SLAYER OF HADBER6TELLS STORY OF DEED
John Klingenberg Admits Shoot-ing Victim at Command
of William Gobi.
MONTESANO?Link by link thestate is forging its chain, of evidencearound William Gohl for the murderof Charles Hadberg, whom John Kling-enberg killed on the morning of De-cember 22 at Indian Creek, at th«command of William Gohl, under fearof death unless he carried out th«order. Taking the witness standKlingenberg, star witness for the stateand confessed murderer and accom-plice of Gohl, related step by step theactions of him and Gohl during thefatal night and morning when JohnHoffman and Charles Hadberg are al-leged to have been slain.
He told of the arriral at Hadberg'scabin on Indian Creek and the inci-
dents immediately preceding theshooting. When he came to his shoot-ing of Hadberg at the alleged com-mand of Gohl, his roice broke forthe first time and tears, unquestion-ably geunine, welled up In his eyes.His testimony made a decided impres-sion. He did not seek once to shieldhimself, yet there was no bravado ap-parent. He painted himself in darkcolors, yet his story had the sound oftruth.
Though the attorneys for the de-fense plied Klingenberg searchlngly
with questions during the examina-tion, he answered all without hesita-tion and not once could he be tripped.One of the strongest pieces of evi-dence yet introduced by the state andwhich caused the greatest amount ofsurprise since the opening of the trialwas the Identification of the 38-caliberautomatic revolver found in the tidefiat mud close to the body of Had-hers. The number of the weapon
had been sent to the factory and fromthere traced by duplicate invoice towhere It was found to have been sentto William Griggs, then owning ahardware store. Griggs also pro-
duced the invoice showing that thenumber of the automatic on the in-voice corresponded to the gun foundin the mud. Griggs further testifiedthat he had sold the gun to Gohl.
W. N. G. Officers Relieved.SEATTLE ?Colonel Otto A. Case
and Captain Maurice Thompson of tlieSecond Regiment, Washington Nation-
al Guard, have been relieved from ac-tive duty by Adjutant General George
B. Lamping. C|ise and Thompson willretain their rank, but will be unas-signed. Two weeks ago LieutenantColonel W. L. Lemon, of North Yaki-ma, handed In his resignation to pre-vent being drawn into the politicalquarrel which resulted in the depos-ing of Case and Thompson. His resig-nation has never been accepted andhe will have an opportunity to re-consider it, as the removal of Caseand Thompson leave him next in or-der for the command of the regiment.
Three Charged With Manslaughter.SPOKANE ?Warrants charging Po-
liceman Louis Gilder and two womenfriends with manslaughter, were Is-sued by Prosecuting Attorney Pughjust as the women, one of them alodging house landlady and the othera midwife, were preparing to flee to
British Columbia. It is charged thatGilder hired the midwife to perform acriminal operation on Hose Elliottwhom he Is alleged to have betrayed,
and that the landlady was a party to
the crime. The child, it Is declared,was burned In a cook stove In thelandlady's house.
Alaska Officials Demand a Hearing.SEATTLE?Former United States
District Attorney John J. Boyce andformer United States Marshal DanielA. Sutherland, of Alaska, who weresummarily removed from office by
President Taft, April 27, arrived inSeattle on their way from Juneau toWashington, where they will demanda Congressional investigation of thecauses leading up to their dismissal.They have received word from. Sena-tor Borah of Idaho that he willassistthem in getting a hearing in Wash'ington.
State Senator Bryan Acquitted.SEATTLE ?State Senator James
Bryan was acquitted by a Jury In theSuperior Court of Kitsap County ofthe charge of perjury, preferredagainst him in connection with anaffidavit made by Senator Bryan, re-flecting on Judge John B. Yakey, ofthe Kitsap Superior Court.
Move to Divide County.TOPPENISH ?Taxpayers in all of
Yakima County below Union Gap as-semble! in their various precinctsWednesday to discuss county division.An effort was made to crystalize sen-timent in favor of ft division of Yakl-tu County.
SIDELIGHTS FROM OTHERCITIES IN WASHINGTON
CONCONULLY?Citisens of Loomishare filed with, the county -coiaflrts-sioners a petition asking for the in-corporation of thelrtown.
