THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1007.
RICH YOUNG HAH FINDS
IT 'YOU 'WANTTQ KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DULSSLD
MLN WILL WEAR THIS SEASON ASK BLN SLLLIIJG
, WIFE NOTORIOUS CROOK
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III IDAHO CASES
Millionaire's . Bride Had ;
Series of Robberies Which
i Aroused Suspicion. A
DETECTIVE FINDS HER
TO BE THIEF'S BPOUSE
Spent Her Dupe's Wealth 1 In ; Sop-
porting Her Beat . Husband, Who
. r-Vpon Exposure Agrees to tin
'Abroad .With' WomBn.''kli1J
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- Nsw York, Juns 17. Detootlvs I A.
Ncwcorab Of this City hat received
from London va cablegram announcing
tha arrival Of Mr. and Mrs. Gomes
Wnilama at the Hotel Cecil' This ca
blegram marks tha Introduction to the
final chapter of a remarkable criminal
career. . '. y ,' .r s " v'r
. Gomel Williams Is said to be a well
known western crook,, and Mrs. Gomes
Williams, formerly Miss Beatrice Bam
bridge of California, is the same young
AmsntrhA In f"Mlsa I, a!...
I a . v uw au viuvngv an vuv sajyiAiiB vi
1901, married the son of a New -York
-r millionaire of high social position,
, whose name la at present kepL-secret
The weddirrs was tfa equei To a very
ahort courtship. Tha young man knew
nothing of his wife's family connections
but was Infatuated with her beauty and
' charm of manner. Hie family decided
, to make the beat of the matter and re
oeived the, young woman kindly and
with, avtry consideration.
.. ' Xxtravaganoe Ha Tenia, ;
Bhe seemed to have but one fault
.,. extravagance. From the firat ahe spent
more money than seemed necessary. Her
nu(wiu uua m jane income ana maae
her a generous allowance, but. she was
aiwaya in aeot and bad to have more.
, Her ability to get rid of cash Increased
steadily.
On top of this the young wife became
tha vlotlrn of robbery after robbery. Her
jewels were stolen again and again.
Once In Parte where thesjewels were
- stolen while the couple were stopolng at
a hetel, the house detective after pa-
, tlent work, intimated to the husband as
: delicately as could be done that per.
, haps his wife was afflicted with some
- peculiar malady which caused ber to
. rob herself, .
- The young man's father, a shrewd
; man or affairs, finally began to worry
about her expenditures and tha frequent
lossfof her valuables Finally he talked
the matter over with one of his confu
dentlal friends, the president of an Im
portant railroad. This man advised the
father to lay the whole matter before
the personal counsel of the railroad
president.; This was done. -u.wW-.-
Was a Tonne Tbisf. M .
Mr. Newcombe la a Short time estab
Hahed the Identity of the extravagant
wife of the young millionaire with, a
young woman who - with her real hus
band, a crook named Wilson, had been
implicated in a series of mall box rob
beries in New York In 1881. At that
time, the detective learned from Wil
son and his wife, that they had been
com Del lad to leave Ban Francisco after
a scries of robberies and that they had
been mixed up In several burglaries in
Omaha, Chicago and Philadelphia.
"After i had satisnea myseu mat ine
young millionaire's wife was the Mrs.
WUaon of 18 81." said Mr. Newcombe
todav. "I notified the old financier. He
directed me to tell his son and have the
agony over with him. When I told
the young man he became angry .and
said I was crsty. as his wife was not
born it years ago. I insisted his wife
was at least 41 years Old and that she
was. about : 16 when I arrested her . In
1881.
After Beiricr Out Thirty
Four Hours Jury Convicts
Land Swindlers.
WEALTHY LEWISTOtf
BANKERS FACE PRISON
Corah's Political Supporters Found
Oulltr of Conspiracy to Defraud
... . . . i
(the Government Oat of Its Public
Domain.
