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The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14

young child and wife in Ontario, fee
ing to British Columbia with Hattie
Simpson, the wife of another man, and
committing bigamy by marrying a
third woman at Cripple Creek.
The defense fought the story with
multiplicity of objections and succeed
ed in heading of an attempt to tell
the story of the murder of Artb1r Col
Inns at Telluride and in temporarily
shutting out the contents of a tele-
gram received and a telegram sent by
Orchard after his arrest. But for the
rest the state managed to get in the
story intact
Haywood and his kinsfolk listened
quietly to the long recital, and about
their first show of feeling was one OF
amusement when Attorney Richardson
began his onslaught and brought out
Orchards domestic crimes.
The courtroom was crowded again,
Thursday, many of the spectators be-
ing women.
Orchards Story Unshaken.
Boise, Idaho.-Counsel for William
the testimony of Harry Orchard at
both sessions of the trial Friday, and
centered their strongest assault on the
events beginning with the explosion
in the Vindicator mine and ending
with the earlier meetings between
the witness and the leaders of the
Federation of Miners in Denver. To
the extent that traffic with "the other
eide" in the war of labor and capital
in Colorado was discreditable they
succeeded in discrediting the witness.
Orchard stood the test and strain
very we'll and held tenaciously to the
story he related Wednesday and
Thursday.
More crimes, great and small. were
added to Orchards record Friday. The
Cripple Creek woman with whom he
committed bigamy had three sons;
Orchard stole high-grade ore from a
mesomate; he stole two cases Of pow
der from the Vindicator mine; he
stole powder to make one of the
combs thrown into the Vindicator coal
Pile, and he told lie.
CIings to His Story.
The defense endeavoreh in various
ways to throw the shadow Of doubt
and improbability around the whole
Vindicator story and the alleged con-
nection Of w. F. Davis and William
Easterly with this affair and the cir
cumstances under which Orchard tes-
titled he met Meyer and Haywood and
was paid for the commission OF the
crime, and to discredit Orchards story
that he was sent back to Cripple
Creek with unlimited credit and orders
to commit any act of violence that he
cared to. They confronted Orchard
with Easterly and Owney Barnes and
paved the way for the contradiction
by them of the story told by Orchard.
and several times during the day paved
the way for the controverting of his
testimony on material points.
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14

Gentlemen" he stammered, yes,
you have found me out. But you
would not have done so had you not
put me under chloroform. Now I'm
glad it's over and am ready to take
my medicine You cannot imagine
what l have suffered during all these
long months while / was trying tc
beat the chair. Now l am glad the
end is at hand"
/ well remember the case OF Mar
tin Thorn, the barber, who, together
with Augusta Mack, a midwife, killed
William Guldensuppe, rubber in a
Turkish bath. William f. Howe, the
veteran criminal lawyer, was his
senior counsel. Joseph Moss, now
magistrate, and at that time also con-
nected with the firm of Howe & Hum
mel, was also of counsel. / sat next
to Thorn during his trial, which took
place In Long Island City, and later
on / saw him electrocuted in Sing
Sing.
There was nobody at that time who
understood more about putting up
the right king of defense than did the
veteran Howe. / remember going to
him just as the trial was about to
start and asking him what kind Of
defense Thorn would put up.
"Ah, my boy" said Mr.. Howe to me,
II don't know myself. That is, it all
depends upon circumstances. In the
first place we" Che always spoke of
his client as WEI did not commit the
crime. Therefore, you see-and quite
readily too-that we are innocent of
this most awful charge that a grand
jury, guided by a misinformed district
attorney, has declared against u.s."
A short time after the commence.
ment of the trial Mrs. Mack an.
nounced that she would turn states
evidence. She confessed all and
swore that Thorn had committed the
murder.
/ was assigned that night to notify
Mr.. Howe of what had occurred. /
found him in an uptown hotel He had
retired when the bellboy took up my
card. l was asked to Come right
in, my boy"
| i told him that the woman IN the
case had confessed that Thorn had
killed Guldensuppe and that she had
helped the man TO dispose of the body
| of the victim.
What are you going to do now
about the defense?" / inquired.
Il have it! / have it," all at once
shouted Mr. Howe, looking as happy
as a schoolboy with new toy. What
do you think of it?"
"The only thing left you is insan-
| ity," / suggested.
"And that is where you are wrong"
replied Mr.. Howe. II told you had
it. Here is our new defense. l knew
it all the while. Now, please, don't
think that just manufactured it.
Why, of course, we knew all the time
that this was the body of Guldensuppe,
although the head was missing. We
know, too, who killed the man. We
did not. She did. Yes, she did. All
we had to do with the case was to
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14
HARRY ORCHARD CONFESSES
TO CHAIN OF AWFUL CRIMES
Slayer of Gov. Steunenberg Takes Stand in
Haywood Trial and Relates Bloody Tale
Alleges Miners Leaders We're
Instigators.


