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Corvaulis, Benton County, Oregon, Friday, June 29. iwm.
ABOUT THE TRIAL
What the First Days Developed
' Seattle Intelligencer Report.
The first day of the trial of Geo.
Mitchell, charged with murder in
the first degree in the killing of
Edwin Creffield, the "Holy
Roller," in the streets of Seattle,
May 7, proved in some senses a
fore cast of the tedious care and
attention which may be expected
' to be exhibited by the court and
by the opposing counsel all
through the case, which is ex
pected to last three weeks. At
the eud of the day's work twenty
talesmen had been examined, of
whom nine had been selected as
possible jurors in the case.
The questions of both the
prosecuting attorney, Kenneth
Mackintosh, and his deputy, John
F. Miller, for the state, and of
Will H. Morris and Silas M.
Shipley, of Morris, Southard &
Shipley, for the defense, covered
almost every possible phase of the
now famous case. Especially
close were the interrogations on
the attitude of the talesman to the
right ot a man to kill another
under provocations such as Mitch
ell is claimed to have had. The
right ot a man to plead insanity
was also a subject for particular
attention on the part of counsel,
the effort being made by the state
to secure men who would explic
itly follow the court's supposed
instructions that a man is to be
believed sane until he has estab
lished his insanity.
Of the jurors provisionally se
lected, most ot those from the
country had not read very much
about the case, either being ab
sent from home about ttie time of
the killing, or else not close read
ers ot the daily papers. Of those
in the city some declared they
had formed no decided ODinion on
the case, and the remainder con
fessed to such, but thought they
could disregard it in the weighing
of evidence, in accordance with
the instructions of the court.
Mitchell proved a silent spec
tator of the proceedings of; the
trial. His brother, Perry Mitch
ell, from Illinois, was allowed to
sit by his side during the day.
The two young men, though
there is two yeirs' difference in
their ages, resemble one another
almost as closely as twins. The
One is a trifle paler than the other,
on account of the coafinment
of almost two months in the
county jail. Only occasionally
did either make a remark and for
the most part they sat quietly
watching the jurors as the latter
were questioned.
The court room was crowded
the greater part of the day,
and among the spectrtors were
several witnesses from Oregon,
already on hand to testify for the
defense. Those who had arrived
yesterday were: O. V. Hurt, fath
er of Mrs. Creffield; E. H. Bald
win, James K. Berry and Louis
Hartley, of Corvallis; Mrs. B. E.
Starr, of Corvallis, Mitchell's sis
ter; John Catlin, deputy marshal,
and Geo. Van Drant, of Albany;
B. E. Starr and his three chil
dren; E. P. Harris, Mrs. Hager
and Mrs. Anna Hager, all of
Portland, and J J. Woods, deputy
sheriff; Mayor Robert Morris and
A. Mills, a prominent farmer, of
Newberg.
Seattle, Wash., June 27. It
was a day of legal squabble in
the Mitchell murder trial. Will
H. Marris, counsel for the young
man who killed Holy Roller
Creffield, became indignant early
in the day and fought the e Sorts
of the prosecuting attorney to
question the talesman along
lines tending to bring out wheth
er they would take into consider
ation the crime of adultery and
whether they believed that any
man had a right to take the law
into his own hands.
It reached a climax when Mor
ris declared that he was there to
defend his client and was going
to do it regardless of the ideas of
the prosecution or the court.
The result was that Judge Frater
excused the jury and summoned
the four attorneys to a secluded
formal conference.
The 12 talesmen in the jury
box were L. F. Jones, C. W.
French, Fred , Clinton, W. C.
Howard, James O. Cass, John F.
Dore, H. A. C. Thompson, R.
F. Fahley, Jesse G. Candall, F.
M. Townsend, R. E. Fisher and
George Bill.
THE COMMISSION APPOINTED
To Transact Business for New
Water Company.
Judge McFadden, F. L. Mil
ler, S. I. Kline, R. H. Huston.
These' are the four men who
were appointed at Monday
night's meeting to hereafter look
to the interests of the city in the
handling of the business of the
new mountain water company.
The meeting was held by the
committee of ten that has so far
transacted the business, and
henceforth the interests of the
public will be carefally sub
served by this commission.
