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I - Jlfpte lifted li VOL. XXTU. MORGAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER KILLED JOHN E. YORK IN JlLY NEAR CITY PARK. THREW BODY IN THE RIVER Jury Out But 40 Minutes on Verdict ' of Murder in First Degree. Mike Morgan's doom was signed, sealed and delivered Friday morn ing Bhortly after 9 o'clock when the slayer of John E. York stood before Judge P. M. Calkins in the circuit court room in Grants Pass and was sentenced to die on the gallows January 5, 191?, hangman's day. Time set for sentence had been placed at 10 o'clock, but Judge Calk ins, on arflval from Ashland, Friday morning, went directly to the court house and announced that he was ready for Morgan. The prisoner was "escorted from his cell to the circuit court room, where a number of persons had gathered, including several of the jurors who had found Mol-gan, glillty of murder in the first degree. The painful scene was of short du ration. "Mike Morgan, stand up," said the court of the culprit. Morgan stood up. Judge Calkins then Bald: "The grand jury of this county found an Indictment against you, charging murder In the first de gree. You have been given a fair .trial- befor- Jury . ot your peers. That jury found you guilty of mur der in the first degree, as charged In the" indictment. Have you any- thing to say why a sentence of death should not be passed upon you?" Morgan shuffled slightly and then replied in the following words: "I did not kill the old man as they said. I done it In self defense. That Is alf I have to say." Judge Calkins then pronounced sentence of death; that Morgan be taken to the state penitentiary at Salem and there "hanged until you are dead; and may God have mercy on your soul." The court Instructed that the condemned man be taken to the state prison sometime within 20 days and delivered to his execution ers. Sheriff Smith stated a few minutes later that he would send Morgan to Salem on the first train, consequently, the prisoner was placed in charge of William Ingram Friday evening, who departed for the north with Morgan. The pris oner was shackled securely, as It was recognized that the panther-like man-slayer would take advantage of the slightest chance to escape, even if he had to brain one or more men to do so. No appeal for Morgan was mad by Attorney Wurtsbaugh, ncl'hor. was a new trial asked, the attorney seemingly recognWns. that no hop? whatever existed. Executive clem ency may be asked of the governor by some of Morgan's relatives In Il linois, hlfl native state. The doom ed man has an old mother In Mt. Carmel, Illinois, who today nits, moaning that the babe of her bns-, om had traveled to inannood only to, die like a dog on the gallows and far away from tho parental home. She will probably never pee her boy ( flfain, for "her boy" h 1b. n no; crime on this old earth stand ' the way of n mother' love. In thl connection the scene In the court room, when sentence was pvon-une-fd on Morgan, wn MthoM" 1 '" in that the mm was coti '."'lin ed to die with neither friend nor rel ative by hi sld" t 1 ro"i'rf 11 r "n when the jin-ful wo-d-i n"'" Mi 11ns of fh" court I'' ' ' "," ' be banned by the "" rtvV Thoro a ' ' " ' ' ' " brother. Filter ?nr fr'" "' '" ' ' 1 nor brr hl.i n ! f. " ' 'v " '' la the bro.TM f f a ' "' ' ' fr- The man U ': 1 ' ' ' '" F,0'ld manner. rv 'v.n ,t ' ' '''' GRANTS the ancient Greek who promulgated that philosophy; and Morgan will no duubt go to the trap in the same composed manner. From Thursday's Daily. Mike Morgan, who was convicted Tuesday evening of murder in the first degree for the death of John E. York, has adoDted a snv.tmthin Policy, refusin to diBCIIRa Ma tata - .... ine only words Morgan has uttered regarding the matter since the Jury brought in its verdict was to say that "I think they gave it t m . little too strong." Tomorrow morning Judge Calkins will sentence Morgan to hang, and Morgan will be the first man Judge Calkins has had to sentence to death. The Judge remarked yesterday that he regretted such duty has fallen to him. The Jury took two