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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER lo,
WEEKLY ROGUE RIVER COURIER
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"MORGAN FOUND GUILTY
(Continued from rage 1.)
torney Mulkey appeared. The clerk
brought the record. The jury filed
iu and the foreman handed Judge
Calkins a piece of paper. The judge
opened it. Mike Morgan sat like a
sphinx, but gazing at the judge. The
court then read the fateful words.
Morgan never flinched. He sat as
silently as he had during 'lid trial,
but that he was in a desperate men
tal condition was evident. The
words meant that he must mount
the gallows and die unless the
high courts or governor save his
neck, and this is not considered a
possibility.
The Judge excused the Jury, aud
then saidto Morgan:
"You have 48 hours to care for
your case; but at 10 o'clock Friday
morning in this room I shall pro
nounce sentence upon you."
Deputy Sheriff Coburn then took
Morgan to his cell. The prisoner
never spoke a word. Once in the
steel cage and the big bolts were
shot in place the man walked th"
floor like a caged beast, wlldeyed,
but never a rd escaped him.
The Jurymen who convicted .Mor
gan were: W. J. Wiiner, Geofge S.
Calhoun, J. P. Martin, T. Mott, C.
L. McPherson, A. M. Ruttcncutter,
C. H. Mitchell, Martin Angel, W. S.
Roblnflon, William Haberman, A.
Morris, M. Reynolds.
Prom Monday's Dally.
Mike Morgan, who killed John K.
York last July In a amp on the
south bank of the Rogue river, near
City park. 1b today on trial for his
life In the circuit court.
Half a doien veniremen, .singly
during the day. on questioned I tV
the prosecution, expreswd hostility
to capital punishment and were ex
cised. ,
Morgan is accuse! of kIMh tork
while the two men were ranu-lns : to
gether, of wrapping a logchn.n
around his victim's rock and throw
ing the body Into the rlvr wehre
It was discovered hr Oysbert arvr
a few days laT. one of the W-b of
the dead man protruding above th"
w.ur.
al
head of horses. When Morgan kill
ed York, be took York's wagon and
horses and fled, being arrested at
Olfiulalo a few days later.
Shortly after Morgan was plated
in jail in Grants Pass he made a
wiitten confession," which is append
ed herewith.
The court appointed , Attorney J.
N. Johnson to defend Morgan, bu
when the case was called today At
torney J. D. Wurtsbaugh appeared
for the prisoner, Morgan making hh
arrangement with the latter attor
ney, The prisoner's confession reads a?
follows:
Morgan's ' Confession.
"J. Mike Morgan, beii.k-' first duly
sworn, do hereby make tin- follow
in S M.'iffiiient of facts, without an;
proml--" of reward or leniency from
any one whatever, l::iowlii tV.at the
same will be used analnst tne upon
my trial:
"1 was up town and got to drink
ing and went down to camp and me
and the old man had a !lr! row and
I hit lil in a little too hard and 1
killed him. I guess, when I hit him.
"I didn't know what to do with
hi in. so I P'it h!m in the river. I
carried him about half way and
draped him the rest. I put the
rope around his ne k about ha'.f
way to the river. After I uot him
to the river I went ba k to the wa
jron at ( amp aV.d got the chain and
put It on him at the river bank and
threw him into the water.
-I was about half drunk when I
hit York. I hit him on the head
with a nick. I usM the stick with
hnth hands. This happened between
9 aid 10 o'clock at night, Thursday
night We were ramped Ju above
the park arrow the river from
Grant Pn-
I never took any money from the
old tn. He and I were always
Kood friend, until that night. I al
ways called him Mr. Yrk Hi
r,atn was John York.
This aM happ"ied on Thursday
nUht I don't renumber h day nf
,e month. b'i' It was one iw
' vff.-r I P-it the oM n:n In th"
rlT". j Mavvd aro-md can-r. that
Picht but didn't s'P u.h and the
,,t n.ortlng I took the t-.ni and
a.cv. to GVndale. wh.-r I ir
feflted.
..wteo I bit the old mia be wis
I mud and was going to jump on me,
; and as he was bigger than I was I
; wasn't going to take a beating off
jof him.
; "He didn't say anything when I
1 hit him. He bled Just a little.
! "(Signed) MIKE MORGAN."
Witnesses: E. L. Coburn, W. M.
'Cheshire. Grants Puss, July 21.
From Tuesday's Daily.
