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Nebr. State Historical Society ouma VOL. No. XLVI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JAN. 1, 1931. NO. 96 Court Holds Mrs. Inas Wever for Trial Jan. Wtk State Introduces Practically All Evidence Against the Defend ant in Preliminary of On Wednesday afternoon Judge A. II. Duxbury in the county courl held Mrs. Inas Wever for trial in the district court on the charge of first degree murder, she being charged with the death of her husband. George EL Wever. who died here on December 9th and whoso passing was investigated by County Attorney W. Ivicck, Sheriff Bert Reed and State Sheriff W. C. Condit with the result that information charging first de gree murder was preferred against her in the court. Mrs. Wever was at once arraign".! before Judge James T. Begley in tin; district court and renewed her plea of not guilty to the ferred. She wda later the Douglas county jail charge pre- returned to to of at Omaha await her trial, set for the 19ih January. The defendant, who has been held in the woman's ward of the Douglas county jail at Omaha, was brought here Tuesday about 10 o'clock and at once hurried to the office of County Attorney W. G. Kieck where she re mained until the hour when she was to step into the court room to hear the charges of the state witnesses as to the death of the husband and for which she had the charge of first de gree murder preferred against her. The state was represented by County Attorney W. G. Kieck wh le the defendant was represented by William X. Jameson, well known Omaha attorney. The defendant bore the poise of confidence as she entered the er art and firm in her belief of being givon her freedom as she had stated when at her cell in Omaha. The first witness called was John Toman, coach carpenter for the Bur lington and friend and neighbor of Wever, who told of having been call ed to the Wever home on the night of Monday, December 8th, 3he ask ing him to remain with tin?- in band as she was having to leave the house to go to the business section of the city. When the witness had reached the Wever home there was nnlv Georee Wever and his small son nresent. Wever was lying on a in one of the downstairs rooms. Wever had vomited shortly after Toman had reaced there. Weaver had said. "If I could only understand where this was coming from." Witness had ask ed Wever as to what he had eat n, and Wever had said he had no break fast and little dinner. Witness had asked Mrs. Wever about a doctor and she had said that "George did not want one." she had said that George had heen trratine horseradish tnd had caueht cold she thought. Wit- ness had seen Wever at the shops Monday morning and he bad not complained of feeling ill. On cross examination Mr. Toman stated that Wever had been a drinking man, or taking an occasional drink. Mrs. Etta Wever, mother of the deceased man testified that she had been called to the home of the son nn Tuesdav morning. December 9th. that her son was in bed and had not complained much when she Dad in st reached there. She said, "Kid. what in the world is the matter?" and her son had replied. "I wish to God I knew, it is going to get me." his eye were bloodshot and at time protrud ed to some extent, while his body would grow rigid, there being no vomitintr while she was there. Mrs. George Wever had caned ui . y ei- iSl- over at witness the request ot ner nusnrTia. stated and it was nearly noon when he had -;...i t ih.it time, w-itness testified that Mrs. Wever had stated that the physi cian had stated that it was alcoholic poisoning. Mrs. Etta Wever also tes tified as to the wife giving her hus band water, one glass that was clear and one that was clouded and which Mrs George Wever had said was soda water. Witness stated her son had said that his legs were dead and witness and Mrs. George Wever had rubbed his legs and at that time she had noticed the fingers and hands turning purple. They had called Dr. Westover a second time but Mr. Wever died in a few moments before the physician had arrived. On cross examination by Mr. Jameson Mrs. Wever testified that she had seen pills in a glass in the bed room and one of which had been given by the wife to her husband and she had said these and the soda water had been prescribed by the attending physician. Witness had talked to Dr. Westover on the porch and he had said it seemed like some kind of poisoning. Dr. R. P. Westover testified that he had been called on Monday night. December 8th by Mrs. George Wever and had found the husbar.d in bed and he had complained of pains in the stomach, and he had given the patient a hypodermic to quiet the pain. Mrs. Wever had told of the husband vomiting and being very ill earlier in the