The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 24, 1909, Page 1

~~. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF) STATE IS HERE . TODAY. ” He Is Interested in the Pit- trich Case and Will Investigate. Acting Governor Hay arrived in Beattie late this afternoon * Olympia ov official business, and. among other matters, he intends to Inquire into the facts regarding the from | case of Nick Pittrich, sentenced | to hang on May 21 for the death of | Marshes! Miller, who was fatally | wounded at Kent last year during & pitched battle with Pittrich and three companions. “if the facts are as narrated in the newspa: the acting governor stated rday to several acquaintances at Olym- pia, “I wil) certainty see that Pittrich does not hang.” Attorney A, D. Martin, chief at torney for Pittrioh and his com. | panious at thelr recent triais, bad | Pot been informed of the visit of | the acting governor. He explained that he had no dowbt but that Mr. | Hay would commute the death sen tenes when he had been fully tn-| formed of all the existing tnets Many People Interested Pittrich has been assured by/ Bumerous people, who have called | Upon him at the county jail during | the past two days, that everything | ossible was being accompliehed | O save him from the gallows, and has brightened up considerably. | He has sot yet written his wife nd bis babfes Im his native coun try of bis approaching execution, end now that there ie every av) Surance that bis life will be spared | he probably will let them know of bie predicament Practically all of the offictals and jurymen who took a part in the prosecution and conviction of Pittrich have expressed themselves 8% willing to sign a petition asking | the. governor to commute the death | Sentence, if it is necessary to save the man from the gallows, Starwitch Is Censured. Retére the trial the proascuting Sttorney’s office bad expressed o Willingness to allow the man to plead «guilty to a charge of man-| b scatter for which the maximum ) sentence is 20 years. But Pittrich @id not avail himself of the oppor » tunity, and was convicted of mur er in the first degree. for which | eee mnat fix the death pen-/ y. The actions of Deputy Sher if Matt Starwitch,whe procured the alleged contession from Pittrich, upon which he was really convicted, and immedi- ately afterwards raced to Kent to procure the $300 reward, have been followed by a erit- iciem of the Ravensdale BIG STORM IS. RAGING THREE STATES BEING SWEPT BY BNOW STORM—wiRES : ARE DOWN. BAN FRANCISCO, March 24.--A | Wy storta.ie sweeplog through | , Colorado and Wyoming. felograph lines are crippled, and mnieation for several hours} morning Was almost entirely need. _ Denver is ieolated, and no wire can reach Colorado The. snow Is reported to be un-| ted in some parts of youl) and the storm is said) be one of the most severe of | winter throagheut Colorado. nd loss to stock in Nebraska and 'yoming |e heavy. PUT CELE 4 THE WEATHER. * ir Tonight and Thursday; * Light Frost Tonight; Light * Wert Winds. ot ; Rana REE USANDS “Tunis FLEW 18C0, Cal, March 24. ountanta today are con~ efforta to trace the which has | BAN FRA we Expert _ timuing their taken by $100,000, wh peared from the city treasury. igh several witnesses were ex-| the | » shed light on emined, Accountants were able t what money ie missing but © ald when or how it disappeared eg vaults. The grand jury he investigation. Bil continue t CLARK WANTS QUICK ACTION WASHINGTOD , March 24 ‘Champ Clark, leader of the mi- in the house, today declared Pe that there ts no time for academic Bincuission of the tariff, He said) hat the minority did not desire to . & moment, but wanted a thor te consideration of the bill and an ity to mond it. nol | 8 IT MAY BE THE FACE OF A MISGUIDED BANDIT BUT NEVER THE FACE OF AN AVOWED CRIMINAL CRAWN FROM 4irE. KING Coun Ty Shik. "eq Nick Pittrich, Sketched in Jail. BY ALFRED T. RENFRO. Following a close second to the suggestion of going up to the county jail and making a study of Nick Pittrich’s head was the question whether I would get out alive Would this | fierce “bandit” become enraged and do violence? When I had explained my mission to Jailer Roberts, he called for “Big Mike” to be sent in. 1 nerved up for a stormy interview shy looking fellow with | a pleasant face. This was our brigand In giving my impression after studying his head and face, the analysis will unbiased as to who he is, or what he is said to have done. First, there is not a single feature which is objectionable, He has a fine shaped head, a high, broad forehead, good eyes, a good, straight nose, fine mouth, firm chin, well set jaw and a good ear. lis curly mass of black hair