The morning call., 1892-09-17
AFTERMATH OF A MURDER.
A Newspaper Man Jailed on
a Peculiar Charge.
L. G. Carpenter Is Accused of Trying to Grab
the Property and 1ntimidate a Man
Suspected Of Crime.

l. G. Carpenter, newspaper man en-
ployed on local paper as police reporter,
was arrested last night at his residence, III
Hyde street. by Detective Cody and II. A.
Smith. Sheriff OF Klatsop County, Or
Carpenters crime is described in the war
rant issued fer his arrest in Klatsop
County, and in the extraditon papers served
upon Sheriff Laumeister as ''the inducing
and inveigling a man to leave the State
against his Will.
This is the story of Carpenters trans
gressi0n as told by Sheriff Smith:
In 1885 }. ". Brownie was murdered In
Pacific Comfy, Wash, and Darius Norris.
who had been boarding at his house, WAS
suspected Of the crime.
The tragedy caused tremendous sensa-
tion at the time. but the body of the MUIR
dered man could not be found. What WAS
believed to be his boots and the upper part
of his head were discovered in the heart of
a elump of trees, and the generally accepted
theory was that his remains had been
burned.
a reward of $500 was offered for the ar
rest of the murderer, and Norris, upon
whom suspicion fell, was arrested No eyi-
| dence could be obtained against him, and he
was acquitted.
No more was heard OF the case until
rested, this time by Chief Barry of the As
| toTia Police. No charge was made against
| him, and when he had been eight or ten
| days in prison his friends sued out writ
! of habeas corpus for bis release.
After the writ was served and before the
return had been made, Morris asserts that
| Carpenter, who was practicing law in As
| toria, and Chief Barry took him out OF jail
and put him on board the British ship
Sierra Blanca bound for Liverpool.
Barry went into court and said that he
| had released Norris, and there the matter
ended so far as the court was concerned.
| While Norris was in jail Carpenter prom
| ised to defend him, and the prisoner, hav-
! ing no money, gave him deed 10 land
! valued at $4,000. Some time before his
| arrest Norris decided this land 10 his other,
! but the transfer was not recorded and a
new deed was made in Carpenters favor.
| When Mrs. Norris learned what her son
| had done she brought suit TO have the deed
given to Carpenter set aside on the ground
| of fraud, aud the case was decided in her
| favor. In tie meantime both Carpenter
and Norris had left Astoria. the former TO
| come to this city and the latter on his y0y-
age to Liverpool
Norris was gone one year, and during his
| absence received letters from Carpenter
warning him not to return, but at the solici-
tation Of his sister he came back and de-
| cided to prosecute both Barry and Carpen-
| ter. The Grand Jury of Klatsop County
| VIII investigate the matter next week. The
charge against the accused, il proved, will
| cause their Imprisonment for two years iE
| the yenitentiarY.
| Carpenter denies that there was any
thing unlawful in his dealings with Norris.
He says that the deed from him was in
trust, and that he advised Norris to leave
the country and not return, because he was
in danger of lynching by the people. He
asserts that Smith caused his arrest because
the Columbian, OF which Carpenter was edi-
tor. opposed him while he was running fol-
| Sheriff.
Carpenter will be taken to Oregon on Sun
day. Sheriff Smith says that Barry and
| three others who were Involved with Car.
penter in the alleged conspiracy will be ar
tod