Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-11-01
THE DOCKET OF CRIMES.
Bunao Kelly is Returned to
Portland
on A QUESTION OF JURISDICTION.
Two Little Girls Hurled Over
II Precipice by a
Fiend.
THE CASE OF BuNKo KELLY.


PORTLAND. Nov. 1.-This morn
ing the notorious Bunko Kelly ar
rived from Astoria In response to
writ of habeas corpus issued from
the United States court. One o
the principal questions to'be consid
cred is that Of jurisdiction. 1t i,
claimed that the Astoria authoritie.
had no right To take Kelly away
and that If the crime was committed
at all, II was committed here.
The opinion of the United States
prosecuting attorney is that Sheriff
smith, of Astoria, exceeded hi,
authority when he arrested Kelly
here and took him away. Kelly's
Portland friends then offered to 70
on his bonds for any SUN but that
officer refused tonccept them as bail.
The question of jurisdiction is to
he argued before Judge Deadly Mon
day morning, providing he is well
enough to hold court. The case at
tracts great attention here and at
Astoria. The case will be watched
anxionsly, especially by the legal
fraterniiy,as the question Of jurisdic-
tion involved las never been raised
before. Bunko speaks In the sever
est terms of the treatment he re.
ceived while at Astoria, pending his
examination.
SHE THROWS TWO SMALL GIRLS
OVER THE PREcIPICE.
BUFFALO, n. V, Noy. lone of
the mort terrible murder cases ever
known in tue history of Erie coun-
lp, was committed at Akron last
night. A young woman named
Sarah McMullen, aged 20, eniic-d
Della Br.wn, aged q, and Nellie
May Conners, aged 10, 10 the mar
row guage railroad bridge, height
of 90 feet over Il creek. All of
sudden she hurled the children into
the chasm below. Nellie was in
stantly killed and little Della had
both arms and legs fractured. AL
though terribly bruised, 1t is thought
she will recover. Sarah McMullen
is believed TO be crazy.
BODY FOUND IN AN
IRRIGATlNG DITCH-sICKENING
DETAILS.
OGDEN, Utah, Nov. 1.-The find.
ing of the body Of Police Officer
Of Columbus, Ohio, in the
ditch, put u stop 10 the
Of barrel OF saurkrout
by two Chinese. The Chinese had
been using the water for drinking,
and other household pur-
poses. They were Mortified at the
discovery and forgetting their stom-
,chs ran with the news to their
white neighbors. Their excited jab-
Der aroused interest In the case be-
,ond the mere fact that dead body
Was in the ditch. Although the
Dody was horribly bloated and dis
igured, The evidence about which
newspapers had said SO much was at
ast found. Frm the police and
'heritl's headquarters, officers who
lad been engaged in the search here
ofore, accompanied the Chinese to
he spot and found it to he true that
he body was that Of the missing
nan.
The dead man was found face
downward, the body being partially
covered by water and 40 swollen,
lisfigured and discolored that the
cal clew was fouud in the clol hing
nd contents of his pocket, consist
ny in 1906 in money, n silver watch
nd gold chain, and rquisilion pa
,ers for IN, arrest Of James Clark, II
older charged with the fiendish
ssault on n gill named Boltinghouse
Il Columbus. No marks Of violence
ould he seen.
dURDERED FOR A TEN CENT DRINK
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Noy. L.
Ohm Bowen, n waiterin the Excel
ior rest uruut, was stabbed and al
most instantly killed this morning
~ II. G. Beck, II waiter employed IN
he New L ,stern Hotel. The killing
occurred in II saloon and was the out
,onne Of u dispute over ten cent
lrink. Bowen was stabbed in the
eft breast, and expired in few mo-
ments.