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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
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Hickman. 73i2 I2th ave. NJ. W..
maryn LAWN. ia Denny why: Mau.
rico Loander. 2s47 w. cath at: IL. u.
Newhouse. All Latona ave-; N. W.
Caldwell. e5fo 18th ave. q. w; En-.
nile cowden, 1914 gath ave; Charles
w. Angel. seo7 KIrkwood ave, ana
May y. jain. Lake City.
When the court receased. at noon.
three more Jurors had been passed
for cause
They are: MrA Adelaide Walters,
$500 s5th ave. & W: Mrs. Marie Gov.
ington. vashon island. and A. L. NIL.
Ter. Cascade Canoe club.
The Judge instructed the jury that
they wero TO report 10 him any at
tempt 10 converse with them or in
nuence any OF their members.
Mrs. Maryn LAWN. ia Denny
way. who lives NOT far from the
asnrtzrcns nj 400 Denny way,
whore Mrs. MAhoney In said to
have been murdered. said she did
Dot know any of De Maloneys, but
was excused from the Jury when
she said, u could no more vote
10 hang that man than I could
my own brother
Nahoney got n clean shave and ate
a hearty breakfast In his cell this
morning.
sherifrs deputies at the jail said
Mahoney was acting normal zane
at times. Insane" Mt others
Extra precautions were taken
by Sheriff Matt Star1x1ch and police
TO handle the anticipated fhrong OF
spectators According 10 Starwich,
Ms.honey's alleged threat 10 shoot his
way out Of the courtroom would not
be carried out
II. r. Rees. III Mob nm ave. was
the first spectator 10 reach the court.
room door. He and a young woman
who declined 10 give her name ar.
rived at : o'clock. an hour and half
before the trial was scheduled TO
start Rees said that he had tried
the door and found It locked.
Other spectators quickly gathered
and by . A. IN. the fourth floor CORR.
dor was crowded. At this hour Pc
lice Sergeant J. =. DOMAIN and a
squad of eish, patrolmen arrived
and took charge Of the crowd
The spectators were lined up dou.
bic file and ordered 10 keep their
places The crowd was made up Of
about half men and half women, and
Included a few babies and persons Of
silver hairs Several rows OF extra
benches were placed In the courtroom
Monday night.
AAhoney was brought IN hand.
cuffed 10 sheriff Matt Starwich.
y II IL charged by the state that Ma
honey. on or about April ia. caused
his wifc's death by drugging her with
heavy op,ate. stuffing her In a
trunk and beating her upon the head
with n hammer. He is then alleged
10 have sunk the trunk In Lake
Union.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
The Mattress Murder
Captain Tenants Greatest Achievement.
Just Reverse of Mahoney Case.
Had Body but No Prisoner.
HosD Tenant TrapDed Him.

erai hundred dollars m cash IN his
possession about the time he was last
seen. The detective concluded the
motive was robbery.
Ncighbors recalled. TOO. that a man
had been seen around tho Burk.
hardt shack sometime previously,
about the time tho murder must have
been committed
There In an old poyioe adage that a
murderer win return TO the scene Of
his crime.
Placing an his reliance on Che
truth Of this ndagc. remnant set q
guard to watch the Burkhnrdt place.
Day and nkht the guard kept up
the vigil. with the same persistence
that Tenant continued dragging
Lake Union for the Mahoncy trunk
until he found IL
At last the watchers were reward
ed. John Miller. man with n fam.
lily east OF the Cascades. was seen
approaching tho house and arrested
A few hours later he had confessed.
Today he is serving Life sentence
in Walla Walla prison
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
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from the Mahoney apartment. and
the rest was easy. lie had seen the
man ehove off into the bake with the
trunk In a small white ro~boat
KIDDING" DIDN'T STOP
LONG SEARCH
IF you had a trunk with a body
In IL. how far into the lake would
you row before you dumped the
trunk overboard7 Not far. Neither
did Mahoney. He dumped II quick.
That's how /. knew where TO look
for Il.
Plugging. and horse sense. That
wins In this business. A man better
throw up his job II he doesn't stick TO
n thing when he starts al H. IL took
a long time 10 find the trunk. Lots
OF my friends thought was crazy.
But the trunk was there. knew It
And we got H.
Had Mahoney taken his wife on
East. then murdered her. IL might
have been different He might never
have been caught. The body would
have been found but likely unidenti.
fled. say he might not have been
caught
But murder win out eventually
always. when confronted with inteiIi
gent Investigation"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
GARDNER seen
IN SEATTLE?
Georgetown Man Believes
He Talked to Bandit

