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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1925)
THREE DEAD , THREE ESCAPE IN PRISON RIOT CIRCULATION Daily average net pa la circulation tor month ending July 31, 1925 Average daily distribution 7090. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations, FAIR WEATHER Tonight and Friday, except cloudy along coast; moderate temperature, light south westerly winds. Local: Max., 75; mln., 5C; rain, none! river. -1.9; atmos.. part cloudy; wind, southwest. ' (T 11 milk TLrtai n irirh 5 1l 6722 II tA II -11 II T fWi I HI 1 III! II n (I v a n it n in it y i ii . ii jfess&stiL jj w u ivjl ii n n vvjuai 11 'rnrfiHtft- train3 anp new8 - ' : " d a r th j ADi?rnM TUTTRcjnAV ATTfiTTT 11 1925 Ann; V"! FRIGE THREE CENTS stands 'fivbp centI FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 192 SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUOUbl u,. xo (j J.j s wffiE: p mam iHi CONS MAKE FKSfFATAL GOOD MIR GET-AWAY BREAK 1 1KACEY I Nothing Seen Or Heard of Runaway Trio Since Last Night Pursuit Unorganized. Escape and Killings Al Penitentiary Recall Rampage of 1902 AVhen Three Guards Died. With nothing seen, heard nor indicated as to the exact where abouts of Tom -Murray, Ellsworth Kcliy and James Willos, couvicli; who succeeded in lnakliiB their escape from the Oregon slate pen itentiary hcru l:at night after hill- Ins two guards and wounding an other, since 8 o'clock last evening when they deserted the taxlcnb they had cotninanilcered and dis appeared into the marshy lands near Pratmn. eight miles cast oi here, the manhunt this afternoon h.nl settled down to a waitiig ir.inlc. Some Ot tllO pOSSCmell eiviviuir excitenicnt, were getting restless and were drift inK back to their homes, allowing some ord r sli.nin itelf 111 tlio conduct of the search" which throughout the night nn.i nmriiimr wa:i more or less a hmiiiu:irl and demoralized af fair. No Orpanizalion. Just before neon newspaper re ports from tho sections where tlic nonvrli in going on estimated thai between 150 ana 200 arincil men un iinrllcinr.tins In parties of from three or four up to twenty most of them o'.eratlnB Indcpenu enlly nnd with nc general super-vision Warden Dalrvmplc hail five men headed by Wright Oardner, prison .,:,r.i mwl exiie.icnced woodsman. on the ground operating under the direction ot 'lis office. Eight of l p.v.-ll.iml nolice officers wor; muring the country In another group headed by Captain West Twenty meniherj of the nallona guard company or Salem, com mnn.io.i hv O-.ntain Paul Hen drink were also seeking a lead ,i ,nfiihr snuad of guardsmen from Silverton were conducting their own hun somewhere In the much-marched area. Special offi cers sworn in laet night and carry ing Blars out of the governor office were aalrt at the warden ? ffnntlnued on Page Five) The slate prison break here lati ycsterd.iy, which resulted in th killing of Guards I. M. Holman ind John Sweeney and Oregon Jones, escaping convict, and the serious wounding of Lute Savag another guard, was the third de livery of major importance that lias occurred at the Oregon prison The first was that led by ."Sitka lack," July 3, 1SS3, In whic three convicts were killed, and the .iccond was the escape of Harry Tracy and David Merrill, Juno 9 1002, in which Guards Frank Ker rell, S. It. T. Jones and B. Tif fany wcro killed. Tracy later killed Morrill and before his career was ended by suicide when held at ny by a posse he had killed sev eral more men. iiillc 'Jimippled In. Tlio Triu.ji-Merj-lU break oc curred at 7 o'clock in the morn ing. Itifles, believed to have been smuggle d to tho convicts from outside the prison, were secreted in the foundry and were gotten by tlio two convicts after they had been marched Into the shop. .The convicts were dead shots. Farrcll was shot in the foundry- Jones was picked off the north wall at 150 yarns. The despera does used Tiffany as n shield after they had gotten outside the wall and then killed him. The convicts