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THE EVENING JOURNAI,, POBTLANP, OKEGON. -iWEDNESDAT, JULY 23," 1902; SHERIFF CUDIHEE GIVEN DOUBLE CROSS How the Alleged Confederates Tracy Played Him False at Sawyer Lake, of SBATTLE, July 2S.-The details of the lot (o capture Tracy at the Sawyer Lake cabin are given out by the Star as fol lows: Lewis Ward, the Whatcom gambling - house -booster and dime novel hero who , . : baa posed as Tracy's friend, and pre j tended to have been Sheriff Cudihee's ad viser in the recent Sawyer Lake fiasco, ' Is a rank imposter, and was never at any time within miles of the lonely cabin , raided by the Sheriffs posse last Thurs , Hay. . By degrees the real facts concerning . the Sawyer lake episode are coming to . light. They are hot detrimental to Sheriff Cudihee. la fact, they prove that the ,' Sheriff was the victim of a clever plot fcy Tracy's friends and confederates. The . Baariff was given the "double cross," , as the tenderloin styles It, but it was a ' double that would have deceived men wiser la the ways of criminals than Cud- Ihee, who for the best part of his life ttaa been an officer of the law and a stu- dent , of criminology. TELLOW-BACKED " WARD. Lewli Ward, the yellow-backed stool : pigeon, had no more to do with the at- - tempted capture of Tracy at Sawyer - Xke than has mortal man to do with the guidance of the solar system. This taay be stated as an absolute., fact, and i la. contradiction, of any and all state ments that Ward has made or may here after make In regard to the man-hunt. .Ward was a despised outsider in the en tire proceeding. In the language of the underworld, he was a "buttinski," and has been allowed to boast his own el leged conneotlon with the Tracy case merely because the Sheriff and his ad visers considered hlro too Ignorant ami worthless to be even dignified with a rebuke. : . THB REAL STOOLS: Fred Floyd, alias "Tatoo Bed," and George Simmons, a highwayman and ex convict, were the real stool pigeons in toe case. They were the men who offered , to deliver Tracy into the hands of Sheriff Cudihee, and to them alone is due the fact (hat Cudihee was deceived Into allowing Tracy's escape from ue Green MJver valley after his appear ance In the Pautot home. In the ; opinion of the best-Informed 'authorities, Tracy was acting a part when he appeared at the Pautot house. The story that he was wounded in the alleged, battle of buckshot at Covington. 10 days ago. is regarded oy those auihor . lties as a huge joke in the light of re cent developments. The outlaw, it Is as serted by them, was at that time doing his part toward making good the story later told Sheriff Cudihee by bis accom plices. . While there is a difference of opinion among the wise ones as to whether Tracy was ever in the Sawyer Take cabin, on one point they are agreed. -That is, that Tracy has never received a oratch even, In any encounter he has aver bad with Sheriff Cudihee's men. f The Sawyer Lake fiasco was the result of- the series of deceptions inaugurated by Tracy at the Pautot farm. Soon after the Pautot story became public, "Tattoo fled" and Simmons arranged a meeting with a well known sporting man at Kent, and then and there outlined to him their plan to capture Tracy. TRIED TO AID CUDIHEE. The Seattle sporting man was one of Sheriff Cudihee's warmest personal friends, as well as his staunch supporter In politics, and was as badly deceived by tils' story of the two outlaws, as was Cudihee. In tenderloin parlance, the Whole thing "looked good." ' Floyd and Simmons stated that they had been In close touch with Tracy for days. They had met him near Renton about a week before they said, and had been giving him aid ever since. But on account of his cowardly conduct In mur dering Merrill, they had determined to play ilm false. Merrill, they said, was a warmer friend of theirs than Tracy had ever been, and they were ready and willing to give the latter up to Justice, provided they were given a big share of the reward offered for the latter's cap ture. This Information was Imparted to Cudi hee, and he determined to accept the of fer. The principal, condition Insisted upon by the stool pigeons was, it is said, that all the deputies In the field should be called in, In order that they might not claim a share of the reward when, the outlaw was given up to the Sheriff. Cudi hee was so Impressed with the good faith of their statements that he agreed to call off the man-hunters