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EIGHT A M
The Nestor of Them A ll
SILENT WITNESS
N ext Wednesday R. S. Knowl-
ton will have completed SO years
first
o f business life in Coquille, all
- .A.’ —..
o f that time being located on his
Who.
the boat,
Only
he
Ilian Leuthold’» Body Told
present, site except fo r three
went, helping his
who
W hether She was Carried
weeks following the fire which
exhausted from their 24-
burned
him
out
ju
st
a
month
a
f­
hour vigil and battle with the
or Dragged
ter his m arriage.
I heavy aeaa while in the am
His business is the only one in
H ie w o n t marine disaster c ra ft
W hen Harold Howell’s attor­
tquiUe which has operated
that has happened on this p o r-1 Able him self to swim to safe-
ney, C F. McKnight, made his
continuously
under
the
same
tion o f the Oregon coast in m knyjty. Hohne stayed with the men,
management in all that time and eloquent two hours' plea to the
years occurred Thursday night »n d one by one got them back
is the only drug store in the ju ry last Tuesday morning he
of last week a i 6:15, when the to the boat, only to have it over­
The second trial o f Harold say that the indictment
nt charged
county
which is now in opera­ dwelt with especial emphasis on
oil tanker, J. A . Chanslor, went ; tdrn again in tike breakers. The Howell resulted the same as the “deliberation
and premedita­
tion under the same manage­ his theory that the dead body* of
m a hung ju ry ; and strange tion.” Whereupon Mr. Sherwood
on the rodts near Cape Blanco men were sent flying, the beat­
Lillian Leuthold must have been
rf scatterim r them all to say this ju ry stood exactly cut short anything further he ment as then. C. Y . Lowe, of
and was w recked; only three o f ing
™ g su
surf
carried,
not dragged, from the
W hile again trying to like the first when it was dis­ had to say along that line by cit­ Bandon, started in business the
the 88 people on board surviv- about.
place where the pool o f blood
same
day
that
M
r.
Knowlton
his comrades to the boat charged. eight for conviction to ing the document itself, which
ing. H ie stern of the
showed she had been shot down,
The case recited that the act had been did, but he had R. H. Rosa for to the place 25 feet away where
went down so quickly that the a wave dashed him against i ; four fo r scquitsaL
a
partner
at
that
time.
with
terrific
force.
was given to the ju ry at 8 done purposely and maliciously.
portion o f the crew there had no
In speaking
spesi
of this year’s bus­ her body was hidden. That was
Merkel believes that Holme's o’clock Tuesday
chance to get o u t O f those tor-
the
was made th al
iness
Mr.
Knowlton
says that one of. two principal contentions
ja
w
was
broken
at
this
time,
and
the; were not disci
w ard thirteen, including Cap­
until [w here the evidence was entire-
last
Monday’s
was
the
largest he on which he claimed Harold
9:80 Thursday morning,
tain A. A . Sawyer, got into a life that conscious that he
circumstantial there must be
evsr
enjoyed
in
Hie
sale
of hoii could not have committed the
weakening
he
struggled
ashore,
having had it under
boat, two more being picked off
>le doubt ss to the guilt
dag
goods
in
forty
years’
experi cringe ana on which he dwelt at
a plank afterw ard. They kept only to die a few minutes after tion fo r almost forty hours f the accused.
xu sea.
ence,
and
practically
all
Co­ great length. The fact that the
reaching
land.
Judge Coke felt assured that all
afloat in the fog all that night
estimony just given by
The testimon;
knees were flexed or doubled up,
quille’»
merchants
have
the
Merkel says be saw another possibility of an agreement Was Mr. and Mrs. Griffin that they
and all the next day, but when
he
said showed unquestionably
Uor swim back and forth in gone.
had seen Harold Howell at seven same story to tell for that day that she was not dragged. Then
It got near night on Friday it
—
it^yas
the
biggest
o
f
the
year.
the
breakers,
apparently
unable
- Sunday
- - - - - evening,
' -
~ July 27,
A t two o’clock Wednesday* a f o’.
was apparent that they could
»’dock
there were blood stains on the
• *. *
net survive until another day in to make shore on aooount of the teraoon the ju ry came into court playing with other boys at the
ferns and bushes along the trail
Holiday
Rush
at
Pestoffice
strong
undertow.
