Frontier.
VOLJME XXV._
_O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1905.
NUMBER 29.
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WANTS LAW ENFORCED
.). A. Cowpertliwaite Indites a Few
Strenuous Thoughts.
OPPOSES “.PEACE” PROPOSITION
Says lie “Will Not Become a Partner
in Crime” by Agreeing to the
Ilagerty Compact.
O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 2,1905.—To the
Editor of The Frontier: As a deposi
tor in the failed Elkhorn Valley Bank,
we have considered the proposition of
(settlement submitted by Mrs. Hag
eity and we are in favor of accepting
her proposition. When there is an
opportunity to secure such a settle
ment we think it would be most
unwise to squander the money of the
depositors and likewise the public
fund? in litigation. Respectfully
yours, THE BROOK FARM CO.
Per L. M. Disney.
O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 3, 1905—Editor
of Independent: Much sympathy has
been expressed for me for my loss in
the bank failure. 1 want to know
whether it is sincere, or whether it is
all a sham. Any person who is honest
ly sorry for me will help me to get
back as much of the money as I can,
and the only way is to accept Mrs.
Ilagerty’s offer. Of course the rogues
of lawyers will want it put into court
so as to get it all themselves.
NORA SULLIVAN.
Spencer, Neb.. Jan. 3,1905.—Editor
Independent, O’Neill, Neb: I am one
of the depositors in the Elkhorn Val
ley Bank and 1 am strongly in favor of
accepting the olfer of Mrs. Ilagerty.
11' we refuse this, it means law suits
ail along the line. Many people owe
the bank money which is not well
secured; Mrs. Ilagerty and Mr. Mc
Greevy can help us to get these notes
secured if we all act together. If
there is to be a tight the receiver can
never cellect the notes. I say let us
settle this up and let the lawyers and
their fat fees go to h—1. Your obedi
ent servant, P. J. HANDLEY.
O’Neill, Jan. 9.—Mr. Editor: The
above communications, one of which
appeared in The Frontier and the
others in the Independent last week,
are fair specimens of the sort of spawn
incessantly spewed upon an already
outraged public by McGreevy’s apol
ogists, co-conspirators and assessories
I through the local and daily press,
ever since the news of his capture in
A (Ana was received here, for the
purpose of enabling him and his ac
complices to retain the bulk of their
stealings and prepare the public mind
for his subsequent judicial white
washing.
No one in this community is so
stupid as not to recognize tlie ear
marks of P. J. Hanley’s effusion and
locate the exact source of its eraina
tion. But if the statements made in
The Frontier last week in connection
with Mr. Hanley are true, his attitude
toward tlie looters of the defunct Dank
is not to be wondered at, as it is no
worse for one official to appropriate
public funds than for another to do so.
But as to this proposition—this offer
of Mrs. Hagerty’s, the acceptance of
which is so industriously and vigorous
ly urged by McGreevy’s sympathizers,
the bank receiver included, and as to
Mrs. Hagerty herself: .She is the
woman who on last Thanksgiving day
repeatedly assured me, in the presence
of my son, that it being a Holiday Mr.
Hagerty had gone to the country, but
would be back and open the bank at 9
o’clock the next morning when I could
get my money, well knowing that
Hagerty had absconded the night
before. This was done to deceive me
and ally suspicion that Hagerty might
make good his escape with his ill
gotten booty. She thus became an
assessory after the fact.
After holding herself out to the
public for years as the owner of 98 of
tlie 150 shares of the capital stock of
the bank, which renders her liable for
98-150 of the bank’s liabilities, she
promptly upon receipt of the news of
the her brother’s arrest publicly denies
that she ever owned but one share of
the capital stock, and therefore is
liable for only 1-150 of the bank’s
liabilities, notwithstanding she claims
toown about $10,000 worth of property.
So much for tlie degree of confidence
to which this woman is entitled.
Now for the proposition or offer: It
lays down the conditions to which the
! depositors mustacedeor Mrs. Hagerty
will do nothing.
First, they must accept the property
mentioned by her, which she values
at $10,000, in full payment of all their
claims against tlie bank, leaving
Hagerty and McGreevy to enjoy their
loot, and pay the receiver a handsome
salary and his legal advisor a hand
some fee, while time is being killed
trying to realize money out of this
property, which no one would buj
without Hagerty’s signature to the
deeds.
Second, as a condition precedent tc
the turning over of this property bj
Mrs. Hagerty each and every deposit
or must pledge himself not to prose
cute McGreevy or Hagerty.
