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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-01

charging bribery was flied in Justice
Bishops court. simultaneously with
the arrest of the chief for the fourth
time in connection with the McWhirter
robbery came the confession of W. W.
Bell. who had been arrested by the
sheriff's department for his connection
with the crime
The publication of this confession Cx-
cited much comment and caused a de-
mand for the resignation of the chief
by American" party leaders. Bells
statement was even more positive than
that of Parent. He said that on two
different occasions he had paid the
chief bride money. In addition to this
the prosecution is in possession of the
confession of James Donaldson. an
other of the bUncO gang recently con-
victed of grand larceny because Of his
part in the affair. His statement,
though not as positive as Bells, cor
TOboTates it in measure.
Plan is Changed.
Several conferences between the chief
and his cOunscIors were held, and il
was decided that the chief resign when
the case reached the district court This
old not satisfy the ma jOrity of the
heads of the party. however, who said
that the defeat of the American
county ticket last fall was partially due
to the charges against the chief. and
that i'm case the chief remained in Of
fee the city campaign would be in full
progress before the case reached the
district court. and that the chief would
gain be made an issue
Throughout the entire trouble from
the time of his first arrest, Chief
Sheets has expressed willingness to
resign in case his party desired If. The
fact that he has not resigned hitherto
is due chiefly to the ObstinaCy of Mayor
Ezra Thompson. who has always OPP
posed such q move even to the extent
Of limiting that in case Sheets resigned
he, to, would retire.
The resignation of the chief was writ
ten yesterday afternoon by Attorney
Soran Y. Christensen after a long talk
with Mayor Thompson It was signed
by the chief and sent shortly before
o'clock To City Recorder J. 3. More
ton. who viii present it to the council
at its next meeting
Chief Sheets Statement.
On behalf of the chief. Attorney So.
rem Y. Christensen gave out the fol-
lowing statement yesterday afternoon:
Mr. Sheets being asked his reasons
for resigning his Office of chief of po-
lice, stated that his principal reason
was the difficulty OF maintaining eff
cient police service, while he himself is
the subject Of prosecutions for divers
alleged crimes and misdemeauOTs; that
every possible effort had been made
and is now continually being made to
discredit him and his administration Of
the office: that crooks, thieves and
hOld-ups Of the same class as those to
whom favor and immunity are being
extended by the state officials feel Ii
censed to carry on their depredations,
knowing that the police of the city are,
in a measure, discredited by portion
of the community and are without the
moral support necessary to an efficient
administration Of the department.
Mr.. Sheets further stated that no
considerations other than those above
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UNITED STATES
IN THE MINORITY
British Proposition at The
Hague Regarding Contra
traband May Be Adopted.

The Hague. July 31.-The British
proposition for the abolition of contra
band was adopted in committee today,
twenty-five to five. The United States,
Germany, France, Russia and Mon
tenegrO voted no. Japan, Spain, Pan
anna, Greece and ROumania abstained
from voting. There were also ten alb
sentees.
Explaining the American vote in op-
position, Joseph H ChOate declared it
was the plan of the United States to
limit, in every way possible. the list of
objects that shall be considered con-
traband of war, but to go further than
this now would be a violation % long
established customs. The change Mr.
Choate continued, would create many
uncertainties regarding the rights and
duties of neutrals and beliigerents,
prove more injurious to the commerce
of the world than the existing CUSTOM
and contribute nothing TO the interests
of peace.
The British proposal on ooutrsband,
together with the proposal submitted
by the United States and Germany
upon the same subject, has heen sent
TO committee for ratification. The
American proposal divides contraband
into two classes, absolute and cOndi-
tionaI.
The Belgian proposition, that the in
habitants of an occupied territory
should not be compelled to participate
i'm military operations against their
own country, was adopted by a vote Ct
eighteen to fifteen. There were twelve
ahSpnfppS
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BELIEVE GIRL
WAS MURDERED
Chicago Lover and Mother of
Miss Matthews Do Not
Accept Suicide Theory.
RUMBAUGH A MARRIED MAN
LEFT WIFE AND FAMILY IN
PENNSYLVANIA.