‘'Everything
for additional instruction, The home of Rolls Lewis, while the
an open boat with no drinking
as high as threo feet according
water, the plug having been ac­ seemed to be against us,” he foreman started to state the evidence previously given as to
A t the postofflee here 400 to' some of the testimony. That
cidentally knocked out o f the said, “It was impossible fo r us point on which they were seek- his being there at that time had packages were mailed out last Harold could have carried the
cask^uid all being near the point to stand in a foot o f water, as ing light but stopped almost as ‘
Tuesday and almost as many x»dy Mr. McKnight considered
o f exhaustion after struggling the sand would be washed out soon as he had begun and said:
went the previous Friday, Sat­ a physical im possibrilyt
The
Let the man who wants to . was testimony
against a stormy sea fo r almost underneath almost immediate­
urday and Monday. T wen ly-five weight of Lillian Leuthold had
ly.’*
.
24 hours.
know ask the question’’
¡theory of the case that they or thirty sacks of parcels post 'etn fixed absolutely, as we told
“The only reason I am
W hat was asked whether the had nothing to do with introduc- were received every day for
So the boat w as headed for
last week, by a neighbor for
ist in tw
two
o years week before Christm as ana whom she insisted on carrying
the smooth beach near the la­ how is that it ju st wasn’t my ju ry could render a verdict o f ing. Suppose that
time
to
die,”
Merkel
added.
m anslaughter
in this esse. JK or five years unexpected?-svi- three or four more went out water, at 115 pounds. McKnight
goons four miles north o f Ban-
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Quarterm aster Merkel .believe
«
Judge Coke had only to refer'Hence
should
develop— some each day.
It was a rem arkable did his best on somebody’s opln-
don and an attempt made to run
through the breakers.
They it barely possible that any bod­ them to his written instructions confession should be made that sight there to see the pack
on as to her weight to increase
w ere running too high, however, ies w ill be found in the stern o f in which he had plainly told would absolutely prove the de- piled not only on the racks but this to 125 until the murdered
the
Chanslor.
A
s
the
lifeboat
and the boafr^ w as“ hrown end
them they had a righ t to bring fendant’s innoeense, what would the whole length of the offloe g irl’s mother broke her silence
be the feelings o f the jurors when the delivery began. It re­ — the only time she did so dur­
over end as if \t had been a cokle cleared the wreck, he said, men in such a verdict.
shell and only three o f those on on the stern o f the ship were
A n hour later they came in then if they should send him to quired work until eleven o’clock ing the day— by correcting h ip .
board reached the beach alive. heard to yell, and he believes again and asked to be discharge the penitentiary now.
at night those days to get Hie
To one who had not heard
Besides Captain Sawyer, these they had time to gain the peck. ed, saying it was impossible tor . * l believe,” said Mr. Kendall outgoing mail ready
what the prosecution had to say
Besides Hohne the bodies them to agree. Judge Coke r e -, «H u t John H all has great doubt
the theory that the body Was
identified were as fellow s: W . H. fused the request and told them in this case, and I know that you
Boy Can Carry a
carried might have seemed to be
he would keep them until the men have.
Mr. Sherwood tells o f an ex­ settled, and when so, it would of
next day.
a
who were in 'the
The testimony o f the N agles periment in his office yesterday course create some doubt as to
•wain.
