The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 20, 1921, Page 4

ing Booze Party BY M. D. TRACY FRANCISCO, who on Labor day attended Arbuckle’s party which pre- d the death of beautiful Virginia pe. will “get together” again to- jt to discuss the qualities and the of the source of Roscoe's it's “get-together” will be in rooms of the federal grand jury, McCormick, spectal it United States attorney gen- ‘McCormick announced today that had determined ible «witnesses before the federal grand jury order to perpetuate their testi. They will be called upon to mt what they know of the pres. of liquor at the party and its to require all c thus far has merely told federal investigators that “there nO liquor there” and has stood ‘on his right not to talk. mick said no indictments " be asked tonight. While federal investigators contin. Probing the liquor angles of the mee, District Attorne: @ivided his force Into two groups preparing evidence to present ‘Arbuckie’s preliminary hearing day on a charge of murdering Rappe, and the other continuing @ Investigation of charges that wit had been tampered with, grand jury, which heard evi dealing with the tatter phase ‘the case last night, will meet again Monday. y Mathew Brady CH IS STARTED 3 WITNESSES h for witnesses in connection the Roscoe Arbuckle murder occupied much of the time of oth federal and state officiais today. important witnesses with of the alleged incidents sur- ling the death of Virginia Rappe anxiously sought. attended Miss Rappe. He was d here yexterday but failed to He has been hunting in the Sierras and it was believed bad had delayed him. ‘Miss Edna Grant, a “mystery girl,” entry into the care came yes when she wrote District Attor- Brady that she would call upon and tell him @ pew story of Miss when he greeted his wife he for the first time since his ar- Friends of Arbuckle and his wife Were freely predicting ent which had kept them ted for some two years might testify as to whether she bad R.- Clark, another show _sirl, roommate of Miss Pyvron, was § explain her alleged Dr. Gabor Kingstone, “Man-about-town, and Reggie Morley, | @&- movie actor, that there was money “An the case and that she intended to ‘M. E. Rumwefl, who attended ‘Miss Rappe during her {Iiness, follow. “ing the alleged assault on her by Ar | buckle, was called by the grand jury | to explain his alleged illegal autopsy On the body. ON wat EAST | _ Prohibition agents “ready to drop their inv Rappe's death really was caused er drinking poisonous synthetic , a the city chemist reported he traces of poison in her ‘estigation that 1 oped at the bg party, and who being count on to appear as a Witness in Arbuckle's trial charge of murder, has left the juris- Giction of the California courts. Sher- Man is en route to Chicago. There is no way to bring him back, Brady led When Train Hits His Handcar Falling to hear the whistle of ‘Uaion Pacific passenger train be ‘cause of a high wind off the Sound, Nick Stratos, 45, a section hand, was Angtantly killed Monday aftarnoon, north of Steilacoom, when the trail struck his handear on Which he was riding. Stratos was riding in the same d+ Fection of train, south. The train Founding a curve, according to the » could not be stopped in| gm, ling letters th : to prevent the fatal accident. !te stents fa oe eee | Btratos was replenishing semaphore ong the track. * * * the fateful Arbuckle party. best. BY LINTON WELLS LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20—In a beautiful, white, Spantshstyle bungalow, located on the edge of Hollywood, there are two mourn om One ts Mra. Kate Hariebeck, “aunt™ of Virginia Rappe, for whose death Roscoe Arbuckle, film actor, must face trialp the other is Jeff, a brindle bulldog, one time Protector and “pal” of the dead other sprightly presence. Jeff walks aimicesly about the house, sniffing in corners, stopping and at the front door, turning to glance PRISONERS GET LIBERTIES BACK McNeil Penitentiary Again Normal M'NEIL ISLAND, Sept. 30.