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0 -' v I ,4 1-1 f . J i Vol y . . . . J SSVEIJTy-FIFIlI YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST 22, 1925 ptjcs five cunts (I- . :- . Zl , ',".;-!.'.: y -. . ' i .iii ! ii i i . , i i g n n n m i a bh mm m i y u 1 1 L n zr 1 1 1 1 I n j r v "n -1 L n 3 n 2 uo Bandits Captured IHO Ela t s i- a'do: Mow In' tJaill Brief Telephone j. Flash :Does Not Give Complete Detail of Capture; Four Portland Crficero Make Arrest .IIMING IS HAMPERED SHORTAGE OF WATER STOPS WORK IN PLACER BEDS James Willo3 and Ellsworth Kelley i two of the escaped convicts from the state prison, w,ere captured at 4 o'clock this afternoon between Goldcndale and Middleton, I Wash., by - four Portland police officers. All three of the con victs vict-ldllers lire now captured. Tom Mur ray was taken in Centralia at 3 o'clock this m I j - . . j morning. v i ! ' ! Willos and Kelley were captured by Officers Christoferson and Jackson,! together with two "ther police as they were eating .their lunch alongside a road beside their stolen automobile. jThey were totally surprised and offered no re sistance, the inspectors stated in a brief tele phone flash , . ; I ' j I . Their cap ture has been eminent since iMur- ; . . . .!'.-..! -ray was seized, as it was known that they had split and were in the neighborhood of Centralia. SEWARD, Alaska, Aue. 21. J Passengers arriring here today on the freighter Oduna from Nome on the Bering sea and Kotiebue Bound in the Arctic ocean reported Placer operations had been stop ped at -Kotzebue because - of ' a water shortage. They said the shortage did not affect Nome. Drilling work and thawing of ground at Nome is to he complet ed by the last of this month and two dredges of the' Hammond gold fields consolidated are to start operations. II. L. Stoll, a passen ger on the boat, said that a shaft of hit at Peering on the South Shore of Kotzebue. sound had penetrated a lara bed where full grown fir" trees " were found. The shaft is 200 feet deep.' 1 ' POUTLuVND, Or Aug. 22 (By The Associated Press.) - J - j " ' I 'I James Willos and Ellsworth Kelley; who wjlh Tom' Murray made a break for freedom from the! state penitentiary on August 12, were captured at 4 p. mJ, today in a ravine while they were sitting in their machine by the side of the road eating their lunch. . - , " ;i - j YAKIMA, Aug-22. Ellsworth Kelley and James 'Wil OS l -f escaped Oregon convicts, were captured late this afternoon in Goldcndale, according to a long. distance telephone call re ceived rom that place. A. C Banko, Yakima county deputy sheriff, reported the capture No further details were given. Banko and several other Yakima county deputies, under the leadership of Sheriff L. D. Luce, joined in the search this ; . . : i , ' ' L morning after a report had been received that the convicts were headed toward the YaMma valley from Bingcn. he convicts are being brought to Yakinai Vcrd cf the capture vas telephoned to War den DrJrympIo rr.ci:ncc3 that guards wil not he sent after the two convicts until; Sunday Uittrict'-Attorney Coarsen maicatea toqay that c!:ould Kelly and Villcs be captured time, they vcu! J L 3 brc::h t rfc ef ere thts -trrar. jury fcr ir'.:ct:r v.ila ..urray ut iOiwJ m PAPER MAN SUICIDES ing the reward offered for the ap prehension of the escaped con ItIcL As the', main reward of $1000 has only been recommend ed by the governor and no action can be taken until the 1S2? legis lature acta and will be split and the $500 reward offered by Mayor Baker and Chief of Police Jenkins, of Portland, was contingent upon the arrest being made in Portland, Carson will probably receire only I the $50 offered by the state as a standing reward Carson spent the day at the Centennial corporation aud office home of his brother-in-law. Dr. manager for the Columbia Paper . . v . - Mills company-committed snlcide IL a Morria- and kept wa' tnm at 5:30 p. m.t today by shooting penuenuary nnui aner Mur