Nebraska Newspapers

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THURSDAY, JULY 1. 1913.
PL ATTSM O UTI1 SOU-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
PAGE 7.
HIS
Novelized by
Marvin Dana, author
of "Within
from the sue
cessful play by
Daniel D. Carter
!EM-r,W JUfcf., tilS-.iPj? "arH"W v "
Copyright. 1913. by tfc
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
HENRY ALLEN, young mar
ried man, found guilty of homi
cide, first degree.
ANDREW ALLEN, th Master
Mind, and the real brains of the
underworld.
CORTLAND WAIN WRIGHT,
district attorney, who is hated
implacably by the Master Mind.
LUCENE. "the one qxtV in
the heart of District Attorney
Wainwright.
DR. FORBES, famous alienist,
a friend and admirer of Wain
wright. '
MR. BLOUNT, alias -Black
Hank," a veteran thief and
swindler.
MRS. BLOUNT, alias "Milwau
kee Sadie," shoplifter and ac
comclice of cracks.
WALTER BLOUNT, clever
thief, who is in deadly fear of
Wainwright and the Master
Mind.
MARSHALL, a Pinker-ton de
tective, who is emplojed by
Wainwright.
SCENES OF ACTION, court,
streets and houses in New York
city; also a country place out
side of New York near a state
insane asylum.
CHAPTER !.
The Master Minci.
TUEI;L2 was a st:cMen. tsnse si
lcLce hi the court rot -in as th
ju.ire on t!ie bench lifted his
head ni?d stared steadfastly at
the j.risouor in the tlm-k. All had eyt-s
ou'.y for the rni. vbu st'Xd inotiots
less. auaitii; under a u;atk of jal
Jul iudifft'roiice the v.-ri!s of dnjir
that must tiow ! spokon. And as
they l'Mihcd. thriMod ly the avfalnesg
of this unmiriit, tlie -n atchors felt theii
hearts stirred to a jirof.iuntl llty, fot
this vicii:n of the law w;ts youns,
slender and Ktronir of body, ivliolesiime
of fj e. Jn Lis ospn-eslon there was
bo taint of the l ttial. ii hint of tht
Instfiil. the tTuel. His wlio!e appear
a net' cried out that ho was never ont
to prey on his fellows. t plundei
the::i. to slay them. Merely he show
ed hi;ns-:r :i wins.nne lad. siir'!y lihl
Jbenrtcd in hapjiler case. th u?h now
his fnce w;:s set in the Menkness of a
fcti'.l t!es;'air. V.u the J-.ry of twelve
ji'io.l nit-n :md true had miued liirr
B'.urilercr.
At last the voice of the Jucge Pfnnd
ed. "Henry A11--U. the Jury, after a
careful einsi i r:ii i.n of sMl t!ie evl-
i'-e
re in jour trial, has
found 3"ou fruiliy of inunler la the tirst
d. rree. This is the capital offense
au:ii!!- tlie law. nnd for it the lav;
detu.-iiuls t!;e -ap!tal i:mislimMit. Th
defense has i:rel tliat your notion in
sl.iyin? a n;an within his own hou
v:is jrstif:. d by tiie unwritten lav,
shire the one thn done to death had
by the arts of sodjotiou jilimnted the
nSTeotioTiS of a wife, nnd therefore th
I-.-!i:ilty expote'l by the written law
Fhon'irl be abro-ited in behtdf of one
who lias thus punished the violator,
of the s.iim tity of the hone. Yet
thouzh the sniilt of tl;e muriiered mar
In th
s r--ar,l has been fuilv es.Jit
I'.MlieJ. this plea as to the pot ewe oi
the unwritten law in such imtance ha.
lot pn vallel. T!ie jury has stcn fi:
to di.-rezr.nl it completely and lias ren
dete-1 an unqunlitio.l verdict of puiltr
sainst you. It only remains, then,
for the curt to protn uuce upon you
Henry Alien, the extreme po irlty com
maiiilfd by the law for the crime oi
which you have been found puilty."
Then f -bowed a short interval o,
dreadful silence, through whicl as nl
ways, the prisoner n-aintained his det
crate calm of despair. His deuieanoj
nbode immobile even while the Judg!
F;-.oke the few words that decreed 6
shameful death. Perhaps ttee palliJ
face irrayed to a ghastlier hue, but
there was no other sijni, nor was thert
as he went shambling listlessly frorr
t!ie doxk. oliedient to the leading oi
his wjirders.
