The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 20, 1905, Page 1

- YO wILL FIND WHAT You w TE. we LY TOLD EVERY DAY IN ANT TO Know THE STAR NIGHT EDITION | SUICIDE OR MURDER The Pioneer One Cont Paper of the Northwest The Seattle Star FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, y) sation MYSTERY SURROUNDS FINDING OF DEAD MAN WITH NECK SLASHED BODY OF FROM EAR TO : EAR-—FOUND LYING IN POOL OF BLOOD ON PUBLIC HIGH WAY NEAR AUBURN After a rigid examination of the circumstances surrounding the sup posed murder of an unidentified man found with his throat out from ear to ear at 4 o'clock morning wear Auburn, Sheriff Lou) Smith and Coroner Carroll have de-| cided that the case was one of sul cide. Although these cireumstances point strongly to & suicidal death, the lo cation ow the body and the inability to establish any motive for self 4 struction gives rise to a murde theory j Thursday the man was walking the streets of Auburn. Several identified the remains at Connell's morgue. Harvey McCumber, a farmer, residing near Stuck sta tion, first discovered the body Death had taken place hours pre vious. Close beside the body lay a lood spattered razor, and on the other side of the bloody corpse lay the razor case. One desperate slash ing cut had severed the jugular vein laid bare the man's spinal col-| Friday | « | anc umn, The dust of the road for) yards around gave crimson evidence of the dying struggles of the stranger. A number of foot tracks wrrounded the body, They were not all, as near as could be ascertained made by the same sized shoe. Whether others bad discovered the body earlier and best a hasty re treat from the scene is mot known. MeCumber says that about § o'clock Thursday night his dogs barked and caused him to go out look around, but he heard and saw nothing to arouse his suspt cions, The body was found about 540 yards from his home There was no other habitation nearer, A search of the dead man's clothing resulted in the finding of| to rev his identity 5 found in the trousers pockets, Besides this a soiled white linen handkerchief, a box of snuff, some smoking tobacco and a few collar buttons were found. M« Cumber says that the man was ly ing full length the back pnd nothing $7.85 was Accuse Mayor Of Being Silk-Stocking Disciple FREMONT AND GREEN LAKE PEOPLE INDIGNANT AT BALLIN- GER FOR IGNORING THEIR REQUEST TO APPOINT THEIR MAN ON PARK BOARD INSTEAD OF J. W. THREATEN TO RETALIATE CLISE, AND BY DEFEATING $500,000 PARK BOND ISSUE—APPOINTEE MAY BE ASKED TO DECLINE Tt J. W. Clise accepts Mayor Bal- Mager's proffered appointment on a beard it may mean the de- of the $500,000 park bond {s- _ Resentment at what the people of it and Green Lake consider a from the city’s chief executive ting to appoint a man from Ninth ward, after he bad said which were at least construed ing & promise to make such appointment, is growing. The ward is also demanding rep- r tation on the board. As has already been stated by The ‘Star, the Green Lake and Rainier thts Improvement clubs have resolutions asking that the — C. W. Saunders” suc- these séctions of the $$ HELEN GOULD AS SHE IS TODAY, OF MISSING elty. Since that time C. BE. Rems burg and other Ninth ward men have personally called upon the mayor and asked him to appoint A J. Goddard. The mayor, having promised the appointment to Clise, who is out of the city, is of course helpless. The mayor's selection of Clise is believed to have been made upon the recommendation of the park commissioners, which is one of the reasons that opposition to the bond issue has developed The Nint if the park board does pot take suf- | ficient Interest in the Ninth ward | to get the next member from that part of the city, it is not entitled to the votes of the Ninth ward citizens on the bond Issue. The feeling is the same in the ward peop!e feel that | | any® ago after her Gay's work at «| that the arma were outstretched. The razor, smeared with blood, lay Wi feet away from the bloody right a | Coroner Carroll stated Friday morning that, although improbable. the man may hav been murdered | for revenge | at Connell’s morgue, Auburn. days for identification, if possl nd will then = be buried by the county, The dead man was about 45 years old, and wore the clothes indicative of a man in good cir cumstances. ‘They were of blue The body will be held fow | serge, with a fatnt white stripe run ning through them hree front teeth are missing in the er row and the hair is light and thin, There wan two days’ growth of beard on the face and a straggling sandy mustache, An old and faded blue army shirt was worn over two un dershirts of lighter material, ‘The shoes were purchased from Robert Johnson & Rand, or shoe company carrying their ¢ as the company bas a distributing office in this city. Not a serap of paper or other means of identifica tion was found by the coroner While the record of the coroner's office will read sutcide, murders