The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, September 25, 1919, PART TWO, Image 5
clbe piatteiiitotitb Journal PART TWO Pages 5 fo 10 VOL. XXXVII. PLATTSMOUTH, 1JEBXASKA, THURSDAY, SEFTEM3ER 25, 1919. No. 27. GEORGE GREEN AND GEO, WHITE ESCAPE JAIL ' GENTLEMEN OF COLOR." BOTH IN NAME AND SKIN. TAKE TO THE TALL WEEDS. TWO OF CONFESSED ROBBERS Erought in from Greenwood Las: Night on Burglary Charge Six Coons in the Gang. CAPTURED BY CLEVER RUSE Sheriff Outwits Them by Doning an Old Tattered Blouse and A Slouch Hat. From Tuesday's Dally. The two negros who made a daring- dash for liberty this forenoon have b?en captured and returned to the Cass coun ty jail where they now repose safely behind the bars. Their capture was effected about the noon hour bv Sheriff Quinton. Two of the negroes implicated in the Greenwood burglary this morn ing shortly before 10 o'clock engi neered a dash for liberty that was almost successful. The men were at the office of County Attorney A. G. Cole awaiting their preliminary hear ing ami during this time were in the private office of Mr. Cole under charge of Hoy Armstrong, of Green wood, while the county attorney was engaged in' the main office In prepar ing the charges against the men. Mr. Armstrong came into the main office for a few minutes to speak to the county attorney and when he returned the negroes were missing and the open window told the story of the means of escape of the two men. This window is on the east side of the office and almost on the level of the lawn so that it wa3 a very easy mutter for the men to step out and hit the high spots for liberty and this they proceeded to do without stopping to say good bye. Mr. Armstrong, as soon as he dis covered that the dark lined bird. had flown, gave the alarm, and start ed out after them, following their course cast toward the Burlington track, where he caught a glimpse of them as they fied down the embank ment and took refuge in a cornfield east of the track. Sheriff Quinton and the county attorney. with a small party started in pursuit of the men. but after getting into the cornfield it was rather hard to fol low their course. A short time after the departure of the officers a telephone message was received in the city announcing that the men 'were in a cornfield i:orth of the pumping station'and in response to this message Chief of 1'olice M-inspeakcr and William liar clay, securing the automobile o lion Arries, hastened to the scene of action followed by a number of other autos filled with citizens, but this party failed to find any signs of the escaping men. A report re port received from the Platte river at 11 o'clock stated that th'e two men hd succeeded in crossing the river and had reached the Sarpy county side, where they were in hiding. The two men made their way across the Platte by wading the al most dried ud river bed and suc cessfully reached the Sarpy county side, seeming near to their goal of liberty when the strategy of Sheriff, uinton proved their undoing. The sheriff, on reaching tho Sarpy side of the river visited a farm house and i securing an old tattered blouse and slouch bat that had seen many sea sons oi wear ana leur, armeu 'V .1 1 1- 1 1 . with an old bucket and lending anj old mule started out down the road , 41 11 VA V V. 1. w -' f " - " " - - i wh rn non r t ha Rnnr wnpre inei auto party was drowned a few years ago he spied the two elusive dar- kies and they paying no attention for tt)e evacuation of Petrograd, ac to what they supposed was one., of cording to a Helsingfors dispatch to the web footed natives of the hot-, the Central 'News agency. toms came right up and started a 1 conversation with the sheriff, who' fancy box paper at this office. promptly covered them and ordered I the two men to about face anil march up to the auto which was . waiting at the farm nearby and j brought them on into Plattsmouth 'just after noon, where they were once more lodged in jail and it will jbe a small chance they will have again to get liberty. Story of the Robbery Yesterday afternoon shortly after 6 o'clock the residence of Olaf An derson, at Greenwood, was entered and a large assortment of jewelry was secured by the men making the haul, including three watches, sev eral rings, two lockets and a sum of money between $6 and $7, which had been left in the house. The burglary was witnessed by a boy who happened to -be in the vi cinity and the alarm given at once. A posse of Greenwood citiens, head ed by Arthur Weideman and Roy Armstrong was organized and start ed in pursuit of the burglars and succeeded in rounding up a party of six negroes along the Burlington railroad tracks and Sheriff C. D Quinton was notified of the fact of the robbery and the capture of the men and on his request the men were brought to Plattsmouth by Mr. Wilson and Mr. Armstrong and turn ed over to the custody of the