; The husii thrt vas still over t
wirtrmiu w u broken by a g isping crj
from somewhere In the crowj. . A fe'w
close by him were aw are that.-thj
jo'iud had j-?'.ied sud-lenly fromth
lips of an old man on one e:' thet reat
benches. Tor a few seconds It seemed
the Law,
H. K. Fly company.
that lie was about to swoon. When
almost at once, the crowd beaii tt
press its way out, the old man wen
with the others, moving, indeed, witl
a briskness and a nervous energy tha
seemed surprising in one of his years
and doubly so in view of the emotion
al straiu through which he had j is
pnssed. He pursued his way rapid
ly. That way took the old man north
ward by the subway to Twenty-eight!
street and afterward eastward to i
house near. Third avenue, which retain
ed sti!l traces of a gentility Jilnos
wholly unaltered by the years. lien
the man enrcrod with a latchkey na
passed through the bare hall and ui
the stairs and so came into wh ;t hat
a fori 'time l'i n the drawing ro ;n o
the mansion, whi li now pateiith serv
ed as the living room for a bachlo:
of varied and curious tastes. Thus nr
rived at home the old man threw of
the light coat whir-h he had been wear
intr. ttssod it carelessly on a chair
threw th slouch hat 'beside it. the!
with a dt-ft movement stri;ied tin
gray locks from his bead and with i
gesture of relief cast t lie wig disdain
fully from him. Freed from this sim
pie diguise. that which remained o:
the unmasking process was simph
enough. J he man merely straighten
ed himself with a sigh of relief as hi
inhaled deeply till the lungs win
swollen to their full capacity. Now. ii
the metamorphosis of a moment
where had been merely a slight form
with rounded shoulders bent under th
weight of years, there was reveahnl i
rtalwart man in the maturity of hi;
vigors, broad of shoulder, deep best
ed. thin of f.mk. whose lit lie erect lies;
told of an agile strength beyond thi
usual. ?or was the transformation tha
of form alone. Even the short Sgnn
of the old man had grown abruptly int
six feet of sturdy manhood, so. too. tin
vacuous face merged subtly, surpris
liigly. Into a countenance alert anc
masterful In its expression. The eye;
that had seemed dim under the droop
ing of heavy lids were widely opeuei
and in their clear gray shone the fire:
of a lively intelligence. lie crosset
the room to a couch that stood agaius
the wall and there dropped down in ai
abandonment of grief, for this wa:
Andrew Allen, whose younger brothe
had that day !ee?i sentenced to deatl
for the crime of murder.
Little by little the expression on tin
man's face changed. Where had !eoi
the extreme of grief grew, slowly, ye
implacably, a grimmer mood and oni
more evil. The lines of the strong
mobile face set themselves to a wratl
that was all pervasive. Andrew AIlci
had lKMiud himself to avenge hi:
brother.
What in another might have beei
only a helpless fury against nialiguan
fate liecame in this man a purposofu
wrath against the one who had arte
as th" main instrument of destiny ii
devoting Henry Allen to death
Throughout the proceedings agaius
Lis brother Andrew had cherished ai
ever increasing hatred of Wainwright
the district attorney. He regarded thi
public official as directly responsibii
for the death penalty. To his mind
warped perhaps by a great affectum
which held the accused slayer guilt
less of any crime, it had seemed tha
Wainwright pursued a course of in
tolerable cruelty toward the icucccn
for the sake of a vanltins person:'
ambition. He deemed It monstrou
that the prosecutor should thus jutrg!
with a life in order to win tle plaudit
of the crowd. Undoubtedly had Wain
wright been less zealous In his cor
iuct of the case the accused wouh
have suffered a comparatively ligii
sentence or ierhaps have been ac juit
ted.
Iresently Andrew Allen sprang t
hhs feet and began iaeing hurried!;
to and fro, muttering to himself dis
Jointedly the while. Though a man o
infinite precautions, he had now n
fear lest he be overheard as from tiin
to time ne.voiceit iragmemary sugges
tions of the ideas seething in his fev
erish brain. In that house there wa
none to listen. He lived alone, abse
lutely: not even a woman came on
ca'sion to set the place in order.
' -Andrew ceased his nervous pi 'in;
about the room presently and preparer
for goiaff out. He proceeded to th-
step3 of a disreputably dilapidated
house and climbed three llights of
stairs to the top : tory. where he fitted
a key to thi door of the Kick riMni
and entered, carefully clohi and lock
ing the door behind him. A moment
later the gaslight iiared from the
match he had struck and showed the
desolate wall paper, threadbare cariet.
thin, hutnmocky bi-d. rickety table,
chairs and washstand. The whole air
Of the place was repellent, worse than
Movery stricken.
