HiNGTON C ounty
FOREST G RO VE,
)L . VI
DEATH BY ACC
Su
Says Coroner’s Jury in R. M.
Wood Case at
(iaston.
¿»FO U N D IN BARNYARD
First Thought Murder Was Com-
mitted but Investigation
Proves Strange
Accident.
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W ASH IN G TO N
C O .,
O R E .,
BR YAN T WON SECOND PR IZE THE
T H U R SD A Y .
AU GUST 20.
CHARTER
C O M M ISS IO N
news
1908.
NO. 7
Forest Grove Photographer Honored First Meeting Tuesday Evening— \
Preliminary Steps Taken.
By Pacific Northwest Assn.
Word was received by The News
from the door. The door was open last night announcing the fact that
and several of the cows were in their Archie Bryant, our photographer, re­
stalls. I called to him and rushing to ceived second prize on his pictures
his side tried to raise him but dis - 1 exhibited at the Photographers As­
covered that he was dead. Then I j sociation of the Pacific Northwest
went to the home of a neighbor and which is being held in Vancouver this
week. Mr. Bryant prepared five sub­
asked him to go for a doctor.
According to Dr. Baker, of Gaston, jects to be exhibited.
This honor earned by Archie puts
who performed an autopsy, the cut in
the
top notch class of
W ood’ s breast was made either by a i him in
dull knife or some blunt instrument. photographers of the entire Northwest,
Washington,
The wound extended almost clear which includes Idaho,
Oregon and British Columbia. Ex­
I through the heart.
Following is the verdict of the Cor- i dibits from all the largest cities in this
ti ritory, including such cities as
oner’ s jury:
We believe that his death was the Seattle, Tacom a, Spokane, Portland,
immediate result of a wound in the left Boise, Vancouver, B. C ., and many
side, caused by some blunt instrument other smader towns, were made.
which penetrated the heart, causing
instant death. We also believe that
| the wound was accidentally inflicted.
(S ig n e d ) THOMAS CARMICHAEL,
Robert M. W ood, a young man
about 28 years old, of Gaston, was S. S. LENOX, E. S. WILCOX, H . |
found dead at the door of the barn on D a m e s , H. L. C o o k e s , a . S. k r a h - !
the H. D. Jennings place a mile and a MER.
Another investigation was made
half from that city early Monday morn­
ing, with a hole in his breast made by | Monday by Coroner Brown and Dr. W.
-Some blunt instrument. Beside the D. W ood of Hillsboro, but no new d e­
bod y was found a stick of wood with velopments in the case came up. j
blood at the point. There seems to The authorities, as well as the neigh­
be a deep mystery surrounding the bors are at a loss to explain the young
untimely death of W ood. Coroner man’ s strange death, although the pre­
Brown of Hillsboro was notified and a vailing opinion is that it was ac­
coroner’ s jury was empanelled, after cidental.
Tne remains were interred in Hill
the examination of the premises and
taking the testimony of Mr. and Mrs. cemetery at Gaston Tuesday afternoon,
Jenn ings, at whose place W ood resided V. H. Limber of this city, conducting
for the past three years, returned a ver­ the funeral.
ARCHIE BRYANT, PHOTOGRAPHER
dict that he met death accidentally.
It is claimed that an attempt was COLTS SHUT
Mr. Bryant is a Washington county
Y A M H IL L OUT
made on W ood’ s life a couple of years
boy, having been born at Gaston in
ago, by .one Allen George M cDonald,
1879.
H e learned his business in
Game on Local Grounds San Francisco and has conducted
whom it was believed was enamored Great
with Mrs. Jennings, who thought she
studios in several of the large cities.
on Sunday Afternoon.
was in love with W ood. M cDonald
This is a well earned distinction that
tB y Pat S p a rk s . )
failing in his murderous attempt, com ­
he should be proud of. His many
Robbie, Robbie, Ive been thinkin’ ,
mitted suicide by blowing out his
friends are glad to learn of his marked
What on earth I ’ d ever do.
brains with a shot gun. It is declared
success.
W ere I placed beside the rubber
by the Jennings’ that her relations with
The first meeting of the Charter |
Commission appointed
by
Mayor |
Laughlin a week ago, was held at the
The grading crew of the Oregon
office of Judge Hollis Tuesday evening
Electric company who has been grad­
at eight o ’ clock.
