The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 14, 1909, Page 1

NCH PLANNED TO FORTUNE IN A Special Agent Used Commission as | MURDER AT - . (By od Trews) i District. BELLINGHAM, Wash, Dec. 14 Frank Kerns, a rancher living Lynden, shot and kill his wife wat placed on the county payrel! by Prosecuting | this morning following ana night uarre: i then rushed to the eer, Louis K. Church, now a special agent in the is nearby and ended hie own cuting attorney, secured, in conjunction with the with the same gun. The wom ot & 7. Wardett & Co, on sptien. del Alec latin faughtertnlaw, Mre. John! St. district and personally called upon the proprietors | Walker, aud her 11 Chane ce eee houses with the information that they were to be |woman. Mra Kerns son, ie & for fo move to the new district. mer husband. was fons were secured by ET. Barnett & Co. in April of last | #t#!re tm the bow A ; : was done. Kerns and his wife had 0 wae paid therefor Chureh, who engineered the deal, was Quarreled all night because, being | he doing special work for Vanderveer, and all of the people| poor, she felt that whe ought to ge padvised that Barnett & Co. held property upon which houses | Out to Work. Her husband objected. | ted, were referred to Prosecuting Attor Vanderveer for ACTRESSES RUN IN btha: they would be protected. | PAJAMAS FOR TRAIN CHURCH A DEPUTY. | i was arranged Church was conducting a detective DANBURY, Conn., Dec. 14.—Two Own, but upon the request of Vanderveer had been given a| @¢tresses ran through streets here commission by Sheriff Hodge. In letters to Hodge ask-|‘N'* morning tn pajamas, and th a excitement they caused will not Semmission Vanderveer informed Hodge that Church was| subside for a week. Fur coata| Yalue to him and would be greatly assisted in his work covered the tntimate ga with the authority of the sheriff's office. It was in the ™eOt#; unlaced ties m thelr ba eet e t °- MS deputy wheriff that Church visited the proprietors of dis po pt orev = ttns and informed them of the opportunity offered by the| ed hair hung down backs Bites The train for which they sped four of the disorderly houses was made with A. T. Arm.| ¥8# the only one that could get Manager of E. T. Barnett & Co., a second representative a. » New Britain in time tor d Fred A. Hardwick, a private detective in the « The pais M morning following the tour seve women called at| Mand Pu and were referred to Vanderveer for assurance that they ed Im the new district askew ins, and braid | K's performance aploy of a ng partner of William Roc ADVISES WITH VANDERVEER and Miss Bole ngs the “Moon deni was on, Church was in constant communication with geet yy eines Bealling him up over the phone several times a pram Bim in all matters relating to the move. To his h confided that he expected to make at least $2 and | the rest of the com NEW JURY FOR MILLER. z He made the statement that Mayor Miller haf Peter Miller, the burglarlawyer already convicted and who fe iiRe location of the new district, and, as a matter of fact be tried on several other charges Of the inquirers to the mayor of house oting, secured a con eer st. district was opened up but because of the ex-|tinuance nis case, which was Star of e of the c fons existing t ¢ and of the aot tor t yearend 0 oe rae week in January. Miller's attor tion of Beacon Hill people, Mayor Miller was com-‘ney said that he wanted a freah M with: few days after opening. jury ne that had not had time Med this morning if they held an my, the & T. He Months aco t $ FROM A ¥ options on Plummer st, tO get acquainted the office of the provecuting attorney. He asked that bis case be set as soon tt Co. informed The Star that they had t had permitted them to lapse after January 1 ponalbie | E, Okla. Tires” cosenn | oma insar DEAR SANTA CLAUS: gt | week. is! desk and a big doll and a story book for Christmas, I mC. Ber xe haven't any father. He is dead in the coal mine My Kansas « T Wa ’ Stealing clot om and I go to school. I will leave the door unlocked around ey | the side on December 25, and please answer this letter Mell frown econd| before you come, and oblige | Be the co Pirdoacg NELLIE SNEDDON, fsylu ‘| 126 Fifth av. N. Tel. A 7894 | I would like a writing | | mother takes in washing and rents out rooms for a living — More Shopping, | The above lays B ores Christmas vas received by The Star vesterda And there are a few bachelors and