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33 She gnUs gttforian. DEATH'S DOOM. ASTORIA. ORHGO: SATT1UAY ....ah:il r.. igrK) ISSUER EVERY MORNIKG. (Monday excepted.) . F. HAL.LORAN & COMPANY. PuW4her awl Proprietors. i Tie Assassinated Frederick-sons Will Be Ayeugefl. "&URDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE" ivaiAN I'.nuwM: - rASiSTilKlf. ried h Ourler. iwr ueH 3 els tt hy SlaH. per wttu'ti Of)ci -x't fey MbH. one jv j ............. $7.00 1 r-T ! poHe io nlfrtlKT. Thk A-to:un z jar.iulv-s to Us r.dver-tiVMNitiplart'-t .-iM-iiK'inii of a!iv iiewiK-"-r jHliOfHi The C nubia i i ver. "verification of the Old Adage, "Mur der Will Oat.' a noun i: uosi::s cosrussiozs. CITY A-D Ctb.WTY OFFICIAL PAPER j I'sill Aretiaut t ilic Preliminary TriaS of ! the Accused. 'arr frtwn onr pntdio schools. the Turw Kaeiuo omnpnny. of iSjilem, . v lnmciil a team oHiluck horses r vloiHtrUneut -.. Tor SoOi). On the 22d of last February Tub Mousing Astoiuan' had an account of (hi mysterious disappearance of Jens Fred nekton and his wife, who had been living near South 3cnd, Pacific T. -... -n -s n i countv, "Y:uh.. and on that date called liu'SonUt iSctul m:il companv .vjld , -. , , lni'rty t South Jlead on the lirst of ' attention to the fact that the mystery llx mouth, to the amount of $."G,O0O. surrounding their fate warranted tho " . , , ' .strictest scrutiny and investigation. Alsc vox ;.fsterdav received three , , ,- 4. , . ,,, . nWMonJJohu!,he;.:snnts,andto-dav Acliu on lbe 1:mt tbe case was aoy will lw tken toOlney and turned lkcn up and steadily followed uutd 1 w , the whole ghastly truth was revealed AK Alari. l)rlc i,n lone.! l,..if I "1 " " IHOUU-CIUUIIUK UUKUto tho kKC of Fiedler .V McDonald, I t.-ulor?. on Third street, and will move iicr utithitery establishment therf in frw davs. The first act in the bringing of the murderers to justice was opened by i Tin-" Atrri.TtivV; ilirro'Hiifr aHnnlimi fn i the fact that a crime had been com mitted. The electric light of newspa iJcfare jr.dpe.ltwi.t1 vesterdav morn-! I?- s.cmlin-v ll!Jf vft? ? ?5 ing m the polier court. Dan Overton I " iro. ,th ma-, J" xs fonnil tjiuliv or having nel ' f',IV 1,C mjjl,c' A lo-01 f.l KfJS abwro UugW. imil flnl ten ! slaughtered man ana Ins J"fe will te ? s . i avenged on their brutal and cowardly murderers. Tin. Chinwo Ioale propertv from, 4 Thc details fA?' uiute men twolve months in the year j lP lfc was made , the im eti nndcliargethoir tenants for thirteen ' aln, havo been laid before Tnn As- njontli- there leing thirteen month in tbe Chines year. A. Kolvrts, charged with larceny of n coat nud vest, was brought before tokiax'.s readers. Tho second act in the bloody drama is now over. Tlin riinLIMINAKY TIJIAIi Of those accused of the murder was Justice May yesterday, and the hear- ! held before Justice of the Peace Fail ing of the cae was continued until 10 o'clock this morning. It i, said that the Anacortas boomers ! the Onyoiriun SS.(J()0a month for tbe siecial" that that paper daily publishes from that headquarters of wind and gall, as regular telegrams. ""Spider" Weir cost the California Athletic club about one thousand dol lars. Ike overdrew his account S500, and also ran up a lot of bills, which tbe club has leen eallod upon to pay. Tin ear. for the lirst time, the cen mis will Ik after the deg: they will be accounted for the s-ame as the hoics, cat;k sheep, swine and other animals on the farms, and in the cities and vil lages as well. C. A few days ago a Mrs. Thompson, j who resides at the .Seaside, brought over to the hospital and an alvlominal tumor removed, lady is now out of danger and xxm return home. was had The will sher, at Pay Center, last Thursday. W. Fulton and A. G. Hardest- ap- pcared for the prosecution, and A- It. I Kanaga, F. 33. "Wiuton and Messrs. i Ellwood and Holcomb for the defense. The defense adduced no testimony. The prosecntion placed on the stand 1 C. C. Pratt, formerly of this city, who ! w;is one or the men who discovered . Frederickson's body. I He said that the body of the man was found on the 2oth of March; the body or the woman on tho 29th; could I not state on whose fann the body of the man was found. The body of the woman was found by the hog pen on the Pose ranch, or about eighteen inches from the hog pen, and about sixty feet from the dwelling house. When the bodv of the man was ex humed. F. O. Peed, J. S. Pickett, D. Louderback, IL .T. Wiegardt, F. O. lredericson, John Anderson, and a son of Mr. Pickett were with him. It w:is about dark when the body of the mau was removed. It was late in the afternoon when the body of the woman was removed. The body of the man was taken to the beach in front or the