The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-08-31
SLEW HIS FATHER
JAMES F. SLOANE, OF SPO.
KANE, is MURDERED BY
HIS SON AS he SLEEPS.

Body Hacked With Axe-Youth
Hoped to Get Sum of Money
Murderer Carries Body
! Away in a Wheel
barrow.
J Spokane, Aug. 28.-Spokane was
shocked by the revolving murder of
james F. Sloane, a pioneer mer.
lchant and former member OF the
,Sloane-Paine Grocery company.
Sidney Sloane. his II year old son,
is held at the police station. The
body was found in an alley near
the Sloane home on Sixth avenue
about 6 o'clock this morning by a
woman, who telephoned to the po-
lice.
The body showed that a coward
Ily murder had been com mitted.
There we're numberless gashes on
the head which appeared to have
been inflicted with hatcbet. One
Igash extended nearly from ear to
ear and there were a number of
three-cornered wounds on the skull
!, The murderer evidently struck &
dozen or more blows and after kill
ing the merchant, the murderer
placed his body In wheelbarrow
and took it through the streets to
an alley at the rear OF the house. A
trail of blood plaiuly showed the
path of the thug and his victim.
The body was thrown against pile
of rocks.
Shortly after the body was found
the police took Sidney Sloane into
custody. He appeared to be una.
ware of the crime until 7 O'Clock
and when informed seemed COM
pletely upset. He said he would
3 60 Immediately to ranch 16 miles
from the city and inform his moth
ey, who was there. He was taken
into custody about ten o'clock and
Econfessed be had killed his father
The COT feseion was made to Chic
Waller and detective McDermott
At first he told a story that be
had made arrangements with man
named Riley at Sheridan, Wyom'
ing, to come on here and kill his
father. They planned to secure
$500 be knew his father carried and
divide it. He straed Riley came
Apparently the parent bad faller
as!eep IN his chair while reading
some after light luncheon Of bread
and milk. The boy carefully stuff.
ed the keyholes with cotton to stifis
the sound from other occupants O.
the house, then going down thu
back stairs again, he got an ax'
from a neighbours woodpile and
returning stealthily, be cut his faith
er almost to pieces while be slept
1t was necessary to hide the crime
and the boy decided to build uK
the appearance of highway mur
der. Sneaking down stairs again
he found wheelbarrow filled will
apples in neighbor's yard. Emp
tying theapples, he brought tito th
stairway and, carrying his father
body down to it, he wheeled th'
remains for nearly two blocks a
midnight through the street in tn
business district Then he toseet
hie fathers body into the rear of
barn.
Returning home, the patricid
put the barrow in the nsighbor'
yard, reflled it with the apples ant
put the axe on the woodpile.
| ing up stairs, be found the room
| look.pg Ike shambles. He wash
| ed the floor, scrubbed down tn
| bloody stairway, hid the rugs an,
| at breakfast time was found calml
| sprinkling the yard and inquirin
/ casually why his father had no
Il come home at night.
Il The police suspected him fror
Il his inability to conjure up the sem
II blance of real grief when told tha
II the body had been found. He wa
j arrested and soon broke down, cor
fessing. Another tale he told wa
\ that he did it to get the money, an
! he showed $50 which he took fror
the corpse. Another story was tha
the two quarreled over the mother
The police suspect that Youn
Sloane had older accom- plices, it
cluding woman. He is also su:
pected of being the burglar VIII
robbed two stores in the block whel
his father was long engaged in bul
iness. He is also suspected Of bs
ling partner Of the burglar wh
was shot and killed a few week
lapo while breaking into Stanle,