a bachelor maid or two working on The Star who are going to see that Santa slips into that door which Nellie is going to leave unlocked And there will be a,writing desk and a doll and a stor | Mae BS | book left f t Dont WAT UNTI | HAVE TO USE A MOE HORN TO You may not believe in Santa Claus or old Kris Kringle, but Nellie does, and Nellie will lose her faith in the pretty myths or the things beautiful in this world soon enough. She is not°going to lose it this Christmas, ellie is but one of many thousands in Seattle ieve aml Jove that old man from the frozen North Thousands will awaken, Christmas morn, to find stock ings well filled or Christmas trees sparkling with goodies and burdened with toys. And can you tell them there isn't a real, living, breathing | Kris Kringle?, Well, I guess not | Conde Toe RAND JUR AS WELL QUIT JOB | that will grow with the meeting of more fortunate playmates, Leo Lassen, ajed 10 years, living at 812 Motor Place. yy “— THE SEATTLE Bon ST ZS Fe EDITION c SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1909 ° ONE CENT MIGHT —J. W. PETERSON, GRAND JUROR VANDERVEER BLOCKS REAL INVESTIGATION | Peterson Declares That THEY WANT A sess LONGDISTANGE | ==sif.x* “= INVESTIGATIO WHAT HAS BECOME OF JURY’S FUNDS? If the persons involved have th way the Peyton Holzheimer-Lea thousand-dollar graft will be ir vestigated in Los Angeles fr of in Seattle John D. Fredericks, the district attorney in Los Angeles, who mad charges, bas of UNSELFISH SUGGESTION, OF COURSE. “As long as Vanderveer or any of his deputies are allowed to advise the grand jury, the work of that body will be a farce. We have not a penny to secure evi- Seattle if hi » paid ae z But instead il. Holz dence with or do anything heimer is hurrying to Los Angeles} else with, although the to straighten things out ennett Mackintosh, former press says we have been torney when Vanderveer was chief given a thousand dollars deputy, is on the way, toc bin thes eons cians: Sig Qinatiatin Rikeeds ; county commission- Although no one accuses Mackin-| ¢r8. The jury never saw tosh of being a party to asebeme to/ or had the handling of a bush the matter up, his friendship ee ‘s for Vanderveer makes it but natural! Penny of the thousand. for him to do his best to sect | whitewash of the prosecuting attor-| | ney's office r | But why was not Holzheimer c ty | pelled to explain upon his return to | above With that 10 certs papa gave me I’m going to buy you this lovely hobby horse and a Hg wy je? isd Molicoetanny atv Pet hat excuse did Holzaeimer give : on his return for not bringing Lea-| time that the public knew what | vitt back? was going « He also wants KISSES PRETTY MISS | Why did not Holzhe mer an d Pey i Wade a that om ton let the publ he secret legal value of a kiss stolen by a| dignities to which the representa tives of Washington were forced to + With a babe in her arms might be boy from a girl who has never be . > Husband Sent to s Peni- bie to get See Gl tan" thai ak “aaa |e to come te a mem- , made the atement this morning. grand j son asserted that it was train of care. is a sim- and not bsp shri that secrecy of the nued in his ex- Did They Tell Vanderveer? a tentiary, and Wife and Whe» ttle baby Isabelle Was tine was fixed at $5.75 by Judge ti wy aaah , Babe Left to Starve. William Howard, was convicted of P0Yle#, in the city court their chief week that The Star Accomplishing Little. forgery and sent to the penitentiar The ruling was made in the case! had accused the graft days on an tae orminate # nee of brought by pretty 16-year-old Ethel| before It was pu “The grand jury is aceom- Aus ques the vut- Ohe to five Fears. The forged note scoggins, who wanted 18-yearold| If not, why not? % ree AA hee ihe ‘pats t ap- was for the amount of ERs TOE LS nS ibkeed wehishod Sr toxaihl sats plishing little or nothing ‘be- eae a Lowe. The “ihe | $40 man bartered away his" ira: TTT tt tk of the presence of Van- » te pun- freedom and honor and left a young kissing her Ms * . oo y ” . ‘wife and a tiny baby penniless He met me last night ald the| THE WEATHER «| deryeer or one of his deputies But What Mrs. Howard is up girl, “threw his arma around me/» * lin the grand jury room. ‘Phe What wout do if you were, *#alnat f* wot any theory of crimin- | and kissed me squarely on the lips.