The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-08
WORDEN'S CONFESSION.
All of the Defendants Implicated Except
Himself.


Himself.
WOODLAND, CAL, November 2.-De-
tective G. J. Stillwen occupied the wit
ness stand in the Worden case to-day,
end brought out the confession of the
defendant, duplicating all of the de-
PENDANTS except himself in the train
wrecking. Stillwell said Worden made
the statement to him in the county jail.
Stillwell was sent for by Worden, who
first wanted $500 to expose those con,
cerned in the wreck. When visited
the second time he gave him statement
concerning the wreck, in which Worden
admitted hiring the carriage, driving
through the line of soldiers and being
with the men up to the arrival at the
second railroad crossing, where he claims
he gave out and returned to Sacramento !;
also that Compton, a member OF the
Mediation Committee, bought the giant
powder and gave it to the wreckers.
Worden said Hatch, Barrett, Appelman,
McMann, Dyer and others were IN the
carriage. Two of the men are now In
Oregon, and Barrett is in Oakland. In
the confession Worden said that the man
who rode on the front seat of the surrey
after passing the second crossing was
Albert Wheeler, who closely resem bles
him. The confession gave all the details
of Worden's movements on that Gay,
and does not implicate any of the Medi-
alton Committee except Compton. This
afternoon letters from WOrden to Carroll
Cook were introduced, in which Worden
asked Cook to visit him and he would
make a clean breast of the whole affair
if thew would release him. The comics
sion is in Worden's handwriting, and ne
makes no effort to deny the authenticity
of IL. This closed the case for the people
Not Favoring Jewish Immigration.
WASHINGTON, November 2.-Superin'
tendent Stump of the immigration bu
reau has received letter from BaroI
Hirscb of the Jewish Colonization Asso
citation, in which in speaking of Jewish
immigration to the United States he
saws: "Far from favoring this imml'
Grafton. I have, as you are aware, Tor tne
5ast few wears endeavored to turn 1t tt
Argentine Republic, where the Colonial
| tion Association has already established
many colonies, and is still estapilsnlne
others. The association does not only
do nothing to favor Israelite immlgra'
tion to the United States, but, as Tar al
7 am aware, there are no other socletles
desirious of forcing or inducing them u e
on to your country or helping them oil
rectly or indirectly to that end"
Reindeer Experiment in Alaska.
SAN Francisco, November 2-Rev
Sheldon Jackson, Superintendent O
Schools for Alaska, has arrived in this
CITY, and will leave Immediately fol
Washington. He says the schools o
the North are in very prosperous con.
dition. and that the government neTuS
Of reindeer are all doing well, and the
exneriment of transporting them &c
Alaska has surpassed expectations. Or.
cent requests have been received IRON
miners and traders in the interior i9l
sunnlies of reindeer teams to PROVIDE
eerappsnortation. From twelve to fifteen
Esonimaux are constantly kept at Iellel
station learning the latest improved
s ssa.hods Of caring for the reindeer from
the Iapland herders, who went there
last May.