Roy cartnc~ was socn Sunday
evening,
w. NJ. walker. living nj $50,
Duwnniish ave-. In Georgetown.
camo 10 The Star office Iate
Monday and declared that he
actually saw Gardner--in fact
had talked with him.
The man whom Walker believes
20 be Gardner. approached him about
duHk Sunday evening At the corner
OF Duwamish ave. and Corron Vt.
'-Iie WINS wearing old overnfis
which looked about four sizes too
small for him. walker said. -and
blue shirt. The shirt was 20 dirty
that couldn't tell whether there
were any stripes In II or not A
black SLOUGH hat was pulled down
over his eyes and he spoke with an
intense hoaraenens Ills face was
awfuiiy dirty and had about days
growth OF beard. Ills shoes wero Of
tan color. bui did no, look like mates.
~pcach OF n cold you havey" !
raid 20 him. Walker declared.
MY voice feels pretty husky now
just made n trip over the noun
tains.- the man replied. Walker
haid.
prom that statement I know that
he was lying" declared Walker.
because from the direction and the
time Of a certain freight train he
asked mo about. he had not come
from over the Cascades
-fIe asked me the time OF q GER.
tain freight train travelling in Ger
tain direction and I told him.
asked him why he did no, take a
passenger. which was due very soon
He declared that he difnt wish "a
ride passenger or mail train be.
cause they are looking for Gardner
on them This made me suspicious
and I tried 10 draw him over TO the
edge Of the sidewalk and under the
arc iiRht. where ! hoped 10 get a
better look NJ him.
s'ffe kept swinging his h~sd from
one nfc TO the other and never TO.
ward the light or street TIE man
e~en~d rather nervous and when
he ieft me headed immediately for
tho freight yards. where he dlsap.
peared.
Il know she freight which he
took declared walker. but don't
care 20 tell which one II was or
which direction I, was 10 go
Walker declared that he dld not
notify any police officials until Mon
day when he told city paroiman
in a poolroom at Georgetown. The
patroiran was sitting In" on a
game 81 rurnrny and said "he didn't
care when walker told him OF the
meeting.
Tho man answered the dc-crip
don Of Gardner. and I know that Il
was Gardner" asserted walker.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
II ca T
Warning TO Landlords.
Time TO Stoke Furnace.
Laio Effective oct. 4.
'TWM BE Enforced.


The day Of gloom for the land
lords h drawing closer. Under
the city heat ordinance. apart
ment houses and hotels must
furnish . minimum Of G5 do
frees. Fahrenheit between ..
q m and 10 p. m The law
gocs Into effect on October Isl
The old. rusty. furnaces that
are full Of hoics and SCOT. must
be cleaned up 10 comply with
the D~w law or their owDcrs
70 10 Jail
City b<alth Inpeetor Frasch
said Tuesday that the ordinance
would BE- rightly enforced
-We've got = nice jail all ready
for those Landlords who won't
buy fuel and tell the janitor 10
use it,
II you wake UP cold In the
morning. folks. call up the jail
housei
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20

Regarded by many NJ Capt Charles
f. Tenants greatest achievement
AZ a detective. the solution OF the
Aahoney trunk mystery In conasd-
cred by Remnant himself M mot In
II with the mattress murder case. !"
Tho mattress murder shocked
the Northwest early In 1919. and for
many weeks baffled Tenant and the
police homicide squad working un-
der his direction
II was the Mahoney case -the
other way around"
In the Mahoncy mystery. :he al
legged assasatn was under arrest. ana
all the evidence OF murder In the
hands Of the prosecutor--cxcept
that there was no body. no corpus
deficit. always essentiol TO prove a
killing.
i In the mattress mystery. the un-
identified body OF a man was the
starting point from which the dc.
tecuyes worked
The body. scwed IN a mattress.
was found by two boys In a gulch
near Renton Junction.
The head had been beaten In. As
In the Mahoney cnse, auickllme had
been uaed to eradicate the features.
The lime had even been used on the
hands and some Of the fingers were
missing. IL was apparent. however.
that death had been caused by nine
hard blows on the head with
hammer.
There was no clue found until,
after many examinations Of the dead
mans clothing. n family outlined
laundry mark was discerned on an
article OF underwear.
This electrified Tenant and his
two chief homicide men, Ralph Coch-
ran and O.. A. Bergstrorh. into action.
Every laundry In Seattle was visited.
Descriptions OF the laundry mark
were sent to other cities thruout the
Northwest. Finally. after several
weeks, a laundry marker identified
the clue as the mark he had given
10 Frank Burkhardt. a resident OF
West Seattle
Remnant went to the homo of
Bmkhardt and burst In the door. The
place was deserted. In the bathroom
he found evidence of, the ghastly
deed tina. had ended the occupants
life.
There were two finger bones In
the bathtub. II was evident. from
the fact that little blood was found,
that the murderer had struck his
victim as they stood beside the bath
tub, that Burkhardt had fallen, at
the first blow, into the tub. The
eight blows that followed finished
him and. the quicklime. poured into
the tub. had done the rest.
What the motive was, and who
committed the crime. were as much
mysteries as before.
Tenant went TO neIghbors. He
learned that Burkhardt was n bach.
eior who was known TO have had sew
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
BUSINESS men
FORM SQUADRON
Lay Plans to Extend Trade
Territory

