SHERIFF SHOWS
GREAT COURAGE
Arrests Armed and Desperate
Man at Union Yesterday
SECURES
NEW PANEL
C. C. Wescott, Wesley Magnev. Jno.
McKay, Frank Shopp, J. A. White
man, Geo. I. Lloyd. Mike Lutz. J. L.
Fowler, O. A. Davis. K. A. Wermsn,
Chas. Troon.
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Another of those unfortunate af
fairs which have served to give Cass
County an odious reputation as a
law-abiding community took place
yesterday at Union. Fortunately
this affair was unlike some others
which have marred the annals of the
county recently and did not result
In blood shed although from accounts
received It came very near doing so
several times.
The commencement of the trouble
was between Reese Delaney and Fred
Thrall, Delaney Is a drayman of the
city and Thrall and his father have
been in the confectionery and lunch
counter business. The younger
Thrall and Delaney quarreled over
a bill which one claimed the other
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a fist fight between thera Thrall get
ting the worst of the encounter.
He was badly cut and scarred up
about the face and head, having a
large welt standing out on his fore
head which looked as if he had been
hit with a club or something of that
nature besides having the skin brok
en in many other places on his face.
He soon had enough of the battle
and the men separated. After the
fight which had taken place on the
open street, was over, spectators
claim that Thrall was heard to make
threats against Delaney stating he
would kill him and similar threats
and behaving and carrying on In a
manner calculated to rouse fears of
serious trouble coming.
He repaired to his restaurant and
a short time later he came out on the
street with a rifle, apparently looking
for Delaney. The latter at this time
was coming up the street from the
depot and wa3 in front of the hotel
when Thrall saw him. The latter
at once leveled his rifle at Delaney
and was on the point of firing when
someone who had witnessed the
trouble shouted "Reese, look out."
Delaney looked up and saw Thrall
and Jumped intothe door of the black
smith shop of Wm. Wolfe, getting
out of range of the rifle. As Boon
as Thrall saw that Delaney had
disappeared he lowered his gun and
shortly retired from the street.
Subsequently he again came out and
displayed the rifle, still looking for
Delaney. '
In the meantime Sheriff Quinton
had arrived In the town on the train
from the west end of the county due
in Union at 4:10 p. m. The sheriff
had been out in the county serving
, subpoenas in the Ossenkop case and
was enroute home. There Is a wait
of some twenty minutes between this
train and the train for Plattsmouth
and It was during this wait that
parties informed him of the trouble
up town. The city marshal seems
to have been unable to place Thrall
under arrest or rather did not seem
disposed to undertake the task of
disarming him, for nothing was
done up to this time. Whether the
marshal was cowed by the display
of firearms or did not get notice of
the affair does not appear.
While the wait between the trains
was on, Thrall again appeared on
the Btreets with his rifle and was
making another display of his vie
iousness, and Sheriff Quinton was
told that he was still threatening to
6hoot. He at once went up tow
and entering Thrall's place of busl
ness found him behind the counter,
Thrall's father was alBO in the Btore,
As soon as the sheriff came In the
younger Thrall came from behind
the counter and addressed him as
"Sheriff" and exchanging the usual
salutations between friends. The
sheriff responded and asked him how
he was getting along and incident
ally, inquired as to the difficulty.
Thrall's father moved up from be
hind the rear of the store and was
partly behind the sheriff. The rifle
which Thrall had used stood In the
corner of the building behind the
counter.
