Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 24, 1894, Page 2

{ COUPON. JAIL WAS MADE A BROTHEL told it to Rosewater. The witness testified | victed of grand larceny and sentonced, but that Koen left a note call, and he did so. for him, asking him to Had several talks with Koen at the office of the latter In the & e | Sheely block. They talked over Bennett's : it | chances and Koen said he could hurt Ben Time When tho Buildivg Should Have Been | Tt 26 i ik o tola' the abortion atory Removed to Ninth Street, | and ‘sald that Mrs. Bennett either furnished the medicine or caused it to be furnished — Witness asked Koen if he belleved that it DISGUSTING ANNALS OF BENNETT REGIME | Perlod When Sheriffs Administration ked with the Odor of Bawdy House 1 Suloon—Plain Testimony Brought Out In Libel Case Yesterday. Severnl witnesses were examined in police | court afternoon behalt of the | defense In the Bennett-Rosewater 1ibel case, | the evidence all being along the line of prov- | truth of the alleged libelous charges the the county Jail | yesterday in ing the as to management of under Sheriff Bennett B Blerbower, formerly United States marshal for the district of Nebraska and now receiver of the wator works company, was the first witnoss, HIS testimony was with reference to seelng Mosher at a time | ntence and before the of the letter on No w Mosher ning dur- subsequent to his day of the public He testificd that he s Kk in the ev vember 6. between 8 and 9 o'cle ing the period stated, holdir team of horses in front of the residence of Mrs P. Morse, at Thirty-second and Dodge streets, in this city Morse had been en- joined by the court from visiting his res- fdence, and had viol «1 that order and wus at the house. The sherlff was called, and Mosher came with him, and held the horses while Bennett was in the house or on the porch. The witness lived near by, and went down there to & it the sheriff was there He recognized Mosher and talked with bim ten minutes or longer. | The sheriff finally came out and drove away with Mosher, Mosher told the witness that he came along to hold the horses. The wit- ness testified that he had known Mosher for six or seven years, and described him as a 160 small man, weighing possibly pounds, about five three or four inches in height, age about 35 o years, smoothly shaven, rk complexioned and very well presei Agnes Donnelly was next cplled, and testi- fled as to h escape from the county jail July 4, 1892, She was held in 3800 bonds for larceny from the person, and was in Jail but ys before escaping. She was in the two ¢ women's department with seven or eight other wome id the matron left the door into the laundry open ®o that the women could go in there and see the parade from the windows. The matron got into a buggy and drove away, and the witness then took a case knife which she had stolen from the table and made a file out of it, with which she filed a lock In two, and thus opened a window, throngh which she and three other prisoners made their escape. The others were Jennie Wright, Vera Sim- mons and Mary Pierson. They all went down to the river bank north of the old water works, and were recaptured there that even- ing by Police Officers Vanous and Sullivan. On cross-examination she testified that Sherift Bennett was not present when they were recapturcd, but he got into the patrol wagon while they were he g taken back to Jail. She sald that it was the usual course to count the kuives as th were taken from the table, but the prisoners frequently man- aged to steal one as they were being carried up stairs. MOSHER T TS TO B R. Pat O'Hearn testified that he had known Mosher for some time, and saw him at the county jail, where he had called to see a friend who had become insane. He was talking with this man, whose name was Blair, when Moshe me out into the cor- ridor and began joking with the insane man, y and called Mosher a thief and a robber. Mosher invited the wit- ness into the jail ofiice, and ordered the turnkey to bring some beer, which was done. Two bottles of beer were drank, after which who became very ar the witness left He testifiled on cross-ex- amination that it didu't take over two or three minutes for the turnkey to get the beer, and he didn’t see any money offercd in payment. Mosher, the witness, Turnkey and the latter's brother drank the The witness could not say how much Mosher drank, bul knew that it was more than one glass, Juiler Joe Miller was again ealled, and produced the Jjall record, which he said showed the escapes from that institution. This was not the only thing that showed it, as some of the escapes were noted on the commitments. The record did mnot | show the escape of the four girls men- tioned, as they were recaptured and brought back that same night. He read elther from the record or mittimus (o show the escape of the following prisoners: John Ferguson, burglary, April 4, 1893; B P gerald, larceny, April 4, 1892; Charles Ri burglary, April 4, 1893; James Doyle, burg lary, February 2 1803 ames O'Brien, larceny, December i Dutcher, passing’ counterfeit . & United States prisoner, September 892: Henry Doug- las, burglary, comn arch 30, 1893, mittimus marked but date of escape not noted. The abortion case was taken up, and the witness testified that he had told Mr. Rose- u v r t [ « W h The shoriff floor up for the night he bad one of the prisoners bring up a cot and mattress from the cellar, the George H. Sm'th testifl the county jail as a prisoner February 2 893, and left i Linn_ ar witness was floor boss during the la months that he was th see him while he was in the jail. was true, and Koen laughed knowingly and sald he could hurt wanted to, was employed by The Bee to look up ce Hennett a good deal if he This was long before tho witness ain matters, This