Pose ranch and guarded through the night. In the morning it was put on board a plunger and conveyed to Pay Center, and put in the engine house of the cannery and guarded until the arrival of the cor oner. The body of the woman was taken on the beach, convenient to run ning water, where it was washed, and afterwards removed in a plunger to Pay Center. It was taken to the engine house, and afterwards decently buried. Cross examinatien: "What premises did von first search in looking for the body? I Premises that were said to have j been occupied by a mau by the name of Frederickson. I Describe the portion of the premises 1 over which you searched. The immediate vicinity of the dwell ing where the mau -was said to have resided was low and marshy. What was the condition or the premises, and what did you find? Premises were not occupied, articles were found about the house indicat ing that parties had lived there. However I paid no attention to arti cles found. Searched the beach in front of the Pose premises, slaughter house and other bnildings. Did youlind tools at Frederickson's? Found a 10 foot pole, saw no other tools. Witness here said that he had been on the premises live different times The Y.M.C A. last night, at their searching for the bodie3. On the erickson to meet me in about two weeks. Told John Pose this, thatj Frederickson was to move me. John Pose told me, the less I had to do with the Fredericksons the better I was off. Stayed one night on tho ranch with George Pose and Edwards. Left for Astoria; was gone about three weeks, and on my return Frederickson was to meet me with a batteau when the steamer whistled. Saw the batteau on my return, and asked George Pose how it came there. He said Frederick son had put it there as agreed. John Pose never mentioned the disapear auce of Frederickson and his wife to me. Had heard that John Pose had stated that the Fredericksons had gone awav in a boat in a storm. Young Pose told him that he saw them go out. Neither Edwards, Gibbons or John Pose has been on the ranch since I went there. I saw guns on the Pose ranch the first time I was there, a shot gun and rifle; never saw them afterwards. Cross examination.- George Pose was there the second time I was there. Frederickson s dog Avas there at that tune. Some one came and took the dog away, none of the defendants here took the dog. Did not see Mrs. Fred erickson when I was on their farm. Edwards was on the farm. H. T. Wiegardt saw the bodies after they were taken up. They were those of Mr. and Mrs. Frederickson. The dead woman was the sister of my wife. The last time I saw them was the 20th of January. Frederickson was 37 or 38 years of age, his wife about 2-L Heard that Fredericson moved on to the place about Christmas; weighed about 150 pounds. My sister took a lady's watch when she went on to the place. Missed them about Feb. 17th. Went to their house, found it locked and no signs of either. Found two dead chickens. Johnson's folks told me they had not been at home for some time. Was with the sheriff when he went there and pulled out the staple. Found Mr. and Mr. Frederickson's clothes, also her watch. Nothing was missing but a shot gun and a revolver. I took possession of their goods. Have seen Gibbons; saw him at tho place in the Pose dingy; ho said he was going to Pay Center; afterwards found him at my place, -where he stayed all night He was trying to buy tho farm of the heirs of the Fredericksons. He was boarding at the hotel of John Pose This was before the bodies were found. John Woods said: I know the de fendants, Edwards and Gibbons. Talked with Edwards in the jail, said he did not know what they -wanted him for, as he was innocent. John Pose also said he was innocent Jack Edwards said he would like to tell the truth of what he knew about the murder. Sheriff Turner testified that he has the custody of the defendant Ed wards; that Edwards did not want to make any confession, nor offer to, to him; said that he had had no conver sation with Wood in regard to con fessing. Sheriff Turner here recognized the confession and signature of Geo. Poso; stated further that Poso wanted to make a confession; warned him not to confess, expecting favors. He then re pented and signed the following confesseon: wards returned to South Bend about the 10th day of February, accompanied by my brother-in-law, George D.Jones. I further say that I make this statement voluntarily of my own free will and ac cord; that 1 make it in the room or Mr. Hardest-, in Oysterville, after haviug requested the sheriff take me to him. I know that he is hired by the people of Pacific county to prosecute me, my father, Edwards and Gibbons, for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Frederickson. I make this confession -without any hope of reward and not from any fear of punishment, but simply to case my conscience and to tell " the truth. I desire to say further, that Gibbons j took I1 rederickson's revolver and cut ' the handle off and put anew one on. He took it to my father's house. Edwards took his muzzle loading shot gun but left it at the ranch, where it was found by me on yesterday, the 29th day of March, 1890. I also -wish to say that I vol untarily offered to go with the sheriff and show him nud the party search ing for the body just whore Mrs. Frederickson is buried. 