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SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1925
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Handcuffed Between Two
Officers. Convict Leader
Returned;to Prison 3
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HEAVILY - GUARDED
Bandit Still Attempts to Maintain 1
Jaunty Air;' Cell Reserved
for Condemned Men
Occupied , j
V llandcutf ed' between two of.
fleers, Tom Murray, convict-mur
derer, was placed In a cell at the
penitentiary shortly ,, after I 1
'o'clock Saturday afternoon ' 235
hosrs after he and two other con
Mcts escaped - about 6 o'clock' In
the? evening of A6Tit 12 follow
ing; the killing of two guards and
the; death of their! leader. Mur-
InnVaut "tWMtVAil" anil VpTlt hi
ey directed toward .the ground
Xor the- greater portion of - the
time. . i . " I ' -
Murray waa. placed in one of a
row of ceils reserved for condemn
ed men on the east; aide of the
north wing cell .house and, almost
Leneath 'the hole through which
he and his companions made their
escape. As an extra precaution a
special heavyseel screen has
been placed around .the cell to
prevent anyone from' passing any
thing through the bars. An arm
ed iguard. is constantly on watch.
The automobile carrying the
Y-Kr '"JTw ;Uon.hoteI.After. being- in. this lo
iem was accompanied severalL-iu.- c vr
others . containing i officers and
toWPermen.; The trip began at
w.m..uw.BMujw
and ended at 1:12 o clock in the
afternoon, pwing to the alippery
, .. " 1 " "
eav rain.no effort traa made to
kjake it a atoeedy trip.
One palr f handcuffs were
rorn by ; the prisoner While he
aras heaviiy, manaciea to j. ; h.i
carey, tneaa cnapei guard ana
Felix Herriford, deputr sherirt of
wvm couniy.- sningipn. I goodwill- because of his commer
Murray smiled aa !hawaa greet-Icial attainments, but was respect
ed by score of , newspapermen,
officials and photographers. Sev-
eral photograph were' taken. For
the most' part he, kepi- his eyes
directed, toward the ground, but
raised his head to exchange greet
ings with one of the female fed
eral prisoners: - -
The -party escorting the prison -
er was met at the head of , the
stairs by "Warden A. M. Dalrymple
and taken to the office, which was
crowded, with waiting newspaper
men.'
"Da you want to talk with these
peo pie ? Warden Dalrymple ask
ed Murray. -! i ;';
V "I haven't anything to say and
it wouldn't . do any good, but If
they want r i to talk to me, all
right."; Murray replied. .1
No Questions were asked and he
was lead away to his cell.
Murray complained about" ' the
handcuffs cutting his wrist and
the pressure was released.
Murray refused to comment
upon bis two companions in crime.
Ellsworth Kelly and James Willos.
tuuutu v.quwont;u ; concerning
mem pj j.-. w. Muiie, aepuiy war
den, after, .he was placed In his
cell .. 'jl t ; ' ;
The wounds received by Murray,
one In the hand and the other In
the forearm, are light and ; are
healing nicely as are his burned
hands.:. y !
There was so demonstration by
the prisoners, in the penitentiary.
' (Ceatianed a pt( 3)
MURRAY'S 40THER IS ILL
8UFFltRs! STROKE tHEN' XX
F053IED i OF. CAPTURE
PORTLAND Aug.- 22--(Bys
sociated; Press. )--Tom: Murray's
mother fainted when .deputies
f rom ,Sherif r Starwich's office viJ -
ited her at herBalnbridge home,
near ; Seattle .this-afternoon and
informed Jjer of Jier son's capture,
according tot a telephone message
received vby Chief; of Police Jen
kins from tarwlch." ;
The message furtheraaid that
Mrs. Murray had ;beea unable to
alk slpCe,- a,nd iflUtf doctor.aay
w condition fa serious
The Seattle dettp, wr Wt
o Mrsl, Murray witlJa. message torreformzof the rules of the
that members of the Portland pHUnIted States senate, the Seattle
lice aepartinejit ttiM; 71 chamber of. commerce today bean
pay her expenses if she" wants i
"mrt) tte-.Salca. pecl
STROKE PROVES FATAL
' TO CHINESE MERCHANT
HOP LEE CALLED EARLY SAT-
URDAY AFTERNOON'
Reliability And - Integrity Knows
Throughout Entire Willamette
Valley .V:'
; By WILL CARVER
"No Buy Today4-Hop Lee.'
