The Oregon daily journal., December 27, 1908, Page 4, Image 4

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BOARD OF EDUCATION
SUBMITS ITS REPORT
lays Annual Statement and Budget for 1909 Before Tax
payers of District Yearly Meeting of Voters
Will Be Held Tomorrow Night.
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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND, : SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1908.
BOLD FEMALE
THIEF IS
HABBED
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French Detectives Hound
Ciinninff Importer for
Days and Eventually Nab
Her in Act of Robbing
. Hotel Guest's Room.
By Paul Villiers.
:' (Ilemt Xews by .hougett LetK-d Wire.)
Paris. Dec. 26. A notable woman
thief, who has bad an adventurous ca
; reer, stood her trial at the Nice assises
yesterday. She Is Amelia Condemln,
and for a long period had been known to
f the detectives as a member of a gang of
thieves who made a specialty of robbing
visitors at fashionable hotels. Twice
she had been caught, but as the evidence
against her was, incomplete she was re
leased. HowefrtSy the detectives re
solved to keena close watch UDOn her,
On March 3 of . the present year she
put up at a hotel at Nice, where aha de
scribed herself as the Comtesse de
Wanit. Three riava later she left this
' hotel and went to another, where she
was known as Mme. de Montaque. Two
.detectives followed her there and took
up their quarters In a bathroom close
to the room occupied by "Mme. de Mon
taque." : , - , ' .' .'"'V
i They soon ; discovered her wandering
'alone; the corridors late at night. She
was aressea in ciacit sun ven. lne ae-
tectlvea saw - her attempt to open by
means of a special key the door of a
room occupied by a wealthy visitor.
They immediately sprang from their
hiding place and arrested her. Her room
in the hotel was searched and a com
plete set of burglar's implements, ln-
eluding electric lamps, was discovered.
! Among her papers were notes giving
(particulars of the hotels she intended to
IViSlt. -v .'
! In these notes the positions of the
rooms and the kind of locks used on the
'doors were indicated.' The adventuress
! denied that she was a thief, and alleged
tnat tne Durgiar s tools in her possession
; belonged to a friend whose address she
(declined to give. The bold defense she
made area ted an unfavorable impression.
The Jury found her guilty, and sentenced
'her to 10 years' hard labor.
Paris Is again in the fog a week of
fog. The duration-is oulte unusual, and
has excited the lamentations of , the
tradespeople, who declare that trade was
; never worse at this period of the year.
The traffic on the suburban lines has
(also been disorganised. At the Oare
St. - Laxare, en- the western -of France
system, there have been strange scenes.
The huge .station has been invaded each
evening by a howling mob of passen
gers unable, owing to the Irregularity of
,the service, to reach their homes until
Jong after the normal hour. ;- i, ;
There Is good news concerning the
'poet Mistral, who was recently reported
to he seriously ill. He is In excellent
health and looking forward ; to next
spring, " when the t fetes in connection
with "MlveUle" will- be held, The in
auguration of Mistral's statue and the
Arlaton museum, which the poet found
ed, thanks to his noble prize, will coin
cide with the fetes. 4 I
It had been hoped that Frederic MIS
trat would have come forward as a can
didate for one of the vacant chairs in
the academy. His election would be as
sured, since he would be the support of
. K-icn a wen Known academicians as M
Jules Claretle, Paul Bourget and Mau
rice Barres. It is pointed out. however.
that Mistral would be out of place In a
ocieiy wnicn was rounaea against tne
tendencies of preserving the ancient
languages of France, of which tenden
cies he has been the most glorious pro
tugonlst. f
A lonely farmhouse near Montellna
lias been the scene of a frightful trag-
fay, witn robbery as its motive. The
farmhouse was - occupied by a widow
' named Berthe, supposed to. be wealthy.
The murderer has sumrised the widow
in the kitchen as she was preparing her
jsupper. He knocked her down with a
f hatchet, and after completing the crime
'dragged the hodv In a bedroom, where
It- was discovered by the neighbors, who
naa not seen uie wiaow ror several days.
