THg OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 21. 1900.
! BRIDGE 1ST
GO OUT OF
; SERVICE,
Ida by statements llotktn Ii aald to
litv. 1 1 1 h .1 u Imfm he left Oregon, 1st
lust June or early in July. . I pun Dear
I iiV of the arraal of Martin lie la an Id
to have remarked that "they had the
wrong man." ! etrad to be greatly
worried, ami om a auld that trier were
ftilHHlan Jew tit . purtlund who could
tell why Wolff waa killed.
0m4 Muoa DlstrMaaa.
He la a lit to have pared the floor
at limes, aa moiign uiatreaaen, ana
within w. few weeks after Mnriln waa
n r rented ha started with a peddllnir out'
fit on a trip southward from Laurel
Waehlnittoii county, where ha had made
I) In headquarter. .
For noma unexplained reason Botkin
discontinued hla peddling trip at 0r-
vaia. tie aiauiea ma team wun a ur
ryman there, and the next heard from
him waa in a letter written to nia
Kirtner. Thin letter waa written from
ed Uluff. Cel.. but, mailed at BhaaU
Hprlnea. It waa scribbled over tare
eceniu poatal card, Inclosed In an en
velope. , It aheda no light on the sub
ject that Jeffrey would like to have
explained, but contain repeated apolo
glea to hla partner for quitting go ab
ruptly. ' . .
The writer ays "no waa not nimaeir
m
Decrepit 3fadison 4 . Street
' Structure pronounced Un
. - i . n j. I l nn wrner Pay a no waa noi nimaeir
. Safe by EXpertS -COUntrS entirely to blame." and Inform, hla
, Ipnrtner that the team may be found at
Famous uoia lincK rroveu
to "Pc Useless.-' V '--sU
Uerval. . The outfit waa later reoov
ered from the ltverytnan there, aa Hot-
kin had indicated might Da done.
Since, that time all trace of the mye-
terloua neddler haa been loat. The date
I of the lottor from California la July I,
108. This 'vii three months before
Martin waa tried and convicted of man
slaughter. . '
liotkin. aometlmea Known even tn ore.
gon aa Friedman, left behind him a box
of papera at hla lodgings. When he
left ha had expected to return,' and
thla . mar account for hla not having
taken with hint the documents now in
the Doaaeaslon or Martin a attorneys,
Ha mav have fla-ured that In an v event
the casual discoverer or tn nog would
reaard It aa rubblah and make no ef
fort to asoertaln what the queer look
lng lettara from-Odeaaa meant.
TbMry u mo jrw. ,;
Soon' after the murder of Wolff, be.
fore the band of circumstance had point
e so strongly to 'Martin, the detec
tivea worked for a time uoon the thn-
The foregoing paragraphs conclude! ory that revenge might have been the
' me report or expert engineers relative I motive for the crime. There waa talk
to the condition of the Madison atreetlof revolutionary or nihilist groups with
bridge, end accompanying the report Is I which the murdered pawnbroker was
an opinion from G. A. Tllden. a diver said, to have been connected, or whom
employed by the city engineer to inspect I he waa supposed to have Informed
piers of the structure, une piers, against. The theory waa never fully
"In view ef the condition stat
ed above, we do not hesitate te
pronounce the bridge unsafe for
traffic. ' .
"The feasibility of making re
pairs hag not been Included In
the scope of the report"
' (BIfned) ' " - J. P. . NEWELL.
v . GEORGE , BAR
the biers of the structure. The piers, aaalnnt.
as well, as the superstructure,, wero I worked out, because clrcumatancea be-
found to be In, a deplorable state, many lgan to lead so strongly to Martin aa to
or tn braces being wasnea away ana i minimis the possibility of merit In the
theory of revenge. But during this
brief period of Inquiry the name of Bot
kin or Friedman was mentioned.
It Is the theory of the defense that
the peddler heard of thla and that h
' : others so loose as to be almost value'
lass. From the two reporta It la ap
parent that the structure can not be
iy repaired at a, reasonable oust.
Ihivlnaw flnnviitiiad.
t, . , .. i. .u . w.u I became alarmed, fearing that he would
MS?.V" r&"ZZZZL iZZrA'ZZ: be apprehended and queatloned. Hla
terday afternoon. City Engineer Taylor P-UOT-'t.o suhP meSnlan'J
sld that ho had made an inspection L,,.u,lt",, h? I?mf ithJ??ir,fA,12-
of the spans and was firmly convinced J1'" '"f ih1J?tt?tw2tnhtSii,uS
..nf fnr trnfrie to his old haunta Is another gteD In
The brldgo committee considered the
findings and ordered in reports sent
. to the executive board with the recom
Hotkln gives a minute' deacrlptlon of
hlmaolf, to be used fur Identlf lctlon
In rut of accident. lie glve bis
weight kt 13(1 to 15 nounda, height 4
feat 4 Inches, weara I'm hut, la collar.
