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PORTLAND, OREGON WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 8, 190. FOURTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS. JSMp
VOL. V. NO. 181.
SNYDER. KILLED BY BLOW ON HEAD
WRY IS RESUMMONED
IN CASE BY CORONER
DEATH DUE
TO BLOW OF
Snyder'sSkul I Cracked
by Blunt Instrument
Proving Crime Not a
Case of Suicide
(By B. B. Best. Staff Correspondent.)
Hillsboro, Or.. Oct. . Though !
months have elapsed olnce the daring
robbery of the Forest Orove bank and
the almost almultaneos and mysterious
disappearance of Cafey P. Snyder,
chance has at last come to the aid of
the officers and revealed what may re
sult In a clear solution of the dual
mystery.
A skeleton is the clue that chance
are to the officers, (he skeleton of
Carey D. Snyder, so far advanced to
ward decomposition aa to be almost un
recognisable aa that of a human being.
For almost a year It has been exposed
to the elements, the prey of devastat
ing time and devouring insects.
But enough evidence remains to clear
ly establish the identity of the body as
that of the young man for whom of
ficers have scoured the country In con
nection with the robbery of the Forest
Orove bank. His slothing remained
practically Intact and In the pockets
there were found papers. Including let
ters, pawn tickets and other written
evidence, which clearly showed that It
was the young man Who strangely die
appeared 10 months ago. The numer
ous and peculiar (bid fillings In his
teeth were also means of positive Iden
tification. With the finding of the body, officers
believe that they will now be able to
unravel the mystery of the robbery and
the disappearance of tho young man.
Though the first investigation Indicated
Suicide and a verdict favoring that
theory was rendered by a coroner's jury
yesterday, there la abundant reason to
bellev that Snyder was murdered and
also to convince the officers that the
deed was done by those who robbed the
Forest Orove bank.
js.Hl Found Body
The gruesome find eras made on Mon
day by J. T. Croent. who was hunting.
He shot a grouse and. wounded, the bird
fell Into a heavy copse of fir and un
derbrush Following H the hunter
stumbled upon the remains of a human
being. He immediately notified Acting
Coroner H. T. Bagley. who began an In
vestigation at once.
With Dr. A. P. Bailey be want out on
the Olencoe road, to a point near Cedar
Mill. .12 miles from here, where a heavy
thicket stretches almost to the road
side. There is only the outline of a
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FRENCH PACKERS
NO! ANY BETTER
THAN AMERICAN
Windows Not Washed for Five
Years and Only Half Enough
Light to Show Pavements
Centuries Old Cleaning Up
Is Ordered by Prefect of Paris.
(Joernsl Specie Serrtee.l
Paris. Oct. S. Alter visiting the
Slaughter-houses of Paris. Louis Leptne.
the prefect . of police, declared today
that they are "not a hit better than
thee In Chicago."
Ha asserts that the windows were
net washed for five years and that there
Is only half enough light to show the
pavement, which datee from the time
of Louis XIV. while it Is Impossible
for workmen to keep clean on account
of the terrible insufficiency of water.
The) prefect has ordered a thorough
cleaning op at the expense of the city
this time, so that It will be done
promptly, but he has directed that
similar renovation shall occur every
six months hereafter at the expense of
the) syndicate of bog killers.
Leptne says that when J. Ogden Ar
mour wae here recently he made A re
quest that hs be conducted through the
Paris slaughter houses. But. added the
prefect, I refnupd because I knew the
en. t. le would tasks me blush with
A BLUDGEON
Acting Coroner H. T. Bagley of
Hillsboro. Who Has Reconvened
the Jury.
THINKS SNYDER
WAS SLAIN BY
BANK ROBBERS
Detective Vaughn Asserts That
George Perry and Braahear
Slew Him Because He Knew
Too Much About Forest Grove
Crime. '
A. O. Vaughn, formerly a Portland
elty detective, la of the opinion that
Carey M. Snyder was murdered by
George Ferry and a brother-in-law of
Snyder, named Brashear, the purpose
being to forever close the remittance
man's mouth and to silence his demands
.for a share) of the booty, obtained In the
Forest Orove bank robbery on the night
of December 1st last.
During last If arch. Vaughn spent sev
eral 'dsys investigating the strange dis
appearance of the tnree men. He does
not believe that Snyder had a part In
the Forest Orove robbery, though it
was only because the latter was 111 that
his plans looking toward that end were
not carried out.
