CMR0TER OF CRIME SUGGESTS
MEmWERFMOWN-rO-PfiWNBROKER
ALL SUS
pect Is i Held at City Prison Collar
Used to Trace Criminals Man Who
Wielded Ax Knew Victim -
1!eplte the,dehlal of Chief Grltt
macher and other, police officers a
rumor that would not down to, the
effect that an arrest had been made
of one of the men who ao brutally
nnMcri Vat ban Wnlff In hla 1ew-
. elrjr atyre pa First street; near Mor
. risen, laei night; circulated about the
elty this morning. The : rumor is
,borne;out in the attitude' of the1 po
r (lice rDeoting the 'criminals; which
'is 10 the; effect that tb terrible man
,der was committed by. men who are
degenerate dope fiends who knew
Wolff and Bii habltsc" This theory
of i the. police Is sustained by the
f rightfulness of the bloody .deed,
which, would probably not have been
done by-an expert criminal. v
All last . night . and ;.. today, the, po
lice have mod a vigilant search of
the city for the, murderers who so far
have successfully covered their tracks.
Aside from the rumor of the arrest of
one of the criminals which the police
deny there have been few new .details
as to the authorship of the crime. Ser
geant Baty has charge of the case and
has a. large force of men working- with,
him in minntnr down a clue to the Own
ership of the, collar and the coats found
In the rase room of the store owned by
out Where ne was Druiany muvuaieu.
-', Collar Tarnishes Cine. '
The collar furnishes the best "clue for
Immediate identification but if the coU
lar was .Worn by one of the men who
assisted in the crime it is possible J hat
he may be a new arrival In the city and
that this means of identification may
not bring the results .anticipated by the
Follce. The best clue means -of IdeSU
leatlon and . the one which will prob
ably be slow In bringing actual results
is the fact that at least one of the men
was knowh to Wolff.
There can be little doubt as to the
fact, claim the police, because there, is
no other explanation for the terrible
mutilation of the -victim. The man who
wielded the ax must have been known to
Wolff and to make sure that he, (Wolff)
would never be able to tell who as
saulted htm In the store, hacked away
at the Jeweler's head until he made cer
tain in his maddened f rensy that his
fiendish deed was so complete that bs
would never be accused by .his victim,
TIREY L. FORD NOT
GUILTY. SAYS JURY . :
IN A FEW MINUTES
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(Called Press Leased Wire.) - : V ;
Ban Francisco;- May J. Tirey I Ford,
chief counsel , for the United Railroads
who has been on trial for alleged
bribery of the old board of supervisors
in the matter of the company's' over
head trolley "lfinchlse-waa"'Y6unff''nof
guilty by the jury this morning. . The
AWAKES
- LONG
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'Los Angeles, - May 1 After, sleeping
KB days, without ,' a glimmer of " con
Sclouanfcs in all that time, Mrs. Beulah
Hawkins, whose remarkable case has
excited wide interest among physicians,
awakened at), 1S:S0 o'clock. this, morning
st the-ceunty1 Aospitai. Her firstj ' re
quest wsa for a xirlnk of water. Then
she .chatted Jbreealty -with Dr. Barber,
hospital superintendent .end the .nurses.
Hhe-.was particularly happy that -her
long sleep was - ended, though she Jiad
bo idea how long she Had slept nor
could she remember any of the events
of the last two months end a half. .
Mt la the evening Dr, Barber .had
PIH1B0ES
, The' story of the crime is revolting.
Wolff, accustomed to closing his place
about o'clock in the evening, had al
ready placed his valuable diamonds and
jewelry in the store safe in the front
part of the store. He was evidently
engaged in placing trays of Jewelry in
the safe In-the rear of the store when
he- was Interrupted by ' the entrance of
the murderers. ..r. (. . ;
Step iturder.T ? 7"1
Calling the jeweler to the front of
the store, th murderers ' probably-engaged
him in a conversation until they
had him direcjly in front of the cnsh
drawer.- - Here was doubtless "where the
first step in the1 crime- was taken. .The
polio think one ofi tiw, men, the
stranger, undoubtedly ordered Wolff to
inrow un mi nsnas. it is neiievea mat
Wolff would do this, bur the other man
who was known to Wolff, would take no
such chances and upon being identified
later - and started to rush around - the
case : to Wolff, .who, , probably alarmed
at the second man's action, started to
ward the rear of the store.. This would
cause the first man to take' the chance
of shooting, 'knowing that his identiy
would be hard . t6' teatablish. because he
was a stranger to Wolff. , Woiif fell
with, a bullet through his neck.
