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.THE- OREGON DAILY JOURMAU ; PORTLAND.' SATURDAY' ' EVENING.-. MAY " 2, f 1908.
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" Nathan Wolffs Store, 165 First Street; Morbid Crowds Jostled There All Day.
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iETECTIVES ROUND UP
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th lower jaw wai nractleBUT v
prd In on fell weep of th weapon.M
It w TltfoiUly driven with U the
the sight of hie blpl yj.ctl"" bl(;
handle unable to wlthjrtand the brutal
v iVi wkuh thm isi Wll
wielded - broke oft about elgrht' inchee
from the neaa 01 me .
-evidently did not deter the" murderer
end he picked up the broken weapon
aB?J.IH-i,aiuA,"Hmlf thai
J in V in K a. hmii. -" - -
(.I . naat all rhflnfR Of ever
lite) vxuuwj w Jf" - - - - -
utandlncr before him In accusation of
the crime, the flend depleted ana then
wiped hl hands upon a-towel hanging
Inthe rear room. Without a look prob-
abJT ai tne iwim ww
eure that he had wiped off all the blood
. . t a iik ka aa air.
nsjd hi companion in crimw vu tuui
iarlna- eaUsfied their greed as they
had their I tor me oiooa o "
tint, the two Jiende passed out of the
-1 kiu m.iA tni awnv In the nlarht.
Their trackt were covered despite the
brilliant ie-Pi"o s"l ""w
which must jave seemed a strange con
trast., to the darkened minds of the
criminals as they reflected upon the
deed committed in the darkened room of
a -man who had no chance to defend
himself, and If be had would never have
been accorded tie chance by those who
wantonly slew bjm. -
The store wa dark - when Deputy
Sheriff Koblnson opened the door and
entered to detetrmine why the Jlgnt
which Wolff always left burning- was
out. He opened the door with suspicion
in his mind snd upon turning up the
light was confronted with evidence of a
crime. - How terrltile It, was impoaslble
for the'offlcer to conceiva until he made
his way past the looted safe, the over
turned trays and finally came to the
back, room.'
. , Blsoorm Crime.
Hera he lighted tfte overhanging gas
Jets. Oaslng all alut the room i Tiij
glance finally fell upon the huddled
remains of the murdered man. His
fear was realised but the enormity of
the crime even then failed to pierce his
mind. It was too awiul for full com
prehension and he haartlly returned, to
the front 6f the store ffller. the widow
and little daughter, all unknowing of
the fate f - the husbuid and father,
stood watting his return. -
KODtnsoa oouia mv -v-
Wolff of the terrible -fate that had
overtaken her husband ' and she was
taken home by relative while Robin
son reported to the polbse his flndlnga,
Detective John Price rtplted to the
call and shortly after Patrolman Joe
, Burks waa on the scerp. Soon the
crowd collected. More jboncemen and
detectives were Sent to the store as
noon as they could be fotind and in a
short time many plain clothes men and
patrolmen , were at work m the case.
BoH&Son's Bepttrt. -In
his report Robinson1 stated that
he had first passed the store at 6:45 and
noticed that the light was not burning.
It was still daylight at that time, how
ever, and he thought that perhaps
Wolff' had only left the store for a
few moments and would return. With
out payinsT further attention to the fact
Robinson went to the Baker theatre,
where he Is duty In the early night.
As soon as ne finished ht work
at - the theatre Robinson hastened
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back to Wolffs store. Something: in his
mind told him that all waa not rlgnt,
and when . ha. found the door unlocked
and the lights out his fear waa further
strengthened. Ha called up Wolff's
house and found that, ha (Wolff) had
not returned home, and later Mr a. Wolff
came to the store just as EL Robinson
made discovery of the unlocked door.
Robinson entered and there ran into the
shambles.
Aa soon ii at h detectives and police
started working on the can they learned
that John Olsen. an employe, was dis
charged by Wolff several days ago be
cause of differences "-between the two.
