KVbraska State Histori
cal Society
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VOL. 20. xun
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY, NOV. 23,
no. S5
Police Capture
Safe Wrecker at
the Rhh School
Attempt to Force Open Safe in Su
perintendent's Office Results
in Capture of Culprit.
From Fri.-iav's Dnlly
A very daring attempt to force
ope-n the sale in the office of Super
intendent R. E. Bailey, of the city
schools, in the High school building,
was n'ppt-d in the hud Wednesday
night by the night police. Officers
.If f Libershal arid Dave Pickrel, and
The man. George Murray, is now in
jail as the result of the prompt ac
tion of the police and two high school
beys, Robert Pitch and John Xel
s,.n. The
attempted robbery
occurred
dose to 11 o'clock and at the time
Hob Fitch and John Nelson were
n their way to their hoims on High
school hill, when they noticed a
light in the office of Superintendent
Bailey, and which, at that time of
night attracted their attention, and
they watched for a few moments in
front of the school until Officer Dave
Pickrel. who was coming up the hill
to switch off the elf ctroliers, arrived
in the vi';::ity of the school build
ing and was aNo attracted by the
light arid with the two school boys
came up to the building. Officer
Pickrel poinc to the east door of the
school building could hear the sound
ok" pounding on steel that led him to
suspect thai an attempt was being
made to break into the safe and as
he had no key to get into the build
ing, he hastened to the residence of
Ceorce Petring across the street
south from the school and rolled for
Officer Libershal and also O C. Hud
son, the custodian of the buiiding.
On the arrival of the custodian
and Officer Libershal the police were
able to get into the building and
quietly mf.de their way to the office
of the superintendent, the two boys
being left on the outside of the
building tc see if the parties tried
to escape. On reachinc the office of
the superintendent. Officer Libershal
made his -way into the room connect
ing with the office of the superin
tendent while Officer Pickrel enter
ed the room from the hall entrance.
As the police entered the room they
flashed their liehts over the room
and saw the safe that was battered
by the ef'orts to get into it and also
discovered crouched down behind a
f.lir.e caf-e the burglar. i
The officer? on discovering the
man hid Jen in the room commanded
him to Mep out and to hold up his
hands and they then searched him
a bit, but failed to find any gun or (
weapon on the man. ;
The safe had the dial badly bat-!
broken off. but the man had been j
unable to get into the safe and its !
contents were still intact.
The weapons used in the
in break into the safe were
ry bar vui h as is used by
track workers in retting out
ties ami which is thought
attempt j
a larg i
railroad
railn ad i
to have;
been stolen from the local track j for a man by the name of S. H. Ar
vorkers of the Rurlington, as well as! rants, formerly residing in the vicin
a smaller wrecKin? oar.
The captured man stated that his
name was George Murray and he was
from the otst, his home being in
Pennsylvania, that he had been on
a bum over the wect and was broke
and clown and out. When reaching !
this city, the man stated he had
walked areuiid over the city and ''e
i ided to try and sleep in the sc hool
building. The story of the man and
the fact that h carried along the
two la rue bars does not seem to fit
up very well, however, in the opinion
of the authorities. Murray made his
entrance to the building by prying
up a v.n 'ow in the music room, the
bar being used to force the lock of
win low.
Th-o bnrelar made a very small
haul for hs effort:-;, as he found only
?A cents in chance in the desk of
Superintendent P.ailey, altho there?
was something like $100 in the safe,
representing small sums from school
activities and the Thanksgiving: of
fering of the school that was to have
been given to the city library.
Officers Libershal and Pickrel es
corted their prisoner to the city jail,
where he had his much desired sleep
safe from doing further damage, be
hind the strong bars of the city jail.
The prompt work of the night po
lice and the services of the two High
school boys are to be commended and
the residents of the community can
feel well pleased over their police
lone that is alrt and on the job in
the still watches of the night pro
tecting the lives and property of the
residents of the city in a splendid
manner.