Vaughn spent nearly a week In the
vicinity of the crime, unearthing evi
dence which, he believes, would bs suf
ficient to convict Parry and Brashear
of murder aa well as robbery If they
can be found. Much of the Informa
tion he obtained had been "leaked"
through the telephone, aa all the farm
ers In the vicinity of Hillsboro are sup
piled with large party 'phones and when
a bell rings there Is generally an eaves
dropper er two on the line.
Met Bach Other la Jail.
"Snyder. Perry and Braahear met In
Jail In Kansas City. Perry was Sny
der's cellmate and a bad man," said
Vaughn today. "Brashear was In Jail
for killing his own brother-in-law. The
present Mrs. Snyder was a aister of
Braahear and ir was during her visits
at the Jail to see her brother that Sny
der met her. Snyder was In for hold
ing up a pawn-broker and Jerking 'a
diamond earring out of the ear of the
pawn-broker's Wife. Snyder got five
years for the crime, but was afterward
released" on parole. Braahear got off
scot free and Perry waa soon at liberty.
Snyder came to Oregon with the Brash
stir woman, settled on the farm near
Hillsboro and some time afterward
came to Portland and married the
woman. It Is suposed that Perry and
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SENATOR PLATT'S WIFE GAY CHORUS GIRL
i.Vornal Special Berries.)
Mew York, Oct. 3. "Here's chant-
to my re il friends anal real pain
o my sham friends."
With this toast Mrs. Thomss C. Piatt,
wife of the senator from New York, and
now the center of the Piatt family scan
dal, msde her debut la1 Chicago 17
years ago. The spectacular entree was
the eulmfhatlon of a scene In a box at
the old People's theatre.
masses had clinked for her and
sparkling wines of old France had
turned the scene Into one of wild hilar
ity and abandon. Dashing from the
stage of the theatre where she waa ap
pearing ss a member of the chorus of
the famous "Black Crook" company.
Mrs. "Piatt, then plain Carrie Thomp
son, clad In pink fleshings and gaoae
skirts, leaped to a table, executed a
few stepe which had mads her the envy
of every dancer n the company and de
livered herself of this famous toast.
Knumorr.l with the charms of a dash
ing chorus girl Senator Piatt, la la al
leged, sought to make room for her In
his heart by sending his slleged legal
wife. Mrs. Ma Wood Piatt, to Bars pa
Mrs. Thompson janeway, later Jam
EVIDENCES
OF MURDER
MULTIPLY
Suicide Theory Given
Up in Snyder Case
by Officials Who Are
Unraveling Crime
(Special Mspetek to The Journal.)
Hillsboro. Or.. Oct. 1 As the result
of startling evidence which has unex
pectedly come to light. Acting Coroner
H. T. Bagley has resummoned the Jury
that returned a verdict of suicide In
.he case of Carey D. Snyder, whose de
composed body was found in. a dense
thicket 1 miles from here on Monday.
The Jury will reconvene at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning, when evidence will
be submitted clearly showing thst Sny
der waa murdered and carried to the
lonly copse where his slsyers hoped thst
time would destroy sll evidence of their
crime. Their former verdict win be
submitted with additional Information
that has come to light since Monday,
and other witnesses called.
The direct csuse of the resummoning
of the Jury is the examination of the
dead man's skull by Dr. A. P. Bailey,
the coroner's physician. Whsn the skel
eton was found on MorYdsy the bullet
hole in the head waa the first tangible
clue as to the cause of death, and the
idea of suicide was formed at once. A
verdict to that effect was returned by
the jury.
Struck oa the Mead,
After more careful examination of
the skull, however, Dr. Bailey discov
ered conclusive evidence thst Snyder
waa murdered by being struck on the
head with a blunt lnatrument. the skull
being fractured on hep. the same blow
causing a fracture at the base of the
skull. Either fracture would have
caused death, exclusive of the bullet
wound. He says that he filed a writ
ten report of the examinations with'
the coroner yesterday afternoon, and to
day the order waa Issued for ths re
summoning of the jury. Sheriff Corn ell
Is now serving the court's order, and the
ease win be reoasned ac 10 o'clock to
morrow. Sheriff Connell, who haa clung tena
ciously to the murder theory sines the
mysterious disappearance of Snyder ten
months ago, haa renewed his efforts to
apprehend the 'layers of the prodigal
son of the wealth Kansas City .father,
though greatly handicapped by the
lapse of time, since be was practically
forced to abandon the case by other
work. Hs believes that the murderers
will be run down.
alined la Carriage,
Those who have followed the case
of the bank robbary end the disappear
ance of Snyder believe that the young
man was killed either st his own home
near Olencoe and carried to the deso
late place where he was found. or
murdered while in a carriage en route
from Portland.