As the younger Thrall came out
and shook hands with the sheriff the
latter grasped him by the arm and
said "Fred, I guess you will have to
come along with me," and telling
him to get his hat and coat. At this
the elder Thrall make a quick leap
for the sheriff, seizing him about
the arms and attempting to pinion
them to his sides, while the younger
man began to struggle to free him
self. The sheriff pluckily held on
to his man and the three engaged In
a thrilling struggle for several mln
utes, the younger Thrall endeavoring
to get In behind the counter where
his rifle was. Sheriff Quinton and
he finally reached the entrance of
the counter and, It being too nar
row for all three of the men to get
through, the elder Thrall was com
polled to release his hold upon the
sheriff's arms. At once on being
free, he forced the younger man up
against the wall by superior strength
holding him with one hand while he
drew his revolver with the other and naa been retained by Byrnes' rela
covered the old man. VM
ine appearance or me revolver in Progress In the selection of the
the hands of the sheriff had the de- jury ln the Ossenkop case today was
sired effect and both men baceme muth better than generally expected
quieter, ine snenrr men made mem The court oDened nromntlv on time
ootn aon tneir nats ana coats ana judge Travi8 insisting that there was
marched them out on the street and no occasion for delay and gettln
down to the depot, followed by a everyone buckled down to work from
large mob of townspeople attracted the start. There was verv little
by the noise and the excitement of
the affray.
There were several in the crowd
who talked of using mob violence
upon the men but cooler counsel
New Jurymen Report For Service in
Ossenkop Case
Sheriff Quinton has completed the
impanelling of the new jury, au
thority for which was conferred upon
him by virtue of an order of the
court, and the several members have
reported for service this morning.
The new panel is a strong one com
posed of the best men ln the county
and was carefully selected by the
sheriff with a view to getting only
strictly high class citizens for this
duty. The men on the new panel are
George I. Lloyd, Harry Thomas, E. H.
Palmer, O. A. Davis, C. G. Bailey,
H. Coleman, Jeff Cross, Elmer Wor
man, E. K. Cromwell, Chas. Chan
dler, John McKay, Wesley Magney,
John Whitemau, Neil McCory, Ea
ward Parsell, George Buell, John
McGinnis I. N. Minford. Link Fow
ler, Mike Lutz, L. G. Larson, Frank
Creamer, Frank Shopp, C. C. Wes
cott.
The first duty which will confront
the Jury today will be that of service
on the case of the State vs. Osscn
kop. It Is hardly necessary to recall
to the minds of the people what pur
ports to be the facts in the case. At
a picnic at Eagle In the early fall
last year Ossenkop and one Charles
Byrnes engaged In an affray ln
which Byrnes was killed, his neck be
ing broken. Ossenkop was arrested
for the offense and held for trial be
lng released on $5,000 bond which
was later raised to $15,000 by Judge
Travis. He is represented ln the case
by Matthew Gerlng, the eminen
criminal lawyer. The state will be
represented by County Attorney Ram
Bey assisted by Hon T. J. Doyle, the
well known Lincoln attorney who
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urlington Makes Seme Changes at
Local Shops
A change which has been rumored
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Henry Snoke. Jr., of Eagle was
for some time as being in prospect among those coming in last night
takes place today at the Burlington Bnd registering at the Perkins hotel.
snops. ioreman F. H. Stelmkcr is
transferred from the position of fore
man of the car repair department to
that of foreman in charge of pressed
steel car repairs. He is succeeded in
his former position by a Mr. Rich
mond of Gillette, Wyo., who arrives
to take charge of the department to
day. The pressed steel car work
has greatly grown In Importance in
the past few years with the adoption
of so many of these cars upon the
various roads and the matter of their
repair had become a branch of rail
roading almost entirely separate
Albert Scuttler is spending the af
ternoon in Omaha being a passenger
for that city this noon on the fast
mail.
Washington Smith spent yester
day In the city, returning to his
home at Omaha this morning on the
early train.
D. O. D:wyer was a passenger this
morning on the early train for Oma
ha where he had business matters
requiring hla attention.
A. J. Englekemeier came in this
morning from his farm and was a
from that of the ordinary wooden passenger on the early train for
car. Realizing that work in this Omaha where he will spend the day.
line would require the constant care Jos. Fitzer is looking after bus
of one foreman alone, and having lness matters today at Omaha being
no one in the locality better quail- a passenger on the early train for
fled than Mr. Stelmker for the posl- that city.
