The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 10, 1908, Page 1

SION THE SEATTLE STAR MBER 10, 1908, PRICE ONE CENT. THE WEATHER PAIR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY; LIGHT EAST WINDS. VOL. 10. NO. 247 SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, DECE UEF JURY ISSTILL OUT TLE CHANCE FOR CONVICTION OF GRAFTER aed a IN BANDITS HERE \Wsihl BOSS IS SMILING A ¢ PLANNE WHO Owns THE streets?) SHUDTING OVER TRIUMPH | I —-AGHTS /RUMOR HAS MAJOR. | ITY LABORING FOR CONVICTIO building at the southeast corn ntractor started to excavate for a Ps. t of Second ay, and Pine at Firet he built a fence t to within three feet of the car |) | i tracks on Second av. along the entire front of the lot and out : to the curbing on Pine st. the full depth of the lot 3 5 Then the excavation was made. It was completed some time i ago and since then not a man has b on the job. | WOMAN WOUNDED BY The Star ts informed that the lot has been sold and that A SHOT FROM bullding operations for that reason have stopped | PI STOL. Tut the fence on Serond ay., out to within thr feet of the pn Guard Saw Three Bad] 2s.".2"y one a large number of : merchants trying to do business Insists Weapon Went Off x Hy -Convicts on Streets Fut the people cross the street to the other side and the mer While She Was chants suffer and rightfully complain Handling It. Tuesday Morning. RS elem cae ce - Mre. Agnes Edwards, higt diver, Wife of James A, Edwards }® snake charmer, was shot in the nger train | ensiae and made th Saeeeneeae | Hat 1G to her apartments at 1417 rig that was in waiting Pighth ay, some Ume Tuesday : P , ® a me = we as te. nailer b a Seemeny i cherge of @ fourte | night, Under cireumstances which Py SHORING HOTONe | ene, are pupsiing the police who started sk last night were three ox Overiook Treasure on invest tton today, , J ot bee lo * ne re, Edwards ie moder the con planned Dea loot the Mae it ms a, n o b r the ootte - / Fusch ND ol © deiuisian eho te on the night of OF the part of the —— ? aD | Heves that the w w dits would have made a of at gre © ee eutsien of Sie, Sagan Wan cokers ham erst caver should no complicatio Tie Beattie and who saw ,aered the fireman to uncouple th , z on the streets of O8#saee, mail and express cars. In-| Bays Accident. A ays ago. stead of complyiag, he cut out the ‘The police were informed of the Reber 2 Captain of Police | DA##age and mail cars, leaving the shooting this morning by & reporter . ol express car, in which was the ship The Star, and City Detect! re sreck thar reais ment of treasure, attached to the} Charles Phillips was detailed to to Plansed to bold up the Alance of the train | vestigate, To the detective Mrs Eilted at Ballard. Whea| ,.'* thetr haste the train robbers) Edwards declares the shooting was BM the King st. station did not dispover that they had} entirely acetdental : were 16 the baggage °°? tricked. From the manner a r “Bh wae loofing at a 32 caliber . i which the bandite worked, It ts revaiver which lay on the bureau curs, end four heartily mt that ey are old raflroadery. Mra, Béwarde told Phillips 1 were concealed in the [0 rer | first thing | teader. When the! The loot consis | the wader Whew the (rs outns tthe mall car, aed SOMEONE WILL GO |GORDON'S IMMUNITY! Enee 1 woot ott. and the uti! Of Becond av. the And, anyway, the people own the streets. et dandits who held! wh they deserte passe Burns Ready to Begin an Investigation, as Was | Promised. ihe asd | (By United Pres he goes. } SAN FRANCISCO, 10.