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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION-EIGHT PAGES
VOLUME XXIX
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY AUGUST IS, 1910
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BEL SIAVIGEK All OLD RESI
IEIII DIES BY HIS Ol'JII HID
The Sad Discovery Made About 5:30 Sunday Morning in the
Barn at the Home of His Son.
From Monday' Dally.
The relatives of Michael Slavicek
were shocked Sunday morning when,
on going to his tarn to feed his pigs
and chickens, Frank Slavcek discov
ered his father in the barn dead.
The sad discovery was made about
5:30 Sunday morning. The young
man immediately notified his uncle,
Joseph Svoboda, who with bis son,
J. J. Svoboda, and Adolph Koubek
went with James back to the barn.
The deceased was on bis knees by
the steps leading to the hay mow
above, a small cord was around his
neck and attached to a two-by-four
which lay across the Jolce above.
The cord was drawn tight and indi
cated that death had been by strang
ulation. The coat and hat of Mr. Slavicek
lay on the hay where it appeared he
had lain. The sheriff was summon
ed immediately and at once came to
the place, and on examination found
that the body was yet warm, show
ing that it had not been many hours
before that the unfortunate man had
ended his life. The sheriff thought
it unnecessary that the coroner be
summoned, as the cause of death
was too evident to require any in
vestigation. The deceased was addicted to the
excessive use of liquor, and bad not
been home for almost a week, and
it is supposed that be had come
borne during the night, whether in
toxicated or not is not known, and
that he went to the barn and laid
mi
Large Congregations and Fine
Sermons at Presbyterian and
Methodist Churches.
The services at the First Presby
terian church yesterday were of
More than ordinary interest. Be
fore the sermon, Miss Emma Falter,
sang, "Plains of Peace," with the
sweetness of tone and distinctness of
accent which charmed the occupants
ef the pews. Rev. Gade preached
on the "Judgment." It was the
straight old fashioned gospel that be
gave his hearers yesterday morning,
and it came to them In a message of
love overflowing with tenderness.
He emphasized the fact that there
would be a day of Judgment. "The
day will come when we shall stand in
the presence of the everlasting God,"
he declared. "There is something
more than this life, the present
stretches beyond, and there is some
way In which the wrongs of this
world will be righted and justice
done. There Is to be a Judgment
God's word declares it. In Hebrews
we read "It Is appointed unto men
once to die, and after this the Judg
ment." David declares "He will
Judge the world in righteousness."
Paul says "That we must all be made
manifest before the judgment seat of
Christ that each may receive the
deeds done In the body, according to
that he hath done whether it be good
r bad."
The speaker said: "That the fact
of sin in this world necessitates a
future judgment. There are people
who tell us that there Is no sin in
the world that sin and suffering
are unrealities. But you cannot look
about you today without believing
that there Is such a thing as sin-
you cannot read the dally papers
without believing that sin is a tre
mendous reality.
"Wrecked homes and blasted lives,
the cry of wives and children In pov
erty bring awful testimony of sin.
"The Bible says: 'The Soul that
sinncth it shall die.' 'The man that
covert h his sin Bhall not prosper.'
'He is Just to forgive us our sins.'
How often the misery, the sin, the
wretchedness of this life, takes the
heart out of one in the long strug
gle toward the good. Our Bins
crushed the Son of Cod our sins
nailed Him to the cruel cross.
"There Is to be a general Judg
down on the hay for a time; that
as soon as dawn came so that he
could see to fasten the rope and
make the fatal noose that then, in
a fit of dispondency, ended his life.
Michael Slavicek was born in Mora
via, sixty-nine years ago and came to
America and to Plattsmouth some
thing over twenty years ago.
In Bohemia about forty-five years
ago he was married to Frances Svo
boda, with whom he lived in the old
couniy for twenty-five years when
he left her to come to America. To
this union five children were born,
four of whom, with the widow, sur
vive the deceased.
The surviving children are Frank,
with whom Mr. Slavicek resided, An
tone, who is with his mother in
Bohemia, Mrs. Fannie Shoumal and
William Slavicek of this city.
The deceased was a common la
borer and for a time was employed
in the lumber yard in the Burlington
local shops. He was a kind hearted
man, and never harmed any indivi
dual, his habitual craving for in
toxicants being his sole weakness,
and it was a matter of great regret to
himself, because of the pain It gave
his friends. In his early years he
was a devoted Catholic, but in later
years be went little to the church.
