THE' OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THUFwDAY EV. .'lw. C
ATTEMPT
JADE TO BRIBE HER
-v-. IN MURDER CASE
Tint!piip"1 from Pf? One.)
Mim Trumbull to help influence Ihe
latter to accept the bribe.; ,. .
Tires of Brlfcsry Tsli.
!'This woman- may be a notoriety
fpr-ker," saii Fouts., in srgulng before
tne court ' "Every time a big c.sei 1
tried comes this talk of bribery. I -km
Pick and tired of it. I think' w ought
to be allowed to go Into this to deter
mine the responsibility of these scur
rilous attacks." . - .'
Judge Morrow, while-h would not
allow the. attorneys - to pursue the
bribery question . furthef, admonished
the jury not: to read niatter in tha
newspapers relating . to the trial
Strong corroboration for Miss Trum
bull's -, damaging : , testimony against
Webb was giten this morning by PatroJ
man W. C,';ppi, who talked with her
soon after she returned from her auto
mobile ride to tba road houses with
Webb and Mrs. Kersh, after the arrests
were made. Epps said she then told
him of seeing Mrs. Kersh with a larga
roll of bills, that Webb tried to "make
a date" with her while they we're danc
ing at the Seven Mile House, and that
Webb told her he had made a large
sum of money for Mrs. Kersh that day.
SoU Boy Knows llnob.
fence, brought outv most ; Of ' this on
cross examination and vainly sought to
, break the fore -.of- the 'statements he
elicited-i He tried to make it- appear
that Miss Trumbull did. not - tell of
thes-e things iintu; the next; flay, after
pfffe had been cuiazed y the detectives,
But Epps insisted the woman told bim
in h!n first Interview with her. V
By the testimony Ot Jesse- H. Log,1
bell hoy at the New orana central, no
tel, Deputy District Attorney Fitzger?
ald in charge ofth prosecution, .Mpects,
to clinch his theory that ghastly prepar
ations for the murder of Johnson werr
made by "Webb and Mrs. Kersh before
Johnson was killed.
Long, who was -called td Ihe Stand
shoitly before noon, will testify that
when the new trunk ordered . by Mrs.
Kersh to take the place of the one into
which Johnson' body waa crammed
was delivered at the hotel, he saw John
son alive. If this be the fact, the state
holds, it has proved its contention that
Webb and Mrs. Kersh conspired to kill
Johnson long, before the deed waa com
mitted. ' ' - 1 '
Testimony Corroborated.-
Testimony corroborating this theory
as given yesterday; by David Bteln
from whom Mrs Kersh purchased the
new trunk, and by Albert Link, the ex
pressman wso hauled the trunk to the
hotel. Stein said he sold the trunk" be
tween 3 and i o'clock on the afternoon
of the murder, June 20, and Link was
po&5iVe-he called for the trunk between
2:3Q and 3:30 o'clock. . The bellboy say
the - trunk waa delivered at the hotel
about 4 o'clock, That Johnson was noi
killed before o'clock Is held by tht
state to be shown by the testimony of
Long, who saw htm in the hotel after 8
o'clock, and the fact that the body, waj !
still warm" when it was found At th
depot; ' .'.!.'ri-"v' -,: ;7 - i
Evidence tending to show Johnson
wan not killed by th; blows on the
head, but was strangled to death after
" he had been knocked unconscious, was
brought out by the testimony of Drs.
Ray Mr- Matson and 8. C. Blocum, who
performed he autopsy on the body of
... Johnson.-' ' -. --. a--:. ,j
' Johnson Was Strangled. -,
The effect of this effort to show an
atrocious, coldblooded crime waa sought
to be avoided by (.he defense by show
ing that marks on, the body triads by
the shirt sleeve tied around the neck
of the victim might have resulted after
death. ' Dr. Plorum declared the results
of the autopsy showed strangulation
before death. Dr. Matson, who was not
cross-examined, gave equally damaging
testimony. . .
Dr. Matson described wounds on each
side of the head, penetrating . to the
bone. Lines on the neck indicated
strangulation, thero being small hem
orrhages In the skin produced by pres
sure. Vessels inside the windpipe were
ruptured and it contained a frothy fluid,
all pointing to death by suffocation.
There was no fracture of the skull, but
small hemorrhages on the brain, ' due
either to blows on the head or alco
holism. Dr. Matson gave the opinion
death was caused by strangulation, fol
lowing concussion of the brain.
