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VOL. XXXIII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
NO. 51.
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CITY DADS LOOK
AFTER IMPOR
TANT USHERS
Much Street and Sidewalk Busi
ness Looked After, as Well as
Other Matters.
From Tuesday's Daiiy.
I. cenmg in the torrid al
io, .sphere if .he t- t i n i i L chamber
Id.- faithful city dads . assembled
lo take up what might demand
lln-i- al l !iti!i. uiiij several mat
ters 1. 1 imp' ivi aiu'" well' handled
by tin oouneilmen that applied ti
lh' welfare of thf oily.
J e properly nWIHTS on lower
Main si i-i had a i'!itin before
tin- u t: i-i 1 aking that the street
light al present located at Main
and Riehey strvets be located
t f i i . ' ami not i n "4 1 to Third and
?.!;tin as-had been ordered muiic
weeks ago. The council, after
hearing the "! ii decided to
place il on !':! and go ahead with
the work i
where if ha
.f placing th.' light
ji-i'!l ofiii'ii.
W. If. .Wwell requested the city
o .. sme I i ii ir on Marble
street near his properly in order
that hi' cuiihl
coll - fi'.l't ii !1
proceed villi the
f a permanent
sidewalk that eh ti sired to place
t!i. n motiori of Hallst nun
tin' petit i-m was granted and the
lttti 1 inir ordered done without de
lay. A "'iition was also presented
!?(' 1".. J. Ridley and Mrs. W. II.
ShiIdkn'M-hf asking that Ih oasf
side of t)Ii street front Mainj
to poari. pe graded, in nr.b'r that,
they might put in a permanent
sidewalk at o;:ce. This walk is on j
the w.-t side of the Rii-hoy lum
ber yard and the Sehlidkneeht
liome an.l has 1 n badly needed
for tlie af two or three years.
On iiM d ion of Bajcek the work
v. as ordered canned out as soon
as possible.
The roque-t of c. K. Martin for
griding- on 'inth street was
granted and the street roninii
M"ii'T will do the work as soon
as possible in ord'-r lhat a per
manent walk may le placed there
without dr-lay.
The report or Fire Chief A. F.
Brauri was read to the council, in
whit h he reported the different
equipment of the lire department
in e, -h ie and also stated that
the fire hydrant at the corner of
oak and Third street was jn had
shape aid hould lie repaired
without delay. The hydrant, he
says. is -o-t loo ..v and makes it
very hard for the tirement o make
couplings with the hose, and in
rase of a lire would interfere
greatly with the successful opera
tion of the fire company. On
motion the water company was
instructed to place the hydrant in
condition al once.
The finance committee of the
council reported that they had re
ceived the hooks of the old park
commissi. n and had made an ex
amination of them as far as pos
sible, hnt successful work in this
line was impossible, owing lo the
far (hat the minute book and the
warrant, hook were the onlv ones
used and il was a very long job
to check each warrant with thf
minutes of the in eel in ST. They
reported theo was ft 18." on hand
belonging to the park fund and
that the books be turned over to
thf new commissioners. A num
ber of the conncilmen seemed to
think there should be a thorough
investigation made of the books,
but as this would entail the ex
penditure of quite a frond deal of
money, on motion of Bajcek. the
report of the finance committee
was adopted by the following
vole: Yeas. Pallerson, Streight,
Bajeek. Besfor, Lushinskv, Shea
(. Nays. Buttery, Ilallstrom.
Johnson. Harris 5.
The mayor then summoned the
three new commissioners, Messrs.
j. P. Faller. William Ballaneo and
C. K. Martin, to the desk, where
the oath of office was administer
ed In 'thorn and Ihe documents and
bonks belonging In the rnmmis
.sioners was turned nver tn them
and they wore placed in full
charfre of this part of the govern
ment of the city.
