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; ' 2 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,. SUNDAY MORNINO, JULY! 12, 1008. ' '..;, -V ; .
j SMA PROIHISEO THAT PURSE rM A'fm Il
! IN WOLFF MUM CASE IH SHADOW fgLtt 1 fPM JM
Sought for Two Months, Martin's Father
Has Never Been Heard From Where
abouts of Sister-in-Law, Important Wit
ness, Unknown to Police and Family
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Decision Is to Keep the
Cash Contributions to
Taft Fund as Dark as a
Close Mouthed Pouch
Permits.
. Is Edward nugh Martin. West Point
graduate and ex-convlct, member or a
good family and drug fiend, hero to
whom was awarded two medals by con
- gress and sUspected murderer, Insane,
to only pretending when, with a smile
cn'hls pallid face, he says:
, "Why, they have no case on me and
1 will be acquitted of killing Wolff on
the first ballot."
Is Chief of Police - Charles Grltz
macher simply "bluffing"' when he says:
' -"Martin's case is cinched. ' We have
V foore evidence than the public or the
Newspapers know about"
, Indicted for one of the most brutal
murders ever committed in the annals
, laughs away any Insinuation that he
(night have committed the murder of
Nathan Wolff In the Tatter's store at
G5 First street. May 1.
Martin's Story-
Martin says he has a story that wll
knock the evidence of the poll to the
winds and acquit him on the first bal-
lot when the Jury retires 10 consider
: HIS rale. let jviarun s piea win in an
tirobabil tv be Insanity. now, men,
sk the speculative ones, will the Jury-
consider th storv of a man who at
tempts to establish an alibi and prove
j his innocence and at the same time
plead that he was Insane, t the time
lh murdor was committed"
Such a condition win likely confront
' the Jury, however, for at this time it
looks as if the main line of defense
When Martin stands in court on Octo-
. tier 7 will be that the prisoner was in
sane when the murder was committed.
'"- What Is Martin' etofy w-hlch. ii is
claimed, will be far different from the
cne h told to District Attorney Man
tling when the latter sat as a grand
Jury and indicted the young man?
What Is Thief of Police Gritzmacher's
new evidence, which he and his sleuths
- have been withholding and guarding
' rom the probing and curious public?
Whole City Watch Case.
Never wns there a case over which
men speculated with more eagerness i
than the murder of Nathan Wolff, and
the possibility that one or tfie moit
brilliant men ever graduated from the
academy that turned out such stul
warts as Grant, Lee. Sherman and
others who served self end country in
cores of ways, lends Interest. Wolff
was literally harked to pieces In his
tore on the nipht of May 1 when just
bout to close his store and return to
Edward H. Martin, the Murder Suspect.
ery of the body. It was considered at
the time as one of the most remarkable
stories ever recounted of the finding
of a murdered body. Dramatic at
times, the general tenor of the story
consisted mainly in straight narrative?
which in its simplicity impressed the
jury.
Scan Boblnaon's Story.
Yet it Is said that the police are
searching for flaws In Itoblnson's story,
rerhaps this Is part of the new evi
dence which Chief Gritzmacher claims
to possess. Whether this Is true or not
the head of the police department Is
believed to have had Robinson's story
carefully Investigated and every step of
the deputy sheriff's movements on the
night of the murder traced.
But the speculation over Martin's new
story is greater than that over the evi- i
(United Press Lstsed Wlrs.)
Hot Springs. V-, July 11 No
friendly purs which heeds the gentle
touch of National Republican Treasurer
Sheldon la to 'be pointed out in the
highways and ,ly-ways that It may be
potted and pursued bx every other po
litical dough-bag guardian. The glad
tidings was given out today by Treas
urer Sheldon himself.
Any kind-hearted Individual or cor
poration sufficiently Interested in see
ing William Howard Taft the next pres
ident of the United States, inAy con
tribute of the "stuff" that will make
he Republican mar go without the
east fear of having the generosity
made public until after election.
