..THE BEKs OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMUKR 0. 1921.
Many Inmates of
Prison Appear at
Parole Hearing
Mother Pleads for Release of
Son Afflicted With Tuber,
culosi Had One Son
Die in Pen.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8. (Special
Telegram.) Victimi of broken
home, drug addict! and runaway
boya, who now are convicts at the
Nebraska ilate penitentiary, pleaded
today for paroles before the state
board of pardons.
Then, there was the mother plead-
lnir tor her hoy and the wite plead
inn for her husband's freedom to
aid in supporting tiieir child and -the
habitual criminal, guilty of numerous
crimes who now is a victim of
tuberculosis, begging for a fighting
dunce on the outside, all pleading
for leniency from the letter of, the
Jaw Irom uovernor MCKelvie, At
torncy General Davis and Secretary
ot state Amsbcrry, members or tne
board. J
One. i the son of Mrs. Mary
Wright', of Wayne, Neb., , died of
tuberculosis while serving time in
the state penitentiary. t Loen
Wright, another son, is serving time
and he,, too. has tuberculosis. He
was transferred to the state hos
pital for tuberculars at Kearney at
one time but while there fell a vie
tim to his old enemy, liquor, and
was taken hack to the penitentiary.
The father has been dead for many
years.
"Oh gentlemen," the mother im
plored, pet my lost son die at
home." j , . . '
Omaha Barber Is Up. '
For, years Arthur C. Puryear, an
Omaha barber, lived an honorable
life. Then he became ill, and ac
cording fo his story to the board,
, physicians gave him morphine for
months.
"I became a fiend and began
forging hecks," he said. " I am
cured now."
Feter I Morningham of Fremont,
22, is serving time for auto steal
ing. He- served time at the dis
ciplinary barracks at Fort Leaven
worth. He was'arrested in Omaha
as a holdup suspect and also had
"been arrested for drunkenness ' and
other offenses. He has a dry, hack
ing cough. Warden Fenton said
he has tuberculosis. He has been a
drug addict. His aged mother at
Fremont declared he would make
good if released.
Physician Pleads for Man.
James Jones is serving from one
to seven- years for burg'ary. He
was arrested once, in Omaha on a
burglary charge, escaped from the
police and was arrested several
weeks later while breaking into an
Omaha home. The police shot him.
Then, too. he served in the Douglas
county jail at various times. He has
been a drug addict.
Dr. I. C. Munger, former peniten
tiary physician, pleaded to have him
paroled to him, promising to give
"Jimmie"' good wages for working
in his garage.
"Do you know his record?" Gov
ernor McKelvie asked.
"1 do, and if it had not been for
drugs, Jimmie would . be an' honor
able mart today," the doctor replied.
"I am going to help him get started
right this time."
Cook Offered Job. .
: James F. Wilson, Omaha cook,
whose parents are dead, may step
from.thq penitentiary into a job in a
restaurant Wilson is serving time
for forgery.
"I have a friend at Ravenna who
has a restaurant and who has been
looking for a cook for a long time,"
the governor said.
"Would you like to be paroled to
him and draw good wages for cook
ing until your sentence is com
pleted?" "I sure would," Wilson said. "1
didn't know a job like that was open
or I would have applied a long time
ago. -
The parents of Frank Isom, Oma
ha, who stabbed Wilbert Ford, have
been separated for years. He Is
serving from one to 10 years- for
stabbing to wound and now seeks his
freedom, .
Orphan Asks Release.
The parents of Theodore Rice,
24, who broke into a room at the
Farnam hotel, Omaha, have been
dead for many years.
Wilber Stewart, serving time for
having burglar tools in his posses
sion and who served time in the
South Dakota penitentiary, was a
drug addict when he entered prison.
He also asks a parole. .
The parents of Fred Meyers,
Omaha, burglar, have been dead for
years. He is seeking his freedom
on parole.
George Bartlett, 21, whose par
ents are dead, and Art King, 24,
whose mother is dead, forged 12
checks on as many Fremont grocers
and butchers. - They purchased a
small quantity of goods in each
store and then wrote .larger checks,
pocketing the funds.
