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Baptist—
Bethel—Twenty-ninth and T streets
South Omaha. The Rev. J. C. Brown,
pastor, residence 467 South Thirty
first street. Services, Morning, 11;
evening, 7:30; Sunday School 1 p. m.;
B. Y. P. B., 6:30 p. m.; praise service,
7:30 p. m.
Mt. Moriah—Twenty-sixth and Sew
ard streets. The Rev. W. B. M. Scott,
pastor. Services: Sunday School, 9:30
a. m.; preaching, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.;
B. Y. P. U. at 6 p. m.
Zion —- Twenty-sixth and Franklin
(temporary location). The Rev. W. F.
Botts, pastor; residence, 2522 Grant
street. Telephone Webster 5838. Ser
vices: Devotional hour, 10:30 a. m.;
preaching, 11 a. m.; Sunday School,
1 to 2 p. m.; pastor’s Bible class, 2 to
3 p. m.; B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p. m.; choir
devotion, 7:30 p. m.; preaching 8 p. m.
Episcopal—
Church of St. Philip the Deacon—
Twenty-first near Paul street. The
Rev. John Albert Williams, rector.
Residence, 1119 North Twenty-first
street. Telephone Webster 4243. Ser
vices daily at 7 a. m. and 9 a. m. Fri
days at 8 p. m. Sundays at 7:30 a.
m., 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School at 12:45 p. m.
Methodist—
Allen Chapel, A. M. E., 5233 South
Twenty-fifth street, South Omaha.—
The Rev. John H. Nichols, pastor.
Residence, 5233 South Twenty-fifth
m. and 8:00 p. m.; Sunday school,
1:30; class meeting, 12:00; A. C. E.
L., 6:30; prayer meeting, Tuesday
evening at 8:00.
Grove M. E.—Twenty-second and
Seward streets. The Rev. G. G. Logan,
pastor. Residence, 1628 North Twen
ty-second street. Services: Sunday
School at 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m.; Epworth League,
6:30 p. m.
St. John’s A. M. E.—Eighteenth and
Webster streets. The Rev. W. T. Os
borne, pastor. Residence, 613 North
Eighteenth street. Telephone Doug
las 5914. Services: Sunday, 11 a. m.
and 8 p. m., preaching; 12 noon, class;
1:15 p. m., Sunday School; 7 p. m.,
Endeavor; Wednesday, 8 p. m., pray
er and class meetings. Everybody
made welcome at all of these meet
ings.
lawyers assembled. Mrs. Mohr came
rom her home in the limousine, and
Crown and Spellman were brought
rom their cells. Then a Deputy Sher
ff spoke to the Judge, who an
lounced that the jurymen had changed
their minds and did not want instruc
tions. By this time it was a quarter
)f 6, and fifteen minutes later, just
is those assembled were about to dis
iand, word came that the jury had
.eached its verdict.
The twelve men, with set, solemn
aces, filed into their seats. Address
ng the foreman, Charles Clark, the
>lerk of the Court asked him if the
urymen had reached their decision.
Clark replied that they had.
“Do you find the defendant Cecil
/ictor Brown guilty or not guilty?”
isked the Clerk.
“Guilty,” replied the foreman in a
"irm, hard voice.
“Do you find the defendant, Henry
Spellman, guilty or not guilty?”
“Guilty,” said the foreman in the
same voice, and every one in the
courtroom became rigid.
With the two Negroes charged with
murdering Dr. Mohr convicted, Mrs.
Mohr seemed to sink down in her
:hair on the verge of collapse, and
everyone in the room looked fixedly
at her.
“Do you find the defendant, Eliza
beth F. Mohr, guilty or not guilty?”
asked the Clerk.
“Not guilty,” said Clark, and his
mice boomed with emphasis.
Mrs. Mohr then fell forward in her
chair, sobbing. Mr. Fitzgerald, with
tears in his eyes, put one arm on her
shoulder and whispered into her ear.
While the remaining formalities of
he procedure were being completed,
the woman and her lawyer held this
position. Then Judge Stearns arose.
“Elizabeth Frances Mohr is dis
charged from custody on this indict
ment,” he said, and the relatives and
friends of the woman rushed to her
side. Mrs. Mohr expressed her grati
tude to the court and her attorneys.
Mrs. Mohr said nothing about the
Colored condemned youths, nor would
her lawyers make formal statements,
although William H. Lewis of Boston,
their chief counsel, was overheard to
exclaim as he was leaving the court
room:
“Well, I don’t call that a square
deal.”
John B. Edwards of Providence, an
other of their counsel, said:
“I can’t comprehend the process by
which Brown and Spellman were de
clared guilty and Mrs. Mohr not
guilty. All the State’s evidence was
n support of the theory that the two
boys shot Dr. Mohr because Mrs. Mohr
promised them money to do it. They
were charged with no other motive. In
ny opinion, none of the defendants
were guilty.”
Mr. Lewis and Mr. Edwards will
make their appeal for Brown and
Spellman to the Rhode Island Su
preme Court. They said the basis of
heir appeal would be on the excep
ions taken by them during the trial.
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ATTORNEY’S ELOQUENCE
MAKES IMPRESSION.
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dog. He would welcome his master
with a wag of his tail; he was hap
piest in his presence, because he loved
him. He never bit the hand that fed
him. That grateful little dog is
breathing for his master tothis very
.tour.”
Suddenly raising his big voice to
\ magnificent climax, Mr. Lewis con
tinued:
“But George W. Healis is the Beel
zebub of liars, the Ananias and Sap
phi ra and the whole cathedral choir
of liars rolled into one. Brown and
Spellman did not commit this murder.
They don’t come from the race that
betrays a domestic trust. The mur
der was the deed of an Apache, the
kind of man who crept behind the
cabin in the days of our forefathers
> massacre women and children. In
George W. Healis, the police have the
real murderer of Dr. Mohr.’’
Despite the manner in which At
torneys Lewis and Edwards handled
Lheir clients’ cases the jury brought
in a verdict of guilty against Spell
man and Brown and not guilty against
k Mrs. Mohr.
Jury Out Seven Hours.
It was a galvanizing moment in the
Superior Court room when the jury
came in. The twelve men had been
deliberating more than seven hours.
Following Judge Steams’ charge this
morning, the jury retired at 10:49
o’clock. A few minutes later Mrs.
Mohr, being free on bail, went to her
home with her two lawyers, John J.
Fitzgerald and Arthur Cushing.
Brown and Spellman were taken to
their cells. All day the courtroom re
mained crowded with the spectators
who had followed the trial from the
beginning.
Shortly after 5:30 o’clock the jury
men sent out word that they wished
further instructions from the court,
and Judge, officers, defendants, and
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