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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1909)
REMEMBER THE DATE OF THE "CHARITY BALL"-OCTO BER 2-AT THE AUDITORIU M RINK. THIS IS A WORTHY CAUSE AND SHOULD BE HELPED ALONG. BY EVERYONE t r S - I laumal m man b & VOL.XEC SALEM, OltEGOX, MONDAY, OCTOI1EK 18, 10QI). SO. UilO. B I PHiPliiiHifeflliliBllB 1 1 tmiWiJimm r vf i :: f TAFT IS LACKING IN TAul Speaks in Texas to Texans About Her Fight Against Obstacles of Climate and Soil. THE SMITH TRIAL IS UNDER WAY WHEN THEY BELIEVE IT HAS THE ONLY CLIMATE OX EAHTH AND THE ONLY SOIL THAT WILL HAI8E A MOHT GAE, HUT THEY DIDN'T SHOOT HIM. - UNITED rnESB LEABIO TYMS.1 Ban Antonio, Tox., Oct. 18. The heroism of Toxan of tho past and tho pluck of thoso who nro today fight ing their battlo against almost In surmountable) obstacles of cllmato and sotl, was tho subject of nil address delivered at noon today by President Taft In tho shadow of tho famous Alamo. Tho spaco In front of tho historic building was thronged with n crowd that filled tho square After tho meeting Taft rodo to Fort Sam Hous ton, whoro ho hold n brief rocopt tion and reviewed tho troops station ed nt tho post. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the Jury will uh Is to find A. B. Smith guilty or not guilty of tho crlnio of assault with lutont to rob woro ompnnelod and up to tho tltno this paper wont to press examination of tho Jurors was still being carried on. Tho crlmo for which Smith Is be ing tried wob committed in this city sovornl months ago. Ho walked Into tho Hinges Jowelry storo on Commer cial Btrcct and pointing a revolver nt Clerk Carl Neugobauer told him to hand out tho diamonds. Tho clerk was unablo to do this owing to tho Jewels being locked up in tho storo snfety valut, and Smith then told him to get tho trays out of tho window and hand out tho caBh drawer. Nouge bauer was in tho act of turning over tho diamond trays to Smith when the proprietor of tho store, Chas. Hinges, stepped in. Smith turned the gun on him and mado his way out the door on to tho street and rap south t Stnto street, down Stato to tho al loy, from whoro ho ran north up tho alloy to Court street, whero ho was capturod by two local citizens. Tho solcctlng of a Jury will tnko somotlmo, no doubt, owing to Smith being so well known In this commu nity and tho crlmo having been com mitted so long ago that everyone, more or less, has heard and talked about it. Attomoys C. L. McNnry and George O. ningham aro representing the state, whilo Kaiser & Poguo and J. A. Carson nro counsel for Smith. ONE OF THE ESCAPED CONVICTS IS DEAD AND TWO OTHERS WOUNDED Story Told by Walter Johnson, Who Made the First Battle With the Escapes at Buena VistaThey Opened Fire on Him the Minute He Hailed Them, and Then It Was Give and Take Between the Officers and Prisoners. BOTH CONVICTS WILL PROBABLY DIE AFTER THAT THE CHASE IS TAKEN UP AND THE CONVICTS SUK HOUNDED I1Y POSSE AND CAItTKU IS KILLED FEItltIS HAS TEHHIFIO WOUND IN THE IIHEA8T AND DUNCAN HAS A SHOT THROUGH THE STOMACH FHOSI JOHNSON'S AUTOMATIC. . Has tho dairy been inspected that furnishes tho lnc'.iinl fluid for tnc mllU.( way7 Standing in tho public road a short distance north of Buena Vista, facing three escaped convicts armed with au tomatic rovolvers which they used with murderous intent, wns tho experience of Wnltcr Johnson, tho brnvo mnn who probably cnnblcd tho posse to enpturo the fugitives shortly after tho pltchpd battle occurred at 8 o'clock Snturdny evening. Waltor Johncon's Hfo vnH spared by good fortune Saturday night when ho so bravely stood up in front of tho three convicts, who wcro pulling tho triggers of their revolvers an fast as pobslble, and Johnson returning tho flro' with a 39-enllbre revolver nnd n Win chester rifle. Following Is the story as to! by Mr. Johnson yesterday nftor HCi8iiimi9i8tf iiiiaiimaif iiiiiinn miif-w A Great Cloak and Suit Sale!! 500 Cloaks and Suits bought at 50 cents on the dollar now thrown out on the counters for ; I quick selling. We have cot instructions from our buyer in New York to sell suits if we ;; make only 50 cents to $1,00 on each garment, We sold fifty garments on