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HIS AFFINITY CONVICTSF. H. nom.K. FI.OPF.R. PERSON-A1 KO EKDF.RAI. At.ENT.Womao Hr Enticed From Home Tr*»-tlflo AgnlnM Him JuryHn-lilc- In Hone.After Mr* Cora E. ' onnor wife of O.B funniir. of J*h©ddn. had liken th© wll-j'-w stand yrft-Tilnr for both th© l*nti**d Suite* and lb* oe(i»K. tlie Jury con-miun] i.nly utir hour hi rinding her affinity French P Dodge, guilty of pcr-MOnatIr.fr .1 Federal -olTleer on all ihre© lt;munts charged hi the Indictment returned by the Federal grand Jury.Th* woman admitted all tne relations til© hovirnment charged she had maintained with Dodge. from the time she left h-r husband In 1W4 and took up her home In a IVndl^on lodg1ng-hou**p. ur* to tb«* dote they wf-io arrested while living In a hut In a grove near Gresham. She admit f*.I that she had been convicted In the Multnomah County ©ourb* of eloping v*iih Thi'lge and that she w»» at liberty on parole.Mix Connor told how «he met Dodge at Pendleton and went to Uvp at h!» r.toming-haiiHr Then *hc aft id she wasInduced to become n member of one ofthe 1'mnlllla Coun! er.nr*i'irar*ies for thefraudulent entry of lands, that she m* Cored n claim and exported to be paid*5*vt for the title as e*x*n a* It vaa received from tfid Department of the Interior.In !!Hft her hurbnnd. • * R. Connor came t.» fVndleton and asked the u-lfe and children to return to the comfortable home \u had provided at fihedde, anil sli© accepted the proposal. They arrived at Shi .Ids In July. In September Dodge appeared and soon after rented a roomat the Connor home. Dodge then Informed Connor that hie wife had violated the law while living in Pendleton and that h^ w«m « Secret Service agent, engaged In the Investigation of fraudulent land entries. Dodge told Connor that he sympathiz'd with the family and did not want To see Mrs, Connor get into trouble.The only way to avoid It l» for you to send Mrs. Connftr to Canada.** saidDodge. * /:'vConnor borrowed J500 on him home, plac'd the money in the hands of Dodge and watched the friend of the family drive away with Mrs. Connor, op th©ir way to safety across* the Canadian border.Tn a few days Connor began to reeelv© letters from Dodge, but never from the wife. AI way* there was a demand for more money Money wnlt; 'om from time to time, but tlnallj Farmer Connorstopped thr remittance*. Detectives werepin. - d on thr .we., and Dodge- and Mrs.Connor were located at Gresham.AI1 of the testimony of Connors and his wire nr to the relations of the family with Dodge were confirmed by the evidence of their H-yenr-oid daughter. The girl «dd she had tried to prevent her fa'her from placing the morigage on th© home place, but that h© was ro badlyalarmed he would not listen.Dodge will be sentenced Thursday morning TV© penalty provided by statute la three years In the penitentiary and a fine of DOW.
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Portland Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Wed, Dec 15, 1909
Page 18
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