jb< $ T hird D cgrji A N M D 8 D W Œ ns H o w a r d . H o fi nds U n d e r w o o d d e a d . R e a l i z i n g h i s p r e d b a m e n t h e a t t e m p t s to fl e e a n d Is m o t b y U n d e r w o o d ' s v a l e t . H o w a r d Is t u i r e d o v e r t o t h e polic e. C ap f. C ilnto" noto rio u s for his b ru ta l tre.».tine :’t o f p r i s o n e r s , p u t s How ard t h r o u g h t h e t h i r d d e g r e e , a n d fi n a lly g e t s a n a l l e g e d c o n c e s s io n f r o m t h e h a r a s s e d i n a n . A n n i e , H o w a r d ' # w ife , d e c l a r e s h e r b e lie f l r h e r n u s b a n d 'a Innocence, a n d • a y s s h e wil l c l e a r h im . S h e c a l l s on J e f f r i e s fir. H e r e f u s e s to h e l p u n l e s s * n e w ll ! c o n s e n t t o a d iv o r c e . To nave H o w a r d s h e c o n s e n t s , b u t w h e n s h e fi nds t h a t t h e e l d e r J e f f r i e s d o e s n o t I n t e n d to m a n d b y h!s s o n , e x c e p t f i n a n c i a l l y , s h e ■ c o r n s h i s h e lp . C H A P T E R XIII. It w as w ith a sin k in g h e a rt and a dull, gnaw ing sen se of ap p reh en sio n th a t A nnie d escended from a so u th ­ bound M adison av en u e c a r in C en ter s tre e t and ap p ro ach ed th e sm all por­ tal u n d er th e forbidding g ra y w alls. She had visited a prison once before, when h e r fa th e r died. S he rem em ­ bered th e d e p ressin g ride In th e tra in to Sing Sing, th e fo rm idable steel doors and p onderous bolts, th e narrow cells, each w ith its in v o lu n tary occu­ p a n t In d eg rad in g strip e s an d closely cropped h air, and th e uniform ed g u a rd s arm ed w ith rifles. She rem em ­ bered how h e r m o th er w ep t and how sh e had w ondered w hy th ey k e p t h e r poor da-da in such an ugly place. To th in k th a t a fte r all th e se y e a rs she w as again to go th ro u g h a sim ila r ex­ perience. She had n erv ed h e rse lf for th e o r­ deal. A nxious a s she w as to see How­ a rd and learb from his lips all th a t had happened, sh e feared th a t she would n ev er be able to see him behind th e b a rs w ith o u t b reak in g dow n. Y et sh e m ust be stro n g so sh e could w ork to se t him free. So m uch had hap­ pened In th e la s t tw o days. It seem ed a m onth sin ce th e police had s e n t for h e r a t m id n ig h t to h u rry down to th e A btruria, y e t it w as only tw o days ago. T he m orn in g follow ing h e r tr y ­ ing Interview w ith C apt. C linton in th e dead m a n ’s a p a rtm e n t sh e had tried to see H ow ard, b u t w ith o u t su c­ cess. The police held him a close p riso n er, p reten d in g th a t he m ight m ake an a tte m p t upon his life. T h ere w as n othing for h e r to do b u t wait. In tu itiv ely sh e realized th e neces­ sity of im m ediately secu rin g th e ser- could n o t be le ft alone to p erish w ith­ o u t a h and to sav e him . Ju d g e B rew ­ s te r m u st com e to his rescue. He could n o t refuse. She would re tu rn ag ain to his office th is aftern o o n and s it th e re all day long, if necessary, u n til he prom ised to ta k e th e case. He alone could sav e him . She would go to th e law y er and beg him on her k n ees if n ecessary , b u t first she m ust see H ow ard an d bid him tak e courage. A low doorw ay from C en ter s tre e t gave access to th e g ray fo rtress. A t th e h eavy steel g a te stood a po rtly policem an arm ed w ith a big key. E ach tim e before le ttin g people in o r out he in se rte d th is key in a ponderous lock. T h e g a te would n o t open m ere­ ly by tu rn in g th e handle. T his w as to p re v e n t th e escape of p riso n ers, who m ig h t possibly