Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-10-04
CRIMINAL.
r,.c,,ELr. SEES 'his END.

EIKCItELI SEES HIS END.
WnopsroCK, Ont, Oct. 4.--Tht
convicted murderer Bircheli Is said
IN Lcat last beginning to realize hii
impending fate, and TO bo showing
.lieht signs Of seriousness. Mrs
Birchell il improving and is now
allie to leave her bed. She has moi
seen her husbapd since his sentence
was passed.
HUSBAND AND WIFE IMPLICATED
IN FIRE.
SAN FRANCISCO Ca .Oct.4.-Thos.
r ssell and his wife Maggie were
arrested today charged with arson,
having ret fire to their dwelling.
AT the snue, ime The fire wasdis-
covered, Mrs. nussell rushed Aintc
the pelice station and stated that her
husband had tried to burai Ahef up
with the hui. ding. The. husband
enters u general denial Of the ale
cations OF his wife. Mrs. RUSSELL
has been in the city prison . NUNS
u.r of times. Russell Ii said to DO
worth considerable money. 81
A KNIFE DRAWN BY A WOMAN IN
THE PRESENCE OF DEATH
sroKANr FANS, Oct A most
sensational scene happened In the
house of John NJ. Carrier. q well
known newspaper man. His wife,
flom whom he had recently been
divorced, entered his house where
his aunt, an aged lady, lay dying.
His children were on one side Of
the bed, while Carrier was kneel ng
at the other. receiving the blessing
Of the dying woman, when Ella, his
former wife, entered the room with
acarving knife, and said: 81 wnl
kill the vile dog"
Carrier attsmptsd - Ward .OG the
blow, but caught the blade of the
knife OH his hand, severing two
fingers AMI mutt 'ating the Others.
Some friends ipterposed and took
the knife from the infuriated wom-
an. She swears she viii yet kill
Carrier and j. r. johnson, editor Of
the Spokesman, and his wife. She
is crazy with rage and wants 10 kill
all who have anything TO do with
her former husband. She will have
preliminary trial IN the morning.
DETAILS or A QUEER DIAMOND
RoBnERY. frr, I'll
TACOMA. oct. Nv. w. Wait
ncy, who with his wife and daugh.
ter we're GUESTS Of the Fife hotel,
claims 10 ieve b..eW rosfhed Of dia-
muuds which he staiesl cost him
$1,000 -t'r
The case Is one of the queereAt
that has yet been brought to the
attention of the police department.
While officers at work upon II claim
they have developed enough to
warrant them ia asserting there ID
but little mystery CONNECTED with
the Disappearance Of the Whitney
jewels, they .concede the whole busi-
ness in police parlance "quser."
They ray that undoubtedly the
diamonds, which Mrs. whitney
has been wearing, are missing. But
whether thief took them, whether
they walked of the lady's dsvssing
case, or were swallowed up 10 CDR and
acid, they dop't WY, In faat They
are mysterious about this end Of the
case. .. s r~
Mrs. Whitney says she carried the
$1,000 worth OF jewels In wot'den
casket which. when they Travelled,
was In turn carried with her other
small luggage III q valise. Bhe saws
when she reached her r,Wm at the
Fife she opened this valise to get vt
some article, and thsu left it wide
open on dresser In the room.
All hands conceded that If the
Whitney jewels had been stolen,
some smooth professional, probably
one or the hundreds Of slick crooks
ihfeSting Seattle, had followed the
mmlly from that city to despoil
them Of the diasdonds ct tbs sFifs
hotel. -