7 4 shoe, 1,12M2 as the number of
hi watuli and SV,n7 the number of the
work In hi walatu 11 was of, dark
complexion. '
L'pon the finding of Hotkln and the
tranHcrlblug of the mysterious letters
In cipher mats the determination of the
value of the "find." Uul Attorney' Jef
frey aaya hVuhlnks It la the beat clue
he haa struck, and he will follow U as
fur aa poaalbie. It I too lnte to use
In the appeal, which la pending bifore
the aupreme court, but If it develops
as Martin's attorneys bellev It will, or
even a It stands,, It Is looked upon as
a strong aid In securing a pardon for
the couvloled man, who lias always as
serted his Innocence 'of the crime, . ,
TWENTY TEAKS: ; :
"i ' FOR THE COOPERS
'. (Continued from Pag One.)
followed the announcement of th ver
dict today. - ' . .
At the moment Attorney General Mc-
Carn announced his wllllngneas to ac
rent loll for the two defendants of.
fers began to com In and before the
bond waa finally executed a total of
I&O0.00O wa available for use to Inaure
their freedom pending' th. declaion of
inn appeal.
The total or me oona wa iinany
lOUKh
waa ajikad hv tns court. ID.UUU in eacn
caae. John O. Oreener, the first friend
of th two men to arrive, qualified for
110,000 on each bond. He was quicaiy
followed hv Jamea B. Caldwell, who
qualified for 136,000 on each side, while
Walter O. Parmer .signea ror io,vuu on
each. Then C. W. Anderson and H. B.
Chadbiirn nualifled for :500 on each
bond and then Judge Hart declared lie
had enough, althougu otner mends
were there to get on the sureties If
posslbl. ..
sXobln Cooper's W4dln Tour.
.It Is announced on kuthoHty that
assag lias been engaged for jColonel
'ooper and Robin on a Transatlantic
liner, and just as soon as Judge , Hart
dispose of the motion for 'a new trial
ana the case is ready for admission to
the state aupreme court they will leave
for an extended trip abroad. .
Both Colonel Cooper and Robin show
the effects of the long- strain, and the
latter Is especially In a bad way, the
confinement having seriously affected
him. One report tonight Is that he will
be married quietly In a few days and
that he will take his bride with him
on the European trip.
inasmucn as tne supreme court can
hardly reach "the case for several
months and probably not unIl next
winter, ine two men win nave a cnance
to take an extendad vacation.
The Cooper party, consisting of the
colonel, Robin, his two sisters, Mrs.
Burch and Mrs. Wilson, Attorneys An
derson, Washington and Bradford, left
the Jail at 4:35 thla afternoon. Just
Severn hours after they had heard
Foreman Burke read th verdict. They
Jumped Into a waiting carriage and
were at once driven to the Bradford
home, where' personal friends were In
waiting to greet them. The crowd out
side of the Jail were friendly and greet
ed the men warmly.
Nashville is very quiet tonight, all of
the excitement that marked the closing
days of the trial having disappeared. It
Is "believed all danger of further trou
ble is over and that the matter will
now be permitted to rest, bv all con
cerned.
the same series of evenls
The letter of April 22. which Is taken
to point to hidden secrets In the cipher
rrom uaessa, is sddressed to "Lear
M A-t v.. ,l. 1 1 rum iniesna, in aoareaaea lo i-rei
i-it v attorney i Bnena J. tjoimn, ana consists or only
The street railway company and Front
street merchants nave fought to nave
the bridge reopened.
a few lines on on sheet of paper,
say
It
Am. well. Am not working. I have
reoelved a letter of our friend S. M,
The company offered to repair ' th iv fX?'""i. t'iJ
bridge without cost to the city If It S.L"" 2L.S JJ0n
hope you will be in town this week and
you'll et It. Hav no more news at
it.
were permitted to run cars across the
a raw until next lan. i ue nuiiionues
believed that If the permission were
given lives of passengers would be
jeopardized and In ftmt of a fatality
the city would be hld- responsible, so
they refused. Neither would the county
court yield.
presen
Tour trnlv friend.
