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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1917)
PAOTC FfTX MEDFORD MATL TRTBTTNT3 M"EDFORD, OTJEOON, FRTDAY, JUNE 1, 1017 New Trial at Fall Term for Mrs. Gar ' wood Promised by Prosecutor, for Alleged Conspiracy to Burn Down Home In AshlanJ Must be Held in Jail or Furnish $5,000 Bond. Tim jury In the arson case against II n. M. M. (iurwooil, after having had the case under consideration for twelve hours, reported into court be fore Judge CulkliiR at 9 o'clock last night that they were hopelessly dis agreed, standing six for acquittal and six for conviction. Judge Calkins dis charged the jury. County Prosecutor UobertB sayB the cas9 will he tried agc-n at tho fall term of court. In the meantime Mrs. Garwood will ho held prisoner at the county jail unless she can furnish bond of $5000. The inability of the Jury to reach a verdict was not a surprise to those who had closely followed tho trial, despite tho fact that Mrs. (N'an Strlck fadden and Mrs. Dreyfoos, alleged co conspirators with Mrs. Garwood in planning to burn the Strlckfaddon house- In Ashland, had pleadod guilty and testified against Mrs. Garwood. Tragic ConstMiueiices. Mrs. Garwood's trial was finished late last Tuesday and was ejven into the liiuuls of ilic jury which win ex cused by JikIioi Cnlkins until !) o'clock Thursday morning, at which hour tl:e jurymen begun their deliberation of tilo case. Tins .Aslilum arson case was in many ways one of the most sensa tional niid ili-iiiniUiu in ihe history of Ihe eounly. When Hie alleged prin cipals in Ihe case plotted to burn Hie bouse of Mrs, Ktrii-ki'mlilcn in order to obtain Ihe insurance lillle dill they think then of Hie Inigic conscfpicnces that were In follow; that following the fire all concerned would be placed under urn-si ; Hint one would conuuil suicide in jail, and Hint three others would be facing penitentiary sen tences today. All their plans went wrong because the Ashland fire department was loo efficient mid iniiiisilive. The fire men saved tile building from being ii lolnl loss, Mini then in iiiveslig:iling into Ihe cause of I ho blaze found nn mislnkiible evidence that Ihe slrue ture bail been set on fire. Then Came. IH-noiicim-nt, Then began a long invcstignti,,u by (he insurance company and DKtricI Attorney Koherls, assisted by Ihe au thorities of l.une eounly, Assistant Dish-id Attorney Uobinson of Port land and Hie authorities of Seittlc. Step by slep the plol was unfolded and an unbroken chain of (he strong est kind of eircmnslaiilial evidence woven around the suspected persons. r'innlly nil was ready for Hie do nouiiieiit. Mrs. Strickfnddeii n tut Mrs. rcyfn,-s were arrested in Se attle. Mrs. (lurwooil and X. K. Hemp hill of Mcdl'oiil who was in her em ploy selling laud, were plncecf under arrest at Kugeiii-, and were subjei led lo a severe grilling separately for five hours by Assistant District Attor ney b'obiiison mid others, l-'iiiiillv Hemphill broke down, it is claimed, and made a confession which was taken down in writing and was signed by him. Hemphill Kills Himself. Several hours later, overcome by remorse, mid feeling keenly Ihe disgrace be had brought not only upon himself but on bis iimticenl wit.- mid children, mid lined weniv I rem the severe ordeal he had iu-t -j-ril thru, he wclcmiicil dnilb and coinuut led suicide by MvnlltiwiiiL' a ilc.ullv poison he had cimh-cuIciI eln-ut his clothes. He was found (Iced i'l hi: cell. Thus as a principal lie per sonullv passed onl of lb i-e, but echoes of his couucctiou with it h:ivi continued on. Mrs. liarwood, however, i shaken by the secic grilling to which she was subjected, mid curnctU pro tested her innocence. She n, Im-iiulit back lo .Mcdfotd, as were Mr-.. Strick fiitldcn mid Mrs. Dre t'oos I ruin So utile. 