have been committed and men hung jon less evidence of the crime than | that surrounding the death the | stranger from Yecond ward, although strong. It is being conc ind more that the park bond ts#ues will with difficulty be carried, and the antagonistic attitude of certain sections of the city makes the situ j ation still more unauspicious. | The board chose Cline, it in be Heved, because he would take an/ interest in the construction of the| proposed circular driveway around | Queen Anne hill, where he lives) and owns much property. This| means, it is feared, that the Ninth ward will receive no more consid- eration than in the past. There is} also a general feeling around the | elty that the mayor i» trying to make the board too “aristocratic,” most of the members being cltizens of heavy property interests and }owners of automobiles, who are more interested in grand boulevards than the playgrounds and parks en- foyed by the poorer clases of peo- | ple. It is possible that, In view of the danger to which the bond tesue ts exposed, the commissioners will now ask Mr. Clise to decline the ap- pointment, so that a Ninth ward man can be selected NO TRACE JAP GIRL - | Taka Hirashima, 16, the Inganene | a few! waitress, who disappeared SEATTLE. WASHINGT: 1 do not winh to be fturthe viewed enough thin subject. 1 thank you,” iH, M Commerce, and Antl-26,0 The Star des wt the anti erves great ore mnyentionites 0 in whieh It kept Phe Star did the 1 Christian Bad @ the dent of the L said in © much eannot be it did in propelling the convention, Had it not been fe this direction the death.” A. ¥ tlons of Christian ndea movement unnatural I think The Star deserves pr ber of Commerce My views on this matter hay The St and Lam glad to off good w ne by it, None edit will bel to The Btar Kicked, and Who Won. ~ a * * . * \* |’ | * * * - * - * * * . . * * + ‘* * * - * * * * 7 * - . * /S ANOTHER OR. o oe e e e e | would undoubt arth, It mucceeded in waking up some of Seattle's sleepy heads. Thomas Prosch. 1 have nothing more to may, Only, that I have no kick coming, and that I wish mpliment The Star on ftw great fight fer the cofivention.”—James B. Meikle, Secretary Cham ded dededeiete tdi hee ee ON, W Interviewed, I've been inter have not desire to be quoted, mt of the Chamber of dit for the fight it waged f the chamber of commerce, and BP PoNtinuAl agitation in favor work!’ —C. 1 Presi jeavor Union Reeves, favor of ‘The Star for the work mt for the Christian Endeaver r tty wnsurpassed — activity in lly have died an resident of the State Ansocia alse for itn work in this matter © been given great publicity by er My congratulations upon the tt@r could have been done, If Ge, the greater part of the Austin Griffiths, the Man Who SSSR EEE EEE ER EE EERE EEE EES ES ERR ER RE TIMES JOKE SS len Tell Von Ogden gt That Young People’s hristian Endeavor Conven~ jan Would Overtax Cit, Believe 20,000 Visi Would Attend Meet tors Who ng Are (THE TIMES, OCT, 10.) With characteristic unscrupulous news, the Times lays claim to having won the fight for the big Christian Wodeavor convention. To show just what it han done to that end Star reproduces prewith an article Which appeared in the Ti Oc tober 10, three days after The Star began its crusade to bring the con vention fo Seattle. ‘The article, as is very apparent, in, Instead of a boost for the con vention unmitigated “knock,” in display type the big 25,000 delegates who will attend the gathering. ‘This article, together with a story last Sunday, rehashed from Satur enough to take care of the day's Star, represen’ of the Times’ efforts to bring the convention here. NO NEW6PA The | | nent. that Seattle will not be | | Edgar Barth the sum total | A noble tight and a splendid vic- | tory, indeed! | CONDI TION CRITICAL re: | IN THE BIG CITIES OF THE CO 1905. Bennington Court-Martial by the defense | } At a meeting held Thursday even ing at the home of C. H. Reeves, of Christian Endeavorers, at which F. and George Combs were present, a resolution was |drawn up thanking The Star for the good work done toward making the chamber of commerce wake up fa connection with the 1907 conven- tion. More facts concerning vention were brought out meeting, and the fact that president the local union of the con at the Seattle is fully able to take care of a large| crowd of delegates was more fore- CG. & Allan, the well known real! ibly brought to the front than ever. entate dea! Provider euffering from appendicitis and who Wal operated on at £:30 o'clock Fri- | positing $1, who was taken to the | Baltimore, it was stated oapital a few days ago | necesmary guarantee fund in a very | rained the The delegates, each de- contributed to the ex- few days. day wmornifig. was reported to be in| pense fund the sum of $21,000, and ® éritica! condition late Friday af- | this, together with the revenues de- ternaon, for reeovery though with a fair chance ' Hved from the great