Dr.. Slocam's testimony followed the
same lines. He gave the opinion the
two blows on the head caused concus
sion of the brain, but not sufficient to
cause death, the job of the slayer be
ing completed by strangulation.
- Identifies Bank Roll
By the testimony Of J. O. Tiffany
paying teller of the Traders" National
bsnk of Spokano, Wash., the date John-'
soii drew:hls money out of the bank in'
Spokane was fixed. Tiffany identified
a cheek by which , Johnson drew hi i
balance of $1990 on June IT, three days
before M was slain.'-"'" -q - ) ",
.The teller also identified tha bank
roll of bjlls taken" from Mr Kersh at
the money he paid to Johnson, particu
larly two. bills, on which were traces of
the receiving stamp vof . the bank. Hr
identified a picture of Johnson, which
was admitted In evidence, over. the ob
jections of the, defense.
That Webb and Mrs. Kersh were cast
ing greedy eyes en Johnson's bank roll
even when he-drew the money was ont
theory brought, out by the paying tell-,
er's testimony. When he paid out the
money, h said, another man stooo Be
hind Johnson and woke with. him. A
woman was standing near and went out
either with Johnson and the other man
or Just behind them. . "
-A. Hi Davis; proprietor of tha . wlllv
mt hotel at Sixth and Stark streets,
where Webb, Mrs. Kersh and the latter's
little boy went late In the afternoon of
June 20 and, engaged a room, was an
unimportant 'witness. .
, Oared for Child.
Mrs. Alice Davis, wife of the preced
ing witness, told of taking care of the
boy by request of Mrs. Kersh, who said
they were strangers In town and in
tended to go for an auto ride. The lit
tle boy told her his name was Willie
WabbWhen they t flrat-came she did
not notice any bandage on Webb'a hand,
but when they oame again, an hour or
so later, Webb's hand was bandaged.
Frank M. Dane, deputy coroner, was
recalled to clinch the formal proof of
death of Johnson. He said the body
was lifeless, but warm, when taken
from the trunk. ,
Irene Trumbull In her testimony yes
terday told of meeting Webb and Mrs.
Kersh at the Cliff Inn on the night of
June 30. Mrs. Kersh wanted her to
join them, and the aereed to 6a so as
yoon as she had returned to town with
her escort, 1 Will Hnrklns, and had
"dlt'ohed" him. She is a hairdresser,
and Mrs. Kersh had promised to give
her some work, she said, so she thought
to combine business and pleasure by
thai trip to the Seven Mile House.
Tried to Make Sate,
teaching the SevehMlle house about
1 a. m she danced with Randall, the
chauffeur, and with Webb. While danc
ing with Webb, she said he tried to
make a date with her 'She refused one
dance with him; because-he did not
dance like she did. and he seemed of
fended. She later danced with him
again, she said, and he remarked; "You
don't like me, do you?' ' ; v
." She said he continued by telling her
"I got Mrs. Johnson," that little woman
with me, 11900 today." She asked him
Lhow h made -bo much money in one
day, but he made no reply.
On cross-examination, Mr, Touts went
Into Miss Trumbull's past history. He
traced her to several cltlea. She aa;Id
he was divorced in 8pokane about two
years ago and has a child years old.
The child is m Portland and sne is
Supporting it She eald she had. never
been In a roadhouse or grill until about
five months ago, and came to Portland
eight" monthflxaBo. About five months
ago, also, she took her first drink of
intoxicants,' , - ! " i
Mliis Trumbull Insisted she did not
drink td excsed two cocktails while she
was With Webb and Mrs; Kersh, or dur
ing the whole evening. Tart of those
she poured out, and the rest of the time
she drank lemonade or ginger ale, with
out "spikes," 8he said she could feel
the effect, of the liquor, but her head
was clear and she was not hilarious.
She said she did not know a highball
or the difference between a Manhattan
and a Martini.
Saw Johnson Bed.
Mrs A. M. "Tllley, housekeeper at the
New Grand Central, testified she saw
Webb in the hotel hail about 3 o'clock
in the afternoon of June 20, at which
time he asked her not to go Into, room
119, as there was a very sick man in
there About 20 minutes later she did
go in' to attend to the curtains, which
were floating out of the window. On
the bed she saw Johnson, stretched
slantwise across the bed, ai though
asleep She did not disturb him. The
next she saw of either man was when
Webb wa helping load the trunk .Into
an express wagon, shortly before 5
o'clock. . " ...
