The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 20, 1921, Page 16

> AND WITT _ TOGETHER 5-Cent Fare Expert and “Muny” Line Head to Co-operate Peter Witt, Cleveland traction ex hursday with bp. W. superin Aendent of the municipal railw Witt obtained maps and eoncerning the street car operation. “He commenced his formal survey of the railway system Thunwday, VMenderson assured Witt of the nearty co-operation of the city’s railway department in Riis investigation of the lines. Mayor Caldwell's communication fo the city counct! advising its Imembers that he may not approve ‘of the ordinance appropriating (98,400 for Witt’s salary was pigeon. holed by the utilities committee. ‘The committee also recommended ‘that the bill appropriating $50,000 buy buses for the Cowen Park be passed over the mayor's veto. ‘One of the first problems that will front Witt will be the question of quate transportation facilities for Cowen Park district, ONG FIRST SEEK WITT Residents of tye district penta earliest to seek Witt's aid solving their vexatious transporta ‘tion problem. ee Th Cleveland expert promised ) jeaday to give the Cowen Park a hearing next week, after he obtained a better knowledge of | topography of the city and had) preliminary maps and chatts| the railway department. | ordinance appropriating the | for Witt’s salary will come be- | the city council for final pass- Monday. Even if the mayor) i the ordinance, it is be- | that there are sufficient votes | Pass it over his veto, and make money available by the time . it proposed eight-week investi gation is completed. Pending the result of Witt's sur- , the S-cent carfare ordinance will held in committee. It was led to come up for final pass Monday. That it would pay Seattle to in- trackiess trolleys as “feeders” the municipal railway was the nt made Thursday by Hen- ‘on his return from 9 month's + ‘was sent East by the council] with instructions to the latest transportation [Rk THAN [NE BUS trollibus can be operated pro intended to be used in con- 4 t has placed an order for of the buses.” he said. “San and Richmond wili hoth extensive use of the new ve and buses have already been Sina two Staten Island 2s “qaSiat of the buses was placed at ; by Henderson. The only oth is the stringing of two wires, which can be uset track is installed. The 29 passenrers and re- crew of on? man only. Principal vaiue of the track- ley to Seattl» will be in dis- like Cowen Park and Beacor,, ATTY ESCAPES LIQUOR CHARGE Action Delayed in Arbuckle Case oe BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20—Rob-. |. MeCormick, special assistant were } | destroy “United States attorney general, an- ed today that he would not the charge of violating the pro- laws against Roscoe (Fatty) le, until after the charge of ughter against Arbuckle had disposed of in the state courts. _ He said he feared a prohibition ‘prosecution at this time might in- “terfere with the prosecution of Ar- for alleged responsibility for Virginia Rappé, actress. came to San Francisco if; Los Angeles today to be ready ? the prohibition case be called, a8 scheduled, in the federal court. It probably will be called late today for only perfunctory proceedings, at- torneys said. _¥ Arbuckle spent most of the morn “ing conferring with Gavin MeNab, “retained by Eastern and Los Angeles “Motion picture interests as chief counsel for his defense. Four New Warships Ordered by Britain LONDON, Oct. 20,—Orders new captal ships will be pls diately by the British gov ment, Premicr Lloyd George un nounced in the house of commons to. day. Some time ago it was announced “that orders for four superdreaa- joughts which Britain had intended ing, had been held up tempor- arily, pending discussions regarding disarmament. + oe 4 Poe to Take “Office Next Monday TACOMA, Oct. 20—Burns Poe will formally succeed David J. Williams : as U. S. intefnal revenue collector UA Washington and Alaska, next the Night By Fred L. Boalt ROSEBURG, Ore, Opt 2 Richard Melvin Brumfield “died” on the night of July 19 when his Blgin Six @port model) with red aise wh went over an embank ment and turned turtle, three mile | west of here, At about the same time Dennis Russell, rustic recluse, disappeared |Unknewn to fame during his life time, Russell is spoken of now as “the substitute corpse.” All Roseburg mourned the the dentist. His wife charred and headless made arrangements funeral, The Elks wished to take charge jot the funeral, but the “widow J objected. ‘The Chamby m merece and the Roseburg Music club, ef which the doctor was founder and president, planned to partict [pate in. the obsequies, The local Jamart set ordered floral pieces, For [the doctor, young, dapper Inently respectable, was a leader in ell matters civic, artivtic, esthetic and fashion in this little city | But the funeral was not held for | the excellent reason that the doctor }was not dead | ‘The royal mounted police of Al berta, more than a month later, found Dr, Brumfield working on & wheat ranch near Calgary and going under