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I, MAY 11 . Mito
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rear Ok1 Boy Who, on
Murd ;r of Lillian
ired Not Guilty
this psiltom to the
STS
to ths stats baaed o f torito far aari-
I"!», and has rasatowd the fsUewtog
report from the Dr. Robsrg:
Phlntfllat
A ll
The knowing editorial
•ths Santo petition after it had clip from Tuesday’s Orsgonkn
how tbs Howell case appears to
far .away from the scene of
tragedy as not be able too ap
o f the aamsirttoU
dently the writer o f 'this
wouldn’t recognise a motive If
met tt to the foarft
and it was derided to get them te O.
net he
n%
John
Those people with wham wo have
¿Iked freely lately a n
o f the aptoion that ths Jaw is now
rf provides too many safa
i who are secussd uf
id too few for law ahidiig
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UURYFORTHE
JUNE TERM
th e following to the
awn ysatarday te serva at the Juna
farm o f the Circuit Court:
F. Z . Alisa, Balsaman, Marshfield
H. J . Faritlsr, tosai tostato, North
K M . Aboraathy, Fumar, Dora
J. A. Hobson, Farms*. Myrtle Point
Vary little b
but the water
bed to b y pips up Welker
Mea. Mr. Lamb
rvr. the
superin toad ant a
np toare that aftor-
they,
ths eky
cattle scald and did go Is i
ad to ha tho mass o f the <
of health’s
Walker cr
through thi
water from
as the
As to what can be
John it I
ths only 1
it wKh
will be token to
of a slaught er 1
o f r a of ito bn
rand arañad by the Odd
reded to eoanoct with the
of A.
1th to
I
:
ids salary in a i at f t t t a i
The salaries of the m
(M B « « « « 1
«r In vtow the disposition of ths load­
ing Portland papers to make a
of super boy out of Harold Howell
to portray him a hero and almost to
canonise him, as indicated by the ar­
ticle elsewhere reproduced from the
editoriil columns of the Oregoniato
the Sjntinei has an unpleasant duty
to perform in commenting on this
The candor exhibited from
utost by Harold Howell, who
acquitted Last Sunday at
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ths grave charge that '
a giri of about his sum
odly sided in ths stobh
freedom The
tonumy
marked bullet with which toe
make a hero of !
It Will B« Hold in th* liberty
Theatre Sere
9, 10 and II.
Scott
.I ä 5
fear on Job, V 10 * " * 11-Wednea-
John M
dajr, Thursday and Friday—will be
agent of the Southern Pacific,
held to the Liberty Theatre. Arrange­
new bunch of friends at Ni
dapwuormiag when ths wreck tied up ments were made yesterday with
ths train for several hours. Thors Manager Gage for the use of the the­
dinar on the train sad the atre for the occasion, and while it will
cost more than would the use of the
had to g*
was s special car, carrying a U. 8. Radcllffe people’s tdht, the saving of
on Cemmla»tea, which had. a time am} temper in putting up and
buffet.
Ths managssssnt did act taking.down the canvass, the build­
think they had food for all end did ing of a platform and the moving of
not e x tra a general invitation but seats, will be worth a good deal. Co-
did inrite Mr. Scott, Mr Pwtn and quill« cjtiaens have ben willing and
generous ths past two years to per­
tola.
"Teed
first and if tlpra U form that work, but it has never hap­
anything left tom we will oome in,” pened that a sufficient number turned
Mr. Boott replied to the invitation. out to make the Job an easy one, and
As a result, toe passengers got a tight those who do feel it incumbent on
tba commissary o f < th A S L & K t t
ri* 5‘ of
Whan ths jury cams Into court at
11 o'clock last Saturday morning and
asked to be discharged an the ground
that they could not possibly agios,
their foreman said that they stood
•even for cmviction. Just whet ade­
quate reason there could bo that those
seven should change that opinion and
before the cold gray dawn o f 8
e_day morning agree to a verdict of
““
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rias ownsa oy ms c toy
p ¡“ not guilty,” we edKnot understand.
rang points o f the
■- But, notwithstanding, this verdict of
Ths cemmunity to
¡ b Jury, o f whom eleven had expressed
in the tragi
¿tbs opinion In the jury room that
tire sparsely
| Howell was guilty, ths opinion o f the
fact probably assumed |
[people Who know the most about this
The supply o f gasoline is
tive significance than H
of ths
have not
und probably never will.
of
fimply
j While the silent testimony of the
« ' ■ * > bullet found embedded in Lillian Leu-
Wc think thrft thold’s head and the ms
serious interference with business
"ed h r whets -ponding with ths bore of
depending upon this fusi, but there is
» Justiee done. ’ ell’s rifle seem to be eonel
likely to bo considerable tooopven-
Tot other
have strong- to the fact that that rifle was the
ience for the next three or’ four toys
!y fortified the
o f m m m t o weapon with which she was murdered,
ss
u tank ear due here on the 14th
doubt.
there would be no such practically was delayed on account of repairs and
unanimous belief that he was guilty
will probably not arrive
M ol
hsvs finally on ths part Us townspeople, if they
Ths Hawaii boy is »to bad not known what sort of a boy
Special Agent. A. B. Campbell of
but ia the eyas of the bar Harold was. From Us
ths Joegl Standard Oil fitation, has re­
«sat. Ha b uuds b a t e « t o t ram « ' facto to M m w that ha
ceived advice that car ts Hirsute and
U the crime, as cruel and Wicked boy-en
upon arrival' will supply
to be
ticket for selling two $2.00 season
tickets. This will serve a double pur­
pose.' With
the pupils .boosting
and talking for the Chautauqua^ it
will be much batter advertised than
heretofore, and it will also insure the
attendance of a great many children
who would act otherwise attend and
tfcbenM K. to the younger generation
”
ws Will publish the
ra unity, a few who aavfl A jury ver­
dicts,
and deetin« to abide • by toe
Print.