ballots on Mor gan's case. On the first ballot five Jurors voted for second degree mur der. When the votes were counted and it was seen that five Jurors voted for second degree and seven for first degree, the men who voted for sec ond degree stated that they had done so simply to get some discussion. though they favored a first-degree verdict. A short discussion followed and it was seen that all the jurors were of one mind. They then bal loted a second time and all ballots read murder In the first degree. Morgan, It Is thought, will watch for an opportunity to escape from jail, even if he must kill some one of the sheriff's office to do so. There Is no guard provided by the county to watch the jail, and any sympath etic criminal could pass a six-shooter through the window ertln? t nv time during the night. A prisoner, during the summer, told one of the deputies that Morgan ha,d remarked that, "If I get out of this, I would like to get revenge on some of that sheriff's crew." From Wednesday's Daly. "We the jury find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree." These fateful words will send Mike Morgan's shivering soul rang ing through spaee'to face his Maker; they mean that a rope will choke his tongue and eyes out as did a rope in his red hands which choked John York's life out: that he will Friday morning stand before the bench of Justice and hear the man of law say, You shall be hanged by the neck until you are dead." It took just 40 minutes last night for the Jury hearing Morgan's case to decide that the prisoner was euilty of slaying an Innocent man, slaying him with malice and premed itation. The arguments closed at 5:10 last evening and the court placed the Jury In charge of two bailiffs, who sat at the door while the twelve men deliberated In the Jury room. Darkness come and the court room had a gloomy appearar.ee wlih Us dim lights while only 10 or 12 icrsons sat about In tho shadows of i he room, talking In low '.ones The prisoner had been taken back to bis cell; nis attorney nv s-.-nu. Judge Calkins walked slorlv to and fro. At the expiration of i'l minutes mi ominous knock sounded on the jury room door, a knocK from the liuide. A bailiff opened the dor. Some thing was spoken in low tonus to l.lm. The bailiff then announced to Judge Calkins that the Jury was ready to report. The prisoner was brought In.' At- (Continued on Tage 3.1 CHICAGO MEN BUY NOTED PLACER MILD Ti e V. II. Harr placer of 3 20 on nriciis ere' has In en fuld 'l,v tho o-vp.T to n'katfo men. the .I Mv;v.' TV H.irr Just ,o( n omiuiloii. or Is a )!' li ami I: T1..1 " a n I 1. t .' v u,I .... f) 'l - PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. 2 DITCH DIGGERS WILL CUT CANALS DAY AND NIGHT SHIFTS TO BE KEPT AT WORK. STRENGTHENING THE PAH Coucrete Work Being Extended Across Power House and Spillway. A force of men began work on the Golden Drift dam Monday morning to place the property In shape to resist high water. .The. plan is to at once extend the con crete work from its present south ern terminus across the power h..o t m mv. will be done in a most perment!fater; who arrived Tuesday.even manner so a8 to insure the struc- f , ure for all time to come. .When' a"d Wfl8K,bo,rn ,n West this i completed It will be proof I " ni a b,ack8mIth' Ho against the highest water of record Z T ,J ZW' T on Rogue river. tline of hl8 duath' At the t,me he . . received the injuries at the lime The company has been waiting for works n B,ster w ImmadIate,; rain t0 commence work on the big notifl(?a and 8tartod wlth her hug. gravity ditch Instead of using one ,mnd to tnls clt but de hftd steam shovel In ditch work, it la the ' , BlniPd tho 8uff(?rer before h8 rea. Intention to employ two. This num- tlves arrived . - , . ... , . i. r,Ve ,D th,fl clty ,n a few The plan is to put these modern ditch diggers at work at once or as PAIKFC PAINniT RI1DNO soon as the rains come, and night VDLJ lAllu UL DUKilJ and day shifts will be employed so as to push construction as fast as" A blaze this , afternoon at 4 possible. o'clock In a room to the rear of One of the high line