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To the
Even before the grand jury returns its report of the
investigation of the prison break in which two guards were
killed, the sob-sisters have opened their batteries to save the
necks of the murderers. We are told concerning Murray the
.leader, that "Tommy was just a little boy of 14 when the
world war broke out"
Juat a little boy, whose mother tucked him in bed every night and
looked for stone bruises upon his bare feet. Ills young body was
just half grown, his teeth wide apart, and there wero u few freekles
hero and there on his boyish face. Into that roaring hell at the
shipyards went tho Utile boy. ' When Iho war, and the
work, and the nolso and tile money ended, Tommy was still a child In
body and years, but bo suffered from "shock'' as surely as If he had
listened to tho cannon's roar and seen his companions weltering in
their own blood. Life was not the same. And so, for excitement,
Tommy tried a few moving picture stunts of being a bold bandit,
and a bad highwayman, same as your own kids secretly long to do
at some tlmo in their lives. Oh, mothers and fathers! And ho woke
up in tho Oregon prison.
Very sad and very pathetic, this "little boy" who turned
"bold bandit" and multi-murderer "for excitement" years
after the war ended and the shipyards were dismantled, who
deliberately chose a life of crime instead of one of industry
and peace! If ho had only staid in the Oregon prison when
he woke-up, it wouldn't have been so bad. But he had to
stage a few more harmless movie stunts to get out!
And then there is the almost equally sad case of Ellsworth
Kelley, the dub of the trio. We are told :
'Twas he who stopped, while freedom was at stake, and bullets
were flying, to grasp tho hand of his follow pal. It was he, who kept
saying, as they fled (more regretfully than all others) "wo have
done an awful thing now, we have killed a man." Kelley
. was the peace-maker, whenever his two pats quarrelled, even at Hie
last ho did not carry a revolver. Ho was Imprisoned for
a crime against the public safely, when through kindness of his, be
tried to release prisoners from the county Jail. Surely he
has atoned for his crime of sympathy. Let Kelley go free. We who
censure Kelley may be, before God, more to blame than he."
Maybe we are, but we haven't conspired to murder and
actually killedthat is, most of us haven't. The time to
regret this "awful thing" was before it was pulled off and
three persons sent to eternity, and onlv a .sentimentalist
could claim that Kelley "had atoned for his crime and should
go free." As for his chivalry to his fallen pal well, he "stood
not upon the order of his going" but went while the going
was goou.
There will be a lot of this blah as the long haired men and
the short haired women of the sob-squad get into action.
raise funds for defense, keep
with choicest flowers and cheer their passing hours with
comforts and luxuries that
fails to provide for distinguished guests. If you have tears,
prepare to shed them, but not for the victims of these throe
noblemen of nature.
On the. Map
wnue tlie state game commissioners are husy raising
cam, expurgating minutes and
have undertaken the pleasing
their superiors on the map
distinguished services of being
Some nine lakes in Clackamas, Marion, Jefferson and
Wasco counties, which have just been slocked with Eastern
Drook fry, have been christened in honor of these benefactors
of the public weal. Among them are noted:
Cap lake, eight acres, named alter A. C. (Cap) Illi iKllilurr. ex
warden.
Averlll lake, 20 ucri'H In area,
game warden.
Klniso lake, 25 acre, nauietj nfler Miss Kloisu llorlell, Warden
Arorlll's new stenographer.
Flnley lake, eight acres, named after W. L. Flnley, new commis
sioner. Clifford lake. 10 ncres, nfler Harold Clifford, rnuimissioner.
Jude lake, four acres, nfler .tmlas C. Morelanil. commission em
ploye. Husk hike. 10 acres, nfler Rum Wilcox, veteran packer.
Matt lake, seven acres, nfter
tendent of hatcheries.
Warren lake. 10 ncres. named nfler Warren Cornell, game com
mission employe.
Republics tire proverbially ungrateful and democracies
even more so, so we are glad to note this prompt recognition
of genius and public service. Less than ISO days in office, the
fame of these illustrious job-holders is now forever assured.