A milkman has been discovered who
met the carriage before daylight on the
morning of Snyder's disappearance. Hs
carried a lantern and says that when
the driver of the carriage saw the light
he turned far from the roadside, evi
dently in order to escape being seen by
the driver of the wagon. Officers traced
the route of the carriage by the tracks
In the soft earth to a point near Sny
der's home.
After paaslng the milkman the oer-
(Contlnued on Pago Three.)
"Here's Champagne to My Real Friends and
Real Pain to My Sham Friends," Was
Toast With Which She Made Debut
Piatt, waa then taken to Washington,
where she established herself In a
magnificent home, said to have been
financially backed by the aged senator.
Marriages, several of them In rapid tire
order, failed to dampen the ardor of the
actress. The last time she faced the
altar prior to her wedding to Senator
Piatt waa when she became the wife of
Or. Janeway.
The caldron of the Piatt domestic
soaodsl continue to bubble merrily and
Interesting developments In this re
markable case have reached the public.
Senator Piatt's jccompltshmente ss a
politician of course precluded all pos
sibility of his saying much for publlca-
Mrs. Piatt association with . poll-
SULTAN IN TERROR
LEST THERMOMETER
GO OFF, KILLING HIM i
(Journal Special Serrlee.1,
' Constantinople. Oct. 3 The re
port that the sultsn Is so ill that
lis haa only six months to live 1
nntrue. The ailment does not
threaten any immediate serious
result. The only danger consists
In Abdul Hamid's objection to or
dinary medical precautions. Un
der no consideration will he have
his temperature taken, as bs Is
afraid of having; the thermometer
put in his mouth or under hie
arm for fenr the instrument may
explode and kill him.
tsdsrsaa Meal Aequittea.
(Istrlel rlpntrh to Tk Journal )
Chehalls, Wash.. Oct. I. The Jury In
the Anderson Neat case acquitted him
today after being out !4 hours. The
Jury stood five for conviction for hours.
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Fourteen-Year-Old Jeannie Burch, Who Murdered Little Wilbur Wlnship,
Whose Home Is Shown Below, W ith a Sketch , of the Barn-Jeannie
Tried to Fire.
HAND OF DIAL STILL MOVES
Solicitors for Y. M. C. A.-Y. W. C. A. Buitding
Fund Enthused With Fighting Spirit-and
Are Determined to Succeed
e
T wwi m aravnd am the D'al Bars e
4 Amount reported today . .$ 7.J6I
d Previously roponea us
e ToUl to Ue s:o3.77i e
e Amount to be collected. . 144.323 e
)
The fighting spirit has taken posses
sion of the members of the committees
soliciting money for the T. M. C. A
T. W. C. A. building fund, and they are
going after the people of Portland
doubly In earneat to secure the remain
ing 1160.000 necessary to complete the
amount they set out to raise by Satur
day night.
They say that the loyalty of the
people is not lacking when It cornea to
giving, but shows deficient when they
are asked to serve on the committees
and solicit money for the new associa
tion home. Rapid-fire speeches were
msde at the noon luncheon today In
which the spirit of the men snd women
who hsve labored so earnestly for the
csuse flashed forth aa the speaker
pleaded for more persons on the solicit
ing committees. They ssy that luek
and the fact that most people wait to
see whst their neighbors are giving be
tlclans, however, appears not to have
taught her discretion, for she talksd
freely aad eaid thing that have star
tled and Interested the public. In an
Interview Mrs. Piatt was coached by
Coachman Hedges, and that young man
Ife evidently bettor qualified to guide
horses than public opinion.