|% pair tonight and Wednesday. # A Net aingiontnte Bey Ology, but the cold fact of rent due It was the first time a boy ever|® yroch northeast winds # | Whole being framed he mother of a little five h® and no money. One look at the it- kissed me and it nearly scared * *®lup and y the prosecut- old baby r hust the peni- tle suffering baby, as it coughs and me to death RRR KAREKERAELESEE sale ss oe tentia the rent due, and no Strangles for breath, would Are you scared now?” asked the} ing attorr e. The jury ditmen ? enough (9 make @ big-hearted man judge é satisfied that official corrap- * i say things he shouldn't and open -hi No, sir,” said the girl, blush-| A Nee What can Mr Grae Howard, | pocketbook ingly cooly t 1 st tior d be uncovered if'the 202 Denny Way, do? The baby ha! The Star reporter has seen the The kiss must have been ¢ 4 w vincinies yrney’s office the whooping cough, so the young little tad and knows the truth of the said the judge, “but I think n't I got yer P mother is prevented from going ¢ story of destitution enough for Ledford to pa rk this larst | Wanted the jury to know. to do even such work as a mother What ean Mrs. Howard do sorely tempted Could Do Something. ad iscacy SANTA CLAUS’ BACHELOR FRIENDS WILL BRING XMAS CHEER TO THE CHILDREN ..”:."::::°.:%s g to make the session nothing. I am a farm: And then there wilt be 1 aybe hundred of chil-} And there are other tha ! hat und and dren in Seattle who will be tucked away to béd with a disap-| children continue in the sisal née Salih pointing story of ho anta gh broke down this year" | loving fellow who care po accomp! smething. ringing in their ear More ‘ r Bache ( ) rse we ca t the prose In these little hopeful, childish minds that night dreams mas fund ng attorney and his men of miracles, of Santa's coming—even though ma says he can't One signing himself as “A Bachelor of 34” sent $5 for this out of the jury room, but we ~-will be conjured up. Then there will be the awakening the fund this morning, and the youngest bachelor showed up at need a legal adviser next morning to a disappointment that will grow with the day, the office with his arms full of toys yesterday afternoon. He is “If we could get some | one that the prosecuting |a disappointment that will be brought home with each new toy| Yes, I’m a bachelor,” he said. and n forced tt it I . Lomi senate lcainig sag , 4 es attorney does not control, exhibited by some lucky boy or girl cémpanion. | edits to ten in the busiest time of the dav to expl how ‘or ee te ! . : " RPss Ww ons we could do something. And the mother, who the evening before had to conjure in| of the tovs was worked her imagination the little story of ‘the sleigh’s breakdown, of Remember, every contribution every ukes te he prosecuting attorney's Santa's inability to reach their house that year, will be put to! this fund will be carefully looked after by and an ef-|ffice doesn’t help us) and a cruel test fort will be made to see that Santa misses a mes as pos-|@0esn't seem to want to help “Mamma, you said Santa’s sleigh broke down, and he sible in Seattle \ Ihe witnesses are not ex came to Willie: Jones’ house. If he came there, why | Just stop and think of the first train of steam cars vou ever | amine st couldn't he come on here? |had—of the fun there was on that Christmas day—and then it ther I'his and other queries of its kind Will prick the mother's] Send around enough money to buy some kid of today a train | tha heart, force her to add to the white lies already told in a loving} Of Steam cars like that one you remember so well ; n ¥ 1 —y ’ 5 iT} t nt as wel effort to explain away the lack toys, to hide that terrible Then, let's all get together—those of us who haven't any ‘ th ] ell your story.’ truth that mere mone eddles even in the coming and the | little children—as well as those of us who are so blessed, Let's ‘ | i ' 3 . he examination amounts to no giving of Santa Cla remember the little kids who won't have a Santa Claus coming Nellie Sneddon’'s mother isn’t going to be put to that test| down their chimney this year—unless we help them this year, and Nellie isn’t going to learn that Santa is a mer-| Here's the method: Send the money to The Star. Or cenary man. A bunch of bachelors in The Star office have|send the toys. Write us letters of suggestion. Get interested | made up their mind on that in helping a lot of poor kiddies have a Merry Christmas. The grand jury has not a cent with which to secure (Continued on Page Seven.)