employment was solely with reference to the Mosher matter. The wit- ness waid he had no personal feeling against Bennett. He had not wanted to see Bennett re-electe but he had nothing personal gainst him, ennfe Wright was next called, and de talled the story of the escape previously given by the Donnelly woman. She said Jennett was In the wagon when it got to the jail, but he was not present at the cap- ture Miller was recalled and testified that as jaller he was supposed to have charge of the women's department, and he gave Mrs, Bennett full instructions as to her duties whon she eatered into the position of matron He told her never to let the women go into the laundry alon and when she left them to always lock them in their department, and turn the keys in at the office. Somet!mes she did this and ometimes she did not. He did not remember whether she turned in the keys on the day of the escape or not. The witness did not need the keys himself, as he had a duplicate set, but he wanted them turned in as a matter of precaution. He told both Bennett and Mrs. Bennett after he learned of the escape that the prisoners would not have gotten away if she had followed her insructions. d that he entered there August 12 heodore Bennett was jailer and John id Sam Erneat, deputy jailers. The t three e, Women came to Several of the same called at different times, but none stayed 1 night ere were two women who alled after 9 o'clock at night on three different occasior night or after. One ¢ ffice th The witness told this to the jailer, individual went after the women and brought them to the jail on two different: occasions. Tl cam Y W until 9 mained until after midnight, time they sta night Thi with one of the wome had on what are you doing in t eplied the hall was very dim, as the witness urned nized him said: ¢ ne t e W alrs witne: On the things had ho and the use of him done at the time of the third v On the ocea third visits the witness on the women. that one of the 0 them secured before. witness months. the women were coming, would were locked up and would tell him that he was going hear them came around the walk to the jail door, and would Further than this, the women told him thats the Jailer came after them. stified times they and sometimes they went up to his c with stayed in the hall outside with the witness. witness testified that to the jail for the immoral purpose of hav- ing sexual intercourse, as that derstanding that they came. by themselves. Withess | talkiug in the office, it had gone the witness went to the door to inquire what the she opened the door he s the bed and the jai lying beside her. s and remained until mid- JAIL MADE A BROTHEL. f these women remained in the fail Jafler Bennett and the other the women came was the un- he had with them before They had frequently been there in the daytime, and the jailer had suggested to the witness to have them come at night. The witness mentioned this to them on the occasion sald of their next visit, and they had at they would not come alone, but would come If some one came after them. nd that ere there three times, but once they They remalned once next time they re- nd the other d until 2 o'clock. The yirst Bennett was in the jail office and the witness in 30 o'clock, the odor the hall with the other, when the sherift rapped on the jail window, and Theodore got up and let him in. The Jjailer vest. When the “Hello, Tho lor 2" e Jailer " The light in had but the sheriff recog ore let him in, and neither e rapped he at nor said: rking a little. “Spa it down low when T ‘Hello, Smithy.” ard the and as sherift and jailer oon as the sher- i had said. When he w the woman lying on was either_sitting or When he went {o the door when his companion ime afterward was ready to go he found the Jailer and the dinan still’lying on the bed. The Wit- ness tostified that he had sexual intercourse with h that .there was in the hall was a couple of companion. The only furniture and during a part of the time the and his companion were on the floor. occasion of the next visit the witnes difterently arranged. He was and before the men were lockec hall for the he same was i of both the second and aw the Jailer lying office with one of the never told the jailer One 250 were placed in the It and his guest. on bed in the o witnes: women was his wife, had been his wife, but she had a divorce from him three years ‘The other was a woman whom the had known for fifteen or sixteen The witness always knew when because the jaller before the prisoners T come to him Later talking he as could they them. i after walking all enter the Jail together. The witness that he knew Mosher, and tha women came to see that individual. Som went to the office with Mosher 1 with water that he understood that an abortion | him. They gencrally remained there about had been committed in the county jail, and | a0 hour and a quarter or an hour and a gave the particulars as he learned them, | half. One of them usually came on stating the name of the person from whoni | Sunday afterncon just before the jail ser- he received his information. The witness | Vices w held, and would, ‘not go testified that he told the defendant that the | 8WAY until after the vices were over. The name of the girl operated on was Lilas Page, | Withess never saw whisky in the jail, but and that the medicine with which, the abor | 84V plenty of beer. It was frequently tion was procured was furnished by Mrs, | Prought in'a satchel, three or four bottles at Bonnett, the matron. On cross-examination the witness testified that he was jailer under Bennett for a also 3 while, under formor sheriffs. He had remained there under Ben- nett until September 1, 1892, He could not recall any escapes while he was jailer under Bennett, except that of four girls, unless it