evening. The witness had mentioned poisoning at that time but was unable to locate the parti cular kind. There had been no odor of liquor on the breath of Mr. Wever. On Tuesday the witness was called again and on Monday had given Mrs. Wever a prescription and also recom- soda water to phoned a pre store for Mrs. husband. Wit as to drinking and he said he had had but one drink on Saturday night and nothing on Sunday. Witness had performed the autopsy on the body and at which John Sattler, Jr.. was present. On cross examination Dr. Westover stated that it was possible to have poisoning from liquor and no odor on the breath, alt ho this was not the general rule. Sam Reed testified as to delivering the stomach, liver, and spleen of Wever to Dr. Bggera at the Univer sity hospital at Omaha on Thursday, Dec. 11th and also to finding rat poi Json a? the Wever home. Dr. E. H. Eggers testified to the I examination of the stomach as to 'possible changes in the tissues and ' found some enlargement of the oi -gan and blood in the liver from hemmorhage. Witness did not have ; charge of the making of the tests for 'poison. Other organs had not seemed any out of the ordinary. J John Sattler testified as to the fluids used in embalming and the formula used in the artery and cavity embalming. Sheriff Bert Reed testified that he had taken the specimens of embalm ing fluid to the office of Dr. Egger for tests. Witness also testified that he had gone to the Wever home on it he night of Thursday. December 11th and had found a small bottle of strychnine on a cupboard in the base Iment of the home. Dr. John T. Meyer of the Univer sity hospital testified in a very lengthy description of the tests made for poisoning and as to the finding I of strychnine in the stomach and : liver of Wever, there being six and one eighth milligrams of strychnine 'in the stomach and two in the liver 'or approximately eight milligrams in the organs. Witness testified that seldom more than one-tenth of the poison remained in the organs. There was no strychnine used in the em balming fluids that were tested. Dr. Meyers stated that death would have been caused by the strychnine found in the stomach rf W.ever. Dr. Meyers was on the stand as the noon ad journment was taken. I At the resumption of the hearing I on Tuesday afternoon Dr. John T. Meyer ol Omaha, continued his testi mony as to the effects of the poison found, the amount and the effects others poisons, particularly arsenic would have had. Dr. Meyers testi fied that there was some alcohol in the stomach but not sufficient for mended the giving of the patient. He had Bcription to the drug Wever to get tor the lies;' had asked Wever ., ! death. The amount of alcohol nec evuen . .... essary to kmi wuuiu vary uxunuagt to the person but at least a quart drank in a short space of time would be necessary. On the cross examina tion Dr. Meyers was given a very searching examination by Attorney William Jameson of the defense as of the amount of fusal oil found in hootch and moonshine liquor and as Ito the probability of this being able ito cause death, but the testimony was that at least an ounce of the oil would be necessary to prove fatal. R. R. Otredorsky. clerk at the . G. Fricke drug store was called and testified that he had sold on Decem ber !th between 8:30 and 10 a. m. one-eighth of an ounce of strychnine to a lady who the witness identified as Mrs. Wever. He had not caught her name and the register at the store bore the name of "Mrs. G. E. Weber." The witness stated the ladj :sajd s1(; wanted the poison for rats. Sbe had stated that her husband was quite ill. Witness had weighed the bottle and contents that had been brought to him by Sheriff Reed and there were some fifteen grains gone from the bottle, he estimated. Joseph F. Hadraba of the firm of Weyrich & Hadraba. testified that I , I C In Tiff t- W'ru'OT- hill - " , - , , : h- r one ounce of arsenic She had siici ii i s lie wauicu iii.s n ioin. Russ. ll Wever. brother of the de ceased, testified that he had gone to the George Wever home on Thursday. December 4th in company with his 'wife, about 7 or 8 o'clock at night, that George Wever, his wife and their adopted son, Billy were present. Mrs. Wever had met them at the door and as they came in Mr. Wever had not looked up, Mrs. Wever had said, "You have just come in time to see a hell of a fight," she stated that she had called Chief of Police Elliott and on jhis arrival had said. "What can you I do with a man who is always accus ing you?" Witness said that he had (understood that the quarrel had started over a telephone eonversa jtion that Wever had overheard be jtween his wife and some unknown party. Mrs. Wever had threatened to leave and Wever had said go ahead but