The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 12, 1909, Page 1

MIKE DONLIN WILL EDIT THE STAR'S SPORTING PAGE TOMORROW LAST EDITION DAYS MORE UNTIL THE A.-V.-P. EXPOSITION OPENS TH 11, NO, 68 TY COUNCILMEN CAN'T BELIEVE GRAFT STORIES RGES ARE BEING CONSIDERED TODAY. d for a Grand Jury Will Be Made To- morrow. —— The for Stara fund for fight thelr has grown to §30 larger amount of extensive gral ut If Informa: that such is a! it that as thia Investian ing propos! ‘This Ie the statemen( Wardal of the city cour which begs ‘of the condition istrict this afte Murphy * if there was any'’ the police depart: or other he wanted to know of id He Wants to Know. we find that there g like this going of - an depend Oe at an concern: the and gives ever The Star koown there i peopl ‘ Ta addition to the of clothing. of which is no further need for clothing for cash The $30 recelved to d ing these two young m fight must necessarily | doliar or dollar ie a real bles Anti-Tuber mile Editor, St The futi list of donora to date R. J. Gauit George Engler Cash A. P. Shield Traveling man ee Rublen Paine ros. Seattle Star A Friend A Friend Joseph L. Greenberg Star employes H. C. Evans Mra. Millar UVaknown friend : would be of Seattle Thi wome nh Gee on it 4 the t fear for Total — eegommitter.. The or the particular paths ARE FOUND. IN TUNNEL ‘will probably (all on the | Soulders of Councilman Revell: Goddard and Way haye Adina to the committer for | in: | of aiding in the | Suton of he sowie | MURDEROUS | DEAT}: wate site| TRAP LOCATED ON but nearly a)! the } that they bad| a eae the meet-| A FARM. M wotil this after (iy United Prem MARIPOSA, Cal, May 12.—The discovery today of a seeret tannel, leading from the home of the late George McCoy to within three feet of South-End Im | he will hold a meet-/ of the Seattle at § o'clock thie e of dixeuss “3 & grand jury of conditions alleged to the dis ly opened on Plummer | Determined. for the regular, @ association, but aa ‘of the members of | are also members} committee o all! Clube which went! iy as favoring | grand vury, it le that the same d at tonight's | Heve that they are about to expose a death trap that may have sur passed the Ganness murder farm ip Indiana, MeCoy lived on the ranch from | 185% until two years ago, when he died. He was a bachelor of peculiar habits, No one knew bis history, and he bad no intimate friends. He seldom left the ranch, and his neighbors assert that he seldom went out of sight of the house dur that a GeO | ing the last quarter of a century. Of 45 members of | he Would appear before Secret Tunnel Found. superior court to | ‘The tuniel was found this morn- ly request that | ing by investigators. The entrance y be called, but 1 | was concealed by a stove slab cov heen definitely de-| ered over with earth, The exist: up to a late hour | ence of the tunnel had not been sus 48 could be learned. | pected, and there was never a hint Investigate. | of ite existence egy in: had Commercial club last | _ District Attorney Adair, Qa resolction declaring Charge of the investigation, today ; Miller's polley | gare the following statement to the the women of the | United Presa: cided to appoint a} “The discovery of the tunnel con- five to make an in-| firms our bellef that we have found 7 fo determine whether traces of one of the most remark: 4 the calling of | Able series of crime ever known in the West. permis into aliagee | “Of course we will not bring any charge, as MeCoy has been dead TFelerred te the ciun's |t®0 years, but as he lived on the RIS committee first, but| Place alone from 1853 until the d, and President | ‘ime of his death, there Is no pos- le named the fol-| sible way to escape the belief th: lee to make the in-| D¢ Must have known of the crimes. and report back ite) Bodies Doubled Up. Tuesday night: € Adolph Behrens es | “The skeletons have decayed to W. L Ewart and|® &reat extent, but the big bones oe 3 land the skulls are left, The post: e will de {tions in which the skeletons were , Brentigation declared |f0Und prove absolutely that they Revelle. “We want to| Wet never buried with any cere i truth. No he evi. | mony. Pe. it most be entence| "The bodies must have bapn Paand in court, testimony | Wubled up so that their knees ware & man's signature and | *#'Bst thetr chins. This prob We are ed to know |20IY was done so they could ” "10 KROW | be