All members were present except A. ing in the city limits for the past two
weeks, have com pleted the grade up
J. Wirtz who was out of town.
H . J. Goff was chosen chairman and to the terminal grounds. The track­
W. H . Hollis secretary. Only pre­ laying is com pleted to a point just
liminary steps were taken to gather west ol St. Marys but would have been
data for the new charter. The secre­ com pleted almost to Hillsboro had it
tary was instructed to secure the char­ not been necessary to make a deep cut
ters of several Oregon towns and when in that neighborhood. The piledriver
this is done the chairman will call an­ was moved from the Dairy creek oper-
other meeting, when the work of fram- ( ations Tuesday to another little gulch
ing the new docum ent will be begun \ ) ust east o i Cornelius and the pilings
in earnest. Many of the immediate are being driven for the trestle there,
and future needs of the city were dis- ' Tim only piece of grading between
cussed, and when the new charter is I here and Hillsboro is that on the
ready to offer to the vote of the citi- Tongue place and operations are in
zens next January, it will be of such progress there now.
OF M I E
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
Walter Johnson, Formerly oi Wash­
ington County In
Tolls.
CONFESSES TO CRIME
Arrested While at Dinner with
Wife in Portland— In Jail
at Hillsboro to Await
Trial.
proportions as will be «¿equate for a
Anticipalion fe„ short of U)e , ctual
population of 10,000 to 15,000 people. ; aKendance aud success
of the Oregon
Walter Johnson, formerly of this
Good Roads Conference held at the
i county, was arrested Sunday evening
Teachers’ Examination.
Portland Commercial Club on the 12th.
j in a restaurant in Portland, by Sheriff
List of successful applicants in From every corner ol the state came Hancock, for the murder of Elmer
men having the vital interests of Ore­
Washington county:
Perdue, and three hours afterwards
It was decided to im ­ made a confession of the crime.
1st Grade: Nettie M. Thomas, Merle gon at heart
Shannahan, Hazel Squires, Eva Catch­ mediately undertake the raising of
Johnson killed Perdue for the money
ing, Ernest W ebb, Otto Kraus, Addie 810,000 for an intensely active cam ­ he carried with him, about 8140, and
paign.
Judge
Lionel
R.
W
eoster
of
B. R ice, Mrs. M. C. Saltus, Ralph
after robbing the dead body of his vic­
Multnomah county, and Judge John tim, covered the corpse with leaves
Wann.
2nd Grade: Jodie Evans, Mrs W. H . Scott, of Marion county, will lead and brush and made his way to Port­
E. Haage, Rose VanderVelden, Martha in this work, devoting their entire land by a round-about route.
Bechen, Clarence Russel, Edith Moul- , l ' me t0 '*■
Sheriff Stevens of Portland, with his
ton, Catherine M clnnis, Ethel E. Kop-
Numerous meetings of the com . j deputies, took the prisoner ic hand
plin, Maude F. Knight, Jessie M. mittee in charge of entertaining the upon his arrival at the county jail and
Gardner, Warren H. Brown.
Oregon athletes at Portland soon tore- talked earnestly with him, advising
3rd Grade: Dora A. Johnson, Bessie turn from London bearing their world that he make a clean breast of the al-
M. Sturdevant, Catherine Chalmeis, records from the
, „ v Olympian games fair. With the Sheriff were Deputies
Iva M. Snell, Florence Templeton, have resulted in a decision to send the W ood and Leonard and Sheriff George
^ ray “ ■ P*c ^en. Jas. A. Campbell, sporting editors of
the three Portland C. H ancock, of Washington county,
Oral W. Humphrey, Emma Kraus, dajijes EaSt t0 meet the athletes and and Jailer Hunter. Alter the officeis
Georgia Moore, Etta E. Vandehey, , escort them
to
the coast.
Many had talked with the prisoner for three
Marcella M om sey, Laura Willis, Oscar unique (eatures wi„
be introduced in hours, he broke down and signed a
Lund, Jessie B. Dutcher, Alfred Ladd, , the parade and reception given here— written confession.
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Aetna
S. Errimeli,
Mrs. ( G.
Vickers, date will be early in September.
I killed Perdue,” finally admitted
Helen Bollinger, Mildred V. Vose,
Johnson.
“ We slept together in the
War will be waged against wormy or j cabin and that morning we had som e
Bessie Parsons, Claire Pratt, Alice R
Barnes, Rosella Shea, Murial J. Crouch, scaly fruit if it is offered for sale in this dispute about money matters. I had
W ood were only of friendship, and
To h o ,
» t o « , the Public Library
county. County Fruit Inspector Harris gone with him into the timber to locate
Lillie Ayres, Alta Black.
that they were ‘ friends in England I
has given orders that if any is discov­ him on a quarter section of timber
After seeing the sturdy sons from
That we are advertised by our lov
Since coming to this county they have
ered the law will be called into play land.
