THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1C07.
ILBRIDE WHO BOUGHT
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BOOTY TO
Eas Side Jeweler Who Purchased Stamps From the Front Street
Gang Will Be Taken in Custody as an Accomplice
T of Sellwood Postoffice Robbers. y,
Louis ' Gllbride. traveling Jeweler
who live near Mount Tabor, wtfl be
arrested thl afternoon on a warrant
worn out In Assistant United State
Dltrlct Attorney James Cole's offlc aa
eg accomplice in tb poatofflce -robberies,
hsvtng bought $180 worth of tha
stamps atolen from tha St. Johna office
for list from Captain Archl Turnbull,
who wa r!eaed on 21.600 ball yester
day afternoon. Ollbrlde was at Mr.
Cole,' offlc :thia morning., find Insist
that he did not know ttat the stamps
were atolen. He oam to tha office wl
untsrlly and told about tha purchase.
In conversation today, Turnbull said
that ha had aold 1180 worth of tha
stamps to UUbrlde. a traveling Jeweler
who Uvea near Mount Tabor, for $1J8.
Turnbull Inalated that uuonaa ma not.
Frank Kelly, On of the Suspect.
know that ihe atanipa bad been atolen
and that Gllbride still owes hlnj S3
, tor tba atanipa. . .
Turnbull told about hla part In tha
affaire of the gang, - but-said that -be
had nothing to do with the SellwooA
robbery. He M that ha had received
the- stamps from "Toot a" Bryant, tha
bartender who la also under arreat, who.
In turn, had received them from Ander
son. Turnbull waa not aura that Ander
aon, who waa known among . hla con
federates aa "Tha Swede," had given tha
stamps to Bryant, but ald that ha
.believed ao. - .
Turnbull aald that he had aeea Oll
brlde on tha at ret thla morning and
told hlir to go to Mr. Cole'a ofnoe. that
the attorney knew Ollbrlde had the
-stamp and, that It .would be the beet
thing for nrra to do. Gllbride accord
ingly went over to tha poatofno build-
in;, ami told all ne knew about the
stamps, i. "
Turnbull aald that GBbrid bad been
Jn tha habit ' of aelllng watchea and
jewelry to tha firemen, and it waa in
that way that ha and tha two had be
I'oma acquainted. Turnbull aald that
he had received about 1217 worth of
. tamps from . Bryan U- .and . that, ha had
disposed of them in various amounts,
tha largest being to Gllbride.
In narrating his story, Turnbull . re
ferred to hla dealings with Ashley at
Kumeltn. lie said that be- had called
on tha bankers end found Mr.. Ashley
alone. Ha offered the entire lot to Ash
ley for 9190. The offer waa turned down,
but Turnbull says that tha . banker
eked him to come back. Turnbull says
that ha returned later and that Aahley
told blm that he refused to have any-'
thing to do with - the' stamp and ad
vised Turnbull to do tha earn, not know
ing that Turnbull had tba stamps. in
his possession. - - -
- Turnbull who posed before the bank
ers aa a man who knew where the
tamps could be obtained rather than aa
the actual possessor,, say Mr.. Ashley
told hire that if he had come to blm
with 124 worth of stamps and offered
them for 124.(0 h would have bought
them without the leaat suspicion, but
that because Turnbull had offered them
at ao great a reduction h feared at
one that tba stamps bad been stolen.
" Turnbull referred to the sweating
process ha underwent at the marshal's
offica and said that h had been handled
vastly, but. waa embittered - to think
that the things ho had told war made
public Ha also admitted having aold
II worth of the stamps to en of the
firemen at hla engine house, but de
clined to reveal the purchaser's name,
stating that he had refused to tell the
officials who the man waa. Turnbull
insisted, that neither ' Ollbrlde nor the
firemen knew that tha stamps had been
tolen when ho delivered - them. The
authorities take a different view of the
matter In reference to Ollbrlde and be
will be arrested this afternoon.
- Frank Wane, tha leader of the gang
and said to be a well-known Chicago
criminal, will have his sweating process
this afternoon. H will be the , last
one of the four to b sweated. : ,' -
f Turnbull aald that Smith probably
had tha stamps that were takes from
the Sellwood office. He said Smith was
known s a "two-termer," meaning that
lie had served two terms la penitentiar
ies. Turnbull said that he did not know
which prisons Smith hsd been sent to,
but thought they war Walla Walla and
Salem. .. '
: . Many Witnesses Appear. .:L: ,
Assistant United States District At
torney James Cole's office, ss well ss
that of Postal Inspectors Clement.
Tilrher and Camp, was -visited by more
than If persons today to testify In
connection with th postoffice robber-
- lea. Among the great number who called
was a man who is reported to have pur
chased some of the stolen stamps. Other
'witnesses testified . concerning - the
movement of the arrested men previous
to their Incarceration. -
Oassidsra Famish Xeidsao.
