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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1913)
? i TREADING IN HIS FATHERS FOOTSTEPS , lMteu n i i '7 y ,4 ; i ' j (fr r . JR. ' Y V tJfc m. V, . 'if 5ssgcBasggiBsiSffi J P. Morgan, head of the great trips to business from his summer Homo on Long Island aboard IjIb steam yacht. His wife is Been at the right, and In tho center Is Miss Jane Morgan, who hus been at Newport recently. Jake Oppenheimer, Noted Crim inal Is Put to Death. Murdered Many Men Having Added Several Killings to His Record While In Prison, for One of Which He Hanged. Folsom, Cal. "Jako" Oppenheimer, known as "Tho Criminal of tho Cen tury" and "The Tiger Man," because of his murderous ferocity, was put to death on tho gallows here for the mur der of a fellow-convict In Folsom prison. Oppenheimer was probably one of the most remarkable criminals of tho age. Ho had at least four murders to his credit and Innumerable murder ous assaults. He commenced his ;riminal career when a boy. Dls sharged by the superintendent of a telegraph company In San Francisco, he thereupon shot and killed tho of ficial. Oppenheimer, In some way, "beat the case," but three years later was eontenced to fifty years' Imprisonment for robbing a drug storo. This severe sentence was given him because of evldenco showing that ho was a dan gerous and habitual criminal, A man named Ross testified against Oppon holmer at his trial, at which tltno "Tho Man Tiger' 'sworo to bo revenged. Not long after Oppenhelmer's ar rival at Folsom prison, Ross wns sent there ,as a convict Oppenheimer wait ed for him nt .the gate and Btabbed him to death before the guards could Interfere. A short time later Oppen heimer murdered a guard named Mc Donald. As punishment he was placed In solitary confinement, but obtaining a fllo he made his way out and at tacked a fellow-convict named John Wilson wllh a butcher knife. Wilson died a few days later. In 1901 tho state legislature passed a law Imposing the death penalty upon any prlsonor who should make an as sault upon a prison official or a fellow prisoner Under this law, Oppenhei mer was tried In October, 1907, for the murder of Wilson, Ho was found guilty, and was sentenced to die on Juno ft, 1008. Apparently supplied with plenty of money, Oppenheimer fought his case all the way up to the Supreme court of tho United States, but finally lost. Ho then endeavored to obtain his freedom by writ of habeas corpus, but In vnln. While awaiting the decision of the courts In his efforts to save himself from the gallows, Oppenheimer was Ttept In strict confinement at tho Fol som prison. There ho continued his criminal career with unequaled cun ning and ferocity. In company with two other criminals, prisoners, J. W. Finley and San Francisco Quljndo, Op penhelmpr made an attempt to break out of the. prison nt midnight on Jan uary 4, 1010, by sawing the bars of their cell. They would have succeed ed had not Night Caplaln Qulgmlre detected them sneaking along tho cor ridor, Quljada, a half-brped Yaqul Indian. had attacked somoof tho prison guards several years before and had been sen tenced to death under the law of 1901. Ho appealed to the courts, and his caso was pending at tho time when Oppenheimer began his fight for his llfo. Thero was considerable ill-feel-Ing betweon tho two prisoners from tho very beginning, and their mutual financial house of Morgan, Been at tho hatred Increased In tho course of time. The climax camo In September of 1901, when one morning Quljada challenged Oppenheimer to a cpmbat for llfo, while tho prisoners wero permitted to exercise In tho corridor of tho prison. Oppenheimer, who had secretly pre pared himself for such an omcrgoncy, flung himself upon tho Indian and stabbed him td death with a sharp piece of steel, which ho ba2 picked up in tho prison yard several months bo fore, and which he had secreted in his mattress ever since. AUSTRIA LOVES SWEET PEAS Unknown