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"Without or with offense to friends or foes
I sketch your world exactly as it goes." cynoN.
Intolerance
II. L. Mencken, author and magazine editor, who it was
reported was requested to leave Dayton, Tennessee, where lie
was reporting the Scopes trial, because of his criticism of
fundamentalism and the conduct of the trial, says:
One of the master delusions ot the American people la to (ho effect
that they are In favor ot free speech. They nro actually almost
unanimously against It. It would he difficult, Indeed, to find any
record of a free people who went to greater trouble and expense to
put It down. Under cortln archaic Oriental despotisms, perhaps, It
lias been more violently comhated and suppressed, but surely never
under the forms of self-government. And where In the United States
is the enmity to it most Implacable? Precisely in those areas where
the people take most pride In their undiluted Americanism.
Intolerance, which has ever been the curse of humanity,
seems on the increase as the constitutional limitations
adopted to curb it are being nullified more and more by
legislators and courts. Democracies, enforcing the tyranny
of the majority, are just as intolerant, perhaps more so, as
autocracies, utilizing intolerance for the perpetuation of
privilege.
Disagree will the mob on any conlrovertial issue, and it
will want to lynch or at least boycott, just as the mob stoned
or crucified 2000 years ago. The fact that one is entitled to
his day in court, or to an honest expression of opinion does
;iot appeal to the rank and file.
It requires high intelligence and great poise to concede the
other fellows rights and opinions when they differ from
the majority, an intelligence
even more than Ii the conservative and hence the suppres
sion of tree speech and the limitations ot a tree press m
what is perhaps the freest of
The Con's Story
The story of the prison battle and escape as written by
Murray and signed by
Kelly and John VVillos, and given to their forced host, makes
good reading, even if it is more or less typical ' con talk,
colored to suit the fancy of the
with a grain of salt.
In many respects, the convict's narrative is confirmed by
the investigation now in progress by the coroner. Neither
account reflects much credit
ment and both prove that in
the convicts had all the best of
It seems incredible that such an escape could be made and
bo little interference experienced from officials who watched
the break in progress.
Planting
A recent survey of the Yakima valley by the Department
of Agriculture declares that the farmers of that section have
shown poor judgment in selecting their crops for planting on
the basis of relative profits for the previous year, thereby
producing much to sell when prices are low and very little
when prices arc high. If prices fall off one year the next
year little is planted of that crop and so the growers lose
the benefit of the price recovery. Conversely, high prices one
year result in an overwhelming production of the fnvorcl
crop the next and selling values hit the toboggan.
This situation is not confined to the Yakima valley, but
exists so generally in agricultural sections that many of the
shrewder farmers make it a rule to plant those crops of
which there was a surplus the year before, knowing that
the majority will plant those of which there was n shortage.
As a general rule the farmer who specializes in certain
diversified crops, year in year out, beats the game.
One Wife on Approval
By Violet
JOI IINKY'S i:m
Cynthia's dinner with Noel Ourd
tier was fur from beinjr a fni'ri's,
in his opinion. He had counted on
being nhle to convince her that he
niu) unite wrniiK In her decision to
eo hack to her hilfhand. Hut nil
of his ar;;umontrt wlmp unavullinfT.
Ami what if he tell you that
lie doesn't want you':" he demand
! lit 1:1-st.
"I thm'i know," hhe answered
Rlnwlv. "I -nh. I tn aure that he
won't do that."
(inrdner only r.i1M hU eyt'hro
quizzically, ihnimd hl.i nliuM
and changed the Kiihjrrt,
Ah soon an fhe reached the hotrl
nsrain Cynthia 'phoned the hospital
and mieeeedrd I" i;eltltiK .IhnV
nurse.
"Oh, Mm. Lehimt, I'm o Bin-'
you 'phoned!" the tfirl exclaimed
"I tried so hard to teach you ear
lier In the t'Vonlm:, 1ml at the lintel
they nid you were dining with a
Mr. Gardner and that they didn't
know w here y o were. W'Ul y o u
como to the hospital nt onre.
please? Your hu.land had n Klkht
turn for the wortp this evening"
Cvii thin flew out to the b! reel
and took a taxi, heing the driver
to hurry na (nM nn po.Mhle. Jim
worse! And thinking she had cal
lously none off with Noel Gardner
and didn't r.nnt to he dlMurhed!
