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CONDON GLOBE. VOI XIV. CONDON. OREGON, TIIUKSDAY. JANUARY 5. 1005. NO.: 43. FATALLY STABBED Contractor Uses Knife on Cook t Rail Road Camp. Want CLAIMS SELF DEFENSE Witnesses Give Damaging Evi dence Against Contractor Thompson, A lerioua stabbing affray occur rod st Thompson A. Small'" rail road cam p about 10 mile north of town lHt Thursday afternoon which retiulled in tho death of A loo (Joericke, tho cook, who died 12 hour later Joe Thomption, one of the contractors, subbed Goericke in the abdomen with a butcher knife, the blade entering about three inches below and one inch to the left of the navel, and penetrat ing to the spinal column. The intestines were punctured in sever al difFerent places. From evidence adduced at the coroner's inquest it seems that the u.en became involved in a quarrel over a trivial matter con nected with the cook's duties and after a few words passed between them Thompson siezed a butcher knife from the cook table and plunged it into Goericke. Thomp son at once started for tho other camp, and it is said stopped at Clem and telephoned for a doctor to come from Condon. Later an other call was sent in stating that the umu was seriously injured and .Doctors Wood and Kennedy went ' to the camp. They found the man in a serious condition and there being no conveniences for giving him proper care at the camp they iiad him removed to town, arriving here shortly Wore midnight. An effort was than made to replace the protruding intestines but the man's condition grew so serious that it was given up und death ensued while the patient was yet on the operating table. A warrant was issued by Justice Neule for the ar rest of Thompson and the sheriff went out early next uiorning, find ing Thompson in bed at his camp j wear Clem. He was brought to town and lodged in jail. In the abnence of coroner Luna, who was supposed to be in Arkan sas, Justice Neulo empaneled a jury to investigate the matter early Friday morning but delays arising it was 10 o'clock at night when they were ready to proceed with the autopsy. Then something hap pened. Coroner Luna suddenly put in an appearance and there was a conflict of authority. He claimed the right to take charge of the body and this brought on a tangle which lasted until 10 a. in. Saturday. Then Dr. Wood per formed the autopsy with Dr. Whid by, of Fossil, present as a witness. In the afternoon thejury heard the testimony of Doctors Kennedy, Wood, Whidby and later that of Mr. Small, partner of Mr. Thoirp eon and a man named Snyder who witnessed a portion of the affair. A short time before Goericke died he made a sworn statement of the occurrence of which the follow ing is acopy: - - "I, Alec Goericke, 31 years old duly sworn depose and 6ay: ''It was just after, dinner today. I was cutting meat for the second table and Joe Thompson came in and made a roar about putting bar rels under the root to catch rain Nogl Makes Handsome New Years' Gift to Mikado. SURRENDER MAY END WAR ft:;:li:Jr;!P0RT Arthur falls ism iom iibiu tftsa f j nni wjviii Thompson said: 'You G d-- - b and I turned around from my table and at that time I had my butcher knife in my hand and as soon as Thompson saw I had turned around he grabbed an other big knife and in that time I laid mine down and he commenced to work with his knife at me. I told hi nj several times to be quiet and let it alone but he wouldn't do it until at last he stabbd me with that knife. I was not armed with any knife or anything else when he stabbed me. I got that fresh cut on my hand when t was trying to hold him olf. Thompson stub bed me in the stomach. This hap pened ut Thompson it Small's rail road camp, No. 1, in Gilliam coun ty Oregon, on Dec. 5W, 1UU4. (Signed) Al.Kc GoKklcKK. Subscribed and sworn to In-fore me this 2Vlh day of Dee., 11)04. U. L. Neai.k, J. P. The testimony of Mr. Small was largely corroborative of Goericke's statement up to the point where Japan Will Offer LlberalTerms Russia Threatened With Trouble at Home. , ' l'ort Arthur lis fallen. After alumni eleven month of Inces sant battering on the welliiitfli impreg nable Mmngholil the Japanese fotcca under (ianeral Ngl have ancceeded in wearing out the Hrengtli ami detenu! riMliiMi uf their powerful enemy and on New Year day (jenerat Nogi enjoyed, lh pleanre ut traiiiniulitc to the mi kado Hi nut of Ueneral litt-iHl piay lug for term of mirrender. Tlie Japan ere teem diapued lu treat their van quished ( iiiHuimniiiKiiiHlv and the of ficer will Im1 aent liottiv on parole while Hit