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The Omaha Daily Bee WEATHFR FORECAST. For Ncbrnskn Fair: colder. For lown Fnlr: colder. For weather report fop page 3. THE OMAHA DEE pom to the homes Is read by tha C , women sells goods for advertisers. VOL. XXXIX XO. l'JS. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMRER 12, 1!K! TWELVE PACKS. SINGLE COl'Y TWO CENTS. NAflEL TALKS OF NATURALIZATION Secretary Does Not Agp-ee with Posi tion Assumed by Head of the Division. DUTY IS TO PRESENT PACTS Office Not Concerned with Interpret ation of the Law. MATTER IS FOR THE COURTS Number of Decisions Made Favorable to Admission of. Syrians. SURGEON COMMAND SOLACE eerr Inrr Settli r . Dvrr Tlnnpltat Ship' Drslgnntlna; C'omt ' by from Medical fo , , b WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. Nagel of the Department of Co Libor expressed himself today' r firy nd Jcct of the functions of the na division of that departmnnt to . V et'ect quite different from that embodied In the rcent rullm of Richard K. Campbell, chlof of that division, In opposition to the naturalization of Syrians and others of kindred race. Mr. Nngel said he saw no reason for any action on th part of the department that would caute uneasiness to any class of Immigrants. Thi re are several cases In the federal courts and decisions have been rendered In s ates as widely apart as California, Loulnhma and Khod Island, favorable to the Syrians. Secretary Nagel believes thnt the per sonal character of the applicant for cltl senshlp Is more Important than his nation ality. Cases of Suspended Offlelnls. The cae of the suspended officials of the United States coast and geodedlc sur vey Assistant Superintendent Frank W. Perkins and John -Gilbert, the hydro graphic and topographic Inspectors, chafed with Irregularities in administra tive methods was today referred by Sco retary of Commerce nnd ' Labor Nagel to Superintendent Tltlman for report and I I recommendations. This action Is In accord with Mr. Nagel's rule not to Interfere In the organization of a buk'ftii without consulting the chief responsible to tht department. Ir. Tlttman was' away at the time Act lug Secretary McHarg suspended the two officials and during most of the period of the Investigation to leading to that action and has had no opportunity to officially pxprea; himself In the matter. Mr. Nagel ha already, irvlew the evidence In the caao. Surgeon Will C'ommaud Solace. Secretary of the Navy Meyer today set tled the controversy as to whether a Una officer or a medical officer shall be placed In command of the hospital ship Solace,' by designating Surgeon George Plckrel of the medical corps to command the vessel. The navigation of the ship will be In charge of a merchunt sailing master. In reach ing this decision Secretary Meyer adhered to the policy of the Roosevelt adminis tration Which stirred up much criticism from line officers. Search for Stolen Cash. Efforts are being made by the Postofflce department o locate the fifteen letters containing paid money orders and about $1,500 in cash that disappeared last Monday from the desk of H. L. Johnson, superin tendent of the money order division of the Washington city postofflce. As the time of the theft Is well known It Is believed it will not be difficult to fix the guilt upon someone who wsa known to be In the superintendent's office when the pack age disappeared. Balllnger Sees Taft. The Glnvls charges, bearing on the at titude of the Interior department towards the Alaska coal lands, were brought to the attention of President Taft today by Secretary Balllnger. The results, If any were not disclosed, the secretary declaring as he was leaving I the White House that he had nothing to lav. Reorganising- Sstjt Yards. Assured of presidential approval of his general plans for the reorganization of the navy yards and the bureaus of the iavy department Secretary Meyer today began In earnest to work out the details. These ho will mako public In a few days. BRINK IS FOUND GUILTY Convicted of Mnrder In Case Where Three Sheepmen Were Killed. BASIN. Wyo., Nov. 11. (Special Tele giam.) For the first time in the history of range feuds In Wyoming, a conviction was obtained In a murder charge when the Brink Jury this morning presented a ver dict finding the defendant guilty of murder In the first degree, punishable with death. Presentation of the finding marked the end of the first of five murder cases growing out of the tragic Spring Creek raid April t, last. In which Joseph Allemand and Joseph I Enige, flock masters, and Jules Lazier, a herder, were killed, it is charged, by a band ! of nlght-rldlng cattlemen. Today a Jury was completed and the trial of Thomas Dixon on a charge similar to that on which Brink was convicted will begin. Two Jurymen examined for service in the trial were excused by the court be cause they declared they were biased In favor of the defendants and would not bring in. a verdict of guilty. The Brink case ' went to the jury at 6 o'clock last night and It was considerably after juldnlght when an agreement was reached. According to reports, the first ballot stood eight for conviction and, aa charged In the Information, two stood for a second degree finding and two for acquittal. GOTHAM IN ICY GRIP l'roaeentor Trust Woalda't Permit Sale of Iceberg; la Harbor. KEW YORK. Nov. Xl.