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VOL. IV. NO. 10.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1907.
PRICE 'FIVE CENTS.
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BYSTANDER
INJURED BY
h POLICEI
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1 ".TTUliq
ferwh
illi9.n1 Stevens Is Shot by
rolman Griff Eoberts
ile Latter Attempts
to Quell Disturbance in
Front of Saloon.
Feared Victim Will Fail to
Survive, Bullet Having
Entered Back of Head-
Officer Believed He Was
Firing in the Air.
While attempting to quell a distur
bance shortly after 11 o'clock laat night
in front Of the GUinore saloon. East
Sixth and Morrison streets, Patrolman
Orlff Roberts accidentally shot Wil
liam Stevens In the back of the head.
The Injured man was taken to the Good
Samaritan hospital where slight hopes
of his recovery were held out at an
early hour this morning.
Stevens, who is a driver employed
by the Ire Delivery company. In com
pany with W. E. Galvln and William
Fisher, also employed by the same com
pany, was eating lunch In a restaur
ant when they heard the nolce of a
disturbance across tne street. Stevens
suggested that the three of them go
over and find out --hat was wrong.
Arrived at the saloon they were
Jostled and shoved by half a dosen
drunken men, two of whom were fight
lng. Patrolman Roberts arrived soon
after the three entered the place and
took from the saloon a young fellow
who had offered the officer an Insult
Kit Officer With Book.
As Roberts reached the sidewalk with
his prisoner in charge six of the fel
low' cronies slipped out the back door
of the saloon, rounded the corner and
met the officer as he was Oftwrintf down
Morrison street. While attempting to
keep them from taking his prisoner
away Roberts was struck on tne head
with a rock hurled by one of the crowd.
The force of the blow felled the pa
trolman to the sidewalk and as he rested
himself he pulled a revolver from his
hip pocket and fired, so he states, In
the air In the hopes of frightening his
assailants.
Stevens had stepped from the saloon
door a few moments before and was
watching the melee on the sidewalk.
The bullet fired from the policeman's
revolver lodged In the back of his head
near the base of the skull and he sank
to the street unconscious, a great stream
of blood flowing from the WQund.
Roberts rushed to a patr. box and
sent In a call to central. Aa soon as
the wagon arrived Stevens waa taken
as rapidly as possible to the Oood Sa
maritan hospital, where the physicians
began at once to probe for the bullet.
Stevens was still unconscious at 2:30
o'clock this morning.
Roberts Collapses.
Patrolman Roberts, who is one of the
oldest officers on the Portland police
force, hurried to headquarters, where
he collapsed. He was so broken up over
the unfortunate affair that he remained
at the station for a couple of hours. be
fore attempting to go to his home at 494
Rodnev avenue. I
' I dldn t Intend to shoot anyone,
he said at midnight. Tne reuow had
felled me with a rock on the head, and
as I was the only officer in the vicln
ity and felt certain that I, had a tough
gang to deal with, I instinctively drew
my revolver and fired, as I thought. In
the air, in me nopes oi scaring mem
tHCK."
SAYS m
DOES NO!
SECRETARY VISITS PORTLAND
WIN TRADE
Oscar S. Straus, Secretary
of Commerce and Labor,
Makes a Telling Speech
Before the Portland Com
mercial Club.
Trade Is Carried On, Says
Distinguished Visitor, Not
Among Enemies, but Be
tween Those Who Are on
Friendly Terms.
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HENEY HERO
OE FAMOUS
UKRIER
Lincoln Steffens Applauds
Efforts of the Prosecutor
in Probing Land Frauds
in Oregon and Bringing
Grafters to Justice.
Writer Deals With Career
of Great Lawyer During
Years Before He Became
Center of Public Gaze, in
Magazine Story.
"Trade follows the path of least re
sistance, and that Is the path of peace.
We trade with those who are friendly,
and not with those who are enemies. The
familiar saying that trade follows the
flag I have always seriously doubted.
