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Willmar tribune., 1909-01-13
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nands. These were carefully compared
with the blood-print ON the door of the
railway carriage, and the marks of the
right hand were found to correspond
fairly we'll with the blood-stained i'm
preston on the door of the coach.
The trial occurred at the next ses-
sion of the general criminal court.
Sir Robert Collyer, the solicitor-gen-
eral, had charge of the prosecution
which was based entirely upon cir
cumstantial evidence. It was charged
that Muller had committed the MUIR
der under a sudden impulse; that
standing at the station he had no.
ticed Mr.. Briggs watch and chain and
jewelry, and was filled with an over
whelming desire to possess them: that
on the spur of the moment he had de-
termined to follow him into the car
riage. The victim resisted, but his as.
sailant determined to possess the val
uables, no matter at what cost. He
had tried to choke Mr.. Briggs into in
sensibility, and not succeeding in
that, had seized hold of life pre-
server such as is carried in English
railway carriages and had used it to
batter in the head of his venerable
victim. There was deep wound over
the ear, the skull was fractured, and
there were several other blows on the
head. Following up this presentation
OF the crime, the distinguished solic-
itor-general presented, piece by piece,
the bits of evidence which, in his
mind, convicted Franz Muller of the
murder Of Thomas Briggs. Sir Robert
Collyer said that it was the strongest
circumstantial evidence which had
ever been brought forward in a mur-
der case in his time. Muller, on his
part, set up an alibi, but it was not
very well substantiated, and the jury
without the slightest hesitation, re-
turned verdict of guilty.
After his conviction Muller insisted
that he had been found guilty upon
false statement of facts. His case
was taken up by the Society for the
Protection of Germans in England.
and the most powerful influences were
exerted there and abroad to obtain a
reprieve for the convict. I'm the mean.
time, Muller was urged to make a
confession of his crime. He evaded any
direct response to this appeal, usual.
ly saying: "Why should man confess
to man? Man cannot forgive man:
only God can do SO. Man is therefore
only accountable to God" He persisted
TN maintaining this attitude until the
very last He was not vicious man
in any manner or way, and it was
quite evident that his crime was not
premeditated, and this fact at times
caused some uneasiness of conscience
to his captors. His refusal to admit his
guilt was perplexing and disquieting.
Finally the day Of execution arrived.
A German pastor attended him to the
scaffold and urged him to make his
peace with God. The black cap was
placed over his eyes, and the rope was
adjusted about his neck. The execu.
toner prepared to give the signal
which would launch him into eter
nifty. At that psycno:ogical momen,
Muller leaned over and whispered in
j the ear of his pastor:
Il did it.
The next second the drop had
slipped, and Franz Muller lad gone tc
meet his Creator.
/! Copyright. 1908. BY W. 6. Chapman.l
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-13

OtuSr uurT1eQ lnVeS1Gatl0N, IN the
course of which half of the police Of
ficers Of the London force were en-
ployed, was made and as result of
which It was learned that Muller had
tional steamship company within 49,
hours. He had purchased tickets for
America, and only that morning had
left the London docks in a sailing ves'
sci which was bound for New York,
by way of Canada.
Public excitement had now grown
intense, and there was general in
dignation over the failure of the au-
thorities to arrest the culprit. Many
weeks had gone by and although the
police had discovered and followed
several important clues, the guilty
man was practically as far away from
them as he had been in the beginning.
Col. Frazer realized the Importance.
of prompt and speedy action and he
at once formulated plans by which
two of the shrewdest detectives in the
metropolis were detailed to go to
America to arrest Mr.. Franz Muller.
Bobby Smith, the cabman, and Mr..
Graves, the jeweler of Cheapside,
were sent with the officers for the
purpose of identifying Muller. This
curiously assorted quartet Immediate
ly went to Liverpool and took the first
steamer across the Atlantic It proved
to be the "City of Manchester" which
in its day was one of the fast ocean
liners, but which at the present time
would be ranked among the slow
freighters. However, the sailing vessel
in which Muller took passage was
even slower, and it was calculated that
the "Manchester" would reach New
York some days before the Victoria
It was an anxious voyage, and the
time was counted with feverish impar
tience; but the expectations of the
pursuers were realized and the "Man-
chester" reached New York more than
48 hours ahead of the Victoria" The
four men waited on the dock, and as
soon as the vessel reached the pier,
they went aboard. Muller had been
quite sick on. the way over and he
came on deck looking pale and care.
worn. Mr.. Graves and the cabman
recognized him at once and shouted
in unison:
That's the mani"
The two detectives Immediately
| placed him under arrest and before
leaving the vessel made a search of
the prisoners box. The watch belong.
ing to the murdered man was found
in his trunk, wrapped up in a piece of
leather. Most audacious of all. Muller,
at the time of his capture, was wear.
ing the hat which belonged to the
murdered man. It had been cut down
and somewhat altered, but there was
no difficulty in finding traces which
made it correspond to the article OF
headgear which had been in the family
of the victim for many years.
Through the cooperation of the
American authorities, extradition pa
pers were speedily prepared and the
prisoner went back to England in the
custody of his four captors, arriving
there in the middle Of September q
the year of the murder. Although the
Bertillion system of Identification by
means of thumb-prints had not beer
perfected at that time, the first steps
taken by the authorities was to secure
the impressions OF the prisoners
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-13

