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VOLUME XXVII.
EMMET JOHNSON
NOJORSETMEF
ut Judge Tash Declares He May
Have Traded Horses
Trlflo Carelesttly
.mmett Johnson, aged rancher
living near Alliance, was acquitted
or tne criminal charge of armronrlut
Ing and selling two bay horses, the
property of Harry Sedore, by Judge
iaBn in county court Monday, al
though he was directed to pay for
one or tne same horses In a civil
case, the outcome of which hinged
on tne criminal prosecution. The de
cision followed a hearing which took
up the greater part of the morning
and afternoon, In which a score of
witnesses were examined.
ay agreement of attorneys, the
civil and criminal cases were tried
at the same time, the same questions
and testimony being required In the
two Instances. The criminal case
charged theft of the two horses, and
- the civil case was a suit to recover
the value of the animals In question,
which Johnson admitted having sold
- and collected for. - County Attorney
Lee Basye represented the state in
the criminal action; Attorney W. R.
Meti represented Harry E. Sedore in
the civil suit, and Attorney Eugene
Burton represented the defendant in
both actions.
The testimony developed that
Johnson had pastured a number of
torses for Calvin J. Wildy back in
1917. When Wildy later sent a man
over to get these animals, the same
number were taken away, but Inas
much as only a part of the animals
were branded, an error or two was
made, and Wildy got some of John
eon's horses. At least two of these
were returned and others sent to
him. Wildy later sold his animals
to Olof Sholander, Johnson's son-in-law,
and Sholander In turn sold
them to Sedore, the latter losing the
bill of sale. Sholander and Johnson,
it seems, used at lest one pasture lu
common, and when the horses sold
to Sedore were still In this common
pasture, Johnson sold them to a
horse trader named Spath, who took
"them out of tho country.
One of the horses In the bay team
In question was a blocky bay, the
otheer a more rangy animal. It was
conceded by all parties That " tire
"blocky bay was branded on the left
shoulder with the letters E-J, the
Johnson brand. The defendant
claimed to have raised this horse
from a colt, and the court held the
brand was sufficient evidence that
this was the case.
As to the rangy horse, Johnson's
claim to title was that Wildy had
undoubtedly received one of his
horses in exchange for It, as a result
of the first mixup. Judge Tash ex
pressed it as "a horse trade where
only one of the traders was present."
The judge held that the title,
shadowy as It was, was sufficient to
absolve Johnson of the intent to
steal. The evidence, however, ac
cording to the judge, showed that
Sholander, who sold to Sedore, had
as good or better title to the horse
than the defendant, and that al
though the title was sufficiently good
to relieve Johnson of the felony
chrage, it was not sufficient to prove
ownership. Sedore was thereupon
given judgment for 1144.50, the
value of the animal, and the costs
were taxed to the defendant.
All three attorneys made strong
pleas. Following the decision, Mr.
Burton suggested that Inasmuch as
his client had been declared Inno
cent, It seemed unfair to tax all the
costs to him, as the state had brought
the action. The Judge left the mat
ter open, subject to an agreement by
the attorneys.
HELD IN CONNECTION
WITH ARDMORE ROBBERY
Sherig Miller Is holding two col
ored men In connection with two
South Dakota robberies, which oc
curred several weeks ago. The two
.men were engaged In attempting to
'ell articles which were later Identi
fied as stolen property by two people
who came to Alliance from Ardmoro.
They were arrested Monday evening.
It Is not believed that the men nov
In custody are the principals, but it
is believed by the sheriff and the
city police that they are in a position
to pass out more Information than
they seem likely to give.
Grandma" Sage, living Just south
of town, passed away at her home on
Saturday nicht The funeral was
held from the MethodlBt chuhch on
Monday afternoon. She had no near
relatives and depended a great deal
on neighbors and friends.
Girls wanted at Alliance Steam
Laundry. tf
TIIH WEATHER
for Alliance and vicinity: Gener
ally fair tonight; colder north por
lion Wednesday.
ANOTHER ENDORSEMENT
- FOK TACKING COMPANY
The Alliance Tacking company re
ceived its official permit of the stato
of Wyoming authorizing sale of tho
company's stock In that state and the
permit has been received by the gen
eral offices of the company In Alii
ance. This action on the part of Wy
oming was, of course, made after
very searching Investigation, fol
lowing similar action on the part of
tne Alliance chamber of commerce
which first endorsed the project, and
also of the state securities commis
sion of Nebraska, which conducted a
rigid investigation of its own.
