XJXnE EVENING JOUyAX. . PORTLANp, OltEGOK, gATTJPDAY. JUIY 12, 1902. ;
'FAIR-SITE
MURDER
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Lester Belding
, Frank
key,
THE DEAD.
jnta k. I. bbldino.
VKS. LEMUEL McCKOSKET.
1 RANK WOODWARD.
THE WOUNDED.
LEMUEL, McCROSKET.
ne' of tho moat fiendish Crimea ever
perpetrated In Portland was committed
last evening at Fifth end Flanders
streets when X U Belding deliberately
murdered hU own wife. Frank Woodward,
' a bartender k.towa as "Gyp." nd Hr. I
aicCroekey, and dangerously wounded her
husband, Lemuel McCroskey.
1 Bolding, after committing the fiendish
Murder, surrendered to the polio and la
fto'w locked In a dark cell In the city Jail.
' ' The brutal murder la said by Beldlng to
lave been caused by alleged Illicit rela
tions of Frank Woodward with Mrs. Bald
ing, who was staying In tha bouse. The
. murderer offeree no other excuse for his
. - terribl crime, except to add that h had
. trouble with tti whole family. .
, DETAILS OTP THBJ CRIME.
rTh crim occurred In the small cot-
tag on tha northeast comer of Fifth and
" Flanders, where the McCrcekeys and
Mrs, BeMing resided.
v" Belding went to the house at I o'clock
and found Oyp, the bartender, there, la
the presence of Mrs. Balding.., . ... , j
The murder was premeditated and the
I murdered more commonly known as !
' ter Balding, acted calmly and deliberate
ly. On Teaching the house. Beldibg Saw
f his ,hrear-oli boy on' the jorob, kissed
him and told him to go to bed,
-j TVben the door opened Balding caught a
gtlmpse of Woodward, and shot him dead
without exaltation.
.Woodward fell forward and rolled off
' the narrow porch.
Mrs. Beldlner rushed out and was ahot
, under the right shoulder. The shrieking
woman ran. into a back room and fell
dead. ' - ' ..-.,
Then the fiend turned his revolrer upon
Mrs. McCroskey, mother of Mrs. Balding,
and he shot her through the heart.
i ' Then Lemuel McCroskey, "hearing tha
snooting, . rushed . out' with hia revolver
and fired at the Infuriated Beldlng. but
missed.! Balding then fired three shots at
the old man. striking him onca in the
, ' seek, arm and left side. His watoh saved
his life, as the last bullet fired struck it
and was deflected off.
MURDERER SURRENDERED. '
, After finishing his1 bloody work. Bending
walked across on Fifth to the Lake
Charles saloon, called up the Chief of Po
lice, calmly told what he had done and
awaited the arrival of the police.
Capt Hoar and Sergeant O. P. Church
rushed to ' tha scene immediately - and
. placed Beldlng under arrest.
. Beldlng said to tha officers that he bad
ahot the whole family, and that he was
d d glad that he had done so.
i While reciting the details of the triple
.. murder, Beldlng calmly smoked a clgaj
. etta and did not appear at all nervous or
excited.
. , Beldlng worked in a saloon it 14th and
; Flanders,-streets, where he, wrote out a
aote of hie Intention to murder, and
placed It. la the till He then went to
; the house to. cbmmlt his brutal crimes.
The police saw a horrible sight on
teaching jthe how. The two unfortunate
- woman-ana. wooawara ana oia man Joe-
. . Croakey Jay in pools of blood. . j 't '
At first the body of Woodward was un
noticed In the dark and as the wife of the
brutal-murderer had run into the kltcbon
before falling, it was some time before
her., body was found. The old. lady M
Croskey lay in the: front room and the old
maa McCroskey was unconscious In the
railway. He was hurriedly removed to
t'ue' Good Samaritan hospital where It
was found that he was dangerously, if not
fatally wounded, and his age, 08, Is
against his recovery.
The bodies of the other three were re
moved, by Coroner Flnlay, to his under
taking rooms.
