The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1898. THE POISONER’S VICTIMS. re his companionship upon rney into the wilds of ka, no | doubt served as constant reminders of hich was an_ everlasting f danger to both, as long as| both lived. that Bird has r ved his con- ¢ that the man who looked constant menace to his he at least enjoy y that was not his v was at large. | influence has silenced the of J. W. Bird? It is found in one re t, which w nded to bondent to-night. It long What tongue Tue in@ which contained a request t the statement | er of Belew. | -t of Bird’s silence. not related by blood | ster was the wife of d to protect her, Bird | long as he could. | igation immediately Mr. Bird sent for | 1t and in a room | re Mr. Bitd now | ed the wife of Frank °d to contradict a | . to the‘effect that she | to her husband. This | ted in The Call | nd at the time Mr. | great desire to see forever w. something to say later | ssion repeatedly used | , but beyond that he will crim xpr say 1 THE CALL’S ENTERPRISE EVERYWHERE COMMENDED. | Credit Is Given by the People Also to | the Hard-Working Officials of Solano County. | Feb. 4.—No mendation f an Francisco Call was hes des this morning upon the enterprise shown in being the only city paper to give the news concern- ir Belew the and ar the murderer of the brother and sister at Dixon. All well known here. 4 much for their the human monster of offici are acee e Chronicle co Call w g to publi says: “The the only paper h the details of _arr . and The Call .gives ‘due credit to the a orities, District At- torney Devlin, the Sheriff and the de- for their work in running 3 When the mur- | District Attorney | and was looking t the next election his suppc the latter the time engaged in hich would bring him to gallows. The Chronicle would 1 10w what the murderer now thinks of the District Attorney. The Call h in its great scored a splendid victory coop’ of this morning.” DUNHAM'S ESTATE 10 BE ATTACHED Ordezed to Be Seized on a Judg- ment Obtained by the Shesslers. Parents of One of the Murderer’s Vie- tims to Be Partially Compen- sated for Their Loss, Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Feb. 4.—Judge Kittredge this morning made su order instructing | Lyndon to levy upon the money | rt belonging to James C. | the McGlincy murderer, to sat- | and Dunham m sty an $5000 judgment obtained by Jacob Shessler and wife ¢ the fugitive, | gment was damages for | ter murdered | while emploved as a domestic in the Me- | Glincy fami The girl was the sole sup- | port of her aged parents. | Dunham left a 31500 mortgage against the Penniman Bros. and nearly $1000 on | deposit in a local bank. T were or- | dered levied upon, but Sheriff Lyndon refused to do so on the advice of his at- torneys. It was claimed that the sum- mons in the damage suit, which was by puhlic]atlon. had never been properly served. Judge Kittredge to-day held that the service had been proper and directed the Shériff to proceeed with the execution. | - Gilroy’s Board of Trade. GILROY, Feb. 4—In response to a call of Mayor Casey about forty citizens met at Judge Willey's courtroom last evening to organize a Board of Trade. Mayor Casey clected president, M. Lennon first _vice-president, Dr. J. W. Thayer second vice-president, E. D. Crawford recording secretary, Will F. Blake cor- responding secretary and E. H. Farmer treasurer. Thirty-three signed the roll of membership. It is intended: to adver- tise the resources of Gilroy Valley and offer inducements to ottside capital for investment in manufacturing industries. ’ | was fatally injured, his skull | badly fractured. |s | dant in the lower mountains an | HANFORD MOVES FOR SAD ENDING OF BOYISH STRIFE One Schoolboy Crushes the Skull of Another. Lads of Rival Institutions En- gage in a Combat at Colton. Almost Precipitate a Riot Between Catholic and Protestant Citizens. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Feb. 4—In a fight at Col- ton yesterday between pupils of the public school and those of a Catholic parochial school, Gregory Yunck, aged 16, who attends the Catholic school, being Yesterday’s trouble was the outcome of a difficulty of long standing be- veen the two sets of pupils. Walter ngleton has been leader of the public hool boys, who, while passing the Catholic school, have been subject to many taunts. These, though begun good naturedly, have gradually become unpleasantly severe. Yesterday the public school pupils re- lved to be prepared for an encounter and armed themselves with clubs. Yunck stood just inside the gate, be- ing foremost among the Catholic boys, when Singleton passed on horseback. Infuriated by the jeers of the boys, Sin- gleton hurled his club into the crowd, striking Yunck on the right side of the head, back of the ear. A physician was hastily summoned and pronounced the wound very seri- ous. The skull was depressed and frac- tured and a bad cut inflicted, which re- quired several stitches. The boy has been unconscious ever since and may die at any time. Young Singleton, who is 17 years old, turned about and went home. Later a warrant was issued and he was taken before a Justice of the Peace. He waived examination and was put under $500 bonds to appear in the Superior Court. A large crowd congregated in the justice room, among them the father of the injured boy, who had filed the complaint. His indignation at voung Singleton’s coolness nearly car- ried him beyond bounds. For a few minutes it looked as though a riot was imminent between the Catholics and Protestants. After parleying, both sides agreed to let the law take its course. NEW MEXICO'S BIG SNOWFALL. Nothing Like It in the Mountains for Fifteen Years. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Feb. 4—The heaviest snowfall that has been known in this section for fifteen years has oc- curred during the last ten days. The Sandia and Manzano ranges, east and southeast of this place, are white clear down to their bases, and the depth of snow will average three feet throughoit the mountains, being, of course, much heavier toward the summits. Large game—deer and bear—is unusually abun- in the foothills, having been driven down by the heavy snow above, and a great many of the herds of sheep which are usually taken into the mountain valleys for win- ter pasturage have been driven out on the plains, the snow being so deep on tha mountains that thé animals cannot get down to the grass. On the plains and in the river valleys copious rains have fallen and the earth is well soaked, making a fine prospect for next season’s grass crop If the snow is correspondingly heavy in the northern mountains the Rio Grande will boom when the warm weather comes on, and it will be a surplus and not a deficit that the farmeérs of the valley will have to wrestle with next May and June. CITY WATER WORKS. Prominent Men Quietly Preparing for a Campaign Against the Corporation Yoke. HANFORD, Feb. 4—The active ef- fort of The Call in behalf of the citi- zens of Los Angeles to obtain water works has greatly interested many people in Hanford, and a number of prominent citizens are quietly prepar- ing for a campaign for city water works here. Some of the present City Council are in favor of any practica- ble plan that will enable, this active and growing community to avoid the difficulties of corporation monopoly water supply in the fuffire. et Clara Barton’s Mission of Mercy. NEW YORK, Feb. 4—The Cuban re- lief committee to-day gave out the in- formation that Clara Barton will go at once to Cuba to minister to the starv- ing and to the victims of the diseases that now ravage that unfortunate land. PLOT T0 KILL THE PRESIDENT It Tekes in a Large Number of Men.in the West. Wild Story Sent to the De- partment of Justice From New . Mexico. The Man Who Sends It Says There Is an Oath to Use Dyna- mite. CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—A special from New York to the Tribune says: Wylie B. Chil- dres, United State: ttorney for the Ter- ritory of New Mexico, has written to the Department of Justice the details of what be considers a dangerous conspiracy. He relates in precise official form that the se- cret agent of one of the big railroad cor- porations had informed him, with every particular, that a secret organization, known as the American Patriotic Leagu was galning headway in the towns of Ra- ton and Flossburg, N. M., and Trinidad and La Junta, Colo., and the surrounding country. This organization has for its motto “Liberal Land and Leisure.” Mr. Childers reports the oath taken vy members of the American Patriotic League provides that each member shall within sixty days of s ring allegiance equip himself with a 45-90 rifle and be ready for emergencies. The oath also contemplates, says Mr. Childers, a struggle with the National Government, as each member is pledged to proceed on orders to accomplish tne death of the President and his Cabinet by the use of dynamite. 'As part of the programme members of the New Mexican contingent have ap- plied to the Adjutant-General of the Ter- ritory to be enlisted in the National Guard of New Mexico and to be supplied with arms and ammunition and one or two Gatling guns for battery purposes. Mr. Childers informs the department cuat these are men, high flown not to be treated the threats of though they be, lightly. “NOT GUILTY” CLARK’S PLEA Lawyers WillTry to Save the Fratricide’s Neck. Special Dispatch to The Call. NAPA, Feb. 4.