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,THE OREGON .DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21,' 1813.
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:' . Old ' Freighter I)ead. succeed A. N. Striker," who died & few Lulu Carpenter, tor love f whmn he
Wa)la Walla,. Wash.,' Nov. 81. Robert we!k aK0' ' killed his w ife, to adopt hie Infant sai.
??; .l11!!' p,onecr- relhter First Storm at La G'fande. ' - Silver 1tar Ktolen at Wharf.
Walla Walla velley. died here yesterday Lft jfrande, Or., Nov. 21. Union conn-1 San Francisco,' Nov. n.:A.00 !
at the age otSl years, Mr. Griffith was ty's first snow storm for the winter ,yer bar dentlntxf for a Hhanghal bnnk,
born In the Barbadoes, and came to ' started last night and conttnued today, disappeared from the' pier t whli:h the
this valley 61 years ago. A drop of the mercury to 24 degrees ltner Chlyo Maru .was loading cargo, 1 .
" went w.itjj, the atorm. -' - . -. " ..
lieytein Is Councilman, Flies Over Germany,
Eugne, O., Nov. 21. The city coun- Murderer Makes 8 1 range Request. Prague. Nov; 21 Aviator . Vdrlue
ell has elected J. F. Beyteln member i-on Angeles. Nov. 21. Louis A. Lar- lauded after u 400 mile flight front
oC-that body from the fourth ward to son, convicted murderc-p. asked Miss France without touching German soil. .
. JURY: WHICH SAT IN TRIAL OF PENDER FOR MURDER OF , WEHRMANS
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St, Helens. Or., Nov.' 21. A
crowded court room listened oday
to the closing ' arguments to the
Jury in the trial of John A. Pen
der on the charge of Hilling Mrs.
Daisy Wehrman and child near Seap-
- poose. September 4, 1911. The fore'
'noon session of the court was entirely
taken up by John A. Jeffrey, of Port
land, in behalf , of the defendant. He
made a critical analysis of the chain
of circumstantial evidence, introduced,
and pleaded either for a' verdict of
acquittal or murder In the first de
tree.
Special. Prosecutor E. B. Tongue
will make the final, summing up and
the ' chse will probably be submitted
to- the jury late this afternoon.
The taking of testimony was con
cluded yesterday afternoon. At the
request of the defense, the jury was
taken out of the room while formal
motions to direct an Instructed verdict
and to withdraw the hammer, hatchet
and revolver from the evidence on the
ground of Insufficiency were made and
denied. . - . "
The opening argument to the jury
was made by County Attorney W. B.
Dillard, who spoke for an hour, mak
ing a review of the principal circum
stances connecting the defendant with
the crime charged. He was followed
by . John F. Logan, of Portland, chief
counsel for the defense, In a forcible
summing up from the standpoint of
the Innocence of the defendant and his
right to the "benefit of a reasonable
doubt.
Mr. Logan laid special emphasis on
what he said was the unreliability of
the testimony of Guy Whitney that he
gave Pender the paper found In the
Wehrman cabin. He also ridiculed the
connection of the Riley revolver with
the defendant by the st&te.
MAYOR INDICATES
DISMISSALS WILL
FOLLOW HEARING
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against Slover and other members of
the department are deemed serious It
Is probable that a grand jury Investiga
tion of the entire mess will be demanded
immediately. The investigation was
conducted by Commissioners George W.
Caldwell and A. K. Clark, John F. Lo
gan, the other commissioner, being out
of tho city.
Hint at Other Cnarges,
Only the charges against Slover, tha
story of the handling of subscriptions
for the Portland News and the gambling
charges were made the points of the'
Investigation. Many other charges per
taining to alleged graft,- keeping of re
wards ,by detectives when the money
Should -have 'been paid over to the city,
nd othera will be thoroughly Invests
gated at another hearing to be held
soon.
. ... How he hud understood that a polic)
,of "standing pat" had meant to deny
f the gambling charges, and how he had
i given his promise to do so, .was ex
'plajned by Sergeant A. L. Pressey.