1 could not hang off any longer. I wanted her buried beside her husband: I could not stand it The above is the truth and all the facts concerning the murder of Jens and Seni Frederickson, so help me God. Geokge F. Pose. In presence of A. G. Hardest-, J. IL Tnrner, W. W. Ward and W. C. Mower. Gibbons, were held "without bail to answer to the charge of murder in tho first degree at the next term of court which will be next July. The prisoners were removed to tho jail at Oysterville. The elder Pose, Gibbous and Edwards, aro in a cell together. Geo. Pose is under a spec ial guard by himself. There was some talk of lynching, and if there had been a leader there might be a different story to tell; as it is,justice will take its natural and legal course, and the history of one of the foulest murders in the history of the northwest, has been unearthed. THE PROPOSITION ACCEPTED. Tbe Roai to the SeasiJe Complete!!. to Be irouK to soox m: itEsirjren. UllIliSaSIIIIIHHHIHH Immense Importations 0E"" Wrillralliw Received During the Past Two WekS;a the Leading House of Astoria. lesterday morning a little Iwy by tbe name of Mnttson fell while playing in Tlwaco and broke his right arm in two placos. The little fellow was brought over on the (iui. Can0 and taken to the hospital. A mountaineer preacher, in Crook county, astonished a part or his au dience last Sunday by exclaiming: My friends, all the world shouted for joy. when the good news of Christ's birth Hashed over the wires." Yesterday before Justice May, E. llichanlson was arraigned, charged with larceii. in Mealing shoes on Ivwrd a steamer, from boxes consigned to Camahan Ar Co. Two o'clock this aftennnm -was set for his examina tion. In the xlice court yesterday, David Koaten. who had been arrested before daylight, was found guilt of assault and batter-, and ordered by judge Jewelt to contribute five dollars towards the support of the municipal government A native of Sweden named J. F. Peterson yesterday concluded to re nounce all allegiance to the king of that far away land, and be henceforth enrolled in due time as a denizen of the broad land which on July 4th will celebrate its 11-ith birlhdav. EO. ROSE'S CONFESSION. He Alleges "Who the Murderers' Were, Ami How the Crime Was Committed. Oystebvxlle, Wash., Mar. 30. 1890. My name is George F. Pose, my ago 19 years; my father's name is John Pose; my father wanted this 1G0 acres of land that Jens Frederickson took. He wanted Edwards or Gib bons to take it and pay out on it and then deed it to my father. This Gib bons is one of tho meanest men that ever came into the country. Edwards and my father all made it up, as to how they -would kill Frederickson and his wife. After Edwards made up his mind lo take the place for father, lie cut down some trees on the place, but father found out after Fred erickson had built a shake shanty on tho claim, that Fred erickson had commenced a contest lo get the land. On Wednesday or Thursday of the last week in January, father, Gibbons and I took a dingy and crossed the bay to father's ranch where we found John Edwards. We had it all made up as to how we were to do the killing. Edwards had a spade hid on the edge of the woods near the cow trail. Father and Edwards went up to Fred erickson's house to get him to come down and help them hunt some cattle. After he came we, that is father, Ed wards, Gibbons, Frederickson and I monthlv meeting, voted to incorporate. An interesting programme has been prepare! for the grand auniversary to-morrow night at the opera house. Everybody invited. Prof. Frances, assisted by the lest local talent, has prepared excellent music A company has been organized at Uoquinm with $30,000 capital stock lo build a sawmill that will cut 30.000 feet per day with arrangements for doubling the capacih. The ma chinerv, costing $19,000, has been or dered by telegraph and the mill will be ready to cut timber by July u ext Jnst as soon as a city gets to boom ing and displaying some style they be gin to say mean tilings about it One exchange says that a si wash struck Pasco the