A search was immediately started for
the man,, who was not found until a lata
hour, when he visited the police station.
accompanied by his wife. Olsen waa
flueationed bv the DOlioe. but waa not
detained at the headquarters, because
nothing was found that warranted the
police in Believing mai ne was impli
cated in me crime. .
City Physician Zlegler performed an
autopsy on the body this morning, but
couja not nna me outlet wnicn piecrea
WtfUTi neck. It Is the belief now of
the 'city physician .that but one ahot
was fired and that it passed - through
Wolffs neck and then through the rear
01 me snowcase.
Xngitart es Hemalns.
An Inquest will be held over the re
mains at 1nley's establishment this
afternoon at t o'clock.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 1 o'clock from Klaley's
chapel and the Interment will be at Beth
Israel cemetery.
While Wolff was a member of the
Woodmen of the World and several
other organisations, it is probable that
the funeral will not be held under the
auspices of these societies.
Wolff waa 46 years -of age and resided
with his wife and four children at 688
Kearney street. He had been in Port
land for many years and was well and
favorably known to a large circle of
friends. He was engaged in the jewelry
and pawnbroklng business at the place
he was murdered
last night for about 20
years.
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of cures of Heartburn, Sour Stom
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'."ncss. Female lilt end Malaria,
r and Agis. v ' '
Martin Marks,' the coffee merchant.' Is
the brother of Mrs. woirr. He wns
asked this morning concerning the re
Dort that the family would offer a large
reward as a .stimulus to finding the
murderers of Nathan Wolff. "I have
heard nothing of It, and am sure that
the case will be left to the police," he
replied.
Ralph Citron, an attorney. Is a
brother-in-law of the murdered man, as
is also J. F, Reinhart, office manager
of Liang m co.
ONE MURDERER WAS
A VERY TALL MAfl
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Wolff was wounded In but three
plaoes beside the head and neok. - One
of these wounds waa On the inside 'of
the right hand, showing that . Wolff
must have thrown It up after being
thrown to the floor to ward off the first
blow of the ax. The other twowounds
wsre abrasions about the knees. - The
one on the right leg was Just below the
anee ana tne otner was , on ,
knee. Both abrasions were on the front
of the less. ;.' ;..-
Both of wolirs hands were, coverea
with blood. The right ne from the cut
and the left hand may have fallen into
the pool of blood that gathered around
the body. ' ,
Havlncr mada sura of their deed, the
men wiped the blood t from theU- hands
ana .races on toweis Hanging ; in am
rear of the room. Then they went tor
ward to rob the store. i The tall man
was evlcently wounded In the left hand
and as he proceeded to the front of the
store to stand guard at the door while
the other man robbed , the safe, exam
ined it on his passaga. Once , getting
to the front of the end of the case and
nearina- his cost ha said no runner at
tention to his hand, but held it to his
side and allowed the blood, to drip . to
As ha passed from behind the shew,
case and turned facing the door splotch
es of blood were found on the floor Indicating-
his movements. From the
drops found that fell while the man was
walking and th0se foundl while he was
standing . guard It Is safe to itsumn
that the actual time spent In rifling the
safe was about a minute or a minute
and one hlf.- ; '
. Just how the tall man waa wounded
Is not cleat. A careful examination of
the bmKen glass id the rear show-case
revealed a few blood spots but these
were not sufficient to indicate that the
man was wounded In this manner. He
may have attempted to stay the blows
of tb frenzied brute who chopped
Wol head into an unrecognlxablo
ma and received a blow for his ef-
for This seems the more reasonable
man.ter of receiving the wound.
