H&lattemnibutb
VOL. XXXIV.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1913.
NO. 85.
Neb -Stale Historical Soc
MAN ON TRIAL
FOR ATTEMPTED
ASSAULT ON LADY
The-Trial of Robert Hunter. Accused
of Assault I'pon the Person of
MNs Hermie Uotter.
j. r'tii Tiif.'day's T'ally.
This morning the case of the State
of ?eiraska vs. Robert Hunter was
called for trial in the county court be
fore a jary composed of J. H. Thrash
er, M. Mauzy, G. A. Kaffenberger,
Carl Kunsmar.n. F. T. Rumge, C. H.
Smith. The defendant was charged
with assault and battery on the per
son of Miss Ilermie Rotter on Wed
nesday night, September 8th. while
the yuur.ir lady was on her way home
from her work at the telephone office
to the residence of her parents on
Wintersteen Hill.
The complaining witness, Miss Rot
ter, was the first to take the stand,
and was examined by County Attorney
Cole as to the circumstances of the
case. She testified that he left the
telephone office at 8:45 p. m. on the
night of the alleged assault and start
ed homeward, going down Main street
as far as the Egenberger conl office,
where she turned east and thence up
Wintersteen Hill. She had been ap
proached l y a man when south of the
sc-hut l "house, who asked if she was
the P.otter girl and if her father was
home and she had then asked him if
thre was some word he wanted to
send out to him, as they were going to
wi ite to their father that evening. The
man had made some remarks in a
strange language to her and she had
answered that she did not know what
it was. The man had then asked ifj
she knew Bohemian, and she had re
plied yes, but rot that kind of stuff.
The fellow had then spoken in English
and she had replied that she did not
know what he was talking about. She i
had then started to run as he grabbed
her and tripped her up and had put
his hand over her mouth, but she had
got loose and called for help, calling
for Joe Drozda, a neighbor. Miss Rot- J
ter testified that she had seen the man
ju.-t ahead of her as she came up the
hill and at the school house light and
also in the light shining from the John
Schuihof home and it was the same
man. On being asked by the county
attorney if she had saw the same man
since, she ' identified Robert Hunter,
the defendant, who was sitting in the
court room.
She was cross-examined as to her
story by Attorney Germ? for the de
fense, and spent close to an hour and
a half on the ttand. She stated, in re
ply to the questions of Mr. Gering that
she left the telephone office any time
from 8:4o to i o'clock, and on that
evening had been relieved by the chief
operator at fifteen minutes of 9. At
tack had been made on her after pass
ing the school house. Man had on
light shirt, cap and a vest and was of
small stature. Light had shown on
the man when he passed the school
house. She had met a number of boys
at the hose house farther down the
hill and ha3 spoken to Will Haffke in
response to his salutation. Her brother-in-law,
Fred Egenberger, had told
her who the boys were at the house
hou?e Haffke, Smith. Rice and Neu
mann. The witness was shown a blue
shirt by Attorney Gering, but did not
identify it as the one that was worn
!y Hunter, or whether it was the
same color. The man had been about
a block and a half ahead of her on go
ing up hill. She thought the trouble
had occupied about five minutes. Mr.
Alvin Jones, one of the policemen, had
been notified of the trouble. County
Attorney Cole had been notified of the
trouble later and had called at the
Rotter home Thursday evening in com
pany with young Hun-.er, his father
and Chief Barclay. Mrs. Tied Egen
berger, her sister, hid notified the
police. Whpn asked whether or not
she had told Mr. Hunter that she did
not know if he was the man the wit
ness replied she did not remember,
making such a statement, but refused
to answer whether or not she might
have-maflei such a statement.- She
had first been told that the man might
be Hunter by her brother-in-law.
Mrs. Fred B. Egenberger testified
that. her sister reached home at 9:10
and, was out of breath and onfher
-" - . v
throat were finger, marks, and it was
some time before she could tell any
thing of the affair. She had called up
her husband and he had met Haffke
ad the other boys, who had told him
of seeing Hunter.