This was the last business ac
tion of Hop Lee, wtell known
Salem Chinese, who', when, he be
came 111 yesterday; lef this word
to explain why for the first time
1Q nearly 40 years his "office"
was not open. -'. ;' '
' Hop Lee will he missed . by
hundreds of Salem and Willam
ette valley residents who have had
personal knowledge of Hop Lee's
reliabitiy and integrity at various
times during the two score
years of his residence hef ej '
A story of Hop Leemust .be
something more than a mere
sketch of his life and of his death.
It. must show something, of his In
fluence upon the Chinese popula
tion of the city when at one time
tne colony numbered well over
200. With George Sun, H, . L.
IJQle' and, Bvin ? h
a
member of the group i. that coun
seled their bretnern during tur
moil and peace. Did a. member
of his race, fall foul of the white
man's laws or become ill or need
other assistance. Hop ..Lee. with
tnege other three fiow liTing wa3
ready to , represent Chinatown's
Interest in the matter..
Now; there Is, no Salem China
town.' Perhaps 30. . is a total of
the city. Chinese population . at
present. ' . J i
Hop Lee 8 lirst laundry was. lo
cated on South Commercial across
from the present site of the Mar-
cation for nearly 15 years, Hop
8treeC geTeral yearg ago ne w
ataIn forced to move ,becausl of
tfle ectIon of modern 8tructures.
The. laundry Hop Lee passed from
Salem when a few years ago he
entered the commission business
specializing . In poultry and s eggs.
Hop Lee (he always objected
to being called ''Mister") owned
several hop yards land farms as
well as Salem residence property.
He not only enjoyed -.Salem's
I ed because of the popularity of his
family.: Hop Lee's, children at
tended Salem schools and as they
graduated took their. place In the
business and social life of the city.
- Here is an instance of the why
of Hop.Xee'a popularity.; Several
week ago a local farmer visited
1 Lee and asked , that the Chinese
merchant ; purchaser his flock of
hens. Knowing, that - the farmer
was in need of money, Hop Lee
told him of; a better .market in
another. town, although this cost
him a commission deal.
; Hop ' Lee was affected with ' a
stroke of apoplexy ; Friday night.
He died at a Jocal hospital at 1
p. m.. Saturday. j
He is survived by his wife and
nine children. The; children are:
Elsie, Ella; William,, Albert, Isa
bel, Leslie, Kay, Loren and Clif
ford. Mrs. Hop Lee and daughter,
Elsie, are now in Stockton. Cal.,
from which point : the daughter
had expected .to leave t for Hono
lulu, Hawaii, where she has ac-
cepted a position in the island
Kbooi system.
The remains are at tne Rigdon
mortuary, the funeral announce
ments to be made later.
LAND I LEASED FOR OIL
WASHINGTON SYNDICATE HAS
TAKEN MANY OPTIONS
, KELSO, N Wash.;-Aug. 22 Dor
sey Hager of. Seattle today record
sanL of aeVeV of lind west
ed 86 oil leases covering thou
southwest of ; Castle. Rock where
a syndicate headed by Hager and
B. A. Garber, bo.th of whwm were
Montana oil operators conducted
extensive surveys and examlna
tions last Tear. The- leases were
I uken in October 1924 and, most
0f them run for a period of, one
year, and provide . i that drilling
must start within two miles of
the tract of ground within a year's
time.
DAWES TO BE IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE. Aug. 22. After
communication with Vice Presi
dent Dawes, who is - coming to
crac coast in a campaign
to arrangements for him tor speak
- lre tt cir-t cl septe-ter 5.
in rm files
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FOB lIBHin
Construction of Pfant Will
Go on! Livesley and Hicks
Sign Papers
CAPITAL IS $640,000
Stockholder Will Meet to piaenss
; Plan.; ( ouipauy Will Con
trol Entire Output of
j New Factory
The construction and operation
of Falem's second linen mill is to
go forward as planned. The ar
ticles of i incorporation of Oregon
Linen Mills, Incorporated, the
company: to own and operate the
proposed mill and subsidiary mills,
filed its articles of incorporation
yesterday. The Incorporators are
E. M. Page. T. A. Livesley and
T. M. Hicks.
The first meeting of the stock
holders is to be held at 10 a. m
September 24, at the Salem Cham
ber of Commerce rooms. This
meeting lis being-advertised, the
law requiring notice of 30 days to
stockholders. . '
.The new company Is to have
wide powers..- It Is to- have the
power of planting, growing, buy
ing and selling flax and flax seed;
to purchase, grow, thresh, ret and
scutch the -flax and separate the
fiber therefrom; to prepare the
fiber and tow to spin into yarn;
to weave the yarns into linen fab
rics.- and .to bleach, finish and
market the same.
