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Dr. Roy Fuller, Confined in
i JBaker County Courthouse,
Converses With Fellow
Through Prison. Fence-
Brown's Slayers in Fear.
((Welti Dispatch to Th Jtmnul)
Baker Cltjr. Or., Oct. 8.Wlth
' threats to blow up the county jail
! Dr. Roy Fuller, a prisoner, re-
f used . to poison Harry ' Draper's
bloodhounds, which were confined In
the corridor outside his cell, an un
known man made a desperate ' at
tempt at 2 a. m. today to stop the
- pursuit of the assassins of Haryey
Brown.
Dr. Fuller heard a noise outside
, thf.-: wooden wall 'which surrounds
'.(-. the -ounty prison about 2 o'clock
v this ihornlng. "rie 1 tfien -TheardT. his
name called softly ' and " he "asked
what- was wanted. "Hush," ex
claimed the nflknown, "I hare some
thing of Interest to say to you."
"What do you want," asked Fuller,
' "I want yon to poison Harry
' Draper's bloodhounds," came the
. startling reply.
Fuller, was? astonished and indig
. nantly replied that he would' do
nothing of the kind. ., '," J ;
' - "There is $250 In It for you If
you do," called the man outside the
fence. " ''
' Fuller reiterated his refusal and
' stated In an emphatlo way, that he
'would have nothing to do with -the
dirty work. ' r !
; , ; "Well, we are going to get those
dogs," angrily exclaimed the un-
... known, "and If you don't ' poison
them we will have to give them and
you some of the same medicine. Har-
? rey Brown got."
' ' Fuller Raises Alarm.
Fuller immediately " raised - an
alarm and the stranger vanished in
-' the darkness. ' xt -r . '
ft-Fuller 1s a young 'physician' who
was convicted of malpractice and
sentenced to serve. 10 years in the
penitentiary. He has "filed an ap
j peal. with. the supreme court and is
. ' held in the county Jail here pend
' lng Its outcome.1 ' - , J ' " "
. . yne man who taixed nr Fuller
this, morning did not scale the
fence, but remained on the outside,
' holding - his conversation with the
prisoner thro'uglxjra , knothole con
veniently near the cell window,,.' The
feet-that Fulfer Is -a physician and
the knowledge of the exact position i
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Boise, Oct. 2. Before undergoing an operatlcra for an abscess I X
on the left: ear today, Clarence 8. Darrow., chief counsel for the
Western Federation of Miners An the Pettjbone andMoyer cases,
said an effort to make It appear that' the killing of, ex-Sheriff
Brown at Baker City was caused by the Western Federation Is
ridiculous on Its face," as it can be shown that Brown had be
friended Adams and was a witness In his behalf at the first trial
at Wallace. V Brown was counted on as one of the most, import
ant witnesses for. the defense in the second rtlal. Brown testi
fied' that "when in Jail at Baker City Adams gave him to-under-stand
If he made a confession corroborating Orchard's he would
be ''taken'- care of. Darirow said the ' publicity ' jiven Orchard's
story of-how he made and, exploded bombs was sure to produce
many murders by. that method. v I ";!''.- '
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HARRY ORCHARD, ! WHO HAR-
' VEYvBROWN KNEW AND WHO
WAS ' INSTRUMENTAL IN lOIV-
: tNO .THE .BX-SHERDTF,. A; CLUE
TO STEVE ADAMS' WHERE
ABOUTS, . V. , '
of the prisoner's cell show that the
man who is endeavoring, to put the
bloodhounds out of the way is thor
oughly familiar with the town.
:: v .Has la, Kotbar HatbaxA.