the name of Norman M. Whitney, which name, it ap. pears, he borrowed from the fly eat of a Presbyterian hymn book He was brought back to Roseburg, and his trial begun October 6, The state's contention was that Brumfield was financially embar massed and heavily insu that he planned to collect his insurance and disappear, taking available ¢ him and | th claimed for the ad | of the land = his insurance to his wife and three small sons; that he needed a “substitute corpse,” and selected Dennis Russell as one whose absence would be little noticed; that he killed Russell and removed his Jaw bone to get rid of identifiable teeth; that he staged the automobile accident, leaving Russell's body be neath the wreck; that he sought to the corpse with fire and dynamite, and that he then fled to Canada. The defense was insanity. The evidence was all circumstan tial, and the case was bitterly con. tested. The identification of the headless corpse as Russell's was circumstan. Ual. Brumfield had made the ac auaintance of the hermit a few weeks bé@fore the “accident.” The body HERE'S MORE ABOUT Brumfield when “guilty” smote his intelligence. It was Mrs. Brumfield who “broke.” She had held her poise as long as poise was needed. CROWD GAPES AT DOOMED MAN Day after day she had eat at her husband's side, calm and gravely smiling. Now her head sank slow- ly, slowly, to her husband's shoul- der, His arms went about her neck and drew her to him and he kissed her on the lips. Till now, the room had been in tomblike silence. But now the crowd swept forward, gaping, elbowing, craning fer a glimpse of a woman in awful grief, a man doomed to die. It was Judge Bingham who brought us to our senses by hurry: ing the function of the anti-climax. He beckoned to the attorneys. The attorneys reminded me of the gladiators of Rome—because they were so unlike the gladiators Who fought with swords. These gladia tors of our complex, modern civill zation fight with statute books and precedents, and with these weapons the victorious prosecutors had bat- tered Brumfield, but they had not made him bow bis head. I cannot change the official system, nor do I know that I want to, and moral- ‘ging about it will not bring Willam Dennis Russell back to life, field from the gallows, WOMAN KISSES MRS. BRUMFIELD The defense filed the usual mo- tions—appeal, stay of execution, and so on. But the populace said “Thumbs down?’ and it is doubtful if even the supreme court will re- verse that ruling. A woman came to where the con. demned man and his wife sat and in close embrace. Venita Ellensburg, Mrs. Brumfield's chum. She stepped and kissed Mrs. Brumfield on the cheek. Brumfield smiled at her, a de preciatory smile which seemed to beg her to overlook this momen- tary weakness in his wife and to apologize for it. At a sign from the sheriff, the She was Miss Prepare for New Revenue Collector The cashier’s department and the stamp window of the local internal revenue office will be closed from 3 p.m, Friday until possibly Mon- day, according to William T. Beeks, chief deputy collector of internal revenue. The office will bé closed, Beeks in preparation for the new collector shortly. |State College Gets | Two thousand six hundred mount- ed sheets of plant specimens, com- prising the collections of James R. Anderson, veteran Canadian bot anist of Victoria, B. C., have re cently been secured by the botany department of the State College of Washington. The majority of the specimens come from Vancouver Is- Janda, CHICAGO, Oct. for the Calumet bank of alin 20-—-A messenger Trost & Savings n, Ul, a suburb of Chicago, was held up and robbed to- day of $6,000. The messenger was preparing to board a train to take the money to a Chicago bank when three men drew up in an automo- bile and seized the money, and emi:| ‘ash with | BRUMFIELD VERDICT nor will it save Richard Melvin Brufh- THE SEA HENDERSON Brumfield “Died” on of July 13 junder the | Brumfield’s, | minsing Russell's, wrecked car was not It might have been the Articles identified jas having belonged to Russell, such jas his wateh, his diary, a shoe, an envelope bearing his name, were found in the ruins Also bits of scalp, with hair cling ing to them, were found, ‘The hair was gray, like Russell's, Also part of an ear, | Further, it was shown that a box was shipped by Brumfield to Seattle, treased to “Norman M. Whitney,” and later sought by Brumfield when he had reached Canada, a box filled | with feminine apparel, a akirt of pale |pink satin, a camisole of the same |hue and other prettios such as de. |light women. | Brumfield’s defense was “I don't | remember." | He told a strange, graphic story. | He had had two injuries to his head |as a boy; later headaches and mental breakdown in college; |casional lapses of memory He swore his mind was blank for days, beginning the Sunday before | the “accident.” | His sleep was tortured. His soul in sleep would rise above his body | and he would watch his physical self tossing and twisting on the bed be jlow. He walked in his