The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-10-12
SUICIDE IN PORTLAND
George Herrall Shoots
Himself.
Business. Reverses and
Litigation the Cause.
\. n. Sleeves, Formerly of Salem
Arrested for Completely in the
Murder of G. w. Sayres.

PORTLAND, Oct. Sat 6 o'clock
this morning the dead body of George
Hcrrall, of the firm of Herrall & Zim-
norman, prOprietOrS of the United
States Brewing company, was found
i'll Il sitting posture on a bench in the
yard back of his residence, at 4O2
Water street, by Andrew Zellman,
foreman of the United States brewery.
There was Il bullet wound in the head.
Under the edge of the bench On which
the body was resting, 32-calihre re-
vOlvcr with one chamber empty was
found to tell the tale of his death
Mr.. Herrall went to Tacoma ON the
special excursion train Saturday
morning, and returned on the regular
train, which arrived here about II
O'Clock last night. He WAS seen by sew
Crtl parties on the train, and nothing
unusual was noticed in his actions.
John Gundel, of Gundel Bros. & Co,
soda works, was with him when the
train arrived and shortly afterwar.,
left him on the street, Harrall saying
he was going home. So far as Known
he was not seen alive after that time.
Coroner Cornelius was notified of
the finding of the body, and took
charge of the remains. The position
of the body and the circumstances,
with the finding of the revolver where
it had been dropped, were such as to
leave no doubt that be had cOlpniittad
suicide.
Mr.. Harrall was 61 years of age,
and Il native of Germany. He had re
sided in this city Il number of years,
and WAS Widely-lnOWn. He has been
reputed wCll-to-do, but has lost cou-
siderable money i'll unsuccessful ven
lures the last few years, and was deep
lv involved in litigation, which had
been preying on his mind of late. He
went to Tacoma without informing
his family or business associates. who
We're at Il loss to account for his alb
sence from home. He was Inember
of different German1 secret societies,
and was also an OddTellOW.
LAWYER SLEEVES ARRESTED.
Another arrest was effected this af-
tcrnoon in connection with the assas-
Sination of George w. Sayres. 1t was
that of X. n. Sleeves, the well-known
lawyer, and jointly with Bunco Kelly
and Bob Garthorne, he is charged with
murder
Mr.. Sleeves was taken before Chief
of Police Mimic at 30 O'Clock this af-
ternoon. and after short interview
was locked up in one of the strong
cells. without bail.
Cllief Mimic. for prudential reasons,
declined to disclose the nature of the
evidence against Sleeves at the pres
ent time, but intimated that he had
good reasons for holding him.
Runco Kelly, Bob Garthorne and
Sailor Burns, who are believed to
know more about the actual commits
sion of the murder than any other per-
sons, have as yet shown no signs of
weakening. They are subjected to i'll
terviews by tlW detectives and the
chief several times day, but so far
they have divulg"d nothing to faStcn
the crime on either.
These fellows are in solitary cOnfine-
mcnt, and it is confidently expected
that one or the other will make Il
clean breast of the matter within the
next "a or As hours, to help himself AS
much as possible.
Primarily it was supposed that Gar
thorne would be the first to weaken,
and tell but he hangs to his secret, if
he has any, with more tenacity than
he was given credit with having.
BuncO Kelly is the shrewdest one in
the lot, and if he is as deep in the plot
as the police think. they opine that he
will make an early request to become
a state witness.
Chief Mimic feels sure that one or
two of the men he now has in custody
have had hand in the murder, and
shat the guilty one cr ones cannot es-
cape. Regarding the completely of the
others, as yet at large, the chief had
nothing to say. 1t is known though,
that several men are under Survell-
lance, who, if they attempt to leave
the city, will at once be arrested.