Tbs authorities are surprised' at"rhe
inaas of information thre" have secured
from person ontslde of all the men
whom the offlclala know to have per
sonal knowledge regarding tha robberle
There are hundreds of lead strings all
bn ring more or leas evidence on th
crimes which are bulng examined by th
authorities snd every bit of Information
'will be used to complete an absolute
A Wonderful Happening.
Tort Hyron. N. T., haa wl messed one
rt the moai remarkable cases of heal
ing ever re-'orde. Amu K. King of
ih.n pia-e faym: "Hurklen a Arnica
M!v cured a aore on my leg with
wl.irh I hwl euirerM over l years I
nn un elhtit.flv" Uuurantud -
" ail surva, by l:d Cross ;hermu.--.
BE ARRESTED
net that will make all f'hanc of escape
from conviction Impossible '
K - en without the voluntary testimony
offered Mr. tele and the poatal Inspec
tors, the offlclala are known to have
enough evidence to aend th criminals
to th penitentiary for long terms. A ......
y eared Criminals.
" Th only lnierenc that can be drawn
from the fact that ao many persons
have com forward now that th Crimea
have been fixed with .certainty to the
.mat. Is that these volun
tary wi.-ieases stood In fear of th crim
inals ao long aa thsy .were out of, Jail
It is evident that th gang had every
body terrorised and had by Intimidation
and threats kept ailent the mouths of
Other wno oaa no cwmiwiwn -
far as ldentlfvlna them With
their crime, but knew them solely as
men of questionable reputation and ac
tion, war kept ailent by the dread .that
if thay wer aven seen going to the au
thorities they would receive bodily barm.
Few gang have ever operated 1 Port
land who carried th power of lnsplalng
fear in o many law-abiding citlsens.
They are desperadoes and terrorists.
Each man in th gang, with the Moep.
tlon of Turnbull and Bryant, hav crim
inal records. Tha flat had gone forth
that Wan would never allow himself to
be taken without a struggle. He posed
as a second Harry Tracey and yet al
lowed himself to be captured twice
without a struggle. v -
Folio K&ew nothing. '
H.M, Ana reaaon. however, which
led Wane to give himself up ao easily.
H did not snow uiai me jeaeraj u1
thorltie caused his second arreat Both
. a . laliM . IntA 'miativt hvf
limes ii, " .-" . - - -- '
olty officers and these mfen be did not
fear. He knew mat tney naa no evi
dence on which ho could be convicted
m ..(k.. than mnt IntA tmilhll he al
lowed hlmaelf to be taken into custody.
This ia tn reason xnai ne leaemi
authorities would not allow Turnbull.
nrnnt an Smith to b arrested until
Wane had been captured. He little
knew that the rederai people naa oeeu
covering his rk-ver since the. St.
istatr.ef1e Va been robbed.. "Even
after tha polio had- them in cuatody.
th federal orttcer naa aviaence sgainn
. u - M.feiotanr ta mnvtct them. . Bo
. .k, Amrml authorities were con
cerned, th men could be released be
cause they knew that otner roooerie
had been planned and would ba con
summated a aoon aa th men wer out
of JalL
Th day after th Sellwood robbery
v ,,thAiiHa ' haa complete
InfnnMllAii aa tit tha natalla of the lob
and the men who did th trick. Prepa
rations wer tnen maoe iot me .rrw.
All th Iederal people waniea was w
M th aala nf the ' Btamna' While
following up thla evidence, tha. pollc
raiaeo: in room on r roni anwcv -iv
tured lb gang, nut tn ponce naa
evidence asalnst the men and only four
wer held In custody. These men were
aent o th rockpue tor vagrancy.
Tha day after Wane waa released,
eight federal warrants were Issued for
tiy men. Wane disappeared after his
release and it wa feared that ha had
left town. All of two day were apent
nMl.ia .va ftalaw Kl4 has tA Vttt YhM
found. ' Then Sergeant Beatty saw him
on tn eaat aide baiuraay nigni ana ar
rested him. Th other men. wer ar
rested shortly after.
TURNBULL IS NOW
y VERY PENITENT
Accused Fire Captain Says Easy
Money Is Often Hard ;:.
Archl Turnbull. who was arrested
Saturday for participating In th post
off lc robberle at St. Johna and Sell
wood, and who waived a preliminary
hearing before th United Statee com
nttssloner andWaa released on bonds
amounting to tl.&Oft, will not he al
lowed to resume hi position a captain
of chemical company No. 1 until after
th trials of the gang with which he
waa arrested. Per ha pa he wtll never
be allowed to go back to work for the
city and his long service of nearly II
years will be ended because of hla ac
tion In connection with th robberies.
