The San Francisco call., 1901-11-25
MOB GATHERS
At PORTLAND
PRISON CATE
Detectives Capture tha
Slayers OF James
Morrow.
Spirit Them to the County
Jail to Foil Plans of
Lynchers.
Two Notorious Thugs Confess the
Crime, but Each Claims the
Other Fired the Fatal
Shot
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PORTLAND, Or, Nov. 24-Startling de-
velopments in the Morrow murder case
resulted in the arrest early this morning
OF Jack Wa6e, alias kid McFadden,
and William II. Dalton as principals.
Haunted by the knowledge that he was
implicated in the shedding Of human
blood and unable by word or action 20
hide the fact Of his guilt, Dalton con-
fessed his connection with the crime and
threw the blame for its execution upon
Wade Wade after being arrested and
subjected TO a rigid sweatbox examina-
ton by the police also made a confession,
in which he declared that Dalton COM
mitted the murder. The arrests were
made by Detectives Day and Weiner.
When the fact became known that the
murderers were arrested a great crowd
gathered around the City Jail. Guards Of
police were stationed there to restrain
the surging mob Threats of lynching
were frequent The II lIon-workers Of the
east side, in which trade young Morrow
worked, started to organize to hang the
two men. The arrested men were spirited
away TO the County Jail, where they are
Kept safely against the angry crowd. No
outbreak occurred law and order ele-
ments prevailing.
Dalton's Version of the Crime.
Dalton will turn States evidence. He
tells the following story OF the crime:
Wade and came down from Seattle.
We had been in several hold-ups there.
On Wednesday he told me where we coul
pick UP d piece of money. He said he
knew a gambler that we could lay for
and relieve of a nice wad- That night we
wandered over TO the East Side, where
the man was supposed to go on his way
home A little after y o'clock we saw
the boy, James Morrow. coming down the
street.
and he walked toward the boy.
i heard the shot fired, and saw him
come walking back with the pistol in his
hand thought he was going to shoot
The -- ought to have held up his
hands Wade said.
Then we hid the pistol and came back
to the city. On Friday Wade threatened
TO leave me and get out of town. 1 did
not like this, and thought would tell all
] Knew
Wade Blames His Confederate
The story Wade tells is similar. He
charges Dalton with having planned the
E0ld-Up, and says:
Dalton had the pistol When he saw
Morrow approaching he walked up to
him and told him TO throw up his hands.
Morrow had both hands in his pocket,
and when he drew them out his money
clinEed so that Dalton grew alarmed and
believed that Morrow was drawing q pis-
tel Dalton fred and shot Morrow through
the left eye
The cIew that led to the arrest was
given by a lodging house keeper, Mrs. w
l. MElLlOck, Mnere the men rOOmed.
They engaged their rooms on Wednesday,
and that night, after the murder, Mrs
W hiDOck, who had remained I'd until the
return Of her lodgers, saw them come in
intoxicated, wet and muddy.
The next day she heard of the murder
The suspicion formed in her mind that
her lO0gers were connected with the
crime. Yesterday she found that the two
men had robbed her OF $50 This fact, in
connection with her previous suspicious.
led her to consult an attorney who ad-
vised her to see District Attorney Cham
berlain. She faced the men on Saturday
night and told them that she had in
formed the police. Dalton weakened and
confessed to her that her suspicious were
correct.
Keep still. Mrs. whitlock," he said,
and we will share the $500 reward
Has q Long Criminal Record.
When Detective Day and District At
torney Chamberlain arrived Dalton re-
peated his confession and told where
Wade was to be found. He was captured
at 4 o'clock this morning in a Third-street
rooming house.
Wade is regarded as the principal in
the affair. He is a Pennsylvania man
and served a term in the Montana peni-
Tertiary. He has q record as a thug.
Dalton will be allowed to turn States
evidence, and the effort will be made to
fix the crime upon Wade.
The boy who was murdered on Thurs
DAY morning when on his way home from
visit to his 1ancee was buried to-day.