The finance committee of the
council, afler a thorough in
vestigation of the following
claims, recommended their pay
ment, and on motion, warrants
were ordered drawn for their re
spective amounts: Peters &
Richards, one crossing. Rock
street and Chicago avenue,
-31.20; Smith & Son. two drag
scrapers, SI 5; Clans Pnetel.
bury in one doer, ."0c; I. N. Cum
ingss, burying four dogs. 2; J.
r. Nemetz, expenses for May and
June. -2.2: Win. Mason, salary
foreman lire department, SO. 25:
Henry Lahoda, same, . 25:
James Kresek. same, Carl
Crist, same. sr.. 25: A. F. Uraun.
chief fire department. 12.50; J.
C. Prittain. secretary fire depart
ment. sr,.t5; Mike Lutz. street
commissioner. sSo.jO; denrge
Jacks, street work, -22: Walter
Thrumphtdm. same, S',o.'0; Al
bert Jones, same, .921.00; Charles
McPride. same, S22.00; Alvin
Jtnes. same, s20; S. CI. Stone,
same. SHJ: Mural Parmele, same.
s.'.l.OO; John Swansnn, same.
!21.J0: W. A. Tompkins, same.
'.Ii: W. Yl. Rishel, one road
scraper. !..
The report of Chairman Ties tor
of the streets, alleys and bridges
committee as to the grading on
North Sixth street, in order that
the residents on the east side of
the street could put down their
permanent walks. occasioned
considerable discussion among
the members as to whether the
citv should do the grading or have
the property owners hire their
own grading done, but the matter
was finally left in the hands of the
mayor and the streets, alleys and
bridges commiltee for action.
City Attorney Tidd gave a short
tatement f'r the judiciary com
mittee in regard tn the protests
liled with the county board of
equalization to have the tax value
of the Lincoln Telephone and
Plattsmnuth Water companies
and the Nebraska Lighting com
pany raised from the figures sub
mitted to the county assessor. As
i result of the hearings on the
evidence the board reduced the
telephone assessment 10,000, in
creased trie water company nj.immi
and raised the value of the light
company s 5.000. The evidence in
the telephone case was the same
figures on the value of the plant
. . . i
as submitted last year, unuer
which Ihe board raised them sev
eral thousand dollars.
One of the best and most im
portant things done by the coun
cil was in the passing of a
resolution creating a special ap
propriation of s 1.800 for the ex
tonsion of Ihe sewerage system of
the cily. It is figured that this
will allow the extension of one
block of sewer each year iis long
as the appropriation is continued.
This is one of the most progres
sive moves the council has made
and the amount each year will
soon allow of the placing of the
sewer along both Washington and
Chicago avenues that are in need
of it badly.
Councilman Patterson brought
up a motion tn have the city pave
the alley between Main and Pearl
streets from Fourth to Seventh
and tax the same to the property
owners, but this motion was lost,
as it lacked one vote of having
enough to pass. Those voting for
it were, Patterson, Ba.jeck, Ilall
strom. Pestor, Lushinsky, John
son and Harris; against, Sfreight,
and Buttery; passed. Shea. This
will probably be brought up later
in the council, as some action in
Ihe matter is badly needed and
there is hardly a property owner
who would object to the small cost
of fixing up the alleys. It is ex
pected to use concrete paving in
this work.
Councilman Buttery asked that
the culvert on Locust street,
which has just been finished by
the county, have the fill made by
the city to place it in proper
shape.'
There being nothing pressing
after allowing a number of re
quests for road work, the council
adjourned.
Elmont Preston and Ben Olive
motored over from Weeping Wa
ter last evening to spend a few-
hours here with friends, coming
over in the car of Mr. Preston.
HAHFIELD
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A
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Murder is the Result
to Shoot Chief of Police Rainey
While Resisting Arrest
DEAD mil SON OF STATE FISHERIES SUPT.
Bullet Finds Lodgment in the Heart of Unfortunate Young
Man and Death is Almost Instantaneous.