Some Few Years Ago, the Flower Is Now In Many Gardens. Vienna. Sweet peas, which were practically unknown In Austria only a few years ago, aro now proml- Emperor Francis Joseph. nent in tho Imperial gardens at Schonbrunn. Tho aged Emperor Francis Joseph 1b the flrtt in Austria to "tnke up" the sweet peas. Tho director of tho Imperial gardens waB sent to London and brought specimen plants back with him. Now the tublea at tho cas tle at Schonbrunn are decorated with sweot peas In one color, or. nt most, two. The emperor prefers pink and white to other combinations. DOG'S LIFE TO SAVE CHICKS Fights Copperhead, as Venomous Rep tile Imperiled His Mistress. j Pottbvllle. I'a. When Mrs, Robert Helms went to the chicken coop to 1 see why her fowls wero making an unwonted noise, uhe found that a four-foot copperhead had coiled up In j the ynrd and was giving battle to a dog which had driven the reptllo away from a half-dovoured chicken. I She endeavored to strlko it with a i broom when the snake mude a thrust nt hor, narrowly missing Her screams brought men from their work near by, and they soon killed tho snake. The dog was a victim of the fangs of the reptile, and will likely dlo from tho polBon, which ho endeavored In vain to lick from his wounds. left of the Illustration, makes dally How Plague Ship Captain Se cured an Engineer. Deluded Man Was Later Startled by Elaborate Courtesies of His Chief and Succession of Burials at Sea. Now York. Tho fnvorlto story of Copt. Walter Anckcr, superintendent of tho Baltimore & Ohio railroad's floating equipment at pier No. 22, foot of Jay street, North river, who died some time ago, was of his experi ence on a plague ship. Ancker was assistant engineer on tho Gorman steamer Minister Achen bach, which lay at Nlkolalov, on tho Bug river. One day ho and Captain Kahmko wero discussing bubonic plague In tho cabin on the brldgo deck when Captain Stringer of the British tramp Sea Gull' camo along side In ono of his boats, very much excited. "A hundred pounds In gold for an engineer!" shouted tho captain. "I'm short of engineers. I'll drop him off at Constantinople and there you can pick him up." Captain Kahmko advised Auckor to accept tho offer, saying the Action bach would ha at Constantinople In about a weok. Ancker accepted It and turned over half of tho 100 pounds In gold to hlsacaptain for safo-keeplng and tuckod the other half Inside his belt. Inside of half an hour the young engineer was aboard tho Sea Gull, which already had steam up In tho Bug. She was low down in tho water She had JuBt returned from India, nud her crow embraced Lascars, Russians, Finns and English. All the officers were English. Tho captain was unusually hospi table. He camo to the englno room, bringing u flask of "brandy und a box of cigars to the engfneor and asking him not to leave tho engine room and not to spare tho cigars and brand), it looked suspicious such liberal hospitality. At four bells or the first Watch En gineer AnckPr decided to steal a lit tle sleep in a comfortable armchair which tho skipper had sent below. He stepped flrpt Into tho alleyway, where wero tho berths labeled respectively "Engineer," "First Engineer" and "Second Assistant Engineer." In the til at room he saw the form of a man In the hunk. In room No. '2, darker than tho first, ho touched a man ap parently asleep, n bottle of brandy by his side. From the bunk Ju the third room Ancker grabbed a blanket and wrapped himself In It In his chair In tho engine room "What's tho trouble?" tho new en gineer asked a sailor "Do you think It la measles?" re turned tho man contemptuously. Questioning the bailor morn closely. Anchor learned that nine out of tho crew of afi wpre already dead, Includ ing tho regular engineer, the first as sistant and tho second assistant, whoso hunks the understudy had vis ited during the previous night. Twice again on that day there were eplaHhea alongside. Ancker took fre quent small nips of brandy, smoked