, "SAMtJEL H. STERS
, "Portland, Or.
Doubt About Kama.
There is some doubt about the last
which mav be
report of the diver and engineers will read Bterz or Stos. Otherwise the letter
only have the effect of strengthening la perfectly legible, but the writer was
the case of the city against the cor-I evidently not a person of culture. The,
Dear every mare or navinit neen writ
ten by an educated man. The few words
of English are written In a copy-book
hand, snd some Russian letters scat
tered through the cipher are also In
perfect form.- The dates on the letters
are mostly In October and November,
19 IK.
Tf" notin memorandum noog is
rlel
In tne opinion of city official the name of the Hlgnature,
of the
COmCTIONOF
MARTIN UNJUST j
(Continued from Pag One.)
"ecTefnaIJ WolffmusTTir cam from Heather covered and bears the advertls-
far off Russia. -" - lng name of, Frank Anderson of 95
.Additional strength -Is riven to this Fourth street. Orf on of the fly leaves
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Wbltla home tonight.' They sr drawn
back so as not to interfere with a view
of, the street. ,
"Hurely, surely, they will tiring him
back soon," walled, th distracted wo
man. , ."if th man who' took my boy
could only reaUx that w will not try
to grrast thaiu or iroscut them: that
we wlll b honest with them and give
them the money gladly and wllllugly If
tltey only will Tv Willi bark to us
aaf and sound; If they only knew ad
that, surely they would aend him back.
Hurely they must know- that a mother
would not tell an untruth when the
11 r and happiness of her baby la hang,
ng In the balance, t don't car 'Wheth
er th men are punished or not. , I only
want my, boy. if It Is money they
ar after, why do thay not return my
baby and get itf) . ' ,
Bollna,' the 14-year-old sister of the
stolen child, seems utterly crushed with
sorrow. With the Incapability of child
hood to .Iwar sustained sufterlng, she
has almost COllan..,l from that strain
and tonight Is under the car of th
family physician. ,
Mr., vVliltla. Is at his offlc. never
leaving it fur more than a few minutes
ai a time. ,
.
Pat Crowe Condemns Kidnaper.
,' . (rnMed PrtM Lease Wire.) f
' Chicago, March 20. Pat Crow, th
famous reformed kidnaper, who ' waa
charged with holding Kddle Cudahy for
-126.000, which Kdward A. Cudahy Br.J
tns miuionulre packer, paid, today ea
naplng
th telephone from Pontiac, and said
hn wished to, advise the parents of the
cnuu ni o pay me.ranHom.
"I don't believe the kldnnpers will
harm the lad," said Crowe,' "and I want
to say now that I consider kidnaping-a
most heinous crime and I now believe
it should be punishable with death,'
on all incoming trains from th west.
Other deteotlvva ar on guard at . th
foot of Kerry street, where boats ar
rive from Canada. It Is bellavad If
th kidnapers intended to go to Canada
they hav already croa( th border.
No arrest a had been mad In tha.cae
up to a late hour tonight. , . '
i -ii i.. . " i
Philadelphia Hm Ruspect. 1
ttlnlted ProM UuM Wr.l
Philadelphia. March to A general
alarm waa aent out to th pollc ata
ttons tolay for th apprehension of a
woman who arrived at th Broad street
station last night carrying a bov fit
ting the description, of Willi Whltla.
the kidnaped
i-a.
lad stolen from Bliaron,
pressed great Indignation over ' th. kid
aping of Willie Whltla.
Crow talked to the United Press over
Cleveland Clues Fall. ? i. "
(United Press Laaaad Wire.y
Cleveland. March 20. DesDairlna of
rinding, any trac f kidnaped Willi
Whltla in. Cleveland. Frank H. BuhL
uncle ofth missing boy, left for Sharon
lonignt arier z flours or weary search'
ing In thla city. Every clue broua-ht to
ngnt was run to eartn during tun day
and each 'on ended In disheartening
failure. The belief that the bov waa
being held In an apartment hous her
was rouna 10 d witnout foundation
after the residence district of-, the city
had been scoured in a house to house
search. When leaving her tonight.
Buhl announced that he was sure there
was no need of further search In Cleve
iana.
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CdntInued from Page One.)
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Aza Holmes Ribbccke
dent. This man, whose name Is in the
possession of the police, is said to have
served a term in the penitentiary from
which he was recently- released. He
returned to his home at West Middle
sex three weeks atrcv A dv hnfnn th.
kidnaping he suddenly left towrr -and
has not been seen since.
