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VOL. XL VII NO. 1
H BR ALU. lbk.hd April 16. 1864 I
PRISONERS
BREAK JAIL
Gain Their Freedom Satur
day Night But Are
Both Captured
QUICK WORK OF
SHERIFFS LANDS PAIR.
Grant Blunt and Fifteen Year Old
Earl Morris Get Out and
Tafce to Rher.
The fourth attempted jail delivery
in the' last four months from the old
Cans county cheese box proved to be
a success, us far as the jail breaking
part was concerned, although the two
men who made their departure arc
again languishing behind the bars,
just as far from freedom as they were
two weeks ago. The jail breaking
occurred last Saturday night
when, luckily, there were but two men
ia confinement. As the evening was
such a warm one, the men were not
locked in the heavy steel cage in the
center of the jail enclosure, but they
had been' given the freedom of the
corridor. Shortly after nine o'clock
the evening, both Jailer Manspeaker
and his wife left the place for a short
visit and it was then that the two men
got busy.
They directed their attentions to
the door in the room .which has not
been tampered with in any of the throe
previous attempts. It shows that re
gardless of where they make up their
mind to get out, they will meet with
success if they are given a few minutes
time without interruption. The doors
of the county eyesore are not the kind
that would need an hour's work of the
Professional Raffles to o'pen, as . was
demonstrated in the few moments
work of the two novices who had but
the most crude instruments with which
to work The inner door of the old
shack is an old heavy wood affair,
fastened by a staple held insecurely
in the weather-worn woodwork. With
n stout pieee of board the pair manag
ed to pry the staple from its fasten
ings, making their first step towards
the outer world. The outer door, which
had now been reached, is constructed
of metal bars and locked on the ex
terior by a large brass padlock. ,
Bonding a steel ring off the jail
heating system (Buck's) they inipro
ised a wrench, fastened it onto a
largo nut in the outer jail door lock
and in fifteen or twenty minutes de -terous
maneuviring with the crude
instrument, succeeded working the
nut from the bolt. The bolt was a
long one, extending through the door
to the lock on the outside. With the
nut removed it was no difficult matter
but get to freedom. With the aid
of the c.riidor b-nch they drove th
bolt from its phec until the lock lost
its hold. The rest was easy.
Slipping from their imprisonment
in the stifling old dungeon, they care
fully closed the door, so it would not
attract attention of passersby. Pro
ceeding down Pearl street, on which
there are but few pedestrians after the
supper hour, they made their way to
the Burlington Jailroad yards
going down the track to a point not
far from the river. Here they took
the foot path down to the stream
where they cut loose a row boat be
longing to Mr. Edwards in wl ich they
embarked and started down the Mis
touri, rifting with the stream and
trying awkwardly to keep the craft
in the current.
They had proceeded but a little
ways down the river when the dark
clouds and sharp lightning badly
shattered the prospects of a pleasant
journey and the question arose as
to what would be the best step to
take should the storm break upon
them. Here is where the question
came up that ultimately lead to the
arrest of both. Morris, the youth,
was in favor of tieing up at his home
near Union and remaining until early
morning afUr the storm had passed,
and Blunt, the promoter of the es
capade, did not consier that the best
move, but thought tl ey would keep
on the go all night. When witihitm
few miles of the lad's home near Union
the big rain drops decided the ques
tion and they gladly pulled the boat
ashore and made their way to the reM-'
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Morris. Here they remained until
two or three o'clock in the morning
when it is presumed thnt Blunt as
sumed the position of pilot and set
forth on the muddy stream, while
Morris made his way to the home of
a rdaiivc. Kalcb Eaten, who lives but
a short distance from the home of the
lad.
But while these things were going
on, the Cass county sheriffs were get
ting busy also, making rapid steps
towards the reovcry of the gents who
so unceremoniously taken French
leave. Mrs. MansjM'aker returned
home about ten that night to find the
jail door ajar and the county charges
nowhere to be seen. By the use of
the telephone she soon had the sheriff
and his deputy on the scene. Sus
pecting the lad might head for home,
Deputy Manspeaker took the mid
night train for Union, arriving there
early in the morning. lie soon satis
fied hiinsclf.that there had been callers
at the Morris residence during the
night and by 5 o'clock he l.ad located
the younger of the pair at the home
of Mr. Eaton From the boy it was
learned that Blunt expected to float
down stream unt iil day break,
and then desert the boat, cither board
ing a train in the early morning or
keeping under cover until it was
again dark.