-' M. Alfred Plcard, the minister of ma
rine, has given his permission for an In.
tereeting service of signals to be estab-
jisnea on me Kinei tower. By means
of wireless telegraphy these signals will
Indicate the time In Paris to the French
battleships at sea. The time Indicated
to the warships will be that shown by
the clock at the St. Laxare station. It is
on the huge -clock face In the ''Cour de
Nome" that the Eiffel tower will point.
Kv mean of - telescopes the " "flight of
time." When there . is dense-fog the
time is simply telegraphed . according
to the chronometer of M. Mil on, the en
gineer of the Eiffel tower. This chron
ometer is regulated from .the, Paris ob-
:- ervatory, . .vj ...
A singular story of man with a fair
Chare or the world's goods, but with one
regret, is told. today. The only thing he
had lo complain of in life was his
growing corpulency- He had tried nu
merous remedies without being able to
reduce his avoirdupois. ; At last he hit
on a plan. This excessively corpulent
gentleman resides in the Rue Saint Vin
cent ae raut, and' he has an English
valet named John. -He ordered the valet
to bring him a barrel. John sped to a
twerselier and bought a barrel which he
brought home. His master awaited him
mixiousiy. wing with his stomach .on
the barrel, the oorpulent gentleman Or
dered the vlet to take his legs and
push. ' John did as he was told and
pushed his master, from one end of the
room to the other. "Again John, and
faster," shouted the fat rfian." -This is
the old remedy.! .John poshed the barrel
faster so fast that his master's head
came in contact with the angle of the
, mantleplece. Result, a fractured skull,
which the surgeons at the Larivoislere
DOMpltal declare to be grave.
JYOOLEX 3IILLS WILL
;. ' STAY AT PENDLETON
'i ' 'Special UtoiMtrb to The YoorMl.)
; Pendleton, Or., Dec. 2. That the Pen
iMelon woolen mills will be retained in
this city seems almost assured by the
offer of E. V. Judd to sell the machin
fry to the Bishops of Salem for 15000.
The offer will be accepted at once and
steps will be taken to arrange for a
nuliscrlption of $30,000 In bonds among
local capitalists. Only the questions of
rate on electric power and a location
for the mills are yet to be solved to in
nure the mills to the city, for it Is be
lieved the money will be secured with
out trouble. i
S YEARS IN
12 Years In the Lcadlnq Colleoes
arid Hospitals of Europe
The board of education met yesterday
afternoon to receive the annual report
compiled bv School Clerk Thomas at the
direction of the board. Some slight
nan ire 8 in the wordlnar were made so
that the report can be signed by all the
directors. Chairman Wittenberg had a
minority statement to submit relative
to the nroposed increase In the salaries
of school teachers as recommended by
the malorltv of the board. In order to
avoid the confusion of sending in separ
ate reports the chairman's attitude on
the salary Question was set forth, in
the one report, and it will be signed
tomorrow afternoon by all tha directors,
it being understood that the board Is
unanimous on all points except that of
tne salary advance.
' - Basis of Opposition. .
At Its last meet In the board voted to
recommend an average Increase of about
10 per cent in tne salaries or city scnooi
teachers. Chairman Wittenberg has
tated that he is not omosed to granting
the Increase, but does not - approve of
the method of distribution. The other
members of the board prepared a sched
ule which allows some instructors only
an 8 per cent advance and others as high
as 26 per cent.
Mr. Wittenberg thinks a flat Increase
should be given. The schedule adopted
py tne hoard came from the finance
committee of which I. N. Flelschner is
chairman. This committee holds that
the increase should be proportionate to
me experience or tne learners, ana mat
premium should be olaced on long
service.
The difference of nninlon between the
chairman of the school board and the
other members Involves only a differ
ence Of 1-10 of a mill in the tax levy.
The report of tha majority if adopted
at the "taxpayers' meeting tomorrow
evening will mean a levy of 4.7 mills.
it Chairman Wittenberg wins his point
the levy will be reduced to 4.6 mills. '
The taXDavers' meeting will ha held
in the 'West Side high school building
tomorrow night at 7:30.
Following is the annual rennrt of tha
board In full: .
Text of the Xaport.
To the Taxpayers of District No. 1.