himself with a 32 caliber revolrer. I ray had arrired. lie called later He had driTen to the centennial I in the afternoon to file his formal wATivtrla o t 1 W4a A r Af In Ilia 1 b " t ,7 v! I application for the reward. It the act. No reason waa gWen for wa iatimated yesterday that the the deed. Mr. Watts was actlre I reward will probably be dirided . - ... - in citic matters. among the Centralia officers who -A widow one small dangnter made arre9t ana me man s parents snrriTe. . BRIDGE FUNDS WEEDED INDIAN WOMAN IS GUILTY 3 IAN SLAUGHTER VERDICT EARLY START EXPECTED ON RRTDGE-OF-THE-GODS 13 RETURNED BY ASSIZES watt a watt k A- ii PRINCE RUPERT, B. a. Aug. WALLA WALLA, Aug. 21. 1 TJ. .,',,, r x indications ior ,an eariy start on T . . . . k. kii- .-lEdie Loot, and Indian woman on Bridge-of-the-Gods across the " ' " 7, T Columbia river from a point near ". reported here today by T. o Web- ft'il11' a?lxe eourt aivi 9 aui.uuA a nuai auv -vvuy v I . . hw na f a I Edie the last of fire to be v.Hr t cnna trfed la,the ease, three . were C. A. WATTS, OP VAXCOUVER, which will be obtained by bonds acqultte4 "d lb furthBi Alex TAKES LIFE WITII GUN 1 on the Benton-FrankUn bridge. " u ik,n HK AAA k leuces re 10 do mia ai me con VANCOUVER, Wash Aug. 21 subscribed, $25,000 in subscrip- u . rui, .lumj 4 C. A. .Watts, secretary of the tions coming in this week." , I , ! ., v foot and left to freeze to death on the ice. Of! pBjaJ I 1110 111 111 Leader of Escaped Convict- Killers Captured at 2:45 ThisMorriing Cell ADJUTANT POST FILLED IDiaiRLKD VETERANS PAPER HEADED BY NEW BLiN Handcuffed between two of-i ficers, Tom Murray, conTict-mur- derer,. was placed in a cell at the penitentiary shortly after 1 o'clock Saturday ; afternoon ,1235 hours after he and two other con victs escaped about 6 o'clock in the evening of Angust 12 follow ing the killing of two guards and the death of their leader.! .Mur ray looked "peaked" and kept his eyes directed toward the ground lor the greater portion of ' the time. ' i ' ' . Murray was placed fn one of a row of cells reserved for condemn ed men on the east side of "the north wing cell house and almost beneath the hole through which be and his companions, made their escape. As an extra precaution a special heavy steel screen has been placed around the cell to prevent anyone from passing any thing through the bars. An armJ ed, guard Is constantly on watch. The automobile carrying the desperado from: Portland to Sa lem was accompanied by several others containing officers . and newspapermen. rThe trip began at 10:49 o'clock Saturday , morning and ended at 1:12 o'clock in the afternoon. Owing to the slippery condition of-the highway and the heavy rain no effort was made to make it a peedy trip. One pair of handcuffs were worn by the , prisoner while he was heavily manacled to J. II. Carey, head chapel guard and Felix Herriford, deputy sheriff of Lcwi3 county, Washington. ilurray smiled as he was'greet- cd by a score of newspapermen, otncia'a and photographers. Sev rral photcgrarhs were taken. For the taost-rart he kept tij . cye3 directed' toward the ground. raised his head to exchange greet men. CINCINNATI. Aug. 21 (By As sociated Press.) John W. Mahan, national commander of the Dis abled American Veterans of the World War, announced here late today that V. D. Corbly, Missoula, but I Mont. has been appointed assist ant national adjutant in place of ings wun one oi me iwuiaiw i.uv-1 signed. eral prisoners. ' Corhly is editor of the Missoula The nartr escorting the prison-1 Sentinel, a daily newspaper. He er was met at the head of the w e .marine corps, sec- . i v w j - a r Tk-i.. ond division, throughout the war stairs by Warden A. Mi Dalrymplo and wag, 8eTerely wounded -in and taken to the office, which was action. Corbly was rehabilitated crowded with waiting newspaper-1 by the United States Veterans' I bureau. and was graduated with -'..' ..iv'.iti, bonors from the school.of Journal 'uu w I Ism t lh ITBlTrit nf Montana peopiei" waraen uairympie asa- ..CorMy will have charge of the ed Murray. '; i Disabled American . "Veterans' 4,I haven't anything to say and! Weekly at the national headquar- it wouldn't do any good, but If l'm M. -u-o. .V- . t.lb m all rlghtr Murray replied. ' TR AI II CRASH .IS PROBED Xo questions were asked and he kAilROAD AXD PUBLIC SER- was lead away to his cell. VICE COMMISSIONS ACT Murray complained about v the handcuffs utUag his wrist and.