— — With t of a disagree » the Ruef case, Detectiy Miam J. § 8 this aft nD beg preparation for an vestigation of the jurors who are holding out for acquittal | It t understood that the failure " . sate . | t hyp of the Remade to halt it pM erage el a aca bg TO JAIL, SAYS | IS ONE STRANGE bev is Sg in the fleshy-part La Me Drothrarncisgentra ye Wit mh Have Vaniehed. Two of the bandits wore masks, | LA EATU Déupite cross examination Mrs. ———— ee the prosecution almost to abandom fed that these three while the third was disguised with | WYER. F RE. Edwards indignantly denied that hope of a conviction. . tear J a Pn a false beard. It ts believe saat pon 4 age ad ae yee SS j Dissatisfaction Exists. i planned the hoid-ap | the bandits left Meade for Spokane. ‘ | ‘ coting, and no amoun' seni peti oe. ed out Inet niKht. and the city is now being combed | Holcomb Case Promises Bar Committee Thought} of rose examination could shake | Dissatisfaction exi tween be learned, the three in an effort to apprehend them . } * or Story. kin Seattle two days + saggy megan ly Some Sensational to Have Inquired cen a6hiid: an Developments. Into This. Baibtors who reside in the ppeared. Tutimation that Great; That the bandits who engineered mger train No. 4 the hold-up of last night were com wane ho ip AS nape ee Setter the teste’ | Bide beak, ot Peet ot he TASt| Awerting that the supposed let) If, as President Louls W. Hill! geenunte, several stots were fired a tbat viele. Groby ov.| Mander 3 ) ter cf Mrs. Eva Holcomb to Frank! yay, the Great Northern ratiway/ft i antimated that the « rd last night. Gruffiy or- Monday night, is the growing belief | sigcog which caused the senza charibée -y | “ ) ’ 7 ry sNeated and hie wife engaged to While the three volunteers aid fengineer to leave the of thowe keeping in close touch with! Aon tn judge Fraters court Tues.|® not implicated in the Gordon eee tanae eeeeetes | BOMB THROWERS ARE) ee oe ee mmeers aid several its compelled the fire the daring crimes. day, is @ forgery, and that he hae Root supreme court scandal, and--/ t shortl ; 1 off = % y after 4 o'clock} RENEWIN recognized officially by the court, fouple the first three) The two “jobs” have similar ear! wractieaily located the forger, If Former Supreme Court Chior | Wemebday morning tenants of the} EWING THEIR It is asserted that ‘O'Gara was tot the counsel for the prosecution. It is understood that Attorneys Johm | n and Dwyer, who vol rn ] ir services after Fran- : ney was shot, are dissatis- | t manner in which the i strict attorney, John O'Gara, conducted the case. balance of the train, | marke ch bee cates Crd Se whose name he dectines at {M8 sustten Mf J. Gordan is short In| same Dallding wore aroused by sev ACTIVITIES. | aggressive evongh to suit his asso b alter a rum of im each ches & hore and buss? \Gweeney stated this morning that | ble ennseats oe ts Ges North Ps red ang aenadlgacn | jaan tmade an far as| Portiand. plant part of their loot! tends to piace several persons be-| railway prosecute Judge Gorden | the hoor with the bullet in her leg. | wtation a few miles bere, and go to Spokane for the ping prison bars for their connes:|and put an end to the rumors that | Bawards fe as inaietent as his wife Ruef All Smiles. emiles this aft refused to com, } ‘ ernoon. W ; FIFTY-TWO MILLIONS) Martial Law Is Caus- ren ee thabio outcome ef ’ of Cho rebhery, | trate teen j ton with it | associate with the other parties t0/ thet the shooting was entirely ac:| MORE WANTED ing Alarm. jthe case, he sald: “The speech SSS Tee = In Expert's Hands. the scandal the names of General) and both say they en-| }made by Attorney Johnson yesters Counsel Begg and President HIN?! paged in no quarrel, | day was the kind of a speech that a ; ; ‘Although the handwriting of THIS YEAR. y was the kind of a | Mrs. Holeomb is very stmit to Hilt Questioned. | Edwards conducted a make show : (By United Pres byte 4 m se Se ee ee | that in which the letter to Mr. At; This is belleved to be, in phaerg pod a Fg og aoe a Be € ALCt r J , Dec 30 =8e tary lion favored 9 acquittal. 