The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-12-16
WILL HAVE TO LEAVE

PENDLETON WOMAN ORDER
ED TO LEAVE TOWN IN
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Terrible Cruelty Inflicted on an
Adopted Child-Infant was
Fed Intoxicating Liquors.
"A Murderer's Daring
Escape.
Pendleton. Or, Dec. 11.-Shock-
ed and enraged at the cruelty prac-
ticed on an adopted infant, the
neighbors of Mrs. A. l.. Turner will
see that she leaves town inside of
"a hours. That is the limit put on
her stay iu this city by the district
attorney. the women are especially
anxious to see her leave.
Details of the terrible abuse of
little Lucille McQuarry, the 3-year-
old adopted child taken from the
Custody of Mrs. Turner, last even.
ing, as given before the county
court, were worse than at first re-
ported. The child's body presented
a fearful appearance when brought
into court this morning. Black and
/ blue spots were numerous, the fng-
er nails torn, and the finger tips
inhamed and the nose bleeding.
Mrs. J. Mclaughlin. Mrs. Berger,
Mrs. Towne and George Brown,
neighbors told the same story of
cruelty.
The evidence showed that both
Turner and his wife fed the child
intoxicating liquors on different oc-
casions, and one night got the child
drunk and went away to lodge,
leaving it shne in the house; that
the foster mother, in fit of anger,
plunged the child's head first into
ice-cold water. The child was in
the habit of biting her fingers, and
Mrs. Turner would hit it across the
fingers to break it of the habit.
Other testimony showed that the
Turner woman would knock the
child down and leave it screaming
on the floor.
The child will be committed TO
the care of the Bows and Girls
Aid Society. in Portland. In the
meantime, Mrs. Walter Wells has
taken the unfortunate infant into
her home, and will care for her un-
til turned over to the society.
Mrs. Rudolph Edwards, mother
of Lucille, on her second marriage.
allowed Mrs. Turner to take her
daughter to raise. The district at.
torney told the mother of the child's
mistreatment two weeks ago. She
assured him that she was accus-
toned to visit the home every day
or two, and that the child was do
ing well. According to information
received by the attorney, it devel-
oped that the mother had not been
near the Turner home since the
child was adopted. When she asked
for a warrant for the custody of the
child, she was refused as not a
proper person.
Vancouver, B. c., Dec. 11.-Ern.
est Cashell, the young fellow, Fl
years old, who murdered an Ameri.
can rancher named Rufus Bell, al
Red Deer, made daring and sue
cessful escape from the mounted
police barracks. at Calgary, Alberta,
last night. He was to be hanged
December Is.
/ When bis cell was searched short.
ly after E o'clock Cashell pulled
two revolvers on the. three guards
land ordered them from the corridor
into his cell just vacated, locked the
door, demanded the keys for his
shackles, which he unlocked and
then made his escape from the
building. He kissed his hand to
the police as he headed south for
the United States.
john CasheH, brother of the
murderer, who visited the barracks
Saturday, has been arrested on sus.
picion of having furnished Ernest
with the revolvers.
| News has just been received from
the department of justice at Ottawa
that if Murderer Ernest Cashell is
not recaptured before December Is,
for which date his execution was
set he cannot subsequently be
hanged, as he will then be dead to
the law.
The minister of justice has tele-
1graphed to the chief justice of the
Northwest territories 10 reprieve
Cashell for four weeks, so that if the
murderer is recaptured another
date for the execution may be set.
Portland, Dec. I12.-E vening Tel.
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