With these words Oscar 8. Straus,
secretary of commerce and labor, fore
casted the commercial development of
the natluus of the Taolflo, and impressed
upon his hearers at the Portland
Commercial club last evening that It
devolves upon the people of the Pacific
coast to fulfill its aesuny.
After an introduction by President
W. Hodson. Secretary Straus briefly
explained the organisation and purposes
or the aepanment or commerce una
labor, of which he is the head. It em-
races twelve bureaus. Including the
census, immigration, risneries, steam
turlna- and the fosterlna; of trade be
tween the United State and foreign
nations.
Olre Aid to OoremmenK
The secretary spoke in high terms
of the cooperation that is being devel
oped between his department and the
commercial bodies of the oountry, and
said he never before appreciated so
much the important aid that semi-official
organizations, such , as chambers
of commerce, commercial clubs and
boards of trade render to the govern
ment. He has created a new bureau
that will have for its special work co
operation with thess bodies.
Reviewing the birth and development
of the commerolal spirit he said the
American nation was born and cradled
m it. Questions of a comerclal nature
in It. Questions of a commercial nature
The history of 'modern wars dated back
to the so-called religious wars, which
term was a misnomer.
Then came the spirit of conquest,
which reached its senith in the Na
poleonic era. The commercial spirit
followed, and as it spread throughout
the civilised world it became a crusade
of ceace. He said the treaty of The
Hague was the greatest event in the
history of the world.
ralr Bxohanr a Blessing,
"When we send a cargo to a foreign
port, and our vessel brings back a cargo
OSCAR S. STRAUS.
COREY STILL PRESIDENT
OF GREAT STEEL TRUST
Magnate Denies, That He Has Resigned Position Wife
Declares She Will Never Return to Stage Which
She Abandoned Upon Marriage.
(Brartt News by Lonsect Leased Wire.)
New York, July 10. Upon his return
from Europe aboard LaSavole, William
ES. Jorey, president of the United States
Steel corporation, denied in positive
terms that he has yet resigned the
presidency of the trust, but was less
definite In announcement regarding his
future business plans. When first ques
tioned upon the subject of his reslgna-
on Mr, Corey's replies were evasive.
but when this was called to his atten
tion and a positive statement was re
quested he said:
I have not resigned from the presi
dency of the steel corporation. In fact,
I have come back early In the summer
on purpose to go to work. I am not
Informed regarding the details of any
meetings that may have been held dur
ing my absence and that Is all I can
say upon that subject."
wmn Air. v;orey maae mis last state
ment he was seated In his stateroom
beside his beautl'ul wife, who was for
merly the actress, Mabelle Oilman. Mrs.
Corey appeared deeply Interested In ev
erything her husband said and while he
waa talking she took one ofhts hands
In hers and held it. She nodded her
heaa vlgornislv when her husband made
response- to f question regarding ru
mors that Mrs. Oorer might he induced
to appear upon the stage again. The
question seemed to stir Mr. Corey more
man me one regarding his resignation
and he answered sharply:
"You may say for Mrs. Corey and my
self that she Is through with the stage
for life. She will never be seen upon
the stage again. She Is glad to give it
up and I will be pleased to see this de
nial made prominent, aa I can only be
. -ve that the rumor was started by
some one wishing to secure a little no
toriety by making use of her nam a"
"No, I will never appear upon the
(Continued on Page Ten.)
Itevens lives In a lodging house near
.Steel bridge, but his correct aaaress
cBu'tL. Jioi DO learned msi niKuu n uu
turn fnATS an d a brother living In Ab
erdeen, where the latter are employed In
one of the sawmills.
Shot Waa AootdentaL
W. E. Galvln, who was with Stevens
at the time the patrolman fired, says
they were taking no part in the trouble
and he thinks the shot was entirely ac
cidental. He said:
"The three of us, Stevens, Fisher and
myself, were eating in the restaurant
across the way when we heard a great
commotion in the Gllmore saloon. Ste
vens suggested that we go over and see
what was going on and we Immediately
left the table and crossed the street
"We had not much more than rot
Into the place before Roberts came
In and took out one of the men who
was doing most of the loud talking. A
few seconds afterwards when we
reached the sldewoK there was a great
crowd there and some rough talk.