All other usual powers are giv
en. including owning real estate
and machinery and doing all sorts
of business necessary to the oper-
(Continued n paga 6)
ESCAPE TO BE PROBED
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES COM
MITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
MARSHFIELDAug.22. (By
Associated Press.) Governor
Pierce announced here this morn
lng that late; today he will name
John Thomson, Crater Lake park
superintendent, .Jefferson Myers,
former state treasurer, and "Adju
tant General White of the Oregon
national guard a commission
three to investigate the recent jail
break at the Salem penitentiary.
The commission will be asked
. . '
10 maxe recommenaaiions regara
ing a new prison which .Governor
Pierce endorses.
jVV,.. ' T
CILLERS WEARY
"Thank God Its Over," Kel-
ley Exclaims as He Climbs
in Waiting Car
BOTH MEN ARE STARVING
Details of Escape Given Re
luctantly by. Two Escap
ed Convicts ;
DENY GUARD SHOOTING
Kelley U III After Having Gorged
, Much Rich Food Following
Days of Near Star
vation ' i
PORTLAND, Or., Aug, 22.
(By Associated Press.)
"Thank God I'll get a good
night's " sleep tonight," said
Ellsworth Kelley, as he and
James Willos, recaptured con
victs, were brought into Port
land tonight in a big seven
passenger automobile with H.
Christopherson, Multnomah
county deputy sheriff,' at the
wheel.
The two desperadoes, dead
tired, looked anything but
man-killing fugitives from i
state prison. They were in
deed sleepy and after Cascade
Locks was passed on the ride
from Hood River, Kelley ask
ed- permission of Constable
Edward Goss, who occupied
the rear seat with the cap
tives, to recline. Within
few moments - after his head
touched the back' cushion he
was sleeping soundly..'
Kelley waa uncomfortably ill
The men said they had not eaten
a warm meal since they left Sa
lem. Last night their spoils from
the Lewis store iir Bingen includ
ed a quantity of those rich. cakes
of the chocolate' eclair type; Kel
ley gorged on these, with- the re
sult that it rebelled. ;
When the party of officers ar
rived at Hood River at 7:05
m. from the White Salmon dis
trict where the two ex-convicts
were recaptured late - today ' they
reported that they were somewhat
alarmed over Kelley's physical
NOT YET BUTSSOON!
PERILS OF FROZEN
ARCTIC DESCRIBED
Correspondent of Geograph
ic bociety bives Impress
ions of North
AIR VIEWS -ARE TAKEN
Conditions la Arctic Zone Call
j for Every Resource Known
to Man; . Ho Declares
M. O. Williams
In lk follovinf dianatrh transmitted
hj Th Auociated Pma, AUynard Owns
w iluarat. widely known writer, describe
tha part la of tha Arctic- to lko wba
inrada ita ehariad circle afloat, afoot or
oa the wine. (By May Bard Owen Wil-
liamv ataff eorreapondeal . of the Ceo-
graphic Society.)
ABOARD THE BOWDOIN, Mac-
Millan ArcticExpedition, Pandora
Harbor, Greenland, Aug. 21. The
Arctic, as I hare just seen it from
an airplane, is the same cruel Arc
tic only more so.
Sledging is hard and dangerous.
but the dog motor provides a
cheery companion. The dog can
live off the country and be-used
as food in an emergency and an
airplane cannot. - The canoe
(known as the kyak) is a fragile
paper shell that takes an agile- In
dividual to manipulate. , l?ut it
protects man who cannot swim in
water so cold that death would re
sult from the attempt.
A sealskin -tupik. the Eskimo's
summer cottage, is frail, but it
can weather a gale. An. igloo, the
Eskimo's winter bungalow, is dark
and gloomy enough, hut it is a
welcome haven from cold and
storm. . . . ;
' Under the conditions we had
(Coatiaaad pf 6)
CHURCH UNITY IS ASKED
UNION SOUGHT FOR NORTO
. AND SOUTH METHODISTS
SPOKANE. Aug. 22. By a
unanimous vote, the Pacltic Ger
man Methodist Episcopal confer
ence meeting here today, favored
the unification of the southern
and northern branches of the
Methodist Episcopal church. The
Rev. A. J. Loeppert of Chicago,
field secretary of the board of
education of the charch said that
the conference must eventually be
merged with the English speaking
church, but no action was taken.