sheriff. The men gave the names of Robert King. Hobert Warren. Fred Sanders, Henry Calvin. George Green and George White, all negroes. Four of the Men Confess The men when questioned by Sher iff Quinton and County Attorney A. G. Cole at first refused to come across with any details of the burglary and contended that they knew nothing of the burglary of the Anderson place and stoutly contended their inno cence. After some clever question ing by the sheriff and county attor ney it was possible to secure a dif ferent story from a number of the men and finally through the good work of the officers four of the party came through with the story and told how they had entered the place through a window and made away with the jewelry. Three of the par ty had entered the house while the others remained outside and kept watch for anyone coming. The men were all young negroes and have been in the north but a short time from all appearances, al though they have an excellent show of remaining here for some time ! Dalton. Jack Davis. Ernest Neu now through the clever work of the'mann, Neal Dickey. Hilt Martin. Joe sheriff and countv attorney in se-! curing their confession. I This is another case where the! nty will be saved a great deal of!H0ITjING INTERESTING cou expense by the work of the county attorney in getting the men to "come clean" and do away with the neces sity of a long drawn-out trial en tailing expenses of several hundreds dollars and but for the excellent work of the officers in handling the case it would have been impossible to secure the confession from the men who were very shifty in their stories of how they happened to be in the Greenwood vicinity and it was only when pinned down by re I eated questioning that they were made to divulge the truth. BUSY DAY FOR THE SHERIFF. From Tuesday's Daily. Yesterday and last evening were busy times for Sheriff C. D. Quinton as he was called to Weeping Water and Nehawka early in the day to look after some county business and on returning from there was noti fied of the Greenwood burglary and this had no more than been received than a call came from the Platte river bridge that there were two men hiding in a corn field nearby that it was thought might be the Ralston bank robbers. The sheriff hastened to the scene of action with two or three men he secured to assist in case it should prove to be the bank robbers who were cornered and when the party arrived at the scene of action it was found that the two men were merely looking over the hunting situation and had no evil intention whatsoever and after quieting the fears of the bridge tender the sheriff returned home with his party PLANNING TO QUIT PETROGRAD . . Copenhagen, Sept. 22. The bol- fheviki have made all preparations VICTORIOUS STOREHOUSE NINE HONORED BANQUET IN HONOR OF THE CHAMPIONS OF THE BUR LINGTON SHOP LEAGUE. OFFICE GIRLS PROVIDE FEED A. 0. U. W. Hall Was Artistically Arranged With Various Colored Streamers and Decorations. From Tuesday's Pally. The A. O. U. W. hall last evening was the scene of a very delightful gathering when the young ladies employed in the Burlington offices at the shops tendered a banquet to the victorious Storehouse ball team who have won the championship of the Burlington shop league. The hall had been artistically arranged with vari-colored streamers and dec orations and made a pleasing scene for the happy occasion and here the tables, five in number were placed for the members of the party. At the table prepared for the visitors beautiful floral decorations were ar ranged and the centerpiece of the table was the handsome silver loving cup presented by the merchants of the city to the boys of the cham pionship team. A dainty luncheon of sandwiches, ice cream, cake and coffee was served which was highly enjoyable and in honor of the occa sion. Manager C. E. Weaver of the base ball team was called upon to respond to the toast to the ball boys and Frank E. Warren was also call ed upon to respond with a few re marks and both gentlemen did so in a very pleasing manner. After the banquet the tables were removed and dancing enjoyed by the young people until a late hour and at the home going time it was the unani mous sentiment that the young la dies were certainly skillful hostess es in the art of entertaining. The members of the championship team are: C. E. Weaver, manager; Carl McCarthy. Harry Neumann Dudley Htidgin.s, John Jirousek. CONFERENCES From Tuesday's Dall. As a part of the nation wide cam paign of the Episcopal church, launched to stimulate the interest in the church work among the mem bership, the members of the St. Luke's church in this city are hold ing a series of conferences each Friday evening which have been meeting with great success. These meetings of the members of the par ish are held at the close of the weekly service on Friday and are filled with suggestions for