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VOL. VI. NO, 15.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAV MORNING, JULY 11, 1809.
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WIIEATIS HOT
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Favorable Harvest . Condi
tions Reported . From In
land Empire Grain Centers
. Damage May Have Oc
curred in the Falous&r
With the exception or the portion If
the Pajouse country tributary to Col
fax, put little IX, any damage, la , re-
. ported as a result of tha storm which
. visited much of. the Inland Empire
' Friday . night . and - yesterday. With
' heavy train, practically' ready" for the
header, serious damage could ' be - done
tv either run or wlnil. - . ' i -.
. .fotif-nAl --- rsrn-rfianonilntjl--r at' 1 Wheat-
rrowinr centers last niaht sent Hn tele-
V graphic reports on the- crop' situation.
WhUe the weather liair -, peen mreaten
ing,, a bad omen at the beginning of
'. harvest. -the crops seem to have been
benefited mora than they were injured
. by the flurry. That, the rain: has done
good in some sections seems to De es
tablished., The reports ;followi ; ,; ,
, ,..,-.: .. ' '-v; 1
1; Rain Do Ko Damage.
(Special njsoatcn to "Sue Jouroal.V '
. flnokane. Wash..' Julv 1. Though
two inches of rain fell f over the farm
Ing country adjacent to Bpokane dur
i: ing the week, farmers declare tart 'lit
tle damage Vi done, Rainfall "ha
been irregular. Tna naraest rain came
Monday night whoa one-. and two tenths
Inches fell. Farmers say that wheat
straw, beeauae-of cooi-sprlngwlll-stand
heavy rainfall without .breaking- down.
Ropojrts -circulated from this district
that creps are' natiiy ournea are erron
" eousi r Part 1! the .Nee Perce reserva
tion, Tbelow. Lewlsion.IdahOi Is consid
erably da maned and only a light yield
'Is expected in much -of district. Around
' tntokantj it is" figured mpsrof the crop
will be saved, with sufficient -farm help
foi" harvest Rather a heavy rain fell
over most of the. country -last flight and
In ' different sections today. but not
-enough -to injure crops. Rain-is threat-
, .enec fonigui. , . s -,
v"Vo:I)amaire Around Pullman.
vll7 .iirkl ninulrh t The Journal, t --.
'.'-...'. r- .11 ' .. ., h . tnlu 1 n 11 n in f 1
.Mjfre- a?ain - last- night. but -therewas
no wind-and hut little dam a ire was
..done to- the crops. While 'the rain was
not particularly needed, it did ' no dam-
aqa and .rather- strengthened the hopes
for a record crop.- The sun shone part
of today and prospects were for good
: weather,' but later clouds gathered, and
more rain la expected. Grain in most
plaees Is too. far advanced to he hur.t
much by the rains, except by lodging.
Several new combined harvesters and
threshers havo been received here for
use in cutting: most Of the (train in!
this vicinity; Harvest will commence
In ahout two weeks and a heavy yield
is- predicted. ' ,f
. It is believed that men will be plen
tiful here but In many parts, particu
larly ' around Lewlston and Clarkston.
farmers are afraid farm help will' be
scarce.'. , 2 .,; .-....-'.,''-..
Crops IJnlnJured at Moro.
(Bpertal IltttpK to TW Journal.) ' -s
Moro. Or., July 10.' The storm of this
week wss but little f elf in Sherman
county. About four hours of rain fell
A I O.U I H,M. n. j 1. . 1, n hMW.
tin ina dlii ii v'Hiinoi wivit vii. .c
ralos of the Willamette vejley, but that
rain-was Just- enough 1 to freshen- the
grain-fields for the rich harvest now.
nearly ready for sacking. Since the
storm oays nave neen aomewnai cimiay
which has kept In effective check the
hot weather. The result Is very little
doubt hut tnat an parts or snerman win
respond with a fair crop. Harvest will
ha 4n full irlnr la two weeks.
Warehouse men claim to have sold,
tip to date, as many sacks as they sold
In the entire season last year. -
The principal effect of the storm has
been succeeding- cool days which has
. been more appreciated tnan woma nave
been. vain. Moisture in the air Is as
effective as rain without the destructive
beating- down of standing; grain.
Yether Favorable In Umatilla,' 1
f ((pedal Dispatch te Tbe JonrsaLt
Pendleton, Or., July-10: The past few
days in he section of Umatilla oounty
surrounding Pendleton have been cloudy
and cool with occasional showers. .This
condition, however. Is considered gen
erally beneficial to props, and will ma
terially Increase' the development of
' spring wheat without harming fall sow
ing, cutting or which has- not yet be
gun. The backward summer has been
decidedly beneficial to this section.