William Haffke testified as to hav
ing spoken to Miss Rotter and also to
having seen young Hunter on the hill
that iiight.
J. R. Hunter, father of the defend
ant, testified as to the fact of hearing
his son return home on the night of
the alleged assault and of awakening
to see what time it was and finding
that it was 9:05 o'clock.
Mrs. Hunter also testified as to the
time of her son's return and his ap
parent lack of knowledge of the
trouble when his name was firM. used
in connection with it. She had exam
ined his shoes which he had worn that
night and there was no sign of mud on
them such as would have been secured
had he been on Wintersteen Hill, and
his shirt was not torn, which appear
ed as though the young man had not
been in any struggle.
The court took a recess at noon to
resume the heating of testimony at
1:30 o""clock.
B. J. Reynolds, for the defense,
testified as to Robert Hunter having
ridden on the switch engine on the
night of the assault and was there un
til almost 9 o'clock, at which time he
had started up town.
John Miller testified as to having
met Hunter near the Holly clothing
store at about 9 o'clock.
The case attracted a great deal of
attention and was hard fought on both
the part of the state and the defense
and is still in progress as we go to
press this afternoon.
There were a number of witnesses
who testified as to the character and
reputation of the defendant during the
time he has made his home here,
which has been ever since his child
hood, and he is now 29 years of age.
MISS MATHILDA VAL-
LERY RETURNS FROM
TRIP TO THE COAST
From Tuesday' Dally.
Miss Mathilde Vallery, who has
been making an extended visit along
the Pacific coast, visiting various
points in California, Washington, Ore
gon and Montana, returned home Sun
day evening. She was accompanied
home by her brother, George Vallery,
coming home in- his private car. The
trip was one filled with much pleasure
and Miss Vallery enjoyed to the ut
most the delights of the coast coun
try and met a great many of the form
er Nebraskans now residing in the
Golden state. Mr. Vallery, who ac
companied his sister home, is general
manager of the Colorado Southern,
with headquarters at Denver, and en
joyed very much the trip back to the
old home and with his mother, Mrs.
Jacob Vallery.
DEATH OF P. H, MA
HONEY, FORMER RESI
DENT OF THIS CITY
From Tuesday' Dally.
The news was received here this
morning of the death at Valley Junc
tion, Iowa, of Mr. P. H. Mahoney, one
of the prominent residents of Have
lock and a former Plattsmouth man.
Mr. Mahoney was a brother of T. H.
Mahoney of this city and resided here
for a great many years prior to his
removal to Havelock some twenty-five
years ago, and since that time has
been quite active in that city and was
very prominent in the democratic poli
tics of that city. He has not been in
the best of health, and while at Valley
Junction Sunday was taken ill and
died last evening. The body was taken
back to Havelock today, and the fun
eral will be held from the late home
tomorrow afternoon. The news of his
death will be learned by the old
friends with the greatest of regret,
and to the sorrow-stricken family will
go out the deepest sympathy of the
entire community.
Sells Another Buick.
From Tuesday's De!l7.
T. H. Pollock this week has disposed
of another of the popular new "Sixes"
of the Buick Automobie company, and
-the last lucky man is Louis Heil, and
the new car will be found to be one
that is right up to the minute.
A MATTER IN
U. S, DISTRICT-
COURT OF OHIO
In Which Our Fellow Citizen. Lee C.
C. Sharp Is Considerably
Interested.
From Wednesday's Dally.
In the United States district court
of Ohio has been filed a suit that will
be of more than passing interest in
this city, as it has as the plaintiff Lee
C. Sharp, together with the Omaha
machine works, who are suing Alex
ander McLarin and the American Cone
and Wafer company of Dayton, Ohio,
for alleged contract violation, and the
plaintiffs in the case ask the sum of
$216,000 as damages. The Dayton
News, in speaking of the suit, says:
The Omaha parties contend that
because of the formation by Mc
Laren of other companies in the
United States and Canada, they have
been deprived of the value of the
patents in certain cases. They ask
damages for $100,000, on one pat
ent, and $50,000 each on two other
patents. Additional claims bring the
aggregate up to $216,000.
