Eugene daily guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-1924, May 07, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE EUGENE DAILY GUAEB VOL. SS Kl'UKXK, OlgXiOX, Till liSDAV KYKMMi. MAY 7, 1UIIN XI). 110 MORE DAMAGING EVIDENCE AGAINST SUSPECTED MURDERER MESSENGER SLAIN FIGHTING ROBBERS IN EXPRESS GAR Portland, May 7. What Is bellov- , ... h the "missing link" In- the tuln of circumstantial evidence In ftte case of E. H. Martin, uniler ar jjest In connection with the murder of JJathjn Wolff, the pawnbroker, last Tridar evening, has been supplied by t watchmaker In the employ of Wolff, Sbo has positively Identified Martin the man whom he saw talking kith Wolff at 5:30 o'clock on the af ternoon of the murder, and again M,ter In the evening. I u was decided today to disinter he body of Wolff for the purpose of Camming the finger nails for a pos sible trace of the skin of the murder- BUUn mmm man. Martin's neck and hands are Lverelv scratched and the police be- (lleve the sscatches are the result of Jils encounter with Wolff. Martin claims he was s raichiMl hy a cat. Other Kvidincc I'mind. Finding ot a biood-sint-iii-cii nv-r-coat and a rusty rifle in a vacant lot : near the corner of Montgomery and Water streets last night is believe 1 to supply evidence that will insure the conviction of Kdward II. Martin of the brutal murder of Nathan Wolf,'. i The coat wns Identified at a late (hour as belonGlne tn iarth tkd rifle Is said to be the ono stolen from Wolffs pnwnshop at the time of the murder and robbery, early Friday ! night. Identification was made bv : Frank D. Hennessey, clerk of the municipal court, wno knew Martin. He was positive of having seen the accused man wearing the garment within the past few days. The coat and rifle were found at (Continued on Page Five.) Denver. May 7 Train rob- hers hoarded the Denver & Uio Uraudi- train at t'a.-ile Ituck early this morning and murdered the express mes- singer, Charles 11. Wright. aged 60. employed by the Cilobe Kxpress Company. Then tht-y opened the sate and took less than $100 which it contained. The big safe was tampered with, but they could not open it. The robbers entered the car through a side window, which they broke open. From the window they shot and killed the messenger, who died gun In hand. at 24:tt Mission street ttiis morning and did damage to stores on hotii sides to ftie extent of f t on.Oiio tK fore It was extinguished. The tive was first discovered by lNiiii-eiua'i t'i. F. Kwing and was replete with incidents. l-'w.u.A was nnswering a call f ti the patr.d wagon and in passing ihe shop discovered tho flam.-s. lie im mediately turned in an a!urm and then proceed to the p -int of call. AN UNSATISFACTORY RECITAL THEATRE USHER KILLS GIRL AND HIMSELF San Francisco, May 7. William Carman, a theatre usher, fataly shot Louisa Clalla, aged IN. a waitress In a chop house, today and then turned the pistol on himself, llnth will die. He was madly In love with the girl and they quarrelled and separated two weeks ago. SAX Fit AX CISCO SI FKKHS FHOM FIUK San Francisco, May C. Only the prompt arrival of the fire depart ment prevented loss of life when a fire broke out in a lltlla tailor shop l'llKSIliKXT A.XI WIFK (it) SOl'Tll Washington, May 7. President and Mrs. Hoosevelt and one member of the family went to "I'lne Knot" today for a brief outing. They will arrive there this afternoon. Chicago Wruiit Market. Chicago, Muy 7. May, $1.02 3-4; July, 91 1-2; September, S6. SOLE AGENT FOR STANDARD PATTERNS Copyright 1908 by Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing Department A light weight wool stilt; light shues and negligee Shirt. that's the right outfit for comfort in hot sum mer weather. And we're selling the k right clothes to put you into an out- "t of this kind. Hart, Schaffner & Marx make these clothes for us; the very stun ning two-button Varsity sack Suit is one of the smartest styles shown this fear; notice the long broad lapel, the perfect shoulders, the bang of ti coat. i Trousers right, too. ami prices; Suits $15 to $30 This store Is the heme ot Hart Schaffner and Marx Suits. BE INDEPENDENT The prudent buyer is always on the alert seeking the best goods for the least money. Tluit's business. A store doing business for rash can sell its goods nearer the cost price, be cause lie can take the proceeds of the wile ami replace the merchandise at once. Ilis small margin of profit be has in his possession. lie imleiwiuleiit; pay cash. I't no store own you. Let May he the month you start. 