(Joarul Bpeciil Service.) ' ,tt
Moscow, Idaho, June lljjlrtcf being
out for 14 howrs, h'rury last night In
the land fraud cases returned a verdlot
"i told him the maiden name of tha t guHlrfon two of the five counts of
m -jnaictmeni against the ; defendants,
alleging conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment out of Us publlo lands, George
It Raster, , Win.' Dwyer and' Wm, F
Kettenbach, acquitting them on the re
maining three counts. .The counts on
which the conviction was obtained were
the cases In. which Corey and Wilson
are accused of filing on land for the
aeienaanis, ror wiucn tney received e
woman I arrested was Beatrice Bora
bridge. He admitted that was his wife's
nirne but said she came from Kentucky
and not California.-' . . . , , ,
Mirf nantila V.lf a
The young' man was clearl1n love
ith his supposed wife and demanded
stronger proof, so I srranged to confront
the woman with evidence of her crim
inal caresc :"
The nextvsrternoon we were sea tea
in the littfarv of the millionaire's horn, an acre.
wnen the Old gentleman Drought in his
As politely as I could
The " lurv renorted ' this moraine-' to
the court and were discharged. An ap-
patu wui ue laaen. i
Jauchter-ln-law.
I told her who l was and who she was
Bhe indignantly declared I was a falsi
fier. Confronted with nroofa. however.
she finally confessed.
-capers were drawn up or whioh the
woman agreed for a suhatantlsi con
sideration to leave tha United States
and remain away. 8 he left the house
that same afternoon accompanied by
myself and the lawyer, she having .1. -VL ".J'J l.?riT"J
Big Tlsh Oangbt.
- William F. Kittenbach and George
rt. neater, president and cashier respec
tively of the Lewiston National bank.
have always been considered the big
nsn or ine norm iaaho land fraud in-
vestlgations, and although not officially
agreed to take us to Oomes Wilson.
; Crooks Ura Abroad. r-
"Wilson . readllv a r reed to take' Me
wife abroad and live there. I had them
followed until they took steamer and
arranged by cable to have them shad
owed on tha other aide. Wilson said
they would go to the Hotel Cecil, He
kept ills word. .. 4
re Into the uses to Which tha. woman
put the larre sums of money snd Jew-
eia given ner Dy ner dupe, xnat every
thing went to Wilson I am positive. He
ea
conceded. It has been generally believed
e rest or
quire into the uses to which tha woman I of-being -toe youngest- national-bank
f resident in in united States. He is
0 years of age and has lived In liewls-
the caaes will be dropped. The Kester
& Kettenbach timber land holdings in
the Clearwater . valley number some
10,000 acres, tha largest amount held
by Individuals in the timber belt. This
land has been acquired in six or seven
years ana is worth over szoo.ooo.
. At the time of his election to the
presidency of the Lewiston National
nK Kittenbach enjoyed the dlatlnction
- beln-toe vounsest- national'- bank
president In the United States. He Is
liv
the,
on lie rat or the land durlnar
six years his wife lived as the wife of nf
a weajeny man. wnetner wuson threat
ened ner witn exposure and so forced
her to suddIv him with moner. and stanl
her .own jewels, or whether she did It
voluntarily, because or love for the man.
are Questions I have never been able to
answer to my own satisfaction."
ton sines a child. - His famllv has been
closely identified with the development
ox me suite ana . is one or ine most
fromlnent snd wealthy ones in north
daho. Kettenbach's uncle, Frank W.
Kettenbach, is president of tha Idaho
trust company and the Kettenbach grain
LODGE CLERK SAID
TO HAVE USED FUNDS
, ' aVsMBssawawsBaasssaaaBSat ' ' I
Walter O. Crooker of Tacoma Under
Arrest- Friends Find, Exten
uating Clrrumstances. '
y ; 8peelal Dispatch to The 7oarsaL)
Tacoma, June 17. Walter O. Crooker,
clerk of the Woodmen of the World
here. Is under arrest charged with em
besillng funds of local camps. Ha Is
slleged to be short anywhere from 1900
ta $2,090, ; September last Croaker's
two daughters, both, young women, died
: from .typhoid fever. . Then his . wife
died, and there followed a long ' spell
of sickness of his son. Beaten down
by these great misfortunes and by be
coming sick nimseu, crookers xrtenas
Say, his mind became unbalanced. ' -Shortages,
it Is said, were noticed tn
his accounts two months ago and -he
was riven the opportunity to make them
good, but Instead - continued getting
deeper. A week sgo he disappeared
after resigning his position, and -his
relatives feared he had committed sui
cide. His eastern bondsmen sent an
Imperative oroer that he be arrested
ana prosecuted. Search for him was
vigorously pushed, and- It was found
he had gone to Vashon island, where he
has a ranch. He returned to Tacoma
-and waa arrested, -.v.-; ..f-.-.