He aald today:
Well, aaay money I often hard
money. It shows that a man must con-
fins himself to tha straight and narrow
path If ha expects to maka anything. 'I
hav nobody but myself to blam and I
regret my part In the affair." '
Then Turnbull lurched into the story
of th affair and told how he had been
drawn into It through hla friendship
with "Toots, Brysnt, th bartender - at
Tom Fallon's saloon. He waa In a
penitent mood and said that he would
go to work at aomethlng, even If It was
with a shovel and pick. He said that
Chief Campbell will not allow him to
go back to work so long as he 1 under
suspicion and that final action will hav
to be taken with tha city executive
board. Turnbull hopes to. show to th
member of th board by hi effort In
the week that com that he haa 're
formed and will lead an honest life la
tn future.
COMFORTS FOR PRISONERS
Tnmbui Believed to Rave Sent To
bacco to Imprisoned Pal.
, William Eweeney. th : ; iO-year-old
youth who wa arrested In th raid on
th lodging house at Front and Clay
Street a. weed ago In which 11 des
perate crtmlnala wer taken Into cus
tody, waa subjected to an vaxmlnation
by Judge Cameron and Deputy City
Attorney Fltsgerald yesterday with a
view of securing a confession from him
relative to th connection of the gsng
with jui Sellwood postofflcs robbery,
Th boy stood the "sweating" process
like a veteran criminal and th official
were unable to see u re much of Import
ance from htm. Two admissions made,
however, strengthen tha cas against
Captain Turnbull of chemical No. 1,
who was taken Into cuatody last Sat
urday night by th TTnlted State au
thorities for complicity In'-the crime.
Sweeney staffs that h saw Turnbull
In conversation with "Toots' Bryan,
tha bartender at Tom Fallon' north
end dive, on several occasions. He also
furnished th information that a cap
tain of the fir department, supposed
to be Turnbull, had sent In sandwiches
snd tobacco to the gang In th city
prison. This . latter. Jentur J.lob
Investigated by Inspector Bruin.
inspector bruin, la discussing th
publication tn a morning paper that
evidence had been unearthed tending to
connect Frank Wane and another of .the
men .under arreat -with tha murder of
pr. Johnson, branded tha atory aa abso
lutely false and "manufactured out of
whole cloth."
"We hav not a scintilla of videac
against the men which would at all
tend to Implicate- any of th crowd la
th Johnson murder," said the inspector,
"and that story baa absolutely no truth
or foundation." '
An Investigation Is being made by tha
detectives to ascertain if any of -th
thefts itported at recent fires In which
ohemical No. 1 responded were commit
ted by Turnbull. At the Are which de
stroyed a Quarter of a block at Burn
aide and Fourth atreeta several months
ago it was reported that a chest had
been broken open and a quantity of sil
ver wr re and jewelry were atolen. On
another occasion th theft of a large
amount of money was reported after a
blaze in a Japanese lodging house at
f-ourtn ana line streets.- spa it u
thought by tbe pollc that th fir de
partiuent official may hav had a hand
In this.' .... -
COLORED GIRL STABBED IN
.' A RESTAURANT
Male Employe of Hill House Is
v Suspected by '.the :
:.... '-:..:'..'.'.- Police. - - -
-' As th result of a' mysterious outtlng
affray . in tha north and laat night,
Mamie Lee, colored, ; II year of age,
lie at the Good Samaritan hospital-in
C serious condition from a number of
nlf wound about the face,-and tha
pollc are aearchlng for Frank Walden,
also colored, employed at th Hill house.
Twenty-third and Washington atrta,
who 1 suspected of th crtra.
"The affair happened In a negro res
ts want at ISt Flanders street, about
11:39 p. m but tha police did not
learn of th matter until nearly 1 o'clock
thla morning. It was stated by those la
th restaurant that Prank Walden had
wielded tha knife, and after th cutting
was aeen hurrying toward th Union
depot, where It la thought that he took
a train for Tacoma. - .
Th mystery of th affair la added to
by th attitude of the girl In refusing
to asalst the police. - Detectives Jones
and Tichenor have been detailed by Cap
tain Bruin to mak an investigation.
HOTELS JAMMED
BECAUSE OF STORM
Suburbanites Prefer Facing An
7 gry Wives to Chilling Storm
, and Footpads. .
Many a well-known lodge man and
members of varioua profeaelona and bus
inesses in Portland signed their nam
to th blotters of various hotels about
th 'olty last night that la. If they
found a vacant room at th overcrowded
hostelrle. "
Probably never befor wer ao many
persons kept away from their own beds
aa last night Streetcars and cabs wer
a great luxury while th danger of fall
ing trees, telephone poles and wire, to
gether with th fear of holdup- men,
caused many a man to brave the wrath
of his wife and family today rather than
tak chancea to hla life and limb by
traveling through unllgbted atreeta at
a lat hour.
There wer other guests at th hotel
beside residents of PorUand, and some
of them had been there for several days
because nf th crippled condition of -the
railroads. Every room wa taken in th
leading hotels laat night, but thla morn
ing hundred of persons left on th O.
R. N. train. Harry Hamilton at th
I m pedal hotel estimated that fully 45
guest left his hotel on th train that
went east thla morning. ' Other hotels
report th same condition, although th
number were not so large. '
Th guests wer literally Icebound
and contented themselves by gathering
in -tory-telllnf groups In th cafas or
bars and narrating yarn about other
time when they had been atormbound.