PORT TOWNSBND?A pitched bat-tle In a saloon at Sequim, la whichseveral heads of wits and drys werebattered, has already marked the localoption campaign in Clallam County.
SEATTLE?With close to 100 dogspoisoned and not one arrest made, thebelief now prevails that an organisedband, who have for their object. theextermination of all the dogs In Se-attle, 1s at work In this elty.
TACOMA?The ashes, that remainafter the cremation of the body of A.N. Bradley, aged 73, will be scatteredon the waters of Puget Sound, accord-ing to Bradley's dying wish. Bradley
had resided at Tacoma 22 years.
MOUNT VERNON?According toAssistant United States Engineer J.M. Clapp, the improvements on theSkagit River, from Fir to the month,will commence about July 1. Themoney for the purpose, fIOO,OOO isnow available.
SOUTH BEND?At the last meet-ing of the Council South Bend fell inline with other progressive elties otthe country by passing an ordinanceforbidding the sale or use, on July 4,of all kinds of fireworks and ex-plosives.
NORTH YAKIMA?The fear of localfruit men is that the Northern Pacificrailroad will not be able to furnishnearly enough refrigerator cars forthe prompt moving of the enormouscrops of soft fruits which Is expectedfrom the Yakima Valley this, season.
PASCO ?Not since President Roose-velt visited Pasco three years ago hasthere been so much InUrast In thevisit of a character of National fameas that of Carrie Nation, who washere Tuesday, and lectured at theMethodist Church in the evening.
DAYTON?This week will see thecompletion of Spring orchard plant-ing in the Touchet Valley, and accord-ing to leading fruit men, upwards of75,000 trees, representing planting of700 acres and an Investment of aquarter of a million dollars, have beenset out here.
NORTH YAKIMA?A recent meeting of the citizens of Granger exon-erated Sheriff Dekraay of all blame
I in connection with the death of Pat-| rick Griffin, who was burned to death| In the jail there. It had been rumored
that the burning of the jail was toburn up evidence that the prisoner
Jiad been beaten.HUSUM ?The Applegrowers' Union
of the White Salmon Valley will erecta cold storage plant at Underwood.The deal has been under way forsome time, but the prospects for alarge 1910 fruit crop compels theunion to erect a building at the near-est shipping point for the White Sal-mon Valley ranchers.
NORTH YAKIMA?To discuss theproposition of the county commission-ers of Yakima County to bond thecounty In the sum of f625,000 to buildpermanent trunk roads through thecounty, prominent taxpayers and otherpersons have been asked to meet withthe commissioners at the June meet*ing. The proposition willbe voted onat the general election next 7all.
SPOKANE ?From Spokane Countywill emanate the request for an earlyDemocratic state convention, to takeplace ahead of the Jrtatsconvention which willbe held at Ta-coma, August 3. The Democratic statscentral committee will be asked tomeet and if the request from thscounty is granted the convention* willbe held in Spokane Instead of on theCoast.
SPOKANE ?The Spokane CommonCouncil which has dsjgandsd of theMilwaukee and North Goast roads ter-minal rates as a condition of gratingthose roads franchises for enteringSpokane, has reversed itself. By avote of 7 to 3, it has rescinded itsaction indorsing the Ostrandsr amend-ment which required terminal ratesand set May 17 as a date for furtherconsidering the different phases of
the franchises sought by. the railroadcompanies.
SEATTLE?Senator John L. Wilson,Judge Burke and John 38. Humphries*the King County candidates for theUnited States Senatorship, announcedover their signatures that they willabide by the spirit and the letter of
the primary law. The announcements,were made in reply to anopen. latterfrom Miles Polndexter. The defeatedcandidates at the primary election laSeptember willnot penalt their namesto be used as candidates by the Lsgls>
lature.ELLENSBURG?The coal prospeets
on the Crocker place in the Nanismdistrict discovered by Wm. and Thos.discovered by William and ThomasPearson last year will be developedthis Summer, and .the county oonaiesioners will be asked to rebuild thecounty road to the. Nanum in order <that the coal mined fnay be broughtto the valley and that machinery andtools needed in the development ofthe property can fcft.fgaeed toothsmountain* at* alifmttM Mat
THE BANDIT CHIEF,A of the Wild Days of
>4be Past Id Mexico.