Colorado Springs. Colo, July 31.-An
suspicion against Amos r. Rumbaugh,
as the slayer of Miss Laura Matthews,
was removed through the verdict of
the coroner's jury this afternoon.
The verdict read as follows:
I'VE. the jury, empanelled to inquire
into the cause of death of Laura Mat
thews, find that she came to her death
from gunshot wounds inflicted with
suicidal intent"
The verdict was rendered this after
noon at 2:45 O'Clock, after the jury had
been out exactly thirty minutes.
An inquest was later held over the
remains of Amos r. Rumbaugh. who
shot himself through the head yester-
day afternoon. The verdict was that
he came TO his death by his own hand.
Suspicion for a time pointed TO Rum
baugh as having caused the death OF
Miss Matthews, because of his aupar-
ent infatuation for the young woman
and his failure to appear at the in
quest as a witness.
Miss Tillie Green of Scotville, Mich,
who was Miss Matthews nurse, and
whose effects had been held by the
authorities pending developments, is
declared i'm no way to blame for the
young Woman's rash act
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GANG Of BURGLARS HIPPED
Two Men and a Woman Who Have
Been Busy in Los Angeles
Behind the Bars,

San Bernardino, Cal, July Silt is be-
lieved that a long reign of burglary in
which thousands of dollars worth of prop
eTty has disappeared is ended in the ar
rest of II. G. Place and his wife and
man named Williams or Baker Place and
Williams are employed i'm the Santa Fe
shops here and are we'll known in town
Several thousand dollars worth of loot
was recovered. This included three
trunks packed with silk dresses, table lin
en-, all manner of high-priced clothing
including costly Chinese garments. Boxes
of silverWare were found concealed in the
back yard of the Place home.
Williams was caught late last night by
Constable Longuce of Highland in the act
of lOoting a residence. He admitted the
attempt, it is stated, but pleaded intoxi-
cation. Meanwhile woman was noticed
driving back and forth in front of the
house in a buggy. She was taken into
custody and removed with Williams to
the police station. Her husband shortly
afterward appeared there and was also
arrested.
For many months burglary after bur-
gIary has occurred without any clues or
arrests.
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oyster Bay, y. Y, July Ex-Governor
George Curry, who arrived in the United
States ten days ago from his post as
governor of the Philippine province of Sa-
mar, to assume the duties of his new post
as governor of the territory of New Mex
leo, consulted with President Roosevelt
for two hours today. The governor ar
rived I'm Oyster Bay with Federal Judge
B. S. ROdey of Porto Rico. formerly dele
gate i'm congress from New Mexico.
Governor Curry said ne was not fa-
miliar enough with the problems he would
have to face III his new position to dis
cuss them.
Worst in the Country.
Judge Rodey, who called on Secretary
Loeb during the conference at Sycamore
Hill, remarked that in his opinion the
situation in New Mexico was the worst
from the standpoint of discOrd, intrigue
and croOkedness that could be found in
any of the dependencies OF territories OF
the United States, and the president
could not have found a better man than
Curry to straighten out the tangle," he
added.
Chief Justice Kent of Arizona arrived at
Oyster Bay for a conference with Presi-
dent Roosevelt just as Governor Curry
was leaving. The governor said he would
go direct 60 New Mexico.
On leaving Sycamore Hill Governor
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new MEN WILL
HOLD THE FORT
Injunction Issued Against the
Supervisors Appointed by
SChmitZ in His Cell.