At the hrrpttnl she wan taken
straight to hla room.
'Dearest," she murmured, kneeling-
bslde his bed, "I'm so sorry
they got things mixed nt the hotel
I wanted to leave word"
A touch of the nu rue's hand on
her shoulder stilled her. In Jlm'e
eyes a .fli. expression inai me
could not rend, but he mulled faint
ly and touched nor hand.
"Stay here," he whispered.
A few days later he had Improv
ed enough to Ilaten to her explana
tions jumbled though they wore,
ho wna satisfied with them.
"It would have been my fault If
I'd lost you, dour," he told her. "I
Editor and Publleher
mail matter at Salem, Oregon
to It or not otherwise credited In
and poise lacking in the radical
nations.
his fellow convicts,. Ellsworth
desperados and to be taken
on prison officials or manage
the battle of wits and daring,
it.
for Profits ,
Dare
didn't realize the mtMako I waa
makliiB by letting; Mother rule our
affnirfl so completely. Hut while she
and I were traveling toucher
somehow I boraino coitsc'ous of It.
"And I knew then, too, that I
never could he happy without you.
I wanted to come hack, nml yet 1
wanted to let you fln,l out for your
elf whether you ically wanted me.
nr come one ehe."
"Hut the letter I wrote you.
about Noel Cmlnei what did you
think when you read that?"
"That 1 had nut Mill) loo Umg. I
realized that It wasn't fair to let
you find out all alone whether or
not you cared for nie. Thai was the
reavon lor my telegraphing you
a n,i mo letter that made you
tell ihem 1o ko ahead with the op
eratton nml not wait for me?"
I ii at a one from my sister
naying that you mid Noel tinrdner
h.nl Kone away together. I Rave up
then, breathe I thought you really
didn't care fur me."
Cynthia drew a long breath of
relief nnd held hid hand tight In
both her own.
"1'vo been a nlll v Utile fool, Jim
dear, but 1 know better than to be
one iiR.iln." rho whispered. "I'll try
to understand your mother belter.
and not mind when she Interfere."
'She's not itoiMff to Interfere so
much after this." Jim answered.
f yon don't mind living here, 1
can make n.y headquarters here In
.San -Tam-tsc Instead of at home.
Tell me. would you like that?"
Oh Jim. I'd love It!" ehe ex
claimed eagerly. "f I pouid Just
have you all to myself "
That's what I feel If I could
Just have you ell to myself no old
friends of your girlhood bobbing
up well, that's nil I'd want."
And Cynthl i smiled, though there
were happy tears In her eyes. Kven
though Jim's family even yet didn't
approve of her, she was sure that
he did.
Bhe wiw ni longer on approval?
THE K.ND
FUGITIVES
TELL STORY
OF ESCAPE
(Continued from Pace One.)
an open, long-bla6ed paring knife.
Then Jones came in. Jones did not
bother Slaughterhouse and Slaugh
terhouse did not kick Jones. Jones
seemed to Jose hie head for a
minute, and Instead of letting the
turnkey go ahead and open the
case, knocked him down with a
blow of his fist.
"Jones was unarmed as yet, and
the guncase was locked. Jones ran
over to a deck In the corner of the
turnkey's office and looked for a
slxshooter In the drawer.
"in tho meantime the guard In
No. 1 tower began shooting blind
into the turnkey's office. The
turnkey ran out at this time, hold
ing his jaw. I grabbed a heavy
spitoon and crashed the lock on
tho guncuse. handed a 30-30 rifle,
fully loaded, to Jones. Jones wan
excited and began emptying tho
gun ut tower No. 3 through the
window.
Another Gun F.mptled
"When he emptied tho first gun
he picked up another one and did
the same Ihvng, but did not regis
ter a hit. Jones was running wild.
He expected to be killed, and was
apparently making- hla last stand.
He wa.s shooting wild.