GO BAREFOOT AND
Z HAPPY
Dr. C. F. Srhmidtmann recently
told a Tech High gym class that if
'he boys ar.d girls wished to have
s-i. nc feet without corns ar.d other
cUfecf. they should go barefoot.
' The physical foundation or a per
son is in the foot." the doctor said.
"If you have poor feet you will have
a weak back. Go barefoot and have
no foot worries." Omaha Bee-News.
ALICE LORENZ IMPROVING
From Friday s Paily
Mr. and Mrs. L. TV. Lorenz were
at Lincoln yesterday where they en
joyed the day at the hospital with
their daughter. Alice, who has been
there since March receiving treat
ment. The parents were delighted
with the wonderful improvement
that the dauehter has made in the
last few weeks ar.d speak highly of
the splendid efforts that the physi
cians and nurses at the state hospital
have made for the restoring of the
young lady to health. The state hos
pital has benefitted the patient a
great deal more than the private hos
pitals where the patient has been
taking treatment since suffering a
serious nervous breakdown and the
present improvement makes the par
ents hopeful that the daughter will
have a permanent recovery from her
illness and lie able to return home
restored to health.
Death of Mrs.
Adah Elizabeth
Messersmith
Well Known Lady Who Has Live i
Here Many Years. Goes to
Last Long Rest.
From FrlrtaVp Dnl!v
The death of Mrs. Adah Elizabeth;
Messersmiih. old tim resident of,
this city occurred on Wednesday af-j
torr.oon at her home in the north
portion of The oitv, where she has.
made her home for the many years;
that she has lived in this city. The
deceased lady was the widow of W. I
D. Messersmith. who preceded her
in death some time ago. and at the !
time of her death was near her S3rdj
birthday.
The deceased lady was born on
January 22. 1M5. ard was a daugh
ter of Carlos Willi, m and Julia Lar
kin. After her marriage to Mr. Mes
sersmith the greater part of her mar
ried life has been spent in this city,
where she was held in the highest
esteem by those who had the oppor
tunity of knowing her. In the last
few months her health has been fail
ing and she gradually has been sink
ing into the last long rest.
Mrs. Messersmith is survived by
her son, Harry Messersmith. wife and
two granddaughters. Helen and Mary
Elizabeth. There are several nieces
ar.d nephews to mourn her loss, they
being Mrs. Minnie Pickard, of this
city; Mrs. Maude Punch, of Omaha;
Mrs. Anna Carrigan, of Havelock;
Albert Funk, of this city, and Clyde
F. Funk, of Havelock. A sister-in-law.
Mrs. Joel Messersmith, also
mourns her d-ath.
The- funeral services were held to-
lay from the late home on North
Sixth street.
SEARCH FOR MAN ENDS
From Friday's D;iil
Sheriff Bert Reed and Deputy
? heriif Rex Young have ended a
search that has covered several years
ity of Cedar Creek, who was sought
in connection with the disposition of
mortgaged property.
The defendant was charged with
having e'isposed of from $2,700 to
?2.''0u worth of mortgaged property
and
had made his get away after the
disposal
of the property and for
:nry months was lost track of by
the authorities.
j Deputy Sheriff Young, who had
been in touch with the matter in his
previous service in the office of dep
uty sheriff under K. P. Stewart, has,
with the aid of Sheriff Reed, kept
after the man and by their diligent
search and inquiries were able to
fmaJly locate the man in Omaha,
where he had been for a short time.
Following the information of the
whereabouts of Mr. Arrants. Deputy
Sheriff Young journeyed to Omaha
and placed him under arrest and
brought him to this city, where he is
now resting at the county Jail.
The apprehension of this man rep
resents a great deal of work and un
tiring effort on the part of the sher
iff's office and shows the real efforts
that are being made to apprehend the
violators of law in this county.
