The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-22

was the fact that Mesplie had partially
cASessed the crime to l. j. Norman.
Avery then made the following state
ment:
ST am 26 years of age. was born in
Fulton county, New York. have been
| in The, Dalles since last June. gem
orally follow bar tending. On Saturday
night last, after leaving Shroeder's
saloon Chamberlin, Mesplie and
walked up the street together. On the
way up 1 picked up rock and at
tempted to put it in my pocket but it
| fell through on the sidewalk. / walked
on and Mesplie picked it up. We led
! the old man to the back of the China
house when we all stopped. Chamber
lin asked what we were going to do.
Just as he said that Mesplie struck him
with rock. He fell backwards about
twenty feet. When he fell, he fell on
his back and held him down. Mesplie
went through his pants pockets but said
he could find nothing. AS Mesplie said
that the old man reached to his hip
pocket and handing out his purse, said !:
Take it, but leave me enough to go
home on; Mesplie took the purse, but
could not open it. / took it and tore it
open. Some part of the money fell on
the ground and Mesplie picked it up
and put it in his pocket. L don't know
how much it was, but he said it was
small change and showed me some.
There were $5 and some change left in
the purse. 1 asked Mesplie where he
intended to 60 and he said TO Pendle-
ton Then we went to Dan Bakers
and had drink. We then came back
down town. On the way Mesplie said
he wanted half of the IS l had. We
went into the Umatilla house and the
night clerk changed it for me and 1 gave
him $3.50 in the clerks presence, We
then came out and went into Mcdonald
Brothers. saloon. We met Tom Allen
there Mesplie told him he had $S.
Tom said, you had better let me keep
it for you.' Mesplie said he could take
care of it himself. We then came out
and went up the street and Con Howe
arrested me-"
Mesplie made no statement and the
court placed both defendants under
bonds of $4,000 each for their appearance
before the next grand jury, in default of
which both prisoners were remanded to
the custody of the sheriff.
wasco County Has the Champion Wheat
Grower of the World.
Last week we copied a paragraph from
a Willamette valley exchange that made
the claim that M. w. Belshaw Of Farm
ington, Lane county, carried the honors
of the champion wheat grower of the
world. The right of M1. Belshaw to
these honors is disputed by gentleman
of this county In 1875 George H. Riddell
of Columbia precinct was living in Linn
county. That year Mr.. Riddell entered
at the Oregon state fair a sample bushel
of wheat grown on ten-acre field on
his ranch near Oakyille in Linn county.
Mr.. Belshaw entered part of a bushel
| that lac had raised in his garden. Mr..
Riddell's wheat took the first premium
for the best bushel of white winter
wheat and the sweepstakes for the best
bushel of wheat of any kind. Colonel
1. r. Mores was then at the head of the
o. & @. railroad company. The colonel
asked Mr.. Riddell for the half of his
prize bushel of wheat. The request was
granted and Colonel Mores sent Mr..
Riddell's wheat to the centennial exhi-
bition of 1876 where it was entered by
the @ & G railroad company. 1t took
the sweepstakes premium against the
whole world. If Wasco county cannot
raise the best wheat in the world she
claims that she owns the man that did.
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