No longer will it be necessary for Oregon to go to the
British army and navy for place names for our mountains,
rivers and lakes, or to fall back upon the limited fauna of
the region, as the pioneers did not so long as we have game
wardens and commissioners, and with the merry-go-round
of politics, the supply of these celebrated personages promises
to be inexhaustible. Henceforth no pond need be without a
name, and no game warden without fame.
The Husband Tamer
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Patricia nml Ciietiitry Hew lit
mmlo tho trip hack 10 tho eleven"
n pari taunt nlunwt in Hileiioe. Ho
wltt. had hulled a t:txl im.l hM
brief converge with iho driver, In
which money eh.mirni h.uuH; they
fairly flew uptown. Hewitt mt with
one html clenched on hi knie;
I'alrlcla could hnnlly keep her
eyes from It. It wan mien a Mronn
hand, so vlKoruijH, o .Inn n hand
that had been ablo to it'lp inan'w
life when that man was hut a boy.
find ninkn It a record to which
other men pointed with pride and
envy.
"Th.it you for beltiff quiet,"
he told nor when they arrived.
Tpu have the Rift of alienee."
FntrlcU smiled. If only ho know
how turbulent her thought had
been, how they hud twirled them
selves into a hundred different
pattern, nit hn fieri on those few
-lordfj of hi: "If 1 had n wife Ilk ft
you" She warned berlf nlnt
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matter at Salem, Oregon
Rescue
their heroes' cells decorated
even Dalrymple's country club
playing politics, the employes
task of putting themselves and
in commemoration of their
on the state payroll.
named after K. F. A vi-rill, new slate
Matt L. Hyekmnn, former superin
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thl interest, In him tb;it w.m deep
ening no ibtimerou dy,
"I imi.it phiy the game right; It
isn't f.ilr to become liUere.-ded,"
he told hcrxelf us they milted for
Ihe ele;iior, "Tint' not Included."
Hot nfler :l11 u lint n'Ollld h.imtpn
If thiinm th;t eren't Included
worked tVelr way Into the scheme
.if I hln i-. It n .m .1 I.tn.Li lUtvcp
had eald; men like ftlchanl Itoyee
and Andrew wore no complacent
.ilm tit In kin x tho verv be! their
iv He ennM irli-iv nnl for Iheni-
fehcM alone, but for their business.
W'nn It n woman's duty aluayw in
fit In, to make hernclf a ulave
hody and Pint) and mind, to her
hu.iit.ind ?
"I mustn't think this w.iy; I
must Mop It T " ho told heielf as
the elevator glided Mimoihly to
their floor. It wan little effort to
pit on. houf vr: t ha nmnmtit ti..
opened th front door uf her nput
ment M. ire in liiMviifx v.ii.-a )..!.
1 1 n
trred her thoughts and put new
hysterica. Iter voice roue pierc
ingly.
"I tell you, they've gone off to
get her I They have I know It. I
could soo that he was in t ores ted in
her getting up to help her get
ones Into their places.
For Mrs. Hewitt was having
breakfast that's a nice utory. How
long had they been out there In the
kitchen alone how long? I ask
you. Do you know? Of course you
don't. Oh. I've always known that
it would come I'm an old woman
and he's still young; he "
"Marcla!" Gregory Hewitt's
voice cut across Andrew's efforts
to appea.se Mrs. Hewitt. "Marcla,
what on earth are you talking
about? What's the matter?"
"Oh, I though I thought " She
burst into tears, whether of relief
or anger it was difficult to tell. "I
want to iro away from here," she
sobbed, clinging to him. "I couldn't
sleep, it was so noisy, and I called
you, but you weren t here. You'd
gone with her " Her voice rose
again, accusingly.
"Of course we'll go; we'll leave
at once." He helped her to her feet
"Shall we go Into the other room,
and you can dre.ss and tell me what
you'd like to do."