"I don't know what the Intentions of
the camtialun manairer are,." said Mr.
Sheldon upon leaving for New York
tonight "Neither do I care. We have
made up our minds on our own course
of action and that Is sufficient. The
New Tork law merely requires the pub
lication of contributions ufter election.
We will live up to the law and obey it
in word arid spirit, but We don't pro
pose knowingly and willingly to play
nto tne hands or trie enemy.
Sheldon left here tonight after a
strenuous day of conference and plan
ning with Judge Taft and Secretary
Elmer Dover.
Indiana V Battle around.
The upshot of the conference this af
ternoon, was the decision to make the
first determined attack of the campaign
on Indiana. It Is believed that tffday
ndtana presents the most difficult
reposition confronting the Republican
managers.
The concensus of oolnlon imoni bla-
political chiefs who have conferred with
Mr. Taft during the past week is that
New York Is safe for the ReDUblicans.
on the strength of the provisions of the
Democratic platform, which are not ex
pected to prove popular in the empire
state, and upon the strength which
Sherman, the G. O. P. vlce-presldentlal
candidate, will bring to the ticket.
Ohio Is believed to be safe by reason
of Taft'a personal popularity, but In
diana is a different proposition.
The Republican causo Is believed to
have Buffered by Governor Hanly's ten
years in office. The labor vote in the
Hoosier state appears pleased with the
Democratic platform. In addition to
this, John Wi Kern is counted on to
pull many votes into the Bryan band
wagon. Thttfie facts, coupled with prettT well-
grounded rumors of dissatisfaction and
disorganization within the ranks of tho
Kepubllcan machine In Indiana, resulted
In the determination of the Taft man
agers to begin their f.lght for the
Hoosier state's electoral votes without
delay.
Hemnwy to Xilna rEm Trp.
It was in the air tonight that fifter a
few days spent with Chairman Hltch-
cock and Treasurer Sheldon In New
York. Secretary Elmer Dover wilt ea
direct to Chicago and open the west
ern headquarters, from which he will
w J personally direct the Indiana fight un--1
til such time as the manager to hold
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the oven. Tha ovon flr and broil.r
nra epart and In plain
sight, Prloa, Including con
nection, to your stub
dence of the police. The versatility of forth In Chicago Is selected. It Is bo-
thA anttHA man h,aa tM him am tllteved here that this honor Will full til
tentlve object In the public's mind ever "Senator Memenway, ana that to him
since his arrest. The manner in which will be given the tai
his prettv borne to spend the remainder
of the evening with his wife and little
children.
When the news of tne murdor was
spread about the r-xt day, Portland
cltlsens wer horrified. At first they
were stunned and later fear overcame
them. Thev wondered what monster
In human form could be In the Rose
City and had stalked Into the etore In
the early fvenlng s:i 1 fo inhumanly
murdered a peace-loving ritlz'-n.
Crowds Thronged JaJL
Intenee Interest followed tho .! r;--
rnenTa of tr rtnd wher
of th1 arrest Mr,-Tln was s:
the ritv it o i "f ::. 're thn
sons v-athe: . -i ,.;.: The . it
our to see w :..u t,. man.
lice picked o..t as tne 1 1 .
look like.
Refore MTrti". s rr'-s -
ury had be-n h-M a:,d .if,
Yiobti.son. who n.-rven m r. ,
'man In the dlt-ict .n wL;
tore wap iora;. t- ij of f
I. .
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ho sparred with District Attorney John
Manning; the ease with whichrfie threw
off even the most skillful examiners,
stamped the indicted man as one of the
shrewdest, brainiest men who was ever
confined In a Portland prison.
JXo Word From Father.
There, Is much of the romantic about
Martin's case. Despite the fact that
his father is a wealthy man and has
nlways heretofore been an indulgent
father, the prisoner as yet has received
no word from his slra which would In
dicate that the elder Martin knew of
his son's plight. Cablegram after ca
blegram has been sent to the father.
who Is traveling with his lovlne wife
about" Europe, but all eventually re
turned to New York, marked "Cannot
be located."