, Mrs. Tllley said she saw Mrs. Kersh
tending In the hall In front of room
119 with her head close to the door, as
though listening to something within.
This was after ehe saw Johnson on the
bed. The theory o.f the state la that
Webb at that moment was beating out
the life Of Johnson ; witn me D.ac
Jack, while Mrs. K.'rsh stood puard at
the door.
A dramatic moment came when Mrs.
Tllley was called upon to point out the
woman she saw standing in the hall in
listening attitude. Sie scanned the wo
men in the court room closely and fin
ally pointed her -finger at Mrs.. Kersh,
who sat beside the jail matron, Mrs.
Cameron. Mrs. Kersh avoided the glance
of the accusing eye" nd tried to look
disinterested while Mrs. .Tllley was
making the Identification. Attorneys
for the defense said they would admit
Mrs. KerBh stood at the door as Mrs.
Tllley testified. , ;
David Stein, a trunk dealer w.hose
store is on Seventh . street about two
blocks from the Grand Central, testified
to the purchase of a trunk by Mrs.
Kersh between 3 and 4 o'clock on the
afternoon of June 20. She told him
she .wanted a good trunk, as she
was- acinar for a" trip to Europe, and
Lpatd IIS cfor'-a large receptacle. -When
she paid htm hh noticed ner purse con
tained a number, of bills, eome fives
and tens and others. e thought of $100
denomination. ' . v
. " round' Blood, on Trunk., ';:-,
Another .story of the finding of the
body in the trunk at the depot was told
bv W." I H, Thrush, a baggage man.
He was the one who first ; observed
blood on "the trunk; . ; " ' , ;
A. ' It ' Randall, a lypioai ciwuuour,
was the driver Who took Webb nd
Mrs. Kersh to the roadhouscs the right
of June 20. Ha testified the ialr first
accosted him on tha street and asked
several questions. He told them the
price of the machine he drove.-wss $5
per hour, directed them to the Quelle
for dinner and told them where they
could leave the little boy who was with
them. , They engaged the machine to
call for them at 10 o'clock, that evening.
When he went for them, said Randall,
they "wanted to know If there waa "any
excitement?" He suggested the road
houses and they said all right, they
would try that. He drove them to the
Lakeview and to the Cliff Inr, on the
Llnnton road. At each place they danced
and drank. i,
Another Woman la Farty.
At the Cliff Inn Mra. Kersh made
the acquaintance of Irene Trumbull,
who was sitting with an escort at an
other table, and invited the stranger to
Join them.. ? It waa arranged that both
parties return to town, where Miss
Trumbull would sidetrack her escort
and would then be picked up by the
Webb-Kersh party for a trip to the
Seven Mile house. ' This program was
carried out - '-""V - v 'v-- "
The chauffeur said he was lnVlted to
drink each time Webb did,7 and several
times he accepted.' He believed he did
not take more than half a dosen nips,
because he had Uvea In his hands and
couM not drink rr;n:h. TV '. i
drinking whiskey a r 1 Mrs. K: . 1 ' --r.
Neither became intoxicated. .'As f r
Miss Trumbull, fhe drank joft drinks
and was nober all the way.
Albert Link," the expresaman who
hauled the new trunk , purchased by
Mrs. Kereh from. Stein's store to the
New Grand Central, said he was called
to haul the trunk between 2:30 and
8:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Cross
examination failed to shake his testi
mony as to . the time he hauled v'thls
trunk. "
Uncle Sam Investigates Oil Field. '
(flitted Pm Lciued "Wire.r
Lfla Angeles, Cel., Oct lS.Franlt
Fierce, assistant secretary of the In
terior, is in this city to begin an in
vestigation of conditions Jn southern
California . oil fields. Alleged irregu.
larttles in titles to oil landa will be
the principal object of hta Investiga
tion, ' which precedes expected federal
legislative activity this -winter. His
findings will probably be embodied In '
new laws to bedrafted by the interior
department and submitted to the next
congress. ' ,.
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In eight years the gain In wages for
oclatlon has been about 50 -per cent
Besides that the organisation has : oh-'
talned better working conditions
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