succeed In reach ­ ing so fa r as th e door, b u t could not open th e steel g a te w ithout th e big key. W hen once any one en tered the p riso n he w as n o t p e rm itted to go out a g a in ex cep t on a sig n al from a keep er. W hen A nnie e n te re d she found th e recep tio n room filled w ith visitors, men and w om en of all ages and n a ­ tio n a litie s, who. like h erself, had com e to see som e rela tiv e o r frien d In tro u b le. It w as a m otley and In te re st­ ing crow d. T h e re w ere fru it peddlers, sw e a t shop w orkers, sp o rty looking m en, negroes and flashy looking wo­ m en. All seem ed callous and Indif­ fere n t, as If q u ite a t hom e am id the s in is te r su rro u n d in g s of a prison. One o r tw o o th e rs ap p eared to belong to a m ore resp e c ta b le class, th e ir sober m a n n e r and carew o rn faces reflecting sile n tly th e hum iliation and sham e In tho very h e a rt of M an h attan , rig h t In tho c e n te r of th e c ity ’s m ost con­ g e ste d d is tric t, an im posing edifice o f g ray sto n e, m edieval In its sty le of a rc h ite c tu re , tow ered high above nil th e su rro u n d in g dingy offices nnd sq u alid te n e m e n ts. Its m assive con­ stru c tio n , ste e p w alls, p ointed tu rre ts , raised p a ra p e ts and long, narro w , slit­ like w indow s, heavily b arred , gave It th e a sp e c t of a feudal fo rtre s s Incon­ gru o u sly s e t down plum b In th e m idst o i tw o n tle th cen tu ry New York. The dull ro a r of B roadw ay hum m ed a couple of blocks aw ay; In th e d ista n c e loom ed th e lofty, gracefu l sp an s of •Brooklyn b ridge. Jam m ed w ith its op­ posing s tre a m s of busy in te ru rb a n traffic. T he a d ja c e n t s tre e ts w ere filled w ith th e din of h u rry in g crow ds, th e ra ttle of vehicles, th e crie s o f ven­ dors, th e clan g of stre e t ca rs, th e ugh! u g h ! of sp eed in g autom obiles. T he ac ­ tive. p u lsa tin g life of th e m etropolis « u rg ed llko n llsin g flood nbout the ta l l g ray w ulls, y e t th cro w as no re ­ s p o n s e w ith in . Grird, silen t, sin iste r, th e city prison, popularly know n ns " th e T o m b s,” seem ed to have nothing In com m on w ith th e d aily a c tiv itie s of th e big tow n In which, n o tw ith sta n d ­ ing, it un h ap p ily played an Im p o rtan t p a rt. T h e p re s e n t p riso n in a v astly dif­ fe re n t place to th e old Jail from ■which It got Its m elancholy cognom en. T o d n y th e re In n o t th e slig h te st Justl- Ilcntlon fo r tho lu g u b rio u s e p ith e t ap ­ plied to it, b u t In th e old days, when m a n 's In h u m an ity to m an w as less a form of speech th a n a cold, m erciless fa c t, th e "T o m b s" describ ed an in to l­ e ra b le and d isg racefu l condition fairly ac c u ra te ly . F o rm erly th o cells In w hich th e u n fo rtu n a te p riso n e rs w ere confined w hile aw n ltln g tria l w ere sit­ u ated deep u n d e r ground nnd had nei­ th e r lig h t n o r vontllntlon. A m an m ig h t be g u iltle ss of tho offense with w hich he w as ch arg ed , y e t while a w a itin g an o p p o rtu n ity to prove his Innocence ho w as condem ned to spend "So Y ou're th e W ife of Jeffries, W hom T h ey 'v e C o t fo r M urder, E h?" days, som etim es m onths. In w hat w as little b e tte r th a n a g rave. L iterally, vices of an ab le law yer. T h e re w as th e y fe lt a t th e ir k in sm a n ’s d isg race h e wna bu ried alive. A p a rty of for­ no doubt of H o w ard 's Innocence, b u t T h e sm all b a rre d w indow s did not e ig n e rs v isitin g the prison one day she recalled w ith a sh iv er th a t even p e rm it of m uch v