| stranger entered the room. tie was q
short, stout, red-faced man, wearing a
blue coat with brass buttons. The
man carried a whip and from his
dress and manner was evidently a
cabman. He saluted in an awkward
manner.
rs this Col. Fraser?"
1T u.s." was the terse response.
"And may you be the chief of po.
lice?"
That's what am called some.
times" was the indulgent response.
"Well, my names Bobby Smith"
"Glad to see you. Mr.. Smith"
I'm cabnan."
"An honorable vocation" responded
the colonel, with smile.
Il understand you're investigating
the murder of Mr.. Briggs"
| At this Col. Fraser was all atten.
tion. He scanned the mans face care.
fully and replied:
Eyes, am. Can you furnish me with
any information on the subject?"
Il don't know" was the response
''but have little box here that may
interest you.''
Whereupon he handed Col. Fraser
a jewelers. little card box bearing the
name Of Mr.. Graves, the Cheapside
jeweler. The officer looked it over
and said:
where did you get this?"
1T belongs to my little girl.' wa
the reply.
Where did she get it?"
1T was given to her by a man who
lodged with us-his name is Franz
Muller. He left very suddenly after
the papers had become full of the
Mystery Of the Railway Carriage"
This was news with a vengeance
The cabman was taken in hand and
subjected to rigorous cross-examina
ton. He told all about his German
lodger and said among other things
that the man had left his photograph
on the bureau in the second-story back
room where he had lodged. The police
Immediately secured the photograph
and Col. Fraser fastened to Cheap
side and presented it to Graves, the
jeweler.
did you ever see that man." he
inquired.
Il did," was the reply. "He is the
foreigner who came here and ex
changed the chain on the day after the
Briggs MURDER
Col. Fraser returned to the cabman's
home and held another long interview
with the red-faced person who had sc
providentially furnished him with 9
clue.
The caDby proved to be veritable
mine of information. He testified
among other things, that he had pur
chased the hat which was found in the
railway carriage, doing so at the re
quest of Muller, his German boarder
1t was learned that Muller had trans
ferred his residence to a cheap lodg
ing house in the Whitechapel dis
trict This was carefully guarded, ant
Col. Fraser having supplied himsel
with warrant, went there one morn
ing to arrest the suspect. Two mel
we're stationed in the front of tn,
} house and two in the rear, and Coz
Fraser. himself, went upstairs to maxi
the arrest. He hammered at the door
: There was no response. He burst
: open, and found-nothing. The room
/. was empty. The bird had flown. Ar
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-13
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Irish League Honors President.

T. P. O'Connor was presented with
bis portrait in oils at Leeds by the
Irish league of Great Britain, in com.
memoratton of his unbroken presi.
dency Of the league for 25 years.,
John E. Redmond mads the presenta.
tion and paid tribute to Mr.. O'Cen.
nor as a safe. consistent and cour-
ageous guide for the Irish people IL
Great Britain. John Dillon alse spsl1a
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-13

HE time was an even.
ing in July, some years
ago; the place the sta
ton platform of the
North London Railway
company at the Metro
politan borough of
Hackney. A number of
passengers were there,
awaiting the six o'clock
local from London. 1t
arrived presently, with
bell ringing clanlorous
ly and engine putting
up great clouds of
smoke and sharks. The
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-13
er and His Wonderful Capture of Crook