Last week a nontcard was received
from the elder Martin from Belfast, Ire
land, and fresh steps were taken to no
tify him of his son's condition.
in tne eider Martin's silence the
perulatori find other sources for their
morbid speculation. "Does the father
know of the son's plight and refuse to
iu mm. or is tin sua lpnorant that his
ffsDrinK Is cast In lull with
charee a terribly brutal murder
hanging over him'1 thev ask. hot nnlv
the echo of their uttered words comes
Daca in answer to their query.
Why Dos Hot rather SpaakT
J nat Martin, who is well known In
.New torn and to scores of New York
crs too nave undoubtedly met with
Martin while traveling over Europe,
rould escape thus far from knowing of
his son's fate seems improbable. For
more man two months voung Martin
has been In Jail and yet his father does
not know of the fact With the almost
perfect police systems In vogue In
European cities It is considered hlhlv
Improbable that Martin does not know
f his sons arreat. "Then," ask the
H -culators. "whv doesn't he come to his
son's asslstarce?"
N hero is Martin's sister-ln-ls w who
with Martin's wife was In "the little
. ottaite in Sell wood when Martin re
tornd home at mldnjKht on the nlsrht
f th murder with his face scratched.
: ' :s a shirt and wearing a new suit
' ciothes" Shortly after Martin's ar--t.
th- slstcr-ln-law left Portland. It
. si!'! that she left word that she
j.J he back in Portland when the
trlnl ts called and would testify In
N.artin behalf
Where la Eiter-tn-lwT
T?ils Information comes as surprising
i n reire-.:ng news,, ror her abi
sk of lining un his
own state.
Secretary Taft Is getting anxious to
turn the entire management of his af
fairs over to his political engineers. He
believes they are betten fitted to handle
It than he Is, and also desires to be free
to devote his time to the issues of the
campaign. He has made the most of
his victory, and. thanks to his close
application to his work on the diamond
and golf links, has succeeded In losing
nine pounds and has worked down to 290.
Private telegrams from Republican
lieutenants over the country assure
Mr. Taft that there Is much dissatis
faction with the Democratic platform
among certain members of that party
ana tne usual crop or nreiong .Demo
crats"' are writing In that they have
taken new vows and will be lined up
with the Republicans in the coming
campaign.
To date Mr. Taft has positively re
fused to discuss or comment on either
the report of the Denver convention or j
the platform adopted. i
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I A GOOD' PLAGE TO TTRaiDlE)
iran
LADIES'
IS
TAILOR
Charged With Non-Support.
(Snlem Bnrean of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., July 11. W. M. Stanton,
who was before Judge Busliey today,
is the first person to be charged with
non-support In Marion counjUf. The
charge was lodged against Stitan by
his wife. Stanton Is appearing as his
own attorney.
caused the speculators to believe that
she had gone away because of being
afraid that her testimony would only
serve to convict Martin. Her return,
therefore. Is awaited with greater Inter
est than was displayed when she t-o
suddenly disappeared. To cap the cli
max in regard to the sister-in-law. It
has been positively stated In all sin
cerity by those who are close in touch
with the case that no one in Portland.
not even Mrs. Martin, knows where the
sister-in-law is at the present time or
has known where he has been at any
time since she left Portland.
In the meantime, while the specula
tors are going over the details of the
case In all its . morbidness, Martin lan
rulshes in the county Jail. He still ha
the same pallid expression of the dope
fiend, but contends that he has not
taken morphine since his Incarceration
In the county Jail. He claims to be tak
ing a cure for the dreadful habit which
has already cost him so much, and
which may yet be the cause of his
swinging on the gallows in the state
nee penitentiary at Salem.
Vandal of Tan Ness Avenue
Makes Business in a
Dull Season.
