The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-23
GUILTY.
OF THE MURDER OF HIS.
FATHER AND MOTHER:

Received the Verdict Witho ut
Emotion-Alahama Students
Attempt to Lynch
Negro.
Auburn, CAL, Nov. 1S.-Adolph
Weber received the news of the cor
oner's jury's verdict charging him
with the murder of his father, moth
er, sister and brother without ap-
parent emotion and said nothing as
to his opinion. concerning it.
His demeanor in court this morn
ing was unchanged. R. J. Hancock
gave some important testimony,
which still further complicates the
mystery, as Mr.. Weber's body was
found in the bath room. He testi-
fed that he was one OF the first per-
sons there, and saw Mrs. Snowden,
who was screaming, and Mr.. Nc
Kinstry. He broke the lower pane
of the front window of the front
room, from which the bodies were
taken out. AS he came down the
steps of the porch he thought
Adolph Weber came up. He says
the child was carried out by a tall
man. The back window of the
dining room was broken and there
was no FIRE In that room.
The whole hall was on fire, and
no one could have passed through
it. The bathroom was all dark
when the house was pretty well
burned down. He broke the win
dow and looked in, but could see
nothing, and there was no fire in
the room. When he tried to get in
to the front room it was 30 full OF
smoke that he could not see the
floor. He could not tell how Adolph
was dressed when he met him.
J.K. CoreySwent when the fire
bell rang and saw Mrs. Snowden
| and Chris Henry. Mrs. Weber was
brought out Of the burning house
FIRST. One Of her legs was hal
burned off. They beat out the fire
in her clothes with their hats. This
was also done to Bertha Weber's
body. We heard afterward tha
Adolph Weber was near the fence
not on the porch.
| D. Lubech, proprietor of the pla
Ger County Bank, denied on th'
stand the rumor that Julius Webe
repaid the money stolen in the rob
berry of that institution, or Offered
to repay it.
The strained relations between
District Attorney Robinson and At
torney Tabor came to climax to
day. Blows were exchanged and {
lively fight was In progress whel
Undersheriff May interfered an
stopped it.
Montgomery, Ala, Nov. IA
An attemptto lynch negro by
number of students of the Alabam
Polytechnic Institute was thwarte
only by the forethought of Presi
dent Thach, of that institution, &C
co1ding to specials from Auburn
Ala. A report to the effect that
negro, Arthur Barnes, porter at tn
railroad station, had fatally Stable
Claud M. Howard was the cause 4
the trouble. About midnight las
night a number Of the cadets wen
to the calaboose, fired fusilade a
the building and then broke it ope
with the intention of killing th
negro, but were disappointed to fin
l the negro gone. President Thac1
fearing trouble, had had the negr
removed to Opelika.
The trouble is said to have star
ed by the negro cursing Howard b.
cause the student asked for "a mattel
n Howard is said to have struck tt
d negro with a switch, whereupon tt
n negro struck at Howard with
knife, cutting him behind the ca
n Howard is not seriously Injured.
= Clard M. Howard is the son
ex- Congressman Howard, author
n the book, "If Christ Game to Coz
n gress," which created a sensatio
when published.
e Albany, Or, Nov. 1S.-Neal Su