There was intense excitement
all afternoon yesterday following
the shooting of Manticld Bunker
or O'Brien by George Barr, and
the jail where the prisoner was
confined was visiter! by a large
number of the curious. Barr was
seen at the jail at io'clock and
. i .(.-.lit.
was unaware at mat time uiai uie
victim of the shooting was dead
and talked quite freely of the
shooting. He calimed that there
had been no disturbance prior to
the time that they had started for
the river and that Ihe shooting
was purely accidental. He stated
that Chief Rainey had caught up
with them and inquired where
Ricardson, the partner of Barr,
was, and he bad informed him
that- he was at the river, and then
the chief had attempted to arrest
him. Using violence, and lie at
tempted to struggle with him, an.l
when struck over the head had
seized the revolver and was strug
gling with the chief over it when
in some manner it was discharged.
The story fold by the chief of
police and Officer Neumann differs
greatly from that of George Barr.
According to the story of the
police as well as others, the trou-
de originated over a disturbance
the men. Barr and ' Richardson,
were making in a saloon, anil that
Richardson then started for the
river, but on reaching the Bur
lington subway turned back and
rain visited the saloon, demand
ing a urinK, wnien was reiusea.
and he proceeded to call one of
the empnlyos there a vile name,
and at this time Chief Rainey
entered and took Richardson over
o jail, ami then taking his horse
and wagon started for the river
In secure Barr. The chief staled
that as the twn pnlioetnen came
up with the wagon he asked Barr
to accompany him back to town
and that Barr. who was sitting on
a fish box, kicked at him, striking
him in the jaw, and Barr was then
pulled from the wagon by Officer
Neumann and proceeded to strike
the chief several times. Officer
Neumann in the meantime had
turned the horse and wagon
around to start back to town and
he states that O'Brien was at this
time some twelve or fifteen feet
awav. As thev turned amuni Barr
again struck Chief Rainey, who
drew his gun and struck him over
the head and then as lie attempt
ed to hit Barr the second time the
gun flew out of his hand, falling
into the road, where it was
grabbed by Barr, who placed it at
the breast of the chief, who struck
it. down as the gun was dis
charged, and Ihe bullet intended
for the policeman found lodgment
in the breast of young O'Brien,
who fell to the ground with his
life blood staining the earth
where he laid dying. The wagnn
was brought at once to the spnt
and the ynung man hurried tn the
city, where he was conveyed to a
physician, but too late as life was
extinct.
Coroner Clements arrived in the
city nn the 4:40 Missouri Pacific
and at once started to arrange fnr
the inquest by securing Drs. E. W.
Cnnk and J. S. Livingston tn per
form the autopsy on the body,
which located the bullet in the
region of the heart of the young
man. The jury was impannelled
I'M
fin m
Pi B
urn
of Attempt of Barr
as follows: J. P. Falter, George
Born. William Starkjofin, George
L. Farley, J. C. Linderman and
Asbury Jacks, and the inquest set
for 0: 15 at the district court room
after the autopsy. At the time of
the assembling of the jury for Ihe
inquest the district court room
was crowded with those interested
in the case tn hear the evider.ee
that might be given. The sur
geans were the lirsf witnesses at
the inquest, describing the course
of tlie bullet in the body as well
as its location when found at the
autopsy. Chief of police Rainey
fesfilied as to his basing placed
Floyd Richardson under arrest for
having, together with Barr. gotten
into a fight in Donat's saloon, ami
had then taken the v-nynn belong
infi tn Richardson an.l started
after Barr, who had started for
the river in a livery team tn
secure the big cattish for young
Bunker that he miaht be able to
return to South Bend on the .'5:20
train. The pi dice overhauled the
buggy and the chief states he told
Barr to get out and come with
him but that Barr had refused to
come and stated that he was go
ing In Ihe river after the fish, and
had kicked Ihe chief in the face
as well as struck him. Neumann
had gollen info the buggy and
pushed Barr out where he had
mixed with the chief jn a struggle
and during this the chief testified
be struck Barr once with the butt
of his revolver and the second
time attempted it when the
weapon slipped out of his hand
into the road, where if was
grabbed by Barr who clasped it
by the buff and placer if at the
breast of the chief, who struck it
down and the trigger was pulled
as fhe gun was resting on the
knee of the chief.