San
weeks
(Hnlted Pres. Led WIrn.l
Francisco, July 11. For some
a vandal with a mania for darn-
aging handsome dresses haa been throw
ing ink on the costumes of ladles
promenading Van Ness avenue and
other fashionable street. A dozen
gowna have been ruined. The pplice
today arrested Joseph Jarre, a lames'
tailor and a follower of Emma Gold
man, but released him for lack of evidence.
Confident they had the right man, an
army of detectives now keep him under
close watch. Officers say the man
ehose this method to improve business
In dull times. Chler or .police aiggy
said every gown ruined so far had been
tailor-made, and that in almost every
Instance theJnk was thrown on Van
Ness avenua and between Paclflo and
Geary street.
; POOR GIRL ROBBED
OF VACATION COIN
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Incident of Reign of Juve
nile Thuggery at San
Francisco.
PAHD0H DELAYED
EIEHIELH YEARS
Reaches Ohio Penitentiary
17 Years After the Con
vict's Time Is Up.
(United Press La1 Wire.)
coiumbua, Ohio, July 11. Officials
of the penitentiary here started an in
vestigation today to learn why a par
don signed by President Benjamin Har
rison and mailed from Washington 18
years ago did not arrive, until yester
day. George B wans ton. the man pardoned,
completed his one-year term for viola
tion of the pension laws In 1890 and
departed from the prison without dis
covering that the stain had been offi
cially removed from his name several
months before.
The envelope containing the pardon
was dated at Washington, September
3, 1890, 8 p. in. It arrived here from
St. Louis.
WIFE OF WOUNDED
MAN IN SWEATB0X
E WOES FOR
CZAR NICHOLAS
Finns Will Trouble Dim to
Dissolve Parliament, If
He Please.
(t'Bltfd Press Leased fTlrs.)
Ban Francisco. July 11. Detective
today are seeking om clue to the
Identity of the members of a band of
youthful thug and pickpockets whose
bold operation In the past week are
unparalleled In' local polic history.
Holdups, picked pockets and burglaries
ar n ported tai)y. but tha very daring
of th thieves ha apparently mad
them Immune from arrest.
Restaurateurs wer the choice a
prey last night- James KUla, who con
ducts place on Halght strt, had
his pocket picked of MOO while riding
on a treetcar. and Mabel Tipton Wa
H 1 l un hv mn untnAlifl vnuth tnil
rohhed of ilH
The latter holdup wrrta th young
woman' vacation. She I an employ
of a itaurant. aad with grt diffi
culty saved up 1125 to defray th ex
pensea of a summer trip. When h
was held up, she be red th robbr to
Jt her keep her money, hot h gruffly
told hr to keep quiet or h would bUw
her brain out-
1 - Banff llof Springs.
Th Can414 P-lfk will ! yt
ticket to feaaff Hot springs aod re
turn for IJ5. suiutM In th very heart
of thje -Roe- mountains It I i MeaJ
pot fr summer' outing. Eaeltett
hotet icrw modatton. L.'nprralllwl
enlB atturtion. Arply t Idr-al of.
141 Ihir trt, ir tail pwtl-'
fist
(United Press Ltased W1r.)
San Francisco, July 11. An attempt
is being made by the polio to wring a
confession from Mrs. J. D. Kendall that
she purposely wounded her husband
with a revolver shot Thursday night.
Both Kendall and his wife slit-ear that
tho shooting was accidental, but the co
lic refus to believ tho story and the
woman l rorcea to remain in a cell In
the city prison.
(United Presi Leaied Wtr.)
Helslngfors, Finland, July 11. Anoth
er clash between the czar and tho par
liament will follow th seating of tho
representatives whose election ha 1ut
been announced, It Is feared.
The czar Ordered th national ynAw
dissolved last March Iwrsma th
clallsts elected Sfl deoutlea and vir
tually tied the hands of the govern
ment. Tho result this year place the
" a uu more unravorable posi
tion. The sterlallstB elected 84 memhor
he huonettarians (old Finns! 64. h
constitutionalists 60 districts, the agra-
iiaun iu unu mo nrisuans two.