that she could not take the adopt ed boy. Both had been accusing each other in the quarrel. Chief Elliott had said he could do nothing unless ja charge was filed against someone. The quarrel between Wever and his I wife was still going on when the wit ness had left. Witness stated that I they h,ad quarreled all of the time that he had known them over an eight year period that they were married. Witness had lived with them for a month at Lincoln. They had never had a quarrel with the wit ness. Witness had seen George on Saturday when he had brought his son to the home of his mother and said that they were going to a dance. He had seen him again Sunday when he came for the boy and George Wever had not complained of being sick. On cross examination the wit ness stated that he had paid board la part of the time when living with his brother and also that in the quar rel at the Wever home the matter I of George Wever drinking had heen one of the matters of dispute, j Chief of Police Elliott testified as ito hiB visit at the home and the fact that the quarrel seemed to be over a telephone call and Mrs. Wever had said that if Wever had quit drink ling they could get along much bet ter. The chief stated that he had jbeen called to the Wever house sev eral times, once for chickens in the yard and another time about a dog. W. P. O'Donnell testified that he had been with Wever on the Satur day preceding his death from 9 a. m. jto 4: 15 p. m.. that they had gone to the Slander timln-r and dug up some horse radish. They had stopped ; at the Wever home and had stripped and ground up the horse radish. He had a glass of wine from George, had seen no hoctch. There had been an argument about hootch and Mrs. Wever had asked if Wever bad dump ed out what he had and she said that !he had not. He had a jar of some thing thai witness thought smelt very bad. Witness had seen Wever on Monday and he had complained about his legs feeling hard and aching and later had complained of cramps and witness had tried to get him to go home but Wever had worked until noon and then complained of feel- ling worse and had finally gone home I at 1:30. Witness on cross examina tion staled that Wever had gone to Omaha and bought two gallons of h ot -h he had been informed. Otto Hike, called by the state, tes tified that he had known the Wevers about eight weeks. They had visited with the Wever family several times. On the Saturday preceding the death of Wever they were at the dance with their wives and had one drink that Wever had gotten rut of a bottle in a coat hanging in the cloak room. Had been at the dance all evening and after the dance the Wevers and Mr. and Mrs. Hike had some chili and had then gone on home. On Sunday they had visited at the Wever home and were entertained at din ner, they had set around and talked and visited until about 10 p. m. when they bad started home and had some sandwiches and coffee before leav ing. Wever had shown the witness over the place and pointed out what he was rf.ing to t'o with flower beds in the spring. On Sunday they had a small glass of grape juice or wine and that the greater part had been drank by the little Wever bey. Wit ness had heard of Wever's death on Tuesday afternoon about 3 o'clock and visiting the Wever home on Wed nesday had set up there with Mrs. Hike, Edgar Glaze and several of the relatives of Mrs. Wever, who were there. On cross examination the wit ness stated that the dance mentioned had been at the Eagles hall. Ques tioned as to whether the liquor that Wever was supposed to have gotten in Omaha witness stated that he had a drink of it and it was good stuff. Ralph Wever, another brother of the deceased testified that he had known Mrs. Wever for eight years since her marriage in 19 20 to George Wever. They had visited with the witness and his mother at Elk Creek, Nebraska, on several times and that if Mr. and Mrs. Wever did not have a spat each time it was unusual. A part of these seemed to be over the adopted boy and that when she had trouble with the boy that George Wever had taken the part of the boy. In 1924 George Wever had vis it' d his folks, then living In Kansas and said that he had gotten a di vorce. Later the family understood that they were remarried. On the Monday before the death of George Wever, Mrs. Wever had come to their home at supper time and said that George was sick and that she wanted a hot water bottle and saitl she was going to get some lemons to treat him for a cold. The next time he had seen them was at the George Wever home after the death of George. Mrs. Wever had asked wit ness what he though about a post mortem on George and he had said that he did not believe in this and Mrs. Wever had said that George did not favor it either