The moat sensational feature of the
day, however, was the announcement
that, fearing a suit for divorce, and In
order to prevent hut wife from obtain
ing a large settlement. Senator Piatt
has deeded away nearly all of hla far
tune, so that hi financial resource
are no greater then those of s man of
mode rat assess Mrs. Piatt haa been
acquainted with her husband's proced
ure for some time and la striving to
KILLED CHILD BECAUSE
fore they subscribe to the campaign
fund, has kept many people from con
tributing. The speakers said that they do not
want Saturday night to come without
IItO.000 subscribed to the fund. They
have done great work considering the
small number of solicitors who have
been canvassing smong the people and
urge that other Portland cltlsens step In
and take a hand In securing the remain
ing 1160,000.
Royalty Is the Key nTote.
Loyalty to the association and loyalty
to Portland, Is whst the members of the
committees claim haa held them to their
work. and. now that the end of the ap
pointed .time la drawing near without
the required amount in sight, thsy say
that they are not going to stand by and
see their work go dawn to defeat or
that the work which they have done
suffer because the entire amount baa
not been raised. The members are thor
oughly sroused to the situation snd will
spare neither time nor efforts from now
until the close of the campaign nut
Saturday night to raise the rest of the
money. y
The reports received at the noon
luncheon today howed that tho various
committees had I raised 37.1M. Tbls
(Continued on Page Two.)
wsrd off the possible loss of a financial
adjuatment In her favor.
Piatt, who, waa a multi-millionaire,
gavs his fortune outright to his three
eons and minor sums bars been given
to several grandchildren. Piatt has
kept only a sufficient amount to defray
hla current living expenses. He is said
to be almost wholly dependent on hie
salary of $30,000 a year, which ho re
ceive aa president of the United State
Express company.
It was at Tioga Lodge. Piatt's villa
at Highland Mills, thst Mrs. Piatt made
bar revelation to the reporters. With
the ever-faithful Hedges standing by.
she declared herself the moat abused
woman alive, alleging that her hus
band and son-ln-ltw bad Joined forces
In a plot against her.
"It was Piatt that wanted latfgss en
Ike trip." Mrs. PUtt declared, "if I
had aot threatened to leave Senator
Piatt he would have had aa bis guest on
that trip the wife of another senator,
whose name was linked with that of
his In Washington, when' I was Mrs.
Janeway There re lots of Mae Wood
In tils affair do sen of suets."
Mr. PUtt alee asserted that Hedges
was merely a good servant.
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SHE LOVED HIM 80.
NURSE POISONS
CHARGE BECAUSE
SUE LOVED HIM
Young Girl Confesses to Having
Killed Babe After Having Tried
ed to Commit Suicide but
Hated to Leave the Child.
(erst Hew Berries.)
Brewster. N. T., Oct. I. A case thst
haa aroused general attention through
out the state la that of 14-year-old
Jeannie Burch, who confesses that ahe
murdered little Wilbur Wlnship. to
whom she wss nurse girl, at Cowl's Cor
ners, New York, where she gave the
child a poisoned peach after ahe bad
burned one of the barns. The girl Is
being examlnd by alienists at the White
Plains Jail, where ahe le held for mur
der. The series of strange fires, followed
by the murder of the boy, took place
during the absence of Mr. Wlnship. The
first of the fires occurred at I o'clock
last Wednesday morning and burned a
great barn to the ground Fifty tone of
hay piled In an outbuilding made fuel
for the flames.
The house was saved, for the wind,
coming from tho nortnwwst, blsw the
names away from ths dwelling.
The ruins of the barn were still smok
ing when suddenly the alarm of fire
was raised In the house; and then at
Intervals of about half an nour other
alarms were given.
Olrl'a Confession.
The nurse girl at first denied setting
the fires or killing the child. At the
funeral, however, she broke down and
flung herself serosa the coffin.
'1 killed him. Tea; I killed htm." she
exclaimed.
It waa with difficulty the mourners
pulled her away. Her hands were clasped
tightly and ahe kicked in Impotent fury.
When she wss calm the girl began to
speak slowly, and Coroner Mitchell took
down her statement.
"I must tell you now," ahe began.
"It's true. I killed Wilbur, but I killed
him because I loved him. and I tried to
kill myself.
"On Wednesday I set fire to the barn.
I thought you'd think It Just caught fire
from the sun, bat whsn you began to
question me I got frightened. So I
thought i would kill myeelf. There was
only one thing I regretted and that was
leaving the bey. So I thought I would
kill him. too.
"I set fire to the barn because I
wanted to see the flames leap up.
