The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 26, 1921, Page 1

sad , THE NEWSPAPER THAT GOES INTO 10,000 MORE HOMES EVERY WEEK DAY THAN ANY OTHER .SEATTLE DAILY—THE STAR aside mf to i .~ Y *Woman Juror Sobs as Mahoney {JEWELRY IS IDENTIFIED! On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise 2 EW Weather TH EW =| The SeattleStar 42: moderate southerly Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Yoar, by Mail, $5 to $9 TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Upset 3 Miles Off Shore NERVOUS DEFENDANT FIRST SMILES, THEN MOPS BROW AND NECK Defense May Charge Murder Trunk Was “Planted” in Lake; Diver Tells. _ How He Was Lost on Bottom, By Hal, Armstrong Deputy Prosecutor T. H. Patterson dangled a bit of mond encgusted jewelry before Mrs. Carrie atte, PTEMBER 26, 1921. Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at & WASIL, MONDAY, SE MAHONEY CONFIDENT st.# Mie, OS | IN CELL INTERVIE ‘Sink or Swim; She wims vs" | WITHSTARREPOR By S, B. Groff Alleged Slayer Sanely Discusses Jury VOLUME 23 He lup! Star Man Victim of a Gunman Reporter Gives Bold, Bad Thug Scare of His Young Life ee "She nodded and smiled to several her friends in the coyrtroom and @ seat behind her attorneys. husband, Paul Vincent South- naval petty officer, was seat- “@4 by her side. | Mrs Southard’s parents, Mr. and (Tarn te Last Page, Column 2) Who says there's no royalty in America? Harding has just named Prince as minister to Denmark, oe REPRINTED BY REQUEST “Hey! They just found Roy Gard- Mer in the stock yards! shouted an excited voice over the telephone. “Honest, they did—a pig squealed IS STAI «47 IMAGINE I could stand Ufe imprisonment in the water,” declares Mike Aileen Stanley, singing comedienne, at the Moore theatre this week. “Swimming,” Miss Stanley said, “iy: my hobby» It has made me love life. Every young girl should be thrown into the water and taught to swim, if- she doesn’t know how, There is no exercise equal to it for all-around development, It is & handy thing to know, too, “Three miles off the shore of Lake Michigan: was upset in a canoe once, and it was either sink or swim—I swam, and have been switnming ever since.” However, she believes that any exercise which keeps one fit, in training, as it were, and so long PROBERS OF ASYLUMS FLAY GOVERNOR HART Brutality and inefficiency vin declared. “We cannot afford charges preferred against the |to warn officials in advance of pos- officials of the insane asylums [sible testimony against them.” at Sedro-Woolley and Steila- Other members of the commis- coom will be probed to the bot- | sion assented in this view, holding tom, it was promised the that the evidence of witnesses first meeting of the special in- | shculd be taken behind closed doors vestigation committee held here |and kept secret until the investi- Monday morning. gating body has had full oppor as it is in the fresh air, is the thing any girl should practice if she wants to be healthy and look heaithy. Recently, in Chicago, Miss Stan- ley won the bathing girls’ beauty contest of the “Windy City.” When home, she lives with her widowed mother, Mrs. Marie Stanley, of Chicago. And when not at home or on the stage, she sings for phonograph rec- ords—ali makes. It hardly requires the proverb- jal “once over” to note the su- perb physique of Miss Stanley, especially the beautiful play of muscles under the satin-like skin of her back, as revealed by the decollette gown, poise and grace of her movements, She is the favorite daughter of “Old George Health” himself. will never rest content invented a vest pocket truthfully, more at During a large part of the morn- ing, little Margaret Johnson, 12- year-old niece of Mahoney, leaned over and chatted with her accused uncle, Mahoney seemed to enjoy this conversation. While the jury looked on with keen interest, Mrs. Hewitt identified certain letters, signed with Mrs. Ma. honey's name, as having been writ ten by Mahoney. She also identified clothing found in the trunk as Mrs, | Mahoney's. Mrs, Anna Laura La Chapelle, of- fice manager of the American In- and added, ‘I have home.’ He stared at me. ‘Who are you?’ he asked. ‘I'm a re porter on The Seattle Star,’ I told him. ‘Well,’ he said, ‘if “All America has never when committed to a cause,” he said. After Harding’s address and a speech by Secretary of Commerce | Hoover, the first session of the cons ference adjourned until 3 p.m. The conference was sum yf Harding said, to courisel America in order that the unemployment situa ‘ tion might be relieved, + The administration, ne said, is clogged up in an attempt to | guess who ge's the reward for | finding the mystery trunk. | | y j H Well, gents, I have just been GPF} held up, Not by a restaurant, 9, ° of Murdering eh, tora bonaente pean ee and Judge; Doesn’t Say if He man. The hold-up climaxed an excit Murdered Wife BY R. A. DONALDSON Wash. When the hold-up found TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Sept. I was a newspaper reporter, he 7 . ‘The trial of Mrs. Lyda Southard, al-| let me go. rae E. ge talked long and sanely Sunday eve- Jered “female Bluebeard,” charged “Just give me a good write. [ning about his trial. : With the murder of her fourth hus-| up,” he sald, “and we'll call it | An evangelists’ portable organ was squealing a hymn in band, Edward F. Meyers, opened at} square.” ‘i 16 a. m. before District Judge W. A. But unless the bandit reads | - Pi ae Atel a Miele aadiee ha eet waver. | At intervals the monotonous voice of the minister could honey nervously wiped his brow and neck. Seemingly unmoved by the open-| know how he wax bambooaied, |be heard beseeching souls to “come to Jesus. The jury leaned forward. Patterson asked: ing of tho proceedings which are to} Pecause the laugh te really on | Mahoney forsook his Camels and reached for his “Have you ever seen this piece of jewelry before?” Mecide her fate, Mrs. Southard en-| bim. If he reads this it will |“makin’s.” He had to shake the leavings from two tobacco * P J ry a Y the court room shortly after| change the style of holdup. | cacks to fill one cigaret paper. Mrs. Hewett fumbled a black-bordered handkerchief O'clock accompanied by Sheriff} | was viniting my fiancee in 4 ri oy P . ae replied dramatically : is the southern town and had bid He discusged the jury that is trying him for his life. “I have, sir.” ' ten her good-bye in the ancient He talked abou? Judge Ronald, the venerable veteran of “ by “Whose was it? an mascinating way, on the sofa w j j iene by Sistas Wien “Geen toes. oe pg ne bg is refereeing the contest between Mahone: ‘ “That was my Aunt Kate's.” about 11 p. m. Sunday night. Stare. ‘ ; ; * A deep drawn sob w. eard i jury box. train left for Seattle at be, ner the adigan aly one of the jay, enon, " Bes : " 1140 and I had two miles to ut he did not say whethe lered Mrs. ¥! ‘ wath athe Gio. Kate Mah Miglaced’ bras fone td he murd : One by one, Patterson held the bits of jewelry # - oney, his aged le, nor even mention her. bel to Mrs. Ka‘ all SHE'S SENSIBLE AND He fretted: pordittyintr bia ene! longed te Mahoney, alleged murdered bride o ei hg tag, [fnement, and the next moment : defendant, before the witness. Each time he asked cash, abou . j laughing at an incident that occurred same qlestion each time itness answered. in my shoe. . My sweet lady, who | in the penitentiary when he was a “That may Kate’ the wi is very ‘sensible, in opite of the | prisoner there. was my Aunt 5. fact that she picked me for her |reans POPULAR Events at the trial moved swiftly, today. Romeo, advised me to do this, | saGagzine UNTIL 3 A. M. Tast night Jailor William Barr T APU GU: Gata ma eorctcteod held up an automobile that was cir- advice. eviews | cling the county jail with its lights I was galloping down the dark | himself out on his bunk and read extinguished. The two men and one streets overhung with trees and the All-Story magazine until 3 o'clock . shrubbery, with Ughts strung at |this morning. “At 1:20. two hours | Barr to keep away from the jail, un- intervals of six blocks or so | less they had business there, Th: apart, when the bold, bad bandit |‘SfOTE Court Teopened, he was still were’ not arrested. xf appeared. He was dremed in | “lumbering like