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VOL. NO. XLTV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 7, 192&
NO. 27
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John Uszoviz Shoots Hans
Tarns and Mrs. Ear! Emberry;
Then Turns Gun on Himself
Tragedy Discovered Last Evening by Husband
of Slain Woman Who Visits Uszoviz
Home in Search of Her.
SCENE AT HOME IS
Murderer Pens Letter in Foreign Tongue Stating Reasons for
Crime and Then Joins His Victims in Death
Inquest Places Responsibility.
From Saturday's Pally
Tragedy, grewsome ami sordid,
stalked through the tiny three room
shack occupied by John Uszoviz. 50,
on East Cutoff street, yesterday after
noon and left in its trail a dual mur
der and suicide, John Uszoviz killing
Hans Tain?, aged TO, and then Mrs.
Karl Enibeuy, aged 2:5, then turn
ing the revolver on himself, after
penning a farewell letter that left
the terrible details of the affair for
the authorities.
The murder and suicide was dis
covered late yesterday afternoon by
Karl Emberry, husband of the
woman, who returning home from his
work at the Burlington shops hail j
forced open the door at the Uszoviz
home and discovered the blood soaked
bodies as they lay in the bedroom of
the shack. Mr. Emberry stated to the
authorities that he had come home
from work at 5 o'clock and found
thafhis wife was not home and sup
posed that she had gone down to the
business part of the city, he had
then driven his car down to meet
the wife and failing to to so and
again returned to the home, and as
the wife was not home yet or the
aged man, Hans Tarns, with whom
the Emberry family lived, he decided
to go to the home of Uszoviz, a short
distance away to see if he could find
Tarns. On leaching the house of the
neighbor Emberry found the screen
door on the rear of the house hooked
and saw the key to the kitchen door
in the outside lock, which aroused
his suspicions and he had then reach
ed through the wire of the door and
unhooked the door and entered the
kitchen and then into the bed room.
On finding the bodies, Mr. Emberry
ran to the home of Henry Lutz across
the street from the scene of the)
tragedy and had called Chief of j
PniifP Miimnn who on arrivine- at ,
the scene
O. Kieck
scene.
called County
who came at
Attorney
once to
V.
the
I
The bodv of the woman was found i
lvinsr on a small bed. the wom'n be- i
ing fully clothed
while the
house !
slippers that she had been wearing
had fallen from her feet onto the
bed and the clothing disarranged.
The cause of her death was a bullet
wound, the fatal shot entering the
left temple and plowing its way
through the head. The pillow and
upper part of the bed was soaked
with blood when the discovery of the
body was made.
Hans Tams was found lying face
downwird on the floor just at the
side of the bed "and a large gaping
wound caused by some three of the
revolver bullets tearing away a part
of the side of the head near the left
temple and from the powder marked
condition of the face the revolver
must have been held close to his head
by the crazed and infuriated neigh
bor and former friend.
John Uszoviz was lying a few feet
from Tams, he having apparently laid
down on the floor after penning his
farewell note and holding the gun in.
his right hand and steadying the bar
rel with his left hand had fired
the shot into his brain that ended
the murder-suicide.
The letter and note was found by
County Attorney V. G. Kieck on a
small dresser in the room, one note
iirino- ntinn nd which carried this
, - --- --- ,
message:
"He Came tO kill me anU
T Irill them tinth
mveoif " ThP sec-line
ond message was found in an un-
sealed envelope that was addressed I
to "Aamel Emberrv," evidently in -
tended
for th. husband of the ue I
ceased woman.
the envelope contain-'
inv oo 7 i fnm.npv :i well ns a
gold watch belonging to Uszoviz as
was as the letter that gave the de
tails of the terrible crime.
The letter as well as the death
message was written in Hungarian,
the native language of the murderer
suicide and it was necessary to await
leaching the court house before any
one could be secured to read the mis
sive that cleared up the full details
of the affair. The letter was read
by Edward Donat, Sr.. as well as a
friend of the deceased man that had
been called here from Murray and
revealed the motive of the crime.
In the farewell, penned while his
victims laid a few feet away in their
congealing blood, Uszoviz indicated
that the two aged men had evidently
had bad feeling aroused between
them over the woman who was young
enough to have been their grand
daughter. In the longer letter the
ONE OF HORROR
murderer again repeated his state
ment of the threat that had been
made to kill him, stating that Mrs.
Emberry had told him after he warn
ed her about her conduct, "I will
have Tams kill you as soon as I get
money enough to guy a gun." The
letter also stated that he had caught
Tams and Mrs. Emberry several
times and the last time yesterday he
had grown infuriated with jealousy
or drink and had fired the fatal shots
that ended the life of his companions
and had then calmly set down and
written his letter, fixed his money
and watch in the envelope and lying
down had killed himself. The letter
indicated
that Tams had been in
strumental in bringing Lszoviz and
the murdered woman together about
a year ago and since that time the
trio had been very familiar. In the
letter the man about to die penned
his message of sympathy to the young
husband of the woman, stating that
he was a good man and it was a
shame that he had been so betrayed.
To Emberry Mr. Uszoviz left his
money and property.
The house where the tragedy oc
curred is located a short distance
from the Tams residence, where Mr.
and Mrs. Emberry have made "their
home with the aged owner of the
house for the past year. Previously
to this the Emberry family had lived
in a residence just east of the home
of Mr. Uszoviz and while living there
they had become acquainted with the
aged Hungarian. The house of mur
der is located some distance away
from the neighbors, as the closest
residence is unoccupied at this time,
and the sound of the shots was not
heard by any of the neighbors.