and send them back to Seattle. In this be kept his word. TO BE DELIVERED ALIVE. At the first conference Cudihee, It Is asserted, stipulated that the outlaw should be delivered Into his hands alive, If possible. The stool pigeons demurred strongly, but finally agreed that they would catch Tracy napping If possible, but that he was a desperate man, and they feared they would have to "croak" him to get him. When Floyd and Simmons departed It was for the purpose of returning to the Sawyer Lake cabin, where they alleged Tracy lay grievously wounded and prac tically, helpless. They were to come back within 24 hours with news of Tracy's cap ture or death. " Cudihee and the few who were "next" to the plot, believed that failure was Im possible, and that the Oregon outlaw was as good as in their hands. BAD FAITH SUSPECTED. But hours went by and "Tattoo Red" and his pal failed to show up. Fearing bod faith; Cudihee at last raided the cabin., It was empty. "Tattoo Red," Simmons and Tracy, If he had ever been there, were gone. And no trace of them has ever been found. Lewis Ward had absolutely no know ledge of the schame of Tracy's confed erates to pave the way for his escape, except that which he had received from a boy friend at Kent who hod overheard the first conversation between Floy 3, Simmons and Cudihee's friend. On this slender foundation he built up the cok and bull story which the Seat tle newspapers have up to this time ac- cepted as the real story of Cudihee's Sawyer Lake failure. RICH CONVICTS GET FREEDOM NEW YORK, July 23. Two men have been released from the New Jersey State Prison because they have become rich. One of the men thus treed Is Richard BaBSler, convicted of burglary, lie has been released In order that he may re turn to Germany and obtain a fortune of J.'iO,00(! to which he has fallen heir. Bassler was sentenced to two years In prison last fall. The other prisoner, Samuel French, was sentenced for 10 years In 1896, oh a charge of breaking Into a Postofflce. He was paroled in? order that he might take tip the manufacture of a sewing machine invented by him while behind the bars. D10IIDWIIW How Gotham Crooks and Fences Dispoil the Unwary. (Journal Special Service.) NEW YORK, July B.-County Detee tlve Hammond and Police Captain Al bertson had a prisoner at Essex Market Police Court recently about whom lit tle came out In the court. The ar rest had followed complaints to the Die. trict Attorney's office that a gang of Crown Prince of Si am if 0 i W ill $ ammmmmmmmmmm iniMUBMHssMMBfl O FRUITGROWERS" t - , f OP COLORADO (Journal Special nervier) BOULDER. Colo.. July 23. Well-known fruitgrowers from many parts of the state thronged the Courthouse this morn Ing at the opening of the first mldaum- mK meeting of. the Colorado State Horti cultural Society. The members were welcomed by R. H. Whlteley, to wliose address, response was made by J. 8. Mc Clelland of . Fort Collins. This after noon the delegates assembled at W. "I Scott's orchard, east of the State Uni versity, and witnessed a practical dem onstration of spraying conducted by Pro fessor W. L. Paddock. W. H. Barnes, secretary of the Kansas Horticultural Society, is slated to address the con vention this evening. ' tin KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 23. The Missouri Press Association began Its 3Vth annual meeting at the. Coates House to-' day with a good attendance. The ses sions Will conclude tomorrow afternoon and In the evening the members will leave on an excursion to Denver and Colorado Springs. Some of the subject) discussed today were rural mall delivery and the country press, the country edi tor, and what the press can do to help tht schools. Prince Maha Dajlrazuah will visit this country, arriving, early In the fall. He Is making a tour of the world in order to study' economic conditions. His father, King Chulalongcoon, Is one of the most progressive rulers ot the Orient. LOVE LACKED ARDOR. N Woman Referee Didn't Think Broken Promise Should Cost $50,000. (Journal Special Service.) NEW YORK, July 23-"Tnere certainly are sonea of human affection, as there are zones of climate, and I do not And, In looking over the whole case that either of the contracting parties Inhabited other than, an extremely temperate tone of af fection for the other." With these words Miss S. Wise, referee, declared that the damage to the heart of Miss Evelyn Stedeker, spinster, by th refusal of Alvln E. Crocker, to keep his marriage contract