The funeral occurred this after
noon from the Hild undertaking
rooms. The pall bearers were: E.
Wooster, A. Kanka, J. Svoboda, Sr.,
and Joe Svoboda. Interment was
madeXin Oak Hill cemetery.
ment, for it Is clearly stated that all
of every kindred and tribe and
people, will be there: when according-
to the picture "glvetf us In' Reve
lations, the dead, small and great
shall Btand before God 'to be'judg
ed according to their works1.'
"While the day will be npon'us
when Christ will be our Judge to
day He is our Savior, and a loving
Saviour. He came from heaven to
lift us. There is the boundless love
of the Christ, and there is mercy for
you and for me.
Ob! blessed crimson tide flowing
from Calvary,
The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in bis day,
And there may we, though vile as
he,
Wash all our sIds away.
At the Methodist Church.
Rev. Wade L. Austin was greeted
with a good congregation in the
Methodist Episcopal church last
evening. He chose for the subject
f his theme "The Abuse of Polltl
cal Power," taking for his text these
words: "So they hanged Haman
on the gallows that he had prepared
for Morderla; then was the king's
wrath pacified."
Haman, the minister said, was a
favorite of Ahasuenis, king of Per
sia. In order to revenge himself
upon Mordecal, the Jew, he plotted
the extermination of all the Jews in
the kingdom, but In the providence
of God he was thwarted by Esther,
fell into disgrace with the king, and
wrought his own ruin and the up
building of the Jews. His eventful
history shows that pride goes before
destruction; that the providence of
God directs all things; that his peo
pie are safe in the midst of perils,
and that his foes must perish. lie
likened the rise and fall of Haman
to Cannonism, the trhsts and the liq
uor traffic, and said that the latter
had forced itself Into politics and
that politics would be its downfall
(iocs to Hospital.
From Monday's Dally.
Fred Oldenhausen went to Clark
son hospital yesterday and may un
dergo an operation there in a day or
two. He has been troubled for some
time with an ulcer on his eye, and
went for treatment. His two daugh
ters, Mrs. H. Kaufman and Mrs,
Mary Evers went to the hospital this
morning to be with their father for
a short time. It had not been de
finitely determined yesterday wheth
er the operation would be had or
not. If the trouble does not yield
to treatment with medicine, the knife
may be resorted to.
M. L. Williams of Louisville was
a Plattsmouth visitor today looking
after some Items of business.
IIEMSIA CITY
LOSES BALL GAME
Rex Sox Win From Boosters by
Score of 8 to 3.
From Monday's Dally.
The Nebraska City Boosters, the
crack second place team of that city,
and also containing a number of ex
Mink league players, and It might
be stated here that they play good
ball, too, but were easy victims for
the Plattsmouth Red Sox on the Chi
cago avenue diamond yesterday af
ternoon. At no time from the begin
ning of the game did the visitors
have a chance of winning, and the
first score that was marked to their
credit was made at the time of the
accident between Droege and Mason,
at which time the players met in a
terrific collision in left field in try
ing to get under a short fly ball.
The ball falling short of Mason,
the left fielder, and long for Droege,
at short, although at the time of the
collision Droege bad caught the ball,
but dropped it in the fall, and both
players being quite badly stunned
for the time being, and the atten
tion of all players being directed to
them, one man passed over the home
plate. The batted ball was a short
fly hit by White, and being the first
man up in the third inning, he ran
the bases without interference on the
part of the home team. Two more
men followed White In making the
bases and safely landing at home
plate in this inning. The three runs
made by the visitors might be credit
ed to the accident In this Inning.
At this point is where some of the
spectators feared the home team,
with two good men injured might go
to pieces and lose the game to the
visitors. Barney readily realized the
position he was placed in, and pitch
ed much better ball the balance of
the game, and the entire team came
to the front and gave him the best
of support, and the Boosters played
the single 0 from here on. At this
stage of the game the score stood
3 and 3, after which the home team
passed five more men around the
diamond, resulting in a score of 8
to 3.
The game was In many ways one
of .the best of the season. None of
the players were dissatisfied with
the decisions of the umpire, both
teams played good ball, the visitors
were simply a little weak and they
knew it, and did not try to win the
game through scrapping with the um
Pire.