— Normal conditions were is re sumed at the U, 8. penitentiary here day, when other convicts were laid low with rifle bullets, one killed, in their at- tempt to follow him. Prisoners’ privileges and liberties are being his land guards, He has concluded that the fugitive has either left the island or is dead in the tangled brush. Plan Conference on Birth Control Preceding the bicentennial of the American Health Association. birth control conference will be in New York city and 3%, Among the topics which will be discussed, the more import ant are: The question of over-pop- ulation and ita relation to war, famine and misery; the personal in- dividual problems of the mother; the best legisintive means of break- » the Information relating to birth control; the discussion and drafting of future work that will be done in America. Republicans Expect to Win at Santa Fe SANTA FE, N. M, Sept, 20.—Re- publican headquarters here today predicted the election of Senator H. O. Bursum by a plurality of 5,000 or more. Fine weather thruout the state made a heavy vote certain, Democrats claim a victory for Richard Hanns. Socialists and in dependents also have candidates in the field. This ts the first election tn which the people of the state have had an opportunity to approve or disapprove of the Harding administration, and becaune of this is creating more thaa usual interest, iSays Lawyer Eased Letters to Clients E. D. Donnelly, attorney for the four alleged bank bandits now in cus- jtody tn the county jail, was accused |Monday by Sheriff Matt Starwich of {his clients, while talking to them, and at the same time receiving He is sur-'messages to be carried to their ® wife and family 1m ‘friends. Sheriff Starwich has order- ed that Donnelly and his clients hereafter converse thru the heavy designed a ma-'wire screens in the regular visiting Dumb ‘Pal’ Virginia’s mourns her incomprehensible absence. today for the first time since Labor | restored and Warden | ‘Thomas Maloney has, at last, called | in bis water patrolmen as well as) at Mrs. visitor. “Where is my mistress? The home Hardebeck or a hogany. pictures; above a mantel ls a beau tiful turns toward it. lation of Virginia Rapps with the tithe “auntie The der his direction. It was the In the Mahoney mystery, the al leged aseassin was under arrest, an@ all the evidence of a murder in the prosecutor—except no corpus | delict!, always essentiol to prove a | killing. bands of the that there was no body. In the mattress mystery, the um jidentified body of a man was the jstarting point from which the de November 11, 12] tectives worked, The body, sewed tn a mattress, was found by two boys in a gulch near Renton Junction, ‘The head had been beaten tn, in the Mahoney case, quicklime had been used to eradicate the features. ‘The lime had even been used on the ing down the present laws affecting | hands and some of the fingers were | missing. that death had been caused by nine It was apparent, however, hard blows on the hammer. ‘There was no clue found until, head with a after many examinations of the dead! man's clothing, a faintly outlined jaundry mark was discerned on an article of underwear. This electrified Tennant and his two chief homicide men, Ralph Coch- |ran and G. A, Bergstrorh, into action, Every laundry in Seattle was visited. Descriptions of the laundry mark were sent to other cities thruont the Northwest. Finally, aft several weeks, a laundry marker identified the clue as the mark he had given to Frank Burkhardt, a resident of West, Seattle. Tennant went to the home of Burkhardt and burst in the door, The place was deserted. In the bathroom he found evidence of, the ghastly deed that had ended the oceupant's fe. There were two finger bones in the bathtub; It was evident, from the fact that little blood was found, that the murderer had struck his victim as they stood beside the bath. tub, that Burkhardt had fallen, at the first biow, into the tub, The eight blows that followed finished him and,the quicklime, poured into the tub, had done the rest. What the motive was, and who committed the crime, were as much mysteries as before, Tennant went to neighbors. He Jearned that Burkhardt was a bach- elor who was known to have had sev- Seeks Dead A Home Life Ideal chanes His single good eye queries, where Virginia Rappe lived ts @ lovely place, surrounded by flowers and a well-kept lawn, and artistically furnished in ma- On the walls are a fow! and apparently