Only two things in the room tended
!n any vise to contradict the general
impression of squalor. On the wabbly
table stood a typewriter; to one wall a
telephone was attached. It was the
typewriter that first engaged Andrew's
attention. The machine was small,
very serviceable, but of a cheaper sort.
:n wLich the printing was done froru
a type wheel having three bands of
characters. This wheel was readily
detachable, and now the operator's fu'St
care was to remove it from its shaft
and to bestow it in a pocket of hi
oat. From a pasteboard box 'beneath
the table he procured an thcr . ty(ic
Loel. one that had never been' ,i;sh
and adjusted ihis to its place, on itlh
niacV'"e. Then he inserted a, sheet of
an cioi"';ry cheap typewriter 'p.triot
and prr coded to write in the' fbrtVii-ii-ger
mai.ner of the novice a letter.
he wrote with entire fr:tn!:ni.ss;, nil
afraid lest the missive betray him. Lb
precautions were too carefully taken.,.
The- greatest expert in machine
would lie unal le to trace the peculiar,
ties of a type used only on this :iu?lf
occasion, which would t hcrca ftcr. wirl
its fellow already in his pocket. bcfc?t
into the waters of the 'orth liver, .tic
Andrew wrote freely, venting in Wonlt
the hate that flared hot in his beTrf.
baring bis lust for revenge with bruta!
virnlitN-e. for he wrote to CortlanC
Wainwright, district attorney.
When he had Cidshcd writing An
drew went to tho telephone and called
a number. The connection was madt
quickly.
"You recognize the voice?" he ask
ed softly and very distinctly. "Well
then, you know- the place. Come at
once. There is work to be done. Yes
for the Master Mind."
While he waited the coming of thf
one thus summoned Andrew took froix
his po.kct a tiny mirror and a pencj
and put a few iincs to his face, whlcl
completely alteritl his expression
With the visor of the cap drawn loj
over his brows he felt that his dis
guise was suiiicit nt for the occasion
He smiled n little grimly as he thought
ui wuai wouiu ue iue visitors am;. it
mi nt could th.e man but know that thi
messenger for the Master Mind hor
in the squalid room was in very trutl:
tLe Master Mind himself.
On the morning following the sen
teii' ing tf Hetirv Allen, Lr. Forbes
the eminent alienist, whose sanatoriun
for the mentally diseased was famou;
throughout the ciriiized world, sat a
breakfast ui;!i his friend. Cortiaut
Wainwright, in thi.t gentleman's rath
ct sumptuous bachelor apartment i
upier Madison avenue. The host, witl
the informality of long Intimacy, per
mitted himself during pauses in a de
sultory conversation to glance over th
letters stacked beside, his phiK-. I'rcs
cully he became so absorbcJ in o:,e o'
thee cs not to hoar a question put U
him by the pbysi.-i;;n. who. mildly as
tonished by this lack of attention or
the other's part, looked up from hi
omelet to learn the cause. At t'r
same moment Wainwright utte-e'1. "
ejaculation of disgust.
"Now. this sort of thing has go:'; :" ..
enough!" he exclaimed wratlifui-y. T
eyes flashed.
"What's the matter. Cor"r
Forbes questioned synipatho' .
There was a professional so- "
quality in his voi e. "'Sonieb'.iV
after your scalp. I suppose."
Wainwright nodded somberly.
"Yes." be admitted: "a new - :
the worst yet, which is savin:: ? r.
deal. .?;: t li-tcn to Ihis letter, d .
The district attorney straighten'
the shet t of paper and proce?c: ,.
read the following comiuu:'': '
aloud with indignant emp! ::si. :
Cort'.nnd Wsinwrirlit. I-t.-'j., I ; i '. .
toriiey, Nt Yu"!i t'lty:
Sir In Fj.ite of my pit-vii'i - ! t'i:
you. in spite f all i.e.- armi.c.- i: -.
prayers, my tare-its. you Ir.iv :.
o a!.c::.l your jirupecu i i' i. ct
Al!i-:i. ir; wl.dH lcha!f 1 liavt- - -.
In tc recti t- Willi you. You hav- mk- -' "
in your efforts to destroy an irutc- '.
Ho was rtht li kill t!ic tnau wi:t
by stealth into his h.me to Vs-f ra
liotior. In Ji;s Just rate over t'. e T:rs
roVeT of tLe b!ia:..e put on !.im 1 r"
blrick trmchery lit- shot tlie vi" .'
killeJ tiini. You inii;lit well l.ave tltii.
