Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-13
IN POLICE CIRCLES.
A Sensational Confession at Albany
Corvallis Shoemaker Attemps Sui
eide Salaries Out.

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Corvallis Shoemaker Attemps Sui
! eide Salaries Out.
/ II Is rumored that Salems' Chief oI
Police II. =. Mlnto will gracefully re,
tire to accept position under the new
state prison management next January,
Those burglaries and petty thefts have
declined to a minimum In Salem
again, probably due to police vigilance
and decreased transportation facilities.
Ex-PolIce Captain Adison Dilly will
be candidate before the Republican
city convention for city marshal.
The salaries of the city officers of Cor
wallis have been reduced as follows:
Chiefof police, from $50 to $45 per
mouth; night watch, from $500 per
night to 81 IS; police judge. fr"m $50
to $35 per month.
A CONFESSION.
Que White, formerly at Salem, ac-
'ording to last nights Albany Demo-
ret, made confession of plan for
all break and bank robbery, as follows
After midnight this morning one
Henry White was arrested by Police
nan McClaiu on the charge of roaming
he streets after midnight AMI placed
N the calaboose. White is the pard of
Enright, now In the Jail waiting the
lction of the grand jury on the charge
horse stealing, aud bis actions have
xcited the attention of the police for
'everal days, hence close lookout has
'een kept of his conduct. He was
AIKEN before Recorder Henton, plead
guilty aud was sent to the city Jail for
.hree days. Before he Informed the
MARSHAL and recorder that he had
Dnething important to divulge. AS
zig divulsion was evidently Of "A charac-
er that did not come within the juris-
'liction of the city recorder, he was
taken before Deputy Prosecuting At
orney Kelley to whom and the mar
1hal he confessed to having been a
artner In scheme to liberate Enrighi
rom the county Jail and agreed to
livulge the whole business provided he
vas given his liberty, and substantiate-
it with proof. The deed was to be done
,onight, and he confessed to already |
having placed In Enright's hands tools
and implements that would result in |
his escape. An investigation at the Jail |
the statement, several tools
for saving out being found in Enright's
possession.
White also made the startling confes.
sion that upon Enright's getting out,
heir plans were to 60 to Pendleton,
where they would rob the leading bank
It that city and get big booty.
"A couple of coats were stolen day
,r two ago from Mr.. ]. J. Graham's.
White divulged the fact yesterday
where they were, claiming that he had
cen m an take them there, and they
we're found as he had stated. 1t is not
lifficult to guess who was the thief
White came from Salem here; 1t is
'robable the people at that city know
more about him than Albany people.
lie was here ostensibly to bail Enright
ut, but did not do much in that direc-
on. A woman Is also said to be mixed ,
p In the attempted jail break, {
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Corvallis Informer: James Dolan, {
tho has been in the employ of Krausse l
Bros. as shoemaker for the past three |
nonths, went to Lebanon to celebrate
nd while there got to drinking, some
hing as rule he does not do and has !
ept it up ever since until esterday !
lorning about O'clock when he had |
OF so far as to have been crazed from a
ne effects, and tried to take his own
fe by shooting at himself. Luckily
is aim was not steady and he missed
le mark. e