The reason for believing the tall
man did the shooting is the. .height of
the bullet marks In the case and waif:
The reason for believing the other man
was shorter than the man who fired
tne shots is because of a footnrlnt
found in a pool of blood at a spot neur '
wnera woire s- neaa must , nave lam
when he fell to , the floor after being
shot, TJjis foot print, while not per
fect, woilld Indicate that the man wore
about a number eight shoe of a wide
last, probably a shoemaker's "D or
The reason for believing that the
short man wielded the axe is bourne
out by ths following theory: The crime
wns terribly brutal. Police records
show that in a large percentage of
fiendishly brutal murders such as
Wolfe's, they are only committed for
the purpose of making the crime cer-tln---that
there must be no chanee
for the victim to ever speak after the
murderer leaves him.
Police records further show that In
a large majority of such murders the
victim and the criminal were known to
one another."
Knew Short Kan.
Now if the tall man did the shooting
it . Is evident that the shorter man must
have been the first to rush behind the
case to get to Wolff. This is the man
Wolfe knew if he knew either. After
carrying' tne victim to the rear room
and completing the murder the short
man who knew Wolfe and his place
robbed the safe. This would mean that
the tall man stood auard at the front
door and as the man who stood guard
was wounded it Is clear that the tall
man was wounded in an attempt to
top ine snort man, wno was Known to
Wolff, aa he hacked at his victim's
neaa.
This Is onlv one of the manv theories
advanced but the' examination conducted
last iii ant immediately after the erime
was committed Indicates that it la tha
most feasible in identifying the mur-
aerers.
Further deduction alone- this line and
borne out by the conditions behind the
snow case, wnere tne root nnnt was
found, would Indicate that the shorter
man was of a heavy build. The width
of the foot print and Its length would
mean that the print, was made while
the man was standing erect before at
temDtlna to lift his victim. Had tha
print been only of the sole of the shoe.
Instead of both sole and heel, it would
lnaicaie mai it was made while the
murderer was leaning forward or
while stooping over to take hold of
Wolffs body. Inasmuch as the print
waa so well defined It would indicate
that the man was heavily built and that
the print was the result of his weight
alone and did not have the added weight
or woiri s doov wniie tne murderer
was lifting the victim from the floor.
CLEVELAND CARMEN
THREATEN TO FIGHT
(ratted Pres Leased Wire.)
Cleveland, Ohio, May 2. Cleveland is
today face to face with the prospect of
a streetcar strike.
In the hope of averting it. Mayor
Johnson has summoned the executive
committee of the Street Railway union
for a conference. The carmen are try-ina-
to force tha comhflFi v in arrant thom
free transportation while they are off
duty and a 2 cent raise per hour In sal
ary. President Farasey of the union, de-
oiarea toaay that the only way to pre
vent a strike la for the comnanv to
make overtures. The union leaders say
that 95 per cent of the vote taken among
the carmen favors a strike. The vote
Is being counted. At the conclusion jot
a conference neia Detween Mayor John
eon and President DuPont of the street
oar company, the former expressed the
opinion that the differences Involved
snouia ne sumnitted to arbitration.
SALT LAKE CADETS
GUARD OF HONOR
(Halted Preta teased Wlre.1
Salt Lake, May 2. Three hundred Salt
LI1IG FIGURES -
rrtnFiimiinrn"n
rujfiiiwiiiiicu til
Multnomah. ...Ladies'::' Annex
Gives Annual Exhibition,;
Before Jidmiring Friends r
A crowd oftadmlrlng spectators which
packed the Multnomah Athletlo club
gymnasium from floor to rafters saw
be annual a-thletlo exhibition of the
ladles'' annex yesterday afternoon. From
the first marching exercise to the final
forming of tha beautiful winged M
baJlet there waa an almost continual
outburst of applauae as the well-trained
classes, under -the direction of Krohn,
physical director of tha cluia, went
throua-h tha Drettv evolutions and in
trlcate mases of the different drills or
thrilled the onlookers with daring leaps
In tha table vaulting IQinll.:. ...
