Neb. State Historical Soc.
Ilattemoutb journal
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION- EIGHT PAGES
rLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL L2, 1909
VOLUME XXVI11
NO. 210
FARMER STOLE
MUCH LINEN.
Andrew Bloom Robs Store at
(Greenwood and is Detected.
From Monday'! Dally. .
- While plowing yesterday In his
Greenwood Andrew Bloom, a farmer
and laborer of that place, was ar
rested by Officer Schmidt of the Bur
lington and special detectives under
the direction of City Detective Malone
and brought to Lincoln, where he was
lodged In the city Jail charged with
taking a trunk of linens valued at
about $2,500 from the Burlington sta
tion platform at Greenwood about
January 15 of this year and of break
ing Into and robbing the general mer
chandise store of William Stone, also
of that place, Saturday night. The
trunk which the man stole was the
property of Miss Fitzgerald, daughter
of John-Fitzgerald,, formerly of Lin
coln, which had been transferred to
Greenwood from this city. The trunk
which was of the large steamer va
riety was filled with fine linens and
was valued at close to $2,500 but the
amount stolen from the store at
Greenwood was very slight. All the
stolen articles are thought to be re
covered. A call from Mr, Stone yes
terday asking for the Malone blood
hounds resulted In the apprehension
and the arrest of Bloom, who con
fessed having taken the linens and
robbing the store. He is a married
man having a wife and three children,
r.ho knew of his thefts r-nd who ad
rroHshed him for taking things which
did not belong to him. They were left
at. Greenwood. He Is a large man
weighing about 200 pounds, and he
pays that he has been a resident of
Greenwood for the past seven years,
having moved to his home west of
that piece some little while ago. He
said that beside farming he did odd
Jobs about the town.
In the GcglnnlnK.
The first notice that was had of
a robbery at Greenwood was received
' by City Detective Malone about Janu
ary 15 or 16 when Miss Fitzgerald
sent a trunk of fine linens to
Greenwood where her mother, Mrs.
John Fitzgerald had moved from here
some time ago. The trunk left Lin
coln on an east bound train fur
told them what he had come for,
saying that the store had been rob
bed and that Bloom had the goods.
At first Bloom was Indignant but
Schmidt Insisted that the goods were
in the house. Finally Bloom pro
duced a few pairs of shoes, these he
followed In a little bit with some
articles of clothing and then he gave
up some dishes, at the same time ad
mitting that he had broken into the
store. Schmidt's first thought ws to
arrest Bloom and take him to Jail In
Greenwood, but he changed his mind
and searched the house.
The house was searched from cel
lar to roof, and In one of the upstairs
rooms carefully packed away In two
large trunks he found the linen which
had been taken three months before.
He put the matter up to Bloom and at
first he denied, but afterward ad
mitted having taken the trunk, but he
denied having stolen the traveling
man's hand grip. When the linen
had been discovered Bloom made a
clean breast of the entire matter.
Bloom Tells Story.
he had done either. Several times
the city detective had Bloom repeat
the story and each time he told It
without making any essential changes
Ploughed on Sunday.
When he had the man In his office
at the police station Detective Ma
lone asked him what he was doing
when he was arrested. Bloom re
plied that he had been doing some
plowing with a borrowed team on a
small patch of ground which he had.
Mr. Malone asked him If it were not
an unusual thing for a man to be
plowing on Sunday but Bloom replied
that he had not thought so.
He further questioned him regard-
ling his religious life. He as-ked him
If he did not thing he would have
been better off If he had spent more
time, especially on Sunday's going to
church. Bloom replied that he sup
posed so but was not inclined to dis
cuss this phrase of the matter. He
simply said that he had told all that
he could tell that would be of im
portance.
Although he made a clean breast
of the entire matter he failed to clear
up for the detectives what had be
come of the trunk in which the linen
had been sent to Greenwood last
January. Mr. Malone said he would
look Into this before he would be
satisfied with the case. He was rather
of the" opinion that other persons
might have been connected with the
theft whom he has' not found thus
far.
It was reported last night that a
claim had been filed with the Bur
lington for about $2,000 as the equlv-
olent of the value of the goods con
tained in the trunk.
City Detective Malone, who took
many concerns which ought to have Buys Racket Klor
oeen crossea on long ago. Todav . rh,niril ln tho nKnorahln
How many corporations will allow of the Ra(.ket , . th r
tneir articles to lapse Decause or un- block WM mad b , ... , k, .
willingness 10 pay tne lax is a matter Co. purcha8inK the entlre 8tock and
of conjecture. There are ; ...1 many good w, of tn bU8lne88 from w
small firms In Nebraska which have c, Irwln & c the ga,e btln ffeeted
tanen out cnarters as stOiK companies throuh 0- p - Burton, the land
wunout ever oenving mucn ueneni and inve8traent broker of the city of
nereirom. is expeciea mai Beverai Qmaha.