San Francisco, July 31.-The issue ba
tween the board of supervisors appointed
by Mayor Taylor and the fourteen men
named yesterday by ex-MayOr SchmitZ for
me same oItlces, was brought into the
courts today when Presiding Judge Cot
fee. on application of Attorney w. r.
Kollmyer, on behalf of the TAYLOR an
poiHtees, this afternoon issued a temper
Schmitz board from making any move to-
ward assuming office.
Kollmyer. on behalf of the board. filed
the application for an Injunction at the
office of the county clerk, alleging that
IT is part of the plan of the Schmitz men
to seize the office, records, seal and other
belongings of the supervisors and attempt
to usurp the authority of the board 1t
is alleged that Chief of Police Oman in
tends to aid the fourteen unlicensed men
in this raid upon the supervisors Offices
and the court is asked to restrain them
all from doing anything in this direction
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George a. Sheets is now private cit
izen.
His resignation as chief of police was
sent TO the city recorder late yesterday
afternoon and became effective at once
Without waiting for the mayor or the
city council TO take any action in the
matter he turned over the office to Cap
tain John B. Burbidge. who will be
acting chief of police until a successor
to Sheets is appointed.
The decision of Chief Sheets to re-
sign yesterday was made Tuesday aft
ernOOn after a consultation with his at
torney, SOren Y. Christensen. The re-
signatiOn is, of course, the elimination
of nearly year of adverse criticism
following the McWhirter robbery of
Sept 10, 1906 Immediately after the
robbery his resignation was requested
by many because of the charge that
he was implicated in it. The Amer
lean party leaders, however, insisted
that the chief was innocent and that
his resignation would be in the nature
of an admission of guilt. The chief
himself, said that he would follow
what ever course his party deemed
wise
Series of Complaints.
Chief Sheets was arrested shortly
after the expose of the McWhirter case
on the charge of being an accessory
after the fact to the robbery. On this
charge he was freed by Judge Arm
strong after a preliminary hearing last
November. Following the. arrest and
confession of w. H. Parent, one of
the bunco men who robbed the Nc
Whirters, Sheets was again arrested.
This time he was charged with Grim
inal conspiracy.
At a preliminary hearing in Judge
Whittaker's court w. H. Parent, who
had turned states evidence, gave the
positive testimony connecting the chief
with the robbery He said that he and
w w. Bell, his partner in crime, had
enjoyed police protection while carry
ing on bunco games and had paid the
chief 800 week for this protection
As the result of this evidence the chief
was held to the district court for trial
Case Is Dismissed.
Once more there was a demand for
the resignation of the chief, and this
time from some of the members of his
own party. In the district court, how
ever. the complaint and information
against the chief were adjudged i'm
perfect and the case dismissed. The
demand for Sheets resignation was
naturally diminished. The. chief. how
ever, decided to take advantage of the
decision as a vndication and to resign
while there was no charge against him.
This time many Of those who had for
merry requested his resignation Op-
posed it.
Before any action was taken in the
matter. however. another charge was
filed against Sheets. The complaint
&C in oil iT-oa md
was drawn in the precise language of
the one which was dismissed in the dis
trict court. The case went before Jus
tice Nephi Timpson of the Forest Dale
precinct, who, after much delay, held
the chief to the district court for trial
on the charge
Within a few days after the chief
had been bound over on the conspiracy
charge d new complaint against him
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BEVERIDGE TO WED.
Hoosier Senator Accepted by Miss
Katherine Eddy of Chicago.

Berlin July 31.-It was definitely settled
today that the wedding of Miss Katherine
Eddy of Chicago, sister of Spencer T.
Eddy, first secretary TO the American
embassy here, and Albert J. Beveridge,
United States senator from Indiana. is
10 take place August at the residence
of Ambassador and Mrs. Tower.
Senator Beverage will be obliged to
sign pile of documents three inches
deep before the necessary marriage per
init can be issued. The senator will ar
rive from BeTne tomorrow. Ambassador
Tower, who is at Bad Kissingen, and Mrs
Tower, who is in Paris, are to return
August 1.
The wedding is 10 be private The reli-
gious ceremony. which will be performed
by the Rev. Thomas Hall of New York.
will be preceded by the civil ceremony
A wedding breakfast to members of the
family will be given By Mr.. and Mrs
Spencer Eddy at their residence mere.
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Only Partial Report.

Chicago, July 31.-Dr. Adolph Gehr-
man, the chemist who examined the
stomach and other organs of Mrs Pet
Dagill, said today that he had not sent
a full report Of his investigation to the
authorities at Clinton, for the excel
lent reason that he had not yet COM
pleted them. He had, however, sent a
partial report.
He admitted that arsenic had been
found in the stomach, but said he
thought it came from the embalming,
He refused to say anything further as
TO whether the proportion of arsenic
was such rs might be expected from
the embalming fluid.
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NEW MEXICO ROTTEN TO CORE. SAYS
FORMER DELEGATE FROM TERRITORY
George Curry, Democrat, Selected by Roosevelt to Purge
the Political Atmosphere.

Curry said he had gone over the New
Mexico situation in a general way with
the president He will spend one day
in Washington and then proceeded to
Santa Fe.
Curry a Democrat.
you Know" he remarked, 81 have al
ways been a Democrat, but / am a ROose-
Welt man and next to that a Taft man.
The president wants me to take hold of
the administration in New Mexico with
but one object in view-clean government.
There viii be some changes In the Of
ficials Of the territory, but these cannot
be announced at present. The appoint
ments j shall make will be solely with
view to getting good Officials. Wherever
| can get such officials from the Republi-
can party | shall take them but shall
not be confined to that party in making
appointments.
THE political fractional wrangle in the
territory has grown to be very acute and
the president has hOnOTed me with the
appointment of governor, a place [ was
not at all anxious to take, evidently be-
cause had been out of the territory for
the past eight years and am entirely free
from all alliances
On learning of Judge Rodey's presence
in Oyster Bay, President Roosevelt sum
moned him to luncheon and he accom-
panied Chief Justice Kent of Arizona TO
Sycamore Hill.
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FOUR MEN KILLED.