Prominent Couple Married.
Words passed and then I get
the
beautiful
and
prolific
county
of
Old
>
nK
friends”
is
as
true
of
our
little
borne the best of reputation.
and the guilty persons prosecuted. my rifle and blew the top of his head
»
Yamhill go down in countless numbers library and reading room as of Mel-
The story of the young man who
M r Arthur J. Prideaux of Portland 0n ly one place ¡n the county up t0
off.
was killed is strange, but far stranger as wheat before the sickle, whin they l°n s food.
and Miss Frances .Sorensen were united this time has been discovered where
fronted
the
breaks
of
our
Thomas
Rob-
A
small
boy
was
over-heard
the
other
“ H e died instantly and I searched
is the story of his death. Born in j
in marriage at the home of the bride’ s scaly fruit has been offered for sale
».son, just so recently married, I was morning introducing a new-comer,
his
pockets and took between 8130
England, of excellent family, 28 years
mother in Forest Grove, Saturday, H e states there is a fine of from 810
ago, he emigrated to this country, and \ constrained to repeat the above ditty After showing the different advantages August 15th. Rev. Gould of the t0 j 100 attached t0 the seilin({ or offer. and 8140. I also took his watch and
knife and other personal effects.
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becam e a farmhand. H e came direct o ’ er and o ’ er to myself. Robbie had of the place not omitting the worn A Methodist
Episcopal church performed mg for sale ol fruit thus affected.
not eaten “ watermillion” and was in checker board he ended with ” 0 , it’ s
will
show
the
officers
where
I
hid
these
to Oregon and went to the home of H.
the ceremony. Only relatives and a
the game from the jump and as a d e - ; a dandy place!”
any-
Alas, the world do move. Judge things nearby.
D. Jennings.
few friends were present. Mrs. Owen,
lightful result he allowed but two hits.
Not alone do the children appreciate
“ After taking whatever of value he
Wirtz
yesterday took the initiatory ride
Under the terms of an agreement
sister of the groom , played the wed
in
ozoned nine men, and only a couple *be library, for many older people show
had in his pockets I dragged the body
which has never been made public j
ding march from “ Lohengin.”
The in his benzine buggy. The Judge
W ood began to work for Jennings, of his opponents reached the halfway r« a> interest by generously giving to it bride was attended by her sister, Miss bought the whiz wagon in Portland away a short distance into the woods
books of value
Four bound volumes
and placed it in a ditch, where I c o v ­
making Jennings’ house his home. house. H e got a clean single and an
Anna Sorensen, and the groom by his last summer and about the first move
of the Century Magazine were present­
ered it with leaves and brush. Then
The only other occupants of the house untarnished souse for two pillows in
brother, Mr. George Prideaux. The he made was to promise the editor a
ed by Rev. Boyd last month.
Mr.
I went back to the cabin and cooked
the
second
canto
which
brought
in
trip
to
Cornelius.
The
trip
hasn’
t
were Jennings, his wife and two chil­
rooms were decorated with oak leaves
Wm I. Reed recently gave “ Leaders
been made as yet, however, but there’ s my breakfast. After eating it, I made
dren
It was shown at the inquest Van Blaricum and Mangold, the first
and roses.
Among M en,” a large volume of re
my way by a rundabout route to Port­
Monday that Jennings was indebted to I runs scored.
After the wedding breakfast Mr and nothing like having something com ­
cent sketches of prominent men of our
land.”
This
was
the
first
shut-out
the
Colts
ing.
The
machine
is
thoroughly
re­
IV ood in the sum of 8700.
Mrs. Prideaux left for Portland where
country. Among previous contribu­
Sheriff H ancock arrested Johnson
Sunday night he refused to occupy have scored this year and it was com ­
they will be at home to their friends paired and scoots aboi* town like an
tors
are
Mrs.
Reed,
Mrs.
Georgia
while
he was eating dinner at the Lon­
plete
owing
to
the
almost
errorless
old
timer.
