Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, May 12, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti . H,i V tr tMt. I w 1 .v;-jV'4 :.hJ iqJHjt rt( '? 1 H " 'M H .. ft L 4 I Krim i I fli ' ' ' I Ll ' "I I IM.llll.ll ' I III II I I II ,!,, !? ",l II . Nj fcAfcEM, OREGON, TUKSDAY, IAY 12. 1008 NO. 1SK AIN -f j ' ""WW t rt fcf i - --.; JaUD1I11v3 fiMO UARD AND GET PIPE THUGS ATTACK 'TWO PAWNBROKERS M PORTLAND . .. i tf r t H.l-H-PMl iDLY WAY OF PLAGUE MUEUN CITY iNTS pmsoNints ritoopfl ANY "WHO ATTTCMPT tfO k buuning buildings lUVE OUT IIAVU. ited Press Leaned Wlro.) nitadt, May 12 La Gunyrn, 11a, Is n tlty of Udnth. Tho spreading there The In- is ore iignung u iranucany land unaided. From tho rest world fhoy nro cut off on f by tho sen, on nil othorn by patrolB millers orders to kltlresun Bight. I from tho town thero Is prae- one no strict (s tho qunrnn- tnongh hnB leaked out, how- iproTO tho spot an Inferno, si Is practically suspended, lloscd and residences Bhuttov. ono ventures nbrond excep: bioluto compulsion. Food Ik lo be had on any terms. Who- Ill may enter with Buppllos, wing etitored nono can leave. for the enormous prices of- proVlBlons fow 'will accept llalnty of Imprisonment and of death. miles away tho amoko can be day nnd (ho flames by night log houses Vhero tho plague of burning lumber piles hlch tho people are trying to ho disease-carrying rats ana Ires In oil flooded streets a "opted by the authorities as aiest nnd speeUlest means of the community of the ne gation of filth which wa8 prop- lnly responsible for tho epl- of the worTthiKmen -who, pan- fear of the plague and ren Bejperata "by famine, broke i tho military cordon nnd scat trough thp Biirrotiding cpun- e been herded together an1 uacu ijy tne troops. . jomeR PernKa of La G-aayra, ft diagnosed tbo disease as Prague and was thrown In VY President Castro only to Med later when it became evl t his judgment waB correct, I'ag the sanitary workers In toTts n gtanin nut the enl- men assaulted tho oxprosK mosaou- Tho wisdom of BopurntlnRttho prls ger, Lnthnn, on tho northbound 'onors who wore nrrcBted Ijcro Sfttur Grcnt Northern Senttlo-Vnncouver day Inst In connecton with the'bru trnln between Seattle and Unllard tnl tmirder of DandmnnJohnson at ubout 8:30 this morning, looted tho Fort Wprdon Friday night was ae:n; express and reglntored moll, lert the onstratedf today wlion ly putting ono messenger nmconscIouB nnd escaped against tho otbor, tUo'ofncers forcetl Hjeforo the .train pulled Into Italian!, a confession from Prlvato Holt, lield whre tho crime was discovered. In tho post guard houjo at benU Plnnned to perfection, executed quartom. United States Attorney B. with tho daring of a trained crlm-.E. Todd, who camo down In rvsponee HOLD-UP MEN LOOT MAIL CAR ADMITS KILLING. . SOLDIER ON LEAVING SEATTLE AT PORTTOWNSEND PKLL MESSRNG1SU AM) HOU UKa- ONK PH1VATU CpNFF-SSI 0 ISTEItlM) MAIL AND KXPHKSS , MUItDKH OV TROOP MUSICIAN ON GKI3AT NOKTHKHN TltAlrf TWO OT1112KS WlltICATKI XKAIt HALLAHl). AN!) AHItCSTKII. PROVE FIEND BURNED IN HER FARM HOUSE (United Press Leased Wire,.) Seattlo, May 12. Two holdup (United Pros? Leased SMrci Port Townsend, Wash., Moy-.12.- to a telegram from inlngs, commnnjdlng was actlvo In the Colonel Cum- the RTtlllory, work which of tho ln:ll, two rollberB entered tho expresa car of tbo Grent Northern train No. 274, tbo Trniccavnr local, Just ns It was pulling out of tho union depot at brought forth fhn solution 8:10 o'clock this morning, clubbed .mystory, Exprens Messenger Joseph B. Porrlno j Of tho three men arrested "by the Into Insensibility, nnd looted tbo locnl pollco, ono named McKnlghr, strong "box of botweou $5000 and now u clvlllnn nnd formerly n sdldler, 5C000. was tnken to the county Jnll, while Tlie robbors eBcnpod nnd Great J tho mlltlnry authorities took tho Northern detectives who wero among, other two, both -soldiers. By tolling tho ground nn hour after tho crlmo.T Private