While- on the Btand It was clearly
brought out that he thought he had
been the object of much "double cross
ing." It was Pressey who had sworn
to an affidavit denying the gambling
charges and later attempted to retract
the signed statement.
"There had been an understanding."
' said Pressey, ''when we heard that an
Investigation was started to 'stand pat.'
I understood It to mean that we were
all to, deny the charges. That is why
I gave my promise to Captain Riley ami
. the others then signed the first affi
davit Of denial.
Jtlley Scants Trouble.
"When' I returned to the station after
signing the affidavit I told Captain Ri
ley what I had done, and he replied that
I should not have signed the affidavit,
for it was liable to make a great deal
of trouble.
"That Is a h 1 of a note for you to
say that now, artcr we had all decided
to stick together," said Pressey. Bofh
of the commissioners stated afterwards
ti.at Pressey had apparently been made
the "goat.
Captain Rlfty, while on the stand
stated that both Pressey and Si-hlrmer,
who nad Blgjicir affidavits of denial, had
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pat. He said that Instead of denying
tho truth of tho charges, the menwere
not to tell on others. The witnesses
after" Riley had different versions of
the "standing pat" agreement, some
stating to have thought it meant one
thing and others another.
Riley was. asked by Commissioner
Clark as to .why ho had gambled, and
Riley gave it spirited reply.
ravors Oambling on Square.
"There Is gambling going on all over
town," said Riley, "in many clubs and
lots of private homes. I don't see why
the members of the police department
should be barred the liberties of Amert
can cltlsens."
"Do you mean to say that you favor
playing cards for money?" asked Com
missioner Clark.
"I certainly do when hc games are
on the Bquare," replied Riley.
Riley told of how he had been a mem
ber of the police department for about
nine years and of how they used to play
games In the "good old days." He
said tttat the police court used . to be
adjourned and everyone went out to
"shoot craps."
Among those Involved In the gambling
charges antl some of those who testl- .
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Bottom row Ell Davis, W. H. Wilkinson, C. Hansen, O. O. Nlckerson, 8. V. Malmsten, N. O. Larrabee.
Middle row O. J. McConnell, D C. Smith, August A. Frlske, Virgil Powell, Irving Knowles, Louis Boeck.
Top row P. W. Harrison, and Thomas Watts, bailiffs.
fled as to their gambling were Patrol'
men August Schrlmer, Johnny Jones,
Christopherson, Fuller. Thatcher, White
sides, Hutohings, Bablor, Ma as, Humph'
rles. Coorer. Vrooman. Schad, Anderson
and Captain Riley, Sergeants Pressey,
Kupert, Casey-and Koxsie Mciiugn,
member of the fire department.
Considerable Money OlxcnlaUd.
The full details of the game as run
In, Patrolman Chrlsiopherson's rooms in
the Juliana apartments on Trinity
.Place were all brought out Soma of
the men testified to the amount of
money they had lost or won. Sergeant
Casey said that he had lost from 130 to
140, while it was brought out that Cap
tain miey was irequently a loner.
now captain Riley and other men
were engaged in a gambling game in tho
juoma oi me r-once Atnietio associa
tion across from the police station the
night of two murders In Chinatown was
explained by a number of witnesses. It
was siiown tnat the station had been
left that night in charge of an ordinary
patrolman and not a sergeant, as was
customary when the captain left the
station.
Throughout the entire hearing Chief
vl ruuee jonn Clark sat far back In
a corner or tne council chamber nnd
mere unobserved listened with a great
deal of Interest to the testimony sub
mitted by his men. Mayor Albeo
dropped in at the hearlitg several times
and listened from behind a pillar to the
tales of his police department. Com
missioner Blgelow also was for a short
time an interested listener.
PoUtlc introduced.