FRED BRADLEY retired Official Francisco blown half
concealed Orchard
under doorstep also object of poison plot Motive
SHERMAN BELL Colorado national guard
Orchard sought his life;
escaped Motive for activity in putting down strike awes
JUSTICE eAeeERT of Supreme court Colorado Denve bomb
his pathway exploded another blown
decisions Meyer
PEABODY of his
kill Orchard failed explode accident Motive
holding strikes.
MoFFATT, president National
Motive
supposed side of mine
JUDGE GODDARD, Denver Motive declared eghthour bill
constitutional.
FRANK sTEUNENBERG former of Idaho; Caldwell
Blown pieces by bomb placed gate of home by Orchard
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14
The Reason.

F. A. Busse, Chicago's new mayor,
had been complimented by a reporter
on the direct, terse quality of a state
ment he had given out
Il am a believer in brevity," said
Mr.. Busse. smiling. The fewer words
you say a thing In, the stronger and
more striking is that things effect.
Once / knew a man who hated the
Swiss.
Why, Jake said to him one day,
you astound rne. You hate the Swiss,
yet here you are married to a Swiss
wife,
Yes. said Jake; that's the rec.
SON."
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14
The Practice Might Almost Be
CLassed as a Fine Art--HoW
IT Has Been Successfully
Done, with Legal Assist
ance, in Some Celebrated
New York Cases.

The prosecutor consulted the judge
on the bench. He said he was willing
The prisoner was arraigned once
more.
Defendant az the bar" called out
Clerk Penney, you say you change
your plea of not guilty of murder in
the first degree, heretofore interposed
in your case, and now plead guilty to
murder in the second degree. Is that
your plea?"
1T is," came the response from the
prisoner at the bar.
Two months before that-right after
the shave and hair cut-no such plea
would have been accepted. Death in
the electric chair was then the only
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14

New York. - Its shame!
Here / was ready to go to trial
with my murder case this morn
ing, and that fool of a client of
mine had to go to work and get a
shave and haircut. Now l can't
have him tried for two months. He's
got to wait now until the vacation sea-
son is over I'll make sure that he
does not shave any more while have
anything to do with his defense"
l was coming out of the criminal
courts building when / ran into law
yer, an old acquaintance-he is one
of the best-known criminal lawyers in
this countrywide appeared to me as
though he was about mad enough to
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14

help her, out of pure gallantry, to
dispose of the body. That is no
crime. She did the killing, nothing
else. That is our defense!"
Thorn went on the witness stand
and told the story just as Mr.. Howe
had outlined IL to me. But the jury
did not believe him. and convicted the
barber of murder in the first degree
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
MUSIC AND DRAMA
Hartmann Has Rainy Farewell

