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THtatATTLE ; _^_ THE SEATTLE ».. --, -__ _ ||| ~™^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ — Sg NO. 222. X PAUPERS TO DEFEAT ANNEXATION i FACTS CONNECT MILLER WITH MURDER mlt- Prosecutor Perry Is Positive That He Had a I Sbre in the Killing of Hugh McMahon a Year Afo. BY T. J. DILLON. [ WW* the >-'■-■ against Peter Miller in connection with Bss»k?of Hugh McMahon as yet may be legally weak, I, gasHy stron... and every person who has had anything Igfciiii the ca-c> is morally certain that Miller's part in the j_4_«s an; important one. ■ kit'■•'-' place Miller atlmits pawning the diamond and lalste from McMahon's body. I Jfift. is'willing tobelieve that the murder was committed fcb t*p pal- Smith .'and Rose. I Jffltf »•:■ lus dealing with these men taking the <lia iriiii watch to Spokane, and securing the release of Smith Bjfteewhtii they were arrested here a* bludgeon men. boasted to Williants of having tried to garrote 11. i Hpßsfk'.i in Spokane, with Smith and Rose. Smith paid ISflcfor assault These facts, all admitted by Miller him Bprfsoaeepiible of other proof, connect Millet very closely mt—* MeMahpn crime. pli*ldttionj there "are the plots ..kill E. R. Butter* It Capt. Tennant and Herbert Mansfield, which Ik' confided to his j*onng accomplice, Roy Williams. In*', Story Straight. ; . to!It . straight ' stories j Matte*? plotting* to'kiU, wllh . sad « . topographical ■let* ■&_; conclusively that In. --a mm. UM and the details met killlags discussed. ffmnrMi* thai Miller went WtmAttn-* pains to Instruct ■baste*-. Of nrro.tr.*. ______PK>t under the name 881 KM- it.*- until, he waa at •sm illlaius he was known ■a**"-IBM* landlady his name MS-tattf The name Peter M li f »«Bw'. by Attorney Tom bids taken Into con- point i strongly to Mil xtioa la ihe McMahon I Pfry It Certain. Proaseuttr* Attorney __*> I Parry Is morally certain Vans* is th» man. denial-: tffOtJ to* ; aside til Miller's whom A police brutality to se ttloa of tb* Ytitir.s FT' ' .Miller readily told I mm burglaries. I ■*nVi MOP. '• In Miller man aat aae to light that he had on* die McMabon diamond and *-*.. Ait perry this mornln.. Ttt a* tare the slightest of «*tfhtowthi the burglaries, be mm I ■_*- that he had ad •*Mtt(» before t became Id- I **Wto '.*,. case. hIMoMM the coroner's Inquest S^__t m*m '■ ***& ws* satisfied w ■fcos had been murdered, ***•&&;that !_, only cine we _w**>*** Mart with would be the Jh**! *l Ike diamond and sratcb. 2"**atSr »•,.• I |.-i rne d of "■ri.twasctioa with these I 7*h.Mo hlm. I talked with Pfcr ***** hoars, during which mth toM me of a dozen burglar ***•; thrilling escapes and jwr Istrldents. I paid no at g» » these, aa 1 understood SfW told tbem all before. bae. as i told t. {!*«!_». •J Inquiry by asking , mLT__% WB-«*lt*lla told me ra*"» la Gwinanlown. Pa. I J?*"**. Mm where he was W_m* Sates. and be readily Zt_-, *U* range of operations RWJ.Io be from Los Angeles *t_^t,V_ i.trom h*re a* far ?"'"' ''' He tow m* «hat *wUi»U. ne l»",ln*»» »el»ng ~t_Wieated soap. Wbtlsplam Thanksgiving. V ' was killed on K« Mil a year ago. I «h^^ U,n *MUi" l««'M *H!i _? Bt* envious to the JJ* sadl then leading up to No %*_aw n ******■"<* Miller I Vht (L!*.*, ***** Id November, C 7.7. he,could noc re *£_L I**a raade no mention of IBjtJrtiaieyer. Miller posl a m I*** hit irher. » * (J,,r,n * Wmy** McMaiK .* M mw **>• WILLI N*F** t*'l lb* I **** W. m r!*nd" *h0 C",ll< __SSit h[a 'lltlß Will, Pallia'«*'/"" mjr pm an<i ■■ I fi^'il_ ni,v° *ny «**•• II * ' f^uJl*' *lth a J"I» that I S i? ,hln« to <*<> with. !S*?BWMm fc ß^|,? Urter•, Thls I ILII **_' Volu "taera Denial. 0 Si^'LnM ,re a,nnh,n« «•» <■<■ sL^*K U,!dMll,,r' 'Hmlh I I &*T it);. I." 4 K_*w*mi*AmT7r — *-~ —— - ■ ■<B *_*.