The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 21, 1921, Page 4, Image 4

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    THE OREGON I DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
FRIDAY,; OCTOBER 21, 1S21.
CHlilESE TESTIFY
IT
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BATTLE BY POLICE
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The Dalles. jOct s .-TJib' ttory df
Wednesday nlghfi bata betwn the
police aBA.ailaAMuictdldI'mn
nigbt by '. ton men pSutlcipBtk-w;i"',
- Patrolman McOaakey, in. his version
at the affair. Mid that be started firing
; upon a Chinee lookout lacdi -8
! bers ox the Hod' Bin ,lo.atch - for
enemies wfcen, ; the' tetterPeeK fir
, en the poUoe. McCUKey PodUv
i that b wouaded the manw- :'J ,
t The Chinese nowewe..4Iiprbea this
' when they produJe before the mayor's
committee .Uietaekwxiw ; Wong.; Do
I Sue, an Oriental -of". ancient? visage.
Wont Xo Sue. ho 'also ras Uenjlfied
t,. by white witnesse". -hvtns bea sta
tidiied at the torner , where .tie shootlng-
melee betan,' ahowefl job evidence', of
having- been wounded., TYonfr DbSue
said that the group ot fire oficere.Vtwo
t of whom were., city nolle, one eispeeial
watchman and two railroad- poMeemea,
1 approached JUm aot li trcioca yeanes,
I day nlht, a"he etood at 41 atatloit;
! Ow of the men, -said' to. have been XX V:.
Hunfer, a railroad iemftlpye, who-'wee
J formerly on; tha Portland oro. jnghly
poked the China in the rftwitb hia
; revolver. Won'. Do ihie Jfe&icMand? when
the latter began ;oacWnjgr awayf Started
I to shoot. j:r:;i&:f
: 4 The Chinee' saldthai inetto re
I at him twice; At, the third shot he fired
: a ahot front nlrWtf revolver .Into th
air.warninir Chinatown. .- that gunmen
were in th, jrtdafty, t6 wltnes itea-
V When' the?, "aUae'-f lieaviiy arnieif.
f poured Intfr the wreet trom. itr? roote-
erJes, the poUcemen fled. ;th witness con
f A. BucWeyr 'Bnperlritendntorr the
OW. H. it N. com Deny, and J, F Cor
bttv aaaiatant superintendent. It devel
oped, were in their private car only a
short, distance away from where . the
offlcerc are said to -have aecoatedthe
' Chinese. Theea officials notified the
mayor Thursday evening; that fhey re-
t g-arded the precipitate finrht ot tn raii-
road polic a something meriting o
' inquiry on the part of th railroad com-
Robert. F. Maguire, chief counsel for
the Hop Sin ton?, who was notified at
midnight of the ahootingr. arrival In The
Dalles Thursday from Portland, and did
; much to asaiat the mayor In clearing up
the altuatlon.
. Marulre taid the newl of th tont war
In Tha Dalles, as it was first reported,
greatly surprised the Sop Sinr in Fort
land, because It wee understood that
negotiations were under way, and that
; a settlement which may end the war
will soon be mad. , . ... , ,
X BTSTAISvWOraDEI i'i1
c It developed Thorsday that the Chinese
who is In the hospltaU and whom Mc-
t Oaakey aald he wounded after the Chin
. eso had ahot toward the policemen. -wa
; not sHot at the time , claimed by the
(. pollcev but In the general fusillade in
which Chief of Police Heater and Robert
' Sanders, the high school boy, were shot.
'r This Chinese boy.'Foy On, ax cook, the
testimony developed, waa only an on
. looker. H had been In bed and. hear
4 ing the ehootlng, 'was' but In ' the street
the CgJxt, when ha was struck oy a etray
bullet Foy On, the witness said, was
unarmed. . ' ' -.i I
Chief or Folio Heater,, front hi bed
aide, aald that no chaxgee would be made
against the Chinese until, the Investiga
tion is completed. Heater waa not con
cerned - with - the start of tha shooting,
as he was at home and m bed.- When be
reached the scan tha chief plunged
boldly toward the mass of frenaied tang
men with th Intention of driving them
back' to their homes. esoite the fact
that he was shot twice in the general
attack; Heater stuck until tha fight waa
over, although bis" ammunition waa ex
hausted. American I&d!ross f i
k TeU; of Activities
Af?. . -y--p J. ir r.
r !V4a..ttttaf eHMei4.aV lr T.a rATV
7, .JkAaV ' saUUUM- lUsXUai Va.aM V
chapteri Mrieait 'itedeawu i be
held ai labrarf . halltCAntr'at ilorairy. at
IVciock, Th r JKpofartty&ii't
Th iubiic haa'been Inyiled to; attend
this-; jniting'acis concerning the Jo
call chapter.; should vb wen .Known: to
every-' peraon whoa -'rombrahip to, the
Red . ioa aolteHad,'' rea4ith.ani
PUncemenL::?lko
touchNwkh- the 'chapters activiaes.om
to. conclusion : that the ' Red !Crose
work ia.dwindimg lf ot: actually oven
Thiw is because the aervlev la- longe
spectacular aa it iwaaw tfftrtag -the? war.