Holt that McKnlghl bad con havo such monger descriptions of tho bandltB. Their ultimate escape is probahle. Porrlne, hound, gnged and bleed fesseU, tho ofllcers vore able, tho re port goos, to wring a complete con fession from tho mnn who until then hnd stoically denied hl guilt. Ho'.t inir from two snvngo cutB nbovo the, said tho arrangement entered Into right enr -and upon tho back of hi. between himself, McKnlght and Pn head, was found unconscious In hli.vnte Grnber wns to mnko away with car half a mllo north of Ballard, (tho musician, who was known to Conductor Uroderlck ordered the hnto considerable monQy derived train backed Into Ballard station, whence news of the robbery wm qulck'y sent to Great Northorn offi cials nnd to tho Seattlo pollco. Perrlne was revived, and though from collections ho mado on pay day from follow soldiers to whom ho had inado loans. Holt made the confes sion to Captain Harry Newton, com mandlng tho l2Cth company, (an MIW.- IttihfilS GUXNKSH' IW)IY IN ItlpNH -IDKNTIFIKI) BY THIIKE HlNCiS ON HAXI CONVINCING KVIDKXUlC ASSAULT PORTUNP BROKERS WITH GAS PIPES TWO AITKSIITKI) MUIUIKUR IN TWKLVI3 -UOI'HS KLCflUMIUiF. WOLI'F MUltniCH POLICE UK LIKVK JANG BUSY. STATE IS WINNER Iff BIG SUIT FOR $200,000.00 (United ProBS Leased Wlro.) Lu Porto, Jnd., May 12 Tho most qonvlhclnt; ovldeuco tto fur .discov ered to show thnt tho body of tho wo man found in the nshos of tho Gunnoa homo was thnt of Mrs. Bollo Gunncos who had a prlvato burying ynrd near her back door, waa revealed todny when; Dr. J. II. Meyer, tbo corpner'K physician, found thrco rings ou ona of the hands of tbo corpse One plahQld, ring bears tho InBcrlptlon, "P. Gto J. St, Aug. 2. '04." If !s thought that.vp. G." woro the Ini tials of Phllllii Guuncflu, the wonninN aecond hushnnd. On tho lusldo of the necond ring, containing a diamond, wa tho In scription "P. S. to J. S. 3-rv 'UC." Tho third ring was not Inscribed. Severn! persons who know Mm. Gun nosH declare tho rings nro tho oneu worn by her. They wero not noticed when tho first examination of tho body wa8 mado because thoy woro sunk in tho flesh. Chrbitlana, Norway, Mny 12Tho police have fnilod to locato anybody who ever know n woman nnsworlng the description of MrB. Bollo GunneB who Is alleged to havo killed eevernl mon nnd burled their bodies In bur bnck yard, near La Porte,. Ind. JACKIES STAY BY THE NAVY (United Pres Leased Wire.) i - -. .. EMfforlng from a fractured skull, broke Into tears whllo doing bo. Hue managed to-grns out hit Btory. Per- plclon has nil alcmg pointed to Holt rlno entered th9 express enr shortly bb tho guilty one,.,hls marksmnnshlp before 8 o'clock this morning to sort bndge of honor vlth his nnmo oh hls valuab'c packages for tho run to graved thoroupon having been found Vancouver, B. C. As the messenger nenr the scene, wno working, n tn.ll man in an over-l Nq Information hasljeen given out ms with brass buttons ouickly en. a to Graber's version of the mntter. to tha ear. Perrino Urnd to but in view of Holt's alleged confes- San FrnnoUco, Mpy 12. The nnm faca.him and the, tall man said: ,8lon ho will bo hold Mntl tho case i erous aonenion rrom mo Aiianuc "Tlirow up your bands'," ' ' tried. McKnlght stoutlv denies any j fleet, which It Was prophesied wotil.l Thinking It was a practical Joke, knowledge of the crlmo. The force follow tho nrrlvnl of tho flot at this Perrlne lnughed at the robber, who of sentries at tho guard houBe has port have failed to materialize instantly grabbed birn by the veit. been doubled Jo frustrate any at- Loss than J 00 abionteos nro ro T,.a of hn mnmont the train lurch-' temot to carry out tho openly es- ported today nnd a numbor of those od as it rtnrtod for tho south end of pressed sentiment of the men In the nre men of long fltrviee who havo the tunnel, which runs under tho post that Holt should bo lynched. overmyeu wiejr suorw inv um o city I 'expeoed to report before tho fleet n'oniLim. thnt tho man meant " :nl!s for the north. ar fm t n ,n. t.cinBO PrHnfi Parted to fleht lit, express cars shall remain locked from! Very few of the young bluo Jnok --- 1UV I4U VJitUJ MIS" i UMHX4VWW, .