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l"c "a"' i-u mm in Mr8 w c Tlppenf, lsJ gpendlng
charge. From his many years In re-Lu ,, , n,fca i,io- . nnauo,,r
pair work he is eminently qualified
to fill the new position to the entire
satisfaction of all. Mr. Richmond,
the new foreman of freight car re
pairs, takes a position of great re
sponsibility and one which is a hard
and wearing task. He is said to
bring to the job all the essential
for that city on the early train this
morning
Clerk of the Court Jas. Robertson
Is spending the day in Louisville
where he was called by important
business matters.
A. II. Jackman of Louisville, is
elements which go to make a good making a visit, with Clerk of the
foreman and there is Bmall question
of his success.
Courts Robertson and family, com
Ing In last evening.
Miss Lucille Randall was a pas
senger this morning on the early
train for Omaha where she will spend
the day.
Miss Josle Michka departed this
morning on the early train for Crete
friction during the morning and the
matter of selecting the men to pass
upon this important case, proceeded
with celerity and dispatch.
The first men called for service
Miss Dovey in Favored.
That Miss Alice Dovey made a
distinct hit in the production of "A
Stubborn Cinderella" was attested
by the extract from the New York
Mail printed in the Journal of yes
terday but that was only one of the Neb- whore 8he attend B(!no1
papers to comment upon the good for several months.
work or this rising young western Harry Todd was ln the city this
star. In the last issue of the New morning for several hours, depart-
York Dramatic Times and News, one ing on the early train for Bellevue,
of the leading theatrical authorities South Omaha and Omaha.
prevailed and nothing of the kind were John McGuinness, L. G. Larson,
C, C. Wescott, We&ley Magney, J. 13.
Cross, E. E. Palmer, Chas. F. Chand
ler, H. E. Coleman, O. K. Cromwell,
John McKay, C. G. Bailey, and Frank
Shopp. Of these two had formed
opinions In the matter and were chal
lenged for that reason. E. Palmer
one of the two, had formerly lived
at Louisville and had been well ac-
was attempted. At the depot the
train was already there and the men
were quickly hustled aboard and
brought to this city, where they
were placed in Jail.
Too much praise cannot be ac
corded to Sheriff Quinton for his
nerve and pluck In securing these
two infuriated men. The elder
of America, speaking of the produc
tion at the Broadway theater, men
tion is made of Miss Sallle Fisher
and Jack Barry more and Miss Dovey
as the stars of the oast which is
printed- in that paper ln full. After
E. E. Beverlln, wife and baby
passed through the city this morning
from Kansas to Burlington, la.,
where they expect to visit relatives.
E. C. Simmons of Lincoln who has
commenting upon the elaborateness bee looking after business matters
Thrall Is not a large man in fact, qualnted with the defendant. It was
he is rather small, but the younger largely upon this ground that ho was
man Is a large and powerful man, excused from service. C. G. Bailey
and looks thoroughly capable Of Pomo from Knele w hero the nnfnrtu-
maklng a terrific fight. For the nate affair took place and was con-
sheriff to handle these two men nly.nnt with what mirnnrtert tn ho
alone and in single-handed combat the facts in the case. He had form
is highly creditable. The Journal ed an opinion in the case which
believes in bestowing praise upon would require evidence to remove
any public officer who does his duty an(i for thls rea80n he was excused,
and in this case Sheriff Quinton is p. a. Creamer and G. E. Buell were
of the production and the excellence
of the cast, these three artists are
complimented upon their work, the
review adding "Alice Dovey made a
it with her song "Love Me Just a
Jttle Because." It might be added
that the theatrical papers seldom
give an artist praise except the clr- for her home In Lincoln.
cumstances be very exceptional.
ence the value of this announcement
can be seen.
entitled to it. '
It Is said that the men had been
drinking and at the time of the
trouble the younger man was con
siderably under the Influence of
liquor. As there are no saloons in
Union, the presumption is that they
got their liquor from the outside al
though there have been frequent
complaints for sometime past that
someone was "bootlegging" around
the town.
