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GOOD --MORNING
THE WEATHER,
;, Fair, slightly warmer;
f ' VOL; III. NO.! 7.
' ' J SLftU GPHTEREDSBYT SCORE
T hri 1 1 i ng ! hcideiitsT Attepd i ng Detrii ct i b ii of
Ins'dne: Asylum Have Been Car.efully
liuarded from ruoiic.
RIOT STARTS WHEN ONE PATIENT
STRANGLES AGED MAN IN FRENZY
Eleven- Guards : Fall Victims to Onslaught
When; Rifles Are Brought into 'Use :
Demented Leaders Shot; : -
, Br B-W. Boyee.-- U ,"
' Sweial tMspMek b lav Vitn-io The Jouril
OaklMd, April 2S. Ono o- tb eaddeat
and at th aarae tlma on of the -moat
. thrllllne' Inoldenta attending- the terrible
California calamity wa tha complete
destruction of tha ataie Jnaane aaylum
located at Asnawa. Santo Clara county.
All told. M patienu and 11 oftlcera and
. ' employe of -tho Inatltution paid the
penalty OF tlx iCataatropha ''with . their
lives. Tha detaUa of the, alauifhter
and It waa aothlnr mora hava not aa
yet been printed, simply - because- the
local press has ag-raed that for the time
' belns all such harrowlnr details ahall
be kept from the public.1 It seems, how
V ever, that before the - authorities at
Asnews bad the situation under control
many patients had been shot and killed,
? while others were lying- ad upon the
ground, mute evidence of the Insane rage
and terror of those unfortimates whose
minds have been a blank for' year.
Battle om Tenals Courts. ;
The Story of wholesale killing t Ag
news waa told to me by J. B. Coryell of
Menlo Park, the rich young San Fran
ciscan, who purchased so many blocks
' of Seattle tide lands laat winter for B.
H. Harrlman and tha Union Paclflo rail,
road. According to Mr. Coryell, the
battle that was fought on tennis courts
" at Agnews on the morning of April U
v -muit have been the most desperate ever
- waged, within the confines of the state,
In order to save their own lives, as well
- as the lives of the patients, the authori
ties were compelled to shoot down In
cold blood men whose minds had long
- since gone away.
, i When the earthquake came the In-
VOniAU ALONE AT
GAGGED
AND
Mrs. Mattie Deck Faints at Thought of Robbers .In the House
, and Awakens to Rnd Herself Tied, ' Helpless '" and "
':':r:.--'.:'':y'::-'-Mtt Money Cone. - v
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Frightened so badly that she fainted
when she became aware that a robber
' was In thp house. Mrs.. Mattie Xeck was
bound and gagged last night and robbed
of 41.. all tha money In her purse.
When she was found lying on the floor
in this condition by her husband, who
returned home a half hour later, she had
" rerovered consciousness; but was unable
to lnove or make a sound. ' The Decks
live at 170 North Twenty-second street,
' near Thurman. "
Ell Deck 1 employed As engineer at
' the rolling-mills of ths Paclflo Hard-
..ware company. v Twenty-second near
Nlcolal street. Charles Klsor. a brother
: of Mrs. -Deck, .lives with the family,
' and tour other men' have rooms in- the
house. , : . , . . . . . '. '.'......
i Deck received his wages yesterday and
on going home in the evening gave his
wife SM.K. 8be carried the money in a
. purse In the, pocket of her apron. ' She
paid Emma Spring,5 a domestic, $3 and
Klsor fl. The rest of the money was
in the purse. .
All the lodgers left the house early In
the evening. Deck departed shortly aftor
anpper. It was about 1:10 o'clock when
:. Klsor left the house with Miss ftprlng.
whom hs accompanied to her home. On
Qulmby, near Twenty-first street. He
- returned home about I o'clock, being fol
lowed by his brother-in-law. whom he
passed on ths corner of Twenty-third and
Bavler streets.