as he had stated after the post morten on Lee Ben nett. Witness had lived at the home of his brother from the fall of 1929 until the spring of 1930. He had only seen (Jeorge drunk but once and this was in the spring of this year. They had beer occasionally at home but never any heiotch that he knew of. Roy Cavender was called and stat ed that he bad trimmed the hair of the defendant. Mrs. Wever, in No vember and at that time she had talked of her family troubles and dissatisfaction with her home life, stating that a man had gotten rid of his wife for her and that she must do the same for him. In reply to the question of County Attorney Kieck Mrs. Wever had stated that she must be free of her husband by the first of the year. She had not named this man altho she had another who she claimed had been a visitor at her home. W. C. called to mony as had with Condit, state sheriff, was the stand and gave testi to the interview that he Mrs. Wever at his office in capital at Lincoln on the I the state : afternoon of the funeral of Mr. I Wever at Lincoln. Mrs. Wever and He had questioned she had said that cember 9th and that she had also bought arsenic on the date of De- cember 4th. for the purpose of pois- oning rats. She had said that Ceorge j had placed the arsenic in rat holes i under the barn. She said that she ! had helped George Wever down stairs on the morning of Tuesday, Decem ber 9th and that he had become mad because she had not gotten rid of the rats that infested the barn and yard, there being a ml hole near the well of the place. Questioned as to whether or not one could see the well from the kitchen of the Wever home, the state sheriff stated that it was his recollection that it was not vis ible, nor from the couch where Wever as supposed to have laid. Witness stated that Mrs. Wever had told him finally that the strychnin was on top of a cupboard in ihe basement of the Wever home and where Sheriff Reed had found it a: er witness had called Attorney W. tl. Kieck in re gard to the matter, and that Mrs. Wever had said that they had the rat poison for s.ime time. On the day that Wever had taken sick he had a breakfast o" two eggs and some coffee Mrs. Wever had stated, and going to work had stopped to se cure some cold meat down town. She had said Wever had a drink on Sat urday night but that she could not tell it on him. On the day t hat he had died Mrs. Wever had said that his eyes were red and somewhat glassy. On the Monday that lve had come home he had stopped and se cured some Epsom salts on his way home. During his illness he had con stantly wished water. Mrs. Wever had thought it was painter's cedic at first. In regard to the call to Chief of Police Elliott, Mrs. Wever stated that the trouble arose over a tele phone call which her husband had heard. At one time Mr. Wever had found a pair of gloves in the kitchen that belonged to some tea and coffee? salesman and he was very angry about that as well as another time when a pair of cantoon flannel gloves had been found by the husband. Mrs. Wever had told the witness that most of their trouble in their mar ried life was caused by the drinking of Wever. Edgar L. Glaze was called to the stand and stated that he had known the Wever family about seven weeks. He denied being a visitor at the Wever home in last October when Mr. Wever was pheasant hunting. He had at one time been a guest at dl r;ner n the Wf' to ih thr members of the family. He was at the home on the night of the death of Mr. Wever and had gone with Mrs. Wever and a brother-in-law to see about some government insurance that Mr. Wever had carried and he had set up with Mr. and Mrs. Hike and relatives on Wednesday night at the house. He denied seeing Irene Wever at the home of George Wever in October. At the conclusion of the testimony of Mr. Glaze the state rested and the defense declined to submit any evi dence in the case and Mr. Jameson, of the defense moved that the case be dismissed for the lack of suffici ent evidence to bind over the defend ant. The motion was over ruled by Judge Duxbury and who announced that he would give his decision on Wednesday afternoon. Newlyweds are Tendered Recep tion Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Victor Meisinger Are Guests of Honor at Pleas ant Event On Saturday evening the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Meisinger was the scene of a very pleasant gathering of the friends and neighbors who came to join in the reception to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Meisinger, whose marriage was recen'ly celebrated at Sedalia, Missouri, where Mrs. Mei singer. former Miss Marie Peterson, formerly made her home. There were some sixty present at the Meisinger home and until a late hour