placed in smaller holes than Cond: | otherwise im the Mayor ne discovery of the tunnel foll probably will lead to further dis 0th wy whitewash i 9, the MOR Was adopted |, Situated a a: Mayor his pre Peflect that M 8. }ereater plan than pected. “The finding the skeletons probably explains the mysterious death of Sam Wilson, who disap. peared after having a quarrel with McCoy in 1877. Wilson was last seen going toward McCoy's place but no trace of him was ever found, though a search, covering a long | period, was made, coverles, and it may be that a mur we have sus John ¥ if Miller n pledges elected, he ted district of Bnd to ent tes there therefore @, By the B eburct Retion « this in ad firther vr ort elt ith on th, at i part « ft firether ed, That a ¢ Hone be ent ¢ were of our city the mayor Mysterious Case. 8. ae The whole case Is surrounded by deep mystery, and the revela tions have caused all the people of that habits and castoma of MeCoy “When MeCoy died he left no relatives or kinship, and the ranch bas passed into the hands of the caretaker, who unquestionably is entirely innocent of the supposed murders. He went to the place long after the death of the persons whose skeletons have been un- earthed, and #o far there has been nothing to Indicate that any jcrime was committed there in re cent years.” tee th two young mon lives fn a consumption camp at Renton Junction Was confident that as soon & a tangible cash received. wan ac tT WHAT WILL SEATTLE DO WITH | HER CONSUMPTIVES ? who are making a evidence of much facts big reaching a the from the cription response morning subs there were several bundles ampanied by money. There here ts, however, still much need ate will go a long Way toward gly Ha wtart in thelr fight for life a long one } of » well where four human skele : toms have been unearthed within a}8 week, leads the authorities to be | * frost; ‘MURDER IN THE section to recall the strange) but thetr © that every quarter, half 1 your contributions to the follows $2.00 $2.00 $1.00 $1.00 w SKELETONS SCHIVELY IS. (Ny Valted Pree) OLYMPIA,, May 12—(3. p. ™M.)—George lerael, attorney for Insurance Commissioner Schive- ly, has just announced to the legisiative committee that he will not permit Schively to anewer any questions put by the committee on the grounds that it would tend to inerimi nate him. The investigating committee will adjourn to make its report on Bchively. Eee ee eevee eee WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight with light Thursday fair and * * * ® warmer; light west winds, * * SAtaeeseekataee ‘LUTHER BROWN IS ACQUITTED ni Press. BAN FRANCISCO” May 12. Luther Brown, head of the detec tive department of the United Rail roads, was acquitted at noon today of @ charge of kidpaping Fremont Older, m editor of the Bye ning Bulletin. When the verdict the “banjo eyed kid.” a notorious tenderloin character, clapped his hands and | was fined $50, WOMAN COP as returned LOSES PURSE : {tty United Pree) CHICAGO, May 12.-—Mrs. Jose) phine Sullivan, with a police star pinned to her dress and her eyes fiveted on a@ thrilling work entitled “How to Be a Detective,” was riding homeward on a street car yesterday, afternoon, having been sworn in shortly before that as the first woman policeman of this elty, When Mrs. Sullivan arrived home, however, abe discovered that her purse, hairpins, buttons apd other had been “lifted” by some son of Villon. The “copess” waa compelled to return to the elty hall station and a reper her } jons. Following a tip that opium being smoked in a room over Tony Bimich's saloon, on First av. 6. near Jackson at, the police raided the place early this morning and arrested three men found “hitting the pipe.” N. D. Poindexter, who ts anid to be the fp Henry Mackey, a barten Ke Brown, a waiter, men | caught in the net who gave his oceupation as a bookkeep Was released upon depositing $100 cash ball, and Mackey $26 ball, Brown wa por that Captain Willard refused aceept ball In his case was prietor and the Poindexter ' were er was released on to FIRST DEGREE Prosecuting Attorney lerveor will file @ complaint against Jean Fortier charging him with murder in the firwt degree for thé killing of Michael Fortier, Th pmplaint will be filed in the superior court late this afternoon or early tomorrow morning. The killing of Mra. Fortier will not be touched upon at the prea ent time, in