. Not more than 19 minutes elapsed
after Klsor and Miss Spring left ths
house, said Mrs. Deck, when she thought
xhe heard the front. door open and shut.
fine la la rather poor health and la aub '
ii fi l l 1 . . -va I i a. v ,. - ii rfv v - x x x r x y x i -v i i . - I
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northwest -
mm
Horrors of Fateful
mates of the asylum had mot yet arisen.
There' wero two distinct shocks at Ag
news. The ; first damage the hospital
buildings greatly and the second abso
lutely laid low the walls. During the in
terval the majority, of the inmates.
thoroughly aroused and frightened, es
caped from the buildings. ' Others not
so fortunate, were burled in the ruins
that came With ; th second shock and
were dead by the time the rescue par
ties reached them. , , , :
: Bedlam Tuna Tjooseir.-.t"- '
Between,. 40 and; 10 Insane men and
women -met death In this way. As
quickly as they; could, the .authorities
herded the patients and drove them to
the center of the asylum grounds, final.
iy corralling tnem on the double tennis
court A rope, was hastily stretched
around the- court, and no UouM . there
would have- been no further loas of life
had It ; net been for one low-browed,
slant-Jawed son of a 'Frisco slum.. lie
had ever been an . unruly . patient ' and
now the shock and terror of itt all no
doubt drove him to sua greater depths
Of Insanity. ,! r
Without an instant's ' warning he
leaped upon an aged patient and
grasped him by the throat and beat his
brains out on a tennis poet. Instantly
that court full of Insane people was in
a turmoil. ' The screams of the man
whoce life was being' battered out In
tensified the horror.' and before the
guard could raise a flngrto quell the
riot 300 men and women were fighting
on those tennis courts like mad: The
patients outnumbered the guards and
(Continued on' Page Four.)
HOME IS BOUND,
Ject to-attacks of fainting. ' She walked
quickly to the door opening Into the
hall, but. failed to see anybody. Her
thought was that a robber had entered
the house -and bad stepped -Into tint
parlor, which was In' darkness, v The
thought unnerved her completely. As
she turned to-run she feinted.' -
Thirty minutes later her husband and
brother entered the house. The brother
was In the lead and did not observe her,
but passed on to the kitchen. When
Deck entered the room he perceived his
wife lying on the floor near a couch in
an alcove. Ha rushed' to her, thinking
she had fainted. Her wide-open eyes
and a bandage tied around her head and
face so- aa to cover her mouth showed
him that something more serious- had
happened. Aa he raised her to her ifeet
he perceived that her. .hands had been
tied behind hr back. , ;
Quickly releasing his wife's hands and
removing the gag. Deck asked her what
had happened. Her first' thought was
of her money and she thrust her hand
Into her pocket. , only to. discover that
her mony was gone. Her empty purse
lay open bear where hep head, -had
rested.. , V
The drawers of a table In the-kltchan
had been opened and the contents scat
tered. .The wages of the huaband were
usually placed there, a fact showing
that the robbery probably was com
mitted by some person familiar with
the premises and the woman's practice
of placing her ramey m tn- table
drawer..' ,
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PORTLAND,7 OREGON, SUNDAY - MORNING, ? APRIL 29; 1806.FOUR SECTIONSr-FORTY-FOUR PAGES.
Day at Agnews; Told By an Eye-Witness of Terrible
V ; I ' THE SPIRIT THAT WILL MAKE A NEW SAN FRANCISCO. fyj '.'-'- :
SHIPS FOR
KEEP THE TROOPS; SAYS
GENERAL FUHSTOH ?
Subordinate) to- Civil Control He
Believes Them Essential
-In San Francisco " .v-"'
(Special Dlepatcs by Leased Wire to The Joustl)
San Franclaoo, April . IS. General
Funston, commanding the department of
California, made the following . state
ment regarding the necessity of tha con
tinuance In )tbts city of the federal
troops: - . "t" -,- .
The situation here la a peculiar one.
The government baa never before been
called upon to cope with such -conditions
as prevail here,, and It la my belief that
tha war department does not fully com
prehend the unusual difficulties) under
which wa are laboring. . ....-.. r., ,
., 'The presence . of federal, troops- Iji
absolutely necessary for tha good of the
city. Neither the state, municipal or
Red Cross authorities can adaquately
perform their various duties without ths
assistance of regular troops.