DIES AT MASONIC HOME
The death of C. Francis Barras,
one of the residents of the Nebraska
Masonic Home occurred there on
Thursday morning at 12:45 follow
ing his illness of some years duration
and which at his advanced age of
79 vears made his chances of recovery
practically hopeless.
The deceased was born -at Hunt
ington. Pennsvlvania, and has for a
great many years resided at Lincoln
and where he was a member of East
Lincoln lodge No. 210.
Mr. Barras was brought here two
months ago to make his home and
has since that time been gradually
failing until death came to his relief
The body was taken to Lincoln
where the funeral will be held on
Sunday at 1:30 under the auspices
of the East Lincoln lodge of the
Masons and the interment made at
the Wyuka cemetery.
Blue and White
Close Season in
Turkey Day WinJ
i
Elue and White Overcomes the Ne-,
braska City High School 13 J
to 0 cn Local Field.
From Friday's Daily
The ideal Thanksgiving day yes
terday brought out a fine group c f
the fans to tnjoy the turkey day
game on the local ground between
Ne braska City and Plattsinouth high
schools and which resulted in the
locals winning by the margin of II!
to 0.
The game was hotly contested by
the visitors but their chief depend
ence lay in Chapman, quarter of the
team and who largely accounted for
their team being in the game to any
extent.
The contest also marked the last
high school football game for a large
number of the local players and Wis
ceitt and Gansemer, backfield men
featured with Perry in the plays that
resulted in the gains of the locahi
through the course of the game.
In the opening Plattsinouth kicked
off and Nebraska City after fruit
less efforts to gain ground was forc
ed to punt and Plattsniouth on gain
ing the ball sent Wescott through
for a gain of twelve .yards with
Wurl tarrying the ball around the
end for an additional live yards but
the team was held and Perry punt
ed. Nebraska City after a few plays
that 'were blocked punted and Gan
semer returned the ball for twenty
yards, Wescott in a fine end run
gained another fifteen yards and the
ball v as brought into the Nebraska
City territory on the play and Gan
semer again in two end runs drew
the ball down within striking dis
tance of the purple and gold goal
with Wescott in another end run
plunging five yards nearer the visi
tors' goal. A fine pass from Wescott
to Perry was good for the touchdown
and Rob Fitch placed the toe of his
boot against the ball for the extra
point.
In the latter partof the first quar
ter Nebraska City broke forth with
a seriejs of pla3s that looked bad for
a few moments with Chapman mak
ing substantial gains through the
Plattmouth defense until his offen
sive was brought to a close by the
excellent tackle of Ralph Mason. The
ball v.as deep in the Plattsniouth
territory at the close of the first
quarter.
On resuming the play in the se-c-ond
quarter Gansemer intercepted a
Nebraska City pass and secured the
ball for the locals and on a try around
the left end Wescott gained twenty
five yards with the local interference
working good. The Plattsinouth
plavs were broken up and the ball
lost on downs. The remainder of the
quarter was largely a panting match
betv.-en the two teams and at the
half the ball was Nebraska City's on
tlMr own forty yard line. 1
In the opening' of the second half
the visitors grew dangerous when
they held the offensive largely
through the quarte r and brought the
ball to the Plattsniouth territory'
where the ball was halted on the
P'.attsmcuth eight j-ard line. On an
attempted pass on the fourth down.
Chapman was thrown for a loss by
George Perrv and the hopes of the
boys from the City faded as they had
no other real opportunity of scoring.
The final score of the Platters
came m the closing minutes ot tne
game when Gansemer intercepted a
pass and secured the ball for the
locals and the purple and gold drew
a penalty that gave the locals first
downs with the ball on the Nebras
ka City twenty-four yard line and a
brilliant pass "from Wescott to Perry
placed the ball on the Nebrasna City
two yard line where attempts on line
plunges failed to gain and then a
short pass from Wescott to Perry
placed the ball over but George was
beyond the limits of the playing field
and the touchdown was declared null
and void but was followed in the
next few seconds of play by another
short pass from Wescott to Perry
that was good for six points more.