'I'iie two hitler were released by rt miiicmlatioii nf District Attor ney Kobciis on $L',,'i(itl bail. Mi Dreyfoos, however, was held under SCillllll bail as the aiilliorilics from tin slarl regarded her as the ringleader ill Ihe arson pint. She has been in jail r-1 days. llefuie Hie trial began last Mini- day there was n well defined rumor Hint Mrs. Slii-kl'iiddeii mid Mrs. . Jlreyfnos would plead guillv when ar raigned for trial and I be" would linn Ntllle's eidellcc llltil tesllfv ni!;till Mrs. (iarwond. Tlicrel'ore m-l much Mirprise was ercaled lusl Mouda' when llii-y Icslilnd ngaiiisl Mis. (lur wooil on the wiliie-s stand. lleglliulng of I'lol, But now buck to ihe lirinnin;;. It xeeniK Hint Mis. (larwood, who was the represcnlative of a tonipanj JURY IN ARSON CASE UNABLE TO AGREE UPON VERDICT-STANDING selling land in Washinglon stale, ne companicd by Hemphill, a former resi dent of Ashland and a former moving picture theater operator at the Page theater in this city, came to Ashland last March mid opened up u land selling office. Mrs. Striekfmlden and Mrs. Drey foos, her sister, had only returned a short time before from another state where they had been residing for a year or more. They insured the house after their return. It is claimed they needed money badly. Anyhow they culled at Mrs. Gar wood's office (o see if she could not sell the Slrickfadden house for (hem As u result of Ibis call Mrs. (larwood was invited out to dinner at the Strickfnddeii home. At that dinner, it is claimed by both Mrs. Ktrickfntldoii and Mrs. Dreyfoos that Mrs. Garwood suggest ed, and Ihey so testified in court. that they have the house set On fire; that she said she knew- such n thing was common practice in Seattle and elsewhere to her personal knowledge, and (hat many millionaires she know of had resorted to such means to niiso ready money. , They also testified that Mrs. Gar wood said she could get them a Se attle man who would set fire to the house for $lf0. Keiidy for the- 1-lro. More dinners followed until finally the plop to burn the house for its insurance was perfected, Ihe prose cution claims. Mrs. Strickfadden and Mrs. Dreyfoos testified that they were (o pay over $100 in cash to the Seattle man who was to be on the depot platform at Grants l'nss on a certain date; that according to Mrs. Garwood's plan they would know the man by the fuet that he would be eating an apple; that they were to later send Ihe rest of the ifloO by mail lo Ashland. They testified further that Mrs. flarwood herself went over the house mid fastened the blinds shut at the windows, arranged the piles of kind ling, etc., soiiked them with oil from an that she herself had brought to ihe house iinil otherwise made ready for the touching of a mulch. Mrs. Strickfadden mid Mrs. Drey foos were lo go to Seattle several days before the fire in order lo avoid suspicion, they testified. On the way to Scuttle, Mrs. Dreyfoos testified, she got off al the depot and paid $100 to a man munching an apple. AJ'ter caching Seattle they sent back a' heck for .foil to Hemphill. Mrs, Dreyfoos declared on the wit ness sland Hint she had never seen or met Hemphill ami that Ihe man ill Grunts Pass was a total stranger to her. Court liars Confession. Anyhow the house was set on fire, investigation was made and Hm nr resls followed in due course of time. A factor which somewhat bcl'.igged mil broke the apparently strong chain of circumstantial evidence against Mrs. Garwood was the fact that the alleged confession of Hemp hill at Kugeiie was not admitted ns evidence in the trial bv ruling of Judge Calkins, The intimation that such n confession was in existence, wns, however, freiiieiitlv referred to by nltorneys on both sides. The defense scored a point when Attorney