ditches on the ' Tom Gllmore's place of business In north side as well as two of the , the Sehallhorn building, created canals south of the river, will be en- much smoke and some excitement, larged and extended during thejd while. It resulted in no material winter and spring. The general ; damage, yot left W. T. Coleman purpose is to put as many farms un- painfully burned on one side of his der Irrigation during 1912 as Is pos- Bible. Last week, Thursday morning, G. E. Sanders, manager of the Chicago Rogue River company, returned from Chicago, from which place he was accompanied by C. M. Leonard, the head of the Leonard Construc tion company of Chicago and Port land. This gentleman Is largely In terested In the big Irrigation enter- prise, and since his arrival has been . 1-1 .1.. X - a XI. . luuKiug over me properly oi WJB com- pany, also a number of power sites above the Golden 'Drift dam upon which the corporation holds options. Accompanying the party from the east Ib the well-known Irrigation ex pert, John T. Whistler, who for years has been prominent in the United State reclamation ser vice. This centleman is maklnc a careful examination -of the property ' and plans of the company with a view to the betterment of the lrrl- MODERN PLANT RISING ON MICHIGAN MINE The first' actual work in reopening and equipping quartz mines In the region of Grants Pass began this week when the management of the Michigan mine received two car loads of modern machinery for mill and ore treatment plant. The mine Is located eight miles south of the j city. Tfie Granite Hill mine, the big' property located 12 miles north ami ( now In possession of a Chicago syn-j ll ute, will be the scene, at an early ' date, of lively operations, according 1 to statements made by Manager ! O'Grndy, of Chicago, who recently spent some weeks here to arrange! preliminaries. The Jcwftt mine, located s"v n inlleF miuilioast, would today have tieii a btuy property h;td It not ln- n for Mie Budilt n death of Mr. Oxl y, W .10 OV'T !l l.l' wit!) .Mr nrb;T, wan to tar nnd "0"' lire ill' rnt') th" mill" nrnl In!' aKnem pbnt. Homey o: v, h ina n il!) m , ml (jf l; I'll...; c liliu ry for - of i. ,!!. and ' t.'l'!' H Wt i t . Ml'!.: ,'i- '1 i tn.'i ! ii f i Hid ;.r ! ! :..', i re li w P. i; i ' FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 191U Teams were busy today hauling to the mine a new five stamp mill and crusher shipped to the company by the Joshua Hendy Iron Works of San Francisco. Treatment of the ore of the Michigan mine will be by the hydro-electro chlorlnation process, as perfected by Adolph Maler, ot Grants Pass, consulting engineer for the company. This treatment plant is also on the ground. It 1b the In tention of the management to act on the advice of Engineer Maier and drop the shaft 500 feet below the present workings. MORELAND'S BODY IS RESTS IN GRANITE HILL The remains of Thomas" B. Moie land, who was fatally hurt at the lime works on Chaney creek last week, were laid to rest Wednesday afternoon In the Granite Hill ceme tery. The funeral services were con ducted by Rev. W. R. Jeffrey at Hall's chapel at 3:50 In the after noon. Relatives present were a brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and 4,B- w- uairympie ana little f r i-v . ..... GAbCLINE STOVE FIRE ! face Coleman conducts a lunch counter In the rear of Gllmore's place. Ha went to the stove and shook the tank to see If fuel was needed. The top of the tank had been left off by some other person connected with the place and when Coleman shook It some of the gasoline was thrown out on the blaze used In cooking. Immediately the stove was envel oped In flame, smoke filling the Iw4vm' . . ijuui.. vuiqiuhu (juicniy got a gar den hose and began Dlavln water on the blaze. The fire department arrived, laid a hose, but their ser vices were not necessary as Coleman had subdued the flames. Coleman's Injuries were not ser ious enough to warrant a physician's treatment. FRIENDS MEET AFTER imGi SEPARATION Joseph Pollock is enjoying a visit from bis boyhood friend, J. W. Kitchen, who came from Roseburg