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District Attorney Mulkcy Refers to
Prisoner's Scars and is Called
Down Hard by Opposing
Counsel.
Tho Jury la tho ense of tho state;
vs. J. W. Morris, nccuscd of assault
on two young girls, brought in a ver
dict of guilty Thursday afternoon.
Morris Is accused of attempting to
feloniously nssault his granddaugh
ter. Qusslo Dufflold, aged 14 years.
The girl, her younger slstor and a
brother nil swore to tho facts and
thero was no opposing evidence ex
cept that of th0 old man himself,
who declared that tho fracas aroso
from his trying to forco tho girl to
get supper, which she refused to do.
COrtTtMJED.
within hearing. "And get Marsh up
hero with the Sprite. We've got to
get n float
lie paid no more attention to tho
rjectwl crew,
A few minutes' hard work put tho
driver afloat Fortunately Its raft
of piles had not become detached In
the upheaval.
"Tom," said Ordo briskly to North,
"you know the pile driving business,
Pick out your crew nnd take charge."
Orde took charge of the situation in
Its entirety, as n general might. He
Morris will he sentenced at the j set North Immediately to driving
opening of court on January 31, tho
court having ndjourned whll0 tho
Jury was out.
Old Veteran.
Morris is a veteran of tho civil war
nnd at tho battle of Williams Creek
his left eye was shot out, leaving his
face badly scarred. In bis argument
District Attorney Mulkcy referred to
his facial disfigurement in these
terms:
"Look, gentlemen of tho jury, at
his old scarred fnce; every mark on
it shows his vicious disposition."
Judge Cohig in dofense replied as
follows:
"Gentlemen of tho Jury: The dis
trict attorney has seen fit to refer
In scathing terms to tho scarred face
of the helpless defendant. In any
case the prosecuting attorney would
do wrong to ro assail a prisoner, but
doubly wronff Is It when those scars
were received in the red forefront of
battle, fighting for the preservation
of the Union. It is told of the late
Justice Brewer, one sldo of whose
face was badly blackened and disfig
ured that a young lawyer of police
court proclivities once closed his ar
gument with the remark: 'I will now
close my arument until I hear what
my friend, Scarface Charlie, hc3 to
say,' Justice Brewer replied: Gen
tlemen, 1 have a ba-,.1y scarred lace.
When I was a small boy a beau-1
clumps each of sixteen piles, bound
to solidity by chains, and so arranged
In angles and slants ns to direct the
enormous pressure toward cither
bank, thus splitting the enemy's pow
er. The small driver owned by tho
Boom company, drovo similar clumps
here, there and everywhere that need
arose or weakness developed. Seventy-live
men opposed to the weight of
SO.000.000 tons of logs and a river of
water the expedients Invented by de
termination and desperation.
Orde gave over formal defenses nnd
threw his 'energies to saving the weak
places which rapidly developed. By
tJio most tre
mendous e x e r
tlons he seemed
but Just able to
keep even. Piles
quivered, bent
slowly outwanl.
1 ni in ed lately,
before the logs
behind them
could stir, the
pile driver must
do Its work. Back
and forth darted
the Sprite and
her sister tug.
the Spray, tow
ing the pile driv
ers or the strings
of piles. Under
the frowning de
struction the
crews had to do
their work. And
If ever a break
I XX f II
He ccniii but Just
aiiic to Keep even.
a . n ., I .1
tlful young sister was playing before ro wouM be no & CrughcU
By
Stewart
Edward White
answered the summons. Orde balled
his coming with n shout.
"I waut n dredge!" he yelled as soon
as the lumberinauwas within distance.
"I bellevo we can relieve tho pressure
somewhat by a channel luto Steam's
bayou. Get that government dredge
up and through tho bayou as soou ns
you can."
"All right." said Welton briefly.
"Can you hold her!"
"I've got to hold her," replied Orde
between clinched teeth. "Where in
h Is Newmark? I need him for fifty
things, and he's disappeared off the
face of tho earth! Purdy. that second
cable! She's snapped a strand! Get
a rc-enforcing lino on tier!" lie ran
without nnother thought of Welton.