concerts given before and after the convention, left 0, Do 147 Alfy Bonbrake Visits the loan restricted district restaurant, has) ‘Fecent years. _rolt a few days ago. pher “caught” At the name moment MISS HELEN GOULD. famous daughter of Jay Gould has a curious aversion to photo- * She has sat for but a very few all her life and not at all of Thus what pictures have appeared Thave been copies of a picture taken 10 years or more ago. The accompanying photograph is from a snapshot flashed in De- Miss Gould was attending convention and a her as she was leaving the hall and the expression of her face shows it—she also caught the photograpber at work in the newspapers ES DEERE EEE EEE RHEE = MUST PROTECT | Ike manner, not been found, at least the police have not reported the fact, If so, It is still betleved in that auarter | of the city that she was kidnapped | by traffickers of humanity and that) by this time she is well out of the reach of either friends or the law. | Police records show that since the first of the year at least 20 young girls have been spirited away In a attle harboring a nest of par- | well the souls of the in- into a bondage worse than | The Harold Dollar arrived trom | San Francisco Friday afternoon, She | brought a general cargo and a light | list of passengers. She encoun- te heavy northeast winds. The Dirigo, Garland and Dede were towed into Fagle harbor for the winter, Friday. F ghters Usually Die Poor Prize fighters are as prodigal an prima donnas. On their way up to the top of the heap, money comes easy and continuously, When they start downward, money shuns thelr | path in the most scandalous man- ner. John Morrissey, who made hundreds of thousands In his time, | died. penniless. Yankee Sullivan | didn't leave er «xh cash on hand to | defray funeral expenses. There was | 16 conte in John Clow's pockets |when the undertaker came. Dilly Poole, who had garnered many dol- DAST ee: se bhai ¥¥¥e lars in his ring career, held only two of them in his dead hand, » O’Baldwin, Johnny Heenan, Johnny Griffin, Jobo Gully, end a long list of good money getters once passed to thelr reward without a cent te titir credit. Of the pugilists now living who have made big money with their fists, how many of them have held onto of the vast suma that poured through their hands? ‘They are so few the fingers of one hand will suffice to count them all, The Wnglish players of association football who are touring this coun- try are horrified at the Rugby game of football as played by Americans. It is, in their only brute strengt (icorgetownites Line Up to Throttle Water Monopoly DAN IF VOTERS DEFEAT WATER CO MPANY AND ELECTION GEORGETOWN WILL BUY WATER FROM SEAT- TLE AND ESCAPE FROM CLUTCHES OF ROBBER-TRUST— BREWERY IN ANNEXATION WITH THIS CITY ALSO FAVORED — The preliminary skirmish in a big fight which the people of George- town are going to make against the! water monopoly that has them in ite grasp is to occur at the meeting of the Georgetown council Monday night, At that time a petition asking that the council call a special election to) vote upon the ixsuing of $30,000, of] bonds for the construction munictpal water system will be pre- sented to that body. The main fight will take place In the early part of December, when the regular city election occurs. The ese will try to re-elect John mee prosent beni 4 Madag commun P ‘an eS attempt will be made to annex getown to Seattle, ‘The water company and the Seattle Bigwing “& Multing company are annexation, the former be. it wants to maintain st a "and the latter because an~ means Increased taxes. Georgetown people are deter: to get Cedar river water tine hve J Not only are they now Charged exorbitant rates, but the’ ire oft unable fo get any water at all, and the water is oftet of poor quality. They are obliged to $1.26 for the same water that local consumers be gaa the rat iny hare to bay ents the | fort only have to pay s% robbed to the tur fire REJUVENATE BOOSTERS CLUB As the result of against the action of the chamber of commerce in connection with the 1907 convention of the Christian Endeayorers, the movement to or- ganlze a development body, or “Boosters’” club, which has lain dorman for the past six months, has the agitation Georgetown Water company c| under a blanket franehise,| Bull a ~ the conse v “s UNTRY AS THE STAR. The 0 That D VOL NO. 203 IN GEATTLE MA® AS CLEVER A COMPS OF BRECIAL WHITRAS nly Paper in Seattle ares to Print the News 25 CENTS PER MONTH ‘Lives and Property Lost In Fury of Storms on Lakes GREAT LAKES VISITED BY HEAVY GALES WHICH SENT SHIPS TO BOTTOM AND DESTROY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PROPERTY in of lakes last night and VALLEJO, Cal, Oct, 20.