There have bwi several surgestlons of
windstorms during the past . wek but
all have passed without damage being
done. The first results of carry thresh
ing. In the lighter wheat belts are bet
ter than was at first anticipated, and
It Is thought that th lighter sections
will not be more than 'one-third short,
while the better land will' turn eut an
average crop. -: , .-, ,
Harvest Promises Well at lone.- ,
igpfrmi a.' rri vi. u tu x ur smiuwi!!
' lone. Or.', July l. Friday 'after"
day of hovering clouds the evening
brought a clear "bright sunUet. "Wo rain
fell nor has there been rain in the
.,i.lnlv fnr-IOdavs. The harvest is
beginning and gives promise of much
k . . . n a rl rr, m ttian )W)An fi t lrliii f 1 .
. In everv direction headers are cutting
feed and combines are being prepared
to go out the first of the week. The
general -average of wheat in this, the
main wheat -center of Morrow county,
shows "a prospect for IS to 15 bushels i
to the acre. Maoy secuonsHparticniany
the Gooseberry region, will do better
than this.
The alfalfa ieron Is In rarer than .usual
first class in quality. The first cutting
is out of the way. While wheat has
not come up to the standard Quality it
is filled out and will be good. Barley
and rye will yield well. -. .
No Damage at Walla Walla.
? rM4 I rf natfh to Trial Jrtnraal
Walla Walls, Wash., July 10. Vo
damage was- dnne to crops in this vt
orlnity by the storm last nlaht. A trace
of rain and light winds were all, the
(Continued on Page Six.)
SENATOR
FOR
SUTTOti CASE IS
. . . - .
BEFORE HATIOII
Navy Department to Order
t Jieliearuiff - of Mysterious
Death of -Officer.-- :
(Hearst Nwa by longest laaed Wire. I
Annapolis, Md., July 10. "I hated
your brother, James N. Sutton) with
an uncontrollable hatred.-: When he
was face downward on the ground
In the. fight that ended In his death,
I jumped on him with both Teet.
But , I did not kill him. He shot
hi mselt." y -.- - r't "
This confession. ' It was ' learned to
day, was wrong from " a - marina ' corps
officer br Mra Button Parker.: sister
or ine. young lieutenant, whose . rnys-
. . . I .1 ' ' . . . . .
iitjuub ueuiu ina Kuvrrnmeni will De-
gin prohiBjr a second time- next Monday.
It also became known today that,
aside frora the official - Investigation
by the navy department, there haa al
ready been held a secret' inquiry as
dramatic as ever was stae-ed and dom
inated by. a woman, who might well be
likened to Portia of :"Th Merchant of
Venice.".-.' .',. . .-:--. ., . .
Evidence war unearthed at thin re-
marKaoie iriounai wnicn convinced the
present secretary or the navy that ileu
tenant ' James N. Button might have
oeen murderea;."" rr-r vt;--
Mrs. Sutton Parker acted - as hoth
juage ana prosecutor in, ints lnvesug a
As soon . as Mrs. Parker learned of
the trairlo death -or tier brother h t An.
napolls, on October 18, 1908, she hurried
east rrom rortiana,-ur .
Postpone-funeral of Lieutenant But
ton tilt I, reach AnnapoHsi." she wired
the head of the marine corps.
vvnne asinep one. night as the train
wa-i-cro8iag "'tno ocky mountains.
Mrs. Parker had a dream' which first
nuitea to her , the need of a drastic ln-
''I thought' my brother came to me."
said the sister. In felling- of her expe
rience to a naval officer, "and showed
me a bullet wound la the back of his
head. Thereupon he exclaimed. "Lieu
tenant killed him.'- He and his
friends 'are going to try to hush It up
as a Suicide. Ulster, do not believe
tnem. - look aeep ana you win, learn
it was a murder. '
.'Led my an Impulse 'that I cannot
dfscrlbe I decided that I . would probe
Parker to the Annanolls " :kiithnrltlna
1 wish you would helo me. Grant me
permission to call' to my. room in the
Carvel Hall hotel any of the - officers
or mt marine corps wnom i may think
are material witnesses.''
The request was granted, and armed
with official authority, this woman ad
vocate sreneral summoned more than
dozen men, swore them to tell the truth
ana tnen puea mem with, questions.