Captain of Detectives C. E. Baty told
of how he had been approached by Slo
ver along in April of this year and asked
if he did not want to play a "little
politics." All of the details of the deal
to get subscriptions for the Portland
Nevs were explained by the captain.
"Slover called m0 into his office one
day," said Baty, "and wanted to know
if I wanted to play a 'little politics I
asnea mm wnst MT meant and he ex
plained th&t it would be a good scheme
for his men tifgo out and get 10 sub
scribers for flio Portland News, which
was then supporting Rushlight for
mayor, as well as paying $3 for one
year's subscription to the paper
nuiy aiBu iuia oi now n nad ap
proached some of his men and put the
scheme up to them. Commissioner Clark
at this point asked if it was a common
practice for. the detectives to play poli
tics.
1 i'Sure' . replied Baty, "the men-are a 1
ways expected to do somthing for varl.
ous candidates. My men thought it
would be pretty easy to get subscrlo
tions to the paper and then they would
not be required to do anything further
in tne political line."
Prank Snow Testifies.
Detective Sergeant Frank Snow told
of how he had been approached by Baty
with the scheme, as did Detective B. F.
Smith. Both sotld that they had gotten
the 10 names at random from the direc
tory and had paid the $3 at the news
paper office. Detective Abbott told of
being approached and of how he had
refused to be a party to the scheme. It
was after Abbott balked, the order of
Slover was rescinded, according to the
testimony.
During the course of the hearing
Captain Riley stated that while he had
gambled he had done no grafting as
other captains had done, nor had he
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"wnat ao you mean?" asked Com
missioner Clark. "Repeat what you
said about the grafting, that Is just
what wo want to learn all we can
about" .
Riley backed down and stated that
he had got his information from a
member of a former grand Jury. lie
cock woman. I was about to rush
into the room and grab his arm, which
was upraised, when he saw me. Ho
slammed tlie door in my face."
round Slover Asleep.
J. P. Murphy, a patrolman, testified
that he had been sent to the station
for being asleep on his beat.
W hen I reached the place I was
sent Into the captain's office," he said,
"and there was Slover asleep. I looked
at him then spoke loud enough and
he awoke. He neither reprimanded me
nor did I reprimand him."
Patrolman J. W. Morelock told' of
how Slover had often been asleep and
that ho had been sent to ' the brush
he thought, because Slover believed
that he had "peached" to the chief.
"I didn't peach," Bald Morelock, "but
I went to tne brush. . I was sent to
Albina."
Many other incidents pertaining to
the workings of the police department
were brought to liyht by the various
witnesses. As the investigation is by
no means completed, the board ad
journed subject to call. It was an
nounced that all patrolmen wanted for
witnesses would be subpenaed when
needed.
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MEXICO IS THREATENED
WITH FUEL FAMINE; NO
COAL TO BE PROCURED
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said that he could get further inform
atlon If the commission would give him
time.
Would Implicate Sheriff.
The testimony of Rosa Babcock, a
woman of the underwofld, who had
testified yesterday morning that Slover
had attempted to get her to swear that
Sheriff Word was collecting monoy
was partially borne out last night by
Patrolman John Wcndorff. The Bab
cock woman had stated that she had
been arrested some weeks ago while
Slover was captain, and taken to the
station, where Slover had threatened
her if she would not swear falsely
against Sheriff wora.
"I was in ,the station when Rosa
Babcock was taken Into Stover's of
flee, testified Wendorff. "Soon I heard
a great deal of noise and some swear
ing. I looked through tho door. There
was Slover about to strike the Bab
nessy would discuss what moves'' they
contemplated next.
There was no confirmation of a re.
port that the rebels had captured Tarn-
pIco.
Madero In Consulate.
Confirmation was received . of a
story that Daniel and Kvaristo Madero,
witn several or their friends, charged
with political offenses but out on ball,
took refuge In the American constitute
at Vera Crus when summoned before
uonrrai juaus, me military commana
ant there, and that United States Con
sul Canada lirfO telegraphed to Wash
ington for Instructions. It was not
known definitely, however, that Gen
eral Maas had asked for their surrender.