might have been the cscape of “trusties’” from the guards ontside. The state tried (o show by (he witness that there had been escapes under Sherift Boyd' dministration, but the court sustained the objection of the defense, stating that it cer talnly was not competent to prove the neg- lect of one official in order to Justify incom petency in another, and that it would be Just as proper for thie defense to try to prove the competency of Boyd, Coburn and other ex-sherifls in order (o refl et on Bennett, WHERE PRISONERS SHOULD B The witness+ teatified further that all prisoners were supposed to be confined in Jall, and that trusties were simply allowed more libertles than tho others. They were given the freedom of the corridors outside tho cages, and some of those sent up from police court for misdemeanors were sent out to do work on tho grounds under guard. There was nothing to kecp such prisoners | from running away, as the guard couldn’t shoot them and there was no way of stopping them, but it was not so with y oners in the jail. As to the abortien c the wit- pose Mosher to his where or WAS UNBOUGHT happe what h Ho had had be Thurs prisone Ramsay had told him Simera | as a witness, had told acting ness sald he was told the story by Bd Koen, | at 12 who was one time a prisoner in the | come Jall. . Koen told the sto to him Mosher beforo the Figaro began printing | said to the attacks on Rosewater, and it was | to do? probably a week or two before the witness | and it SERIES TWELVE. | FEBRUARY 24,1894, | 1 Al B e ST D World's Fair Art Portfolio. “I'o securo this superb souvenir send cr bring six couponsof this beariug different date with 10 cents in coin to ART PORTFOLIO DEPT, Bee Office, Omaha. series take the keys and open the door.” had su peopls then taken care of them that on wakod 10 go « that he did, and he got up h Baxter as a cellmate, and the latt always awike when the jailer returned him a time, and was put in the ice tank. The wit- drank in the fail office once with and once with the jailer. He roomed r was cell after a visit with the women, Sometimes he spoke to Baxter about it, and thought it probable that he told his celimate he had been. No one but the failor took him out of his cell for this pur- ESTIMONY. The state tried to prove by the witness that he was being paid for testifying for the defense, and he was asked about visit the office of the defendant’s attorneys. testified that he was at the office of Attorney Simefal on Wednesday and Thursday. He was at the connty jail on Wednesday to sen | a friend, and was usked by an ex-court balliff to step over to Mr. Simeral's office. Simeral asked what he knew about what had in jail, and he had dotailed just > liad now told on the witness stand. not asked any compensation and none en offered. He went Simeral to talk about Dave Ramsay, o r who had fof Iy been at the jail what he knew, and he wanted him (Ramsay) 1 this to Ram Ramsay one night while he was Mosher had waked him up 1 told him He to lim_ that 5 cook ) o'clock at night and told him to nd let I a deputy with a prisoner, was alone In the office ard had him, “— . what are we going Those folks musn't stand out won't do for me to let them in. thero You Ramsay that he let in the and Mosher had Hamsay told him \ another occasion Mosher came and him up and asked him If he wanted ut and have a time, Ramsay replied nd dressed and id to the witnes who were outside went out to a roadhouse with Mosher. When witness told I y that he was wanted as a witness replied that he would not dare to tell all he knew, as he was afrald of the Bennetts, and he would not testify any way unless he was pald for it Witness said he did not tell Ramsay that it would b he tell a ticket to Pueblo, oral's o to his advantage to testify, nor did him that there would be $50 in it and He took Ramsay to Sim ofice and loft him there. He did not know what passed between Ramsay and Sim- s broke and board and imeral gave him $5 with 1l eral did not | told Simeral so. which and he tion testify replied The wi nett wa to anything, and money. The have whtness said he w ny money to pay h to puy his board, but that was was not promised anything in ad Ramsay told Simeral that he wouldn't unless he was paid for it, and Simeral that he wouldn't glve him a dollar tness did not tell Ramsay that Ben as now out of offfice and didn’t amount that the other party had The witness said he had been con i L | the house carly in October. slipped out paper money to the turnkey, who about six weeks. see Nollio while she was there. serve bre address: “Mrs. Ingalls, 1817 Leavenworth St., Top Plat, Omaha, Neb." The letter read “Want to give you a ‘tip' that may be larly Bennett, dare mix in the matter. money sure and not tell any different story before jury througl ceived by her. several days envelope, as she was away at the time, and found it under the door on her return. She said she did not know as she knew Mosher, as she had not heard that name applied to any one at her house. She had seen the n who used to call on Nellie once after Nellie left there, but it was some time after election. It was on a strect car. She and Nellie were going to the depot, and this car going to the trai been taken to the penitentiary the day. the county jail a day or two before ele This was after she the Mosher-Sayer scandal. at the jail once before, but Bennett was not ordered out of her house and had no money, and money to p; testified that she told Bennett that as he was the cause of her trouble he might get her out of it. He told her to get out and she got out. to Bennett. THE OMAHA had secured a stay of execution and gave bond, and the case was now pending in the supreme court. He sald he was not prom- ised a cent, and denfed that he told Ramsay that he was to get $50 or that he