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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5;. 1908." - '
TEST E lI 0 1 J Y I S STROn G
. FOR DEFENSE
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(Continued from Paga Ons.)
every time hs dua; his oars into the
water he yelled, 'I'll' fix tha -r r-l
T..a. 1. a t html' : '.'".- '"'.'
"The man landed and ran at the boy A
' with an oar held hlah in htS bands...
The dog wai not in alght from where I
stood. The man wag running at the
boy. yelling, Til fix you. you , '
Then the boy shot." . '
A number of witnesses -were put on
thia morning by the defenae to prove
, the boy's previous rood character.
These . witnesses included two or nis
school teachera, hia Sunday school
teacher, a man who haa worked for his
father, and Lafa Pence, who testified
that he knew tha boy -very well and
k had often in conversation with Mrs.
Pence remarked that he thought Chase
Bled had a career before him. The
- - A I- A. Wham T A Air Ml
Bled was a well-behaved boy. obedient!
nd one- wno ua no iou ir
An amusing feaure of the testimony
J waa some of the atatements made by
Captain Patrick Bruin,, former captain
of police detectives. Bruin waa put on
aa an expert in firearms, the object of
the defense being - to prove that the
gun with which young Held shot George
Do Mara was a "half-trl ggered' gun,
which waa liable to go off without the
user intending that it should do , so.
Bruin took occasion to refer to some of
his own exploits with the Pistol, and
nearly deatroyed the - dlgnty ' of the
court when he told of having himself
killed a man in he Philippines with a
, pietol at 1,000 yards.
The taking of evidence wfl probably
be concluded this afternoon. When the
noon recess was. taken the attorneys
for- the defense Itated that they had
only one other witness the boy hi m
v aelf. The state may put on one or two
In rebuttal. : . ' e : .
. 'U. oobd Boy la School. yC" i
. I Miss O'Conner was the
failed thle morning. Bhe testified that
she has kftowa Chase Jackson Rled for ,
a ..... usa f mm nla ta.oner 1
- 1 Ve was" an eeiilionally bright
pupil," she said, "in every way, and his
' COnOUCT WSS irrruiimwmim.
never in any trouble." .
"In your opinion." asked Vreeland.
could le distinguish between good and
evlil" . .v. . - '
' "Yea.
- -Do you think tr'- oy was developed
enough to distinguish safety and dan
ger?,r "Yea."
,rDo you .think he la a manly boyr
5r Msa Jorey, a teacher in the Chapman
school, was called. She said she had
si,... i.tinn Ried for two
years. "Although not In her, room aho
tad had plenty of opportunity to ob-
"'"StaVe to the Jury what the atanding
of thla boy was In school. ,
"He was always obedient and entle
manly. and I never had to Correct blm.
He was a well .behaved boy. nrf the
best. 1 think, in thi school. Yes, he
could distinguish between ' right and
Could this bov distinguish between
safety and dungerT' asked tsterly.
'Yes. I think he could,
s Thoughtful la Sunday School.
- Retd's Sunday r school teacher. Miss
MIchals, said she had know the boy
since June 28, 1907. She said that in
her class in the First Presbyterian
church he was thoughtful, obedient, at
tentive and-faithful.
He expressed a desire to Join the
church, but his mother would not per
mit it. - He never gave any trouble. She
saw him once in his home and he
seemed obedient and thoughtful.
'I Suppose," said Vreeland, 'that In
your claaa you often read over the ten
commandments. What effect did the
commandment Thou ahalt not kill
have on him?" - . . . .
i "It would be decidedly against his
' principles to kill a human being, re
plied Miss Nichols. . .
- ,r a Reld, deputy clerk of the court
and uncle-f Chaae Jackson Reld, was
the next witness. He was aaked con
cerning a. statement Officer Peterson
bad made to him regarding he ohemp
family and Ms having it !n for them.
