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Sebraska State ffirtori
cal Society
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VOL. NO. XXXIX.
PLATTSiiOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, DECEMEER 17, 1S23
NO. 46
JURY FINDS
GREBE GUILTY
AS CHARGED
VERDICT RETURNED AT 9:45 AF
TER JURY HAD BEEN OUT
ABOUT THREE HOURS
ASSAULT ON ELMER F. GAINES
Act Committed on Public Highway
Near Oreapolis on the Night
of May 23rd Last.
From Thursday" Daily
ai sno iasi evening uie jury in
me ca.-e oi cue siaie oi .eDrasKa vs.
William Grebe, returned a verdict in
me case nnaing me aeienaani guilty examination bv Mr. Patrick, witness
cf the charges preferred against him stated that Grebe and Manners had
assault and battery on the in- Do official connection with his office,
dictment voted by the grand jury in Witness could not recall who had
session here from November 13th to given him the information as to car
November 2Sth. or the time.
The verdict was heard by a large William Grebe, taking the stand in
sized crowd that had assembled dur- Lis behalf gave his side of the storm
ing the evening, most of the audi- of the mix-up near the Burlington
ence having been eager listeners at crossing. He had not known the
the course of the trial during the day Gaines brothers up to the time of
and the most intense interest was the trouble. Had been told by Quin
manifested in the audience as the ton that Gaines and a man named
verdict was read by the deputy Clerk Hopkins had been hauling booze into
of the District Court, Mrs. Alma Syde- the city. Witness and G. H. Man
bctham. ners had been at the Platte river
The trial had attracted universal wagon bridge when Gaines' car had
interest and the court room and halls come across. Thev had started after
were packed during the afternoon the Gaines car and had tried to valt
session and while it was 6:20 when car south of the railroad crossing,
the last argument was offered by At- Witness Etated he had thrown open
torney W. A. Patrick for the state, his coat and shown star saying "This
almost all of the spectators remain- is the law." Gaines had continued
ed until the last statements and on ahead. Witness stated that Gaines
heard the brilliant and forceful ar- had said "To hell with the law."
raignment of the defense by the able When the tire had been shot, Gaines
attorney for the state and which was had said "Damn you. what do you
one of the most biting that has been want?" and "that he did not have to
neard in the local court in many a
day. Attorney A. L. Tldd for the de-
Tense made a very able presentation
of his side of the caseioUowing the
opening statement for thesiate by
Attorney I). O. Iwyer. who present-
ea a great many oi trie legal pnases steering wheel on the car with his
of the side of the State of Nebraska, hand. There was no booze found in
Mr. Patrick paid a -very fine trib- the car
ute to the members of the grand The cross-examination by Mr. Pat
Jury who had fearlessly gone ahead rick wag severe and the tlts be
and voted indictments in the task of tween witness and counsel were
clearing up the affairs of the coun- ma Mr Grebe stated that he and
ty and restoring to the people of the Manners had been at the bridge all
lummuuu, iutir lucai guieru-
ment purified and made better and position part of the time. Witness
the speaker stated that in the years stated he had no officiaj connection
to come the peopU? would honor the wlth the office cf the countv sheriff,
memory cf the grand jurors for their .Us officerg all work together." wit
uoJ' . 'ness replied in answer to a question
The testimony was given very of attorney for the state. There had
speedily and the state offered but been no rea3on for going after cars
three witnesses. Elmer F. Gaines. 'Bave for booze. No booze found in
v an v V uneKe'
while the defendant had as witnesses
Sheriff Quinton. County Clerk George
navies, tx-county Treasurer MiKe
Tritseh. Justice William Weber. G.
H. Manners and himself. .
Harold Gaines, who followed his
brother. Elmer Gaines, on the stand,
testified that he and his brother had
owned the Ford car about a month
prior to the time of the alleged as
sault, that they had not used it much.
as tney naa a nuuson car aiso. up io
tne nignt er me trouDie. iney naa
left Valley about 10:30. where they
were attending a higlf school alumni
banquet. A car had come from he-
hind thn near the Burlington cross-
ing and honked a horn as a signal
to pass and thev had turned out. but
the car had nor passed. The occu-
pants had not told their name or
their purpose. Witness had told his
brother to put on more gas and go
ahead. The third time the car had
come toward them someone-had shot
one of the front tires of the Ford and
they had' stopped. Grebe had said:
, why don't you stop?"