the better ment of the work of the church. All members of the church are urged to attend these meetings as much good can be derived both for the life of the church and that of the individ ual member. A. BIG ATHLETIC PROGRAM PLANNED Card of Events For the Big Home Coming on October 4th Bids Fair to Be Big Event. From Vnesday's iDally. The athletic committee of the Home Coming celebration has out lined a program of sports which promises a day of rare enjoyment for the soldiers and sailors and the general public and "will have some of the best features seen in the state. As a part of the morning program a base ball game between the soldiers, and sailors will be ar ranged if possible which will give the service men a chance to secure a part of the prize money offered and with the excellent talent . in the national sport which was in ser vice there should be two strong teams on the diamond that day. A boxing carnival and one wrest ling match will be made a part of the program and in his Harry Wil liams of Omaha, fast heavyweight boxer, and former soldier will be placed in the ring against Schmarder of Louisville, in a faiit ten round go. As. a preliminary two boxing ex hibitions of six rounds each will be staged before the big show. Kid Graves, sports editor of the Bee and the best qualified sporting authority in the west will be in the old home town on Home Coming day ami will officiate as umpire at the base ball game as well as in the preliminary boxing matches and in the wrest ling match. Mr. Graves is an old Cass county boy and is strong for giving the Plattsmouth athletic pro gram a big boost and i.vill- be here rearin' to go on the day of the big event. HAY FEVER SAYS GOODBYE. From Tuesday's T-ailv. Oh boy! While tho chill of the autumn mornings niav make us wonder where the summer wages are. they also mean that there will be no longer a sneeze and a sniffle from the hay fever. The sufferers from the hay fever are celebrating the advent of the frost v weather and welcoming it as the prodigal son was welcomed as it brings re lief from long suffering. A heavy frost is reported from the northwest ern portion of the state while the conditions here are decidedly wintry and almost approaching the frost stage. MYSTERIOUS NEGRO APPEARS AGAIN This Time Activities of the Black Man Are Reported From the Vicinity cf Wintersteen Hill. From Wednesday s Dally. The mysterious fet.'itleman of col or tii3t has been frequently report ed from the different parts of the city has once more made his appear ance and this time it has been Wintersteen hill that has been in vaded by the dark lined visitor. On Monday evening two cf the young ladies who reside on the hill were going lrom tneir nome io me mum part of the city where they are em ployed, and were accosted by the negro but the ladies on seeing that the man was a negro started to run and made their way down to the business section where the matter was reported to the police but on visiting the spot it was impossible ot find any trace of the man. The police force has been unable to lo cate any negro in the city during the day time and it seems mai ue onlv makes his appearance at night and then in the residence districts. As far as reported the man has offered no violence to anyone and aside from frightening a number of the women has not committed any depredations but the police would like very much to get a line on him and settle his identification as to whether or not it is a real negro or someone blacked up for the effect of the scare. If the man i.s caught by some of the men of the community he will probably be given a rough hauling as a number of the resident ers are keeping their eyes open for his appearance. 20TH INFANTRY BAND HERE. From Wednesday's Daily. The band of the Twentieth infan try, better known as "Pershing's Own" will be one of the attractions at the Home Coming here on Satur day, October 4th. as the arrange ments for their appearance has been closed by the committee in charge. This band is composed of high class musicians a large number of whom were in service in France and they will be a great feature of the mili tary parade to be staged as part of the Home Coming when the citizens of the county can have the oppor tunity, of seeing their service boys all together and give them a fitting welcome home. The 20th infantry is now stationed at Fort Crook and the members of the band are pleas ed with the opportunity of visiting this city and taking part in the program as well as enjoying the general festivities prepared for the service men. For any pain, burn, scald or bruise, apply Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil the household remedy. Two sizes .20c and COc at all drug stores. GROES m WAY TO THE EFOBiA v SHERIFF DEPARTS FOR KEAR NEY WITH G NEGROES WHO GO TO REFORMATORY. QUICK RESULTS ATTAINED Men are Captured Monday Night, Arraigned Yesterday