Mr. Held said that at the time of the
coroner's inquest he had talked to Pe
terson, and Peterson had told him that
a mt nt bums and he had It tn
for them, and would get them if he
could, ' -
k Saaalng at Jr- :
Vivian Horn was recalled. He Iden
tified a photograph of the scene' of the
tragedy. He was asked to show on a
map the point where the boy stood when
be shotjT Replying to an objection
f aterly. -attorney for the defense, said
e wanted to prove that the dog was
around- the - corner of the house and
nrobably Out of sight of George Do Mara
when he waa shot, and that he was run
ning at the boy and not at the dog. The
objection was overruled. He said that if
the dog were more than 60 feet from
Chase Kled. he would have been be
hind the building. He couldn't say,
however, whether or not the dog would
have been out of sight of George De
Mara at the time the latter was shot
Father Murphy, 848 North Nineteenth
street, was the next witness called. He
eald he knew the defendant, having met
him - at the Government building on
July 14. The church was giving a pic
nic, and the boy showed them around
when they were getting things In readi
ness. . ' , -
For five or six days the boy helped
them, ran erxands and was kind and at
tentive. . . -
Boy Companion's Testimony.
Rav Baker, 11 years old, was called.
He lives on Government island, and Waa
with Chaae Reld -when the latter, shot
George De Mors. At 8:80 the afternoon
of August 4 he was playing in the yard
with Chase at the Government building.
Later they went upstairs to get ready
to go swimming. While there they
heard the dog barking and went -.down
to see what was the matter. . . -
"Were you there when Chaae hotf
, V'Yes."
"How far awayf
"I don't remember. J The dog was to
the north side of Chase when he shot"
"How far away was the dog when
Chase shotr - - ';.,.
' "I don't remember. The .jdjjg 'was
pretty close to the south side of the
henhouse. That is the aide toward
the Bchemp house."'- -
. "Did you sea George De Marat"
; :'Yes.'' ' - ',- .V
) "What was he doingr :
'- He waa running toward Chase. He
had the oar over his head. I waa
frightened."
: '"What aboutr
"I was afraid he was going to hit us."
On cross-examination the boy said
Chase sent the little girl after the gun
before the boat landed. Counsel for
defense objected to this line of evi
dence as improper In cross-examination,
and the objection was sustained.
' Sees Tragedy rrom Blstaaoa.
Mr. Bchemp, the stepfather of Chase
Jackson Reld, waa called.
He said he was directly across from
the life saving station, above the Lin-
coin rooa, on me aiternoon or wo trag
edy. ..
"At that time' I heard this dog bark
ing and looked across the lake, possibly
half a mile. The atmosphere waa very,
clsar and I could see distinctly. I saw
th dog running after a man, and the
children I don't know how many there
wereon the gravel road that runs in
front of the house. The man and the
dog were havlnr a flaht all nvar tha
property, it seemed to me. Later I saw
George De Mars, first when he was near
ine( snore standing In the boat about
to land. I then saw him running to-
J mo cnnaren, toward tne House.
The dog was never anywhere near
George De Mars as far as I noticed.
When I - saw the man getting out of
the boat, I ran 100 feet up the hill to
my buggy and came down on a full gal-;
lop, to get there as quickly aa posalble.
Ar-I got across the 'bridge I met
John De Mars at the comer of the hen
houae. He was coming from the dlreo
V. ot th barn- A Icame across the
bridge I notloed the man lying in the lot
Sees Body in Boad.
"John De Mara inquired if I lived
there and if that was my boy, I satd
yes. I drove alongside of where George
De. Mars lay on the ground. I Jumped
out of the buggy and asked John if
he were sure the man waa dead. Mrs.
Hammer was also there.
"As soon as I saw the man waa dead
I told John to Jump In the bugrv and
we drove rapidly to Wagner's grocery.
Twenty-fifth and Thurman streets, and
I called up the police department and
told them to notify the coroner.
"Then I returned home and remained
beside the body, waiting for the cor
oner." "Did" you hear any conversation by
Mrs. Hammer relating to tfels killing?''
"Mrs. Hammer wax crying and said
something to the effect that the boy
shouldn't have done It. John De Mars
said. 'Well, we had no business in here
anyway, and least of all George.' John
De Mars' face when- I met him was
very flushed, and my. idea at that time
waa that he had been drinking. I can't
say as to Mrs. Hammer." -
' Mr. Bchemp testified that he waa
watchman on the Government Island.
The neighborhood, he said, is Inhabited
by a very rough element The people
who come to tne Island are the '.'scum
of the earth." "They have committed
all sorts of depredations. For Instance,
the Siberian exhibit tn the, government
building, worth $10,000, has been; utter
ly demolished.. There is -not a pane of
glass left in , the Irrigation building.
