Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-11-24
REMINGTON
CONFESSED
SHOOTING
Went VITA Dtpn;y Sheriff
and Constable II Locate
the Gun

stable Amos Beach. Afterward
Remington refused to talk abou
the crime, and what his defense will
be is known only to his lawyers anC
himself.
Although he declined to have 6
word to say regarding the bloody
tragedy, and replied to questions by
emitting a series of grunts. He sur.
prised the officers and every one else
at noon yesterday by accompanying
Deputy Sheriff Esch and Constable
Beach to the place where he had hid
the gun and by producing the weap-
on from under a rail fence.
The gun was concealed about a
mile from Woodburn, and what
prompted Remington TO listen to
Esch's request to produce It is a
mystery.
Since the shooting Mrs. Slaughter,
whose name is connected with the
dark tragedy, has been IN retirement.
and no one has seen her. When she
obtained n divorce from Slaughter
she alleged cruel and inhuman treat
ment and alleged that Slaughter had
accused her wrongfully of infidelity.
Remingtons wife obtained freedom
on the grounds of infidelity, and in
her complaint named Mrs. Slaughter
as a correspondent
Gosisp was busy all the fall at
Woodburn, and when Remington
built new house It was said he was
to marry Mrs. Slaughter. Then
when Remington's house was fired by
an incendiary last Sunday morning,
II Is said that Remington attributed
II to Slaughter. II is said that there
is no proof to connect Slaughter with
this act. Then came the shooting
that will probably cost Slaughter his
life.
Remington has engaged as counsel
Roach a. Sem, OF Silverton, and
Grant Corby, of this city, and Attor-
ney Brown, of Woodburn, will rep
resent the state at the preliminary
examination, which will be held at
Monday afternoon.
Il NJ
bonds of $1,000. but will be re-arrest-
ed in the event that Slaughter grows
worse or dies.
In speaking of the affair this
Grant Corby, one of the
defendants attorneys, said:
I'm fairness to r. l.. Remington,
who Is accused of shooting w. w. |
II should be observed |
hat the reports published in the Sa-
EN- and Portland papers yesterday |
we're probably given out by Slaugh-
er and the officers who are looking
lp the evidence for the state. 1t
hould also be considered and under
tood that, under the excitement in
ident TO a tragedy of such charac-
er, that il is difficult to secure the
ctual facts. Public sentiment in the
vicinity of where the
hooting occurred was not in con-
Iition 10 make candid and unpreju-
iced investigation. The reports CIV
N out and published in the several
apers show themselves that they
'ere made hastily, without adequate
r sufficient investigation. For In
tanee, the first report given out was
the effect that Slaughter was shot
rom ambush. the assassin being un-
nown and the assassin having con-
called himself in a patch OF brush.
ater II was reported that the assas-
In lay In wait by the roadside behind
log and still later the third re-
ort, that the shooter OF Slaughter
ad concealed himself behind the pig
" on the premises of Slaughter. IL
oes without saying that these re-
orts show no definite ascertained
lets; for the further reason IL has I
cen reported that Remington ad-
lifted the shooting to Marshal I
each. This does away with the
leory of any adjustment or any ,
tempt to conceal the facts OF the :
footing. Yesterday evening the
sople In the vicinity OF woodburn.
lving recovered from the nfst ex-
tement caused by the first shock
eident to such an occurrence, were
oking more favorahly upon the ac-
pms OF Remington. and for the rea-
n that he has been a peaceable p
ID law-aoiding citizen OF that vicin- n
for over IS years. and never has
an hAHnna ltawnlrr.a 4.