M’MINNVILLE, ORE., FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 1D00,
Entered at the Postofficein McMinnville,
as Second-clash matter.
One Dollar if paid In advance, Singlenumbersfivecenta.
k.VECVTIOX AT DALLAS.
court, 1899. The evidence brought out
at this trial did not differ materially
W. G. Magers, the convicted murderer from that of the first trial, and the jury,
after being out about an hour, returned
of Andrew Haymond Sink, expiated his a verdict of guilty of murder in the first
crime on the gallows at Dallas according degree.
The sentence of death was
to program last Friday.
He died pro­ again pronounced upon him. An appeal
testing his innocence.
An extra edition was again taken to the supreme court,
but the motion for a new trial was de­
issued by the Polk County Observer gives nied, and he was re-sentenced at the
the following account of the execution December, 1899, term to be hauged Feb­
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ruary 2, 1900. The evidence produced
and hiBtory of the crime :
At 10 o’clock Sheriff VanOrsdel went at the trial was wholly circumstantial,
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into his cell and read the death warrant. and in substauce was about as follows:
In
the
spring
of
1898,
Magers
went
to
The doomed man displaced considerable
temper, and proceeded to demolish every Sherman county, and worked for Sink,
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loose article of furniture in his cell.
In who was a well-to-do stockman living and the lap robe that was in the buggy
have
never
been
found.
uear
Moro.
After
leaving
Sink's
place,
a frenzy of rage, he broke his table into
Last week Mrs. J. C. Nelson spent
kindling wood.
He soon grow calmer, Magers came to the home of his brother-
The McMinnville Fence Work*
some days in Portland.
however, aud when he was led out of his in-law, E. Manning, near Gervais, and
cell, he displayed but a slight amount oi during hop-picking time induced Sink
Was established just three years ago,
Mrs. Bennie Wiley is stopping with
agitation. Just at 10:14 he was led upon to come to tlie valley, holding out the beginning with picket-wire fence ma­
her brother, W. V. Wiley, of Hillsboro.
the gallows. Sheriff VanOrsdel and Ehl. idea to him that the purchase of a livery
Mrs. H. R. Morris visited her parents,
Riggs leading the way.
Magers was stable in Gervais would prove to 1>e a chinery ami gradually extending the
supported by Deputy Sheriff J. T. Ford paying investment. Sink made some business to include fencing and fencing J. D. Carter and wife, in McMinnville
and W. E. Williams, of Airlie. The attempt to buy the stable, anti on one or material, wire and wire goods for all pur- last week.
death watch brought up the rear.
He two occasions said to various persons he [uwes. At that time steel and steel prod­
After a three months’ visit with her
walked upon the trap without aid, and was going to shake $2100 at the propri­
stood looking down at the crowd below. etor for the property, giving the impres­ uets were at bed-rock prices—below the sister, Mrs. Frank Hobson of Idaho.
He was neatly attired in a suit of black, sion that he had considerable money on cost of production—and probably will Miss Mabie David has returned to her
with w hite collar and black tie, and w ore his person. On the day of the murder, not be so low for many years to come, home near town.
tan shoes. Further than a quiver of the Sink was intending to start home, aud yet with the low prices of wire, wire
Dr. Woody, a prominent Baptist min­
chin the doomed man displayed but lit­ he and Magers hired a team and buggy
tle agitation.
Prayer was ottered by ami drove to Salem, arriving thereabout fences were then higher in price in Mc­ ister of Portland, preached to a large
Ehler Riggs, and Sheriff VanOrsdel then 10 o’clock in the morning and leaving Minnville than at the present time.
congregation on Sunday evening at the
asked Magers if he had anj thing to say. the team at Keeler's stable near the eml
The McMinnville Fence Works manu­ Baptist church iu Newberg.
lie replied with a voie«* quivering with of the Salem bridge. They ate dinner
Chaplain Gilbert of the Second Ore­
emotion : “Gentlemen, you are looking at Strong’s restaurant, between 11 and factures picket wire fencing, and with
upon an innocent man;
I pray that 12 o'clock, ami shortly afterward went fourteen jears' experience, still holds the gon volunteers spoke to a limited num­
to
Captain
Downs'
lodging
house,
near
those who testified against me will be
opinion that it is the best fence a man ber at the M. E. church on Friday last.
forgiven, and that I will meet them in the bridge, aud at once to bed. Between can build, when properly made and set. The talk was vastly interesting, and
Heaven. I forgive those who have done six and seven o'clock in the evening
Of late years fence of all wire has been those who remained away missed a treat.