TO ASK PUBLIC
FOR ASSISTANCE
Committee Will Solicit Funds
to
Make Needed Improvements at
the Fair Grounds.
Aiiance people will be asked to
furnish contributions to pay for Im
provements to the Box Butte county
fair grounds to the amount of $2,
000. This money will be used to pay
for additional stalls for racing
horses, draining the track and re
pairing the grandstand. This step
was decided upon at a joint meeting
of the directors of the Box Butte
county fair association and the Alli
ance chamber of commerce Monday
evening. President Highland was
directed to appoint a committee to
solicit funds and further announce
ments will be made later.
JUDGE TASH FAVORS
THE SINGLE STANDARD
And So He Assesses a Fine Against
Mrs. Violet Walbrtdge for
Assault and Battery
The county court room, was filled
Saturday, morning with interested
spectators auii wltacsb is Lttthe oasef
of the state versus Mrs. Violet Wal
brtdge, charged with attacking and
inflicting injuries upon Mrs. Mamie
Flanders on Wednesday morning of
last week. Complaint was brought by
the husband of the Injured woman,
who appeared in court with a dam
aged eye.
The case, as developed by the tes
timony, concerned two families,
Frank Walbridge and wife, Violet,
who have two children and have
lived in Alliance for the past six
years, and Bernard Flanders and
wife, Mamie. The evidence showed
clearly that there had been illicit re
lations between Mrs. Flanders and
Frank Walbridge. This was proved
by letters written by the woman and
intercepter by Walbrldge's wife.
Mrs. Walbridge handed over to the
authorities one letter which she had
found. It was unsigned, but she was
satisfied from whom It came having
had her suspicious previously. Iu
that letter appeared the statement,
"I am going to Antioch," and th
suggestion that she would write to
Walbridge under the name of "Lloyd
Wells" and that he could reply to
"Roxie Ward." Mrs. Walbridge
thereupon watched the mall and in
tercepted other letters and a post
card, unsigned but written in the
same handwriting as the first.
Mamie Flanders shortly thereafter
returned to Alliance and resumed
employment in the Manhattan cafe.
Mrs. Walbridge thereupon requested
that the two husbands and wives got
together for a conference, and the
date set for the meeting was last
Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Flanders
and her husband failed to appear.
On Monday, Mrs. Walbridge callel
Mrs. Flanders over the phone and
wanted to know . why. . When Mrs.
Flanders replied that she "had con
cluded not to," then Mrs. Walbrldga
is said to have declared:
"Then you'd better leave town
if you don't I'll kill you. You'll find
It's cheaper to pay railroad fare than
hospital bins."
Mrs. Walbridge denied that she
had made any threats, but admitted
she had advised the other woman to
leave town.
On Wednesday morning the at
tack took place. Mrs. Walbridge
knew at what time the Flanders
woman came off duty, and managed
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Mesdames Loomls, Whlttaker,
Kennedy and Rawley of Berea mo
tored to Alliance on Friday night to
attend Kebekah lodge.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY,
CANDELARIA IS
WOOEDANDWON
I'oiice Authorities Give the New
lirlrfcro! in nn IntereNting
Hat M lour
Candelaria Sanchez, belle of the
duiik cars, Is establishing ths ro
mantle record of Alliance. Less tl an
five weeks after th
... Hauva VI JUDO)
her husband, on February 17 in the
local Burlington yards. Candelaria
appeared at the county Judge's office
late Monday afternoon, bringing
un ner me required quota of wit
nesses, one of whom was a fair In
terpreter, and a bridegroom, a silent
man, but willing. He was game, even
arier tne reception he met.
The court room was still crowded
wnen Candelaria and her latest aoui
sltion arrived, the Judge being busy
Twin i ne bmmett Johnson case, and
the couple calmly waited, hand in
nand, until the coast was clear. Had
there been no trial that afternoon. It
is probable that the proceedings
wouia nave gone through, if not
wllhout a hitch, at least without
delay.
But Sheriff Miller recognised Can
delaria. At the time of her hus
band's murder, Candelaria was held
for a few days in the county Jail.
suspected with more knowledge of
the affair than she would admit.