The ' Impression seems somehow to
have reached the war department that
our troops are doing ordinary pollc
duty,, but this; of course, la an erron
eous understanding of the situation.
Troops are on duty and acting in con
Junction with stste soldiers, the ' Rod
Cross and the municipal polio depart
ment merely as a moral support, ss It
were. The federal troops are subordi
nate, to municipal eontrol. and In my
opinion should be retained on duty. In
fact,' we should have 1,000 troops here
to properly carry an the work Instead
of XtOO now on-duty."
"General, what in your opinion la the
motive back of this latest development
regarding the presence ' of regular
trooper' was asked. ,
"That Is something I eannot answer
with any degree of posltlveness. . but
perhaps the question of transportation
and maintenance of such a great body
of men Is a factor; The expense of
eendlng so many men to this dty and
cost of -feeding end clothing them is
necessarily very great We have 1.S04
troopa en route to San Franclaco, some
of them oomlag . from such distant
points aa Fort fcftierldan. and the govern
ment njuHt beew- the freight expense- of.
Bringing the me cere.
PORTLAND OFFERSARE PLEDGED
In tha affection and confidence of tha people; continue to
grow in circulation and Influence; which inspires its pub
liiher to better performance, to more faithful devotion to the
trust, imooaed in him. -Feeling the responsibility of the peo
SR
ALL
Harriman Promises That Port
; land Will Be Given Enough
Z I Vessels When ' Needed.
'FRISCO'S SHIPPING " r v
. NOT GREATLY, HURT
Believes That Bay City Will Soon Be
in Posjtion to Care for All Its Old
Business Also Considers If Cer
tain That Town Will Be Rebuilt
Ton "can say to' Portland that this
city will be given all the ships that are
necessary to oarry Its goods," sald.E.
H. Harrlman, and added decisively:
"That is all there. le to aay about It. It
is - UfuJto the merchants. .The . business
will be .taken care of." .v'i ... ,
Mr." Harrlman 'was 14 Portland about
four, hours last nlgbt. A special, train;
carrying himself, J. C Stubbs and ons
on two i friends, . arrived . In this . city
shortly after 7 o'clock, from San Fran
cisco, - and after a ' brief stay . left for
Seattle, where Mr. Hanimao will look
after some' mattera-relating to the ex
tension of the Southern Paclflo to the
aound. , . Ha will remain there a day or
two and then return via Portland to
Ban Francisco, to give further personal
attention to tbe work the Harriman lines
are doing In aiding to clear away the
wreckage and rehabilitate , the city.
After dinner fn his train, at which W.
W. Cotton. J. P.; O'Brien,. A. I Craig
and R. B.. "Miller were his guests, ha
received a Journal representative and
talked of conditions In Ban Francisco,
where ha has been hard at work with
officials of - the Southern . Pacific since
last Sunday. , Both Mr. Harrlman and
Mr. Stubbs are looking mora robust than
they did when laat In Portland and
ahowed little effect of the bodily strain
they have been under for the last week.
. Mr. Harrlman's emphatic statement
regarding steamships was drawn out
by a question ss to the probable effect
to chipping conditions on this ooast by
reason of the San. Francisco disaster,
and whether It would result In any In
crease of the "number of ships operating
from Portland, Of the transportation
situation at San, Francisco he said:.
"Tha damage from earthquake and
fire was not .heavy along tha water-
jCoaUnued oa Page Twelve
CARGOES
H
THAT
ORIENT COURT BILL TO BE
CONSIDERED NEXT
Cullom, Spooner, Lodge"; and
Otherrs. Tell J. H. Brown
; - .jThey Favor It. : ,., -
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(Wathlnttoa Bareea of The Jonrnsl.) '
Washington, D. C April 18. When
the I. railway rata regulation , bill has
been dlapoaed of senate leaders promise
to consider' Immediately a measure . to
create a federal court In tha orient. J. H.
