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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, MARCH 4, 1909.
BRUTAL MURDER ON
SUNDAY NIGHT.
Robbery and Whiskey the
Cause of the Crime.
SHERIFF DID GOOD WORK
Discovered the Murdered Man-
Caused Murderer to be Arrest
ed and Obtained Confession.
It was through the promptress and Hawk and District Deputy Attorney
energy of Sheriff Crenshaw that a cold Cooper,
blooded. prettiediluted murder win un
The Confession.
earthed un Tmsday morning. He was
gHj<] hu name was Adolf Nicholas
advised at midnight <>n Monday that I Noid^tit.iu, On Sunday night l«e got
John Paterson was mis-ung that day . M »addle hors« at Eaaiw’s barn in Till
and i.<» trace could be found ot bun. nmiMik City. It wuHhw intention when
Fled Hagglund and E L arson were the he 1» ft the coy i<> go to B ty City to set
individual« who got the sheriff up at about the bout. When he reach«d
that late hour and confided in him lheir Pett-rson's place at the Kodad hill, not
suspicions that Peterson had met with far from lhe camp, he tied the hoi sc
foul i-’ay. The sheriff, after hearing in the shed and went into lhe house for
their story, also came to the name con the purpose of stealing some money.
clusion, and if anything wrong had About $2. The house was in darkness,
taken place Adolf N. Norstrom was the and when he knew that Peterson was
mail to locate and arrest without delay. awake and heard him talking, Nord
It was discovered lhatNordstrom had left strum went out and gut on the horse and
town iu a buggy with Drew Dawson rode out and tied the animal in the
ahfut noon, who was taking him to brush to a small tree south of lhe house.
Sheridan. J ailing to get a telephone to Nordstrom went back to lhe house,
Dawson, he deputized Henry Dawson to and Peterson was then in the kitchen
overtake his brother and his man and sitting and talking. Peterson told Nord
bring Nordstrom back dead or alive. Strom that someone had been in lhe
Henry Dawson started off imjuii after house. Ue believed it was Hall because
in díiight and at day break found his of lhe horse. Nordstrom said he had
brother at Albert Mason’s, where he and lost his hat, a black one. and the old
Nordstrom remaimed over night. Early man had picked it up. Peterson told
Tuesday morning Sheriff Crenshaw got Nordstrom all about someone having
into telephone communicatiou with been there and leaving a horse outside
Daw-Run, and when Nordstrom went out As the old man had picked up his hat,
into the barn to resume his journey, the Nordstrom thought that he would tell
Dawsons arrested and hand cuffed him on him and he would get into trouble,
and started for the city. He made no anyway, so he intended knocking hiu.
sens« less, as it was lhe only way ht
resistance.
On Sunday John Peterson. Adolf Could gel out of it, as he knew lilt
Nordstrom, F. Hagglund and E. Larson old man would get him Peterson was
w re in the city, and having quit on the sitting on the buns in the corner. Nord
railroad, they liad agreed to leave the siroiu took Ins revolver from his pocsei
county together, and while in the city and knocked Peterson on the head with
they had been drinking. They all leturu- the huit at the weapon, and as ne d>u
e 1 to fhecaii-p I at»- Sunday afU moon.and so Ins head knocked against lhe wall,
in the evening Nordstrom again camo I the wall being spattered with blood lit
to town.
As Peterson could not be again knocked Inm on the head u Uplu
found on Monday Hagglund and L trson of limes, but it might have been mole
came to town that day to make in limes than that and then dragged lhe
quines and Isle ac night notified the body outside the house. Nordstrom
aheriff. N ordstrom knew that Peterson identified several pieces of lhe butt oi
had money fur they had all been paid the revolver which he struck the old
off.
man wilu and which were found by the
Soon after seven o'clock Tuesday slieiiif in Lhe room where Peterson was
morning Sheriff Crenshaw and other» murdered Then lie said he could not
left for Kodad hill, where Peterson say as lhe pltces as they looked awfuil)
lived in a small house on lhe left hand worn. When asked whether the pieces
side of lhe road, to ascertain if he c«>uld belonged to me buit of the levulver be
find any trace oi' the missing man. used to s ill Peterson he udiuilu-d that
Others also engaged in the search and they did.
