The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 27, 1921, Page 14

THE SEATTLE TAR Charge Customs Inspector Admits “Framing” Booze Plot 10 MEN MAY BE LOST IN SUB WRECK Reports From Los Angeles and San Pedro Harbor Differ on Disaster SAN PEDRO, Cal, Sept, 27.— # i I ? i ga ie i | i i | Ht i i i i lif, il; i i i | | i i i | | : [ + if He: te zi i ' F hi H #2 | | 2°82. ; te ; 4 ne a he Eni yeebe ai q g FF ui ih ve fet Es s : a : & g 3 2 S 5 i waid today. eee WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—The gsubmarine R-6 sank at her moorings San Pedro, Cal, at 7:15 p. m. yes- terfay, according to a dispatch re estved today by the navy department. The dispatch, which was somewhat garbled, said there were “two cas- ualties.” Further detalis have been asked. ‘The submarine sank while she was moored beside the mother ship, Kansan. Falling Telephone Pole Crushes Man Claudius 3B. Gussey, 4819 W. Juneau st., was perhaps fatally hurt Monday afternoon when struck by a falling telephone pole on the old milt- tary road near the north end of the elty. Gussey was rushed to Provi- dence hospital. Several warkmen employed by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company were erecting the pole, which fell, crushing Gussey as he ran for shelter. His ¢ondition Tuesday was critical. Arrested, Accused of Stealing Auto ‘Benjamin Christianson of Tukwila was arrested at Foster Monday night by. Deputy Sheriff Tom Morgan ond charged with stealing, on September 6, an automobile valued at $500, from Miss Lucile Hoon, He is being held in the county jail tn Heu of $500 bail. SENTENCED TO 20 DAYS Mare Tavre, allas Harry Harris, pleaded guilty to petty larceny in Judge C. C. Dalton’s court Tuesday morning and was given a sentence of 30 days in the county jail, Tavre was charged with passing # worth | eae shock on July 16 | PEAT ERE HERE’S MORE ABOUT MAHONEY STARTS ON PAGE ONE HERE’S MORE ABOUT SOUTHARD STARTS ON PAGE ONE | | wotiating to buy $1,000 more of the stock at par.” Catlahan said that he had signed} {2 agreement March 15 to employ Re + ne Mahoney ag 4 solicitor or for somo} Maffia, Mra Southard's second hus other work as soon as practicable, at| band, fntend to ask the prosecution $150 a month. “Mra. Mahoney wanted to get him occupied and busy at something,” |PO@OnIng MoHaffie should the witnens said j acquitted of Meyer's murder DEFENSE COUN “8 | Mra. ROOM IS ENTERED Someone has been door of a room in the courthouse |i. 1917 used by counsel for Mahoney as pri- | | vate chambers, | ‘The room 1s across a narrow cor-|McHaffie died in 1918 under myster ridor from the main courtroom | ious circumstances, It fs said. where Mahoney ts on trial for his/ Following this statement came an. |nouncement from Knoxville, ¢ that parents of Mrs, Southard on a charge she | a $200 discount, at the same time no- |prefudicing the selection of a Sury. | of be | Southard married MolHatfia | |who had come to Twin Falls from unlocking the| Knoxville and opened a restaurant Later the couple moved to @ ranch near Hardin, Mont., where | With the opening of the second life. When the trial started, Judge Ron. room, adjoining the fudge's chambers, for use of Attorneys Johnston and L. B. Schwellenbach, the defendant's lawyers. In the room are kept tmportant papers and documenta connected with the defense, the nature of which counsel have kept secret. Yesterday noon Judge Ronald call. own was unlocked and standing open. Johnston seemed worrted, He hur tied out of the courtroom to make an examination of his papers, fol lowed by the judge. “I cant tell," eald Johnaton, “whether anybody has prowled my desk or not. The papers seem to be as I left them, But somebody has been unlocking this door every time Hand-writing experts called as witnesses by the state testified that signatures on travelers’ checks, let- ters and other documents, including & power of attorney, signed with Mra. Mahoney's name, were not signed by Mrs. Mahoney herself, but ‘Th signature on the power of at- torney, both experts agreed, was written by « second forger not the persam who had written the other forgeries. Mrs. Johnson's face wan grave, ‘The state called E. J. Brandt to the stand Exchange building, He eald a wom- an came to his office on April 15 and signed “Kate Mahoney” on