Brown of Portland, who waa here aev
eral daya with- hla wife this week, waa
given positive assuranoa of tha favor
with which ' Benatora Cullom, Spooner,
Lodge and others view tha bill which
Senator Fulton Introduced, and they
said tliat they, would expedite its. en
actment. ' - . . . , . . 1 ,''.'; ':
Senator Fulton , Is confidant that by
the middle of May or slightly later; . the
measure which he has worked to have
go Into affect this session will pass ths
senate, by which time it la also prob
able that the house will have passed a
similar measure - introduced by . Mr.
Denby. " .
Mr. Brown' and wife departed this
evening for - Portland, going via ' St.
Louis and Chicago. Before leaving they
were entertained at dinner by Senator
and Mrs. Fulton.' 'v ;0, . :
SHEEPMEN ASK THAT '
. QUARANTINE BE RAISED
- ' (Rperlsl IHspstrt te TW Journal)
Walla Walla, Wash.. April IS, Appli
cation to have the sheep quarantine
raised In the oountiea of Walla Walla,
Columbia, Asotin and Garfield waa made
to Colonel A. Hlckoz, agent In eharge of
quarantine work In the northwest statea,
at a meeting of the Walla Walla Wool
Growers' association this afternoon.
Colonel -Hlckns promised that the
quarantine ahould be raised If th.repre-
aentatlona that that district ' is free
from scab are found to be true. He will
send six clrtt service Inspectors-to In
spect the 114.009 sheep In the district
when they are driven to the Wenaha re
serve June 1. Colonel Hlckox Is now
making a. tour of Inspection -of all. tha
sheep territories id tha northwest.
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.Yesterday),
Has Eluded Hundred Men, Although Country
side Is ' Arcfused, and Every. Barn and .
. Haystack r Has Been, Searched.
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WOMAN LIVING NEAR GERVAIS
. ; THINKS THAT SHE SAW
Tracks Followed From Place Where Smith
Killed Henderson and Wounded Shaver
' , Lo?t in the Wheatfield. "
By Spencer Bt 'Best.
Itnm a Joarnat Surf OsnisuiaaiatT -
Salem, 0V April . At midnight HO
trace of Frank Smith, tha murderer of
Patrolman Hanloa and Captain Hender
son, has been found. Either he has es
caped the eordon of armed men which
surrounds a large area or is still In hid
ing. . wounded - or dead. Officers hoped
that when darkness fell he .would be
driven from, cover by hunger.. From
(his city to Woodburn every mile' of
railroad tracks la patrolled ' by armed
men. Every lane and highway is closely
guarded, and every stranger intercepted,
but the posses are at sea aa to the
fugitive's location, - There are some who
believe tha- suspect surrounded In tha
thicket east of Woodburn la either the
escaped convict McDonald or Jack Hoff
man, who waa tried and acquitted here
for bank robbery. Sheriff Culver, In
charge of the searching forces, la confi
dent that tha jnurderer will show, him
self tomorrow. At the hospital here It
Is said there Is a bare chance for the
recovery of Sheriff Shaver. ,
,-. Vail Hay Aid Capture. ' '
. Lafe German, who ahot at a suspect'
surrounded in the brush east of Wood
burn, la convinced that the man la
Smith. ' He and others say that tracks
were found when the trail was lost in
the wheat field that led across the rail
road tracks to the thicket . where the
suspect is now surrounded.
"There is a nail in Smith's shoe which
makes a peculiar - Impression In the
earth," he said. "When the trail was
lost In tbe wheat field we searched
about for It and at last ran across It
near the-traveyard. Persons have been
found Who saw Smith cross tha Layman
GIRL WITH BREAST CRUSHED COLIES
TO PORTLAND WITH REFUGEES
Mother. JHearing That Daughter Left Train at Medford, Started
for That Place, a Few Minute Before Train Bearing In
jured Girl Arrived -Sufferer Removed to 'Hospital. .
.With- her-breast crushed and suffer
ing front "internal injuries. Miss Ella
Nesse. the l-year-old daughter of Mr a.
J.. A. Nease of Bhelton. Washington,
traveled from San Franolsco . to Pert
land oiv'a refugee train, suffering, un
told agonies. There waa not a person
she knew on the train; ahe did not even
bave a berth; she had no medical at
tendance from the ' morning. of the
earthquake until taken In hand by tbe
general relief committee Friday after
noon. . '"'.