Failure to locate the murdered made
her release necessary. The sheriff,
however, had In his possession a cap
left at the scene of the crime by the
murderer, who didn't wait to pick It
up. And so, while Judge Tash was
filling out the blanks, Sheriff Miller
got hold of the cap and Chief Taylor,
and just as the happy couple were
about t obe united, the proceedings
were halted for a time, to ascertain
whether the cap fitted the bride
groom. . - t )"rS''
It turned out to be a pretty fair
fit. Possibly It might have been a
trifle tight. And then followed a lit
tle examination that worried the
groom, but didn't seem to bother the
bride a trifle. The groom- managed
to pass a tolerable examination, but
he tripped himself occasionally when
it came to a question of his residence
in the city. It developed that he had
left Alliance about the time of the
murder, and that It was due to Carl-
delarla's letters that he had returned
to marry her.
That was all the evidence that the
officers developed, if evidence it was.
The murderer had been positively
identified by one of the Mexicans at
the time of as Martinet Dias, and the
groom appeared unquestionably to be
one Jose Navarro. Judge Tash final
ly suggested that if the chief desired
to arrest or hold the groom. It would
be well to do it. If he didn't care to
do so, let the wedding proceed. The
judge was Interested In the proceed
ing, but he thought It unwise to
listen to testimony which might come
before him in the capacity of trial
Judge. The chief sustained the ob
jection, as It were, and the ceremony
proceeded in due form.
This is really Candelarla's third
romance. A day or so before her
husband was killed, she eloped with
another Mexican, 105 In money, a
watch and a revolver. Her husband
notified the police, the couple were
apprehended at Angora. Candelaria
and her husband staged an affecting
reconciliation scene, but she didn't
go back to him. Instead she re
turned to her mother and a day or
two later the unhappy husband lost
his life.
Candelaria Informed Judge Tash
that the present bridegroom wasn't
the one with whom she had fled to
Angora, but that she loved him. Her
attention was called to the fact that
it was quite a short time since her
first husband died, and she agreed.
She was asked if she loved her first
husband, and was emphatic in the
affirmative. She also declared that
he loved the bridegroom, but wasn't
certain which one she loved most, the
Jose she was marrying, or the Jose
she had been married to. Jose the
second, however, didn't seem to
worry over the prospect of a divided
affection. He fairly beamed after
the officers left
EIGHT RELEASED ON
CRAP fcllOOTTXa CIIARGr
Police Officers Taylor and Reed,
together with Special Agent Tod l
arrested nine men, some of them col
ored, at the service building In the
local yards Monday evening.
In rolice court Tuesday morning
one colored brother pleaded guilty
and was assessed 110 and costs. The
remaining eight were released due to
lack of evidence to directly connect
mem wun tne game.
NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MAHCII 30, 1920.
lEIRST PERIOD
ENDS SATURDAY
Contestant in Herald CanitalRn Cnn
Cliu h Prist- Worth Thounands
of Dollars ThU Week
Saturday night Is the finish of the
BIO votes In The Herald's S3.000
campaign.
Just four more days to WIN on
LOSE prizes worth thousands of dol
tars. This Is practically what It
means.
Of course, the race does not come
to. a close until April 24. but tho
winners are sure to be among thos?
contestants who make the best rec
ords this week.
It is not what has been done, or
wnat will be done three weeks from
now. It is what Is BEING DON!?
NOW THAT COUNTS. The wise
candidate Is he or she who sees the
opportunity this week to put into ef
fect a plan of campaign that wl'l
COMPEL victory to perch on her
standard.
Records to Be Broken This Week
From every quarter come reports
of, records to be broken Saturday
Candidates have deep laid plots for
Increasing their vote totals by hun
dreds and hundreds of t' ousands,
Five-year subscriptions will roll '.n a
never before. Watch the vote totals
climb skyward.
Race Is Warm One
The struggle for supremacy these
days is a warm one. Six energetic
contestants are so closely bunched
that without hairline figuring it is
quite impossible to determine the
real leader. Miss Margaret Barry
has first position today with Miss
Sarabel Newman Just a step behind
her, Mr. eKlly, who friends say. Is
not showing his full voting strength,
Is only 9,000 votes from the leader
ship. The rapid advance made by
Ralph Cox during the past week will
be especially gratifying to his army
of friends in town and country, Mr.