They inquired for the names and
addresses of several poor families at
Fremont and left the goods they
purchased, with bogus checks, on the
doorsteps of these families. ; Since
their incarceration they have made
good the checks.
Forger Is Released. ,
. Claude Leech, 20, convicted ol
forgery, was permitted to drive
home to Furnas county tonight with
his father.
Mrs. C. W. Warner, 3106 Marcy
street, Omaha, pleaded with the
state board of pardons and paroles
today for the release of Gilbert Fos
ter, her childhood playmate. He
was sent to the penitentiary from
Omaha for breaking and entering.
Mrs. Warner said her family
adopted him when he was a child
and that he was always a gocd boy.
He was in France with the army
and was gassed, she said. .
Marshal Asks Freedom.
A petition of about 200 citizens of
Gibbon, Neb., was presented to the
board asking that Harvey Graham,
former town marshal, now scrying
one to 10 years for killing Lorton
Murray, 20, be released. A petition
bearing an equal number of names
was presented, demanding that he be
kept in prison.
Arthur Montgomery, 43. . negro,
formerly a porter a the Millard ho
tel, Omaha, asked ths board to com
mute the sentence life iajprison-J
Lincoln Man Held
For Theater Robbery
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Mobridge, S. D?
To Enlarge Water
System at Once
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De Moines Firm Awarded
Contract for Construction
Of New Reservoirs and Ex
tension of Mains. "
Lincoln, Neb., Noy. 8. Darius M
Trimble, deputy state fire inspector,
pleaded guilty yesterday evening in
justice court to robbing the Liberty
theater Saturday night of between
$1,500 and $2,000. Lee Carroll, cash-
ler of the theater, charged with Be
ing an .accomplice in the robbery,
pleaded not guilty. Both men were
bound over to the district court and
both are in" jail. ?
25 Pawnee City Residents
. Become Residents of .U. S.
Pawnee City, Neb., Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) Between 20 and 25 men who
have lived in Pawnee county fof from
10 to 50 years, were examined today
for naturalization papers. Nineteen
of them passed -(and were granted
citizenship. Some amusing answers
were offered to questions put to the
men by District Judge John Raper.
One man had to admit that Jie did
not know flvho the road overseer of
iis district was. The overseer lives
a halt mile irom the applicant and
appeared in his behalf at the examination.
When asked, Who makes the
law?" one applicant said, "Governor
McKelvie."- One man said "Frank
Col well," who is mayor of Pawnee
City, was governor of the state.
Pawnee City Firemen Give
Show to Pay for Furnace
Pawnee City, Neb., Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) The volunteer fire department
ot rawnee City has undertaken to
furnish a new heating system for the
local fire, house. A furnace will be
installed, which will keep the rooms
at the correct temperature which in
sures best results irom the chemical
tquipment. To pay for this new im
provement, they . are putting' on a
shw at a local theater. It will be
shown six times. More than 1,000
tickets have already been sold. The
management of . the theater is donat
ing the use , of the house for the
occasions'.
Daughter of Des Moines
Pioneer Dies on Farm
Des Moines, la., Nov. 8. (Spe
cial Telcgram.)--With only enough
money to give her a decent burial,
and with few friends left. in the city,
Mrs. Melvina Morse, 75, whose
father, William Henry Mcccham,
donated to Polk county the site
on which the present court house
stands, died Sunday night at the
county farm, where she had been an
inmate for the last month. '
Mrs. Morse was being cared for
on the county farm upon losing her
mental faculties.
Bankrupt Hardware Stock ,
Being Sold at Pawnee City
Pawnee City, Neb., Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) The hardware stock belong
ing to W. C. Pritchard, Dubois
(Neb.) merchant, is being sold at
auction 'to satisfy; judgments against
him. The' sale is being, conducted
in installments by Country Sheriff
Guy, Avery. Part of it was sold last
Saturday afternoon, and enough
more,'' to satisfy the claims, will be
sold next Saturday afternoon.