with her, amounted to J1500 and not $50,000, the amount Miss Stedeker claimed. Because of the facts that Crocker Is 65 years old, married, and a bankrupt mining engineer of some prominence in his day. the case attracted attention. A company with an authorized capital of $1,000,000 has been chartered to manu facture the machine. The paroled prisoner Is said to have received (50,000 cash and a block of stock in the new company. iiKi PEOPin t TO PAT 1115 DtDTS Philadelphia Man Dies That His Creditors May Be Paid. , (Journal Special Service.) PHILADELPHIA. July 23. Joseph G. Mariner, -45 years of age, proprietor of the Philadelphia Wall Paper Mills, while on a visit to his parents' home jit Smyr na, Del.,, went Into the stable and killed himself with a bullet In the temple. JHe gave his life to pay his creditors. The paper mills were closed two weeks go and the 100 employes were given, an extra week's pay and told by Mariner to take a vacation. Last Tuesday a meeting of 23 creditors was. held and they are said to have re fused a settlement of the debts at 25 per cent. The debts were placed .JlG0,00O. Mariner's life was insured for J100.000, i and papers conveying $33,000 of this to Philadelphia and New York creditors for ' claims are said to be held by banks here. It la said that the suicide lost $10,000 In - Stock transactions. TRACY'S CONDUCT KILLS KINSMAN P1TTSVTLLK, Wis.. July 23.-J. G. Sev erns, 77 years old, grandfather of Harry Severns (Tracy), the escaped Oregon out law, who has for weeks evaded capture since he escaped from prison, died on hearing of his - grandson's mur derous career. Since he commenced his bloody career It has been the constant effort of the grandfather's wife, children and grandchildren to keep this fact from him, as Harry had been his favorite, and in his enfeebled condition the informa tion might have hastened his end. A dally paper told the story, and caused the old man's death of a broken heart. The faot of Mr. Severn's death recalls to many minds the outlaw as a boy in Wisconsin, a bright, promising youngster, and his career of crime, which com menced in Colorado. 0 100,000,000 -NEXT CENSUS t Journal Special Bervtce.) DULt'TH, Minn., July 23. "In 1910. when our next census Is taken, I expect;.' ..me population or me united States will' bay reached the 00,000,K mark," salY .William -.tL Men-lam, "Director of the Census, In an interview here.- "This will Include -our 1 new possessions, Hawaii, . Potto Rico end the Philippines, but it will demonstrate in no uncertain terms What world power .this country has become." t 5 WH Wirt (Journal Special Service.) . CHICAGO. July 23.-After supporting her husband for five years by working In a department store, Mrs. Lucia Cole Don nan has secured a divorce from Donald D. Donnan, recently deposed from the rectorship of St. John's Episcopal parish because of a scandal. About a month ago his wife had the husband arrested for abandonment. During the five years she supported him he was studying for the ministry. Opens Its Convention intheCity of Destiny. swindlers, with the collusion of pawn brokers was disposing of pawn tickets for diamonds on which the amount of the loan stated on the face of the ticket was far above the value of the article pawned. The prisoner Is Isaac Rappaport, who says he Is a diamond broker of 1607 Park avenue. He war arrested in a saloon at 37 Hester street, and taken to the Delaney-street station, where the police searched him and found several thou sand dollars' worth of aiamonds, together with a number of imitation stones. At the Essex Market Court Detective Hammond told the magistrate that a gang of some 15 men had been working a swindling game known as "mosklng," (HI iioi pun Ohio Man's Steel Making Process Is Worth Big Money. (Journal Special Service.) SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, July 23. John W. Bookwalter. of this city, received an which could be practiced only with the oftr of $1 m m ot cagn for the Book (Journal Special Service.) TACOMA, Wash., July 23. Tacoma has thrown her doors wide open to the delegates and other visitors to the na tional convention of the Young People's Christian Union of the United Presbyte. rian Church, which began Its sessions to day. Since the first of the week delegates have been arriving on evjjry tralii," and the total attendance is estimated In ex cess of 2000. Nearly every state and ter ritory Is represented, and among the vis itors are many eminent divines and other speakers, who will address the conven tion. FAST TIME ACROSS THE CONTINENT The "Imperial Limited," the Cadadlan Pacific's fast train, makes the run In four days. The time card Is arranged to pass through the greatest scenic features dur Ing daylight. ' Mvrei clairvoyant, u now located at room 607, Ooodnough building, corner Yamhill and' t tXth street. 