Light waa thrown on . "The ; man In
the mother hubbard'' this morning when
It waa learned that a tall, slim, dark
tranger,, attempted to purchase a wrap
per t the store of Dllsheiroer and Fore
man, about 6 o'clock the afternoon of
the murder. .Harry Foreman a member
of 'the firm waited on. the ' customer,
who first ourchased some ; sox then
asked if the - store .. carried . any. cheap
wrappers. .Foreman showed him some
ror iz.au out ina stranger saia mey
were too expensive.- - He-then - exam
ined one worth. $1.35 but . refused to buy
Apparently believing that his action
had excited suspicion, the man mumbled
something about "the kid," -and bought
a "Teddy bear." v -
' The description 'of the-man given by
Foreman tallies with that given by
neighbors - of Brown -"who-f saw the
paeudo on'rhe Bisrht of the trairedv
The attempt to poison his dogs has
aroused the anger of Harry Draper and
he has declared, his Intention of running
tne culprits to ine ena or tne eartn.
The trail of .the man who approached
r-uner was am a rew ieet long rrm
the street to the wall surrounding the
Jail and the keen-noned animals will be
of no avail running him down. It Is not
llkeiv mat the docs will be taken ont
again nintil -there is some new develop-
ments-m tne case, t he trail from the
scene of the, assassination Is so-old that
nothing can be done along that line.
SHIt TO SPEND
- URGE HUT
Five'Wousand Dollars Au
thorized to Assist in Tros-
ecuting the Murderers.
Acting wilder the provisions of an
act passed by he legislature of 1903,
Oeveraor Chamberlain, thrbugh hls.sec
retary;''.W.:N: Ga(ens, has notified the
Baker , City authorities that the state
will expend, if necessary, the sum of
MOO to secure the arrest tand convic
tion of Brown's assassin. 'The act in
question authorises the ' governor to
employ special agents for the appre
hension and conviction' of criminals in
all cases where the governor inn deem
It necessary and where It appears to
him that they are likely to fse.ipe jus
tice., s An . appropriation was made In
1905 and another In 1907 to onablo the
governor to enrrr nut the nrnvlHlnni
of the act " Governor. Chamberlain is
absent from the state at this time but
his secretary, W. N. , Gatens, has ad
vised him bv wire of the developments
and Is acting by the governor's author
ity. Baker county has already offered
a reward of $5,000. i,,
FOUR MURDERERS HANG
FROM SAME SCAFFOLD
. . (UdIU4 ' Presa Leawd Wire.) -Lancaster.
Pa.i Oct. vj Four Italian
murderers were hanged her at the same
time this morning for hacking to pieces
a brother laborer in a shanty. Thev
wers bent on robbing the 15 occupants
of the shanty, but ona resisted and he
was. killed. "
Reported Maltese Crossed on
Karvex Brown's Fence
3ferely Placed to Desig
nate where Wires Had
Led.
(Rtwclal Dispitch to Tbs ' Joarotl.)
Bnker City. Or., Oct $. Early yes
terday morning Officer Carl Castle of
the local police announced he had placed
chalk marks upfn the Brown gateway
to denote the exact spot the wire which
exploded the bomb had been attached.
When he took his post at the scene of
the assassination. Chief Jackson ob
served that the workmen who were
clearing away the debris would Obliter
ate all clues to the assassins "before the
detectives arrived. Before he allowed
the men to remove the wire from the
fence he caused two red chalk marks
to be placed upon It ta show -the exact
point at which the wire was. attached.
The marks wn not "assassin marks."
The story) caused a-emue. .
FULL FARESOON
Western Roads Will Taboo
Half Rate Permits Af
ter January 1.
FRO
Chicago, Oct 8. After January 1,
1908. clergymen who have been travel
ing upon half rates on all western rail
roads will be compelled to pay full fare.
This fact Is made certain by the action
or the general conrerenee or an clergy
bureatta of all the Western Passenger
association lins.
The Transcontinental Passenger as
sociation will continue to Issue half
rate .permits to clergymen so long as
the. rates are not reduced in Colorado,
Montana. Arlsona and states west 'of
there to the Pacific coast Permits may
also be continued In the states of Texas
and Louisiana, where their withdrawal
depends upon the state commissions of
those states..
Prodded by The Journal for
Making Illegal Reductions
of Taxes, Sheriff Says He
Will Make Amends for
Violating Law.