private will In held Im the prevent a prisoner of a. It is lielieved that tlii (mII nl I'url Arthur msy brin the war in a clnaw, Japan Im viri ei pre-ned willtngneft tu grant liberal term to her big antagiuiitl. Kiiia is aii to le on toe eve of a revolution at home an! thia n.ay help tit hrmg ubout early ne- Thompson grasped the knife und then he left the lent without seeing j gotiatioiif for. peace, the blow struck which cost Goericke i ,, . . .., . , , - ,, Do You Know?" his life. Bnyder told practicully - ,, .. , . ' , , .. . I Mr. t. H. MrCowell ami Cha. C. Pyle the same story only that he did Ut ;,f , SUrgnritn tiacber Company, not witness the start of the trouble. J have.Htmlly M,n-ented to preaent their He claimed to have seen Thump i tunny fane comedy, "Iht Yon Know." at son stab the other, however, and ! ", Condon opera honae fwonight co.n-J stated that Goericke was not arm- 'T' Z?",' 'V'T !? , . ., . . ... ! liKW. Tim play will iw for th lienelit ed. All three of the physicians! nreHHiit at the autooHV ttu'reoii that w-'-rrw'' the wound was sulliciunt to cause f ileittti mul atxtitil thut dtnlli waai E caused directly by hemorrhage and ; shoe k. l lie jury returned a ver dict that Goericke came to his death by a knife wound' at the hands of Joe Thompfon, and that the act was malicious and unwar ranted. Deputy District Attorney Collier, of Fossil who represented the Stale, lodged a complaint of manslaughter against the defend ant and he was held to the grand jury in the sum of $7500. The, bond has not yet been furnished and Thonmson is still in iail. Two ' i witnesses for the sta te, Snyder and I of lhB pniie w l.ool library ami it should Smith, are being held in jail in he well patronised. 4. . default of 750 bond which they have not yet been able to furnish. Smith is said to be au important witness for the state although his sworn statement has not yet been made, lie was assistant cook at the camp and claims to have seen all the trouble. His story is that Thompson attacked the cook while the latter was unarmed and beg ging for his life. Mr. Collier is ex pected today to take Smith's testi mony. Bowerman & Snover, the well known attorneys have been retain ed by the defendant and are put: ting up an able fight for their cli ent. Mr. Thompson was seen, by a Globe reporter Saturday but aside from stating that he was forced to use the knife in self defense in re pulsing the attack of a larger mari, he declined to make any state ment. . When Smith's story becahie known around town on Tuesday it caused considerable feeling a gainst Thompson and expressions of disapproval of- his- release 'on bonds were general. This feeling took form later in a petition to the committing magistrate asking him to hold Thompson without bonds. Mrs. Alma Portwood, of Eiifhtmile, whi the guest of her Bister, Mrs. . Q: Merrlfleld, daring the holidays, ' Menrn McCowell and Pylft will play the leailintt party and they will lie ahly supported hy Condon's heat drMtnatir. tulent. Jndintf from iIih rebfaraals, th e maimueinent can aafely aimrantee the theatrical event of the. season. This is an easy wav and will prove amort en tertaining way for everyone to help the public sehool libiary a must worthy cause. Adiniwion 75, 50 and 25 cent?. He served seata wilj he on rale at the Con don 1'harinar. They Didn't Play. The loot ball game billed for last Sat urday between FocbiI and Condon did not materialise. The Foasil hoys came over all right but the long ride seemed to give them cold feet and ihey refused to play ball. The boys had a fair re cord from the previous week and it teemed they preferred to keep that rather than to tackle the same old, rough, husky proposition wMch they -had gone up against in their former tussle with the Condon hoys. After the game was declared off a foot race wai arranged between Bob Cantwell the fleet footed Fossil sprinter, and Jerry Hartshorn. Jerry Hoes not claim to be much of A runner but he has an aggravating. habit of always getting out ahead of the other fellow if he gets started and as ii his usual custom, be loped out alvead of Cantwell in a stow canter.. Fossil is a pretty', nice tittle town, snd the boys who live there are II right but the Condon kids complain that as long as they will not play foot ball and cannot run foot races there is not much fun playing with them. Two desirable residences for sale. Ap ply to A. S. Holi.kn. The Quality Store Lord & Company If The way the ladies have taken advantage of our BARGAIN DRESS : GOODS . 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