1 se 4 | wood ie written, we have discov. | eral way, the querics put to Presi- Ties * . e fe india Lord f y's five . & ered another person vitally intes-|dent Hili by the membore of the | he tecently had. it. broken in a| Wright Reports on the for liberalization of. the |% Dretty strong will myvelt, but f ested in the case whose handwrit-| Root investigation committee at a} street car accident. Condition of the Reg- | colonial government here to be an a would have been tafluenced jon held yesterday in the nounced next Monday, is not ex-| *stinst my own judgment by such 4 i ing seome to be equally similar,” | » " ee MES oe + sie cae declared Mr. Sweeney this morn: | Union club at Tacoms. ular Army. pected to do much toward allaying|®, Speech. At the same time, om ing. "There has been lying and The committee went to Tacoma A | Bative discontent a ba might have the re é } perjury done In this case, and the | yesterday and the visiting members | ‘ The longer the delay in proclaim “There are ow iale:thon twen- persona reaponsible for this out-| were the guests of Judge FL. (By United Press.) ing martial law, the Mercer, it is] 1, seonts of the, prosseution ste Tageous assault upon me will be| Stiles at luncheon, Judge Stiles WASHINGTON, Dec. 10,--The | CYerywhere assert will be the | tioned about the oto ready to made to suffer severely before they |{s.a Tacoma member of the com total estimates of the war depart-|fiéht to reestablish Anglo-Gaxon| 0" a demonstration in Case @ | get through with it. I am having | mittee. jment for the next fiscal year, ax don fon. Plenty of conservative Sareiet ae pony i the letters placed in the hands of| President Hill of the Great {By United Press.) | shown by the annual report of th ane say if things go too rel " & handwriting expert, who will set-| Northerm was also in Tacoma YY ontg : secretary, amount to $189,755,039,/‘helr country’s ascendency can re ; ~ their acthorehip.” vantage of his presence and in-/¢ country {6 the liquor trade| This increase is for river and harbor will be oun; to abandon bee! Pore isn ‘0, ee ‘4 Siiicmesaiteiiabh vited him to appear before it c 6 key | wor lor wh ho’ 000,. | colony altogether | h unverified rumors tha ° Woman Makes Copy. ited jo app seema to be receding wae the key | work, and for which aly about | 80 strict has been the censor-| jury stands 9 to 3 and 10 to 2, with Just what took place during the/note to the reports from var! . Mrs. Holcomb yesterday after. | seesion is not known, beyond the | stete organizations made yesterday ¢16 500,000 is an additional Pp f (ROLLER OF THE) WOMAN WHO ELOPES| noon wrote « copy ot the Atwood |seanton is pot known, beyond, the slats sopanlanttons ns, mations! | §10;500.000 tn an additonal estimate aan ae see wetrdaee set | tion, Abtabam Ret, the fallen boss ' tter at the dictation of Mr i i The ¢ se of} y . a ‘te ¥ . le } E MAKES | WITH A BELLBOY |! [desire to learn from the highest |Hquor league. The consensu academy and the militia. For mili-|¢¥ven here the exact number ts un 1 Francisco, was pale but Sweeney, and both the original let-| voice just all there Is to know of | CPMlGn was that the best inter-| 1 iy. the eatimates call for an| known outside official circles jent as he paced the court 000 is asked. Of the baianc stimate Ship on news of th t few/|the majority in favor of convte- y re “ | Py nT ould be * . S REPORT. FORGIVEN. vEgellgg, ang Fr sagen on Judge Gordon's alleged embensio: | Sotntues by aving the number of | Inerease of $17,800,000 Those concerning which the facts n this morning. Every hour have them examined by an expert. | ™°5t saloons limited according to popula Secretary Wright recommends an | have leaked out were: jthe hey. tek ~~ Y | t's considered Dr. Holeomb stated today that Prosecution? thon, addition of 612 officers to the army,| April 30—Mrs. B. Kennedy and | favorable to he prosecution 291 en.