other day ami stole the city hall for one leg to a pair of pant. An other excliauge ays that a dago got drank at La Grande iccently and sucked the contents out of the gas welL Garlic in small quantities is good in sonp. bnt when a man i met on a twelve-foot sidewalk, so completely en veloped in, and surrounded by, garlic of the strongest kind, that it is im posdblc to pass the man without hit tag the garlic, and hitting it hard, then is the time when TnE AsroniAX reporter Phew! ! don't like garlic Ugh! Every person should be present at tbe opera house next Monday evening, because a liberal share of the pro ceeds go to a worthy local organiza tion, and also, because Pilly Arlington sxid bis talented family will present s& unusually in tcrestiug progam. Pilly Arlington has for many years occupied a very prominent position among the best delineators of negro minstrelsy, and in Portland, as well as wherever be has appeared, competent critics have spoken of him and his company in tbe highest terms of commendation. Bnv a ticket and attend, for you will be Interested and amused, and will also help the Boys in Blue and the worthy ladies or the W. P. C. At the Uazaar, a full line of the lateM lres goods, itceits a specialty. Mk&A. KArri.EYKA & Co. Wanted. A nood strong girl to run a sewing machine Apply at this office Cefee awl cake, ten cents, at the Ottfral Restaurant third visit found traces that lead to the recovery of them. Cedar boughs were cut in a peculiar manner, with a dull or nicked knife, and limbs were found that were notched the same as the stub on the tree. These trees seemed lo lead io the place where the body -was. Left at this time and returned lo Pay Center. Peturned again to the ranch and found Fred erickson's body 1G0 rods from this point, interred behind a log near a thicket in a cow trail. First found an open grave, tounu tue ooay lurtner on uunea auouc six mcues aeep. Noticing that earth had been dis placed, moved a sod and foimd a hand. Called the other men to see the grave and body. When the body of the woman was found placed it on a stretcher. George Pose, tho prison er, pointed out the place where the woman was found. Asked George Pose lo identify guns. George Pose did not state in his presence how the woman came there. Said a certain gun was the one that did tile business: had heard a dog had been op the premises. Saw indications that a boat had been landed near the body. Pe-direct Noticed that some of the foot tracks were of peculiar shape, near the body. Had seen a boot on a man by the name of Gib bons of a similar shape Dr. Wilson Gruell testified that he was a physician. Stated that he per formed the autopsy on the bodies. Found the body of Frederickson in a normal condition, the head badly crashed, found shot and caps in the right hemisphere of the brain. Wit ness here identified the shot; said he found forty-four shots and two caps; found hair on the temporal bone; cranial bones were all broken. The woman's head disclosed one wound about the left temple; ball passed through the head, would have caused instant death. George Poso was called, but de clined to make further statement. J. S. Pickett, said he knew George Rose, and John Edwards. Saw Ed wards on the Pose farm, about the last of January. He "was taking care of John loose's stock so he stated. Was there about one day; George Rose was with me; no one else on the farm. Saw a man near his house Edwards stated the man was living on govern ment land. Edwards said he calcu lated to take the land but Frederick son filed first Said he -was going to bike the land and work for Rose Rose was to help make the went down into tho woods -west of the house. Edwards went first on the cow trail, father next, then I, then Frederickson, and Gibbons in the rear. After we got about one-half mile west of the house, a3 we were walking along as staled, Gibbons said, "look here, Frederickson," and Frederickson turned, and as he stood, about four feet from Gibbons, Ed. Gibbons fired a load out of a shotgun he was carry ing, the load striking Frederickson in the face He fell and did not utter a word or move a muscle The cart ridge was loaded with No.