they had about given up the id« a that
He draggid the body down the bill
Peterson had met with foul play, but and ietl it there. He dragged inm
the sheriff still continued to search. He liirough lhe woodshed, then dowu
got onto a l og a nd he w as surpr'sed to liuuugli llie barbed wire fviice und lull
see, not far distant, a luun I) mg in a I.Im. He could not drag Inin any fur
pool of water with his lace d iwn and ther because tie whb so heavy Intended
lhe head covered with a coat and vest. hiding ilia body. There »as no water
To raise nil alarm, the snenff tired two In the meado v when he dragged Irini
shots, and this having failed he went up there. He did nut remember which way
to the house and told what he had lie lay III tlie water. He left him as he
found. He made a careful examination was and as he d ugged linn down lhe
of tile house and the room a here the •i II. His coal wm nr pieces as lie
murder had been committed and then dragged Inm with II. Peterson ua-nor
traced where lhe body had been «Ragged dead and was breathing when In
to where he had found it. In the num dragged hliu out, and lie Hlrug^ied u
the sheriff found several pieces off lhe little. He did nut strike him again aim
butt of a revolver aud some shells. The lie was breulliing when he dragged lum
wall and window were spattered with When asked II he thought Pekrsun
blood, and lie was convinced that a would die, Nordstrom replied " Yea, 1
revolver bad been used to kill Peterson. thought lie would die," and the reason
The shenff then returned to town to lie liiuuglit lie would die was that
a a sit lhe arrival of Nordstrom. As Peterson was making a
gurgling
suuli as he reached the city the sheriff noise and Ins mouth was full of i>l<>od.
examined Nordslrum's things, which he lie thought more of Peterson's money
had in a sack, and on lhe inside sleeves of than Ins life, lie had been drinking
lhe coat that Nordstrom w«»re on Sun. and knew that w hiskey did not excuse
day were found blood marks. The huu fur the crime lie hud committed.
prisoner was taken to the scene of the
He went and got his horse and came
tragedy, snd as soon as he an ivrd out up the lull, and as he did so Ire threw
side of lhe house Sheriff Crenshaw took hi, revolver over the hill into the brush,
Nordstrom aside. Before doing so, lie The revolver wua in his pants' pocket.
told the crowd that he waa going to pro He thought the revolver would be evi
tvet his prisoner, as there had l*«m sums deuce agumst huu so he did nut want it
talk of lynching him.
For several i and threw it away.
minute« ihv sheriff talked to Nordstrom,
Asked whether he shot Peterson with
telling him that he was convinced that
the reVolver. Nordstrom replied, "No, I
I ih had committed the crime and advised
did not shoot In n with Hie revolver, I
him to own up. As ths sheriff had
beat hull to death. Il I had bred a shot
feiled to Ibid the revolver which was in*'
someone would have heard it.'' There
strumental hi committing the grew some
were ouly tour shells iu lhe revolver,
crime ths sheriff said that Nordstrom
and he did not know wliat liecame of
had ag'evd to show him where lie had
litem. From lhe house he rode straight
thrown the weapon. Frank Severance
nccompanie«! them. When thev returned to the liverv stable. Noone was there.
Die door was half open. H; put the
the sheriff made a statement that lhe
horse
in and let him go to a stall and he
pnsonsr would CtmfvM all
placed fl on the counter. Nordstrom
Coroner Hawk had been notified in
lhe morning and he waa on hand with a tlien went to Stephens at the White Cor
ner, and war there until alter 13 o'clock
jury tn av'ertam the cause of death.
He went opt ol utephena' place a couple
The prisoner was taken to the room
where he had eomnutted the crime. It of times to another cigar store and then
was a small room at ths laick of tl e t went back. He had a couple of drinks
h »use with the window facing west, at Stephens' Then he took his iwaj
u >der which was a bunk The walls away and took it |along. He intended
and window were »pattered with blood to take tire boat nt Bay City, but could
and it looked as though the dying man not hiidlany Imdy to take Inin in a launch.
had made a struggle for his life. It was Hethen went to Charley Lundquist's,
in thia room that Nordbtrvm made a north ol town, and put his swag there
clean «'«mfamioa m answer to queelmns ar d slept in tie barn Bunday night. He
put to Inm by Sh* rilf Crvnshsw. Corum r came to town Monday morning and
went to Stephens', where he had a couple
of drinks. From there he went Io fore the fire, as the fellow *ho ’u,d •"ld
Dawson's livery barn, and asked if there him the whiskey which was. indirectly, 11
was a »tsge leaving for the railroad. He one of the causes which lead him to com
did not know what railroad. They told | mit the brutal murder Sheriff Crenshaw
him that the stage to the railroad left immediately place Langwortb under ar.
at tour o'clock. He went out and Inter rest and yanked him off to tl*" con«1 j
returned, and asked them il they wanted house with the murderer.
to lake him out. He was told that he
could have a rig and was told it would
Coroner W C. Hawk held an inquest
be ready at 12 o’clock and the coat
would be $30. He told them to he readv on the reninins ot the deceased, the jure-
men heingC.A. Elliott. C W. Pike. N
at 12 o'clock and Nordstrom went to
C. H’lnaen. I- C, B-wlev, A. G. Wright,
the barn at 12:15 p in. They were not
and D. G. Goodspeed. After hearing
ready with the rig and be waited a
Nordstrom narrate the particulars of the
quarter of an hour for them. He was murder iu hi» confession in the cabin the |
driven down to Charley Lundquist's
brought to the city to cum-j
and went into the barn and took his jury
plete the taking of evidence.
swag. Then they drove right ahead.