Hurried In<'es1i6a1ion, a Trip
BY Ni66f and Other MySfer/-
o1zs Features Are I,7ocuLofed
Into COL FraSer'S System, Of
Arrf'0in6 at Identity Of tie
Criminal ParfieS-Scene Is
Placed in al, E7$lIsh Station.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07
this morning to take in the circus pa
rade and performance.

this morning to take in the circus pa
rade and performance.
r. r. Wood OF the Columbia Land
company was among the number OF
Elks coming up from the new town OF
Stanfield this morning.
]. e. Halter and wife of Umatilla,
came up from that town last eve-
ming on a business trip and remained
over to see the circus.
Col. Alden j. Blethen, the proprie-
tor of the Seattle Daily Times, passed
through the city yesterday He is just
returning from the east.
j. NJ. Roger, a prominent rancher
of Pilot Rock, is caring for business
interests in Pendleton, having come
in yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Robert Stanfield and daughter
came up from Echo this morning on
the excursion train and joined their
husband and father in this city.
w. A. Sayers, one of the prominent
ldIiHerS VI lle Couhty, ~ a L eHuictoh
visitor today, having come in on the
Northern Pacific train this morning.
Editor j. p McManus Of the Pilot
Rock Record and T. e. McGnitie of
the Interstate telephone company, re
mained over to see the circus instead
of returning to their homes in Pilot
Rock, this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs Anson Woods drove
down from Weston in an automobile
this morning and are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Will M. Peterson at
their home on the north side, Mrs.
Peterson and Mrs. Woods being sis
ters.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07

OF this county but from as far as Ba-
ker City and as far north as Walla
Walla. They are here singly, in pairs
and in groups.
While the parade this morning was
good and the performance this after
noon was so creditable as to elicit the
heartiest applause, the part of the
days program which is to come this
evening is expected to be the climax
of the whole. The entire circus and
all its paraphernalia is to be turned
over to the Elks and the parade which
will follow will be an event long to
be remembered.
Trains Bring Many.
Today's crowds have been both large
and orderly The excursion train ar
rived from the west end of the county
at 10 o'clock and while it did not
bring 500 or 800 excursionists it did
bring 10, the number guaranteed by
the local lodge. Trains from the
north and east on both the Northern
Pacific and o. R. & n. brought in
large numbers, while horses, buggies
and autos brought others in from all
directions.
Some of the Program.
Here is a glimpse of the program
that will be rendered tonight by the
members of the antlered herd, ac-
cording to the promises of the press
agent.
Lectures in the animal tent by
Frank Sloan, H. D. Gray, E. A. Mann
and L. G. Frazier.
Clown photographer, Major Lee
Moorehouse.
Jumping over the elephants, Clark
Nelson, Winn Stewart, Willard Bond,
George Hill, George Ferguson, Wood
Paisley, Roy Alexander, Fred Earl
and the Norris & Roe vaulters and
tumblers.
Ringmaster, ring No. 1, Frank Fra
zier.
Ringmaster, ring No. 2, Fred Judd
Clown song. C. E. Roosevelt, assist.
led by F. w. Vincent, T. C. Taylor, W
A. Brown, R. Alexander, and w.
Clarke.
Clown stunts, Hermiston bunch.
Fake giraffe sctunt, w. A. Slusher
Charles Bond and Leon Strausz.
Trick mules, J. N. Burgess and oil
yer P. Morton.
Leaders of clown band, Fred W
Lampkin and District Deputy Levina
Clown stunts by the Echo bunch.
Concert ticket sellers, Mayor E. j
Murphy. Leon Strauss and Lee Drake
Fake Elks' initiation under the di.
rection of James Kyle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07
Many New Roads.

This has been a road session of the
county court. Twelve road petitions
were presented and total of II roads
were ordered vacated or established
The twelfth was the Milton road
against which such a protest was
made that the petitioners withdrew
their petition and announced that
they would try again.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07
BUYS at HermistOn.