Tho try for place kick was no good
and left the final score at 13 to 0.
The local players who are closing
their high school football career in
this game are Ed Wescott. Frederick
Gorde f. Ralph Gansemer. Virgil Hut
ton, George Perry, George Caldwell,
Oliver Schneider, Ralph Mason. Les
ter Stout and Dean Snvder.
HAVE SMALL SMASHTJP
From Friday's Dally
This morning on the K. of T. high
way south of this city a small auto
accident occurred when a coupe
carrying two traveling men. skidded
in the roadway that had just been
graded up and was overturned with
the result that both of the occupants
of the car suffered more or less in
jury. One of the men had his "right
ear lacerated very badly with broken
glass while the other of the party
bad his nose quite seriously injured.
The injured men were brought on
to this city where they were given
aid at the office of the Drs. Living
ston. The car was more or less dam
aged in the smashup.
Journal Want Ads cost but little,
and they sure do get remits.
PURCHASES MEAT MARKET
E. II. Krug, veteran mor.t dealer
rf Shubert, Nebraska, and father-in-law
of Mr. Frank Mullen of this city,
will be interested after the first of
the month with his grandson, Ed
ward Mullen, in a meat market at
ficcnllri V-.llrtl- Tow:' T15lf tllPV
have purchased and will operate in
the future.
Mr. Frank Mullen and Edward
and Mr. Krug have bee a at Missouri
Valley for several days arranging the
market and preparing to take over
the operation of the business. Mr.
Frank Mullen and his :-: ns are own
ers of the Sanitary meat market on
South Cth
:rec
t and which
they
have made v. great success of op;
ing since taking it over.
at-
Mew Fords to
be Shewn on
Next Friday
Local Representative. George Petrir.g
Attends Meeting of Fcrd Deal
ers at Omaha Yesterday.
From Monday's DaiVr
"The New Ford," which has been
in the process of incubation for the
past several months is promised to
be ready for showing at a large num
ber of the leading cities on next
Friday, December 2nd, is the message
George K. Ret ring, local Ford dealer,
brings from a mee-iing of the Ford
dealers held at the Omaha plant yes
terday. The new car that the Ford com
panv states will be responsible for
the " expenditure of som - $800,000.
000 in 192S, will be exhibited on
next Friday was the announcement
received at the Omaha meeting and
the new car will be officially known
as "Model A."
Mr. Petring states that the dealer
had the opportunity of sieing th
moving pictures of the new car in all
detail and it is a real development
in auto construction. It is hop. d by
the local dealer to have one of the
new cars here a short time after the
showing on Friday.
A dispatch from i-ctroit gives the
following statement from the Ford
pl".nt and Henry Ford as to the new
car: "My outlook for the coming year
is based on ample evidence1 cf con
tinued and increasing material pros
perity." Ford declared. "National
wealth is increasing. Individuals
have more money. Taxe" ate on the
decrease and governmental economy
has made for better business in all
lines.
"It has been said." Ford comment
ed, "tbpt national business has suf
fered during the months when we
were- preparing to produce the new
car. I do not be'ieve it. It may be
true' that fewer cars wore sold than
would hnve been fold if cur factory
and sale's organization had been op
erating ( n a normal basis. Rut 'dur
ing that period when we were n-t
actually buildinr: automobiles, we
were still spending hundreds of mil
lions of dollars for wages, materials,
new machinery and in experimental
work."
DEPART FOR COLORADO
F-om Friday's Daitv
Father W. C. Middleton. wife and
little daughter, departed from this
city cn Wednesday afternoon for
Denver, Colorado, where they are to
make their home in the future, and
where the genial rector will take
over the charge of the St. Luke's
church in that city.