Myrtle
tie P t outcome, whatever H may be, and
who, to b this case, will lillspsi b
Gam A. U h m , M u tisst, Coquillc years to eodto insinuations that they
will not dare to speak out load. .. As
W. H. Smith, Farmer, Ceos River
fast such as these the Howell Iboy
Geo. P: Moulton,
the practically impregnable ar-
r
of his demeanor ever since the
C. a.
day whan he was first arrested and
a. L.
sasd o f the murder. It has been
R. A. Cribbins, Fanner, Bridge.
admitted by every witness som patent
Z. C. Strung, Retired, Coquillc
to -testify on toe subject that ha has
Boy Garret, Farmer. Myrtle Point
ver denied himself to
Alas 8 Austin, Contractor, Sitkum.
dents,
that hm has not i
E. E. -Johnson, Lumberman, Coquito
any pretext to
F. M. Hafford, Tallyman, Coquillc
R. W. Houghton, Farmer, Norway
sermon -to the
stoosl hen will be praaehed by
W. E. Couper at the Federated
to next Sunday evening. May 28.
ill be a Union service of all toe
t o « and everybody b Invited,
amcaccmcnt exercises of the
Um
Coquilla High School will tako
st Oould’s Hall sa Thuraday tvenbg
May 27.
Prof. James D. Matthews, o f Will
SMtts Univeratty, wUl deüvor ths
Tho graduating dass consisti of
tsmbors aa follows: Patt-
Olive Taylor, Samoel Ar-
with Dutch
Mas Beckham. Nina R.
but
m dy M. Ckurch, Rosa A.
i to bo to tract
, Fred L. Harlocksr, Mar-
Jorie Hasard, Camilla Lorans, Georgs
E. Martin, Maxine MCGUvory, Ahrin
H. Nsely, Ida P. Oerdfag, Fred A.
usr, Reta Lucilla Laus and WR-
I A. Oerdfag.
Mayor J sbassa sali that
tundad to hsvs an saperi cm
T bridge and If found uam
aguara to be, it^wosdd^ba^
An Seen id CoquiUn Vatony
ri
as that which
ad casks to
He was net shaken by the most
searching cross-examination. It is of
record that hit answers have always
been dear, straightforward and die-
has fVead young Howell from custody
and rendsred it impossibla that ha
shall aver suffer the punishment the
law prescribes for .the crime with
which he stood charged has mad«
state's failure to establish a ‘difference to the belief of those who
iwible motive was from ths first hr.ve heard the testimony b the case
in the boy’s favor. It will be widely and knew tbs sort o f character the
believed, however, that his strongest boy bora, us to Us guilt
,
defense has been his engaging ran-
But it has dons a good deal to af-
dor. He was only fifteen when he fact public opinion very decidedly ss
was arrested and accused of an awful to the workings of our state’s legal
crime; men who recall their own fori- system—not at all, cither, b the way
fags at fifteen will be slow to think of increasing respect for lew.
that he could hove undergone the or-
It is not pleasant to write these
deel without once committing him- plain and bitter truths, but it seams
self to a damaging admission, with- to us to be our duty to do so.
out confiding to a real or protended
One Juryman at a former trial tt
friend, through which ha, has Just reported to have said, "O f coons, tbs
passed triumphantly—unless he were boy was guilty, but I wanted to give
indeed innocent Zither that, or he him another chance.” That was the
would have shown amusing prococity exact sentiment If not the exact form
b other way«, which he has not dons, of the statement
Another e^nco
The Jury seems to have accepted the to do what we tokT To kill another
view that only a youth who was also sweet innocant giri who would choose
" have withstood the death in preference to dishonflff?
grilling to which young Howell has
Ws dislike to think o f or talk about
subjected. But seemingly he is tho effect that allowing Harold How-
just am average boy, distinguished ell to go free will have upon those
other boys of his age and sta- who art tempted to attack a young
tion duly by the candor to.which we girl, or any woman, for. that matter,
have alluded and by tho very guile- And wo huts, too, to think o f the of-
which to the end has stosd fact it will hsvs on heretofore law-
hint fa such good stead.
abiding dtisens if another crime of
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the sort committed by Lillian Leu-
C. W. Briggs, toe well known mews-. thoM*» assailant should happen
iper correspondent at Coos Bay, has
b the kilting of a girl, who
from California, where he
was given that sentence and fined
$100 in Justice Fennock’s court at
Memorial Sermon in Theatre
Marshfield for adding a »till to the
equipment o f his soft drink parlor . Memorial Sunday, May 23, will to
and pool hall there, and engaging in observed at the Liberty Theatre next
the manufacture of intoxicating li­
quor. Webb gives his place of birth
as Winfield, Kansas, and ought to
have been better taught in that pro­
hibition 'state of forty years standing.
, W U Write in Rosa’s Name
There are three port commissioners
to elect Ja this port district today
with only two candidates, E. E. John­
son and J. E. Nortog on the ballot.
They a n the outgoing members,
along with CsL R. H. Rosa, of Baa-
dfiu, who Is sway at present and did
not file for re-election. His Bandon
friends a n writing his name In, how­
ever, and he will no doubt get votes
Mr. Simpson informs us that-the
Coqufile Laundry has bought ths two
lots in the next block north erf the ofte
in which Neeler's grocery is located,
the last on this side of the gulch, op­
posite the Chase- barn. The pries
paid was $460. aoad the intentjen is to
For Another Jersey Sale
J. L. Smith returned last FrUUy
from a two wueko’ trip to Portland
and the Willamette valley where he
made arrangements for br’nging in
abou,t twenty bead o f St. Mawes