The overwhelming nnrtihrii of h
ultra-revolutionary serlallsts Wiakea tho
entire parliament a hostile body and its
uissoiuuon is rogaraed as Inevitable.
M0RJI0N LEADERS IN
A DIG TIMBER DEAL
BROTHER HIS.
on lupus
Taft Presents His Views of
Both Platforms in His
Newspaper.
Discovery of a bullet-hole through tho
or leading from the Kendall's kitchen
to their bedroom strengthens the belief
of tho omcers that the shot wa not
fired accidentally. Mr Kendall says
her husband laid hi gun on th dress
ing tab and that It wa discharged
whll h wa removing It to another
plac.
CHARGE IS ARSON
TO HIDE THEFT
(Unite Pr Uiaed Wlr
Los Angelea, CaX, Jtfly 11. Dlls
Hopkins, wanted at Stockton on an ar
on charge, arrested ln thla ctt
at his room on South J"lowr tret.
Hopkins I accused of being several
thousand dollar short fa his account
and it 1 allered h wa Implicated In
th burning of aa entire block at Idl
last Tear, destroying tb book that
would havo shown hi shorts. Hop
kin cam her about thr month a rr
from Mexico City and ha been work
ing aa a linotyp operator.
Bm FrancUcaJva Visit Klafnafh.
(tpwUl DHwatrk to Th vaal.
Klamath Fail, Or., July 1 1. A lanr
party of Can . Y nei o basin tne
rrtvd In thl ettr Tboroday evening.
Among th party Wer u. X. Wodilnc.
prldnt f tb California Tin Koa
company; C A. Cros of th Cro t,om
br fwipwr; W. PL Palmer, ef th
Hmtil S.rtTig wink: O. E Pltt'n
r, -f IH rtrnt Ns'lol hsnk f L
A , 1 fL t. U-vt,- .; eraag
grower of Kir!, Cmi.
'United Pre Leurd Wire.)
Santa Cru, Cal., July 11. Joseph
Smith, head of th Mormon church, is
her on a mysterious mission connected
with his extensive lumber Interest In
this vicinity. Smith la accompanied by
a party or notable members of his
church. lndudlriK C. W. Vlbler. presid
ing bishop, Georg Stoddard of Baker
City, head of the church in Orea-on.
Consulteir Ir-hn R. Winder and Chief
Patriarch Jfen Smith. All the men
ben of the party own timber lands on
the Pacific coast, the Mormon holdings
In Oregon near Hood River, Baker City
and La Grande being enormous. ,
Kibiey is president and Stoddard rioo
presldent of the San Vlncento Lumbar
oompany of this city.
fTTnlted Prsas Leased WlrJ
Cincinnati, July 11. Char Is p. Taft.
brother of tho Republican presidential
candidate, presents a his loading edi
torial In his newspaper this afternoon
a longartll under tho caption, 'That
Injunction Plank," In which ha aays:
'Wo hope that verv American. nrt
particularly every American who works
for wages, will make careful atudy of
the injunction plank In the two big
imuurmi mis year. xno Kepubllcan
plank Is brief, but every word means
something; the Democratic plank js
worded ambiguously, one part of It Is
laughably hypocritical, while another,
(hldden away in a significant plac at
the end of a paragraph, carries more
dynamite than, In our opinion, Interests
of America care for.
"We believe that what the American
worklngman wants In this Injunction
matter la th correction of abtisoa which
have grown up, not the crippling of the,
courts and the Immedlnte taking away
from Judges of their power to maintain
the dignity of the law."
GOLD WATCH FOUND
IN PA II, OF LARD
Hamilton, Wash., Julv 10. A five-
pound pall Of lard vlelded a treasure
In the shape of a gold watch to Mr.
W, M. Atterburr of this nlace The time
piece has evidently had hard usage, the
esse being dented In several places hut
the movement I fairly good. The'larJ
la th product of a local dealer.
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