such al if SEAT SEATTLE, FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR BABES STAR READERS RUSH| TOAIDOFMRS. | FORTIER. Large Sums of Money and Clothing Are Donat- ed for Her. BY BONNIE WHEELER, Ninety-elght dollars for Mra Portier! Jean Inn't that a splendid sum to turn over it amount to hert little to her and wonderful and cloth food, tonight won't It moan a really Bhoes Ing ones, for the of it and plenty Already the offerings of the big WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, TLE STAR MAY 12, 1909 PRICE ONE CENT hearted men and women who have contributed to the caume of thi# destitute family bearing frult And will they not be glad when they know that the firet twenty lars brought fn this morning the means of getting twenty more’ When the Grotelan pany were notified this} morning that twenty-five dollars would be brought down t them to pay part of @ bill of Mrs. Fortier’s that had ce overdue, the manager company — im | the entire would be re five kin been | of the that bill mediately amount of celptod wald the A Worry le Gone, Thue the bill that has for months | on worrying the mother and her} | teste family was wiped out by the act of the generous men and women, Let's not forget the children, for |they are aiding all they can, and [this morning two little youngsters j came with their amall, but oh, #0 | very table, offering | The first contribution to ald the }family waa brought In to The Star office last evening, It was almost] }6 o'clock, the hour when hundreds | of men and women were homeward lbound, Mén on their way to happy, | comfortable homes, and women| urying home to their well cared lor babies The First Contribution This man stopped on bis end loft, with a sinile and « good wish, two silver dollars for the destitute family and one for the} consumptive boys who are makes} such a good fight That man started the good work, | and the glow of satisfaction which) |he must have felt was depleted on} his face as he hurried op to his | family. ‘The cause thus started has grown rapidly and men and women are coming to the front with suma jarge and small, and the apirit back of the offerings is what ie the most acceptable part of it all. They are one and all glad, very glad, to} give what they can, and won't the barrassed mother be glad? Her burden, which fe just now an ab most unbearable one, will be per- leeptibly Hghtened with this sum of money, and more money will be added to this amount before night. ‘Those who up to the noon hour generously brought in thelr offer ings are an follows: Contributions. way one A friend L. W. Lewis Cc. H. Bvans Cash Green Lake man . c. FP. Edwin Seattle Star Star Employe W. Mills, Mra. Miller iMrs, Baughman James O'Malley An unknown frien Grote-Rankin Co, . Veet & Wheeler Realty Co The Blue Grass Club J. A. Ansell .. Total BLOODHOUNDS AT LARGE Prery erook in town fe in hiding | today Providing they have heard lthe news that Sam and Hrady, Har ry MeDermott'’s two bloodhounds, | }are loose. The two canines slipped | their collars this morning and left} for parts unknown, and it le a wafe | bet that if they come across any of the old scents that they have been trained on that some fun will ensie Harry says that his dogs can tel a criminal by simply his appear ance, and he also claims that they are better police officers than any | f Seattle's best Mra. Me, telephoned to police! headquarters this morning that the | and left orders tor| found. | WIDOW PLEASED WITH! |THE HAINS VERDICT o | dogs were gone their return should they be (By United Press) YORK, May 12 iam BE. Annis, wife of the man slain by Capt, Pi C. Hains, said to day that she was satisfied with the verdict in the officer's case All | wanted was justice,” sald Mra. Annis, “and I t © the ver dict of manslaughter, returned | against him at Flushing yesterday, ia proof of the wrong Capt Hains | did me.” LONDON NEW Mra. Wik | ° The parilament ts die. | turbed today or the problem | | whether or not the Lord Nelwon type of battleship is superior to the latter day Dreadnaught, | ton! for 2,000 wives led with the | secretary of the Bpokane Chamber city or stat ARE YOU GOI NG TO MOVE? Don't forget to give the carrier your new address or tele The Btar, Main 1080 or liver&) to you no matter whe phone virtte ecan verthrow of : deprayity EX-GOV. JOS. W. FOLK OF MISSOURI, {ts exterminat ure neither the eit