company, the latter one of the largest
grain companies In the stats. Ketten
bach succeeded his father as bead
the - old
HOOD RIVER WILL
v CELEBRATE GRANDLY
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-' fSpedal Dispatch to The Jooratl)
Hood River, . June . 17. Hood River
has decided to have an old-time Fourth
of July celebration) with oratory, fire
works, games and a street parade. One
thousand dollars-has been contributed!
for this purnosa bv buaineaa men hero
ana committees are busy arranging ihs
details of the program.
Judge H. . H. Northmp of - Portland,
will be the orator of the day. Speakers
Of local fame Will also annear. A rhnrm
of 100 trained voices will sing patrlotlo William ; Dwyer.
n Brearly private
Head ttt
the Lewiston ' National Dank several
years sgo, the latter having organised it
irom tne oia jbx
bank. . -
" Supporters of Borah.
Kester has also resided In Lewiston
since childhood, and has been Identi
fied With the bank in the capacity of
teller and cashier for over 15 years.
He has taken an active part In north
Idaho politics and It was the Kester-Kettenbach-West
faction of the repub
lican party In north - Idaho which sup-
gorted William E. Borah for the United
tates senate, Borah being their chief
counsel in the present case, although
not actively engaged before the Jury on
account of his presence at Boise as
prosecutor- In the Steunenberg murder
oi iocai rame win also appear. A chorus case. -.
vi jvv irunea voicea wtu sing patrlotlo I wuiiam ; uwyer, the timber crslser
sonars as : tart of the exerclaa. Ana leonvicted Inlntl with tha h.nk nffift.i.
of the features will ha a ball game be- I came to north Idaho eight years sa-o
twaan taama . . , A . . 1. 1 1 fMM TX'1-hvh n ... u- , : .
- - -- mhu ,uiu : men I iviu . ,i wn,iib n, linn iwvn .operil.
selected from prominent residents of the I ing out of Lewiston In the Clearwater
city, in ine evening a display of flre- I timoer pelt and has i always x been
works will be made. Extra police charged with being an agent of the bank
proiecuon naa oeen unstM rnr anil I in ine- limner tranaantinna tn i
raxirs ana others seeking: to fleece vis
ltors will be suppresse
T
mhirH
tester ana kettenbach have been in
voivea. .
' During the entire progress of the
land frsud cases Kettenbach and Kester
have discouraged reference to the
Lewiston National bank, ' feeling that
they would rather have the atlgma of
indicTmnni innrnfui rr thamu ,m - -
uncn two ana na.u mues east or inarviauais, Tne MnK does the largest
Francis, Manitoba. It Is supposed that commercUl business In the north Idaho
the oars were blown -from the track and its renutatinn arafniiv
"r niuo wiiiu wmcu preTautKi our- i or iia oiucmia ana ai rectors.
ing a violent rainstorm there, no pas-
sens-era were killed. Three men hn nmm n-n-n-nrm .
scalp wounds and one has his face badly Dili V XV OJlill V XUft Jb Ull
cut ana two are dossidit incarnaiiv in.
Jurod. r,',- .
Train Derailed bf Winds.'
(Bpeelal ' Dispatch to The " Janrul.)
Vancouver. B. -C. June . 17 Two
coacnes ana a oming oar ' are In the .
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(Joarail Special Berviea.)