It Is not known what complaint
will be filed against the men as the
county attorney at present has his
hands more than full with the tre
mendous business Involved upon his
office during the past several month.
It will likely be somo time before the
men can get a hearing as there are
several other cases of Importance to
be disposed of previous to taking
up their matter.
L. L. Alls Breaks Leg.
The Journal learns through Wm.
Lloyd of Lincoln, who Is ln the city
visiting with his father Joe Lloyd,
that L. L. Allx formerly o fthls city,
several days ago sustained a bad
fracture of the leg. Tho accident oc
curred while Mr. Allx was at work
driving an oil wagon for the Standard
Oil Company and Instructing a new
driver in the work of handling the
wagon and team, when his foot slip
ped and he was precipitated to the
ground. Tho heavy wagon loaded
with four hundred and fifty gallons
of oil passed over the log making
a very bad fracture. He will bo laid
up for some time with It. Dr. Ev
erett la. attending him. Mr. Alix Is
quite well known In this city whore
he resided for many years and has a
great many frelnds who hear of his
B.lditlnnnl misfortune with regret.
lie has been singularly unfortunate
of late years and this added nullc
tlon ttevcrely falls upon him.
called to take the place of these
two men.
The examination of the Jury was
conducted by County Attorney Ram
sey for the state while Matthew Ger
lng examined on behalf of the de
fendant. Both attorneys made
searching Inquiries Into the past his
tory of the Jurymen and delved into
their connection with both the de
fendant and the attorneys in the
case.
Previous to making the examlna
tlon of the Jurymen County Attorney
Ramsey briefly outlined the case
which was for trial to the Jurors stat
Ing It much as given above ln this
paper. He did not enter Into de
tails of the case as printed at the
time nor so fully as he will
when the Jury is selected and the
counsel makes the opening state
ment.
At the afternoon session a num
ber of other Jurors were called and
The state
Downed Promotion
It is announced that J. L. Mayfleld challenging commenced
who has been holding down tho op- 8 entitled to three challenges while
crator's desk at tho Burlington sta- the defendant has eight. These were
tlon ln this city, has been given a started In on during the afternoon
deserved promotion and leaves at an,i ropid progress was made in get
once to ibkg ine position or agent ror ting a Jury. A number of Jurors
the company at Plalnvlew, Neb., one was cau0d among them being Geo
of the best of the smaller stations j. Lloyd. J. A. Whlteman. Mike Lutz
on tho road. Mr. Mayfleld is a j. v. Fowler. A. N. Mcfrorv. and f)
thoroughly capable, reliable and
steady young man whoso services
with tho company have been of the
highest order and during his stay In
A. Davis. Only one of theso had an
opinion ln tho matter that being
Mr. Mc Cory who came from Elm
wood and who stated that what he
O. K. Cromwell of Weeping Water,
one o fthe new panel of Jurymen Is
registered at tho TerklnB.
this city ho has largely assisted In hnj r;,a,i aj h,.nnj 0f tho case he
gaining business for the company by nnH 8Urn Bn opinion as would require
evidence to remove and that he did
not believe he could give the de
fendnnt a fair and Impartial trial.
At the hour of going to press the
the examination of Jurors wbh still
In progress and the Indications are
that a Jury will be completed by eve
nlng. This being truo the openln
statements of counsel and tho takln
of testimony will commence tomor
row morning.
Tho Jury in the Ossenkop case wa
finally chosen this afternoon at 3:40
The Jurors chosen are L. (1. Larson
his affable manners and closo atten
tion to business. Ho Is personally
one of the most popular employes of
the company nt this point and his
ninny friends greatly roRrct his de
parture although gratified nt his pro
motion.
H. K, Byram, general superintend
ent of tho Burlington with headquar
ters at Lincoln, enme ln this morn
ing In his special car attached to
No. 4, for the purpose of looking
after matters at the local shops.
ln the city for several days returned
to his home this morning on the
early train.