me wrong.’’ When he had ceased speak­ they returned to the stable, where the
On Saturday Druggist C. E. Smith
ing, Sheriff VanOrsdel pinioned his arms team had been left, and ordered the cheapened uud improved until it has
They then drove
and legs, and stepping to the lever, team hitclie«l up.
come within reach for ordinary farm use. was arrested on a charge of illegally dis­
away,
saying
that
they
were
going
for
a
sprung the trap. The body shot down­
The outcome of the
To meet the demand for a good all-wire pensing liquor.
ward ns straight as an arrow, and the drive and that they would soon be back.
drop broke his neck instantly.
lit* This was the last time that Sink was fence the McMinnville Fence Works has trial, which is set for Wednesday, the
made three attempted respirations with­ seen alive and positively identified. secured the agency of what is undoubt­ 7th, is eagerly looked for.
in one-half a minute, and otm feeble ex­ Shortly after they left the stable, a edly the best of al) wire fences, tho world
piration wilhin one and onehnli min­ young man named Sparr was loading famous AMERICAN FIELD FENCE,
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utes. The pulse for the first minute was wood 011 the Lincoln road north of Sa­
lem,
on
the
Folk
county
side
of
the
guaranteed
absolutely
satisfactory
by
the
74; next 3 minutes from 80 to IM; filth
Walter Pruden of Lafayette was in our
minute, 48; and increased to 135. After river, and while there a team answering manufacturers themselves. The compa­
city on Sunday.
the
description
of
the
team
driven
by
hanging 12 minutes, lie was pronounced
ny is the largest steel and wire manufac­
The little child of Mr. J. T. Patterson
dead by the pinsicians, Dr. R E. L. Sink and Magers passed him oil the turing concern in the world, and the wire
road,
and
while
not
positively
identify
­
Steiner, of Dallas, and O. D. Buller, ol
is reported as being seriously ill.
Inde)»endeuce. The body was cut down ing them as being the parties he saw in for this fence is drawn especially for it;
Miss Edna Buun is visiting her sister
and turned over to his brother in-law, the buggy, he fell morally certain they all HARD WIRE, but not too hard—just Dora, who is at the hospital in Portland.
were
the
same
parties.
He
saw
the
body
Manning. Tim remains were buried in
of Sink at the morgue, ami at that time right for fencing purposes—and ample
W. C. Miller of McMinnville was in
the old Dallas cemetery.
remarked to a friend that he felt sure it provision is made under their own pat­ our city Monday, looking after the hop
Magers was born in Marion county, was that of one of the parties he saw in
ents for contraction and expansion by
ami was alioiit 26 years of age.
A few the buggy. He afterwards saw Magers
business.
days ago he made a profession of Christi­ in the com t room, and believed him to heat and cold. It is a heavy fence, and
Ed. Crandall, our painter, left Mon­
anity, and was baptised by Elder Barton be one of the men who drove past him the weight of metal is so placed to meet day for Sumpter, where he goes looking
Riggs, pastor of the Christian church, a on the evening in question. The evi­ the strain and wear of an effective and
for work.
large lank having lieen taken into tlm dence went to show that on that even­
lasting fence. A fatal defect , in most
Lola Perkins has been very sick for
jail for I hat purpose. His mother and a ing a buggy had driven down the road
younger brother visited him early in the toward Lincoln, and had turned into a fences is the use of light wires. They the last week, but at the present time
week, and slm urged him to tell the lane leading to the residence of E. E. say “no strain comes on them, they are she seems to be a little better.
Iruth concerning all be knew about the Harritt, then turned around and came only put in to hold the fence in Bhape.”
Thos. Laughlin and wife are in Forest
crime. He protested lus innocence to out of the lane and continued on north
her, and told lier Im had nothing to con­ to where a road turns off in the direc­ When they are gone, what will t>e the Grove at the bedside of their mother,
fess. The parting between tlm inotlmi tion of the river and leads off into a result? No little wires in the AMERI­ Mrs. John Laughlin, who is very low.
and son was a most pitiable scene.
He lonely stretch of waste land, covered CAN—No. 12 is tho smallest.
Mr. Curtis Jones and Miss Nora Bur­
asked that his bat be sent home, as he with brush and cut up by sloughs. The
Don’t like the American? How’s the
ton were married at the M. E. church
would have no further use for it. Tlm buggy continued 011 down toward the
execution was witnessed by about 2f 0 river until some bars anil a feuce were Shinier Spring Steel, the Ellwood Dia­ Sunday evening at 8:30, by Rev. Leach,
persons, while several hundred rnen reached. At this point a dog belonging mond and DeKalb Cable wire fences? Miss Grace Fox being the bridesmaid,
stood just outside the enclosure. The to a man camped near the bars made so The McMinnville Fence Works ib agent
execution this morning rings down tlm much disturbance that the rig seemed to for all of them, and Ellwood Jr., Wau- and Mr. F. L. Trulhnger the best man.