power-of- attorney giving James EK. Mahoney acess to Kate Mahoney's property. “Did you know Mrs. Kate Mooers?” asked Deputy Prosecutor Patter terson. “Yes; for many years,” said Brandt, “Did you know that Mrs. Kate Mooers had married again and that her name waa then Mrs. Kate Ma- honey? “No.” “Was It Mrs. Kate Mahoney, the woman you knew a4 Mrs. Movers, who signed the name ‘Kate Mahoney’ on that power-of-attorney?” “No.” “What woman was it? “I can't any.” COURTROOM GASPS AS SISTER IS POINTED OUT Patterson turned and pointed to- ward Mrs. Johneon, sitting at the end of the table, near her brother. A gasp Of surprise was heard thruout the courtroom, “Is that the woman?’ he de. manded. Brandt did not answer imme diately. Hoe sat sizing up Mrs. Johnson, whose eyes were flash- Ing. The color was coming and going in her face, Every eye in the courtroom was upon her, and tt was deathly still. Possibly 20 seconds passed, possibly half a minute. Then Brandt replied: “TI can’t say—positively. 1¢ was ® woman about her build.” Whispers were heard in every corner of the court. Mrs. John- son did not recover her com- posure for some minutes, and smiled no more the remainder of the day, L. 5. May, president of the Revel are International Secret Bervios, and O. L. Miller, of Edmonds, were the handwriting experts called by the state. Each explained at length wete bogus—by comparing them with genuine signatures, of Mrs. Mahoney. During the ordeal Mahoney alter. nately wiped his face and neck with a large handkerchief, stuffed himself his chair Hstening closely to the tes- timony of the experts. TESTIFIES MAHONEY COLLECTED RENT John P. Wheeler and his wife, Edna, 2722 Fourth ave., just back of the Mahoney apartment at 409 Den. ny way, testified that they rented troy MaWoney collected the rent May 1, and gave him a recetpt for $35. Mrs. Wheeler identified a ruby and dia. mond stickpin. to be Mrs. Mahoney's ring,” she said. Albert Wilton, 817 18th ave, N who formerly conducted a real es- tate office near the Mahoney apart- ment, testified that Mrs. Mahoney came to his office in April and gave him authority by written contract to collect rents from her apartment. Later in April, Wliton said, he re. celved a letter signed “Mrs, Ma- honey,” informing him that she was in Bt. Paul, and would remain East; that James Mahoney was ‘returning to Beattle, and would attend to the rent collections. “I destroyed the contract and the letter,” said Witton, “and didn’t col lect any of the rents.” Mrs. Mary Hyland, living across the street from the Mw honey apartment, testified that she went to call on Mrs. Ma- honey the latter part of April ed Attorney Johnston's attention to the fact that the door of the room| ‘| Chartes W. Miller, He is & jawyer fn the Lumber how they knew the bogus signatures | with candy and tilted himself back in| ]) Mrs, Mahoney. Wheeler said} “That setting used | day of the trial, the attorneys ai turned over the keys to thts | plunged into the task of examining | Prompective Jurors, | Witnesses began to arrtve from | various parta of the country, tnolud | ing several from Missourt, the latter to teatify regarding death of Mra. Southard'’s first husband, Robert Dooley, and his brother, Edward & close! Dooley, who had been her childhood chums tn Missourt. She te specifica! 3 MORE ARE “TAKEN IN RUM THEFT | | U. S. Official Directed Op- erations, City Detective | Declares | ‘Three mon were arrested Into | Monday night on federal war- rants charming them with com | splracy in Honnection with the | theft of boése valued at $40,000 from the government vault at Wall at. and Eliott ave, recently, bringing the total arrests mado to 11, According to City Deteotive W. P.| Worsham, who made the arrests) they were implicated In the robbery | to the extent that they helped to| plan the theft, but at the last mo- inen backed out The mystery concerning the arrest of Federal Customs In- spector Frank Irvin was cleared ly charged with causing the death of | her fourth husband, Edward Meyer, altho it is alleged she polsoned her other two husbands, as well as her brother-inlaw and her first hus band’s 2yearold child, ‘The state apparently will not de. mand the death penalty for Mra. Southard, believing it is practically impossible to hang a woman on cir cumstantial evidence. Tho main Iseue ts expected to be nettied by medical testtmony. The defense pinns to challenge the state's contention that Meyer died from ar. senic potsoning, believing the charge cannot be proved beyond reasonable doubt, and will ask acqiuttal on that ground, Mrs. Bergdoll Sues U. S. for One Million PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27.