Monday and u at $1 ,00 profit you see we are doing well. Remember they are this season's Newest Gar- ; ; ments, ; ZP tf W&i ' i& v :: m fo lk fii' I ; WA - ii , lip--' H ; iy I i flP-i 111 niiU 1l Your dollar lias doublo buy ing valuo nt Chicago Storo Cloaks and Suits Now going at about half their regular valuo. Tho suits wo aro offorlng aro NOT OLD and shop worn. Thoy nro Ilko tho cut hers represented, all now up-to-dato, fashionable garmonU, mado of tho nowest mater ials; man-tailored and silk lined, and highly finished throughout. Ladles' $7.50 Coats Now ?3.75 Lndloa' $12.60 Coats Now $0.75 Ladles' ?18.00 Coats Now $0.90 Ladles' $18.00 Suits Now $10.50 Ladies' $22.50 Suits No w $12.50 Ladles' $25.00 Suits Now $14.90 Wonderful Value in mery You will do your eolf and your pocket book an Injustlco If you buy your trim med hats ostrich Plumes, Fanoy Wings, etc., else where before you look through our stock nnd got our prices. Wo nro doing the greatest Mllllnory business we over did in tho history of our store. You cannot fool wiu peopio; iney Know vnlues when thoy them. 800 $1.50 Stylish Trimmed Hats, now 92.50 $3.00 SJyli&li Trimmed Hats, now. ..,,... .92.00 SALEM I Dress Goods and Silk House i ver offered before such- values In these goods. Wo show the most complete stock of fashionable Dress Goods and Silks In the Willamette valley, and wo havethe goods here to back this statement up all the time. 91.25 Moire Silks, all colors, yard 85c 85c Fine Wool I)res Goods, new, yard. .... ,40c AVo are Salem agents for tlus Celebrated Nemo Corsets The greatest corset on the mar ket for Style, Comfort and Beauty. We carry all the num bers and. we sell them at the same price you have to pay in Chicago or New York. A i'.'n m m r irr- jarnuuu. MUpur. fCSBHBktttJ We show the great est stock of Men's Women's and Chil dren's Hosiery In Salem. CHICAGO STORE SALEM, OREGON The Store That Saves You Money tf HMMlf iHlIlHMmtlHHll iwf t t Wo'ro offering great values in MEN'S AMI HOYS CLOTHING noon to a Journal reporter, who called at his homo and found him lying In bed suffering greatly from tho painful wound in his leg: "I was first notified by tho peniten tiary officials that my help was wanted in rounding up tho thrco convicts who oscapod whllo working near tho School for tho Fceblo Minded. In company with Superintendent James juid n pri son gunrd, Duncan lion, I left this city about C o'clock Saturday evening for Bucnn Vista becnuso word hnd. been ro. cotved that tlio fivo escapes woro scon around n enmp fire loented n short dls tanco from Bucnn Vlitn In tho river bottoms. Wo arrived in Bucnn Vista ii'l found tho streets so full of people that wo asked all those who did nodo slro to take a hand In the clinsc, to got inside, as there was danger of somcono getting shot if n mix up occurred. Whllo standing near tho Uuonn Vista storo formulnting a plnn by which wo could orgnnizo posses and get to work as soon ns possible. Wnrdcn Curtlss and his men arrived nnd having had no sup per, Curtlss and Suporintondont Jnmcs walked up tho street with tho intention of getting something to cat, Duncan Ross and myself remaining near the storo. Wo hnd concluded to walk down tho road n piece and had not pro coodod far when I noticed thrco men walking north. I walked back to tho storo as quickly as posslblo nnd inquired of tho bystanders if thoy knew who tho threo strangers woro,. who wero walking down tho road; and was told by ono tliut they wero brothers of his (tho in. formunt's) going down to mlik tho cows. I asked taem if (hoy know this to be them, when another man standing by said ho wns suro thoy wero tho man's brothers whom I first nddresscd. T thou ngked tho men if their brothers would nntu rally wnlk down tho contcr of tho road when hldownlks wcro on either side, nnd they toiu mo thoy did not think they would. I told Dois to follow ns quickly as posgiblo and wo stnrted to investigate. I wns in front and could fnintly hoar them walking ahead of mo but eould not see owing to tho dnrkness. I would run n few feet and stop to listen. After traveling in this manor for about - . yards from tho business contor of town, I crossed a culvert and had just started on