Then same the fiendish part of the
crime. Picking up the fallen man the
two started to carry him to the rear
room, believing him dead. When they
reached the end of the showcases- Wolff
undoubtedly revived - sufficiently . to
struggle, and in, doing so the glass in
the end of the showcase extending
across the rear of the store was broken.
Knocked Out Tooth.
- At . this Ipoinf a tooth, or rather a
gold crown, -was fouridCjRiiteh" la sup
posed to have 'been knocked out of
Wolffs mouth by the butt of the' robber's-
revolver. Having sonce more
silenced their victim. the men again I
atartea to carry mm xo me rear room,
where they attempted to ' place him
upon a bench. It Is supposed, because
of the bloody marks found on- the end
of the bench, indicating that Wolff's
head had been raised u the bench and
that -when the injured man once more
revived another struggle ensued. .
It, is believed the men took Wolff to
the corner of r the room where they
could literally butcher him in as ghast
ly a crime as ever occurred. Not con
tent with driving the sharp edged axe
into the man's head repeatedly the
wielder of the axe struck - time ; and
again in desperate efforts to 'make sure
his, victim was dead. Blow after blow
was showered on the unfortunate man's
head.
(Continued on Page Two.)
Jury ' was. out only six minutes. Ford
received many congratulations -, from
friends In -'the-' courtroom,' the belief
among' all of - them : being that he had
been persecuted and that there never
was a shadow-of evidence to - connect
him - with the supposed bribery. ,Tha
prosecution -failed to make the mfces
sary connecting link, and .the case fell
flat.--' -
AND IS
RATIONAL
taken the " sleeping patient' lnto; the
clinic-room ' for - observation by mem
bers of the Los Angel ea County Medical
society- bhe was returned to her room,
and half, an . hour, after midnight the
nurses-Were- attracted by a rapping on
the door. Entering the room-they found
Mrs. Js wkins wide awake and perfectly
rational. Bhe la In excellent health and
is able to stand,3 though she- la- quite
weak. - In- the first" stages .of ; her
strange . affliction, which iDrj Barber
terms negative pnase- or insanity, it
waa necessary to force food down,, her
tnroat tnrougn. me iuo. iater -she
too -.nourishment' quite naturally,
though not conscious of i the act.- The
woman will remain at the hospital for
some time to come.- . .. J- ----
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Nathan Wolff and His Lfttle Xinv Year-Old Son George.
ONE MURDERER WAS
rA VERY MLL MAN
Description of Bullet Hole, Office and
Back Room Theory as to How Mur
der Was Committed Description of
Crime
Evidence gathered shortly after the murder Indicates that of the two
men one waa considerably taller than the other. That the tall man did
the shooting was evidenced by the range of the bullet through the show
case built against the aouth wall of
where the bullet entered the. case
Jewelry was displayed is 69 Inches.
through which the bullet passed iia
Allowing about nine Inches Irom the
point where the muscle of. the, revolver
was held, at the' time It was exploded
would make the distance about 60 inches
front the spot where' the bullet entered
the wall to the muxxle of the revolver,
' The range of the bullet after entering
tHe glass ' wa downward,' dropping two
inches In the 9.178 Inches of .flight.
From these figures the height of the
revolver above the point the bullet en
tered the glass Is 10.78 Inches. Inas
much as the spot where the bullet broke
the glass Is S Inches above, the floor.tl
the muxxle of the revolver must have
been approximately 63.6S letches above
the floor.
