The Oregon daily journal., May 03, 1908, Page 7, Image 7

THE OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,. MAY 3, 1903.
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Showing That
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(Special Dlapatcb to Hm looms!. 1
Chicago, May 1 The Indianapolis
Btar, the Muncie .Star and the Torre
Haute Star, have gone into a receiver'
hands on the application of the owner,
Ian Reed of New York. Ernest Bross,
formerly of Portland, Oregon, was edi
tor In chief of this syndicate of papers.
Ben Lawrence, also a former Portland
newspaper worker, is associated edito
rially. Theyrwili nof. be affected fcy
the change in .administration ' ;, -
GOLDFIELD MINER
I SAYS HE WAS ROBBED
(United Prtw XMsed Wire. ,1
.; Ban Francisco, May J. Attired only
in. hi undergarments. Max Plesch, a
Goldfleld miner., was found roaming
about the Presidio1 reservation today
He was taken to the guardhouse and
properly attired, after which he told a
unique story of robbery. Last night he
met a man who- gave, his name as Rich
ard Moore and claimed to be an ex-solt
ler. After a tour of the city they made
a trip to the Presidio, arriving there
after dark. Plesch said he was walk
ing ahead when Moore struck iilm down
with a blackjack. The blow rendered
him unconscious, and when he came to
his senses he found that be had been
stripped of a diamond pin, several hun-
dred dollars In gold his hat, coat, vest,
trousers, shoes and socks. The police
are looking for Moore. -
LEWIS DEMOCRATS
ALL FOR BRYAN
(Special Dbpatca to The Journal.)
Chehalls, Wash., May 2. The Lewis
eounty Democracy today declared for
Bryan's nomination and asked that the
date and place of the state convention
be changed to Seattle during the stay
, of the fleet Delegates were chosen to
the state' convention.
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i ORtGOOn SHOES
THIS store is the right place for good shoes; it where
you get the Sel Royal Blue Shoev " '
; .The name Selz on any shoe is as good a sign of good
- shoes as the "sterling" mark on silver is a sign of good, qual
ity. Any tixne you iind that name, you can know exactly ,
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All Sixes
n Big Fleet Is a Great Convenience
EIGHT DRINKS LEAD TO
Slayer of Wife Convicted,
Despite His Jlea of
. ' Insanity.
, Easton, Pa.i May 2. After deliberat
ing' five and three-quarters hours the
Jury lit the trial of Frank Smith,
charged with the murder-of his wife,
returned a" verdict of murder in the
second degree.'
The decision came as a surprise to
everybody who expected an insanity of
iirst degree verdict.
It was, however, In accordance with
Judas Bcott'a charse in which he said
that the jury must decide whether the
seven or eight glasses of beer the pris
oner drank before tha-murder so affect
ed his mind to the extent that he could
not form a. deliberate Intent as well at
In the insanity plea.
Smith, who had accused his wife of
Infidelity, murdered her and then cut
his own throat.- us. .k, the knife with
which he had killed the woman. The
defense was that the defendant was not
only an epileptic, but was known to
have been intoxicated on the night of
the murder, . ,
DELEGATES TO RIDE
IN TRAIN OF AUTOS
(Hearst Ktws by Longest Leased Wire.) .
Chicago, May Roger C Sullivan,
national Democratic committeman of
Illinois, has planned a novel way of
traveling to the national convention
with the least possible discomfort. He
has chartered an automobile train to
carry a number of Illinois delegates
from Chicago to Denver. The party will
leave Chicago on June 2? and arrive In
Denver on the morning of July 4. One
of the most important stops will be
mad at Lincoln. Nebraska, where -William.
J. Bryan will hold a dinner for
the visiting delegates. , -
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LIFE IMPRISONMENT
BATY HAS DEVELOPED
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evening. The city has been scoured
from one end to the other.
Early in the morning a detective be
gan the rounds of the laundries in the
nope of learning the name of the man
whose clothes were marked with the
laundry mark found - upon the collar.,
The result tf this search led to the
police theory that the .robber came from
outside the -city, as . no mark could be
found which exactly corresponded with
that on the collar found on the floor of
ths Woltf store.' . - f-
In some Instances a landlady who
noticed -the suspicious actions of one
of her- lodgers has been of some as
sistance to the police, and- it waa her
theory . that a search of sthe cheap ho
UdT and rooming houses be made.