Patue ii: like case. Anil Iwaus.- ! ;
that. t!i isaturu!. the hun:: ri, j - r
thi:;g, he is to die at the ban ?s cr ''
law thanks 1- you.
Without your iclous bitterness ir :
Ins; the nn-usattou u-4ai:ist l.iin. ! v. c 1
have been acjniited in all jro,-r. iiity,
the men on .inrios, though they r;.:iy b
Biu;il. nre. after all. men. with Ihr- prim
Itive passions of men. with some rt-tar
for the sanctity of the home. At 'a?
he would l:aw escaped with a term of in.
priso.iincnt. l'.ut that would not cor.ttt
you.
Your personal r.mhltion d'-manl.'t: th
lad's life os a tlo,id pacritice. lcauj
there lias been nnHi otitcry in the sensa
tion nionperhiff pufters tf the coui.tr.
Baicst dome failures to putiit-h lnurde
when theT.written taw lias b'-cn plemle
fn justification, you thought this a enpit
opportur.lty to put a feather in your Cd,
to flaunt lcfore the putilie the voters!
by securing the conviction of Henry Al!e
and conrto renins liim to tlf pxtrcnie pen
alty of tlo law death. Well, you hav
had your will. De content of it while j oi
may. for yon. too. must expiate you
crime. I shall see to- that. 1 have ih
leisure, tlie means, the mind, the will, t
punish you and 1 shall. Make no mie
take. dir. These are not the iUle vapor
Jngs of some one with a grudge. I Kiv
ou the precise nssurnnce thnt-you wU
be made to Buffer with the suoWins th:
tnopf dreHtlfuJ to jou. The i-iftnature '.
put to tlie end of this letter will be bu?
ncient evidence to you that I am cor.pt
tent to the t :!.
i You have ttrn my tieart by your cmclt:
Jow&rd one I love. In turn. I sha'.l tu
yours end crush it under my feet. I shsu
not hurry-, the work. Time will be r,
Culred to zoaks my vencajica csss;lax'
Bit delay on my part must not lead you
to think that I have foivotten or swerved
one whit from my purpose. I inclose in
this letter a white card. From time to
tiaie. wherever you may chance to be.
you will receive a like white card. When
my plans nre matured you will have
warn in p of the fact Riven you in the form
of a red card In place oi the former
white ones. And. at the end. a blacit
card wiil tell ycu that the hour of your
punishment is trt hand.
Such, Mr. listrict Attorney, is the mat
ter between yo'J ami in
TliK MASTER MIND.
I'r. l-'orhes listened to the reading ot
this extraordinary mis-d,e with close
attention, which nevertheless did not
prevent n professional consideration oi
the manner displayed hy "NVaiuwrihl
under circum stances so unusual and st
sinister. lie observed with keen ap
preciation the fundamental strength
with which his friend met the attack
The amrer w-as no more than an evi
dence of wholesome viriiitj" resenting
In justice.
T'nder that flurry of wrath Ihe char
acter of the man showed undismayed
The physician found a new satisfaotior
in his friendship. Since his vocatiot
drove him daily to contort w ith theun
fit. with t'lse dlscaseil of lmdy or ol
mind, or of l.oth. he found a Pimrulat
Idea sure in companionship with om
who was sane and strong in every
part, lower and higher alike. Yet, not
withtandin this personal interest, tin
tier itr.eif provoked him to a Iivel.t
ci.ri-ieity. It lit 11 a saver of stark sin
eerily that made its threatenintrs vital
ly evil. Forbes, from lomr practice sen
sitive to the recoivinsr of impressions
was sure that the writer of' this ar
raijrnment meant every word; that tin
punishment of the district attorney
would he compassed if it were human
ly possihle. Assuredly the prupheej
was not one to he despised.
But the physician allowed no hint o:
his disturbed thoughts to color hi;
tones ns Iw Rioke with an air of al
most perfunctory interest:
"And who is the Master Mind. Cort
land?"
"The Master Mind," he explainei
crisply, "is an enirua and a menace
Fie is, in fact, the most interestinji anc
the moft dangerous criminal workini
today."
"Then you know something of him?
"To my sorrow. the district attor
ney admitted prituly. "Yby, the fei
low bus been back of some of the big
gest crimes committed recently. And
to make the history still worse, he ha?
fjeen back of others for years. Am'
that's all I, or anybody else apparent
ly, knows. lie is a mystery to me. t
the police, even, ns it woulJ seem. t
his tools themselves."