had got a good rake-off. MOSHER'S LETTER TO NELLIE. Mrs. Mary Ingalls was the next witness. She testified that she had lived at 1817 venworth street, and knew Nellle Saye who had boarded with her. Nellie came there about September 10, and was there A man frequently came to He was small, with dark hair and eyes, smooth shaven and inclined to be fleshy.” He wore his hair cut short and called on her five or six times. He came there to sce Nellle, as there was no one else there for him to see. Nellie called him Charley. He took three meals there, but this was always on Sunday. The first time, Nellio asked the witness if she could kfast for a friend, and she replied that she could. Charley was there to break- fast one Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, and to dinner the same day about & o‘clock. He was there all day. He generally left about 11:30 in the evening. The witness thought these visits were in S mber, as Nellie left then asked if she could the envelope bearing the The witness w identity a letter, worth something to you. You will be sum- moned before grand jury to testify in Mosher ©. Now tell the same story you told be- fore, as it will be nothing in your pocket to tell different w here is the tip: Out of these charges will grow some big criminal libel suits against The Bee, involving biz damages. Then our testimony will be valuable to either side, more particu- Now don't be foolish and tell nything before the grand jury as you will oil it all for yourself and make nothing. Wish I dare see you personally, but don't You can get good but you must be in the libel suit, than ht You can readily see how you will kill the whole hefor and A er There was no slgnature to the epistle Tho witness identified the letter as one re- She did not receive it until after the date stamped on the two or three others were on the The next day she that Mosher had preceding. Bennett at tion read in the papers about She had called man and read in the newspapers The witness said she saw in. She went at Nellie's request, and said to Bennett that inasmuch as she had been he was implicated in the matter, he might give her time in moving or give her v for another house. The witness She had been to Attorney Carr before that and Carr had advised her to go Carr had previously seen either er or Bennett, and one had promised to talk with the other about the matter. The witness said she received the letter subse- quent to the visit to Bennett. She had seen writing like it in Nellie's room, and it looked Mos very much like the letters that Nellie used | to get. The witness further testified that Albert Bennett was in the habit of coming to the house with Mosher. She had heard Nellie call him Albert Bennett several times. He looked a good deal like that man there (pointing to ex-Sheriff Bennett) only he was younger,” said the witne Theo- dore Bennett was called forward and the witness said tbe young man also looked like him, but he looked more like the ex-sheriff, only younger. As the complainant's younger brother was not at hand the witness could not identify him. She described the clothes that he wore. She testified that Mosher called at her house to see Nellie seven or eight times. She said that Miss Kent, who testified at a former session, was there on the occasion of two or three of Charley's” calls, but not at all of them, as she worked there days and went home fu the evening. DIDN'T Lizzie Payne, DRAW THE COLOR LINE. colored, was called. She testified that she knew Bennett and his brother, the ex-Jailer. She first saw Theo- dore Bennett about the 3d or 4th of May, 1803, when she was taken to the county fail She was there eighteen days, during which time she was in the women's department, also in_the solitary and in the “bound-over’ cell. She was down stairs about thirteen days, and then three days and nights in the A white woman was in the ““bound- solitary. over” cell with her one night, and the rest of the time she was there alone. She saw the jailer every night when the prisoners were locked up, and if she wanted cigarettes she got them. Sometimes she was dressed when the jailer was there, and sometimes she was undressed. He entered her cell one night ahout 9:30 or 10 o'clock, and stayed ten or fifteen minutes. When asked as to what occurred there at that time, the witness replied, “Nothing, only I had sexual Intercourse with him.” The witness testified that the jailer gave her $1 and some cigarettes. She had several times had whisky sent in from the outside, and the jaller had on one occasion given her a half pint of whisky, which she drank. She did not know of any other prisoners getting Intoxlcants on the upper floor. She had both whisky and gin, and sometimes would bring her whisky in a packed in fce. On cross-e: witness testified that the into her cell while she w She was put in the “bound-over' cell b cause the magron objected to having ber brought back down stairs after her time was out in_the soli as she was bad and made trouble with other women. She testified that Attorney Estelle had sent for her, and she had gone to his office. He had asked what she knew about the ja'l and how she was treated there. She had told him that she was treated well, as she had liquor to drink and everything she wanted. She had told of her relations with the Jailer to the inmates of the house where she lived but hadn’t told it to anyone in the joil, as pop bottle, mination, the iler never came in the solitary. she didn’t sce anyone to tell, for s not allowed to see anyone till she got out. Ahout two weeks ago a man called on her and asked her to tell what she knew, and she had stated some things to him. He said a witness, and she she might be wanted replied that she couldn’t tell anyihing but what she had told him. He said all they wanted w