—Murderer Clark was in godd spirits to-night. “You can rest assured,” he said to The (all correspondent, “that when I go upon the stand to-morrow morning I will tell the truth, and nothing but the truth.” Clark’s attorneys, Henry Hogan and C. J. Beerstecher, were admitted to his cell and remained closeted with him for thirty-five minutes. When they came out they made the following statement to The Call correspondent: “Clark will plead not guilty to-mor- row. This is positive and conclusive, and you may say in addition that his determination to so plead is entirely of his own volition. We shall demur to the information and move for its dis- missal on the grounds that insufficient evidence was adduced at the prelimin- ary hearing to justify his being held. Notwithstanding this positive decla- ration of the lawyers, there are a few who believe that when Clark appears in court he will not have the stamina to resist the admission of his guilt. They believe that he will upset all the plans of his lawyers. To-night the as- sassin was firm in his declaration that he would plead not guilty. The fratricide has a brother, John Clark, living near his father’s home, at Rinard, Wayne County, Il The brother conducts a store. Clark has written to his brother, and to his father also, and he expects to receive financial assistance from both. C. J. Beer- stecher, one of the attorneys for the defense, has written to the father with a similar end in view. - SLOAN WILL SOON ARRIVE. Will Have the Pick of the Jennings ° Mounts While Here. CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—"“Tod"” Sloan started for San Francisco last night. It is proba- ble that he will have the choice of the mounts sent to the post by W. B. Jen- niings, negotiations to that end having been conducted by wire during the last week. The string comprises a few taken from the East last fall and a lot of “dark ones” from Rancho del Paso, which John Mackay selected and placed in Jennings' care. MAY RETAIN WEL HAT WEI [NDEFINITELY Japan in No Hurry to Give Up the Territory. Likely to Hold It Even After China Pays Her Indemnity. Diplomats Pleased by the Statements of the Mar- quis Ito. FRIENDSHIP FOR AMERICA So Far Uncle Sam Sees No Reason for Interfering in the Controversy in the Far East. Copyrighted 1398 by James Gordon Bennett. YOKOHAMA, Feb. 4—The Japanese Govérnment is seriously considering te retention of Wei Hai Weli for an in- definite period, even after China pays the war indemnity. A. G. Buck, Unit- ed States Minister, to-day presented ({ommodore Dewey and his staff to the Emperor and Empress at the Imperial P:illace at Tokio. The flagship Olympia will g0 to Chinese waters next week. NEW YORK, Feb. 4—The Herald’s Washington correspondent sends the following: In diplomatic and other public circles the important interview with Marquis Ito, Prime Minister of Japan, printed in the Herald this morning, was read with the deepest interest. In general the impression created is that Japan does not pro- pose to stand idle and permit European powers to exclude her from trade in ports whose opening she made possible. As a result of the interview there has been ‘a renewal of the talk among pub- lic men here about the possibility of joint action of some kind by the United States, Great Britain and Ja- pan in the Orient. While an alliance is not in contemplation, the possibility of the simultaneous declaration of each to the-effect that all treaty rights must be respected in the opening of new ports is talked of. I was informed to- day that no g¢tion had been taken by this Govern¥uent looking to interfer- ence in Chindg" The Presidént has been keeping in close touch with developments, but nothing has occurred which he consid- ered sufficiently injurious to the inter- ests of the Amer! people to justify representations to y foreign Gov- ernment. The ac sitration authori- ties were rticularly pleased with Maearquis Ito’®statement that his Gov- ernment will cultivate friendly rela- tions with the United States, and all feeling over the Hawaiian question has disappeared. Teh President has felt certain since an agreement was reached with Japan respecting the rights of Japanese citizens in Hawaii that there will be no further trouble with Japan regarding annexation, and it is felt that this belief is borne out. President McKinley discussed the situation in China with the Cabinet soon after the occupation of Kiaochau Bay by Germany. It was then decided that no interference was necessary, as it was felt that the occupation of Chi- nese ports by European Governments would, if such ports were made free, result in increasing the commerce of the United States. I was told to-day by an official of the State Department that Embassador White has not con- firmed the report that Kiaochou is to be an open port, and there is some fear that Germany may make a discrimina- tory regulation. It is feared other Gov- ernments may make regulations harmful to American trade. Secretary Sherman is giving close at- tention to this matter, and I was told he looks with favor upon the proposi- tion for the United States to request China to place ports at the disposal of this government. He was in confer- ence to-day with Rear Admiral F. V. McNair, who has just returned from Asia. The latter talked to the Presi- dent a few moments before seeing the Secretary. Admiral McNair explained the report that the increase in the English squadron in Chinese waters is due to the great superiority of the Russian fleet. Qn one Russian ship alone, the Admiral Nachimoff, there are quartered more than a thousand