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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER J5,; J THE OHEGON-DAILY -JOURNAL,. POETLAIiD. CEECOU. 1U r V 'fit 5 '.. . A.J.VIESIIKT I GRAND URY MURDER CHARGED Bend, Or.,Oct. . aAt the prelim inary hearing on Tuesday of A. JF. "U'eston of Slaters, charred with the murder of Robert H. Krug, near Sis ters, on the night of March 24, 1919, Weston was bound over to the grand Jury, which alts in November, with out ball. "George Stlllwell. a distiller, employed at the Knight Packing company, Port land,, testified that Weston and himself were employed at Joseph Wilson's saw mill at the time of the alleged murder. He said Weston left him at the house about 6:30 o'clock and returned about 8. SO on the night in question.-, Next morning Stlllwell remarked that Be thought ) he could smell meat burning. Weston, he said, remarked that It must be King's cabin and that he would go over'to see. Weston went over to Krug's cabin, according to Stlllwell and came back later and told him of finding the cabin burned. Ha said that later In the day Weston confetised to him that he had gone over to King's cabin the night previous and demanded money from the aged man. Meeting with a refusal, he had tor tured Krug In-' an effort to make htm tell the hiding place. EtlQwellsald Weston told him he had choked Krug to unconsciousness, put his body In the fireplace and fired the cabin. ' .. , FEaK SEALED LIPS . -V 8tlllwell also .'testified that Weston often brought up the subject of the fine and on one occasion bad. remarked to huii, "It is a fine thing that Krug is out of the way, now I will get all this pine timber."' Stlllwell said he did not tell of this at the Inquest or later because he feared Weston, as Weston had warned him that if he told he "would get the; same ss Krug got" On cross-examination, Stlllwell admitted that Weston, Wilson and himself had been making "moon shine" at the sawmill, and that on two occasions Krug. had caught Weston in the act. The first time Krug had caught him, Weston said, he "was washing" and the second time Krug had asked Weston if he was "still washing," Stlll well said. CHECK TURNED DOWIf Joseph Wilson, owner of the mill, tes tified he was away on the night of the alleged murder, returning the following morning. He sal 4 Weston -told him that he "did away", with Krug because the aged man would not tell the hiding place of his money. Weston also said, according to Wilson, that Krug had offered him the $18 in cash that he had and a check for $500, but that he would not take the check he wanted the money. Wilson testified Weston had told him that, when he was tor turing Krug, the latter had said to him. "If you are going to kill me. do It quick." When Weston took the stand m his own 'behalf and was asked If the state ments made by the two witnesses for the prosecution were true, he replied. "They are in no sense of the word true, I never made such statements." - I DEATHS DUE TO FIRE IN HOTEL Halfway, Oct, 6. Three men were burned to death, a, fourth died from injuries and threepersons were in jured in a hotel fire at Robinette Monday night. ' The dead are : Mark Houston of Rob inette, R. Cornelius, a motorcar offi cial of the Oregon Short Line railway company, and William Travis, division engineer of the O. 8. L. ; P. El Pearson of Pocatello, Idaho, injured jumping and burned. The Injured are: Mrs. White of Cam bVidge, badly burned and hurt by jump ing from a window ; P. Brennen, road master, hurt in ankle by jumping; Bert McGhlee, proprietor of the hotel, badly burned above the waist... Fire started about 10 o'clock at. night. All Inmates were sleeping upstairs. The fire was not seen until the building was ready to collapse. It was a two-story building without fire escapes, A special train was rushed from Wei ser, Idaho, carrying nurses and physi cians. The injured, except Mrs. White, were taken to Boise. Mrs. White was left at Wetser. .The whole under part of the house had burned before the fire was seen and the floor of the second story had col lapsed, carrying the three men to death. When Bert McGhlee jumped from a window, he called to Mark Houston': "Come on, Mark." A voice replied, "I am coming," Jut' the man' never reached the windowivjv!-. $..; The coroner came from Baker Tues day afternoon and is holding an. inquest. Robinette is a small town 'on the O. S. 1 and has about 60 population. Total 'Registration In Multnomah on .Tuesday Is 110,640 Final. totals of the registration in Mult nomah county, made Tuesday afternoon by officials of the' county clerk's office, show a total of 110,(40 names , on the November election roll. These are segregated according to par ty as follows : Republican, 78,1J ; dem ocratic 27,175; miscellaneous, 5302. Of the total, 63,616 are men, and 45, 024 women. . Jacksonville School Reopens Its Doors Med ford, Oct. 6. Following the re cent special school election held by the voters of Jacksonville, at which the question of discontinuing the practice of sending the high school pupils of the county seat to the Medford high school and the establishing of the home high school was carried almost unanimously, the Jacksonville high school has been reopened with E. S. Stults as principal. Two teachers will soon be .added to the faculty. A four-year commercial course will be taught. Stults succeeds O. W. Godward. former principal, who resigned. D1C1E1 VACATE THE QUALITY SHOP Bway COMPELLED TO SELL OUT!! WE COULD NOT RENEW OUR LEASE. THE TIME DRAWS-NEAR WHEN WE WILL BE OUT OF BUSINESS. THIS MEANS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO HURRY IF V W a W Y Y V s Bk VfM0l MPSB sasa A as) xuu WAIN l lU TArvE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SALE. What Are You Going to Do? , YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR FALL COAT, SUIT OR DRESS ELSEWHERE AND PAY TOP NOTCH PRICES OR YOU CAN BUY THE SAME QUALITY MERCHAN DISE HERE AND SAVE FROM 30; to 4 This is a Bona Fide Sale. As we have said before in our previous Ads, this is our first, last and only sale. When our lease expires we are thru finished no more. We must sell quickly. Every garment is new ir"""""-"- ",c Sw quaucy. ine opportunity is nere tor tremendous savings. Save vour m mj iivtt, svju i uciay. i uniarrow you may oe too late. money. GOATS $39.50 $49.50 $59.50 DRESSES $22.50 s $3 $42.50 $37.50 SUITS WAISTS $6.95 $8.95 $10.95 143 BROADWAY, NEAR ALDER $47,50 7oS0 immmi SIT X 50 hY Federal tJoiart in :v: fMedfordiOpened; 7. Cases on Docket Medford, Or Oct. . The first ease called to trial when the United, States court session for Southern Oregon con vened here Tuesday was that of Louis Banotti of Klamath county, indicted on four counts for alleged violation ot tfce Internal revenue laws. 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