. Bet wer even arranged and th man
who told th blggeat story had to buy.
Uttle favor was shown to th man who
began his story with th statement, that
h waa about to spin a truthful yarn,
and th remark often inspired those who
wer Hstsnlng to remov their hats In
veneration.
Th evening was spent pleasantly for
th most part by th guests, and when
they awok this morning th universal
opinion waa that it might hav been
worse. .....
AGED WOMAN WALKS -STREETS
ELEVEN HOURS
After wandering aimlessly about th
streets for nearly 11 hours, Mrs. X R.
Eastman. years of age, waa taken
Into custody at I o'clock this morning
by Patrolman Brotbera at Third and
Washington streets. The elderly woman
reside with her daughter-in-law at Seo
ond and Clay atreeta, and yesterday
afternoon wont to th Union- depot
to meet a daughter due to arrive on
the 4:30 p. m. train. A her child did
not put In an appearance Mrs, Cast
man started homeward but i was ttnabl
to find th hous and walked about
unUl found 1 by ..th - patrolman - this
morning. . She was taken tn charge by
her son-in-law this morning and es
corted, to his horn. . r
FATHER MURPHY DIES -
; AT ST. MARY'S HOME
" Rev.. Father J. D. Murphy, superin
tendent of St Mary' home near Bea
verton, died this morning at tn horn.
Bronchitis was th immediate cans of
hla death.- Father Murphy wa for
merly connected with Columbia uni
versity at University park. He had a
pastoral at Jacksonville, Oregon, for
three years, and for th past year had
been in charge of th horn in Beaver
ton. The funeral will be held Thursday
morning at I :S-o'clock at St-Mary's
horn. - '"-
CALIFORNIA FORBEARS
TO SCOLD ROOSEVELT
Sacramento, CaL, ' Jan. ' J9. Despite
th effort of the minority to attack
president Roosevelt In resolutions on
the Japanese school question, the ma
jority report of the senate Judiciary
commute was adopted today with cen
sure of th chief executive eliminated.
Fire In m Hoqniarn Mill.
- (Special fllipatek e Te Journal.)
Hoqulam. Wash., Jan. 29. Fir bfok
out In - the sash' and door plant this
morning, th accumulation of dust mak
ing it very serious, but the efficient
work of the department- saved the -plant,
Th loss will reach fl.OOO, ' severed by
luaurgnce. - t , ,
THOLIPSOU GlUEfJ
1 NEW TRIAL :
Man Convicted of Murder in Gil
liam Has 'a New ,
' v - Chance.' -
- (Br a Staff Correapandent)
Salem, Or., . Jan. 29. Judge . Robert
Eakln handed down hla. first opinion to
day. In th case of Alfred F. Sears. Jr.,
against Multnomah county, appellant,
and reversed the decision of the lower
Court, 1 ' ' --, - i-.., . ;k -
Th action was brought by Judge
Seara to recover hi salary's circuit
Judge, claimed to. bo duo from Decem
ber 3. 1903. to January SI, 1Q4. under
tha code, as amended December 14, 1901.
granting to-certain circuit iudgea $1,000
additional aalary, to be paid by , th
county, thla being th salary for th
part of tbe time prior to the expiration
of 99 Way afer adjournment of the
legislature, . ' t - -"
Multnomah coUnty" contested th pay-.
ment because th act providing for th
salary contains no sufficient emergency
clause to be com effective from th date
of approval. A demurrer t th com
plaint waa overruled by th court and
Judgment rendered for th respondent.
nx
for want of air answer.
Judge Eakln holds th demurrer to
the complaint ahould have been sus
tained. - ......... ...:
'Stat . of Oregon against Joseph
Thompson, appellant; an appeal from
Gilliam county. W. I Bradshaw. Judge;'
decision of lower court is reversed and
a new trial ordered. Thompson was In
dicted, tried and convicted of murder
In th second degree for killing Alex
Ooerlck. Tha killing took place 19
mile from Condon. The appeal waa
mad tm. .the ground of admission In
evidence of 'th dying declaration of
Qoericke. . Because th - Instruction aa
given was limited to. th application- of
vldence In question to a single matter,
as to who wa tha assailant it was
erroneous and th error was not cured
by th other Instruction, says the court
- A, D. Leedy against T. H. -Hood and
Sol Taylor, appellants; an appeal from
tha circuit court of. Grant county: af
firmed by Judge Moore;., an action by
lidy - to recover o- fonr - prom lssory
notes. - -
L. F. Gulllauma, appellant, against K.
S. D. Fruit Land company; on petition
for. rehearing;. In an opinion by Judg
Moore, denied.
