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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
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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-
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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.'
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' POUTLuVND, Or Aug. 22 (By The Associated Press.)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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from the Oregon Slate penitentiary- on the afternoon of Wed-
nesday, August 12, is under lock and key in the local jaiL
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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
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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
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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
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o'clock Monday night, they immediately drove in an automo
bile to The Dalles and then crossed over to' White Salmon
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where they have been hiding in the woods and brush. .
yesterday afternoon (Friday) Mur-
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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
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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
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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. We ' go down is all right, ret to fcr.
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