Little of importance could be
done at the Monday night meet
ing, as it is considered probable
that this month will be devoted
to the task of connecting resi
dences with the mains, the work
of tapping now being prosecuted
with vigor. Peter Callahan is
soliciting appli cations for water,
and is meeting with good suc
cess.
A committee consisting of O.
V. White, J. G. Wright, R. E.
Pugh and Mr. Casteel, represent
ing the common council of the
city of Philomath appeared be
fore the local committee, to as
certain definitely the cost of put
ting in hydrants and securing a
water supply for Philomath. No
rates, however, were made, this
being done hereafter by the com
mission; but $376 has been
charged Philomath for the es
tablishment of four hydrants,
this sum being only the actual
expense ot the hydrants, other
material and work of installing.
Formerly Resided in Benton.
News has been received in this
section by old-time friends, of the
death of Mrs. Lucinda M. Has
brouck, for many years a resident
of southern Benton county and of
Lane.
Deceased was born in East
Pennbrook, N. Y., April 12,
1838. She died at Leslie, Mich.,
April 14th, although the news
has iust reached Oregon friends.
Mrs. Hasbrouck was married
to Luther Hasbrouch Oct. 16,
i860, and they made their
first home in Lane county.
A husband and five children
survive, among the latter are two
sons, Frank D. , of Weston, Or.,
and Hubert L., of Hood river.
Insurance Agents of Corvallis.
All resident insurance agents of Cor
vallis, Oregon, are hereby invited to meet
in the northeast room of the First Na
tional Bank of Corvallis, at 5 o'clock on
Saturday evening, June, 30, 1906, for the
purpose ot considering whether it is best
for said agents to ask their respective
companus and the Board of Fire Under
writers of the Pacific to take under ad
vice important questions which may lead
them to decrease the premium rates on
property located within . the corporate
limits of said city. J. F. Yates,
E. E. Wilson,
M. S. Woodcock,
E. R. Bkysox.
Robert Black of Big Elk was in
Corvallis several days this week,
having brought bis wool to the
local market.
Misses Carrie and Bessie Dinne
man left yesterday for Clem, East
ern Oregon, to spend a part of the
summer with their father.
Daniel Cameron, formerly of
this city but now ot Portland,
is visiting Corvallis relatives.
WHOSE BOYS AHZ THEY?
Parents Should Find Out and
Keep Lads at Home.
Tieuble is brewing for numer
ous Corvallis parents, and the
sooner these parents keep their
young boys at home and put them
at some honest task to occupy
their time and attention the easi
er it will be for the police, whose
duty it is to check the young law
breakers if the parents do not.
This warning is not an idle
one, and parents who allow their
young boys to roam the streets at
will, seeking their own compan
ions and their own amusements,
are not deserving of pity when
trouble befalls their children.
According to unimpeachable
authority, another gang of toughs,
such as terrorized the town a few
years ago and was so tragically
disbanded, is gaining in undesir
able notoriety day by day, and it
is only a matter of time until the
law will lay hold on these young
scamps.
One case, already in the hands
of the authorities, is the theft and
concealment of a row boat belong
ing to a lady of this city. All
last summer" it seems, the boat
was molested and taken from its
moorings by these young hood
lums. This summer the -same
trouble began, and the boat was
hidden in a spot on Marys river,
then on Oak Creek in fact, any
where to keep it from the owner.
Finally, after much annoyance the
property was recovered and was
chained to a tree nearthe owner's
home. Going to the spot later,
the tree was found cut down and
the skifl gone, whereupon the po
lice were notified and are on the
track of the theives. Some lad
is likely to go to the reform school
because of it.
Even worse than this is a con
temptible piece of work that was
done by older boys at a Chinese
wash house on North Main street
a few weeks ago. The Chinamen
have a copper tank, holding per
haps 40 or 50 gallons, in which
they bail clothes. Some one en
tered the place and with an old
mattock cut two or three holes
through the bottom of the tank.
A large ringer, casting $15 when
new, also had the rubber rollers
gashed and chopped 10 pieces. A
suspicion, apparently well found
ed, is entertaiaed as to the iden
tity ot the puppy who did the
work.