favorite pose of the dead actress. Mra Harde- beck glances at it from time to time; Jeffs single eye occasionally Mm. Hariebeck tf no blood re Upon the death of Miss Rappe’s mother, 13 years ago, she came to itve with looking | Mra. Hardebeck, and endowed her The Mattress Murder Captain Tennant’s Greatest Achievement. Just Reverse of Mahoney Case. Had Body but No Prisoner. ‘ How Tennant Trapped Him. Te exairded by many as Capt. Charies|eral hundred doftars tm eash tn his E. Tennant's greatest achievement | possession about the time he was last am a detective, the solution of the | sen. y Gardner, famous | Mahoney trunk mystery is consid- motive was robbery. mail train bandit, escaped and two ered by Tennant himself as “not in| Mahoney case “the jother way around.” As | American Tabb wag shot and killed Sunday | |night by Mexican soldiers southern oil fields near Tampico, the state department was advised today. | Tabb was an employe of the Mexi-| * * & The Los Angeles home where Virginia Rappe lived with Mrs. Kate Hardebeck, whom she affectionately called “Auntie,” and from which she went to San Francisco to attend Beside her on the steps, and inset above, is “Jeff,” her brindle bulldog “pal,” who acted with her in pictures, was her constant companion, and now The portrait of Miss Rappe is one of those she liked “All this seema so unreal ATTLE ctress taina,” wala. he was “because from the direction and the aaked me about 1 can hardly realize that it is but a few STAR GARDNER SEEN IN SEATTLE? Georgetown Man Believes He Talked to Bandit Roy Gardner was seen Sunday evening! W. M. Walker, living at 5002 Duwamish ave., in Georgetown, camo to The Star office late Monday and declared that he | May ? When the court recessed, at neon, | ’ HERE’S MORE ABOUT THE TRIAL STARTS ON PAGE ONE 7312 Maryn Lavin, 714 Denny way; Mau Hmkman, 12th ave. rice Leander, 2447 W. 64th at. 1. B Newhouse, 4211 Latona ave. Ww | Caldwell, 6219 49th ave. 6. W.; Bm |mie Cowden, 1614 24th ave.; Charles W. Angel, 6607 Kirkwood ave., and Jahn, Lake City three more jurors had been passed for caune. actually saw Gardner—in fact had talked with bim. ' The man ‘whom Walker believes to be Gardner, approached him about | dusk Sunday evening at the corner of Duwamish ave. and Corson st. | “He was wearing old overalls which looked about four sizes too small for him,” a blue shirt. that I couldn't tell whether there were any black slouch hat waa pulled down over hie eyes and he spoke with an intense hoarseness awfully dirty and had about a day's growth of beard. tan color, but did not look lke mates. Walker anid, “and The shirt was so dirty stripes in it or not. A} Fils face was) His shoes were of “"Peach of a cold you have?” I mid to him, Walker declared. “My volee feels pretty husky now) just made a trip over the moun- the man replied, Walker “From that at lying.” jement I knew that declared Walker, time of @ certain freight train he he had not come from over the Casenden. “He asked me the time of a cer tain freight train traveling in a cer. | tain direction and I told him I asked him why he did not take a panwenger, which was due very soon. He declared that he didn’t wish to ride a passenger or mail train be caune they are looking for Gardner on them and I tried to draw him over to the edge of the sidewalk and under the arc Ught, where I hoped to get a better look at him. ‘ie kept swinging his bead from one #ide to the other and never to ward the light or street. Tie man ore rather nervous, and when he left me headed tmmediately for the freight yards, where he disap. peared “I know the freight which he took,” declared Walker, “but I don't care to tell which one it was or which direction it was to go.” Walker declared that he did not notify any police officials until Mon. day, when he told a elty patrolman in a poolroom at Georgetown. The patrolman was “kitting in” on a game of rummy and said “he didn't care.” when Walker told him of the meeting. “The man answered the descrip tion of Gardner, and I know that it dqys ago since Virginian and Mr.|was Gardner,” asserted Walker. Semnacher left for San Francisce with Mra Delmont, whom Virginia never met until the day they left 1 fixed them a fine this” lunch, and they started out for a little outing. but now—now-—it has ended like— OKE SEEMS TO HAVE BACKFIRED PORTLAND.