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MUBDER IN ROCK COUNTY.
Floyd Wick, a young man 18 years
of age, Was brought to this city last
Saturday morning by the sheriff of
Rock county and placed in the county
jail for safe keeping. The young man
is charged with murder, to which he
has confessed. Feeling against him
is quite strong at Bassett and the
sheriff decided to take no chances on
mob violence so brought him here.
The following account of the crime is
taken from the Brown County Demo
crat:
“The confession of young Floyd
Wick Monday ends the mystery sur
rounding the disappearance some time
ago of the old homesteader south of
Bassett.
“Clyde Patterson came to Rock
county some fifteen years ago and
took up a homestead thirty-five miles
south and east of Bassett in what is
now known as the Melvem commun
ity. Since then he has done quite well
raising stock on his homestead, where
he lived by himself, a bachelor of 45
years, his nearest neighbor being the
Wicks’, about two and a half miles
away. The neighborhood missed him
bite in August but it was not until
the first of September that the report
got out that ho was missing.
“This report brought County Sheriff
Joe Leonard to the scene and the in
vestigation was started. Questioning
of the neighbors showed that no one
but Floyd Wick knew anything of the
whereabouts of the missing man.
^'oung Wick said that he was some
where in Colorado. Questioned as to
how he knew, the young man said
that he had received a letter from him
in regard to the sale of a bunch of
cattle which young Wick claimed he
had purchased from him. At the
time Wick said that he had lost the
letter. On a trip to the Patterson
farm, Sheriff Leonard again met
Wick, who said that he had found the
letter. Leonard examined the letter
and grew suspicious of Wick.
“Saturday, in company with County
Attorney Curtiss, young Wick and a
brother of the missing man, who had
arrived in response to a call, from his
home in Oklohoma, Sheriff Leonard
made another trip to the farm. Partly
through a “hunch” and partly from
watching the actions of Wick, the
body of the missing man was finally
located buried in a cellarway some
thirty or forty feet from the house,
covered with dirt and some old hay.
Examination of the body indicated
that the man had been shot with a
shotgun at a distance of approximate
ly twenty feet. Young Wick was
held and brought to town as a wit
ness.
“Confession was obtained and
written yesterday by young Wick who
says he did the deed all by himself
and claims self defense.
“Wick implicated no one as having
anything to do with the crime other
than himself, and does not seem wor
ried over the affair. After his con
fession he joked with the sheriff about
an Indian recipe for a hair tonic he
found in one of the papers at the
court house, requesting the sheriff’s
permission to clip it from the paper,
saying he wanted to save it because
he knew many people who would give
a lot of money for such a fool thing.
“Patterson leaves surviving him,
three brothers and his father and
mother, most of whom live in Okla
homa. It is known that he has not
kept up a very regular correspondence
•with any of his relatives. One
brother is still here for the investi
gation.
“Floyd Wick is a young fellow, who
reached his eighteenth birthday to
day. He was bom and raised on his
parents’ farm south of Bassett. He
spent several years going to school at
the County High School in Bassett.
At the time of the murder both of
his parents were on a trip to western
Nebraska and Wyoming.”
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Nebraska Telephone Company
Omaha, Nebraska
October 20, 1920
A STATEMENT TO OUR PATRONS, EMPLOYEES AND INVESTORS
REGARDING PROPOSED INCREASE IN TELEPHONE RATES IN NEBRASKA
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Because the telephone Is an essential public service, it
is important to all telephone users as well as to telephone
employees and investors in telephone securities that this
Company's revenues shall be sufficient to meet its requirements.
,
Considered on a yearly basis, our present revenues in this
state are approximately $593,0C ) less annually than are nec—
'■ essary to pay operating expens- s und earn 8 per cent interest
annually on the money invested in our property.
In order to provide for the extension of our service to
new people and to new areas we must obtain over $1,000,000 of
new money annually from investors. To get this money we must
be able to pay our operating expenses and earn such a rate of
i interest as will prove attractive to those who have money to
invest.
This condition has made it necessary for us to ask the
Nebraska Railway Commission to approve an increase in our
i rates. But even with the increase asked for, our total rev
enues will only be sufficient to enable us to earn approxi
mately 62 per cent annually on our investment in this state.
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I An increase of 10 per cent has been asked in exchange rates
to be applied as a sur-charge. This course has been followed
rather than to request complete new schedules of rates, be
cause it is impossible under present conditions to determine
what permanent rates should be.
A change in long distance rates has been requested which
will produce approximately a 7 per cent increase in our toll
revenues. These changes apply only on person—to—person calls.
No changes will be made in station-to-stat ion toll rates.
You are well aware of the increases which have taken place
in wages, material prices, freight rates, fuel prices, rents
and interest rates. The price of all these items and others
affect the cost of furnishing telephone service. To illus
trate: We are now paying over $1,700,000 more annually in
i wages in this state than three years ago, of which only
$750,000 is for new employees added during that period. And
the cost of materials used in the up-keep of our property has
just about doubled the last few years.
This•statement is made in accordance with our policy of
giving the public full information about our affairs, and we
feel sure that it will be accepted in the same spirit of
fairness and co-operation that has always characterized the
publio's attitude toward this company.
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY
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