(Continued On Page Ten.)
In exchange, we have given and received
a quid pro quo. It is a transaction that
blesses the people to whom the vessel
was sent, and the people who receive
it back. The only trade that is fostered
at the cannon a moutn. tnat l Know any
thing about. Is the trade of the grave-
digger."
In closing, Mr. Straus referred Im
pressively to the lofty spirit of fairness,
the fine patriotism and sober Judgment
of the men he has met on this coast.
i and said he was sure the people of the
east do not accept the utterances of
agitators as representing the true spirit
of the west. His talk was listened to
with interest by the gathering, and was
notable for its earnestness, originality
of language and elegance of style.
Under Two Parties.
Secretary Straus has the unusual
distinction of appointment by a Demo
cratic president aa American ambassa
dor to Turkey, re-appolntment to same
office by a Republican president, and now
occupying a cabinet office by appoint
ment by a Republican president. He
Came to New York from Germany when
he was a small boy. His first chosen
profession was that of the law.
Later he became a merchant, and ac
quired large wealth In that vocatlonJ
jtie saia last evening mat tne oniy man
he ever envied for Tils wealth was An
drew Carnegie, because Carnegie was rich
enough to endow the Temple of Peace,
the cornerstone of which was laid a few
weeks ago.
aomg to Honolulu.
Secretary Straus trip to the ooast
is with two objects in view. He Is re
organizing the steamboat inspection
service, and In that connection is per
sonally visiting the various stations and
conferring with boiler and hull inspec
tors as to Interpretation of the laws.
(Continued on Page Ten.)
BUNKO KELLY PARDONED
AFTER THIRTEEN YEARS
Sailor Boarding-House Man Was Convicted of Brutal
Murder of George C. Sayers Attorney X. N.
Stevers Implicated in the Crime.
Joseph, "Btinko" Kelly, convicted of
murder in the eeoond degree from Mult
nomah county 18 years ago, was par
doned by. Governor Chamberlain yester
day morning.
Action was taken by the governor
upon the recommendation of a large
number of people throughout the state,
among the signers of the petition being
ex-Mayor George H. Williams and W.
P. Hume, the prosecuting attorney who
convicted the prisoner. The petition
was filed with the governor three years
ago, and numerous requests for clem
ency have been made, but until yester
day no attention was paid to tnem.
The fact that a life sentence is fixed
at 16 years, during which he was
model prisoner. Influenced Governor
Chamberlain In his action.
Warder of an Old Man.
The murder for which Kelly was con
vlcted was a cold-blooded one. Kelly,
in company with X. N. Steeves, at that
time a well-Known Fortiana attorney,
was proved to have killed George C.
Sayers, an old man living at Fulton,
GHOST IN PRISON CELL
REFORMS WICKED WOMAN
After Ten Years Behind Bars for Assisting in Murder of
Lover, Mrs. Augusta Nack Declares That She
Will Uplift Humanityi
(Juurml Bpedal Serrlee.)
New York, July 20. To th6 influence
of a spcctrethe ghost of a man she
nays Bbe loved and for whose murder
gheir Just completed a 10 -years' term
lrjKell Mrs. Augusta Nack attributes
iter conversion and her determination
Fto devote her remaining days to an
1 A. U 1
el I UI l lu uuxt nor iduuw uicil.
"It was before William Guldensuppe
was murdered that I first saw the vi
sion," she said today. "It came to me
In a vision. At the foot of my bed, I
saw his figure, headless and streaming
with blood. 1 awake screaming and the
next day saw a fortune teller who said
the dream meant Guldensuppe would be
killed and beheaded by Martin Thorn.
Haunted by Speotra.
Often and often at night in my call
I saw the same iflgure until I thought it
would drive me mad. At last I realised
what It meant And Joined the church. I
have never seenj It since my conversion."