Movement 20 expand Seattie's
trade territory In going TO begin i'm
nnediaiely. This announcement was
made by the Chamber OF Cofnmerc9
today.
Forty erecutfv~. of geatt1~,s
wholesale. u.anufacturfnR ana bank.
ing houses met Monday noon A
pir,n Whistle 10 perfect plans for :
flying squadron Of 100 which WIN -
in readiness 10 make excursions "a
nearby districts when occaaIon var.
rants.
.,s. ~or v,,,.s . ,h,.
s,ns,.,.a =, ~. - ~ ma. a.
- a. r.,..,a. rsaha Ia. -.
40 .ho,, 20 o,nrrs actty.i. ,,,e-r..
"a a, ~. ,,ove,,.n, TN rers.r.e,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20

AZ Mrs. Hardchcck or chance
visitor. His single good eye queries.
Where II my mistrcSsT-
The home where Virginia nappc
lived n lovely place. surrounded
by flowers and woii.kept lawn.
and artLsticaily furnished In ma.
hoEnny. On the walls arc few
pictures: above n uantsi L. q beau
tifui and apparently favorite pose
OF tho dead actress. Mrs.. Hartie-
beck Chances at II from time 10
time: Jsfrs single eye occasionally
turns toward L.
MIS-. Harticbeck n no blood 70
iaiion OF Virginia Rappe Upon
tho death Of Miss Rappe's mother.
~ years ago. abe came To live with
Mira. Hardebeck. and endowed her
with the title ''auntie.-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20

IAN this seems 20 unreal can
hardly realize that II Is but few
days ago since Virginia and Mr..
scfnnacher left for San Franctsco
with Mra belmont whom Virginia
never met untii the day they ieff
I fixed them q fine lunch. and
they started out Cor little outing.
but now-now--it has ended like
this
Jeff came waddiinx into the
room on ono Of hH periodic tours
In search Of HI, dad niistrrn- He
turned and twisted uncasiiy.
-Poor thing. he Just can't seem
70 understand why Virginia docsn'i
come homs-do you boyr--rcach.
inw down to pat him Well she
did come home but not--uot--as wc
wznfesi--her--to--c
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
by LINTON WELLS

BY LINTON WELLS
Los ANGELES. Sept 2o.--in .
beautiful white, spanshstyie
bungalow. located on tho odgc OF
Hollywood. there arc two mourn
era
One Il Mrs. Kats Haricbeck.
aunt" OF Virginia Rape for
whose death Roscoe Arbuckle. film
actor. must face trial. tho other is
jeff. . brndls bulldog. one time
protector and par Of tbs dead
girl
Dryeyed MIA Hardebeck sits In
. spacious. tastefully furnished
room where lately there was an
other spr1Ehsiy presence JEFF walks
aimic~-iy about the house shifting
in corners. stopping and looking
at the front door. turning TO giancc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
PRISONERS GET
LIBERTIES BACK
Mcneil Penitentiary Again
Normal

M'NEIL ISLAND. Sept TO-
Normal conditions were being re.
stunned at the u. y. penitentiary herr
today for the FIRST time since Labor
day. when Roy Gardner. famous
mail train bandit escaped and two
other convicts were laid low with
rifle bullets. one killed. in their at
tempt TO follow him
Prisoners privileges and liberties
are being restored and Warden
Thomas Maloney has. at Last. called
in his water patroimen as well as
his land guards. He has concluded
that the fugitive has either left the
island or In dead In the tangled
brush.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
Republicans Expect
to Win at Santa Fe