Elmer had asked Mr. Grebe hi3 au-
i, ; .-! T 1- 4- li-)1 c? -ii lr Plmor
i .ui'f,-,,, rtn, n-nhMo onH Ha
in the. face. Both vittoess. and lusi
brother had gotten out of the car
without anv trouble. After the car
had been searched they had asked
Tt.Kn n a t r Tt-1 rt AIlM T Q T ffW
, ' . , nA ,f fi,
tA r,t n Vt the Shoved one of the boys from under
wante-3 to find out to call at tne. , ,T.., . .
t v attcrnev. Tien at the court house ,,t" - ? . " V , r
on the night followine the shoctine. i ty- Witness stated that Gaines boys
Grebe had told Sheriff Quinton: "If,had r!ed Grebe- t? .cr8 ex1ami
.ii r0t, iT,tn l nation the witness stated in reply to
Plattsmouth,
might let them off
easy.
on cross examination by Mr. Tidd.5lon as eJ"" "J JVi,w
vitness stated that he had not heard cou.n,iy DBPaa Dim "e rece'ye" -tin
thL tn ston Thev had or 3 a night for use of car and help.
noard Xheete SXTifonVrJ J ff deal on,7 P-T
.-o fr,or piot i that of auto hire. Had been given a
toil them thev were officers. Plate
number on their car had formerly
beer on a Hudson car, and which
number was transferred on May 25th.
Hudson car had not been used in the
transportation of liquor and had
been kept near the boarding place of
the owners. Elmer had been at the
court house when witness came there
on the night following when parties
told him that Grebe had taken Elmer
there. Had found Elmer Gaines, the
defendant Grebe and Sheriff Quinton
on tbe west side of court house.
The next witness was W. F. Hun
eke, who testified that th Gaines
boys had boarded at his home and
x-ers cuiet and sober young men.
Ttey h&A kept their Hudsoa car in
the yaixi at his home the rreatrr
part of the time. A man named
Hobbs had used the car at one time
to go out into the country. Witness
had seen bruised face of Elmer when
he returned home the day following
the stopping of them.
The defense offered as their first
witness County Clerk George Sayles.
who identified the bond and oath of
William Grebe as constable.
County Treasurer Mike Tritseh was
then called by the defense and iden
tified the registration numbers of the
car owned by the Gaines boys and
which were on the car they were
driving on the night of the trouble.
William Weber, justice of the
peace testified that he had appointed
William C. Grebe constable on No
vember 22. 1922. Had notified Coun
ty Clerk of the appointment of offi
cer.. Had made no written record in
his own office, as the appointment
was confirmed by the county com
missioners.
Sheriff C. D. Quinton testified that
on the 22nd day of May, 1923. he
had been sheriff of Cass county. He
had a conference with Grebe and
Manners as to the car bearing the
number of the Gaines brothers car.
Car had been reported as being used
to haul liquor and that the tall J
Gaines boy and another man were
engaged in liquor business. On cross-
ret out of the car." He had told
Gaines to come to the office of the
county attorney if he wanted to find
out about the tires. Witnera stated
that he had not struck Gaines but
had - pushed -him ont from under th
evening Had searrhprf cars nn sun
the Gaines car or on their persons.
Did not find them doing any unlaw-
f act
had told parties to appear
and answer to abusing an officer. No
complaint had been filed against eith
ier of the Gaines boys. On re-direct
by Mr. Tidd witness did not know
why complaint had not been filed.
On cross-examination witness did not
know whether Manners was an offi
cer or not. Elmer Gaines was the
only one at Third and Granite street
tbe following night
when he had
Et0pped witness
' "
9: "' .Ma"Jie test th,at hehad
esHldd in Plattsmouth twelve years,
had been engaged ,n work for de-
partment of public works of the state
ndf' a commission, worked a month
at thif "adbe told b Quinton ?
go out with Grebe and do some work
?n the ni8ht of. May 21st Several
booze rfpr'ed as V" 88 st fn
cars. Th,e had been wa. .b,ng: at the
b"d?e when Grebe said "There is one
rr Vio ro fa i-c. will lrvrr nvoi ' Thov
of the cars we will look over." They
had run their car along that of the
Gaines boys, witness driving. Grebe
had said "This is the law." At the
third time witness stated that one of
the occupants of the Gaines car had
., ,w ,, .
said. "To hell with the law." One of
the Gaines boys had got out with lap
robe partially around him. When wit
ness had come around car Grebe was
talking with the boys. Grebe
had
steering wheel. Witness had
Mr. Patrick that he was a special
deputy sheriff. He had no commis-
verbal oath by sheriff, no written
oath or commission. Had star of spec
ial officer. Carried a gun. Had no
permit to carry gun on occasion of
May 22nd. Witness was alongside
the Gaines car at about the center
when Grebe was talking. Had not
seen Grebe strike Gaines. Might have
done so before witness came around
car. Did see Grebe shove Gaines.