A s to what is to be 6 n e
w as unset in the surf.
that Harold had come to their to indicate whether It would be whether the fourteen year old
Am ong those lost in the after h is case after two triads
on the evening o f the mur- possible for a boy like HaroM efendant had committed Hie
On Sunday a large portion of
vory pale and so greatly agi-
the shell o f the forw ard part of part of the vessel w as Francis two failures to secure a
Howell to carry a body weighing
nothing
Jackson, son o f C. 3.
d that they asked w h a th e
But when Mr. Sherwood came
116 pounds.
Lawrence Leu
try it
doing, was made
thold, a thirteen-yedf-old hoy to reply he recalled the testi-
day copied lire _
P __
Igno .— ny Of two o r three women
sistant engineer. James Robb o f tw o juries, after
h w
a mile sortii o f Cape
him [Who harl aided in -preparing L il-
j m ....................
CO. Some people -thought
thought they and Jacob G. Kamm, o f Port­ the evidence in the c
time and that was enough of sa across the room holding his lien’s body fo r burial w l
it
committed so hideous and explanation fo r the attorney.
evidence
land, friends o f the fam ily of C.
ice o f life on this
was at the undertakers.
Each
head
ss
high
as
it
is
claimed
the
_
o f the ship Sunday, but d a p t 8. Jackson, passed through here fiendish a .crime is net fo r a m o - _______
Because the Nagels
had not ap- ferns were bloodied along the and all -testified as ,td com bing
Johnson o f the Bandon Coast Sunday afternoon on their way ment to be thought of. And yet peered before the grand ju ry or
trial at the stone of the tragedy. ler hair and how full it was of
Guard Station, says it was only to Bandon to assist in the search we feel safe in saying that a * t the first trial their testimony
ead fern, bits o f sticks, dead
ury,
who
would
acquit
the
sc-
WM
made
light
o
f
by
the
attor-
for
the
body
o
f
the
young
man.
the flapping o f the searchlight
eaves and all the litter it had
He Steed Against a Mob
cused on the evidence so far ney who had just talked so elo-
canvas.
««FI
somehow accumulated after she
When there was danger that
given in this esse, could never quently about finding new evi-
Chptain Johnson also said
W10 Give N ew Year’s Daace
had been sh ot The tonclusion
mob would gather and lynch
be found.
dence on the other side o f the
that the Chanslor had struck on
that she must have been drag-
N ext
W ednesday
evening.
I f the boy had been a few
v - m -
-. I an entirely innocent young man red, not carried, then became a
the extreme north point o f Cape
N
ew
Year’s
Eve,the
local
branch
years older— even two— there
He even asserted that the after the murder of Lillian Leu­ certainty and the house of cards
Blanco. The a fte r part lay in
about 45 feet o f w ater and 400 of the American Legion are go­ would probably have been no state’s case wasn’t any stronger thold, her father said he would Mr. McKnight had so laborious-
protect that young man even if
feet from the beach. It was ap­ ing to give another o f their /try doubt of his conviction at one of because the boy was pale.
constructed fell in ruins at his
parent, he said, that the bottom popular Masque Balls in Goulds’ the two trials he has had. The
A fte r belittling the state’s ev­ he lost his own life in doing so. e e t
Hall.
Suitable
prizes
will
be
natural disinclination to send
had fallen Out of the after part
idence as to shells and bullets, Society owes John Leuthold
whan the ship struck, and that given fo r the best costume for x>y only a little over 15 years to M r. Kendall, seeming to think something, and more than ever
W hy the Letter “H ”
.
the machinery had gone to the both lady and gentleman, fo r Hie the penitentiary for life, has that these matters s h a d
been after that brave act, it is due to
R
eferring
to
the
letter
“H
”
on
bottom, where it was doubtless most comic character portrayer perhaps been Hie reason why sufficiently obscured, made this him that the slayer of his
le
shells
useaH
in
Aring
the
and
fo
r
the
best
sustained
char­
daughter
should
be
made
to
pay
some
jurors
have
stood
out
for
■till lying, notwithstanding that
____________declaration: “I f you
remarkable
;owell gun, Mr. Sherwood ex-
a portion of the shell o f that sec­ acter. Good music is one of the acquittal.
can say conclusively from look­ the fu ll penalty of the law for
1
Gained
what it meant— some-
strong
features
of
these
dances
for
the
his
fiendish
crime.