10 Graduating Gowns.. The school year is drawing to a close. It has been a year of hard work and no small expense. Many are going to grad uate. It is Important the gown you wear on the Lust day of your school year be made of the right material. Maybe the expense of such goods Is more than you would like it to he just at this time. If it Is or not we will make a discount on every graduating dress of 10 per cent. This will enable you to buy a better gown than you had planned or reduce the ex pense of the one you had selected We have wash materials, wool goods and silks; all want ed qualities and prices. Organdies.. fis inch Organdie, 70 Inch Organdie, fun- iu.-ihty, (iiscount price 7."ic quality, discount price. l.-c (IKc Eolienne.. 6.1c silk work eoknne, 'JS inches wide, Discount price r.Dc Silk Muslin.. 32-ln. silk muslin; very siicr-r; $1 quality; discount price. Wk 10 10 Boy' MlitS.. a r'-;ei:vio-i orth having '(". 111. Kit. I workmanship, the snappy :.nd the prfre, too, will appeal lo the "who Know Two piece Hiihs.. 1.5(1 ( IMS Men's Shirts., Mnrnr'h Shirt M almost very c,!nr and pattern name cat each . . ft I. MI lo K'J.IKI Net Waist Specials.. $5.00 Kern Net Waist, trimmed with wide Insertion, silk lined, special $1.00 Embroidery Specials.. 000 yeards 12 1-2 and 1 Re embroid ery, edges and Insertion; special, the yard tic Children's Parasols.. Lawn Shirt Waist Suits.. Warm days are almost hen Pro pare for them; have our Lawn Suits, many Htyh', variety of pat terns, each lo 0.OO Linen Suits. White, tun niifl 'opetihnuen Suit 7 of I.tneii, niiort and .1-4 length Jackets, semi-lit 1 1 (. Skirts, full, tuk" I or wld bands of mine rna'eria !. Very cool and flummery, eat h . 7..V to MH.no Ladies' Short Silk Coats at Half Price Kvery ithort Kllk fmi In vwk will be on sale Til'ir lav, Friday and Kaftird;ty nt on- hatf farmer price. I villi ('-.at tl ; UK Coats :,.mi $i2..i emits i; :t.. There are Hats and HATS bnt, J. B. Stetson Ha' is thl only HAT Hera at $4.50 to $8.00 Hampton Bros. y M 1 I ' 1 1 An C r.;A,l Willamette SL. WHZRt CASH BEATS CREDIT u inm' mma If you wanL the Bat Hat in America for the mony got a Oorcon lor $3.00 With two and four ruffUs, nil col ors, each 2Ttc Wash Skirts.. Ladies' summer Skirts of Galatea and duck; fhhu extra tdzes, blue, ,tan, black, wt'h white stripes nd dots, each to .t.r.O Khaki Suits. Jacket In blouse with extra full skirt: Jacket or skirt sold special, tile suit 1.7.1 to $0.00 MfiS, GUNNESS o LURED VICTIMS BY MATRIMONIAL AO I -May in Detroit Journal. GREAT PARADE IN HONOR OF SAILORS San Francisco, May 7. A n'eat naval, military and civic parado which const It u ted tho chief fcaturu of today's celebration of the Atlantic fleet, started from the foot of Mar ket Htrect on its loiin march throiiKh the lending business sections of tho city shortly after 9 o'clock this morniiiK- About fifteen thousand men wero tn lino, Kf00 beltiK ma rines and sailors from the vohscIs In the bay. A lare force of renular troops from the 1'resldto, the Marine corps, naval militia. National Guard of California, veterans of thr rebel lion and Spanish wars, California pio neers and various flenii-mllltary or ganizations, officials and prominent citizens in carriages, made up the res! of the procession. Secretary of tho Navy Melcalf, , (Governor (lilletto and staff, of Cali fornia, Governor Sheldon, of NVhrat: i ka. Mayor Taylor, of San Francisco, and Hear Admiral Kvans rude In carriages. Tho Salt Lake battalion of high school cadets acted uh Hpec- lal escort to Admiral KvauH. ' lliiiulreds of thousands of people i lined the routo of tho parade, and I when the peoplo caught siKht of Ad Iral Kvans the cheering mid waving ! of flas and bautlkiu'chlefH wns con tinuous. The sailnrs and marines of the warships were also euthuslnnll ; cally greeted all nloim the line. I Tho Hpeetaclo of hundreds of ! flans tn the hands of spertator.i pri1 Iseuted an undulatlUK hcji of color. which was a wonderful and ucver-to-be-fornot ten scene. The day was char and beautiful. FOUR MEN KILLED AND TWELVE INJURED New York, May 7. Four werol killed and twelve injured In n fho; believed lo have been of Incendiary! oriKin, which practically destroyed J a rive story tenement at 101 Orchard, street. The fire was discovered