| daughter killed by bomb at Muz-|had expected a quick verdict of ar- | gullty Failure Due to|Partner in Escapade Is) nis tamitiarity with the handwriting | As already stated, the committee | git, Wak Tenolved that “the Anti.) ‘The army is now only H agi - listed men short of the authorized | #fferpore, May 5—Thirty men *. r] of his former wife leaves no doubt is belleved to have also inquired) government, the quietude of com roated at Ci jita Ser Qomay When the fury returned last Stringency Permitted to Go in his mind as to her authorship{into the probability of the prowe-|munitied and vested property rights, | etrensth. During the par there phe carp we ponte ee hight to the cont bacee end acme Market. Unpunished. of the letter. He further intimates | cution of Judge Gordon and exists for no other purpose than | a® been an increase n th actua a Se na aiicanr Troan | Sunt, Uae geshenah ox reba ee eee Pp % thet this letter is not the only one| The committee expected, it je}to provide occupation and revenue | strength of the army of 19,168, mak Min nd litar ‘om hi Ge eral Lord Kitchener,| and further examinations be given, he h rome t 2 o oe . for the members of a close corpora-|ing the present strength 4,116 of. | Mander d bi = io dace de eie in pg trig Ri Ray yah prewnort | tan by the processes of perpetual|ficers and 68,512 enlisted men, a| May 16—Attempt to blow up Cal-|{t became apparent that thoy were United Press.) Forgiving the wife who, it ts al-} His hands during Ee OO eee eelcn The fudge, how, |Petation: and that local option 1s / total of 72,628, Of this number B3,-|Cutta street car, load of English. | seriously divided. When, after be ‘ON, Dec. 10—-The | leged, eloped from Seattle to Spo- All P. ‘ ever, was out of town and beyond bn} fee ue Fd prohibition | 192 gre in the United States, 12,101 | May 30—Thirty-two natives arrest ing necked : for the ulghet they of Lawrence O. MUr kane with John Conley, a bellboy jege Persecution. y an equally oon: tory in It#/in the Philippines, 4,905 in Cuba, |@d at Calcutta for bomb plot, June| did not send for the judge this the visit of President Hil nothing}assquite upon property rights.” — | 1",o9 i Alaska, 661 in Porto Rico,|28—Two Englishmen sertously in-| Morning, {t was generally believed vatican foe. ee ee i: ene. | 266 In Hawail, with 551 troops en|Jured by bomb thrown into railway | @bout Carpenter's hall where the . . testimony | 256 : 5s t : ; eventful trial is being held that a of national banks and|ing man, today prevailed wpon)is the victim of persecution, and| "ini. committee Is not in. sesst REAL ESTATE MAN route and officers at other foretgn | Coach near Calcutta. August 13 ful i b h United States, | Prosecuting Attorney Kenneth that this wil be demonstrated in ion Soqeattag bide Bis | stations Attompt to blow up tralnload of mistrial world be. th Bnet result, d to congress today ie 7 sarge | Court as well as the identity of the ne de fhe secretary recommends an ap- | Europeans ne alcutta, Augus wef Is Cheerful, ft on Sept. 28 there | Mackintosh to dismiss the charge | writer of the Atwood lette propriation of $202,500 for 1mprove- | 81—Gossay, native informer, assas-| Ryef had the appearance of @ hanks in the National s®!nst the young woman and her : - ——— ments and maintenance of the Alas-|Sinated by anarchist prisoners in} man who had been able to sleep appiacee «© (RUMOR SAYS THAT Beving a paid-in capital YOUthful companion in the elope |SOCIETY MARRIAGES y Alfred W. Mackie, @ real ostate|}ka cable; construction and main-|Alipur Jatl amber &—Attempt|iittic, but in general hie manner 192 circulating | ent A | HIR M” broker, was arrested in his office |tenance of military and post roads |to assassinate Meutenant governor | was more cheerful than yesterday. ding amounting taj Conley and Mrs. Jessie Coneft UNCLE in the Meblhorn building yesterday |in Alaska for the fiscal year end. | of Bengal, Sir Andrew Frazer. No-| te ax he Wied with those were arrested at Spokane several | ARE NOT SO MANY by Detective Gil Philbrick on a|ing June, 1909, of $260,000, and ond.