It Is also safe to assume thst the re
volver was. held Just below the shoulder
of the man who fired it, and by allowing
10 or 11 Inches from that point to the
top of the man's head. -his .height must
be between 0 test 1H or 6 . feet? tii
Inches, , ' m . . - '
jumped, to. Xeft ,. x ;
"After the first shot was fired Wolff
evidently -jumped to his left, toward the
rear of the room where he had a rifle.
Before he had gone more than three
feet the man "fired again and suc
ceeded in. wounding Wolff in the neck.
At this spot blood was found splattered
against the- glass of the wall showcase.
Wolff evidently fell after-being wound
ed, because the distance from the Xld
Splattered glass to a place" on the fMor
where dark- blood v stains Were, found
swals-Wol'--sSiSiiiw-j r V
Following the firing the shorter man
rushed behind the counter, Seised Wolfr
under the shoulders, while the tall man
took him by the feet' with the Intention
of carrying him to -the. back room. As
the murderers reached the4 end of the
sbowcasea-iroing to the rear room Wolff
evidently revived and struggled. The
end of the' showcase extending across
the rear of the storeroom was broken
and blood Was splashed against - the
the storeroom. The distance from
to the outside of the case in which the
-The interior, dimension of the case
9.275 inches. i;
, packages ' stacked against the wall on
the floor. , 1 v
At this, point one of Wollfs teeth
were found, and it Is safe to assume
that it was knocked out! by the revolver
of one of the men In an attempt to ren
der Wolff unconscious. They evidently
succeeded in quieting the struggles of
the wounded man -and carried him
through the partition to the rear room.
After reaching the end of a short
bench which stood lust inside the door
of the partition, Wolff evidently strug
gled to thwart what must have been an
effort on the murderers' part to place
him on the bench.
' "rgatfttiir'etsit'
Becoming incensed at the struggles
of the wounded man, who must have,
been frightfully beaten by this time,
the men carried Wolff to the corner of
the room, where the fiendish part of the
ctlme - was committed. With his neck
and - shoulders- thrown against a soap
box in the ' corner, Wolff s bead was
made S chopping block . for the Send
who wielded, the ax.'. That nearly every
blow-struck Wolff was 'Shown by the
fact that' only six indentations were
found in the box, floor and a atepladder
standing next to the box. ;
Of these indentations twd" were cuts,
while the remaining four were from the
blunt-'end- -of - the. ax,- showing that in
addition to chopping .Wolff's head the
brute struck repeatedly with the blunt
end -of ths' weapon.;; Blow after blow
rained down on the man's head, fairly
incited- by the blood and gore, the man
who wielded the ax must have attempt
ed to use the sharp edge as a knife to
slash : the throat of the. murdered man.
As near as could be counted upon, the
terribly mutilated, head. ,17 heavy cAits
from the ax were made. Five oi six
slashes on the-1 throat and around the
neck showed that the- brute must have
groveled in the blood about his vlotlm
and sawed about Mo neck with the ax.
(Continued On Page Two.)
SUBURB
Flames Starting in Arm
itage Drug Store at Arlcta
Break Out Second Time
and Threaten the Entire
Town.
Stove Explodes at Midnight
Three Buildings Are De
stroyed When Fire Again
Calls for Heroic Efforts
at 4 This Horning.
Fighting a rapidly spreading, breete
fanned blase without tha aid of flro
apparatus of. any kind and with a
scant . Bupply of water . carried from
Smalt hydrants nearby and fl-ora the
sprinkling wagons ' hastily filled for.
the emergency, the Mount Scott Volun
teer Fire department successfully com
bated a destructive ' fire and saved the
heart of the Arleta business aectlon
from threatened' destruction early this
morning. Arleta has no fire engine and
a, meager water supply.
Tire Breaks Out Second Time.
The fire, which is supopsed to Aaye
started from an explosion Of an air
tight stove in the drug store of W. 3.
Armltage, corner of Mora street and
the Foster road, was first seen by a
boy who was passing last night at 11
o'clock and the fire volunteers were
called out in time to prevent its spread.