Her examinations of ' Lieutenants
Adams and Roelker, who both asserted
that Sutton had shot at them before
committing suicide, was most severe,
- Washington, July ,10. It was-' ascer
tained today, at - the navy department
that the power which secured the re
hearing of the Lieutenant Button case
hr Senator Bourne of Oregon, whence
the Suttona hall. Senator Bourne heard
what Mrsv, Button, . mother of the do
ceesed officer,: had to say last April. He
also . obtained from-Mrs. Sutton's law
yers a copy of all the new matter she
had gathered hearing on the death of
her son. To this was added a copy of
the testimony taken at tho board of In
quiry, which was composed of naval of
ficers. He placed the whole) record be
fore the secretary of tho navy -. and
asked for and received a rehearing.
- Another senator -who may be Inter
ested In the hearing: is Rayner of Mary-
innu. rie is ine jincie or ueutenant
William F. Re van. , who waa a witness
during part of the' series of events on
the. night of the tragedy. The attor
neys for Mrs. Button are of the opinion
that it will be shown- by the record that
It was Lieutenant Revan who held both
arms of Lieutenant Button, when he was
proBtrata on the ground. . The conten
tion of the marine officers la that It
was necessary to hold Sutton down.
'i V .rrbrntaaad Witness. ;
A thoroughly frightened witness Is
said to be James De Hart, a private now
on duty at the marine barracks, Wash
ington. It is understood that It will
be shown that ho was on' the top of
the officer In tho fatal-melee and that
suddenly one of the officers said to
him: - - . . , , -i.- . .
"Here, talra thla .pUtol and earrr It
away." v .. .. .
De Hart did take a pistol and ft Is
testified threw It away. It has nevrr
been found. . He noaslhlv. hnv.v..
ought to be able'' to tell what offleerj
afneii nim to carry tin pistol away.
De Hart went to tho navy depart
ment not very long ago with an attor
ney and appeared before Judge Advocate
"Continued on Pago Six.)
MODERN STOCKYARD P
; OPENS NEXT 'MONTH:
', ' CAR SERVICE SOON
The only, modem atorkvards on the
Pacific coast wilt be onened In Portland
any in ine coming mnntn.
The Peninsula yards are practically
completed, and are now merely awaiting
the few finishing touchea before being
ready to be operated. Even these minor
details would have been completed If In
junction had not stopped the construc
tion of the stockyards branch of the
Portland Railway. Light c Power com
pany. - Work on the line outside the city la la
progress, and It Is expected that some
thing dvflnlte regarding the completion
of the portion In -the city will be an
nounced within the next two weeks, t'n
lfK something Is done at once In this
rpjtsrd the . stockrards companv an
nounce that It will conduct either an
automobile or team line to connect with
BOURNE ASIC
AN INVESTIGATION
If 4
'I - V " I
f f -fi - j i
Senator Bonnie, ,JTio Has Investi
gated the Case of Cadet Button. '
Sensational tharge Sprung
in Contest Over Estate
of Umatilla Farmer,
f (Sperlai Dlaoaicb to Ti Journal.) ....
Pendleton, Or., July 10.- Tho sensa
tion In -today's hearing of the Warner
Young will contest was supplied by the
testimony of City Attorney J, , Roy
Raley, who pronounced the signature to
the ao called nrst xoung win a rorgery.
His testimony lh a. measure supported
that of the handwriting expert. K. 1L
Thompson, of Seattle, who testified yes
terday that - the signature of J. W.
Young had been forged by tracing.
The socalled. first wilt had, previous
to yesterday, never been questioned in
court, the contest being over a sup
posedly later - wUl - of the - late J. W.
Young. The first will makei the wife
of Dr. P.' D. Watts chief beneficiary to
froperty valued at $40,000. The Ben sa
lons) testimony of yesterday waa that
this first will- was -a forgery, according
to the hand jrrltlng expert, who accused
Dr. Watts of forging the document.
The testimony of Ralev this afternoon
supplements that of the Seattle hand
writing expert, with tha exception that
Raley says the -signature haa . been
traced rather than copied. -
. Hew Trick Was Sons, i-
Cllv Attorney Ralev demonstrated nls
position by giving an exhibition of the
Drobabla method of copying used. Tbe
original signature was traced over a
turn sheet of paper, this paper being
placed on a copy press. The copy Is
then transferred to.nother sheet while
stilt another damp ana very gooa imi
tation is. lexx. ' ""..