• Beven.) "». . . \ LOVE OR HATE; WHICH CAUSED THIS MURDER? AUBURN," Oal. Nov B—lt waa asserted here today that IS.OOO Ufa insurance, paid upon'lb* death of Joseph Armes, is being used to em ploy counsel to prose. Alma Hell. tba year "Id girl. ho is being tried oa the charge of having murdered him. The work of getting Jurors to ; try the girl, who la known person-, ally to almost everyone In the commnnlty. Is progressing very slowly. The fact that for four years the waa tba sweetheart of Joe rn-s the aaa of a wealthy i rancher, and the fact . that after she killed 'rim. « lifeless child was born to her, arts- known so well that , almost every man .who la called sb taleamao admlta that be has a fixed opinion. Fallowing Is a brief outline of the district attorney's plan as disclosed by him today: Prosecution's Plan. "We are going to show," he said. "that these two people bad been lovers liar * long lime. It will come out Ii the testimony that the girl weal to tbe bouse where the broth ers were living and that she spent nights there. "We will show that they had a disagreement. She wanted to marry htm and kept pestering blm. He got tired of ber and wished to get rid of hei attentions. There was no thought of marriage on his part. "We will show that the murder wits premeditated. Sho had been practicing with a revolver soma days 1,. fore the killing, and went to his bouse tbat night with the Intention of murdering htm. We will lay stress on the Tetter in which sbe tells her intention of killing him. Will Jury Believe It? "Wa are.going to prove thai she suffered . from hatred, deep-sealed, burning hatred, and that the crime was committed In hatred," contlnuca thf diatrlct attorned The dffense asks: "Will the Jury be able to con calve of this bioodlustfng hatred after they have watched this pale girl sealed b'sltle her white-haired mother In court, and after 'b. . hare heard her heart-rending story on the witness standT "Will they be able to picture In their. minds such a hatred when they hear on the stand the testi mony as to how she stood weeping outside that lonely cabin on the night of the killing, Imploring to be allowed to see her lover? win the evidence of Mrs. Fit* g«*rold, ' who house Alma went just after she had fired the shot that killed her sweetheart on that starlit trail, Indicate to tho Jurors' minds liberate malice, the essen tial element of murder?" !■*■. The Engagement Ring. The engagement ring will ho nn Important link In the evidence that Joe had promised to marry her. The defense Is confident that tho court I will not permit any testimony hy the prosecution that «iii Jend to blacken the girl's character. The Issue, they Kay, will bo confined solely to the question: id.; he promise to make bar his wife, and was failure to keep thai promise sufficient to causo tempo rary Insanity?" DOCTOR'S FERVID MAY PREVENT Abandoned Wife of Dr. Janaon Making Bitter Fight to Prevent Former Husband From Posses sion of Their Child. "I scarcely knew hew lo torn mence this latter, for no mat. tar how I word it It will cause yaw: the greatest sorrow and grief tike a thunderbolt from the clear sl>. It will etr.kt you. "Regard it as a link In ihs chain of fate, which has been meted out to us before we cams on 'earth. The lima has coma when our paths in life must divide. _ I have found my sout companion, th* only wom an who can maka my life happy •—can make me feel that life it worth living. "I met hor in Dresden and we had not been together three days before we fell thai fate had destined us for aach other. I tried to restrain myself and tried ,to eserelse my greatest self-control, but in vain. I might as well try lo stop a whirlwind. The rsianttsaa law of Karma had to take lta course regard less of suffering and Ultra. 'Oo not attempt lo coma to ma or ask ma to come to you. II would only Interrupt my ttudtt here ant cause unneces sary suffering. Do not appeal to my father love or ask me child to interfere. I cannot change my determination, but It will only add burning coals to my head. . •- ■'■ ■: "Oo not prejudice our son against hla father, but try to screen him from evil tongues from the outside. I only hope that ' your heart will not be filled with too great bitterness toward me. but thst yeu will always regard me as the best friend you have on earth whom you con turn to for counsel " 1 The loiter above, which tells of ; lb* finding of a soul mate and the casting off of a wife, it but one of the numerous marital sensations which developed today before Superior Judge Prater, tn the suit brougbt by Dr. Xliv toaaaa, a wealthy pbyslclan of Seattle, to gain possession of Roderick Jan son. his son, from Mrs Albertlne Mrs JansonOeorge ta the woman east off, tbe one to whom the above letter waa written, and st the same time the woman who ) when cast off hastened to wed sn other man, Charles B. George, « prominent attorney and editor of Tbe Lawyer and Hanker, of Tn coma. she is In possession of the boy. He was glran her to rear wben sbe secured a divorce from Dr. Janaon following his finding his soul mate. And the soul mate, Ilodlt Ham* merlcb-Janaon, the actress found In Copenhsgen, now tbe » if.