her to tell the truth. She ideatified the caller in the person of a re- porter for The Bee, who was In the court room. Agnes Donnelly was recalled and testified that on January 2! she was in the “bound-over cell, and Deputy Jailer Ernest came at night to see her, Ernest was on night duty every other week, and while he was on the night force he used to come to her cell two nights in a week. The deputy Jaller went to bed with her and they in- dulged in sexual Intercourse sometim onee and ® imes twice on the occasion of each Vi The witness testified on cross-examination that she had been a prostitute for seven years. At the adjournment of court hearing of the case was continued unti o'clock this afternoon. D WON'T SHOW UP WELL FOR HILL. the further 30 of the Hand County Affairs is Conclude MILLER, 8. D, Feb. 23, days Investigation into the past record of Hand County bank, Examiner Myers left today and his report to the auditor will be made public next week. It is thought It Bank Investigatio After a two the will not show up well for ex-Cashier Hill, now in charge of the United States land office at Huron. Nothing is shown in the books or labilities that would have any | bearing on the report that this bank owes the Atlantje , Ia., bank §$10,000, s it Fatally Stabbed His Father. MONTE VISTA, Colo., Feb. 25.—-Ed Smith, 21 years old, stabbed his father, R M. Smith, this morning, inflicting a mor tal wound. The son, who was intoxicat became enraged when his father reprove 9 DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, e ————————— e e e e e —— e ———————————————————————"————————————— —————— liin for drinking SUSPENDED; TS SENTENCE Oharles Carleton™ Wil Not Be Exeouted in March, GOTHMAN'S SLAYER, GETS MORE TIME upreme Court Postpones the Fremont Hanging Until the Case Can Do Thoroughlyr Heviewed—N Errors Alleged by the LINCOLN, Feb. 23.—(Special to The Bee. ~Charles C. Carleton, the man sentenced to death at Fremont for the murder of August Gothman, will not be hanged on March 23, the date st for his execution. The supremo court has suspended the sentence of death until such time as & can review the case. In applying to the supreme court for relief, Carleton makes afMdavit that he is unable, on account of poverty, to pay the costs of the action, He alleges error in the proceed- ings of the district court, claiming that the lower court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial; that there was misconduct on the part of the prosecuting attorney and witnesses for the state; that the verdict is contrary to law, not sustained by sufficlent evidence. He also alloges misconduct upon the part three jurors, H. A, Burch, James Gamble and A. K. Hall. He claims that they be- came intoxicated during the progress of the trial. He also alleges error in the action of the judge of the district court in passing ntence of death upon two different datc Carleton was first sontenced on Decemb 11, 189 and on January 1804, he was again brought before the court and sentence again passed. The court excused itself for the proceedings by stating that the séntence passed on December 11 had not been entered on the journal in the usual and ordinary form. APPLIED FOR A NEW TRIAL. jeorge Pllucger, who shot and killed his wifo near West Point on Februa . 1802, and who was sentenced to the state peni- tentiary for life on June 2, 1893, has ap- to the supreme court for a new trial petition in error was filed with the clerk of the supreme court and he alleges error on nineteen points. The case is a notable one in Cuming county. Pllueger had lived with his wife for twelve years without trouble. Then he became ugly and threatened the lifo of his wife, tried to put his prop- erty out of his hands and threatened to leave home. Then his wife had him taken before the insanity commission and after due of examination he was pronounced insane. His friends applied to the county judge for a writ of habeas corpus, but it was denied. Judge Isaac N. Powers was then applied to. He appointed a commission of experts, who examined into Pflueger’s mental condition and pronounced him insane. Judge Powers remanded him back to the care of the au- thorities, but when the sheriff of Cuming county started with him to the asylum Pflueger es This was on December 19, 1891, Ho remained away from home untii February 18, when he returned. On the early morning of the 2ist he sent his children into the field and his young brother- in-law to the barn. He then shot his wife in the back of the head, killing her instantly. Ho was tried and semtenced to the pen- itentiary for life. ‘As a.convict he is morose nd taciturn. His attorneys believe that he + tnoana and hope to establish the fact on trial, ) SR WANTS’TO INTERVE a nej 1LV B. Recefver Hayden of the Capital National bank applies to the district court today for to intbryéne in the numerous cases brou, Yy the eastern creditors against C. W. MosHer and R. C. Outcalt to attach the property wltich these two finan- ciers had turned o¥éf to third parties im- mediately affer the ‘failure of the bank. The depositors of the bank ‘have always erit- fcised the bank examitier for not promptly attaching every piéce of property in sight immediately upon learning of the insolvent condition of the bank. Instead of doing so he waited until the property had been trans- permission ferred. Then eastern créditors attached the property, notwithstanding the trans- fers. Mosher and Outcalt failed in their attempts to have the attachments dissolved and it now looks almost absolutely certain that the attachments will hold. Recelver Hayden now desires to come in on the deal. He believes that the property will sell for a great deal more than the claims of the east- ern creditors, and that there will be a hand- some balance which will do much to gladden the hearts of the depositors if the court will let him in on it. Judge Wheeler's Gold Headed Cane. WAHOO, Neb., Feb. (Special Tele- gram to The Bee.)