cigars, drank boiled water only and nto sparingly. Anrker bribed a bumboatman to set him ashore at Pcra on tho oppo site shore. TOWN TO BUY LIGHTHOUSE Scltunto to Acquire Tower From Which Two Girls Ssared Off ttritlsh Invndors. Boston, Mans. Tho old Scltuato light, located on tho Sand Hills, Scltu nto, scene of tho oxplott of Roboccn and Abigail Bates, who, during tha war of 1812, Beared oft a British ship by playing tho flfo and drum, will bo como tho property of tho town of Scltunto wbon Jtho town purchases It from tho government. Tho old stono tower, from which tho lantern has long been romoved, has lain ldlo on tho end of tho Sand Hills slnco tho establishment of Mlnot's . 1 1 ! i hi m fiHSit Old Scltuato Tower. light, with which It was confused bj marlnors many years ago. A year ago tho schomo of a locnl land company to acquire tlfo light house wna defeated by tho hue- and cry that was raised by cltlzons of Scltuiite and patriotic societies nil ovor tho country. In tho town meeting last March tho town raised ?1,000 for the purchnso of the lighthouse Tho Btory of tho heroic Bates girls may bo found In many of tho histories of the Bay state. Tho two young daughtors of Aaron Bates, tho light keeper, lived with their father on the then lonely strip of beach half a mile from tho village of Scltuuto. Ono day when their father was In his fields a mllo from tho lighthouse a British man-o'-wnr en mo In and an chored half a mile off tho Bhoro. The boatloads of sailors started ashore Tho' Invasion of Scituato wub undoubt edly prevented by tho two girls, who, tnklng from tho wall n flfo and drum which hnd been cnrrlod by their grand father In the revolution and on which thoy hnd frequently practiced, they got bohlud a sand hill and struck up "Yanlteo Doodlo" to bucIi good cffocl that tho sailors returned to tho ship which sailed away. Tho girls have boon called tho "American Army ol Two." FIND VALUABLE OLD VOLUMES British Museum Gets Two Copies ol the "Lyf of our Lady" Copies Are Rare. London. Tho British Museum hna Just secured two coploB of tho only two leaves known of tho so-called sec ond edition of the "Lyf of our Lady"' by John Lydgato, printed by Caxton about 1484 in folio. Somo tlmo ngo tho librarian of the St. Brldo Typographical Library, Mr. R. A. Poddlo, discovered among a col lection of pamphletH and other pnpors orlglnnlly tho property of William Blades a bu'ndlo of early printed leaves and fragments of loaves 'wrap ped in a leather binding from which tho hoards had boon removed. On in vestigation It wns discovered that tho wholo of tho printed matter was from Caxton'a pross and tho binding Itself was from his workshop. Thero woro thlrty-olght leaves of tho Boethlus, nrlnfpil nlinnt 147R. nnil fJinrn nnnonr. "ed to bo little doubt tbnt tho binding orlglnnlly belonged to tho Boethlus nnd thatj tho enroful disintegration of tho hoards hnd resulted In tho remain ing fragments. Among thoso fragments thcao six copies of tho two leaves before ro fcrrcd to woro discovered. Ono leaf was still pasted on tho binding, Tho "Lyf of our Lady" contains ninety-six lonvos and thoro aro eight copies now known to be in existence. BRIGHT CHILD IS A DANGER Every Community Should Have tho Right to Direct Education, an . Educator Says. Washington. Children of exception al mental brilliancy are oven greater dangors to socloty than thoso dofoc tlvo or abnormally-stupid. This Is tho conclusion of Dr. Maxmllllnn P. E. Groszmann of tho United StntCB bu reau of cducntlon In a report mado public here. Tho educational expert based hla statement on tho compre hensive study mndo In tho Hchools of tho United States. As n remedy for tho uplift or nito guided juveniles tho scientist ndve catps legislation giving tho community tho right to direct tho educational training of every child. Wildcats Kill Fancy Sheep. Great Bnrrlngton, Mass, Wildcats got Into a flock of lino Importod sheop on tho country catato of Howard WR. Ills of New York