The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-10
THE JOURNAL
HAD RUSTLERS
Furnished Information Ahead
of Slower Agencies.
Was not Obliged TO Resort to Invention, A
Case In Point Where Guesswork Of
all Sons Fell Down Hard.

all Sons Fell Down Hard.
The JOURNAL does not wish the
reputation Of being whole elephant
band at footing it's own horn, but it feels
justified in calling attention to the recent
illustration Of the fact that If you don't
read The JOURNAL, you don't get the
news.
In the case Of the drowning OF young
Pillester, JOURNAL readers have been
kept informed OF the development Of the
case ahead of all other newspapers even
its downstream metropolitan com
petitors
The JOURNAL on last Wednesday gave
the circumstances of his disappearance
from the steamer Eugene. No other
Salem daily printed word about the
fact until Friday, and then all duly and
solemnly, but faithfully, rehashed what
had appeared Wednesday and Thursday
in The JOURNAL.
THE JOURNAL also published on We'd
nesday the finding OF the Frank Morton
memorandum book on the body of the
drowned man by the coroner.
The Salem and Portland papers gave
the news next day, and the first in.
timation TO reach the Morton and
Pillster families was through the
JOURNALS which went to Oregon City
Wednesday evening.
On Thursday THE JOURNAL published
the exclusive story OF George Blum,
mate OF the steamer Eugene, which
promptly reappeared next day in various
forms as an interview with Captain"
Geo. Blum.
On Friday The JoTRNAL gave all the
new developments, and on Saturday il
reviewed the whole case. gave the result
OF the inquest and interviews with all
the parties concerned, which contained
matter not brought out at the inquest.
Granting the supposition that young
Schacht, Pillster's travelling companion,
would have been found without TnR
JoURNvL's assistance in time for the in.
quest, which is extremely doubtful, he
would have been the only one before the
coroner's jury who knew anything about
what occurred on the Eugene.
T.. II Thomas, who saw and heard
Pillster fall overheard and who gave the
unavailing alarm, was found by THR
JOURNAL reporters and was brought by
them to the inquest aud introduced to
Coroner Lane, who had not heard of
him from any other source.
I. j. Smith, the man who saw the boys
together on the boat and who took
schacht TO the hop yard and had been !
with him ever since, and whose evidence =
served to clear the boy Of any suspicion !
OF responsibility for his companions
death, was brought over from the hon Z
yard Saturday morning to the inquest :.
only at the earnest suggestion ola jour. =
NAL reporter, who had gone over with
Constable Lewis. leaving Salem at a. m. "
The attempt of other parties 10 claim y
credit for the discovery of Schacht's
whereabouts is extremely ludicrous to
lnOhe VINO know the facts. n
1.-The newspaper men OF the city were q
active and industrious in getting onto h
the fact, that JoURSNL reporter posses. a
sed this exclusive knowledge, ,and on Fri. {,
day, they were raising heaven and earth S
10 discover the clew for themselves. n
Tux JOURNAL man told Constable LOWS
on Friday evening that Schacht was in
the Dove hopyard, as the constable G
wished to know how far no would have
TO 20 after nina fact easily verified.
How the knowledge came 20 THe u
Journal man is Of no public interest. S
II SCENE that the Journal informant al
also related part Of the circumstances b
ni the boy beiug with him at the Dove a
hopyard, in Salem cigar ore, aud Il
some time Friday night other reporters b
ran into this mine OF Information, with
HE result that faxed interview with Ii
he boy appeared next morning. As tis J.
usually the case, however, in endeayoring a
% I'LL the gaps with guesswork they o,
guessed wrong, and stated that Schacht,
was evidently only chance acquaint-
'nce. He is unknown to the dead mans
Whereas, as they stated v
ater in giving Schacht's evidence
before the coroner, or his interview in
'rlday's JOURNAL, "Ele had been ac-
luainted with Pillster, they having
ived for the past seven years ON ad. G,
dining farms" In
sehacht stated repeatedly TO differ. hi
mt parties in Salem that the JouNAL So
nan who went over with Constable Of
lewis Saturday morning was the first d
md only one who had interviewed him, q
md that he had not heard of the find. "A
ny OF the body until that tune. A
In spite OF unwarranted abuse in one 4,
II the papers, young Schacht is evidently N
N honest hoy who has missed the at. m
antages OF education, and his much IN
leralld 'ind,ii ference" is partly the re. r.
ult OF ignorance and partly matter "
II temperament. Any story that any h,
me connected with TnR JOURNAL has
reports derogatory 70 the la
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