Rumors concerning the course Gen
eral Maas has been ordered to pursue
in the event of a landing of American
marines at Vera Cruz conflicted ab
solutely. One version was tbat Hu-
-reta had told n im to resist as 1 on g aa
he could; another had it that he was
not to Interfere and to retreat with
his forces toward tho capital If
necesrSflry.
The ovntlon which Huerta received
when he appeared In congress to read
his addrrss late yesterday surprised no
one. Both houses are completely under
his domination and certainly will follow
his orders to the letter.
That It will be the president's policy
to have the lawmakers grant the vast
concessions the Pearson syndicate has
been seeking was considered more
doubtful than before Premier Asqulth
of England reversed Foreign Minister
Sir Edward Grey's anti-American policy
In'MexIco.
Had the Pearsons, through the Eng
lish government, been ablo to support
Huerta, It was considered a foregone
conclusion they would have received the
concessions. Since they failed, it was
hard to tee whnt Huerta would gain by
eentfrtung-e- -fa or",-tienr. and rhV
chances that they would get What they
wanted dwindled. 1
MADERO BROTHERS AT
VERA CRUZ ARE GIVEN
AMERICAN PROTECTION
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repor? circulated in London that PresU
dent Wilson planned to recognize the
government of Provisional President
Huerta of Mexico.
"The report Is too absurd to warrant
further comment," said Bryan.
Maderos Placed on Battleship.
(United Prnu Leawd Wire.)
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Nov. 21. Evarlsto
and Daniel Madero, brothers of the late
President Madero, were taken from the
United States consulate on board the
American battleship Rhode Island in
the harbor here.
The two Madero brothers were accom
panted by four relatives, also wanted
by the Mexican authorities.
The fugitives' transfer from the con
sulate to a place of safety afloat was
In direct defiance of a demand from the
commander of the Mexican military
force at Vera Cruz for their surrender
to him.
There had been some hints that force
might be used in taking them from the
consulate, and It was not i,ly out of
consideration for the Maderos' safetv
but also to prevent such an incident
wnicii must mean an in. mediate inter
national crfejs, that it was deemed best
put the ierugee8 im an intlrtlv sf
rlace. 'They will oe held c.i: beard the
Rhode Island pending further Instruc
tions from Washington.
The supposition was that tliev would
be turned over to a merchant vessel at
sea.
Consul Canada personally accom
panied tne sextet from the consulate
to the battleship under escort of a de
tail or six American marines.
'ine Maderos were arrested In Monte
rey some time ago, charccd with mot-
ting to ttwn that town over to the
rebels. After remaining la prison here
until Wednesday, they wore released on
ball. Yesterday General Maas. thp vera
iiuuiaiy commander, summoned
them before him. Instead of obeying,
they fled to the American consulate.
marines were neia in readiness on
the warships here and at Tuxpan for a
landing on short notice. It was hoped
it would not be necessary for them to
go ashore, but Admiral Fletcher made
au .- ine -necessary . . prcpa rat lo ns, -a a
precaution against any sudden antl
foreign outbreak.
Tho Mexican gunboat Zarag;oza sailed
tooay xor uampico with war munitions.
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Worse Than Ward Heelers.
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 21. Former
Alderman Joseph II. Francis of Chicago
told today the story of his capture and
release by soldiers of the Mexican rebel
leader. Villa, who recently captured
Juarez.
"I was seized In the streets of Juarez,
where I had gone to see the results of
the battle." he said. . "I was thrown Into
an adobe hut with some federal soldiers.
My pockets were looted of $200 and
some valuables.
"The following morning a rebel offl
cer with a squad of dirty soldiers came
for me. I saw that he woro the pin of
an order of which I am a member, and
I hailed him. lie secured my rrteajge but
TefwKr-to-TentmTny"-TnTrrrpy.w-1r'aorr,r
know what became of two other Ameri
cans who were seized with me."
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