' The rebuttal of the state was by
the complaining witness, Elmer
Gaines and his brother. Harold. They
denied swearing at officers; Elmer
Gaines stated might have swore after
being hit iu the car by the defend
ant Grebe. Harold Gaines testified
that the man Hobbs had used their
car to so to umaan wnn bick wn,
mnd also to Humboldt.
JAMES ROB
ERTSON HONOR
ED BY MASONS
PLATTSMOUTH MAN fc'AMED AS
HIGH PRIEST OF GRAND
CHAPTER OF R. A. M.
vnTF sin.nnn m hmif hfrf
Mr. Robertson One of the Veteran
Masons of State and Long a
Worker in the Order.
From Friday's Daily
The annual convocation of the
grand chapter of the Royal Arch Ma
sons of Nebraska, which has been
held in Omaha for the past two days,
closed their sessions yesterday in the
election of the officers of the grand
chapter and in which one of the vet
eran and very active Masons of the
state. James M. Robertson, of this
city, was named as the grand high
priest of the chapter for the ensu
ing year.
Other officers named were: George
JAMES M. ROBERTSON
Elected Grand High Priest of Royal
Arch Masons of Nebraska
N. R. Browne. Hastings, deputy
grand high priest: Harry D. Cone,
Omaha, grand king; Dr. A. S. Pinto,
Omaha, grand scribe; Lucius D. Rich
ards. Fremont, grand treasurer:
Francis E. White, Omaha, grand sec
retary; L. M. Kuhns. Omaha, grand
chaplain; Lute M. Savage. Omaha
grand lecturer; Harford N. Rosebush,
McCook, grand captain of hosts:
Harry S. Villars, Tecumseh, grand
principle sojourner; Frederic G.
Vosshammer. Auburn, grand royal
arch captain; E. L Ellis e-kamah,
grand master of the third vail; Ar
thur C. Stem, Chadron. grand mas
ter of the second vail; Elbert G. Lor
ing. Alliance, grand master of the
first vail; Luther B. Hoyt, grand
sentinel, Omaha.
The selection of Mr. Robertson as
high priest of this branch of the Ma
sonic fraternity is an event that was
learned with a great deal of pleasure
not only by the members of the Ma
sonic order in this city but by the
hundreds of friends of Mr. Robertson
over Cass county, and is a recogni
tion of his long and faithful services
to the order in the state and his un
tiring zeal in the advancement of the
principles of the fraternity in which
he has been such an active figure.
The members of the order here are
particularly gratified as Mr. Robert
son is a member of Nebraska chap
ter. No. 3, R. A. M., of this city, and
has held the highest offices in the
gift of the local chapter prior to en
tering the official circle of the grand
chapter in which he has served in
various offices for the past eight
years.
Mr. Robertson is also president of
the Nebraska Masonic Home associa
tion, which has charge of the affairs
of the splendid Masonic Home in this
city for the care of the aged and in
firm members of the order and of the
Eastern Star.
Mr. Robertson was accepted in Ma
sonry in the year 1877. being adopt
ed and raised in his degrees in Lin
coln lodge. No. 19, at Lincoln, Ne
braska, where he was residing at that
time. He has since removing to Cass
county continued his work and be
come a member of Nebraska chap
ter No. 3 of this city and Mt. Zion
commandery No. 5, Knights Temp
lar of this city also, and in addition
to his high position in the grand
chapter is also grand captain general
in the grand commandery of the
state of Nebraska.
At the session of the grand chapter
in Omaha on Tuesday an appropria
tion of $10,000 was made by the
chapter toward the new infirmary
that is to be erected on the grounds
of the Nebraska Masonic Home in
this city. The chapter is acting in
conjunction with other of the Ma
sonic bodies in carrying on the work
of the Masonic Home.