Receiving the news of the capture
by wire, the sheriff drove down to
Union that mornng in Manspcaker's
machine. After searching in that
and George Barto, constable at
Union, he kept a watch on the passing
tjains. They were Boon rewarded
for their search for before the morning
was far advanced their man was dis
covered hidden in a coal car which
was loaded with sewer pipe, lie hau
boarded the train at Table Rock
and had traveled but a few miles
when he was captured and returned
to t he county rat hole. As the boat
has not been found it is supposed that
it was set adrift down stream.
Grant Blunt, the high mogul of
the pirate cruise, is the man chaiged
with stealing a quantity of goods
from a Missouri Pacific ear near the
Platte river bridge a month ago,
while the junior partner of the voyage
Earl Morris, is the fiftcen-year old
lad arrested two weeks ago for pilfer
ing a number of revolvers and knives
from a hardware store in his
home town, He was given a hearing
in county court Tuesday and suit to
the Reform School.
The former was given a hearing be
fore Judge Rishell last week and was
bound over to the district court in the
sum of SIM);
When a fifteen year old lad can se
cure his liberty from the county's
law-pen in twenty minutes work,
it is about time that the tax payers
of the county began an investigation.
According to this how long would it
take a decorate criminal to gain his
liberty? A professional crook could
got through the walls of the old shatk
about as quick as a sand flea could
penetrate a union suit. No matter
when the attempt at liberty is made
the prisoners find little difficulty
in making matters go their way.
This old county joke ha! served its
purpose long enough LET'S GET A
JAIL!
Mrs. Shepherdson at Hopltal.
W. K. Shephcrson and son,' hailing
from the village of Murray, were at
the depot Wednesday morning on
their way to the metropolis, where
Mrs. Shepherdson is a patient at
St. Josph's hospital. She had quite
a serious operation performed a weok
ago Thursday and her condition has
not improved as rapidly as it should
have. Although there is nothing dan
gerous about her condition, it is
thought another operation may be
necessary. Mr. Shepherdson received
word to this effect Tucdsay evening
and made the first train connections
for Omaha, so if a second operation
should be undertaken he could be at
her bedside. The warm weather of
the past week was found to be very
oppressive to the unfortunate lady
who's recovery was somewhat retarded
by the effects of the heat.
Epworth League Notice.
A business and social meeting will
be held at the home of Miss Lillian
Thompson on Vino street between
Cth and 7th, Friday evening, June 24th
Leaguers and friends arc cordially
invited.
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Name Residence
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Miss Daisy Twiss, Louisville -Miss
Maggie Gillette, Elmwood
Rev. Farr, Nehawka - - -Noel
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The most enthusiastic subscription contest ever pulled
oft' in the state of Nebraska is the one inaugurated by the
News-IIerald. Each contestant is working with a will and
just as soon as they have sent in their vote same will be an
nounced. We would like to announce the vote in our issue
of next Tuesday and therefore woujd suggest to the contest
ants to be sure to send in what votes they wish to cast so
that they will reach this office net later than Monday morn
ing, Do not hold votes back on the start too long but make
yovv showing in the first issue so that your friends may
kn-w that you are actively in the race. Many votes will be
cast for you by your friends direct. (Jet out and hustle for
the i fixes are well worth working for and cannot be won by
waiting. The News-Herald wants 5.000 subscriptions on its
list and it is going to be easy to get them if the several con
testants will put their hearts in their work. Remember the
prizes cannot be bought by any contestant. They must be
earned and each contestant has
together for the prizes. You
To the contestants who
advice from parties circulating
gets the big prize will have to put up a big bunch of money
in order to win, we will say that no matter what the ex
perience has been with other contests,contests that are after
the money wholly, such will not be the case in the News
IIerald contest, as no amount of money could buy a single
vote, and from the fact that no subscriptions will be taken
for a period LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS is proof that
each contestant has a fair and equal chance cf winning,
COMMERCIAL CLUB ROOMS
READY FOR OCCUPANCY.
Headquarters of Organization In
Coates Block Have Been
Papered In Brown.