L hi* room and slept on a cot in the
after September seventh. Mr. Pri­
Hughes, Prof. Marsh, Mrs. C. V. B.
don restaurant on Hawthorne avenue,
rear. H e arose very early in the game put up by the Cayuses. Man­
deaux will have the principalship of
Secretary W. L. Crissey, of the Ore­
Russell, Mrs. Griswold, Miss Farnham,
just west of Grand, upon information
morning and proceeded with his work. gold, Fleming and Robinson are now
the Mt. Tabor schools this winter.
gon State Dairy Ass’ n, has been ad­
W. R
Harris. Judge Hollis, Prof.
secured by Deputies Leonard, Beattie
endeared
with
the
fans,
and
Clay
Doo­
Jennings also arose early. H e saw
vised
that
Hon.
Ed.
H.
Webster,
Bates, Mrs. G. O. Rogers and Mrs. E
and W ood, of Sheriff Steven’ s office.
W ood going through the pasture after ly, the speedy gardener, can have any
Chief of Dairy Division, U. S. Depart­
M. Williams.
The Picture Shows.
These men have been trailing Johnson
the cows and 15 minutes later found bungalo in town. H e got a couple of
ment of Agriculture, is contemplating
It is a noticeable fact that there is a
for same time. T h e officers are said
clean
souses
Sunday
which
made
his
him j dead. H e
heard no sound,
Becker and Springer, the motion a trip to the Pacific Northwest to par­
large call for fiction, and very little
to have been aided by a woman of
though W ood was within easy calling average 1000 per cent, as he was up
picture show men, started their shows ticipate in the convention of the Ore­
call for more solid reading. Try to
whom Johnson was enamared. His
distance had his distress necessitated | but twice.
in Masonic hall, last Monday and have gon Association D ecem ber 10th and
In the fifth Flem ing got a bingle, get the children interested in some­
wife and child live in the city, but the
his calling out for aid.
been greeted by good audiences not­ 11th.
thing besides adventure tales. The
woman is known only to the nether­
J
Whether or not the voung man met stole second and came home on Man­
withstanding the weather is warm.
Traveling Library always has excellent
Prof. James Robertson has accepted j world.
his death at human hands or by the gold's two sacker. Mangold filched
Their show is exceptionally good, pro­
reading in
travel,
biography and
a position with Berea College, Ky.
Perdue was the victim of one of the
animals he was attending may never be both third and home. Willie Schultz
ducing the pictures in life-like distinct
science. A new one is due soon.
got
a
delightful
hit
in
the
sixth,
stole
Mr. Robertson and family will stop j most cold-blooded and brutal murders
known
ness. It is the intention of the man­
Com e in and get a catalogue slip.
over from Friday until Monday with in the state and the crime occurred
W ood drove the cows from the pas­ second and scored
agement to have a lady singer here the
Yamhill
cut
the
anchor
rope
in
the
their friends Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Thom - 1 within 20 miles of this city. A boy
ture towards the barn, it is said. One
last of the week to sing the illustrated
Celebrates 90th Birthday.
as in this city. Prof. Robertron will be by the name of Neighbor found the rr-
of the cows must have entered the eighth and the balloon shot sky high.
songs. Thev have the best and latest
of Johnson’ s
At the home of G eo. Markee Aug. machinery and are making preparations remembered as having been connect-1 mains of the victim
>ai**or leading to the feed alley, and he Dooly, Willie and Rudie Schultz ana
cupidity while picking blackberries
'T w low f i to drive her out. H e siezed Van completed the score of nine dur­ 16th. was the scene of a pleasant gath­ to give some local views in the near ed with the P. U. a few years ago.
near the cabin of Frank Burgholzer.
ering to celebrate the 9Cth anniversary future. Owing to the Catholic Mission
a (tick and as he entered the place the ing the aerial spree.
Miss Penfield received a letter from
Next Sunday a large crowd is ex­ of the birth of Samuel Markee, father
H e discovered the body partly hidden
cow, frightened, started to go out
having the hall for next week, the Mrs. Rogers in which she stated that
W a u g h the door she entered. The pected out to see the game with the of G eo Markee. There were gathered show will be postponed until the fol­ they were still experiencing very hot under an overturned log.
Horrified at the grewsome discovery.
feed alley is narrow and she brushed Union Meat Company of Portland— a together his children ( 6 daughters, 1 lowing week, when the hall will be at weather in the East. She will start for
Inst him. The stick was between team which defeated the Tri City St. son ) and grand children, representing their disposal for the next six months home in a few days, com in g by the Neighbor hurried back to his home
and an investigation was immediately
and the cow and one end of it was John’ s team and is considered one of four generations.
They change the program three times way of Washington, where she will stop
instituted. Coroner Brown was noti­
His great grand daughter and his a week also the illustrated songs.