| vember 10—Native Detective In-|anout him and there was an ait of idual deposits of the @8¥* a0 On & Warrant sworn out} is DEAD charge of forgery. Mackie is al-| ing 1910 of $860,000; site for brigade | Spector Nundo Lal! Bannerjee, of | conti: plier of the currency, | . Herbert KE. Snook; attorney for J} information as to| 29 years old, H. L. Coneff, a min-| the defendant, says that his client ° in his bearing as he it day were $4,458,-| bere by Coneff The couple we leged to have forged the nam post and maneuver camp on the Bengal, asso November | gtrode and down among the banks then had In| brought back to Seattle last night ‘ Pp A. J. Jarmouth to a note for ),| Pacific coast, $1,000,000; land for | 14-—-Queen statue at! awy and reporters. fn gold and silver ¥Y Patrolman G. A. Bergstrom of (By United Press.) A rumor which cannot be con-| payable in 90 days. Mackio ts said| target range at Fort Lawton and Nagpur mutilated, vember 24-—) Reports from the Jury room tn and in legal tender the local police foree. Coneff was} NEW YORK, De 10--Mar-| firmed was in cireulation today | to have attempted to cash the note | for cemetery at Forts Worden, Flag-| District Police Superintendent! qicate that the deliberations have 288,515, with aggregate | #180 & member of the party The | riages among persons who are #0-| that Carl Hinckley, well known in! here, but failed. Jarmouth is a|jer and Casey, $25,000, and target| Clough, of Lahore assassinated. | been far from placid. The rumor Bet §9,027,260,484 woman was living with her hus-/cially prominent are on the de | Swattle, was accidentally killed| capitalist who lives at the West-|range at Vancouver barracks, | Novemb Attempt to kill Pub-|of a severe clash Serine | Gn ty of stockholders iu {|band at the Bthelton hotel, Third | cline, according to statistics based | jast week during a county fair at| minster, Ninth ay. and Marton st. | $11,800 lic Prosecutor Hume with bomb in| fisticuffs, between twe Jurore. was ay,, near University st., and Conley|on names appearing {n the social | Walla Walla. A number of Hinck-| Mackie is held at the city Jail railway coach at Ag ra. No-lgpread about the building. It ie was employed as a bellboy at the | register of 1909, just out. A de-| jey’s friends here had heard the ro ~ ~ 1 vember 26—Attempt to blow up derstood nat several 4 abe! lerense of 20 per cont from last| port, but so far as is kvown none| NMIAON, B.C. Deo. i0-—The THUGS HOLD UP CAR understood that several members Sig shown to be $921, surplus of the banks be $545,506.2 Raleigh hotel, on Fourth av., near tite sitter wit o yt |trainioad of Europeans at Barrack-| of the jury are vigorously demand its ot $20 son dane Union st, at the time of the al-| year's marriages Is shown for New| has received any definite confirma-| renentad in the mineral exhibit. at AND MAKE ESCAPE, pu: ina. es Pil pe ys waa Rational banks for |leged elopement York city, with a general falling| tion of tt jthe Alaska-Yukon-Pacitic expost | - in view of the enormous cost of the Melvers were appotate a| Last night Coneff begged his | off of Seen 7 ner ¢ | As “Vac ‘ vine. Hinckley ton. (By United Pre ) igen Ragen i endin by runawey wife to return to him and| throughout the country ittsburg | made many friends while he was) yew. ¥ , sais? 9 " eins October ttl she agreed on condition that ho|was an exception, with 69 “social | performing at Lana Park last sum | MORE SHOPPING Ueaualien speabed’ of thee irpih tad subse eal Me feecivers ‘inuidared the | would not press the charge against | marriages” last year, and Chicago| mer. Hinckley has been an actor | paswengers, nird of whom ik ak eiaties or ES aks were women, were helploas specta even reported that the prosecution fenty-tour, the nacninat| herself and the bellboy, Coneff| was stationary with 1 |since childhood and traveled ail DAYS BEFORE « oy » COU y ” tora early this morning during the expects. on nember of the ns Muvcia “was 9, | Was dianosed to forgive his errI08) MURDER TRIAL OF | tie" and. nis trained pig. "Detay.