suggests strength and vigor. His eyes are a deep blue They have been merry ones, and they light up even now when he is spoken to or when he 1 was introduced to a big, he entirely sees a friend. But there are the marks of worry plainly written in them, and this is em- [grew # ity Wore, af@ at inet wan} After relatliig Che iter” O- tive p cee ema eer phasized by the heavy circles under them. Compellod to ask for transfer to the | St boa —— Yee by tai star. | . i } a er . ‘e ding he ‘oreck re of As I worked om my sketch, he sat silently, his eyes focused for a longer distance than | Po farm, ips e 1 po Se living : & tgnge upon the Sullivan bu f | wink an ol nat C r o | mo « 1 ivan H the narrow bounds of his cell, It was easy to imagine they were looking across many miles }ineans of support ling, the order ise by Judge of land and sea to a little home in Servia, where a woman with two little “bebbies” are “Third, to my personal knowledge, | Main says waiting for some word from the land of liberty, where the husband and father had gone |miipe 8 not the / Order of Judge. ahead to make good najure. 1 have | “And ft alsoAppearing * * hog ¢ : i perrone who hay that on the 22nd day of March, 1999, | The eyebrows are well marked and clear. The features which tell the strongest story Of the xing county + lwhile sald suit was still pending, | this man’s character are the mouth, chin and jaw. There you can see strength, determination |net recatved euffte care and at-\and a f-w days before the applica Hugh McCauley was run down and grit. The high, wide head on top of this, with the keen but pleasant eye, would mark the | tention. and w condition has| tion of The Mercantile Investment | bY 41 automobile at First and Yes T jgrown worse tr 4 of be Company fe such temporary in-|ler at 1 ¢ k this afternoon, and man who possessed them as-—well, you draw your own conclusions, Take a look at the sketch. tp yen. in my vo Bh Bm tenes A oe thn lhe ‘may. dle ke & Feeult of Bis ts Those who know say that it is a good likeness of Nick Pittrich, and it is the way he looks to| ditions prevailing at. the ont lOnuct "The @®ar Publishing Com. {Juries me. }time inthe King county hospttal are| pany * * * publisher of The he Ford runabout which struck | It may he the face of a misguided bandit, but never the face of an avowed criminal FE the best possible under the cir-| Seattle Star * © * of which; McCauley was driven by Miss eunyatance ane te nvestigation.| Kenneth C. Beaton was and ts the Juanita Storey, who was accompa =< == 2s ea FE M’MANUS Jeditor, published with the knowl. | Died in the machine her mother edge and consent of said Beaton, | Mrs. F. Knisell. The clair is made WRECKED an article which * * * contains |>¥ the wor tha McCauley step: | willfully false and malicious ped unexpe — ene | tons against The Mercantile Invest. | == Iment Company * * * 4 which MARSHFIELD, Or, March 24—~| dtlegations injurlously orgies ~ Bejooner Marcont, owned the | 5 + oa ave: at | Com ‘ panes dcuees aden | ee fercantile Tnvestmen ms Stuae 7 aden | pp its president and secretary With 1,000,000 feet of lumber 7 and have @ tendency to Influence Wibcked on the south spit, near ( ; aaa os CARSON CITY, Nev—William Lindsay, a miner, was killed, Sab far. ate yesterday afternoon | (he ection of. the Cour and seven other reported buried alive, in a cavein at the Adams Unheeding the warning sounded |Gapt, Wiison and the crew of 16| "Bch said case ts per 4 Gypsum mine today. by Engineer ©. H. O'Dantels, Ariie | were saved kool ctl 2+ had einai Lindberg, an engine wiper, was al-| The Marcon! was being towed to TAKES LONG WALKS EVERY! eee when a sudd f ' Climineting Intoverte | DAY-AND WILL SOON START BOSTON, Mass —Jamee J. Jeffr' today for the first time in | most instantly killed by a North |7 4 the t oe ~ to berry! gd The article upon which these con this city began work. His eparring partner, Sam Berger, | orn Pacific seenae ae ae war! ampt proceedings are based, made NORTH, ¥ | 4 ger train nearltawing her, The hawser carrie pty also ran a few miles with the big fellow. | edler last The body. was |ates part ert fees in th “|the allegation that the action ies ayn | brought to 8 on the train, [Columbia's propetior, rendering her | DFousht by the Mercantile Invest-| WINNIPEG—The coal miners of Southern Alberta and South Corner J, ©. Snyder ascertained | helpless. The Marcon! cast anch ment Company, relating to the} PASO ROBLES, HOT eastern British Columbia and operators @ reached a conclusion, | that Lindberg was walking along | hot they faite » hold, and she w foreclosure of a mortgage Ig ey the} SPRINGS, Cal, March 24— and there will be no strike. The miners get higher wages and |... track, apparently wrapped tn | tWseed high on the beach. ‘The losa| Sullivan block, was taken for the} Governor Samuel 8. Cosgrove of deep thought. O'Daniels soundpd better hours. several warnings, to which the en pes NEW YORK—The staff corre epondent of the United Press aboard | f° Sa owl egpheagtbone tas te the steamship Hamburg reported by wir today that Col. | tog the speed of the train could Roosevelt and Kermit worked inthe gymnasium of the ship in the early morning. be slackened Lindberg wae struck with fearful fo Lindberg Was 80 years old and single. PREACHER SHOT IN A O0EL —_——— PASADENA, Cal.