Glen Thompson of Omaha was here
tdflay tor few hours visiting with
friends for a short time.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS
From Friday's Pally
The executive committee of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal :
church of Nebraska held their meet-j
ing this week at the home of Mrs. 1
Clinton Miller vice president of the j
auxiliary in Oaiaha. The meeting j
was presided over by the president.)
Mrs. V. S. Leeie, ol" this city, and !
the members discussed the plans for i
January 14 at the Trinitv cathedral
me annual meeting to bt Held on
in Omaha. The committee also dis- '
cussed the change in plans for some'
of the activities of the auxiliary and !
among whici was the change from '
v. 1 . W' i : t t i -
v icv?;
the securing of a lady to teach the
work of religious education over the
state in the different parishes. The
church and its societies are also look
7
held
ing forward to the pageant to be
on January 15 which will be direct
ed by Miss Dorothy Weller of Den
ver. v . j. eeie ana iuauame Jeeie were
house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh '
Leslie. .
WILLIAM GREBE
TURNS IN HIS
BADM OFFICE
Constable Calls at Office of Justice'
William Weber and Turns in !
His Star to Judge. j
From Thursday's Paily
This morning Wiliam Grebe, con
stable in the justice court of William
Weber who was convicted last eve
ning by the jury in district court,
this morning handed in of his own
accord his star and badge of author
ity to Mr. Weber.
Mr. Grebe stated to a Journal rep-
various cases that were chareed
against him by the indictments of
the gram! jwry. ,
STEWART NOT TO
BE DISQUALIFIED
resentative that lie was turning over revelation on the administration of j has liberally distributed state deputy ' . r-nntri'hntf-rt thir nrt t
his authority on his own initiative justice, and many sighed for the fact sheriff badges among evidence men j ,he de oS of the LmJnl !
and without request as he thought that thev had been working all these in the employ of his office. The re- ll6 , th'? t lnd
it best under the circumstances and vears when such b gold .mine was Ports were inspired by th possession . thHft '
he expected to remain out of the law risht at hand, vrhich apparently cf a badge by Fred A Holmes, found y l. "I" declining win fn com
forces until after the disposal of the knew no-limlt. i . . not guilty of usurpation yesterday , Zt 'Tl
i f-j-st and only one issued to Holmes.
Grand Jurymen and Senator Banning The policy of the state bureau. Mr.
Asked Governor to Name Him .f1"0" stated was to bring the men
e, . I in and turn them over to the local
as Temporary bhenff. I authorities. Holmes hr?d been an cf-
i fiient man when with the state bu-
From Thursday's Dailv: - M?n wer? supposed to receive
Governor Brvan said Wednesday - ro na-v vhen 'jt on unty work,
he knew when he appointed E. P.! On re-direct Carroll stated that it
Stewart of Plattsmouth, temporary was the policy where state men had
sheriff of Cass county, that Mr. Stew-, made arrest3 to turn all fees to the
art had been a member of the grand county in which the arrest occurred
jury that indicted Sheriff Quinton. as they were paid on the per diem
whose vacant office Mr. Stewart is basis by the state. Holmes was act
now filling. ing purely under the direction of the
"That he was called as a grand county offices,
juror does not disqualify him to hold Justice William Weber identified
the office of temporary sheriff, as I certain warrants and checks that
view it." said Governor Bryan. "The were offered by the state and on the
question was brought up last Sunday warrants the return made by the de
night when I conferred with District fendant. Holmes, to the charge.
Judge Begley and Prosecuting Attor- County Clerk Sayles testified that
ney Dwyer and both said they could there was o record of the appoint
see no legal objection to Mr. Stew- nieut Df Holmes to any office in Cass
art holding the office of temporary county.
sheriff. ! For the opening witness of the de-
"Everybody seemed to want Stew- rensie justice Weber was recalled
art to hold the office. Several grand and testified that all papers had been
jurymen called on me and asked meiSjgne(1 amI prepared in the office of
for Stewart's appointment. Senator county Attornev Cole.
Banning of Cass came with them.' c. D. Quinton was called and testi
He asked for it and said it would fi(?fl tnat he had been sheriff of Cass
be satisfactory to every one. It was (.ounty for the past years un to De
argued that as Stewart is affiliated ; t.ember 10. That he had in March,
with the republican party it would j19o3 asked x, w. Carro41 for assist.
be out of all semblance of politics if ' , ,h1 i,, , rc
he were appointed t take the place
of a republican sheriff rather than
to appoint a democrat to the office
and give rise to cor., plaints that the
whole affair was a political move, to
get rid of a republican sheriff and
supplant him with a democrat. All
agreed that there should be no poli
tics." Attorney General Spillman de
clined to express his views on the
matter on the ground that Stewart's
eligibility to hold the appointment
had not been presented to him by
the governor or any one else. He had
no knowledge that Stewart actually
served as a grand juror. From the
State Journal.