. i , j l I . J 1 A - I
nunarea or mis ciass may acc.ue w xhe Racket gtore wag established
drop out of the corporation ranks. bv w n iTvtn A Cn hn, .tr
For any tnat wisnes to Keep up us month, and b . ..
present organization, the tax of $5 to Uent and liberal advertising a fine
io per annum win noi prove mucn buglnc88 has beon bullt . th g0,e
Of a detriment. ronann fnr polling tho Im.lnn.. koln.
The first foreign corporation to file thflf Mr i hn. . nnp nf an
WANTED IN
COLORADO
Its articles with the secretary of state
and pay the $50 fee under S. F. No.
321, by Tlbbets, is the New Jersey
Fidelity & Investment company. The
exceptionally good business oppor
tunity In Montana. J. W. Larkln &
Co., the new firm, Intend carrying on
the business along the same progres-
act requires Companies organized in 8,ve ,neg e8tab,llihed by the ,rwn8i
otner states. Derore neing permiuea and ,t , vpr., v.
to do business in Nebraska, to ap- Th flrm rBmo hora trnm R.nMr.
point one or more agents ln this state ham Hamilton County, this state,
upon which processes may be served and w, be found tQ be quUe an aJ
ln suits at law against the company. dtlon t0 the bu8lne88 ,nUrest8 of the
T 1 1 I VT .. t f I
uincum evening tw.. pomunltv nnH tho JniirnBl hpunpnlr.
for them a profitable and ever In-
ijonen on lorn. creasing trade.
ftoiomon . ivieiaer oi n.au.r,. , . i.--.,., and
Cass county, will have to show furth- daughter have Just moved t0 thlg
city from Stuckhaui, Hamilton, Cuun
After he found that everything
was known about the linen and the charge of the linen taken from Bloom
store robbery Bloom made no appar- said last night the valuation of
ent effort to keep back anything. He $2,500 placed on it was not lmmod-
started In and of his own accord told erate.
the whole story, when brought to
the office of the city detective In
Lincoln.
. He said that he had been on his
way to town the night about the time
the trunk disappeared an dthat when
he saw the large leather trlunk on
the truck he determined that it be
longed to some stranger who was Large Number of Corporations to Be
going away. Knout , being able R - , , .
to say why he said he took it and "a,,w cwwiu
dragging it across the tracK ne placed Out of some 9.000 corporations
It under an approach to an old eleva wnlch nave filed articles In Nebraska
tor where he left it while he went 8jn(.e the staic government was'or-
home and got a chisel and hammer. Uanized, 3.000 or niore will cease to
WEEDING
THEM OUT
er cause why he should not pay to
J. II. Teasdale Commission company
the profit on about 10,000 bushels
of white corn which he contracted to
deliver to that corporation and failed
to come forward with. The record
ty, tnis state, and have taken up
their residence In the villa on Seventh
and Marble streets, Just vacated by
W. C. Irwin and' family. This
charming family will be a welcome
in the case shows that an agent of addlton to tne 80clai and intellect
the plaintiff sent to Klecker an offer uaJ cr,.e8 0f th8 city.
to purchase white corn, same to ne
i a n a ..1. a ni T mil.
aeiiverea on uie iram ui di. uuuio hi lW.lmr Mm. I. Wnrlr
1U Vt cents, aenvery 10 oe maue un or The of omh & Tlekotter who
Derore January a. httVB bppn bl,ndin- BO manv of the
The day after the offer was made f. ,d th . , the countv
defendant telephoned to the agent tell thJ pRgt gevera, yeargi have JuHt
Ing him that he would sen 8tarted work upon a brand new house
ousneis on me terms onerru. i for Frank parkenlngV Mr. I'arke
agent then wrote to him setting out , ,g ,ocated geven mlleg weHt
the terms of the sale and later the and Qne me north of the cty ftnd
wmun.,, D..t ...... the new uouse will be a model one
the deal upon whlcii was printed in th h t ,t . t . , . ,
He said that he returned at once
and that with the aid of the hammer
and chisel he opened the trunk and
took four great loads of the linen to
his home about four blocks away,
using the larger pieces for sacks.
'He safd that he knew all along that
have any existence after next No
vember. Under the King act. S. F.
