East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, July 02, 1914, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVEIIIIIG EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The East Orefonltn bis the largest pat circulation of any paper In Oregon, eaat of Portland and over twice Use circulation It I'aodlatoo of say other oewspeper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL 20. XfO SHERIFFS POSSE DEPUTY VALUABLES A ire mi 01 IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED AND POSSE IS CLOSE IN PURSUIT OF FLEEING MEN Early Morning Hold-Up Daring in Its Execution--Sheriff M'Duffee Opens Fire on Bandits and .After-Killing One, Narrowly Escapes Strikes Him. At pre time till afternoon two bandits wlio escaped were Milt at large and rerted headJ Ing toward Rtnrkcy Iralrle, IVwm-m on foot and lreback arc acourhut tlio Itlue Mountain and It Li believed the nion will liave a Iiard tlnio making an o nn SlM'Hfr T. 1). Taylor, tvlm km In Iorllanl at llie time of tin holdup, In coming on No. Id which will bo iM'ld here Ionic enough fr lilm to take a look at tin dead man and then tako tilin on to Mechain to take wr mmuiI direction or the pursuit. Deputy Kltcrlff Joe lllakcly, who went u'mhi tlio early morn ing train with Deputy Sliortfl Ktc and Chief of I'wlloo Kear ney, ihiiki laick on No. 17 with the hody. Ho declare ninny have joined (he oc and have (-mUiTi-d out lit every direction, lie docs not place much iinort nce lit the an'omoblle tracks ton ixl near the sone, Nevorthc Icw, the railroad company, iM'urine that tlireo nten In a lrowu (into imd robbed a fann er near Baker a few day ago. hiiH wnl out the word to be on the lookout for such a ear. A poe-e for I - ;rnnle In also ill ONLY DID DUTY" ARE WORDS OF SHERIFF M'DUFFEF Wounded Official Tells How He Opened Fire on Train Robbers as They Were Passing Through His Car His Own Injury, Though Painful is Not Considered Dangerous-Pencil Case Only Thing That Saved His Life. "I only ikt my duty and I'm worry 3 couldn't do It tictter," said Deputy Sheriff George McDuffce this morning- na lie lay In hi bod In St, An thony's lioMltal. The wound wna not a riiingrroiiH one and, though painful, lie wiM feeling In good spirit. The bullet struck him on the right breast rind lielng deflected by a bras pencil case, coursi-d downward, comliur wit Just ii No the hip. It only made a shallow wound nnd wilt not Incapaci tate him for more than a week. "I wna tin my way Imok to llepimer from 4 'Jin yon j'lty where I lutd been 4is a wllnowt In a horse stealing case," he ankl In narrating hi part In the cM'ltlnff linpHfiliur. "I wan Hitting lit the rear sct of tlie third day coach and wn dolug when the rob- i ' ' . " i - J j 5 i ' ".-V 1 Ti SV DAILY SHERIFF M DUFF EE IS WOUNDED IN REVOLVER DUEL AS MEN GO THROUGH COACH V : 2 IF ROBS Death Himself When Bullet conducting' a search for the fu gitive PORTLAND, Ore.. July 2. Accord ing to a statement Riven out by offi cial of the O.-W. It, A X. railroad thin afternoon $210 and some cheap Jewelry wvro secured from the ex press safe. The booty secured from passenger will amount to about $200 It MM Sold. Due rohlior I dead, a sheriff .pos se I on the trail of two other one, of whom I Hiiposed to be wounded, and leputy SherlTf George McDuffcc of lleppuer In tying In St. Anthony's hospital a the result of a desperate revolver duel between the officer and the bandit early this morning Ik tvvcen lea'ham and Kamela after westbound iiBsseiip'r train Xo. 5 had iK-en held up. . The duel took place in one of the day eoachnt after the robliers had Catliered o,p tho train's crew, placed tlicin under Riiartl, roblHil the expri"ss car and were enirnsed In comclIlnir pnseneer to prtMlucc their valuable. Obcyinir tho Impulse ot duty, the dep uty sheriff oencd fire upon the rob Ihth a soon a they had pnel him. (Continued on page eight.) ler ami trainmen nunc through on their forward trip. It flusliiNi through my mind that It wa unusual for sr tor nnd trainmen to lie all together hut I never misnected anvthlnir ii wrong.. Pretty soon i heard another pANscngcr remark that some of tlio men wore masks. 