. Mrs. Nack doao not admit she helped
Thorn murder Guldensuppe.
"William waat the only man I ever
loved," she sayjs. "It was wrong for
me to live wittfi him. but my husband
had killed my affection for htm.
"Thorn waa a bad man. I knew It
and I did not (love him, but he had a
strange power lover me. Ha was Jeal
ous of Guldensuppe and I was In con
stant fear that they would fight.
Then I had that dreadful dream. It
came true. I don't know what became
of the head. It was never found. That
was xnorn a worjr.
Murdered for &ora.
i aio not Know mere was to be a
murder when I took Guldensuppe to the
nouse wnere ne was nam. He went up
stairs alone to see Thorno. I heard
him fall and knew he was killed. Then
Thorn cam down and told me he had
done murder for my sake.
"I was frightened and did my best
to help Thorn dispose of the body. But
because I did not love him, I gave the
evidence that sent him to the chair.
Why should I have saved him after he
nan am tne man I had loved?"
Mrs. Nack -waa forced to leave -the
hotel where she spent last night A
boarding-house where she sought shel
ter later expelled her when her Identity
wm revealed. She haa spent all her
money. The woman says she will go to
Germany where she has a little money
and spend the rest of her life trying
to atona for her paat. - ,
and threw the body In the river. Sayers
followed the occupation of house mover.
John W. Mlnto was chief of police at
the time, and he gathered much of the
evidence against Kelly and Steeves.
Portions of Sayers' clothing were found
on the river bank, and his body was
afterwards found floating In the river.
It was shown by the bodv that Sayers
had been struck over the head and then
stabbed to death. Sayers was supposed
to know too much about a crooked land
deal Involving Kelly and Steeves, and
was therefore made awav with.
Steeves Onoe Sentenced.
Both men were tried for the murder
and Steeves was twice found guilty and
once sentenced to hang. His case was
appealed on a writ of error and the
third trial resulted In his acquittal. He
then left the state, going to various
places. He drifted to the Philippine
islands, Dut got into trouble and went
to Alaska. He Is now either In San
Francisco or some part of Texas.
Kelly's lion? SDenoe.
Kelly maintained a stubborn silence
during his trial and was found guilty
or muraer in me second degree and sen
tenced to life imprisonment.
The newly pardoned man came to
Portland yesterday afternoon and Is
now staylnv with old-time friends here
It is said that he lays his long delayed
paroon at me ooor ot larry suinvan,
his former opponent and enemy In the
crimping business and that blood would
probably Tlow should the two men meet.
Admiration for the grit of Francis
J. Heney, the man who so successfully
prosecuted land grafters In Orrgon and
corrupt city officials in San Francisco,
is the key note of the leading article In
the August number of the American
magazine by Lincoln Steffens. Mr. Stef
fens' opinion of Prosecutor Heney Is re
fleeted in the title of his story which
he calls "The Making of a Fishlei," and
he recites In It numerous Incidents In
the early life of Htney, before he
became famous.
Kteffens spent considerable time In
Portland recently gathering material for
the present story about Heney and for
other articles which are to follow. From
Portland Mr. Steffens went to San Fran
cisco where he met Heney In person.
Coming as It .oes at the time when
public attention is drawn to lleney's
prosecution of the San Francisco graft
ers, much -Interest attaches to Steffens'
estimate of Heney.
""T of Sr. Handy.
The story of how Heney killed Dr.
ju.andy In Arizona because Handy at
tacked him for defending Mrs. Handy
in a divorce suit Is again related. A
new incident of how Heney was ex
pelled from college In' his freshman year
follows:
"And then, in his freshman year, he
was 'fired' for fighting. Joining the
college fraternity that went in more for
run neney was cueo in a college pa
per as a terrible example or the demor
allzlng Influence of secret societies; the
article was anonymous. Heney demand
ed the name of the author and when
the editor, a senior, refused It. attacked
him. This happened at a railroad sta
tion The senior drew a pistol and held
the freshman at bay until the train
started. Then he dropped his pistol
hand and leaped upon a car. Heney
sprang upon him and the two dangled
there a moment. As the train gained
headway Heney s grip weakened and he
dropped, but he caught the train and
the senior named the author: a fellow
who nad tried and failed to get Into
the fraternity.
