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THE pREGON ; DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENINGf.' MAY 5f, 1S07. FillR TRIAL FOR HAYWOOD (Continued from Faga One.) aeata on the Jury thai thy might give (. their votes to railroad the three "mar ''tyrs'' of this, ."conspiracy.'!..,, Lropvltur Sombre Air. Even Mm . of the attorney! of the defense wera eombre In their forebod- " ' lnga of the desperate and dactardly spirit of the town. 'They are doing what they can to keep, a solemn fae -,on It otlll: It magnifies1 the vaat diffi culty of their tank. But tt doea not go now quite aa well as It did. In fact, to do them Justice,) they are dropping ii It themaelvea. v A Jury would have been achieved front the flrat venire If the defenae had not 1 driven man after man away by search John Nugent. ' Ins; croaa examinations that not evm Solomon could have withstood, but when the second venire waa -empaneled, . the new Jurors, by diligent reading of the , newapaper . reports, had crown " . wise" and evaded service by, .most dex , teroualy. misrepresenting their own . characters. . Two days' experience with that v second venire proved clearly enough that the men Of Boise and Ada Mover and Pettibone and Haywood. It made It evident that "conspiracy" to railroad theae three men waa a legal fiction,, invented In, the - interest of Iargr fees or the wild Imagining of eastern enthusiasts. . ; ., . - Tenlremea rirn. - -..But this third venire of tl Just com--pIeted by Sheriff Hodgln baa gone on ; better i than the second. - The second Ked to get' off : these 61 men of the third have fought to keep-of f. It has been the sheriffs deputies and not the Oatandvats who have faced danger In .Ada county. ; 7'h . weather , haa been .vijr . vrarm and aomewhai dusty and ' ,M.6a. eounty . la . extenalve and the rest dnfs Ada eounty are atrong of arm JUuf iastyv aaa, toey neve mi snown vivid dttermlnatlon to light,-run, hide or do -almost anything to escape the warrants summoning them to Jury service. . . ; .',,,- One deputy earns home grinning and ' bandaged, the bandage being quick re pair' made ' necessary by the asaault of a' farmer's shovel. ' The other deputies v suffered less severely, but every one of them. came home worn out and des ' perate. Truly the people of Ada county ' v are ' taking a novel way of ; showing .' their hatred of theae accused men. Conspiracy Vendors Bitter. ; Yesterday the vendora of this Idaho . 'conspiracy" atory were made still ! more bitter. They looked upon the ar ; reet of the Socialist Duncan as an event that would show the brutality of , the authorities. , Duncan is a fool, of course, but a fool with an automatlo gun, and a carving knife and a pair of sneakers, and a bunch of skeleton keys In a gunny sack, might be awkward. I think , I know how Chief Gritsmacber of Portland would handle an apparition sot that kind. And the several brands of So delists here looked forward for some thing very dreadful to scream over In the treatment of Duncan. ' But. bless you, they were sadly disappointed. In stead of nutting htm In chains or fan nlng him out of town. Chief Francis of Boise Just petted and cossetted Duncan like some child who had lost Its mamma. Shriek for Yenfsaaoe. And, lo, now it is the different branda of Socialists who are shrieking for vengeance upon Duncan. For the flrat time in Boise they - are unanimous. They want to put down Duncan. One of them demanded that he be examined by a lunacy commission. Another cries that if he is aet frea the Uvea of Socialists will be in danger. Another walks the streets yearning for life tm prlsonmcnt Of Duncan. They have grown almost bloodthirsty about tne i poor loon. But dear. Indifferent Boise thinks Duncan is Just a fool, who has converted himself Into a little arsenal, and Bolae doesn't care, And It might Juat as well be said here and now In plain English that Moyer. Pettlbona and Haywood are in no danger of an unfair trial from any county of Idaho, and from Ada county least of all. If the legal methods of securing a Jury were leaa antiquated and hypothetical you could pick up any 11 men of Idaho tomorrow and they would give these men a fair, square deal. They might, perhaps, vote to take Harry Orchard's admission of his own guilt' for granted and hang him out of hand; but they certainly are abowlng no animosity and. little Interest In these Western Federation ofllciala. The vaat aum apent In securing these 14 counael for the