e n tilatio n and. as w ere s ta rtle d a t seein g hum an beings innocent p erso n s have suffered capi­ th e d a y w as w arm , th e odor w as sick ­ confined In su ch holes. "T h ey look tal pu n ish m en t b ecau se th e y w ere u n ­ ening. A nnie looked aro u n d fearfully like to m b s!" cried som e one. New able to e sta b lish th e ir innocence, so and hum bly took h e r place a t th e end York w as am used a t th e sin g u larly overw helm ing w ero th e a p p e a ra n c e s o f th e long line w hich slow ly w orked a p p ro p ria te a p p ellativ e and it has a g a in st them . H e m ust h a v e th e best its w ay to th e n arro w in n e r g ratin g , stuck to th e p riso n e v e r sinco. law y er to be had, re g a rd le ss o f ex­ w h ere c re d e n tia ls w ere closely sc ru ti­ B ut tim os ch an g e and in stitu tio n s pense. Only one nam e o c cu rred to nized. T h e h o rro r of th e place seized w ith them . As man becom es m ore | h er, th e nam e of n m an o f in te rn a ­ upon h er. She w ondered w ho all th ese civilized he tr e a ts th e la w b reak er tio n al rep u ta tio n , th e m ere m ention poor people w ere and w hat th e p ris­ w ith m ore h um anity. P ro b ab ly soci­ of w hose nam e in a co u rtro o m filled o n e rs whom th e y cam e to see had ety will alw ays need Its p riso n ers, th e h e a rts of th e Inn o cen t w ith hope done to offend th e m a je sty of th e law. b u t as we becom e m ore enlig h ten ed and th e guilty w ith d read. T h a t m an T he p riso n w as Ailed w ith policem en w e Insist on tre a tin g o u r crim in a ls w as Ju d g e B rew ster. S he h u rried nnd k e e p e rs and ru n n in g in and out m ore from th e physiological nnd psy- 1 dow ntow n to his office and w aited an w ith m essag es and packages w ere a chologlca! sta n d p o in ts th an in th e h o u r before he could see h er. T hen n u m b e r of m en In n e a t linen su its. c ru e l, b ru ta l, b a rb aro u s m an n er of tho | he told tier, p o litely b u t coldly, th a t She a sk ed a w om an w ho th ey w ere. dark ages. In o th e r w ords th e sociol- he m ust decline to ta k e h e r case. H e "T h e m 's tru s tie s — p riso n e rs th a t ogiat In sists th a t th e la w b reak er h as | knew well w ho sh e w as and he eyed h a s special p riv ileg es In re tu rn for g re a te r need of th e physician th a n he h e r w ith som e cu rio sity , b u t h is m an ­ w ork th e y does about th e p riso n .” n e r w as frigid and d isco u rag in g . b aa of th e Jailer. T h e c re d e n tia ls w ere p assed upon To-day th o city prison Is a tom b T h e re w ere p le n ty of law y ers in New slow ly an d A nnie, b ein g th e tw e n tie th She m u st go else­ In line, found it a ted ious «’alt. In In n am e only. It is ad m irab ly con­ Y ork, he said. stru c te d , com m odious, well ventilated. ! w here. P olitely he bow ed h e r out fro n t of h e r w as a b e stial looking n e­ T he cells a re larg e nnd well lighted, ! H alf of a p recio u s day w as a lread y gro. b ehind h e r a w om an w hose cheap Ju d g e B re w ste r refu sed th e Jew elry, rouged face and e x tra v a g a n t w ith co m fo rta b le c o ts and all th e ! lost. m odern a a n lta ry arra n g e m e n ts. T h ere case. To whom could sh e tu rn now ? d re ss p roclaim ed h e r pro fession to be are roomy co rrid o rs for dally exercise In d esp air, alm o st d e sp e ra te , ahe th e m ost a n c ie n t In th e w orld. B ut a n d luxurious sh o w er b a th s can be ob- | d ro v e uptow n to R iv ersid e d riv e and a t la s t th e g a te w as reach ed . As th e talned freo for th e asking. T h e re are forced an e n tra n c e Into