It . Is operating , quietly ahd inconspicU!:
oustyif But- "fIectlveTy;"...andr Is -etlH se
sential Mo . th'ev welfare, of s"i J comma?
nity." - " P! i rT v
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Authority, to
iScftoolFundrpsteL
,'SaIem. . Oet." tp
Mandamus eroceed-
fnga to. teat :ddeMth&rIt'ibt.'ahbcl
hoard to Joan funaa raiSM tnrougn a
special levy for building purposes, were
filed Iflf the circuit court here Thursday
against D. G. " Drager, Marlon oounty
treasurer, by ; joint school district no.
tS.-i The money in question, 123.547. wax
orlataallv raised for - the purpose of
eonatructbiK a new school building. The
district then decided to postpone con
struction work la th hop of . lower
prices and the board has decided to loan
tha money out at lnterestrwnui neeoefl.
. Ill v : a.
pro via ni8 can jegauy uuiie.
Tigard Is to Stage .
y Big Fair Saturday
3 Tigard. Oct IL Saturday is to be
big. day: In Tigard, with the annual fair
id progress at the grange hall. The
grtfhge; the community? club and the
adhool are in charge. - Ribbons, cash
and merchandise prizes, are offered .and
many exhibits haveteen gathered.
Members of the boys' and girls' clubs
wlQ have, part In th fair. A program
will be giveiw Saturday evening. , Com
mittees in charge are t ' Grange, B. J
Leedy. Mra. H. B. Tigard and Harvey
Huff; school. Professor Nedry and
school board ; Community dub, Professor
E. ; o. Alien, Mrs. R. ; H. Orandr and
Professor P. Lewis. U '
Vancouver, 'Wash Oct. 'jjt 1 Th fat
of Bert Orcutt and Roy Moor, charged
wlth.th' Sells-Floto circus JayToll job
bery, was placed In the handa of the
jury Thursday night at i OS o'clock, but
no agreement had been, reached late thla
morning. - Judge Simpson held the jury
men In -the jury -room until midnight
and then sent them , to bed. It is ru
mored that a majority are for convic
Uon but disagreement seems prob-
abia.-;.-,
The tesUmony of Chief of police
Burgy.' Deputies Steelcr Beman and
Ragua regarding:, the rrest of the ac
cused men waa classed aa 'merely cir
cumstantial by "Attorney Pieroe for the
defenaeto' bia-loaing argument. The
presence of the mother and -slater 'of
Orcutt ahd th lf; ahd children of
Moore formed the setting for the pleaJ
of "Attorney "Agnew of -the defense.
County Attorney. Joe" JlaH and Deputy
Daia? McMulleh ' mad strong plM for
conviction, .-".?-. , -;
The treasurer of the circus waa robbed
here the night of .September 1 of more
than J30.000. '.';'
OKCUTT TEXXS 8TOBT -.. '
' Orcutt1 took the' stand' In his own be
half Thursday. Accounting tor his move
ments preceding the holdnp and " that
teeuneo
afternoon of September 15 about J: f5 cutt that they were playing poker.
with eight eases of liquor which he was
to. sell in Portlana to Frank woodaxo.
He arrived in Central In th evening
and sold tha llauor there, receiving 9100
a case, of which he ;rtalned $15 a ease
ana gave tne paianc to woooaro, wno
met them in Vancouver. He Waa accom
panied by afoore, what paid him $25 for
assistance in loading th liquor.. They
left Centralia at T :S Thursday evening,
reaching Vancouver about 3 o'clock Fri
day morning, where they secured rooms
in. the Imperial hotel, t The man Orcutt
says is Woodara wa,' reglatered at the
hotel aa Rasaer. I - 'r--
I the morning- Oroutt faaid Woodard
hired hie car. while he and "Moore re
turned to Seattle by train, Saturday bis
car was returned to him., with two new
tires on it. Later, h said, woodard of
fered him $125 to drive to a certain point
near XCeater and xncSk up a eatohel ad
tak it t Portland, f Woodard, h aa-
sertedV drew a map of wher th satchel
could be found. Accompanied by Moore,
Un. Moore. Christine (Gross and the two
children h left SeatU about J :0. stop
ping only at Olympia tot gas and Che
halls'for dinner. When he arrived at
the : place he informed Moor ot his
commission. -,- - v 1
When he left th ear aiid went to the
snot deshrnated on tha man aa th Place
where the satchel was . cached Moor
went with him. and their arrest followed.
A. S. Clausen and. (Stiles Slossen, Se
attle garage owners, testified to seeing
Orcutt in, Seattle at $M Friday night.
September 1. Mra. rSeth Moor testi
fied tha.t her husband telephoned her
about S o'clock the same night that be
would be horn later.; He had left, h
said, In the morning, saying he- was
roing to BeUingham. ix "
Although Mrs, Moore testified that ber
husband phoned in the evening, he did
not arrive until nearly; morning, which
was explained by -th statement of .Or-
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