WIIL MOVE SOON
From Saturday's Da ly
Mr. and Mrs. William Rice of this
city have received word from their
daughter, Mrs. Carl Mathiasen, who
urr1Mrau.U6, ,lult4iU1 i""1
few years stating that they were ex-
pectins to leave oon for Stanton
wul" fllr. wdiuiu
has accepted a position as manager
of a large dry gooti3 store
FOE SALE
Pure bred Buff Orpington cocke
rels. Mrs. D. R. Tepiiff, phone 2412.
Murray, Nebr. d 13-1 mo w
Geor Everett and son, John, of the stand, stated that he had entered
Union were here today for a few 'the law enforcement bureau in the
hours visiting at the court house and -spring of 1923. he had been given a
calling on their friends in the city. badge in June, 1923. He had made
JURY FREES
FRED HOLMES
OF INDICTMENT
AFTER TWO HOURS DELIBERA
TION JURY RETURNS VER
DICT OF NOT GUILTY.
HAD BEEN-EMPLOYE OF STATE
Ca?e Exposes Many Cases of Exces-
i . . n ,- .' xr t i a
sive FeeJrahbing Not Includ
ed in the Charges.
Fritlay" Iuily
The ca?e of the State of Nebraska!
ainst Fred A. Holmes, charged
v.ith the usurpation of the office of
state deputy sheriff, which was on
trial all day yesterday in the district
court, closed last evening at ! o'clock
when it was given to the jury and at
11 o'clock the jury returned a ver
dict for the defendant. Holmes, find
ing him not guilty of the charges j
preferred against him.
The verdict was foreshadowed in
the course of the trial on the testi
nony of T. W. Carroll, state, law en
forcement officer, who had employed
Holmes up to the time he had been
sent here and was more or less in
volved in his coming to Cass county.
While Holmes was charged with
having takn over the duties of an
ofScer of ten state bureau, the
larger part of the trial was filled
with discussions of the fees that have
been charged in cases in justice court
and which to the auditors was a real
nn ttA rPKiiDiminn nf Ui-. Heasion
of the court yesterday. State Deputy
i.aw KnfQrxemAJLXPIIl'-jPar-
j roil was placed on tne siana io un
' I dergo a cross examination ' by A. L.
jTidd of the defense. Mr. Carroll was
which during the course of the trial
.was used several times by both the
county, that in August, 1923,
Holmes, the defendant, and one man
named Anderson, appeared. Sheriff
had informed them of places to raid.
Among these places was that of Alex
Eaton and Frank Bauer.
On cross examination, the sheriff
stated he had personal knowledge of
the arrest of the parties by Mr.
Holmes, that court of Justice Wil
liam Weber had been in the city hall
a block from the court house. Ea'.on,
one of the parties named in the in
dictment, had not been served with
a warrant at Union but later in the
office of County Attorney Cole. Bauer
had also been at the court house
when the warrant was served. In
reply to question witness stated
there was no reason why he could
not serve the warrant. Holmes was
allowed to serve warrants and papers.
i Sheriff had not received fees in any
of the cases. Mr. Patrick of the
state asked the question if the sher-
iff had served the warrants the fees
j woud have tQ hav? been turned ,n
!fo the county trcasury to which the
lrp,,iv of VM was iriven hv thP shertfT
The greater part of the afternoon
v. 83 devoted to the testimony of F.
A. Holmes, the defendant, and in
which the state on the cross exami
nation touched on the amounts
charged on various warrants for at
tendance and mileage which in some
of the cases used in the trial were
very steep. Mr. Holmes, on taking
arrests and made out reports. .A
man named Anderson and himself
had come to Ciiss county in Septem-I
her. 1923. and that defendant had
been in the county' for most of the
time since that date. Witness stat
ed that he had received telephone
call from Union on the Eaton case,
had watched the place for some two
days before tho arrest was made. Had
telephoned for Bauer to come in.