"But surely he must have been ar
rested, convicted, for some of hit
crimes?"
YYaiuwright shook his head.
"The authorities of the law hav
never even got to the initial point ot
susiecting his identity."
Forbes uttered an ejaculation of as
tonishment at the statement, then
asked:
"Io you really believe that the fel
low is serious, that he will"
Wainwright lowed a mute affirma
tive answer to the halting question.
Finally he said:
This man is unlike others who hnvt
threatened me. For lienry Allen's
"The Matter Mind is the most danger
ous criminal today."
sake he hales me. He means to be re
venged on me for Henry Allen's death.
And what the Master Mind plans he ac
complishes. That's his record through
years of crime. Now he sends me a
white card to warn me that I am to
pay the penalty of my offense against
him."
Wainw right picked tip the square of
cardlward and regar-' d it curiously
"It doesn't seem formidable." lie went
on, turning it over to show the blauk
surfaces. "It is to serve merely as a
reminder to me that the Master Mind
has not forgotten his purpose lowaru
me. There are other blank cards to
come, merely reminders. But by and
by. the Master Mind says here, there
will come a red card to w.u u me' that
the appointed time is near at baud.
Aud then at last there wiil lie a black
card to tell that the time is conie for
the Master Mind to strike me down.
.ot'l am not afraid now. l'.ut when
the black card comes"
' And silence fell.
(To Be Continued.)
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IN
rLATTSMOUTH
FORTY YEARS AGO.
4.
Four Mile creek was seven feet
higher than ever before. Many
bridges have gone out, and the roads
are almost impassible.
Father Grenbaum of Fremont and
trainer fcnarm, president oi L-reignton
college, umana, were in nausmoum
this week.
Kev. atner liayes, we learn, leaves
us soon to be stationed at Cheyenne,
Wyoming Ter. The Rev. Father Linch
will succeed him here.
It will be remembered that Perry
Walker of this county lost $500 in
Chicago. The following telegram
tells us that Perry has got his Rhino
ngain. Glad to hear it: "Chicago,
July (1, 5 A. M. Detective Scott re
covered from a servant $500 lost at
the City hotel last month by Perry
Walker of Plattsmouth, Neb."
Louisville is getting famous, one
assualt and battery case last week
defendant dicharced. however: and
one square blackmailing case against
ihe Rev. Mr. Hunniwald. Judtre Sul-
livan dismissed both cases, and the
prosecuting witness, Zade, in last
case, much against his will, was
forced to pay the costs after its being
fhown that he lived six years with
his wife before he really married her.
Judge Sullivan
sault and battery
had a case oi as-
before him yester-
day afternoon. Wm. McKimball was
arrested on the charge of his wife,
the complaining that he had beaten
her and she was in fear of her life.
The prisoner was required to give a
bond of $100 to keep the peace or go
to jail. Both parties were to blame;
they are both bad characters.
Last Friday an ugly customer got
full of lenzine down town and becom
ing uproarous. Policeman Harvey
Sage undertook to arrest him. Just
as he wasa bout to cross the bridge to
the jail the fellow bucked, and of all
the kicking, striking, cussing and bit-
ing for a little while, that took the
ad. When finally placed in the cool-
er he had not the sign of a shirt left
on his back.
All the members of the Dorrington
family assembled at Falls City last
week and had a happy family reunion.
Our Fred was there and John cam?
from Arizonia. The rest of the fam
ily, father, mother, Geo. E., Wm. E.,
Mrs. Judge Reavis and Mrs. Ed Towle
are residents of Falls City. A recep
tion was given John, the one who has
strayed the farthest away, at the resi
dence of Judge Reavis, and altogether
they had a delightful time.
There is a family living down near
he ferry boat landing by the name of
McGuire, the male representative of
which considers it a portion of his
duty to beat and threaten to kill his
wife semi-occasionally, for which of-
fense he was arrested some time ago,
m 7 I
and failing to get bail he was safely J
out of the way until court set. bne, ,.Hi.i!c metion to the l.iphest iesi,iii-i-with
the aid of a son, had partially .t-ie bidder for cash the follow ins Je-
r s-rited real estate, to-wit: Tlie east
' r
earned money to buy them a couple
- - , , . . , , ,
of acres of land, but the father had
drawn come of the soni wace? iu-t
urawn some oi xne sons wages jut
previous to his arrest, and with a por-
... . , . , . ,
tion of them bought the liquor which
raised his snirits to the neeessarv
iaiseu nis spirits to me necessary
pitch to beat his wife. lie succeeded,
1 '
however, under prpomise of better be- (
havior in inducing hi3 wife to sign a
morte-an-e on the land to Tiarries for I
going his bail, and a short time after
his release got drunk again, and beat
her with a club so badly that she wa
round senseless by men passing cn
their way to the boat and cared for;
the man was last seen on a moving
flat car and although diligently in
quired for is not forthcoming. There
are five or six children, and, so fai
as we can learn, the woman has labor
ed
faithiully to maintain them, andlthe unknown heirs and devisees of Mrs.
