The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 21, 1921, Page 1

Tonight Maximum, 63. {ill Ew Weather rain; fair and warmer; mod- erate westerly winds. Temperature Last 24 Hours Today noon, 60. Thursday Minimum, 52, VOLUME 23 Entered as Second Class Matter May 2, 1899, at the Portoffice at Seattle, SEATTLE, Was ASH., WEDN Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 The Star Goes Into 10,000 More Homes Than Does Any Other Seattle Newspaper | | PROSPECTIVE JURORS FOR MAHONEY TRIAL BALKING AT DEATH Sg On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star DAY, § SE) PTEMBI t 21, 1921. TW 0 CENTS IN SEATTLE | I fear hell make some rude mistake, And will ruin this mystic spel; “Bome day there'll be no apostrophe, And then HE’LL look like HELIA eee IN THE RESTAURANT Customer—Do you make any re @uction for those in the same line of | Business? _ Walter—Yes; Aro you » restav Fant keeper? Customer—No—Tm a burgtar. 80 6PAKE THREE PROPHETS! + STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN Approach the raitroad cautiously, Jest it lead thee to heaven, pf eee a Nobody loves 2 fat man—tf the Int- 4 happens to be commuting and is 4 ‘ked in juxtaposition with the “nobody” in a street car. There's ® lack of space involved, and it is Reute for the minority member of the party. ; see Sant cope be Bs 8 are of habii He always ch Set domme onto, wh the table, at the same hour, is always served by the waitress, Being very fond of honey, he has his own special of it at the cafe, in charge splendid waitress. Friday—it was the 13°h— i he had his wife to lunch with him, yang When she had got said? - “She has just went on her va cation/” eee LIFE AS I SEE IT out of that, . TO HARDWARE CLERKS Suggestion is a wonderful sell- . The man who comes in to buy wire to build himself a fence may have a grouch against his neighbor, Try selling him a shotgun. Did you ever see a man's wig that | @id look Uke real hair? eee _ Andrey Munson, a model young woman, original of numerous stat ues, in offering to marry Jack Demp- sey because of his physical excel § ignce, manly beauty, etc., seems to ink that marriage is largely a mat ter of form, #t was a small Western town, and the jufy had been called to sit on the case of a man who had commit- ted suicide. This is the verdict they rendered: “We are all of ene mind— teuporarily insane. oe . \] if WHERE'S YOUR WIFE, BUDDY? Ninety per cent of the Franco- American marriages contracted dur ing the war were mere fizzles, ee Occasionally a girl insists on a church wedding because she realizes it may be her last chance to show off in good clothes, i ‘There are others worse off than I| ! am, but I can't get any satisfaction | | lcoma; Rev. W. A. Major, Seattle; Harry McCormack, Ta- | | } { COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED FOR |Northern Hospital for the Insane at Sedro-Woolley, and +HART ORDERS PROB OF INSANE ASYLUMS INVESTIGATION Governor Calls for a Frank Report on! Conditions, With Criticisms of Irregularities OLYMPIA, Sept:,24+—An into the condition in the insane asylums at Sedro-Woolley and Steilacoom was ordered today by Governor Hart with the appointment of nine men and women to conduct a probe. The committee consists of George E. Gage, Bellingham; Robert Hesketh, Seattle; Mrs. John P. Weyerheuser, Ta- coma; Mrs. A, E. Larson, Yakima; Bishop E. J. O'Dea, Seattle; Mrs. John H. Powell, Seattle; Mrs. E. D. Colvin, Seattle. In his letter to members of the committee, Governor Hart | Says: “There have been many rumors and unsupported stories irculating thruout the state concerning conditions at the Western Washington Hospi-| tal for the Insane at Fort Steilacoom. “IT am unable to get verifi- jcation of these stories. | “The date of the firwe meeting of | the committes for organization pur-| poses has not been definitely fixed, but will probably be held in Seattle | within the next few days.” | Hart placed no restrictions of any | kind on the committee and clothed! them with sufficient power to gath ¢r any information that they might | destre, after which he asks for a | frank report on conditions, together | with criticisms of any abuses and irregularities. EARLY AND FORCEFUL | | } JITNEYS Cowen Park Problem. It Must Be Settled. Up to City Couneil. Feeder Bus Line? The city council has not yet SETTLED the north Cowen Park jitney ques- tion. It has merely aggra- vated it. The problem will not be settled until some satis- factory transportation is arranged for that consid- erable district which was | built up on the basis of ACTION DEMANDED Hart pointed out that the commit | tee might be able to get at facts which it would be impossible for him to verify by personal investi-| gation. He continued | “Conditions are reported to be such as to demand early and force ful action and I ought to know, and rapid, frequent bus service. |the public are entitled to know a2 whether or not these rumors | Either the bus service | true ssi ‘opie should be re-established on some