One theory, is that "Wolff was mur
dered by ths same "left-handed" . man
who held up and robbed William Gott
schalk of 800 in .his saloon in Bell
wood at 1 o'clock oh the, morning of
April 26 and two hours later held up
Patrolman 8. 8. Arnold at East. Sixth
and East Washington streets and re
lieved the Doliceman of his revolver.
Is borne out by the manner In which
the blood stained axe handle Was broken
and becausa one of the criminals was
wounded in the left hand.
. By the manner in which the axe
handle waa broken it appears plainly
that it was wellded by a left-handed
man. The fiend raised the Instrument
time and again and finally sinking it
with all of his brutal strength into
Wolff's head broke th hea vv hnndln
The brute evidently thought -ther handle
naa oroxen snarp orr ana reacnea for
ward to pick un the part of the handle
which was still left in the axe head
to continue with his awful slaughter.
Bleslng" what he supposed was the de
tached fragment the murderer raised It
and brought It down with renewed
force. As he did so the part of tho
handle which was still left, naturally
swung into its place by the force of the
Bwecu ana piercea tne muraerer s hand,
causinx a wound.
Even in tearing the broken handle
Into two separate parts the murderer
showed that he was left-handed for the
butt end waa peeled down the aids
showing that the fores which flnaiiv
detached the broken parts was greater
in in? nana tuai neta me pari near tne
ax head than In the hand that held the
butt end. ' 7;
After completing his work the mur-
aerer proceeded to stand guard at the
front door while. his confederate rifled
the safe and trays.
A feature that has hitherto remained
unnoticed in connection with the bloody
tragedy was the fact that the wounded
man stepped behind the railing on the
north side of the room at one of the
times Deputy Sheriff Robinson tried
the door and tried the naf In th front
part of the store which contained the
more valuable Jewels.
Blood stains were found on ths tian.
die of the safe but upon finding the
vauit iockbo tne roooer macie no fur
ther attempt to open it. A blood stain
was also round on a Hle-h stool that
stood within the enclosure. The shape
of the stain Indicated that It was made
by the pressure of the hand upon the
stool. Other stains were found on the
contents of- a small desk that stood
wiimn me enclosure.
These facts were hrouartit ant In an
investigation made late yesterday aft
ernoon and were overlooked by- the po
lice, who contended that the-robbers
bad not touched the north side of the
storeroom.
Thousands of nersnna were attracted
to the scene of the crime yesterday and
last night, and a large crowd stood in
front of ths store every minute of the
day. - The curious people stood Idly
about, gazing through the windows and
doors in an attempt to satisfy their cu
riosity by looking upon ths blood spots
and disarranged room. Fearing that an
attempt mla-ht be made to a rain loot the
place fast night Detective William Mitch.
en, manager si me National ijeiecuve
agency, was - stationed at the door
way of the store to ward, off ths crowd
and guard against any attempt that
Mitchell remained on guard all night
and will be relieved this . morning y
another detective from his office.
' - XI Beached ths Spot. "
I Mr. E. Humphrey, who owns a large
f general store at Omega. . Ohio, and is
president or tne Aoama .county i ele
ctions company, as Well as "the Home
Telephone company, of Pike county
Ohio, says, of Dr. King's New Discovery:-
"It saved my life once. - At least
I - cninK it did. t seemea to reaqn
the spot ths very seat of my cough
when evervthlns else failed." Drs
King's New Discovery not only reaches
the cough spot; It heals the sors spots
and the weak spots in throat, Jungs
and chest Sold underv guarantee at
8kldmore Drii coinpan'" store. 50c
ana !.. : Trial botfle free. ;
IS "PROPHET'S" RULE
dowdy, Who Presides Over
"Feet-Washers," Issues ,
. - a New Order. .
Bridgeport Conn.; May I. "Prophet"
W. 8. Crowdy. who quit work on a din
ing car to found the "feetwaahlng
sect and run a "Church of God" gro
cery, store. In Fitswater street. Phila
delphia, has Issued from Washington
an order instructing all married per
sons in his flock to separate until re
married. : ....,.
. Crdwdy,- who is a negro, ' has been
in Washington since his followers in
Philadelphia treated smallpox by prayer,
lie was wanted by the health authori
ties at that time.