The girl's mother, aare of her
daughter's extremltyeame to Portland,
heard a rumor , that she Waa so badly
Injured that she waa put eff tha train
at Medford. and left Portland and went
to that ul. passing tha train which
bore the Injured young woman. ' Tbe
Krellef committee . kept the telegraph
wires busy until the mother was found,
and yesterday morning aha returned
and waa taken - Immediately to her
daughter's bedside. .
Miss Nease waa visiting friends and
relatives in San Franolsco at tha time
of the earthquake. .The house -where
ahe waa staying was shattered by the
shock. She waa hurled from be and a
heavy cheat of drawers waa hurled upon
her and across her breast- She wss
carried from sthe house by friends, who
took her to a vacant lot near by. She
' complained at the time of her breast
hurting, but in the excitement of the
day dld-tiot think much about It For
two days she camped with others In the
open air. .Then- aha determined to go to
her home, and made her way to Oakland
and was given transportation to Part-
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farm today and lhenross tha tracks to .
the eaai suia. . 1 am sure that the man
who n surrounded ' In the . thicket Is
Smith." : '.' V f ; ,
V", Kay Kara Bern aesa. ;
At"7 o'clock this morning a man an- -swsrlng
Smith's' description waa aeon
by ' Mrs.. W. . II. Bennett, who lives a
mils and a half 'southwest of Gervals.
She was in the barnyard when her at
tention was attracted by a man wba
apparently had , not seen her. - He waa
walking rapidly through the barnyard
near a fence. When he finally perceived
the woman.' he broke Into a run an!
disappeared In a large hopflsld to tha .
south. '. i . - . ' .
As soon aa the report of the murderer
having been seen waa circulated, tha
posses from the various towns la tha '
vicinity were hurried south. Tha eor
don now stretches from tha Southern
Paclflo tracks at Chemawa to the Wil
lamette river on the west .and down to
a point on the river west of Woodburn.
unless ho escaped before tha cordon
was drawn, bis capture la Inevitable.
uspeo Is BToneaaaea.
In a heavy thicket a short distance
southeast of Woodburn, a detachment
of officers and cltisena have surrounded -a
suspect who escaped capture this aft
ernoon after two shots had been fired
at him. Many believe that tha suspect
Is Smith, the desperado, while others
believe that he la McDonald. who es
caped from the road gang at tha penl
tontlary two weeks ago. , - !
At I o'clock this afternoon. Lara
German of Woodburn. a volunteer.
(Continued on Pag. Five.)
land. , At tha depot In Oakland tt de
veloped that she waa painfully Injured,
but she would not turn . back. Her
friends, . however. - telegraphed her
mother that- the girl waa Injured and
had atarted home, and tha mother came
to Portland to meet her.
Mrs. Nease reached the city Friday
morning, and heard a rumor that hor
daughter had been taken from the train
at Medford, being too badly Injured to
oontlnue. Mrs. Nease Just bad time to
catch the southbound train. ' A few
minutes after she' left, the train from
the south bearing -.Iss Nease arrived..
The girl waa found to be In a critical
condition and waa Immediately removed '
to the Oood Samaritan hospital, where
medical attendance was given h-r. aii
was sutfrlng great pain. It was foun.
upon examination that her cheat wa
badly crushed and It la feared that shn
is injured Internally.
. The relief committee Immediately at- .
tempted to reach Mrs. Naae. hut
unable to do so. However, .the mother,
upon arriving at Medford and ffnrm.
that her daughter had not left tha train
there, immediately retimed to fort
land, reaching here yesk-rTTrty mornlrs
Women of the relief oommltte met her
at the trai l -end took her to the hos
pital. .'-. . ' "i
It was as Id last might that while tiie
condition of Miss Nease wss srrio
It wss not eritlos!. the girl i. -moved
from 'the hospital l a, rwMur .
of one of the rellff cmroHtM mi l 1
ahe is able to me Hit jurii-r
will be taken to her borne on t
train, .
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