One of the main features of the
game was the usual heavy hitting
by the Red Sox with Fitzgerald con
siderably in the lead. He came to
the bat four times and made . four
safe hits, two two baggers and two
single, one of them being at a time
when two runs were made. Billy has
sure made great advancement in his
work during the present season, and
at the bat he has made more than
good.
Mann, Beal and Mason in the field
were in the game all the time and
made good at every opportunity glv
en them. Bardwell In the box and
Herrold as the heavy back stop,
played their usual game of ball, all
of whom did good work at the bat,
and Beal was there with his fierce
base running; the way he steels sec
ond base was sure a puzzler to the
Boosters.
McCauley was on first and even
though his game leg refused to work
at all times, he kept his mlts under
full control and nailed everything
that came his way. Fitzgerald play
ed his usual second, and Droege was
at home on short, while Pete Peter
son, the terrible pitcher with the
.Merchants of Council Bluffs, played
third, and while this is not his cus
tomary position, he covered the base
wall with but a couple of very slight
errors to his credit. Pete plays
ball all the time, but where he makes
more than good is in the box.
The Red Sox held considerably
the best of the game on points, mak
ing but very few errors, and are
credited with several more hits than
the Boosters made from Bardwell.
There being no official score we are
unable to give the game by innings
and credit the hits and errors.
The Boosters are sure a gentle
manly lot of ball players, and where
they are short In playing ball they
more than make It up in goodfellow
shlp. We trust they may play a re
turn game.
Remember that there Is a good
one billed for next Sunday. The J.
I. Cross team of Omaha. The J. I.
Cross team are considered one of
the fast ones of the metropolis, and
you will see a good game on this
date.
A Pleasant Social Dance.
At the Katholick Sokol hall last
Saturday evening a very pleasant
time was had at their social dance.
The attendance was large as usual.
The music was furnished by the new
orchestra of the society and was
first-class in every particular. This
society have given some most pleas
ant dances and the one last Saturday
evening was in keeping with all the
former occasions.
AI
Earl Chandler Five Years Old,
Accidently Shot Little Girl
Three Years Old.
From Monday's Dally.
Last evening about 6:30 a dis
tressing accident occurred at Cedar
Creek which resulted in the death of
little three year old Barbara Leon
ard whose grief stricken parents re
side in Weeping Water.
The accidental shooting occurred
while a rifle was being pointed at
the little girl's head by little Earl
Chandler, the five year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chandler, also
of Weeping Water. ,
The little girl survived until two
o'clock this morning, although all
that was possible to be done was
done by the physician, Dr. Lewis of
Louisville who was summoned im
mediately after the shooting.
The men had just returned from
the river and bad laid the rifle which
was a 22 special rallbre gun, down
and had no sooner turned away,
than the little boy picking it up aim
ed at the little girl's head and pulled
the trlger. The little girl fell to
the ground mortally wounded. T.he
ball striking her over the left eye,
penetrated to the brain and came out
about the center of the forhead
Dr. Lewis was summoned within a
few minutes, and he worked over the
little sufferer as long as a spark of
life was apparent, but she was be
yond aid of medical skill.
This morning C. C. Baldwin, and
the Weeping Water undertaker, came
out in their auto and the remains
were taken to Weeping Water. The
accident Is a very sad one and the
grief stricken parents have the sym
pathy of the community.
Makes Good.
Dr. Charley Kennedy and wife of
Omaha are in the city the guests of
the doctor's mother and other rela
tives. Dr. Kennedy Is an other ex
ample of a Plattsmouth young man
who is making good. The doctor Is
an expert surgeon and knows as
much of ex-ray machine as the man
who invented the Instrument. With
the help of this instrument the doc
tor is able to perform some remark
able feats In surgeory. He Is the
surgeon for the Union Pacific Rail
way shops In Omaha and has an ex
tensive general practice, beside as
slsting the surgeon at a hospital, and
In addition Is a member of the medi
cal college and delivers not less than
one lecture before the class In sur
geory each week. The doctor has
just purchased for his use In his
practice a new Ford auto, so as to
get around to his patients more
rapidly. Doctor Kennedy's many
Plattsmouth friends are pleased to
note his steady climb toward the top
in his chosen profession.
l.ulti General Jit Nebraska.