' They crossed the living room
slowly, his arm supporting her,
and down the little corridor to the
bedroom. Hewitt's shoulders sag
ged; he looked suddenly ten years
older.
As the door closed behind them
Andrew turned to Patricia angrily.
"What on earth wero you think
ing of?" he demanded. "Going off
like that, when you know that Mrs.
Hewitt wasn't feeling well, and
when your duty to her as a
hostess "
"My duty was to him, too, wasn't
it?" she demanded. "Oh, Andrew,
this Is just one little detail of a
long story; let's wait till tho He
witts have gone and then talk It
all out. I can't I won't go on
as we've been living. It's all wrong.
Mr. Hewitt wanted to go down to
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the Aquarium"
"The Aquarium!" Andretf re
peated Incredulously. .
"Yes. So we went. He was. sure
that his wife would sloop: for
hours." it
"Well, she didn't. She had the
maid phone me got mo in . the
middle of an important conference
ana tell me that you and( her
husband had eloped! I came rush
ing up here to find her raving and
tearing her hair, with windows
banging open all up and down the
air shaft I could hear 'em In the
living room! You might nt loa"st
have left some word." . '
"But there wasn't time. We Just
rushed away.'
She stopped abruptly as Hewitt
and his wife came out Into the cor
ridor, dressed for tho street. Mrs.
Hewitt came slowly to where
Patricia stood.
OPEN FORUH
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To the Editor; In a recent Issue
of your honored sheet there was
embalmed an article lauditory to
tho efforts of myself and one El
don JJrlckcll in rounding up the
escaped children of the Pen, Mur
ray, Willos and Kelley.
Tills article Js a rank misrepre
sentation of facts as far as myself
is concerned. I would have sub
mitted the facts sooner but only
yesterday did I emerge from tho
strawstack wherein I .have resid
ed since August 12,
The facts are these:
On above date I had the misfor
tune to be in the vicinity of Willard
school. Learning that tho convicts
were in my neighborhood I took
shelter in a straw stack. Under
stand please, that no craven mo
tive prompted me, but every man
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"My husband insists that I ap
ologize to you," she said, her voice
thick with tears. "My nerves are
in such a frightful state all that
noiae that kept me from steeping
last nfght "
"Oh, I do understand, Mrs. He
witt, and I'm bo sorry that you
had a bad night. If there la any
thing that I can do "
"You'va done quite enough,"
Marcla Hewitt retorted, her voice
acid once more. "Come, Gregory."
And Hewitt, with but the brief
est for farewells, aided her to the
elevator, followed by Andrew with
their luggage. Patricia, watching
frem the living room window as
they stepped into a taxi on the
sidewalk six flights below, hard
ly knew whether to laugh or cry.
Poor Gregory Hewitt! Welt, now
for Andrew!"
Tomorrow The Truth.
and boy was convict hunting and
did not think I was needed. Be
sides It was at the height of tho
poison oak season and a straw pile
provides the only sure immunity.
Friend negelected to inform
me of the convicts' capture until
yesterday so I forsook my shelter
only to find that now half of those
wlio hunted the eloping prison in
mates are pleading that they be
turned loose again.
Dear editor, I beg that you do
all in your power to see that these
men are at least given free board
for the remainder of their days, as
I would hate to have a strawstack
us a permanent residence.
When I first sought shelter I had
been informed that these convicts
bad slaughtered two good citizens
of Oregon employed at the pen
tentlury as guards but this seems
to have been an error if I am to be
lleve tho sob-sisters who claim
these men have done no wrong
save to play hooky from tlrosome
confinement. Other soft hearted
persons who believe In pampering
criminals assert that these men
were unjustly Imprisoned and also
the convicts themselves (except
Murray) claim they did no shoot
ing and bad no firearms. Had I
known that Murray was carrying
that array of three revolvers, two
rifles and a shotgun I might have
left my shelter and chanced him in
a running race.