The plaintiff alleges that the Day
ton concern is engaged in the manu
facture and licensing of ice cream
cone and pastry baking machinery,
and that the company is incorporated
for$350.000. The Omaha firm de
clares that because of certain ex
penses incurred by them in prepara
tion of carrying out their part of the
agreement and the consequent alleged
violation, they have been deprived of
their patent rights.
The American Cone and Wafer com
pany was organized about two years
ago and for a time conducted its busi
ness at 218 North St. Clair street,
later removing to the rear of 123
Ringold street, in the East End.
The company, it is stated, has been
doing a large business in the manu
facture of ice cream cones and is
accounted prosperous in this branch
of the business at least.
Alexander McLaren is the president;
Edward Durst, vice president, and
E. E. Burkhart, secretary and treas
urer.
The suit was filed by Lee Warren
James.
The plaintiff in the case, a Nebraska
corporation, declares that the defend
ant purchased certain patents under a
contract entered into December 22,
1913, in which the Duluth concern
agreed to pay $15,000 and one-fourth
of the benefits derived from the ex
ploitation of the patents and patent
rights.
The failure of the Dayton firm to
live up to their contract with Mr.
Sharp has been the cause of the ma
chine shop here remaining idle, as Mr.
Sharp had intended to manufacture
certain machines here that the Dayton
concern, in violation of their contract.
it is alleged, had manufactured in
other cities, and thereby did not live
up to their agreement with Mr. Sharp.
This has caused the plans to operate
the factory and foundry here to re
main dormant.
BILLY CLIFFORD'S
MINSTREL MAIDS A
DISAPPOINTMENT
From Tuesday's Dally.
When Billy (Single) Clifford was
here several times in the past he made
a great hit with the amusement-loving
public, but last night the audience that
saw "Walk This Way at the Parmele
theater, with Mr. Clifford and his band
of minstrel maids, was of the opinion
that they ought to have walked right
by and not stopped, as the perform
ance was far below that which had
been anticipated by the audience, and
it is safe to say that nine-tenths of
the audience were very much disap
pointed, as they had been led to expect
a real first-class show. The ladies'
band in the afternoon and evening
gave a good concert on the street, but
at the show itself they were lacking
and the show may be set down as a
complete disappointment. This is one
of the things that makes it hard for
the real good ones when they visit this
city.
BARN, GRANARY AND MA
CHINERY SHED BURN
From Tuesday's Dally.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the barn, machine shed and grainary
on the farm of Clinton T. Richards in
South Bend precinct between 4 and 5
o'clock Saturday afternoon. The loss,
which is about $3,000 and partly
covered by insurance, includes two
horses, carriage, harness, binder and
other farm machinery, 750 bushels of
wheat, a quantity of oats and thirty
tons of hay. Mr. and Mrs. Richards
are at the San Francisco exposition
and only their daughter, Miss Zepha
Richards, was at homie when the fire
occurred. I
ADOLPH GEISE BE
COMES OWNER OF
GRAVES PROPERTY
From Tuesday's Daily.
The sale of the property of Drury
Graves on South Fifth street, just
west of the Waterman Lumber Co.,
was consummated yesterday, and as
a result Adolph Geise has become the
owner of the property, which consists
of a small house and two lots. Mr.
Graves sold the property to Alf Edg-
erton, who in turn sold it to Mr. Geise.
Mr. Graves will leave today for Lock-
hart, Texas, where he expects to spend
the next few months visiting with
relatives and friends and enjoying the
pleasures of the southern climate.