steep. he was in a When the curtain |rctea ever so briefly, restaurant pear the union depot in | Portland, and the man béside him | | was reading a newspaper account of | the “death” of Dr, Brumfield. He, | |too, read the account, but he did not | |know he was Dr. Brumfield. | The defendant and this man four-| neyed North, to Seattle, then to Van Jeouver, stopped at Blaine. An immi jRration inspector would got let him | cross the border, He tried aguin and jmuined Vancouver. | His companion disappeared. Brum | fleld saw a newspaper with a picture [of himself on the front page. “I was | |frightened. If any one had started for me I would have run. . . . Then I realized that 1 was not Brumfield; | was Dennis Russell, and my fright | passed.” He did not remember Calgary or working on a farm or fis arrest When he awoke he was in a Pull man berth, handouffed to a deputy | sheriff, who told him he was being | taken back to Roseburg to stand trial for the murder of Dennis Russell, | The latter part of the trial was @ battle of experts. | “On July 13, Dr. Brumfield was tn. | sane.” declared Dr. Scacfe, expert for the defense, “On July 13, Dr. Brumfield was Perfectly sane,” declared Dr. House, expert for the state, aA oo forgetfulness | STARTS ON guards escorted Bromfield down a private stairway. He still marched like @ soldier, without a backwart look. At the foot of the stairs be sald, “So that was the verdict, ohm ™ PROMISES NOT TO RUN AWAY An they reached the other door! of the courthouse the guard placed | his hands on the condemned man's shoulder. Brumfield laughed. “Don't worry. I shan't try to run away,” ho said. I went with them into the jail.| The iron door opened and 1 caught | @ glimpse of an ancient bootlegger | seated reading a newspaper. He rose as Brumfield entered, a inquiry written Plain on his face, He and Brum- field have been good friends theac! past weeks, Brumfieid read the} question in the old man's face and answered it, “First degree.” “Good God,” the old man whis- Dered, the newspape: ipping from his trembling fingers. And then the iron door clanged shut. | some containing protests, some con- 1,000 REDS RAID U.S, CONSULATE Syndicalists Smash Win- dows at Brest Reports from Burepean at South Mraintres, Maas, | American ambassador » | Brussels and London th | threatening letters from | Herrick at Paris by means of a sent thru the mail, after he bi nored threats from communi France. } Hrusitian communists have sought } BREST, France Oct, 20.—A mob of 1,000 _aayndicalists marched upon the American con sulate here today and smashed the windows, singing the Inter. nationale and carrying the red flag. The police finally dis. persed the crowd. ° | BY‘WEBB MILLER PARIS, Oct. 20.—The attempted assassination of Ambassador Herrick led to uproarious scenes and in deseritable turmoil in the French chamber of deputies today. Deputy Mandel, henchman of former) Premier Clemenceau, in a fiery | speech, attacked the police and the} department of justice for permitting | the outrage to occur. He also made a bitter attack upon the communists, and the soclaliat sen ator, Scoffier at him and struck him in the face, For 16 min | utes the chamber was in confusion leaped | with deputies shouting and battling iE PECT ARRESTS FOR OUTRAGE | Search for the perpetrators of the outrage, in which a small bomb, in closed in a perfume box, was sent to | the American ambassador and | opened by bis valet, who wax wound ed, was conducted thruout Paris and | the entire country by official orders. Arrests are imminent, the Paris Midi declared, adding that the would: | be assassing left a good trail Official France feels deeply the tn dignity of the attack upon Ambas- sador Herrick, President Millerand) and Premier Briano today sent per: | sonal representatives to call and ex: | press their sympathy and congratu lations on hig excape. The bomb was sent to Ambassa dor Herrick as one phase of a protest by European communists against the conviction of Nicolo Sacto und Bhrtolemeo Van Zatti two Italians sentenced to die for | the murder of F. A. Parmenter, of Braintree, Mass. HERRICK’S VALET 1S WOUNDED Blanchard, the ambassador's per. sonal valet, who opened the package, heard a click at the last minute and) hurted it from him, thos saving his | life, but he was slightly wounded, fragmenta of the bomb striking him in the thigh. He passed « good night and the splinters were removed today. Ambassador Herrick told the United Press of the narrow escape of bis 10-year-old grandson. “The little chap is usually with my valet in my room about 6 o'clock in the evening.” the ambassador said. “But yesterday he went with me to the reception of Gen. Pershing, and we.were returning as the ex plosion occurred, “It was a cowardly act, so coward ly I think such people will not work in the open, so I have no fear, 1| have received a number of ietters, taining threats from communists ‘They relate to the South Braintree affair, with which I have obviously nothing to do, I have turned them over to the