A fsw buckets of water quenched the
flames and the firemen left thinking
there was no further danger. It . is
thought that the fire was still smoul
dering and when the wind came up
this morning it was quickly fanned
into flames.
The second coll of fire was sounded
at 4 o'clock this morning,' and it was
all the bucket brigade could do to save
the surrounding structures. Onlv he
roic errorts or criei uoucn and nis will
ing volunteers saved the drygoods store
of H. K. Black and the Sechrlst grocery
across the street Here Arnold Le TIs
eler and others climbediupn the roofs
and received the buckets ot water with
which to keep the shingles wet.
Three Buildings Oo Bows.
The fire had swept the block as far
as the Helliwell grocery when the de
partment, from Sunny side after a run of
three miles arrived and with the chemi
cal engine and the supply of witter
pumped from the two sprinkling wagons
by the steamer soon had the flames
under control, not however, until three
buildings had been burned to the
f round. The buildings were valued at
500. .
The heaviest loser Is W. J. Armltago,
whose stock of drugs valued at 14,900
was completely destroyed. 'Insurance
to the amount of $3,000 was carried, on
this - stock. The other two one-story
frame buildings burned Were owned by
Mrs. Armltage. 'This loss is also partly
covered by Insurance.- One of the struc
tures was vacant at the time and the
other, was occupied bV the Mount
Scott , restaurant, owned by Mrs. Ord
way. Everything in the restaurant was
saved.
It is probable that several blocks In
the heart of the town, would have been
wiped out - by the fire in spite cf the
efforts Of both the voluntnerx and the
Sunnyslde departments if-the stiff wind
had not died down.
Horse Crashes Xtrsmaa.
' L.' W. Bel den. who was stationed at
the fire engine, was seriously Injured.
One Of the engine hones became fright
ened and crushed Belrten - against the
-wheel. . Ir. Brlggs ofArlot& wss called
and the injured many.taka to- Ms home,
a few blocks away.- He is suffering
from Internal injurlus. . : ..
ClEfliOllOI
iii6 Mir
". (Onlled Press Leaetd ; Wire.) v - X
LakewoodV May J.--Tbe feeling
is still general -her today that Grover
Cleveland." the only living former presi
dent -"of ; the 'United , States, la slowly
sinking, and that the end is approaching
faster than either; Mrs. Cleveland or tr.
Bryant, hi physician, wtU admit. Mrs.
Cleveland . refuses today , to give the
public any Information concerning l; the
condition 'of her husband, and none can
be obtained from Dr. Bryant,- who re
fers all. people to the patient's wife.
The secrecy being maintained leads to
the belief that the former president is
near death. Dr, Bryant rrnialned at
the bedside all night nn3 fits morning.
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Northwest People in
San Francisco
Oregonlans visiting San Fran
cisco during the stay of the bat
tleship fleet -can register at
-room 1106, Call building, where
Arthur L. Fish will be at hand
with his assistants to furnish
lists of available rooms in hotels
and apartment houses and any
other information desired.
S- f ' ' ' f- - 1
Amos Smoker, 16-Year-Old Half
Blood Klamath Runner.
is
HOT l CANDIDATE
Issues Statement Saying He.
Won't Hun If Bryan Does
Not Beceive Nomination.
(United Preu Lrud Wire.)
Washington, May I. Senator Culber
son of Texas Is in no sense a candidate
for the Democratic presidential nomina
tion. He was prompted to Issue a state
ment today by a story recently in circu
lation to the effect that In the, event
that Bryan falls to capture the nomina
tion for himself, he .would throw hia
strength to Culberson, thereby making
the latter the choice of the majority of
the delegates. '
"In view , of the stories published,'
says Culberson In his statement "I de
sire to say that I am In no way a can
didate for the Democratic nomination
for president. There la.no doubt in my
mind that the Texas Democrats, in tha
convention to be held this month will In
struct the delegates to be sent to Denver
from that staie to vote for Bryan. It la
my opinion that the Nebraskan Is tho
choice of the great majority of tho
Democrats. ' - '--r-
'A -V . ' f j " A '
son
NiiifAvr JlDrCJiT.'r;fMr Tirtrr
11 THEsunommnujiL .
T - Hobson's views of Japanese arrogance. ,. -I . . '
X ' -England's prettiest woman. .Picture and story of the lovely girl who
2 was selected by EngUteh Judges for .world's beauty contest.