The residence of Mr. Graves has stood
on its present location for a great
many years and has become one of the
landmarks. The new owner will prob
ably enlarge the house and make
other improvements as they are need
ed. With a little outlay of money the
Graves property coulct be made wry
attractive, and its nearness to the
business part of town makes it desira
ble. HOME COMING DAYS
NEXT SUMMER OR FALL
- IN PLATTSMOUTH
From Tuesday's Dally.
In line with a number of articles
appearing in this paper in favor of
holding a "Home-Coming" day next
summer or fall as a means of draw
ing a large number of the former
residents of this city back to the old
town, H. M. Bushnell, an old-time
resident of Plattsmouth and a former
newspaper man of this city, has the
following to say in the last issue of
the Lincoln Trade Review in regard to
the matter:
"The Commercial club of Platts
mouth finds that its amusement com
mittee during the past summer has
been doing some good work and at the
last meeting this committee made its
report to the club, showing its re
ceipts and expenditures. The club has
a small balance left in its amusement
fund and the next work that will be
undertaken will be appointing a com
mittee to plan for next summer's
amusements, to prepare a program of
special events and to discuss and de
termine the question of having a big
home-coming day for former residents
of that city. The general sentiment
among club members at Plattsmouth
seems to be to have a day of this kind
and to make it one that they will ad
vertise long in advance and that will
gather a very large number cf old
residents to visit that city again."
AVERY HEAVY RAINFALL
OCCURRED TUESDAY NIGHT
From "Wednesday's Dally.
Last night J. Pulvis made a call on
our community and for several hours
the rainfall was very heavy and the
register this morning showed that an
inch and a quarter had descended dur
ing the storm, and with the passing of
the rain a cooler temperature was
noticeable and a stiff northwest wind
drove back the elouds and this morn
ing was a most pleasant one, although
a littlo chilly.
Avoid chilly rooms in the morning
by using Cole's Hot Blast Beaters.
They prevent colds and sickness.
G. P. EASTWOOD
BIG POTATO CROP
IN
SO REPORTS SAY
Hay Crop Not the Biggest on Record
Because of the Unfavorable
Harvesting Weather.
From "Wednesday's Dally.
Nebraska has a potato crop. It
comes from the irrigated and non-irrigated
territory, according to railroad
reports. The Burlington and North
western roads which have the bulk
of the Nebraska traffic, are prepared
to handle from 15 to 20 per cent more
tubers than in 1914. From traffic rec
ords on one railroad it is shown that
there is an exchange of potatoes for
apples between the southeastern sec
tion of the state and the northwestern.
Many cars of fruit have already been
shipped to the sandhills and many
cars of tubers to the southeast.
Reports received by the Northwest
ern at the beginning of the shipping
season indicated that many stations
in the northwest had large quantities
of potatoes for export.
Ainsworth reported 71,000 bushels;
Crawford eighty-five cars; Merriman
8,000 bushels; Humphrey fourteen
cars; Kilgore 9,000 bushels; Atkinson
14.000; Crookston 4,200; Johnstown
fifteen cars; Long Pine 4,000 bushels;
Elgin 3,200; Neligh 2,000; Rushville
23.000; Scribner 2,000; Valentine 3,-
000; Spencer 3,000; O'Neill 2,000. Re
ports from Burlington territory make
an equally good showing.
South Dakota and North Dakota,
Wisconsin and Minnesota have an
immense crop of spuds. Last year the
potato crop was below normal in most
of the potato growing states of the
middle west. But the eastern states
had a big crop and things were evened
up. Eastern reports indicate that pro
duction is less than in 1914.
Local commission men say that po
tatoes will be cheaper this coming
winter than the previous one because
of the immense production. One job
ber said that he did not expect to see
them reach $1.00 a bushel retail dur
ing the winter or spring.
