The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 02, 1908, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextI, '," f'l: THE , OREGON SUNDAY i JOURNAL', PORTLAND, i SUNDAY t MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1008. 11 TOlWIND UP ON QUICKLY M HEN EY MAKES MONKEY ' ' '- . : -.. j , - " ' a - OF MAYS WITN ESS STAN D Iun,A tw..Y n'li.j.i 4 i lr,c h8r'? ow often ail ou um ornier Deputy District At Hee Mki. The wim-a. id he ur.d a; Prosecutor, v r waa He and on the west aiae. sometimes saw him ones . week omntlmiti not at alL - ' - "Did you know CharWE. Hayea, a lawvarr' aakad Ifanav. and the wltneaa leaia na naa mei mm. - "Did you see him dtirlnr tha errand Jury of October, 10JT" waa tha next quaatlon, and tha witness said ha could not remember. , ., "Didn't Ilayea coma to you ana, tan Edwin M.1 Mars, beaten baok. onto a weaic defensive and flounderlnf help lessly befora the' scathing cross tf f Prosecutor Ifanav. vka hM film un hv Wa own taatlmonv in tha furv aa a. man lrou tha in poaaeaalon of facts -h Z? TZ iV.Jl baarln, on tha Thayer case and didn't - - iBtivu auii vuuiif vou ram a in mow mm to 10 Deiora officer and by that failure had aided in tha jury with It when ha aakad to do tha work of despoUIn, tha .ov.rnm.nt -f- 2 v nm tanus, lurnisnea a climax io me net Havaa than or whether ha bad. bean week-long- drone In .tha JIall case which (allowed to to befora tha Jury, lie aald 21!J "iVr"0" SlUlWLaS tna . u wwiuy uynuiai v iuuuivk m(g M (hey tlRUt Oil tna- II B I. aO 01(1 startling things on Monday naxt. "t Writhing under tha stinging quaatlona of Heney and parry In a; aimlessly In hla effort to meet tha onslaughts of tha prosecutor, Maya put a startling period to tha afternoon aeaalon of the weary trial and lifted tha fog of monotony not remember much of tha caaa, aa it waa a Ion time ago. Sapid nra or questions. "Do you mean to tell ma that you. a prosecuting officer, attempted to put a caaa befora a grand jury without ever snowing wnat your wuneaaea naa to which seemed ToAava .'Stttad dowS help! 'T vld.nc. wa. -tor whrf laaaiy over tha "courtroom Kollnili your wltneaaea wereT Henay aaked dracflna croaa-esamlnatlon of John Hail and left unflnlaheri while Harrv Kobartaon, former secretary of tha lata senator jonn it. Mitcnell. waa called to na atana to nana the dispute direct t I I . I. m fivuu uinpuio U I reel 1 AIA wn caaa auddenly and that ha had relied on tha advice of Greene and Doady. Tou did not know anything about the caaa then whrn you prepared to put U before the Juryr' aakad lieney. Maya crowd In the courtroom wide awaka and waiting xor mora 10 follow on Monday . NUh Kays Begtna Veatlmony. Maya waa called after 4 o'clock aa a wuneaa lor tha arene and came to tha mimna wun me e.sy emlle which ha Did you know anything about Thay er?" Mr. Ifeney aaked. Maya aald ha had aean him, but had never' met him. "Now. then." aald Haney. facing tha wltneaa with hla combination sralle and frown. "Didn't Captain Sladcn, clerk of tha circuit court. Introduce you to Charlea E. Hayes In 1901 and aay that WOra during tha earlv dava nt tha trll Hiimi bu anmothlna- ahnnt tha Tha v. nu wmcn naa oroaaenea out still fur- er caaeT Tnc.i flion t iiarea tell you all tner when the charge of conspiracy held I about -the casa and explain tha opera- Testimony of Witness, How ever, Has little Direct : Bearing on Hall Trial. A Four Per Cent Extra Dis count on What's Left. Only eighteen Instruments altogether I "la that tha kind of a poller you had I remain of netorlr 125 mora or laaa naadl when you wera an officer of tha oourtr jP'anoa and organs which were offered thundered Henay,- "la that tba way you SrS ihi-mi.1' l" commwc-- dld, to out off all hope of catching tha We are determined (o dispose of each big land thlevea by forcing the, entry- on of tha remaining Instruments, even man n nut thai- nark, in a nooaa ha. though it la necessary to. extend the . ... .. r laaia lor two or three daya longer. agalnat him Jointly with Hall waa dis missed ait the cloae of the government' vmrnm. v nen ne waa temporarily dis nilaaed at i o'clock tha smile had hid den Itself and he was flahtlna hllnrilv io hv, inmseir xrprn tne mass or ques tions hurled at him bv llenev and eraarling under the courteous but never- ineiesa errertlve rebukes of tha court. Judge Webster asked