Miss Helen Gay who has been vis
iting ln the city with her sister, Mrs.
Joseph Fitzgerald, departed this
morning on the early burllngton train
Mrs. Ferdinand Englekemeier was
among those coming ln from the
country early this morning to catch
the early Burlington train for Oma
ha where she will spend the day.
With a sixty foot baggage carload
of scenery and a ton of electrical
Keeps Him Busy.
A. F. Hedengren, superintendent
of bridges and buildings of the Bur
lington was a passenger this morning effects, two horses and a company
on the early train for Lincoln. M. of fifteen players, "Montana" will
Hedengren was ln the city looking be here on Monday, February 8, at
after the progress of the work on the Parmele.
the new undergrade crossing on Main Jas Lockwood and Mrs. W. W.
street. He states that weather per- Bices and children from near Jul-
mlttlng the work will be completed yan, Neb., were visitors In the city
by March 15th. He says that his this morning for several hours be-
men have been instructed to use tween trains, going to PaclflcJunc-
every possible cars to do a good Job tlon where they will make a visit
so mere can oe no complaint irora Mr8i George Rork and Wrs. Griggs
me cuy, ana judging oy me appear- and uaby of norton, Kas., spent sov
ance of the work, this Is the system erai nour8 ln the city this morning
which is being rollowed. In addition between trains, en route from their
to doing this work, the Burlington home to Macedonia. Ia., where they
has a gang at work on the Platte are cal,od by the Illness of
uiver bridge north of the city. This
bridge Is to be entirely rebuilt, the
piles driven over and jtho structure
made the same as a new one. This
work will take some time and cost
quite a sum of money. The progress
of these two Jobs keeps Mr. Heden
gren on this part of the road a good
share of his time.
THE SLEEPING SICKNESS
WHICH MEANS DEATH
IIow many readart have heard of this
terrible disease? It prevails In that
far-away country Africa especially
the Congo district. It Is caused by
the bite of the tsetse fly. When It
bltei a person, the sleeping symptoms
begin and finally the sufferer sleeps
until death occurs.
Contrast this with .the peaceful,
balmy sleep of health. Is there any
thing more wearing than to lie awake
at night, tossing about, nervous, with
cold feet, hot head and mercy knows
what clue? Short of letting the tsetse
fly bite us wo would do almost any
thing for relief. How can we pre
vent it? Mr. George Hayes, of
Union City, To., writes: "I had lost
my appetite, was all run-down, could
rot sleep nights. I had tried every
thing without relief. Vlnol was rec
ommended, and to my eurprlno, It
helped me at once; gave mo a splendid
appetite, and now I sleep soundly."
WhatVlnoldldforMr. Hayes.lt will
do for every run-down, nervous and
overworked person who cannot sleep.
GER!KQ& CO., Druggists,
Miss Emma Bauer Is spending the
afternoon with friends in Omaha go
ing to that city on thn fast mriil nt
noon.
John W. Crabill Is in Omaha today
attending to business matters being a
passenger for that city on the fast
mall at noon.
Stops Itching instantly. Cures
piles, eczema, salt rheum, itch, hives.
scabies. Doan's Ointment. At any
drug store.
Miss Minnie McKay is spending
the afternoon in Omaha being a pas
senger for that city on the mail
train at noon.
Mrs. William Wetenkamp and son
Willie, are spending the afternoon
at Omaha going up' this noon on
business matters.
Max Kohen of Nebraska City, pri
vate secretary of Hon John C. Wat
son, was in the city last evening on
important legal business.
Miss Olive Cass was a passenger
this noon on the mail train for Lin
coln where she goes to look after
some business matters.
Mrs. R. D. Short is spending the
afternoon with her Bister in Omaha
being a passenger for that city on
tho mail train at noon.
John Albert, the well known and
prominent farmer from near Cedar
Creek came in this morning on the
Schuyler to look after Borne busi
ness. M. Walker, manager of the Ma
jestic theatre, was among those
traveling to Omaha on the mall train
at noon to attend to Bome busi
ness matters.