left Salem, but re turned that night and held up J Savage To Recover Jiiilo Snvime. Kiiiii-ii nt prison w ho v sliot ihroimli btKly by jesrapins: cimvicl. LA UUi'J : MiVFRlIP IN ili!JiL,L Vl III I I 20 IN POSSE SEEKINGCONS NEAR PRAM (Continued on Pago Four) LEAVE RANCHES AFTER THREATS Ilcnd, Or., Aug. 13. After re peated threats that she would "somo day disappear and that it would do no good to look for me," Mrs. Mary Davis, 60, wife of B. E. Davis, bultermaker for the Cen tral Oregon Farmers creamery, left her home and was Inst seen dlsap pearlng over the bill to the rear of her house at i o ciock yesicrnay niorninT. Her husband or. arriving home at 7 o'clock last evening found note which read: "Don't look for me, it will do nc good." Davis at once started a search for his miss ing wife, believing she may have attempted to destroy herself as a result of illness of months' dura tlon. Neighbors tracked the woman to within 200 feet of the Des chutes river where they lost the trail. The seairi. Is continuing. DYING DISPATCHER STOPS ALL TRA1KS rituOiurgli, Ir., A up. 13 Fnc Inff death from a sudden illness KavnnauKli Jacobs, ninht tele eranh operator for the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad at Monon gahelfi, near here, tltrew on the red sijrnal to atop all tralni a few minutes before he fell acrow hla key, dead from an attack of acute Indlicerttlon. Trains on me aivi don were halted for nioro than an hour until another operator could hA nt to man the wire. BArller In the nlRht Jacohn hnd summoned a physician, but had no cllned to lrave his poft Silverton, Aug. 13 (Special) Company I of tho Oregon national guard, headed by Captain Hen Hutton, la stationed In the Waldo Hills. The men went out during he nlunt and havo not returned to Silverton. Word has however reached Silverton that a number of them nre in the vicinity of Will rd where the Zinn car was aban doned, Instead of at Pratum as at first given out. Willard Is about three and a half miles east of Pratum and five miles south of Silverton. .. number of the farm women frfn tho Willard district came to Silverton thla morning and stated their intentions of remaining here for a short time. The under brush nnd timber Is reported to be so thick In places In this neighbor hood that many good hiding places are available. Those who are ac quainted with the district report that should the convicts reach th Drift creek canyon they would have on unbroken line of dense timber and under brush In which to travel until they reach into th mountains. ESCAPE PLOT Prison authorities and Portland police officers aro today investigut ng to determine what, If any con ncction the practice of a paroled convict in a largo automobile in front of the penitentiary just be fore C o'clock last evening might have had with the escape plot which liberated tli'-eo prisoners from the institution Just a few moments later. Warden Daliymple saw the po oled prisoner in front of the peni tentiary garage talking to a trusty convict Just shortly before the break occurred. The warden ask ed the man what he was doing there nnd the fellow replied that be Just stopped to see one oi tne boys." Ordered to get away irom im prison and stay away the man climbed Into tho automobile ana drovo off toward the state hospi tal, the same direction the fugi tives took when they later got clear of the wall. Dnlrvmnle refused to divulge the name of the former convict nt this time, but stated that he had been paroled from the Institution about a year ago. CONVICTS IN PRISON BREAK CUTTER BEAR SAFELY FLOATED Seattle. Wash., Aug. 13. (A p.) After being ashore 23 hours at Cape Prince of Wales, Bering strait, the cutter Bear ot the coast guard floated at 2:45 yes terday morning. Captain F. Dodge, commanding the coast guard In the north Pa cific and Alaska with headquar ters here, received today the fol lowing radiogram from Lltcutcn ant Commander Leo C. Covell, cotnmanrrrng the Bear: "Bear floated off Bhoala 2:15 a. m. August 12. Proceeded to Capo