Wednesday aiinoon. The two gentlemen crossed the plains together In 1852, and were as Intimate as brothers up to the year 1857 when their paths In life sen- arated. Since that time, 54 years I ago, the old friends had never met 'until Thursday afternoon. Gen to Wont Virginia O. M. Morrison, who has spent the past month on bis homestead In the Kertiy district, left Tuesday af ternoon on bis return to his home In Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he goes to rejoin his family, but will return here In the spring. I To Irnte Here Mr. and Mrs. C. C Sheldon of Los Annel'H. dopnr'ed for th'dr home this morning, after looking I the country over In search of a lo- cation In thN part of Oregon. They; are plunged with Grant l'ti'X and vicinity nid V rr'urn hero n food ns they rn' ' erf v tif "p v! ilU'Liie of I'l l.(i' Af '." tli' !r prop- IHy '.Vr ehv :-!t" I V Piv I'Ti.', l'"1 ti en ' v el k villi .!.-. ! f. -1 of f'." en. I!' .;ot ith on ; "iff,'!! hi; Dim till I III! !!v ll v. vl'ile r the rrl 'Vel.hir ovorliis! from u ntfMfl, of on, He r'tiirned TilM'dl! t) bin dllle at RoetOi'lt::. roiLEUTO BUILD BIG SAMPLER MADE THOROUGH INVESTIGA TION OF ORE POSSIBILITIES. TO BE 200 TON CAPACITY Will Order Machinery and Beglu Construction a Soon m Site la FurnUhed, A. J. McCorkle -stated to The Courier Saturday that as soon as the ConiTeerdsl club has furnished him a site for the sampling works, that he would go to San Frvicho and ship to Grants Pass machinery for ' m ivv-ion piant and begin construe n A A a . . , I tlon Immediately thersiftBr Mr. McCorkle has been doing sorae!tween 800 tnd 400 Pounds, and about thorough campaigning in tile mining' uinuicu ot me county, and out of uuo .i',u:0 01 ore, wmcn now in the county, with a view to stlrrlne'yur ore exhibit room, should be ffilnlng men and claim owners to ac tlon regarding the sampling works which Mr. McCorkle nrnnnunn in bwJld in Grants Pass. In other 1 Mr McCorkle, towards the establlsh words, he has Informed the mining l,n8 the sampling and ore works In Pf orht In a number of the districts ! Grants Pass?" asked The Courier that they may now get busy winning ! ore, because they will soon find a cash market for It In Grants Pass. Mr. McCorkle hns visited Kerby and Its surrounding territory, Gold Hill, Merlin and other points, and In all he has boen welcomed and as sured of patronage. Men of affairs In several parts of tho county have assured him that they will not only encourage mining In their several districts, but In addition expressed ! a desire to becomn lnfArofoH in sampler In a financial way. As Mr. j iHccoraio desires tne plant to bo a popular Institution with the whole people he will later Invite some of the business men and mining men In the county to come into the company. It Is estimated that only $10,000 cap Ital is needed and Mr. McCork o states that he ran well finance .... . ... the business alone, but reall.es N(JW York , tQ C0Bt 5 M0 f where a community Is ntorested In'u ... a corporation through some of Its representative men, then that corpor ation Is popular, where otherwise It might have only lukewarm moral support. To The Courier Saturday Mr. Mc Corkle spoke In most favorable terms of the mineral resources of the county. He said: "I will have been In the mining business forty years next May and have operated throughout the United States and Mexico. Every camp; Mrs. Ernest Lewis, who has been where rich gold strikes bave been ' visiting with relatives at Grave, re tnado, I have usually been on of the Returned to Grants Pass this morn flrst on the ground. . I have found Ing. good ones and bad ones, but never! Miss Margaret White of Kerby, In all of my experience have I found . spent Tuesday with her cousin, MUi so much opportunity; so many Idle, Edith Tycer. of Grants Pass, and left mlnej ,wlh such wonderful show ings, as I have found at the door of Grants Pass. "Among the many properties that I have visited during the past four weeks Investigating your district, one property In particular comes to my mind, which has a ledge 36 feet wide, which would return from 5 