The papering of the rooms in the
Coates block, to be used as new head
quarters for the Commercial club
were completed Tuesday and they pre
sent a fine appearance. The side
walls are finished in a dark tan, and
the ceiling with a four-foot drop on
the walls, is of a light yellow with
darker stripes, giving a faint lattice
work effect. A narrow border of
dark paper extends around the rooms
four feet from the ceiling. The new
headquarters arc in the northeast
corner of the building and consists of
wo rooms. The front room is the
smaller of the two. It is amply large
for meetings of twenty-five or thirty
persons and is well lighted during the
day time by a large sky light. The
room at the rear, which has two large
entrances into the front room,will be
used for mass meetings or any occa
sion where it will be necessary to
accommodate a crowd of a hundred
or so. On any special occasion where
there is a liability to be many out
of town people in the city, the rooms
will probably be thrown open as a
public rest room. As the paper
hanger J. II. Rummerficld, was just
in the middle of his work last Thurs
day the regular meeting day of the
club, the members did not hold their
session last week, but it is expected
the finishing touches will have been
applied by the time of their next reg
ular meeting night and the place will
be initiated by a large turnout.
Celebrate the 4th in Plattsmouth.
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BOYS IN BLUE" WAS
DANDY GOOD SHOW,
Eagles Gave Pleasing Production
at Parmele Theatre Last
Saturday Evening.
"The Hoys in Blue" the patriotic
performance put on at the Parmcle
theatre last Saturday evening by the
local and Benson lodges of the F. O.
11, proved to be a very creditable
performance and although the sultry,
oppressive evening limited the crowd
in attendance, the fair sized audience
which witnessed the production pro
nounced it a fine one. The stellar
attractions of the evening were A. L.
Hildinger, the midget comedian and
black face artist; Marie Snowdcn,
toe dancer and singer; Mr. Wortman,
professional whistler; D. Brattou,slight
of hand artist and Professor Mickcl
son, juggler. The closing scene of
the production was the defense of Har
per's Ferry by the Boys in Blue,
carried out by the visiting team.
The effects were very realistic und the
work showed hours of diligent drill
on the part of the performers.
Financially, the affair was also
very pleasing, for it greatly helped to
feather the nest of the local Eagle
as well as taking off a substantial
chunk from the debt which hangs
over the new Eagle building at Ben
son. i
After the drop of the asbestos at
the theatre., the lodge members ad
journed to their hall where several
new members were initiated into the
fellowship of the order. The Benson
show troupe brought with them a
good sized delegation of Benson and
Omaha Eagles and it was a big lime
they hadat the Eagle hall Saturday
night.
EGENBERGER'S TEAM
MAKES LIVEBY TRIP
Frightened by Train, They Tear Up
Main Street., But No Dmage
Results. :
A light delivery team of Ed Egen-
berger attached to the adversary of
the city water w agon took a little jaunt
up Main street Tuesday afternoon,
the trip very lucUJy terminating at
the corner of Vine and Fifth streets
without anyone the worse for the few
minutes of excitement
The horses were backed up at the beer
vaullt at the Burlington tracks where
a number of regiments of dead sol
diers" or cases of empties .were being
unloaded. The men on the job were
both on the inside of the building w hen
an engine came down the tracks with
an oversupply of tooting, grinding
and various other brands of noises,
which were very trying on the animal's
nerves. Con-sequent ly, to make
themselves scarce was their only idea
and they set off up Main street in a
hasty search for a quieter place.
I'our or five different pedestrians
made attempts at stopping them by
frantically waving their arms as the
galloping team approached, but they
paid no attention to the gesticulations.
At Fifth and Main streets they turned
North, neatly making the corner on
two wheels and missing bv hair
breadths a number of farmers rigs
that were standing at the hitching
posts along the cutbs. As they
passed the Fift' street blacksmith
shop, Frank Svoboda ran from the
building, clambered in over, the low
end-gate and seizing the lines wl ich
were fastened to the seat, soon had the
worn out team under control. It
was hardly short of nuraeulous how
the horses found a clear trail up Main
street, succeeded in making the cor
ner at Fifth and wound their way
along that street, crowded with teamB
and automobiles, without reducing
a number of the wagons and carriages
to fit candidates for the junk heap.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
FROM COURT-HOUSE
Dan Cupid Still Keeping Up Ills
Good Work Several Mar
lage Licenses Issued.'-'
Saturday afternoon just about the
time for Judge Beeson to lock his
windows ami turn the key in his'oflice
door, Fred F. Ohm, age L'G and Clara
M. Crassman, age 31, appered in
the county coirt rooom nnd applied
for a marriage license. They were
quietly married by the judge, and
went on their way rejoicing, their glee
being partially due to the fact that they
had postponed the ceremony unti
it was too late for the Saturday even
ing papers to announce it. The groom
is a young man of the city, son of Fred
Ohntn, wl ile the bride is the daughter
of William Bowlsby, also a I'lattsmouth
resident.