the home was the scene of mer riment and pleasure as the guests enjoyed cards and games of various kinds to help while away the hours and the newly weds were also show ered with the well wishes from the host of friends. At an appropriate hour a very dainty and delicious luncheon was served by Mrs. J. I'. Meisinger and who was assisted by Mrs. Lester Mei singer. Mr. and Mrs. J. I'. Meisinger are soon to move into Plattsmouth where they will make their home in the fu ture and the farm will be looked af ter by Victor and his bride in the fu ture. CLEBRATES BIRTHDAY On Saturday night a surprise dance was given in honor of Miss Violet Porter of Murray at the home of her sister, Mrs. Howard Royer, Platts mouth. It wras the nineteenth birth- i day anniversary of the young lady, and there were about sixty of her friends there to help celebrate tne occasion. They spent the evening in dancing and about twelve o'clock a delightful , lunch was served and the large birth jday cake was cut. All departed for I their homes wishing Violet many (more happy birthdays. Wide Divergence in Damages Set by Appraisers Sums Vary from 20c to $10 Per Rod fcr Easement Privileges on New Louisville Gps Line. On Monday was held hearings be fore groups of appraisers to determ ine a fair value or damage for ease ment privileges thru ten farms south west of Lou:sville for Ihe right of laying a natural gas line through the various farms. A total of nine ap praisers had been appointed by Coun ty Judge Duxbury and they were di vided into groups of three, one group being assigned four cases and the other two three each. The appraisers had visited the premises and also gave audience to the various land owners, lessees and tennants. as to what they thought iheir respective damages might be. At the conclusion of the hearing they tnrned in their reports, finding in widely varying sums. One group, composed of R. A. Troop. Wm. At chison and L. J. Marquardt figured the easement right worth ?10 per rod, awarding damages of $1,340 and 31.S23 respectively to John C. Spang ler on two pieces of land owned by him, and $1,460 on the third piece they appraised belonging to Henry and Lillian Ossenkop. Another group, composed of O. E. Domingo. Henry Nolting and C. D. Fulmer allowed damages of $175 to Charles and May Richey on 9 7 rods: $7". to Home State Bank. Louisville, on 97 rods and $212.50 to BchliefertS et al, on 85 rods. A third group went still lower, with a uniform rate of $1 per rod on three of the four pieces they assess ed, the sums being $170, $17" and :U7 3 respectively, with a long list of defendant owners in each ease. On a fourth piece, where the line is to cut across the corner ef a farm, for a total distance of five rods, damages of $1 were allowed by this group. In each instance the sum set is for easement privileges only, and the pipe line company must pay crop damages for going onto the land to lay the pipe, as well as any and all Times in the future when they find it necessary to go onto the land to repair or relay their line. Either the Missouri Valley Pipe Line company of the defendant land owner can appeal from such decision as they deem unjust, by posting bond for court costs, and thus take the matter into the courts for settle men. After hearing in the district court, appeal is permitted thru reg ular channels to the state supreme court the same as with any civil ac tion. Besides the ten cases enumerated above, an eleventh action was set tled after action was started and withdrawn from appraisal. This covers land in the proposed extension of gas service to Louisville from the mains of the Missouri Valley company near Wabash, and the other landowners thru whose farms the line will pass have all signed volun tarv easements. RETURNS AFTER MANY YEARS From Tuesdays uaily Some twenty-six or seven years ago among the lads of thirteen and four teen years of age. Johnnie Wells was a very familiar figure and known over the city practically all of the resi dents, the Wells family having been old time residents here and the fa ther of W. L. Wells, was the color bearer of Co. A, First Nebraska, in the Civil war. Johnnie at the time was living at loth and Granite street and was a member of "the Pearl street gang" in those days the in nocent associations of the "gangs" being a far cry from the present gangland. This group embraced Frank Herold, Glen Rawls and others who resided in the neighborhood and where the play and activity of the group was confined in the happy go lucky sports of that day. Yesterday a stranger was standing at the corner of Main and Sixth street to wat,K the people passing by and striving to glimpse a face that might, be familiar, the first time in some twenty years that "Johnnie" had been here. A few of the old familiar faces were seen and from the past recollections of many pleasant times was recounted by the friends who had the opportunity of meeting the former Plattsmouth boy. Mr. Wells is now engaged in contracting work in Kansas City. Missouri, and was enroute home from Omaha where he attended a family reunion at the home of his brother, W. E. Wells and family. CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this means of ex pressing our deepest appreciation of the manv acts of kindness shown to our loved one in her illness and for jthe sympathy that the kind friends ano neiKiiuors nave given ua in uui i 1 1 . . 