a baby. The deputies want to take no The prisoner had just finished his | chances with the possibility of an es- coat. I think he was a soldier. cape by Mahoney. | “The bandit was following me | empty plate and other dishes on the | The occupants of the car said their for several blocks, and finally | tiny shelf above the head of his pe caught up with me, He was oor oe canoe re | Physician Tells How He Ex- resisted arrest, however, the officers panting and puffing, So was 1. | He n recognition, and bent | + “ ‘Hello, partner,’ he said ‘go. | bis attention to rolling a smoke. amined Fatty’s Alleged ing somewheres?" : “Sure I feel good,” he said. “Look Victim at the swell meals I get.” bea ss aig hes with f his ha: BY M.D, TRACY “Wait a minute’ he replied. | dishes with a sweep of his hand as dD. 1 turned and leaked 40 feces, \he licked bie clgnret. It was the| _ SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26— the cavernous muzzle of a gun | hand of a woman, small, soft and that looked like a field canon, {Wh ‘Keep stilt, or Ill blow your “But they keep me locked yp in brains out, he hissed. ‘Hand |here”—he indicated the locked door of his tiny cell—‘and they let a lot “I leaned weakly against a tree, but reached for the moon. Well, you know that ae well et oar oe, pi night, nurse,’ growled the bandit, |C!as#ed himself by inference as | borepeer Pr i He wan the “ * o phast upon ie wo “murderers” ad y “ UNIQUE EXPERIENCE that made it sarcasm, a figure of |buckle’s room during his Labor day “ae, replied, Nor did ho mean literally that mur. | “EXTERNAL, VIOLENCE” derers rur all over the jail. Other|/CAUSE OF FATAL INJURY prisoners are allowed certain liber.| He named “external violence” as ties, to be sure, that Mahoney ia de bg —e ~ Se injury in response nied. Th permitted the f |to a hypothetical question. H tdoah of tue borrisor inside a teen | He told of finding Miss Rappe that's the case, give me a 00d |ipince where they can exercise their|"WTithing in severe pain” when he I ever held up. I hope they're | honey is kept more closely restrained| Beardslee said that traces of “al not as hard up as you are. las ealelt held: coholism” were “very slight.” was leaning against the | " - Arbuckle and Minta Durfee, his tree, too weak to move. What's pee ty (2. a wife, listened dosely ‘a Beardalee’s the matter with you?’ asked the y qaess,” he said, “Judge Ronaia | testimony bandit ‘ don! “hink much of the jury.” |. Dr. Beardaleo testified that on La “And then I laughed, long and . , bor day he was called to Arbuckle’s a‘ ing weekend in Vancouver, a far away corner of the county cell house. i i y y use. on the witness stand, Monday morning, and James E. Being well trained, I took her woman occupants were warned by khaki pants, leggins and a dark Sunday evening dinner, and vet bi lights had suddenly gone out. They “ ‘No,’ 1 said, ‘I'm just picking He pomted towards the empty Dr. Arthur Beardalee, testifying over your cash? of other murderers run all over the FOR 5 WAYMAD | speech. He did not mean it literally. | “party.” writeup; you're the first reporter | iimbe under lock and key—-while Ma. | Was called. loud. ‘Nothing,’ I said, ‘I'm run. a room, Lives of bandits atill remind us * They are leaving all the while; nd, departing, leave behind them Footprints on McNeil Isle. o- Prof. William Debn, of University of Washington, says that the human stomach manufacturers alcohol. Just try that excuse on your wife some night! ——___® BEW VERSION OF OLD SAYINGS { “Here, boy, give me a bottle | of denatured grape juice!” + . . | Here Mes Ezekal Abner Jones; |) May heaven rest hig weary bones! “He made himself a batch of brew, And then he took a drink or two, oe Consider crapo, And alto maive; One rhymes with grapo | And one with grave. cee Mayor Caldweli’s unemployment committee discovers there are 9,000 men idle in Seattle, including auto. | mobile salesmen. . . RECOMMENDED TO SEVERAL MOVIE STARS “Few, very tew, of you are artists, an artist being an individual who, by dint of tremendous work, pa- tience and long, supreme eelf-denial, brings to perfection some particular lowment ©* talent. Many of you are mere photographic types. Your picture stardom is largely the result of some one’s elve brains or money, plus, especially the magic circula tion of the motion picture.”