At 3:40 o'clock this afternoon the
state In the Morgan murder trial an
nounced that It rested. Surprise was
furnished the auditors when the de
fense repeated: "We rest," as It had
been expected that Attorney J. D.
Wurtsbangh, for Morgan, would put
t'.ie prisoner on the stand In an ef
fort to convince the Jury that he
i 'Toman ) slew John E. York In
self defense. The prisoner, how
ever, was not disturbed, and sat as
nonchalantly as he has done
throughout the two days of the trial, j
Immediately after the announce-j
ment that the prosecution and de
fense had no more testimony to of
fer. Attorney B. F. Mulkey, for the
sta'e, bean his argument to the
Jury.
The defense this afternoon got a
bard Jolt when Judge F. M. Calkins
ruled that Morgan's confession In
July to the officers would not be
allowed to be Introduced as evidence.
This came about when Deputy Sher
iff Coburn was on the witness stand.
He was asked by the district attor
ney If Morgan bad made written
confession, or a statement. Mr.
Coburn replied that Morgan had
done so.
"Have you a ropy of that confes
sion with you!" asked Mr. Mulkey.
"f have, replied Coburn.
"Will you produce It?
Mr. Coburn pulled a piece of paper
from his pocket Then Attorney
Wutsbaugh was on his feet with an
objection, and proceeded to cross
exarnlre tie witness.
Attorney Wutsbaugh wer.t dep
Into the facts surrounding the con
fusion. Morgan bad been "ni'
ed" the day before at a sanee last
ing rvra! hours. Morran bad ad
ml'ted nothing, but the next day
be made bis confession. Attorney
WurtsbaMgh si'ted Mr. Coburn If be
bsd not made promises of Immunity
or something of that nature to the
prisoner.
"Xo sir," replIM Coburn.
"Did you sot tell him that a ele
ment would be In his favor?"
"I told him that a statement from
him would be used against him."
And then Deputy Cobura contin
ued by saying that he told Morgan
that if he made a statement, and
that If any leniency was shown he
might get the benefit of the doubt
It developed that Coburn, as an
officer of the law. was seeking to
aid in ferreting out the crime; that
In his efforts to secure a confession
or statement frdm Morgan he had
lert the Impression in Morgan's mind
that a confession might be In the
prisoner's favor. This, the defense
contended, influenced Morgan, and
that he should not now be made to
bear the damaging effects of Buch,
and appealed to the court.
Judge Calkins opened a law book,
and the proceedings stood still a few
moments as the court read silently.
Finally Judge Calkins closed the
book and said:
"In olden times confessions were
wrung from men, even by torture
and used against them. In modern
times this ptnctlce has been aban
doned, and the courts are holding
that confessions used as evidence
against a man must be wholly vol
untary, and that If any suggestion
of Immunity Is made such confession
may not be used against a defend
ant."
Judge Calkins then cited an Ore-
gon case which, originating only a
few months ago, was of a similar
nature to the Morgan case, wherein
the supreme court ruled that be
cause an officer suggested that It
would redound to a prisoner's good
If he would confess that the confes
sion should not have been used
against him. In the light of this rul
ing by the supreme court, said Judge
Calkins, he would sustain the mo
tion of the defense to rule out Mor
gan's alleged confessiou, and It was
done.
Mulkey then went at the witness
In another way and developed that
Morgan had told Coburn that he
killed York with a stick. This
seemed to satisfy the prosecution,
as It was endeavoring to ret some
expression of Morgan's before the
Jury, some words that showed ad
mission of guilt.
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Medford has Just taken a step
which, It Is predicted, will place that
city and Jackson county at the fore
front In a publicity way and result
In attracting by a largely Increased
per cent, capital, farmers and cap
tains of Industry Individually than
has been accomplished In the past.
The Medford commercial club In
annual meeting Monday night decid
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secretary method, and substitute a
system wherein a man of affairs Aid
executive ability will take charge as
president and manager, with a sal
ary of $250 per month, the manager
to be furnished a bookkeeper and
stenographer for routine work.
On making this decision the club
elected Judge William M. Colvlg to
the position of president and mana
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ed, Judge Colvlg to give up his prac
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"Judge Colvlg will name his own
secretary, and declared that all he
wanted was an expert bookkeeper
and stenographer to take care of the
routine work of the office. He will
probably make the selection In the
next few days."
Mrs. D. : Rannle Is a visitor, to
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