Chief Rainey slated that Barr
had exclaimed, "Oh, I've killed
that man." He did not recollect
any threats from Barr as to
shooting him. Neumann had
come up a few seconds after the
hot had been fired and drew his
revolver on Barr and commanded
him to drop the still smoking re
volver. The chief of police had
noticed the wounded man make a
short convulsive movement as
they hastened toward him.
Officer Neumann stated Chief
Rainey had met him on the street
and told him he was going after
Barr and asked him to accompany
him; that they had overtaken, the
party of Barr, young Bunker and
the boy driving Ihe buggy or
spring wagon, and that Rainey
had asked Barr to get out and
come to town with them and lhat
Barr had refused and stated that
he was a better man than the
chief and was going on to the
river to secure the lish for
Bunker, who was anxious to get
out to his home. He had pushed
Barr out of the wagon and saw
him and Rainey in a mix-up and
was some distance away from the
parties as they started to walk
away, and a few minutes later
heard Rainey shout for. him to
come and take the revolver away
from Barr and saw the weapon
quite plainly as he fired and saw
the young man who-was just a
few feet away fall to the road
exclaiming, "Well, I guess I'm
done for," and did not make a
move after that as the blood came
gushing out of the wound. lie
had run up to Barr, pointing his
revolver at him, and said for Uarr
to drop Ihe gun as he had killed
one man and if he did not drop
the revolver he would fill him lull
of lead. He had accompanied Iln
parly back In Ihe cily with th.
body of Bunker and assisted m
taking it tn the ofnce of the sur-
teon.
Albert Low, was the last wit
ness, examined by the county
attorney. He was the young man
driving the vehicle that Bunker
had hired to drive to the river in
to secure Ihe einhf y-pound cat
fish. He sfafe.l that the police had
overtaken them at the subway and
requested Barr to come back to
the city under arrest and he re
fused, and they continued along
the road to a short distance be
yond the first bridge when Chief
Rainey ordered him to stop the
buggy, which he did. and he heard
them disputing but could not sec
what they were doing. He bad
seen Bunker start toward the
place wlnre the men were and
heard the shot, seeing Bunker
fall and his exclamation that he
was done for.
The coroner's jury after a short
deliberation brought in its verdict
to th effect that Mansfield Bunker
had mef his death from the effect
of a bullet fired from tlie hands
of Get use Barr. Shortly before
the return of Ihe verdict Sheriff
Ouinlon departed for Omaha, fak
ing Barr with him. to be lodged
in the Iiouglas county jail for
safekeeping as II..-. jail here is not
finished, and will be kept there
until his preliminarv hearing-.
Superintendent W. J. O'Brien
and wile were notified of tiie
tragedy as soon as possible and
ar rived in the cily about 5 o'clock
tn look after the body of (heir
son who was stricken down by the
bullet from the revolver while be
was simply an innocent bystander
ami entirely without a parf in the
quarrel or trouble but had been'
compelled to accompany Barr to
the river in order to secure the!
fish he had come to this city after.
The deepest sympathy of the en
tire community goes out to Mr.
an.l Mrs. O'Brien in their hour of
grief and sorrow.
MRS. FIGHT ENTERTAINS
IN HONOR OF MRS. W. D.
HIGGINS, OF FrlAN LEY
From Tuesday's Dally.
A nmst delightful gathering
was held at the cosy home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Fight on Pearl
street yesterday afternoon. The
event was a luncheon gien by
Mrs. Fight in honor of Mrs. W.