Misses Paula Goos and Anna Tarns
are spending the afternoon ln Oma
ha, being passengers for that city
on the mail train where they will vis
It with relatives and friends.
Capt. Fowler, the Glenwood auc
tioneer, passed through the city this
morning going from his homo to
Elmwood where he will hold an
auction sale for L. F. Langhorst,
the enterprising merchant of that
city.
J. Krager and wife and baby came
in this morning from their home on
the farm and were passengers on
the mall train for Omaha where they
will spend the afternoon.
Lee Applegate of Union, mention
of whose presence in town Is made tn
another place was a passenger for
Omaha this noon going from that city
to his home on the night train.
Mrs. W. L. Street and little grand
daughter Clara Mae Morgan were
passengers for Omaha this morning
on the early train to make a visit
with W. L. Street ln the hospital at
that point.
Mrs. Geo. Sudyka and children re
turned to their home at South Omaha
after spending a short time ln this
city visiting with Albert Schwarts
and family. Miss Mary Schwarta
accompanied them to their home for
a short visit.
Miss Minnie Jochlm of Louisville,
was a very pleasant visitor at the
Journal office last Monday, coming
In to renew her subscription to the
paper. Miss Jochim is ono of the
lady renders whom the Journal de
lights to have call as she always has
pleasant word for our efforts to
please the public and can easily
overlook our many shortcomings.
Gcorgo W. Noble, former county
superintendent and now manager
for Nebraska for the Massachusetts
Mutual Insurance Company, was ln
the city this morning for a few hours
between trains, returning to his of-
fico in Omaha on the mall train at
noon.
Mesdaws W. L. Cooper, J. W.
Gamble and J. C. Petersen v.ill de-
Vart this roon on lo mall Iriiu for
Havcloik where they will bo gucHl-j
at a banquet to bo given in that city
by th Order of tho Eastern Star of
which theso ladles are pr irMnent
members.
A. N. Sullivan was hurriedly call
ed to Omaha this noon on the mall
train, going up to tnko part in car
rying the spring election. It Is up
on his statement that tho announce
ment is mado that Bomo Irish candi
date needed his assistance and Bent
him word to como on tho first train.
B. Dill ono of the most substantial
citizens of tho county, dropped into
tho Journal ofHco Monday to glvo
us a brief visit, and whllo hero or
dered tho Journal sent to his Bon
Ray. It Is n pleasuro to meet such
good, rellablo citizens at Ben 1)111
and to know that tho paper meets his
approval to tho extent that ho can
send It to tho rest of tho fnmlly. Mr.
Dill and his son will both find tho
brother.
County Commissioner L. D. Switzer
is looking after some business mat
ters In Omaha, being a passenger
for that city on the early train and
going from there to his home at
Weeping Water.
County Clerk W. E.' RosencranB
was a passenger this morning for
Omaha where he will look after some
business matters during the day re
turning to Oreapolls on the Schuyler
to meet Mrs. Rosencrans who will
bo a passenger for Elmwood on that
train.
Frank SIvey was a passenger this
morning on the early train for Oma
ha where he will complcto arrange
ments for bringing his wife homo,
It Is expected that Mrs. SIvey will
return homo this evening as Bho has
recovered enough to permit her be
lng moved.
Miss Esta May, the leading lady of
Harry I). Carey'H "Montana" Is on
of tho most versatile young net
resses on tho American stngo today
Miss May was leading lady of tho fa
mous Portland Stock Company
Oregon, while there sho essayed
ninny roles, Lady Babble In th
"Llttlo Minister," Cigarette In "Un
dcr Two Flags," Leah in "t-eah th
Forsaken," "Cnmio" ond fifty oth
ers of wide and varied ranges
tho part of Flo lu "Montana" Bho
has gnined a distinct success, all tho
crltlrs throughout tho country being Journal's latch string upon the out-
loud In their pralso of her work. Me when tho call.
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