Multnomah County, Oregon Ladles and
Gentlemen: Conforming with the law
and usual custom,' the board of directors
of district No. 1 hereby submits Its an
nual report, with estimates and recom
mendations which in Its 1uda-ment
should be considered and acted upon by
you so as to enable the school board to
carry on Its work during the coming
car. i
The clerk's reoort will furnish all
the detail of the Year's work, consisting
or receipts, Disbursements and how ex
pended. The result - of the vear shows that
our receipts were about $40,000 less than
pur estimates. - Therefore, leaving a
greater shortage than we anticipated.
Repairs of schools during the past year
have been very high; a you will notice
bv the clerk's reoort. beinr mora than
two and one - half times our estimate.
This was largely occasioned by the pop
ular ocmana and agitation for Improved
plumbing and sanitation In some-of the
old -schools. - also for fir mmtipi unit
fire proofing furnace rooms in different
buildings. Expenditure for school furni
ture was largely In excess of our esti
mate on account of the increased num
ber of seats needed for the increased
number of children. Also the seating of
the east side high school added largely
to this expense.
; Purchases or Keal Estate.
"We have also purchased real estate
as follows: Addition to -the Arleta
high school property, more ground for
the -Albina high school and, a location
for the new West Sloe high school. On
this last purchase part payments have
been made. .
Carrying out your Instructions at the
last annual meeting, we have established
an Indusial trade school, which you
will notice by the clerk's statement has
cost the district over XI 8.00ft. it Ik well
established and well attended, and in our
opinion will be a great Influence for
good among the children of the entire
northwest, and certain a great benefit
to this district.
- "The school board has also caused to
be installed in several of the buildings
the fire sprinkler system for the protec
tion of the buildings and safe guarding
the pupils against fire, and as each new
ouuaing is erected it has been deemed
best to make such installation.
' Budget for 1909.
"For your guidance and consideration
we have prepared the following estimate
of disbursements for the year 1909. to
wlt: Teachers' salaries..... t
675,000
Janitors' salaries, school clerk's
salary, superintendents
clerk's salary, superintendent
of repair's salary, electri
cian's salary and truant offi
cer's salary
50.000
24,000
300
10.000
3,500
250
1,000
6,000
20,000
600
5,000
1.500
12,000
20.000
3.000
5.000
20,000
600
1,200
1,500
3,500
10,000
600
240,000
8,000
1,500
6,000
Interest'
Telephone
Insurance - . ....
Water
Advertising ....,,.,.
Rent
Stationery - :'
Fuel .
Gas
Janitors' supplies
Printing i
Streets and sewere. .
Repairs and sanitation
High school laboratory .......
School election.
School furniture;.....
Attorney's fees .-. , . . . .
School census.....
Extraordinary expenses.
Electric power.
Manual training. .'. , v, , . .. . ".
Garbage expense.,...
New buildings...;.....
Extending trade school. . . . , . .
Domestic science.!
W. T. Wilkinson, note... . .
Owlng to banks,, high school
fund
210.000
33.000
Outstanding accounts
building contracts.,..
and
Total estimated "dlsburse-
rnJT",,8 ................. . .$1,268,350
uui, m vi aevsipis ZOr 1.909,
eounty school fund $ 290.000
oiKiu scnooi iuna ;,. 60.000
Tuition 1000
Special tax levy. 4 3-10 mills,
on $220,000,000 valuation. . . . 927.350
Total estimated receipts ...$1,268,360
"This does not include any estimate
ior me proposea increase or teachers
salaries.
Question of Salaries.
mi nnance committee has recom
mended an increase of salaries for the
coming year amounting to 4-10 . ml 1
and giving to the grade teachers of
leasi aauiry ou per year advance and
grada teachers or longer experience
from $76 to $125. to the arrammar HfThnnl
principals from $150 to $200; $300 per
ir jror in me iwa- niin scnoni nrinci-
pals, and to the high school teachers $200
per year increase. inis Including
neauB or departments., in same ratio
or increase applying to the manual
training teachers.
l he report or the finance committee
PORTJLAND
was adopted by a majority vote of the
school board, the chairman not concur
ring, and is submitted for your consider
ation without his approval and he de
sires to be so understood,
"The chairman, while In favor of
reasonable advance. Is not in accord
wlxh the distribution, believing that. If
an advance is made, all teachers should
participate, from his point of view, on
a more equitable basis.