Alleged Liquor Runner at
York Pays Fine of $100
York, Neb., Nov. 8. (Special Tel
egram.) Bert Harris, who figured in
an auto accident here last August
and who seriously injured Mrs. C
F. Riley of Omaha pleaded guilty to
the charge of liquor 'transportation
in district court and paid a fine of
$100. He also pleaded guilty to the
charge of fast and reckless driving
and was fined $50. Judge Corcoran
presided in both cases.
Pedigreed Homing Pigeons
Released From Army for Sale
Pigeon fanciers will have a rare
opportunity to acquire from ' the
army some of the pedigreed homing
pigeons of the famous Colonel Os
man collection, when the command
ing officer at Camp Alfred Vail, New
Jersey, releases them for sale No
vember 20. Included in this collec
tion are 135 pairs, consisting of some
of the best blood in the world.
Corncrib and 1,400 Bushels
Of Corn Burn at David City
David City, Neb, Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) A crib containing 1,400
bushels of com, was burned to the
ground on the George Ball farm,
northwest of David City. The fire
engine was called out but to no
avail. The cause of the fire is un
known. The grain wag insured.
ment he has been serving since 1913
for killing his wife.
- Everett P. Bruce, 33, negro, asked
commutation of a life sentence which
he has been serving since 1916 for
killing a white man in Omaha.
The wife of Leonard Ross with
her 15-months-old baby sat by his
side as- he asked for a parole. He
was convicted of auto stealing. His
wifelias been working in Chicago
and arrived ia ' Liacola this fiiorn
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Mobridge, S. D., Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) The contract ha been
awarded to a Des Moines (la.,) com
pany for the construction, In this
city, of what will be one of the most
complete waterworks systems In
South Dakota. The plant will cost
$167,850.
The location of the plant will be
on the Missouri river, just north of
the Milwaukee railroad briduc and
adjoining the right-of-way, on a six
acre tract of land recently purchased
by the city of Mobridge.fhe project
will include a modern filtration,
purifying and softening plant, with
storage tanks and pumps. A 10
inch pipe line will extend from the
plant to the city water mains. It
will also include a number of exten
sions with the city, which will con
nect up the "dead ends" that now
are in use.
Reservoirs with a storage capacity
of 220,000 gallons will be built at the
river and these, with the present
water tank with a capacity of 110.0UO
gallons, will give a total storage
capacity of 330,000 gallons. The
new system will also give a higher
pressure in case of fire than the
present one, thus aiding the lire de
partment in its work.
The Des Moines company, will
order materials at once and work on
the plant at the river will be started
very soon, with the intention of hav
ing the worlc go on during the win
ter. Undertbe terms of the coo
tract the tnew waterworks system
must be completed' by August 1;
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Camper Is Arrested ' for
Seining Fish . From Lake.
Sisseton, S. D., Nov. 8. Special.)
J. J. Knaak was. arrested for sein
ing fish from Dry Wood lake, com
plaint in the case having been made
by Deputy Sheriff Mander. Knaak is
being held for preliminary hearing.
Knaak is alleged to have been tak
ing fish from Dry Wood lake all
summer by means of a large seine,
taking his, catches to an island out
in the lake, -cleaning and canning
them, bringing them to shore again
and carting them away in an auto
to be shipped. He lived there all
summer and Claims he was camping
out to recuperate his health.
Yellowstone Trail
Association to Meet
Mobri.lffc. S. D . Nov. 8. (Snc
rial.) Plans have been completed fur
the .South Dakoja otata meeting r
the Yellowstone Trail association, to
be held in Mobridge, Wednesday,
November 9. Imrty-two south lu
kota towns on the Yellowstone trail
are entitled to have delegations at the
meeting, and of this nimibrr all but a
lew will be represented. Oilicers of
the association wilt be in attendance,
including among others H. O, C'oolry
of Minneapolis, general manager;
Kay Smith, president, and J. R. Hub
bard of Aberdeen, member of the
executive committee from South Da
kota.