—William |The A. Jobnaton, editor of the Motion Picture News, in ar editorial ad- drercce to me picture ning away from the doctors. They want to quarantine me be cause they think I have the smallpox! “‘OMIGAWD?! he yelled, ¢ast- ing the money from him, He didn’t run; he flew. As a wild automobile runs, so did he. “May we mect again! I made the train and paid my fare with - the money from my shoe.” Finnish Hall Here “Why, he fald he'd never get an other jury in a murder case until capital punishment was abolished.” He puffed at his cigaret thought- fully and added "It I'd been the prosecutor 1 wouldn't have mentioned the capttal punishment law. But he hanged John Schmitt; he won't be satisfied unless he hangs me,” He shrugged his shoulders. The conversation swung around to the penitentiary. Mahoney recalled a prisoner there, Peter Miller. On Saturday, after the close of court, Destroyed by Fire} 20h» carmody, a deputy prosecutor, Fire of unknown origin destroyed | ¥" the Finnish hall, at 31st ave. and EK. Madison st., ‘early Monday morning. The structure was valued at $15,000 blaze caused great exc fire department. City to Aid Legion for Armistice Official recognition will be accord. ed Armistice Day, Nov. 11, been definitely decided dwell. ‘Tentativs plans for were Okehed by the mayor Monday, when he appointed prominent legion ment, las it was fanned by a brisk wind and |threatened to wipe out nearby build. |'™#! lings before it was controlled by the Day it has by Mayor | the celebration of the holiday made by the various American Legion posts | lat the pen that got shot | no knows both Miller and ney, had remarked “How much Mahoney Miller.” Miller is serving a 72-year term, or thereabouts, as an habitual erim: Maho. looks like MIRES HIM FOR OW OF DEMOCRACY “I've known Pete for tive years,” Mahoney said. “Ho has a trusty Job at the penitentiary. he tends to his own business, takes his meals with the prisoners. It was evident that Mahoney ad. mired Miller for this show of dem- ocracy. <A trfsty, Miller might eat at the trusties’ mews. “You know this colored boy over But He regular asked. “He was about mén to form a committee to lay plans | shooting @ ‘shine’ as I ever met. I for Armistice Day When a baby ix born in Japan, a t anted in its honor, remember one Fourth of July." His small brown eyes twinkled at the recollection (Turn to Last Page, Column 1) good | * Mahoney | as square | | He found two women in the room. fone in bed and the other caring for ner. |FINDS HER IN BED; |COMPLAINS OF PAINS Miss Rappe, the one in bed, com: |plained of pains in her abdomen, he said. He made a physical examina- tion and gave her a hypodermic. The examination, he said, revealed sensitiveness in the lower abdomen. He said he thought she was suffer. (Turn to Last Page, Column 4) '|Half Chicago '| Policemen Are || Bootleggers! CHICAGO, Sept, 26.—Arthur B. Farwell head of the Chicago Law and Ordre league, following the admission of Police Chief Fitzmor. ris tha? half of Ghicago’s police force of 5,000 men are bootleg: gers, sent this wire to President Harding today: “Situation caused by nullifica- tion of the 18th amendment gn Chicago intolerable, Prohobition laws are being openly viola ed. Crime is on the increase. Writing you in detail in regard this criti- situation, Moral forces of the || city wilt leave to your excelient 1] judgment wha: should be done.” Governor Hart's unexplained ac- tion in apnouncing the forthcoming sharply criticised by sev: eral of the commission, who privately declared that the an- nouncement would greatly hamper their work. The opening session was devoted to organization. Councilman Rob ert B. Hesketh was selected chair man and Capt. EB. D. Colvin, for- mer assistant corporaticn counsel, was chosen secretary. One of the first motions passed was Yhat the investigution here- after should be conducted as secret- jy as possilte and the evidence