"To illustrate, he is In favor of giv
ing teachers or least salary - an ad
vance of $.75 per year; and that this
advance should apply to all teachers up
to the fifth year of their experience:
that on the sixth year the advance
should be $100 per year, being the max
imum amount to apply to all grammar
-scnooi teacners.
"To the principals of schools, he Is
in favor of making the minimum sal
ary $1000 per year for a three room
building and $50 per year for each ad
ditional room.
S. High lohool Malarias. V
"To the high school teachers of three
years experience, J00U per year ana
$50 per year lor each additional year
experience: and that the maximum
should be not to exceed $1200 per year.
Heads of denartments. $1300 per year.
"Principals of hlah schools Of 10
rooms or less, $2100 per year, $2300 for
15 rooms, and izeoo lor tne largest
schools.
"The manual training teachers in the
various schools to be Increased in the
same ratio.
"All special supervisors' salaries to
remain unchanged.
"If this plan is adopted, the additional
cost to the taxpayers would be, in round
numbers, about $50,000 for the coming
year, or about $30,000 less than that
proposed by the majority report.
"We submit these two plans to the
taxpayers for their consideration.
"As the work and affairs of the dis
trict are increasing each year, we oe
lieve It would be wise to Kive the su
perintendent of buildings and repairs an
assistant so as to get better results.
"We believe It would be wise to install
a repair shop, as a great deal of ex
pense and time could be saved in hand
ling the repairs of the district by the
installation or such a department.
Albina JUgh School.
"We beg to report that the $250,000
Donds recommended at the last annual
meeting for the purpose of building a
high school at North East Portland
have been sold and the funds are avail
able for the construction of tha build
ing; that plans have been drawn and
that bids are now being advertised for
and, if not too high or exceeding the
appropriation to an unreasonable ex
tent, construction will be Immediately
dc gun.
"To meet the expenses estimated by
the board, and to grant the' increase In
salaries provided for in the schedule
prepared by the majority of the board
will require a levy of 4.7 mills. If the
recommendations of the chairman in the
matter of salaries are substituted for
those or the majority of the board, then
tne levy win require . mills.
"All of which vis respectfully sub
mitted." '
DEFENSE HAS HOPE
(Continued from Page Ode.)
attacked today on various grounds' by
Mr. Young, the Queens county former
deputy district attorney, who Is one of
the lawyers of the defense.
Judge Crane declined to, listen to any
argument except, on substantial ques
tions of law. '
31 ItS. HAINS IS -
BITTER AGAINST
HER HUSBAND
(Doited Press .Lea ltd Wire.)
Boston, Mass., Dec. 26. Claudia Lib
bey Hains in an interview at her home
in Winthrop this evening scathingly ar
raigned the action of Thornton J. Hains,
now on trial for his life, for his action
on the day of the tragedy. This is her
statement:
"I have been away from home for a
week and have Just returned. I do not
care to say where I have been. I do not
think it would be discreet In me to do
so, particularly at this time, when the
trial of Thornton Hains is at such a
critical point. I do not think Thornton
Hains will escape punishment for his
crime. How he can is beyond my com
prehension. Think of it two heavily
armed men going out to buy real es
tate. ,
"Thornton Hains declared he was en
trusted with the keeping of his brother.
He says his brother was not responsible
for his aetiona Wrhat kind -of care do
you consider it when an irresponsible
man Is allowed to carry a deadly maga
line pistol?
"Hains' bravery. It Is the same sort that
was displayed by Thornton Hains the
time Ned Hannlgan was shot when de
fenseless in an open boat. Hanniirnn
and Thornton Hains went away In the
boat good friends, apparently, but Han
nigan was brought back dead by Thorn
ton and the claim was set up bv the
survivor of the trip that he had to
shoot Hannlgan, who was unarmed, to
save his own life.