by j a policeman whn the flames werol shootliiK from tho wlndowH of the lower part of the humsc, nnd with! the nsHlstanco of a number of po- j llceuien nearly every one in the hoUHoJ was aroused, nnd the fire escapes bo.j came choked with frightened tenants.' The polp e rescued a number of I frightened children before the flro in "n put up ladders, when more than one hundred were taken down. A number wero caught Inside and burn ed to death. I, IXC ;mm; ;iVi;s liOM) TO III-: HiHiU FIND BODY OF MURDERED WOMAN Walla Walla. May 7. Tho dead body of Mih. Anna Al- drlch wan found hlddon be- neath tho roots of a tree on the bank of Coppo river, near 4 Dixie, Wattli., today. (Icoikc, Jack and Hud IJarnes are uu- der arrest, suspected of mur- derlnK her. Tho woman has been mlssliiK mIiico Friday I'venliiK. Walla Walla, May 7. Officials bave Kono to the scino of (ho findliiK ot the body of Mrs. Aldrlch. The mode of her death Is not known here. Later It was slated that Mrs. Al drlch was murdered by beliiK hit ov r the head nnd her skull fractured. There were no evident es of a strug gle where the body was found. Salem, May (i. When !h n'-tilal of Lulu (Joode was calhd this morti LiiK before Justice of t'io Pence Dan iel Webster, Deputy District Attorney Charles McNary announced t hat a compromise had been arranged he I ween the state and the defendants hv which the defendants. Miss Lulu Goode and Jasper Goodo, charged 1 with assault and perjury, were to be released under a bond to keep thy peace. Lulu (Joode was tried yesterday for assault, on M rs. Leon a Kop'T, wife of Hev. Sam I'. Koper. pastor of the Free Methodist church In Sa lem, but the Jury couldn't aureo In a verdict. The other trials were ti have been taken up In order, but th arrariKement announed by the dis trict attorney thtsx mortiliiK puts an end to tho Goode trials that rew out of the horse-whlppiiiK of tho parson. Ol I'ICIAL HUIWWST l-OU NOjnilWIST Portland, May 7 Western Oregon ami Western W-h- Int.' ton - Showers totilnhi; Frl lay probably fair and warmer, except near coast. Kawtern Oregon, Kaitern WanhlriKton ami Idaho - Severe thuuderKtorrnH to- nltrht or Friday; much cool- r tonight. di;m(m it r SOLID foi: iiisvw f'oltirtibus, ft . May B - Through !lie efforts of M.ivor T in L. J! n 'son if CeV land. W. J. Miv;(1i tnl.tv ! Serured te i l ( - j r H III-M t Of lilt- Di-Itl- ' f)rr;tflc eonvcnilon. Johuxon lined up h's in'-n an I iiic'-i itfii In tpp-li h ;liif'a!l opp 'fit Ion. The platform adfttited H d'-v it-d almost fxrlusiv ly to stale Italic. sMiTirs :e srir COM DIM IH 1..21 K il' in, Or., May fi.- It costs J. S. Smith, candidate for the h'Kl.Hlature on the Ifemocratlc ticket from this county, and self-con fesnod hri bo laker In connection with the hold up session of the legislature of 1SU7, $ 1 , 2 5 to fluil out that he bad no case a Ka I list Senator C. W. Fulton In the suit brought for I'.dimi for nl-N-K'-d libelous slunder arising out of the senator's denial of the truth of the affidavit made b'-fore I'nlted Blares Inspector Thomas Neiihausea. Mr. Smith paid the costs this morn In K 'd proser ill Ion has coaxed. 'I'lie sole point upon which Ful ton's demurrer to (lie complaint wan sustained was that. Inspector Neil hauscn had no authority lo put any body under oath upon mailers out side of the Jurisdiction of tho de partment under which he was work In?, the department of the Interior, hem e I hat be went out of hi I' al way to dlK into t!i political affairs of the OreKon eKUIat ure or any of lis members In connection wil h (.he senatorial campaign. DAM DVV.WIIII D IN ItAVKN.Vt I'.WtK K'-aUl", May 7. The are dam at Itav4'iiua Park, near the Slate i'nl verd'y, was dynaiiille( hint nl;;hl, d"sirniiiK the lake In the park. The county brldve was w.-inbed away and railroad bridge mi th Sumas branch f the N'orCii-rn Pacific destroyerl so that t rains cannot pah. The pro poKcd sab of th park to the city iirotlfi'd I.Hler feethiK. m; LAW I It ( MU.lt i.H I ( II K(. 