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VOL. X
, THELsALLES,rEGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1897
NO .20
BUTLER IS CAPTURED
Arch-3Iurderer Safely Jailed
at San Francisco.
WAS TAKFX IX CUSTODY YESTERDAY
Murderer Who Secured Hefore the Ves
sel LandedStory of Butler's
Many Crime
San Feancisco, Feb. 2. George Ed
ward Bntler, alias Ashe, the murderer,
whose arrival on the ship Swanhilda was
so lone expected, is now in the San
Francisco jail.
The Swanhilda was sighted at 5 o'clock
this morning, coming throngh the heads
in tow of the tng Active. The tag blew
sir whistles, the signal agreed upon, if
Butler was on board, bat the detectives
waiting lower down the bay at Meiggs
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ent mark, which correspond to the ini
tials of some of his victims.
The Australian officers are overjoyed
wharf, did not hear them, and although t the successful outcome of their long
they knew the Swanhilda was coming in, and weary wait. Extradition papers
tbey did not know if Bntler was on boaid.
Suddenly a red light flashed out through
the darkness. This was another signal,
and the officers knew their man was
there.
The custom-house boat Hartley, which
had been placed at the disposal of the
police, was boarded in haste by six de
tectives, lour newspaper men and four
revenue officers, and the little vessel
steamed rapidly away to the Swanhilda,
which was met off Fort Point. The de
tectives remained concealed in the cabin
while the revenue officers went on board
the Swanhilda to see if Bntler bad been
put in irons. He reported that he had
not, and the detectives then went on the
ship.
Butler was pointed ont, and in a sec
ond was handcuffed. He denied that he
was Butler, but waB positively identified
by Defectives Mctiattie and Conroy,
who came here from Australia for that
purpose. The suspected murderer was
taken on board the Hartly, which soon
landed him at the wharf. A patrol
wagon was in waiting, and he was bus
tied ofl' to prison.
Although the arrest was a complete
eurprise to the suspected man, he main
tained a remarkable coolness, and calm
ly puffed a cigarette ae he went ashore.
Captain Frazier, of the Swanhilda, had
an interesting slory to tell. He said
Butler shipped with him as a seaman
under the name of Lee Weller, one of his
victims. All went well on the trip
across the Pacific, and it was not known
luai me notorious murderer was on
board. Yesterday when 'it was known
the vessel was near San Francisco, But
ler approached Captain Frasier and
atKed nim when the pilot appeared, to
slow up, ae he expected letters from
Australia. When the pilot came aboard
Butler approached him and asked:
"Well, is it yes or no?" The pilot 'did
not know what he-meant, and the man
gave no explanation. ,
vaptain Frazier was informed by the
have already been secured, and unless
an anforseen accident happens, Butler
and his custodians will sail for Australia
on Thursday on board the Monowaii
Butler declines to be interned, refus
ing to make any statement as to bis
identity farther than that his name Ib
Eagan, but he admits having shipped
under the name of Lee Weller. He re
fuses however, to give any reason why
he assumed Welter's name and declines
to admit that he even knew Weller. He
eays a man is innocent until he is proven
guilty, and says he will make no state
ment regarding any portion of his past
history. Butler appears undisturbed by
his position, and sits unconcernedly fac
ing his questioners with a contemptuous
glance. He affects to be rather amused
than otherwise at his predicament.
Butler is below medium height, and is
decided lv insignificant in appearance
He has a malevolent expression, but
hardly looks like a confirmed criminal.
He is apparently about 37 years old, and
his address suggests a man of fair educa
tion.
When hia baggage was brought asliore
any quantity of incriminating evidence
againet him was found, carefully packed
in with his own belongings. A photo of
Mre. Weller, a pair of bluchers on which
were stamped Weller's name, two
watches, a spectacle case and watch
chain with a locket, all bearing Lee
Weller's name and monogram, a num
her of books on the flyleaf of which
were the names of Weller and his wife
and many other articles, which are con
sidered by the detectives as positively
connecting him with tho murder of the
sea captain and prospector. The de
tectives are very positive as to the iden
tity of their prisoner and scoff at any
possibility of a mistake.
STOUY OF BUIXEli'8 CRIMES.
Long Lilt of Fiendish" Harden Charged
' Against Mm.
!TIia afviv nt TlntlAr'a ortmt in f.hA
Pilot that it was supposed Butler was on ne4rt of Bie mountains of Aus-
Of Lee eller. I trails thnvn Mm to he a. nerfect fiend
a -veritable Caliban, wboie acta were so
fiendish, so utterly devilish in their de
sign -and execution, that the. mind rebels
against accepting them as the work of a
human being.