It is with much regret that the
many friends her s?e this estimable
couple depart from this city, where
they havegrov.-n into the affe:-ttons
of a large circle of friends and
where Father Middleton has had
charge of the St. Luke's church, serv
ing earnestly the cause of his church
and congregation.
Roth Father and Mrs. Middleton
are cf a very genial and pleasant
personality and their residence here
has endeared them to a large num
ber of the residents of the city.
The new charge to which Father
Middleton has been called is ore
that will give him a greater oppor
tunity for service in a wider field of
activity and where his splendid work
can give real results.
VERY HAPPY OCCASION
From Friflav's rai;
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rrubacher,
of this city are enjoying the distinc
tion of being very happy grandpar
ents as a result of the visitation of
the stork to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Brubacher, at Murray, and
who left in their care a fine little
daughter. The little Miss has been
christened Beverly Ann, and is one
of the finest little ladies in the land
and the event has been one that has
brought great joy to the parents and
the grandparents as well. Gus has
been bnsy for the past few days in
receiving the congratulations of the
friends in Murray.
Get your school supplies at the
Bates Book end Stationery Store,
where you will find the complete line
at all times.
Receiver of
First National
to Pay Claims
Checks in ?aymr-A of tt? Tvrcr.ty
Per Cent D.vidc cl He:e for
L:'.'.-t.' ivtion.
From M :.ei.
Ref t i ve r
s Daily
:-d Rvrstetta of the
N-ttior- i bank of this
i bb to act ;? oar.Vi
expositors of the ba.ik
iv d b;ick from Wash-
- ks in pay men, of the
. u? dividend th-it. v.'.'th
c!o-d K
i ft
cit will
a-
u.- h.o iil! l-'e
i.'i-'t n th- ''
t . nty v C'.
.'"lar. d s v. !
will :e abb- '
of the claims
batik ant!
it weks age) and he
start tii- puayme-nt
t":j:t vere v." it h
cm v-hicb. a oividt nd
w;- s e":c'o:. ! i ;i
T!:.' exact amonrt of money th::t
Mr. Rui'ste'tta wi.l distribute on the
dividend will be $47,071 '.'. and will
be divided : mong some 071 claimants
:'.u: the checks range from large
U!
eiowu to a quarter.
. Ruer.-terta states tiiat the
Mr.
c!u c i:
must be claimed by the party
. li o
bar.k
bi ing
cariied the account with the
in person, that they must also
; along with them the ivceipt
was isstie-d to the m a.iJ which
that
certifies their claim number which is
necessary in securing the pr.yment of
the- checks.
The payment of this dividend
leaves Mr. Ruerstetta with some $40,
000 more on hand in the bank and
which is held for the protection of
the b-ink in matters that are- now in
litigat ie".n. covering the claim of the
county and city deposits, which total
some $20,000 and he will have suffi
cient even above thes" claims to make
anothr ten per cent dividend in a
le w months if it is approved.
The attempt to secure a restrain
ing order against the receiver in the
fe-deral court in Lincoln on the claim
cf Frank Rashns and wife to make
H'e creation of a preferred claim,
was overruled in the U. S. district
court and permitted the payment of
the dividend as was arranged by the
re-ce iver.
Mr. Ruerstetta is anxious to make
as large a return to the depositors
of the bank possible iuI lb bciiel
ii;g every effort to see that all the
rss; ts possible are realized from the
bank ar.d the money repaid to those
who had deposits in the bank.
VISITS WEEPIKG WATER
From Monday's Dnllv
The field man of the Journal was a
visitor in Weeping Water on Friday
this week, and found thnt hustling
city looking fine, and all the people
harpy, with the exception that they
had lost one of their oldest citizens.
Mr. Jones, who fer many years has
he-en engaged in the pursuit of the
blacksmith trade, and was one of the
best, as it is said that he could make
anything from iron or steel.