defense has been so much money thrown away. f-Ort the sup position that they are Innocent, It la a fact that John Nugent alone could bava cleared them. . , sTugent Is Sound Lawyer. Little has been said In the papers about Nugent He la a man without a shop window." Ha understands the men of thla state as Richardson and Darrow do not. He Is familiar with ths forms and practices of the courts of Idahoand they are not Hs Is very downright and upright tooand blunt and honest a sound lawyer and a plain American, who could successfully da fend any Innocent men before any American Jury, and before a Jury of Idaho especially. There arc no frills about him. He isn't in the leaat pic turesque. Hs doaan't know much about Socialism. Tears sgo hs went to Australia and worked In Coolgardle as a mining en glneer m the days when that mining camp waa hell with the lid on. He would flght this case to a finish, and fight It like a man. And If he were beaten ha would take his beating like man, too. But he sits Just now a si lent spectator to this unfolding drama and his voles Is only heard In court when hs comes to ths rescue of his brother counsel, who are Ignorant of lta forms. But he Impresses us mors and more every day as ths still, strong man of the defenae, whose battle ax will come swinging Into ths fray If ever it comes to ths flght of a forlorn hope. Twenty Head Illness. At noon today we haven't touched the skirts of tragedy yet or even melo drama. It'a Just pure farce. And, If another venire has lo be sought, it Is not tne prisoner, tne men will be wanting to hang, ties of Sheriff Hodgln. Thla morning out of -61 veniremen aummoned. 10 of them filed un to t.i Judge's desk, asking to bf excused from Jury service. They were lusty men and hearty to look at, hut appearances be come deceptive In Boise. - aince the trial began. Because they were, as ons man In assuring the court of their aeorepit condition, to begin with, they were all deaf. They asserted In loud and eager tones, that they were unable to hear any .ordinary tones. But they heard acutely every word tha court or counsel said. When the deaf plea failed ons man r.fter another in the remain der of the 19 developed a new plea. All Had Old Mothers. "Though the nlsht be dark and the wind cold," Borah whispered to Hawley, "remember you have still another," and tha reluctant venireman remembered. ' They told the court that they all had mothers, poor old mothera, auch dear old mothers, sick old mothers, ailing and weak and needing so badly their aons summoned by the brutal deputy for that venire. It Bounded for all the world like a recital of -one of W. W. Jacobs - Thames wateraida stories. But It did not go with tha court Ths deaf heard. The dutiful sons grinned and forgot the dear old mothers they had in vented. . ,! . ' Ths crowd In the courtroom laughed aloud.. It was funny. Good Lord de liver us, Jut It waa funny, and William D, Haywood sat lounging In his chair, large and. thoughtful, with his wife and daughters beside him, looking as though they were .the speotatora In the aids boxes of a theatre. If the ahadow of a gallows was there In that room,' It waa a vague shsdow. Haywood alone refrained from laughing. Tha cheerful polish aeems to be wear ing off of him. His step Is not so light aa It waa. Xaywood Zs WorrlsdV Ths worn lines are deepening In his face. Veniremen lie and spectators lauah. and tha lack of formality and brevity" and legal, methoda developa farce only too often, but there Is clear ly no humor in it for Haywood. Even the appearance of the veniremen who hid In a haystack and bad to be dug out with a pitchfork by a dsputy, had no Joke In it for Haywood. And when the first venireman, Kion- ardaon, who waa called to the Jury seat announced that hr-wa born In "the land of honest men and bonnle lassies" everybody laughed by Haywood. The Show might be funny for tha Idle pub lic, but it la not funny for him. Only when the defenae sxsrclsed Its seoonJ last peremptory and excused Harmon Cox did Haywood am lie at aa Harmon Cox waa Darrow's failure. Instead of admitting defeat on Monday when he tried to remove cox Tor cause, aa Being biased, Darrow commenced pleading with tha prosecution to consent to his removal from tha Jury. The pros ecu tion naturally refused that and Darrow took hla defeat badly.