-' l wnt to show that the American Ice company has tight ened Its grip on the Ice market so Jhat even if a busiaesa man moved an Iceberg Into New York harbor he wouldn't get a chance to soil a pound," waa the rejoinder of Special I'ronecuior James W. Osborne today to objection by counsel for the Amer ican Ice company to his line of quwtlloniug a witness at the trial for alleged violation a? the slate an U-monopoly law. Threats to Open Door to Scandal by Mme. Steinheil Alleged Murdress Declares She Will Involve Persons of High Standing. PAIIIS, Nov. ll.-The state at 2 o'clock tills afternoon rested Its case against Mme. Steinheil, accused of the murder of her husband, Adolplie Steinheil, and her step mother, Mme. Jspy, and the defense at once began the examination of its wit nesses. , The ropular opinion Is that the prosecu tion his not made out a case against the prison' r and that she will be acquitted by the jury. Just as the prosecution was closing Its evidence the prisoner renewed the Implied threat she had several times made to broach scandal that would Involve persons of high standing, but ap-aln, as on the previous occasions, Judge DeValles" Invi tation to proceed with her "revelations" was met with silence. Today In a flash of passion she cried ouf "My .past con tains Interesting chapters." Judge Dealles, unmoved by the Interrup tion, promptly and sternly replied: "You are at perfect liberty to say anything that you please." Mme. Steinheil, however, went no further, and the case of the government was Se dan d closed. The first witness Introduced by the de fence was a chauffeur, who testified that Mme. Steinheil gave him S4 for trying to locate the "blue automobile" which was re ported to have been seen In front of the Steinheil home In the Impasse Ronsln at 8 o'clock on the evening of the crime. This testimony was intended to show that Minu. Steinheil was anxious to discover the identity of the assassins. Twin Cities After Indian Purchase Station They May Try to Get Depot from Chi . cago or Omaha or a - New One. ST. PAUL, Nov. 11. (Special.) St. Paul and Minneapolis jobbers are organizing to 1 Recur a. lsriror norttnn rt lh trnria nf the , . Indian bureau. A meeting of prominent business men of the two cities has Just been held, at which It waa decided to present a petition to the Indian bureau to establish a depot rt the Twin Cities, and if this could not be brought about at least to secure to loca tion here of a purchasing agent w.lth whom they could deal direct and to whom they could make deliveries. Some of the strong' eat men In the two cities have been named on this committee and they are busy pre paring data of the amount of supplies used annually In territory which they hold Is naturally tributary to the Twin Cities, and also to make a showing of the distribution facilities of the cities. They have not yet definitely decided ..whether tUy-. wUl . aak for the removal of the. Omaha or, Chicago depots to this point or simply the estab lishment of an additional depot hare. There can be no doubt, however, that they pro pose to make a determined effort to secure some of this business which they think Is now going to Omaha and Chicago Jobbers and to which they are entitled. The movement has not progressed far enough yet to line up political Influences In its behalf, but an effort In that direction will follow within a few days. In addition the wholesalers of the two cities will ask the bureau to modify Its sys tem of delivery and of payment, which they Insist are onerous and practically pro hibit anyone outside of a supply depot city from bidding on supplies. Young Morton's Engagement Off Roller Skating Romance of Son of Joy Morton Apparently Comes to End. CHICAGO. III.. Nov. 11. (Special Tele gram.) Miss Hilda Bull, who returned recently from the east, where she si.ent the summer,- caused a flutter in local society, w hen she yesterday announced that her marriage to Sterling Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joy Morton, had been in definitely postponed. "Please say that the marriage has been indefinitely postponed," she said. No reason was given for the postponment. The engagment which was the culmination of a romance of a roller skating club which met every week on the North side during lent last year, waa announced last spring. LUMBER COMPANY OBJECTS Excessive Freight Ratee Alleged to Be Charred by Milwaukee Railroad. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. (Special Tele gramsThe Fullerton Lumber company of South Dakota today filed complaint against the Chicago) Milwaukee & St. Paul, the Stanley, Merrill A Phillips and the Duluth St Iron Mountain Railway companies, alleg ing excessive freight charges on shipments of lumber over the defendant railroads and demanding reparation In the sum of $576. Eleven Homes Open to Boy Whom Father Has Spurned William Decker for no reason does not want his 10-year-old son, David Decker, but there are at least eleven other men or women willing and eager to give the boy a home. Ten applications to adopt the lad have been made either to Judge Estelle, Proba tion Officer Bernstein or Miss Heller, prin cipal of the Detention home. Judge Estelle had three letters, one caller at his office and one long distance phone call about the boy, all Thursday morning. Mitts Irene Mason, formerly a nurse at the Child Saving Institute wrote Judge Estelle that she was now living with her mother on a ranch on the Niobrara, that they had adopted one Infant and wished to take David Decker, too. Mrs. Fred Ellis of North Bend wrote that she would like to take the boy and so did Iawrenca Oris of St. Edward. Next a South Omaha woman, who did not give her name, called and asked where she could see the boy, BANDIT KILLS MNKCASHIER Man Who Tried to Rob Institution at New Albany Also Shoots President. LATTER DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED Negro Chauffeur Who Refused to Aid Him Shot in Back. MAKES ' ESCAPE IN SKIFF He is Soon Overhauled by Police in Motor Boat. OFFICER AVERTS LYNCHING Mob Wbloh Gathered on flank la Told Prisoner Is DeadPartly Iden- x tlfled as Louisville Furni ture Dealer. LOUISVILLE. Ky Nov. ll.-J. Garry Fawcett, cashier of the Merchants Na tional bank of New Albany, Ind., was killed, John K. Woodward, president of the bank, was dangerously wounded and James R. Tucker, a negro chauffeur of Louisville, was fatally waunded this morning when a young man, partially Identified as Arthur (fall, a Louisville dealer in second-hand furniture, entered the bank and after com manding everyone to throw up his hands "and get In the vault" began shooting. Mr. Fawcett died almost Instantly after being shot through the neck and chest. Woodward was shot through the liver and Intestines an 1 Tucker was shot through the body and may die. ' Following the shooting the murderer rushed from the bank and tried to make his escape In an automobile which he had taken from the curb In front of the resi dence of Its owner, Mrs. Walter Escott, In Louisville, forcing the negro chauffeur at the point of a gun to drive him to New Albany. But the chauffeur, paralyzed with terror and apparently Incapable of action, sat still. The robber Jumped from the car and sent a bullet through the negro's body. Turning to the river bank a distance per haps of two blocks, the youth ran with the speed of a deer. He quickly appropriated a skiff at the dock and was on his way to the Kentucky side before the frightened citizens of New Albany knew what had transpired. Police Captare Man. An alarm was given through a mega phone on a dredge boat and In a short time the police of the little city had started In pursuit In a fast motor boat, capturing their man, and had brought him to shore only to confront the new peril of a lynch ing. . . By a clever ruBe, however. Captain Adams of the police stood off the crowd of 200 which crowded around the dock aa the police boat landed. Commanding the pris oner to lie down the captain announced to the crowd that the man had taken poison and waa dead, meanwhile carrying him to the patrol wagon and. giving the word to drive' ahead. -The bandit was 'taken, tp thtf New Albany Jail, A few moments later he was removed to the southern Indiana re formatory at Jeffersonvllle to escape the mob, which would not be quieted and which had assembled around the Jail. In hla cell at the reformatory the pris oner refused to give his name and talked only under pressure. He said that he had been around Louisville for several days. He did not know Tucker, the chauffeur, and declared that he was not implicated In the attempt on the bank. Refnsea to Tell Xante. "I won't tell my name. I have seven brothers and sisters. My father don't live with my mother and all of them are not within 600 miles of