—Capt. A. E. Mueller and his five companions arrived this forenoon from Switzer’s camp, after their terrible bal loon experience. DALLAS, Tex—-J. D. Welsh, his wife and five children and a farm hand were burned to death in the ruins of their home, at slidell, which was wrecked by a tornado today. _ LEBANON, Mo. March 24.—-At TACOMA—Admiral Evane ie the olty’s guest today, He says note town in La Cede for the Pacific coast people to get together, demand three naval | 9°) ope ty Rey Mpesit N. statio a fleet of 24 battleships, and they will get them. He Ieo- tei Be, Motokina Oded got. apeee here: HAIEnt Johnson is the Baptist minister of Dy alae the neighborhood, while Odell was BERLIN—After scene unprecedented enthusiasm, the Richstag [the Presbyter pastor at Russ. without debate voted In favor of entire nav timate, which In- |They quar ver business mat eludes construction of three dreadnaughts. ters, ‘| petuimity to a man suff PRICE ONE CENT 1909, ‘HOSPITAL ACT FILES FORMAL COM. PLAINT WITH BOARD. | | TEDDY STOPS. SHIP AFTER 4 MILE SWIM (At werent expense The Star has outfitted an expedl At The f \Disinterested Investigation of Conditions Will Be Demanded. mnplaint against the anty hospital wae filed by P. J. MeMas ¢ of hospital, whose h a 4 bring teare to th sof the second int t |otiier having be we | Waiikenani; ' } Men ¢ ‘ — > th pigint no attention has been paid Will Demand Action. With the filing of the ¢ Tare vee a sh on ot ON BOARD S. & HAMBURG, Lat. 4-11-44, Long. § ft. from knbwing of conditions at the Steward’s Pantry, 9:13 9. mi—Citisen Rox ; with a Iptint. demanding thas thal mame the 4) SBOCS and # grouch at $:11; he jumped brisk aed, how Sadinining board of the Beatle Cha . on b oo e@ well tees, oF gome kn sevelt humor asserted itself just as the ous hunts aih redéonnible man was about cone Grabbing r Her biade » chlacoinah te with one hand and the the other, he st 4 the ship v n mdition of af with a lond othe chagrin of the chief engineer | wR bring about * nott Large flood f turk buzzards, dickey birds, al piial patients north. ¢ Roosevelt tak this to mean that Joe Cannon has | We aplaint filed by MoM wised up the Zambest | follows Col. Roosevelt is now th , engaged in a j Medical Attention Denied battle w and fle s the purpoes | P. J. MoManus, having t » tetas a. Cas ates he mill, amid jas inmate of the King county hoe the wild plaudits of t (Mo! j pit wee ruby er TEKOLA NIK the Per J. T “LE STAR | EXTRA | EATTLE, WASH., WEDNUSDAX, eat tm 24, | NICK PITTRICH WILL NOT BE HANGED; GOV. HAY WILL COMMUTE SENTENCE PATIENT AT BOY SNATCHERS LANDED IN JAIL | BILLIE WHITLA HAS IDENTIFIED THE KIDNAPERS. Man and Woman to Be Taken East for a Speedy Trial. CLEVELAND, 0., March 24—. t arrival here today, Billie Ia Sharon boy who Was aped, identified the photo he of Helen kner and J, B, uepects, as the man and woman who abducted him. The were shown to him as he 1 from the train “That's the Man.” was shown the photo When Bill graph of the suspect, he sald: Yes, that’s the man. It's Mp Jones, all right, but he's got « new tt tla, when he saw he 5 ‘ w that the mar Boyle, and that he had on Whole Family Comes, The whole Whitla family accom panied White on his trip here, From the train the party went to thefr hotel for luncheon, and de eided to vinit the prisoners late {a the afternoon : The party Ineluded the father end mother of the boy, Seltaa, his 2 year-old "reddle Yorkner, his Atte Cochran, Detective and Janitor Sloss, of Billie's who saw the man who took away juoners will be extradited ania as quickly &# pom that the trial in, Ward schos) the wil » on April 19, rh now making thelr plans the suspects to Sharon. ~~ (Cention on. pape Toe 1 Seen EMP oF Comat SESE Sey. p. Howe Objects to Articte in star HD) AIDE wie | Chiitgdeiine “tips sur Pease CHILD HURT ie Badly I! Treated Reeond, at the time of my sot 1 wee ffertng aleo from a netvous altrnent. commonly called pesous prostration, which rendered me upfit to perform tat f any nigd, and rendered me at times al | a? helpless as ree owe | oe. The nurses and the attaches! Star, and K. C. Beaton, editor of | Foreclosure of Mortgage Upon Sulli- van Block. The Star Publishing company, publisher of The Seattle iit) wore “ rk te peg.