Arthur Hartmann's farewell to Los
Angeles was not quite so auspicious as
his first appearance last Friday, but it
was the fault of the weather man and
the Behymer luck, not of the musician.
The hundred or more who braved the
rain to hear the artists goodby to his
Los Angeles friends were not disap-
pointed. The same light fantastic half
whimsical touch of the bow, the same
depth of emotion, characterized last
nights playing as that of the previous
performance. Herr Hartmann'S pro-
gram included: Concerto, e major
(Bach); polonaise, A fiat Chopin;
chaconne for violin alone (Bach), (a)
Berceuse (Theodore Holland, dedicated
to Arthur Hartmann), (b) Tango CAR
bos); (o) Barcarolle (Tschaikowsky),
(b) Zephyr" (Hubay).
After listening to several numbers of
Herr Hartmanns accompanist Adolph
Borschke, one reaches the conclusion
that he is hearing a pianist who may
some day make high mark for him
self. In playing with such a luminary
as Hartmann, his star is necessarily
dimmed by the light of greater one,
but his playing is marked by pas
sionate, fiery earnestness that promises
much for its possessor.
His contribution to the program last
night, in addition to. his work as ae-
companist, was the paraphrase, En-
gen Onegin," by Tschaikowski-Pabs
and Chopin's "Polonaise," A fiat.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
PRESIDENT MAY
SEND MESSAGE
FAvoRS LARGER POWERS FOR
COMMISSION
Could Then Meet Such Conditions as
Car Shortage Brings-Hearing
at Spokane-Rairoad
News
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE presl.
dent today expressed his willingness tc
send special message to congress re-
garding the giving of increased power
to the Interstate commerce commission
to meet such conditions as that grow
ing out of the car shortage.
He made this communication in q
conference with interstate commerce
commissioners and representatives OF
the demurrage convention recently held
in Chicago
One of the demurrage reports told
, the president that because of dispute
between the railroad companies and
the consignees 1900 carloads of coal
were held at Minneapolis and several
hundred at Chicago. The president dl-
rected the interstate commerce COM
mission to investigate.
The commission already has submit
ted to the president a preliminary re-
port of the investigations made by some
of it's members in the northwest into
this matter and it will submit recon-
mendations very soon. When these are
ready the president will prepare spe-
cial message to congress urging neces-
sary legislation.
il The president made this announce
ment today at conference with
Messrs. Knapp, Clements, Harlan and
Clarke of the interstate commerce COM
mission and four members of the exec
utive committee of the national reclp-
rocal demurrage convention recently
held at Chicago. They included j. Van
Hoese, Birmingham, Ala, representing
o the Southern Wholesale Grocers' asso-
citation; George H. Emerson, Hoquiam,
Wash, representing the Pacific coast;
Donald A. Sage, Chicago, representing
the coal shippers, and e. Defenbaugh,
secretary of the convention.
The president took a deep interest in
the appeal presented to him by the de-
murrage representatives, asking that he
recommend federal legislation giving
the interstate commerce commission
power to deal with the question of car
shortage when such an emergency
arose, and setting out the serious con-
dition of affairs resulting from the pres
ent situation.
The presidents idea as expressed by
one of those present was that whatever
amendments to the interstate commerce
act on this subject may be enacted
they should not become operative until
JULY l. when the railroads would have
had ample opportunity to prepare for
the change.
Interstate commerce commissioners
unofficially say their recommendation to
the president will include some form
of reciprocal demurrage so that the car
rier may be penalized for delay in NOV
ing as well as the consignee for delay
in unloading cars and probably some
suggestions for the interchange of cars
by railroads to meet extraordinary de-
mands in one section not existing in
another.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

flooded and the water swept into many
easements, causing heavy damage.
Five feet of water was pumped out
of the basement of the National bank
building by the fire engine. The base
ment of the Press building and others
near First street and Pine avenue re-
ceived great quantities of water. A
clog in the storm sewer caused East
First street. between Pine and Locust
avenues. to become a lake of water
from building to building. The. side
walks and street were hidden beneath
several inches of water. The water
backed in on the first floors of several
buildings.
At Third street and Magnolia avenue
another lake formed and children from
the Daisy avenue school building were
carried across the intersection by two
men who waded knee deep in water.
Considerable damage was done IN
Hart Court by the storm.
Between and A O'Clock the streets
were almost deserted, the rain beating
down with unprecedented fierceness.
The present storm is one of the heavi-
est known in Salinas for the past
thirty years. Nearly an inch of rain
fell during twelve hours, making a
total for the season to date of 1908. the
amount recorded for the entire last sea-
son. The weather is extremely cold.
The thermometer ranges from "a to 4(s
The mountains on both sides of Salinas
valley are covered with snow, IN some
places three feet deep. Fremonts Peak
on Gabilan range is covered for the
first time in twenty-siX years.
Trains from Los Angeles are again
prevented from running owing to the
washouts at Spencer and a landslide
near Soledad o,.,.
Additional rains on the upper Gila
watershed have raised the Gila river.
The San Carlos bridge of the ella Val
lev. Globe & Northern railroad Is re-
norted gone and the bridge of the
Maricopa & Phoenix railroad between
Tempe and Maricopa was reported tot
tering again last night
There are heavy floods in Santa Cruz
county and much damage has been
done in Sonita valley. the southern
pacific branch line to Nogales has been
washed out and the wagon bridges on
the Santa Cruz at Calabasas are gone.
Two trains, a passenger and freight,
We're ditched by landslides. No loss of
! life is reported.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
SPOKANE HEARING CLOSES
Final Arguments Will Be Held in
Washington