The farmers are petting along
nice!;- picking th-rir corn. We pick
ed a few ears at O. E. Domingo's and
found an excellent crop of corn, some
making as high a yield as sixty bush
t hs and good quality at that.
As we stood conversing with J. E.
Renncr, he called our attention to
a scene along the Weeping Water
creek, and looking we saw four boys
in swimming and it the twenty-fifth
of November. No use to go to Los
Angeles or Texas or Florida, for
winter bathing when the kids go in
swimming this near to the first of
December.
We noticed that a new filling sta
tion was being erected just west of
the Republican printing office, and
that looked like there was going to
he some good business in this line,
for there s.;ems to be plenty of sta
tions to care for the business, but
competition stimulates business and
we all want more business.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Fre'Ti Monday's Daily
This morning in the county court,
S. II. Arrants. a former resident cf
mar Cedar Creek, was arraigned,
charged with having disposed of
mortgaged property contrary to law.
The man had been apprehended bv
the sheriff after a search of several
months and was taken into custody
at Omaha.
On the information being read to
him Mr. Arrants entered a plea of
not guilty to the charge and was
bound over by Judge A. H. Duxbury
to the next term of the district court.
The amount of the bond was fixed
at $1,000 and which Mr. Arrants
will endeavor to secure at once and
secure his release until the hearing
of the case in March.
PAINTING UP FRONT
From Monday's Dailv
The front of the Peterson building
on lower Main street has been treat
ed to a new coat of paint that has
added a great deal to the general ap
pearance of the building and makes
it one of the most attractive in that
part of the city. The front has been
painted in white and the work was
carried out by Val Burkle for the
owner of the building, Mrs. J. C.
Peterson. Sr. The first floor of the
building is occupied by the Chase &
Sons meat market.
ELTCOOD EL'TTERY VERY LOW
From ATon day's fai)y
A me-ssage was received this morn
ing from Render. N braska, announc
ing that Elwood Ruttery. eldest son
of Mr. ar.d Mrs. E. M. Ruttery of this
city was in very critical condition at
.".is. home in th;t place and tiii.t hi
re cov
gn-ve
y was th:- matter of very
ve doubt. Mr. Ruttery lias be-en
.Ting wi!h pneumonia for t'i
. v.- days end his mother, Mrr-.
s u .
pas
E. ;i. Ruttery, b ft for Re no-r sev
eral days ago to :..-sist in his care.
The- pt'tieiit has fail-: to rally as was
hoped fcr and has continued to grow
weaker rntil last ev.nirg v. hen th
v raven, ss of his condition cause.-d
il:e- fiithor .n:d brothers to be called
to his be-iisid'-. Tiio news of tl;- ser
i -.us ce-mlit'on ct this e:;tii labb-yc-u
v, g nue.?( c as a great hho'k
to the- many fri-ids he re whe: e he
was r v. red to manhood.
le
1,
lock Today
Miss Helen Cechal arid Mr. Prank E.
Koubek Married at Holy Rosary
Church. This Morning.
Fri'in Monday's Drily
At nine o'clock this morning at
the Hc.lv Rcnarv Catholic church on
west Pearl street occurred the mar-'
riage of ?.Iiss Helen L. Cechal and
Mr. Frank E. Koubek, the impres
sive nuptial mass being celebrated
by the pattor of the church, Father
Je rry Hancik.
The bride wore a very becoming
gown of pale pink gorgette with
beaded over dress, with picture hat i
of pink. The bride carried an arm
boiiouet of pink roses.
The bridal" couple were attended
at the chancel by Miss Anna Smetana
as brid'-smaid and Mr. Frank Koubek,
r.epl.ew of the groom as best man.
Tiie gown of Miss Smetana was of
orchid georgette with hat to match.
Miss Smetana also carried an arm
bouquet of the pink roses.