"Heney kept his own counsel abso
lutely; he deuoerated all day and that
night bought him a rawhide and a re
volver. The whip was for the fellow
who was 'smaller than him;' the gun
was to be used only if the smaller man
should draw.
Expelled From College.
"The two met at noon, comlnar out
of class. Heney grasped his man by
the collar, threw him on the floor and
thrashed him till the fellow drew his
gun. Dropping his whip, Heney graspMI
the weapon and there was a wrestlin I
matcn till tne student crowd Interfered.
"It was at this juncture that Henev
committed the offense for which he
was expelled. His victim, stung and
humiliated, called out from the crowd
that held him a taunt at the "brave man
that would lick a fellow smaller thajv
nimseii. Heney says tnat "hurt
Let him go,' he called back;
give
RAILROADS'
REGULATION
BOTJUrc CRY
Government Ownership Will
Not Be Paramount Issue
of Next National Fight o
Democrats, According to
Commoner's Views.
COLLISION
OF TRAINS
KILLS 35
Urges States to Stand Pat on
Bights Rather Than Leave
Sole Control of Corpora
tions in the IJands of the
Federal Government.
(Publishers' Frew by Special Ufd Wirt.)
Lincoln, July 20. William J. Bryan
does not favor government ownership as
paramount issue in the next national
campaign. He believes in rigid reguhv
tlon and urges the states to stand pat
for their rights in the curbing of cor
porations, rather man to leave regula
tlon solely in the hands of the federal
government. The next issue of the
Commoner will say:
"As the campaign approaches It be
comes more and mere evident that the
three questions, the trust question, the
tariff question and the railroad ques
tlon. will share public attention and the
questions really present the same Is
sue between the general public and
the privileged classes. Shall the gov
ernment be administered In the inter
est of the whole people or In the in
terest of the few? This Is the issue
presented by the trust question, the
tariff question and the railroad ques
tion.
"Government ownership Is not an Im
mediate Issue. A majority of the peo
ple sun ravor errective regulation, and
wniie mey so nope, mey win not con
elder government ownership. While
many Democrats believe that govern
ment ownership offers the ultimate so
lution of the problem, still those who
believe the public will finally In self-
oerense pe driven to recognize that reg
ulation must be tried under the most
favorable olrcumstanoes before the
massea will require a mare radical
remedy.
"Regulation cannot be sufficiently'
tried within the next year, and there is
no desire anywhere to make govern
ment ownership an issue in 1909. To
Inject the government ownership ques
tion Into the state campaign would
simply give representatives of the rail
roads a chance to dodge the Issue of
regulation and deceive the public"
THIS WEDDING
IS
Terrible Slaughter Caused
by Collision of Freight
and Excursion Trains on
Curve in Michigan Crew
of Freight to Blame.
Killed and Injured Number.
More Than One Hundred
Fifty Seriously Injured,
Twenty Fatally nurt and
a Dozen Are Burned.
Portland Woman Injured.
(Special DUDtteh to The Journal.)
Detroit. Mich.. July 20. Mrs.
Lizzie Ketchum, wife of Clem
4 Ketchum and sister-in-law of
George Ketchum of Portland,
was seriously injured in a Per
Marquette railroad wreck at Sa-
4 lem, Michigan, Saturday. She
was one of a party of 11 persona 4
who were on an excursion train 41
coming to Detroit from Ionia,
Michigan, when the train oolllded
with a freight train, killing 40
and Injuring 65.