Atchison, Kan, July 31.-A Missouri
Pacific freight train ran away down
Shannon hill this morning and struck
the rear end of another freight. F. d.
Scott, fireman: Fred Butzierus, Hast
ings, Neb.; Ralph Moody, Omaha, and
an unknown man, were killed. But
ZieruS, Moody and the unknown man
were beating their way.
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JEROME TAKES CHARGE.

New York. July S1.-District Attorney
jerome has taken personal charge of the
investigation into the plots of the Ar
menian blackmailers which led to the
assassination of II. s. Tavshanjian. A
trunk is reported to have been found in
Lowell, Mass. where Bedros Hampart-
zoomian, the slayer of Tavshanjian, lived
which is said to contain papers revealing
the plots of the blackmailers. The black
mailing letters demanded sums ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000
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BELGIUM WILL PROTEST,

Brussels, July 31.-Should the govern
ment of Venezuela persist in its recent re-
fusal to recognize the finding of The
Hague tribunal as to the payment of 81
090,0O0 to certain Belgian creditors and
liquidate the indebtedness. the Belgian
government intends to lodge a protest
with the powers against this reputation,
and also to take up the question with the
United States.
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TWO MEN KILLED.
Breaking of Gable Drawing Ore Car
Up an Incline.

Ell PasO. Tex. July 31.-Two men
were killed and another fatally IN
jured yesterday afternoon by the
breaking of a cable drawing an ore
car up the incline at the Shanlon mine
at Metcalfe, Ariz. Dead:
Jesus Lopez.
GiavOnni Maelotto.
Injured;
Joseph Canute; will die.
Thomas Sidebotham, foreman; leg
broken.
Lopez was hurled 400 feet by the
force of the collision when the car hit
the ore bin at the bottom of the IL
cline
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SECURED
MILLION AND A HALF

y Beach Haven. n. J., July 31.-Char- I
= les Montague of Brooklyn. an expert !
4 on metal furniture, shows by his re- 4
! port submitted to the Pennsylvania 4
= capitol investigation committee to- 4
day that the. state was mulcted out !
: of more than million and half 4
= dollars on the 100000 contract for \
y metallic furnishings. The committee 4
! held its first session this afternoon. 4
\ The report of Mr.. Montague occupied !
! the greater part of the session. I
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WITNESSES EXAMINED.
Jury Unable to Find Evidence That
Murder Was Committed.