Marriage license issued Monday
for Walter W. Mockenhaupt, son of
C. E. Mockenhaupt and Lenora
Tighe, daughter of John Tighe, both
residing on farms near Manley. Both
of the contracting parties are of age.
Petition for re-guardianship was
filed in county court Monday the mi
nor heirs in question being the ehidl
ren of the late LcRoy Applegate.
The deceased's family consists of
Mrs. Ida Applegate and the children
Paul age 17, Palmer, age 15; Eugene,
age 1 1 ; Jessie, age 8. Mrs Ida. Apple
gate was appointed guardian.
Petition for probate of will was filed
in county court Monday in the es
tate of John Dreamer, John C. Dream
er, son of the deceased being named
as administrator.
A marriage license was written
Tuesday for Henry Steele,
of Ktnona, Kansas, and Main
age 'Jl of Weeping Water.
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age 27,
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A legal notice was filed in district
court Tuesday morning to remove the
clotnLs and quiet title on a quantity
of land "situated in the county. The
notice was filed by J. P. Falter through
his attorney John Leyda, the defend
ants in the ease being Abraham Har
per, ct al. ,
MORRIS IS
SENTENCED
Decision Given by Judge
In The County Court
Tuesday
admits;burglarizing v:
UNION HARDWARE.
Earl Morris. FllteenYears Old.
Sent to Relorm School
Until of Age.
At the hearing of Earl Morris, the
Union lad charged with burglarizing
the hardware store of R. L. Upton
at that place on the' 11th of March,
held before County Judgo Beeson
Tuesday morning, the judge handed
down the decision that the youth be
committed to the state rcforruotory.
According to the statutes, unless4an
inmate is paroled on gocd behavior,
he must n mi.in at the nformatory
until of age, which in this ease will
jc for a period of more than fi e years.
The defendant was a bright looking
lad, who will not reach his sixteenth
year until next Ucccniher. He ia
son of Mrs. EvajMorris, a Union
resident. The lad entered the store
of 11. L. Upton oh the night of March
11, gaining entrance through a rear
basement window, which he pried
open. He made his way up the cellar
stairs to tne store room above, where
he broke open the gun case, stole somo
revolvers, cartridges and knives and
escaped from the building unnoticed,
lie left shortly after for Missouri,
disposing of the articles while there,
and returned home about three weeks
ago. He wa just about to leave the
city again, when he was arrested at
the depot by Constable Barton.
He was taken before Justice Newell
who holds court in a small room at
his residence, and the boy owned up
to entering the building and stealing
the goods. The papers wire trans
ferred to county court, where his final
hearing was.had Tuesday. On acecunt
of the absence of County Attorney Ra
scy, his father B. S. Ramsey, carried
the case. William Robertson, acted
as defending attorney. The wit
nesseseallcd by the acting county at
torney, showed that the youth did not
bear the best of a reputation in the
vicinity of Union, although when
cross examined, very ft w testified to
his ever being seen to smoke, disobey
his parents or use profaniy. From
the stories told by the witnesses, it
was shown the mother had never
exercised any great amount of care
in rearing the boy and for two or three
years he has been running at largo
earning just enough money to supply
his wants and never worrying where
he was going to "hang up for the
night." The night he committed the
burglary, it is stated he slept at the
depot.
Among tl.C' misdemeanors of the
boy as told by the witmsses, was the
stealing of a watch hist January from
a residence where Morris had been
seenja short time before the timepiece
disappeared. He was generally ac
cused of stealing it, but no complaint
was ever filed against him. In county
court the lad stoutly denied having
anyhting to do with the watch, and it
is doubtful if lie could have been proven
guilty of the charge as the evidence
in the ease was very weak.
The hoy seemed to have been a
roustabout with no place he could
call home for the past two or three
years, for a time lhing wiihKahb
Eaton, a relative residing near Uniin,
but he.kwpt the harmony of the home
Iwlly upset and he was soon seeking
a different place to hang his hat.
Judging from the care the mot lu r
has exercised over the lad in the past
it was doubtful if her discipline in the
future would have any better effect,
and it was drained best by the coujt
to orded the boy rtent to there form
school. Mittimus was immediately
executed, in order that it would not
be necessary for him (o spend any
more time in the unhealthy hole
used as a county jail.