That was surely Hains course, nn
that August day at the yacht club, when
Annla. absolutely defenseless and rli
only in a bathing; suit, was shot down
He was In a boat several feet away from
a pier. They had him where he could
not get away and where he could not
hit back. Just think of the bravery of
mat act, ana rnornton Hams there:
with a loaded weapon, declared he was
there to protect bis brother. It makes
my blood boll when I think of the au
dacity of thle man. I know he is fight
ing for his life, but there are some
things that are better than life itself,
and one of them is real courage.
"Hains is a coward, a brutal coward,
and his actions there that afternoon
showed it, as have many of his acta be
fore that day." - , ,
FINCH CASE
(Continued from Page One.)
"I have been running errands and do
ing whatever the district attorney called
on me to do for him."
-The defense also made a spectacular
call for the production In court of the
gun that lay In the rear of one of the
drawers of Fisher's desk when he was
shot. All of the prosecuting-lawyers
were sworn and questioned as to what
they knew about this gun. ' Spencer
had not seen It. Fitzgerald and Cam
eron had seen it. but. could not tell
where It Is. Attorney Lord sajd that
in rairness 10 tne aeiense the gun
ought to be brought 4nto court, but ho
did hot know who to subpoena to get It,
After some - time consumed In this
little comedy. Attorney Spencer entered
vigorous objection. He said that the
state would assist the defense in flnJ
ing tins gun 11 it were mater al r
rouia oe snown to nave any beatina- on
the ease. The state admitted that the
gun was-there,. he said, and he could
not understand upon what theory the
defense contended that It would be ad
missabie In evidence.- - -:-;"-f -"
erolver JTot Admlssabie. .
"You hava the legal means at vnnr
command to bring this revolver here.
Mr. Lord," said Judge Bronaugh.'. "You
can have a - subpoena for the person
who has the run In Dossessinn. hut I
am unable to see how It would be ad
mlsssble. So far as the evidence here
has disclosed, up to this time, t will
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S $15.0Q SUITS N OW . . v i, . .
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S $12.50 SUITS NOW. , . .
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S $10.00 SUITS NOW
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S $ 7.50 SUITS NOW. ....... $4.95
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S $ 5.00 SUITS NOW;. , . . . .?3.35
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S ' OVERCOATS - SAME PRICES
ALL MEN'S JSUITS, RAINCOATS
OVERCOATS DIVIDED INTO
THREE LOTS
Lot 1 MEN'S SUITS, RAINCOATS, OVERCOATS,
selling at $20 and
Lot 2 MEN'S SUITS, RAINCOATS, OVERCOATS,
selling at $30 and $35, this sale . . .......... . . . . .
Lot 3 MEN'S SUITS, RAINCOATS, OVERCOATS,
selling at $40 and $50, this sale. . . ...... ....... $
FULL DRESS and TUXEDO SUITS included in this sale.
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YOUNG MEN'S COLLEGE
included in this sale.
ALL BLACKS and BLUES included in this sale.
MOST SUCCESSFUL SALE Portland has ever known. v
say that I do not understand how that
revolver could be competent evidence."
After this statement of the views of
the court, the defense seemingly lost
its anxiety to have the weapon pro
duced in court. Attorney Lord said,
however, that he wanted to contradict
the testimony of Miss Burkhart, who
testified that Fleher never spoke to
her about the gun or exhibited it to
er. He took the stand himself in an
ttemDt to lmDeach her testimony and
this question was asked him:
Did not Miss Burkhart testify at
the preliminary hearing that Fisher
told her he had a gun, showed it to
her, and told her that he was fixed for
his enemies?"
This ouestion was objected to be
cause Miss Burkhart had not been
asked the same question when she was
on the stand.
Will KecaJl stenographer.
The court sustained the objection,
and the defense announced that as the.
foundation for the question had not
been property laid, it would wait un
til tomorrow and recall' Miss Burkhart.
She went to Albany to spend Christ
mas with her parents, but Attorney
Spencer promised to telegraph her and
nave ner in court tomorrow.
Last "night Judge Bronaugh and at
tornevs reDresentlng each side, accom
Danied by Alva W. Person, the official
court stenographer, went to the At
wood maternity hospital at Tremont
station on- the Mt. Scott line to take
the deposition of Mrs. Finch, which
will be read In court tomorrow.