- tarde ordered to appear before Judge John F. Main, of the superior luuakiy routine duties, and labor out| court of King county, at 10 o'clock next Friday morning, to of the ordinary | show cause why each of them should not be punished for con- jtempt of court, in connection with the publication on last | Monday of an article headed “Last Grab by Sullivan Estate Gang Made.” I was moved con finwalty from place to p about thé sleeping room, often occupying | jbede Unfit for human habitante I |waP at one time placed in close aapny from trouble In his | emia. who cried out continually for heli Bt ttine, and my pleas to the affendants for removal from this | Senator cot were unheeded. Aj reeutt 7 president of the Mercantile Investment company, to which, it is alleged, has been transferred all of the interest of U. S. amuel H. Piles in the estate of the late John Sullivan. purpose of securing for Senator | Piles and his & Washington has much in health impreved 80 that he now |ta over $60,000. The Seattle Star, have been | The order was issued*upon a petition of James B. Howe, | BY CAR ee Little Gertrude Therander, the T year-old daughter of Burt Thera der, of 3113 South 14th st. Tacoma, was run over by car 116 at the corner of Howell and Boren ets. this afternoon, and sustained what may prove fatal injuries. | The child, accompanied by her | mother, did not see the fast mow and attempted to pass The motoneer threw on brake and stopped the about 20 feet, but the had fallen underneath the fender and beeu bounced” and rolled over the pavement. She or crushed ay the wheels, ali ling car, fore it emergency car within iittle body one rested ‘ {ett ibe “cases —cham eae stopped. The child was taken to & nearby drug store, and an ambi lance was called to take her to ® | hospital. AUTO RACING COURSE ABERI N, Wash, Mareh 24.— An automobile racing course, which pron « to be a close second to the famous track at Palm Beach, Florida, will soon be batlt on a 640 Jacre tract of land, six miles south of Cohassett Beach, and on the south shore of Gray's arbor, Wash. Seattle ond Tacoma automobiliate are behind the project Contractor Fortch, who will have charge of the work, has already arrived here from to begin bomen GOV. COSGROVE iS FAST . REGAINING HIS HEALTH | takes long walke and goes for extensive automobile trips. He looked so much better today |when he made his appearance in the hotel lobby that {t is belleved he jwill soon be abr to start for | Olympia There is no doubt that he ts rap- idly overcoming the disease which | threatened to end his life last win- tor, and it is probable that he will |decide to go north before a May a entire Sullivan the —— inating the preoran and Callaghan Trish “hel FRED BROWN NAMED AS) AJP. TEXAS Fred C. Brown was today appoint William Gottstein, proprietor of LAREDO, Tex., March ed judge of the newly created Jus-| @ cigar store at 119 Yesler way, wa: per killed, four injured and y tlee court by the county commis-| ¢ined $100 by Police Judge John B erty damage estimated at $75,000 was! sioners, Other appointments aris-| Gordon yesterday afternoon on a Wie result of a tornado which rent ing as a result of the new court) charge of conducting a stock ex through this city last night, destroy-|are as follows: Mathew Locke, of] change. Nottce of appeal was giv ing ali wire communication to tho| Ballard, constable; Sam Boxtll, now! en and Gottste deposited $150 north of Laredo. The ca#uattios oc-|battift in Justice Carroll's court,! pall for his appearance in the su [ourred when the house of the Mex-| clerk Louls Huney will act a8! perfor court iyan National railroad was demolish-| bailiff, L, M, Gau will take the] Gottstein was ested on the ed. She orpHanage of the Sisters of | place of Boxill as bajliff of Judge} complaint of Mr ances Brown Guadeloupe, situated on Loma Vista, |Carroll’s court. Of the successful) Webb and Gus Storaasli, who te wa wtroyed, vut the Inmates | appointec Commissioner Carrigan | tified that they placed wager oncaped jonly voted for one, Sam Boxill on @ horse race jos with Gottstein POOLROOM MEN ARE FINED at Emeryville some time a The horse “was in the money” and Gottstein refused to pay the bet, according to Storaaeli, and a war rant was secured for the cigar store proprietor’s arrest. After assessing a fine of ge | against Gottetein, Police Jud: don Imposed g fine of t108" aa against Steve Barrett, J. Crook ant E. Guinn, who were arrested seve r week: at Gottstein’s store n charge of conducting a stock zy 4 of ee