—Yesterday the members of the bar and the_ jurors presented Judge Robert Wheeler with a fine gold headed cane as a token of estcem, it being at the close of a five weeks ternt of court. Judge Wheeler made a neat speech In accepting it, and ended by inviting all members of the jury and the bar to assist Lim in cele- brating Washington’s birthday at the Com- mercial hotel last night. In response to this invitation all the members of the bar, the jurors and a few special friends assem- bled” at the Commercial and enjoyed a pleasant evening, one of the features being an elegant spread of dainty viands, to which all did full justice. At the close of the banquet a number of toasts were proposed and responded to by various members of the bar and jury. Court ¢l d today Bert victed of petit larcen: was to fifty days (n jail. Charles Bosye, convicted of murder in the second degree for shooting and Killing William 0. Wright at Valpa- raiso, December 14, 1893, was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. Glesl ire Detective Force, —(Special to The No. 11 of the Fooled th NORFOLK, Neb., Feb. 23 Bee)—A few minutes before Omaha line train left Sioux City last evening for Norfolk a suspicious looking character entered the ear and was closely followed by Chief of Police Howman and the entire de- tective force. The man, observing the situ- ation, quietly laid off his overcoat and entered the ladies’ toilet room. Chicf How- man stationed his men in front of the closet, he himself taking charge of the over- coat, and serenely awaited the return of the owner. After waitiug about thirty minutes they notified the conductor and suggested that he unlock the door. When the door was opened It was found that the bird had flown he man_was charged with stealing $100 from a coal merchant only a few minutes before. i Sehool Teacher Keleased from Jall BEATRICE, Feb. 23.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—C. A, Walker, who is a school teacher and hails from Table Rock, was re- leased from the Gage county jail today after having been gonfined since October 3, awaiting trial upow a. eharge of illegitimate parentage, the prosccuting witness failing to make an appearance at the time set for dismissed the trial. The county s atterney case. Walker claimy. that the inmates of the county jail bave fared poorly during the winter, both inythe matter of food and bedding. Wil Be Tried Next Week NEBRASKA CITY, 1eb. 23.—(Speclal Tel egram to The Bep)—The case of Z. . White and H. W. Hoerath, charged with libel in connection “with the hanging of J Sterling Morton and,son in effigy, was called in district court today. The defendants’ at s filed a motion to quash the indict ment on the grounds that no criminal intent was ed. The ‘motion was overruled and tho case set far hearing Monday, the de fendants pleading not guilty OFF the Silverware. SCHUYLER, Neb. Feb. 23.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee)—Mrs. Maria Woods is visiting In Chicago. Her son Hodsdon went to the house, which Is closed during her ab sence, and found that burglars had effected an entrance and removed all her silvorware Persons near the house saw @ light about % o'clock in the evening, but thinking Mrs Woods had returned gave the matter no at tention, Np elew (o the perpetrators of the deed has been discovered. Cont Thieves Captured NORFOLK, Neb., Feb. 23.—(Special Tele gram (o The Bee)—Last evening Detective Hans of the EIkhory secret service captured FEBRUARY 24, 1894, Bill Dobson, George Beymer and George Marshall in the act of stealing coal from the sheds of that company. He marched them to Jail at the muzzle of his revolver. The come pany has lost about 100 tons of c this winter from this point alone, besides losing from other coaling stations, hails from Omaha Found the Count BARTLETT, Neb, Feb, The Bee)—The contest caso of George K Andrews against Charles H. Gleseker, r publican nominee, who was elected last No- vember to the office of county clerk, was brought into justice court Tuesday morning A recount of the votes showed eloven major- ity for Glescker, the same as counted last November. There is not likely to be more than another day of trial. 23.~—(Speclal to Barrett Scott's Change of Venue, O'NEILL, Neb., 23.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee)—In the district court to day the petition of Barrett Scott for a change of venue can up for hearing, Judges Kinkald and Bartow presiding, The prayer of the petitioner was granted and the judges named Antelope county as the place where the trial will be held at the next term of court Arnold Divol FREMONT, Feb. 23 to The Bee)—After two witnesse plaintift had been examined in the divorce case today, the defendant proposed a ment, which was accepted. The plaintift gets a diworce and an equal share of the property, and the two child and 6 years of age, are left with whomsoever they choose to live. » Ciw il fal clegram for the Arnold Attempts (Special 1 aves o e, BANS, gram to The Bee.)- tempted to commit by cutting her throat, in stopping the flow of bl the arteries. It is thought she will live, health and straightened circumstances the supposed causes of the deed. A Mrs. suicide at- afternoon Physicians succeeded od and tying up 11 are enitentiary Candidates Se NEBRASKA CITY, Feb. 23.—(Speck gram to The Bee)—Judge Chapman sentenced the following prisoners to the peni- tentiar Charles Tolliver, sixteen month for Thomas Martin, assault with deadly one year; Henry burglary Joseph Wachtler, glary, f¢ today e weapo one ye rteen mo Durand, bur- I Chureh to Be Dedicated., Feb. 23.