This alone constitutes compoundint
i a felony—the stifling of a crimina
prosecution which would not only
render the contract with Mrs. Ilageity
void but would subject each of the
depositors entering into this deal to a
fine double the amount he agrees to
accept. I defy any lawyer to success
fully controvert the proposition that
j this is the legal effect of the consuma
tion of the proposed deal between
Mrs. Hagerty and the depositors.
There is but one way for the depos
itors to reach this property of Mrs.
Hagerty’s, which is clearly liable for
the satisfaction of their claims, and
that is for the receiver, whose sworn
duty it is to faithfully guard their
interests, not the interests of Mrs.
Hagerty, to institute the proper legal
proceedings at once to acquire title
thereto, thus enabling him to convert
the same into cash.
The writer will not become a part
ner in crime with the Hagertys and
McGreveeys and their assessories be
fore or after the fact, but will insist
on a prompt and vigorous enforcement
and vindication of the law regardless
of whom it may implicate, and I am
not alone in this determination.
J. A. COWPERTHWAITE.
Swears It Is False.
In reference to a statement publish
ed in the Independent last week and
also in Omaha, Lincoln and Sioux
City dailies, Nora Sullivan takes oath
to the following affidavit, which indi
cates a rather strange state of affairs
existing somewhere:
State of Nebraska, nolt County.
Nora Sullivan, being first duly
sworn, says, that there was published
in a newspaper In O’Neill, Nebraska,
on January 5,1905, a statement pur
porting to have come from her in
words and figures as follows:
O’Neill, Nebraska, Jan. 4—Much
sympathy has been expressed for mo
tor my loss in the bank failure. I
want to know whether it is sincere or
whether it is only a sham. Any
person who Is honestly sorry for me
will help to get back as much of the
money as I can, and the only way is to
accept Mrs. Hagerty’s olfer. Of course
the lawyers will want it put into
court, so as to get all themselves.
NORA SULLIVAN.
Deponent further says, that she
neevr saw or signed such statement
and that she never authorized any
person to make and sign said state'
ment forhei; that she had no know*
ledge that said statement had been
made until after its publication in
said paper, as above stated, and her
attention was called to such publica
tion.
NORA SULLIVAN,
X, (Her Mark.)
WitR.ess: James Coyle, B. S. Gilles
pie.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of January, 1905.
B. S. Gillespie, Notary Public. ■
(Seal) My Commission expries
Marcli 25,1907.
Just another shipment of the great
Majestic Ranges at Brennan’s. No
other stove or range ever put on the
American market can compare to it in
workmanship, economy in fuel and in
splendid cooking—can’t be equaled
anywhere. There are great discount
sales all over the country in all kinds
of merchandise and I will say that for
a third of a century l have met all
and every kind of sales and will now
meet any honest prices, no matter
what quarter they come from. Honest
competition is the life of trade and I
am here to meet it. Sixteen full
ounces to the pound and an honest
dollar’s worth for a dollar. 1 will not
raise my goods 25 per cent and give
you a discount of 20 per cent, but good
square dealing is my lobject. Respet
fully, Neil Brennan. 29-2
Died, on Sunday night, January 8,
at the home of his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ilershiser, at the age of 4
years, 3 months and 1 day, John Earl,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Storts.
The child was taken with inflamatory
rheumatism while away with its
parents on a visit on Christmas. It
was brought home and death ensued
last Sunday. The funeral was held
Tuesday afternoon from the Presby
terian church. Mr. and Mrs. Storts’
loss is made doubly hard in view of
the death of their little girl about a
year ago under such sad circumstances.
James Coyle, through whose in
strumentality Bernard McGreevy was
arrested at Phoenix, Ariz., last Friday
received the $400 reward ottered for
the apprehension of McGreevy and re
mitted the same to Hi McDonald, the
Phoenix oilicer who made the arrest.
Mr. Coyle is one of the unfortunate
depositors of the bank and says he is
in no way in favor of dropping crimin
al proceedings to secure a settlement,
but believes the whole truth should
be known, that the guilty should be
prosecuted and that the truth should
prevail. __
Butte Gazette: Miss Mamie Skirv
ing, of O’Neill, is the new operator a
the telephone exchange. She is ar
j experienced hand and is giving gooe
11 satisfaction.
WOMAN DRESSED AS MAN
'‘Gentleman” Cook Discovered to Be
a Female.
KEPT SECRET FOR SIX WEEKS
Caper of Young Woman Who Claims
to Have Permanently Discarded
Petticoats.