buy the place. Such a wretch as the
man seems to have been deserves the
severest penalty of the law,
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Kahlotus. The land is fence with a
nost and wire fence. There is a first
mortgage of $5,000.00 due in Novem
ber, 1916, at 7 per cent per annum.
Will sell for $22.50 per acre on lib
eral terms. purchaser to assume
mortgage.
For further information write
owner. W. C. SAMPSON,
Care S. A. A. C,
Spokane, Washington.
G-17-2mos-wkly
NOTICE OF HEARING.
Notice is hereby given tnat an ap
plication has been made to the Gov-
ernor and the Advisory Loard ot rar
dons for a pardon of the sentence of
Isadore Henry Sitzman, who was on
the 5th day of December, 1910, sen
tenced by the District Court within
and for Cass County, to serve a life
sentence in the State Penitentiary
for the crime of murder.
Said application will be heard be
fore the Advisory Board of Pardons
at the State Penitentiary on the 15th
day of July, 1915, at 2 o'clock p. m.
Dated this 24th day of June, 1915.
Signed:
ISADORE HENRY SITZMAN.
otic k ok heih:iii:i:'s sai.i:
the District Court in and For
on lily, rbraka.
Anna Amelia Monroe,
I'laintiff
vs.
John Frederick . stiiil. ,et. al.
Notice is hereby civrn tliat under
and lv virtue of a decree of the J'e-
triet Court in and for Cass County, e
br&tdta. entered In tlie above entitled
cause on the l-Ui aay or way .. jr..
lyiTi., and an order entered in ijl
conn on tlie :.na nay or May, i:'ja,
the underpinned sole referee will n
"'' of Ju',y' A- ViJ l a-A;
n V'ni-l.- a m at th sniilh Triint noor
of the curt house in the City of piatts-
s-ribed real estate, to-wit: J
half (Ei of the northwest
iNW'k) and the east half (KVi
southwest uuartcr tsw) of
iiuarter
Vi) of tiie
of Seeti n
"' Township twelve 12), Kanre icir-
len (13). ,(t four (4) in Jtl.vtm
thirty-six ctfii. Township thirteen u.",
I'.anue thirteen 13, and all of lot
three (Si. in Section six 6). Township
twelve 12. Kantre fourteen 1, Iv-
(nK west Qf the right ot way of t!ie n
A: M. railroad, and all that part of said
. . .1 .... : . .1.1
rinht of way. which lies north of said
rids rr culvert immediately north
of HohI'.ow l"oint. all in Cass Cnuuty.
Nl.i aski..
I -.. ; I ....tA V.A I. 1 ,1 ...... n f
one
dav
hour,
lated at
Plat tsmouth
U., lif.
this 3rd
of June, A
M. AI1CHER, T:eferr-e
A.
L. TIDD. Attorn-?;.- for riaintiff.
IX TH K IfTH IC'T ('111 HT OK Tilt:
(Ol T K CASS. MBItK..
!Nti-e of Sul to Uuirt Title.
George V. inyder, I'laintiff,
vs.
Mrs. Louis Wesshensteln. first real
name unknown, et. al..
Defendants.
To the defendants Mra. Louis Wes-
li rn t i n firftl rrnl ntimp unknown'
uouiK egnensiem. urn real name
unknown, deefasod: tlie unknown de
visees and leRatwn of Thetald Vallery
feceased, also known as Theoiiold val
ler3'. deceased; the unknown devisees
and legatees of James M. Wiles de
ceased: tiie unknown devisees and leg
atees of Catharine Adams, nee Vallerv
iiased: Minnie Adams and J4ira.ni
Ada me.
luu are each hereby notifle.i that on
May 29th. A. !.. 1.".. plaintiff filed Ins
suit in the District Court of the Countv
of Cass. Nebraska, to quiet title to the
following descritted lands to-wit:
ihe nortnust quarter (.hl4) of sec
tion twenty-eigrht i'S and the south
east fourth (sU2y, of the northwes-t
quarter (N t ) of said section twen-
tv-eisht 1'8), all in township twelve
il'J) North, raiigre thirteen 13 east of
the 6th P. !.. in the Countv of Cas.s.
