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Portland Officers Return From
. Nome With Ex-Convict Charged
' With Killing ofv Mrs. Freemahi
ESCAPE! THREAT BLOCKED
' Culprit's BoastThat He Would
Not Be brought:. Back Causes
Use of Keenest; Surveillance.
Arrested in ' Nome,' Alaska, by
Hlnited States 'MarKal: Emxnett Jor
dan, after belpg identified by elab-
- orate bridge wofk 'on hla teeth,
Clarence JohnsonVtx-convlct from
Ban Quentln, charged with the mur
der of Mrs. Eunice Freeman, 424
'"Fourth street, i-hla benefactress, ar
rived in Portland at' 6 .o'clock Mop.-
" day afternoon .frijlcuatody of ; In
spector Jack SAi! and Patrolman
U. Phillips, In spite: of the boasff
said to have been made that he
. "would not bW brought back to the
state, by anyone." ''.
: "1 didn't want to kill her, but I
- couldn't - help ' It. . I' wa afraid ' she
. Would eend me 'baWe to' prison."
hoazs jro. Btzzv?
jEmotlonlesa, ; .bur xwlth a show of
bravado,7; Johnson; -thus explained why
. he killed -' Mr&'t Freeman, prominent
rbrtland W. C. Tj 'C. worker, on the
afternoon of AugustlS.
After repeatedly refusing to give an
. explanation of his crime, Johnson, who
waa returned Monday night to Portland
' from Alaska -where he waa appro
hended two rweeka rafter the murder,
finally-threw ! light'; on the mysteries
which have, puzzled " police officials for
more than two month.
"People are: -maklnt a lot of fuss
over thla' thing: ; said Johnson, "but I
haven't been dosing any sleep over It"
. There was another woman In the case
and I Intended to 'get' her before I left
the town, but after waiting an hour and
a half at her hotel and making two vls-
f its V find her, I finally left
SAYS SHE WAS JEALOUS
"Mrs Freeman waa Jealous and want
ed me to lake her' everything that I took
- another woman that I was going with,
v That was all right once in a while, but
I, considered her as more of a mother to
"we. The Stuff about me being in love
with ber and making Improper advances
was all -wrong','
Questiqned as' to the. identity of the
CONFESSED SLAYER RETURNED
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description of Johnson to all cities along
the coast, aoa acting on a theory that
the wanted man had gone north, -sine
he attempted. to. make. known. his Inten
tion of going te Mexico aa -a "dupe, a
telegram waa sent lo .Marsbal Emmett
Jordan i Nonw, . v; - ;. t -
On the third day-1 after - Johnson's ar
rival' in Nemei Jordan happened to men
tion to Captain Iiosa that the Portland
authorities wera looking for a man. Jor
dan requested the captain's cooperation
In watching for any new arrivals, since
the captain waa in .the habit of hiring
new men.' quite often. Kosa eucgested
that the marshal tome over to look at
a man he had hired several days before,
as be answered the general description
given In .the telegram. 1 : .
BESS TILLjTALE TXBTS ; .
Johnson was at work painting the life
savins; stjtUon,. when the marshal ac
costed hinv Chatting, in a friendly way,
the officer called "him down from the op
of the ladder,' and the, two sat down on
the curb. After a few minutes conver
sation, the marshal- was almost, but not
quite, convinced that this was the man
he wanted.-.j-5 ;-.-; v-vl-'- 1: .
. Suddenly he thought of a plan to com-
-Ipjate the identification, pointing up to
a piace near ine top- or ine ouiiamg, he
asked Johnson If. he didnt thlnk.he had
better put on a second coat of paint up
there. . , .- ,.. . ; ; .. . . .
t fWhere?". Inquired the suspected man,
opening- hla mouth wide as he craned his
neck around to see the "npot indicated by
the ofnoer. 1 ':. :-y,r
texls stobt orCBmiff X'
-Satisfied then, after seeing the elab
orate bridge work In Johnson's mouth,
which answered the description given in
the telegram. Jordan invited Johnson to
bis office, and asked his name. John'
son claimed his name was Harry Burns,
and at first-refused to-"admit anything.
When confronted with the telegram, and
told that he was Clarence-Johnson, he
finally broke down and tt A said con
fessed, to the Nome official, v
' When told that' officers -were on the
way from Portland to conduct him back,
it Is reported - that ' Johnson made a
boast that he would, not be taken back
by anyone.;- Threats Were made to the
Nome authorities that as soon as the
ship was under, way he intended to shove
the officers ;. overboard. , Although no
violence was attempted. It was thought'
best to have an extra guard night and
day during the time Johnson was kept
in: the- fiomr)iL-z'. :VHl
Johnson's- plan, as -he Hold" it t, In
snector OoltaJ, had. been to nake. his
way; tos Siberia at the first' opportunity.