1 mi hour of sorrow. Especially do we thank those who took part in the funeral service and for the beautiful ! flowers. The friends and neighbors I will always be tenderly remembered for their sympathy and aid. Fred Kehne and Children. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL From Tuesday's Daily Miss Maty Swatek, one of the effi- eient teachers in the rural schools Bear this city, who was operated on some ten days ago at the St. Joseph hospital .at Omaha, has so far re- covered from the operation for ap- ! pendicitis that she was able to re- ' , turn home yesterday afternoon and Deputy Sheriff Rex Young and Con will spend her recuperative period 1 stable Svoboda Apprehend Boys here at home with the members of Wanted in Omaha the family. Miss Swatek lias had a very rapid recovery and her many From Tuesday's Daiiv friends will be delighted that she i A m,.ssage received here at the has been able to return home so soon ()tru.e of sh,.riff Bert Reed yesterdav after the operation and in such splen- afternoon of a theft of a car in Oma- did condition. h;i aml aso of the disappearance of Rex Young is Re-Appointed Deputy Sheriff Present Efficient Deputy Will Be As- sistant of Sheriff Reed for r - coming leim. From Wednesoays Dally This morning Rex Young, present deputy sheriff, was given the oath of office and filed his official bond as deputy sheriff of Cass county for the term that will commence on Thurs- day. January 8th. Mr. Young has served as deputy in the term of Bert Reed as sheriff for the past four years and will con- i nr, t,. I i ; ' , . t tinue as Mr. Reed's assistant in the future. The appointment of Mr. Young to the office will be approved by a vast majority of the residents cf the county, as in the discharge of the office ot deputy he has prove a strong and aole officer of the law and one who has served the very best interests of the county in the en- m ' - - C In tun n ii 1 Tw. nvt nfttinn tiringly worked for the best interests d a head start of O Brien and the of the county sheriff's office at all train crew reporte th man had times and no night has been so crawled into a refrigerator car The stormy or severe that Sheriff Reed P" eet'tns his car and w Ml Mr and Rex have not responded to the Svoboda raced on to South Omaha call of dutv and as the freight stopped in the No one in the county has as large yards, reached the car and secured an acquaintance over the county as Miller as he climbed out of his re Mr. Young and his many friends will fuge. be much pleased that Sheriff Reed The two boys were brought here has decided to have him remain as and the car also towed into th s city the assistant in the office, as his ex- to await the owner and later in the perience in the office makes him par- night the two boys were turned over ticularly valuable at this time when to Omaha police to answer to the crime seems to be growing and es- charge of car stealing, pecially in holdups and crimes of vio- Miller was paroled at his former iVnce trial by Judge Begley to the Father Some months ago Mr. Young was Flannigan Home, but his latest or shot and wounded while making an fense is such that he will face a term arrest on a Missouri Pacific train in the state reformatory. here, being fearless in the discharge of his duty. HAVE FALSE ALARM ENTERTAINS AT DINNER ! Last night the police officers and On Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. sheriff Bert Reed and his force were Henry Herold entertained very pleas- ept busy for hours searching for a antly at their attractive heme in duo who were supposed to have stuck the Herold apartment, at a family up a driver of the Watson truck line dinner party in honor of Mr. and Gf Nebraska City, the alleged "stick Mrs. Henry Robert Herold of Okla- up" taking place on highway No. homa City, who are visiting here for 75 south of this city, the holidays. The decorations were it was reported to the officers that in the Christmas cblors and made a the truck driver was held up and that verv beautiful scene. ' of the men doing tne joo uau u u Misses Mia and Barbara Gering seen here at the New Way