It
is
hardy
necessary
tion had refloated Sunday. Cap­
ing at th# ballets fired from the
ting it w ill interest » great
tain Johnson thought the pros­ and the spirit of good fellowship Sentinel to say what it thinks four guns in this case that the
i isny old hunters to know,
Over 2,000 To Be S o tt
for .. one who
pect fo r salvage work títere was shown by the Legion and the , de­ about sympathy
- ,,
.
bullet that killed Lillian Leu-
-here used to be a popular rifle
fair, and that some o f the bodies sire to make everyone enjoy could or would commit each » ; g old was fired from the Howell
There are said to be over 2000
it,B
duty to convict separate lots and tracts in the mown throughout this section
o f the men who were in that por­ themselves is another q uafity trim e as was the m u rd e ro fL U -i
as the Henry rifle, and as a trade
V—
Leuthold. Had a wild beast
„
tion o f the ship might yet be that draw s the crowd to * these
Kinney properties at North
mark all the shells made fo r it
affairs. And they are well con­
found.
^ ^ W y ^ h o u ld
W hen Mr. Kendall concluded Bend Sheriff Gage is advertising bore a capital “H .” W hen the
The hero o f this wreck was ducted.
haveno sy m p ath J toH t and we ]t w * s nearly six »n d t h e q u e i- for sale tomorrow. It is a sale Henry company sold out to the
The Christm as dance given by
Adolp Hohne, o f San Francisco.
couldn’t nave a particle more tion ^ w h e t h e r t o go on with which w ill be largely attended Winchester Arm s Co. that com­
H is body w as found alongside the Legion last night was large­
and in which lots will not sell at
r r. M
r- nflated prices. The water that pany did not change the m ark­
the life boat with the ja w brok­ ly patronised by a pleasure seek­ or the man or boy who would adjourn until morning. M
M
Me-
ing crowd who found w hat they commit such an a c t Indeed, we Knight, who was to come next M ajor Kinney injected into ing on this shell but went on
en.
were
looking for. The hall was should consider the human be­ expressed him self as perfectly prices on that tract when he stam ping j t w ith an H as be­
Certificates o f m erit ss a life-
beautifully
decorated, the out­ ing who would be guilty of such willing to make his talk th at ev­ platted it is pretty well wrung fore. It waa o f no more use
saver attested his perform ance
than a verm iform appendix, but
standing
embellishment
being s crime infinitely more danger­ ening if M r. Sherwood was to out of it by this time.
in that service o f which form er­
it persisted ju st the same.
ous
than
any
wild
beast.
make the concluding aigum ent
ly he was a member. On his an electrically lighted Christmas
The verdict shouldn’t hinge
tree
in
the
center
o
f
the
hall.
It
That Cloud Again
immediately, but not if Sher­
person ■
also were found his na­
Price o f Gas Raised
was a holiday scene and an occa­ on the youth o f the defendant; wood was to make his speech in
turalixa tion papers, able
That
question of cloud on the
the only question to be consider­
sion
not
to
be
forgotten.
R
eferring
to the announce­
the morning. The court wisely jtiUe o f so much o f the real es­
man’s card and nearly |200 in
ed is, “Is he guilty?”
ment
on
another
page of an in­
concluded not to crowd things. tate in th ir city on account of
money.
crease in the cost of gasoline in
List
W
ill
Be
Revised
Tuesday
morning
Mr.