'Xo, those were Jut ooiorcii MrtctV wild another and that' what I thought, "A few minutes ' afterwards ' 1 heard the first paasengor say that the passengers in the car nhoail wpr being robbed. This roused mo nnd I saw it waa a robbery. I drew m; revolver hnf n T mil.. tin.i fAim r.At trldgcs lii it, I reached for my grip una securea a mindful. I Had just (Continued on page five.) EAST OREGOXIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, IS NOW IY0FFU IT TO Chicago Woman Tells Experience of Hold- up on No 5 This Morning "Mercy, It waa an exciting; moment for me:" exclaimed Miss Alma Vor dlfich of Chicago, who wag a passen ger on Xo. 6 this morning. Never having been In a hold-up, the experi ence was startling and while she de clares the suddenness of It all rob bed the situation of some of the thrill that comes only with a crisis of a more suspended nature, she neverthe less has no dealre to go through an other similar experience if she can avoid It. . ''- "It aeina more like a dream than anything elae." she continued. "I wa awakened from a sound sleep by voices In the Pullman and drow sily I put my head out between the curtains. I realised we had been held up and I drew back quickly and hid my valuables under the pillow. I heard some of the train crew swear ing. When I awoke, the robbers evi dently had left the cars. Men pas sengers near me were Joking about the occurrence." "I believe I must have alept through the worst of the adventure.' he continued. "But I was con scious enough of It to give me a thrlU and to realize what It means to be ArnM Save Two Lives. KASKBL'KG,' Ore.. July 2 That his timely arrest probably prevented a murder and suicide was the state ment of J. C. Hamilton, who wus ta ken In custody by the officers near Days creek on a charge of forgery committed In this city. When questioned by the district at torney Hamilton sild he was recent ly spurned by a young dldow who liv ed at Tiller, Douglas county, and an- . 1 1. ... . f ...-. ,1 n.l nfilil Via warn I .'1111 IIMII1 I'lVll.lU u.lu civ. ' " - ion hi way to Tiller for the purpose or killing his rormer sweetneart ana committing suicide. MENTION OF UTTLE GIRL SAVES MAN HIS VALUABLES e That the leader of the rail- road bandits who held up No. S last evening and who paid for his boluness with his Ufa was not without some sentiment la indicated by a conversation he 4 had with Charles Stacey. con- duetor of the Pendleton-Uma- tllln motor car who was on the smoker of No. 5 en route back from La Grande. He saw the robbers as they took the train crew forward and, taking out his purse, took out a dollar and then hid It under the cushions. As tho duo of bandits reached him, the man with the guna prodded him In the ribs and told him to "cash In." Stacey threw In the dollar. "You blankety, blnnkety of a b ," he roared, "you've got more than that. Come 4 through with It or I'll blow your head off," and each word was emphasised with a Jab in the ribs with the gun. Stacey pro- tested that Was all he had. "Then gimme that," he said, pointing to a Jeweled Watchfob on the conductor. "Oh, you don't want that," answered the other, "that's only a dollar and 4 a half charm that belongs to 4 my little girl." "Keep It then," said the robber,. "I got a little girl of my own nnd he passed on to the next. ON THE literally face to face with desperate men. "When our Pullman finally be came wide awake the hold-up be came the main topic of conversation. I heard one man in a nearby berth say to another: 'I looked out of the curtains but 1 never withdrew my head ao fast before In my life. The other laughed and Joked the first speaker. "You won't get any medals for ravery,' responded the first, 'for I guess you wete aa prompt in get ting Inside as I was.' One woman told me she hastily hid her valuables In a crevice of the berth, and I was not so slow to do the same when I knew we were in danger. But for tunately I escaped without being rob bed although I was told that several on the train were not so lucky. "I heard two of the train crew come through the Pullman and they were swearing low at the fact that two of the men escaped. Stories of the hold-up wetif.varlous, some saying there were five men on the train and some three. Everybody seemed to have a different version of the rob bery.'' CAKK.VX7.A IS TOI.D THAT HE MUST COMPLY WITH PLAX WASHINGTON. July 2. The Mex ican constitutionalists Junta has noti fied Carrania that he must acquiesce to the agreement reached between the Amrican and the Huertl.sta envoys at Niagara Falls or run the risk of the United States intervention. He was told plainly that Wilson is determined to compel the Mexicans to settle the quarrel between themselves. VKKA CUUZ, July 2 Carranza nnd Villa having fallen out, refugees v ho nrrlved here from the interior said Huerta mlKht not attempt an im mediate escape from Mexico City after all. Tuesday it was stated the dicta tor seemed likely to make a dash for safety any minute. Then he heard of the Carrania-Villa break and that Villa's advance had ceased and evi dently made up his mind he had been granted a reprlve. Conditions In the capital are said to be frightful. The fuel supply Is almost exhausted. The poor are starving. "POISON NEEDLE" NOW AT IX)N PEACH LONG BEACH. Cal., July 2. Po lice detectives are searching for a Japanese who la believed to have at tacked with a "poison needle" Miss Grace HerrinKton, 19. the daughter of a Methodist