hamburger were hostesses at a most charming castle at Sixth and Vine streets. The dinner party on Sunday evening officer pursued the car to the Mis honoring their nephew and niece, souri river bridge where the car had Mr and Mrs. Henry Herold of Okla- passed just a few moments before and homa City. The charm and colors a general alarm was sent out to the of the Christmas decorations added towns east along the highway in to the pleasantness of the settings. Iowa. Two men were picked up at The guests of the dinner were Mr. an early hour this morning at Tabor, and Mrs. George K. Petring. Mr. anH Iowa, and held for the local officera. Mrs. R. F. Patterson. Edward and This morning when the truck dm Herbert Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. was finally located it was found that Henry Robert Herold and Mr. and he had not been held up but that two Mrs Henrv Herold en in a car had aroused his sus-Mrs- HePr Horo'u- plcion by following behind his truck FUNERAL OF MRS PESAK The funeral of Mrs. Helen Pesak was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of the par ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Pilney, with a very large number of the friends here and Omaha in attend ance. The services were conducted by Rev. H. G. McClusky. pastor of the First Presbyterian church, who spoke words of comfort to the mem bers of the bereaved family. During the service a male quartet composed of L. D. Hiatt, Frank A. Cloidt, L. O. Minor and H. U. McClusky. gave two numbers, "Jesus Savior Pilot Me and "Nearer My God to Thee" at the house, and at the grave, "Rock of Ages." A short service in Bohemian was also given at the grame. The pall bearers were Randall Oldham, Fred Click, Charles Had- rana, Anton Mason, ijouis nwouuua, Charles Janda. JUDGE GRAVES ILL Prom Mnnrtav's Dally Police Judge C. L. Graves was con fined to his home today by a severe jcold that had been so annoying that 4iirfrvn li ri -v m Ho. -1 flrtn 111 U , Lue geniai juu6c uau iu aun u.. regular duties and spent tne time 'battling with the flu, bronchitis or whatsoever form the malady was tak- , ing. The many friends of the judge are hopeful that he may soon be out land able to hand forth justice in nis accustomed manner. Officers Have Race with Boy Car Bandits two boys from the Father Flannigan Home in that city, led to a lively chase by Deputy Sheriff Rex Young and Constable Tom Svoboda of the boy bandits and their capture by the Cass county officers. The boys reported missing were Elmer Miiler. 15, who was sent to the Home a few weeks ago following his arrest at Nebraska City for car theft, with Clarence O'Brien, 15. of Omaha, while the car reported was a Chrysler sedan. The officers were t the Platte river bridge as the Om- aha police reported the car to be in tnis loca,ity and after a short time the car appeared and with the two missing boys driving it. The signal wag eyen to stop bv the officers hut O'Brien, the driver of the car, stepped on tf,e gaa and raeei across the l)ridge with the officers in Rex young's car in hot pursuit. The cars were going at a high speed when Q'Brien tried to make the short turn on ,hJ hl just west of tne ratiroad traoks at LaPiatte and here the car crashed into a ditch and when the officers arrived a few moments later , v. . , i,. ... - nnt tn Ho cooti tlpnnt v Sh ,ff- Yo spotted young O'Brien through a cornfield east of the g r fired geveral o without su- " . . ... . h, tW Hn "I1" 1TZ.Z. 1 'Z 7Z- uty sheriff not desiring to wound the boy. A train was just starting to From Wednesdays DaHy two men answering tne description .1-1111,, and he had fearea tney were sucn up men that had plied their trade very actively along the highways in Otoe county recently. The Tabor au thorities were notified to release the men held there as the story proved a conapse. NEW DAUGHTER ARRIVES From Monday's Dally This morning the home of Mr. and Mrs W. P. O'Donnell in the south part of the city was made very happy bv the arrival of a fine little daugh- ... i 1 ... I f V. ter, weigning t pouuu, wu vii. mother is doing very nicely and occasion has brought much hap- jness to the members of the family lrcje The little lady makeB the farnuy circle of three sons and two daughters. The many friends will . jn Jn their well wishes to the little Jad for her future welfare. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL from Mondav's Dany John F. Gorder. wno was home over the Christmas holiday to visit with his family in this city, return ed Sunday to the hospital at Omaha ' he hag been undergoing treat nt fnr come time. Mr. Gordcr is htter feeling some better and whether or iee',u !." .7 In 1 k nfn. ' , t definitely decided JW case 18 not aennlie'y aeooeo uPon- Phone your news Items to No. 6.