GAS COMPANY EMPLOYE
OVERCOME BY FUMES
' '"" : .Y"f --
John Kabangh, an employe of the
Portland Gas company, wa overeom by
gas while at work In Erickaon's concert
hall this afternoon whll making pip
connection, and only through th pres
ence of two- of th employe of the
place waa hi life saved. . -
Kabaugh wa at work fitting a pip
In a ama 11 opening above th ice cheat
He removed th plug from th end of
th ptpe and th gaa rushed out In such
volum that Kabaugh wa overeom be-'
for he could get to the fresh-air. Two
employes of th place sumroonad Of
ficer Golta, who carried the unconscious
man to - a back room. Dr. Buck waa
called and worked over him for II min
utes befor he was restored to cen
sclousnesa. - '-. ..'i' -'r -
Kabaugh was removed to his home.
15 Third street this afternoon by
th gag company, which will look after
him until h has recovered, ; j
ARGUMENTS .RESUMED ON
IHEJ3RAETJ)EMURRERS
(Jeered Special Service.)
" Ban Francisco, Jan.' 29. Argument
On th demurrers to th Schmlta-Ruef
extortion Indictments war resumed
this morning. Attorney Johnson for th
stat declared that th threats, charged
in the Indictment to ruin th bus
iness of the person seeking liquor 11
ceuaes waa made with th corrupt In
tention of securing personal gain. ' He
derided th slea of th defendant that
t wa no crime to oppose tbe granting
of liquor llcepsea. Johnson cited court
decisions to prove that a man's business
I to be regarded aa property, th de
fense claiming It was not . :
STATE OF THE SNOW -
IN EASTERN OREGON
(Special 'Dwpatch t The JoaraaL)
. Pendleton, Of., Jan. 29. There la
heavy snow In TJmatllla county with
good alelghtng. In th - Grand Rond
valley It ha been raining and only a
few drift - of enow - remain. Baker
county haa considerable . snow, , espe
cially In th Sumpter district, also
Grant and Malheur counties. In Pen
dleton there ha been more snow than
for some years, thl winter. Farmer
rejoice, aa it la fin wheat weather.
ONLY TWO SERIOUS
- ACCIDENTS FROM STORM
Ther hav been few serious acci
dents aa th result of th storm. So far
only two hav -been reported. A rumor
wa current around Eaat Twelfth ' and
Eaat Oak atreeta yesterday that a wo
man wa struck by a falling Una near
there and that ah waa picked np un
conscious, but it is not thought ah waa
badly Injured, v
Henry Coo, a lineman working for th
Paclflo States Telephone and Telegraph
company, fell from a pole at Sixteenth
and Raleigh atreeta yesterday afternoon
and . was injured about the leg. II
was removed to th Good Samaritan
hospital. ' t. . ,-
FINED LIGHTLY ON "
PLEA OF IGNORANCE
(Rpaelai Dtapatca to The loernal.)
" Eugene, Or., Jan. 29. -Charle Kuths,
who was arrested early Sunday morning
for violating th new law compelling all
cigar atorea and similar place to close
their door an J cans business at 11
o'clock each night, hi being th first
arrest under the new "blu law," plead
ed guilty in th police court yesterday
afternoon and was given th minimum,
penalty, a fin of 19 and costs. Th
maximum fin 1 129 and coats. Kuthe
says he wa ignorant of the provision
of th law iu that respect, :
i Two Thaw Juror Excused.
New Tork, Jan. 29. Th fourth and
lxth juror accepted In th Thaw case.
Arthur Campbell and Harold R. Fair,
have beea excused by consent of the
attorney of both 1de.
- i i i. . . ,
lUinfrr's I1aAnt Weather.'
' Rainier, Or.. Jan. 19. Th weathar
her I .remarkably mild. .Foggy, cold
mornings ar followed with dry, warm,
sunshiny " afternoon. ""Teitfdajr Oc
curred a' rather heavy rainfall. Mills
and factories ar all In operation again.
MEMORY-HONORED TREES ARE
VICTIMS OF STRANGE STORM
The great elms surrounding th Cor
bett. Falling and 1-add residences and
which, fell yesterday during the storm
wer planted more than SO years
When the lat W. B. Ladd was mayor of
PorUand in 1869 an ordinance . waa
passed for the beautlficatlon of the
city. Shad tree and hedge fence were
recommended -by the council, the fifth
legislative body In Portland' history
Mr. Ladd built a beautiful hedge
fence around his residence and some of
ityet remains. He also planted elm
tree around th square, aand also
around the square bounded by Sixth,
Seventh, Clsy and Market streets. ' A
few fir trees wera planted around- the
southern squar. This was in 1868. - -
TREES IN CITY PLAZA ARE
STREWN IN MAZE OVER GROUND
Like a finely woven tapestry present
ing storlea of warfar and lov la th
plaia In front of th courthouse today.