minister. The girl collided with the Japanese in a bust liess street and almost at once be came 111. She was on the verge ot fainting, she said, when she met a friend nnd asked his aid. A physi cian found the mark of the needle on her body. N'ew Law Effective In Iowa. DES MOINES, July 2. Three laws passed by the 3-tth general assembly became effective In Iowa. They were the workmen's compensation and the employers' liability measure, the state insurance commissioner act and the teachers' Institute law. tlrcmcn Hurt In Sun Francisco. PAN FItANCISCO, Cal., July 2. The Union hotel here was damaged 3000 by fire. Fireman William Nel t'er was probably fatally Injured by falling from the second to the first floor. JULY 2, 1914. I1BI TRAIL 5 JELLS EXPERIENCE 1)11 f I Frank Earls Gives Vivid Account of Experience When He Encounters Train Robbers. WAS TAKING THE AIR TESTS Three Men With Black Rtocklns Caps Over Their Faces Confront Him Aa He Steps Back to Train Guns Slioved Into His Face Con ductor Though. It Was Joke. Rear Brakeman Frank Earls saw more of the robbers than any mem ber of the train crew, he being th fust -one to encounter them. He wa not scared, he says, but -declares he has no 3eiire to repeat the experience. At his home In this city this morning he told his story. "I waa flagging In the rear.' he said, "and we had stopped at Ka mela, which Is the top of the moun tain, to take air tests according to rules. I had opened the front trap of the rear Pullman and got off aft er giving the standing air test. There were thirteen cars and, on account of a slight curve I could not see the en gine so I got back on to give the slg ral to proceed. As a stepped back on, three men with black stocking caps over their heads stepped out of the vestibule and shoved three gun Into my face. I knew at once It was a holdup, and I did some fast think ing. I have had not yet made my running air test and I knew that un less I did so, others of the crew would come back and probably pre cipitate shooting. Therefore, when they ordered me to close the trap 1 told them they had better let me fin ish the test. They did so and the train proceeded. My test had evident ly not been a good one for after we had run a little ways, the train stop ped. They had been driving me for- (Continued on Page S) COMEDY IS MINGLED WITH TRAGEDY OF TRAIN HOLD-UP - There is no tragedy without its comedy and there was hu- mor even in the bold train rob- bery of this morning. So much humor In fact that Brakeman Frank Earles declares that even with the muszle of a black six- shooter looking him in the eye 4 he could hardly keep from 4 4 laughing. 4 4 In taking the crew forward, 4 4 the robbers picked up all of the 4 4 Pullman porters in sight too. 4 4 and Earls declares some of them 4 4 wore the most sickly pallor he 4 4 ever saw. One was shining the 4 4 shoes of the sleeping passengers 4 4 at the time and when ordered 4 4 to put up his hands, held on to 4 4 one shoe. All during the trip 4 4 forward, he held that shoe aloft 4 4 and even after reaching the ex- 4 4 press car. kept his hands and 4 4 the shoe In the air. One of the 4 4 robbers noticed this and even 4 4 he chuckled. "Retter drop that 4 4 shoe, you'll get tired enough 4 4 Juridlng up your hands," he 4 4 said. TITe porter pulled down 4 4 his hand and looked at the shoe 4 4 In utter amazement, having 4 4 evidently been unaware of his 4 4 burden. 4 4 Another humorous Incident 4 4 was afforded by Conductor 4 4 Fergus who frankly ndmlts he 4 4 was excited. When ordered to 4 4 stop the train, he clutched 4 4 wildly for a bellcord and find- 4 4 Ing none, grabbed the gas Jet 4 4 instead of the air switch. 4 4 4 4444444444444444 I ITS 1 OF TWO DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED AS MOST NOTORIOUS BANDIT SINCE TRACEY This afternoon the body of the dead bandit waa positively Identified by two personal acquaintances aa that of Hugh Whitney, one of the most no torious bandits In the northwest since Harry Trace) ' bloody career. He lucnunea Dy Tea jiaian, a local railroad nut snlittM. utu L-l.t i - - Soda Soring. Idaho; Monpeiier, Ida ho, and In Cokeville, Wyoming, and by Don Saunders, salesman at Alex ander's Department Store who knew him ln Council, Idaho, having deliv ered mail at the Whitney ranch. According, to their story, the dead bandit is one of two brothers who are wanted for a score of crimes from $1000 REWARD FOR ARRESTS r; 'fV;'" - PORTLAND. Julv 2nd, 1914. ALL AGENTS. This company will pay One Thousand Dollars reward for In formation resulting in arrest and conviction of any one and each of the persons who held up train No. S between Kamela and Meacham, Oregon, about one- . thirty a. m., today. July second. Four men are supposed to have beea Implicated in this Job one of whom was killed