But flesh and blood has Its limit of
endurance, and that limit was almost
reached. Orde heard the first prcmonl-
the open fire and fell into tho flames
Boy as I was, I rushed to her rescue.
I saved her life, but fell with my
head under tho footstick. My faco Is
burned and blackened, gentlemen,
but not half so black as the heart of
ho who would remark upon It.'
and burled, the men would be borne
to an unknown grave in the lake. Ev
er' man kuew It. Darkness came. No
one stopped for food.
Morning found no change in the sit
uation. The water rose steadily. The
logs grew more and more restive: the
ONLY 17 YEARS OLD AND
PROBABLY IS A WIDOW
SAN FJRANCISCO, Dec. 24. At
tho Oakland home of Captain Harry
L. Hansen, of the lost lumber schoon
er Susie M. Plummer, his 17-year-old
wife is waiting today for news of
tho fnto of tho missing vessel's crow.
No word has been reecived sinco a
relief ship was sent out ycterday af
ter tho dismantled schooner was re
ported by wireless to bo laying off
tho Washington const.
tl is thought that tho schooner,
bound from Everett to San Pedro
with a cargo of lumber, encountered
tho rough wonthor of two weeks ago
nnd that the crew cither took to tho
foonts when tho masts wero blown
awny, or wero taken off by a pass
ing vessel.
Although tho owners of tho Susie
rimnmor today expressed themselves
as hopeful for tho safety of tho
crow they admit the fact two weeks
have elnpscd since tho storm in
which sho is supposed to have mot
disaster, -with no message from tho
crow, make tho outlook less hopeful.
FIREMEN DIE AT THEIR
POSTS OF DUTY IN MAINE
LEWlSTON, Maine, Dec. 24.
Two fireinon wero killed nnd two
othors seriously injured in n firo that
destroyed tho Cnllnhnn block in Low
iston onrly today. Tho building was
ono of tho largest in tho city nnd tho
fire burned stubbornly for hours des
pite tho efforts of the firemen.
Bo sure you nro right boforo you
go ahead, is good advice that applies
to tho light business ns well ns o(hor
business. Electric light hits stood
tho test of timo ns the safest and
most economical light aud liofore
considering cheaper light get tho ex
perience of pooplo who have used
them several months at least. 210
iinrnncns ai If nr nnrl mnro mnmwtiifirn
"Gentlemen," concluded Mr. Col- '
vlg, "my client might have said, if hej
could nave me opportunity, some
thing like tho above. He might have
said that 'my scars were received In
fighting for my country and my flag,
that the man who would make such
a rsference to a defenseless prisoner
Is no one who would stand In tho
forefront of battle and have his eye
struck out by the enemies' bullet."
Chapter
33
LL that day and the next night
the tight was band to tiuuu
without the opportunity of n
breathing space. Then Orde
bareheaded and disheveled, timing to
a high excitement, began to be harass
ed by annoyances. The piles gave out.
Newmark left, ostensibly to purchase
moro. lie did not return. Tom North
and Jim Denning, their eyes burning
deep in their heuds for lack of steep,
catno to Orde. holding to him sym
bolically their empty bauds.
"No more piles." they said briefly.
"Got 'em," said Orde with equal
brevity. "Newmark will have enough
here shortly. In the meantime get
them."
North and his friend disappeared,
taking with, them the crews of the
drivers and the two tugs. After nn
interval they returned towing small
rafts of the long timbers. Orde did
not make any inquiries, nor until days
later did he see a copy of the uewspa
per telling how a lawless gang of rlv
ermen had driven away the railroad
men and stolen thn railroad's property.
Ordo was everywhere. Miles and
miles bo traveled, running along the
tops of the booms, over tho surfuce of
the Jam, spying tho weakening places
and hurrying to them a rescue.
Toward noon the piles gave out
again.
"Wbero In h Is Newmark?" ex
ploded Ordo. Ho sent North and a
crew of men to cut piles from stand
ing timber In farm wood lots near the
river.
"If the owners object stand them off
with your peavlesl"
Down river the various mill owners
wore busy with what men they hud
left In stringing defenses ncross the
river In case Ordo's works should go
out. When Orde hoard this lio swore
vlgorouHly,
"Crazy fools!" he spnt out. "They'd
bo n lot better off helping here. If
this goes out their little booms won't
umouut to u whiff of wind."