He knew the Alasl tountry thoroughly,
he said, hatiatr beenlhere in aM, 4?art
of the time employed as a bell boy in the
Golden Gate hotel, the same place the
Portland officers patronlaed while . In
Kome. ' - . . . . :
"We bad. bully trip," said Inspector
Goltz, : who , brevgbt- back .many curios
and photographs. . "It -took, us 19 days
goips; up and lOf days on the boat' oom
inc. back. In Nome there was a Ught
snow, butV ths4wa-bv-Iiotlen
over yet. : 3Tbe ; Sea "was terribly rough
Just before, we; got: )U rISome, .and we
were forced to etand,off in Sullivan bay
between St, Michaels and. Nome for three
days loadlog ilghters. While we were
there a gala swept down, and all the
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TERMS even as
" attractive .as-'
the ' terms. . o'fered.
by . Cherry's could i
not " alone aocouat
'for the great jvopu- ,
lar ity of - this store -
. among-, - the . better
o I a s s of ' people. .
The unusual -.valuea 's
and tho wonderful
styles always shown
by this smart shop
tor men and women
are the qualities which. Combined
with Cherry's terms, so strongly' ap-.
peal to the majority of buyers
Cherry's new fall fashions In suits
for men and suits, frocks, coats,- hats
and other-Apparel for women; are Un- '
usually interesting: and present some '
really remarkaple values. VJ ;
Cherry's,-" S91 Washington. "-- - "
ropes and decks were sheeted - In - lee
from the spray. The storm was so fu
rious six of the barges we were loading
broke loose and were beaten to pieces
on' the rocks-. along- toe" coast. Amonr
other freight "-onour'-return -irip - the
Victoria, brought, In. 12a reindeer.' which
were being shipped-toMinneapolis,-and
$465,000 In gold , bricks real ones,: not
the carpet bag kind billed . for an
Francisco. 1
Johnson: was taken at once to the
county Jail, where he will be held until
hla trial.
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Clarence Johnson, confessed slayer of Mrs. Eunice Freeman of Portland.
Johnson was returned from Alaska by local officers Monday evening.
other woman, Johnson refused to divulge
any information. j
"Tie morning of the day that I killed
her I asked her three times to promise
me that she would not say that I was
violating , my parole. . I knew that the
8an Quentln authorities would believe
her, she being a woman.
"She wouldn't ' promise and then I
went completely crazy and killed ber
by striking her over the head with a
piece of pipe. I went to pack my things
and was afraid that the Job wasn't
done, so I went back and Btruck her
again, but I guess the first blow fin
ished her.
Johnson explained how he moved
away from Mrs. Freeman's house "so
she wouldn't be Jealous'" and how he
feared for several days that she would
tell the authorities that he had violated
parole which would return him to prison.
Johnson says, according to Inspector
Goltz, that he struck only two blows
with a short piece of pipe. After
the first blow, which hie thinks resulted
in almost Instant death, he left the body
lying In the kitchen where it fell, and
going into another room rifled Mrs.
Freeman's pocketbook, taking $40, a gold
watch and several other pieces of Jewel
ry. To be sure that he had completed
the work, it Is reported, he returned to
the room and struck the second blow.
According to Johnson's story, he ar
rived in Seattle on August IS, and
worked as a laborer at the Coleman
dock. Several days later, he shipped as
a baker on the steamer Victoria, the
same boat that carried the police offi
cers to Alaska and back. Arriving in
Nome, Johnson went to work almost immediately-
under Captain Foes of the life
saving station, where he was employed
as a sort of handy man.
-Chief of Police Johnson had wired a
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Quality
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The service that's built
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Men's Watwe find, quality is.
largely ;resRphabiejvfor our
rapidly Rowing business.
The'iixdeyoa want
Clothes tat are exceptionally
good, consider MatKisrmost
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Shirts ,of a "quality "
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SCHOOL SHOES, Also on Big Girls' COLLEGE BOOTS and
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Big Girls Tan Mahogany Lotus soft tcv, heavy sole bellows Ladies' Gunmetal Clf of ..Vic
Calf, Gopdyear welt, 9-inch top, tongue-nt-ood solid school Kid, Goodyear welt, 9-Inch top,
very low heel, just as cut, beau- snoe-9 to UK $3.70; t to 2, . military or-French leather hel,
tiful college , boot, regular to. $3.95; i4'to 6. $4.45. ' reculif price 9.5o.
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$13.45
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leather irtUtiVy '.heels. r-.-Latest i " '
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-4 Cresco calf, new tan., two full
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'iole,. all solid 'feathef'shoe
to 1 J, $4.70i i t Y to i, $5.15. 1
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to 8, ,$7.45, -Widths. A to D.
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Gunmetal Cluchers sole
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$2.85 tO : r tIesVProyXUksin, nuLbrowo,
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