-. OAlJlUA' ol- Zl- tT Associated Press.) With but one " ' - - i- lawa-wu wsaa v lwiii, wwu n . iii Murray refused to comment jured remaining InahospIUl. upon his two companions in crime, I three separate investigations were Ellsworth Kelly and James Willos. ln Prospect tonight into the col- though .questioned concerning Graade .We8tern raIlroad trtlnt them by J. W. Lillle, deputy war- near Granite late yesterday when den, after he was placed In his two firemen were killed. It was cell.- ' ' , announced late this afternoon at line inver &, icio uranae noRpital tub wounds received by Murray, here that Mr. Ed Hoffman of one in the hand and the other inimaha' was- the only passenger the forearm, are light and are 7vhos condition prevented leaving iiib uuppiidi, ana uer oyeeuy rw- uuUS a.Luij. as arB yurnvu covery ls iooked for. hands. ..... J. W. Tauehtenbauzh and Chas, There was no demonstration by I K- Phelan. firemen on the two the prisoners in the penitentiary. trains, were killed. Both men Q FIRES REPORTED livfii in ?alida. Tauehtenbaneh's Included in the, party were bodr wa8 aot rec0vercd until to- Mayor George I. Barner, Chief of j day, ?lnce it was wedged under Police James D. Compton, Officer lho pilcd-up locomotives. Charles E. Pilling and Deputy Sheriff .Felix Herrilord, all' of Centralia and -Officers G. Er Iteed, wubEiu., ur.. Aug. zi. m - r. i i v. j . - it it tl Jin wneai narvrrsi praciicauy M PnL-da hi onl l1 I. nil. all rf I . .. romn ptcH for IS'S.rrnn. n nf tho Tortland police department. the oddest records cOr made in Phillip Car?on, who had been 1 this county seems ajsurcd. r r p r r t ! nrrt nf nWTt Kir li Tnrt- " " - " J - 1 it 1 .... I land police, airoarrdat the T-ln rmatllla county set at SCO iteatury early la the woraiug seek-1 toa3. CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 22 (Bj The Associated Press) Tom Murray, one of three desperadoes who escaped i - - from the Oregon Slate penitentiary- on the afternoon of Wed- nesday, August 12, is under lock and key in the local jaiL i He was caught as he was about to attempt a holdup of some local store where he hoped to get sufficient money to enable him to travel east as he had agreed to do when separating from James Willos and Ellsworth KeDyJ yesterday in the i woods near WTiite Salmon, Wash. The story of the capture is told by Phillip Carson, 26, who lives at the Eden Helm apartments, Fifth and Slain streets, Portland. ; ; "I had been arrested in Portland, said Carson, ""ano! was charged with vagrancy in police court. They gave me sixty days but suspended sentence in order that I might get out of town and stay out. I went across the Columbia to Van couver, Wish. ' i , There I met Tom Murray. I was in the railroad yards where Murray was about to board the 6:ia p. m. fast freight for Centralia. Murray told me who he was and asked me to ,i - . help him get away. We planned to g to Tacoma and stage a stickup. . M ' ' Whilc we were onthe way here Murray told me that af ler he, Willos and Kelly arrived in Tortland shortly before 10 ! ' I o'clock Monday night, they immediately drove in an automo bile to The Dalles and then crossed over to' White Salmon - . i ' ' ' where they have been hiding in the woods and brush. . yesterday afternoon (Friday) Mur- i i ray and Willos had a fight. There was an old. baggage car near the station there and WiCos wanted to get Into it and get some clothes. Murray objected but Willos was an old railroad man, got in just the same and when he