-—-Sult was filed tn federal court here to- day by Mrs. Emma ©. Bergdoll mother of the famous draftdodging brothers, Grover and Erwin, to re cover $1,000,000 tn cash, stooks and bonds, seized Inst May 27 by Col United States Alten property custodian, The grounds for the sult as set forth are that none of the property which Miller seized under the trad ing-withtheenemy act was owned by Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the fugitive, In the mult Mra, Bergdol! declares that she te not an alien enemy and that since none of the weized property belonged to her eon, who was declared an alien enemy, its setazure was (Tegal, to “wish her joy after her mar- if It waan’t too late.” to the door Walter Christy, garage proprietor, 2126 Third ave, testified that Mrs. Mahoney put her Westcott Sedan in “dead storage” April 7, that Ma- honey came later and tock the car out, and that the machine was finally towed back into the garage, where it has been ever since. He said he never had seen Mra, Ma- honey since Apri! 7. Morris Serf, taflor, sald Mahoney bad paid on April 30 the balance due on two sults he had ordered some days previously, ond bat made the remark about Mm, Ve a went around so long without marrying anybody.” WANTED TO INVEST LARGE SUMS OF MONEY Tt was brought out by three other witnesses—1. W. Hays, B. P. Bohting and F. G. Law—that Ma- honey, after his return from St. Paul to Seattic, was trying to sell mortgages on properties owned by Mrs. Mahoney an‘ looking for place to invest large sums of ma, 40) | ats | Smart Styles Lovely hats—becoming i | | ih} if | | and embroidery—and any o1 honey: “I don't see how tha, kc. | $4. sounds like they were pretty good, doesn’t it? We're here to tell you that they ARE good. Velvet, duvetyn, hatter’s plush, in medium and small effects, and in brown, blue, black and red. Trimmed with ostrich, cire ribbon, ornaments, bows when Worsham declared that Ir vin had admitted “framing” the entire plot for the selaure of the boore, According to Worsham, Irvin may not have been on the seone at the time of the rob- bery, but the raid was planned under his directions. Irvin had been known to en ter the vault with his keys and take whisky for his private use, Worsham sald. | The three men arrested yesterday are: Arthur Cheever, 44, enleaman; | Jack Rhodes, 44, sailor, and LL ©. Alberty, salesman, who has been ar- rested three times in the Inst year) on boore charges, and who, accord- ing to Lieut. Haag of the dry mqund, | Was once a partner. of Bert Oroutt, | the bandit suspect who was shot tn | Vancouver, Wash, recently by depu- | ty sheriffs tn connection with the| jolls- Floto crews robbery. USED SAFE EXPERT TO OPEN VAULT Cheever fs a mnafe expert, sat Worsham, and his alleged part tn the booge robbery was the difficult feat of opening the sealed vault. | Whether Cheever actually opened the vault is not known, Worsham declared the entire robbery was an inside job, planned by men who had accens to the vaults, Three trucks were sctreduled to take away the booms, according to police, Only one truck appeared, the @rivers of the other two decid ing not to come at the last moment. Police declared Tuesday entire case has been known eral weeks, but they were walt until evidence was fore the arrests were made, arrests are to follow. CACHE OF STOLEN BOOZE 18 TAKEN - Tho first arreste were made Sep- tember 11 by federal prohibition agents at Cow Lake, where six men and a cache of twothirds of the stolen whisky were taken tn ous | tody. Over $5,000 worth of the boone had been sold by the thieves to retail dealers, said police. It has not been recovered. The most senentional part of the cane 9 the arrest and alleged con- feesion of Irvin that he planned and executed the robbery. Irvip had access to the vault, having had charge there before being trane.