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is .s ua to have epeat iiiglits in the com
jany of a nomali who later went to
l'ortland after Ericson , went to Spo
kane. Whether he married, thla woman
S3 not known here.
X.lved Over Office.
With his "family Ericson lived over
the undertaking .establishment and was
purposed to spend his nights In the of
fice. He pluffsred the telephones so the
stable hoys would not be awakened.
Then he would leave the office and not
return until morning. -
It was often necessary for his em
ployers to purchase 'food for his family
and deduct the cost from his salary,
as ha would otherwise' dispose Of his
money. His actions finally became so
unbearable that his wife accepted a
"second ticket" when a corpse was to
he shipped east, and returned to her
parents In Minneapolis. Before she left,
the employer , gave Ericson $15 for his
wife's expenses on the . train. ...He'
pocketed the money jnd was about to
allow his wife to leave penniless when
the employer" learned the 5 facta ,,and
forced Ericson to turn over the money.
:,-, Was Unreliable. ';:::'
"While Ericson was with us, he was
unreliable. He collected' sum Of
money he did not turn over, but was
let1 off without prosecution." local
undertaker whose name for the present,
is withheld, said: "I do not wish to
charge the man named Ericson with a.
theft. While he was with us about
$95 was , missing from the safe. If
lay between Ericson and another per
son. . ;','':,; f- .' ' .
"Ericson often asked for ft leave of
absence to visit his sick mother. , He
went to her only once to our knowl
edge. He also plugged the telephone
so as not to awaken the barn .boys.
"His wife, I am informed, got di
vorce. Anyway, he married again In
Portland. - : 'Vi ' vv..;-.?".-,; ,
"He had ft sister working in the
Crescent Store, but she has left town,
I believe. Another sister , was , living
here and for some time kept house for
John-U Wilson-In Seattle. The last
I heard of her she was again .employed
by Wilson."
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-AIT, . -
h PORTLAND AND VIC1K1TY'
RAI THIS AFTERNOON AND TO
NIGHT! FRIEAY PROP ABLY SHOt
IRS. i ER1SK SOUTHERLY fINDSi
- ORE0ON RAIN WEST THIS AFT
ERNOON AND TO-NIGHT, INCREAS
INO CLOUDINESS EAST PORTION:
FRIEAY SHOFRS fEST.PROEABLY
FAIR FACT PORTION. ' SOUTHERLY
WINDS, HIGH ALONG THE .NORTH
CCST. '- " - - "'
WASHINGTON: RAIN, fHIS: AFTER r
NCON, TC -NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ,
SOUTHERLY FINDS. KIOH ALCNO
THE COAST. - :
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
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nduMd lo Mt lvtl.
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deiKljr; (g) ram; (g) ana; rtport attna, Artawa By irlta tbaaHoi Firat
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LOCAL WEATHia KSPOBT. . i
Portland ,Crt,-llfty 2;. 1910.
5 A. M.
Barometer. . . . ..39.05 .
Temperature; . . . , , . . '3 ;
Huaidity f"
Cind.Wreetlon,,..,, S '
-ind, velocity 6
Be&thor. . . . . . .. . . .'.LT.hAlil.
Balnf t , 01 v r
Idaxlaun temperature :
tf his connection with the mysterious
dtsappearance of Mrs. Hanna Smith.
His latest, attitude has Increased the
confusion and uncertainty of the case.
It Is now the opinion of the detectives
that Ericson alone can explain the dis
appearance of Mm Smith, and that an
explanation must come from him,- or It
will never be obtained. V ' v '
' Ericson, It appears, was the borrower
of the widow's $1200.,; He was the cus
todian of her proparty and her trusted
adviser and confidant Ericson admin
istered wine to Mrs. Smith four days
before her disappearance, and it made
her deathly sick. No one has come for
ward to say that they ever saw Mrs.
Smith leave the office of Ericson Sunday
night. May . The neighbors of the
missing woman say that she never re
turned to her room at Thirteenth and
Davis streets. .- . ,-' ,
M&kes Admissions, V
Erlcsnn ' admits that he. caused the
fake telegram ; to be sent ' from Los
Angeles to Mrsl Anna Harper, the niece
of the Swedish widow, He says that he
. paid her $455 on Sunday night when
c ,1 n ,m. (A Baa tllm , U I. rfanlu 4V.
he ever borrowed any money from her,
'but his statement is flatly contradicted
by Mrs. dekwig, Mrs. A. Nelson, Mrs.