"New Tork's real East Side. Not a -district ef crime and vtce a Is
generally supposed. - . .. ; a . .--y-
' ' Paris the dumping ground for abandoned babies. How the govern
., ment cares for the little ones and bow charity helps the work.
Sensations jf a man who went crasy and sudJenlv recoverd u -scribed
by hint in graphic manner. -'',"'
, Ttenver ConventHon league and the work it la dolna- lit Treii,-irut . i
.'for : approaching'' Democratic convention.
ii i Grinding otit cheap novela. loney is made hy roib-ge ftw'. ' ! ,
east by writing blood-curdling stories by the yari. -. .
Colored cpmics. women's rages., two children's pages an-i s:; (
. news by jessed wires United Press and Hearat irvic, ,
isk for we suudp.y jour.:::
THEY'RE OFF
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l-UK UUbA!
RELAY RACE
Start Made Promptly at 9
o'clock, When Governor
Chamberlain Delivers to
First Two Contestants
Notes to Mayor Lane. -
Y. 31. C. A. and Chemawa
Eunners Strike Out for 50
Mile Trot With feacks to
Strong - Cold Southeast
Wind. , i.
(Salem Bureau of The Journal, 367
Staje Street.) . '
Salem, Or., May 2. Sharply at J9
o'clock . this . morning ,the flrt two
contestants in, the second annual 50
mlle relay race between Chemawa
Indians and the Portland ,Y. M. C.
A., left the steps of the captol bully
ing after Governor Chamberlain had
delivered to each a tube bearing, a
message to Mayor HarjV Lane' of
Portland. A strong cold south wind
was blowing on the backs of 'the run
ners but the roads arrin excellent
condition and a record run 1b ex
pected. ' ,-. ... :..;, ...
waiter Hght tha full-blood In
dian, who Wat his mW In the first
relay a year ago by I lght minutes,
set up a great, pace which Cortozion,
the Armenian, representing the Y. M,
C. A., seemed less anxious to keep
up, i'""' - ; j : . . f ;
The first relay is -five and one half
miles in length. , Automobiles contain
ing Trainers Campbell of Chemawa, and
Orilley of the Portland T. ... M. C. A..
sre following the eourlers. ? ; , '
The following I s the dispatch to tb
mayor delivered to the couriers by Gov
ernor Chamberlain:... :.,. ir - '-
Balem, Or, Kay Hon, Barry Xne.
Kayor, Portland.: Or. Dear lxt Belay
teams composed of young- nem from the
Touaa Xsa's Christian Association of
Fortland and th Indian training school
at Chamawa, will leave, the capital oity
for Portland tola morning- at o'clock.
X "pise "this message In the sands of
those representing- the Toung Men s
Christian Aisodation, exteadlng to yoa
and, the good oltlsene of VorUand most
ordlal greeting, and bewpsaklng for the
bearers your most ooorteoas eonsldsra
tlon. X have the honor to remain,
. .. : '.. Tonrg wsry resptfuUy, , -.
-,f , -, OEOXaXt. S. CKAK2XZJU9r,
; i ' Governor.
Xdnsap Chang-ed. , -,'The
TrM. C. A. lineup had , to ' ba
changed yesteraay. owing; to unforeseen
causes, Vaallus and Konkel having m
drop out Webber la due to start from
Oregon City to Oswego, and the position
of several men has been altered Th"
Indiana are running the earn a team -last
year with but - three exception-,
which they claim are improvement -
Height, the crack Indian runner lan t
year, again made first start from ba
lem, and the association men are watt
ing for. the returns to come to hand to
show his time for the 6 hi miles wlih- i
constitutes his run, Th Indiana claimr i
that h,e made U last year l 28 min
utes, and eight minutes ahead of )i
'-tcohtinned' ton- Page- Three.
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