DEATH SENTENCE TO BE
ASKED FOR 3 CONVICTS
SPECIAL SESSION OP GRAND
JVRV WILL BE CALLED
District Attorney Carson Carr for
- Meeting Wednesday at -10:30
A. M.
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Indictment for murder In the
first degree of Tom Murray, EUs
worth Kelley and James j Willos
will be asked of the Marlon coun
ty grand Jury by John A. Carson.
district attorney, who has called
for a special session 10:30 o'clock
Wednesday rrrornlng. Murray was
captured at Centralia. Wash.,
about 1 o'clock, Saturday morning
and the other two about 4 o'clock
In the afternoon.
Regardless of who fired the
shots that took the lives of J. M.
Hoi man snd John Sweeney,
guards, the evening of August 12,
under the law all those participat
ing in the escape from the peni
tentiary are equally guilty and are
liable for death sentences, i
For the first time in the history
of the country and probably the
state, two women ! will sit on a
gTand Jury which ;will be called
upon to render a verdict that will
result in death on the gallows
The two women, both housewives.
are Mrs. Mabel Settlemeier, Wood
burn, and Mrs. Grace Nelberg,
Stayton. Other members of the
grand Jury are Arthur Girod, far
mer, route 8, Salem; George
Keech, mayor of Stayton; i Selas
Roda, Gates; L. W. Potter, far
mer, route 5, Salem, and Fred E.
Mangis. Insurance, Salem, i
No effort wUl be made to In
vestigate the circumstances sur
rounding the escape from the
penitentiary other than that which
develops In connection with testi
mony directed toward the con
victs. '
fvTATPQM ft w nrnr-? nperr
EXTRAS ARE ON STREET BE
FORE ANY OTHER PAPER
Within 45 minutes from the
time the flash of the capture of
Kelley and Willos reached the
Statesman office at 5 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon the second "ex
tra" of the day was on sale on the
streets.
A similar performance showing
how promptly and dependably The
Statesman furnishes the news wat
the appearance of The Statesman
extra, giving details of the cap
ture of Murray and being sold on
the streets of Salem at an early
morning hour nearly two hoars
ahead of the Oregon Jan "extra.-
The first word of the escape of
Murray.. Kelley and. Willos, with
the account of the murder of J.
M. Holman and John Sweeney,
guards and the death of Bert Ore
gon Jones, convict, with full par
ticulars of -the escape and the
wounding of two other guards waa
also. carried by a Statesman . "ex
tra." . i
The entire press run of 3500
'extras" was sold within a short
time of the. issuance last night
while more than 2000. copies of
the other two "extras" were sold
The Statesman also issued an ex
tra giving th details of the death
of President Warren O.? Harding,
and was the first paper in Its' ter
ritory with the news of the pass
ing of Samuel Compers.
ANDERS0N-MAY;BE'G0NE
ALLEGED SLAYER RELIEVED
TO HAVE STOLEN .SHIP
PENSACOLA, Fla., Aug. 21
(By Associated Press.) --What is
believed te have been a successful
attempt at escape from the Unit
ed States by George (Dutch) An
derson, alleged slayer of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Ha nee of Muncle, InL.
was reported here tonight i by
Aviation Pilot Burton Brown Bar
ber, "who with Lieutenant Brox
ton Rhodes.- returned from an all
day flight over the gulf coast in
search of the schooner Ida GJ re
ported stolen : Wednesday . from
Guliport, Miss. '
Barber stated that Chief of Jor
lice Byrd of Gulfport suspected
that it waa Anderson and his com
paaions who made away with the
vessel, a 55-foot, . two masted
schooner yacht belonging to Dr.
J. W. Gaston of New Orleans, ;
LAUNDRYME.V MEET
SEATTLE. Augv The Wash
Ington Las dry owners association
closing a convention here today
selected - Spokane for the 192
convention. J. F. Crook. TTer.ton.
was advanced from: vice presldentn. was proceeding also -under fcer
to president. .
HURRAY, WILLOS. AND. KELLEY ARE
ALL TAKEN ' WITHOUT: SHOW
OF RESISTANCE
Trio Who Shot WayJ From State
Prison. Killing Two Guards
and Leaving Loader Dead
MURDER WILL
PORTLAND. Or.,
ciated Press.) The 1
convicts who shot their way out of the Oregon
state penitentiary on the afternoon of August
1 2 came to a successful end today when Tom
Murray, leader of the gang, was captured at
Centralia, Wash., on a tip furnished by an in
formant, and Ellsworth Kelley: and James Wil
los were surprised and taken without resistance
by a posse of Multnomah county officials.
Murray waa returned to the penitentiary today and lock
ed in solitary confinement. Kelley and Willos are being
brought to Multnomah county jail and will be sent to the
penitentiary tomorrow morning.