No. 10, passed by the state legisla
ture, the secretary (if state Is in
structed to wipe off the list of char
tered concerns all that fall to pay
Incorporation tax of $5 to $200 per
Greenwood the evening of the 15thjne COuld not use the linens, and that year prescribed by that Instrument
or 16th of January, arriving there
shortly after dark. It was unloaded
at the station at Greenwood by the
baggageman and left standing on a
set of trucks on the platform. The
trunk which was a large leather af
fair was not designated as having
anything of any especial value ln It
and when Miss Fitzgerald left the sta
tion she said she would send for It
the following day.
With the departure of Miss Fl:tz
grald all thought of the trunk pass
ed out of the agent's mind until af
ter 10 o'clock when he went to put
It Into the baggage room. At this
time he discovered that the trunk had
disappeared. He at once reported
the matter and Detective Malone or
dered his special officer, Schmidt, to
stop in Greenwood on hlr, way to Lin
coln from Omaha that night. He
did so but no trace of the trunk could
' be found. When It was learned how
valuable the contents of the trunk
were the railroad set to work quickly
to locate the person who had taken It.
Some time ago a traveling man left
his grin standing on the depot plat
form and when the second piece of
baggage disappeared so suddenly,
Detective Malone decided the man
who took the trunk was still In
Greenwood and made an effort to
cover all tho possible places In that
vicinity where the crook would he
likely to dwell.
Store N llohlicd.
Yesterday morning William Stone
of Greenwood telephoned Detective
Malone asking that his blood hounds
be sent to that place at once as his
store had hern entered and some
shoes, clothing and dishes taken. The
robbery was reported to have occurr
ed Saturday night. When the city de
tectlve recdved the message he said:
I can't send the blood hounds, but
Schmidt Is Just as good. I'll send
him."
Special OfTlccr Schmidt was sent to
Greenwood In the afternoon. He
went to the store wnnn nna ueen
robbed and looking over the ground
In that vicinity he took up a trail
which he found leading away from
the store and following It he ar
rived at the home of Bloom. He
he did not need It but after he started
he took It.
When he got It home he packed it
away In two of his own trunks and
placed It ln the room where It was
found by the officer. He said that
his wife told him that he ought not
to take these thlnqs as it was not
right, that he might get Into troub
le, but he paid no attention to her.
He said that he left the trunk under
the elevator approach and did not go
back tn see what had become of It.
What became of the trunk Is a
question the city detective Is asking,
for the night he sent Schmidt to
Greenwood after the trunk had dis
appeared and the searchers looked In
the very place which Bloom said was
This means that all the corpora
tlons which are defunct, as well aa
those that neglect payment, will have
no standing In law after November
30, the date when the charters be
come forfeited, it Is roughly esti
mated that one-third of all the firms
ever Incorporated ln Nebraska are
now In business Some have failed
others have become consolidated and
there are not a few which never got
beyond the formation stage. In a
number of Instances, corporations
have simply passed Into oblivion be
cause no one tried tn keep them go
ing. All these dead concerns have
been carried on the books of the
secretary of state from the beginning,
forty-two years ngo, as th.it depart-
large letters an Injunction to the re
celver to report any errors ln said
confirmation. Keckler did not reply
to either letter, but later shipped one
car of 767 bushels of corn.
The commission company sued to
recover' the difference between the
contract price of the corn which was
not delivered and the price on Jan
uary 31, 1907. Keckler pleaded
the statute of fraude, setting up the
fact that the value of the property
alleged to have been contracted for
was more than $50. The court holds
however, that the shipping of the one
car took the contract out of the
statute of frauds. As a further .de
fense Keckler claimed that a condi
tion of the contract was that he
should be able to secure cars and that
he had been unable to do so.
The court holds thnt such a condi
tion Is not set out In the confirmation
which was sent to him and that he
made no mention of It as he should
at the time. It Is held that In cases
of this kind the rule applies that
"He who Is silent when it Is his
dutv to sneak will not bo henrd
when he should bo silent.'
Judgment In the lower court was
for tho defendant, but this Is re
versed and the easn Is remanded.
of
in size, two stories and finished
throughout ln a modern manner.
will have a bath room of the latest
style and design with all modern ap
pliances and conveniences and It I
to be heated by a fine hot water sys
tern.- The foundation is to be
concrete, the product of that excellen
workman Emll Walters, who has th
contract for the masonry, plasterln
and the like. Mr. rarkenlngs 1
sparing no expense In the mntter o
building the house and Intends whe
It Is completed to have as fine a lioin
as anyone in Cass County, the coun
ty of rich country homes. A more
detailed account of this fine resident'
will appenr later as It mars comple
tion. He made no mistake ln his
choice of worklngmen as Smith &
Tlekotter are carpentsrs and builders
with a known reputation for fine
work while Emll Walters Is one of the
best known masons ln the county.
the place he had left the trunk after ment had no means of knowing when
he emptied It. Malone was rnther of
the opinion that the trunk had ben
burned up and that Bloom did not
wish to admit this, though he consid
ered this strange, after Blood had
confessed to the theft.