Vtava whan ha I InveatlratinnT" Insisted Mr. lleftev. took tho aland If ha remembered about I "If Captain Sladen Introduced ua I the Claude Thayer Tillamook land-steal- I suppose I did, but I do not remember ing rasa wnicn ne naa handled terore I now, answered aiaya. tba grand lurv of Ortohar. ln.1 Hall I "Then If Morrla Leach waa read in naa leatined durlnr hla examination I ao berora tne arann lurv and ta.l what that he had not handled the Thaver caso. I ha knew you ought to have allowed nui naa given u into tne charge or hla mm to go instead oi naving rerusea to tlons of Thayer and Morrla Leach and Hadlay, hia accomplices, and tell how they intended to take more than 40 valuable claims and dlvldo tha profits?" I flon t Know wnetner captain Bla den Introduced ua or not, maybe ha did," the witness aald. Then didn't you know all about i. Thayer story long before the grand Jury aeputy. Mays, and Maya waa called to vorroDorate this storv. t Mays aald on hla direct examination ?tnat he remembered the Thaver raan. He said It had been turned over to him f R. . Greene and Edward M. Deadv had given him a list of witnekses together with a aynopala of their testimony. Ha 'f " me request or Ureene and Deady and isa later examinea tnese witnesses be. Tore the grand Jury. The wltneaa con tinues mat while his remembrance was ;i "bu in many minga, yet ne was cer tain that he had examined all of tha witnesses who had been called to his at tention. Xaney Breaka Xoose Passing from the Tnayer case Maya aia no rememoerea naving Deen shown a map of the Butte creek country by Hall, but ha contended that the map Introduced by the jrovernment aa evl , denca in the case tin trial was altered and changed until ha would not have known it waa tha aaraa one ahown htm Pyall previoualy. , , and Hadlay becauae of their Tillamook i xiiib ciosea me airect testimony orirrauasr permit him to become a wltneaa ao you could make out your c-ae and aecura an indictment?" again Insisted Mr. He- ney. "If he waa there and waa not ox amlned It -waa becauae Greene and Ieady asked for him not to be admit ted," answered Maya. Wltneaa Porgrta. l'o you mean to tell me that you would fail to secure an Indictment by leaving out of ae Investigations a most Important witness, a wltneaa who could tell the whole story and make you a clear case just because some ooo asked you to leave the evidence out? Is that the way you discharged the duties of your office? Heney asked. ir it waa my ouamess to nut a man before the grand lurv. I would do IL but Greene and Deady had tha Thayer case,- aaia Mays. lieney went back to -ie beginning of the caae and asked another question. Didn't Hayes ten you in October. 1901. that he wanted to get an lmor- mation against Tbayer, Morrla Leach fora coming to you with their atory of land thieveries?" If you mean do I'aonrove of your rollcles in carrying on such prosecu lona aa this and the others you have brought, I am very frank to aa that ao not," retorted tne witness. Court Takes a Haad. "No. of course not!" exclaimed Heney, facing the Wltneaa with finger extended in hla face. "You favored tha policy, where your brother represented the men you investigated and out up tha nronta with them when your Inves tigations railed, xou xavorea a poucy of letting the land thieving go on when it came cloae to your friends." "1 abject to all this," interjected Judge Webster and then Judge Hunt took a hand. 'Mr. Mava. tou - would almDllfy mat tera and make It easier for yourself I rattling good one. i jruu wuuiq answer Jul, nan m muoo- i sis. una uifkl bhiu iuw dvuil i responsible to the government for his DOlicles and hla conduct of hla office and it would be better for you to an- wcr hla quaatlona. "I thouaht he was trying to lead me into a trap," said Maya. Heney then went into the arrest of Horace McKlnley for trying to aecure a large number of claims during 1801 and brought out tha fact that Maya had made the arrest at the instigation of Attorney Moulton of the Northern Pa cific, who had told F. P. Mays of tha Mc Klnley deal. McKlnley waa to take up the land and then transfer It to Puter and Kred A, Krlhs. Maya' Investiga tion failed of effect ana the chapter ended, according to the testimony, by Moulton. F. P. Maya, McKlnley and Puter dividing the lands. Bobertsos Jsefutes Bristol'! Brlaenoe. Mince the