- His new order became known here
today,rwhen a negro giving ths name
of the Rev. James Williams sought a
license to marry Ida L. Blmmona.
When, he was questioned by Town
Clerk Weber it developed that hs had
already married the woman, but wanted
to remarry her in accordance with the
order of ''God's prophet."
"The Church of God and Saints of
Christ" In this city number about 100
negroes The order promulgated by
Crowdy follows In part;
1 write unto you all once more to
let ys bear from me. Now- everybody
that is in the Church of God and
Balnts of Christ everywhere that is
married must get' married over again,
and ye must separate until this is done,
and thosswho have husbands and
wives on the outside must do aU they
can to persuade them in. Now, this
means everyone, and those failing to
carry out this commandment will not
be recognized, and those who have not
gone to gt tneir rirei nusoana ana
wives, must go and get them and get
married also and all be brothers and
sisters." v : -y
ROBINSDfl TELLS STORY
TO JURY
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all- was well at the store because the
ilnor waa Irwkfwf "
Ihen followed the dramatic, part of
itouinson s tedtimony. iacn juror
leaned forward to gather the witness'
every word, .and followed .his speech
cioseiy as ue connnuea.
Tiles ths Door.
"When I again crossed the street and
tried the door it waa open. This fact
greatly disconcerted me, because from
the last time. I had tried the door and
found it (ocked until I returned from
the telephone and found it open not
so much as 10 minutes ilntervened. Al
though startled I pushed open, the door
ana stepped inside tnree or rour stepa.
All was dark and I cried out, 'Mr. Wolff.'
There was no answer, and I again called
woirr. woirr, wnere are you?
"Reeeivina- no renly r flashed my elec.
trie lisht about the room, but could not
make thlnggreu clearly I 4he thought
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Ul ine gas "K'll jiuiikliie vwi iicau.
wnich is Hunted oy puuing tne wire at'
tached to the cock.
"Hastllv placing the lamp in my
pocket and removing my revolver, I
held the vveapon In front of -me and
with my other hand groping in the dark
for the wire which I knew "was there,
I walked forward. Just as my hand
touched the wire I heard a slight noise
behind me.
Wlf on Bocne.
"This frightened me, 'and giving the
wire a sudden Jerk I wheeled about nnd
In the sudden clare of the light discov
ered Mrs. Wolff and her little daughter
standing at the door. She was terribly
rrigntenea, ana as soon as i puuea my
self together from the sudden shock I
tried to comfort her, I requested her
to enter and taxe a cnair wnue l
looked about the store.
"Just -within the small gate was a
stool used bv the Jewetar at his work
bench. I brought Mrs. Wolff within
the enclosure and offered her the seat
Just s I reached .to pick up the
chair and plane it in position for her
to sit upon I noticed a bloodstained
collar upon the chair. I tlppod ths
chair -so as' to throw the llar on the
noor in order that Mrs. woirr would
not see it. and she sat down. I picked
up the collar and tried to aulet her.
"I thenwent to the back part of the
store, which was dark. As I oa&sed
down tne aisle between tne counter and
the wall showcase I noticed blood
stains and the general disorder of the
trays. I also noticed that the sare
was open. One door of the safe was
closed and the other was ajar about
three inches. This alarmed me, and I
went ,xo tne .rear room.
x rinds ths -Body.
"With nothin but mv electric hand
lamp to light my way X went about the
room, and after looking around found a
man's body lying in the corner. - Le
spite the terrible manner in which-the
head was mutilated, I knew the body to
be that of Wolff I have known him for
four years. I could tell it was Wolff
by the general shape tf the head, al
though the face was chopped beyond
all recognition.
"I examined the face to see If there
waa any life left in the body, but de
tecting no movement I knew ' he was
dead.
"Hearing Mrs. Wolff moving I went
back and telephoned to the doIIcs. I
told the officer who answered to send
somebody down to 165 First street be
cause a robbery had been committed
and mat I feared somebody had been
hurt. I did not dars tell the station
that' Wolff had been murdered because
or Mrs. Wolffs presence. She was
greatly excited ana carried on nya
terlcally.
"We waited for ths police to come
ana tne suspense was nara to bear. I
spent tne time trying to comfort Mrs.