10 MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 23-On the heels of the announcement that Oovernor Longlno of Mississippi had declined to Interfere In the-hanging of Ashley Cocke and Tom Louderal at Greenville next Tuesday, comes a rumor that somej of the. bolder relatives of Cocke have de cided to prevent his death on the gallows by shooting him, In order to avoid the stigma attaching to such a death. - ' " : .X-"'- ''-'". .'" $10,000 LUMP OF AMBERGRIS (Journal Special Service.) BOSTON, July 23. The fishing schooner John M. Keen arrived here with the largest catch of swordflsh of the sea son and In addition to that a lump of ambergris which weighed about 43 pounds. This is worth more than the fish. It is expected to bring between $10 and $16 announce. The fishermen found it float ing a little southeast of Georges-i : 1 SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE And Cheap Excursion Rates via A. & C. R. R. Make a Hit With the Public. " ' I'hejexcellent train service and cheap round-trip excursion rates via the A. & C. Railroad between Portland and the beaches have made a decided hit with the public. Portland-Seaside Express leaves Union depot every Saturday at 2:30 p. m. for Astoria. Flavel, Gearhart and Seaside, making close connection at Astoria with steamer Potter and I. R. & N. steamers for North Beach points. Round-trip excursion tickets between Portland and all Clatsop andvorth Beach points told every Eaturaay at $2.60, interchangeable with all boat lines and good to return Sunday evening. Warm salt water baths at Seaside now open to the public. Write to J. C. Mayo, General Passenger Agent, Astoria, for handsome .Illustrated pamphlet, "What the Wild Wave Say at Seaside,' aid of the pawnbrokers, who usually got the lion's share of the proceeds. "For instance," said Hammond, "a member of the gang would pledge a dia mond ring worth . $50 with one of these pawnbrokers. The pawnbroker would ad vance $30, but mark the ticket $300. This would give the 'mosker' a chance to sell the ticket for more than it had cost him. while the buyer would have to pay $300 and Interest to the pawnbroker to get the ring." Later the pawnbroker would divide with the "mosker." Rappaport was held for examination. p. toimiira waiter steel process. The offer. It Is said, came from President Schwab, of the AmeVotn Steel' Casting Company. Mr. Bookwalter declined to sell. By the Bookwalter process blasting for remov ing Impurities from the Iron is done at the side of the converted instead of at the bottom. Ihe result hf that less power la required, while greater purity of steel Is obtained. The .process Is covered by 20 or more patents. A company has been organized in Pennsylvania. It will be located at Philadelphia, adjacent to the Cramps' shipyards, and will be known as the Brjflgpn Steel Casting Company. MK (Journal Special Service.) FARGO, N. D.. July 23. The Republi can state convention' In session here to day is the largest ever held In North Dakota, there being 744 delegates in at tendance. The convention will name a full state ticket to be voted for at the fall election (Journal Special Service.) ROME CITY, Ind., July 23.-The an nuRl summer assembly at Island Park opened today and will continue until the middle of August. The program of The renomination of Gov- Speakers and other attractions is consld ernor White and Lieutenant-Governor Burtlett Is nssured, leaving only several of the minor places on the ticket to- be contested. The resolutions will unequivo cally indorse the policy of the Roosevelt Administration. ered one of the best ever arranged for a gathering of the kind In this part of the country. IMPALED ON A STEER'S HORN (Journal Special Service.) TULSA, I. T July 23. A Creek Indian boy, Charles Mingo, was found dead Wednesday evening, securely fixed on the horns of a wild Texast-eteer. He had evidently en there all ' nlgbt- When found the steer was trying to dislodge the boy by rubbing against the banks of a small ravine in which the animal was standing, completely tired out from nn all night's run. The steer was im- me in i Ainu John