police.” French police today began a coun. trywide investigation of the activities of communists. The Journal du Peup! communist, THE BON Your Style RGAIN BASEMEN Desirable Dresses for MARCHE Is Here— / Jat the station and cordons of police said, to enable a check to be. made, | who is expected to assume cme, Plant Specimens} $19.75 THE ART OF DRESSING WELL LIES IN KNOWING WHERE TO BUY— You will be well dressed in any one of these smart, well- tailored dresses that are shown in sizes from 16 to 40. Tricotine, Poiret Twill, Canton Crepe and Satin High: class trimmings, too—nailheads, mili- tary and cire braid, smart sashes, tunics, beads, embroidery, fringe. Girls’ Fur-Trimmed Coats $8.50 Mothers will be a to buy these coats of heavy brown and gray coatings, belted, mounted on circular yokes and with large col- lars banded—sizes 6 to 10. Infants’Washable White Coats $1.95 White chinchilla or corduroy, in sizes 1, 2 and 3 years, with quilted linings. So renee cones panne Hea rermaane Het el " TTLE STAR organ, today spread across its front | page & manifesto urging all com and Vanzettl PERSHING'S TRAIN CAREFI GUARDED “A crime in about to be committed United States,” Wandered From Her Home in Memory Lapse, Belief in the said the Jour nal du Peuple, “in the execution of | innocents just because they are Parker, 20, a South was found on lying the Des Moines early Thursday by a deputy At the city howpital, where she was taken, doctors were in clined to believe she had suffered a lapse of memory during which she wandered from home, at 1411 Con cord #t. There were no marks of violence or injuries on the young woman, doctors said When she regained consciousness [Mre, Parker had gone to the rear of her home to get some wood, remembered nothing more until picked up on the high way (HE LIKES "EM | YOUNG, HE SAYS EVANSTON, Oct, 20.--C d with Misnw F M4. “Thin is my third m | suid. “I have 14 children, and being j around them so much keeps me feel ing young.” Hattie V resident Mr Park communists.” ‘The paper prints only a few graphh on the attempted asaas tion W Herrick “It im evidently ranged to offset movement of protests maid, poln tin. the bomb ree that Blanchard, lish,”* xtraordinary precautions were taken here today to guard the de parture of Gen, John J. Pershing, who took the b train at St Lazare for Cherbourg. Hundreds of detectives: mingled with the throngs une on | highway heriff, a frameup, the paper out suggestively that d was English and the valet, in Eng protected Pershing’s train Other prominent Americans be sides Herrick have received threaten ing letters fr learned today. sample letter, sent to many. 68, ele “We will avenge Sacco and Van zetti by the lives of American resi dents of Paris,” A Good, Old-Fa wide. wal PRIEST SLAYER « RESTS HIS CP Minister Declares He Shot Fr. Coyle in Self Defense BY JACK R. HORNADAY | BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct, 20.—~ |The defense in the trial of Rev. Ed- win RK. #tephenson, Methodist mins twter, charged with the murder of Father James 4. Coyle, Catholiall priest, rested its case today. Stephenson's lawyers reserved the right to introduce rebuttal witnesses later. ‘The accused minister was the last defense witness on the stand. Cross- examination of him continued when court opened. i The minister told yesterday how hi and his wife had pleaded in vain f their only daughter to return to them, and how he had shot Fathe Coyle in self-defense, after he hi been knocked down and kicked, The daughter—Mrs. Ruth Stephene | son Gussman—whose ma Pedro Gussman, a Porto Riedn Cath: E ollie, precipitated the tragedy, he age. not appeared at the trial, A letters s sufficient ground,” Inter. | read in court stated that the girl, whi preme Court Justice Mc-| has since separated from her hus he marriage tx annulled.” | bana, intends to go abroad, FEAR DRIVES WIFE TO HUSBAND; SHE FINDS HIM DEAD Fear which she could not ex plain, but which gripped her like a hand in the dark, caused Mr Adeline Thum 11 Sixth ave N. W., to awake, Wednesday and flee to her husband. und him dead. night She Communists | R Movie Theatre! PARIS, Oct. 20.—Communints created an uproar in @ de moving picture theatre here this af ternoon when they attempted to stop the performance of the film Red Russia.” The show was halt-| “i and after several arresta had) een made the communists retired announcing they would return at the |night’s performance, } | The film, which is considered anti ommunistic, had already been with: | rawn from several theatres; owing! » threats. | Pari fj NEW Oct. 20.—“He told me he and I found after I married bin he was 67," pleaded Mrs. Dorothy Wille, seeking annul Yor rupted Crs shioned Bargain Day in the October Trade Sales Mill Ends of 36Inch) -CORDUROYS at These are mill ends, but we will cut any length desired. In such desirable colors as navy, marine, Belgian, Pekin, plum, gold, peacock, Copenhagen and amber. All 36 inches wide. FABRIC FLOOR—THIRD 59c yd. 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