'Boden, N. C. Hanson and others whom
Mrs. Smith had told that she lent her
money to Ericson on 7 per cent Inter
est Mrs. A. Nelson of 387 Patton road
said this morning that she tried 'to
borrow the $L200 which Mrs, Smith re
ceived from the sale of her Portland
Heights property at per cent interest,
but was told that Ericson had it, the
rate of ' interest promised being 7 per
cenf.c' .. . '. .
Mrs. Augusta Ober, James T. Ogden
ana otners lesury mat JSricaon tried
to keep Mrs. Smith from buying prop
erty with her monev whnn hta Mnm.nf.
ed to Mrs. Smith that he was helping
her. All of the witnesses mentioned
declare that Mrs. Smith was completely
dominated by Ericson; .that the wldow
explained this by saying that: Ericson
had borrowed her money, and she must
consult him about ; everything before
she could get it1 ;; .'..v,;: Ui'yX
' "..Bid Hot .Borrow- $35.'' 't'-X
It was the opinion of Mrs, Ockwig
that Mrs. Smith did not borrow. $26 to
pay aown on tne Mount Scott property,
but that ahe made Ericson think she
had In order that he might believe her
destitute. ! ;;f
The Mount Scott property we pur
chased from Mrs. Croft by Mrft. Smith,
nd the remainder of the $550 purchase
price was to have been paid Monday,
May . The date for the conclusion of
the transaction was set then for .Tues
day. Attorney C. P. Olson completed
mo svDsnraci or ne and turned it over
to Ericson, who ha never explained
what he did with it - -
Ericso.vmow, ha la his safe, tied up
in UUle blue ftftcks a utile more than
$107,-which he says is all the property
, Mrs. Smith had left of her $1200. 'He
aiso na me widow's gold watch. This
was found under her pillow by ; Mrs.
Boden( when the room was searched
after Mrs, Smith disappeared. : v '
Mrs. Smith and her husband ft short
time before the .death of the latter
v caiiea upon Judge Fred Olson in refer
? ence to .their property.' The husband
was . very anxious that all his property
be left to hU wife. 1 A be expressed to
. Judge Olson, she had worked hard, and
Jim vcnuaren oy mi former wife were
able to take care of themselves. , '
The property was made out in the
name, of Mrs.,: Smith. ' Soon after the
iatn or her husband, however, the '
widow was bothered much by the chil
dren, who were attempting to effect ft
settlement They were advised that
everything was left to the widow, and
nothing more was heard from them. Mrs.
.smith had told- the judge that-Erlcson
was taking-care of her property, and i
tiiut was the last he saw of her.
NEIGHBORS TELL
OF 'MRS. SMITH'S
VIOLENT ILLNESS
Matilda: Nelson, a Swedish "working,
t--s rl. w the last person Who saw Mrs.
lei iv.ud Sunday night call upon K K.
Kri'-tjon. Whether she wasT the "well
f.TuifU blond"' who waited for Mrs. I
Smith at the corner of Tenth and Alder
is not determined. None qt the girl's
friends have been able to locate her
since immediately after Mrs. Smith dis
appeared. It Is believed that If Matilda
Nelson is discovered light will be shed
on incident connected with the Swed
ish widow's disappearance. ,
Matilda Nelson told Mrs. Ockwig of
Albina avenue that she spent Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. Smith at her room,
Thirteenth and Davis streets, and that
Mm., Smith lay on her bed most of the
time. The girl did notjntlmate at the
time that she accompanied Mrs. Smith
ta Ericson'a office. , She had been-expecting,
so Mrs. Ockwig said,, to live
with Mrs. Smith when the latter moved
to Mf Scott. ,
Neighbors Heard Groans.
Mrs. ( WY R. Breed, Mrs. Caroline
Shulsted and her daughter, . Georgia
Shulsted, who lived as neighbors to Mrs;
Smith at the rear of the vacant church
on Thirteenth and Davis, all made state
ments this morning showing that the
wine which Ericson gave the wlodw a
few days before she dropped out i of
sight not only made her exceedingly
sick at the time, but she never recovered
from- the illrvess. i-- --v
"I heard Mrs. Smith groaning all that
night," Georgia Shulsted related. "And
she was sick all the next day. We heard
her groaning as she : moved around!