"Nobody wosuurt up to this time
Jonea and tover 1 were the only
ones that fired, except one shot I
fired at towor 1, but I saw no one.
to shoot ot, just fired at random.
I' took two six-shooters, a 38-ape-cial
Colts nnd a 32-20 Smith &i
Wesson. Jonea took his sawed-off
shotgun, loaded with buckshot,
and ran back out on the lawn.
When we e;ot out on the lawn Kelly
and Wlllos were standing with
their hands In the air under cover
of five guards armed with guns,
just outside tho Iron fence, and
also covered by the guard In the
DUMB DORA
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bullpen, tower No. 7. No idiots were
fired from tower No. 7.
"The only thing which kept the
guards from shooting them woj
that guard Pete White was stad
fng between Willos and Kelly. His
being there was the only thing
which kept Wlllos and Kelly irom
being shot down in cold blood, aa
a deputy warden told White to get
away f rom then nnd also told the
guard to hoot them.
Newman interrupted to ask why
was Pete White between them and
the answer was:
Pete White Unarmed
"Because Peter White did not
want to reo a man shot down In
cold blood, lie (Pete) came over
voluntarily. Ho was unarmed.
When Jones nnd I ran out of the
turnkey's offico the guards that
had Kelly and Wlllos covered ran
for cover. AVIlloa and Kelly were
etlll unarmed, with their hands In
the air." (Newman asked; "Were
you shooting when you came from
the turnkey's office?") Murray
answered: "No, I was not, but I
would not swear about Jones, but
ho did not hit anybody. I threw
Wlllos a .38 Colts. Tho guards had
run for covor, scattered towards
the trees and tho garage.
Shelter Found Behind Tree
'The warden, deputy warden or
turnkey did not know whero they
were. There wasn't any shooting
Kolng on right here, owing to tho
fact that the guards were seeking
cover, and wo all ran, Kelley, Wil-
los and I, across the lawn to tower
No. 1.
'No. 1 tower was not shooting.
and I got behind an oak tree, and
I told him to come out and throw
his gun down or wo would smoke
him out of there. Instead of doing
so he kept himself covered as well
as he could behind the walls of
his tower and tried to get a shot
at us with his rifle. As It was his
life or oure, I shot him In the
head with tho .32-20. He fell dead
and I made a run for the steps
leading up to the tower. Wlllos was
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side of paper only limited to 800 words Id length and signed
with the name of the writer. Articles not meeting these specifi
cations will be rejected.
To the Editor: I was so deeply
impressod with the Statesman'!
account of Warden Dai's midnight
ride through Aumsville, Stayton
aud Sublimity that I have been
prompted to write a poem to com
memorate tho ovent. In my at
tempt I got only as far aa the first
verso which took him to Aums
ville. The verse is as follows: .
The night was dark and dreary
And the owls wore iu tho trees.
When tho warden sped to Aums
ville With his pun between his knees.
I am, however, unable to get
him any further than Aumsville,
so I am asking that you kindly
have Harry Grain or fioine of tho
other boys in your office complete
tho poem by adding sufficient
verses to Eet the warden through
Stayton and Sublimity and back
to Salem without his getting hurt.
right behind me. Neither Willos
nor Kelley had fired a shot up to
this time. Just as I went up the
firts two steps of the tower stairs
Guard Ilolman, who was conceal
ed behind the iron fence, shot mo
through tho left arm.. Just as ho
shot me Willos shot him with a
pistol. (Story was interrupted here
while there was an argument as to
who killed him.)
"Kelley didn't have any gun un
til we got inside of tower No. 1.
We had to go through tower No. 1
and drop from the way to gain our
liberty. By the time we went
through this tower the bullets were
coming fast from the outside of the
iron fence nnd In the garage, flvo
or six shooting at us on the way
MR. 60OGL6. Ml NAtAB. IS BOB
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If your offico force is not equal
to the ocasion you might have Jim
Llun or Louis Lachmand do It. It
would be well, however, to take 't
up with them late in the afternoon
when the muse Is more likely to
be on the job.