I). Biggins of Mauley, who is in
the city visiting for a short time
with friends. The rooms of the
Fight home were decorated in a
very handsome manner with
American Hags, while roses and
green foliage placed throughout
the house added a touch of beauty
to the delightful occasion. The
ladies present spent a most en
joyable time together in visiting
and social conversation until an
appropriate hour, when a most
delicious and tempting luncheon
was served to the guests in a
very pleasing manner by Misses
Margaret Hallahan, Minnie Guth
iiiann and May Murphy, which ad
ded greatly to the pleasures of the
day. It was late in the afternoon
when the guests departed for their
homes, delighted with the graci
ous hospitality afforded them, as
well as the pleasure of meeting
the charming guest of honor. Mrs.
Fight was assisted in entertaining
the guests by her daughter, Mrs
Thomas Sullivan of Omaha.
Those who were present to par
ticipate in the pleasures of the
dav were: Mesdames J. H. Beck
er, Harmon Bestor, Leonard Born
Bennett Chriswisser, Thomas
Murphy, F. It. Guthmann, Jacob
Tritsch, B. Ilemple, Thoma
Glenn, J. M. Vondran, J. M. Mei
singer. Joe Droege and Fred
Wehrbein.
Mrs. Oscar McDonald and little
daughter of Murdock arrived in
the cily last evening for a visit
at the home of Mrs. McDonald's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Kelley. . .
SPLENDID GAS5
C0UITT FAMILY
HOLD REUNION
The Cook Family Reunion Held at
William Kitzel's Home Near
Alvo Last Sunday.
From Wednesday's Daily.
On last Sunday, at the beautiful
country home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Kitzel, near Alvo, oc
curred the annual reunion of the
Cook family, one of the most
prominent in the county, and
whose members are among the
leading citizens of the county.
Tlie relatives began to arrive at
an early hour in the morning and
by 10 o'clock the string of auto
mobiles grew in size until the
crowd fully arrived, when some
ninety persons assembled to take
part in the pleasures of the dny.
The fine grove on the Kitzel farm
with its wealth of deep shade fur
nished a fitting setting for the
delightful gathering, and here in
the shadows cast bv the Ires tlie
r.-at table laden with all the good
things possible to imagine was
pread. and the company proceed
ed to put in a day of the rarest
enjoyment. Several musical num
bers were given as well as a most
lelighlful reading by Mis. A. J.
Beeson of Plattsmouth. which was
specially enjoyed by the guests.
After the sumptuous dinner the
company proceeded tn spend the
time jn visiting among them
selves until a '"tate hour, when
they all departed homeward to
await another occasion when all
the members - of 1his splendid
familv could gather together.
Those present were:t Mrs. Bina
Kitzel, Mr. and Mrs. Will Kilzel
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Weichel, pearl. Fern, Delores and
June: Mr. and Mrs, F. M. SI one
and son. La Verne; Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Kitzel and little son, Ken-
lal; Mr. George Cook, Mr. and
Mrs. perry Cook and family, Mr.
an.l Mrs. Frank Cook and (laugh
er, Alice; Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Wheeler, Mrs. William Patterson,
Lillian. Percy and Joe Wheeler,
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Valley and
daughter, Marjory; Mr. and Mrs.
S. O. Cole. Roy and Opal: Mr. and
Mrs. Earle Cole and daughter,
Lois; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wiles.
Delores and Chester; Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cook.
Sellie and Raymond; Mr. and Mrs.
Will Cook, Wilma, Clarice and
Leroy; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cook.
Xita and Francis; Mr. and Mrs. S.
W. Cashner. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Dreamer, Ruth and Stanton; Mr.
William Venner and Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Beeson and daughters, Helen
and Virginia.
LOUISVILLE COUPLE
MARRIED BY JUDGE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
From Tuesday's Daily.