Hie scheme of crime was unique. He
selected for bis victims men hobad
board under the name
ana told the arrangements for his 'cap
ture. Captain Frazier aereed to do all
in uis power to help the police. Noth
ing was said to Butler, and the ship was
"ought into port.
It was agreed when the crew lined an
ior inspection, Captafn Frazier was to
kp i frout of Butler. When the police cogi6 aDOBg tbe Australian cofoniets in
"u ara' 8n tbey lined, up Jiutler of KO)d Tliey were.,hostly un-
laptain known- men concerning Whose disap
waetuejiecond man in line.
frazier stepped for as instant in front of
aim, and at the same time Sergeant Bon
ner of the local police force, covered him
with a pistol. Butler'pJiands went up
1'ke a flash. Irons were slipped over bis
wrists, and one oe the most notorious
criminals of modern times was a prisoners.
Detectives McHattte and Conrov, who
lew Butler in Australia. fYmrnv h.
ing narrowly escaped being one of bis
pearance it was extremely unlikely that
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inquiry would be made.
These men be would lure into the
mountains upon the pretense of show
ing them a valuable mineral vein.
When he had led them beyond the
limitB of human habitation he would in
duce them to take ax and shovel and dig
into the earth. What a sickening pic
ture it is! An unsuspecting man calmly
digging and shoveling a hole in the
ground, while his companion critically
follows each stioke, waiting only until
the hole is big enough to serve as the
digger's grave. Then, from behind, a
pistol shot or the stroke of a knife
without a cry, without a witness 1
The murderer took from his victim's
pockets all the jewelry, money and val
uable papers he could find. He then
buried the body in tbe hole, which the
victim had dug for himself, destroyed,
as well as he could, all traces of the
crime and returned to civilization for a
fresh victim.
This is repeated again and again, and,
unless he confesses, the world '.vill never
knowthe true number of his victime.
The authorities say he has killed over
twelve men in this fashion. He mav
have done away with forty.
Like most great criminals, he finally
grew careless, and his carelessness
proved his undoing. He selected for bit
last victim a man who had many friends
Tbe man was missed and the search for
him revealed the crime.
The murderer, unconscious of the fact
that his crime had been detected,
adopted the name of his last victim,
who had been a sailor, and shipped as
an able seaman upon a sailing ship
bound for San Francisco. Two detec
tives immediately took passage upon a
steamer for British Columbia in order
to reach San Francisco ahead of the
murderer. At the same time another
detective set out for London to obtain
extradition papers.
SENATE KBFVSES.
Tbe Frupoaal
to Tote for
Defeated.
Senator la
Salem, Or., Feb. 3. The state senate
today, by a vote of 1G to 12, refused to
proceed to the election of a United States
Eenator. Tbe Benson house,, with 30
members present, at noon took a ballot,
and cast 29 votes for John H. Mitchell
and one for Geo. H. Williams. The one
vote came from Huntington, of Wasco.
The senate had a long discussion over
the resolution introduced by Browne!!,
of Clackamas, that it should proceed up
on a viva voce vote to name a senator
in congress. The resolution was imme
diately ruled out of order by President
Simon, on the ground that it proposed
an act contrary to law, in that the bouse
was not organized and no vote for Bena-,
tor could be taken until the second TueZ?
day thereafter.
An appeal was immediately taken
from the decision, and long and some
what acrimonious discussion followed in
which Senator Driver, refering to the
legislative obstructionists, said he would
just as soon be one of the men who held
up the train in Southern Oregon as 6i
the men who held up this legislature.
Driver afterwards loudly denied that he
had eaid anything that could be con
strued to impugn tbe motives of the
members.
When nearly every senator had ex-1
pressed himself, a vote was taken, and
tbe chair was sustained, the vote being
16 ayes to 12.noes. Tbe vote to sustain
was as follows:
f Ayes Bates, Calbreatn, Dawson, Gee
ner, Hobson, Holt, King, Mackay, Mc
Clung, Michell, Mulkey, Patterson ot
Washington, Beed, Selling, Smith,
Wade 16.
Noes Brownell, Daly, Driver, Dufur,
Gowan, Harmon, Haeeltlne, Hughes,
Johnson, Patterson of Marion, Price,
Taylor 12.
Absent Carter.
Not voting President Simon.
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