an other little jaunt when looking up I saw tho thrco men standing on a trail bosldo tho road about six feet above ne. r don't think I wns moro than thirty foot from them when I stopped. Al though my honest opinion was that tlieso woro threo o tun convicts, I did not wnnt to shoot for icar they wero tho brothers of the man, ns fie told me, and said to them 'Jlcllo, boys.' Tho words had scarcely left my mouth when I saw three spurts of flame shoot to ward mo and then realized that I was face to face with three of tho escapes. Tho lead (lew around me like hail as tho three fellows on the bank kept up pumping their guns as fas4 as thoy could. I had in my right hand a 38. calibro gun and started to work also. I bad shot seven shots from my revolver bofore they got rue in the leg. I felt the bullet striko me, but thinking every minute that I would be bored full of holes, I began using the Winchester riflo I had carried along. I had four shells in tho rifle and had shot three ot them, but could not manage to pull the trigger tao fourth time owing to my leg giving out nnd I fell n the road f 'and rolled to one side in the ditch. miltHIIIIUH Them niust have been at least 28 shots fired altogether. I konw thnt I shot nlno times boforo going down, nnd tho volloy which the convicts sent into mo sounded llko n Fourth of July colobra tion. What Itoss did I do not know, but I think ho shot a few times also, although ho wns at a considerable dls tnnco behind mo. Tlio convicts could bo plainly hoard mnklng nttempts to scalo tho fonco nftor I wns down, but for tho smoko nnd dnrkness I could not toll just whoro thoy went. "Boforo tho rest of tho men could nrrlvo from tho store, nn auto whizzed up with Sheriff Grant, of Polk county, nnd I told him which way I thought tho thrco men bonded for, nnd ho nt onco went in pursuit. "I wns treated llko a prlnco by War den Curtlss nnd Superintendent .Tamos when they arrived. I was lifted in a big nuto and whirled into Indcpcndonco where, a doctor dressed my leg, nnd wns then sent on homo in nnothor nuto, If I hnd boon nrmeU with a good shotgun loaded with buck shot, thoso thrco gon tlomon would not hav, loft thnt bnnk with wholo hides, but dnrkness wns on hand, and that combined with tho smoko from our guns, mndo nccurato shooting impossible." Dr. O. B. Miles wns cnllcd upon ns soon ns tho Injured man nrrlvcd hbro and mado him ns easy ns posslblo, Tho Bullet which struck Waltor Johnson on torcd between tho shin bono nnd tho largo muscles nnd after going down ward for eight Inches, enmo out on tho bnck part of tho leg. Tho wound Is n very painful ono, and yesterday Mr. Johnson sufforcd greatly. After tho shooting took placo which crippled Waller Johnson, tho posso re doubled their offorts. Darkness hnd now completely shut out 'nil vlow of tho surrounding country, nnd it wns Im possible, for tho men to mnko nu intel ligent search of tho convicts until morn ing. Hondod by Superintendent Jnmrs nnd Wnrdon Curtlss, groups of men In two, wcro stationed In different locnli tlcH to gunrd nil posslblo chnnco of exit from tlio river bottom, into which tho threo convicts ran nftcr tho bnttlo In tho road. Headquarters woro mndo at tho storo at Buonn Vista nnd from tltno to tlmo tho guards woro rollovcd overy fow hours. This wntch wns kept up until daylight, wlion tho gunrds woro called in nnd stops woro taken toward organizing posses nnd bent tho sur rounding country. Tho posses woro nrrnnged sopnrntoly ns folluwst Shorlff Harry MInto, Em ory James, Chief of Polico Cliluon nnd Itny Welch In ono possoj Sheriff Orant of Polk county, Marshall Thomas of Indopcndoncc, in tho second posse; nnd n third posso composod of Warden Cur tiss, Guard Butlc and Irn Hamilton. Thoso bunches of men bent tho timber and brush n mllo to tho south of Buena VIstn, roturnlng ns fnr as town with no results. Thoy tlion spread out in a long lino nnd wnlkod through a largo oval stretch of undorbrush and timber north of Bucnn Vista on the river bank, but with no sign of tho fugitives. Af ter talking tho matter aver, It wns de cided to trnvol down tho river south about five miles, nnd mako a return search toward Buoua Vista north, and