:d against his heart. As the cow j the strongest independent teams of
a short time and expects to get hom e
fied and an inquest resulted in a ver­
great great grand son were unable to
sued her efforts to get out, the the state.
about
the
first
of
September.
s alMH
dict
which declared that the man had
Score
by
innings:
be
present,
being
a
great
disappoint­
jPfcjP was pressed harder against him
Rev. Boyd in a Wreck.
co. 4
Archie Bryant the photographer, is com e to his death by foul means.
0 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 1
9 ment to him.
until it finally penetrated the body, Colts
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0
Samuel Markee is a very exception­
The family of Rev. Herbert Boyd, spending the week at Vancouver, | The skull had been fractured, the
breaking a rib, and going almost j Yamhill
Struck
out
by
Robinson,
9;
by
Hab-
ally bright and active man for one of who left here Saturday, August 10, Wash., attending the Photographers’ pockets rifled, and the body carried
throng: »s heart. An explanation of
Assoc'ation oi Pacific Northwest which from the cabin to a gulch 100 yards
the tec: that his body was found six ernick of Yamhill, 7. Stolen bases, his years. There were 32 present to were on the train of the Northern
is
in session there. Mr Bryant took distant. In the man’ s watch pocket
Colts
9;
Yamhill
1.
do honor to the day. The time was Pacific that was derailed near Billings,
fret Outside the feed alley entrance,
AS
which is fully 30 feet from where the
spent in music and recitations; and M ont., on the following Monday, so several pictures that he will exhibit and were found two stamped badges, beai-
stick was found is that he tried to
best of all to please the hungry part of states a letter to Prof. Marsh of this from the standpoint of efficiency they ing the words, "E . E. Perdue, Spo­
N. L. Atkins Promoted.
kane, Wash., 1907,”
These were
breach the house and fell just outside
man a bountiful dinner was served at , city. None of the family were in­ are as good as the best.
I overlooked by the murderer and were
't h e door
In a letter to The News, N. L. At­ noon. At an early hour all departed jured, the youngest son, however,
Miss Marie Spiescheart returned
“ We arose early Monday morning, kins formerly of this city, but who is for their homes wishing Father Markee 'ju m p ed through the window to escape. hom e Monday from a two weeks’ va­ the sole mark of identification save a
as we do every morning,” said Mrs. now employed by the Oregon Electric many more happy returns of the day Four persons were killed and several cation. She spent one week at Sea­ I horseshoe nail ring and the fact that
four back teeth in the upper left jaw
Jennings
“ It had been agreed be Co. at Portland as station agent, he
were injured.
side where she reports a fine tim e, and
that had been filled with amelgam.
tween us that W ood should do the states that com m encing September 1st,
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When School Opens.
one week in Portland at the wholesale
The officers had little evidence up­
chores about the barn, while I prepared the company will open up a regular
house studying the new fall styles
A rig belonging to Sargent’ s on
The public schools of this city will
on which to work, hut their suspicions
breakfast
H e told me he had not freight business, and Mr. Atkins will
in millinery of which she will carry a
throw open its doors to the pupils on Gales Creek, and occu pied by Walter
were directed towerds Johnson for a
slept in his room that night because it have charge of both freight and pas­
Sargent and
Gus
Gheer, becam e full line this fall.
Monday,
September
21st.
A
full
number of reasons. In the first place,
was loo hot. Ten minutes after he senger offices. Mr. Atkins is a thor­
J. S. Thompson of Forest Grove, he was suspected because he had been
frightened at a passing automobile
M f o c n e out I saw him going after ough railroad man and his promotion corps of teachers has been secured.
about a mile from town Saturday and and Mrs
Charles Phinney, of In­ locating many strangers in the mour*
the * ots and he must have returned is due to this fact. The people here The vacancies in the 7th and 8th
dumped the boys out and cam e tear­ dianapolis, Ind., were in town Monday tains, either upon homesteads or upen
grades
have
been
filled
by
Miss
Eliza­
are glad to hear of his success.
t immediately.
beth Swanson, of this city for the 7th ing into town with only part of the visiting with the families of John timber claims. It was ascertained ths t
n about 15 minutes I went to the
grade, and Miss Bella Chalmers of near harness. The cart was badly broken Shearer and Mrs. Josie Bradley.— New- Johnson had located Perdue and the
on
and found him lying several feet I
The News t l . 5 0 per year in advance. here for the 8tb grade.
btrg Graphic.
CaMlaaaS art Lan rafa
but the boys were uninjured.
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