SANTA FE. N. NJ, Sept. 2o.--Re-
publican headquarters here today
predicted the election OF Senator IL.
o. Bursum by a plurality Of 5000 or
more Fine weather turnout the
state made a heavy vote certain.
Democrats claim victory for
Richard Hanna Socialists and in
dependents also have candidates In
the field.
This IL the first election IN which
the people Of the state have had an
opportunity TO approve or disapproye
Of the Harding administration. and
because Of this Is creating more than
usual interest.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
Says Lawyer Eased
Letters to Clients

E. ID. DonneIiy. attorney for the
four alleged bank bandits now in Gus
tody IN the county jail. was accused
Monday by Sheriff Matt Starwich of
smuggling letters thru the bars to
his clients. while talking TO them,
and at the same time receiving
messages to be carried 10 their
friends. Sheriff starwich has order.
ed that Donnelly and his clients
hereafter converse thru the heavy
wire screens In the regular visiting
calls.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
Girl of IL Missing;
Police Asked to Aid

Police were asked Tuesday to
search for 17-year-old Marie Call, who
disappeared from her home at 1905 4
Warren ave-, Monday afternoon. 40
cording to the girls mother. Marie Is
thought TO have left for Yakima with
n young man with whom she has
been acquainted.
Yakima police are cooperating
with Seattle police In an effort to To-
cate her.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
American Is Slain
by Mexican Troops

WASHINGTON. Sept 20. - An
American citizen named Carl II.
Tabb was shot and killed Sunday
night by Mexican soldiers In the
southern Oil fields near Tampico, the
state department was advised today.
Tabb was an employe OF tho Mexi-
con Gulf oil Co.
The American consul at Tampico,
who reported the shooting TO the
state department. stated that the
scant details at hand indicated the
thooung was accidental.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
SUBMARINE IN
PERIL AT SEA
Another Vessel Rushes 10
Aid 80 Miles Off Cuba

WASHINGTON. Sept 2e.-Ths
naval submarine RET Is IN distress
about 90 miles north Of Guantanamo,
Cuba. according to a report 10 the
naval radio service here.
The Osmont, a small naval vessel.
is rushing to her assistance from
Guantanamo. No report from ths
latter has been received Unless .
storm develops. II is believed the sub
marine can weather the sea until az
siHtance arrives.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
Plan Conference
on Birth Control

Preceding the bicentennial Of the
American Health Association. a
birth control conference will be held
In New York city November IL. IL
and -. Among the topics which
win be discussed, the more import
ant are: The question Of over-pop-
ulation and its relation to war.
famine and misery: the personal in
dividuai problems OF the mother;
the best legislative means OF break
ing down the prevent laws affecting
the Information relating 20 birth
control. the discussion and drafting
OF future work that will be done in
America
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
Killed When Train
Hits His Handcar

Failing to hear the whistle of
Union Pacific passenger train be-
ca'ise Of a high wind off the Sound.
Nick Stratos, As. section hand, was
instantly killed Monday afternoon,
two miles north Of SteiIacoom when
tho fast trail struck his hanacar on
which he was riding.
Stratos WAS riding in the same d.
rection OF train. south The train
rounding a curve. according TO the
engineer, could not he stopped in
time to prevent the fatal accident
stratos was rcplenishing semaphore
lights along the track. He is sur
viycd By . wife and family In
Greece.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
Joke SEEMS TO
J HAVE BACKFIRED

roRTT.AND<-wayne Bsrez.rl and
,. A. Jones werr found guilty OF hold
ing ~ the Portland local Of the
Boiierrnakcrr union They insisted
the whole affair was joka Judge
Belt couldn't REQ r. -Thrce years
zach In the PEN said hixonner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20
DR.. Prince Named
Envoy to Denmark

WASHINGTON. Sept 7o.-Dr.
John ID. Prince. OF New Jersey. has
been selected by President Harding
as American minister to Denmark,
II was announced ut the White
House today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20

A young Afghan rarely secs his
bride before the day of tho we'd
ding
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-20

An inventor has designed : ms
chine to punch and issue transfers.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-09
Prairie Has Largest
Storage Capacity