-- -,"- -. -w . ceased operation. before he could striKe mow no was (Unltwl I'rns Ltoifil Wire.) Portland, Or,, Mny 12. Two aa saultu upon pawnbrokers both of which way result fatally, have oc curred In' tho Inst 12 hours. Thq jat- est was reported to tho police ntt 11:30 o'clock this morning, whan tho oncouBctouH form of H. Nowmnu, u Couch-Btrqot pwnbr,o)er, was for.inc, lying in his shop with a doop cash In his BkulL and two cuts across tho face, Tho wcrpoiu ued by . the marauder wa a length of gas'-plpo which wan found Inter. Nowmau still in unablo to toU'what occurred) Ho cannot glvo tho nollco any 10(icrlntlon of his nmltant. Max Hormnnn, tho pawnbroker, who wrb attacked and terribly boac oh Monday oyoning, still la at (ho St. Vincent hospital. Doctors fear hit skull was fractured. O, W. Wagnor, arrested on suspi cion of complicity In tho Hermann assaults, Btlll Is In jail and will bo examined thU afternoon. Tho police bollovo thero Is an ot ganlzed gang of pawnshlp thieves In Portland. They did not connect Mnr tin, tho nccuocd murder of Nathan Wolff with theso thugs Meat Ca-tro has declared a f of the port, regular ship- nended, even tho blockadrf' KQ residents nnd wealthy knocked silly by a blow from bemnci eIans who aro able to leave Until h was .discovered by fellow lness are oulttlnc the coun- trainmen half a mile north of Ba.- flarge number?, however. let lard. Perrlne remembers nothing aemie spread. MAN ILL GOES ON TRIP I . a . u.t, a .ma kn 1yl fmnl nnnluA n n l iha, Mmo tha mnMontrprH Antnr thflm. ' u " u" l,,n,r "0- " u . . . ,. . "who were tha onos expected to ds Although Perrlne has not said to. $m Rre rported ft,)senl It Is probable that he had not locked ; Tne m0Fal of tho flet jg excellent tho door, ns he never dronmed of a and tho men as n body show n keen hold-up while his car wn still with- desire to faoo the possible eventuall- in the shadow of the union depot, jtlw of tho orulse to Asiatic waters. The police believe that the. two r men are the same who robbed tbe "WAIl DANOKU" express messengers at Denver a week. SAYS "BOB" ago. j il'nlted Pret I.eaieil Wire.) Perrlne Is at the hospital in acrit-J North Platte, Neb., May 12. leal condition and his Jlfe is infthe standing on the rear platform of his balance. Icar a it lingered hero for a few mln-. Police at 2 p. m. reported to bead-'utH today, "Fighting Bob" Evano quarters that $5000 In currency and addressed a big crowd of peoplo who $200 i'n nickels, had been found at. came for miles around to greet hlra. the foot of the stairway leading to "We are In danger of war and al- Klnacar park, near the ;iorth eod of way will be as lossgw we have some- ii a i mi.i. a. k ...! Jltilnn ihnt inrait nikp nntlnn -want." more of the affair. It is evident that the robbers loot ed the strong box whl'o the train was running through the tunnel, and that they left the car near the north end of the tunnels, as all tralna Blow down when emerging at the nortn .end. That the robbers are In Seattle, is itha opinion of the police and tnat tad Pres, Lea8ea wire.) jtney will He low until the matter be- L,B . comes quiet. pin8ton, May 12. -Threatened Freight Agent Thomas D. Degraan falvsla Cnn-i ,. . ,' . .i. n.. Vnrthnrn ftiated this aft- ;--, U(or UUHln m iu Ol iu v.. '-..:..." .V. .tJ.t. . . I, n,u. ...