E. Larson was acquainted with Peter-
lie was esked whether that was the
son
about 18 months and the last he
first crime be.had committed and he
answered that it was. He was asked saw of him was about five o'clock on j
what time the murder was committed. Sunday evening in bis cabin. He was
Hr thought it was somewhere between not lull, but had been drinking. Knew
He had .
nine and eleven o'clock, and no oils else Peterson had about $250.
was about the shanty. He admitted known Nordstrom since last August and I
that "John Peterson" was the name of the last he saw of him was about eleven
Opposite the Post Offiee.
the man he had killed. He also admit o’clock on Monday morning. He did not I
tell
him
where
he
waa
going.
He
missed
ted that he took abont $300 from Peter
son. He spent some money in town, Peterson Monday morning
Fred Hagilnnd saw 'he deceased li st
about $35, the suit of clothes cost $J3 50
He spent some money the night before on Sunday afternoonand he showed him
He thought he spent about $ >0 all told $200 HI lhe cabin, and na nothing could
He knew the old man hid money before I« found ol Peterson on .Monday morn
he went there When asked if Peterson ing he thought that some'bin« was
made any resistance, Nordstrom answer wrong. Nordstrom knew that Peterson
ed, “Yes ; he tried to fitfht me. I did not had money.
j. P. ALiLtENi Proprietor.
E. E. Dawson testified to taking Nord
hit him very hard the brst time." When
asked again whether he struck Peterson slrom out and substantiated what the
when on the outside of the house, Nord prisoner had said in his confession re
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strum said, "Yes ; I think I did with the garding that. He made the arrest from
revolver.'’
He did not think there instructions from Sheriff Crenshaw, and
A First Class Table. Comfortable Beds and Accommodation.
was much water where he dragged the after doing ho he searched him and took
tardy. Nordstrom had been wearing a roll of green backs from him, also a
logger’s boots tor several days. He had | purse with a |20 piece, two $5 pieces and
on other clothes on Sund ry and had his other change. Nordstrom had two sacks
other coat on when he killed him, mid of clothes and two guns, and he bought
he admitted also that blood might a value at Mason’s store that morning.
Sheriff Crenshaw testified that he did
have got on his clothes when be tou.'lr-
d him, and no one was around the not know either parties. Hagglund and
place. After Peterson had found his hat Larsen came to his house about eleven
above everything distinguished
Nordstrom thought he would testily o’clock on Monday night and informed
ngainst him, for he knew that he had him that they had a little business they
tried to rob him and had seen tile horse. wanted to tell him about. Thev were
He did not intend to take all of his in town Sunday with Peterson and
From the Common
money at brst, and did not intend to get Nordstrom. and returned to camp that
it all. Peterson had accused him or afternoon together. They were going
Used on the family table it turns a dry lunch
someone of trying to rob him. When to leave the county together, and as
into an enjoyable sustaining meal, makes home
Peterson woke up Nordstrom went our Peterson could not be found on Monday
of the house. When he saw that Peter they thought something had happened
cheerful, keep the men at home and offers
son had lit a lamp he jumped on his him. The sheriff then explained how he
effective
aid to real temperance.
nurse and took lhe animal in the brush dispatched Henry Dawson at midnight
and tied him up. He took the money to overtake and arrest Nordstrom and
Crders should be Sent to the
ironi Peterson after he dragged the to bring him back dead or alive. He
-iody outside at the back of the house, described finding the body of Peterson,
near the shed. He was not dead then. and recited to >h« jury what lie «lid
■ nd it was at this place where he hie which caused Nordstrom to make a con
lim lhe last time.
fession. He told him whatever he said
Slireiff Crenshaw then took the prison, would be used against him, and Nord
er to where the body was found, and on strom said he knew that.
Agents for the H. Weinhard Brewery, Manufacturers of the
his way down Nordstrom pointed out
Dr. R. T Boals having testified as to
rhe spot where ha threw the revolver. the cause of death was by a fracturned
Tillamook Rock Brand Carbonated Beverages.