Her statement Is' to the effect that
while Finch was absent in Corvallis,
two or three nights before the shoot
ing of Fisher, a burglar entered the
house and frightened her. When her
husband returned she and W. C. Pig
gott, who was then living at the same
house, told him about it and she asked
him to buy a revolver to protect the
place against night marauders.
This testimony Is relied upon by the
defense to provide an innocent motive
for the purchase of a revolver by Finch
tne aay ne snot risner.
Stipulation Is Denied.
W. C. Plggott, nephew of C. H. Pig
gott, one of the attorneys for the de
fense, it lie other witness to this con
versation, as claimed by the defense.
is in uamornia. xesterday afternoon
the defense claimed that the state had
aareed to admit that if he were here
he would testify to the same effect as
Mrs. 'incn, t out JJeputy Ulstrlct At
torney Fitsgerald denied that he had
such an agreement. Judge Bronaugh
could not remember that such a stipu
lation had been made, and said that
the, official reporter could look up the
recpra. . - n
Several times yesterday the-defense
had the bailiff call the name of B. J.
Watts In the halls, and each time there
was no response, v watts is the man
said to have been In comnanv with CL
M. Kissinger, the Eugene man who tes
tified that he stood on Morrison street
a few minutes before the shooting, saw
Finch . cross the street, , and a little
later saw tne rorm ot a man through
Fisher's- window. He could not" tell
who the man was. and it is not r-ln.r
what the defense expects to make out
or nis -testimony or: that or Watts, if
ne snouia d louna, unless watts
claims to nave seen more than Kla
singer saw. A subpoena was Issued for
Watts before the trial began and sent
to bugene. iater another ,r. subpoena
was sent io oaiem, wnere ne ws said
to have gone, but he had not been found
up to the close of yesterday's session
of court. ,;,;:.-
It la probable that tomorrow morn
lTfar's session of court will be occupied
by the wlndup of 'the evidence for the
oeienaanc ana tne reouttal of the state
on the injuries that Finch claims to have
had when he "came from Fisher's office
and In throwing further light on the
history of the seal. s
The seal was admitted In evidence
yesterday afternoon after' it had been
Identified by The Journal reporter, who
told of receiving a "tip" from Kdward
H. Martin that It might be an Import
ant part of the defense, and . went to
Fisher's office for the purpose of locat
ing It, as suggested by Martin. H
testified i that on the way to Flshnr's
office he had a chance meeting with
Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald,
and took the latter with him to help
find the sea). After some difficulty the
seal was found, locked up In a pigeon
$25, this sale . . v. ............
CLOTHES
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hole at the top and center of Fisher's
roner top desk.
From Deputy--District Attorney Fits
gerald, who was called just afterward,
the defense elicited the fact that the
first he had heard about a seal In the
case was when he met the newspaper
man in tne MoliawK building the Thurs
day after the shooting. He also de
scribed another visit to the office of
Fisher the Monday after the shooting,
wnen ne made inquiry aa to tne evi
dence from witnesses who were there.
Defensa Move Mystery.
What idea the defense had In mind
in calling the newspaper man to confirm
the testimony ol Martin as to the in
formation given by Martin concerning
the seal did not appear. Martin had
been called back by the state at the
morning session for further cross-ex
aminatlon in order to bring out this
conversation with the reporter, which
the state considers damaging for the
defense. The defense thereby strength
ened the theory of the state, the prose
cution contending that Finch relied on
the information gained in this way for
a description or the seal.
'The testimony yesterday afternoon
was a hodge-nodge. coming in driblets.
First C. H. Plggott 'was recalled and
told of going -to. the city Jail to see
Finch ' soon after his arrest He said
he found Finch In a dated, hazy condi
tion or Jin n u. I , . -
"I could ret nothing out of him." said
Plggott. "He looked wild out of his
eves. He did not seem to recognise tne.
and as he did not know me I did not
think he was in condition to talk to
me. The only thing I can remember
that he" said was: 'I am a disbarred
attorney.',; -. x,:-. .,; -j.
He Setmed Hyterioal. .
"The last time I saw him previous to
that was in the office just after I had
returned from lunch. Then he' seemed
In a hysterical state and he said noth
ing to me about Fisher having called
rum up. Alter 1 saw mm at me cit
jail I visited him in the county jail
and he still seemed dezed."