- of lit Janson. tin* morning admitted on the witness stand that tbls was her second venture as an affinity. Janson Tails His Story. The narration In court of this strange life story began last-tYl day.when Dr. Janson mad.- an effort to prove that Mrs. Janson Oet.rge and Charles i;. Oeorge, her present husband, were not fit per sons to rear. his son. To prove this Dr. Janson brought out tba story of love affairs of George. WgpHinß lie secured the admission of th< story of the suit brought by Ida George against George for mainten ance, In wbtch Ida L. George claims that George mo- married to her when he wooed and wed Mrs Jan son, following Mrs Janson's di vorce from l)r. iiitis.iti Then to day Mrs. Janson-Gcorgo bad bar Innings. Weeping copiously and shaking wtth itrained sobs, Mrs Jan son-George told of the sorrow Slid grief she underwent when she re ceived Urn letter written by Dr. Janson Informing her that he no lons'''" cared for her. She Quit Him. She told of the atruggle with herself to let her husband alone ami not to cause him annoyance, aa be had asked her to do, and she said nt after several fruitless at tempts to regain his love and af fection she willingly bowed to tin* Inevitable, "1 sacrificed all of my pride and my love for my husband, whom I still loved," she said, "and I told him that, my only hope was that his son would not grow up ami curse him for leaving his mother for an adventuress." At noon, In tho middle of Mrs. Janson-Oeorge's testimony, ■ recess was taken until this afternoon. I.urller 111 tho morning the present Mrs. .liiiiriiti, formerly li.i.iii flammerlch, the Copenhagen actress, testified that she became Infatuated with Janson the mtnute hlio . 11 A him. And she also admit ted under cross-examination that sbe had been another man's affin ity, had been the soul mats "f the manager of her theatre for seven years, when she knew that lie had a wife living nt the time, A child now li years old lives as ii result of this "friendship," MBBSSi jmu,jt.. ■ a-.H'i.--;iTw»-~-iirgßTe-TWCr^yss-^jr^-^.x.'^^ it SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1909 LETTER ABOUT AFFINITY RIM FROM GETTING HIS SON MRS. JANSON GEORGE AND SON. Whom Father and Mother Are Fighting for In Court. *************** ******** * ** * * , ■' '' * * * CHARACTERS IN STRANGE MATRIMONIAL MIXUP. * * DR. ELIV JANSON. of utile*, am ■'■ wealthy ph)*l- * * dan who deemed bis wife in Munich. Germany, In 1907, for * A a Danish actress. * 1 ■ * * SODIL HAMMERICH, the actress, now l>r. Jsnson wife. . * eg* about 3.', who admits slo* broke up one hoi before meet* * * Ing * —i n •*'flnir'TilMrrnn^TMli||jyjitF. p piMiiiriiii N^MMPN * * MRS. GEORGE, deserted wife of I)r. Janson, now * * the »lftr of Charles K. tj«irs". T aroma lawyer. Age 35, * * CHARLES E. GEORGE, attorney and editor of The Law* * * rer and Danker, a Tatoma tuagatin*>. also an es-eonvlrt, who * * I situs to have a complete exoneration from Uov. lienecn, of A A Illinois. * * RODERICK JANION, II years old. eon of m and Mrs * * Jans.vi. and the object of present fight. * * MRS. IDA L GEORGE, who claim* George as ber bus * * band and who Is now suing his for maintenance. * * - -.' • jt.-mmjmmwmm * *•*•..*......,,.*•* * * ************ GRACE VAN STUDDIFORD DIVORCES HER HUSBAND lilt I nlle.l Phh.| . ST. I.OCIH. Mo.. Nov I.—Orace Van Studdltord, the opera - singer, waa today granted a div.in .