this place. "I never smoked a cigarette, chewed nor drank. Oh, yes, I smoked a cigar In Cov ington ten years ago, but never again. I never was in trouble but once. That was at Lextnglou, Ky., on Hallowe'en a long time ago." He seemed to be confused, but is appar ently not Insane. He confessed that he planned the robbery of the bank and says he had no assistance. The most striking thing about the bandit is his good looks and his red hair, which Is neatly cut. His face is effeminate. He is not over 20 years old, five feet six Inches tall, wears a lemon-colored shirt with col lar attached, black four-in-hand tie, dark trousers and a belt. Roosevelt Rumor Declared False Word from Supply Agents Says the Former President and Party Are Well. NAKURU, Natvasha Province, British East Africa, Nov. 11. The supply agents for the American expedition at Narob' state that there Is absolutely no truth In the rumor recently circulated that Colonel Roosevelt was 111. All of the members of the party are now on GuiS lngihu plateau and well, the agents say. NAPLES, Nov. 11. Mrs. Theodore Roose velt and her daughter, Ethel, motored to day to the village of Sant Agnello, near Sorrento, where they visited at the home of the late F. Marlon . Crawford. Mrs. Roosevelt said that she would return here In the spring to meet Colonel Roosevelt. saying that If he was attractive In appear anceas the child indisputably la she would ask to have him given her. Judge Estelle had hardly ushered her to the door when the telephone rang and Thomas Head of Tender put in an application. Meanwhile Inquiries were being received by Miss Heller and Mogy Bernstein, three each, making a total of eleven applications. The matter has not been decided and the boy will be given to the person whom Rev. A. W. Clark of the Child Saving Institute selects, subject to the approval of Judge Estelle. "These applications rather quicken one's faith In human nature," said the judge "When a man Is so unnatural aa William Decker it shocks everyone, but the fact that there are ao many warm-hearted and kindly people who wish to adopt the boy. is positively spiritually refreshing. "David Decker will bave a home, all right. In spite of his father." Some Prize From the Washlngtaon Star. AMERICAN SYSTEM OF MONEY Senator Aldrich Addresses Des Moines Bankers on Currency Reform. COMMERCIAL PAPER IN EUROPE Methods of Foreigners,. While Val uable aa Suggestions, Cannot Be Adopted by United States Becanse of Conditions. DES MOINES. Ia., Nov. 1L Senator Aid rich talked here tonight to the local bankers' club. He again VllscusRed the ne cessity tor1 the reforms t-vef 4ha banking and currency lawB wttfj.the end In view o fpreverrting future panics like that Of 1907, and by way. of 'Information went Into details concerning the operations of cen tral banks In the countries of Europe. This bcln gthe home of Senator Cummins. It had been expected that Mr- Aldrich would make some reference to that gentle man, who has shown an inclination to an tagonise his policies, but If anything un complimentary was anticipated by any persons they were dlssapolnled. The Il lusion to Mr. Cummins was courteous, and being made In connection with a mention of the name of the late Senator Allison. It could not have aroused any but the kindest feelings. Mr. Aldrich was the guest of honor at a bankers' dinner, which was given at the Savery hotel. J. Q. Round., president of the club, presided and Introduced the Rhode Island senator, whose reception was most cordial. In his address here, Mr. Aldrjch spoke especially of the growing Importance of the west as affording the best reason why the people of Iowa should desire a stable banking system and he appealed to them to Join with him In devising a pla" that wou!d place the tTnlted States In ad vance of all other nations as a financial center. Here he gave somewhat more at tention than elsewhere to the Important part that commercial paper plava In the banklnar systems of the old world. This, he explained, was not done for the purpose of urging the adoption of the Europoan plan In the United States, but to Indicate a possible means of increasing credit In case It should be found desirable to go abroad for suggestions looking to an 1m prvement of our monetary system. Commercial Paper Abroad. In the course of his discussion ot this feature of foreign banking Mr. Aldrich said: "In Germany all notes, taxed or untaxed, must be covered by an amount of specie equal to one-third of the total Issue, and an amount of bankable bills equal to the other two-thirds. Those bills are what we would call commercial paper. They must bear the names of two solvent parties, and must not run for more than ninety days to answer the