BY Associated HIeSS.
SPOKANE Jan. 17.-Today closes
the Interstate commerce commits
sion investigation in the city of Spo-
kane's suit to compel the railways to
reduce freight rates. While further
hearings in other cities, final argu-
ments at Washington, D. c., and the
preparation of paper may defer the
commissions decision until April or
May.
Efforts are being made already to
forecast the result and the opinion is
expressed that neither side can expect
a complete victory.
1t is believed the railways have
shown water competition to be a prac-
tical factor which will not be ignored
to the extent of placing Spokane on an
equality with coast cities by giving a
general order for the establishment Of
terminal rates for this city. On the
other hand it is held that the plaintiff
has shown the commissioners at least
that a revision of existing schedules is
desirable.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Prouty announced today that a hear
ing on the question of the shortage of
railway cars will be held at Tacoma
next Saturday at 10 a. m.
Next Monday a hearing will be held
at Seattle on the subject of the Union
Pacific merger. The coal famine is eX-
pected to come up in connection with
the car shortage.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
MOTORMAN BEATS
OFF MAD BULL
HEROIC ACT SAVES LIFE OF
DAIRYMAN
Railroad Man Leaps from Car, Hurres
to Assistance of Fallen Worker
and Refuses to Give
His Name

Heroic work on the part of street
car conductor undoubtedly saved the
life of John Kulp, an employe of the
Lockton dairy on Acton avenue yester
day, when the latter was being gored
by an enraged bull wrich he had at
tempted to drive into a corral.
The animal had escaped from it's stall
and Kulp followed it into large field
where it had run. When he neared the
animal Kulp grasped at the ring which
was fastened in it's nose, but missed
ii. The pain caused by the twisting of
the ring caused the animal to become
greatly excited and enraged and it
turned on Kulp, knocking him to the
ground with its head. The animal then
attempted to gore the man with the
stumps of it's horns and to stamp on
him with it's forefeet kulp continued
to try to grasp the ring, but was un-
successful
In the meantime a conductor Of the
street car company had witnessed the
fight from a distance. He hastily
grasped the motorman's controller and
ran about two blocks TO the scene of
the conflict. When he reached there
Kulp was unconscious. but the con-
ductor succeeded in drawing the ami
mails attention to himself. He then
drew the handle of the controller
through the ring and by twisting 1T
succeeded in bringing the bull to sub
mission.
Kulp was taken to the receiving hos
ptal, where it was found his collar
bone had been broken and he was 9TH
erwise seriously although not fatally
injured. He was later removed to the
county hospital
The street car conductor refused to
give his name, but left the hospital as
soon as Kulp was placed on the oper-
ating table.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Symphony Orchestra Today

This afternoon at the Mason opera
house the Los Angeles Symphony or
chestra under the direction of Harley
Hamilton will present it's third concert
of the season. Owing to the length of
the Tschaikowsky fourth symphony in
F minor there will not be time to de-
vote to a soloist. The program this
afternoon is divided as follows:
Overture to Sakuntala, Op. a..
sd T., u ,,a tor fcr string Or
chestra, Op. 25..... Arthur Foote
/. Praeludium.
II. Romance.
III. Gavotte.
So ................. Tschaikowsky
1. Andante. @
II. Andantino in modo al canzona'
III. Scherzo. Pizzicato estimate.
". Finale. Allegro con fuoco.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
VIII raIk of Disaster

service tonight at 8 o'clock in the y. y.
hail. 521 West Pico street, THE Kings
ton Disaster" will be the subject of the
sermon by Rabbi Isidore Myers. The
service on Saturday will commence at
9:30 a. m. on Sunday evening the
congregation will dedicate a new scroll
Of the law (Sepher Torah), the gift of
NJ. S. Kornbum. The interesting GER
emony will take place in the Kornblum
hall. Griffith avenue and Washington
street. and during the evening ad-
dresses will be delivered by prominent
speakers, a musical program will be
presented and refreshments will be
served
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
BRYAN TICKETS
SELL RAPIDLY