Crunty AUoriu-y Cole and Justice
'William ter had told him to make
- the
returns. Anderson had told I
i Holmes he was his superior and had (
j Mimed name of state sheriff.
j On the.cro.ss examination there'
! wtre many sharp conflicts in the
g
I .r V.-:
statements of Mr. Holmes and those I
earlier in the day by T. W. i
il. the party who it was claim
led, had sent Holmes lu-re to help en-
i force the law.
The witness acknowl-
ltl! l? m SlVcri
;was not the proper title of the head
of tne law enforceemnt bureau. Wit
ness stated he had told Carroll that
he was making returns and collecting
the fees which had been denied earli
er in the day. Witness had compell
ed Eaton to come to Plattsmouth
I where warrants were served at the
iffi,.p nf rn,.-,v ittnmov rnu
Afforded an opportunity of produc- farm near ('edar Creek with her son.
ing a large number of old warrants pi,iijp, and her son. Allie and fani
for the past few months, the state jiy. and a short time ago desired to
presented a great array of figures for (visit h?r daughter and while at the
attendances and mileage in the vari- Horn home was stricken down and
ous cases that certainly to the audi-f0Uiid it impossible to he movd back
euce made working for a ilvine ann ti,. v,m
mighty hard way of getting the mon
ey when there were easier ways.
DENIAL IS ISSUED
BY TOM CARROLL
State Law Enforcement Officer Says
Sheriff Badges Not Distributed
Liberally Among Men.
Lincoln. Dec. 14.-- Tom Carroll,
state law enforcement officer, today
indignantly denied reports that he
i
-We have never given badees to '
more thiixwa .or three men." he
said, "and then only! to those who1
had worked for us sor.fi time anrt j
whom we knew. There has been no 1
such thing as a wholesale distribu-!
tion of badges " p ' I
No evidence man bt the present
time is in possession of a badge, he
rii,, t ,
rnmm'nti x;r.t t '
'Holmes is a eood,! straight chap
...u u i.oiti rvri. A li vi lite iiii
money Jie has obtained for his work i
in Cass county came from fes. It is
my understanding that w ha fever he
did was at the suggestion of the
county attorney and he is innocent
of intentional misbehavior.
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DEATH GALLS A
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Mrs. J. H. Meisinger Answers Last
Summons at Home of Daughter
Last Night at" 6:30.
From Friday's Paily
Last evening at 6:30, Mrs. J. H.
Meisinger, one of the splendid wom
en who have had a groat part in tlie
j upbuilding of the community. wr;
called to her last reward at the home
oi her daughter, Mrs. Louie Uorn.
west of this city, whero he has lor
'the past few days been very cirtically
ill.
Mrs Meisinger has been in failing
health for some years, being a suf
ferer from Bright's disease which
has gradually led to a general break
down of her health until dfiith cam
to spal the story of her life. Sh
has been residing at the old home
Katherine Sail was born in H-sen-Darnistada.
Germany in 1M7,
and in the year 1867 she came to
America with her parents, they set
tling near Pekin, Illinois, where in
the folowing year, 1S6S, she '..as
united in marriage to Mr. J. Henry
Meisinger. After a few years spent
in Illinois the young couple decided
to seek their fortunes in the newer
country of the middle west and came
to Cass county. Nebraska, in 1S7.".
settling in the locality where other
of the relatives and old friends had
made their homes. Here on the farm
near Cedar Creek they spent the re
mainder of their lives and reared
i their family to manhood and woman-
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aw?f s,xJe.a aRO ,aTld sin';e lat
!fe' M"; Mefsansrer has made-her
home with her children at the home
far,n whi(h her 8on' A,lie' looy
,f.r' . ,
To mourn her death there remain
Rison.s an 'Jee daughters Adam
J?mJle GerpL, ,f M?n'ey:
Philip of Cedar Creek: J. J.. of San-
,a Ana, California
W. H. of Platts-
of Cedar Creek: Mrs.
Frederich of McLean. Ne
Mrs. Lizzie Born, and Mrs.
i-rcL-o-
Emma Meisinger of Cedar Creek.
Therp are also twenty-one grand
children, five great grand children.
The funeral services will be hId
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Glendale church and the service will
be in charge of Rev. H. O. Rhode
of the Eight Mile Grove Evangelical
church. Interment will be at the
Glendale cemetery beside the hus
band. CALF TAKEN UP
One yearling cair taken up at ray
place on the Ray Smith farm, west of
Plattsmouth, that the owner may
have by calling at the farm, proving
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