Prince of Wales Village, where he anchored In seven fathoms of water. Tho only dam age sustained by the vessel was the loss of a shoe from under the keel. The Bear is not leaking. As soon as the weather moderates we will proceed to Nome. Escaped Prisoners Last Seen Entering Brushy Swamp Along Pudding River Says Taxi Driver Seme one hundred and twenty fiva possemen, prison official! were unable to estimate accurate ly how many, are this morning combing the brashy-swampy country In the vicinity of Pratum eight miles oast ot Salem, for some trace ot the three convicts wiio last night made their escape from tho Oregon nonitcntiary alter kui ing two guards and seriously wounding another.- The men were last seen cntcrln the brushy Swamp along Puddinfc river, two miles cast of Pratum hv the taxi driver anil his passen ger whom the fugitives forced to drive them that far. The first clue as to the where abouts ot the fugitives was oh tallied today when information came that tho Standard Oil distrl outing station at Silverton wo1- hroken into during the night b tho lock being shot oft the door. Tho place was ransacked and a smnM amount of money was taken from a till. Shoot, tn Kill. Order One of the trio is thought to be seriously wounded and nil aro heav lly armed. Farmers throughout the entire section havo been warn ed and are Joining tho search, as aro small posses from Silverton and other neighboring towns. The posses are under the gen eral direction ot Deputy Warden l.lllcy mid Major Tom Rllyca of the national guard. AH have been instructed to shoot to kill any of the three on sight. Officers nre confident that the men are still in the vicinity, argu ing that Murray Is apparently In no condition to travel and that his companions would probably be loathe to desert their leader so early in tho chase. Roads All Guarded. AM rcndoutlcts from the district were closely grorded during the night to prevent the men irom escaping by stealing another auto. mobile. Included In the posses are guards from thJ prison, about 16 special state officers deputized for the hunt, 20 national guardsmen under Canlain Paul Hendricks of Salem, about 26 Portland ponce and deputy sheriffs, officers from the local sheriff s office and an uncetlmatcd number ot volunteers. Commenting upon the occurnnee last night Covcrnor Pierce saiu: While I have no longing to see men hung. I world be pleased come out here nnd witness the ex edition of these fellows If they are caught. Lute Savage Shot By Same Convict He Once Captured Three Dont's Issued To Help Motorists In Parking Head-On Three specific "don'ts" have been announced by Salem police w 1th regard to the new head-In parking ordinance which Ut sched-, tiled to go Into effect next Tues day, August 18. The ordinance will bo effective Tuesday regardless of whether or not the required lines are painted on the pavement, ac cording to the announcement made by .Mayor Glesy. In cam tho lines are not painted the part of tho ordinance requiring motor!! to uno them In determining their pinna of parking will be diaretfard rl. he statps. In the first place, Jou't back away from the euro too rnpiuiy and recklessly, the police i Much has been said about tho dan ger of running Into other cars when backing out Into the steo and It Is generally conceded that that phase of the new parking ays tern Is the most aangeroua, a.i though not so dangerous as Plop ping, halting traffic and backing Into a narrow space between two cars, as required by tho old system Don't run Into the parking pace too rapidly. Motorlats who aro not accustomed to the new system ma find It too easy to locate their pane (Continued on Page Five) ML ay t V f vr , - ' f & ' if ''if 'P fM Ijg l' V - fc r.- -rK-' ""71 ' Tw l L "v I - J , 'WC ' ' IX -lift ', 2 GUARDS. I CONVICT SHOT TO DEATH IN BATTLE AT PRISON Three Prisoners, Kelly, Murray and Willos Make vGet-A way Break Made at Supper Hour Hole Cut In Roof, Turnkey Over powered, Arsenal Plundered t . i. .rt n.