- 1 or B. The shot had some caps mixed with them. We found the shot in a cigar box and the caps -were mixed with them. We buried Frederickson just where he fell Before we buried him, father took all the money Frederick son had in his pocket Father divided it between the three of them. It was about $58 or S59. There was two $20 gold pieces, one $10 gold piece, one $3 gold piece and three or four dollars in silver. After we buried tho body we went to father's house This was in the forenoon be tween 9 and 10 o'clock. Father and Edwards went up to Frederickson's house and made some excuse to bring her, Mrs. Frederickson, down to fa ther's house When wo got there and standing near the pig-pen, I was standing off twenty or thirty feet; Gibbons was standing right near me. Father stood close to Edwards, who had father's rifle, a .45 Remington. Just as Mrs. Frederickson got near the pig-pen Edwards raised the rifle and shot her through the head. .She fell on her back just as her husband did when ho was killed by Gibbons. jura. jereuencKson never utterea a word or moved, just dropped instantly. I helped dig the grave for her. Wo all worked together; we dug about two and a half feet, T think, and put her in face up and tilled the grave up with the dirt we dug out of it We scattered the loose dirt; we agreed that the rain would fix everything. There is water standing all around there, anyway. After killing he we made up we should tell the story we saw Mr. Frederickson and wife starting in a dingy for Bruceport, and got lost JMlwards was to take Fred erickson's dingy and turn it loose and swamp it Gibbons, father and I went to South Bend in the afternoon and Edwards stayed on the ranch till Sun day and came over with a dingy with the butcher, Pat Connelly, who had come to the ranch the previous day with me On Sunday father and Ed wards went away on the Polar Bear. Edwards was going to Portland and ROSE'S CONFLICTING CONFE-SIONS. Sheriff Turner's Intci'otiii? Testimony. The above Is from the original notes of the testimony taken in Justice Fau cher's office in Bay Center as the testi mony was in progress. There was other testimony, and other statements were made that con flict somewhat with Geo. Pose's con fession, as printed above. That indi vidual was badly mixed, or considerable of a liar, or both. He made other confessions, five in all. When John Wood was on the stand he said that he had a conversation with Jack Edwards; that he, (Wood) had gone to see Edwards when he was in jail, and that Edwards had then said: 'I am innocent, but I would like to tell who the guilty parties are.'' John Davis, the county clerk, had called him away at that moment, there was a land proving up case on hand, and he didn't return to the jail. When asked about this afterward it transpired that two of the defendant's attorneys had gone to Edwards and warned him not to say one word; to keep mum and he would stand a bet ter show. SHEKIFF TtJIlXEIl'S TESTIMONY. Now comes the testimony of sheriff J. H. Turner, which is tho most inter esting as showing how things shaped. This also was taken down in the jus tice's office, as it fell from the lips of the sheriff. "I asked Edwards," testified sheriff Turner, ''if ho wanted to make a con fession, and ho said he did not and that ho had not told Wood that he wanted to make a confession, and that he had never had any conversa tion with Wood at all." Continued tho sheriff: ''Geo. Rose made the confession that was intro duced in evidence in Hardesty's room at Oysterville, in the presence of Mr. Ward, Mr. Mower, the coroner, Mr. Hardest' and myself. We told him the consequences and that Ave could not promise him any further than to speak to the court to be as lenient with him as possible if he told the truth about it. "We found the body of Mrs. Fred erickson where shown by Geo. Pose. "Before Geo. Pose made the con fession I told him I had evidence that would convict him and it would be better if he told the truth about it and the court would be more lenient with him than if he did not; but he would not go without being punished and that he couldn't hope to be a free man again. "Geo. Rose stated that he came down lo the Rose ranch alwnt the last of January sometime and before get ting to the place he heard a shot and after he got to the house he saw Ed wards coming from back of the house with a spade and he went out beside the hog pen and saw where the earth had been dug up by the pen nud he asked Edwards where the Frederick sous were and he said Ihey were gone and if they didn't return not to say anything about it and that he was go ing to take the land that Frederickson was on and he went afterwards to sec if tlie body of Mrs. 1 redencksou w;is there and the reason he didn't tell it was he was afraid of being accused of murder. "He afterwards stated that he and a man named Audrew Johuson killed the Fredericksens: that he got drunk at South Bend and came down to the Rose place and met a man named Johnson there and Johnson wanted tojgo and kill the Fredericksons and get the money they had; that after Johnson shot Frederickson he. tried to shoot Mrs. Frederickson, with the other load in the gun, but it didn't go off, and he then went and got Fred erickson's pistol