compromise arrange- ment between the city and the operators, or else the city should run a feeder “If the stories are pased on tact | the governor should kpow it order that prompt action might be| taken to correct the abuses. If they are not true, the fact ought to be| sketched \James E. bus line connecting the | questioned integrity and veracity |it to the jury |time over the body. | Divers search lake bottom for district with the street | that the public mind might be put} Mahoney is seen by neighbors 9 hgeoons railways as is done in |*,rest inting \4-fashioned trunk prcsleawidt opwtacena Gy: 8 De ates eee ys 3 s “It ig my desire that this commit- ee ea - downstairs to truck late «/10 opened and body found in other sections. | tee arrange, at the earliest possibie|On the back porch of his apartment) |», “This is the murderer,” It isn’t fair to permit | date, for a visit to the Northern at 409 Denny way. | ‘ " \11 Douglas, pointing to Maho-| these citizens to face a |»ospital, without notice to the He gives his bride, Mrs. Kate Trunk taken to-Lake Union, ney, in courtroom. winter ‘witheut’ any. near- mpoeristendent or anyene es in Mahoney, a beverage containing | where Mahoney is observed) (\ENTER-—The trunk, Mahoney the y he da DI eo one at-hand transportation. visit, aod mais K thoro tavistign| ee ens paoninaienm ited 1 tas emapane HANES 9 9 “ee .nne enn —————« | tion of conditions at the institution, | | and of the care, attention and food) SPANKED WOMAN, 46, )| «ven to the wards, ‘Mahone ur in I é ours, to IS CHARGED AGAINST “This letter will authorize the 9 committee, or any part of it herein named, to admittance to any part of the grounds or buildings and to converse publicly or privately by in- terrogation or otherwise with any of MAN 50 YEARS OLD Accused of “spanking” Mrs. Ida Stout of 4608 Densmore ave, on | 1 wares falcolm Doug! her 46th birthday, celebrated Sop- || the state's wards, as well as any of By Wanda von Kettler) have done well with their | Attorney Malcolm Douglas to each| tember f° Jona 2 ies, 6 Lie i y along that line. For the people) man and womun, — individually, ember 7, John D. Lincoln, 60, ie employes, including the super. lt *the first day of the mur. “would you place the death penalty was charged Wednesday with as- || intendent. — : | Waited restieasly to be admitted, | ‘i , ‘ ; der trial of James E. Mahoney. on the head of a man who had er in the tnird degr-e. WANTS FRANK REPORT ‘The rain beat heavily on the win- | moving one step at a timo as others | committed murder?” ionte te XE teat ae eects OF CONDITIONS ‘iow ‘oe of the courthouse. left the courtroom, from 9 @ m.| “Would you,” asked Lee Johnston, aon i el von 0 Deputy || «when the investigation t¢ com-| asd Judge J. 1, Ronald Yoke | until 4 in the afternoon. attorney for the defense, “Be willing Ci dy. ms ‘i | pleted, I want @ frank report of! down from hia bench upon James|CURIOUS CROWD GAZES to be judged by 12 men and women ‘armody, Lincoln, a neighbor of |) Oo ait, ' SILENTLY ON PRISONER whore minds are made up ours? Mrs. Stout's, visited her horne on ater na at the institutions, to-|)E. Mahoney, alleged slayer of his Hy p as yours?! September 7, come to give he had “birthday declaring oon irregularities, or lack of care or at- How State Will Tell Jury Mahoney Killed ae in|, Here The Star staff artist has the state's case against as Prosecutor) published from a committee of un-| Malcolm Douglas will offer to prove Mahoney, |wether with a criticism of abuses,| aged bride, the mother and sister of| the man charged with murder, —— bie Rs Ghee, ley gt pery ny: ila Mrs. Mahoney is placed inside the old-fashioned trunk, alive, Her husband beats tn her head | with a hammer and pours quick: | Mra. Dolores Johnson, sister of Mahoney, finds dead woman's two wigs under a bed is Mahoney arrested. 3 Play Rummy; But Can It Forget! You understand that the law pre sumes everyone charged with crime to be innocent until he is proved Once inside the door they were the) ushered silently into the court room spanking,” which, she alleges, he || tention, that the same may be| counsel, and a courtroom filled with) to view the prisoner, the veiled watt ed to do, “apanking” her || Promptly corrected. After which I| hushed people. | faces of his mother and sister, the guilty beyond reasonable doubt?" 46 times denptte her protests. She || Would like a similar investigation| Beyond the courtroom, in the cor-| court assembly, and to hear the Res. eet shifted restlessly in the jury asserted that she is still lame as ||0f the Western Washington hospi-| ridor, police officials passed up and) questions propounded by counsel be-| 20% Men and women were chal- a result. j tal.” down before ‘the double breasted! fore the group of men and women| !