—-Wayne Birdsall and J. A. Jonen were found guilty of hold. ing up the Portland local of the “Jeff” came waddling 1nto the) Bollermakery union. They tnsinted room on one of his periodic tours|the whole affair was a joke Judge tm search of bis dead mistress. turned and twisted uneasily. “Toor thing; be just can't seem | to understand why Virginia dosen't came home—do you boyT’-—rench- ing down to pat him “Well, she di4 come home but not—not—as we wanted —her—to—come.” Neighbors recalled, too, that a man it with the mattress murder case.”|had been seen around the Burk “mattress murder” shocked | hardt the Northwest early in 1919, and for |*Dout the time the murder must have many weeks baffled Tennant and the police homicide squad working un been committed. There is an old police adage that a murderer will return to the scene of his crime. Placing aN his reliance on the truth of thin adage, Tennant set a guard to watch the Burkhardt place. Day and night the guard kept up |the vigil, with the mame persistence continued dragging Lake Union for the Mahoney trunk | that Tennant until he found it. At last the watchers were reward jed. John Miller, a man with a fam.| was seen approaching the house and arrested. | ily east of the Cascades, A few houry later he had confessed. Today he is werving a life sentenco in Walla Walla prison, |American Is Slain by Mexican Troops| Sept. 20. — An WASHINGTON, eltizen named Carl con Gulf Oil Co, ‘The American consul at Tampico, who reported the state’ department/ stated that Girl of 17 Missing; Police Asked to Aid Police were asked Tuesday to search for 17-year-old Marie Call, who disappeared from her home at 1005% Warren ave., Monday afternoon. Ac cording to the girl’s mother, Marie is thought to have left for Yakima with a young man with whom she has been acquainted. Yakima police are co-operating with Seattle police in an effort to lo- cate her, Dr. Prince Named Envoy to Denmark! 20.—Dr. | WASHINGTON, Sept. John D. Prince, of New Jersey, has been selected by President Harding as American minister to Denmark, | the White | it was announced at House today. A young Afghan rarely secs his bride before the day of the wed- ding. The detective concluded the shack sometime previourty, in the shooting to the the scant details at hand indicated the Mhooting was accidental, He | Pelt couldn't see ft “Three years each In the pen,” said hizonner. WILSON’S MODERN BUSINESS COLLEGE Course in— Scientific Salesmanship Character Analysis Parliamentary Practice Personal Efficiency is now being formed for ambitious men and women who want to increase their efficiency and acquire greater earning power. First Class WEDNESDAY NIGHT Enrollments are now being accepted. This made me suspicious, | They are: Mra Adelaide Walters, 5904 35th ave. & W.; Mra, Marie Coy. | ington, Vashon island, and A. L. Mil ler, Cascade Canoe club. The judge instructed the jury that they were to report to him any at- tempt to converse with them or in fluence any of their members, Mrs. Maryn Lavin, 714 Denny way, who lives not far from the apertmen’, at 400 Denny way, where Mrs. Mahoney is said to have been murdered, said she did not know any of ‘he Maloneys, but was excused from the jury when she mid, “I could no more vote to hang that man than I could my own brother,” Mahoney got a clean shave and ate & hearty breakfast in his cell this morning. Sheriff's deputies at the jal! said) Mahoney was acting “normal,” mane at Umés, “insane” at others. xtra precautions were taken by Sheriff Matt Starwich and police to handle the anticipated throng of |apectatora. According to Starwich, Mahoney's alleged threat to shoot his way out of the courtroom would not | be carried out. | HL F. Rees, 7117 Nob FIN ave, was room door, | rived at § o'clock, an hour and a half |before the trial was scheduled start. Rees maid that he had tried the door and found it locked Other spectators quickly gathered lice Sergeant J. 8. squad of elght patrotmen arrived and took charge of the crowd. ble file and ordered to keep their places. The crowd win made up of about half mén and half women, and included a few babies and