I The work of th Ice Maiden has been
complete. - , - -----. - , ---
" Tree axe uptorn and cast across each
other In queer confusion Giant -fir are
split In twain to the roots, and Heir
great fallen limbs ar Intermingled in
a hideous mas. - And rising from ths
midst Ilk a monitor of . the forest
stand th hug bronse elk with an In
quiring .look ss ahaugh be had Just
sprung from his lair and was surprised
MAN IN THE MOON MIGHT HAVE
WINKED, BUT NO ONE KNOWS
Last night was a dark period In Fort
land. Th cause of nature united With
artificial causes to mak It a black
night Of course everyone knew that
the weather conditions had cut Off the
electricity and that there were no street
lights. .. But not so many knew that It
was due to be dark anyway. .--". -
Th first of the two eclipses of the
moon thla year happened this morning,
but was only visible to part of th coun
try. The meteorological report from
Washington. D. C, aay that th entire
clip was visible on th Pacific coast
Willi I'llODOl'JSOil
ALL HIGHT ;
Testimony as to Whereabouts oh
i Supposed Night of Moody (
- Murder. - '-.
(gperdar Dwpatt-a to -The JoaraaL) '
Baker. C)ty. ...Or., , .Jan. A 2 1 After
lengthy argument on a motion for a
direct verdict for Alex WIddowson In th
Moody murder case, Judg Smith . de
cided last night that th defense would
hav to submit their testimony, and the
trial was resumed this jnornlng. .
Th aeasion was occupied with th
testimony of Kd -Burns, WIddowson' s
partner, and Clave Reed, lover of Mra
Whlttaker,' th accused man's former
housekeeper, - i .
Vn Burns' testimony It was brought
out that WIddowson was with hi parU
ner moat of th Saturday evening on
which it la suspected the crime waa
committed, th witness stating that be
waa not separated for more than IS
minute between 8:90 and 9 o'clock.
At 8J0 WIddowson returned horn
and retired, according to Reed, who waa
at th hons. Reed alept in the anting
room of TVddowaon' house that night
and beesuseNof th carpetles stair arid
thin partltioi he believe h would'hav
been able to bear wiaaowson naa-n
com down again after going to bed.
Burn explained - the mystery- of th
belief of WIddowson that he had lost
his gun the weapon which the atat
contends was on which ended th Ufa
of Moody. This morning be aald that
upon hi partner's returning from Cor
nucopia he (Burns) want to' thvtabl
and aaw th gua sticking out from under
th cushion on th seat of th rig. H
took th gun and put It away In hi
own house, and forgot to return It to
WIddowson for four or five days- la th
meantime . WIddowson bad com tq be
lieve he .had loat It tn Corhuoopla. ,
CAR SERVICE BADLY
BLOCKED ON EAST SIDE
Over the cast aid Una of th
PorUand Street Railway com- 4
4 pany thla afternoon only th car
over th Woodstock line from
e Sixth and Harrison to the end of
thst branch and th car over th
4 ' Brooklyn division from Harrison
and Grand to th end of th line
4 are running. - On all other lines
4 , th aervlc I completely blocked.
Larg force ar working to
' clear th Mount Tabor and Sun-
nyald division, but It la not '
probable that this Una wtll be
' opened before some time tomor- e
4 row. There will be no cars over 4
4 the rout today. '
All divisions of th O. W. F.
company - on the est aide are e
open and cars running on sched- 4
e "- ul Urn. . ( )
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GRAND RONDE LIVE WIRE
. SUIT IS STARTED ANEW
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(gpeHal Cltitrh to Tn Jnernal.)
La. Grande, Or., Jan. 29. Dtatrlct At
torney Leroy Lomax of Baker county
ha filed a new eult against th Grand
Rond Electric company for Ells Car
roll, administratrix of th estate of
Leonard Carroll, deceased.'-' -
' On August 29, 1902. Leonard Carroll
waa killed by coming in contact with, a
ltva wire while working en th Frank
Jemp ranch. Th wire had been broken
about 24 hours, so It I allege!d In th
complaint On end wa hanging in th
branchea of a tree In such a manner
that It waa obscured from vtew, and by
accidentally coming in contact with thlsi
wlr Carroll waa killed.
Soon after that a suit for fl.OOO waa
brought against the Orande Ronde Rleo
trio company, but Circuit Judge Rakln
threw It out of court because of lack of
evidence. Th case was appealed to tha!
suprsme court which sustained th do- j
clslon of th tower court. Now a new
ult hoe been filed, which will be heard
st the next session of circuit court, I
Th elms around the Corbett and Fail
ing residences were planted about tba
earns time. Xhelf branchea overhung
tha Streets and they were th joy of
th children in summer time.
Tbe elms uprooted th cement walks,
but neither the lat Senator Corbett nor
tha lat Mr.. Ladd would ever listen to
any complaint that contained an inti
mation that th tree ahould be re
moved. . v . - . -: '
"Repair th walks." said Mr. Corbett
once, when he waa told that th tree
uprooted a part of th pavement "I'll
pay th expense. The walka can go, but
th trees never.' Th children of fu
ture generation will want them' -
to see the Icjcles forming; on his shaggy
hair, and branching home. .