There was an immense crowd at the
curtain on one of tlm most noted and ex have been turned and driven back to the
: keganito barb wires aud M. M. S. poul­
pensive murder »rials in the history of main road, then turned south toward
church to witness the ceremony.
try nettings. Dealer in fencing lumber,
Oregon.
Salem, and into Ilarritt’s lane again.
WHITEBON.
About tlm 20tl> day of September, The buggy passed through the gate, cedar, oak and steel posts, wood, iron
1898, some hoys who were on tlm Wil­ presumably for the purpose of getting and wire gates and fences, electrical
lamette river in a skiff discovered the the heavy iron window weights attached wires and supplies, iron and steel and
Wesley Morrison, the livery m^i of
body of a num floating in tlm river, a to the gate, and was then driven out to
Dallas, was in town Sunday..
copper
and
brass
wireB,
wire
cloth
-short distance below the steel bridge at the mam road once more and in the di­
R. W. Phillips attended the hanging
Salem, and near the Polk county side. rection of Salem. Here, near the lane, for all purposes, wire rope, bale ties,
The mutter was at once leported to the the tracks were lost, The shoes worn by wire work, bird cages, household and of Magers at Dallas last Friday.
coroner of Marion county ; mit the body the horses driven by Magers and Sink office wire articles, etc.
The oyster supper given by the C. E.
being on tlm Polk county side of tlm were compared with the tracks in the
last Saturday was a decided success.
The
largest
retail
exclusively
fence
and
river, Coroner L. N. Woods of Polk Harritt lane, and corresponded exactly,
Uncle Dick Phillips and wife made a
county was n< titled.
He immediately l he tires on tlie buggy driven by them wire establishment in the Northwest.
repaired to the scene, and after empan­ were almost new, and made a clear cut The wire sign WIRE
made of wire. rushing visit to Salem the last of last
eling a jury, proceeded to hold an ex­ track which correspondetl with those in
week.
Everybody invited to visit the Mc­
amination.
It was fourni that tlm de­ tlie lane. About iq o'clock that same
There will be regular service in the
ceased had apparently been struck on night, Magers drove into the Fashion Minnville Fence Works.
Presbyterian
church Sunday, conducted
tlm fotehead with some blunt instru­ stables, in Salem, and saying that he
by Rev. Scott.
ment, tlm common carotid artery had would be back in a few minutes, left the
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been cut, and there was also a wound in team and went away.
lie was gone
J. Pratt of McCoy is visiting in town.
Notice is hereby given that the county
the mouth.
Tlm hands were tied to­ aliout half an hour, and then returned to
He will leave Thursday for an extended
gether with a rope and a window weight the stables and drove off. He arrived at superintendent of Yamhill county will
tied to them ; lhe legs weie also tied and the home of his brother-in-law, near hold the regular examination of appli­ visit with relatives in Idaho.
C. D. Morgan has rented his farm to
a similar weight attached to them. Tim Gervais, about one o’clock in the morn­
jury returned a verdict that deceased bad ing, and went to a tent at the hop yard, cants for state papers at McMinnville, R. C. Smith.
He and his wife started
come to his death at the hands of some where a couple of girls and a young mail February 14, 115, 16 and 17th as follows: Tuesday for California.
person unknown to the jury, and the were waiting for him. He remained at Commencing Wednesday,February 14th.
Artisan lodge meets every Wednesday.
body was then taken to the morgue at tlie tent a short time, ami then went to at 9 o’clock and continuing until Satur­
Salem to await identification.
the house and retired. Before leaving day, February 17th, at 4 p. m. Wednes­ The membership is increasing rapidly,
and a decided interest is being takenr
After being several days in the morgue, for Salem tlie niornipg before, he had
spelling,
the body was finally identified by a told one of the girls he might go with day—penmanship, history,
Miss Edith Percival returned Satur­
algebra,
reading
and
school
law
;
Thurs
young man by the name of Niece, of them to Portland the next day, but that
day
from McMinnville, where she has
Sherman county, as that of Andrew he didn’t know for certain; when he re­ day—written arithmetic, theory of teach­
Raymond Sink, a wealthy rancher from turned to the tent that morning he said ing, grammar, liook-keeping, physics, been assisting Mr. Hembree in the book
store.
near Moro, Oregon.