Cox has Just returned from Council
Bluffs and from now on his count
will grow by leaps and bounds. Mr.
Cox did some splendid work while
Mr. Cox was away.
Miss Lyda Gassellng of Hem In g
f.V, Is -"now over the million mark
and' gaining rapidly. She Is certain
ly to be considered a real contender
and the close of the first period may
find her well In the lead.
The next vote count will be made
Thursday night, the result to appear
In Friday's Herald. As that Is the
last published report before the big
votes are discontinued contestants
will doubtless poll hundreds of thou
sands of ballots and a real battle for
the leadership will ensue.
Campaign Soon Over
The campaign will soon be over,
and this Saturday night will, to a
considerable extent, tell the stor
We can help you only by telllnt yon
how. Your fate is in your own hands.
You can sweeten or embitter It your
self. Remember that.
NATION'S CHILDREN TO
HAKE GIFTTO FRANC
Miss Opal Russell, countv superin
tendent, is In charge of the activities
in Box Butte county in connection
with contributions to America's Gift
to France. A national campaign Is
now under way to erect on the first
battlefield of the Marne, near the lit
tle town of Meaux, a colossal statue,
the work of the artist MacMonnies,
to celebrate the victory or the French
and their allies in stemming the ad
vance of the Germans In September,
1914, and in saving civilization to
the world.
The p'an of the state committee is
to collect the funds through the
schools. The state's quota Is $3,500,
and Box Butte county has to raise
but $25. County Superintendent
Russell received word so late that
no attempt will be made to organise
the rural districts, but pupils in Al
liance and Hemlngford will have an
opportunity to contribute.
The campaign will extend from
April 5 to 9, In elusive. There are
nearly 325,000 school children In the
state, and this means that an aver
age of a trifle over a cent is all that
is needed. The contributions are ex
pected to run from 2 to 5 cents. No
rhld will be nuged, or put under any
pressure by a school canvass.
The overhead expense of the cam
paign has been underwritten by pub
lic spirited Americans, so that all
the money that la contributed In the
drive will go to the erection of the
statue. If there la an excess of
funds, he excess will be used in some
worthy French charity.
TO HTAIIT ROAD WORK
TIIK FIRST OF APRIL
G. B. Current, projret engineer
from the state highway department
at Lincoln, Is In the city and officed
In tho court house. He Is accompan
H'a ny p. D. Stambaugh and J. J
Marsh, and a third assistant engineer
will arrive within a few days. Thes
four men will be In active charge of
federal aid road work from now on
until they are given some other as
Rignmcnt.
The first six miles of the Antioch
road will firBt receive attention, ac-
rormng xo Mr. uurrent. Due to a
wreck, the contractor's equipment
will arrive a few days late, but pros
pects are the work will begin bv
April 5. After the part of that road
lying within this county Is cared for,
tne Chadron road will be graded and
put In shape.
LEASEHOLDINGS
TO LARGECOMPANY
Alliance Oil Co. Cloned eDal Last
Week With Sinclair Co, to
Drill Holdings for Oil
Developments In the eastern Wy
oming oil fields, particularly at
Osage, have been quick and exciting
In more ways than one during the
past week. It Is reported on good
authority that the Carroll Oil com
pany, which bought In the Osage
gusher on March 14, and which Is
owned by the Alliance men, has
leaned Its Osage holdings, Including
the oil well, to the Sinclair interests
on a baBls of $200,000 In cash and a
oyalty of 20 per cent on the oil
taken from the holdings.
The Sinclair Interests, which are
capitalized at $165,000,000, and
which are heavily Interested all over
the oil producing territory pf . ttf;
United Stales, will proceed raplly to
development of the holdings which
they have acquired from the Alli
ance people. It Is estimated by an
oil expert that their Income alone
from the gusher brought In two
weeks ago will be at least $800 per
day on a production of 1,000 barrels,
the market value of which would be
$4,000.
The drilling rig has been moved
from the gusher and Is now w6rkfng
rapidly on another part of the com
pany holdings. With a number of
rigs drilling and with good weather
during the spring and summer It Is
very probable that there will be from
25 to 50 producing wells on the hold
ings acquired by the Sinclair In
terests. STORM DOES DAMAGES
TO TELEPHONE- WIRES
The extremely high wind of Sun
day resulted in considerable damage
to telephone company equipment be
tween Sidney and Julesburg, Col. No
less than 247 telephone poles were
uprooted by the storm, with conse
quent wire troubles and Interruption
of toll service.