Filtered TIii-oukIi (Vllnr.
Bloom was asked to say how he
effected the robbery of the store. He
did so without hesitation, saying he
went there Saturday night and en
tered the place through the base
ment. He said that In getting Into
the place It was not necessary for
him to break or unlock a lock as
the cellar could be entered through
an opening which had been made for
Ight and aid.
It was through this entrance he
succeeded In getting Into the build-
one of them wns consigned to the
morgue
The weeding out will come when
every company or association or
ganized under the Nebraska laws, ex
cept those specifically exempted by
the King bill. Is required to pay the
occupation tax. The fee will become
due on July 1. After the latter
date, a penalty of $10 Is added to the
tax, and by November 30 all which
are still In arrenrs will have their
charters cancelled. A proclamation
Issued by the governor In Sep
tember will give warning of whnt Is
to follow, so that companies which
have overlooked the new stntute may
still have a chance to save themselves.
It Is the theory of the King act that
Ing and after he got In he picked out every corporation owes something to
some things which he could use. He
first said he took some shoes for
grown people and later a pair of
children's shoes. He took some shirts,
some trousers and some dishes. All
these he placed In his pockets and
under his clothes when he left the
place and went home.
From the time of his arrival In
Lincoln Bloom made few attempts to
denv any of the accusations which
the state In return for the protection
and other advantages Its charter
gives It. The amninl tax Is
considered the best method 'f col
lectlng this obligation the amount
being proportioned to the capital
stock. While the main object of the
bill Is to raise revenue for the state,
It will have another beneficial effect
In removing an Incumbrance from the
records. The secretary of state's of-
were made regarding the stolen trunk flee force will appreciate this latter
and the store which had been robbed J feature, as a good many Inquiries
but he was glad to confess that he, about corporations are coming In all
had taken the trunk and that he , the time and It Is necessary to pe
had robbed the store, although he ruse the Index for the whole 9,000
Injured In n Itiiniiuay.
Last Friday afternoon while driv
ing a tenm of colts, Mr. B. Wolph had
the misfortune to have his shoulder
dislocated.
He Intended to bring Miss St under,
the school teacher to the train and
then take Evelyn and Emily, his
daughters, home from the train and
as the cults were a little frmtlous
thought he would exercise them a
little before taking Miss Stnnder Into
the rig. While driving them toward
the school house the dog frightened
them, and an oil can In the vehicle
added to their fright until they tore
the top from off the vehicle and threw
Mr. Wolph out with the Injury above
mentioned.
The horses ran until they demolish
ed the vehicle and were caught near
Ernest Ahrens. They were not In
jured but the vehicle, which was the
old carriage driven so long by Mr.
Wolph. was In a condition similar to
the "one-hoKS shay" though It had
not been run quite so long.
While the dislocated shoulder Is
very Inconvenient. Mr. Wolph Is up
and around doing odd chores. Ne
hawka Register.
A Onllul Invitation.
The Journal is In receipt of a letter
from former mayor John A. Gutseho,
renewing his subscription to the pa
per. Mr. Gutsche writes from (Vive
laud, ()., where he Is employed by
the New York Central lines. After
ordering the great home comforter
sent to him for another year, he adds:
The Goose-Shoocrs Union gives i
grand ball on the 30th. Barney Mil
ler and Georgo 1'olsall are cordially
It. X. lioverln Very III.
Miss Madge Loveiin, who Is attend
ing the Kearney Normal, received a
telegram on Thursday afternoon
from her mother at Lincoln, stating
that the father of B. M. Ixiveiin was
very 111 and Miss Loverln left this af
ternoon on the Overland Limited for
her home.
Advices state that Mr. Loveiin was
stricken with apoplexy while In Oma
ha and had to be taken to his Lin
coln home on a stretcher. At pres
ent hopes are not entertained for his
recovery, as such attacks are always
considered extremely dangirous. Mr
Loverln had been In the best of
health and had gone to Omaha on
his reuglar run, being a conductor
on the Burlington main line.
The Kenrney friends of the Lov
erln family will hope that later news
of Mr. Loverln's condition may bo
more cheerful that the present.
Kearney Hub.
The above was the first. Intimation
Mr. Loverln's many friends In this
city had of his Illness. It Is hoped
that ho will speedily recover as In
Is too good a man to lose. TTe has a
host of friends In this city.
rrest of Otto Seydlitz, a Former
Plattsmouth Boy, on Request.