Philadelphia, Pa., June 17. At the
League Island navy yard today 'the
battleship Kansas, one of the most re
cent additions to the American navy,
was presented with a handsome liver
Service, a gift from the state after
wnicn the warship was named. The
presentation was accompanied by the
usual speeches and ceremonies. The
state of Kansas was represented by a
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nocn. ana inciuaina secretary or State
uenton, state (Auditor - Nation. State
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: expert " . s - , , .
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: the most varied assortment With our low prices on
diamonds, .watchesand jewelry all intending purchasers
tan buy far more economically here than elsewhere. . -
CREDIT. We open scores of confidential charge ac
counts every business day with persons who had always :
considered jewelry a luxury, h Our easy, terms tof pay
ment will pave the way fof an easy purchase. "" ' . i V
tary of State
Treasurer Tully. Attornev Oeneral Jack.
son and Adjutant General Hughes. The
stata officials ware accompanied by their
I wires. . ... r . -. -..,.
The silver service is one of the flnest
ever given to an American warahin.
The service is of beautiful creation and
design, Ita masalveness being enhanced
sy its simplicity, .tuacn piece is d
ated with the state seal and other ap
propriate empyema. , in aaaition to the
sliver service the Kansas party pre
sented to the ship a set of handsome
flags donated by the Kansas branch f
u.e uaua-nters oz tne American Re vol u
uon.
f It will pay yon to examine oar stock before buying'
elsewhere, we charge no extra tor credit accom-
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74 THIRD ST., NEAR OAK
; ' largest diamond dealers in Oregon:.
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BUNKER HILL BATTLE
(Jonraal 'Special Servtca.
Boston, Mass., . Juna , 17. Although
this la not a legal holiday, practically
all tha business activities of greater
Boston were suspended today in observ
ance of the lsza anniversary of the
battle ot Bunker Hill. The patriotic
celebration centered, as) usual, in Char-
leatown, the scan of the famous tight
The celebration began at daylight with
an extensive explosion of fireworks.
Two larre parades were held In Charles.
town, one consisting; or military, naval
and civic Doaies, including marines from
tha local barracks and ships now- at
the Charlestown navy yard. The other j
parade was an electrical pageant with
handsome floats. ; Many athletic and
other out-door events wera held during
the aay. A"-.":-.;:c,5,
BIDS OPENED FOR
, NEW BATTLESHIPS
jA (Josraal Special Serrlce.irss .
"VWahington, t. C.,. June 17. It is
expected, that some time this week bids
for the Delaware and Utah, the two
to,000-ton battleships which were author-
lied by the last session or congress, will
be opened at the navy department Both
vessels when completed Will exceed the
Enaitsh battleship Dreadnauaht in
power and strength. "V:. ? :
it la expectea mat at least nvs eon
tractors will put tn bids for the con
struction of these two vessels. They
are the rore itiver snipouuaing com
pany, the Newport News shipbuilding
company. Cramps of Philadelphia, -the
Bath, Maine, ironworks, and the New
Tore snipDuiiaing company or camaen.
New Jersey. It Is not expected that the
arovernment will construct either of the
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We now launch into the second week of the preat gtock-reduclne tales. The exteaOTdinary success of last week s stock-reducing
sales has spurred us to still greater efforts, and crowds will continue to come and share the values, as hundreds of others have
shared. Values as great, and in many instances greater, thn last week's.- Reinforcements have come from the workroom and
reserve stocks have been drawn upon. We are in readiness to show you the greatest and best merchandise ever offered in Port-,
land. Not a lot of odds and ends, '.but fresh, new stock, not even ever shown before.
One of
J.M.AS
Offers
Which
Cannot Be
Equaled
Suit Values Up
to 65.00 . . . .
Last Week We Bad Two Snlt Sales First Sale Up to $25.68 for $5.69
Second Sale (Jp to $59.60 for $10.69
No w the Oinaas-
Suits Up to $65 Tuesday
Yon Have Bat to Look ta Our Windows to Be Convinced
If '
The Best We've
Ever Offered
SlflRTS-
Values Up to $5.00
' Tuesday
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Extraordinary
Values
Short Box and Fitted
COATS Values Up
: to $16.50, Tuesday
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