Mrs. Ketchum had one of her
hands cut' off and was otherwise
4 Injured, but it is believed she
will recover. '
4 Mrs. Ketchum and her sister
Anna married the Ketchum
brothers, and the Injured woman 0
has been visiting her brother In 0
4 Ionia.
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ro
him
'give
first
WORKMAN DIES IN
HEAT INFERNAL AT
WASHOE SMELTER
(Special Dlapatcb to Th Journal.)
Butte, Mont.. July 20. Edward
Connelly met his death today at
4 the Washoe smelters In probably
the most extraordinary accident
In the history of the reduction
works. Connelly missed his foot-
ing and fell into a flue through
4 which air is forced with terrific
power to the blast furnaces. The
man was swept off hla feet
in a twinkling, before he oould
be grabbed by the other work-
men, and literally blewn through
4 the tunnel where , he slag is
4 cooled and out Into, the! long
flume leading to the pond. Con-
nelly was dead when picked up.
him his gun and I'll
shot.
The faculty could not forrlva Hnn
for DroDosina- a run nlav. ni1 mn nritd
a laugh outside but real sorrow within,
he turned away to other things. His
chance for a college education was
gone."
One step in the course of making this
fighter was earning the respect of the
cowboys. The story of how lie did this
is told by Steffens In the following
language: '
Cowboys Talked Heney.
"The cowboys liked Heney. But they
hazed the sunny 'tenderfoot.' Thev
gave him bad bronchos to ride, Again
and again he was thrown, but he always
came back; up and into the saddle
taking his medicine' even though the
blood spurted from his nose and mouth
For months he submitted with unfailing
good nature to all this cowboy fun'
cowboy 'fun.
cioea max mat would do.' He picked
out the best man among them.
you reuowa quit
inen one evening at a roundup he de
"Now, Roberson,
3fatthiew Grohr Robbed of
Happiness Because He
Is Too Young.
(Continued on Page Ten.)
Almost married, merely waiting for
the Judge's clerk to fill out the marriage
certificate before the ceremony should
be pronounced, Matthiew Grohr was
robbed of happiness yesterday afternoon
by being told that he was not old enough
to be wed and his marriage license was
taken from him.
Grohr la only 17 rears old. He will
not reach his eighteenth birthday until
next September. His bride-to-be was
16-year-old Tracy Fox. They appeared
at the courthouse yesterday afternoon
with their respective mothers and se
cured a marriage license. Throueh a
misunderstanding it was not known that
young Grohr is only 17 until after he
had gone in to Judge Webster's office
10 oe married.
A chance remark disclosed the fact
that Grohr waa under 18. The Oregon
law does not permit lads under 18 to
marry and It makes no difference who
may consent to the marriage. When
the boy la under 18 the law forbids hla
marriage.
As soon as it waa learned that Grohr
was but 17 years old, the deputy who
had Issued the license hurried in to
Judge Webster's office after the young
couple, and announced that the license
was void, and took It back. Protests
were vigorous, but the law is Inflexible,
and the young couple went back home
to wait until September, when, Grohr
will be 18 years old, and may marry
with his parents' consent. i
(Pabllabara' Prats by Sseeial Leased Wire.)
Salem, Mich., July 20. Thirty-flva
known dead, at least a score fatally
Injured, a dozen missing and believed
to be either burled or incinerated In
the ruins, and half a hundred persons
desperately hurt is the awful story of
the wreck today at Washburn crossing
of an excursion and a freight train upon
the Pere Marquette road. In the paraly
sis resultant from the disaster, details
are woefully confusing 12 hours after
me crasn. wrecaage DiocKaaes me
track and at a late hour tonla-ht res
cuers are still gathering mangled rem
nants of victims from the ruins.
List of the Dead.
The known dead:
NED GALLAGHER; son of ex-Mayor
Gallagher of Ionia.
WILL DOT, Ionia.
JOHN PATTERSON, Ionia.
AL HERBERT, Ionia.
MARTIN KILDUFF, Ionia.
MRS. ABRAHAM EDDY. Ionia.
HERMAN HOFFE, Ionia.
N. J. CORNELL, Ionia.
JOHN ROGERS, Ionia.