EELDINO'B STORY.
-.Th murderer tells the following story
to The Journal in a calm, easy manner:
"When"! ent to the house last night I
went there with the Intention of kill
ing the whole bunch. When I got there
1 talked to my little boy, Eddie, for
rjn time. I knew there was a spring
lock on the front door, and I was afraid
I couldn't get in. So after talking to the
Utile boy a little while I kissed him and
told him to go to bed. I stuck my foot
in ine aoor so that it wouldn't shut. I
went in la the short hall leading into the
house. Imet Gyp. I said:
' 'toa . d , yeur time has
come and fired point blank. . He fell. I
guess I got him. He stumbled on the
. porch and I shot I got him, for he was
good and dead when I left. .
!Then I saw my wife come out. of a
door. She foil, and then 1 shot at the
Id woman. The eld man then came put
of a door, and fired at me. I shot htm.
and he put up his arm. when I knocked
BUT CASE
Are Oeorg Downey and Ann Downer
; Raid, unci and. aunt, respectively, of
' pvld Downey, deceased, his legal hairs t
Tha state claims they have abandoned
th claim, and - that $85 40 1 now In th
bands of th administrator of David
Pawner's estate ' rightfully escheats .to
the aetata.' .
' XXeuict Attorney Geo, . Chamber lain
Kills His Wife, Mrs. McCros-
Woodward and Wounds
Lemuel McCro
skey.
hit arm aside and gave him a second one.
Then I left.
" intended to clean out tha whole outfit
and am only sorry that I didn't make a
clean Job." ' -
When asked whether he bad intended to
commit suicide Belden said:
. "No, I am too brave a man for that.
I'll go and be hanged like a white man."
"What was the reason' for your act?"
was asked.
The murderer hesitated somewhat at
this, but after a moment's thought re
plied 'This whole d-d McCroskey family
have thrown me down for a long time.
I have grievances against them, ooth
financial and otherwise. My wife was
mixed up with this Gyp, and I Just mads
up my mind that If she wouldn't llva
with me, she wouldn't live with any
one else, so I killed her. Maud was her
name, and she deserved all she got.
When I went there I Intended to kill bar
first, but when I ran up against Oyp
on the start, I thought I'd take a chance
and finish bim up right there. 1'U tell
you on thing! You don't want to print
this Just now. I hop th old man will
be dead., too, arid then you'll have four
stiffs instead of three to writ about"
"If that d d. Smith & Wesson gun 1
had In my left ' hand had only worked
as well as the " Colts 38 I. had In my
right, there wouldn't hay been any
doubt about the old man, being dead,
for I'd have shot th whole outfit., full
of holes." . .. ..... .... -
During th telling of hie story Beld
lng sat quietly in a obalr b Chief M
Laucblan's office smoking a cigarette.
While he was perfectly collected and as
rational as any man could be, his man
ner showed a suppressed .'excitement and
his words and gestures were vehement.
Not a suggestion of remorse for hia
bloody deeds, nor a sentiment of pity
for those lying dead . and cold did hi
ever betray bjr look or word. His lov
for his little boy, Eddie, seemed t be
h only redeeming characteristic. The
only evidence Beldlng gave of being at
all uneasy was when he turned to Chief
McLauchlan and said, "Bay, Chief, how
long will It take them to- hang maT It
won't be over W days, will it?"
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE.
Trouble has been brewing for soma
time between Beldlng' and the family.
But hi insane jealousy of his wlto and
that her parents should defend her, may
be assigned as tha real causa of the
tragedy. It Is only a few nights ago that
Beldlng visited a -quiet South Side sa
loon in the hopes of finding his wlfs
there in company with some- one else.
He rang for a messenger, boy and sent a
note out. He left shortly afterward,
and, in a few moments his wife appeared
at a side door and naked for Balding.
Assured, that be had left she openly
displayed a dangerously good gun, and
declared her Intention of "fixing him
good and plenty and for ever" to use
her own words.
THE FAMILY HISTORY.