' In no other wis do tree look absolutely-
ferocious. They tower with
bristling fronds and -suggest a fierce.
gloating delight in the havoo their rail
la creating. But one ailent figure, high
-on it granitebe
tended, uetles them aa thsy lean menac
ingly yet hesitatingly toward him. Tbe
hero of tha Spanish war has known
worse terror than - those ' of ice and
snow, and the memory, of fever-burnt
nights -dispels the dread of th Ice
bound lay. " v
ana. a xnm wa.ningion expert ar inri
U rVl0 2
of the Rocky mountains- the moon set
with the eclipse on It ' - ; "
It took the -moon three hour to pass
through th great shadow of th earth,
pot very long time -when It Is borne
in mind that th shadow Is 950,000 mile
long.
The second ecllpe thla year' will take
place September 29, when th shadow of
Neptun wlU be thrown upon the moon,
only aa edge of which will remain vis
it) Is. . . - r;r. v m
SESSION TO COST
.$3,000,000
General Appropriation Bill Car
ries Over a Million and a.
' ' Quarter Dollars. " :
(By a -Stiff OmieeiKHisent,) -Salem,
Or., Jan. 29. Th present ses
sion will b a 12,000,909 session, accord
ing to present estimate." Ths bill in
general mention known aa th appro
priation bill, now being prepared by the
way and mean committee, provide for
approximately (1,239,000 for mainte
nance of atat Institution. Th fund
make no provisions for improvements
and addltlona. or new construction for
stats Institutions. Th "deficiency "bill
prepared make provision for a deficit
of 960,000 in round numbers.
Ther are yet to come all the normal
achool appropriation, th stat univer
sity, th agricultural college, th ex
periment atation and all the special
appropriation for special projects, as
th Wlllamett locks, new dormitories
for th ta, schools., a omi for the
feebl minded, new buildings and addi
tional buildings at th asylum, and. a
state printing plant, all csrrying larg
appropriation -provisions,- beside many
other special appropriation, not yet
brought up or eatlmated. '
r In th opinion of member of th
ways and means committee of th two
house, th total sura eaked will be
much over 99,000.000 and the final auma
allowed will be clow to thst figure.
Th tendency is now toward atrlct econ
omy, and all approprtatlona wtll la all
probsblllty b cut to-th bona -- -Normal
achool betterment and other
special requests wll be much reduced
and many cut out entirely. Members
of the two house ar becoming uneasy
at the great mas of money bills, and
ar beginning to think . retrenchment
, FOR PORTAGE ROAD
Bill rrovidea Money Mid State Com
- mlsalora.
, (By s Staff Correapoadeat.) 1 '
Salem. Or, Jan. 29. Th extension of
th stste portage road I provided foV
In a bill by Barrett of TJmatllla, and an
appropriation of 219,000 asked in excess
'of th balance of the fund provided in
1901 ta-carry out the work provided by
th governor, secretary of state and
stat treasurer, to be known a th
tat porta g board, who will hav gen
eral aupervilon.of "th work, which Is
an extension between th highest and
lowest points on th river from' Th
Dalle to Celllo. . K
Th appointment of a commission of
three 1 authorised to b mad by thej
sorvmor, to nnvw uirwi runina uj. ins
construction and condemnation of right
of way ant) all work on operation and
maintenance. The board Is to be known
aa the board of the portage fcoad com
missioners and la empowered to fix
freight charge and do. all things in
operation and construction. No salary
Is crovlded. but traveling and other
necessary expenses are allowed. ' .The blllT-,
provide for, the creation of a special
fund th portage rond operation and
maintenance fund. The commission Is
empowered to draw to th limit on this
fund. ' . "'; . -".
DEATH OF MRS. TARTER
A PIONEER OF UNION
Union, Or Jan. 29. Mrs A. M. Tar
ter, an old resident of Union, 1 dead
after a prolonged Illness. - Bhe wa born
February 24. 1229, at Ralhtngen, Ger
many. Ia th spring of 1961 ah started
with her parents for New Tqrk, and In
1864 they went -to Dubuque, Iowa. In
1962 she was united in mnrrlsg with
Nicholas Tarter. In 1164 they croased
th plains, It taking them '92 days to
make th trip. After camping at Little
creek six weeks they crossed th Blu
mountain to Walla Walla, Washington.
remaining ther six Weeks. They then
went to Union, where Mr. Tartar, waa
engaged In the wagon-making business
until 170- - Mr,
Tarter died -October 2f
1899. and left his wife with a larg
estate, whleli will now b divided among
relatives, '
EASY TO COniIGT
GAf.lBLERS
judge Cameron Makes Decision
as to Evidence Necessary
In PcJice Court.
ELECTRICAL DEVICES
DAMAGING TESTIMONY
Table and Chairs Evidently Vaed fop
Ganiing " Will Hereafter Be
Brought Into Court After Bald on
Chinese Gamester. '
. A decision of more than ordinary Im
portance, establishing a precedent In fh 1
character of testimony necessary to se
cure conviction in th police - court of -'
Chinese arrested for frequenting gam
bling resorts, . waa rendered by Judge
Cameron this morning in the cases of
18 -Asiatics arrested in a raid on U
Second street, and IS gambler taken
Into cuatody in a -fan tan resort at No.