'Perhaps the moat pleaaina; feature of
ma afternoon was me Dtuncins ami, in
which 'the young ladies who took part
showed a remarkably skillful training
In the use of the folia All the fancy
movements known to oaltethenlcs tn the
use of the fencing sword' were gone
through with ease and precision. A
clever fencing contest between Miss
Francis Jeffrey, president of the annex.
pt" Mrs. Q. Hoffman resulted In a
draw.
another particularly enjoyable feature
or rne entertainment was ira ocoi.cn
hornpipe by the Juulors. This drew an
appreciative encore. Miss Julia Cola,
yho gave two witty dialect recitations,
was warmly applauded. The last thing
on tbe urogram was the wlnjred M bal
let, i(v which- young- weelreasedl
white and red, arter executing a num
ber of sinuous and difficult formations,
finished by forming the M in red and
the white wings representing the club
Insignia. - Following ts the program:
Selections, Parsons' orchestra; march
ing and oalisthenios; two-step combina
tion; slipper game; parallel bars; dumb
bell drill; grace dance; table vaulting,
junior annex- and women; recitation,
Julia Cole; medicine ball race; fencing;
flying rings; hornpipe. Junior annex;
winged M ballet. . .'
The women sang these couplets with
great vim:
We are members of the annex
Of Multnomah
Of Multnomah - -
And we're glad sure to belong to
Multnomah
Sure we are!
Come and Join us. come and Join us
In Multnomah
In Multnomah
We will gladly give youweleome
TO Multnomah
will. -
GUN MEN CHASED HIM
FROM HOME, HE SAYS
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house in tha act of leavinar. Ha
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cold mush and left 13 by the side of the
dish. Johnson claims he waa chased
away, from his home bv men armed with
guns and that he has been living on
j oois ever since.
OLD SHIP GOES ' .
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ican navy. Is to be relegated to the Junk
pile.
Several years ago the ship wa loaned
to the public marine school of New
York, but . Rear Admiral Plllsbury of
the bureau of navigation, announces
that it will be returned to the naary at
once and be used as a eoal hulk.
MIKADO REPLIES
TO THE PRESIDENT
(United Press Leaaad Wlra.)
Washington, May I. President Roose
velt today received from the milfado the
following cablegram In reply to the ex
pressions of sympathy sent him:
"The great sympathy you so earnest
ly expressed on account of the terrible
disaster that occurred to our warship
Matsushlma has touched me very deep
ly. I hope you will accept for yourself
and the American people my sincere
thanks."
CHIEF FORCED TO ACT
AGAINST GAMBLERS
(Snaelal DhmatCB to Tha Journal. I
Spokane, Wasn., May 2. Chief of Fo-!
lice Men i. nice nas at iaai uuen ac
tion toward stopping gambling here
Evidence has been accumulating so fast
that he has ordered his men to olose all
gambling clubs. It has been his plea
hitherto that he could not get sufficient
evidence to warrant arrests.
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DESPARS
STOCK LOSSES
John 31. Gates, "Who Has
Hillsboro '"Relatives, Com
mits Suicide in Frisco.
(totted iress Leaaed Wire.)
Ban Francisco, May 2. Swallowing
enough cyanide of potassium to kill a
doxen men, John M. Gates, a commer
cial broker, with offices In the1 Pacific
building, committed suicide during the
night and at & o'clock this morning his
Doay was round in uis ornce by watch
man Perry.
Although It Is not definitely known
what caused him to commit the rash
act, 'It is believed among his friends
that he preferred death- to the proba
bility of becoming penniless. M. F.
Hoyle. who waa employed by Gates, and
who last saw him alive, said today that
Gates had often told him that if, he ever
went "roke he would kill 7iim.ilf.
f rom -papers zouna in nis clothing it
was learned that he had relnttves llvlna-
in Hillsboro, Oregon, and that a woman
who is thought to be his widow resides
at 618 Thirty-fourth avenue, Seattle.
New Irrigation Project,
Spokane. Wash.. May 2. An- Irriga
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natchee. Washington, which will put
chardsj The National irrigation com
nanv of Minneapolis, of which Henrv
blffenbaugh is the representative at We-
natcnee, la doing tne worg.
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