Wolff and to get her to go home. I
tried to get her to tell me of soms of
ner relative mat i mignr send ror tnem
but she was so hysterical I could get
nothing from her. I finally secured the
telephone number of Mrs. Wolffs
brother-in-law- from the little girl and
called him up and asked him io come
down to tne store, wnicn ne did.
"However, before I called up the
brother-in-law, I again called up ths po
lice station and asked them to hurrv.
The desk man replied that an officer
waa on his way. In a few minutes De
tective Price came and later other offi
cers. That is all I know in relation to
the crime." -
Robinson's statement was considered
remarkable and when Deputy District
Attorney Stephenson asked the "jurors
if they had any Questions to ask of
ths witness. one Juror replied that he
thought Robinson s statement was re
markably clear and . plain, containing
all tbs details ot his discovery of the
crime.
City Physician CaUsd.
City Phvslclan Frederick J. Zela-ler
was the next witness called and clear
ly established the fact that Wolff had
been shot In the neck, although- he
stated that the wound did not produce
death. Dr. Zelgler's testimony follows:
"4 examined woirr s ooay ana zouna
that there were II wounds on ths head
and neck, any one of 10 of which would
have produced death. Ths wounds were
Inflicted by a sharp instrument, and
each of the 10 wounds which 1 men
tioned specifically passed through the
skull and pierced the brain. Wolff died
from a gunshot wound and a fractured
skull. Tho bullet passed from ths left
side of the neck to the right and passed
out, tearing a hole in Wolff's collar."
upon questions - from Deputy District
Attorney 8tephenson. Dr. Ziegler stated
that when he arrived at the store at
1:10 o'clock he felt the body and found
it cold. He said that in his estimation
Wolff had been dead about two hours.
After Dr. Ztegler had finished his
testimony several Jurors wanted to es
tablish ths fact that, more than one man
took . part in the crime. This was im
possible to determine in any other -way
save by - deduction, and Stephenson
called A. Chester Keel, a Jeurnal re-,
porter, who was on the scene of the
crime shortly after It had been reported
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It is no mere self-praise to say that the Ellers Muslo Stores are the busiest stores
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the Eller Piano House business has multiplied over and over In the past years Is proof
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. . own piano -The Ellers, to (-ether wits nearly BO other dependable Pianos.
Then comes ths key to the storehouse of muslo Ths Pianola Piano
Installed la the Weber, Stock, Wheelock -and ifrnyesant Yianos, also .
Flanolas o attack to ordinary Pianos MetTostyle and ThemodleV
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"No doubt ths reader of this announcement Is considering the purchase of a Plans
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for yourself why the bulk of the business in the Northwest and the Coast In our 11ns is
coming here to Ellers stores. See how the reliability of ths house and ths goods It
handles the greatest of business builders has built and will continue to build up busi
ness and paestlge for ths Ellers Piano House and Its over forty branch stores.
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. Tea. ws bave then comlnj from different sources all -the elms. Pianos taken In sx
change, sspealally as part pay for Planola-Planos many of them nearly new instru
ments welMnown makes good pianos, but their owners wanted Pianola-Pianos. Then,
ws havs some of our beet Pianos out on rentals that ars coming In and Pianos that have
. become a little "shop worn"r-c'ases slightly damaged in shipping ell go at great re-ductions-i-but
are safe Plane to buy. They are reliable Pianos at a little prioe end If
-not convenient to pay all cash, "reasonable small' payments can be arranged. 4
4 If Interestedln thtt purchase of anything? musical, caU or write full particulars and
ths desired Information will be sent promptly. : . - ; . ) v . .
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to the police, to the stand. Keel told of
the measurements and observations he
had. made and showed that the blood at
the door must have dripped from the
wounded ' hand of the man who stood
guard while his confederate looted the
safe. ' ,i -
Keel substantiated this fact further
bv statin mat pvbloxi appeared In the
safe, which wotold' havs followed had
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ths wounded man looted It f pon this
testimony tke Jurors found that Wolff
met hia death at ths , hands of "some
person or persona" .
No other witnesses; were -called," and
the jurors returnPd their verdict la a
few momenta. - They returned it tr
Deputy Coroner Arthur L. i'intey, vhn
conducted the Inquest and akej gov
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pa"rtment youWiil find
scores of novelties not
seen elsewhere, ' as
well a-a profusion of
the usual fabrics. The'
services of a New .
York decorative sales-,
man are at the dispos
al of our patrons.
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