Will Require "Affidavit"
Now on File to Be Sworn
to Question Whether
Such Proceeding Will
Make Them Valid.
Sheriff Stevens, whose attention was
directed by The Journal to the fact that
he had been reducing assessments and
taxes in violation of the law, will make
amends for his violations so far as he
can. This Is understood to Include not
only the placing of valid affidavits on
the records, but the collection of all
taxes charged off without authority. He
baa already ordered his deputies to ac
cept no more affidavits unless they are
sworn to before a notary publlo.
"I will have every ons of the affi
davits now on file sworn to before a
r public, said Sherirr Stevens this
morning, - if vty attorney advises me
that the law reaulres it. I have re
ferred the matter to hlnrn-and he will
advise me whether the affidavits should
be sworn to, and also whether any as
sessments have been reduced that should
not have been. . i
If he sdvlses vou that you have re
duced taxes in cases where you had Ho'
right to, will you demand that the par
ties pay the taxes you charged off 7 he
was asked.
I am going to have everything put In
George W. Claxton, Resi
dent of East Side, Ends
His Life in Horrible Man
ner Slices Jugular Vein
With Razor.
Clothesline Usett to Strangle
Himself Sick Wife and
Daughter Ignorant of
Man's Terrible Deed Was
Temporarily Deranged. ,
Temporarily unbalanced because ' of
continued loss of sleep and too close
attention at the sickbed of his -wife and
six-year-old child, both of whom are
critically 111 with typhoid fever, George
W. Claxton killed himself at an early
hour this morning by cutting his throat
with, a raxor. Afterwards he hanged
himself from the cross-arm of , i
clothesline sunoort. The. act was com
4(14 at hlf,hoijie,; J8j;jCast ydrtj-
w nue nis wiis waa lying mi ine raii-
shlpshape," replied the sheriff.
Mo doubt is entertained ty
who have examined the "affidavits" re-
ardinar-thelr validity. All asxee that
hey are not, as they were never sworn
to before a notary public, nor even
lined bv any person other than the
taxDayer who wanted his taxes reduced.
The law requires that the person com-
nlainlnK shall make affidavit that ne la
assessed with property he does not own.
Much douDt is expressed as to wnetner .
the affidavits could be made valid by
having them sworn to now. The reduc- i
tion or assessments was maoe in most
cases several weeks ago. and whether
It makes an affidavit valid to be sworn
to before a notary from one. to six
months after taxes are reduced Is a
question that remains to be answered.
Thourh the exact amount of all the
taxes charged off Illegally by the sheriff
is not known, his records snow mat in
three cases his reductions of taxes ag
gregate $692, These were In the taxes
of the Nott Davis company, which were
reduced 1224: Senator Hi Bicnei. wnose
taxes were cut down $240, and the Mort
gage Guarantee & Trust company,
whose taxes were reduced iizs.
., (Continued on Page Two.)
BE GIF OF DAUGHTER
"i Fourteen-Year-Old Jthelrownl Refuses to Bc'Consoled'
ahd Speaks but the One Sentence, 'They Have
- Killedyjiy Papa! They iiav Kmed My PajMt'r Ci
v' i J (BpetUl r Dispatch to The Joornsl.)', '
' t i Baker City. Or., Oct. $. -"They have
. kUled my papa! ' They have killed my
1 papal" 'exclaimed pretty Ethel Brown,
h 14-year-old daughter of Harvey Brown,
' who refuses to be .comCOrted. "
: It was this little ml4 who first dis
covered the awful eonseauence of the
dynamiters' plot and who after gaslng
at the mangled form of her father lying
wounded onto death at his own front
: door, bravely choked back her sobs, and
with rare presence of mind fUsbed to
. the neighbors to give the alarm. , Act-
!ng as comforter -for her : mother,, who
k Is heartbroken over the-death , of the
man- she idolised, brave - little Ethel
burled her own grief that she might aid
her mother in bearing her1 burden.',"
Mrs. Brownies no moral coward 'and
aft'er the first shock, although' sh Is
still upon the verge of collapse, she
bore her grief with wonderful'fortitude.