- But when a peremptory was "waated" on Cox thla morning Haywood smiiea. Then the smile vanished aa one venire men followed another in a point-blank assertion that they had formed an un qualified opinion In the caaa and were unable to do Justice to the defendant Haywood, and there la no uae predict Ing ws will get a Jury from this present venire of 61 men. Tha court will sit today and tomor row morning, artarnoon ana nigm in the effort to exhaust this venire quickly, and aa, at tha time of writing, each side, haa one peremptory left there Is lust a chance that the jury may be filled by tomorrow, and tha ease opened on. Monday, nut it is oniy a chance. PLANTED VINES WHILE NEIOIIBOKS SCOFFED But Now ths, Craxy Dutchman Soils I David's HOI for 8mH Fortune). -" --s (apteisl ' Wspsteh; to The JoaraaL) Forest Orove, May I0.F. W David, tha pioneer vlneyardlet of Washington I County, who has made wine and con ducted hia farm on tha hill bearing hla name for the paat 10 yeara, haa Just sold hla place to Grant Bailey of Centerviiie, ' California, for 16.600. - .--. Mr David came hers In 1ST0 from California and got the place for almoat I a aong. At that time everybody Qootea and scoffed at ths Idea of tilling auch i land and called David "the crasy Dutch- i man" But ha had Implicit faith In tha soli and haa reaped rich fruits aa tha reault of his labor and wladom. To- ! day David la worth thouaanda of dollara while many who acof fed at him are still working for paltry wages. - No better location In tha whole stats can be found for prunea and trapes than Davld'a Hill. And aeveral have followed the lead of Mr. David. The wine, produoed at Router's on tha hill has won medala at tha Paris exposition. I Buffalo, Charleston. St Louie and Chi cago, while ths grapes from Andersons, Petersons and Holshtres have been shipped all over tha country and re ceived tha very highest prices on ths market While' Mr. David will move from tha hill to hla little farm near Forest Grove David's Hill wl never be known by any other name. People coming to thla city have been greatly Impressed with I the. scenic beauty of tha surrounding country and Davld'a. Hill haa been one of the leading beauty spots to leave It 1 Impress upon the pilgrim's mind. Ths namt will probably be always associated with tha place. MURDER 8U8PECT (Continued from Page One.) ' Senator (Harts Speaks. Lane rally tonight Burnalde Grand. DUNKARDS WILL BE Stong and Vigorous After I: Forty-eight Years Married Life " f x Vs s ' . - - v- v i - , , s S " - X f , 1 '.?'. , 0 , 'O N , J , . -C" f yltWfrX f the detectives for suspecting Collins of I tha holdup and murder la the fact that ha anawers In . detail the description furnished by Motortnan Hull. In addi tion, ha waa found In possession of a I light blue silk handkerchief, aueh i was used as a mask by the murderous highwayman. Collins la unable to ax plain where ha was after p. to. on Monday and has been In the habit dui Ing tha paat week of not retiring until the early hours of tit morning. Tha statements published that a Colt's automatlo t8-caliber revolver was found In possession of Collins and that he had tt mntmT -n-r rmtr t i iro wouna on m nwa wnr xiuu cuuma US 1 U W JN X KJto I y U U&. 1 0 to have struck tha footpad with a rock. according to tne police are untrue. uoinns waa subjected to a severe 'sweating" after his arrest and again thla morning, but admitted nothing that Implicated Un in tha crime. Collin Is exceedingly nervous and trembled vio lently when examined by the detectives. His statements . aa to his movements while In Portland and about hla paat are vacua and uncertain and ha appears anxloua to evade throwing any tight on his paat history. - According to Patrol Driver Graves. Collins made a practice of Bleeping during the day and remaining away from his rooms the greater portion of the night He haa been In this city since January and clalma to have been employed as a concrete worker. That he has not been steadily employed ia testified to by a man who roomed with him for three weeks, during which time It ia sold that Collins did not do any manual labor. . - Inspector Bruin and Captain Slover, accompanied by Patrol Driver Gravea visited Collins' room last night during the abaence of the supposed bandit and made a careful search for a weapon. Nothing but a pair of overalls, a ahlrt and; a. pair of ahoea were found In the apartment and tha officers then decided to await Collins' return. About 11:46 p. m. he put In an ap pearance and was promptly placed un der arrest The prisoner made no at tempt at resistance and readily ac companied the detect! vea to