| ferred to the waterfront division of inapectors. He is supposed to have up the cellar of Herod the Great tn | Palostine. The stuff ought to be Pretty good by this time—Life, |Arbuckle's bedroom te blackmall the | day i# being Fall Coats—Beauties $19.75 Bolivia, Velour and Broad- cloth Coats for fall—fully lined and shown in the best shades of and brown. with real style—and with embroidery-trimmed or fur-trimmed collars—in flaring, straight or belted effects—and sizes to 44. in Fall Hats 79 hats—economical hats— me for $4.79. Man With Shortest Name Is Arrested Ah V 6 ot having t HERE’S MORE ABOUT ARBUCKLE STARTS ON PAGE ONE claiming the hono ortent name son tn the hwent Monday night | A. Mano, 44, } Tames hotel in company with MH proprietor of the st mont becoming. Arbuckle stood stiffly as his at-| oage took their shaking | py P. thelr hands, but there wae no trace of a amile, , and in city jail on ope Re Mano In @ charges torneys neatn, rolmen George and Walter Dench ged to have rented rooms to ¢ addicts at ‘we | BAN FRANCIBCO, Sept, 27—-De. | 25 cents each, and Wy ts ot | mand that he be permitted to re | supplying them with dopo. u sume the witness stand and clear) quantity of narcotics is held as evi himaelf of “binckmal!” charges made | dence, by Chief Counsel Frank Domingues, | defending Roscoe Arbuckle, Was! Angeles to start sult against Domin made upon District Attorney Brady |guer for defamation of character today by Al Semnacher, Virginia] ‘This action followed a demand by Happe's manager. Semnacher that the grand jury tn Somnacher appeared at the Aintrict | vestignte Domingue’ charges and! attorney's office early today before | either indict or exonerate him. Sem the morning session of Arbuokle’s |/nacher, with a representative of the preliminary hearing on « charge of | district attorney's office, appeared murdering Miss Rappe. [late yesterday before the grand jury Ho declared he should be given the |and made the demand. opportunity of clearing up Domin-~| Miss Rappe’# lingerie had been gues’ allegation or that Domingues |found in Arbuckle’s wate paper should be forced to retract. Sem-| basket, according to Semnacher, | nachor was highly indignant. At the present rate of progresm, it | Domingues lute yesterday intt| will take at least two more days, mated that Semnacher had taken the | probably more, to complete the pre-| torn clothes of Virginia Rappe from | liminary hearing. Only part of each devoted to his case. | film comedian |The “haul” of the city police over-| Semnacher also announced he had night dragnet has its turn first each) wired Attorney Guy Hays in Lon morning A mr | |up alongside a Mt | mask ;o pannenge AUTO BANDITS — RAIL MEN WILL AT WORK HERE REFUSE PAY GUE Your auto bandits stole two automobiles, held up three men |Tg Desert Posts Instead in a street car, one man in a | Officials Learn station and esday morning service early gasoline 27,-— Ralird » will refuse oma recently nited States rath to the owner At ll p Mond: bandits In a high-p A manked | * drew m n do wo they wit 4 duty, high offictein 1 of Raftway T here for the off organization's # eved today » unauthorized walkouts olerated, union leaders All men must remain on strike call te ballots thus mingly spurned 1 nis, Vice President Ji acting head of the ui liness of President ca 1 of the wearin 4 Cond Ur He $20 Rnd D. 7 Hunter boulevard. The r. at ith « bandits, appr 196 plat to surr line Guire, rear th hed Motorman 8 bandit A A Wahigren, 1910 19th ave. overlooked 25 cents in Wahlaren’s| spurac coat, and departed. The bandit’s| guring Accomplice nat at the wheel of the|G reo auto while his companion worked.|the percentage of members An hour Iater, two band one la strike. described as being about and the other about 40, appeared in a/in cash and a check for $10, Ford car at a gas service station | They then oft and at First ave. N. and Mercer st.,|after police, in searching for @ where they found Percy Tweed, who| found the abandoned auto. The was closing his gas station for the| mobile was owned by P. J, night, They took from him $62.95! sen, 1446 W a at. show new ¥ dro’ STORE HOURS—9 B new note to the interior o and winter. way. pillows, draperie Such deligh’ color combinations love with them. There's harmony in color and design in these Cre- tonnes, even though the price is low. 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