ob- tained from witnesses considered vonfidential ‘If we were to conduct our in- auiry publicly, it would be impos sible for us to learn what is really going on at the asylums,” Capt. Col- “Mystery Man” in the County Jail L, D, Atkinson, “mystery man,” thought to be “identified with’ the |Mahoney case, and who has been held incommunicado at city jail for the past week, was transferred to the county jail Monday morning and pooked ag w fugitive from justice, Sheriff Matt Starwich says he ac cepted the prisoner at the request of the police department and that he was given no information con- cerning him, Starwich added that he had been told that Atkinson was not connect- ed with the Mahoney case, tunity to corroborate details of ac- tual first-hand inspection, Governor Hart today appointed Bertha lL. Thomas of Tacoma to act on the bo&rd in place of Mrs. Weyerheuser, who is in the East. UNIVERSITY FEE SYSTEM FOUGHT That the increased fee system, which has practically doubled tui- tion, is creating widespread dissatis- faction, and that ft will be vigorous., ly protested,-was indicated on the university campus, Monday, the first day of registration for the fall quar- ter. A mass meeting is to be held in Denny hall Wednesday evening to take steps in an effort to induce the board of regents and the state leg islature to undertake a reconsidera- tion of the present fee system. The University Commercial club and many campus organizations have indicated that they will cooper. ate to make the meeting a success. University officials stated at noon Monday that they were unable to make any estimate on the number of students registered to that time. The usual long lines -of enrolling students, however, were passing thruout the day thru the registra- tion building. The enrollment for the coming year ig expected to reach 4,600. surance Co, witness’ for the state, showed the jury correct samples of Mrs. Mahoney’s handwriting, When the state attempted to in- troduce the alleged power of attor- ney purporting to have come from Mrs, Mahoney to Mahoney, giving him control of her property, Lee Johnston, counsel for the defense, asked that the jury be excused while he argued a point of law. The re- quest granted, Johnston argued that his client was charged with forgery in another information, and the mat- ter was not material here. Judge Ronald overruled the objec. tion, saying the evidence was mate- rial to the case being heard. Court adjourned at noon with B. W. Ball, deputy county auditor, on the stand for the purpose of identify- ing the alleged power of attorney. Letters written by Mahoney befobe and after his wife had disappeared, and others written by Mrs. Mahoney just prior to her alleged murder by her husband, were introduced in evi- dence. Among the letters in thercase are some bearing the name of Mrs. Ma- {honey which the state contends was forged by the defendant after her death, ‘ Gus Johnston, an old friend of the Mahoneys’ was cgoss-examined about his visits to Seattle in April and about Mahoney's visit to him later in Minnesota, Detective M. J. McNamee “The police started dregging the lake May 24. started with an ordinary (Turn to Last Page, Column 3) from a war inheritance, which was frankly anxious lest the situation grow worse with the coming of wine ter. In normal times about 1,500,000 men are out of work, the president said, but the unemployment now ig 4 excessive, Both Harding and Hoover empha. | sized that the situation must never — be solved by the giving of govern- 4, ment alms from the public treasury, The president made it very clear that the federal treasury must not ~ be called upon to relieve the situa. | tion, He insisted that the remedy Nes in the co-operation of capital, labor and the public. America, he said, is now suffering inevitable, and prompt mitigation ig — imperative, Co-operative service to the unemployed and not charity must be the aim of the conference, Hoover declared in hig, Tr you plan: to make a, ~ success, map out your course and use The Star Classified’ Ads to give it publicity. No bet- ter medium can be found | in this community, .