men, and while the British fleet might be superior in number of vessels, it did not have the force of numbers Russia would have in case of trouble. At the Japanese legation the Her- ald’s interview with Marquis Ito was read with particular interest. Minister Hoshi, although he differs very radi- cally with Marquis Ito on many points, is in almost complete accord with the Premier’s statements. He will not pub- licly discuss the matter at this time, however. I learned from a high offi- cial of the legation that Minister Hoshi is in favor of the extension of the na- val power of Japan, and believes it is the duty of his government to lend its aid to prevent any partition of the Chinese Empire by western powers. It is not, however, considered at the lega- tion that a crisis in the eastern situa- tion is imminent. LONDON, Feb. 5.—The Shanghai cor- respondent of ‘the Times says: In com- pliance with the request of Sir Robert Hart, director of Chinese Imperial Mar- itime Customs, the Tsung Li Yamen has appointed Mr. Robert Bredon as deputy inspector general of customs, with the proviso that the chief author- ity must not be delegated. The Times, commenting editorially on the appointment of Robert Bredon as deputy inspector general of Chinese customs, says: It is a very satisfac- tory announcement. For the present there is no danger of the customs ad- ministration being destroyed by the po- litical or commercial rivalry of foreign nations. FREIGHT CONDUCTOR LOSES HIS LIFE ON THE RAILS. Forrest Davis Run Down and In- stantly Killed in the Yards at Woodland. . ‘WOODLAND, Feb. 4.—Forrest Davis, a freight conductor, whose train was bound for Sacramento, was killed here at 5:30 o'clock. Nobody saw the accident, and it is not known just how it occurred. The train was stanaing at the depot while the engine was switching empty cars on a sidetrack. Davis was last seen alive standing on a crossing signaling to the engineer to back up. His mangled re- mains were discovered by Engineer Ma- ginnis after several cars and the engine uad passed over nis body. Davis was very popular. He was mar- rled, but had no children. He lived in Sac- ramento. - s o MUST ADD T0 THE TAX RATE No Money to Complete the San Jose High School. Serious Condition Which the Board of Education Faces. Without Funds Wherewith to Fur- nish the Building When It Is Constructed. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Feb. 2—There is mno money on hand with which to furnish and complete the new $75,000 High School now nearing completion in Nor- mal square, and the City Board of Education is in a quandary as to where the funds are to come from. | In November, 1896, the city votedl bonds in the sum of 875,000 for the | erection and completion of a high school building. A portion of Normal square was ceded to the city by the State for a site. Bids were called for and the erection of the building com- menced. But the cost of furnishing the building was overlooked, and now the question is, Where is the $13,580 need- ed to furnish the school to come from? On about May 1 the building will be turned over to the city with the base- ment unfinished and with many extras needed for the other floors. No work has been done on the basement. The walls will have to be plastered, the floors cemented, cloak rooms and laboratories finished, and doors, win- dows, etc., put in. To do this it is es- timated by the supervising architects, Jacob Lenzen & Son, will cost about $4000. Without the use of the base- ment the school would be seriously harassed. Aside from this $9580 will be needed to furnish the school rooms and build- ing. These are the items: Twelve hundred school desks at $3 2 Eighteen teachers’ desks at $10 Twelve hundred chairs for hall Fitting up st Blankbonras soeosees 1,400 00 This makes a total of $13,580 that will have to be raised in order to furnish the building. This year 5% cents was raised by taxes for the support of the high school, and for next year a con- servative estimate would be 7 cents. A levy of 13 cents was made for the grammar grades this year, which, with 51 cents for the high school, makes a total of 181 cents for the School De- partment. ‘When the apportionment was made the Council stated that this was all that could possibly be allowed the School Department and still maintain the other city departments. If this be so it is not known where the $13,580 will come from, because it.would re- quire an additional " 7 cents to raise $13,580. Of the $75,000 of bonds issued to build the school only $400 will remain when the building is turned over to the city to be furnished. The contract for the building, plumbing, etc., was awarded to D. J. Byron for $61,357, and George H. Tay of San Francisco secured the contract for heating apparatus for $8996. This makes a total of $70,253. The supervising architects, J. enzen & Son, will get $35612, or 5 per cent of the | two contracts. The balance has gone for extras and changes, and but $400 re- mains. The building must be ready for occupancy