The strain of bearing up for her motn
er's - sake lightened, to certain extent
caused the" daughter to lose her self
control and sher thinks and; speaks but
the one sentencei .
"They have .killed my papal They
have killed my oaDa!"
No sadder scene can- be imagined than
the Brown- home. For ' 16 nappy, years
Mrs. Brown has been at the side of her
husband, sharing his sorrows, his Joys
and his work.- Her Interests in the lat
ter . particularly- drew them together
and he confided many, of his plans, dis
coveries and clews to her. . . . ,
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, - DISFIGURING STRUCTURE! ERECTED ON: WEST SIDE OF POSTOFFICE.
Like a bob-tailed caboose on the end
of a limited, passenger train, or the
blackened,' unmeaning Stick of a bril
liant, flaming' skyrocket 'pursulpg Its
heavenly course .through .the star-
decked heavens I the i west wirtg of
the postofflce- building.' ' "
Gracing,, or disgracing.; the: stately
pile f ornamental architecture that
has been-a source of pride to the gov
ernment architect who designed it and
aource of itBadinc mUerx to the of
ficials who Inhabit it, 4he new addi
tion to -the federal building represents
nothing but a large slice o the $5,000
appropriation -granted forv repairs to
the postof flee building, 'and! a place to
weigh Incoming and outgoing mall.
! In appearance it has the 15,000.000
atrocity erected by. Senator Clark on
Fifth avenue. New Tork beaten to a
fraaile. It rigid lines, box-like con
tour and button-shaDe construction
gives it the resemblance of a bone col
lar button upon a ragged, patched shirt
that has passed from the back "of a
scion of one of the first families to
a typical representative of the .Weary
Willie class. - - ' ' ; ,.,
Bo striking in appearance Is the annex
that If has: been the subject, of comment
by citisens from the day Its outlines
first' gave a definite ides.-of what-its
ugliness would finally reach In the way
of extreme delineation of all that is
Impossible to a healthy mind. . ' ..
The comments have not been" com
plimentary to the architect - ...
Consents to Issue Statement
in Which Ho Attributes
Land Irregularities ; to
Stone and Timber Laws-
Points to Faults.
Declares Xo Man,- Woman or
Child Would Take , Up
. Claim With Idea of Never
Speculating With Invest
ment Scojes Prosecution
GEORGE ' W, 4 CLAXTON, , .-
I n ir nolnt between life and death. Clax
ton arose from a restless slumber.' mut
tering to himseu mat ne must give up
st last, went te the cellar and with a
raior cut this throat from ear to ear.
Climbing up a narrow ladder from the
cellar where even a man with no iro
ned iment could scarcely go. he then
went out- Into the- back - yard -and-- ss
cured a piece or ciotnesiine.
Vses Clothesline.
ed a fruit box, placing the loops In the
gashes already made with the razor
throwing the rope over the- cross arm,
he kicked the box from under him and
was found hanging from the support
about :80 o'clock this morning by the
servant. Miss Elsie Read, of Harris-
hurg. ... .
Claxton bled proruseiy irom ine
(Continued on Page Four.
(Special DUpatcb to The Journal.) -Boise,
Oct. 1. Senator" Borah, who wag .
acquitted yesterday of conspiracy to de
fraud the government of lands, consent-""
ed to Issue a signed statement this '
morning. The senator waa delighted
that the verdict of the Jury was so
promptly arrived at and he feela that In
the fact that the J2 good men and true
were only II minutes reaching a con
elusion was evidence of the weakness '
of the testimony Introduced by the pros
ecution. The senator s statement oi-.
lows: ""
Borah's tatemsnt.-
1 was tried before an eminently able
and fair iudse and by a Jury of leading
citisens of this district, men of unques
tioned character and standing, use de
fense cross-examined but two of the
orosecutlon's 40 witnesses and made no
objection to their line of evidence, al
though much of It was wholly irrelevant, "
We Introduced no witnesses other than
mvself: made no arrument to the Jury;
jury was out It minute it was an ex-
parte proceeding from tne Degmning to .