71 second street, All of t.be 4. dfn
ants were fpund guilty aa charged and
a An of f 7.80 waa imposed la each case,
making a grand total of 2360 contributed
by th Chines "gambler to th munloL
pal coffer. - - i
Judge Cameron hald that In view Of
a longalln of supreme court decisions
in other states testimony tending
to sstabllah th reputation oftb re- .
sorts raided by placing policemen on
the stsnd to giv merely their opinions
of th character of th place would,
not be admissible. - At other clrcunv.
atanoss, however., .which would go to
ahow that aomethlng of an illegal aa
ture waa being carried on would be th
best avidenc. The court declared that
th fact- that both of th houses raided
b lh, roHce maintained loovnta
tod'i aotlce of the p-
proacn- or mo pouce By signals with -electric
device, th fact that strongly
barricaded door were maintained . to '
prevent eay Ingress and the-evidence
that a table end-chalra, unquestionably.,
need for gaming, wer found In - th -place,
wer all clrcumatanee that went ' -to
show that the law was being vio
lated. ..--.-'- --. : ,. r-.- - . V. - t
Cameron' declalon haa greatly tl eased ' -
-the police offlclala, ss by Its terms ther -,
i no question as to the nature of th -evidence
necessary to be obtained and
(n every future raid th apeclflo thing "'
mentioned by th judg will be brought " '
Into court. , f
JAPANESE MAKE A CHARGE
" OF BLACKHAIL
Kashlma Says Protective Asso
ciation Demanded Money for
" Influencing the Court.
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, By promptly running' into her apart
meats and bolting the door, Mra. H. P.
Strang, proprietor of the Kanyon hotel.
611 H Washington atreet, saved herself
from ' being atabbed - yesterday after
noon by an Infuriated Japanese servant
whom she had discharged. Aa th re
sult of the affair & Nakana and. K.
Kashlma wer taken into custody by
tha poll end lodged la 4he eity prison.
In the municipal court this morning;
Nakana . waa bound over to th grand
Jury on a charge of an assault with"
a deadly weapon and Kashlma was dis
charged from custody, a It waa shown
that her was not implicated. : Th tes
timony adduced shewed - that - Nakana
had been employed by Mrs. Strang for
some tim. out owing , to ma lssiness
ah requeated a Japanese employment
agent to aend her another servant-. Ka
shlma waa aent to fill th position and
upon hi arrival Nakana became -very
angry over hla discharge. H made a
demand for hla money immediately and,
Mra 8trang asked hits - to - finish hla
labors. ' Drawing a larg pocket knife;
h mad a lung at th woman and
would perhaps have - Inflicted - a fatal
wound bad she not run to her room. ;
Kashlma declarea that tbe Japan
Protective association, which secured
th position for him, demsnded .that
h pay them 2(00 for hsvlng hi cas
dismissed. Attorney H. C. King, who
appealed -' for both men, reported tha
matter to Judge Cameron and" arreste
may follow for blackmail. A crowd
of excited Japanese surrounded Kashl
ma when h left th court room..
TEACHERS CAUGHT
; FAR FROM HOME:
Neighbors of Portsmouth School .
Take TJiem In for the :
. Night. '
. How many classes were taught In tha
suburban and coilnty schools today wtll
not be known until the teacher report
verbally to the city and county superin
tendents. - Telephonic communication-.
with th achool . outald of th clt
proper wa out of th question t!
morning, and th only place known
where school was held wa at Port- ,
mouth.
After the dismissal of th ' clasaea
there yesterday th teachers, all ' of
whom live tn Portland, learned thst tba
electric power had been ahut off and
their . only mean . of transportation
horn waa by foot.' Th d lata nee waa-.
about flv miles.' The Idea of a long
walk wa not particularly pleaalng -to
ths teachers, and they reported their .
stranded condition to th neighbors. Ac
commodations - were cheerfully given,
and the young ladle resumed their work
thla morning. " , ,
No report war received from Sun-
nynlde, Brooklyn and Ockley Green. If
the teacher failed to arrive at the
place th classes would hav to b dis
missed. . 7
Ths only teachers thst reported out- -.
aid of th city -were Principal Ander- 0
son 'and Mis Reuter of th Hlllsdsl '
school. Both reported to County Supetw ' .
Intendent Robinson ihls morning tht.
they would be unsbl to reach their
school. It Is not known whsther classes '
wer held In any of th other sohools.
PROGRESS OF MEASURE
FOR DIRECT PRIMARY
' "(Jnornil gpeelat S-rrlce 1 ' -
- Sacramento, Cal Jan. 29. Th assem
bly this corning passed to third read
ing tha proposed constitutional amend-
i ment providing for a direct primary law.
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