Gus Newbury bud aged Mrs. Michnclson of Ashland placed on the sland. She testified that one day when she was in Mrs, Garwood's office talking with Mrs. Dreyfoos Hemphill eiilercd ami exchanged some talk with Mrs. Dreyfoos, showing that they were uciiiaintcd. She testified further that Hemphill went In-hind n -ereen and sat beside n stove, ami that Mrs. Dreyfoos joined him back ,'if the, screen nnd talked vilh him lor nl nut one hour. Mills of Perjury. In fact, much of the testiinonv was contradictory all thru the trial and frequent were the intimations of per jury on the part of tiie principals from both sides. Mrs. Gnrwood made a splendid wit ness both on direct nnd cross exami nation,' even bringing forth from Dis trict Attorney Huberts the compli ment that she was a brainy, brilliant business woman. She was self-possessed lit nil times and denied the truth of testimony nnd tho charge against her in toto. Willi her books and checks at hand she presented mi npurciilly clear defense case, show ing Hint all her transactions with Mrs. Strickfadden mid Mrs. Dreyfoos and Hemphill's connection with them, were legitimate business transactions. She explained why Mrs. Dreyfoos and Mrs. Strickfadden hail given Hemphill $100 lo bund her nnd of how and ,vhy filly dollars more had been sent from Scntllc. Ai-Kiinicnts lteforo Jury. Both in his opening and closing ad dresses to the jury, District Attorney Roberts, although complimenting Mrs. Garwood's business ability and gen ernl cleverness, ridiculed her expln nations nnd intimated that she was guilty of perjury. He ably summed up; tho ease of circumstantial evi dence mid claimed thut it was without a flaw. Attorney Newbury, with his back against the wall, and at a great dis advantage due to the fact that the other two women had pleaded guilty nnd testified against his client, in his argument made n strong and im passioned plea for Mrs. Garwood. He derided tho testimony of Mrs. Drey foos and Mrs. Strickfadden and the claims that they and the prosecuting attorney mnde. lie tore to pieces, apparently, the fabric: of circumstan tial evidence and made out that Mrs. Garwood was the victim of a vicious plot. Newbury Makes nuii?;o. Ill fact ho strongly conveyed the intimation Hint the other two women had been promised immunity or at least leniency by District Attorney Huberts ami Assistant Attorney Rob inson of Portland if Ihey would plead guilty and turn slate's evidence. He also intimated that to save themselves us much ns possible Mrs. Strickfad den and Mrs. Dreyfoos-hnd conspired to throw all Hie blame on Mrs. Gar wood. He pointed out that the prose cution hud failed to show that Mrs. Garwood had expected to reap or did reap any financial benefit from the burning the house. "Then if she is guilty ns ehnrged," he shouted, "did she want the house lo be burned just for (he fun of having it burn?" District Attorney Roberts, in his closing argument, again wove together the cireiiuislanlial ehnin of evidence; lore to pieces the intimations mid rea soning of Attorney Newburv, and ve hemently denied lhn( either he or any one else hud promised Mrs. Strick fudilcu or Mrs. Dreyfoos any immu nity or leniency. Who Set the Fire? Judge Calkins' charge to the jury was very brief, and then the badly tangled up mess was handed into the liiuuls of Ihe jury for straightening onl, together with all Ihe documen tary evidence in the trial. And now that it is all over the world will never legally know who ac tually set Hie house on fire, or the identity of the "man from Seattle." The impiitulion rests tin a dead man and his reported confession, which is barred us evidence. NAVAL BATTLE RAX FHAi.VCISCO, June 1, Men enrolled ill tho reserve officers train ing camp at the Presidio hero wero to day congratulating themselves over tho fact that they will receive J 100 a month, according to announcements read by company commanders late yesterday. No date for t ho receipt of the money was given, the announce ment saying men would be given the monthly wage "eventually.