Chief of Pbltce Ralney last Satur
day afternoon made an Important ar
rest when he took Into custody Otto
Seylitx, wanted at Canyon City, Col.
Several days ago Chief . Ralney re
ceived several telegrams from the
sheriff at Caynon City, asking him
o keep a lookout for Seydlltx whom
the sheriff stated was coming to this
city where his parents reside, and
who was wanted at Canyon City for
some offense the nature of which
was not stated.
Saturday morning Chief Ralney
received a letter from the sheriff
stating that he was positive that
Seydlltx would be here and stating
that he (sheriff) would pay a reward
of $25 dollars for his apprehen
sion. The letter did not Btate the
nature of the offense charged but It
must have been a serious one.
Shortly after receiving his letter
Chief Ralney was standing on Main
street looking about and keeping
an eye open for Seydlltx when the
young man walked up to him. Recog
nizing him at once. Chief Ralney
turned on him and Inquired his name.
Seydlltx readily answered giving his
correct name. Ralney then placed
him under arrest and took him to the
county Jail where he has been since.
Seydlltx was much disconcerted by
his arrest and was for making a
fight against being extradited to Col
orado. He refused to talk concern
ing the reason for his arrest, pre
tending Ignorance of the case. Hhls
mother stated that the young man
had gotten into trouble at Canyon
City and hnd been placed uncjer one
hundred dollars bond and that he
had Jumped the bond. This story
may be the correct one but It looks
strange thnt so vigorous efforts were
made to get him hack there on so
trivial a matter.
Seydlitz's parents retained Matthew
Gerlng to look after their son's In
terestas and It was given out that a
fight would be made on extraditing
him. This wns denied by Mr. Gerlng,
however, lie asserting he thought h
had better go back.
The sheriff, Jos Esser, from Can
yon City wns expected to arrive In the
city this morning hut did not come.
the probabilities being that he stop
ped In Lincoln for requisition papers.
Seydlitz's parents reside here and
Is father Is an employe of the Bur
lington. The parents are colMdered
good people and they have hnd troub-
e with the young man several tln.es
icfore. he having been considered ns
a candidate for the state reformatory
several times but getting out on tho
strength of his parens trying to re
form him themselves, He Is a young
man of some twenty-five years and
s well known here.
was unable to give any reason why stuffed as It U with the name of Invited.
It Captures Onm'tn.
Krom Monday's luilly.
"A Stubborn Clndereiln" has tnlien
Omaha by storm. The Bee thl
miming reviewing the play gives It
a big puff and pronou"c It the best
kIiow of the kind seen ther'j In verus
All the characters In the play are
given high praise and Ethel
Hove Is highly spoken of as one of
the best. Speaking of her perfor
malice- the Bee says:
Ethel Dovey. well beloved In Oma
ha since she made her first public np
penrnnce here with her sister as
"child wonder' some ten years ago
Is the same dainty, vivacious llttl
tease and romp she hns been from th
beginning, and her part Is cleverly
done.
Knjoynhle Kvent.
Last Friday nli;ht a very pleasant
veiling was spent at the cc.sy In. mo
of G. F. S. Burton and his estimable
wife by a party c.f young folks who
were Invited to n party given In hon
or of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Burton ::n:l
Mr. Bill McCurdy of I.on Angel, s.
Cal., the guest of Mr. and Mra. Bur
ton. For the occasion the ban. '.seme
home of the Burton's and tnstily
decorated and a very unusual effort
had been mnde to Insure tho sever::!
guests a good time.
The evening was spent In dancing
and later dainty refreshments were
served, the party breaking up toward
the midnight hour.
Those Invited to this little affair
were Misses Frances Weldman, Helen
Chapman, Gladys Sullivan, Ruth
Johnson, Mrs. Harry S. Jamis of
Lincoln, Mrs. Everett Eaton, Mr.
Harold Strelght, Chas. Hopping,
Ernest Wurl, Emmons Burton, Harry
James of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Windham of this city, and tho
guests of honor Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Angeles, Cal.
Mule Girl Scalded to Death.
Last Saturday afternoon a very sad
happening occurred at the Jake
Chronicle home in South Bend, when
their little girl of three years fell In
to a dish pan of boiling water. The
body was badly burned all over,
causing death within a couple of
hours. All the medical aid possible
was adinlultttered to the relief of
the little sufferer. Funeral services
were held Saturday morning In the
M. E. church conducted by Rev.
Reiser of M unlock. Interment In
South Bend cemetery. Louisville
Courier.
