WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER J5,; J
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GRAND
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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. ' .. ,
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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." -
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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
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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. The trial is ex
pected to end Wednesday.
Six other cases are to be tried at this
term in the following order: United
States vs. Snyder. United States vs.
Barney, United States vs. Copperfield,
United States vs. Chip and Hoover, and
United States vs. Brown.
Judge C. E. Wolverton Is presiding
and among the other court officials and
attaches present from Portland are: U,
8. Marshal George F. Alexander. Ball
I.usk. assistant United States attorney :
Kenneth I Fraser, deputy clerk; R. E,
Lawrence, deputy marshal; Miss Flem
ing, secretary to Judge Wolverton, and
Price Recob, special agent of the In
dian service.
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Man With His Thrbat
Bides 15 Miles
Spokane. Wash Oct. .Thrown from
hta aklddln motarcvcla onto a bsrbi
wire fence. jUex Olesky. aged to, fol
lowing the accident," knotted a hand
kerchief around his throat, . which was
torn by the barbs, and rode his motor
cycle IS miles to tn emergency hospi
tal, where it stitches were needed to
close tha wound. , -
' Pay for Materials Asked
Vancouver. Wash.. Oct A claim for
t . . y '
iiltn wuViiiti Tuesday by the Ben' s ;
ttett i Hardware company against 'the;
Puget sound Engineering company for . :
supplies used -In pavlnf pt -the JPaelfJksl : V
Highway at Salmon Creek. - The road la
being completed by the bonding com
pany, on account of financial losses suf- v
fered by the construction, company. - : '
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