Every door in the Government building
had been torn open. All the piping has
been atolen. The water pipes have been
repeatedly tampered with. On one oc
casion I found a fire burning In the
building and the , room full . of smoke.
I have put out one blazing fire and
on f lre. pf embers.
Children Are Insulted.
"My daughter has been Insulted. On
occasion tny daughter had been
"Yjsu're pretty limber ori the trigger
down, there, aren't you?"
, "Yes, wa have to be."
Captain Patrick Bruin, a private de
tective and former- captain oN de
tectives and Inspector of police was
called. He was shown th revolver with
which George De Mars was killed and
asked if It was a hair-trigger gun.
"Well. it Vouldrbe if it were cleaner,
but it'a nty now. Anyway, it's the
next imng to it urn out or oroer now.'
"Then If it were raised up by an ex
cited man It would' be liable to go off T'
"Well, It would be a dangerous gun
for an excited man to handle." Then,
examining the. gun-again, -'I'm aurprlsed
it didn't Knock the boy down."
"It knocked t nan down all right and
killed him," said Vreeland.
"Could a boy 12 years eld raise that
revolver without taking aim and be
likely to strike a man In the chest at
S. or 70 feet?" i '
"Well, 85 or 7 feet Is pretty close."
wood. Shot for Teteraa. ;
" "I doubt" Interrupted Judge Ganten
beln. "if there are three officers in the
Second Oregon regiment who could hit A
man at that distance." -
Deputy District, Attorney Vreeland
tried to Impeach the value of Captain
Bruin's testimony as an expert He
asked him a number of technical ques
tions reKardlna revolvers, target nrac
ewTtice, hair triggers, etc. i -
wnat is tne extreme range or a pis
tol?" ., ..-.' . .. . :'
"A thousand yards. - -
"A thousand yards7WeU excuse you,
captain. You're anexperV allrlghtl
laughed Vreeland. "
"I've got a pistol that I killed a man
wth myself at 1,000 yards,' said the
captain. .-':. -; .'- -".
. "Scared ' to death, Wasn't her asked
Vreeland. V ;'v- ::v' .
"Well, he had a pretty good hole t
him when I got to him." ' - ,
Lafe . Pence Waa called. He said he
Is the owner of the old fair buildings,
which he- bought after the fair. Mr.
Bchemp was for some time caretaker
of the buildings. -He had been put in
charge to prevent the buildings from
being burned by- the class of people
who visit the island.
Mr. Pence said he knew. Chaae Jaek
son Reld very well indeed. "Ha has
been the subject of conversation be
tween Mrs. Pence and myself during
the last two years, and we felt sure
he had a career, before him. He Is as
manly a boy as ever lived, and I feel
sure he has an honorable career before
him unless It Is stopped now."
iERSfllY
CHARITIES III I'll
Numerous bequests to charity are
contained in the will of Sarah, Ahpel,
f oled for probate in the' county court
The largest sum given. isJ200 to J;be
trustees of the srnaaorue Beth Israel,
fut there are seven other 'bequests of
flOONeach to benovelent instltuttons.
The beneficiaries are the First Hebrew
Benevolent annoclatlon. the t-aie' It -.
brew Benevolent societv, the Ncihh.-.
hood Guild Sewing society, the Children
home, baby home, eld women a hous'i
and visiting nurses, . , .
William R. Ellli, a nephew, i ram l
as executor of the will and shares wHt
two sisters of the deceased. Rose Whtte
and Cel lit Goldman, in the dlctrUuti"
ef the- Jewelry wnd by the flweas.T.
Her furniture goes to the Good Samar
itan hospital. One dollar Is beqtieathmt
to an onlv son, Nathan Ahpel, and all
the remainder to Roee White, , The to
tal value of the estate does not appr
from the papers, only fie wlll being
thus far filed. I j
Tho world's coaf production, both an
thracite and ' bltumlnoua, In 1907, was
but-little short of half, a billion short,
tons. ' " ;
boy?
' ' " Proof is Inexhaustible that
Lydla E. Plnkham's Vegetable
. Corripound carries women safelj
throagh the Change of Life.