—Com SAECRERAAS RE CME DI ning. Much shipping was @- : “ e J *| stroyed, and dock property ruined mander W. H. Allerdice, of Chicago, * BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct *|in most porte. A great loss of life & member of the original board of *& One barge, with or #ix bw) is feared. Two barges with broken inquiry at San Diego, finished his! ® on board, sank in full view of #| tow lines are adrift off Boffalo with testimony in the Young courtmartial! ® the shore just before noon wher ard, and tu bi r ust befo 200, ws aboard, and tugs are unable this morning, He said the cause)» ®/to reach them on account of th of the accident was the structurall geet ew wen eee we bOrm ee pies 2 weakneas of the valves and boilers a ; Boilermaker Foreman Ed Kava-| LORAI 0. Oct. 2 2 4 naugh, of the navy yard, thought| steamer Sheldon, with 20 me doliars Pa ot Gan that over preesure caused the acet-| ard, was wr five miles off v ed by the storm along dent. Machinist Foreman LL. shore in the gale last night. ‘The! the lake over $200,000 at Holland, | utes, of the navy yard, told of the! steamer Wisconsin is on the rocks|t ua fa mil k arly a quarter of a million at Mes tests made and the results found as| just outside rominee. The summer resorts suf- by @ previous witness who had fered untold damage. The tug Ime tified regarding the condition of th CHICAGO, Oct One of the! and the schooner Glenn Cuy - were furnace, All witnesses were called| worst storms of years swept th at Menominee, Every craft re this| ported this morning as picnic Guarantee Fund wil Probably Not Be Used AT MEETING OF LOCAL ENDEAVORERS, THURSDAY NIGHT, IF WAS NOT CALLED FOR & balance } ledger of $2,000, of Baltimore absolutely nothing, and instead brought | Thousands of dol ple Plans were outlined at Thurs- | pledges for the guarantee fund, and Thus the convention cost the city] # to its peo-| | day night's meeting for securing the| for the in a few days subscription lists will DEVELOPED THAT THE BALTIMORE C. E. CONCLAVE, AT BALTIMORE, DID NOT COST THAT CITY A CENT ~ FUND a on the right side of the; be ready for the signatures of | loyal and open hearted citizens Seattle. og The same committee, together with O. N. Halstead, district preate dent of the Endeavorers, will Friday night at the home of | les named, 2202 East Green Lake boulevard, and will discuss pl district meeting of the ganization, 2 and 3, to be held December at Sumner. ~ Avaunt Bad Spirit —_———— LOCAL DOCTOR WILL TRY TO RID COLORED BOY OF HYPNOTIG SPELL THAT MAKES HIM WANT TO MURDER FAMILY _ A well known hypnotist and mind Treader of Seattle will Friday after- noon attempt to remove the strange spell which seems to affect the mind of Jerome Collins, the 17-year- old colored lad who claims that a voodoo was placed upon him about & year ago by a traveling colored | band of hypnotists and voodoo" doc- | tors.” Collins was Thursday examined | for insanity by a board of doctors and was discharged. He is now be- u county jail, and if he does not get better soon he will probably be committed to the reform school. James C. Collins, the boys’ father, when seen by a Star reporter Friday said: “Since the papers have been taking up the case and since I've made that $1,000 offer, several doc. tors have come to me and claimed ing held in the juvenile section of | it they could cure the boy. 1 have decided to let one of them, Dr, Forst, see what he can do, and he has promised to make a trial Frie day afternoon. He says that if b@ cannot counteract the hypnotic ime fluence cast over my son he may be able to instill the belief into the |lad’s debilitated brain that thesq voodooists do not exist and have | 80 power over him. “After the boy has had one | | these violent spells he feels bad. When I ask him why he did , he says n't help it, pappy, jI can't help it!” | The elder Collins is quite confle dent that the boy is not insane, and j that his mind is only affected by a hypnotic spell. Jerome, when seen by a Star | reporter at the county jail Friday, seemed quite cheerful and talked ras | Uonally. i F, B. ALLEN, HIGH OFFICIAL 0 ITS SEATTLE FOR PURPOSE IMPROVEMENTS F. B. Allen, one of the highest of- ficials of the Merchants’ Despatch, a Vanderbilt fast freight 1 and closely allied with the New York Central lines, is In the city on mat- ters connected with the company Although he will give no informa- tion, {t is absolutely certain that in the very near future radical change wil} be effected in the transportation facitities in and out of Seattle, in which the Merchants’ Despatch will take an active part. BIG GUN OF VANDERBILT FAST FREIGHT LINE HERE F MERCANTS’ DESPATCH, VIS- OF ARRANGING EXTENSIVE Details of the new plans are now in the m and,no information will be given the Business publio until they have been completed, Tf is ably certain that the s will Involve the expenditure of thousands of dollars in improving present terminals, and to give bete ter service to shippers of Seattle anda vicinity Mr, Allen is booked for the popt- tion of general manager of the Mer= chants’ Despatch after the first of | November, it ts said, PATCH SPEEDIEST — HORSE IN THE WORLD