th e Jeffries d o o rk e e p e r ex am ined h e r tic k e t he chattels for the religiously Inclined home. H ere, a g ain , sh e w as m et with looked np a t h e r w ith cu rio sity . A and a library fo r th e studious. The a rebuff. S till no t disco u rag ed , she m u rd e re r is ra re enough even in th e food Is w holesom e and well prepared retu rn e d to Ju d g e B re w ste r's office. T om bs, to excite in te re st, and as she In a large, scru p u lo u sly clean kitchen He w as o u t and sh e sa t th e re an hour p assed on th e a tte n d a n ts w hispered altnated on the top floor. C arp in g I w aiting to see him . N ight cam e and am ong th em selv es. S h e knew they cr itic s have, indeed, decla red t h e ! he did not re tu rn . A lm ost p ro stra te d w ere ta lk in g a b o u t h er. b u t she T o m b s to be too luxurious, d ecla rin g ) w ith nervous ex h au stio n , th e re tu rn e d steeled h e rse lf not to care. It w as th a t habitual crim inals enjoy a stay to th e ir d e se rte d little flat In H arlem . only a fo re ta ste of o th e r h u m iliatio n s at tho prison and actually commit ! It w as going to be a h a rd fight, she w hich sh e m ust expect. crim e to that they may onjoy come of saw th at. B ut she would keep rig h t A k e e p e r now took c h a rg e o f h e r lie hotel like comforts on. no m a tte r at w hat cost. H ow ard and led h e r to a room w here she w aa ; search ed by a m atro n fo r concealed w eapons, a h u m iliatin g ordeal, to w hich even th e ric h e st and m ost In- | fluential v isito rs m u st su b m it w ith as good g ra c e as possible. T he m atro n w as a h a rd looking w om an of about 50 y e a rs, in whom every sp a rk of hu­ m an p ity and sym pathy had been killed d u rin g h er m any y ears of con­ s ta n t asso ciatio n w ith crim inals. T he w ord ‘‘p riso n ” had lost its m eaning to her. She saw nothing u n d esirab le in jail life, but looked upon the T om bs ra th e r as a kind of boarding house in w hich people m ade sh o rt o r long so­ jo u rn s, according to th e ir luck. She tre a te d A nnie uncerem oniously, yet not unkindly. "S o you’re the w ife of Jeffries, whom th e y ’ve got for m urder, e h ? ” she said, as she rapidly ra n h er hands th ro u g h th e v isito r’s clothing. “Y es,” faltered A nnie, “b u t it’s all a m istak e, I assu re you. My husband's p erfectly innocent. H e w ouldn't h u rt a fly.” T he w om an grinned. "T h ey all say th a t, m ’m .” Lugubrl* ously sh e added: “I hope you’ll be m ore lucky th a n som e o th e rs w ere." A nnie fe lt h erself grow cold. W as th is a sin iste r prophecy? She shud­ d ered an d , h astily ta k in g a dollar from h er p u rse, slipped it in to th e m atron's hand. "M ay I go now ?” she said. "Y es. my d e a r; 1 guess you’ve gov n o th in g dangerous on you. W e have to be v ery careful. I rem em b er once w hen w e had th a t H oboken m urderer h ere. H e’s tho feller th a t c u t his w ife’s head off and stuffed th e body in a b arrel. H is m o th er cam e h ere to see him one day and w h at did I find inside h e r stocking but an Innocent looking little round pill, and If you please, it was noth in g less th an prus- sic acid. He would have sw allow ed it and th e elec tric ch air would have been cheated. So you see how carefu. we h a s to be.” A nnie could not listen to any m ore T he h o rro r of having H ow ard classed w ith fiends of th a t d escrip tio n sickened her. To th e keeper sh e said quickly: "P le a se tak e me to my h u sband.” T a k in g a n o th e r d o llar from hei purse, she slipped th e bill Into the m an’s hand, feeling th at, h ere as ev ery w h ere else, one m u st