Following th wedding at the
church the members of the wedding
parts and a group of the relatives
were entertained at a wedding lunch
eon at the home of the bride's moth
er, Mrs. Josephin.? Cechal on west
Vine street, where the pleasant sur
roundings of the home made a most
delightful setting for the happy
event. In the luncheon the color
scheme of pink was cariied out. In
the serving Mrs. Cechal was assist
ed by her daughter, Mrs. Frank
Rebal and Mrs. Frank Kozak.
Roth of the contracting parties
were born and reared in this city
where they have a very large circle
of friends and who will learn with
great pleasure of the happiness that
has come to these two very estimable
young people. The bride is the;
youngest daughter of Mrs. Josephine
Cechal and was educated here in the
local schools and is held in high es
teem by those who have the pleasure
of her acquaintanceship. Th1 groom
is the youngest son of Anton Koubek, '
and has been engaged in farming at
the home in the northwest part of
the city for the past few years.
Mr. "and Mrs. Koubek will make
their home in the future on the farm
of the groom's father and where they
will be at home to their friends after
December 1st.
FUNERAL OF MRS. McELWAIN
From Mon.liiy's Da'lv
Yesterday at 2:?,0 the funeral ser
vices of the late Mrs. S. E. McElwain
were held at the First Christian
church of which the deceased lady
was a charter member and the old
time friends and neighbors were
present in large numbers to pay their
last tributes cf love and respect to
the deceased.
The services were conducted by
Rev. H. G. McClusky. pastor of the
First Presbyterian church who spok?
words of comfort to the bereaved
fnmily and gave a sketch of the life
of the deceased lady who had been
one of the pioneer residents of this
city.
During the service a quartet com
posed of Mrs. Hal Garrett, Miss Es
telle Baird, Frank Cloidt and TL. W.
Knorr gave two of the numbers that
had been favorites of the departed.
"How Firm a Foundation." and "It
Is Well With My Soul." Mr. Cloidt
gave a special solo number. "Face to
Face" during the course of the ser
vices. V
At the close the body was borne
to Oak Hill cemetery for interment,
the pall bearers being selected from
among theold friends and neighbors
of the departed lady.
DRAWS SIXTY DAYS
From M'endnv's Dallv
Ray Burton, charged with the sec
ond offense in the possession of in
toxicating liquor, was arraigned yes
terday afternoon in the county court
and where he entered a plea of
guilty to the charge. On hearing the
statement of the defendant the court
imposed a sentence of sixty days in
the county jail and the payment of
the costs of the prosecution and the
prisoner was remanded to the cus
tody of Sheriff Bert Reed until he
had served the sentence of the court.
11
eteiKui
is Upheld in the
District Court
A.:tcr Tour Diys cf Evidence Taking
Jury Sustains V.'ill of Henry
Vv, I-Ictelhut, Deceased.
From Alon'V.y'? T'r'.Z
Ti:e- tii.il c f ti e
Will of the. lat.- II.
ci Katb. Rsiing f
Contest OVe-
r the
.ry W. Ket.
r four da .-
.'hut,
w a s
bl'OUilbt
t.
lose- tins morning at
n th'- jury in.pni-e i. .1
,i i:-d a verdict !' fding
o'Jeied in cot: it was
i 0 cie.c
in th c ns-
r
that ciocuri
the l..-t v
iLte- Mr.
The cas.
nt
! ,ci te -tai:i' nt e .' the
IllUt.
!,;? be n in li? itriMeiii
Lli.fi. tli.e-tlv- !'t;j- til, i'.
de.ath o: Mr.
Ketel'unt on May 8. 19'.
and
the
admission ,f the will in t;.-- c
uuty
p (-
court when it v.as offered f-.-r
bi-.te. was ot!o:-cd by two of the'
sons
of the d ce -a-ed. Rhine-hurt K- t
and Aib.-rt Ketelhut ard live- o
ih'U
' the
Mrs.
daughters. Mr:-. Hattie Knadl
Anne's Sack. .Mi-. Martha Frat.ke.