Close and you all know the result.
"I stated to mv counsel In the begin
ning that there should be no technical
defense of any kind ' made and none
waa made. I said In the commence
ment of this affair to my friends that j
the prosecution was actuated by per- i
sonal and corruDt motives . and the
above record ought . to be sufficiently j
conclusive on that point The evidence ' :
not only demonstrated mv innocence of j
any wrong doing but that unusual and
exceptional care was taken at all times
by my pfnee to protect the titles of my
company, the Barber Lumber eompany.
"The stone and timber law Is a piece .
of Infamy as administered by tho gov- :
ernment. The government makes a man
swear that ha does not - take It on
speculation, and the department' con
strues that he must not take It with a
view of selling It. There Is not a man
In the department of the Interior, and
presumably in the department of Jus
tice, but knows full well that (9 men
or women out ot 10Q take up tnese
claims with no other view than selling
them as soon as tney get title. . y ,:. ; ....
Ooversment.at rault,?-;': T:r
"Notwithstanding this knowledge
the government continues to issue final
receipts and thus connives at the doing :
of that' which they afterwards seek to
visit upon some-one as a fraud. . The
government ought to establish arule
which would at least- not ambush men
Into wrongdoing. Undoubtedly there ;,'
are some instances of wrongdoing and
they ought to be punished, but there
are hundreds and hundreds of instances
where the people would, not thluk of ;
taking land except In accordance with '
law which, however, Is often construed .
by the . government to be not in an- -cordance
with the law. although It has
Issued final receipts -'with full knowl
edge of how land was taken. I do not
lu&tify any man in doing wrong but I
say this deliberately that the govern- '
ment has blundered shamefully in the
administration of the-; Stone and timber ;
WANTED III BOY
TWO
Journal Will Pay $55 for Slogan and Design to Be Used
by Carnival Committe'e in Giving Nation-Wide; V
Publicity" to Next Year's "Rosa Fiesta.
Here- is a chance -for .the. .man .or
woman with an Idea to make, money. -
Christmas Is coming it's not so far
away and perhaps you have already be-
..t -m. i a
gun to look around for a way to start
the Christmas fund, , . ' '
Portland is going . to have a rose
festival next June, the very finest thing
or Its kind that any city ever had.
The Rose Carnival association, .'which
is mad up of themost prominent busl-
is In need ot two things... The Journal
la wlllina- to nv lta readers 1SS to sun-
ply these things. t r : ' '
-First It wants a slogan Just a sin
gle, short, simple sentence the shorter
tne oetter, tnat win ao to D Known as
the slogan and the motto of the asso
ciation tne kind or tning tnat sticKS
in the memory and that will tell the
world tn one phrase that Portland's rose
festival Is to be the best ever. .
, Frlsea for Bright Thonjrhts. -;
-"-Fov this slogan The Journal will plve
$15 In gold. Kvery one with an H'. i,m
write it down on a sheet at ruiu- t.aii
send It In to The Journal office In rare
of the Rose Festival editor. It will be
delivered to a'commlttee to be selected
by The Journal and the name of tho
winner of the prfse and the prise-win-nlng
slogan will be given in The Jour
nal, Sunday morning, October IS,
As the slogans are-submitted to ths
Rose Festival editor day by d.iy they
will be printed In The Journal, so tn.it
every one who reads . The , Journal -.n
ses just how many bright and orKrhi .1
eoneeptiotis of what a slogan ihoii.l I
thero are. - - . ,
Then, second, the Festival asoei5u :
wants a design symbolical of the n:
elation and the festival. It mii-i i
capable of reproduction in c.i-r - t
colors Of the Hose society, pin
green, should be Included but ni .- r
make a good appearance wtn ti i
In black ink. ; . , ; .
...'Tie Design for Adverts-
This delstn is lntt nd. il f .r i.
ton on all the rtannt-r. t1 .- -
and the literature ,r the l .
ciHtlon. It wlil t r.-;.i-i ;
(Continut'il ou i
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