By . WALTER MAILLARD.(Copyright I*l,by American Press Asso-
ciation.]
The government of Mexico is todayvery different from what it was whenthat state shared in the revolutionsstill common in Central America. Atime was when there was no safetyfor any one in that then turbulentcountry. That was when the banditsflourished.
At this time lived Cortina-, the great-est bandit that Mexico has ever known.While factions were fighting for thepresidency the country was in a stateof chaos, and Cortina met no obstacleIn his wild career. He rode throughMexico like a cyclone, murdering andpillaging by the way. What he didwith the wealth he took was not gen-erally known. He certainly did notcarry it about with him. He spent agreat deal when in a position to usemoney, which was not often, but eventhis would not account for the enor-mous amounts he should have accumu-lated.
Some supposed that he had hidingplaces in the mountains and that even-tually he would buy immunity of thegovernment for his crimes, make somerestitution and still have a vast treas-ure left. But Cortina never gave evi-dence of having such treasure. Therecame a time when be could have usedwealth if he had had it to save hislife. Either he did not attempt to useit thus or it was refused. The lattersupposition Is not to be entertained.
There must have been some hiddenreason why Cortina was permitted toplunder and why he did not grow rich.There have been many theories, butonly one that fulfills the conditions.
A certain man was aspirant for thepresidency of Mexico, To perpetratea Mexican revolution money is re-
THE WAN WAS COBTINA.
quired. This man. whose purpose itwas to overthrow the existing gov-
ernment, had no means. It was sup-posed that he bad an agreement withCortina by which the bandit was tofurnish the required sum. In otherwords, so the story goes. Cortina wasto be permitted to pillage the countryon condition that the lion's share ofthe plunder be turned over to the pres-idential aspirant for the purpose ofattaining his ambition.
When the revolution was accom-plished it was supposed that an effort
would be made to capture Cortina andpunish him for his crimes. But thegovernment did uot appear to be inany hurry to do so. Cortina still sweptover the Mexican plateau, perpetratinghis lawless deeds. There came a time,however, when the people began tomurmur, and many unpleasant rea-sons were given why the bandit waspermitted to continue his devastations.Then at last a body of mounted sol-diers went out to where he was .oper-ating, captured him and brought himto the capital.
Everybody was surprised at the easewith which the capture was accom-plished. It had been supposed, ex-cept by those who pretended to know,
, that the robber chief would make asplendid fight. Instead he surrender-ed Angloriously. The wise ones' lookedwiser still and whispered that since
, Cortina had furnished the money
which bad, x established the existing
government there would naturally bean . understanding between him and
. that government. He had permitted* himself to be captured. Would heisuffer the penalty of his crimes?Those who knew most thought not
Nevertheless Cortina was tried, con-victed, and sentenced to, death. Thedate of, execution wasj reserved for thegAvejrjameat to fix. Meanwhile theCCimlnaJ was confined in prison at thecapitals Several weeks after the sen-tence the day had not been named.
many months elapsed, and Cortinawas still living. Then came an orderfrom the .
government to his jailersthat be should be permitted to go outo® parole each day. After that Cor-tina he liked about thecity.on liis promise to return to prisonat evening.
There have been criminals fromtUns,4mmemorial who have won thesympathy, and admiration of men. Thisis due to their touching some chordthat responds to, the human heart
From this point Cortina won the
sympathy of many?first, from a stead-ard of honor which he set up for him-self and, second, because his heartwas given to a woman. wordwas passed that he would return everyevening to his jail, and every eveningbe returned.
Was this because he respected hispromise or because he knew the gov*ernment could recapture him ifIhebroke his parole and would then belikely to fix a date for: bis execution?It seems more likely that the govern-?ment, for reasons best known to It-self, preferred that he should takehimself away and relieve it of thenecessity of his execution. Therewere doubtless secrets in their con-nection with the bandit that theywould not care to have him reveal andwhich may account for their leniency.But to some who knew nothing-aboutthis Cortina was considered (paradox-ically) the soul of honor.