Mrs. Myitle Kb.nchard. Mi.-:. Kate
Obeile. The proponents of the- will
we ;-o Henry I'.e telhut. Jr.. Otto Ket
telhut and Willia m K telhut, si-ns of
the deceased. Oii daughter, Mr.
Frances Stange, was not e ither a pro
pone nt or contestant of the will.
At the healing in tho county curt
the will was admitted and the con
testants appealed to the ditiict court
whe if the- jury re nd-rcd a v.t lict
that the will was not the will of
Henry Ketelhus, Sr. The case was
taken to the state supreme- c.urt
where it was remanded back to the
Cass county district court for re
trial. The case at this term of the court
was opened en Monday morning and
has been grinding away since- that
time with the Thanksgiving holiclay
ir.tervening. There were a great
many witn-sses sworn and testifying
on both the side of the proponent s
and that rf the- contestants.
The will had dispa.-ed of the- prop
erty by deeding to Henry and Otl.t
Ketelhut, each an eighty acre farm,
to William Ketelhut, the younce-st
cf the family, a farm of 100 a"te-.
to Ilhiuehart Ketelhut a tiact ri" 11
seres adjoining Eagle and to Albert
Ket-lhut the family residence in
Eagle and the household effects. To
cr.ch of the daughters was given th"
sum of $1,500 in cash, this to lee
raised by Henry and Otto Ketelhut
each paying in $2,500 to the estate
and William Ketelhut to pay the sum
of $4,000. It was contended that the
document had been Secured by the
three boys inheriting the farm
through undu influence and it was
cn this phase of tindue influe-nee
that the jury was calb-d to pass upon.
The Cfurt in the instructions 3-es-te-rday
took from the Jury the con
sideration of the mental capacity of
the deceased to make a will, no e vi
dence of weight having bte-n produc
ed to show tl.iet he wa- n -t capable
of making the will and no question
raided as to h s signing th': will.
DEATH OF LOVED LADY
From Monday's r-auv
The oldr residents of this city w ill
re gre-t to learn of the death at the
Dominican convent at Sinsinawa
Mound, Wisconsin, of Sister Mci"
Geraldine. formerly Miss Marista
Cagney of this city.
The death of this loved lady oc
curred after an illness of sonie dur
ation and at the close of many years
of service to her church in the work
of the Dominican sisterhood.
The deceased lady left Plattsniouth
some twenty years ago after the
death of her mother. Mrs. Chaibs
McEiite-e, and at which time she took
the vows of the f-isleihood and lias
spent her years of service in the
mother convcat at Sinsinawa Mound,
Wisconsin.
The death of
Sister Marie Ger
ild-
:i'l-
ire'1 occurred on 5
e-ral service s and
.in-
md th
the inte rm-nt w e :
at the ci nveiit where her years of
service lu.d been spent.
The death of this ladv marks
the
passing of all cf he.r family, as
he r
f t h r. mother, three brothers
a n d
half brother ;
ceded her in
nd stt pfathe
death.
r have p:
ITLES LARGE MORTGAGE
From Monday's Daily .
The office- of the county register
cf deeds today rec,id one of t he
largest mortgages that has been filed
in the county of Cass county lar. 1. it
being made by the Western Lino
stone Products Co., of Omaha to the
Peters Trust Co., of Omaha in th.
sum of $250,000, the filing f . e b-iiiT
$2f.
This
in and
mortgage covers the property
near Wee-ping Water which
was required by the Western Lime
stone Products Co.. from D. N. Myers
and the Weeping Water stone' com
pany and which property is t- be
used in the;
products.
manufacture of limestone
MURRAY ANNUAL BAZAAR
At Presbyterian church Saturday
Dec. 3rd. Here is the place to buy
gifts for Christmas. Chicken and
noodles for dinner, from 6 to S p. m.
Public is cordially invited. ltw