From Wednesday's Dally.
Last evening about 8 o'clock news
was received at the station that a
half hour before a terrifco rain and
wind storm had struck Havelock and
that the wires at Grand Island and
Fremont were down and a hard
storm was expected here. But the
storm had spent its force before It
reached Plattsmouth. A general rain
all over central and eastern Nebraska
fell during the night. There was a
heavy rain at O'Neill and all over the
Burlington division. The guage at
the station hero showed C2-100 of an
Inch.
W. M. Richards of South Hend,
was In the city today looking after
business matters at the court house
A fine rain fell In that precinct Inst
night. The election wbb lightly at
tended. Out of 180 votes in the pre
cinct only 23 votes were cast.
ANOTHER Wi
fe III OMAHA
The Murderess a Former Resi
dent of Weeping Water
Where She Was Reared.
From Monday's Dally.
The following account of the
shooting of Oils Hedy, a resturant
waiter in Omaha a few days since
is taken from the Sunday Bee. Mrs.
Mott who did the shooting, formerly
resided in Weeping Water:
"Otis Hedy, the waiter who was
shot on the back porch of the dou
ble apartment bouse, 821-S33 South
Nineteenth street Thursday evening
by Mrs. Bertha Mott, died in St.
Joseph's hospital last night. Hedy
was optimistic until the very last
conscious moment. This was between
10 and 11 o'clock yesterday morning.
Following an acute seizure he col
lapsed and never rallied until the
spark of life went out. At the bed
side was his wife and little boy.
"A charge of second degree mur
der will probably be preferred
against Mrs. Mott. This was the
statement of County Attorney Eng
lish last night.
"Mr. English visited the hospital
yesterday in the afternoon with a
view to getting an ante-mortem
statement from Hedy. He was then,
however, unconscious.
"When the county attorney saw
Hedy Thursday he felt bo confident
of living that no legal statement
could be recorded. Hedy In conversa
tion repeated the version of the
transaction that culminated in his
death that he gave out Friday morn
ing when he had recovered from the
effects of the operation performed by
Police Surgeon Harris. - He stated
that the accused woman entered his
room when there was no one there
but himself and his little boy, that
he asked ber to leave and when they
got out on the porch she fired. ,
, "Mrs. Mott, who Is confined in the
matron's department of the city jail,
Is fast becoming a nervous wreck,
She is a slightly built young woman,
nothing but a girl, and when seen
last night she was moaning hysteri
cally. When sufficiently calmed to
converse she corroborated the ac
count of the shooting she gave to the
police at the time of ber arrest and
told afterwards to her husband.
There were statements that Mott has
fled the city after the tragic event
In which his wife was one of the
principal actors, hut he merely shift
ed their slight belonglngB from 821
South Nineteenth ' street, and went
to live with his mother at 1012 South
Forty-eighth street. He has visited
bis wife at the jail every day since
ber committal. Her mother called
with him yeBterday. Mrs. Mott's
father, J. L. Wise, is employed on
the Missouri Pacific railroad at
Weeping Water, Neb.
"In recounting the facts of the
tragedy, Mrs. Mott said when Hedy
entered the room her back was turn
ed toward him and the first Intima
tion she had of his presence was
when he made an Indecent proposal.
She said she did not know what he
meant, but, as a strange man In ber
room, she told him to get out. He
wouldn't go, but Insulted her, and
she ran for her husband's gun and
following him out, shot him.
"Mrs. Mott Is positive that the
shooting occurred following the
man's visit to her room and that
there was no one on the porch but
Hedy and herself."
Mrs. Mott is the daughter of John
Wise of Weeping Water, and was
born and reared In that city, her
father being a peaceablo hard work
ing man. Her mother was a very
high tempered woman, and some
yenrs ago attacked a prominent phy
slclan of that city and attempted to
belabor the doctor with a buggy
whip. Mrs. Mott married her hus
band somo months ago and recent
ly removed to Omaha.
ricuiH From Itendle County.
Adam Kaffenbcrgcr of Eight Mllo
Grove visited Plattsmouth today
Mr. Kaffctiberger received a letter
from Georgo Wright of Bcaddlo
county, South Dakota, where Mr
Kaffenbcrger owns lands, stating
that although It had been dry in Da
kota, yet a good small grain crop
had been harvested and that there
were many good fields of corn. That
Beadle county had fared about the
same as the rest of South Dakota is
evident.
