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HIS AFFINITY CONVICTSr. b mnw.K, h.»»pkr. i'Hisun-ATED 1 EDEKAI/ Ai.RVT,Ilf* Knilced I mm Horae Tr«.* lifter Asu ln**l Him—-Jury Decide- In Hour.After Mr.* C*'»ra E. » onnor mifr of o.D fonnftr, *r»f $herfdn had taken i he wtt-i • stan*l y«n-’Hlny for both the I ntl**d Smi'-.' and U ■ d^feiise, the Jury con-nvme*l only onr hour Irinding her of*Antly. French B. Dud**, guilty of per-i on«i‘:* c a Federal -officer on all three H.imi; charged iti ihr Indictment rctum*d by the Fedora I grand jury.Th* woman admitted ail tnr- relations 11 * — «;ov eminent charged ithe had main -!,. n- .j with Dodge, from th-* time she left h- r husband In 1901 and took up her home In ft fVrn!!t*jlt;»n lodging-house. no to th«’ dote they veto arrested while living in a * - it t 111 a grove tuar Gresham. She ad-rnlttf-il t»at she had been convicted In tin .Multnomah '■ ‘••tinty lt;*oTjrt?» of eloping \i ith Dodge and that she was* jfm libertyon paroleM w. • Elinor told how she met Dodg«*at Pendleton and went to live at hisThen she *#id She w,i«induced ra b^nme ii member of one of th.-’ I'mntilfa Founts crvntibiradi^i for thefraudulent entry of lands, that she enter-d a claim and expected to he pH id ST.OH fm tl titV .is ,J*-*on aw U tv»c re-elved from the Department of the interior. _____ ^ ^In 1‘sjS her it ii band * B. rentier camot»» Fer.dJelort and asked the wife and!children to return D* ?he comfortable I loin e h. had provided at Shedde, and she:u i‘t )i * d tli* propose!. They arrived at8h»i!ds in July In September Dodge appeared and soon after rented a room at the i ’onnor home. Dodge then ln~formed lt;'minor that hie wife had violated the law while living in Pendleton andt hi t h*r wa™ a S-eret, Service agent engaged I*- the Investigation of fraudulent [and *-ntries. Dodge told Connor that he sympathized wllli the family and did not numt to see Mrv. Connor get Into trouble.‘The onlj way to avoid It Is for you to send Mr?*, Connor to Canada,, said Dodge.Oonmir borrowed IfiOO on Vise home, plii' 'Mi the money in the hands of Dodge and watched the friend of the family*' drive away with Mrs. Connor op tb*dr wity to safety across* the Canadian border.In :i few d.- tr Connor began to receive letters from Dodge, but never from the Wife. AI way® there was a demand for morn morn v Money \vn* nt from time to time but final!*. Farmer Connor atop port the i • mitt ay -os*. Det* ct|vr q were pin i d lt;m the cape and Dodge and Mrs. Connor were located at Gresham.All of the testimony of Connor® and his wire ns to the relations of the familywith Dodge were confirmed by the evidence nf their 14-ye«tr-oId daughter. The girl paid »ll«? had trhd to prevent her father from placing the mortgage on thehomo place, but that he was so badlyalarmed he would not listen.T»odg w ill be sentenced Thursday tnorn-I\ TU r-'nalty provided by statute Is three y*/aru in the pcnlteitltarj and zt fineof turn.
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Portland Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Wed, Dec 15, 1909
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