In , contrast with this story was the
testimony of District Attorney Cam
eron, who also saw Finch at the Police
station. He said Finch appeared to be
all right, so far as he could see. Finch
askea mm to can ror nggott. ana saia
he wanted to be taken to the county
jail. He also said: "i ll get even with
these -
The witness could see ; no marks on
Flnch'a forehead, although the light was
good. On request -of his lawyers Finch
stormed forward . to have Cameron ex
amine his head, where he 'Bays a piece
of splintered bone dislodged by Fisher's
seal may be felt. The district attorney
felt the defendant's head, bur remarked
that he could not locate tha splintered
bone. - ' .'
W. C. Campbell, one of.the attorneys
for the defense,, was called to the stand
to tell of his examination of the angle
of the bullets at - the time he visited
the- office , with ' the court and Jury.
Bailiffs J. L, Stuart and E. B. Hill
were called to tell of stopping M. O,
Wilklns, one of the witnesses for the
state, as he started to . follow the jury
into the office. This was done to nun-
port tha theory of the defense that.Wil-
Kins la tatting an unusual interest in
the case against Finch.
, . Ziock soors at Moon. -
The final testimony -for the defense
will be presented when court convenes
at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, r Here
after the courtroom will be locked dur
ing the noon recess, and morbid senea-
tion seekers will not be- permitted ' to
noia oown tne seats auring tne interval.
The demand for seats far exceeds the
supply, and yesterday a number of per
sons brought lunches, to tha courtroom
so they could be in no danger of losing
their places by going outside to eat. ,
- It now annears that the case ran nnf
be given to the Jury before Tuesday
night. All day tomorrow is likely to
be given over to closing the testlmonv.
and another day will be required for ar
gument, i
Finch still continues to take 'the lead
In conducting his defense. Although all
the Questions are asked bv his lawvrL
he suggests a large share of them and
Keepn uusy i&King nous una directing
the calling of witnesses. His Is the di
recting) mind, and If he falls to lodge a
reasonable doubt In the mind of any of
the 12 men who are trying hi m hii r n
not-complain that his idea of the de
fense to be made was not followed.
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since 1880. For 15 years previous to
that date he was widely known ail. one
of the publishers of Poor's Manual Of
the railroads of the United States.
Since 1899 he has tbeen considered In
wall street to be the capitalist of the
firm of H. W. Poor & Co.. and it was
claimed that the firm was worth $3,
600,000. He became a member of the
New York Stock exchange in 1890;
During many years he ha enjoyed
the confidence and cIobo friendship of
J. P. Morgan, the street understands,
and this was one element which added
surprise to the news of the failure.
His banking house practically adjoins
that of the Morgan concern.
Significance was attached to the fact
that a loan of $100,000 wasi negotiatod
shortly after the panic of Iof In tha
name of Mrs. H. W. Poor with Mrs.
Russell Sage This was said to indi
cate that the family felt the effect of
reverses about that time. A few months
ago Mr. Poor startled the society world
by offering for auction his famous
library and art treasures.- Ho had been
known as a collector of rare volumes
for 30 years. .
Borne people are unhaoov- -' bemuse
they have never been In love, and others
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that there Is a real danger in our
courts, as they are at present consti
tuted, of a worklngman being robbed
injunction. If it be necessary for nm
to serve this . sentence to demonstrate
this more fully I am willing to suf
fer, i Some of the labor men wo talker!
to before the last election evidently
thought there was no danger and would
u"5vo inai me, courts would actu
ally go as far as, they have done In
this cae.
m"1 am deeply sensible of expressions
Of sympathy, I have received from all
parts of the United States;"
President Roosevelt's statement ti
generally interpreted to mean that if
the case wera now out of tha hands
of the courts he would commute the.
sentences of Gompers, Mitchell and
Morrison. Some of the president's call
ers who discussed the case with him
today say he believes the men should
be punished, but considers the penalty
excessive. -
tThe president is fearful. It Is aatj,
that the severity of the sentences may
have aggravated the sentiment that
prevails in certain quarters that the
worklngman cannot get exact justice in
the courts. - , . .
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