It Is a blar surprise that the former
will has been brought into the contest
by Mrs. Mabel Warner, who Is the chief
beneficiary under a later, will that Is
being attacked. .Each faction to this
Interesting suit Is playing bold by trying-
to prove that the will brought for
ward by the other faction Is a rank
nrrnrv. -r . -'" '
8 hould both f will be declared for
geries the case will develop one of tho
most Intricate legal problems that Uma
tilla county has ever had. Such a con
dition would Justify the Statement al
leged to have been made by J. W. Young
Just before his death: "I am leaving
my estate- for, my relatives to fight
over and they ' wiu have a . H--I of a
time," x -: : , - -: -. . ;
SCHOOLS 'OF LINN :
SHOW r JiUuliriSis
" (Spedal DUtpatrh t The Jcoraal.) " .
AJbany, Or., July 10 The annual re
port, of School Superintendent Jackson
of Linn county, shows that there are
404 more school children In the county
this year than last. The receipts from
different ' sources amounted to .1130,-197.10.-
and the disbursements to $113.-'
$27.4S. leaving a balance on hand of
$14.SA9.1: Tho rrport also shows that
the 327 teachers, 57 of which are males
onrl 171 female, were DStd I84.917.s7.
making 'an average of $&S.5 for the
men and $42 for the women.
The . total number of children , "of
ohrxit aae. between 4 and 20. In ' the
county is 6972. - There are i: districts
and 128' school buildings. " Five school
buildings have bees erected during the
past year. . -
the nearest car track.
The new stockyards wilt have a dally
capacity at the opening for 75 cars, or
nearly 200 head of cattle; 10.000 head
of sheep, or about TS cars,-am) 404
head, or $0. cars of hogs, Thfs capacity
can easily be doubled within a few
weeks If oc-alon requires, and the man
agement of the yards feels that it will
be able to handle with ease all livestock
Offering, - -
"We expect to move Into the location
bout August l." says President W. H.
Daghlrey. ''"At Is well known we have
been handicapped by- being unable to
have street-railway connection estab
lished Immediately, but -we expect this
condition to be. remedied it an early
date, .and until this is dnne we shall
find me way to take cars of the travel
to anil from the yards."
EXPERT BRANDS
WlLiMFlGERy
III!
VOIiriG OH
TARIFF
Interests , Besiege Confer
ence Committee Eoom;
Consumers 'Go to Taft
Insurgents and Democrats
Keserve Tlieir Fire,
(Riarat Kewi by txngpt Leased Wire.)
Washington, July : 10. The : Repub
lican members -of - the tariff conference
aiier an an aay session nave 'come to
a fuir realization of the difficulties
ahead of them in effecting an adjust
ment of the . differences between the
two houses on the subject of the tariff.
The conferees met at 10 -o'clock this
morning and remained in session until
I p. m. The session - was resumed at
2:80 and continued' until the conferees
had disposed of all. uncontested amend
ments. . --
All the conferees were pnesent ex
cept Senator Cullom. . of Illinois, who
la absent from tho city- until Monday.
There is to be no .session tomorrow.
The senate amendments to the Payne
tariff bill were taken up numerically.
Those that went - to the ' revision ,of
phraseology were passed ' over, without
debate further than explanation. The
contested - amendments and those' that
go to change the rates and classifica
tion were laid aside; :
There are about. 600 material amend
ments in conference. Bome of these
can be accepted or rejected without pro
longed , discussion. A
There are about 300, Over which there
are serious .differences.
After .each, side of the conference haa
made known its nosltion with reference
to each of these' contested amendments
the present , plan Is to refer them to
special sub-committees for" considera
tion, with a vIpw to modification and
compromise. , rneae suo-oomminee
have riot been ' named. '
- Payne and WcCall With Taft
It developed today atvtlie fgeneral
conference, -that .Payna nd- MoC'atl of
the house , conferees Were the only
friends that President Taft could count
on in his -efforts to secure a revision
of the tariff schedules downward. Bou
tell and Calderhead are with the stand
patters. Dalaell and Pordney are for
the highest protection they can get on
everything and anything. Irrespective
of promise or consequences.
Payne gave his promise to President
Tsft early In the tariff proceedings to
yiM the tariff downward. His posi
tion to that end is uncompromising. He
Is looked upon as tno -'rait spoaesman in
the conferences now on. McCail is giv
ing all the assistance m nis power, ne
Is for -free raw material,, especially
kl.a Inn-hn, In.l OJll. To St What
he wants he Is standing with Payne on
every reduction of tho Payne bill, and
against tho advances of the Aldrlch
bill. - . .. . . .
. Democrats in ax xas ruusa.