But in the case of the bandit's lovethere were no such reasons for with-holding sympathy. There was nocause for his loving?nothing to gain.It was simply a product of naturethat pertains alike to - the good andthe bad. After he had?been permit-ted to go about at ? his. pleasure formore than a year there came to thecapital a beautiful woman-from theCaribbean coast. Cortina met thiswoman and, though he was a convict,a murderer and a robber, she permit-ted him to become acquainted withher. From becoming acquainted thetwo became companions,
.. They werefrequently seen together in the streets,and Cortina visited her In her apart-ments.
People wondered when they met thestrange couple If this were not a caseof genuine love, nnder the influenceof whi; h a liend incarnate would betransformed into a lovable and lovingman. Soldiers who were responsiblefor the man's keeping observed, butsaid nothing. They had their ordersfrom the government and obeyedthem. Indeed, all that pprtalned tothis mau to whom cities had given uptheir gold and silver, before whomwhole towns had disappeared, byWhom the streets of both cities andtowns had been made to run bloodand who was now permitted to gowhere he liked upon his word of hon-or?his every movement was observed,and yet no one openly made any com-ment or criticism.
But underneath the people marveledto see one who was ostensibly wait-ing for the government to fix a daywhen the garrotte should end his ca-reer forever, giving himself up to thepleasure of loving and being loved,without an effort to avert the finaltragedy. Why did he not steal away,which he might easily have done withthe woman he loved, and in some for-eign land live a life of atonement forhis crimes? But would she go withhim? Would she share his exile, al-ways in dread wherever they mightmake a home, that he should becomeknown as the bandit Cortina? Of thisno one knew. They could only wonder.And still the man under sentence andthe Caribbean beauty appeared to-gether on the thoroughfares, andthrough her open windows came theirvoices, sometimes mingled with laugh-ter or the strains from her guitar.
One night Cortina's jailers met witha surprise. The sunset and the pris-oner had not returned. Perhaps hehad been belated. The twilight faded,and yet nothing was seen of the pris-oner. At dark he was still absent, andthe guard was turned out. Whetherit was called out under a pretenseor whether the orders were that theyshould make an effort to find the pris-oner and return him to jail doesn'tmatter. This man of so much unrecog-nized importance to the governmentwas missing, and it behooved the au-thorities to show zeal in looking forhim.
The guard was about to start fromthe prison yard when a man staggeredtip to the gate, threw up his handsand fell upon his face. Lifting himup, they threw back his jacket, andthere up against his breast was thehilt of a stiletto.
The man was Cortina."Yes, I am late," he said feebly, "but
I came. Love lured me to death. Ihad been with her all the afternoon.Then when it was time for me toreturn here she begged me to staylonger with her. When I came awaythe night had fallen. We walked to-gether to the door.' I kissed her good-by. It was dark. I felt the point ofa knife as it slipped into my vitals.I drew the pistol you have permittedme to carry, but she had vanished inthe shadow."
Cortina gasped, and his head fellupon his breast. He was dead.
The beautiful Caribbean was notagain seen in the capital. The nextday the story of Cortina's death wastold among the people, but no one ven-tured upon an explanation. Some sup-posed that the woman who killed himwas one on whom he had inflictedmisfortune during the period of hiscrimes. Perhaps be might have mur-dered some one dear to her?mighthave robbed her of a fortune. Otherswho were nearer the truth kept theirsuppositions to themselves. The sti-letto was a convenient method at thetime for silencing people who talkedtoo much.
But gradually Cortina, his singulartreatment by the government, themanner of his taking off, ceased to bethe wonder of the day, giving place tonew sensations. Some years after,when a new president came into pow-er, many acts of wickedness of hispredecessor came to light. It then be-came known that the governmentdared not openly execute Cortina be-cause of his threats and those of hisformer companions in crime to rpvealthe government's complicity in theirrobberies. The beautiful Caribbeanhad been paid a large svm to becomehis executioner.
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