Contrary to expectations, less hay
was harvested in Nebraska this year
than last year. The falling off is due
to excessive w-et weather which pre
vented saving part of the crop. The
crop in the Elkhorn valley which is
the wild hay district, was much re
duced by unfavorable conditions dur
ing cutting time. A portion of the
first cutting of alfalfa was badly dam
aged by heavy and continuous rain
storms during the harvest. However,
there will be much hay shipped out
of the state as the crop is not much
below the normal.
MAN MAY LOSE HIS
EYE FROM A SERIOUS
CUT FROM WIRE
From Wednesday's DaHv.
Yesterday morning L. E. roman.
one of the car inspectors at the Bur
lington freight car shops, who is en
joying a vacation from his duties, met
with a most painful as well as serious
accident at his home in the south part
of the city which came near causing
the loss of his right eye. He was out
in the yard trimming and arranging
his grapevines, and in so doing was
using some wire to construct a trellis
over which the vines were to be train
ed, and as he cut one of the wires in
two the end flew back and struck Mr.
Vroman in the eye, cutting a gash
across the eyebalL Medical assistance
was at once summoned and several
stitches taken to close the wound on
the eyeball. It was a most painful in
jury and Mr. Vroman is resting as
easy as could be expected under the
circumstances. It is hoped that there
will be no serious complications result
from the accident.
Genuine Fletcher's Castoria, this
week only, at 19c. Gering & Co the
Spot Cash Family Druggists. .'Phone.
No. 36. -
For Sale.
A few extra good
males.
March .Duroc
Oldhams.
NEBRASKA
ENGINEER SERIOUSLY IN
JURED AT WEEPING WATER
From Tuesday's Dally.
A special from Weeping Water, un
der date of August 11, says: William
Ash, engineer on the narrow gauge
railway used to haul stone to the
crushers at the stone quarry east of
town, was painfully injured late this
afternoon. He was under the engine
putting in some packing when the
brakes loosened their hold on the train
of flat cars and let the engine for
ward. The clearance under the engine
vas so small that Ash was caught by
the moving engine and his body
doubled over in a way that only nar
rowly missed breaking his neck. It is
thought that he suffered severe inter
nal injuries.
TO SINK WELL TO TEST
POSSIBILITIES OF OIL
AND GAS IN CASS GO,
From Wednesday's Dally.
This morning T. H. Pollock and C.
H. Eaker departed for Lincoln, where
they go to consult with Prof. E. F.
Schramm, assistant state geologist, as
to the best location for a well that
will be sunk to test out the possibili
ties of oil or gas in this county. Mr.
Baker has spent several months here
in looking over the field and feels that
the support given the proposition is
sucb that he is justified in going ahead
and sinking the well that will test out
whether or not a flow of oil or gas can
e found. Prof. Schramm has been
over this section of Cass county and
found that the natural surroundings
here were similar to those in many
ocalities where oil has been found in
paying quantities, and it is to test out
these possibilities that Mr. Baker, as
well as a number of the local capital-
sts propose to go ahead and sink the
well. If the hopes of the promoters
prove a success it will certainly be
a big thing and there is only one way
to fully determine that and that is by
putting down a well in the spot that
looks the best to the geologist, who
has made a study of this section of
Nebraska. As soon as possible the
work on the well will be commenced.
THE BOYS SHOULD
BE ARRESTED AND
SEVERELY PUNISHED
Yesterday morning while H. M.
(Doc) Young was engaged in dis
tributing samples of the Sterling
chewing gum on the street he met
with a rather painful and annoying
experience that was caused by some
of the young boys who are attending
school and whose lack of respect for
others is one of the features evidently
of their makeup. "Doc" was compell
ed7 to dress up for the occasion of the
distribution in a costume akin to the
garb which is generally ascribed to his
satanic majesty, and at the noon hour
he visited the school grounds' to dis
tribute packages of the gum, and
while here was treated rather roughly
by the school boys, who instead of
taking the gum and behaving them
selves, proceeded to pelt the" unfor
tunate man with small rocks, and one
of which struck him on the right tem
ple, inflicting a painful gash that bled
profusely, and this action was wholly
unwarranted, and if the boys persist
in this kind of performances they will
be given a chance to meet the real
proposition in the form of the cloven
hoofed gentleman who presides over
the warm regions. It certainly was
an act of which they should feel
ashamed
J. X. Wise Here Yesterday.
From Wednesdays Dally.