Nebraska
FSecause of his adverse possession tv
himself and his grantors for more than
ten years prior to the commencement
of said suit and to enjoin each and all
of you from having or claimins anv
right, title, lein or interest either lecral
or equitable, in or to said lands or any
pari tnereor. ana to require you to set
forth your rlslit title, lein or interest
therein, if any. either letral or equit
able, and to have same adjudsed
inferior to the title of plaintiff, and
for general equitable relief. This no
tice in made pursuant to the order of
the Court.
You are required to answer said pe
tition on or before Mouday, July 19,
A. L.. 115. or your deleuit will i"duiv
entered therein.
GEORGE YV. SN'TDEH,
Plaintiff.
W. A. ROBKTON. Attorney.
AKTK'LKK IM'llll IMIlt TIO iiV
THE !HIIV 1T tMlM:l'..T
OIMIMM .
KNOW ALL MKN P.Y TIIKSK I'Ki:
SKNTS: the we. It. M. Shines and J. C.
I'etersen, Jr., do associate ourselves
together for the purpose of loimmn
aiid becomins a corjiorat. n in tlx1
stale of Nebraska, for tl;. purpose f
tranractiHir within .the rlalf f Ne
traska, and within any . in- ot the
states of the I'nitcd Slates d AiinTiia,
the business lieleinaftei disci ib-d.
First. The name of the corporation
is. and shall be. TIIK Mil W LST
A M I S K M KN T ( 't .M I'ANV.
Second. The principal oifli-M and
place of business of the i mi p.i n v
shall be located in Ho 'ity ef
Plattsmouth. in the County of
Cass, and State of N brnska. but thu
company tnay create and locate nili
ordinate offices for tlie 1 1 a ns.-u t ion nf
Its business any whcie wiiiun the lim
its of the states where it la u u t hoi izcd
to transact business.
Third. The nature of the business
to Ik; transacted by said corporation
shall lie to piii-chhasc, iea'c. own. s. II.
operate, manaire and commit picture
show enterprises) includiris the pur
chase, leasing or selling ol anv and all
necessary real estate and bui iiii nv;s for
the :arryintr on and opeiatint such
enterjirise and amusement. in a n v
state where the company has a riitht
to transact its business.
Fourth. The nuthorled capital
stock of the Company sl.a)l be twenty
thousand ($.'0.imi(i ltilars di ided in
to two hundred shares of the par value
of one-hundred tioni dollais ach. and
shall be non-assessablo. '' lie pel sons
whose names are hereafter suh-crihcd
are siiarehohlers and the ni.mt.er of
shares respectively owned by each lt
set opposite to hiv name.
Pifth. The Midwest. Amusement
Company shall commence !ts cMstciou
from the rirst day of March. A. I'..
1 ; 1 r. . and continue duriiiK a K-iiod of
ten years.
Sixth. Tlie business affairs, stoik.
property and concerns of the compiiny
shall be managed by a llontd of Direc
tors composed of not less than two nor
moie than five iiiein bcrs. all of u hiini
shall respectively be stockholders.
Seventh. Tlie stockholders shall have
power, from time to lime. .. make pru
dential by-laws not i re-ons isteut with
these articles, or the laws of the state
of Nebraska.
Eighth The first Hoard of Direc
tors shall consist of (ho members, and
shall hold their offices until their suc
cessors are elected and qualited in the
manner provided by the he-laws.
Ninth. A majority of all Directors
shall constitute a quorum.
Tenth. The Hoard of Directors may
be increased or decreased in number to
not less than two nor more than f.v
mem tiers by a vole of the stockholders
of the Company at such time- and in
uch manner as the by-laws may pre
scribe.
Eleventh. The Board of Directors
have power to lease, sell, transfer and
convey any of the rights, privileges.
franchises or property bcloiminir to te
Company, for such consideration and
on such terms and conditions as thu
Hoard of Directors may determine to he
for the best interests of the Company,
subject, however, to the rest net iona
of t.he statutes of the state of Nehraska,
ind the statutes of any state where the
Company may be authorized to tran
sact business
The Board of Directors may from
time to time borrow money and irive
notes and other evidences of indebted
ness therefor, and from time to time.
provide for privine: security for such
indebtedness it desired and deemed ex-l-dient
by the Hoard to do so, but in
no event shall said Compaiiv incur in
debtedness in any preater amount than
two-thirds of the imrreatf of its cap
tal stock, provided, however, that the
power conferred by these articles shall
not, nor shall any of them, be ccr-
ised by the Hoard of Directors, ex
cept by a vote of two-thirds of the
whole number of directors.