'ew York, May 7 -- Fdv. arl I', nuati, a I 'r of IIm 1 1 -, wjm ar ed I'l t'i- otriee of F. Aun';ttjH !tie today, rharn'i with attempt j In; to extort IIm.uimj d ,t,i Heinle. i;r. p i; i; s o x l ad i:it- TISIMFXT IX i IIU'MM PAPI.K I'OII W FLI-Tt -Dt) .MIA AXX IOIS TO M AUIiV WF.ALTIIY VIIHW IHLICK DI I.IIA K licit IIOMK WAS "CI.i:.niX(5 iioi sf" i ok iiaxi) of mi u-di:iii:us ChlcaK, May 7. Followlnfi la Mrs. Gunness "matrimonial adver tisement" with which her victims were lured to thetr death: "Personal Comely widow who owns a lai'Ho farm in one of the fin est districts of UiPorte counly, hid., desires to make acquaintance of a Kcntlcumu equally well provided, with a vlvw to Joining fortunes. No replies by letter will be considered unless sender Is willing to follow with a personal visit." Mi GunmsH Methods Laporte, May 7. Additional light on the methods of Mrs. Gunness by which she caused the death of per sons who are supposed to have, fatten victims to her lust for koUI was shed today by Asa K. IIoIkoIIu, brother of Andrew llelwelln. or Mansfield. S. I)., whose dismembered corpse was a motif? the nine found on the farm. Ilel;,-iln told the coroner that not only had his brother been in com munication with the woman, hut that she had written to him after Andrew dh. appeared in an attempt to induce him to vUll this city. She advised lit. a to sell his brother's stock nnd come to LuPorte, "and we will hunt for your brother to;ethor." The let ters were written In Norwegian and only partially translated, Seviual clrru instances Ind lent Ihr C at itoy Lamphorc, accused of first derive murder In connection with tho incineration of Mrs. Gunness and her children, had some knowledge of her Clint k, havo developed. liesslo Cimklim?, a young woman residing at Michigan City, a friend of Lnm e!ev'p, lwi.4 been arrested and is hi l:m held aw'iKini; Ihu action of tho Kit. ml .li.ry. It Is aliened that sho yP'i t s-efirf Smulror that Lnm Pliei'e I 'I I" her Mrs, Gunness "had t ho ;t 'd U him as ho knew enough to send him to the gallows." ; IhHllefi DistiirhKl Liu.t nhthl tho shed on tho Gunness farm contnltihiR the bodies of her vic;lur was broken Into and the bod' U's rerlously dlAturbod. The Police Theory. The police beltevn Mrs. On tineas wuh a mun(er of a gang of wholesalo murderer and that her accomplices finally hnniMl her to death after some kind of a quarrel. Hay Lam phere, formerly an employe on the OuniH"M farm, has been arrested on suspicion or having- set flro to tho hoiiMo, hut denies hfs Kullt or that ho knew of the numerous murders which had occurred there. Ho ad mits, however, that ho had lonn been siutitciouH of the woman who em ployed him. liody In Sack. The nrrest of haiuphnro was fol lowed by the discovery of a sack, con tain n inn the. h' ad, arms, h-m and hacked body of a man, burled near the fence surrounding the ruins of the Guiltless home. The body had ev idently been cut to pjieces with a saw by tlio rlendish murderer. This nnie Kome i ind inier proved to bu t!i corpxo of Andrew Heltcgieeti of AherdeiMt, Suiilh Dakota, who camo to La Porte last January to marry Mrs. Gunness. Ileltegreeti met Mrs. GuhtiosH ihrosKh an affinity bureau, lie ar rived hero In January and was last seen alive February 3. His brother, John, who is here, says Andrew an nounced his intention of marrying thi! woman, but that he does not know whether ho did so. Last winter Heltetfreen requested a bank In LuPorte to cash a fllOuO draft on the end irsement :f Mrs, Gunness. The bank declined to ac cept the endorsement and took tho draft for collection. The money ar rived from Aberdeen and w,ih paid to the woman. She Immediately took up a note for I-'hio and paid a num ber of other d'hts, deposit Iiir tho $700 that remained. It Is believed by tho po!!ce that LaniphorH was a suitor of the hand of Mis. Guiiiic.-m an I that he was In sanely Jealous of Helti-green. About I hi' time t '-nt the money arrived from A herd ecu I he chor email noti fied the police Dial llelteKreen wart wanted ror murder in South Dakota. I n vent 1 mi t Ion proved this story to bo untrue. Lmiipliere Threatened Woman Lamnfiere'a nrrest alter the burn ing of the Gunness home wns tho re sult of charges made against him by Mrs. Gunip-ss a s'.iort time before her death. Sh complained of the man's attentions to her and said that al tboiiKh ihe had dlscharKed him he had continued to ban around the farm. She asserted that Lamphern Innl threatened to burn her home nnd s:iid Mie was afraid of hint, it has aHo be- u learned that a few days bo fore her ilea h Mr-. Gunness made her will, which Included provisions Jor her burial. I The delivery of rive larc trunks fat tin- GuunexK farm within (lie past -lx months lead- the d"tcctlvy to hc ! In-ve that the place was a clearliK ' t Continued on Patfu Five.)