■ from her husband, Charles Van Btttddl ford, a St. Louts traveling sales man. i Van Rl ml.liford was a wealthy : real aetata man when she married him. but be lost his fortune Bhe went back to the stage and made another, which went the same way. ATTEMPT TO CRACK SAFE AMATEURS BUNGLE ONE JOB AND THEN GET TO AN* OTHER OFFICE. Amateurish safe crackers made an ineffectual attempt to blow the strong box In the offices of the Washington Broom * Woodenwaro Co., at Hlxtii .iv W. and Nlckcrson st., last night. It in believed that the attempted safe cracking W| r . done lii ill.. •am" persons who demolished the safe In th* tiffin-* of the Seattle I'ltrn Co. .a few nights ii. ii. which, which successful, was a bungling lob. Evidently dtsgasted with their failure at the broom and wooden ware plant, I lit- sate crackers next forced their way Into the offlre of the Great Western Lumber Co., at Third in W. and Ea Ing st. The outer door of in- «»f<. was open and the burglars simply forced the Inner boxes open. Nothing but val liable inip.lH wars '.'lk.'H LAUNCH WRECKED; TWO NEAR DEATH Mr» I W. Cains, widow of Cap miii r.iitii., mid bar son, William E. ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ ¥¥ ¥ ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ *- A * Little Pearl Hensen, of Bremerton, was very happy a week * * J go. With a great big delicious stick of red snd white candy, * * she crowed with sll the happiness of 18 months. „ She waved the * * candy In her hand in glee. , * * Then came a shrill cry of psln. She had thrust the candy * * Into her eye. Her mother, Mrs. Charles Hansen, sent for a * * doctor, post haste. The doctor looked at the eye. "We want * * to get her to a hospital at once," he said. "It wul be a miracle * * if her sight Is saved." * * All week the.,J,est physicians In Seattle battled at the City * * hospital for the baby's eyesight. One eye was tsken out. The * * other was affected. The final verdict was given out this morn- * * Ing. It was one that made husky the voices of even hardened * * hospital attaches who hays seen many scenes of anguish. * * "Pearl will never see again, said the doctor. "She will * * always be blind." * *••.? . -■ . ¥ mt ******* ¥ ***¥¥¥**.*,¥ *********** GRACE VAN BTUDDIFORD. Grtmshaw, narrowly escaped death from drowning when their 46-foot cruiser, Dolphin, crashed Into » in* Saturday night on Lake Washing t..n I**,*, fur help were lienrtl In ClaJr C, #hrier and Archlo Dollonf, who fare the alarm Capt. Bill Al ien, In the launch Itoroth), rescued Mrs. t'Min.- and Mr. Itnshaa. In lets than five minutes tbe Dolphin waa under water, except the point of tho fore-deck. 'I'll., ac 'l.l. occurred about 200 yards off Msillh.hi Part GANG WHOSE METHODS HAVE PUT GEORGETOWN TO SHAME NOW USE COUNTY POOR TO CINCH CONTROL ARTHUR W. L. DUNN. SIX ROUST TO DEATH BEHIND BARS OF IH Trapped by Barred Win dows, Factory Employes Fought in Vain to Es cape. NEW YORK, Nov 6.—Six of nine men burned to death in it fire which destroyed the celluloid fac tory of Hubert Morrison * Bon to day, were trapped behind Iron barred wludowa on tin lower floor. The six victims, being shut In Iby the flumes, struggled Insanely at the bars. As the flames ap proached they were actually roast ed to death In the sight of the street. Their horrible lea of agony were heard for blocks away. j The work of the fire waa so awlft, however, that aid was Impossible. with tie" full realisation of their predicament, tin- utter hopeless ness of their escape, and face to face with death In Its most terrible form, these frenzied men gave vent to cries such as human ears have seldom heard. Stouthearted firemen hardened by years of serlvce, in which they lino- been In contact with anguish and distress, were sickened by this equaled exhibition of human suffering. ■ **************** * '■■ "* * THE MENACING JOY RIDER. * *" - * * CHICAGO. Nov. 9.— The * * bodies of the sutoists who * * were drowned last night when * * their machine ran through an * * open draw on Jackson st. * * bridge, have not been recov- * *ered. * * It is not yet definitely known * * whether four or six persons * * met death In the accident. * * Chief of Police Steward la- * * sued a sensstlonsl statement * * todsy declaring that he would * * Investigate the accident solely * « tor the purpose of punishing * * "joy riders." * * "A few more accidents of * * this kind would be a good * * thing. The elimination .from * * public life of a lot of law * * breakers known as 'joy riders' * * would be a positive benefit." * _ _*,-_■..,.«-_*■»*.**&*__.*. ,*!.,,,;-,.,,,*r-,..,. 