the eradi If it does On the contrary, Not x} tt is far more st is h evil it is known t on « graft if exist i t to remedy civic evils e and corre honorable difference NEWS BULLETINS WAGHINGTON—The seven former employes of the American Sugar Hefining company, who were indicted a few days ago on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government, entered pleas of not gulity today, Betts Galloway, biehop of the Metho- since 1846, died here today. JACKBON, Misa-—Char! dist Kypiscopal church. south, asaault fos Hazel a stranger, is being falling into the REODING, Cai——Accused of attempting to Hayden, @ p school teacher, Lendon Dawson. carefully guarded here today to prevent him from handg of @ mob, which threstens to lynch him. TOKIO—Surgeon Letourneur and bis wife, Americans with the United States squadron at Manila, reached Toklo today after having scalod Mount Fuji, They are the first to succeed in making the ascent thie year, BELGRADE—Ten million dollars is the price paid by Abdal depowed sultan of Turkey, for the privilege of retaining his head, stcording to a statement in today's Stampa. PARIG—Ten thousand postmen and railway clerks struck today More will walk out, The telegraph and telephone employes strike ht, completely tying up the system. Parliament is debating on ue the CHICAGO—HHarriman will put on a fast Chicago-Seattle biol 16 on account of Wie Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition rush BUNCH OF BABY CLOTHES ARRIVES her babe, its up to the city to care for them, and furnish them with the neceasary Wwoaring apparel. It ie to the mothers of the city that the hospital authorities are appealing. They can appreciate the feelings of & woman, penni and destitute, who has anew born babe to fe and clothe, It is these mothers, who have had babies of their own who have now outgrown their swaddling garments, that ean help and do something for struggling humanity Just take the elevator hospital in the ne ing, and you will be for your by thanks nure charges train The clerk in the police depart ment was greeted this mor ing by a number of with happy faces, coach with a which they wished to leave for little “Bill and Mary Theresa Gallagher This morning both were decked out in proper style and seemed moch elated at the change But Hiti and Mary cannot stay forever in the hospital, and when they go the clothes will have to go with ithem. What will the others do who come after? In a great city like Seattle ragedies are happening nearly every minute, And when a t ig left on someone's door step, a shame-faced mother pitifully shelter, with people bundle now to the w municipal build amply the repaid grateful ds thelr trouble of the or aske for a few days SPOKANE BACHELORS ASK EAST FOR WIVES | pre acer, Becretary mad inquirte vinced him that his be well at ehureh The Rev that he wonen hone had con Morton whieh appeal would the Chicago (By United Pres) CHICAGO, May 12.—From away Spokane come an far appeal bache Northwest ome has received for as many lors of the great Pacific and teday Rev. D. D, Vaughan, of the Halsted Street Institutional chureh, who has been Informed of that Interesting fact, has in mind at least 200 airla of his congregation who, he says, would not require mach urging to accept matrimonial | | proposals The Rev Vaughan knew of we prompt reply at least 200 eeking good, Assured of this n is now looking remaining appli anxious to hear from wa who re number, Mr, Mor i to fill the cations. He fs other parts of the country arc Vaughan was acquaint of marriage able young women In the North west through a letter he recelved yesterday from Levi Grant Morton, | (hy United bres WASHINGTON, May 12 raged along the waterfront at Alexandria, across the river, today and before being extinguished had | of Commerce |destroyed warehouse property, thi Before communicating with the | lone being estimated at $100,000. searcity Fire | SERIOUS FIRE NEAR aly imply tld be er to conniv than to submit t BOLD MEN CONTINUE | | AUSTRALIAN BAR AND TWENTY MEN HELD UP. | In their haste to make a quick get- the robbers who held up the corner of Sixth ay. st, this morning, | javerlooked r than $3,000 that re- posed in the safe, and also about | $80 in their hurried search through | |the pockets of the patrons of the anloon. | | Austratian bar, 8, and Plum Al at ab it 20 men were in the place ut 11 o'clock Iagt night