Tha nomocratle members of the con
ference committee had a short session
kl'. T h r i rm in wnittnr dutv.
n,. win iii.1v th a.mendments in con-!
troversy and be prepared to understand
them when the Republicans of the con
ference Invite them back to conference
to pass on the completed work. Then
they will enter upon a struggle to get
,tho best out of the scramble for their
particular constituencies. . ;
The "Interests" la Washington.
The conference of the Republicans is
being hold In the new senate office
building. The corrldora of that building
have been filled throughout the day
with -prosperous looking men, not mem
bers of either the senate or house.
Representatives of special interests
have gathered hero for. the 'Conference
In which tho tariff bill is to be shaped
finally.' 'v- ". '; ' . . . .
All are struggling tolay their 'pipe
line - connecttoua , within the conference
room lb see that the interests each rep
resents Is to have proper treatment at
the hands of the tariff builders.
tyonsame Ooea o--Taft Birect,'
4 It la apparent already that the: White
House is to be the Mecca of the down
ward -revisionists in the final stages of
the tariff fight. Tho lobbyists In scores
are already on tha ground. They may
seek the corridors of the senate office
building, where tho conference commis
sion Is In session, but the represeota
tlves of tho ultimata consumer are
bringing their case direct to tha man
who will have the final decision.
While the conferees were arranging
th nmifminarles today the vanguard
of the downward revisionists descended
upn the white house. Senator Lodge
earaa along with a delegation of New
England snoe and leather men who pre
sented a budget of facta In favor of free
htrie Tha nresldent. who hag been
quoted already as favoring free .bides
among other free raw material, gava
the delegation a patient ntarma wun-
out committing nimeen as a wnai nis
tvollcv would be as to this or any other
schedule. -
Representative Olcott , of New. York
followed with a delegation of lace im
porters. Senator Smoot had a long
talk--with- the president regarding tho
Increased tobacco taxea snd tha pro
hibiuon of the use of coupon. ,
w - r Mliea. who was chairman of
the executive council of the Indtaaap-
Olla Tariff oonference.-called IB the in
terest of the- tariff board which the
senate hill -provkieo for, - ; - o --
In addition a- score or mora of sena
tors and representatives had brief con
ferences with the president, including
Senator Dupont, tho millionaire powder
trust -magnate of Delaware; Burton of
Ohio. Buikley and Brandegee of Con
necticut, AleOumor . of North Dakota.
Stephenson of Wisconsin. Wetmore of
Rhode Island, Heyburn of Idaho. War
ner of Missouri, Burkett of Nebraska,
Smith ef Michigan and Jones of Wash
ington, an- RepreMtatlves Pmlth of
Iowa. Smith of Michigan, Norris of
Nebraska, unison - f - iiilnols, Foster
of Illihola, - O'Connell of Massachu-
stts, Needham of California. I i ro a sua rd
of Louisiana. Humphrey of Washington
and Dwight of New York. t -
. House Zasarroata Basy.
The house Insurgents hsve ben busy
during the day perfecting-plans .for a
nltrd opposition to the oTOifernce re
port hcn It shall come before tho
house,1 should it not carry-tbe reduc
tiona In . the schedules demanded by
(Continued on Tags Six.)
'filTTIiOS MURDERER: IS
CAUGHT IN IDAHO TOWN
WANTS TO KILL
Melville Bradley Located in
Idaho Falls Police -
Send for Him.
JHelvUle Q. Bradley, who killed Pa
trolman .John W. Gtttlngs in front, of
a saloon In Alblna oa the night of De
cember 18, ,1907, is under arrest at
Idaho Falis., Idaho, and will be brought
to . Portland to answer the . charge of
murder la tho first degree.- News of
the capture of .the fugitive, who has
eluded the officers for more than a
year and a' half, was received by Chief
of Police Cox-yesterday afterndbn.
TWenndoubtedly -have thoi right
man. He says ha killed him and if he
ever gets out will kill another police
man," ' waa the message received by
Chief Cox from Ira O. Fisher, chief of
Police at Idaho Falls, In response to a
message from J Portland asking If he
were sure that lie had the right man,
,The. killing of Gltsings brought to
light one of the moat sordid and de
grading stories ever disclosed In police
annals. It was the old story, of Infat
uation for. a woman and of a husband
steeped in drink whose hatred for his
wife's bluecoat admirer is shown by
the telegram from Idaho to be still un
quenched. Mrs. Bradley, the cause of
the tragedy, lived in a hut of squalor,
and Patrolman Glttings. with his wife
and Jour, children, lived In an humble
cottage only a snort aistance away.