€nsed; others passed. The date of the first meeting of | the committee for organization pur- poses was not definitely fixed, but | trial. (Turn to Page 4, Column 1) Gladys Stout, 20, daughter of the plaintiff, stated that she was a witness to the assault, line of 1,000 men and women await-| who filled the jury box. ing their turn to be admitted to the/ to decide the fate of James BE. Ma Verily, could the venders of hot-| “Would you,” asked Prosecuting Meanwhile James Mahoney, sallow complectioned, drawn, dressed in a dark blue suit, a (Turn to Page 4, Column 3) ° The jurors honey were being chosen. JUDGE ASSERTS JUSTICE noe Bogey of Circumstantial Evidence os FOR FEAR OF If Also Hindrance, He Says; Select- ing of Jury Drags Judge J. T. Ronald announced to newspaper Wednesday at the trial of James E. Mahoney that it high time the press was making public the fact that | of imposing the death penalty is robbing justice of. best jurors. ¢ The judge made this comment after a great numb prospective jurors had been excused when they said would not vote to hang a man under any circums! The judge added that the bogey of <scomtantial dence had been raised in the Mahoney case and that alreat counsel had, he feared, insted in the minds of the § w the idea that circumstantial evidence justice. The state's whole case against Mahoney is a was to bé determined Wednesday, wet of this county are so overwhelmingly prejudiced How Jury St at 1:30 Tod against Mahoney for the ny leged brutal murder of aged bride, Mrs. Kate ve honey, as to make it utterly impossible for him to obtain’ a fair, impartial hearing in} Seattle. | Judge Ronald, keeping a taly sheet, found that of 45 people exam- |ined for fury duty, only 10 admitted prejudice against the defendant. | | They were excused, | | however, continue his tally until he| | ment, or both. | for jury duty. | tained. “This,” said the judge, “Is not a| heavy showing of prejudice, and in- sufficient to warrant sending the case to another part of the state for trial.” | The judge added that he would, was convinced whether the degree of | prejudice was too great a hazard for the defense, and if so would have i case tried elsewhere. | Eighteen prospective jurors were) excused for scruples against circum. | stantial evidence or capital punish- | WOMEN AND } MEN IN BOX | When court closed Tuesday there were 11 in the jury box—four women | and seven men—and one seat was | vacant. a mye hegre Wednesday morning a special | wes Pohkadnd. papell he said venire of 100 more talesmen reported | would not vote to hang’ a man circumstantial evidence; George "W Boole, 1658 Federal ave, <a | cused because he had en . ination of the veniremen coi as to Mahoney's guilt er in tinued Wednesday. His mother | wnicn would require evidence. and sister sitting beside him | overcome, and 1. W. Garland, seemed more at ease. 1: 75th st, was accepted when Martin L. Johnson, 323 N. Sith ‘a railroad fireman, was the} \" (Ture to Page 4, Column juror on the special venire| examined Wednesday, He said he was prejudiced against capital pun jishment and was excused. For the! same reason, J. J. Tinker, 3006) 60th ave. 8, W. was released from | the jury box. 12. L, W. Westerman, 3630 lingford ave. Mahoney’s face was grayer and more grave as the exam- Sidelights on Trial What a strange place for Mrs. Rose E. Hellman, a pro juror, wore them. When she cused from the jury box, their potals dropped and showered to t floor, They had died in the healthy atmosphere of the gru murder trial! 915 s2nd/ Albert D. Richardson, ave., a mail carrier on the Capitol Hill route, who delivers mail at the home of Prosecutor Douglas, was the next prospective juror ex amined. His answers satisfied both counsel and he was tentatively re- 214 Sum- who sat in the jury was one of several dismissed Wednesday for) secret reasons of the attorneys. eee ‘What was the score of the game played by the Mahoney ‘Tuesday night? Might as well ask score of the ball game at the Nw box all day Tuesday, mit aye. Mrs. Vera Noble, wife of an . electrician of 119 W. Bowdoin eee re babar G place, was excused when she said| "°F Stopped the contest that she did not believe in capital | *2°¥* | punishment, Miss Eva Ta eee One question asked of all Ankiom. “Do you read the n 5518 17th ave, N. E., a .confectioner, said The answer waste alty to become a law," she said, Six volunteered to n facts in the Mahoney case; tho|the papers they peruse, Of the she had read the newspaper ac- | four said they read Tho Star, one counts, she had formed no fixed! Union Record and one the Times, opinion. reader of the latter said she “I wouldn't vote for the death | penalty to become a law,’ read anything about the ‘she said, case, “put since it is a law, I could eo e.08 impose it.” Mahoney boasted to deputy: “That's a very Intelligent ex-/iffs Wednesday, they said, planation,” remarked Prosecutor! was delighted fo be attracting in Douglas. jattention than the president of th In swift succession, Charles W.| United States He talked ff Angel, of 5607 Kirkwood place, was|about places of interest he excused, Charles Saunders, 1226]has visited and showed no Boylston aye, was dismissed for being otherwise than perfectly