Hamilton, Welch, James nnd Grant got into Sol Anderson's auto whilo Sheriff Mlntn nnd Chief of Polico Gibson fol lowed in Ilnlph Kwnrtz's mnchlne, Tho pnrties nrrlvcd at tho Prathor fnrm, about fivo miles soutn of Buena Vista, whore they found, Mr, Prnther prepared to go on n drive. Tho o Ulcers informed him what their business was nid asked him to pilot them through tho tlmbor In tho vicinity of the river. Mr. Prathor at onco hitched un his team, grabbed his hat, and left with tho authorities In shirt sleeves, a willing guido for a good C4UI80. Boforo entering the timber, how ever, Sheriff Harry MInto, Chief of Polico Gibson, Warden Curtlss, and Bay Welch, walked back north a tew rods boforo going In, whllo Sheriff Grant, Ira Hamilton, Km pry James, Guard Buslc ana Mr. Prathor went directly into tho brush on tho cast side of tho road and, aftor making their way up tho river bank, started south. This posso had proceeded but a short distanco when Contablo Hamil ton discovered footprints in tho damp earth which lod on south, and then tho man hunters grow alert. They followed theiio marks until coming to a foot log across the Luckiamuto river, but wheth er not tho parties making tho prints und crossed to tho other side of tho stream, tho posso was undecided, nnd while looking for furthor signs, Emory FIEND SETS NEW PACE IN CRIME Ho Cuts Woman's Throat as She Sleeps Beside Her Little Twelve-Year-Old Girl. RAZOR THE WEAPON TII13 LITTLE GIUL, WHO WAS SLEEPING WITH HEU MOTHER, GIVES FIH8T ALAHM AND TELL OP HEU DISCOVERY OF THE GHASTLY DEED. tixiTiD rmtss uiscn wins. Los Angeles, Oct. 18. Evory avail able polico dctectivo In this city to day Is searching for tho fiend who ontorod tho room whoro Mrs. Ooor'go Stnohlo nnd her 12-year-old daughter lay asleep Inst night and with a razor slashed tho woman's throat from oar to oar, inflicting a horrlblo wound that tho surcgons a tho receiving hospltnl fcarod would proVo fatal. A whlto handled razor found In tho bodroom Is tho only cluo on which tho offlcors can baso their search. Tho blood-stained blada was found on tho floor bcsldo tho bod, which was wot with thowoman's blood. 'Mrs.' Stnohlo Is tho wlfa of nu em ploye of tho Mnler Browing company Sho nnd Elsie, her llttlo dnugktor, woro sleeping nlono In tho houso whon tho crlmo wns committed short ly nftor midnight. Tho neighborhood Is thickly popu latod by tiegroes, nnd tho yards ot tho Staohlo homo was' flllod with thorn when tho offlcors responded to n hurry call. v ' According to tho story told by llt tlo Elsie, who was sleeping with hor mothor, sho wns awakenod by Mrs. Staohlo, who cried In a strango voice thnt sho had been scabbed. "Hor nightgown aid tho bed cloth os woro dripping with blood," tho llt tlo girl said. "I uoroumed for Mrs. Sims, a colored woman who lives next door, and then ran nnd told hor what had happened. Sho tolophonod for tho polico." Policeman Gilpin, who arrlvod with tho nmhulanco, assisted In car rying tho unconscious woman to tho wagon. Ho Inserted his fingers Into tho gaping wound nnd aolzed tho7sor orod nrtorles, held them tight until tho hospital was reached, Upon investigation tho polico found that tho would-bo rnurderar ontorod tho houso through tho bedroom win dow by means of n beer keg ho bad plncod on tho ground. Aftor being given first aid at tho receiving hospltl. Mrs. Mrs. Staohlo was removed to tho West Lake hospi tal attendants as mnrvelous. A wire received at 3:45 at the penitentiary says: "Murrav is caueht and locked up at Independ enco." Nichollch Is still at largo ifc ; t (Contiuuod oa pas 4.) IliiNiness Men'H League Third annual banquet will bo held Friday ovcnlng, at 0 o'clock, at tho Ellto Cafo. A reception will bo held at tho Board of Trado room from In chnrgeshrdlu shrdlu sbrdlu sard 8:15 to Oprior to. banquet,. Affair will provo ono of tho most enjoyable socretary will call upon tho members of tho leaguo with tlckots tomorrow morning. The seating capacity Is limited to 100. so thoso desiring to attend either soe or phone tho secre tary at once. The program will be announced later. i o If tho dlrectolro gowns oicr l como popular there will be no furth er uood to voiry iibout tho rubcer supply.