and Last Ev ening; Draw" Down Sentence. From Wednesday's Daily. The six negroes implicated in the Greenwood burglary on Monday afternoon are now enroute to Kear ney where they will9 spond some time meditating over their short ca reer in crime. The men, or rather boys as the six culprits are but care free . southern black boys, departed this morning for Kearney in cus tody of Sheriff Quinton and Leon ard Terryberry, and were in excel lent spirits and might well be as they got off lucky in their venture into the iield of burglary. They were arraigned last evening before Judge Begley and entred a plea of guilty to the charges preferred against them and threw themselves on the mercy of the court and in view of the youth of the boys the court and the county attorney gave them as light a sentence as pos ible and the length of their stay at Kearney will depend upon their con duct while there. The boys, Robert King, Hobert Warren. Fred Sanders, Henry Calvin. George Green and George White were brought before Cov.nty Judge Beeson yesterday aft ernoon at' 2 o'clock and entered a plea of guilty to the charge pre ferred against them and were bound over by the county court to trie ais riet court where they were brought to trial in, the late afternoon and after their acknowledgment of the burglary they were sentenced to the Kearney reformatory in indetermi nate sentences. The outcome ot the ase saves the county the expense of everal trials and excessive costs that would amount to several hund red dollars which would have been caused bv the court costs and'attor- nev ices it tne men naa an sumu u Jury trial. The excellent work of the county attorney in the conduct of the case has resulted in the sav ing of the costs to the county that certainly will be appreciated by the taxpayers. IS SELLING MUCH LAND THESE DAYS Geo. M. Hild Returned From West Yesterday Morning After A Good Trip. From Wednesday's Daily. Yesterday morning Geo. M. Hild, who is selling a good deal of good wee-tern land, returned from Perk ins county, where he, was for the past three days, and while there sold a fine quarter section of land to Ira Bates of near Cedar Creek, and on which Mr. Bates will move in a short time. He also sold a half sec tion of land to Frank Vallery of Murray the veteran land man, who knows land when he gets a look at the naked earth. Mr. Vallery pur chased the land because it was worth the money. PURCHASES NEW HOME. From Wednesday's Daily. Joshua Andrews ha just purchas ed a new home in the south portion of the city having completed the deal whereby he becomes the own er of the J. II. Busche property on South Sixth street. This is a very pleasant home and one that will be very convenient and comfortable for the Andrews family. Can't look well, eat well, or feel well with impure blood. Keep the blood pure with Burdock Blood Bitters. Eat simply, take exercise, keep cleari, and good health is pretty sure to follow. $1.25 a bottle. MEET WITH MISS GERING. From Wednesday's Daily. St. Mary's Guild cf St. Luke's church held their regular meeting yesterday afternoon, at the home of Miss Barbara Gering on north Sixth street. There was a large number of the members and friends in at tendance, many takin? advantage cf the beautiful autumn day and getting out in the beauty and wainith of the sunshine. A very interesting business session was held, at which time the winter's work of the society was discussed as well as other important business matters. A lady demonstrator of Mazola Oil was present and after the business session, she was intro duced and made several demonstra tion of the value and use of this oil. During this demonstration a dainty afternoon luncheon was pre pared, which was served at a con venient time, and was one which was most thoroughly enjoyed by those fortunte enough to be pres ent. An hour or so was then de voted to plying the busy needle on articles for the Christmas Shop, in terspersed with a most enjoyable social time and other amusements. which made this occasion a most delightful one. The ladies of St. Luke's Guild had been invited to attend this meeting, in order that they might have the opportunity of being present at the Mazola Oil demonstration. CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOMECOMING FUND Additional Subscriptions From Peo ple of the Community Help Swell the Fund. From Wednesday's Daily. The volunteer subscriptions to the Home Coming fund continue to roll in and help to swell the amount that can be devoted to the extensive program for the entertainment of the service men and those who serv ed in the war as a part of the mili tary machine of the nation: Previously reported $2,303.25 City of Plattsmouth 50.00 City schools 24.85 Joseph J. Johnson : 5.00 George Rhoden Mrs. Rose Krivanek Miss Olive Gass Miss Lucy Arnold Miss Esther Larson William Henrichsen 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 George Lamphear Lee Jennings Total receipts $2,394.11 RETURNS FROM THE EAST. From Wednesday's Dally. . Victor Krivanek. who has been enjoying a vacation of a few weeks in the east returned home yesterday after a most delightful visit. While in the east Vic spent a short time in both New York and Chicago and looked over the large wholesale and retail stores of the metropolis. He will resume his studies in the high school here being a member of the Junior class and during his spare time will assist in the store of C. E. Wescott's Sons where he has been employed for the past three years. BYRON HALSTEAD IMPROVING. From Wednesday's Daily. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Halstead will be pleased to learn that their little son, Byron who was operated on a few days ago at the Ford hospital in Omaha, for appendicitis, is reported as getting along nicely and that the hopes for his recovery are now very bright. Little Byron has had more than his share of ailments in the past few weeks with his severely injured foot that became infected and followed in a few days by the attack of ap pendicitis, and the friends of the family are more than pleased that he is getting along so nicely. FORDS GAIN CONTROL. ' Detroit, Mich., Sept. 23. Control of all stock in the Ford Motor com pany has been secured by Henry Ford and his son Edsel, it was an nounced here today, through pur chase of the minority holdings of James Couzens, millionaire mayor of Detroit, and former vice president of the company. Lioose anything? want ad. Try a Journal STATE MEET ING OF LEGION IS CALLED WORLD-WAR VETERANS ARE TO MEET AT OMAHA AUDI TORIUM, OCT. 10. TO SELECT FOUR DELEGATES To Attend National Convention i:i Minneapolis as Well as Choose Nebraska State Oflicers From Thursday's Dally. The first annual state convention of the Nebraska branch of the Amer ican Legion is called to assemble at the auditorium in Omaha on October 10 and 11. in a proclamation i.-:;uij Wednesday by John G. Maher c? Lincoln state chairman. The convention wil elect ri 1"- gates and alternates to the nation.-) I convention to be held at Minn apoii-i November 10 to 12. The state is en- itled to four delegates and four al ernates, and to one additional di le gate and one additional alternate t:i each 1,000 members paid up thirty days prior to the national co:ivt;n- ion. In addition to the df-'.e.an -n and alternates authorized by th constitution there will be choscii . number of delegates-at-large o:u; l to twice the membership of the United States senate and' house ct representatives. These delegates-at-large, however, will not have vot ing power at the Minneapolis con vention. To Elect Officers. Other business to be transacted at the Omaha state convention wi'I in clude: Election of two members of tho national executive committee. to represent the state and to bold -f-fice for one year. Adoption and ratification of the constitution for the state. Election of officers fur the Nebraska state branch for the en suing year, these to hold ollice f r one year or until .successors are chosen. Election cf a state committee, and transaction of such other business as may come before the convention. Basis of Representation. Concerning representation in the state convention at Omaha, Mr. M:i her says: "In this convention representa tion shall be by posts. Each po t shall be entitled to two delegates and two alternates for the first fif teen charter members; and two ad ditional delegates and alternates for each additional fifty members or major fraction thereof. Represen tation shall be on the basist of act ual paid up memberships up to tho day of the convention. The vote rtf each post in the state convention shall be equal to the total number of delegates to which the post is entitled. "All the members of each post should have an opportunity to par ticipate in the selection of dele; gates. The delegates selectd from each post must be on the basis of CO per cent enlisted men and , 40 per cent officers, and of that ratio. "There should be a meeting of tho members of each post to select dolo gats, not more than ten nor less than five days prior to the date of tho state convention." DOING ROAD WORK. From Wednesday's Dallr . Clate Rosencrans and Fred ITlrz last evening demonstrated that they were real good roads enthusiasts when they hastened out to tho Platte bottom road and by heaving many shovels full of dirt filled up several dangerous holes that have been a menace to travel for some time. While the boys do not make a practice of this line of work they showed that they were not - unac quainted with the shovel and re ceived many kind words from tho passing auto parties for their efforts to make the rough road a little more suited for traveling. , -i Wanted: Steady work on farm for married man. Address Albert E. Shafer, P. O. box C05, Plattsmouth, Neb. -wk-d&w