ot Now 'Marlboro and killed 35 of them. Each snoop had Its throat chowed open and Its tonguo saton out. Tho rest of the carcass was unmolested. Tho sheop woro of a valuable breed of fancy Imported stock and wero killed In a hni wood lot hr-re wlldcnts often have been shot. ilHLE.QS Policemen Assist Mother EW YORK Thero's n grateful Btlng In tho palm of Mrs. Margaret O'llnnlon's good right hand to remind her that sho has nt last nchlovod her ambition. Sho hnD spankod her fourteen- ear-old sou John of shnmoful neighborhood noto ns "Mrs. O'llnn lon's bad boy" and, though two brawny policemen asalstod In tho op eration, sho It was who struck every Indignant blow. , John, who Is sometimes called "Tho Eel," bocauso he has tho ability of the grenBod redskin of yore to slip through avenging flngoro, has mado himself especially worthy of hlB ropu tatlon. Some tlmos, so Mrs. O'llnn lon says, she Just had to stand awe struck and wonder how such n car load of badness could over have been compressed Into her bad boy's four foot of height and ooonty pounds ol bones, i First of nil, ho Isnued a declaration of lndopendou,cu, in which ho stated his, lntontlon of Btnylng nwny from school. AIbo, ho didn't think ho would spoud nil his nights under tho ma ternal roof, being "past 14." Also, ho didn't think hn would tako care of his youngor slalors, whllo lila widowed N WWVWWMIVWiWNMMWSAVWWW Basket of Lively Crabs PH1DADELPHIA. A basket of crabs which woro tied to tho scat of a motorcycle caused a commoffon tho neighborhood of tho Episcopal hos pital tho other day that will long bo romemberod. Inoldontnlly, It wrecked the motorcyclo and landed tho rider In tho hospital with a fractured skull. And tho causa of It all wns ono crab's dnsh for freedom nnd a hoalthy nppo tlto, who wandorcd oat of tho baskot, cllmbod tho rider's back and affoo tlonntoly took hold of Ills neck. The unoxpoctod attack frohi tho renr causod tho rider to loso control of his machlno. Harold Wilson, twonty-throo yoarj old, of 177 Westmoreland street, left for Wlldwood, N, J., tho other morn ing to go "crabbing." After ho had disported himself In tho Burf and later on capturod a good supply of largo onus, ho decided to return homo. Ho tied tho basket on tho back seat of tho motorcycle. All wont well until ho reached Kensington nnd Lehigh avenues. Thoro, ono of tho largest ot tha collection bocatno restless and crawled up hla back. When It reached his neck It hit hard -nnd hold on. Tuo pain on tho back of his nock was so All the Average Plain Little Woman Has to Do l SET Til' BREAD TO wsr SEWD Ofl Somb BinroNjW CHOPPEP UP WATOES MO MW XAIDTH' me AMD - SEATTLE, Wash. Sho was Just a plain, mlddlo-agod llttlo woman, tin protentlous in dresB and bearing tlie kind that Is met with by the hundred ovory day In tho stores, on tho side walks and In tho street cars, usunlly carrying bundles. Sho was on tho wltncBs stand and tho lawyer hnd aBked her what she did after looking out of a window at ton o'clock In thuevonlng and Bcclug a policeman arrest a num. "I didn't do nuythlng to speak of," Bho said, "I jtiHt Bot some bread to rlso and mended a hole In ono of my children's stockings, nnd put Homo clothes I wanted to wash tho next day to soak, and chopped up Borne po AHM Man With Pink Neck-Ticklers.Was Very Touchy CHICAGO.--A luxuriant sot of bushy pink whiskers loomed In the door way of Municipal Judge Robinson's courtroom tho other day. Behind them was concealed a man who later de velopments Indicated must havo boon a Republican. "If that Isn't Senator J. Hnm Lowlo it certainly looks like him," exclaimed Judge Robinson softly to his clerk. Tho clerk cruncd his neck to boo tho man sporting the rainbow lined alfal fa, Instead of the peaceful Junior sena tor from Illinois ho saw a man ad vancing with clenched fists toward tho court. Judge Robinson believes the man must havo been a lip-reader, as the remark about tho whiskers had been mado In a whisper. Ho was so wrought