headquar ters. Upon Interrogation he stated that he was In the United 8tates navy for four years and waa dlacharged In September, 1906. He declared that he waa a native of Massachusetts, but from two letters from a woman found In hia room it haa been established that hia home Is In Auburn, Maine. From the tenor of the communications It la Inferred that Collins waa compelled to leave the New England state owing to some serious trouble. t When questioned 'this morning ty In- snector Bruin as to his movements Monday niaftt, Collins stated that dur ing the early, part of the evening he was in the company or one irony, a former shipmate, and visited several sa loons In the north end. From t p. m. until ho retired; which was about J a. m., Collins is unable to .remember where he spent his time. He cannot give the Dunkarda, homeward bound from the late Los Angeles convention, who were delayed by the burning of a bridge In the Slskyous, are due to arrive In Port land between 4 and 6 o'clock this after noon. The uunkarae win remain in Portland two days. They will take a trolley ride over the city late thla aft ernoon. Tomorrow tney win maxe a trip up the Columbia to Cascade locka. The visitors will leave for Seattle Sunt day. Tha delegation ia in charge of Gordon G. Noble, southeastern paasen erer aaent for the Lehigh road, and sec retary. of the American Association of -".'" " T I Traveling-. Passenger agents. ?n,rf W'hls plana that the party , but the deru- is'sDsnaifti' longer time, In Portland than in other cttiee of the northwest. Mr.-Gordon was a delegate to Portland from the agent' association In 1906 aurmg m exposmun. ,: .. t, - Boat Miss ths Zaos Bally. Tonight East Burnalde Grand are. -e- EPILEPTIC GIRL IN RAGE KILLS SISTER Vancouver, B. C, May, SI. Bella Doman, aged 10, of Grand Forks. B. C, who la an epileptic subject and auffera from fits of excitement and passion, killed her l-year-old aister Emma yes terday when, aa the reault of a dispute In the kitchen, Bella took up a piece or stovewood and threw it at Emma, striking her under the left ear. Death ensued within five minutes. Mrs. Do man and) two other daughters were In the house at the ttme of the tragedy. Mr. and Mrs. . Emery S. n . , i t ,. , . I ne spent, uin nino. ii vwmut w dOUtnWlCK, Of WOOnSOCket, R, address of a, single saloon which h . .-.,. . ... 1 entered' of the names of any persons he i., have been married ,48 years, and are still hale and hearty, and owe their old age and vigor Mr. Southwick wrote on Sept 10th, 1906: met in his drinking bout. The prisoner, however, states that shortly after 9 o'clock- he entrusted 63 to some bar tender for safe keeping but cannot give tha location of ths resort where the man ia employed. rl r T U..11 th wrtitno mntflrmin tO Duffy's Pure Malt WhiskeV w,n endeavor" to Identify Colllna as the It is said that Colllna pawned aev eral artlclea in one of the Third street second hand stores but when asked to give the location of the place the sus pect pleaded Ignorance., It Is a theory of the police mat ir , tney nava tne undoubtedly pawn- made today of all the pawnshops ln.the. lower end of town.' : . ; ' Chief Grltamacher has had printed several hundred circulars offering 11, 000 reward for the arrest of the mur derer of Conductor Nevius. which will be mailed to - every police department in the United States and Canada. The description of the bandit aa given by "I deem it sufficient to say that ritrht .unao , , J V disposed of his revolver to a 1 nave Used Duffy S Malt Whiskey broker. Aaearch is being madi and have' received marked benefit from it. If I live till the 10th of October I will complete my 72 years and I guess I shall. I have been married 48 years and my wife and I both Owe our health and vieor to Motorman Hull, the history of ths erlme ...v.- automatic Colts revolver taken from an expressman on May 22, at Front and Everett atreets, by two highwaymen. .MR, EMERY SOUTHWICK. your Malt Whiskey Mr. and Mrs. Southwick are like many thousands of men and women throughout the United States who owe their vigor, strength and long life to the great Tonic Stimulant and Renewer of Youth, Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, and join in extolling , its' merits. ;i ' J IS an absolutely pure, gentle and- Invigorating Fi!! i t0 lh.t brn fenlt.h na elasticity to the muscles and richness to the blood. tissues,- tones up tha heart, If K.1n. 1nA ..tin. 11 t I, , , . : . . j w wv 1U u.vi.. mm I ituiiva. k V v.wm. u. lit,, iu.v ...iuii m. i. . "V ' i "'i""""" veneci ana enabica you to get from tne road you eat tne nourishment it contains. It is Invaluable for overworked men, delicate women and eickly children, as It Is a food already digested. Itatrength- w f"iBy," vromoter of good health and longevity, makes the old young and keep the young strong., Duffy's -Pure Malt Whiskey ia recognised as a medlcln everywhere, f This la a guarantee, -y ,-XT . . ; .., v T1 r druj-ii rts, rrpptrm and Asalara, or direct, In sealed bottles oalyt never in bulk. rrloe SX..