Ericson came early thftt morning and
asked for Mrs. Smith. She was down in
the basement getting wood with which
to build a: fire and he told then who he
was. Then he got ft bucket and fetched
some water. ; He said that Mrs.. Smith
had been taken ill the night before and.
he brought her home. , , .
"The Monday after Mrs. Smith was
missing he came again, and. then again
on Tuesday. He seemed ' to want to
show that he was anxious she should
be found."
Widow Wa Inoffensive,
Georgia Shnlsted'ft story was cor
roborated by her mother ' and ' Mrs.
Breed. All said, that Mrs. Smith was
quiet and inoffensive, attending strict
ly tder own business. Ifone of them
saw any one approaching the descrip
tion of Matilda Nelson with her Sunday
afternoon. - '-'
: At " the livery stable where Ericson
keeps his teams and hearses it was
stated that no record is kept ,pf the
dates when he, has them in use. He
could have all or any part of his equip
ment out at .any time of, the day or
night and no account was kept of the
fact i-V-
Allaying ft suspicion that ' Ericson
might have had Mrs. Smith's body sur
reptitiously cremated, the superintend
tjht of the Cremation association ln.Sell
wood... where all such work is done,;
said this morning that the undertaker
had not had any body cremated there
for a month past, and the last body
waa. that of & child.. , . .
MRS. HANNA SMITH HAD
PRESENTMENT THAT
DEATH APPROACHING
A few days after Mrs. Hanna Smith
drank poisoned wine In E. E. Ericson'a
undertaking establishment, she , began
to tell her friends that the was afraid
death, in some weird way, was ap
proaching her. . . '
"I am afraid to go home.' Some way
I feel as though God will take me home
to heaven pretty aoon," she telephoned
on Friday, May 16, two days before she
disappeared, to Mrs. Anna Ockwig, 925
Albina avenue. - "I am so Bad ,and dis
appointed about : my ' home f because
Ericson doesn't - let ' tae f'-ihaw i , my
money." . ; '- ' ., , ' . .
"I never heard her talk that way be
fore In all the 21 years that I have
known her,"; said Mrs. Ockwig at her
home this morning. "She was always
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eliase Kupreanoi
Treasury 3te
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The Price of TWs Stock JGocs
Up to 50 Cents a Share
the 1st of June
, By investing at this time you make a clear profit of 100,
and this stock will doubtless go to par in six months. -
When you purchase stock in the Kupreariof you join a com-'
pany of the most responsible men in the entire Norfliwest; ,
you purchase stock in a working mine of known wealth, and.
r one that is covered by patents issued by the United States gov- -
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Investigate' fully, this company,- its offfcefs its properties '
and its methods of doing business. 4 When you have done this
, you will agree that this" is the best opportunity, for investment
-that you have ever had offered to you. If you will call' at, the
' offices, 200 Chamber "of Commerce Building, every detail will '
. be shown you, and you will begiven copy of "The' Story of
the Kupreanof," a book containing every detail concerning this.
' 'property. The dumber of shares is' limited. Call at our of-'
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Mines on Kupreanof Island, Alaska '
, . Offices 200 Chamber of Commerce Building, Third "and Stark
, - Portland, Oregon. Phones Main 3H3 or A-1312.
iff ices open evenings from 7' to 9 o'clock, Sundays to 4 p. m."
so bright and cheerful, but she wanted
a home more1 than anything else In the
world. . .y i .
"Erlckson says he never ' borrowed
any money from Mra. Smith, but she
sat right here In my home on April S2
and told me that before she went back
to , Sweden a year ago that she loaned
him the whole C1200 ahe got for her
Portland Heights ''property and she was
to have 7 per cent Interept on it. She
said to me:
"'Do you know he never has said, a
word about that interest, and when I go
to ask him about it he Is so nice like a
son to me that I can't var to'mentlon
It. He takes me down ifl the basement
and eaya , I can have, Bllk for. walsa
and fine black stockings or anything
else I want. ; When I tell him I want
the money I lent him again he say there
Is such ft hard time and , he has so
much money out thai I can't keep asking
him because I am afraid to sore him.
And then he tells me two or three. times.
