Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-01
Getting at the True Inwardness
Of Mr.. Shaw.
SEEKING TO COVER UP HIS GUILT
BY Attacking The Journal for
Giving the Facts.
THE TRAIL GETS HOT.

OF IHE JOURNAL Dull01Dg. lts Wr1terB
felt authorized to inquire more closely
into the matter. They soon discovered
that Mr.. Shaw's presence there at an
untimely hour and under improper cir
cumstances was entirely indcfensible,
and the chain Of facts soon led to dis
closures Of the most compromising
character to Shaw. Before the reporter
had gone far the trail got hot.
Mr.. Shaw has seen I'll to go out of his
way tn attack the publishers of The
JOURNAL for giving, as 1t did on Satur-
day perfectly fair news report of the
matter, the statements and facts in
which he does not deny, this paper
will be pardoned for throwing full light
upon an affair SO disgusting In its de-
tails that II would be under any other
circumstances excluded from these
columns.
GETTING AT THE FACTS.
Mr.. Shaw early Saturday morning
called at this Office and made detailed
statement Of the occurrence Just as he
had given IL to the Statesman, expla n
ing his relations to Miss Ferris, and offer.
ing to go with the reporter to see her,
which was declined. The reporter
went alone, as he always does If he
understands his business, and Miss
Ferris was found at her room, No In
THE JOURNAL Office block. 1t was
soon discovered that Shaw had been a
regular visitor. Mrs. Joseph, where
the girl had been taking part of her
meals had already been seen and fixed
and Of course knew nothing. Her
statements and Miss Ferris's did not
agree as to their whereabouts during
the shooting. From the statem mt of
shaw aud the girl 1t was plain Shaw
had spent the evening there and that
she had been primed for the occasion
to shield him.
EFFORTS TO SILENCE THE WITNESSES.
Both Mr.. Shaw and Mr.. Downing,
his partner, called at this office and
both besought The JOURNAL force to
shield Mr.. shaw, and Miss Ferris, and
both offered money to have the eye
witnesses silenced from making state
ment. Their offers were declined. MI.
Shaw begged of all things to not have
Miss Ferris's name dragged into the
matter, and until he estruck The JOUR-
NAL reporters, he had succeeded alou e
this line.
THE PUMPS WERE APPLIED
to Miss Ferris with no results beyond |
the belief that she was CON- |
plelely under Shaw's power and had |
no desire to criminate him or explain
bis conduct. She Is to say the least In
, pitiful position for q girl who came
10 Salem virtuous and innocent to get
IN education.
Mr.. Shaw's plea that he has been
falling on Miss Ferris because she was
ii is rotten to the core. She is pretty
healthy locking invalid to entertain a
man until about IL O'clock at
light several nights In the week.
Mr.. W. A. SHAW
las been seen about the block by a
number Of people at unseemly b urs.
His attack on THE JOURNAL is made
imply because Its publishers dared to
% into the mystery of this shooting af-
air, which IL still hopes to lay bare, and
> now In possession of clue that will
xplain why three shots were fired at
'hsw In The JOURNAL hallway FRI
ay night Throwing up a cloud of /
ust to hide his Infamous conduct To- 4
'ard this girl will not save Mr.. Shaw.
Because this paper was bound to probe
his matter to the bottom and lay bare
he facts TO the public gaze continued
forts were made TO bribe silence. A |,
ring of emissaries have been kent {
aiming tn this ofiice for two days to
'cure protection for Mr.. Shaw. He
'ok Miss Ferris to his residence on
tate street Saturday evening and kept
or there Sunday. He filled the DEM
rat with column ab9ut THE jour. o
AL writers which people can receive d
they see IT. 1t Ia Mr.. shaw who Is Q
trisl--no Que else. He cannot throw :, =
70 public OF his trek In this matter. p
he case is too plain. III he had t. ken T
las Ferris at his own residence and a
'pt her there = newspaper could "a !,
rhaps be shut out from getting at the :
,ts. hut when be carriedon his liaison
THE Journal block ard became a
rget for a shooting affair under dls.
Acefol circumstances, he can not get
mpathy nom the public. We are not
ne with Mr.. shaw's case. We pro-
se 10 publish all the facts In the vii.
ny OF this case. IL Is an aggravated
e. Mr. shaw has been a prominent
"a at salem. He has been leading
J estate man, q member of the Board
Trade. has = family. and a respect.
. business partner. That such
n should be guilty of improper eou.
4 20 = young woman. who cams to
em ~ . pure and upright schooleIrl.