Ho sent word to that effect; but,
lacking the enforcement of his person
al presence, his messages did not car
ry conviction, and tho panic stricken
owners continued to labor, each ac
cording to his Ideas. However, Welton
"Come on and let's get samcUUny done."
tlons of reaction In the mild grum
blings that arose. Althoucb tho need
for struggle, apilnst tho tireless dy
namics of the river was as Insistent ns
ever, although It seemed certain that
a moment s cessation of effort would
permit the enemy nu Irretrievable
gain, be called a halt on the whole
work.
'Roys," said ho Irrelevantly, "let's
have a smoke."
ne threw himself full length against
slautlng pile, leisurely filling his
pipe. The men stared u moment nnd
then followed his example. The hori
zon lay low and black against the
afterglow. Beneath It the river shouo
like silver. Over beyond the rise of
land that lay between the river and
Steam' bayou could be seen the cloud
of mingled smoke nnd steam that
marked the activity of the dredge.
Orde was apparently more at ease
thau any of the rest, but each Instant
he expected to hear the premonitory
crack that would sound the end of
everything. Finally he yawned and
got to his feet
"Now," said he, a new ring In his
voice, "como on nnd let's get some
thing done!"
They responded to a man.
By midnight the water had gone
down slightly. Half the crew snatched
a llttlo sleep. For several hours moro
the Issue bung in equilibrium. Then,
with tho opening of tho channel Into
Steam's bayou, tho heaviest pressure
was relieved. For the moment tho
acute danger point was passed. Ordo
spent the next two days In strengthen
ing the defenses. Tho men wero able
to take their quota of meals and of
sleep.
The Jam bad been successfully held
at the Iron railroad bridge above Red
ding, but only by the most strenuous
efforts. Braces of oak beams had
been slanted where they would do the
most good. Chains strengthened the
weaker spots, and on top of all ton
after ton of railroad Iron held tho.
wholo immovably. Nolan bad all the
help he required. Every device known
was employed to strengthen the Jam.
For only a few hours was the result
In doubt. Then, ns the Clarion Jubi
lantly expressed it "It's a hundred
dollars to an old hat she holds I"
Ordo received all this with satisfac
tion, but with u slight skepticism.
"It's a flouting Jam, and It gets a
push from underneath," bo pointed
out "It's probably safe, but another
flood might send it out"
"Tho floods are going down," said
North.
"Good Lord, I hope so!" said Orde.
Newmark sent word that a sudden
fit of sickness had conflued blm to tho
house.
Now Ordo decided to break out a
channel through tho Jam itself. This
was a necessary preliminary to getting
tho logs in shape for distribution. An
opening was mude in tho piles, and tho
rlvermen, with plko poles and peavlcs,
began cautiously to dig their way
through the tangled timbers. The gov
ernment pllo driver, which had Uunlly
been sent up from below, began plac
ing Ave extra booms at Intervals down
Htrcnm to capture tho drift us fust as
it wus turned looso. Tho troubles np
poured to bo quite over when word
camo from Bedding thut tho witters
wero again rising. Ten minutes luter
Leopold Lincoln liiinn, tho locnl re
porter, camo flapping In on Ituiidull's
old white horse, lllto n second I'aul Ite
vero, crying that tho Iron bridge hud
gono nnd tho logs wero racing down
river toward tho booms.
"It Just went out!" ho answered tho
eager exclamations of tho men who
crowded around him. "That's all 1
know. It wont out! And tho other
bridges! Sure! All but the I.nUe Shore!
Don't know why that didn't go out.
No; the logs didn't Jum there-Just slid
right under! '
"That settles It." said Welton.
"You won't nutty cried Orde.
"Certainly. You're crasy!" said Wei-
ton. with some asperity. "If they can't
stop a little Jam with Iron, what are
your wooden defenses going to iiuiouut
to against the wholo ncojituulutlou?
vuieu tltosn logs hit the tnll of this
Jam she 11 go out boforo you can wink,
It's sure death, and I'm not going to
8acrltlce my men."