- COPENHAGEN, June 1. The Ger man newspapers art. nli printing ar ticles on the naval bnttio or the Skag errack, the impression being quite generally expresed that a new battle etween the British and German fleets is a possibility in the near future. German naval writers for some time have been discussing the pros pect of the British fleet once more trying conclusions with Admiral Von Scheer's armada. Many of the writ ers have been governed by the preva lent German skepticism regarding the losses of British ships claimed by the Gorman admiralty but denied by the nrltish and without comment omit ships like the Tiger, the Warsplte and tho Marlborough from their calcula tions of British losses. The German admiralty, altho retaining the name nt the Tiger and a battleship of tho Queen Kllzabetb class, namely, the Warsplte, on itB table of losses, mod estly brackets them with the com ment "denied by British admiralty." The anniversary articles are also Intended to arouse enthusiasm for tho atlonal submarine subscription In aid of families of German sailors lost In submarine warfare. engaged in clerical ciinaciues siiouio claim exemption on the grounii mm tbev are performing a service esseii- CHICAGO, June 1 Considerable discussion has resulted from the post ing of a bulletin by K. W. Collins, su perintendent of the Postal Telegraph and Cable company offices here, in the operators room, in which Mr. Col ilines advises the company's employes to nsk draft exemption. The bulletin said in part: "Cable and telegraph operators and linemen should claim exemption on the ground that they are performing a higher, more diffi cult and more necessary service as operators and linemen than .they would perform ns soldiers. Kmployes tinl to mi efficient conduct of the (-u bio and telegraph business of thu na- J tion." ' , (ffifS lilt ... Ill CAPITAL $100,000. The Liberty Loan of 1917 THE First National Bank is prepared to receive subscriptions to the Liberty Loan of 1917, and will accord the public such information pertaining thereto as may be desired. WAR BOND TERMS Denominations: $50, $100 and upwards. Interest: 3'2 percent, payable semi-annually; Payments: Divided Into four pe riods from date of application to August 30. Closing date: June 15. Member of Federal Reserve. HI stNationalBank M EDFORD OREGON I TW ATT. rVPT1T!T? PPnMPTT.V PTT.TEVn MAIL OR EXPRESS PREPAID Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all drurrprists. We Save You Money on DIAMONDS . and High Grade Platinum and Gold Jewelry These two arllcles are mlvnm'liiK In price conllnu ully. lilninond as an investment aro conceded next to war bonds. See our ring stock, 1.00 to s.'.o.oo. MARTIN J. REDDY QUALITY FIRST Phone One-O. Mali us oiir wuiit.. VMtiirs .llnnjn Welcome. T x X ? I I I I X X X f i X I I X ? X ? : f ? ? f ? t y t f t y f ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? t ? ? ? ? ? ? ? t : t ? ? y t f t if if f WHITE SKIRTS . Just received a new line of the fa mous "KoiTect" "Wash Skirts, best fit ting garments made. Reasonably priced at $1.98, $2.98, $3.98 and $4.98 pa eh. M TheWoman's St ore 14-22 North Central MEDF0RD, OREGON. WHITE WAISTS Another big sale of the famous "Wirthmore" AVaists, many new styles to choose from; the best waist in the world for SATURDAY SALE OF SUMMER GOODS Get Ready for the Warm W eather Now While Stocks are Complete Summer Summer Underwear Women's Knit Vests in all sizes, good qualitv, A a each 1 1VC "KayserV fine lisle "Vests worth today 50c ; very 0 C special, each dJC Women's fine Union