"I tried myself to die. I got a peach
and peeled It. Then I got some cotton
wool and dipped It In a bottle of Iodine
found upon the shelf. Then I threw the
cotton wool Into the fire, nplad the
bottle and gavs Wilbur a part of the
peach, taking the other part myself. It
made my throat burn and It gave me
awful pain. I think I should have died
had not the doctor pumped the poison
from my stomach.
The child baa Indian blood In her
veins.
EXPLODING GAS IN
IRON WORKS KILLS TWO
(Jeareal Special Service.)
Pueblo, Col.. Oct. a Two workmen
were kilted and two fatally fatally In
jured In an explosion of gas In the
works of the Colorado Fuel A Iron com
pany hare this morn tag. One furnace
was wrecked. It la bettered there ere
other bodies In the debris.
SOUTH RELIEVING
NEW YORK ICE FAMINE
. (Jeerasl Special eerrlee.)
Washington. Oct. 1. The south Is
shipping lc to ffew Tork to relieve the
ice famine there. It costs fl a ton at
the New Tork yards, plus what is
wasted by melting.
ARMED MEN
ARE LIABLE
TO ARREST
Police Will NotTolerate
Practice of the Dock
Guard Carrying Arms
While on Duty
Action of Private Detectives In
Firing Upon Launoh of' Har
bormaster Causes Police Chief
to Issue Emphatic Orders Re
garding Strike Situation.
"The police department will not
aides with either party to this strike.
Armed dock guards will be arrested aa
promptly, as armed strikers." Such la a
statement Snade thle morning by Chief
of Police Grits ma cher, after investigate
ing the details of a reckless gun play
made last night by private deteotlvea
employed to guard Montgomery dock No.
I, situated on the east sMs some dis
tance below the steal bridge.
"It waa a piece of migfiejr foolish
business," said ths chief. 'Tamos men
have no permits to carry concealed
weapons and they have no business car
rying them. I will not alloy them to go
and will arrest them aa faat aa
dtto
help either side, but to eee that there
Is no breach ef the peace. But now
there are ao many detective that the
peaoe la being broken. They're always
a dangerous lot, those private detec
tives. They're always kicking up a
row whenever there's a strike. It's al
ways the case. I never saw It fall. In
ease of a strike these private detec
tives and watchmen always break Out
Volley of Pistol Shots.
Aa predicted in yesterday's Journals
serious trouble haa occurred ea a re
sult of the gralnhandlers" strike. But,
contrary to the expectations of W. J.
Burns, who made the prediction, the
strikers did not figure In the trouble.
There waa a display of violence and
a volley of pistol shots fired between
two groups of men. but both groups
were sealoualy engaged In guarding the
property of the exporters at the time.
They were both looking for bold, bad
strikers. The first group saw a patch
of moonshine and mistook It for a
striker and fired. The second group
heard the ahot and mistaking ths first
group for an assaulting party of strik
ers returned the Are with Interest. The
result was ths wounding of Leu Garner,
ths riddling of a steam launch, the In
tervention of the police, the humiliating
disarmament of seven private detso
Uvea, the echo of a long-distance "he,
(Continued on Page Two.)
JOHN D. WORRIED
OVER RESULT OF
CRIMINAL TRIAL
Case Against Oil King Comes
Up This Week at Findiay and
His Face Is Daily Gaining
Lines of Care Leaves Cleve
land Hastily for Tarrytown.
(jaajraal apodal Servies.)
Cleveland. Oct. 1. John D. Bockefeller
la In Tarrytown, New Tork. This wae
the statement eases by Virgil P Kline,
the oil king's attorney here Krom the
fact that Bockefeller left Cleveland a
hurriedly aa to be unable to take Mrs.
Bockefeller , with him. many of hie
friends argue that be la to appear as
witness.
Rockefeller ha long been worried
about the attitude ef the paMIc toward
hla and the aprpoachlng trial of the
Standard Oil suit at Tlndlay, It is as
serted by one of his oldest friends,
"His face waa dally gaining lines ef
care.' said t hla man "Whits outwardly;
genial, he retires more and more to him
self, snd would elapse Into a brown
etudv In the midst of a
Whlls ns nsver mentioned the
affair, it la certain that he
about It and the unpleasaat notoriety
that would surround hie apssaroas en
court."
At Find la y, Ohio, gi agarario
being made for the trial ef
against ine sisnura
ecutor uavM eg
fooanil the
trust, has been away
mysterious errand,
is le West Virginia
lo be used h the eat
up tale week.
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