* HRINTIGAS > l\clatane Sta. damper cate ereais ove dar Must canes tod the amount received |#pouse, but was reluc vor eg yw thousands of children who boarded @ south-bound Highth ing certain information in the last Was $19,342, letting Conley off. This morning, ser aoe ay, car near 114th st., knocked , ff i gy SOLDIERS 1S ON | Luna Park. He left here expect. days of the trial, A big crowd re. US er aes | tba kiarse ie wide te — ing to play « olroult of small faire down and beat the conductor, rob mained in the court room awaiting sleation Of | argos. Coneff and his wife left; ‘The trial of James H. Holt and|over the state © alle eR atl ey yaaa Oe renelt, many .womee - being paras. Genet ee ee wnorens Hi Rolast te the toderal with him and terrorized him into (By United Press.) present this morning after having 3 a 4 «9 Sor oad Ot ley vas te. | court today on charges of murder Geta W. an attitude of nonaccusation when} CHICAGO, Dee. 10.--A round trip] sat through the proceed last % ne One J a | ws : | . * y S8AQUAH, Dec, 10—-Mre, Mar- Securitien, one by the | leased from the elty jail jing Houry E. Johnson at Fort Ward] .rar Wi Piatt, atatw premdent of the fe debtors and one t - | last May, tins thus far been cow-|Womey's Christian Temperance 7 Of the money mae| BOYS TURN BURGLARS | fined to the securing of part of the | Union, organised by Shea m jury for the cuse. It 18 expected | VAN ian is president; Mis, W. W that the drawing of the jury will] gy\vsster iding seoretary be completed in time to begin the | Mre. » superintendent an officer appeared | rate of 0 to the Pacific coast| night which lasted until 1 a. 1 % In the midst of the fracas the! during the summer months of 1909 | motorman, who had kept the car! was practically determined yeater: | Carnegie 1s Summoned. moving at {ts usual pace, blew his|day by passenger agents of the} WASHINGTON, Dee. 10.—1 whistle for a policeman, When the ling transcontinental Mnes, | nnounced today that Andrew Car offi appeared the terrorized con-| meeting at the Auditorlum Annex, | negie will appear before the tariff ductor meekly said the men who! ‘The rate is less than half the pres-| committee next week instead of to: (By United Press.) TO His DEATH, 1cOuUVE “ “rr 2 Bs ih Sage | of ¢ ork; Mra. Lule VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 1 | tuking of evidence in the case to- | % 06, BUD ndent of the antl | had committed the robbery had es. | ent one of $140, and under it a vol-| day, his request for a postponement Pies Press.) Robbers last night broke into the morrow morning. narcotic Atviston caped, although they were then on| ume of traffic of larger proportions | having been ~ granted The sub- ER wesh., Dec. 10,--| Northern Pacific depot at Battle} The three men were soldiers in Ceasar egy a the ear. When the car had gone | {y oxpected poena for his appearance wae yMaref was thrown | Ground and sapped the i Oy $1.40 ae wees at Fort in M 4 ees ate a" ron Jude a few blocks further the conductor served last night on Tank | in pennies and nickels The agent vody of Johnson was founc na Ca Doc Judge | was beaten again and seve ys y oma urke, of Seattle, dine EVERE 10,.—-At 9 o'glodk <p afternoon |had put $1,000 in the safe, whieh | furnace at the fort May 9 last. The | Thoynas Hurke. of Beattie, discuss. brulsed. The men then escaped! this uttern SOAs 8 clad es Treasury Statement, Hatitly ki) The | was not touched. The burglare also | theory i# that he was murdered fdr| Pacific Northwest and the Orient |from the car with their loot | Strobridge, executive commis x Dec, 10,-—The Drought to this ecity,|took three bottles of soda water.|his money. More than fifty wit Jat the banauet of the Chicaxo Noard of the Alaska 1g ORE treagury statement today shows; t Will be held to-| B are believed to have com | nesses have been summoned in the |.8f .Asegsigtion oe pa et | There have been 10 weddings In| iriornoon, w ‘Gov. Mean | Recelpt $2,844,919; disburse. mitted the crime, case. another prominent speaker. | the white house. Will be one of those in atiendance, | ments, $1,990,000,