The entire day will be dented to
business, but arrangements have nccn
made to take the out-of-town visitors
on a sight-seeing tour through the
city. In the evening the Mobridge
Commercial club will entertain the
visitors at a banquet, with addresses
by prominent speakers.
Auto Light Violators
At Grand Island Fined
Grand Island, Neb., , "Nov. 8.
(Soecul 1 elCKram.i Notwithstand
ing a warning published by the po
lice department last week, to the
effect that beginning Monday the
ordinance prohibiting automobiles
irom running with only one light
or without a tail light, . would be
vigorously enforced, the 'ofheers
apprehended Zi violators the hrst
day. Included in the number were
two ministers.
In no case was there a serious
contention of not guilty, but the
cases of deficient bulbs and of con
nections losing out when cars
struck a bump, were' so many that
the police department is planning a
"tested light" week for automobile
owners. Air were fined, the sum of
Adoration Services Held
By McCook Catholic Church
McCook, Neb., Nov. 8. (Special.)
At St. Patricks church Monday
morning began a .40 hours adoration
service, Rev. A; H. Kunz, O. M. I.,
and his two parish assistants, the
Revs. D. P. McCullough, O; M. I.,
and Rev.' Ambrose A.- Unger, O. M.
I., being assisted by the Rev II. D.
Donnelly, the Rev. Michael Down
ing of Cambridge, the Rev. Fitzger
ald of Red Cloud and the Rev. Hahn
of Orleans, all members of the Oblate
brotherhood. The service will con
clude Wednesday evening. Bishop
Reilly of Lincoln is. ;expccted r Sun?
day. ... . - '
Economical buyers are daily read
ers of The Bee For Sale Want Ads.
Babe Dies of Hurns
Received at Flay
Infant Daughter of Redfield
(S. D.) Doctor I Victim
Of Injury.
Kedlield. S. D., Nov. 8. (Special.)
Eileen Sutton, infant daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Dewey Sutton, i dead
as the result of burns received while
playing in the yard of a neighbor'
home.
At the time of the accident the par
ents were f u route home from Aber
deen, where Dr. Sutton hsd been on
profession! business. The - small
daughter had been left with a neigh
boring family and with other children
was playing in the yard. In some
unknown manner the children se
cured some matches and ignited a
pile of excelsior and other waste mat
ter in the yard, and the flames were
communicated to the clothing of the
small Sutton girl.
Efforts on the part of neighbors
and others to extinguish the flames
in lime to save her life proved fruit
less, for she died before medical aid
could be summoned.
Alleged Daylight Bandit
Is Arrested in Dea Moines
Des Moines! Ia., Nov. 8. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Dewey Raincy, al
leged to have held up a Postal tele
graph clerk Sunday afternoon, was
arrested today as' he was attempting
to leave his room. Rainey, who wa
a- former clerk in the Postal office
was identified by Norman Hook, the
victim. The alleged robber was also
identified as the man who attempted
to hold up Hie Woodcock pharmacy
earlier Sunday. According to the
police, Raincy had made the threat
to some of his pals that he would
kill, he " first police officer who at- ,
tempted to arrest him.'
Rail Commission Abides
By Many Former Decisions
Lincoln,, Neb.. Nov. . 8. (Soecia!
Telegram.) The State Railway com
mission continued to abide by former
decisions to keep passenger' and
cattle traffic separate when it deniec'
an application of Lowell and Newark
shippers to put stock cars on east1,
bound Burlington passenger trains.
Sliver May Cost Callaway
; Man His Life, Doctors Say
Calliway, Neb., Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) While Harry Boardman, re- '
siding west of here, was climbing a
flagpole at a school house near herr
he slipped and a sliver from the
flagpole enteered his abdomen. It if-
doubtful whether he will recover. ,:
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November 9th:
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Developed of Marvella, Evora, Valvora, Pollyanna, Pan
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Stralghtllne models, flare effects, embroidered styles and the
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Women will realize that nothing could be more timely
than this great reduction ot every pattern hat right at the
beginning of the winter. -
Letter "M" of American Legion Service Certificates
will be given out here Friday, Nov. 11th
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