Rea4 the letter Mrs. E. Hanso.
804 E. Long St Columbus, Ohio,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham :
I was passing throuph the Chnnp
of Life, and suffered from nervous
ness, headaches, and other annoying
symptoms. My doctor told me that
Lydfa E. Pinkhhm's .VegeUble Com-
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r it I feel so much better, and I can
' again do my own work. I never forget
-to tell my friends what Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound did for mo
during this trying period."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty rears. Lydia E.. Pink
tarn's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
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periodic pains, backache, that bear
- ins-down feeling, flatulency, indiges
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Why don't you try it I 1 ; ; '
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
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fihA haa cuided thousands: to
health. Address. Lynn, Mass.
one
riding a pony and she came to me where
I was sawlng wood and told me she
had been Insulted on the Lincoln road."
The' witness related some ' other in
stances, the character of which .makes
them unprintable. The court was
obliged to exclude the children from
the room luring this testimony. Chase
knew about these instances.
"I have had people walk right Into
my house," continued the witness.- "I
have seen people flatten their noses
against the window to see.what my
family were doing. I told Chase that
he must always be ready to protect his
sister."
"Where was that gun kept?"
"Usually upstairs under the mattress
of my bed. - But the Sunday preced
ing this I had brought the, gun down
to run a bunch of hoboes out of the
Government building, and I put the
gun in a drawer downstairs. Intending
to take it back up soon."
Mr. Schemp told of having been
obliged to discharge a driver who-had
been working for him. SOhemp had to
go to town , to. get the money to pay
him.
Told Boy to Shoot.
"T ,M Phaaa finA o .mom .11.4
-. -. v .null V mitu VAV1AI1
Brown that if the man came around the
house, they were to go into the house,
find If thaman tflarf it fnllM ,k I . A
v i L. 1 . ... . I.T. Ill ,U,V
the house to molest them Chase was to
fei ine gun ana snoot and shoot ' to
You gave those instructions to your
'I rifd kdA una., .ln.ll..
stances X would do it agatn. I told them
that if the man stepped one foot inside
the door thev were to kill him."
Schempt said he has alwaya conveyed
the idea to the boy that he must al
ways protect the family, his sister and
the babies. He. had never heard the
hflv ill. mv thm.t. ni. xA V.
had th gun in his hands before he
iuuk ii w smrai in jaars. i never ex
pected he would have to use the gun.
The very sight of a gun is the greatest
persuader mere is.
"Had you ever Instructed the boy In
how to use the gun?"
"No, I never did." "
"Then how did you ezpeot him to
use itf" ,
"To tell the truth, I never -expected
he would have to use It"
"Then why did you1 tell him to shoot
to kiUT
CounsSM for the defense objected, say
ing Mr. Schemp was not on trial. '
"Well, he ought to- be," replied Vree
land. "I want totahow that this man's
instructions are the cause of the trag
edy." ,
Patrolman Harry S3. Parker succeeded
Schemp in the witness chair. He said
that as policeman around the Govern
ment building he has in tbe peat four or
five monthg sent in 300 or 490 hoboes.
The island and vicinity are used as a
camping place for tramoa, the railroad
running near the island. . The hoboes
drop off near the Northern mill to walk
into town. He said he had arrested as
many as 23 hoboes on one train.
T .nutan Tmn -. iuiII..ih.m
. , " ". ',', ' WT,"i near
he has a great deal of trouble prevent
ing in. irunpi ana noooes rrom steal
ing his property. February SO a hood
lum dynamited his house. The place is
full of tramps all the time.1 , - .
"Coming up this morning.? said the
witness. ."I must have passed JO traoiDS
along the railroad track. . . .
Iron spoke highly of Chase Rled's
character. , The witness said he had
worked off and on for Mr. Schemo for
Kver,.w,"lr"- H8 had n the boy
about the house a., great deal, and he
was always a good boy - and never
seemed to be tn trouble. : "
Cross-examined, the witness said he
caught the man who blew up his house,
a fellow named Baker, and -"sent him
over, the road." -. .-.,. .. , ,..,.5
"A man has no business to live In
fhat neighborhood without a gun. l'.va
hed to usespnf myself.' "
"nid you hi the man?' ,
irou bet ,y our Ufa I hit him." "
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