All three will face charges of first degree murder.
The capture of the trio was affected largely through the
aid of Phil Carson, ex-prisoner at Kelly Butte rock pile. Car
son, ordered from Portland by a police judge Friday after
noon, met Murray-at Vancouver when the two boarded a
north-bound freight train late Friday. Murray admitted his
identity and planned with Carson to hold up some place at
Centralia. He also told the informant that he, Kelley and
Willos had been hidinjr in the woods near White Salmon,
Wash., and that he and Willos having quarreled, he had left
his companions.
maucc DCirau ncuu run
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
NEW MEXICO EDITOR KILLS
BYSTANDER DURING FIGHT
Stormy Trtrel Is at Liberty on
Bond of flO.OOO; Judge
- Starts Fight
EAST LAS VEGAS. N. if., Ang.
2. (By Associated Press.)
Carl C. Ma gee. Albuqnerqne news
paper editor and stormy petrel of
New Mexico politics, was formally
branded as the slayer of John B.
Lassetter. state highway employee
In the Terdlct of a coroner's Jnry
here late today.
Magee shot Lassetter, a bystand
er. In a light with nis Diueresi
political enemy, former District
Judge Darld J. Leahy. In the
crowded lobby of an East Las
Vegas hotel last night.
A charge of first degree murder
was filed against him toaay ana
he is at liberty under, 110,000
bond.
The coroner's Jury said that
Lassetter "came to bis death by
reason of a gunshot wound on the
left side of his neck, caused by a
bullet fired from a gun In the
band of Carl Magee.",
The verdict made no finding as
to culpability. : Magee left for his
home In Albuquerque after he bad
posted the appearance bond.
In firing three shots after he
had been knocked .to the floor by
Leahy, Ita gee wounded Leahy In
the arm. Lassetter was shot when
he Interfered In the fight.
The Albuquerque editor was ap
parently suffering little from the
(Ctiaa4 a pa I)
TV0 STEAMERS CRASH
UXr.R AXD OIL TANKER RAM;
M OXE IS INJURED - .
NEW YORK. 'Aug. 22 (By the
Associated Press.) Two crippled
steamers were limping baflc Into
Port tonight after a collision two
miles off Point Judith. R. 1.
'.Distress cal la-cent out at :0
o'clock tonight reported that the
oil tanker Harvester out of Provi
dence. R. L, for Porth -.Arthur,
Tex had been rammed In the rear
by the- British, steamer Rosalind,
New York to Halifax.
The first calls asked far. assis
tance for the Harvester which was
said to be taking water rapidly,
but; later messages reported that
the damage to the ship was above
the . water line and that she was
continuing to New York under her
own Bteatn. The Co-tklind uliho-iu'-x
' her bow was rDorted to ba slot
. own power to u same port.
BE CHARGED
August 22.-(By Asso
0-day hunt for the three
w-jaron - amr Centralis off i- "
cials laid a trap and Murray
was captured without trouble.
Information that the trio had
been about White Salmon,
having crossed to the Wash
ington side by the Hood River '
toll bridge, coupled with the
report that a store had been
looted and an automobile stol
en at Bingen, Wash., resulted
in despatch of a posse com
posed, of Deputy Sheriffs
Christopherson, Rexford and
Jackson and Constable GIosk,
all of Multnomah county to
that locality yesterday morn
ing.
About 4 o'clock this after
noon, the four officers, driv
ing along the Glendale-Yaki-ma
road, saw where a mach
ine had recently been driven
from the road into the brush
i of a deep canyon. Leavinz
their machine the four offi-
cers slipped quietly down , the.
canyon and. found two men
eating lunch. The two were
surrounded, covered with
rifles and ordered to surren
der. They obeyed without
show of resistance. Kelley
and Willos had few comments
to make and refused to dis
cuss their cases.
That the notorious trio who
shot down two prison guards
and seriously wounded sever
al others in a sanguinary bat
tle at the time of their escape
should be captured without
the slightest resistance cams
as a distinct surprise to pescc
officers. Carson, though a
man with something of a
"record" himself, rendered
the officers a notable service,
for it was by -his strategy
that Murray was ' captured
without bloodshed, and it waa
through information that he
had wormed from Murray
that the local officers wee
able to follow the trail of ihj
other two outlaws into Klick
itat county.
Four men i artirlatrd ia tr .
break or Ar.u t 1 2. TW re
tnc,,an4 Y' with a seTtn
year sentence. Jor.s a t) - r 1
billed lT a guard.