-'. Insist on tha , irrrf .""Ti. . - vnTO" wane-mark la on tha label. Beware of refllled bottles and , svartons malt . -" . . y w . . . f unuiM aeaiara. ' Tosy- ars poawvsiy nannxui aa mwww miui mi nvvwt hhw ii, juK7 sMM nrnuasj supposed to have been tha street car robbers, are the main featurea embodied in the circular. GRAVES DECORATED AT THE DALLES The Dalles, May St. -Memorial day was observed In this city as n general holiday. A large number of eitliens spent a portion of the day at the cem etery decorating the. gravea of relatives and friends. - At 10 O'clock the G. A. R., numbering 17 veterans of the civil war, formed at their hall and followed by members or, tne w. K. (J... proceeded to ths Odd Fellows' cemetery, escorted by The Dalles band and a guard of honor of Company: D, O. N. G. Special music waa fumlehed by the - Congregational eheJtv " , ; .' - - . . - . Oo BoehMter, X. X asd wiU not axe ZUus In the matter of fancy stock It IS doubtful if any county In Oregon can beat Benton in competitive ' exhiblta. says the Corvallls Times. Benton farm ers .are progressive and . have been -2 t 1 ' JsjsjpsisianaasnjBj(B-Ai . . , WASHABLE SUITS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS The sort that retain their color and shape ENDLESS VARIETY is here for your choosing now assortment will be broken later PRICE $1 to $6 WASHABLE DRESSES FOR GIRLS, Exclugive Styles . V BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER J PORTLAND'S LEADING CRE 3 IT CLOTHING HOUSE The WcwYort LARQB8T STOCK ORIGINATORS OF "A LITTLE A WEEK " 165 and 167V2 FIRST STREET 13A8IBST ' TERMS Correct Slylcs: Lowest Prices Easiest Terms. WEEK WeTrnst Yon, Pay as Yon Can, A Utile a Week. Special Saterday New Summer Shirt $f a Waist Suits for . :M Week . Women's $30.00 Suits $13.85 (Actual value.) A few more left , Why pay more? Why , pay cash when here it'a , $I.OO A WEEK :A BEWITCHINO BEAUTIES. These Pretty Lace Waists Valuee $4.00' to $15X)0 Special Saturday at One Fourth Off K Choose Your Smart1 and Stylish Summer Milliner; FROM OUR COMPLETE and FASHIONABLE CONVENTION Afl TTlfpl sfli now priced, -without reserve AH pay through the stocks. Of course you'll remember this fact. You f fj WCClC 16 and I67i First Street TWO FLOORS Hie New York Outfitting Co. Portland's Reliable and Leading House Where Your Credit la Good. 165 and 167$ , first Street TWO FLOORS COFFEE It isn't much itself; but it makes a good breakfast of common materials. ; Toar rroeer rehires year none II roe 4ea't like Schillings Bests ws pay hits. ' V t'AaAAiatataataaaaaaaaaaa tittitttAAtAAA" a a t eejv "'a' fa1 ww ?fTf ww f ???? f ??f ? ? eve vv f f f 1 1 vf vfe ' JOBUESI. (Continued from Pae One.) woman that cone war o making sure of Mttina Ural's ! watea is to nave mm sent to tne roekplla on a charge of faU ins to support, and the county will pay her IL80 for each day he Ja there. The little woman believed " that this would be a beneficial metnoa after havlnc been deserted three times, and said aha would. M9 to tha office of the district Improving their hards for a long time. attorney this aXteraooa to swear t an I JACOB'S CUSTOM SHIRT PARlORSlS Is the most popular place in the city these days of summer ? heat. The man seeking a cool summer shirt knows he can ' . ' find jt at Jhe , . ' , , ; JACOBS SHIRT CO. Phone Main 1087 1 291 Stark St, Bet. Fourth and Fifth ; Information agalnarher huaband. ' Mrs. ursi does not want -a ' divorce bow. Bhe aays she prefers to let mm go to ths rockplle for a time, -and if he reforms' while there aha will for give him and take him back again. If the rockplle doea n6 good, then aha will seek relief In the divorce court. . Ursi Is 81 years old and Mrs. Ursi 19. They were married 11 years ago In Italy, when Mrs, Ural, than.. Maria Alesai, waa a large-eyed maiden of- 17. They live at tit Sheridan atreet . Ia M. Davla, I on ballot, stands for good morals and AscencY '