pay for p rivileges and co u rtesies. H er guide led th e way and u sh ered h e r in to ao elev ato r, which, a t a signal, started slow ly upw ards. T h e cells in the T om bs a re arranged In row s in the form of a n ellipse 1 e the c e n te r of each of th e six floors T h ere is room to accom m odate 90(1 p riso n ers of both sexes. T he men ar« confined in th e new p riso n ; the wom­ en, few er in num ber, in w h a t rem ain s ol the old building. Only th e c e n te ro f each floor b eing tak en up w ith the rows of narrow cells, th ero re m a in s a broad co rrid o r, ru n n in g all th e w ay round and flanked on the rig h t by high walls w ith sm all b arred window*. An ob­ se rv e r from th e s tre e t g lancing up at th e w indow s m ight conclude th a t they w ere th o se of th e cells In w hich p ris­ o n ers w ere confined. As a m a tte r oi fact, th e cells have no w indow s, only a g ra tin g w hich looks d irectly o u t into the c irc u la r corridor. A t th e fourth floor th e elevator stopped and th e heavy Iron door sw ung back. "T h is w ay," said the keeper, s te p ping o u t and quickly w alking along the co rrid o r. "H e's in cell No. 456." A lum p rose In A nnie’s th ro at. The placo w as w ell v en tilated , yet she th o u g h t sh e w ould fa in t from a cho­ king feelin g of re s tra in t. All along th e c o rrid o r to th e le ft w ere iron doors p ain ted yellow. In the upper p a rt of th e door w ere h alf a dozen broad slits th rough w hich one could see w h a t w as going on Inside. “T hose a re the cells,” volunteered h e r guide. A nnie sh uddered as, m entally, she p ictu red H ow ard locked up In such a d read fu l place. She peered through one of th e slits and saw a narrow cell about te n feet long by six wide. The only fu rn ish in g s w ere a folding cot w ith b lan k et, a w ash bowl and lava­ tory. E ach cell had its occupant, men and y o u th s of all ages. Some were reading, som e playing cards. Some w ere lying asleep on th e ir cots, p e r haps d ream in g of hom e, b u t m ost ol them lean in g dejectedly a g a in st the iron b a rs w ondering w hen they would reg ain th e ir liberty. For Commissioner To the Voters of Washington Co. : The undersigned, a member of the Republican party, residing in Gales Creek precinct, announces himself a candidate for the Re­ publican nomination for county commissioner at the primary election to be held April 19, 1912. If nominated I will accept, and if elected I will qualify as such officer. If nominated and elect­ ed I will during my term of office perform the d.uties of the office to the best of my ability and for the benefit of the tax­ payers of the county. J ohn M c C la ren . Candidate for Commissioner. (Paid A dvertisem ent.) Candidate for Sheriff. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Washington county, subject to the will of the Republican voters at the primary election April 19, 1912. I am a resident of Hillsboro, and have been a Republican all my life. If nom­ inated I will use my best efforts to secure my election, and if elected will pledge myself to con­ duct the affairs of the office in an honest, efficient, economical and business-like manner and at all times keeping in mind the in­ terests of the tax-paying public. F r e d E. C o r n e l i u s . W. H. HOLLIS Of Washington County. I wish to announce my candi­ dacy for nomination to the office of senator for the senatorial dis­ trict comprising Washington. Tillamook, Yamhill and Lincoln counties, subject to the will of the Republican voters, at the primary election, April 19, 1912. W . H . H o l l is . (Paid A dvertisem ent) (Paid A dvertisem ent) FOR STATE