Twelfth. The officers of said cor
poration shall lie a president; vjoc
presiilent; and secretary-treasurer.
The officers herein named may hold any
two of the offices herein created at ti c
same time, and shall be chosen hy the
Hoard of Directors and shall hold their
otlice for a period of one year or until
their successors shall be elected and
qualified.
Thirteenth. The P.oard of Direc
tors shall be elected by tlie stockholder
of the company at their retular annual
meetinp, and the manner of holding
the meeting of tlie st o.-k holdfi s tor
the election of its Hoard f Directoix
and the method of conducting the busi
ness of the corporation shall be as pro
vided by the by-laws adopted bv the
stockholders.
Fourteenth. The hitrhest amount of
indebtedness to which said corporation
shall at any time sul.ieot itself shuil
not te more than two-thmls of Ihe us
gTecate of its capita stock.
We. the undersigned, hereby airree to
take and pay for tlie inniibr of shares
of the capital stock of The Midwest
Amusement Company which ate below
set opposite our names respect i el y,
subject to the provisions of these Ar
ticles of i nc-orpora t ion.
IN WITNESS WHKiJKOK. We have
hereur.eo set our hands tins Mil dav of
February, A. D, 115.
Name. Residence No. of Shari-R
It M. Sidaes, Plattsmouth. Nebr. f.i
C. Petersen. Jr.. Plat tsmouth. Nebr. f.u
STATE OF N EI? I: A. SKA.
COCNTV OF CASS, ss.
On this Mh dav of February. A. D.
1915, before me the undersigned. ,i No
tary Public, duly commissioned iiikI
qualified for and residing within said
county, personally appeared the a bote
named It. M. Shlaes. and J. . Petersen
Jr., each of whom are personally known
to me to be the identical persons whose
names are affixed to the above Arti
cles of Incorporation as parlies therein
and eac h for himself acknowledges the
instrument and the execution thereof
to lie his voluntary net and deed
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and Notarial seal the
and year last above written
C. A. PAWLS.
Seal) Notary Public
My commission expires Auirnst
1517. 6-a-4w
aioTim to -ii:itiTits.
In County Cart.
:fate of Nebraska,
'ass County, es.
In the matter of the estate of John
Fitrpatrick, deceased: :
Notice in hereby Riven to th credi
tors of said deceased that hearings
will lie had upon claims hied nc..,i.-t
said estate, before me. Cn,Mv Judce
of Cass County, Nebraska, at the Coun
ty court room in Plattsmout h. in s..d
ounty. on the 6th dav of .tub- im.
and on the 7th day January. ISi'fi. u t 1 1!
o'clock A., each day for the examina
tion, adjustment and allowance
All claims must be tiled in said
County Court on or before said hour of
hearing
Witness my hand and seHI of .aid
County Court, at Plattsmouth Nebras
ka, this 1st day of ,iun, lair,
ALLEN J. P.KESON.
6-3-4w County Judge.
MITICK OK S IT.
Nellie Wiley and Bernard G. WUev,
defendants, will take notice that on
the 14th day of June. Hi;,, Williairi
L. Niekles. plaintiff herein, tiled i
Amended Petition in the District c'ouit
of Cass County. Nebraska, alcamst saht
defendants, and Alma I . Asefi et. al
the object and prayer of which are !c!
set aside, upon tiie grounds ot absence
of consideration and fraud, a certain
deed purporting to be made on March
Jnd. lSil, by one Charles Edward
Wiley to said Nellie VS ilev, and thw
quietinpr of tie title to an undivided
one-sixth of the lands involved in said
action, in plaintiff against said deed
and all other claims if nv of said
Nellie "Wiley and Hernard . "Wilev
You and each of you are required to
answer said amended petition on nr i.e.
fore the I'nd day of Auirhst. 1 .i I r.
Dated this 17th day of June mis
WILLIAM L. NICK LPs '
I'lartif. I
Hy n. O. DWYEK. His Attorr.ev,
6-17-4w
FOR SALE Fawn and White Indian
Runner duck eg-grs, white e erg strain,
$1.00 per 13, $5.00 per 100. Inquire
of A. O. Ramge, Route 1, Platts
mouth, Neb. 4-5-tX-wkly
t