Alliance linemen, with one excep
tion of one man left on duty here,
were rushed to the scene of the trou
ble early Monday morning. They
took with them a big supply of extra
material. The linemen from several
omer Biauons in me district were
also sent. It Is the comiranv's nolicv
to take care of emergencies like this
as promptly as possible, and the ex
pense is never figured up until the
equipment Is In working order.
Paul Palmer of Lakeside was an
Alliance visitor the last of the week.
Help Your Favorite Win!
Standing of Contestants In
last night:
MISS MARGARET BARRY
Mil. D. M. KELLY
MISS SARABEL NEWMAN
MR. RALPH COX
MISS LYDA GASSELXNO
MRS. J. WONO
MISS GRACE JOHNSTON
MR, RAY SMITH
MISS GRACE MOORE
YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
NUMBER 35.
BEST RACE MEET
EVERJELD HERE
Indications Are That Fully a Han
dred Hones Will Show Up .
in Alliance In June
The race committee having la
charge the Alliance race meet, whdb
will be held the latter part of June,
met at the rooms of the chamber of
commerce Monday afternoon to tmter
Into a contract with the carnival com
pany, as well as to hear a report
from Ed Bishop, who had been la
attendance at a meeting of the Ne
braska speed association.
Mr. Bishop brought back the goon
news that the speed association will
open Its circuit with Alliance, which
assures this city of having all the
good horses that will later rw. .
other points In the state. Strong
competition developed, Aurora bo
ng favored, but good work h v.jt
Bishop and George Mollrln hrn..i.
the bacon home. Seventy horses ars
now training In Omaha, anil h h.
time the races start this number will
be Increased to 125 or 150. Alli
ance can expect at least seventy-five '
of these, according to Mr. Bishop,
and In addition the following men
have signified their intentlnn f
,ng:
W. M. Stewart. Powell. Wvn TXT
11. McClure, Rlverton, Wyo.; Sid Cox)
c rteo.; w. m. Combs, West
Point, Neb.; S. O. Wedge, Salina.
Has.; George Clark, Kearney, Neb.;
Ed Gould, Kearney, Neb. All of
these will enter harness horses ex.-.
cept Six Cox. who Is the owner of
Walter Dent, winner of second place
In last year's $1,000 derby.
W. H. Fulmer writes that there
will be twenty-five head of runnlsg
horses here from Cuba. Mick Ronlq
of Fremont, old time Nebraska state
circuit starter, will aso be on hand.
Sandy Orlswold, veteran sporting edi"-
"vr or umana, will make an effort
to Join the gang. It will be as good
a race meet as will be held anywhere
In Nebraska this year. At least
twenty-five new stalls will be 're
quired to care for the entries.
The commltteen entered Into . a.
contract with Anderson's carnival, a
recognized top notch organization of
its kind. They clal m a n mrutat
of the best swing manufactured, a
good ferrls wheel, six paid attrac
tions. -Twenty concessions have al
ready been granted.
BEGIN WORK SOON
ON METHODIST CHURCH
Tlans for the new 'Methodist
church are now In the hands of the
architects, and the finished sketches
are expected back at any time. Con
struction work Is expected to be In
progress by May 1, according to one
of the members of the church build
ing committee.
At a meeting of the committee
held a short time ago, lots were pur
chased at Sixth and Platte streets.
Upon these will be moved the houses
that are on the lots at Seventh and
Box Butte where the church will be
erected. Excavation will begin at
once.
MELICK & STEPHENSON
TAKE OVER BUSINESS
Mellck & Stephenson, who already
operate stores in Hemlngford and
Crawford, this week take possession
of the stock of O'Bannon Bros.,
which they purchased a few days
ago. They will handle the same line
as the old proprietors. O. M. Steph
enson will be manager and will re
side in Alliance. .
The Herald Campaign at 8 o'clock
-32 First 1,816,800
Angora 1,500,500
-222 Toluca 1,513,800
-523 Cheyenne 1,482,580
Hemlngford ..1,009,500
-815 Cheyenne . 804,150
-7
.1011 Box Bntto
.408 Niobrara
iby
5,100
HOW COUNTS MOST
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