-Tanegefnl Woman la th Case.
It haa been discovered that an at
tempt is being made here to lncatn a
certain woman mysteriously missing!
-. . . num. .ii a vui,,.,,m ii. x L l 'I u liu
it is said, she will be arrested and her
connection with the kidnapers said to
De ciose.
At 10 o clock a member of the con
stabulary who Is said to have followed
tier trait over western Pennsylvania
and Olio, went into consultation with
Chief of Police Crain for the purpose of
getting his cooperation In securing her
arrest.
"I would do anything, no matter how
bad it Is, to get revenge on the Whltla
family," la a remark alleged to have
been made some time ago by the wom
an.
At S o clock tonight Mr. Whltla eave
out the following statement:
I will not discuss the details of the
West Middlesex clue. I will say, how
ever, tnat it iooks promising. I be
lieve the bov Is beine keot some nlace
until it is possible to remove him quiet
ly, we nave entered into no negotia
tions with anyone and are still In the
aarg.
Constabolary in th Bear oh.
In the meantime, the district attorney
of Mercer county, exercising his right.
nas caued upon tne state constabulary
to assist him In th search. Late to
night 20 of the members reported here
and took complete control of the vi
cinity within a radius of ten miles.
Acting on the theory that the missing
lad is not over a few miles from Shar
on they will patrol the country from
now on and closely question every per
son who may not be able to give a good
account or nimseir. .Dense woods,
caves and other hiding places in the
two states are being explored eagerly
In the hope that the kidnapers may hav
taken refuge In them and have left some
trail that can be followed.
Messages are being flashed from town
lo town aita irom cmes io villages re
Harding the kidnaped boy. heir to a
150,000,000 estate. From various points
clues and wild rumors are nowing in
hourly. Most of the clues are regarded
being lttue Detter man worm less.
but all are being run down, as the
frantlo parents of the youth will not
let on go uninvestigated, no matter
how vague, for fear the smallest might
be the one tnai would leaa to tneir
child's rescue.
Xo iregotlationa.
The boy's father declared today that
the kidnapers had not opened negotia
tions for ransom. It was reported that
the kidnapers bad sent word that they
had raised th ransom price from $10.-
tnis
Buffalo Watches the' Border.
. (United Press Laawd Wlre.i
Buffalo, March 20. The local pollc
tonight joined In the, search for Billy
Whltla and his abductors, believed to
be headed toward this city from Sharon,
Pa, An extra force of detectives was
sent out to search the railroad yards
west of here and to keep a strict watch
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Governor James II. Brady of Idaho
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n naa been giving personal attention
to hastening construction work on the
iua.no ouuaing aim A.-y.-P, exposl
tlon. v.
"W ar going to hav a very repre
'"'" ouiuung," said Governor
orauy at ins t'ortiand last night, "but
r;e will have to hurry up the construc
i" work In order to have our exhibit
unj inaiaiiea wnen tne ratr opena. I
note, too, that commendable progress
Is made on other buildings, and the
Oregon building seems, if anything, to
b In the lead of the others."
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"Peninsular" Ranges
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Th SO members of the Pennsylvania
state constabulary who arrived Jiere to
night have their mounts with them.
These troopers were, sent out by Cap
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the state constabulary.
A conference was held In the offlc
of Attorney James P. Whltla. father of
th stolen boy, this afternoon, but for
what ourpose has not been made pub
lic. It waa attended by Chief of Fo
lic Martin McCray, Ctctlv O. 8.
Ward of Philadelphia. Attorney Whltla
and several others.
P. H. Buhl. uncle of Willi Whltla.
returned from Cleveland. Oilo. He said
hla trln waa without result and that Lb ,
mystery waa no nearer solution than It i
was th mornin- Willi Whltla was.
spirited away.
It waa announced from Whltla orric'
f teftlght-Otat permission from th OWo-,
I authorltlea had been obtained to allow j
th Pennaylvania etsta pone 10 oiwr-
lat In Ohio territory.
Za Xkm WUtU KoasaU.
Mrs. James P. Whltla Is tonight
In way under the terrible strain.
Ill inn II ! a vma m wutucr tm , .!. uiv -
watchioc and praying; for some newail
of wbels oa the tret brings ber to!
th door n4 keep hr standing trem-1
bllag on th threshold until the sound !
that gives aer nop airm away, in nm
fashion ahe eems to fel certain that
ber boy will com back to hr a h
went away. In a buggy or carriage. N
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