Meanwhile, the he would go. The next day, in com­
officers had been diligently searching pany with the girls, and other hop pick- civil government; Friday—physiology,
Mr. Cane and wife of Nebraska, who
I
ers,
he
went
to
Portland
and
stopped
geography,
mental
arithmetic,
composi
­
for some clue which would throw light
are
on a tour of the northwest, spent the
He re­ tion and physical geography ; Saturday—
on the foul crime, and upon investiga ' with them at the Depot hotel
tion, found that Sink had last been seen mained with the two girls at the hotel botany, plane geometry, general history, latter part of last week with W. G. Rob­
alive on the evening of September 13, for a week or more, and was arrested
bins and family.
English literature and priycholngy.
1898, in company with one W. G. Ma­ there by the officers. At the time of his
Rev. Scott will give a steriopticon en­
E.
V.
L
ittlefield
,
Co.
Supt.
gers, of near Silverton. Magers had arrest, he was trying to induce one of
tertainment
and lecture in the church
recently been discharged from the pen­ the girls to go east with him. Magers
Saturday evening. A book will be given
< •lainibu* School Moles.
itentiary, having been sentenced to that was taken to the police headquarters in
institution from Folk county on a charge Portland, and when questioned about
Mr. Griesen was a visitor last Friday to the most even tempereil person pres­
of burglary, and bore a bad reputation the crime, told a number of conflicting
ent.
morning.
and
impossible
stories.
At
the
first
generally. Magers was located in a few
By the united effort of the Christian
Tlie
boys
are
having
lots
of
fun
on
days at the Depot hotel, in Portland, in trial he claimed that after driving out of
Endeavor society, of which Miss Jean
company with two young women, one of' Keeler’s stable they met one of Sink’s those rings.
whom he represented to be liis wife and old friends, whose name he could not
Reviews for the fifth month come Waddel is president, a number of im­
the oilier bis niece. He was arrested remember, and that Sink and the friend
provements are going on in the church.
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again
next week.
drove
away
together,
while
he
remained
and brought to Polk county, and upon a
A new rostrum has been added and soon
Considerable
sickness
is
reported
in
preliminary hearing at Independence, in Salem. He testified that later in the
we can boast of a new carpet.
was held for murder in the first degree evening he found the team standing j our building.
to await the action of the grand jury. hitched near the river. While in Port-
The pupils have been invited to attend
for Heller Hoods.
He was at once brought to Dallas and I land, Magers and his female companions
the
exercises at the Baptist church next
!
had
proceeded
to
“
take
in
the
sights,
”
placed in jail. At the December term of
Jas. Reid, road supervisor of District
circuit court he was ilidi« te«l for murder I but now much money he had spent 1 Monday evening.
No. 24, whose territory embraces the
in the first degree, and the case cuuie on could not be learned. When arrested,
There has been no literary society or­
for trial. Much difficulty was experi ; he had quite a sum of money in his ganized in our building, so far as we McMinnville-Dayton road, was in the
city on Wednesday, filing his report
enced in securing a jury, owing to the ' ¡ossessioii, which on the trial proved to
wide spread notoriety the crime had at­ ' la- a considerably greater amount than have heard.
with the county court.
Mr. Reid be­
:
lie
had
earned
since
his
discharge
from
tained
After exhausting the regular
lieves that the way to have good roads
“
I
think
I
would
go
crazy
with
pain
'
the
penitentiary.
After
his
arrest,
an
panel, and examining about IOu special
veniremen, a jury was obtained., The inspection of the buggy disclosed blood were it not for Chamberlain’s Pain is to build them. Accordingly, he levied
trial lasted several days, and thé jury, on the floor and back curtain, and upon Balm,” writes Mr. W. U, Stapleton, three assessments on the taxpayers of
after t2 hours deliberation, returned a a careful examination by experts it was Herminie, Pa.
"I have been afflicted hia district, which, with the $211 dona­
verdict of''guilty’’ as charged in the in- pronounced to be blood precisely the
with
rheumatism
for several years and tion made by the business men of Mc­
■ami
us
human
blood,
and
the
floor
of
«lictrneut- Judge Burnett pronounced
the death sentence upon the prisoner, the buggy also bore the appearance of have tried remedies without number, Minnville, furuished 290 cubic yards of
On the evening but Pain Balm is the beat medicine I road. Tlie supervisor desires to express
but an appeal being taken to the supreme havingbeen sernbbed.
court on questions of law arising during j of the murder and shortly after Magers ' have got hold of.” One application re­ his thanks to the business men who so
the trial, that body after «lue consider­ j and Sink ha«l left Captain Downs' lodg-
liberally and cheerfully contributed to
ation granted him a new trial. He was 1 tug house, Magen returned to th« house lieves the pain. For aale by How or th 4
I the fund for improving the highway.
again med at the May term of circuit and carried «way Mink's grip. The grip I Co., druggists.
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