when the two bandits entered by the rear door, and with leveled guns compel- led the entire crowd to put their hands skyward and be robbed, Rifles Cash Register. While on bay, the rifled th about $70, bandit held the men at other vaulted the ash register, securing but overlooking a $60 watch belonging to the proprietor he timep: was right under the eyes of the the r One later. the robbers requested the bartender, tn no t rtain tones, to pen the safe, but he was not ac- quainted with the combination, and told them so, that they were unable force the aafe, and Immediately backed out of the door Fire When it Is Too Late, out of the and several to Onee saloon, the pro: prietor of the grabbed their guns and fired several shots at the fleeing figures, with no} result, After running feet the dropped o of the boulevard and disappeared in the tide flats, John Asson, the proprie- tor, was in the bar room at the time of the hold-up, but the men evident ly did not know him they uid have forced him to bring forth the valuables in the 7 Because of the | the police are-led robbers Snug Harbor We lley by bandit ver the edge or else arity of action lieve that the wh to are the same saloon I the Great tern sale tel yot n, No ure have been - at Mili 2 ad teacinatia gy Bag * * Read in tomorrow's Star * * what Mike Donlin says of the * | & Seattle baseball team. * * * YR EERE E RE Hy! FREIGHT FOR SEATTLE (By United Press.) VIC TORIA, May 12.—The Hamelin, of the Chargeur | line, arrived this morning, 18 days }from Yokohama, She has 158 tons for Seattle, The vessel had a very rough voyage across the Two terrific |e Amiral Reuina 8, delayed the ship considerably ROBBERIES © and)< man who went through} at which they decided | patrons | ) robbed the | Pacific, | gales, each lasting two} Ind. 441, The Star will re you go. | be de | BAR ASSOCIATION TO INVESTIGATE “HEIRS” INVESTIGATION CAN DO NO DANMAGE, SAYS FOLK RESULT OF ~ EXPOSE BY THIS PAPER [PROMINENT LAWYERS MUST TELL OF CONDUCT. Donworth’s Appointment May Be Delayed for Hearing. The following telegram, signed by two prominent men of King county, was yesterday sent to Presi- dent William H. Taft at Washington: “Withhold confirmation appointment George Don- worth, of Seattle, for fed- eral judge until thorough investigation of Sullivan estate scandal is made. Satisfied Donworth and Senator Piles both still interested in Sullivan es- tate." | The grievance committee of | the Bar Association has determined to make a thorough linvestigation of the Sullivan litigation. As will be remembered by the readers of this paper, The Star sent to the mmmittee estate bar association weeks ago a committee to the many charges and accu- sations against the Seattle law- yers who have been interested in the Sullivan estate, and cited a decision of the supreme court of California in a similar case. This letter the had before it during its con- sideration of the matter. After discussion, it was deter- | mined to go a little farther than |the committee ordinarily does, by itself making a thorough in- | quiry, and not depending upon outsiders to bring in the evi- two etter referring the | le committee | some dence. Scents Rottenness. “There has long been a general belief,” said a member of the grievance committee of the Seattle Bar Association “that there is much rottenness in the Sullivan es- |tate litigation. The fact that |the lawyers under suspicion are prominent in the commun- ity will make no difference with the committee. I think every | member of the committee is de- yesterday, {termined to go down the line with this thing and if it is found that sufficient evidence us in proceed- we can secure to warrant bringing disbarment ings against any Seattle attor- ney, no matter how big he may be now, these proceedings will be brought “The wide committee has made a departure from its cus- tomary procedure. Usually, we |have depended upon those mak- ing the original complaint to provide us with the necessary In this case, we have seck the And de head evidence jdetermined to evi- irselves n't get the id that |this investigation is to be made the 2 into your for purpose of whitewash- ing anyone. It is fo be on the square, no matter who fall.” may These Are Interested. The Seattle }have had most to do with this | Sullivan estate Samuel T1 lawyers who litigation are Piles, United now | (Continued on Page Seven.)