per rent to 25 per cent In copper, from $3 to $30 In gold, and from $3 to $15 In silver. This property alone Is capable of furnishing the sampling and ore works a carlond of ore per day, which ItH ownors are contracting to do. This Is only one of the many that I hsvo vimted. ...,...., . , ,. I find that this country Is blessed with nn sbundfince of timber and water for mining purposes. I find you have the good roads and trails f"f ft mining dMtlot; nn opportunity of mor development of roads nnd Ua'.U oh yo-i brive such drnliinge ttnd rorol luilldliuf inht' rlnl. Nnt'ire hns hii. idled your r n fy "v nnt but Utile. left for ronti to do For, If you com- -PiM-e .e Lards!. !jm whl- h t!i. mining POItTI.ANI), Nov, 1 1. Arrange iiiiri 1.11" In A r!otin. NV virtu, New ' nierits for the cnrnolldatlon of the 'i vtco, Motit.'M'ii nnd AImhI.ii, In one Mt; tidewater HumLcr mills of the "f.n where they mvc f bmil northwest Into one vnt conipnny i!"h.r H'O iiiIIim to tip- mine: linvo'wlll ioon be rnmiib'ted and the fo u ) pcrhnps 30 t,, 40 miles for f 1 00,000,000 ornnlntlon, i re.-.'lty, .'il"r, Bsd iwmIji. vhre they have according to Henry Pierce, of flpo- to takn snow and melt it In Hi'dr NO. 32., cabins so aa to wash the gold, I can't help but compare It with wour own s locality, with all of the advantages and where a man can work nine months In the year In his shirt leerea. "I find ledges where' prospectors are sinking shafts and driving tun nels where they take out value enough in each foot to pay the ex pen of driving the next foot, and so on, from foot to foot, and In this way aa soon aa the sampling plant Is started the miners will begin work, never to.stop In the Grants Pass dis trict U taking out the or for sale, rich pay shoots will be struck here and there all over this vast mineral belt TbU will datarmln tie ledgef anl encourage capital to put In per manent machinery, and In the very near future will prove to be the step ping stone to a custom smelter lu our locality." "How does our ore exhibit com pare with exhibits In other local ities?" "You have one of the best exhibits In your town that I have seen In any of the camps From a property that ii.ib we visited yesterday we brought In one piece of ore that weighed be- 100 pounds In smaller samples. Thhj worth a vast sum as an advertising matter to your community." "What progress are you making, representative I now have fully satisfied mvself I that there Is an abundance 0? ore I available for sale,, and aa soon as i the Commercial club has furnished i me with a suitable alts to erect my plant, I shall go to Sair Francisco and (ship the machinery for a plant of I 200-ton dally capacity and start con struction at once." a iija pipp FWriMr flKL LllUlIlL WILL ARRIVE SOON Judge M. L. Opdycke has received word that the La France auto fire engine, recently contracted for by the city, passed Cheyeuno, Wyoming,., .u .... L mrijr m iu vowing wee, xue en glno was manufactured In Elmlra, Railroad freight agents will keep Judge Opdycke Informed dally as to the whereabouts of the engine until It Is on the last lap, from Portland here. . , It la the plan now to employ two men at monthly salaries for the fire house. These men will be trained In the use of the auto engine and will be combination firemen and "chauffeurs." In the evening for Portland, where she will make her home with a sis ter during tho winter. OFFICE OF VICE-PRESIDENT AllOMHHED IiV MADKRO MEXICO CITY, Nov. 10. Presi dent Madero and his cahlnot have decided to abolish the office of I vice-president. The announcement lot. this action has crested more ex Uiternput throughout tho capital. iMadero's enemies claim the presl 'dent Is preparing to unurp tho pow ers of a dictator, and that be Is 'illinium in ii in i.uiiiyirm iimuiii ()f Foowln, tho rat)l. 1 ....!.. . ....... - 1 net meeting, congress today passed a $i0,000,000 budget, despite the fact that the government In-nsiiry contains but 18,000,000. TO MFIIGK NOHTIIWI-ST TIUKWATFH LI'Mlini MIM.H kane, who Is promol ini; tint project if I 1 1 ! i i ! 1 i i I I i i ! i i l i , i , i ; i ' t ' i