The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-12-05

the Lodgings of the brace of burg
lars and the first thing to meet their
gaze was a note left 10 prominent
place on table. This note the po-
lice have and its contents they ar0
withholding, but according to Stead
man the note reads. ~ aa ~ :.
81 will be back in few days-
Wait for me. CANARY"
Pluuder of all sorts and valua
was found in the room of the burg
lars. Just as was told them By
young Steadman, the police found
diamond rings and trinkets, silverS
ware, and other valuables. Allwas
carted off to the police station, and
it is said the Crellin family has
identified d a portion of the valuables
as having been stolen from, their
residence.
The murderer was within half
mile of the scene of the shooting for
more than an hour after commit
ting the deed. Policeman Smith
was shot at the corner of Fourteenth
and Jackson streets. The burglars
then ran down Fourteenth street tor.
Oak street. Here Goldstein, NOR
tally wounded, dropped and almost
Immediately, passed, away. Thes-
murderer turned the corner of Oak
street, ran on Oak street one block
toThirteenth street and then went.
two, blocks west on Thirteenth.
street, reaching jackson and Thir-.
teenth. These facts are proved by
the statements of officers on the
Haywards electric line. They say
a, young man, considerably out Of
breath, greatly frustrated and car
rying some naw clothes on his left
arm and a bundle in his right hand,
boarded their car at Thirteenth and
Jackson streets. In every pariicu-
lar be answered the description Of
Canary, and Furthermore be board-
ed the car within few minutes af-
ter the shooting.
"Did you hear those shots? There
were Two, and then four followed"
breathl.ssly said the young man to
Conductor Young, who came for-
ward to collie ct his fair. The c1n-
dnctor said that he did moi, as hSs &
car was crossing the Twelfth-street
dam when the shooting occurred.
..Tne young man spoke with an
English accent" said Conductor
Young today. .Hs was very ner-
vous and could hardly get his hand
into his pocket to pay his fare. He
ask ed me if my car went along San
Pablo avenue. told him that 1t
did not, but gave him q transfer to
that line. Hs left my car at Thir-
teeoth and Broadway and boarded
q San Pablo avenue car. He got
off at Eighteenth and San Pablo
avenue l have since learned"
From this statement it will be
seen that "Canary" evidently walk
ed west one block on Eighteenth
street to Grove s rect and then few
feet On Grove street 10 the Stead.
man residence He was heard to
come in and go to his room and la
ter to leave. The note that the po-
lice found in his room was written
BY him on that visit and was in-
Tended for his companion, ;ai7'@i
From the statement made by the
Steadman family the pair of burg.
lars must have had some place
where they changed their clothes
before undertaking to climb q
porch. = 4 = = ;R''}
Both would always leave the
house fashionably attired and come
home in that manner, but the body
IF Golds'ein when found was cloth
I'd in garments not any too clean
and bearing marks of his climbing,
as did his tennis shoes.
Washington, Nov. % The off.
,ials of the naval obs rvatory are
arranging to s.', d y v Years
sree ting from w -h, o,. to all
he countries OF tn. >jl.zsd world
oy the employment uf series of
signals to all points to mark the
Exact second of the beginning Of the
aew year. A similar plan was en-
oloyed successfully last year in the
case of the United States, and it is
aow intended to extend the service
his year to cover the continent of
North and South America, the dis
ant insular possessions of the Unit
ID States and all points in the world
laving the necessary cable and tel
'graphic connections in case the
cooperation of foreign governments
ian be secured, of which there is
carcely doubt. LAST year the
eceipt of the midnight signals was
accurately timed at the Lick OBJ
in California. and it was