by August 29.. A meeting of the board and City Council will be held in a few days for the purpose of discussing ways and means for carrying on the work. The money will have to be raised by taxa- tion, and as the new charter limits the tax rate to $1 on each $100 valuation, it will be necessary to take this amount from the other departments. An addi- tional 7 cents will have to be added to the school fund apportionment, making that levy for next year about 28 cents. BREAKS THE RECORD _ MADE BY THE COLUMBIA. Steamship State of California Makes the Run to Portland in Less Than Two Days. PORTLAND, Feb. 4—The glory of mak- ing the fastest trip on record between San Francisco and Portland rested with the good steamship Columbia but five short days. The State of California landed at the Ainsworth dock to-day, after making the trip in 47 hours and & minutes. The various points along the route were passed as follows: Left San Francisco, Wednesday, 10:50 a. m.; Point Bonita, Wednesday, 1 a.’ m. Point Reves, Wednesday, 1107 p.m.. Point Arena, Wednesday, 5:40 p. m.; Mendocino, Thurs- day, 12:05 @, m.; Cape Blanco, Thursday, 10:15 a. Cape Arago, 12:29 p. m.; Ump- qua, 1350 p. m.; Yaquing, 608 p, m; Cape Medres, 9:32 p.m.; Tillanook, 11:12 p. m.; htship, Friday, 12:15 a. m.; Astoria, Fedar. s X' mouth of Willamette, 1 a. m. arrived at Portland, 10:08 a. m. BOYCOTTED BY WHITE CITIZENS ‘Woes of a Negro Postmas- ter in a Georgia Town. His Compensation Now Aver- ages but Eleven Cents a Day. Various Expedients Devised to De- | prive the Colored Man of | His Revenues. s Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | NEW YORK, Feb, —A Hogansville, | Ga., special to the Herald says: Isaiah H. Loftin, the negro postmaster at this | place, has written a personal appeal to | President McKinley asking that he be | given another appointment. In this let- | ter he states .that the compensation of | his predecessor was about §60 a month, | and that during the six months in | | which he has held office, he has aver- aged about 11 cents a day; that the. boycott instituted by the entire| white population of the city shortly af- | ter his appointment has, instead of be- | ing broken, grown and strengthened. | A similar appeal was made to Post- | master-General Gary some weeks ago, and as a result mail cars that now | pass through Hogansville are locked before they reach the town and mes- sengers have been instructed to receive | no mail except in pouches from the postmaster. Every man in town has written an order for his mail, and this is put into the hands of “Tom” Prather, a young man who goes twice a day for the mail. He takes his sack to the postoffice and gets the mail. The sack is taken to a store adjoining the Grand Hotel, where the distribution is made by A. Hard- way, who was postmaster during Mr. Cleveland’s term. In sending mail out of town the citi- zens resort to various expedients. The larger part of the mail, however, is car- ried to the train, and as the mail clerk opens his locked door to throw out the mail, it is thrown in bulk over his head into the car. Loftin, who at one time owned con- siderable property, is now practically penniless. Credit has been refused him by merchants, and his last horse was levied on this week. Shortly after he was commissioned he was shot at three times from ambush. RICH GOLD QUARTZ FROM VIRGINIA DALE DISTRICT. Beautiful Specimens Brought to San Bernardino by John Cas- tain, a Miner. SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. 4—John Castain, a miner, came in to-day with the most cheering news from the Vir- ginia Dale mining district in this coun- ty, that has been heard from that camp for many days. He also brought beautiful specimens of gold-bearing guartz and free gold from the Bon Ton | mine, which created quite a st'r in | mining circles. A four-foot ledge of very rich ore has just been struck in| the Bon Ton and there is a cinsidera- ble quantity of free 20ld in sight. No assay has been made, but great things are expected of this mine. Refore tais strike, the proprietors, Messrs. Rankin and Ganchou, considered the Bon Ton a good piece of property and estimated its value at $50,000. Adverse reports of the Virginia Dale district have recently been published. These are erroneous and do great in- Jjustice to the camp. The only trou- ble there is the lack of milling facil- ities. The Cornish roller mill was only an experiment, but has been do- ing pretty fair lately. It is believed that this last rich strike will cause the mine owners to place in a large stamp mill. There is gold encugh in sight to justify the expenditure. STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A FALLING TIMBER. SALINAS, ;Feb. 4—Frank Nelson, an employe on the San Francisco Bridge Company’s work at the sugar factory, was seriously injured this afternoon. A heavy timber fell two stories and struck Nelson on the head with such force that it knocked him from a platform where he worked and onto a pile of fine, sharp rocks. The