-(.., .. j.i.hs. hll l(1 In 'M'Mpo it ... . .... ...in. Ki'llv I nm'r Irft Tom Murray, ngut .lamt-M n right. Kllswmih All fear that the wound re solved lost night by Lute Savage, Veteran prison guard, would prove Intnl, was dispelled this morning when physicians attending Sav age announced that ho was resting easily and would recover. The bullet lodged between hie fifth and Bixth ribs, and did not touch any vital organ of his body. Lute Savage, penitentiary guard who was perhaps fatally shot In the prison break of last night, may havo been the victim or a convict whom he captured and returned within the walls upon the occasion of the last attempted delivery rrom the penitentiary. Ellsworth Kelly, one or me inrer to escape last nigru, la muukiu probably to be the fugitive who Yint Rnvaire. as Tom iuurriiy uc- clared In the healing of tho tax: driver who conveyed tho convlctH to the Pratum district that he had fired at Savage but had missed A vear ago lat March It waw Savage who captured Kelly nt Tur ner after tho break In which Kelly Murray. "Oregon" Jones (killed lost night), Joe Jackson nnd Will inm Johnson sawed their way through a basement window, cross ed the lawn, mounted the south weflt wall tower, dropped over th wall and fled towards Turner in com mouldered automobile. Kelly, Jackson and Johnson were captur ed early In the chase, which InntO' a full week. Jones and Murray were surprised one evening Just at dusk near Jefferson by two Moral ituardsmen who opened fire nn them. Murrav (living up but .Tones dove Into the brush and es (Continued on I'oge Kour) ILLY ORGANIZES T iT Deputy Warden Lilly of the state prison, who has been on a vacation at Newport, joined me manhuntcrs and Intended to make an effort to organize the forces. A prison guard returned from the Pratum district witu the report that the inanhuutors lacked gnnization and leadership and wore mnkinrc no headway. John Davison, the guard who killed Oregon Jones, today gave his own story of the shooting oi the convict. Ho said the report that lie had a gun with nn empty magazine was untrue, (iunrd Hol man had two guns. Dnvison said nnd tho olio he seized when In rur.hed into towot No. 1 had a full magazine, but after he shot Jones the convicts wero running nt such an angle that he could not got a good shot at them. It now np- nears (bat the wounr in ine icnucr Murray's, hand is irom unvison rifle, Warden Dalrymplos shot having lacc.-nted Murray s side with buckshot. Deo Jones, a brother of the dead convict, T K. Hall and Mrs. llcsslr Hall, believed to bo his brothor-ln law nnd sister, and S. Clrcco came from P.olrlanc today to make nerai arrangements for tho con vlct. but tin to noon had reached no decision. They were snid to have dropped tho effort because of tho constant strenm of men and women who filed through tn. morgue all forenoon to view th body. This look plaec while the lioilv was being embalmed. An Interesting time was expert enced by several newspaper photo granhers today when tney at tcmptcc". to photograph Zlna Zlnn tho cab driver whom tno convic-.: forced In take them Into the coun try. Zinn violently objected Seizing rocks he fired them at th picture men with an aim thn threatened serious consequences. Two guards nnd one convict were shot dead and another guard perhaps fatally wounded iu a break at the Oregon penitentiary about ti o'clock last night that will doubtless be recorded as one of tho bloodiest prison tragedies in tho history of the I'acllfc coast. The dead nre: J. M. Holimin. f5 years old. ird. John Sweeney. 09. guard. licrt (Orciioii)' Jones, escaping convict. ute Savage, another -guard; ro- Ived a bullet through his body hat entered Just below liiu heart. Fugitives All Armed. 