standard fixed for bankable bills. In France they have a provision that what are binkable bills there must bear their names and must be written the same limit as to time as the German bills. "In Great Britain the custom Is to re quire two names of English citizens, one of whom must be acceptor. Of course you are aware of the difference In terminology of our commercial paper and theirs. Our people use promissory notes, either with a single name or with endorsers. No such thing as a promissory note Is known In the ordinary experience of any of those countries. They do give a form of obliga tion with mortgages, and sometimes with collateral, which is perhaps the closest ap proximation to our form of promissory note. There, If a wholesaler sells a re taller goods of any kind, or a dealer, wholesale or retail sells to a customer any article, the wholesaler or the merchant, whover he may be, makes a draft upon the purchaser and that draft Is accepted. The paper la known as a bill of exchange. It is for a real transaction, and those bills are bankable and they are the foundation of the credit system of the countries I have named." Mr. Aldrich also took occasion to explain that In referring to foreign banking sys tems ha had no Intention of urging the adoption of any of them. "In making this statement to you as to the character of these banks I do not want to leave any opportunity for any mis understanding whatever," he said. "It la not the purpose of the commission It cr- (Continued oa second Pace.) Varieties in the 1909 National "Mum" Show. Submarine Quake May Have Stopped West India Cable Communication is Interrupted with Kingston Since Big Storm in Islands. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. Weather re ports from Klrujston, Jamaica, which the weather bureau here usually receive daily, have failed to come from the West In dian island since last Saturday, and the officials of the service have been without Information regardln what has occurred there since that tlrne. There has been no general topic dis turbances Indicated In the reports to the weather bureau from points in the other West Indian islands and the weather bureau officials are inclined to believe that some submarine earthquake hns caused the Interruption to the cables. No earthquake of any magnitude, however, has been recorded on the seismographs of the weather bureau, or the coast and geodetic survey here. HALIFAX. N. S., Nov. 11. Communica tion with Jamaica by the cables coming to this port Is still cut off. Officials of the cable companies said today they hoped to 'ie able to get some word through from the icland before night. Grey Noncommittal On Tariff Program Canadian . Governor General Opens Parliament with Plea for Do ' v minion Navy. OTTAWA. Ont., Nov. 11. The second session of the eleventh Parliament opened today. The governor-general. Earl Grey, read the speech. The speech reaffirmed the position taken by Sir Wilfrid Laurier's government In the joint resolution of Parliament adopted last session regarding naval defense, which simply enunciates the necessity for Can ada undertaking a share In the empire's naval defense, maintaining autonomous control of its own navy, but working In harmony with the Imperial navy. No definite answer was made as' to whether Canada shall build Its own navy or have It built In Great Britain, or make a cash contribution pending the establish ment of a neucleus for t. Canadian fleet. Regarding tariff changes the speech was equally noncommittal. Indications are that the naval policy wil, be the principal subject of discussion this session. THOUSANDS OF CHICKENS BURNED WITH PLANT Bnlldlnax Full of Poultry Is Destroyed by Fire at llotchlusoo, Kansas. HUTCHINSON. Kan., Nov. 11 Eleven thousand chickens were burned to death when fire destroyed the plant of the United States Packing company here early today. Loss JM.000. The headquarters of the United States Packing company are In Chicago. Man Higher Up Caught in Sugar Trust Weighing Fraud NEW YORK, Nov. 11. Evidence which la cunfldentally expected to reveal the "man higher up," In the sugar neighing frauds unearthed during the term of Henri L. Silmson as United States dis trict attorney for thu southern district of New York has been placed In possession of the government, it was authoritatively stated today, and Is being used as the basis of a federal Indictment soon to be filed against one of the officials of the Ameri can Sugar Refining company. Since surrendering the duties of United States district attorney. Mr. Stlmson, act ing as a special United States attorney general, has had In hand the work of MR. BRYAN DECLINES TO TALK He Avoids Saying Whether He Will Run for Senator. FEAR OF DEFEAT CONFRONTS HIM Reeent Conferences Before lie Leaves for Sonth America Full of Dem ocratic Import Howard to Front. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Nov. 11. (Special.) Demo cratic leaders are demanding of Bryan that h say whether , he Intends to be a candi-' date for the United States senate. They have demanded of him an answer yes or no. The question was put to him yesterday and Mr. Bryan answered equivocally. He said he would not bo a candidate unless there was a demand for him to run. And on the heels of that answer comes the talk put In circulation by Bryan followers that the Commoner mail Is being flooded with letters requesting that he be a candidate. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, through 4n agent, has asked the question; W. H. Thompson of Grand Island tried to find out through Edgar Howard, and Governor Shallenberger, through his friends, has nought In vain for the answer. To each and every one the presidential candidate has given the same answer: "If there la a demand for me to make the race, I will not refuse to accept the nomination." Mr. Bryan does not Intend to enter the race unless he Is reasonably sure that he can be elected. lie fears defeat. To friends he has Indicated that defeat for the sena torshlp would be his everlasting undoing from a political standpoint. But he is so anxious for the office he will not say posi tively that he will not be a candidate. Holds Many Conferences. So in order to be In a position to make the race, If he decides to-do so on his own platform, he has been holding some important conferences. Personally he de sires to run on a platform committed to county option, but he has thus far been unable to convince Governor Shallenberger, Mayor Dahlman or Edgar Howard that is a wiae move. And while Mr. Bryan Is trying to get the party leaders to act harmoniously on the liquor question, the party leaders are try ing to get him to come to a decision on the senatorial matter. Here Is what the would-be candidates are up against: Mr. Hitchcock Is a provisional candidate, so Is W. H. Thompson and Governor Shal lenberger has his following. Should either announce his candidacy and start his cam paign, he fears Just before the time, ex pires when a candidate may file, Mr. I Bryan Is liable, to hear that popular de mand for His own candidacy and nave some of his friends file his name. Then it would be up to Hitchcock et al quietly to fade away nursing a severely bruised dig nity. So long as Mr. Bryan remains non committal there will be no candidate an nounced In the democratic party. That the democratic leaders are worked up over the action of the three times pres idential candidate, is due to the fact that Saturday Mr. Bryan will leave for a tour of the South American republics and his return to Nebraska la not looked for until In the middle of next summer, probably next August. Because of this the eladers have- da rranded of Mr. Bryan that he come to a (Continued on Second Page.) building up the government's case against the custom house weighers and the em ployes of the American Sugar Refining company, who are charged with having conspired to defraud the United Slates of $2,000,000 of sugar duties. The Inquiry Is now approaching a climax. Mr. Stlm.iun refused to discuss the nature of the new evidence obtained by the government, but it was learned that evidence furnished by one of the Implicated government welsliers was regarded as conclusive enough to make practically cer tain the Indictment of a high official of the American Sugar llefinlng company. FIVE ItOBKEUS FOUND GUILTY Jury in Federal Court Convicts Over land limited Train Holdups After Two Hours of Deliberation. LIFE SENTENCE STARES THEM ALL Extreme Punishment Must Be Meted Out to Quintet. CONVICTED ON ALL THREE COUNTS No Need for Idaho Authorities to Rearrest Bill Matthews. FIFTY, DEPUTIES WATCH FIVE K.xtrrme Prerantlone Taken to Guard Ilantllta Who Are Hronaht Ilnrk from Jail to Henr Pro nouncement by Jury. Guilty as found In the Indictment re turned analnst the five mull robbers wni the verdict of the Jury In the Overland Limited mull robbery case lust night at 8:15 o'clock. The Jury went out at 4:30 yesterday aft- , crnoon and after a short session adjourned to dinner, returning to the Jury room at 1 O'clock and at 7:13 reached an unanlmouj verdict of guilty as to tnch of tho de fendants on all three counts of the Indict ment. The penalty Is life Imprisonment. The convicted men are D. W. Woods, William Matthews, Lawrence J. oGlden, Frank Grlgwaro and Fred Torgenson. So early a verdict was hardly expected, and excepting District Attorney Go, As i. st a nt District Attorney Lane and Judge T. C. Munger