assortment Is not ao rnm. I pleta aa heretofore, we are going to make an extra Inducement, a discount of four per cant on special sale price! vi any or ineae lnsirumenta. i A auperb Hallet & Davis remalna- wa I win taae one inira ua original value. A magnificent mahogany Colonial eiyie jtimDau, tne i37b style, now flit. A Decker piano, coat $500 when new. now iiiv, A Kteinway piano, like new; usual prlra $460 to 1(00, now $211. We will take $15 or $20 cash, and $19 momn. . A New England nlano. flOE. A Con over upright, $110, and a Kmn- icn at uacn uprignt, xyo. A auperb Stack square, $75. A magnifioent Llndeman, $14. A Gardner piano, good tone, $41, and. tmna oi it. a fearaon square piano, a I in piayaoie shape. All of these Inst named nlanoa nut be obtained for $6, or $S cash and $3 or at mommy, ii you line. An AngeRie for $110. A Cecil Ian for $100, and a genuine Pianola for $162, all accompanied with plenty or muaia rolls. rneae can do naa ror is or 1 1 a I month, and will surely aolve the "silent the wltneaa and Mr. Heney took him to ftaak on behalf of the government. Mr. ; Heney asked him If he waa a brother , of F. P. Maya, if he had formerly been an attorney in Portland and a deputy In the office of John H. Hall, and a few other Incidental questlona and then turned loose the dogs of war. "When you had the Claude Thayer caae up before the grand Jury Investi gating Thayer for having conspired to meal government iana, oian t you Know that your brother, F. P. Maya, waa de fending him?" he asked. "No. aald Mays, "i did not know that until much later." 'Tou lived In town? Tou had an of fice here? Your brother had an of- "I don't remember, the conversation." aald Mays.' Didn't you tell him that you could not convict Thayer without tho evi dence of the entrymen and didn't Hayes tell you the entrymen would not tes tify unless they were assured thev wouia not oe prosecuted r askea Heney. "X aon t rememDer saying it. l don t remejnber talking to him," aald Mays. "Didn t you tell him that you would prosecute the entrymen just as vigor ously aa you would Thayer?" demanded Heney. "I may have aald It," said Mays. "I would havo prosecuted the entrymen. I may have told him I would prosecute all violators of the law." i The proaecutor turned back once more to the Thayer caae and showed that 8. C. Spencer had asked to go before the grand jury and had demanded docu mentary evidence which Maya had in hla possession, but which he denied hav ing. Thla evidence consisted of letters written bv Thayer and contracta algned by him making out a clear case. Maya said he did not remember ever having had the documents and was aeked to refresh his memory by examining them. At this point he was excused until Mon day morning In order that Harry Rob ertson might take the stand. Robertson, by his testimony, prac tically gave the lie to Bristol. H. H. llendrlcks, during his testimony, said that Bristol had offered him Im munity ir ne would become a govern ment witness. Bristol later In tne trial denied that he had ever had a conver sation with Hendricks and Robertson was brought down from Seattle to re butt this testimony of Bristol's. Robertson said he had been worklne in the United States attorney's office in August, 1906, and that one night Hen dricks had come to the office between 9 and 10 o'clock. He had waited In the outer office for a ahort time and then Bristol had come out to see him. The two had talked for a few minutes and had then gone Into the private of fice, where Hendrlcka had ataved for about half an hour. Webster Sooree Bobertson. On cross-examination Judge Webster scored Robertson as a man who had been faithless to his trust. He aaked him If ho had not been nicked ud bv Senator Mitchell when he was fai need Of assistance and had been made his connuentiai secretary arter which he had turned about and betrayed all his confidential information to the govern ment Robertson denied that he had ever told anything except what had been dragged out of him bv the government after he had been subpoenaed aa a wit ness, and said that great pressure had been brought to bear on him to make him commit perjury In order to shield Mitchell. piano" problem in your home. OBOAVS, TOO. A good little Bridgeport organ goea ror zs.uu. , A fine quarter-sawed $125 style Kim- Da u goea ror Then there la a beautiful