Colorado Springs, Colo, July 81
Amos r. Rumbaugh, who shot himself
here late yesterday rather than testify
at the inquest over the body of Miss
Laura Matthews, his friend. died early
this morning at the St. Francis hos
pital.
The corOner's inquest which adj
journed yesterday when the announce
ment was made that Rumbaugh had
shot himself, recOnvened today. Miss
Lettie Green, the nurse, was the first
witness called TO the stand this NOM
ing. Miss Green testified that g. A
Coey, the wealthy Chicago automobile
dealer, had sent her several kilograms
since the tragedy, one Of which reads
as follows:
"Wiu meet you at train. Forward
letters. Keep your own counsel
The witness admitted receiving $245
from Coey yesterday
Went Driving With Rumbaugh.
Miss Green testified that Rumbaugh
on Monday told her that he and Laura
had been driving in a closed carriage
on Friday. and that after Laura had
disclosed to him her relations with
COey she suddenly drew a revolver
and attempted to shoot herself. Rum
| baugh wTested the pistol from her
RUmbaugh also told Miss Green that
ne and Miss Matthews had determined
to marry and go abroad. Rumbaugh
had engaged a section in a Pullman
for himself and Miss Matthews and
they were to leave for New York on
Monday.
The nurse said Rumbaugh was very
much agitated when told of Miss Mat
thews' death and talked excitedly
about going east and taking revenge
on Coey.
Miss Green said she had no desire to
withhold any information from the
jury. ..
Coey's Letters.
After Identifying a large bundle of
letters written by COey to Miss Mat
! have not been made public, but are
said to be moderate in tone and indi-
| cate that Coey and Miss Matthews
were very close friends. They were
| addressed Dear Girl" Dear Little
| Laura" and My Dear Laura"
Several kilograms were also offered
! in evidence.
one letter begins: Find enclosed
| $50" another, Your loving letter re-
ceived"
The coroner. when asked as the ma
ture of the letters, said they were of a
/ character which does not reflect Sc
riously upon Mr.. Coey.
Bell Boy c. L. Kingsbury of The Aca-
! cia hotel was the next witness called.
/ He testified that on Sunday afternoon
he overheard telephone conversation
between a man and Miss Matthews. He
! cut in on the wire just as the CONVEX
satiOn ended, but overheard the man
say. XIII you from ambush" Miss
| Matthews said, WHAT" and the man
| repeated what he had said
Several other witnesses were called,
! but added nothing new.
| Recess was then taken until 1:9o
.. m.
Chicago Man Her Lover.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion of the corOner's inquest the let
! tiers written by Millionaire CCey Of
/ Chicago to Miss Matthews were read
to the jury. The letters indicate that
/ COey was deeply in love with Miss Mat
thews at the time of writing. They
abound with pTOtestations of love and
are written in a manner calculated to
carry with them conviction of the sin
certify of the writer.
Continued on Page 2.
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MUST DON THE STRIPES.

Chicago July 31.-Former Judge Albert
Smith, and Gustav Sorrow, both of whom
were recently convicted of fraudulent
banking practices in connection with the
failure of the Bank of America. were to-
day ordered to commence immediate serv-
ice Of their peniCentiary sentences. They
were at once taken into custody by a
deputy sheriff
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CLEARLY NOT A
CASE OF MURDER
Growing Belief at Clinton, ILL.,,
That the First Mrs. MagiII
Committed Suicide.
DEATH FROM CHLOROFORM
STATES ATTORNEY DEVELOPS a
THEORY.

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3" Clinton, ILL.,, July 31.-The re- Z.
9" port of the medical experts who g
% made an analysis of the contents 6,
% of the stomach of Mrs. Pat Ma q
@ gill, the first wife of Fred MagilI. %
6. was received here today, and Z.
{" states Attorney Miller announced 6:
% that the report is to the effect (.
o that Mrs. Magill died from chic &.
. reform poisoning. A trace of ar q
9 senic was also found. The belief 9,
4" is growing here that Mrs. Magi1 -
. did commit suicide 81
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Clinton, ILL.,, July S1.-Fred Magin
and his wife, Mrs. Fay Graham Ma
sill, who are awaiting the action of the
grand jury concerning charges that
they caused the death of MagilTs first
wife, are confined in cells almost ex-
actly opposite in the county jail They
spend a great part of the time stand
ing at their cell doors peeTing through
the gratings at each other and con-
Versing across the corridor.
reporter called at the Jail TO see
Mrs. Magill this morning. Extending
her hand through the bars, she shook
hands. saying:
I am glad to see you" hesitated and
added, perhaps"
Why do you say perhaps -
Not Permitted to Talk.
Because you must not ask me any
thlnS about my case. | am not permit
ted to talk about it," she replied.
Are you lonesOme?'
Not bit" she said. Il am happy
! read great deal, and then l stand
here and talk across to my husband
and sleep sOundly at night. I have
plenty of fresh air and a clear con-
science, so why shouldn't / be happy?''
How did you spend the evening of
the night before Mrs. Pet MagiH
died2" she was asked
Instantly Mrs. MagiIFs demeanor be-
came firm
Not one word" she said. 81 must
do as my lawyers tell me. I will only
say that We are both innocent The
only crime we committed, if we COM
nitted any, was in marrying too soon.
But 1t was love impelled us, and surely
love is no crime, is it," and she
laughed heartily.
Magili, across the corridor. had been
listening in silence. He shook hands
amiably, but declined TO discuss the
case, other than to say:
IF the grand jury does not indict
me I viii make full statement to the
press. IF I am indicted my story viii
be first told upon the witness stand at
my trial 1t will be proper for me to
talk then. and not before.
States Attorney Miller made this
statement today:
THE theory the state will go on now
is that there was a suicide compact be-
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Magill. and that
she carried out her part Of the agree
ment.