none of the other lawyers was about the touildlng and had to be tele phoned for. Tho accused men were hurriedly sent for nnd were brought Into court under a strong guard of deputies and officers. The rumor that the Jury had reached a verdict spread rapidly and a fair-sized crowd began as sembling when the prisoners reached the building. The jurors then filed In and were asked by Judso Mungcr if they had reached a verdict. Foreman J. G. Rob ertson replied In the affirmative and the verdict was handed to Judge Muncer to see If It were in proper form. He then handed the verdlot to District Clerk Hoyt, who read the verdict declaim each of the men guilty of each count of the Indictment. Judge Munger asked the Jurors if this was their true and unani mous verdict and they replied that It was. JVew Trial Will He Asked. Attorney MacFarland, on behalf of de fendants Torgenson, Woods. Grlgware and Golden, gave notice that he would file a motion for a new trial. Mr. Fleharty, for Matthews, made a similar announcement. The court said thnt the government was. anxious to finish up tho case and that ho Would expect the attorneys for the con vjcted men to file their motion aa early a Kpractlcable, and gave them until this morning at 9 o'clock t file the motion. The convicted men took ths verdict , calmly, but on the face of each waa an expression of bitter disappointment. Golden remarked as he stood up to have the handcuffs placed on him again: "Well they Jobbed me sore enough." While In the United States marshal's of fice, before belnu returned to the Jail, Woods observed, with a snarl: "Well, they would have hanged us If they could." Matthews. Torgenson and Grlgware had nothing to1 say. Grls-ware's brother, Edward Grlgware from Spokane, was In the court room when the verdict was returned, but Mr. Orlg waro. the father of Frank, was not there. Elaborate precautions to guard the pris oners were taken. Fifty deputies crowded thn corridors to prevent nny overt act either on the part of the men of by friends outside. Idnho Officers Ready. There was some little speculation as to the probability of Matthews being found guilty on all counts, but even had he es caped conviction he would have been Im mediately arrested by Sheriff Felix M. Pugh of Spokane, aa a fugitive from Jus tice, for fleeing under a J5.O0O bond for cattle stealing. Sheriff Fugh had a bench warrant ready to serve Immediately, should Matthews have been released. "Matthews and I are old acquaintances," said Sheriff Push. "We had a little shoot ing scrape nineteen years ago In Washing ton. I was after him and his pal, John Miles. I hod the men cornered and we began shooting. I shot Matthews through the arm twice, and he got me once in the leg. Miles was burled. Matthews got away. I was after him for horse stealing. He Is one of the most desperate men In the west and we are gll to get rid of him. He has already served one term In the penitentiary for horse stealing, and Is a bad man all through." There Is but one penalty fixed for tbe crime for which tbe bandits are Convicted and that Is life Imprisonment. In the event of the motion for a new trial being overruled by Judge. Munger this morning, the five men will be taken to the federal prison at Iavenworth at the earliest practicable moment. Judge Munger finished his charge to the Jury at 4:40 last evening and ths Jury re tired at 4:50. District Attorney Guss finished his clos ing argument at S:R0, beginning his argu ment at 1:50. It was intended to begin ths final argument at 1:30, but J. M. Mncfar land, attorney for four of the defendants, misunderstood the hour for reassembling after the noon recess, thinking It was 2 o'clock. The delay emitted Judge Munger to censure the attorney. Mr. Gofk' argument was In a large meas ure a reply to the arguments of Mr. Fle harty and Mr. Macfarland, and was di- reeled principally at the outset to the de fendant Matthews, whom he characterized as one of the 'prlnclpaf malefactors In ths robbery and equally guilty with the other four. He reviewed the testimony In a gen eral way and observed that the gist of Mr. Macfarland's argument was "Poetry, prayfr and linkerton." He stated that it was not pleasant to prosecute men, but of fended law must be vindicated. "Little Thlnas" Count. "The hiimir.d or more exhibits presented by the government." said he, "point with an accusing finger at IheFe five defend ants, r.etur had It been for thts men alien they bought th-lr tickets St Kansas City for Oinahu to have bought them for Leavenworth. It was the little things that were the undoing of these men. A child finding a Ftrap thnt he thought would make a good strap for his dog is another vindication of the axiom applied to the t