and shot Mrs. Fred erickson, and tho next day they got a boat and brought the body of Mrs. Frederickson down and buried her in the pig pen. The board of directors of the Asto ria & South Coast Railroad company had a meeting last night at which the proposition of Hoffman & Smith was discussed. The proposition was ac cepted. It is the one previously re ferred to in The Astoman. As finally agrcedupon by the contractors and the directors of the company it amounts to this: Hoffman & Smith are to complete the Hue of the road from the west side of the Young's bay channel to Mrs. Byrd's, or the ocean house, for $35,750. Work is to begin on the road as soon as possible The acceptance of the proposed contract will be wired to Mr. Smith this morning, and he will be down on to-morrow morning's boat to make all necessary business arrange ments. The Pacific Construction compauy havc a prior contract to build the 1?4 miles.of road from Byrd's to Grimes'. A Surprise Sale. Novelties in Dress Goods in the Latest Fabrics-Fashionable Shades Pythian Bniloir . II COOPER 9 Thirl Street. After mature deliberation I have concluded to adopt the eastern style of giving my patrons a surprise sale ever- Saturday. For to-day I offer linen collars at five cents each, and linen cuffs fifteen cents per pair; and in order to give everybody a show, I will sell only f dozen collars and cuffs to one person. Thee sales hold good for the day advertised only. Herman Wise, Occident Hotel Building. MORGAN & CO.. T lie Leading Shoe House WE ARE SUCCESSFUL. FOR A GOOD SHOE FOR LADIES' OR GENTS' WEAR GO TO MORGAN & CO., Mansell's New Building, Water Street, Astoria, Or BO M KM CLOTHES? IF SO REMEMBER THAT FE. A. STOKES & CO., On Friday, March 28tlt, a gold chain bracelet. Leave at this office ami re eeive reward. To tlic .Ladies. Mrs. Powinan has secured the service- of a competent dress maker from the east, and has reopened her drcss iiriking parlors. Hie invites her old friends and the public generally to call at her establishment on Third street, near Main. 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Nice home. 120 Per Acre Ninety Acres, near town, suitable for platting. ; to LARSON & HILLBACK -FOK- GROCERIES AXD FRESH FRUITS. Orders Delivered Free of Charge. Country Orders Solicited. Third street, next to Pioneer ofilce. If You Don't See Your Particular Snap, Call and See Us. W iii ornt o m itom nLotl "EJsteit Odd Fellows' Building, Iroken ASTORIA, OR. ONE PRICE. pring Stock Now Complete! Sling! tiling. Made a contract with Fred- father was going io Oysterrilkj.; Ed STIIiIj ANOTHXK STOBV. "He told another stery: that there was no one with him: that he came from South Bend, drunk and he went went to tho Frederickson place to get him to help get n calf out of the drift: that he did not know why he killed them, only he was drunk and he went hack and huried Frederickson the next day, and Mrs. Frederickson came down to the ranch looking for Frederickson and that ho knew he would have to kill her to cover up the job. "These confessions were made before this one he signed in the presence of Mr. Hardest-, the coroner, Mr. Ward and myself, in Air. Hardesty s room in Oysterville. He has since that time said that the story of his killing them alone was the true story." He (Rose) further stated (and this is his last "statement") that the confes sion given in iuu auove is uie iruu confession and an exact statement of the facts. Ho weakens his credibility by his different versions of the way tho deed was done and who did it He told The Mobkixg Astobian repre sentative that the reason he said what he did to tho sheriff was because Hardesty and. Winton came to him at the court house in Oysterville and told him that it would be better to assume the whole thing himself; that a3 long as he had riven out so much that there was no need of bringing Ids father or the other men into it. He said that he promised them that lie woma mane that statement, but that he couldn't stick to it, and that tho first statement that he made (the one signed by him) was the true one. nELD WITHOUT BAIL. At the conclusion of the testimony Geo. D. Jones was discharged, the evidence not showing that ho was implicated, and John Bose, Geo. Bote, Jack Edwards and Edward Has brought much that is new. The designs are all brighter, and the cut and finish of every garment is superior to previous efforts in the clothinir line. It is Material Herman Wise. That you should dress well. Are you not entitled to get the best lor your money? Ts it not preferable to make a creditable appearance, es pecially when you can do so without extra charge at the Reliable Clothier's. 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