Already the news was spreading
among the workers ou the Jams. Ordo
saw the government driver below cast
ing loose from her moorings. A mo
ment later her tug towed her away to
a side bayou of safety out of the ex
pected rush to the lake.
"But we can hold her!" cried Ordo
lu desperation.
"It's no use. boy," said otd Carllu;
"It's sure death."
"Sure death!" Orde laughed bitterly.
"All right: sure death, then. Isn't
thero n man lu this crowd that will
tackle this sort of sure dentil with
me?"
"I'm with you." "And me," said
North and the Bough Bed In a breath.
"Good!" cried Orde. "You. too,
Johnny Sims and I'urdy and Jimmy
Powers? Bully boys!"
"I reckon you'll need tho tug." said
Marsh.
A dozen more of Ordo's personal fol
lowing volunteered.
"We've got to close that opening first
thing." said he. "Marsh, tow tho pile
driver up thrre."
The opening wns to be closed by
piles driven In groups of sixteen bound
together by chains. The clumps wero
connected ono to tho other by a system
of boom logs and ropes to Interpose n
continuous barrier. The pllo driver
placed the clumps, while the tug at
tended to the connecting defenses.
"Now. boys." said Orde ns his Inst
word. "If she starts to go save your
selves the best way you can. Never
tulml the driver. Stay on top."
Slowly the tug and her cf tisort nosed
up through the boiling water.
"Work fust:" Orde culled to the
men on the pile driver. "If wo can
close tho opening before those Bedding
logs hit us we may be able to turn
them Into our new channel."
The hammer run munntliiy in the top
and fell, A half doxeu Union more It
ripped. Then heavy elmlni were
thrown around the winch, and the
steam power began to draw the clumps
together.
"none!" cried Tom North.
North unmoored, nnd tho driver
dropped back with the current, The
tin: churned forward to nccnintdlsh tho
last duty of binding the defenses to-1
gether by means of chains and cables.
Two men leaped to the floating booms.
Ordo nnd the Bough Bed set about the
task, They worked from cither end to
ward tho middle. When they mot Ordo
ordered Red aboard the tug.
"I'll tic this one. Jimmy." said ho. '
Aboard the tug all was tense prepa
ration, In the engine room Harvey, '
his hand on the throttle, stood ready
to throw her wide open at tho signal.
Armed with sharp nxes. two men pro-
pared to cut the mooring lines on n I
sign from the Bough Bed. They watch- !
cd his upraised hand. When It should
descend their axes must fall.
Ordo folded n knot. Upstream tho '
Jam settled deliberately forward, cut
ting n clump of piles like Rtrnw.
"Shu's coming!" cried tho Uough Bed.
"Oivo mo every second you can."
said Onle, making the last turns.
The mass toppled slowly, foil Into
the awlft current and leaped with a
roar.
"Jump!" the Bough Bed cried, and
his nrm descended.
Onle leaped blindly for the roll,
wheru ho wns seized nnd dragged
aboard by the Bough Ited. Thu nxes
fell; Marsh whirled over the wheel;
Harvey throw open bU throttle. Tho
tug sprang from Its tensh like a hound.
And behind tho barrier the logs, toss
ing nnd tumbling, tho white spray fly
ing lKfore their onslaught, bent In
vain against the barrier, like raging
wild beasts who.su prey has escaped.
Call and See
Tho splendid display ol! Poultry and
Fresh Moats, etc., at
THE WEST
SIDE MARKET
TO I1E CONTINUED.
He uiu not n(M mnt ir mo opening tioM m. Thu T!mu3 Bi10lllli ,...
snid that Orogon's political machine ,
wna Kick of tho primnry Inw.
were not closed teforu the Jam broke,
as break It would In a very few mo
ments, the probabilities were that Ixitu
pllo driver and tug would ho destroy
ed. Kvery man know that, already.
Tom North ordered n pile placed In
tho carriage. The hammer descended.
Tho work went forward as rapidly ns
possible. Four times the Jam shrugged
nnd settled, but four times It paused
on the brink of discharge. Three of
the clumps had been placed and bound, j
nnd fifteen plies of the Inst clump had
been driven. -
"One more pile!" breathed Orde. 1 15 MAIN STItKICT, MKDKOItn.
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