths
Cottel tract Is ssld te be valuable for
Ita strategic value aa a base of de
velopment . of ' property adjacent to
Guild' a lake, and Is particularly valu
able to the company that will exploit
reel estate In the northwest part of ths
city by conatruction of the electrlo road
projected by ths Oregon Traction com
pany. . .
' Traet Soes Fast.
Within ths lsst week more than tit
acres of land la and about Guild's lake
snd comprising a part of ths Lewla and
Clark fair grounds hae changed owner
ship. Two deals. Involving about 140,
000. have been made, for large tracts,
both of which paaaed to railroad- com
pan lea. The O. R- A N. Co. purchased
the' Willis V Oneonta Land company
tracts, embracing about ITS acres, t
upward of !20e.S0O. It Is said tbs
exposition Site furnishes ths most not
able Instance In the clty'e hlatory of
rapid and legitimate rise In ground
valuea Prior to ths sxposltlon the
ground could have been. - bought ' for
about tlOS per acre. The fair occupied
about 4 OS acres. -r Today It la estimated
ths entire-, site would bring $100,000.
FRESOI HELD BY HAZERS
03 ELECTRIC CURRENT :
Barely , Sensible When Released
and Unable to Stand- Ignor
; ant of Electricity.
' (Jearaal Seeclal Berries. I
Indlanapolla, Ind., Feb. 13.-Haslng
scrapes, several of them ef aerlous na
ture have occurred st Indiana enlverai
tlea The most aerlous esse ta st ths
Winona Technical school, where several
freshmen were held on sn electrical
circuit generated by machinery for so
long a time that they were barely aen
slhle when released and could not stand
without support.
' According to stories told by friends,
It seems that ths men who did the baa
ing were Ignorant of the nature ' and
power of the machines they were us
ing.1 aa Were the victims, snd that it
were mere luck that several of the
boys were not killed. ' The boy victims
ranged from la to 10 yeara of age.
They knew some of the atudenta who
tortured them, but refused te tell their
It Is said that they toM them that
tha machines used to furnish ths eur
rent did not generate the kind of elec
tricity tbat.-kiUeeV' ' ' V , r
INSURANCE REPORT IS
. BLOW .TO WALL STREET
(Jearaal seeSt S rl-.1
New Tork. Feb. Is. Wni atreet to
day resarda ths recommendation ef the
Inaiiram-e Wnmtt' thnt 4tmrs
eon - -e r - - "i rrom f-ir
n o ' l ' e- '
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Writ, of Habeas Corpus Re .
quested From Supreme Court
for f Moyer Haywood , .;i ;;
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SECRET CODE KEY IS
.-REPORTED DISCOVERED.
Orchgrda Attorney Denied; the Right
to" Visit Client, Who la Said to B7
Sick, Although No Doctor Has
Been Sumraonetl Suspects Denied
Ordinary Rights of Priaonera.
. (Speelal XHapatck te Tae Jearaal.)
Boise, Idaho, - Feb. .. II. Attorneys
Richardson, Miller and Nugent appeared '
before the ,supreme court today and) '
presented a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus for President Mover. Secretary '
Haywood and Committeeman Pettibone
of the Western Federation of Miners. -Application
was made by the attorneys
without notice to the prosecution. Sep- -erate
petitions were Sled for Mover,' ,
Haywood and Pettibone. It. Is alleged
that the arrest was ths result of a coa
splracy on the part of Governor .Good
ing. Prosecuting Attorney Van- Dnyn of '
Caldwell and Attorney Hawley, chief
counsel for the prosecution. It is
stated that the. .prisoners... were . not
charged with conspiracy to murder or '
with being acoessories te the crime, but
with having directly committed the act:
the. appllcaata were taken in Colorado
late at night and no opportunity waa
given them to consult their lawyers and.
that they were denied every right guar- .
hanteed by the constitution. of the United ,
States, ths states of Idaho and Colorado
and are now held In the state peni
tentiary In close confinement and denied
permission to- oonsult with each othsr
or their attorneys. v ,-,
Ths application prays that a writ be
laaued compelling Warden Whitney to
produce the prisoners before the court
snd show by what authority they were .
oonflned and upon final hearing that
they be gives liberty. The matter was
taken under advisement and an opinion ,
will be rendered at I o'clock this after,
aoon. . ' . : .-.
Key ts Oode Fomad? '"'
Detective Swain is In possessloa of a
key to the secret code used by ths offi
cials of the Western Federation In their '
communication with agents, of ths
order, which enables hint te decipher
many of ths letters and telegrame ss- -cured
by the detectlvea What ap-
peered to be bualness snd friendly com
municatlone written In Denver, are i
ahown to be dlrectlona to agenta In the
Steunenberg murder case. A number
of theae found among1 Orchard's "
effects, when hs wss arrested, thought
of little consequence at the time, have
been revealed by the key to be the
moat sensational and damaging teati
mony unearthed. They reveal the en-,
tire plot to murder Steunenberg, and
alao otbera the . organisation . bad '
marked. ' . ;, A-r.
' Slaipktsa a Karrlsoa, ...
-Thiers agents at 'all mining camps .
have been directed to send ail corre- .
apondence captured here to be trans
lated by ths code. - Several letters have
been received from Silver City, Burke.
Harrison and Wallace, besides from
Colorado mining campa. ' .
Jack Stmpklna waa seen at Harrison
on Wednesday and officers are" search-,
ing for him In that camp. His street la
expected today. Richardson, Miller, as
Nugent, attorney a for - tha prisoners,
went to the penitentiary thla morning
and aa ait except Orchard, whom the
warden denied them access to on the .
excuse that Orchard waa' sick. .
Miller, msde a formal demand to sea
his client snd , waa refused. Ha saM '
that he would-appl?u tha. court for-,'
Sn order to .see Orchard, claiming that '
the report or his sickness wss a ruse ef
the prosecution to prevent his client V
from consulting htm. ; , 4. , , ! '
',: ;- .., . Sealed Privileges.
Rlchardaon objected to ths ctoss cos- -flnement
of the prtnonprs, who are eot
permitted to talk with each other nor itt
receive vlaltora 'They are allowed te , ,
write but ene letter a day and that. la
censored by the warden. Mnyer-. re
quested permission to write to hla wife
snd also a bualneaa communk-alkm, but .,
waa eorapelled to choose which one he
would' write. ; ' . v . .... .
Rlohardeon ' la preparing papers for
the United SUtes court to teat the sn- -Ihortty
of ths state to bring prtaonera
from Colorado, under rhsrge of direct
eiurder, when none, or them ware In the
auto at ths time. He will also teat tne
right of ths warden to keep the pris
oners In , close confinement, denied ft
sll privileges that secusel men are 5
titled to. ,
All the prlaonere wITl be ta
Caldwell Umorro" mrnln en s '
clal train, wk. n t f r ir '
empaneled.