Bateman, Insane, Woke Up the Town of Altoona. - (Journal , Special Service.) ALTOONA, Pa., July 23 John Bate. mediately shot and the boy taken from man, a colored man, who has terrorised its horns. The boy.was terribly mangled Altoona for several days, escaped from and bruised by the hbrns, one of which ., x . ,. , , . ran clear hrr,h h Wwtor n,B ce" ln.e county nospttai m a nuu. conauion ana ran tour mues to iaxe Mont Park. He evaded the officers in pursuit, climbed over the railing of 'the summer theater just as theorchestrawas tearing off a 'ragtime" melody in the presence of 10,000 people. He went' through a hoe-down in the "altogether," much to the surprise of the audience. He was captured after a desperate struggle and landed back In his cell. . too iqi roil (Journal Special Service.) SIOUX CITY, la., July 23. The victim of a moBt unusual accident la "Chan" Leavltt, -who bit oil his tongue while. asleep. The organ la hanging by a small bit of flesh' and skin In the center, which the attending surgeon hopes will supply" sufficient life to the tissues of the sev ered portion tq permit It to grow bac) on again. Four stlches were taken in the tongue, two at the top and two" at the bottom . '': l- Now is the i Time ) GIBBONS' NATAL DAY . . --. , t --,' i i i 'i. t Great American Prelate Has Lived for Over Sixty Useful Years. (Journal Special Service.) BALTIMORE, Md.. July 23CardInal Gibbons, who, during the last few weeks haa been, called upon to mourn the death of two members of the Roman Cathollo hierarchy In America, reached his 68th birthday today. There was no formal celebration of the event; but during the day messages of congratulation poured in at the archlepiscopal residence from archbishops, bishops and. prominent mem bers of the clergy in all parts of the country. Cardinal Gibbons was born la this city July 23, 1834, of Irish parents. During his boyhood he was : taken to Ireland, where he received the elements of a lib eral education. On returning to the United States it was determined" by his parents to consecrate him to the servoce of God, and he entered, St. Charles Col lege, Maryland, where he graduated with distinction in 1857. Thence he went to St. Mary's Seminary, where, after tak ing the usual courses of theology and philosophy, he was ' ordained a priest June 8, 1861, by Archbishop Patrick Ken- rlck. Father Gibbons waa at once as signed to duty, and hard duty at, that time, in the City of Baltimore, servlngf"" first as an assistant priest at St. Pat rick's Church. Afterward he waa sent as pastor to the then humble and strug gling parish of St. Bridget's Canton, where he also had to serve old St. Law rence's' Church, at Locust Point, and to cross the Patpsco River to do so in a, ferry-boat", oftentimes In the stormiest weather. On March 17, 1887, he received the red hat of the cardlnallte from Pope Leo XIII. The cardinal shows few elans of hie increasing years. His eye is as bright and . his step as quick and elastlo as 20 years ago. Every day when the weather permits he walks from five to 16 mile, and takes great delight In tiring outv members of the clergy, one of whom al ways accompanies him on his long tramps through the city and country. Next year the cardinal Is to celebrate his silver Jubi lee and arrangements are already . being made to make it the moat elaborate, event of the kind that has ever been cele brated in this country. s or 501 Many Gathered in Ses sion in Old Tennessee. (Journal Special Ssrvioe.) MONTEAGLE,' Tenn., July Jii-Teach-ers from every nook and corner of Ten nessee have rallied here for the annual convention of their state association. They began to -arrive yesterday and by, noon today there was a -force of record breaking proportions on the Held. The visitors Include representatives of every; branch of educational work, from the kindergarten to the university. The opening session today was devoted to the work of organization and prelimi naries. The address of welcome was de livered by Dr. J. O. Rust and the response by Professor P. A. Lyon. The presiden tial address followed by Homer L; Hlggs of Greenfield. The convention will take up the regu lar program "tomorrow morning and the discussion of educational topics will con Vnue until Saturday when the conven tion will close with the annual election of officers. The new directory just Issued by the Columbia Telephone Company shows that company to be growing. 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