- t ..i ll,l. , ., ntkr nntlnn want. num horo. jii.. - - yt t la hi Muer mai ine.iuaiuBMi. mi vuuhiwd mo js-ajji-.M.uB t.v .w -.. ,-r. -., On Sunday he wHl sail for robbers were well informed about, dons that the bandltB loft the train orapanied by his wife, re- train movements. He saya It 1b a at this point and are sun vm iseatwe ' Aoyeraber, rule of the Great rxoriaera iv r ;ij, The JethodiU at Baltimore aro Shall we celebrate? Wor. for Martin. Direct evltlenco of tho most dam aging 'Charnctcr has been secured by tho pollco against Edward Hugh Martin, tho ex-army man, atMsed of tho murder of Pawnbroker Nathan Wolff. Tho bvorcoat worn by Martin nt the .time ho wns arrested, nnd tnken to Jail has been identified as belong lng to Wolff and It was worn by the pawnbroker on th.o day ho was mm dored. ' Thjs is sworn to by Mrs. "Wolff, nor 11-year-old daughter, Alice. Ed ward C. Eubnnks, clerk in a local clothing atort, identified the coat as ona he sold Wolff soveral months ngo. He declared ho remembers It particularly as it was a special order.' Martin still preserves his nlr of stoic indlfferonce. Confronted with the latest phase in his case, ho mere ly offered his owd explanation of hit ownership of the cont. "I bought It from n peddler in front of tho Portland hotel foiir montha ago," ho said. "!' can proyo It." RAILROAD l!A$ BIG HOLDINGS (United Pr.ess Leased WJre.) New York, May 12 Announce ment Is made Jn Wall street by one of tbe news bureau that tbe Union Pacific railroad holds approximately 3,900t000 shares of stocks Jfa, yar ous enterprises outside .of its own stock and that the value of them to 1300,000,068. The shares are base, on the pretest wafket value, DKCIHION OF MULTNOMAH COURT NULLIFYING BTATK'S HIGHT IN" OUKGON CITY LOCKH UK VL'USKB BY HUPKKMK CUK1V (United Pros Leasod Wlre. Of tho four decision handed down by tho upronu court toay, twoum of vital Interest to the people of Ore- KOU. ' In tho -case of the state of Oregom voratiB tho Portland General ElwtrlB' company, Justice, Bean mveraed lhet decision 'of the Multnomah county circuit court, which deal! th state tho right to collect Kb Interestntn the Wlllftwettq FrIIr Canal A Lok com pany atf Oregon City. . In 1870 the state of Oregon gav this company (200,000 from tha school funds, to toil Id a canal and' locksi, with the exprew eoMdttton that tho Ktato receive 10 per ceat of tka net proceeds Of tho company. Tk flrst company that controlled th lacks lived up to Its agreement for it few month. The company then changed hands, and a trannfor or t&' franchise has occurred several tln&, ulnco. None of thene new companies. havo evor paid a cent Into tho Hate treaanry, In tho decision of the supreme court todny Hie action of tho Multno mah court was not only reversed, but remnnded, tho Juotlco declaring that when tho lock were bought by the state, tho people had a right not only to the 9200,000 originally paid' by them, but also 10 per cent of all the profltR that have accrued since the first company began doing buslResi nt Orogon City, In the case of the state of Oregon vesus Christ Nlolson, tho deqls-loa ef the Clatsop county circuit corirt ww sustained. Nielsen, who Is k resi dent of tho sjato of WfiRhlng'.on ,whb trlod and convicted by the state of Oregon for fishing on tho Walking , ton sldo qt the Columbia river with a purso not. Uy tho Jaw of Wash ington, In forco at tho time of hfa ar rest, NeJIen wns guilty of nt) dffens; but by the Inws of Oregon thf klnt of fishing on tho Columbln wan con trnry to the statute Tho slnglo quBstlou 'for diclslon, thoroforo, wn whothor tho law of Oregon prohibiting tho cntehing of fish In tho mnnner Indicated bxtonrt ed over tho entire wntera of tho Co lumbln, or only ovor thoHO on the Oregon sldo. By net of congreai on March 2, 1835, Orogon and Washing ton have concurrent Jurisdiction ovor nil offenses committed on the Colom bia. As far ns he stats of Washington ! concerned, NleUen'a act Is not nit offense, but under tho law of tht? state It la. Tho court has decider that Oregon has jurisdiction in thin caso, nnd that Nielsen'o fishing ik an offense against tho law of h!a state. Tho case will probably bo ap pealed to tho United Stateu imprests court. Gambler (a Plead, Ed. Plllett wrb forwally charjterf with condu&tta'g a (gambling roon Ik tho rear of hi clr store on 8ktte street. He will p'ead tomorw' jikusIdi at 19 o'jtJck WwrtJMte Judge Moore.