W. A. Wylie, a north Pendleton
property holder, has purchased liz
acres of land adjoining the town of
Hermiston and under the government
ditch. The land lies just east of and
not a mile distant from the heart of
the town. 1t is practically level land
and will be easily improved
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07

James Sellers has returned from
Alberta where he went several days
ago. He says it is a great country,
but that he is delighted to get back
where the sun shines.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07

Lyle Beeney of Susanville, Grant
county and his brother Lee Beeney Of
Pilot Rock, are the guests of Pendle-
ton friends for a few days, having
come in from the Rock yesterday af.
ternoon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07

Col. f. S. Ivanhoe, district attorney
for Union county, returned home last
evening after being here since Mon
day on business before the suprem.
court,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07
YOU HAVE
No Idea

Of the amount of good Hostetter's
Stomach Bltters VIII do you or you
certainly would not continue to suffer
from Stomach, Liver, Kidney and
Bowel disorders Don't delay any
longer when relief Is So handy
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07
Fonr r.egged Chlcken natched.

Tacoma, May Mrs. Roseburg of
the next poultry show because four
legged chicken was just hatched at
her poultry yard
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07
Marriage license.

A marriage license was issued this
afternoon to Lyle ]. Berry and Alice
Faye Welch, both of this county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07
CITY SURRENOERS
To ELKs' CIRCUS
PEOPLE COME FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

Pendleton Streets are Swarmed With
People Who Come From all Direc-
tions TO See the Elk's Circus-Ex-
cursion Train Brings Many From
West End-Walla Walla and Ba-
ker City Represented-Many Stunts
Promised Tonight.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

has benefited so many people during
its Sc years experience that we do not
hesitate in saying 1t will help you,
too. Try 1t for Dyspepsia, Indiges-
tion, Bloating, Heartburn, Costiveness
and Malaria.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-07

Amid all the splendor Of one Of
eastern Oregon's finest of fine spring
days, the circus came to town this
morning and the young Pendleton-
ian has been in his glory ever since.
And from indications the word
young" is to be applied to all male
inhabitants under ninety years of age.
This is not the usual circus day 1t
is an unusual one for the big show
that is here today is under the aus
pices of the local herd of e1ks and in
consequence there is something doing
besides the regular program. True,
the regulation circus is here from the
peanut and toy balloon vender to the
monster elephant. Our country cous-
ms are in, gayly bedecked in holiday
splendor and cohtentedly cunching
popcorn rolls or chewing gum. The
regular parade was also held at the
appointed time and while somewhat
Abbreviated, was real circus parade
Faks Are Here.
These are all here, but in addition
the men with the white cap, antleret
head in his buttonhole or elk tooth OF
his watch fob is here, there and every
where through the crowd-and it is {
crowd-one of the largest and mos
orderly ever seen in the town. This il
the E1ks circus and the Elks have
gathered in, net only from every par
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
DEMAND BOULEVARD
TO THE CROWN CITY
WOULD PUT FINE PAVEMENT
ON SAN PASQUAL AVENUE
Special Meeting Will Be Held by
Property Owners Tonight to
Plan an Active CAM
paqn

Improvement of S..I Pasqual ave-
nue. with petrolithic pavement from
Arroyo drive in Pasadena to the end
of Pasadena avenue in Los Angeles,
thereby making a boulevard connec-
ton, will be taken up tonight at a spe-
cial meeting of the Arroyodale I'm
provement association. The meeting will
be held at the home of the president of
the association on San Pasqual ave-
nue..
Action probably will be taken
toward a division of expense between
the property owners and the county.
If this plan meets with the approval of
the lot owners on San Pasqual ave-
nue. the supervisors will be asked to
appropriate money for half the ex-
pense and an agreement for property
owners to sign relative to their shares
Of the cost will be circulated at the
meeting.
1t is estimated that the proposed i'm
provement, which is less than mile in
length, would cost $4,000 for a forty-foot
roadway with the new pavement on
Pasadena avenue, the suggested i'm
provement on San Pasqual avenue will
open a boulevard between Los Angeles
and Pasadena. The construction of the
bridge across the railroads and the
Los Angeles river at the west end of
Pasadena avenue and paving Buena
Vista street are other contemplated i'm
provements for this highway.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
CATCHING Criminals No ChiId'S Play