It was dark at the time.
lie dragged skull, the jury brought in a verdict that
Agents for the Bartlett Spring Mineral water.
the body under a barbed wire fence J >hn Peterson came to his death by
There was not ns much water there being struck oyer the head with a blunt
as there was then, and when further in instrument in the hands of Nordstrom. I
terrogated, said "Yes ; I dragged him
Peterson lias a brother working for the
■town the hill and over the grass and Astoria tailruad and was about 55
this is where I left him.’ He did not years of age. He was a Mason and Otld-
remember whether he put a coat over fellow and was a native of Sweden.
Peterson's head, as it was dark at the
Nordstrom is a native of the same
lime. He pulled and dragged him bi country and 25 years of age. He is
the coal and the coat was torn to pieces. well built and from the tattoo marks on
He intended to hide the body, but could his hands it is thought he must have
nut drag him any further Irecnuse lie been a sailor. It is thought also that
was so heavy. Asked whether that was he had committed crime before he came
the man he murdered he said, "Yes ; that to Tillamook. He realizes there is no
is the man. That is his boots. I know hope for him. He will be tried at the
them." Peterson had been sleeping in his April term of the Circuit Court.
clothes.
The body of Peterson was found in the
No Use To Die.
"1 have found out that there is no use
meadow and in a pool of water. There
were no blood marks in the trail, which to die of lung trouble ns long as you
can gel Dr. King's New Discovery,’•
goes to prove that he had not lost Have Mrs J. P. While, of Rusliboro. Pa.
much blood. The (ace was partly cov "I would not be alive to-day only for
ered with water, and if there was any Chut wonderfui medicine. It loosens up
a cougli quicker Ilian anything else, and
life in the body when it was dragged cures
lung iliseasa even after the esse is
there, drowning must have completed pronounced hopilesa.” This most reli
the work, A coat and vest covered the able remedy for coughs and colds, la-
head, the lace being downward. As the gripi*. asthma, bronchitis and honme-
126 Fiîth Street, Portland.
is sold under guarantee at Chas.
body was taken from the waler rind ness.
I Ciougli's drug store. 50c. and $1.00.
turned over the lace presented a most Trial bottle free.
horrible airpearace, the head a face being
Pest Healer in the World.
covered with blood Irom the wounds.
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First Class Rooms.
Peterson's watch had »topp'd at 11.15
Maine, says: •' 1 have used Bucklen's
The prisoner showed some signs of Arnica Salve for several years* on my
nervousness and his lace flushed as he old army wound, and other obstinate
stood before the body of lhe man lie sores and And it the best healer in the
world. 1 use il too with great success
murdered, and W. E. Catleihn and Will in my veterinary nusine.M.*’ Price 25c.
The Only First Class Hotel in Tillamook, Ore.
Harris having found the revolver, the at Chas. I. Clough's drug store.
o ern ok.
Traveling Men s Home., Tourists'Headquarters.
prisouer identified it. There were blood
aud hair on the weapon.
The Lucky Quarter
J. F. RAMSEY, Pro.
Is the one you pay ,out for a hox of
The body of Peterson was brought to
the front of the house and as Nordstrom Dr King’s New Life Pill«. They bring
you lhe health that’a more precious than
stood and gated on the bloody and man jewels. Try them for headache, hrlioua-
gled counteuance oi the man he had ne*e, constipation and malaria. If they
brutally and cowardly murdered seemed disappoint you the pr,ne will be cheer
fully refunded at Cline. I. Clough's drug
have impressed him with the enormity store.
of the crime.
His face flushed agim
when someone remarked that he hud
MASONIC LODGE.
done a good job,to which he replied, "1
was pretty well loaded up when I was
No. 57, meets on third Satur
at the livery stable." lie told Sheriff
day of each month in
Crenshaw that he could get whiskey
anywhere in Tillamook, and • I got it
I OOF. Hall, at 7;30 p.ui.
right in Easter's barn," and he said he
F rank S kvbranc B, W,M.
'’ext Door to Tillamook Connty Bank.
then realised what whiskey had brought
E rwin H arrison , Sec.
him to. Dr. Boals asked him from whom
he bought the whiskey, to which h<- re
plied, "From a fellow who used to go
around with it—a stout fellow, smooth
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shaved. I would know him again if I
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rtopire
FkOPXIETon
saw him."
When Sheriff Crenshaw returned to the
Especially this Weak.
efty with the murderer, instead of tak-1
ing him to jail he took lhe prisoner first ,
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to the White Corner and then to Easter's '
LAYER CAKES.
barn. Nordstrom pointed out Lang
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worthy. the man wh » has figured tn ser
rine
Machin
eral bootleg cases and the peison who
Everything in the Baking Line
bad two barrels of beer delivered at the
OPPOSITE THE ALLEN HOUSE
back of the Olsen building the night be
I have just opened up the most com-
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Only the best stock
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