little self- ploying organ, a lot of music rolls goes I wun it we snail ciose tins out at $61. is aown ana u a month buys an organ. Any of these used pianos and organs and piano players may he returned to us at any time within two yeara and full price paid will be allowed toward purchase of any new Instrument de sired. Remember, the above prlcea are sub ject to rour per cent discount If you ijinav uur flcirtuun wimin me next three daya. Ellers Piano House, S51 Washington atreet. REGISTRATION ROLLS MAKE RECORD GAINS At the cloae of the fourth week of registration last night 7,670 names had been placed on the roll of qualified voters for the coming primaries and elec tion. Thla ia a dally average of $15. The number Is $,451 greater than was registered In the same period of time two years ago. In 1904, the last preceding presi dential year, the number regis tered in the first four weeks was 6,173. The registration yesterday waa a little under the average, the additions to the roll numbering $02. Two hundred and thirty of these were Republicans, 69 were Democrats and 13 membera of other parties, or Indenendents. The political preferences of those reghjrtted, as shown by their decgSpons, give the Re publicans 6858, the Democrats 1,334, and all others $80. - j I ' J - ' i i " ' t y I - i ' ' ' ' ; Men's Raincoats and Overcoats Choice of 300 men's Raincoats and overcoats. All this season's make. Values to $20 at the above price This week Every wanted styTe and size. BOY'S OVERCOATS AT SPECIAL PRICES IN OUR JUVENILE DEPARTMENT HG LEADING CLOTHIER ROYAL BUSINESS 3IEN HAVE MANY PURSUITS London, Feb. 1. A monarch and a man of business Is a more frequent combination than many . Imagine. Em peror William owns a well-equipped pottery, which brings him $60,000 a yeara. The king of Wurtemhurg is the proprietor of two large hotels which yield a similar amount. The king of Saxony owns a porcelain factory at Meissen. The regent of Lippe (Detmold) runs a large model farm and sells butter,, milk and eggs. The king of the Belgian' investment of 125,000.000 in the Congo Free State yields him about '20 per cent Interest, while the king of Servla owns a barber shop and an apothecary shop. In addi tion to being the agent for motor-cars. The best way to sympathise With some la to shake them. The 'Portland-Florence Mime Lea Compamiy amrc OWNING 100 ACRES IN THE HEART OF THE GOLDFIELD, NEVADA, DISTRICT AND A FULLY EQUIPPED LEASE ON THE WONDERFUL FLORENCE MINE, OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION 250,000 SHARES OF TREASURY STOCK AT 10 CENTS PER SHARE. , . No Promotion Stock! No Preferred StocfeM Our five claims of 100 acres lie in the Golden cir cle about half way between Goldfiejd and Diamondfield. To the southwest is the fam ous Sandstorm, on which was discovered the first rich ore in the camp and from which Loftus & Davis took over a quarter of million dollars. Also the Kendall end Jupiter. To the east are the Daisy, Great Bend, Diamondfield, Black Butte and many other pro ducers. The ground is as favorably located as any in the district, but very little work has been done. The surface showing is as good ' as the average of the Gold- : field mines. w JUMBO' 0DD1E LEASB 1 iAflW a esaaT M M W HJU SHOWING BONANZA LEASES "5 ' -IN THE- iii .-- r l: 1 GofsDftELD Mining DijrmrMvADA. 'Sic. - -'.rtK , I fig? The Stock Can Be Paid for on the Fol lowing Terms: 1000 shares or upwards 10 per cent down and 10 per cent per month. v Everybody gets the same treatment on this purchase. The company is; organized under the laws of. Oregon for $100,000;" one million shares par value ,10 - cents, fully paid, non-assessable. For further t information call or address , . , Portland-Florence . M. & LC0. ROOM 15, 263 STARK ST PORTLAND, ; OREGON Opposite Chamber of Com ... . merce Building. -r.'"-i',.j'- itie above piap shows the bonanza section of the Goldfield district and. the exact location of the PORTLAND FLORENCE M. & L. Co.'s lease on the Florence mine' ' The lease ia eauir- swim a zsrhorscpower electric hoist and all necessary machinery.. The shaft has been sunk; to a depth of 260 feet and is as favorably located as any of the: crossing this block of ground and a few months of systematic work should develop an ore chutcequal to the best in the district big producing leas'esa : There are thre;