—(Special Tele BEATRICE to The Bee)—Elaborate preparations are belng made for the dedication of the new Presbyterian church next Sunday. Rev. Mr. Harsla of Tecumseh will preach in the morning and Rev. A. B. Irwin in the even- ing. The building is the largest church edi- fice in the city. Cr SOUTH zed by Financial Troubles. AUBURN, Neb., Feb. 23.—(Spe- cial Telegram to The Bee.)—Bernard Otten, a well-to-do German, residing three miles south of Auburn. was adjudged insane and taken to the asylum today by Sheriff Glas- gow. Financial troubles are said to be the cause of Mr. Otten’s insanity North Te L deweler Robbed. NORTH BEND, Neb., Feb. 23.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—While C. A. Huck was at supper some one broke into the back door of his jewelry store and stole two trays of gold watches and cases and one tray of chains. Two suspicious characters have been loitering around here all day Table Rock's Celebration. TABLE ROCK, Neb., Feb. 25.—(Special to The Bee.)—The Grand Army of the Republic post and Relief Corps celebrated Washing- ton's birthday yesterday evening at the opera house. Quite an audience was present and Dr. P. C. Johnson delivered a patriotic ad- dress that was well ved. Mrs, Hubbell Not Guilty, BEATRICE, Feb. 23.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—Mrs. M. B. Hubbell, arrested on the criminal charge of fraudulently ob- taining board at the Randall house, had her hearing today in the county court and was acquitted. Meat Market Robbed. BEATRICE, Feb. 23.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—Sneak thieves broke into the meat market of M. L. Firvoed last night, but got away with but a small amount of meat. WIMAN SEEKING BAIL, He is Anxlous to Leave His Prison to Visit His Eldest Son's Sick Bed. NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—For a reason not hard to understand Erastus Wiman has re- considered his determination not to seek re- lease from the Tombs through a bail bond, and will today make an effort to secure bondsmen for $25,000 bail, the sum which was named by Judge Martin, Mr. Wiman's reason is his anxiety to reach the bedside of his son, William Dwight Wiman, who lies the point of death from pneumonia at New Brighton, 8. I Mr. Wiman's great trouble Is not_known to the sick man, but Mr. Wiman wishes to console his own and the sick man’s wite wno are striving to bear up against their combined troubles, In answer to a note sent him by a reporter, Mr. Wiman wrote with a pencil the follow- in, “I did not intend to ask for bail, but the dying condition of my eldest son, the great sorrow that overshadows his mother and sweet wife, surely dema my pres- ence beside them, if I can get a friend to go on my bond. Lam in communication with a gentleman, and nope to be able to go to Staten Island today. As to the rest I can say nothing,” The last sentence of Mr. Wiman's answer was accepted as comprehending a noncom- mittal answer to the inquiry as to his re- ported intention to plead guiity Mr. A. B. Boardman of Tracy, Boardman & Platt, the attorneys for Mr. Wiman, refused to talk today nor to say just what the law- yers intended to do yegarding the securing of bail for their client. W78\ | Mr. George W, Tuley Benjamin, Missour) Good Advice Quickly Followed Cured of Rheumatism by Hood’s Sarsaparilia. #0. 1. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. : T was taken down with rheumatism over s year ago. I was sick for over wonths. Often I would have suchi pains that I could Lardly ondure them. A friend came to mo and advised me to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. 1 took Dl at his word and got a bottle of 1t, aud since have taken elght bottles of it It Has Cured Mo 0 the doctors could do me o good what- ever. Aftor belng benefited 80 wuch from this medicine 1 deserlbe Hood's Sarsapurilla s a wonderful 1 Ine. [ 0ls0 adyise every onn who 15 troubled with rlieumatism not to he with Hood's*=»Cures six Wl out Hood's Sarsaparilla, 1 am a fa r, and tho medicine has given me much en and strength rform wy work, Grol W TuLEY, Benfamin, Missourl. Hood’s Pills are laud wade, and perfeck lu propurtion aod appearauce. %e. box. Detective Hans | STARED AT Y THE D3AD PROMINENT BAPTIST GONE. Death of Rev. Dr, Stone After n Long Life o of Varled Usefo | Rev. Marsena Stone, D.D, 1 84, died at e the home of his son, Dr. Stone, 3870 B Dotk seveat, vestordas atternoon a4 | 180 Wiole Days'Vigll Kept by a Corpse, o'clock, after = painful illness of ten - days, during which time he was con ¥ FAR AT » AT TS 7 scions of the fatal character of his matady [ AND NOT A SOUL KNEW IT. and expressed great pleasure at the prospect of belng free from the torture of his vhronie ”':\"‘;l».r.ivr funeral service conducted by Dr. | Alone, Unattenited, Desolate—This is an Hellings, pastor of the First Baptist church, Experience Possible to Many Others will be held at the resldence at 3 p. m. to Y o day, after which his son will accompany the M L L remains to Lebanon, O., for burial. - —— Dr. Stone leaves three sons and one daugh ter, George W. of Minneapolis, Willlam D. Early 6ne morning the guards on the ele- ‘\YII St Il“}mk, Dr. Robert M. of \|In< ul|_\ nln;‘ vated road in New York noticed a middle Mrs. Lilla Case, who recently located with , ¢ > o o her husband and family fn Omaha, Shio was | 289C man apparently kneeling beaide an open the widow of Dr Octare oy “the. aretie | Window. Although 1t was a raw and cold explorer and surgeon of the Greeley oxpe- | MOrning, his head was uncovered. His oyes ait | scemed to be sta intently across the Rev. Dr. Stone was prominent thronghout | gireet All day long, as the traing thun- | 1o racelved o common sohool: edu i sup. | 0 and even when night came on a glimpse plemented by two years at Madison un of a white face could be scen, staring out versity Y., making his own way