Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-02
RADDING PLANNED THE JOB
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| ANXIOUS 10 De relnStated In their
favor. He importuned me to aid
him in doing this, and asked me to
assist him in persuadlng several
firms now on the unfair list to go
back to union principles, so that
he would get the credit of having
turned them back, and thus would
be able to make good with the
| unions
Radding's Dirtiness Turned Down.
"He asked me to help him in diff
ferent ways" continued Mr.. Wills,
land insisted that I see George w.
Bates, with whom he considered me
to have some influence, in an en-
deavor to have him make his place
fair He wanted to make the
unions think he was a great man."
"About six weeks ago." continued
Mr. Wills, coming to the meat of his
story, Thomas G. Devlin and
were together, and Radding was
with us. At that time Radding. in
discussing municipal affairs, said It
would be a great joke If we could
catch the mayor with some woman,
and proposed that such a plan be
worked out with our assistance. He
said that by making such a coup we
could turn the whole municipal gov
ernment into one great body
turned the plan down and said
would have nothing to do with such
scheme, and Devlin also repudl-
ated II at that time.
"T heard nothing further of any
such proposition" concluded Mr..
Wills, "and had forgotten It until
the happening of Thursday. I never
saw the woman, Mrs. Waymire, or
L. L. Mandelay, and do not know
anything of either of them. | be-
lleve this-that If DR.. Lane was gull
ty of such a charge as has been
made against him he should be pun
ished just as any other man, bu5 |
II he is not guilty, he should be fu!-
ly vindicated and those implicated |
In the plot against him should be |
fully punished by the law. / do not |
believe In any such method of re- |
venge or any such plan to discredit |
a man or an official, and would no. |
be a party to such a scheme, there !
fore l have told what / know in or
der that II may throw all the light |
in my power upon the proceedings"
Devlin Interested i'm Radding.
Radding since the conversation |
with Wills and Devlln has been be-
friended by the latter, who sought to
secure him employment with the
Portland Railway, Light G. Power
Company, and interceded in his be-
half with S. G. Reed, secretary OF !
that company. Since his arrest Dev-
lin has also interested himself in
Radding's behalf.
Long prior to this time and up to
the time of his arrest Radding was
a great friend and co-worker with
Ferdinand Il. Reed, who was the
private organizer of the North End
district I'm the interest of Devlins
for mayor. II is supposed
10 have been at Reeds instigation
hat Radding sold out the labor par
" and failed TO file their nomina-
lions for municipal offices after
having been intrusted with the list
Is secretary of the organization.
Radding has borne a bad reputa-
ion since he first set foot in Port
and just prior to the opening of
he Lewis and Clark exposition He
has been proven a spy and traitor
~ the unions with which he affiliat-
ID, and was frst,repudiated and then
brown bodily out of the meetings.
lie Is known TO have consorted with
women here, there and everywhere
bout the lower class saloons of the
own, and since the time he made
lis proposition to discredit the may
- "A'h 'HS aid VI Nouldh udu
zen an occasional visitor to a sa- !
oon in company with Mrs. Way
nire, his companion and accomplice
n the badger game attempted .
thursday.
The story told by Councilman
Wills bears out the statement of C. $
1, Habyl, organizer of the painters
nion, who told of Radding's state /
lent that he was to receive $1,000 @
or a deal to be pulled OF last {
Wednesday, and in which a woman
nd prominent man were impli- \
ated. II
Mrs. Waymire's hearing will take I
lace tomorrow morning before :
udge Cameron at which Tina all =