Beldlng Is a aon-lo-law of McCroskey.
The latter' family .Is a well known one.
The father conducted a saloon near the
depot while bis sons are engaged In th
employment agency and hack business. .
LeBter Beldlng, the' murderer, married
Maud McCroskey seven years ago in
this city. A few months after the mar
rlage they removed to California, but
It was only a few week before th
' young wife returned to tha home of her
parents In this city, Beldlng . remaining
In that state. A child was, bom to Mrs.
Beldlng and six months later the hus
band came back to Portland. '
Since that time ha has ".worked In
various saloons, and was regarded by
most of his acquaintances as a 'shiftless,
worthless fellow.
' It is said that he is also known by
.the name of Spencer. His brother-ln
law. young McCroskey, says that he
used this name when away from Port
land, probably on account of some
trouble he had while in California. Dur
ing th last tour or fire years he nas
visited other places, sometimes in tha
company of his brother-in-law, Lulreen,
also . known as Edward Peterson, who
keeps the saloon at Fourteenth and
Flanders streets, where Balding worked
as a bartender. ..
He has had trouble with his wife for
several years, and on account of his
shiftless conduct she recently refused to
live with him. She earned tha support
of herself and child by working, as a
waitress in McCormack's and other res
taurants. She has resided with her
parents, the McCroskeys.
One story of Beldtngs conduct is told
by a man who formerly roomed In the
same house with him. He was a heavy
drinker at times, and oh one occasion
had the delirium tremens. He imagined
that monkeys wife after him, and said
they dragged their uils acron his face
as he slept. He said he was gQlng to
walk to Vancouver and throw thd mon
keys . into the Columbia. . This conduct
frightened th landlady, and she caused
him to leave. He is not known to have
any relatives except his sister, Mrs. Pe
terson. . -I
Mrs; McCroskey, in addition to Mrs.
Beldlng, had the following . children:
George McCroskey, E. Ps McCroskey,
Fred McCroskey and Mrs. East Em
mitt, of this city; Mrs. Myrtle Gordon,
of Vancouver, Wash., and Minnie Stuer-
and Special Counsel Chester V. Dolph this
morning filed ult In th Stat Circuit
Court against James Drfseoll, administra
tor, and the supposed heirs, to require
them to J: show causa whr th xnoney
should not be turned over, the the state
Th complaint states that David Down-,
ey died ..in Multnomah County October,
t, 1898; that James Drtsooll, the duly
appointed administrator' of hi' estate, af
ter MttUng up all outstanding debts, has
In his hands $85 40," that Oeorge Downey
and Ana Downey Held ffied petitions in
the County Court claiming to be unci
and Mint of th deceased; that they have
Fred and
livery star
while tha
other, brother manages an employment
agency.
Lemuel McCroskey is 66 years of age,
and has lived in Portland for 15 years.
Ha Is a contractor by trade, although
for some time prior to July 1 he con
ducted a saloon on the southwest cor
ner of Sixth and Irving streets. Un
til June 1, McCroskey was In partnership
In the saloon business with Beldlng.
FRANK WOODWARD.
Very little to known of Frank Wood
ward's history- H Is known, among his
acquaintances as Gyp- When McCroskey
conducted the Magnolia saloon, 1116 North
Sixth street Woodward worked for him
as bartender, and thus cams to lteow
tha family. He was In the habit of call
ing at McCroskey's house wher h met
Mrs. Beldlng. .
HE'S A FIEND
Coldblooded Manner of
Murderer Belding.'
The Prisoner Actually Gloats
Over the Crime.
' : H ?
If thera waa ever 'a monster fn
1
'
human
form, Beldlng la on. Instead of feeling
any remorse for his atrocious crimes cf
last night, he simply gloats over them
and expresses regret that ha did not "gt"
tha McCroskey boya. His first question
when seen by a Journal reporter this
morning was:
"How's the old man?" a
Upon being Informed that McCroskey
wae progressing favorably, he said:
"The old - , I ought to have
gotten him. too. That was a bad piece of
work on my part But that was a peach
I gave Oyp.
