The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-03-06
PAUL RADR.
Visited Corvallis-Is Man Thugs Tried
to Say-Carries a Wound.

Visited CorvallS-E Man Thugs Tried
to Stay Carries a Wound.
Paul Radir, who has recently be-
come a we'll known figure in Ore
gon, left at noon after a day spent
In Corvallis. He is the man on
whose life an attempt was made in
Salem, a few days ago. While on
a back street he was accosted by
two men who inquired the way to
the railroad station. AS he raised
his umbrella to indicate the direc-
ton, one of the men struck at Mr..
Radir's breast with a knife. The
blade passed through the coat and
vest and passed almost complete
Iy through a pocket book inside
containing a lot of cards. Radir
was quickly on the defense and being
a young man of large and athletic
physique quickly routed his n
tagonists. In the melee, he re-
ceived a slash of the knife across
the back of his hand, to repair
which a couple of stitches were
taken by a physician.
The marks of the struggle were
still noticeable on Mr.. Radir while
he was in Corvallis. The hole in
his coat had been sewed, but the
mark was easily noticeable. The
rent in the vest had not even been
attacked with a needles The
wounded hand was carried band
aged. The whole matter was treat
ed by Mr.. Radir as trivial. "All
I hate about it is that they tried to
get me into the fake column" he
said. 1.-THE only thing strange
about it Is that my opponents down
in Portland, pronounced the whole
matter a fake before the sheriff Of
Marion county had even had time
to be heard on the subject. The
men assaulted me as described, and
for what reason I cannot say. I
have always said and still say that
I cannot believe they were employ
ed to attack me by the Liquor Deal
ers Association"
The person who comesin contact
with the personality, of MI. Radir
knows at once that his story is true
in every detail. A frank, open
face, and a sincerity Of speech
brush away every doubt as to the
manhood and integrity of the man,
and leave no question as to his pur-
: poses. He is a college man, and
carries brains in his head that lift
: him far above many of those who
are his accusers. He is most
: genial in his address, and speaks
in hearty good humor of those who
are making a bitter fight against
him personally:
| eff people knew the inner facts
relative to the minor who got evid.
ence for us in the Portland liquor
cases, there would not be one word
r of criticism by anybody" he said.
: None of us knew McCabe was
under Fl. He had been making
, his own way in the world for five
years. By the use of detectives
who were known, we could not LAND
5 the evidence desired to convict
' those who were violating the law
$ We knew that girls were frequent
E ing the saloons and that they were
: being given drinks there. Wha1
we had to have was some one Other
t than a regular detective to play the
5 role, and that is what McCabe die
l for US. With the evidence secured
a number of convictions followed
S and that is the reason so much noise
S has been made about the matter. I
: is the exposure of the vice in thu
courts that causes those who coun
tenance it to raise the howl"
There is a warrant out for the
arrest of Mr.. Radir, because of the
S McCabe affair. 1t was sworn GU
: by Crofton, manager of the inter
ests of the Wholesale Liquor Deal
: ers Association. While here. Mr.
S Radir communicated with the dis
S trict attorney, and offered to come
t to Portland at any time for trial, bu
was notified that the case could no
be reached until next week.
MI. Radir is president of the an
ti-sa1oon league with headquarter
at Portland. The main purpose o
the society is the defense of the 10
cal. option law. A thorough OF
ganization is promoted to resist tn
Jayne bill which the Liquor Deal
ers are pushing for adoption.
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