fall on these rocks caused the man to be badly cut about the head and face. Five long, jasged and deep cuts were the result of the fall, and two of them on the face are very bad wounds. A physician was summoned from this city, and, upon his arrival at the scene of the accident, found the man in’a ser- jous condition. The ctor dressed the injured man’s wounds. Nelson was moved to the bridge company’s lodging quar- ters, where, with proper treatment, it is expected he will recover. He has been WACHLINE DIES BV THE RopE* Murderer of John Ledrick Executed at Hills- boro. Insists on the Gallows That He Did Not Commit the Crime. How an Old Rancher Was Slain by an Ex-Convict Whom He Had Prosecuted. * Special Dispatch to The Call. { HILLSBORO, Or., Feb. 4—Gu Wachline, the murderer of John' Le?f rick, was"hanged here at noon to-day. When on the scaffold Wachline d: “What I wish to say is that the ade is a true statement. e osent of the crime of which I am convicted. I ask the Lord Jesus to take me as I am.” Seventeen minutes after the trap was sprung the body was cut down. In- Vll)tatlogns were sent out to about 150 persons, but when the doors leading to the enclosure where the scaffold was erected were opened about 500 people pushed their way in and witnessed the execution. John D. Ledrick, an aged German, living about three miles south of Forest Grove, Washington County, was missed by his neighbors for several days in March, 1894, but as he led a very retired life nothing was thought of it until one day some one called at his place and failed to bring him to the front. door by the usual country greet- ing of “Halloa.” Entrance was forced to the cabin, but no trace could be found of Ledrick, and in the dimly lighted place nothing that led to a sus- picion of foul play was discovered. A few days later a friend of the old man, who knew that he had considerable money concealed about the cabin, made a more careful investigation, and dis- covered clots of blood in the cracks of the floor, and also indications that the floor had been recently mopped, which was in itself a suspicious circumstance, as Ledrick had never been known to clean his shack since he had lived in it. After considerable searching about the place, without result, some one no- ticed the peculiar tumbled appearance ot a heap of refuse back of the house, and when the searching party started toward it a dog belonging to one of the men began to sniff, and finally started to dig vigorously in the pile.| The top straw was speedily removed, and the old man’s bedy was found in it. At first the neighbors were inclined to suspect Robert Buck, a churlish farmer, whose place adjoined Ledrick’s, and who was known to have been his enemy. When it was learned, however, that Gus Wachline, an ex-convict and a hard character, had been seen in the neighborhood, Buck was freed, and all hands started on a search for Wach- line. He was traced to Portland, where suspicions were confirmed by the dis- covery that he had driven Ledrick's horses in from Forest Grove and sold them. Ledrick’s overcoat was found in pied by Wachline the night h Portland. No one was able to tell whither the fellow had gone, however, and for near- ly four years the search for him was in vain. Several men were arrested in different parts of the State during this time, but on the arrival of an officer from Washington County they proved to be only the victims of resemblance to the fugitive. On September 1, 1897, the Sheriff of Morrow County wired the Washington County officials that he thought he had their man. So many false reports had been sent in that this was hardly cred- ited, but when a description was sent it was so accurate that Sherift Brad- ford boarded the first train for Morrow County, where he immediately recog- nized Wachline, and returned to Hills- boro with him. The fellow had been working as a farmhand under the names of Hanson and Brown, apparently confident that he was safe from further pursuit. He had concealed on his person when ar=: rested a six-shooter and a wicked-look- ing dirk knife, and he made desperate resistance, but was quickly overpow- ered. Since then he had maintained a sullen silence up to a few days after his sentence, when he made a state- ment declaring that Buck was the mur- derer, and that he was bullied into burying the body and driving the mur- dered man’s team to Portland, Buck cenvineing him that the-fact that he was an ex-convict would be sure to lead people to believe that he (Wachline) was the guilty one. ‘Wachline was tried in December, and the circumstantial evidence against him was such that a verdict of murder in the first degree was returneq immedi- reached | a lodging house which had b«ien occu- in the employ of the bridge company for several years; and this is the first time he was ever seriously injured. ately. Since his statement,|however, there are many who believp that he was only an accessory to thefmurder. id ADVERTISEMENTS. 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