Ashland daily tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970, May 05, 1927, Page 2, Image 2

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    Special Attorney Roberts Outlines
Evidence in D’Autremont Trial
tares because of their backs be­
ing turned. One of them had on
the kind of hat that cowboys
sometimes wear, which la some­
times called a sombrero, having a
wide brim and high crown. Their
clothing, or rather trousers, ap­
peared to be brown. He could not
distinguish what the other man
wore oS his head, nor could he
distinguish any farther identify­
ing marks on their person, but
they appeared to be yonng men.
As his eyes became accustomed to
the darkness and light, he noticed
the fireman standing alongside
the steps and right under the cab
with hla hands upraised. He did
not know him to be the fireman gt
that time, but could tell be was
a young man. and knew that he
waa not the engineer. He then
came to the conclusion that it was
a holdup and closed the dobr and
t ta rte d b a rk to give a warning.
Shortly after that an antoaton
'batten. This battery to vfcat to
, known as a DuPont 4«tonating jacketed bullet, were Hk<
type having a handle In the hat- fognd in the tunnel and ar
1 tery. which to operated and the end««. M «M fo«»d
> cauaea a spark to emanate there- wadding wMch had evi^
1 from by working ap and down. been fired from a shotgun. '
1 Prom thia battery wire tod into afternoon and along toward
Bing a compeer «e the Wet
1 the- tunpel. Approximately
feet of thia wire was dtoaawawad Gyarp from Medford, under.
leading into the tunnel and to a
Blace almost at the *»< of tty?
mail car next to the tender aafi
had been doubled back, however,
evidently by Urn force of the ex'
plosion or by somebody getting it
caught in his feat, and in the tgm
nel were likewise found aa ex­ showed that N had been pradte-
ploded detonating eap and fnap.
ally asunder. The steal of
aldea waa spUt widely open end
Revolver to Vhmnd
the
air rushing through these op­
Benjamin, the rear brakeman.
ening
fanned the smouldering eat*
In going back to flag second IS,
ber»
In
the'matt and paper and
at a point between the passing
track and the braking power track
and approximately 400 feet from
the east portal of the tunnel,
found an automatic .46-caliber re­
volver, fully loaded and cocked,
without the safety thereon. On
the aide of the barrel the «amber
of thia g n u bad been gouged out.
Thjs gun was found at the point
where the two men had been Been
approaching'the train ggd at a
point almoat opposite the place
That day and the day foltow-
where the trail lead« up to the fbg postal Inspector» of the Unit-
old Dollarhlde toy road, whic^
goes over the top of the mountain cuts of the South?rn Pacific com­
' gt thia place. The gun was turned pany, peeee off jeers pf this copn-
over by Mr. Benjamtn to another ty.
ty, and N
National Guardsmen made
I brakemga, who, in the excitement a search
i aqd becoming nertoua, discharged hills’and. as p result thereof, ap-
one of the she’Is therein and the prpximately 30 feet a way from
gnu waa subsequently turned over yilre'th e infernal machine rested
to Mr. Bonderaon, and found Its Corporal Moore fo u n d a one-
way to the sheriff, and will ;be S$eâÉ Carnation brand pepper
produced in w e trtpl here. •
i. eàn. . About a quarter ~bt a mile«
j^irày.from the west, porta) of the-
~ The scene at qie w«et pdrtal or
the tunnel WM ctyprtlc. Thprd
was nothing b»’t cofaruslon.
No*
one knew wbpt to do, no one
knew whgt to s4y. Everyone waa
trying to do what he could to aid i
in the apprehension of those whol
had commjt jpd thia terrible deed/ 7
In the ttajluel were found ttAx',
12-gay^efhotgun shells, ox»i
the Ajag,brand and the other* p
Climax brand, both U. S.
of
them was found approximate? 30
A. gave you many dollars afterwards. T hat is
why Qeneral Motors wants to send you a finely
illustrated little book about the p e a t General Motors
Proving Ground where cars are p ro v ed by day
1 V IM S . EVERY DAY
“MOTHERS DAY” IN THE SERVICE
OF YOUR GIFT
*<U
r y i * ’ ft
ljr be-fhll merufl help wndwwnt-pvur - ts? >
id the
Johnson was lying* ; He <
down thought Johnson was gpssod and
doors'
the kelp
another train-
angers man took him up la his arms and
re cut attempted artificial respiration,
luctor,' lH paining over the body ef Mar-
what T,n Seng, he discovered that life
imen’s was extinct, and so that his wjiole
sn ps- attention eras directed to this at-
hands tempt at the resuscitation of John,
I. He rou. In applying this artiNdlaf
i pat- respiratyn, blobd began to boss
imong out on Johnson’s overalls or shirt
that or trousers, thereupon the med-
, con- leal auras, Mr. Xoera, opened up
f that Johnson’s clothing and discover-
1 had ed *n Ike pit of hla stomach eight
k and wounds which had apparently
resent been made by buckshot and one
3 at. by a .41 automatic bullet. Im-
every mediately it waa known and dim
i from covered by tkoee present that
i and Johnson had been shot. Then an
l)y the examination whs made of the Hfo-
ln the less bodiej of Marvin Seng and
’aclflc Sidney Bates, and the same dls-
of the covery waa made that each of
i the these bad been shot through the
I then head, and Sen, in addition, had -
r had been shot through the arm. The
John- conductor then called up his iua-
■ the mediate suppsrlors and advise»
i left them, that a holdup had taken
ne he place. In the meantime, the rear
or.re- brakeman and the head brake-
nfeers man. Conductor Stevens, and sew*
, to- oral other of the trainmen wke
amen, had been deadheading on the
rear train, had come Into the tunnel
the on the engine which had been
r the pulilng second IS, and they drew
ecopd oat the coaches and express ear»
»Ilnur- with the exception of the matt
’ Mr. car, the tender and the engine o f !
Shortly thereafter, the section
crow who had first corns Into the
tunnel for the purpose of remov­
ing the debris therein had not
been sent out. because of fear that
their lanterns and torches might
ignito the gas, had come ofer the
top of the mountain to the went
portal, and their foreman, Mr.
tWudcrson.
discovered on *
slight promontory near the went
portal, approximately 41 feet weet
of the portal and the same dtp*
tauce from the truck, three park*
sacks or knapsacks, sud tu these
three packsacks or knapsuckP.
there were six foot pads made out
ef jute er the material used la
raeks. and alongside of tbeee a
tunnel. No one knew what pair o f overalls. These foot pads,
happened: no one knew to which bed string over them and
t egtent the injury and dam- apparently ready for instant uso, |
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teachers, Trabello and
Richard B^rtda(neytaUiv^
pressed upon me the solemn
w a rn in g th a t I m u st a l­
ways treat my throat as a
delica te instrum ent. Y c i
every artist is Under con­
stant strain. Sometimes w ê
y. get real rekatation in smok-
f ing a cig a rette. I prefer
f^scky Strikes—w h idi both
protecis thethroatandgives
real enjoyment.,,
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finest cigarettes y « ever smoked,
made of the fittest Turkish and do*
aaeadfi tobaccos, groperly aged and
Wended with great skill, and there
Is ah tra process—"M’s toasted”—7
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