up he attempted to uttack tho Jurist and was expelled from the courtroom only after a luBty struggle with two bailiffs and a clerk. "Where do you got that at?" shout ed tho offended bush wearer. "Do you think I camn in hero to bo Insulted about my whiskers? Judge or no Jvdgc, thero'o nobody can accuso mo ot looking like any pink whlskored l5o1hcrCW in Spanking a Bad Boy roothor wns out earning tho family's living, nor would ho enrry any mora kindling wood In for domestic con sumption. Solzlng his car tho only portion ot his anatomy Upon which any one can get n handhold, Mrs. O'llnnlon enr .ricd him upstairs. Once thero, John bognn to vent his ludtgnntlou. Ho took tho kitchen lamp and tossed It out tho window. lie took dishes out of tho cupboard and smashed thorn on tho floor. Ho tried to wrench tho door off tho Icobox. Ho r.lapped hla small sisters. Ho called his mothor' nnnios. Pollcumun Hcnlenrlch heard the rnckot nnd camo upstairs. When lui wt.S told Mrs. O'llnnlon's bad boy was at it again, ho entered Into the pur suit with n zont. Thero was n pro cession to tho police station. Lieutenant Illckoy on the desk at tho "house" was nstounded when tho vIlllnntoB of John O'llnnlon had boon recited. A grlu utolo ovor his faco. "Tnko him out In that room," ho said. "Follow, madam," said tho lleuton ant, bowing toward Mrs. O'llnnlon. Sho did, with a great, great Joy wolllng up In her heart. Woman's In tuition, porhnpB, told her what was going to happen. With Herdonrolch holding his feet nnd anothor policeman his head, Mrs. O'llnnlon's bad boy .was disposed across his parent's knee. And then and thon but go nsk Mrs. O'llnnlon, who can toll you bet tor thnn any ono clue In tho world Cause Great Commotion Budden and unoxpectcd that Wilson lost all control of tho machlno and was thrown head foromost to tho curb. A crowd ot a hundred persona quickly gathorod and Wilson was car ried to tha- hospital, which -was but a short distance from tho sceno ot tho nccldent. Augmented by numerous Sunday strollers, tho crowd had ab'Bumed pro portions that threatened to block traffic, howover, In tho excitement, overlooking tho banket ot crabs which had escaped 'and woro scrambling through tho throng. Tholr prcsonco became known when ono ot thorn faBtoned onto tho unklo of a pretty girl. Her nerenms started a stampede that cleared tho thoroughfare (n rec ord time. tatoes and meat to mako hash for breakfaBt and put n button on my husband's trousers, and sat tho tablo for broakfast, so as to eavo tlmo In tho morning, and lnid tho flro so I wouldn't have anything to do but light It In tho morning. "Then I sort of tidied up my kitch en und sooded somo raisins for a cuke I wanted to bako tho next morning and emptied tho water un dor tho lco chpst, and wont down tho collar to seo that tho fumaco was all right for tho night. I brought somo apples up from tho collar and pooled thorn so as to havo them ready for something I wanted to make tho next morning. Thon t wound up tho clock and read tho morning paper for a few minutes nnd did thrca or four llttlo things a woman is apt to do bo foro sho goes to bed when sljo has a family to look aftor. But nothing to speak of, after all." Probably, If Bho had lived In tho country sho would also havo got u lantern nnd sawed and split enough cord-wood for tho next day's fuol. I sonntor. I won t stand for It." I A bailiff grappled with tho Infuriat ed man ns ha strode toward tha bench. "Let go of mo. Take your hand out of my beard," ho shouted as tho balllrr twined his Angora in tho patch of hair. Tho bailiff struggled manfully, but realizing ho was no match for the gentleman with the Sampsoniau adornment ho gasped for hoi p. It camo In tho person of another balllrr and a clerk. Tho combined efforts ot Judgo Rob InBon's clerk and his bailiff and tho bailiff who patrols tho hall ot tho ninth floor of tho city hall wero hoc ossary tp subdue tho man. Finally ha whb thrust out, curslUE loudly. I l4HlJlAi, ti