"Say, did you ever notice how a bird
fluttera its wings after being shot? Well,
When I threw that bullet , .
INTO HIS HEAD
he Just Seemed to quiver, collapse and go
out of business. I could have drank his
blood.
"I had this business all planned out fine
but it didn't work Just as I figured.
knew that Gyp went armed and during
the past two weeks I have taken hira out
buggy riding several times to see what
kind of a gun he had. I pretended to be
lilendly but all tha time wa thirsting for
his
HEART'S BLOOD.
"Why, didn't you kill him then when
vnu had him In some secluded spot" was
asked T
"I could hardly keep from doing If
was the reply, "but I was afraid that If I
did there would be a big holler over it and
my plans for getting the others would be
queered. If possible, I wanted to get
them all together and then make one Job
of It YU see. If I picked them off one at
a time, the 'bulls' would get m before I
had completed my job. .
"At first I figured on sending out a
messenger boy and round them all up In
old man McCroskey's- saloon. intended
to stake some friend of mine to a piece
of yellow money and have him plant, Mm-i
self la the saloon and buy boos pretty
fast to keep the crowd bunched. When
they all got together exoept George Mo
Croskey, I Intended to ... . .
WADE INTO THEM.
I was going in with a Winchester Tlfle
and my two revolvers. After I had clean
ed them all out I was going, upstairs and
vait for George. Of course th shooting
would attract him from tha depot and
when ha drove up I was going to pick
him off his seat with the rifle. Then I
would have done the same as I did last
night give myself up. If any of the
'cops' had attempted to cut in, while I
was doing business though, I would have
handed them something.' I've nothing
against the police but I was determined to
wipe out the entire
McCROSKBY OUTFIT,
and would have stood for no interference.
"I'm kind of sorry for my wife, but she
did me dirt After we separated she was
in a fast house at Aberdeen, Wash., and
In Southern .Oregon. For the past six
weeka she and Oyp have been living to
gether right In the McCroskey family
household. Do you blame m for wanting
to clean out the whole outfit?
"I know I will swing for this, but before
I attend my own
NECKTIE PARTY,
I would like to take just on shot at the
three McCroskey boys. Then I could go
to heaven, or hell with a smile on my lips
and-be satisfied. Say, before yotfecgo, I
wish you would telephone out to the hos
pital and flnd'out how old McCroskey is
doing and let me know. I hope he lives
and suffers for about three days bafore h
croaks.' "
sine abandoned their claim; that they
are not the sole heirs of the deceased,
and never have been heirs at ail.
Unprofessional people give advice, out
professional people sell it " . ' . ''
DR. 0. C BLANtY
Room 207. Alisky Bldfl,
Third andMorrison strta
Special attention given to th treatment
of RHEUMATISM by th application of K
nut jurr -sv.
nagel, of Milwaukee, Wis.
Oeorge McCroskey conduct a
ble on North Sixth street,
A well attended meeting of th dlreotor
of th Lewis and Clark Cntnnlal was
held lata yesterday af ternooa at the, of
flc of thai secretary . Washington
street, On account of the absence Of
both President Corbett and Vice President
Scott, Rufu Mallory was chosen as pres.
ident pro tem.
All th officer were re-elected, with
the addition of Adolphe Wolf and Lea
FrUd as second And third vie preal
denta, respectively.' By recommendation
of President Corbett through Secretary
Reed, committees, wer also appointed.
Th following are the officers and com
mittees of th Lewis and Clark Centen
nial Corporation: '
Presidenp-H. W. Corbet:.
Vic presidents H. W. Scott, Adolphe
Wolfe, Leo Fried.
SecretaryHenry E. Reed.
.Treasurer First National Bank. .
Appointments of committees were ap
proved as follows:
Executive committee Directors Dress
er, Ladd, Mallory, Mills. Scott, Wessln
ger, Wheelwright
Ways and means committee Director
Fenton, Bates, Devers, Flelschner, Frlede,
O'Shea, Wolfe. .