persons of silver haira Several rows of extra benches were placed in the courtroom Monday night. Mahoney was brought tn hand cuffed to Sheriff Matt Starwich 7 It iw charged by the state that Ma honey, on or about April 16, caused his wife's death by drugging her with & heavy optate, stuffing heF in a trunk and beating her upon the head with a hammer. to have sunk the trunk in Lake Union. N. Wai and by 9 a. m. the fourth Moor corri., you row before dor was crowded. At this hour Po. |trunk overboard? Donlan and a/did Mahoney. The spectators were lined up dou. | | But the trunk was there. TUF HEAT Warning to Landlords. Time to Stoke Furnace. Law Effective Oct. 1. ’Twill Be Enforced. The’ day of glaom for the land- lords ts drawing closer, Under the city heat ordinance, apart ment houses and hotels must furnish a minimum of 65 deo frees, Fahrenheit, between 9. a m, and 10 p.m The law goes into effect on October ist The old, rusty, furnaces that are full of holes and soot, must be cleaned up to comply with the new law or their owners go to jail, City health Inspector Frasch said Tuesday that the ordinance would be rigidly enforced. “We've got « nice jail all ready for those landlords who won't bay fuel and tell the janitor to use it.” If you wake up cold in the morning, folks, call up the jail house! HERE’S MORE ABOUT HISTORY STARTS ON PAGE ONE eSDAY the first spectator to reach the court-|ffem the Mahoney apartment, and the rest was easy He and a young woman | | |who dectined to give her name ar.|™n thove off into the lake with the trunk in a small white rowboat. to | “KIDDIE He had seen the a” DIDN'T STOP LONG SEARCH “If you bad @ trunk with a body in it, how far into the lake would} you dumped the Not far. Neither He dumped It quick That's how I* knew where to look |for it “Plugging, and horse sense. That wins in this business. A man better | throw up his job if he doesn't stick to |e thing when he starts at tt. It took 4 long time to find the trunk. Lots of my friends thought I was crazy I knew it And we got it. “#iad Mahoney taken his wife on East, then murdered her, it might have been different. He might never have beew caught. The body would have been found but likely unidenti fied. I say he might not have been | caught He is then alleged) jalways, when confronted with intelil- ‘gent investigation.” ~ “But murder will out evertually— ‘BUSINESS MEN | Pig’n Whistle to perfect plans tor jand about 12 others actively interest: led in the movement. lof remaining members of the flying , SEPTEMBER 20, 1921 FORM SQUADR Lay Plans to Extend Trade | Territory Movement to expen? Seattle's trade territory in going to begin tm. mediately. This announcement wag |made by the Chamber of Commerc) today Forty executives of Boattle’s wholemle, manufacturing and banks ing houses met Monday noon af Oytng squadron of 100 which wil in readiness to make excursions t nearby districta when occasion war rants, The group which met this consisted of the 24 who made the trip to Lewiston, Idaho, last week, The personnel squadron came up this noon. A special committee to com arrangements for the squadron orge G. Black, president lack Manufacturing company, president; ©. Roberts, president Imperial Candy company; BE. G. Am derson, president Western Dry Good company; John F. Welborn, pret |dent Whitton Hardware company; E. | w. Brownell, vice president National Bank of Commerce, Not only Seattle manufacturers, but manufacturers who have fae tories elsewhere, but distribute thru this city, will be ingluded in the fly- ing squadron. Thursday at 6 p. m at the New Washington the 100 pros pective members of the trade group Will be invited to a dinner. Success of recent trade excursions |i# responsible for the organization of this fying squadron, which also will extend assistance to outlying dis- tricts which are trying to. put over congtructive. programs. SUBMARINE IN PERIL AT SEA. Another Vessel Rushes fo Aid 90 Miles Off Cuba WASHINGTON, Sept. naval submarine R-27 is tn distress about 90 miles north of Guantanamo, | Cuba, according to a report to the naval radio service here, The Osmont, a smali naval veaspel, is rushing to her assistance from Guantanamo. 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