5 ,. ,, „ ¥ ¥ **************** SILENT ON POLITICS. Tin regular meeting of the Hap tlst Ministers' association was held this morning nt tin Y. M. C. A. Contrary to all expectations, Iho ministers mini., no mention of pull tics or tint coming election, but die cussed nothing but ministerial sub jects. * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦Mil * * * BANK CLEARINGS. * * * * Seattle, * a Clearings today M.tM<MM*Bl * * Ilalunt-tts ■ 399,064.8» * * Tscoma. * * I'l.-arln. h In.i.iy 51.100.553 * * llulancea ICN.SI4 * * Portland. * * Clearings today ...... 11,745,614 * * litres .......... 11l Ivi * * * ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ Supt. Corson and Georgetown Officials Work To gether to Help the'"Gang" in Suburb-Men Who Are Not Citizens of United States Are Paid to Vote—Old, Lame and Blind Herded to Polls in Autos —Unique Gerrymander from Hospital to Farm to Help Ward 3, Where the Gang Was Doubtful of Success. BOOZE IS FREE FOR PATIENTS WHO VOTE WHY GEORGETOWN SHOULD COME IN The roadhouses will be wiped out of existence. Cedar river water will be available. Efficient fire and police protection. Free mail delivery. High school privileges. Water for the new school, which - otherwise must remain closed. Water will be delivered to the hill residents. Municipal bankruptcy will be averted. In a last desperate effort to defeat annexation and the moral "clean-up" of Georgetown in the municipal elections to be held in that town tomorrow, the sick and decrepit of the county hospital and poor farm will be herded to the polls and voted as residents of the city. Between 25 and 30 of these county charges were loaded into automobiles and hustled to the city registrar's office last week, some of them too old and sick and infirm to write their own names. One old man, too weak to walk, begged and pleaded to be let off, but Dr. Corson drove him along with the rest, and on the city hall steps when he collapsed the old fellow was picked up and bodily carried into the registrars office, and his name was written down as that of a bona fide resident of Georgetown. . . Today the saloons are crowded and booze is flowing freely. The saloon men, with great braggadocio, boast of having an nexation beaten and Slocum elected. Slocum has publicly prom ised that Georgetown will be wide open when he is mayor. BY ARTHUR W. L. DUNN. Look around the county hospital a little while and you'll soon strike the tangled and twisted trail that leads into the realm of crooked Georgetown city politics. The men who have made the name Georgetown a thing for good people to blush —who supported the existence of roadhoiiKcs in their city till a great tragedy forced them to get under cover— for a while the men who have played with Georgetown politics for years and swung its city policy—these men have gone to the King County hospital and poor farm for votes—and have got them. INMATES TAKEN TO THE POLLS TO VOTE—AND PAID TO VOTE "THE .RIGHT WAV— BEER AND WHISKY BROUGHT TO THE POOR FARM JUST BE FORE ELECTION AND THE UNFORTUNATES EN COURAGED TO GET DRUNK THAT THEY MIGHT FEEL RIGHT TOWARD THE "GANG." FREE DRINKS FOR THE INMATES BEFORE ELECTION AT GEORGE TOWN ROADHOUSES—THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS DONE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEN IN CHARGE OF KING COUNTY'S POOR. I had not been at the hospital long before I struck the trail of Georgetown politics. I hit it again at night when I walked through Georgetown saloons with Orderly Belcher. They were talking over thereand counting over there— "the pauper vote." I learned of it from inmates and patients at Georgetown. I was told how 20 patients were moved the year of tho last election from the county hospital to the county farm—and the reason. THE HOSPITAL IS IN THE SECOND WARD. THE FARM IN WARD 3. WARD 2 WAS CONSIDERED SAFE, WHILE WARD 3 WAS DOUBTFUL. SO THE SATUR DAY BEFORE ELECTION SUPT. CORSON SENT 20 PATIENTS FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THE FARM. THEY REGISTERED SUNDAY AND DULY VOTED TUESDAY IN WARD 3. Orderly Belcher told me the story of how —though not a citizen of the United States—voted at the last election, on th© advice of the Georgetown politicians. And was paid $5 for voting. He told me other things. "A lot of us from the hospital," he said, "used to go over to Georgetown almost every day and get a skin full. Nobody had a cent, but we got all we wanted. "The day before the election a couple of politicians over (Continued on Page Seven.) ONE CENT