O’Neill is not very long without a
sensation of some sort. Last Saturday
something of a ripple was created by
the discovery that a woman attired in
tiie the garb of a man had been hold
ing down a job at the Dewey hotel for
the past six weeks. She paraded un
der the name of Berd Lewis, smoked
and drank like many men, had a com
panion by the name of Nace whose
masculinity was never called in ques
tion, attended dances and swung her
lady companions with all the dash
of a Spanish cavilier and appeared to
be an all around “good fellow” to
those of her acquaintance. The fea
tures of “Mr. Lewis” were of too gen
teel a cast, “his” limbs of too fine a
mold to remain long unsuspected. ,
The authorities undertook an investi
gation last Saturday *with the result
that she frankly acknowledged her
sex and gave in explanation the state
ment that her husband had forsaken
her, that her only child and her
widowed mother were dependent on
her for support and that she could
obtain more work at better pay dress
edas a man. She claimedlshe had work
ed at several places in the country
in this county as a man and
had not before been suspected, and
said she had a team and wagon. She
was working at the Dewey as a cook
and waiting on tables and was get
ting along finely until the marshal
and sherilf called at the hotel on Sat
urday and demanded tint she acknow
ledge or disprove their suspicions.
The acknowledgement was promptly
made and her story told with the
further information that her name
was Mrs. Ona F. Swagart and her
home was at Waterloo, Io., where her
mother and cftiughter now are.
The officers informed her that she
would either have to put on woman’s
attire or leave town, which latter
she chose, declaring she would never
again wear dresses. She drove out of
town Sunday morning with her team
and wagon and “the incident was
closed.” Her companion is said to
have got out of town on Saturday
morning.
The case of the state against Joseph
Niekolizack is taking up much time in
district court. The case was called
last Friday and up to Wednesday
afternoon witnesses are still being
examined. Niekolizack is being tried
on a charge of rape, the complaining
witness being Lena Kimch, a 13-year
old girl. The parties to the suit are
Polanders and reside south of Ewing.
According to the Kimch girl’s testi
mony the assault occurred last August
in a cornfield on Nickolizack’s place.
She says that she and her mother,
who is a widow, started to walk to
Ewing Sunday morning to attend
church. On the way to town Nlck
olizack and his wife overtook them
with a team and invited them to ride,
which they did. After attending
church Mrs. Kimch started to walk
home and Lena waited and rode out
with the Nicholizack’s. She stayed
all night with them and it was when
on her way home the next morning,
she testifies, that Joe Nicholizack
came out of his confield, forced her to
go with him into the field and there
assaulted her. The case is being
prosecuted very vigorously by County
Attorney Mullen and equally vig
orously defended by R. R. Dickson. A
great many witnesses have been called
from Ewing and vicinity and the
court room is pretty well filled with
attentive listeners every day.
Lena is a rather pretty girl with
dark hair and eyes. Her testimony
was frankly given on all points until
she came to the scene in the cornfield,
when she burst into tears. After
weeping for a short time she gained
self control and went on with her
story.
M. and H. P. Dowling Were up from
North Bend Tuesday to attend a
meeting of the officers and directors
of the O’Neill National bank, held
that evening. The capital stock was
increased to $50,000 with a surplus
fund of $5,000. Although established
but a few years, the O’Neill National
is taking a place in the front rank of
the substantial financial institutions
of north Nebraska and acquiring an
extensive business. No change was
made in the bank’s officers or directors
and the genial and accomodating
cashier, Jas. F. O’Donnell, will con
i tinue to supervise the bank’s interests
I and provide for the accomodation of
its customers.
I To close out all merchandise in stock, so will
continue to sell at wholesale cost until notice
is given otherwise. We still have....
PAIRS of SHOES
JUU to sell at cost
«j M PAULS TO SELL
Att 2OS below cost
I These shoes are all good styles and are bargains
—don’t miss this chance. Remember everything
in the store goes at actual cost or under. You
can buy any amount at prices quoted. A few
special prices this week are:
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i
Uubleached
muslin 54c
Bleached muslin 64c
Towels, only 13c
I Mens suspen
ders 83c
I Womens’
facinators 20c
7 spools thread 25c
Ladie’s 20c hose 124
Ladie’s 35c hose 174
Men’s 20c hose 12c
Men’s 15c hose She ff|!|
Men’s 10c hose 7 he
Men s all wool
sox 20c
Men’s dress
shirts 47c
Men’s suits price
SI6.50 $10.80
Mens suits price
$10 $7.20
IA large assortment of men’s and boy’s over
coats to be closed out. We will give you a big
bargain in them.
Ladies’ and misses’ cloaks, jackets, capes and i
furs we will sell at 20 per cent BELOW COST. I
60 tailored skirts for ladies to be closed out
at actual cost. I
If you buy of us and don’t think you have J
the best bargains of your life bring the goods I
back and get your money. Give us a call and "
our prices will do the rest. i
BERGER’S CASH STORE
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