Suits, vpvv special, QQp each "Kayser's band top",. Un ion Suits, very spe- i?Q cial, each vUs "Kayscr's baud top" Vests of fine lisle, very special, each 0 Jv "Athena" Union Suits, the best fitting garment made; very special, jgfj Full line of "Kayser's" Italian Silk Underwear. yiMU'.'i.i.'iay is the Faultless Child's Shirt Double over abdomen; no belt or pin or button; best qualities. Ask about the safe and simple Pinless-Buttonless Dressing of Baby t ? ? t t t ? ? t ? T ? ? auo We arc sole agents in Medford for "Vanta" ments. Come and see them. for iar- "Vanta" Binders for 29. Babv Dresses, 49tf up to $2.00. Babv Bootese, 25 up to $1.00. FREE Baby diaper and book on the "Care of Babies," given away Saturday. We arc sole agents "Vanta" garments. "Vanta" Vests on sale at 39S 59S 69? and 89. "Vanta" Bands, 29 each. "Vanta" Gertrudes at 69 and 89 each. Hosiery W omen's Children's fiiA white Hose, very special, f Cp paii- . J.WV. W omen's and C h i 1 d r e n ' s fast black Hose, special, pair...-l"2 Women's fine lisle Hose in white and black, spe cial, pair.... Women's silk boot 1 lose, all colors, very spe- PQp cial, pair Vv A new line of fan cy silk Hose, just in conies in all col ors ; special, pair 29c ' New Separate Skirts More attractive than ever new models constantly arriving; an appropriate model for every occasion; smart plain styles for business wear, fancy styles for wear with dainty blouses. The prices are thelowest in the city for garments of equal quality. They come in checks, plaids, Roman stripes, both in wool and silk. Priced from $5.18 to $15. $1.25 New Summer Dresses. I y t ? ? 1 y f t f f f f f T f y f Some beautiful new Summer Dresses, made of voiles, linen suitings, pongees and nianv other weaves; on sale from $6.9S up to $12.50. New Silk Dresses in up-to-date styles, from $13.50 to $30.00. New "Smocfe" at $1.98 to $3.50 each. New Middy Blouses from $1.00 up. Boys' Wash Suits, 69 up to $2.98. Children's Wash Dresses, made of good ginghams, from 69 up to $3.9S each. PRINTED WASH BATISTE 1,000 yards extra fine grade of fan- ev batistes lor summer dresses, in ctripes and floral designs; on sale Saturday at, yard 18c EXTRA SPECIAL 25 new crepe de chine Waists in white, flesh and maize; on sale at, PQ QD each $d.70 89c SUMMER SILK SALE Tub Silks, W2 inches wide, verv Si:': $1.19 Fancy Silks and Satins, in stripes suitable for summer skirts and suits, up to 'i.'J") value's, spe- vard.'.1 $1.69 "KAYSER'S" SUMMER GLOVES W o in en ' s lisle ( ilovcs in all colors, worth at todav's Imported Pongee Silk, worth 1.00; special, vard..! .. Figured Pongee Silk.spe- (Pf OA cial. yard tfl.dtJ White Corduroy, for summer skirts, special, yard 98c prices, per pair Women's wash able Chamoisctte Cloves, in all colors. special, worth up to 8-V; 25c jii-ijgc CORSET SALE 69c Women's good qual itv coutil Corsets, worth today $1.00; very special, pair New ' Brassieres, nicely trimmed with lace or embroidery. 69c New models in Dr. Warner's Corsets at $1.00 up to $2.50. New front lace mod el at $2.50. Agents for the Red Fern Corsets. TUB SKIRTINGS In fancy figures, Hfl inches wide. very good for suits and sport skirts; on sale Saturday at, yard ' SILK RIBBON SALE Wide Marie Rib lions in all colors, all silk, very special. while they last, vard.. f f f f y f f y f f Y f f f f f f t f Y f f Rib- f 39c-: 15c Wide Hair bon, in all colors, & also fancy designs; uptooOeval- nr lies- special,.... WHITE GOODS BARGAINS nr-inch fine white Fine Organdie for s u in m e r dresses, special, a oard Heavy Pique for skirts, indies wide, sjip cial, yard 28c 39c Voile, very special, yard... 48c White (iaberdine, for skirts and suits, 28c very special, yard f f f t f f f f f f y f f y I1AJN.N S TJlli BtST GOODS i'OK THE PRICE NO MATTER WHAT THE PRICE MANN'S f 9