SENATOR If I am nominated and elected I will, during my term of office, vote for the candidate for United States senator who has received the highest number of votes at the preceeding election for that office. Will support an economy that will keep down expenditures and apply the acid test to all appro­ priations and see that when made they have been judiciously expended and sufficient for which aparopriated, thus avoid­ ing deficiences. New boards and commissions have been unnecessarily created and some of these should be abolished, rather than more cre­ ated. I believe in a judicial reform that will insure more speedy jus­ tice, prevent delays and save money for the taxpayers of Washington county. W. D. WOOD. J. L. HILL J . C. K u ra tli E. Í. K u ratli (Paid A d v ertisem en t.) SURVEYOR I wish to announce that I will be an independent candidate for election in November to the office of county surveyor for Washington county. My name will not be before the primary nominating election, but will file as independent candidate for election. A. A. KIRKWOOD, Forest Grove, Ore. (Paid A dvertisem ent) J. W. GOODIN North Plains, Oregon. Candi­ date for Republican nomnation For County Judge. G eneral A uctioneer N o ta ria l W ork Pacific A venue Kuratli Bros. Buys and Sells Second Hand Goods REAL ESTATE, COLLECTIONS MONEY TO LOAN G erm an spoken in th e office T elephone 743 PHONE'S Bell, Main 346 Dealer in Flour and Feed Ind. C ity, 344 HILLSBORO OREGON C. W. MERTZ J. C. LATTA MERTZ & L A T T A Forest Grove Steam Laundry • Ice, Cold Storage, Wood and Coal Both Phones Corner Fifth Avenue and Second Street Central Livery Barns Me Namer & Wirtz, Proprietors General Livery and Tillamook Stage Lines. (T O B E C O N T IN U E D .) P lan t B reaking Up an Island. S tre n g th Is not a thing usually con­ nected w ith m aid en h air fern, yet It > Its roots have not sufficient room they j break th e pot In w hich th e plant I grow s. B lades of g rass w ill force j th e cu rb sto n e s betw een w hich t h e y ; spring up o u t of th e ir place, and in a single n ig h t a crop of sm all m ush­ room s have lifted a large stone. In­ deed. p lan ts have been known to break th e h ard est rocks. T he island of A ldabra, to th e n o rth ­ w est of M adagascar, Is b eco m in g , sm a lle r and sm aller th rough the ac­ tion of th e m angroves th a t grow along 1 the foot of the cliffs T hey e a t th eir way Into th e rock in all d ire c tio n s ,! and Into th e gaps th u s form ed th e w aves force th eir way. In (line they j will probably reduce th e Island t o ' pieces. H ypnotism and W ill Pow er. People used to th in k th a t p erso n , w ho could be hypnotized w ere defl j cten t tn will pow er, th a t it w as som e j th in g of a stig m a on th e ir m ental ■ e q u ip m e n t T he e x p erts know better now. A w rite r in th e W om an’s Home j C om panion goes so fa r as to say that th - m ore w ill pow er a p erson has the m ore read ily he can he hypnotized. | Dr. V olsln. a F ren ch alleu lst. found th a t be could not hypnotize m ore than ten per c e n t of th e Inm ates of the rsy lu m w ith w hich he w as connected. I W hereas an E nglish experim enter nam ed V incent hypnotized w ith ease M p er c e n t of a largo group of uni­ v ersity m en. PE E R L E SS C A FE T E R IA 104 F I F T H S T R E E T Between Wash, and Stur k P O R T L A N 84 and 86 F I F T H ST R E ET Bet ween S ta rk a nd Oak D, o h E G O N The Best Place in Portland to Eat and at Most Reasonable Prices Ed William» J . W. Buckley WILLIAMS & BUCKLEY M anufacturers and Dealers in Rough and Dressed LUMBER Prices and Estimates Furnished Phone Gales 453, Gale. Creek, Oregon