through ! into the darkness. The next morning the g college. He was 7 fed and ordained in | gyards were all on the lookout, and still the New York in 18 and was engaged lu pa ' tovhl otk alilen) Norwich wntil 1450, | man could be seen with his chin resting on He was one of the lers of Rochester uni the back of his hand. 1 versity, and in carlier years while teaching m became the founder of the graded school of America, antedating Horace Mann leaving Norwich he was pastor in sglon of churches at Dayton, Cincin nati, Lebanon and Marietta, 0. During this time he was lecture in theology at Fairmount seminary, Cincinnati, and at | Dennison university. During his resi- | dence at Cincinnati and Lebanon he was | prominent in the conduct of the ‘“‘under- ground railroad,” entertaining runaway at his house repeatedly. In these . days Tom Corwin was his intimate friend POES. In 1861 he founded the Baptist Female i semi at Granville, 0., and conducted it for seven years, and it was largely through his efforts that this institution | was richly endowed and made a part of Dennison university, the leading Bap- tist college of Ohio. From 1867 e rork af e e troctraked aei | Coroner Donlin, who chanced to be look- ing theology to colored ministers in nearly | INS out of the car window during the day, every Baptist school fn the south, laboriny | 4% at gnee that it was no common facs under the auspices of the Baptist Home | that glared at him. lle left the train, Misaion sociely. e regardod theso fabors | N¢DL 10 the howse and thero found Kneel: as the most important of his life and those | M5 by the window the stiffened corpse o Which enlisted his greatest sympathy. Dr. | @ man. —For two days he had kopt the vigll e WK 1 GLRAE for iSRRI | of the dead. Awakened in the night, alona | e A, e had struggled to the wine s Anglo-Saxon, which peenfiarly | 90w, and, gasping for breath, died. The dapted him for instructing the negro. It | CCTonsr's examinaiion reve: the fact that had been his hubit for years o spend his = death had been caused by Bright's disease summers with his son in this city and while 0f the Kkiduc which came unannounced, on theso vacations he has filled almost ov sudden and sure prominent pulpit in Omaha, regardlc 1! Yes, but how common have thesa ABRoMInE Ton S HOF L EeIAt: Lrrsasy sudden deaths become. You note them in had made his home constantly with | the local press every day. They give na — | warning. There is a quick pain, a struggla DeWitt's Little Barly Risers. Small pills, | and all is ove tatistics show that 90 per safe pills, best pills. cent of these xudden deaths a wused by —— Kkidney di; se. Slow] but sure thesa PERSONAL PARIGRAPHS, At organs have been disintegr d, and - when the climax come: comes without L. Auer of Juniata is at the ) ants. D aLuGcre ek o rnlies. e gy N i 2 strange pains, peeuliar sensations and une J. B. W ‘:l' h of E’r""“‘ Is at the Mercer, accountable feelings wer ture's warn- Milton Coy of Stratton is stopping at the | jngs, They may have been considered only Arcade. the symptoms of a cold, but all the while J. H. Ager of Lincoln was at the Millard ase was working and death surely ap- sterday. proaching R. V. Martin of Blair was a Dellone guest | Can nothing be done? Yes; exercisa yesterday care. Act promptly. something ta Judge Harrison of Grand Island is a guest | SUsfain the Kkidvevs. } (80 many. At the RElae prominent” physiclans are fadvising thete Yo s ot o st | Datients to do, take Warner's Safe Cure. It "l'l'l‘l“‘,’”“\w'“h"" kenson of Tekamah is a guest | {15 great preparation which has saved sa N, Arcado. t { many men and women from death were not R. B. Gannell of Tekamal stopped at the | o well known household remedy and the 3 Arcade ye most popular in America we might hesitate nch of Kearney patronized the R. E. to 80 warmly endorse it, but being the only Dellone yesterday. bsolute specific for this great modern H. McHenry of Des Moines is regls- | disease it is recommended most unhasitats his entire page could be filled with in ngly. statements from the Dellone. A. B. Hedbloom of Stromsburg was at the prominent physicians Terehe e terdars buth Europe and America of what the Safa el d i 3 i Cure has done to lessen right's discase, o o rnad Tsland reglatered | provent female complaints and cheok the G pLlecs : great physical ovils of a modo It Attorney General Hastings and Secretary paly of State ‘Allen took dinner at the Millard | VI G RN TEdaLy od T ibTol CoM e naA: yesterday. tions than any other discovery of the present Seth Jones, Stephen Mattern and Bert Ber- | century. The well known Dr. James G. dick of Winnetoon were registered at the | Bragg “Warner’s Safe Cure hay ved the best medicine for sed. Arcade yesterday. humanity yet David Miln, Albert Holberg, D. P. Johnson, E. G. Johnson and W. G. Baler of Creightoni | When the uncorfainty of life is remem- are registered at the Arcade. | d; when the certainty of disaster where -—— | care is not exercised is realized the importe Cure indigestion and biliousness with | ance of the above truths should come home DeWitt's Little Early Risers. to all. ~ CONTINENTAL CLOTHING HOUSE MEN’S SUITS ————y \~ On Saturday will offer the bal- iiv ance of the groand ¢12 Sack Suits that we have been selling so many \‘l of during the last few days. Don't | m'ss this chance | o0 MEN'S PANTS $2. Look at the display in our show ? windows of Men's Pants; note the %3 50 . prices and styles; they cannot be cqualed for price or quality, $3. CHILDREN'S SUITS J J .).DO | N + . | N For Saturday we will show a 4 . large line of Children’s Suits for \: $3.50 and g4.00. Calland look at I K them MEN'S HATS Our line of Men's Spring Style of i 3 $4.00 | Hats is arriving every | day. Remember the place, Continental Clothing House | I16th and Douglas Streets.