door Of the room was opened cautious
ly and out walked the wife beater, who
felt certain that he was safe. The po-
liceman waited a few seconds until he
was sure of his prey and then threw
the prisoner to the floor. In spite of
the fall the wife beater put up a fierce
battle, and it was later found that the
defender of the hotel citadel was suf-
fering from delirium tremens.
In August of the same year two
neighbors called up the house of this
same officer and informed him that
they believed some burglars had en-
tered a nearby house. The family which
resided at the place of burglary had
gone away on vacation and had the
electric lights cut off. The policeman
borrowed a lantern and, in company
with a night watchman, entered the
house and made a search. In one room
he found a burglar hidden under the
bed, and another tucked into the rolls
of a big comforter, making an at
tempted imitation of a bunch of bed
clothes. The men were taken up.
The man trackers and guardians Of
the law continue to pursue their quarry
with never ending vigilance, and they
meet the suave bunko steerer, the
-maniacal victim of delirium tremens
the crafty safe blower, the bloody
minded assassin, the alley hold-up
thug and the refined and accomplished
swindler in Kaleidoscope succession
Craft and cunning are met with greater
craft and cunning, and added to this
is the incentive Of glory in upholding
the laws.
The greatest victory in the world is
not that of Hastings, Austerlitz or
Waterloo, but the victory of the forces
Of law and order who daily sweep the
forces of evil before them and daily
win battles which make the others pale
into insignficance.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
HIGHLAND PARK WILL
DEMAND BIG CHANGES
RESIDENTS ARE PLANNING TO
INVADE CITY HALL
Street Conditions, Aqueduct Plans and
Parkway Ideas Are Stirring Up
Citizens of PopuIous
Section

Residents of Highland Park Will
throng the city hall this week with
several protests which they want the
board of public works and city council
to tell them about one of these is
about the proposed storm sewer on
Monte Vista street, involving a $4,000
assessment, and against which practi-
cally every lot owner in the ASSESS
ment district is protesting.
Another complaint is against the con-
dtion of Marmion way between Ave-
nue. Fifty-seven and Avenue Sixty
where the contractors putting down
the asphalt paving on PaSadena avenue
have left huge piles of boulders and
other material.
A third source of uneasiness is why
it is announced that pipe lines are to
be laid through the Cahuenga pass to
bring the owens river water to the
northwestern part of Los Angeles while
no plans are apparently made for SER
vice to Garvanza and Highland Park
with a line by way of Eagle Rock.
Protests have been extensively signed
against the creation of an assessment
district for the Monte Vista street
storm sewer. 1t is claimed by those
opposing it that most OF the benefit
to be derived will go to the Los An
geles Railway company, which bears
no part of the cost.
AS an outgrowth of this movement
a counter request will go in for i'm
proving Monte Vista street It's entire
length with petrolithic paving, for
which the railroad company would be
assessed for a width of twenty-five
feet along the center of the street, and
the property owners would pay for ten
feet each side. 1t will be argued that
this pavement will carry off the winter
floods satisfactorily, while t.-e improve
ment Of the street will be much greater.
The protest against clogging Mar
mion way has likewise assumed larger
proportions than at first conceived. Not
satisfied with a request to clean up
the street, the residents will ask the
city to make a parkway at least three
blocks long on that street. 1t is pro-
posed to cut off twenty-five feet ad-
joining the right of way of the Santa
Fe railroad and to request the railroad
company to add fifteen feet for a park
forty feet wide. If necessary, some Of
the citizens will promise to plant trees
and aid in keeping the park watered.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
Dates of Sale

To Colorado points--August to IA
inclusive.
To all other points-August 9 to 13
inclusive, September 7, s, 9, 10, 13, IA,
IS.
Return Limit-October 81. 1909.
On Account of National Conventions, Will
be sold to all applicants as follows:
Columbus, Ohio--National Association Sta
tionary Engineers. Sell September to 10,
Rate $3.50.
Denver, ColO.-TransM Comm. Congress.
Sell August to IA. Rate $500.
omaha, Neb-Grand Aerie Fraternal order
of Eagles. Sell September 7 to H. Rate
$1,000.
Omaha, Neb.-w. c. T. U. national conven-
ton Sell October Is to 1s Return limit
so days. Rate $4,000.
PIttsburg, Pa-Churches OF christ eonven-
ton. Sell october 4. and 8. Return
limit, November 80 Probable rate $500
Toledo. Ohio-Supreme Court order of For
esters Sell August Is and 19. Rate $3.50.
salt Lake City, Utah-G. A r. encanmp-
ment Sell August to 9. Return limit.
September Is. From stations Los Ange-
les 10 San Bernardino rate via Salt Lake
route both ways will be $50, and return
ing via san Francisco, 1918.
Rates from San Pedro and Long Beach
will be 10 cents higher in each instance
than shown above.
Unless otherwise stated, return limit OF
all tickets will be October 81.