In order that the warden may
at least be ready for the funeral,
in event Murray Is captured and
hung, I am submitting for his con
sideration an epitaph which was
used for a gentleman, of similar
name, who was hung in this vicin
ity in early days. This touchiug
tribute wae as follows:
"Here lies Murry
Who died In a hurry,
As they did In tho days of yore:
Mo fell through' tho trap
into the coroner's lap,
And struck for the golden
shore."
OSWALD WEST.
Portland, Or., August 17. 1925.
through. I picked up Guard
Sweeney's (of tower No. 1) rifle.
We all dropped to the ground out
aide. Jones, Willos and I were on
the ground, and I called to Lute
Savage, who was standing In the
garage, to come over to where we
were, as we wanted him for pro
tection from the bullets from the
other guards. He wouldn't come,
so I took one shot at him with my
pistol. Whether I hit him or not
I don't know.
Jones Shot In Side
About this time Jones was shot
in the side somewhere. (There was
a little argument about where ho
was shot.) About that time Willos
and I started-for No. 2 tower, along1
the side wall, as this was the best
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route for our getaway. Kelley
stopped to shako hands with Jones.
Jonea said: "Tell the boys to play
careful and not make It more than
one.' Jones then took the gun and
fired a load of buckshot through
Holman's head, who was sitting up
against the wall. Made him uncon
scious of what was going on
around him. (Murray Interrupted
here to tell Newman that they were
telling him the God's truth.) Mur
ray said: I want my mother to read
it.'
"Kelley then picked up the shot
gun, which was empty, and follow
ed Wlllos and I past No. 2 tower
toward the Insane asylum.
(Newman asked him what No. 2
tower had been doing all this
time.) .
"No. 2 towor was deserted, and
someone wearing a dark suit was
running; toward the insane asylum
ahead of us. Wo thought it was the
guard from No. 2 post, although
we would not swear to it, as we
were not sure. We never did
notice any shots coming from' No.
2 tower, and ho could have shot
at us when I shot at Lute Savage.
We rushed toward the insane asy
lum, commardecred an automobile
and from then on the public knows
just as much as we want them to
know. We haven't harmed no one
and intend to harm no one as
long as they don't stand between
ourselves and liberty. (Signed)
"TOM MOKRAY,"
"ELLSWORTH KKLLY,
"JAMES WILLOS."
"P. S. The last we saw of Jone3
he was sitting on the ground, fully
conscious, and unable to walk, and
if Slaughterhouse Davidson shot
him he must have walked up on
him and shot him like a dog, giv
ing him no chance.
Newman nsked them If they
could make any individual slate-!
nient and Murray said: "No, this
goes for all of us. We all vouch for
it." Newman asked Murray: "What!
do you think of Dalrymple as a
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warden T" - ;
"He's as good a man as could bo
in tho position. He's had a hard
time during his administration, and
he has made the beat of a bad
Job." ,
Wlllos was asked: "What do you
think of Dalrymple as a warden?"
"According from what I havo
learned from other prisoners who
have asked for a chance to make
good, he was all right."
Newman asked: "Is he a good
disciplinarian ?"
Wlllos said: "Yes, sir; absolute
ly." Kelley was asked tho same ques
tion. "I think he is very level
headed, and I think he uses more
common sense than some of his
subordinates."
"What do you think of his ac
tions in the last showdown?"
"No other course to follow,' said
Willos. Newman asked Murray:
"Was the break executed as
planned ?"
"No, we planned ot slldo down
tho rope, go into the turnkey's of
fice, put the turnkey and any other
civilians who might bo thero in
front of us, march them straight
towards No. 1 tower, using them
as a protection, as Insurance
against being shot at against the
wall, disarm the guard In No. 1
tower, taking him with us if neces
sary, go to the prison garage, take
one of the fast prison cars, and use
that for our getaway."
Newman asked: "You didn't ex
pect any shooting?"
Murray: "No, at least we didn't
expect any guards walling for us
out In front. We had no intention
of killing anyone."
Newman: "Do you figure some
one Informed on you?"
Murray: "Wo don't know just
what to think, but wc believe some
one had the wronj,- tip."
The escaped convicts put their
fingerprints in ink alongside the
sign a lures.
I5y Chick Young
By Billy de BecK
By Bud Fisher
I
nough." Adr.