There is At this time I'm storage In
the United states approximately
zoo, 600 600 barrels OF oil. This is
TAR the largest since before the wa
and 10000, 600 barrels OF this oon-
sists Of crude oil imported from
Mexico. The storage facilities In
this country ara not greatly in cx-
cess of the amount now on hands
but AT the same time a steady flow
OF additional storage Is keep. up.
The Prairie oil Il Gag Co. il the big
grst buyer OF d-Contlncnt crude
oil and has the largest storage facili-
ties Of any of the leading STANDARD
oil companies, one year ago this
company had SO. 900, 900 barrels ca
pacity and since then has added to
this amount The significance OF
This or the big thing In companies
owning large storage capacity IL
that they are In n position to-pur-
chase crude oil at the lowest prices
the oil Industry has seen for years.
They can then store II until the
market comes back up to n point
where II can bc refined and products
can be sold at attractive prices.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-09
Shipped First TruiniOdd

The New York Journal of Conn
merce calls attention to tho fact
that the Union Pipeline n Refining
company has the credit of shipping
tho first solid train Of gasoline from
tho E~ldorado. Ark, field. compris-
Ing II cars of 5000 gallons each.
II was handled through the Gustaf-
son-Spencer corporation. At this end,
II IL reported by the Gustafson- S'pcn-
Ger people, hat the Union Pipeline
n Refining company is making four
cars OF gasoline every day, which
certainly speaks well for the crude
oil used over there and Ia all the
more surprising when n reflects
that many OF the hcs' OF the old
time oil mon declared In tho begin.
Ming This Eldorado crude viii never
be worth anything, because, II IN
impossible to separate the oil and
the water" There never was II pool
anywhere that surprised people 80
much as that Of Eldorado.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-09
F0rfy Feet nj Sand win
UOic FuU nj Water

~ a stephens No. 3 on tho J. ~.
Champion farm. IN tho northwoat
corner 81 the r|outhonHi ~ tho north.
cast ~ 27-tH-2w. which han reached
III" top 81 10" SAND NJ a depth ~
Fan fno'. has drilled 30 f"ct In the
pny and the hole IL fun Of oil. Tho
dtill is aill, IN the e1nd
tn" No ., ON She Same farm, in
th" 7"u'h"cai corner of the north .
wcr' ~ the auuth'as' Of tho north D..
oIf'. Nhi'h vas brought in several
weeks arp, is %sw1hhing $50 barrels
from 10 sand found a. q depth ~
'i32 ." aGi foot lts initial produc.
ton WIS $50 barrels.
Magma on n Refining co. No. G.,
ON Tho D"Bcrty farm. in the aouth.
west corner ~ the uorthc1s' ~ tho
northeast ~ 27-ts.7vt offsciting tho
Simpson Champion 2 on tho north.
h1. standardized tho rig. and viii
arm ont tn" plug within tho" mex,
Tow davis Development south ~
Hewitt has proved that the sand
q dip ~ about 100 foct to each
eighth mil" aouthVnrd Production
farther north r. obtained NJ y shall
depth. IA" Humble wells on
tho ward farm I'm tn. southeast az
% -ts-2w producing from tho SAM
at 2.10O foot.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-09
Counting Chickens Before
Then Are Matched

a writer In oil News, published
In London, In discussing New Ica-
land oil problems where much of
the gasoline manufactured in tho
United states is now going, calls at
tention to the fact that nm up-to-
date refinery of large capacity was
built down In New Zealand before
there was enough oil uncovered To
run the plant. The writer asks, "llow
on earth ny sane body Of men sit
ting az a board OF directors could
have sanctioned such a policy n
still wonders; and as for ~su-callcd
expert advice which led to events
in this order of happening, well, II Il
liz on record. we should like to see
It,"
Even in this country, tho same
thing happened car Jackshoro
Texas, and when II comes to expert
advice. the man who would hav.
been influenced by the statements
made by the very voluahle and wise
DR.. Ralph Arnold, of California whd
predicted that the Mexican ol
fields would all go into water Ia
two years would certainly be kick
ing himself by this time, and II
Ia only n little over six montha since
DR.. Arnold made his famous dag.
nosis OF the Mexican fields. And
moreover, there " plenty Of time
for the doctor to pull off something
new In his line of prophecy because
certainly the trueet saying "
heard IL hat Men run true to
farm
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-09
EidOrddO Field Has
a Good Week

ELDORADO. Aug. S,-The week
ended August 6 was on of the best
from a standpoint OF new wells and
now production that the Eldorado
field has seen during the past three
months, ttVe new wells coming In
saturday and n fourth which has
started to making "A noticeable
amount OF oil bring the total list OF
competitions for the week UP to 90
and add considerable oil to the
flush production record OF the field.
The five wells which came In sat
urday were: The Louisiana Eldoradn
company's second well on the Decou