If I watt two or three days he can get
It.
"I tell you,". Mrs. Ockwig continued,'
"we made up our minds a good while
before anything happened to Mrs. Smith
that" Ericson waa planning never to
give her7 back her money. I believe, as
sure as I am alive, that Mrs. Smith is
dead and that I will never see-her again.
i How E- E. KricKon, while arriirenijyj
j helping Mrs. Smith find a house, worked!
j hard' to kerp her from making a pur-1
chnse, was told yesterday by Mrs. t
Augusta Oberg, 763 Montana avenue. j
"We . had a little place to sell for :
$1000 and Mrs. Smith came over to see,
about buying It," said Mrs. Oberg. "She !
told us she had 11200 to spend for a!
home, but that she wanted to save $200 i
to buy some furniture. She said, too, 1
that she wouldn't buy anyplace until
she consulted Ericson. -
' "Ericson came over. Ha objected to ,
the place. When they started to go he '
came back and shut the door. Then he
said to me, 'Don't make any deal with j
her. She is cranky and hard to geti
alongjwlth and she would nmlte a Da a
neighbor.- I wouldn't want her near nie,
for she Is ft great nuisance.' '.,-
"Mrs. Smith came over again and my
husband made some" plans for a little
three room cottage which he could build
for $500 on, lot which she was to buy
from James D. Ogden. 848 Mississippi
avenue. She said then she had $1200
to spend and she must not buy anything
beyond that or without ; speaking to
Ericson. '"
" '.Why do you have to speak to Brio--son
? about .'everythlnsft I asked hen
'Oh.'he has my money, she said. T
lent him my money and I must get it
from him before I can pay anything.,
"Ericson came out two or three times,
and he went to Ogden and told him
wbtJieJtold tnt, about not selling Mrs"
Smith anything because she was cranky,
and a bad neighbor, x ''
"She was going to come hack on Mon
day, May 9, to wind up the bargain for
the lot and the little house. When she
didn't come I called up Ericson, I said,
'Isn't Mrs. Smith going to buy the Jot
on Borthwlck street r , 'She is lost,' he
answered. . Just aa aoon as he said that
I thought of the wine that Mre. Boden
said he gave Mrs. mlth and how sick
It made her There was something so
funny about hls-manner that I thought
something awful had happened to Mrs.
Smith. . , ' : ' - 1 -
"Then ne went on and told that Mrs,
Smith - had more troubles than anyone
knew, "and added, 'She said some time
she was going to Jump into the river.
. "Finally he told me about riving her
money three different tlmea and that
her trip to the old country cost $100. I
see now that he says he gave her money
a great many times and $250 for the trip
to Europe." . " .. L v '
Something Not Needed. -
From the St," Louis Star.
' "Why is it . that poeta never comb
their- halrr -y ;-!r - . : rr. r
'.'The poor fellowa worry themselves
bald headed "before they get the price
of ft comb;".
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HB OSTRICH PLUIIS
f C jV, - SHADED ,
i ZX All rn1nrr.M
WalBBT Jb ha
ore
tocg.$10Vals.
aU, ,
jgf- -ififfi W make this 'special in or
ru5.- s; der- that you may get - ac
41 Vil2 . . be deKghted to have you call,
you win noi dc urgca to pur
chase. . -
m- iitiMirueu wirii uur kiiili v liif-
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ft " xo-uaic miuincry, yy c nave a
. annerh lin at Summer TTata
thai are sure to please the
most fastidious. We would
The Millinery .World
142 Fifth St., Between Alder and Morrison. Opp. Meier ft Frank
VIA THE
AST0MA& 'COLUMBIA
- RIVER RAILUOAD
Friday Evenlno, May 27
LEAVES PORTLAND UNION DEPOT ; '
The demand for player-pianos and that natural denre to tecurt
'the worl l's best" have so increased our sales of 1 .
n I m w r""
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I i f f i i ,
I lA y ;LUra I.Luj
that in many instances we have been compelled to accept, as part
payment, quite a number. of ,
Used Pianos ;
of prominent makesv which we. have had our experts overhaul and
"place, in perfect condition. In order, to. promptly dispose of these
used instruments, all are marked at especially attractive prices and
fully guaranteed.