J. N. Wise, who is making his home
in Omaha with his daughter, Mrs. J.
L. Root, came down to this city yes
terday morning and spent the day
visiting his many old-time friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Wise, who have been
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Jackson,
in Chicago since the. early part of
April, and just returned to Omaha last
Sunday. He reports Mrs. Wis as
feeling just fine.
FELLOW GETS ON HIND
CAR AND IS SHOVED
OFF ON SHOP TRACKS
Yesterday afternoon a man well
along in years and claimed that he re
sided in the western part of the coun
ty, was in town and he proceeded to
acquire a load of intoxicants that was
hard to manage and which at times
would almost overcome the man. He
was able to navigate to the Burlington
depot and requested a ticket to his
home town, but the cashier told him
that they could not sell him one as
his condition was such as it would not
allow him to board the train. The
man, who was pretty sore over the re
fusal, stepped out on the platform and
saw coming into the yards the train
of Conductor Johnson, known as the
"stub," and attached to the rear was
an empty coach, and the man, seeking
to steal a march on the train crew,
managed to get into the coach and
settled down, expecting to be taken
up to Oreapolis with the train and
then being able to transfer to the
Schuyler. The engine whistled, the
train moved, and then the coach in
which the indignant man was setting
was whisked off onto a siding and the
other coach continued on to Oreapolis,
and it was some time before it dawned
on the man that he was still resting
in Plattsmouth, and it was with mut
tered curses that he left the coach
and sought a place where he might
sleep off the "jag."
The man was finally lodged in jail
for safe keeping and proceeded to
raise seven varieties of hades with the
windows of the jail, breaking out the
lights and knocking out a number of
the frames in his anger at being
placed in for safe keeping, and as a
result of his anger will be given a
hard jolt by the judge
RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AT
METHODIST CHURCH,
BEGINNING OCTOBER 24
Arrangements have just been com
pleted whereby the revival services at
the Methodist church will le started
on Sunday, October 24th, and will be
continued for several weeks. These
services will be in charge of Rev. F.
M. Druliner, pastor of the church, and
with his great ability should be pro
ductive of the awakening of the re
ligious spirit in this city and add to
the interest manifested in the church
work. The members of the Methodist
church have been very urgent in de
siring to get this work under way and
now they will join in making it a
great success and encourage the pas
tor in his work for the upbuilding of
thee hurch and the advancement of the
community along the religious lines.
ANOTHER SUIT FOR DIVORCE
IS FILED IN DISTRICT COURT
A suit has been filed in the office of
the clerk of the district court by Mrs.
Hazel Boyd, who asks that the bonds
of matrimony between herself and
Lester Boyd be severed by law' und
that she be granted an absolute di
vorce from the defendant. In her
petition the plaintiff alleges that they
were married at Hastings, Neb., No
vember 27, 1010. and that for the past
six months 5he has been a resident of
this district, and further charges the
defendant with non-support, cruelty in
making charges against the conduct
of the plaintiff, and also charging the
defendant with adultry in Hastings in
May. 1015. The case will be brought
up at the next term of the district
court. The defendant is a non
resident. W. J. Partridgs, from near Weep
ing Water,, was in Plattsmouth for a
few hours on Wednesday of last week,
visiting with friends at the county
seat. Billy lived in Plattsmouth a
number of years ago, and of course
has a lot of friends who always enjoy
a visit with him.
Cabbage for Sale.
I havf a lot of cabbage for sale, at
my placi, west of Murray. J 1.00 per
dozen heads.
C. E. TUCKER.