Karl Karl of Omaha spent Sunday
with Julius Pitts and other relatives.
A Visitor From the Far F.ast.
From Wednesday'! .Dally.
Dr. J. E. Monroe from Orange,
Mass., and a brother of O. P. Mon
roe of this city, arrived in Platts
mouth Saturday for a few weeks vis
it here with his brother and family.
Mr. Monroe is a graduate optician
and it Is possible that while here he
may fit and make glasses for those
who may want them. Mr. Monroe
arrived from the east over the Burl
llngton on train No. 4, and was met
at Pacific Junction by his brother,
O. P. Monroe and William Winn.
This train arrives at the Junction at
ten o'clock at night but with all of
O. P.'s fast driving they failed to
arrive in Plattsmouth until about
two In the morning and 0. P. does
not like to give up the cause, espe
cially when he has made good time
and travelled the required number of
miles for the time out to keep up his
record. The trouble was Blmply this:
0. P. relied on Brother Winn to
mark the fence posts so their return
trip would be safe, and Billy says he
depended on the Judgment of Mr.
Monroe to find the road home, and
after travelling the south road from
the Junction nearly to Bartlett they
awoke a farmer from his slumbers
to
ascertain bow much farther it
as to the ferry. You can Imagine
le surprise of our two townsmen,
hen they were apprised of their
situation. Lost, and only five miles
from where they have lived for so
many years.
Takes Well Earned Vacation.
From Monday's Dally.
J. W. Barwlck and wife and
grand-daughter, Hilda Julyan, de
parted this rooming for Thomas,
Oklahoma, where Mr. Barwlck with
his family, will spend ten days vaca
tion. Mr. Barwlck has been In the
employ of the Burlington at this
place for twenty-three years, and
this 1b his first vacation for forty
years. Superintendent Balrd prizes
Mr. Iiarwlck's work very highly, and
is pleased to grant him his well
earned vacation, and Jokingly In
formed Mr. Barwlck that if he re
turned before the ten days he would
have to send him back. Mr. Barwlck
came from England to Plattsmouth
twenty-three years ago and has made
many warm friends in the commun
ity, who are glad to see himself and
estimable wife take a trip for pleas
ure. Funeral of Mrs. Severln.
The Sunday Omaha Bee In refer
ence to the funeral of Mrs. Severln
says: "The funerai of Mrs. Joseph
Severln will be held at 7:30 a. m.,
Wednesday morning from the resi
lience, 173; South Twentyiecond
street, to the Church of the Assump
tion. The date of the funeral was
fixed late that the elder sons from
California and Washington may be
present. After the ceremony at the ,
church the body will be sent to
Plattsmouth, the home of Mrs. Sev
ering daughter, for burial. Mrs.
Severln died of burns due to scald
ing water which she received laBt
Thursday. She died at 3 p. m., Fri
day, living thirty-six hours after the
Injury."
New DentlNt Arrives.
From Monday's Dally.
Dr. R. N. Ransom of Brock, the
gentleman who purchased the dental
office of Dr. W. B. Elster some few
weeks ago, arrived In the city this
morning and will take possession of
the office at once. The Journal
acknowledges a call from our new
citizen this morning, and we ran
truthfully Bay that we found him to
be an excellent young gentleman,
lie comes well recommended as such
and also a thorough master of his
chosen profession. The Journal wol
romes Mr. Ransom to our city and
trusts that he may meet with the
success ho Is Justly entitled to.
Broke III Collar Bone.
From Wednesday's Dnlly.
Yesterday afternoon while a num
ber of boys were playing In the yard
of Joe Smith, an accident occurred
which resulted in breaking tho col
lar bono of Harry, the sixteen year
old son of Mr. Warton. Several of
tho boys had climbed into the
branches of a large boxclder troo, '
when suddenly the weight of tho
boys caused the tree to break looso
from tho ground and It went tumb
ling down tho hill Btrlklng Harry on
tho neck with tho above results. The
Injured boy was taken to Dr. Cum
mins' office and the fracture reducod
and properly dressed. Today Harry
is able to walk about, but his injur
ed collar bone is quite sore.
Jack Patterson was a passenger
' to Omaha this afternoon on business.