and one sup posed to have been wounded by Deputy Sheriff McDuffee of Heppner, who was on the train. From description received, one man Is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weight, one hundred seventy five, dark coat, brown shirt, oth er man 5 ft 6 Inches, one hun dred fifty pounds, dark coat and white shirt Both wore dark cloth masks and black caps. One had blue bandana hand kerchief around neck. De scription not obtained of fourth man who stood guard. Paste post. Party supposed to have made escape on horseback or in brown automobile without num ber. On body of dead man waa found prescription put up by Grace and Fodinson, Baker, for a Mr. Chapman, prescription written by Dr. Nedeau. Agents will post copy of this message nnd also deliver copy to police and other peace officers at their separate station. M. J. BUCKLEY, 11:35 a. m. In taking the engineer and fire man off the engine and compelling them to enter the baggage car, tht tandiu this morning exposed the passengers aboard No. S to a graver danger than confronted them In the levolvers. At the point where the train was brought to a stop, the track was on a two and two-tenths per cent grade and had the brake releas. ed their grip on the wheels, the train would have crashed down the moun tainside at a terrific speed nnd un doubtedly would have resulted tn th greatest catastrophe In the hUtory of the road.. This I the statement of local railroad men. The air brakes are not designed to lock the train for any considerable length of time, according to railroad HAD BRAKES RELEASED GRIP ON WHEELS. TRAIN NO 5 MIGHT HAVE DASHED TO DESTRUCTION DAILY EVEIIIHG EDITIOII Forma for Extern Oregon, hy U raited 8Utc Weather Observer at Portland. Fair tonight and Friday. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 8232 OTHERS bank, robbery and murder down to petty thefts. Makin had known Whit ney for many years. lie was a sheep herder when first be know him. be) says, and bad never been into trouble until he and a partner were fleeced out of their wages in a saloon one night about five rears ago. W hitney then drew his revolver, shot the man and recovered the money which be and bis partner bad lost. . He was later arrested and was be ing taken to Jail at Idaho Falls by a deputy sheriff. They were on the train and suddenly Whitney seized the dep uty's gun, shot him, shot the con ductor and made his escape into the bad lands of Wyoming. He waa Join ed by his brother and a man named Dalton and they began upon a career of outlawry'. One of the boldest es capades was to rob'the bank at Coke ,vllle. Wyoming, Prices were put up on their heads but they were always successful in escaping detection. Both Makin and Saunders testify to the expert marksmanship of the dead man. Makin says when he first knew Whitney he was always spending halt of his 'wages for ammunition and was always practicing shooting. He has seen him many times with a revolver break rocks as fast aa they were toss ed in the air. "Before I saw the body I said it couldn't be Whitney," said Makin, "for I didn't see how he could ever miss anything at which- he shot. That deputy sheriff Is the luckiest man in the world for knowing Whit ney's deadly aim and his great nerve, he is the last man In the world I would ever have wanted to Shoot against." Saunders knew the whole family and both he and Makin think that one of the other men was probably his brother and the third possibly Dal ton. Saunders recall having seen the dead man four years ago shooting the spots off playing cards while racing on horseback at full speed. As soon j as he saw the dead man he recognized not only his race but by tattoo marks on his body. The body was brought back from Meacham on Xo. K by Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakely and l now at the Baker morgue. The bullet had gono throush the body and the third had pierced the brain, entering behind the ear and coming out through the eye. In the pockets were found two phony dollars and a gold Waltham watch In which was scratched the name "Hugh Whitney." It was this that gave the first clew to his identity. men, and with the weight of thirteen cars pushing against .the engine, it was only a question of tlm before the brake, must give w;iy. With no tne in th engine to control it. the train would rush forward to Jim doom of everyone. , There was another dun go r rom be hind. It Is tho custom of Iro help-r engine to follow N'. 5 Oown th hill from Kamela In order to asilst No. 10 up the mountain. With no rnr flagman to display a warning signal, there wa danger of tha nglne crashing Into the W It end of tli train. However. Deputy sheriff Me Puffee's action In opening flr on tni bandits put an end to the rntitiery In euch a short time ttn ImOi rlanifeft were abort llv..