Finance committee Directors Wolfe,
Wesslnger, Devers, Ladd, Mills.
Vice President Wolfe was appointed
temporary auditor.
A letter from Governor Oeer was read,
stating that if he will call an extra ses
sion of the Legislature he. will insert the
appropriation for the Fair as one of th
causes. "
Secretary Reed reported that $G4.956 75
had been paid In to dute, leaving a bal
ance of about $21.000
As the hour was late, the matter t
voting on the question of a. site' was lalu
over till .next Thursday at 1:30 p. m.,
when a committee of two from each sit?
can bring In arguments In favor of the
site they represent.
After 'the 'meeting of the directors, th4
way 'nd means-committer met and ad
vised with Colonel H. E. Dosch relative
to promoting the interests of the Fair
throughout the state. Finally it was con.
eluded that Mr. Dosch should submit ' a
proposal by August 1, to take charge of
th 1906 Fair as director general.
NORTHWEST NEWS
i
CHEYENNE, Wyo.-Mrs. Frank Brown
was struck by lightning at her home here
yevterday. She died instantly,,
DENVER. President Compere of th
Federation of Labor and other prominent
labor leaders 'left her' Yesterday for San
Franclsoo, where a meeting of the board
wll! be held.
CHICAGO. The local board of arbitra
tion last night secured the consent of the
striking freight handlers and the railroad
officials to meet today and. endeavor to
settle their grievances. "''',.
OMAHA. The Union Pactflo has Issued
a notice to their striking1 Employes to re
turn to work at one on forfeit their posi
tions. DENVER. Henry V. Col recently gave
$400,000 In real estate to a Methodist or
ganisation her. His wife has entered
suit to compel th return of half th
property. .r. ...
VANCOUVER, B. C.-The Moaha, from
Brisbane, Australia, brings news of an In
surrection In tha Solomon Islands, which
promises to develop Into serious trouble.
ABERDEEN. Wash, Nl Erickson, a
young Swede, was drowned her yester
day while working on. the government
Jetty at Westport. . ,
VICTORIA, B. C The latest news to
arrive herefrom Koyukuk give the dis
trict a very bad nam. Hundred are
leaving the country In Which no on has
either dust or money.
MINING NOTES,
Charles Moon, Gordon Jacobs and C. 8.
Ingledow have made ' rich strike about
two and one-half mile 'West of Horn
brook. It is reported to bo the best pros
pect in that district They are driving
tunnel on th ledge, whloh I free milling.;
It runs from eight to 20 Inches In thick
ness and is rich.
George Bennett Is running a tunnel on
the old Bumble Bee ledge In the Beaver
Creek district and ha struck some fine
ore. It Is reported rich) in free gold.
The New York Consolidated Mining
Company, a local concern, la developing
a group of claims In tha Greenhorn dis
trict near th new town, of . Greenhorn,
which has made such phenomenal growth
of late. Th claims ar quarts and are
showing up well under development The
or 1 free milling. A stamp mill will be
Installed at an early data The property
1 a sinking proposition. A shaft I down
about 30 feet on a thre-foot vain, which
produces $30 to th ton on an avaraga
Th Yank group Is the nam of a very
promising property in Joeephln County,
which Is being developed by th Pacific
Mining A Development Company of this
city. Th group covers an area of 627
acres and' contain hota placer and
quarts. About 600 feet oft tunnel work
ha been done, and the ore runs from
$8 to $10 per ton. Part of the ore goes
as high as $40. Th ledgjl. I said to be
th biggest la Southern Oregon, and can
b traced for miles. The group Is situ
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of. or have been blocked out, and will
be shipped as soon a better transporta
tion facilities are secured.
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President Ingalls, of. th Big Four
Railway Company,. Ii In tha city ac
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tor several day, berorcrgolng East.
President Ingalls say v that his pres
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th pursuit of he'aithrtjt recreation. H
mad a social call upon J president Moh
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