The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-12-02

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later followed the children and as
the jusy filed out of the room, hus-
bandsand wife were in earnest con.
versation. If
Albert Martin, who was Jointly.
charged with Logan with the MUIR
der of Grant, and who is awaiting,
senterce for manslaughter, also fol-
lowed the shifting scene of the af-
iternoon with interest. His wife,
who ever since the trial, has always
remained close to him with her ba-
by in her arms, whispered few
words of encouragement, said good
bye to him for the night, and af-
fectionately kissed him before leav-
ing the courtroom. When the
court adjourned after the jury in
the Olsen case had render ed its ver-
dict, both! Logan and M rtin, were
taken to the United States. mar
shaps office. They remained taere
-unil it became apparent that the
Loganjury would not reach ver-
dict early, eating apples and watch
ing the action going on in the streat
below. Later, they were handcuffsd
and as they started for the city Jail,
one of Logan's ifttle boys raced a.
crossathe.foom to his father and be-
gan tugging madly at the bright
steel handouts in vain eff,rt to
pull them off. Logan smiled at the
fruitless efforts of the child and
shock his head and said: "No use,
baby, papa caa't,get them off yet a.
WHILE" .s;5y i-~ffl , 4r4ss' ti,ss'
Logan aud Martin were accused
of killing u. s. Grant, an Indian
justice Of the peace, at the Siletz In
dian reservation on June f20' last.
There was vague b !, g.i7i '.ifi'.-i
feud existing between the tribes OF
the'J 'Josbuas and the Alceans. " hich
dated back to the murder of Indian
Tom, "a Joshua. Grant was an AL
cean and it was said that he was
blan ed because he had not been ac-
tive In the prosecution of the Alec
an who had killed Indian Tom.
and for that reason the Joehuas had
sworn vengeaEce upon him. Up to
the time of the killing, however, it
was proved that Grant, Logan and
Martin had been good friends.
fGrant, because be was an Indian
official, could get whisky at The sa-
looms at Toledo. On the day pre-
ceding the murder, Grant had prom
Used to buy whisky for Martin and
Logan. He bought the liquor and
WIS met at the ford by Logan and
Martin. A big drinking bout was
INDUCED in and it was during this
orgie that Grant lost his life. Mar.
tin was tried first. Witnesses testi-
fed thatL Logan had called at Mar,
tins home and told Mrs. Martin
and her two sons, that Martin had
killed Grant and that Martin was
lying on the river bar k dead drunk.
The family found Martin in the
condition that Logan said Le was
and he did not recover from the eff
fects ofthe whisky until late next
morning. Martins plea was that
he was too drunk to have taken
part 10 the killing of Grant and
thatL Logsn must have committed the
deed after Martin had fallen a.
sleep from the effects of pint Of
whisky which he had drunk at one
Fgulp. | e,i
After Martin bad been tried and
convicted of manslaughter, the wit
nesses for the defense in ]. his case
became witnesses for the govern
mentin the case against Logan.
The case has attracted great deal
of interest in and about the reserva-
tion, and it was brought out at the
trial that almost any kind of.an In
dian could get all the whisky he
wanted at Toledo. From witnesses
testifying during the trial, it was
brought out that couriers were fre-
quently sent to Toledo fr the pur-
pose of buying wri,k This was
brought to the resetr4 pr in great
quantities and the Ia i,cns indulg-
ed in right merry Times on these
occasions. Boasting was a part of
these orgies, and when an Indian
became drunk easily he was accus-
ed of drinking whisky like white
man" and to be branded thus was
a disgrace, so in order to be known
as a good whisky drinker it was
necessary to drink whole quart of
fiery whisky at breath. Martin
was known as quart drinking In
dian, an honor of which he was un-
usually proud. Judge Bellinger,
during the trial, inquired into the
liquor selling at Toledo very close
ly and some of the lax saloon-keep-
ers are apt to get into trouble
shortly.
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