Mc-
that
Cunningham
quit
claim
Hohne easily could have saved
The closing argum ents made
Knight spoke from nine o’clock deed bobs up again in our adver­ Oregon by the Standard Oil
him self, but tim e and again as­
N ext week we shall remove by the attorneys In the Howell
until
after 11 and made as good tising columns this week, in the company on December 17, we
sisted others in the water, when from the Sentinel’s subscription trial here Monday and Tues­
a
case
ss it was possible to make shape o f a Jpgal notice from Mrs. have to say that the advertise­
the Ufeboat with its freigh t of list s bunch of names o f people day were listened to with in­
ment was intended fo r publica­
15 was sent flying end over end whose subscriptions have expir­ tense interest by an audience Jor his client. There wasn’t a M. H. Hersey, who is seeking to
tion
not later than that date, but
remove it as fa r as some proper­
by the breakers, when an at­ ed and no doubt some o f them that filled the room and many of »traw 1
h.® d,d£ i
owing to the distance from
ty of hers is Concerned.
tempt waa made to land on the will w ish,to receive next week’s whom were at times compelled he t*|)ied,w1f 1J; ,
which the advertisement was
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beach four miles nor»... o f P a n -
From an oratorical
*3
lie. W e have, however, given to stand.
sent, we did tiot receive it in
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make
M
r.
and
The
Roll
Call
don about 5 o’clock Friday them all notice of expiration and standpoint those o f the defend- to
th e ju r y to
time to publish earlier. Howev­
certainly ^
Howell a present of their
night, according to Merkel, who find it impossible to keep repeat­ ant’s attorneys
The jurym en who stood for
er, the information will reach
is supported by Captain Sawyer. ing this notice. A fte r one no- creditable, though their P«n »se|T O y iieea irom
conviction in the Howell murder most consumers of gasoline be­
case w ere:
Captain Saw yer said thatjtice that your subscription has
fore they need to use their cars,
Grover
E arl G.
ver C. Gouthier,
Gou
Hohne was a wortderful. m an,1 expired, please renew i f you
as joy riding isn’t a favorite
Golden, J. D. Magee, John W a r­
if
both physically and in courage, ¡want the Sentinel continued to * * } * ! ? Hall made the first talk
pastime here during the rainy
and died a hero. Both Captain your address.
It w ill save us for the state, presenting th e , fo r * momerit how impossible it ner, Chas. Adams, E. R. Hud­
season.
son, M arshall H. N ay, C. O.
° rT
Saw yer and Quarterm aster M er- time and you delay In receiving case briefly in leSTthan h alf an * ™ f° r.
on
«urtn
hour
and
holding
the
attention
°o
e*
rth
to
r
tr
to
n
T
f
l
i
r
t
M
B
King.
kel said that Hohne was in by j the paper. I f yon do not want it
Ivan Laird Recovered It
thold to her parents’ arms.
Those who stood for acquittal
fa r the best physical condition you w ill be sled to have your o f the ju ry very closely as he
It was M cKnight’« due
w ere:
In our item last w ed: about
a summary o f the evi-
o f the shipgrrt»-..- crew in the name dropped.
make the state’s ease look
J. E. Noah, E. C. Raymond, the finding of Marcus Brown s
lifeboat, and they w ere surpris- j
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David Musson, Richard B. Fry. body near Lee on the North
Attom ey John C. Kendall f<4- sm all and contemptible and
ed when informed Hohne had
The meeting to criticise the
Fork, only a hundred yards f rom
not made shore in safety, until county budget which we have lowed fo r the prosecution. He j diculous as he could, and he did-
.The Sentinel wishes all its where he went down, we omitted
they learned he had sustained a published in the h at two issues first characterised the crime as ¡n’t miss any bpportunity along
readers a Happ v and Prosperous to state that it,w as Ivan Laird
broken jnw.
will be held at the court house the most cold-blooded and dast- that line.
N sw Y ear. M ay 1920 be the who brought it to the surface,
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Dec. SO,
of next
having grappled it by the leg.
H
e
thso
want
on
to
j
[
the
After Spending Eight Days in the Second
Trial o f Harold Howell for Murder
The Jury Cannot Agree.
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