V . r Thought Sad Killed Two.
'V Bradley.:-' bo- doubt ' thought be ..had
killed two men Instead of , one when he
ran from the rear door or tho tivuii
saloon in : Alblna on tha. night,. of .the
shooting. His first shots were at Jos.
eph P. Sivener, his brother-in-law who
had gone to the saloon with Glttings to
look -for Bradley and to call hi in to
account for beating his wife, Sivener
had called him out of the front door of
the aaloon and struck him a stinging
blow In the face as they passed througn
tho swinalng doors. Sivener saved his
life by -pretending to be shot and
dropping into the gutter. One bullet
passed through his hat. but ho was un
harmed. - Poor Glttings. who had not
been expecting the fusillade, waa too
slow in drawing ..his .weapon and was
shot down as he stood by the side of
12-year-old Rachael Smith, a step-sis
ter of Mrs. Bradley,' who had gone, with
the of fleer to the saloon. . -
There were several - other- arm wit
nesses to tho tragedy, and It will - not
be difficult for, the state to have the
run. story or ine snooting told tn court,
despite the long time that has elapsed.
Among those who saw Glttings shot
down were Robert C. O'Brien, a steam
shovel engineer, and Robert Wilson, a
teamster, y .
ICay Flesd Unwritten raw.
v Bradley's defense will " probably be
a mixture of self-defense and unwrit
ten law. . Sivener admitted 'starting
things" by striking Bradley. Tho lattar
la a brawny fellow, a blackamlth by
trade, and much moro than a match
for Sivener In a fist fight But instead
of punching the smaller man with his
fists he opened deadly fire with his
pistol on both Sivener and Glttings.
i Ever since that December night in
1907, the officers have been searching
for Bradley. , The ; city detect! vo force
and a detail from tho sheriffs office
spent much time on tho esse. Detectives
Coleman and Price worked hard on the
trail, and traced Bradley to the O. R !
& N. tracks. It has always been their
belief that Jio made his escaio on a
passing train, that he waa afterward in
Seattle, and that ho haa ever since been
drifting about tha northwest.
Poverty Stood Guard.
Poverty in Its darkest form hovered
over the grief-stricken family of Pa
trolman Glttings after the tragedy.
For a time the help of sympathising
neighbors kept the wolf from the door,
but In a few months hunger visited the
humble home. The case was taken
0 till
' assssksaasBMasissMSBBsa - ' yi"
SLEUTH FOUR YEARS
CRIMINALS' PAL LANDS
COUNTERFEITER GANG
irnltl Tr TtM
Chicago, July 10 Secret service Op
erative XJiwrence Klchey this afternoon
ran down the alleaed members of n cans
of International counterfeiters who are
said to have oeen operating : In the
United States, Italy ail other countries
for five , years. In doing so, Richey
performed exploits worthy of tho heroes
of detective fiction. - -
An American by birth, he learned Ital
ian In order to Ingratiate himself fn the
confidence of counterfeiters. He began
to associate with them as a felloW
crtmlnal tour years ago. In order bet
ter to deceive them he engaged in hard
labor as a "street digger, thoush known
as tho "B"au Brummel." f the depart
ment. - Scores of times he haa slept
among- desperate Italian criminals, any
of whom would have kilfcd him at tbe
slightest hint of his identity. .
The prisoners whose- capture lrought
to liKht the feat of the detrtlvo are
Antonio I 1 Paolo, Antonio Mecca and
Mra. MagiIalenaRiccl. ' Dominie Riccl,
the woman's husband, la in Italy and
the police there have been asked to ar
rest him. '
Psolo'was arrested. In . Mrs. Rlcei's
rooms br Rlchey and Secret Service Op
erative Peter Drautiburg. who had also
'J m ed t he role of Italian criminal.
Paola shewed the men a oackaire of
counterfeit Mils which he took out of a
m.ittresa.' Ha was overpowered after a
fight.- -
Mecca was arrested at Argo, I1L.
ahers it It said he circulated bad money
among w- knven.
The prll!ner were bound over to the
federal grand Jury. -
Before effecting the capture of the
prisoners. Rlchey .repeatedly brought
oouaterfeiii $S btUa cf tha Indian-head
!
I J:
Melville 1 G. Bradley, Murderer of
Patrolman Glttings.
tntd the Juvenile court, and It was pro
posed to' place the four little children
in other homes. Chief Probation Offi
cer Teuscher advised against - this
ooursct, and finally an arrangement waa
fiade whereby tho county should pay
10 per month" for one year, and $10
fier month more was offered by a char
table giver. This money has been ex
pended by Mrs. Wilson of the city
board jaJLharlMes, County Relief Of fl
eer K. J. Carr. and Miss Km ma L. But
ler, probation officer of the Juvenile
court, and the family has thus-been
kept together and cared for.- -
Soon after tho killing of Glttings, J.