Note thc.World-Famous Pianos ListedBdbw
DECKER BROS, Circassian wal
nut, was $650, )oW only f 2JM)
STORY ft CLARK, mahoeany,
was $450 now only . . .$275
HARDMAN, walnut, was $650,
. reduccdto-ionly ,'f323
HOB ART M.. CABLE, mahog
any, was $450, now only $235
KIMBALL, fancy walnut,5 was
$325, reduced to only f 105
, HENSCHEL, mahogany, was
. $300, now only ; , . . . . . . . . f 180
EMERSON, , walnut, was ' $425,
now only ,, f 225
FOSTER ft COu, mahogany, was
$375, now only .......... ?2Q0
KNABE, - art finish., mahopany,
was $575, reduced to only f 385
PIANOLA (latest model), was
$250, now only , $135
NEW AUTOPIANO, 88-note (of
fered elsewhere at $775) f 500
J. ft C. FISCIIESr, burl walnut,
was $450,, now only .,..$285
WHITNEY, oak,' was $325, now
only $185
FER'D KOEHLER, mahogany
reduced to only - ..$l6o
HARDMAN, walnut, was $475,
reduced to only ..',....$275
PRICE & TEEPLE, mahosrany,
was $375, now only $250
PEASE, walnut, wat'$t75, re
duced to only $240
GERHARD, mahogany, was
$275, now only ....,,...$175
LESLIE BROS., mahogany, was
$250, now only ........,$150
MILTON, mahogany, was $325,
reduced Xo only $245
ANTISELL, rosewood, iquaxe,
now only $45
CHICKERENO, concert grand,
was $1300, now only ....f G50
,NEW. PIANOS (selling else
where for $300) at only $10
And many other well-known makes, at price far below their
regular cost and present actual value. "
.Think of itl For the price of n ordinary ''cheap' piano, you,
may here select one of the world's most famous instruments, in such
condition that no one would ever know you had not purchased it new.
The guarantee which accompanies each is so comprehensive and v
complete as to leave no loophole for dissatisfaction.
Terms Especially Lowered for This Sale
304 OAK STREET .
BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH STS. "
wswEffi mm co.
Portland's Cut Price Shoe Store.
146 Fonrlli, Op?. Doacymca Hardware Co.
This special service through to the beach is afforded in advance of
inauguration of the sumrner schedule, June 4th, for the accomrricla
tion of patrons who wish to spend the Decoration day holidays at the
"seashore. Train is equipped with first-class coaches and parlor 'ob
servation car. . f : '
Ticket Off Icco:
122 THIRD ST., Near Washington
255 MORRISON ST, Corner Third
Sum
mer Footwear
Seasonable styles that
are right. We are
showing a wonderful
variety of foot cover
ings for summer wear.
Our prices mean a sav
ing of 50c to $1.50 on
each pair purchased.
Sum
mer Foot-.
wear
Always RememberIt will pay you to lit us shoe you
THE KIT 07 TKX SEASOIT
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Here's Shoe that U up to the mln
tite, laiteat "Arteto' tlppe toe, banA
welted .rtcmion to let, Cuban beela.
UNION DEPOT
Mr
Wcir.en's Hid
X Oxfords
Ufht w.arht,
-a Xurn.d Bole. ..
A elendld Shoe for the warm flays,
In black or golden brown TlcL '
Doys Colld pfl np
cos can ;h uyj
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7cr.cas Exira Sell Ccir.e
. CCaaafSrl SwaMuT SaawCS '
' vb''-;'';.0-
Bnbbor beela, a band-tnrn.d extra
oft Shoe, In Bala and Juliet. I ex
tra aoft kid.
Girls' VIcI Kid
School Shoes
mm
They are head welted, extension
solas, extra qnullty rlol, In botn
button and bluchers. Bices 6V& to
8, $1.45; 84 to 11, $1.78; 114 to
a, $1.95. . ,
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"Tl FaO " Juf l"ti sland baud W.,
s-enuln. box calf leatbor ln.ol.s and
counters. Sines 9 to 13, $1.45; 134
to a, $1.75; 84 to 54.
Vomcns Short
Vcrc?p, Strap Pumps
Li dU
lAr.?s a fciioe that yon will r-
rt.olate. I-r tent oon or flnll calf,
cana wemn, eitsnmon soies, Un
ban or mllltsry basis.
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