101lswoilh Kelly. Jim Murray nd James Willos, all desperato men, aro at large, ull heavily lined nnd pursued by posses ot leputy sheriffs, police officers. volunteers nnd 2u troopers of tha Oregon national guard command- by JMnjor Tom Jtllyea. The na- ional feuardsiucil reported nt day- cik by order of Governor Pierce. nd it was the governor's request that Itllyea be in command. Jlur- ay 1b severely wounded from a hargo of buekehoi fired by War- it Diilrymple. The shot that killed Guard Sweeney was fired from the turn key's office where the break cen tered while Holman was shot from be yard where tho break centered. lull a uozen bullet holes are in. tho north window of the office In Ino with gunrd post No. 1 where be guards were killed. Davison Gets Jones. Oregon .lone:i. notorious from previous breaks, was shot dead by John Davison, 65-year-old fron- DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING HOW CONVICTS ESCAPED t)W)f TO BE FALSE With State Posse Near Silver ton, Or., Aug. 13. Three men be lieved to he fugitives from the penitentiary reported to have been seen to vanish Into the brush at a point between Silverton and Pra tum at 10:30 o'clock today. A posse Investigated but did not find the men. Deputies from tha sher iff's office in Portland were in the posse. They are accompanied by W. E. Onrdnfr, a guard who wos with Guard Holman when he won slain las', night. This group lonr.y Is working out the Scotts Mill and Mt Angel districts. Hcllef that tha bandlla may double bnek to the railway from tho densely timbered Waldo Hills has been exprejwed by officials. This Is thought likely because Tom Murray, leader of tho desperadoes, hu always madi: his way to Tort- land after prelous crimes, aa he considered his chances for escape best In PortlanJ with Its numer ous railway outlets. Iis Ancclt, Cal., Aug. 13. (A. P ) An earthquake shork not heavy enough to be generally per ceptible occurred here about 6:15 o'clock; this moraine. '0 m OMiCC L TufJflKEY'J Roon oil"" l" ,1(1'" Cell . House r .,,.l ni w',,-1-0 h,.1i wan cut throiiKh roof. Figure 1 indicates where they dropped to ground on rope. 2 Arsenal from which three rifles, three pistols nnd two boxes Double dotted lines show path taken by convicts from point where thev dropped to ground to turnkey's room. Perpendicular lines show course across i t T,.,.,n, M i Trinln finite.! lines nre course taken by fugitives toward state hos- i.i nn-, tw wi fimnnorl nver the wall. 3 Window through which shots were fired at guards on Tower No. 1. Figure 4 shows window through which two shots were fired at Guard McKinlcy on Tower No. 7. Figure 5, tower on which Gunrd Sweeney was killed nnd where Holman was first shot. 6 Tower where McKinlcy was fired upon. 7 Spot where it..i ..,. .h,.! ir, .loniVi in mid Hood. 8 Where body of "Oregon" Jones' body lit when .. ,. r...o Dwv ............... .. - -- ,J.. t-,.,1 i ii,- he pitched over wall, shot to death, u spot irom wnicn naiu ...v.. ta w rmnaa up t ,hor. times wounding one cdnvict. 10 Where Dalrympie stood wnen ne ursr, uibcuvcicu " .. ,, dairy herds ' o slaughter. was in progress. (Continued on Page Sli) STATE TROOPS QUELL KLAN RIOT Heading, Mass., Aug. 13. (A. P.) After rowing over the roada from four different barracks, a st ron g force of a ta te troops mo billzed here today and stamped out i Ku Klux Klan riot. Uefore their arrival, several tear bombs had been hurled, a score of klaiiflmen and antl-klunsmen had been injured by stones and clubs. hois had hi en rrrcd and two ol- oged liluntMiicn were arrested. A ting Chief of Police r ranx Slack and other members of Read ng police fore- Btated that they" were .irfecled oy tne tear gas bombs when they arrived on the .H-eiie. The bomlj, Chief Slack said, hud been hurled Into tha rowd of anti-klansmen, Shots were alo tired into tne soma rowd, other policemen said. No one was hit by the shots, but corrti suffered trie temporary dis com toft (rom tho gas. Houston, Texas, Aug. J 3 (AP extermination of all livestock In the foot and mouth disease Infect ed area south of Houston began today. Filing squads expected to kill and bury by tonight 800 bead of cattle. The work will crntlnue un til all the cattle In tlve quarantine zone are slain. The number 1 estimated at be tween $3000 and $4000. Most of unm nrrt rnnse enitle which will slated tot 3