P. Sivener, wlio narrowly escaped tho
bullets of tho assassin, was arrested
for forgery, convicted and sentenced to
the penitentiary 'for an Indeterminate
period. He was releasea some time ago,
being paroled at the end of: one year.
At Salem he was a trusty and was em
ployed in painting the , penitentiary
buildings. . ' '. .
Xeft JTonr Chlldrea.
Bradley, " too, left four llttla children
behind him. Alter shooting the po
liceman ho went home only long enough
to secure a hat and dash away. The
last words he spoke to his wife, accord
ing to statements she made, were
cur sos. 1
Bradley is thought to have been en
raged on the evening of the tragedy by
suspicion that W. T. Anderson, one of
her. formerradmirers, had called on her.
Me beat his wife in his fury, and the
news of this was whst caused Glttings
and Sivener to go to the saloon to look
for him. The ,.ycar before Anderson
had eloped with Mrs. Bradley to Cot
tage Grove, where they ran a restaur
ant. Bradley followed them and ex
posed them. They pleaded guilty, to a
statutory - charge,-Anderson being sen
tenced to six months in Jail and Mrs.
Bradley to , three months. Anderson
served his time, -but Glttings and an
other- friend intervened .in oenaif or,
the erring wife, xand -she was permitted
to return with her husband to Portland.-
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. Whether Bradley ' shot Glttings tn I
drunken "rage orbecause he believed i
Glttings, too rnenaiy witn nis wire
was not disclosed. - It was afterward
reported that Glttings sent supplies of
Deer to tna jraaiey noma, ana it may
be that Bradley knew - of thla and . of
other things' that- made him . feel an
enmity for tne policeman. - '
Bradley Is- about 36 years old, - and
his wife, who la. of masculine type, is
five years older.
Detective Tom Coleman will leave at
10 o'clock this morning for Idaho Falls
to ,brmBradiey to Portland. .
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FALLING POLE
'KILLS FARMER
(Siwial ntopatrh t Tb Journal.
Lebanon, Or... July 10. News has
hofi received of the accidental death of
Tn" "as Gabrial. a farmer, about 10
miles east of Lebanon., Mr. Gabrial was
rt-palrlng the wire on a telephone pole
at the- time of the accident. Tbe pole
fell with him, throwing htm about 80
feet. ; Gabrial: did not regain consciousness.-.
He was about SI years of age
and unmarried.
issue of 1894 to his superior officer.
Captain Porter. He reported Rlccl and
his wife were In Italy sending the
money to this country-to Paolo, who was
passing it to "shovers" throughout the
United States. -
The bills first made their appearance
In Massachusetts five years agon They
are a fine Imitation and only an ex
pert 'can detect them. - Richer traced
the bills to HIccl. He made a dosen un
successful attempts to gain the confi
dence of Rlcei's associates and then de
cided to learn'thelr language. 4 .
He aoopted the garb of an Italian im
migrant, went to sea in a tug, to "meet
an Incoming-vessel and arrived In-New
York with . other Immigrants. - k At the
dock ho-got Oyoquainted with two Italians
who enabltd him to become one of; Rlc
ei's Intimates! '; .- , .
- For the last four years he ha lived
alternately among the Italians and in
his official-chair at headquarter and
especially avoided exposure. - He pre
vented wo muraera Dy warning; tna po
lice of Black-Hand plots anonymously
over the telephone.
He-deferred the arrests until" th 1.
Jesed counterfeiters permitted evidence
to to secureo lit their house, and this
brought his long rtuest to an end. ,
Klchey -was told by .his Italian com
panions that Hiccl waa one of a gang
of counterfeiters and Black Hand bri
gands in Inly. Naples fs snld to b the
headquarters of a counterfeiting plant,
where notea and coins of United Slates
and South American country are maoe
at" wholesale. Through Italians In these
countries the spurious money, it Is
Slid, is circulated.