Other cases could be cited,
such as occurred at the C. & E.
depot recently when an excursion
train came in and the younger
gang of toughs threw rocks at
a buggy horse, almost causing a
runaway.
The work of these boys is a
matter to be looked after by fath
ers and mothers, for if the lads
are' not kept in and properly con
trolled the police are bound by
law to deal with them as the of
fenses merit, and the names of the
offenders will not always be with
held. An ounce of preventive is worth
a pound of cure, and the parents
who allow their sons to grow up
in the street should not be pitied
if troubles come because of ne
glect of duty.
These Will Teach.
At a meeting of the Corvallis
school board held at ten o'clock,
Tuesday morning, Miss Edna
Thompson was elected a
teacher of the Corvallis pub
lic school for the coming year,
vacancies having been made by
the failure of Miss Etta Fuller
and Miss Young to file applica
tions for their grades next year.
At .Tuesday's meeting, the
oath of office was taken by W.
C. Corbett, director, who fills
the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Charles Hout, and by
clerk W. Av Buchanan. , ; 7
4 The full corps of teachers for
the year will be: Principal, S.
W. Holmes; assistant, C E.
Cummings; Miss Olive Mallow,
Miss Anna Lindgren, Miss Fran
ces Belknap, Miss Edna Finley,
Miss Florence Maxfield, Miss
Maud Mattley, Mis Margaret
Fowells, Miss Josephine Fuller
ton, Miss Grace Huff, Miss Lena
Tartar and Miss Edna Thomp
son.
The assignment of the various
grades has not yet been made by
the board.
THE DATE IS SET.
For Oregon State Fair at Salem
Premiums for Benton.
The 45th annual state fair is
scheduled to begin at Salem,
September 10th, and to last five
days, closing on the 15th.
W. H. Downing, president of
the board, was in Corvaliis re
cently in the interests of the fair,
and he is making a tour ot the
state for the same purpose.
Benton county is in position to
make a better showing this year,
at less cost, than ever belore,
owing to the splendid permanent
exhibit that is now maintained
at the court house for show pur
poses. At the fair grounds $15,000
appropriated bv the legislature
for the purpase has been expend
ed in improvement of the grounds,
buildings, pavilion and auditor
ium. These have been enlarged
and repainted, the dairy hall,
machinery hall, grandstand and
poultry hall have been repainted,
and new horse and cattle barns,
sheep and hog pens have been
built and the best septic tank
system of sewage devices in the
state have been installed.
Stall room has been provided
for 210 headot horses for the
campers, and an information
bureau will be established under
the management of Hon. Albert
Tozier, who will be "mayor" of
the fair grounds. A record of
campers will be kept, so that
friends will have no difficulty in
locating friends in camp.
The premium list has been re
vised, new ones added and old
ones increased in value until the
list is as liberal as anyone could
ask.
There is a cash prize ot $300,
which will be awarded to the
county making the best general
exhibit. With this purse in view
it behooves old Benton to do her
"prettiest."
Multnomah's Increase i . Insanity
There is an alarming increase
in the number of insane com
plaints issued in this county,
says the Portland Telegram. So
far this month the increase has
been 160 per cent over the whole
month of June, 1905, when 15
insane complaints were sworn to
before County Clerk Frank S.
Fields. Nineteen insauity com
plaints were made last month,
while 17 were issued during May,
1905. v
Several reasons are assigned
tor the increase one of them be
ing that the San Francisco earth
quake caused many persons to
worry until driven insane. An
other cause is said to be that
many persons whose minds were
none too strong lost control of
their reason on account of the
rush and worry brought on by
the Lewis and Clark Exposition.
Chief Deputy County Cleik
Fred W. Prasp declares that it 1
because there has been such. a.
increase in the number of mar
riage licenses issued. He does
not explain just how the issuing
of the licenses affected the minds
of persons whose names do not
appear on the wedding permits.
Bids Wanted.
Notice is hereby given that the clerk
of s-hool district No. 9, Benton county,
will receive bids to paint the old school
lAuldiag; roof one coat and body of
building two coats; work and material
to be first class; give cost of labor, also
contract price for. labor and material. i
The board' reserves the right to reject
any and all bids, and no bid will be re
ceived after 9 a. m., July iota. - 54-5
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