left the car, Murray demanded to know why in hell did you go in there for and Willos replied to hell with you." - ' "There was some more words and then the three agreed to split. . Murray was to go east and Willos and Krily were to stay at White Salmon for a time and then hit out by them selves with Willos as leader. instead of going east, Murray for some unknown rea ' . son, came down the river and-went to Vancouver where I met him. ' ; . , j . ul want to say right here that I never met such a per feet gentleman as Murray. I would not have turned him in but for the fact that he declared 1 was a menace to society and a lot of such stuff as that, I made up my mind that I . ... would turn him over to the aclhorilies so when we arrived here I took him to the Savoy hotel and we got a room. Then we pbnncd to do a stick-up here. I left him in the hotel and called upon Charles Pilling, member f the niht police force and hired him to aid in the stickup. : Of course, this was all bluff, but a part of my game. Then I called on GcorgeE;r "ner, mayor of this city, and hired him to he taxi-driver. '"My next move was to return to the hotel, go to our "Just at that point, Piling and Bamer stick their guns in Murray's ribs and, quick as a flash he tumbles and ex claims: Tretty cleverF "That was all he said. He went silent from then ca and did not say another word, bui I could teU he was doing some mighty tall thinking. Because of this I will try to get him out of here on the 3 o'clock train this morning to Port land where he can be kept In safety," Murray was taken to the lo cal jail and locked up, under heavy guard. He ate a hearty supper, but refused to talk or make any comment on what had happened. DOfflffi SIM EOCKED By BUST Water Tank at Barr Plumb ing Shop Explodes When Safety Valve Sticks WINDOWS : DEMOLISHED Time of Accident Forestall Io slbl Lews of life; Office Km ployo Cut by Falling Class An explosion that shook bulla. Ins six blocks away demolished the rear nd of the T. M.' Barr plnmbin hop. 111 South Con merrial itrect yesterday afternoon at &30 o'clock. The bursting of a'hot water tank caused the Hart which blaw out every window la the chop and totally destroyed a large lathe. Damage fa pieced by Mr. Barr at approximately $2,500.. It it said that no Insur ance covering an accident of thia nature waa carried. No one was Injured In the ex plosion although Irene Pierce, em ployed ln the office, waa slightly . cut by a piece of piata glass whieh crashed from the front windows. The fact that the blant occurred after 5 o'clock saved several lives a number of mea were working oa the lathe and in the shop a few moments before the - ei;l slon. About 15 workmen are era ployed la the shop. The canto of the blant Is be lieved due to the failure of a safe ty valve on the tank to cyerste. although accordlas to the men la the plant. It has been function!::; rroperly. The tank was cf about ISO gallons capacity, and was used to furnish hot water to ttv Valley Grill, next door. It bs heated by coiJs ia a crate la the furnace and was ejperated tor cully at a pressure equal to that of the city water syitem. It wsj placed lengthwise on the floor un der a large lathe. The force of tho explosion com pletely demolished the Uthe end ripped a fcoe 29 feet euarc Is the floor, rieces of the UU; v. cr hurled thro&sa the roof wkrrt a hole about three feet In .JSarcete? was torn. Some idea cf tho ji. mcus force acccnranylr. t- tlast nay hi cLUIsod froti thi fact tt at a ricco cf far l.uin weighing about 10 pound? v ai shot completely tbro:p;'J a run Inch Joist la the re;lirs. Tho f -r-'s of the explosion twi tM all 'hi walls of 'th! fhnp, and a h'i-2 timber, nearly two tt- l t.x: wr 1 ab5ut 3 a ft't lane raLM frir.i the roof, dcrnoluhi'.? tnc M-nr? Br i purr:" on the i: r tl t,? riant. room, tci! Murray -t'-.tt every. tkir-s v;!S all riht and to! in l!;e stick-up r.r.i evrrj t!.!: cene ahead. 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