It is declared that at least $5'n0 In
spurious bills -has been circulated In
' i
America by tha gang. , i
STOCK STEAL
RVOLVES
BIG it;
Press Connors, Well Known
Horseman of Grant, Is Ar-'
rested on Rustling. Charge
and Sensational, Develop-
- ments Impend. x v
Special Dispatch to The Joornal.) ,
Colfax, Wah., July' 10. Wltb
the. arrest at Garfield VMit.nrrlAv nf
Ralph Carter, charged, with stealing
a number of horses , from- central
Washington gtockmen an(f the tak
ing; Into custody , at Ephrata today
ot press tjonnors, one of the most
widely known horsemen In Grant
county, on a similar charge, the star
tling; developments .' promised by
Henry Gable when here last Sunday
are being realized. The T officers
claim to have in their possession suf
ficient evidence to warrant instituting-
action- against other, prominent
residents of the lower . Crab creek
country, 'Who have long been under
suspicion, it is asserted by the au
thorities, of being implicated -with
Connors; and it Is stated that other
arrests will be Issued; in Grant.
Douglas and Lincoln counties with
in the next ,4$ hours.
Through a confession obtained from
Carter it Is asserted that a list of the
mm, implicated la horse rustling with
Connors, com ot whom 'are prominent
stockmen , In tha: central Washington
country, haa been secured and that as
fast as these men can be located they
will be taken -into' ; custody. Sheriff
Level of Lincoln country, was here yes
terday in consultation wlth -Sheriff
Carter relative to some of these men.
who are said - to live in tha ' vicinity
of Spraguo; and . arrests - are expected
there at any time.- '. , 5
herlffs to Hold MsejUar.. . L
It is also learned unofficially that
there will be a meeting of tha sheriffs
of Whitman, Franklin, Pouglas. Grant.
Adams and Lincoln counties at Pasco
in. a few days to formulate plans for
an argressive . campaign ' asralnst : tlm
rustlers, and It Is said that in some oft
these counties the sheriffs have alreadv v
riven . thlr denutlM . tntriir-tlnnM tn. -
take some of tho leaders In the Con
nors rang, dead or alive. '
- Carter says that the Connors gang
is one of tho most widely extended and
best organised gangs of rustlers that
has ever operated in the wee t, and that
tney nave a cnam or members extend
ing from tho scene of operations. In the
Columbia river valley, to, and beyond '
the- Canadian line, and that the stolen
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try as fast as taken. -
Baze and Blankenshlp,' who have con
fessed ": to the theft of a number of
Gable's horses, ' say "that, from ; their
knowledge the officers are now oh tho
right track and that If they foUow un
their advantage they will be able' to
break uo the gang that haa been levy
ing tribute on- tho herds of the cen- "
trar Washington breeders for the last
10 years. - - : i
They also predict that men commonly
considered above suspicion will bo Im
plicated. piilsffiii!
iys 5 PIIIIIOS
Tricky Salesman Gathers in
$2500 From Wealthy ,
Wheat Grower. . ,
-ft
(Rpecial Plipatch to The Journal) -Colfax,.
Wash.. July 10. A warrant
was plsced In the hands of tha nherirf
today for the arrest of W. O. Erbs. a
piano salesman In the employment of L.
Albouc. of Hartline. Grant count v. nh il
charge of obtaining from Henry Ochs. a
wealthy; Russian fanner of Endleott,
Wash., five promissory notes of $500
eacn, py alleged fraudulent represents- ?
tlOnS. i ; : . - .i--5...,. . rl
According te Ochs. Tti tnok mAvan
tags of -hia, Inability to read En k 1 1 eh
and Induced h Ira to sign the nets with
the understanding thatrther -ere con- ,
tracts - for the sale on commission ,,f -five
pianos. 'In reality, they proved to
be -In payment In fall for the Inntru-
ments. Krb has not neen louiieo, nut
the sheriff has received word from Al
bouc. that the hotes have been tarne-1 it
to him, and that the pianos have been
shipped to Ochs at fc-ndicott.
PIONEER PASSES " .
AWAY OX TRAIN
-; Pendletoii. Or., July 10. J. M. l"t"s,
an old pU.neer of. FnilrTund. H'-i.
died today on the o. R. Ar N. train t-.r-tr
The tnlle. while 'on his way fr -.i
southern CaUfornla to tfwin. Or. I
ceased had been "'iff' ring f -r 'n: i -m
from oonetmiflon. lie wn a-ii-n.' ....
led by his if unH i-r. f; - i
will he tomorrow et H et..n. 1;- .
ht Wlif.iw t. f.'li.. im; '' 1r, . .
vtve: Mra. Ma icrt.
Fteli I'UOlt. Cnl.es- f
Mr. It. 1L !"..v.. Mi I V
Fruit land. a-h; Jj.J h, A -
Ad Iowns. - i