Yesterday Alfred Leard and
Miss Grddie McCarver, both of
Louisville, appeared at the office
of County Judge Beeson and re
quested a license to be joined in
the bonds of wedlock. On ques
tioning the parties it was found
that the bride-to-be was only
sixteen years of age and did not
possess the written consent of her
parents, therefore the judge was
unable to allow them the license
but a brother of the lady finally
secured the consent of the mother
of the bride over the telephone
and the parties were given the
license, and then requeued tlie
judge to unite them in marriage
which lie did in his usual im
pressive manner, and the wedding
party departed for their home re
joicing in their new found happi
ness. Mrs. Joseph Novofnay and son,
Joe, were passengers this morn
ing for Lincoln, where they were
called on some matters of busi
ness. . ! A c ?'fL"
Catches Very Large Fish.
From Wednpeday'p Dally.
What may well be called a record-breaking
catch was secured
in Ihe old .Missouri river yesfepl iy
afterngon by George p.arr and
Floyd Richardson, the fishermen,
when they landed an eight
pound blue bellied catfish near the
Burlington bridge. The fi-h js
one of the finest e. r taken out of
the river and is of monstrous
size, showing lhat all the good
lish in the river have not been
caught. Stale Fish Commissioner
W. J. O'Brien has announced his
intention of coming down and
taking charge of the fish to use in
the stale fisheries at South B-nd.
FREO W. YOUNG, OF
LIBERTY PRECINGT, FILES
FOR COMMISSIONER
From Tuesdays Dally.
Fred W. Young of Lih uly pre
cinct was in the city yesterday fr
a few hours and while here de
cided to enter Ihe political arena
bv filing for the democratic nom
ination for county commissioner
from fhe Second district. Mr.
Young is a farmer residing- a few
miles southwest, of Fniou and
has not heretofore been identified
prominently poltically. but is well
qualified for- lh oillce to which
he aspires. While in the city Mr.
YYoung made a call at I !m Jour
nal headquarters and we found
him a most agreeable gentleman
indeed. This is Ihe first demo.
eratio filing for the nomination
for this office.
DEATH OF MRS. GEO.
KROEHLER. JR., AFTER
ALONG ILLNESS
. rom Tuesday's Pally.
The funeral of the late Mrs.
George Kroehler, jr.. was held to
day from her home in Omaha, and
intt rment made in the cemetery
(here. There were quite a num
ber of relatives present from Ibis
city lo attend the la) s.a.l riles
of this young woman, who was out
down in the first bloom of woman
hood by the grim destroyer. Mrs.
Kroehb-r was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. peter Gons of Omaha.
well known here, and was a cousin
f P. F. Gons, Mrs. Joseph Fetzer.
Mrs. William S-hm id! mann and
Henry F. Goose of this city. She
w as taUeri sic!; lasi j eiiruary w n u
hat soon developed into tuber
culosis, and she gradually grew
worse until death came fo her re
lief Sunday, and she fell into fhe
last long sleen. Bos, lies fhe hus
band and parents, she leaves ihr ee
sislers and one profiler in mourn
her death. Mr. Kroehb-r is a sui
f George Kroehler of this oily
and a brother of Andrew and
Louis Kroehlf-r.
, FRED HESSE OF
THIS CITY IS MARRIED
IN HAVELOCK TOOAY
Tin wedding of one of the
popular young men of Ibis city
occurs today in Havelock, when
Miss Delia Martin or that, place
becomes the bride of Mr. Fred W.
Hesse of this city. For some lime
past Fred's friends here hae
suspected that he intended to take
unto himself a belter half and Ihe
suspicions have become a reality
as the ceremony occurs today at
Ihe bride's home in that cily. Mrs.
Iora Hesse, mother of the groom,
and Henry Hesse and wife depart
ed for Havelock this morning lo
allend the ceremony that is to
unite these two young people.
The bride is a very popular and
charming lady and one who is
highly esteemed by all who have
the pleasure nf her acquaintance.
Mr. Hesse is a most estimable
young man who has been reared
to manhood here in Plaf Ismoulh
and whose friends are legion, and
to the newly wedded couple will
be extended the best, wishes for
their future happiness.