over three hundred tickets for the
banaet to be rendered Hon. William
Jennings Bryan Monday evening, jan
uary 2S, have been sold, and the sale
has been in progress only four days.
1t is expected by those having IN
charge the disposal of the tickets that
the entire supply of 500 will be dis
posed of by tomorrow might.
Anthony Schwamm, chairman OF the
Democratic county central committee
and one of the three members OF the
Democratic club having in charge the
sale of the tickets, yesterday received
twenty-five additional requests for
tickets from outside cities.
Md Schwamm said last night that
MANY prominent Democrats of Los An
eeIes had not applied for tickets, evil
IDENTIFY being under the impression that
the banquet would be an invitation af-
fair and that they We're waiting for
the necessary invitation
Mr.. Schwamm said last night that
correct this misapprehension and warn
an that the banquet would be an in
formal affair and that as regards the
tickets 1t would be case of the first
come first served.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
STUDENTS PLAN
CLASS EXERCISES
EXPECT TO HAVE EVENTFUL
YEAR
Many VIII Graduate at Opening Of the
Spring Term--Hope for Con-
tinuance Of Class Or.
ganizations

The old scouts desire, "If 1 have to
die, l want to die game" has evidently
communicated itself to Los Angeles
high school pupils. The attitude of the
board of education and DR.. Moore seems
anything but favorable to the class or
ganizations, but the young people seem
determined, no matter what may come
in the future, to make this year the
banner one in school and class exer-
cises.
The frequent closing of the high
school on the hill is throwing studies
way back, and as the teachers insist on
completing the work assigned many
young hopefuls are being compelled to
burn the midnight electric that they
may answer when the roll is called on
class day.
Teachers are promising a week of ex-
aminations the latter part of the month.
which, like Banquo's ghost, will not
down.
February the senior A class will
hold it's class exercises at the Burbank
theater presenting Janice Meredith" +"
Janice will be played by Miss Grace
Brown, while Harry Seward will take
the leading role in the masculine char
acters.
The b class will precede the older
pupils with their class day at the
Belasco theater. Their play is the
private Secretary"
Both classes will follow their fes-
tivities with banquet the AS having
engaged a private banquet hall at
Levy's cafe.
No Graduates at "Poly"
About seventy-fve pupils will say
their final good bys to Los Angeles
high school next month. At Polytechnic
there will be few if any, as the school
has not been established long enough to
graduate a class.
The term at Occidental closes January
25 at which time about thirty pupils
will receive their SheeDSkinS. The new
term opens February 4.
The fifty outgoing students of the
state normal will have a round of en-
January 25 the senior
BIS will have a reception, their class
day coming three days later. January
20 the normal school class play will be
given, and the next day the presidents
is scheduled to take place at
Dr. Millspaugh's residence.
Several of the students who are to
graduate have already left school to
take positions.
High school pupils are having vague
visions of a school without organiza-
tions next year. DR.. Moore has fire.
luently expressed himself as being OPP |
posed to organizations of all kinds. The |
students expect to walk very circum-
specify during the next few months in
the hope that the new board will so far
forget them as not to take any action
on DR.. Moore's recommendation that they
be discontinued.
The proposed action against the fra
ternities which began last year stirred
up a very great deal of feeling, al
though only a very small part of the
pupils were affected. In attacking the
class day and all the sacred traditions
of the school the board will bring down
on it's neck the wrath of thousands
Of alumni as we'll as that of the 1900
pupils now at the high school, every one
Of whom is said to be Jealous for the
school organizations and traditions.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Balls OUT MAN
WHO STABBED HER

''I want to bail my husband out but
do not wish to see him. Here is the
money. Now keep him here until I
can get away" and with these words
Mrs. e. j.. Risden handed the Taller
at the city jail $40 and left the build
ing.
Risden is said to have continually
threatened his wife's life. Recently he
Is alleged to have stabbed her in the
hand Since he has been in jail she has
learned that his father has died in
San Bernardino and she decided to
bail the man out.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
BOYS LEAVE HOME
TO SEE THE WORLD

Walter Leauschen, Roy James and
Frank Koblaugh, three Los Angeles
boys who had decided to see the world,
ran away from their homes here yes
terday morning and were captured by
Constable Bagley at Cotton last night.
All of the boys wore short trousers.
The local police were notified and the
father of the Koblaugh boy was To-
Gated. He at once went to Cotton after
his son.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

tied as to whether Huntington Park
shall join Greater Los Angeles or in
corporate and go it alone as a CITY of
the sixth class.
All the more substantial citizens OF
the suburb, 1t is said, are in favor of
consolidation.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
OLGA steeb in Recital Tonlsht

Tonight at Gamut auditorium that
clever little artiste, Olga Steeb, will
be heard in an evening of piano music
assisted by Thilo Becker. The pro-
gram is diversified and has been ar
ranged to show the versatility and
musical knowledge of the young player
and composer