Again asking that you take all
necessary steps to see that the
down-trodden convicts are safely
impounded and provided with
every luxury including a new war
den who will provide them with
ostermoor matresscs, doorless cells
and a guardless enclosure, I am
WILL CARVER.
Salem, Oregon, August 25.
To the Editor: While reading of
the prison break and the man hunt
my attention was attracted to the
sayings and doings of Kelly. Twas
he, who stopped, while freedom
was at steak, and bullets were fly
ing, to grasp the hand of his fel
low pal. It was he who kept saying
as they fled (more regretfully than
all others) "we have done an rifful
tiling now, we have killed a man."
It was then, that I began to say,.
Kelly is not all bad, notice, he was
the peace maker, when ever his
two pals quarrelled, even, nt the
last he "did not carry a revolver.
I understand, he was imprisoned
for 20 years, was it for murder, or
holdups, or burglary, or incendiar
ism, or immorality, or bootlegging.
So. A thousand times no. It was
only a crime against tho public
safety when through kindness of
his, he tried to releave prisoners
from the county Jail, did he release
them. I don't know, what were
their crimes, were they great crim
inals, or in Jail for something less
FRIDAY,
offensive, please write it up. Why,
for his crime against the public
Is not so important If their offence
was small. Anyway from all I have
rend there is no personal crime
stated against him. Surely ho has
attoned for his crime of sympathy.
Let Kelly go free. We who censure
Kelly, may be, before God, more
to blame than he. I don't want to
be classed sentimental tut neither
am I a coward. Oregon should not
hang a man who committed no ac
tual crime.
ELLA M. FINNEY.
Waconda, Aug. 20, 1925,
To the Editor: I wish to correct
the false statement in your paper
that state! that I was the one that
should receive most of the credit
for the capture of three escaped
convicts, Murray, Kelley and Wil
los from the Oregon state prison. I
was a member of the posse I ad
mit but was in different localities
than the convicts frequented.
On August 12, tho night of the
escape It was thought that the
convicts had gone across the 51ar-ion-Polk
countv bridge. The war
den sent Warren Jones and myself
on that side of the river to appre
hend the criminals If we could. In
stead of going across the bridge
we went toward Portland but
couldn't find them - there so we
decided to return and give it up
as a bad Job. On returning the
warden informed us that the tniec
convicts were reported to be near
Pratum as the taxi driver, whose
car was commandeered had return
ed and claimed that they never
crossed the bridge. We then de
cide that the warden might be
right in his first statement and
then went across the bridge to
Dallas, Independence and Mon
mouth but again we were unable
to locate them after looking until
nearly three o'clock In tho morn
ing. The next afternoon we Journey
ed over to, Stayton, Aumsville and
Shaw looking for tho desperados
AUGUST 28, 1925
but were forced to drop the hunt
for the time being as we had not
eaten any supper, so wo came In
and partook of some nourishment.
After sleeping soundly for soveral
hours we again took up the hunt.
This time we were stationed at
Sublimity to guard the town so
that the convicts might not get
playful and take the town away
with them. We spent the entire
night pacing the streets of tho
metropolis but for the third time
we were checkmated. Other hunts
proved fruitless and wo seemed to
have the three scared of us us they
did not appear on the scene.
When It was discovered that tho
former Inmates of the prison had
descended upon Portland we wero
immediately dispatched to Albany
and Corvallis. After much search
we came in and decided to let the
whole state go to-the-dogs and
quit the game as the convicts
would not take any chances with
us on the hunt anyway.
Carson, the informer should bo
given the entire credit and if it is
necessary to eret-t statues for the
hunters it might be a good thing
it seems to me to have Dr. Henry
Waldo Coe present Portland with
a series of Canons busts to plaster
over the state.
It seems that tho convicts wero
all captured in the same territory
and yet Carver or myself were
never in that vicinity. At least I
wasn't. Carver might havo been
there as I never saw him or any
one else while on the manhunt.
Hoping that you will place the
honor where It belongs I remain,
Respectfully,
ELDON BRICK ELL.
August 28. 1925.
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By Chick Young