JOHN TAFEL, Ionia.
MRS. AUGUST RICHTER. Ionia.
CONDUCTOR E. E. PIXLEY of th
excursion train.
FRANK LATHAM, Ionia,
FRANK SMITH, Ionia.
CHARLES HESS and two sons. Ionia
CHARLES MACAULEY, Sr., Ionia.
DEN ROGERS, Ionia.
LEE ALVORD. Ionia.
L. K. MERRILL, Ionia.
ALBERT TRAUTWINB, Ionia.
HARRY REYNOLDS. Ionia,
HOMER SMITH, Ionia.
FRED FITZGERALD. Ionia.
JAMES VIZEKD, Ionia. y.'
WILLIE GRAMMIT8, Ionia.
HARRY WILLIAMS, Ionia.
FRED VAUGHAN, Ionia.
WILLIAM STEIGER, Kansas City.
ED CORWIN, head brakeman passen
ger train, Ionia.
FIREMAN KNOWLES of exourslon)
Lrnui, iumu
WILLIAM BROAD.
FRANK DOUSE.
EDWARD DURLINO.
WILLIAM GOTT.
DICK JONES.
MRS. JOHN SPITZLBY.
FOUR UNIDENTIFIED MEN.
The freight and the exourslon
made up of employes of the
Marquette and their families
Ionia, the road's headquarters, ' andt
bound for a Saturday outing in De
troit, met in fearful impact without
moment'a warning. The coaches tele
scoped and seven of them piled on on
another in a confused mass, and then.
train,
Pera ,
from
(Continued on Page Nina.)
DIAMOND MERCHANT IS
SHOT BY OWN BROTHER
1 lbra revolver front bis pock
(Hearst Newt by LongMt Leased Wire.)
Chicago, July 20. Samuel T. A. Lof
tis, president of the firm of LoftU
Brothers A Company, diamond mer
chanta, was shot early this afternoon
by his brother, Joseph S. Loftts, after
a stormy scene in the offices of the
company. No. 92 State street where the
wounded man and hla wife had Bought
to force Joseph Loftis out of the partnership.
The ehootins- came, as a climax to a
board Of director' meeting, attended by
Samuel Loftis. his wife and Joseph.
Samuel's wife Is the secretary. Samuel
put a formal motion that Joseph be
ousted from the board of directors, after
severely reprimanding him for neglect
ing his duties and conducting himself
In a manner prejudicial to the firm's in
terest s,
Brother Begins Shooting.
"You will never jlo that." shouted
Joseph Loftis. leapinr from a chair
across the room and snatching a 32-cal-
et-
Samuel Loftis of Chicago "Target for Relative's Revolver
at Meeting of Directors' BoardWife Throttles Assailants-Clerks
and Patrons Rush From Store.
In an Instant before Samuel could
Jump to his feet Joseph, hegan shoot.
Ing. The first bullet struck his brother
In the left arm. Mrs. Loftis at first
screamed and started to run, but quickly
regaining her composure, aha rushed
upon her husband's assailant Ilk
She grabbed him by tha throat, chok
ing him with all her might while her
wounded husband ran in upoq him and
clinched him around tha waist At close
range Joseph fired several shots, one of
the oulleta-grazing Samuel on the top
coat hCd and tw0 ?ln through lta
Meanwhile two policeman who beard
the shots rushed Into tha room. Hun
dreds of women clerks In the Office were
paniq strtckea when, thflLhootlng besju
They rushed Jnto tha street and custo
mers fled to ell parts of the building.
Joseph was taken in charge by the
officers, while Samuel was assisted to
the office of Dr. Farrell, In the same
building, .where bis wounds were
amined. H waa soon afoleyto i;i...
the ease and after visiting the rnrr
police station and signing a c..n.,i
ohargtnar his brother wltn Mu '
a deadly weapon with intent to eom.i, 6
murder, rode to Mercy ''!!,iii,r.
Joseph wss taken to ' Umnn
street station and later jrJdl 1
$09 hoods.
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