The woman victim of the tragedy
had been warned to keep away trom
the aged man who finally killed her,
bv the husnanu. anu wno was snocK
ed to find her in the house of the
1 man that he had warned her against
'and had at first entertained the idea
that
the
Mr.
aged
Tams
and
at the point of the
revolver to go to his place, nut wnicn
was not ooine out oy me noie anu
letter left by the suicide. - .
John Uszoviz has made his home
here for sometime over a year and
came here fiom South Omaha, where
he still has pfoperty interests and
he possessed considerable money as
well, it was stated "By Vaclav Michy.1
sky, blacksmith at Murray, an old
time friend of the deceased and who
was called here by the county at
torney on finding. the dead bodies. It
was stated by the Murray friend
that theie must be valuable papers
and money around the home and
which will be searched for by the
authorities today. He has no rela
tives here, but a son in Hungary, the
friend told the county attorney.
Hans Tams, one of the victims of
the murder-suicide, is an old time
resident of this city and a widower,
his wife dying a number of years
ago and since that time he has large
ly lived alone on his place until the
Emberry family moved into the house
'and since which time ha has kept
a room at the house with the Em
berry family.
The inquest held at the court
house today received the evidence of
the several parties that had visited
the scene of the murder and also
, !, ..... ..j,i .:u
evejui mat writ? ai-ijuaiiiieu wim
man mat nieu me laiai snois
The note left by Uszoviz was the
chief evidence at the inquest and on
which the jury based their findings.
J ne vt-iuivt oi m- jui, mat
Mrs. Emberry
and Hans Tams
as the result of
came
shots
John
killed
lO llieil ue.tlii
11 red from
Uszoviz and
himself.
the revolver by
that he had then
HAS NEW CLOCK
From Friday's Dally
The large old fashioned clock that
for many years stood in the ewelry
store of B. A. McElwain, has found
a new home, now being placed in
the Farmers State bank, where its
service is at the disposal of the em
ployes and patrons of the bank.
The clock ia a very beautiful piece
of furniture in the bank and was one
that a number over the city desired
for its value as an antique as well
as a timekeeper and Mr. Pollock
in securing it for the bank made a
fine addition to the handsome fittings
of the bank interior.
MARRIED HERE WEDNESDAY
From Thursday's Patly
Yesterday afternoon at the resi
dence of Rev. O. G. Wichmann, pas
tor of the St. Paul's Evangelical
church,, occurred the marriage of
Miss Bess Arbuthot of Omaha and
Mr. Rudolph H. VonKessel, of Hub
bell. Nebraska. The bridal couple
motored to this city and after se
curing the necessary permit from the
county court sought the services of
Rev. Wichmann to join their lives in
the bonds of wedlock. The ceremony
was witnessed by the Misses Sophia
and Eleanor Steger.
The bride is a trained nurse and
has be-? 11 engaged in working at In r
profession at one of the Omaha hos
pitals, while the groom is engaged in
the banking business) at Hubbell, and
after the wedding the happy couple
motored on to Hubbell, their future
home.
More Burglaries
Occur at Union
Last Evening
The Becker General Store and Hull
Garage Are Visited by the
Unwelcome Customers.
From Thursday's Pally
The exploits of the burglaring
fraternity at Union has gained as
strong a hold there as the gunmen
at Chicago and last evening the
peaceful little city was visited by a
gang of the night raiders who made
entrance into two of the business
houses.
The garage operated by Gilbert
Hull was one ofthe places visited, the
burglars gaining their entrance
through the rear of the building
where a door was forced. They se
cured little for their trouble as only
a few cents that happened to be left
in the cash register was taken. As
far as the owners could determine
there had been no other articles
takan from the garage.
The general store owner hy A. L.
Becker and located near tue Missouri
Pacific station, was a!.-o visited by
the burglars and this makes several
times that this store has suffered the
depredations of the burglars. The
visitation of the burglars this time
was not productive of a great deal
of loss, as only a few shoes and small
articles were taken from the store.
This morning a car bearing an
Omaha license was found abandoned
in the alleyway near the Hull garage
and it is thought that this was the
means of the robbers reaching the
town. The car was driven up the
alley late last night and some of the
residents near there who were look
ing for a visit of a physician, came
out of their home and their presence
undoubtedly scared away the rob
bers, three men being seen to leap
from the car and run to the Missouri
Pacific railroad yards, where they un
doubtedly boarded a freight train
that was pulling out of the yards
at the time.
Sheriff Reed was at Union today
and suceeded in locating the owner
of the abandoned car, it having
been stolen from Omaha last night.
(The car was brought to this city by
j the sheriff and will be turned over
i to theowner as soon as he arrives in
j the city.
ENTERTAINED CONTESTANTS
From Thursday's Dally
Last Monday night the manage
ment of the Parmele theatre enter
tained the young ladies who have
1' taken part in the Plattsmouth
Beauty Contest.
The program started with a line
party to see Al Jolson in "The Jazz
Singer."
I After the show the entire party
i consisting of eighteen jolly young
people, adjourned to the Bon Ton
Sweet Shop where a delicious three
course repast awaited the merry
makers. While various toasts requir
ed part of the time, dancing was the
outstanding feature of the program.
ELECTED ON COMMITTEE
From Friday's Daily
Joseph A. Capwell, elected last
week as chairman of the county cen
tral committee of the democratic
i party, was yesterday named at the
' meeting of the Cass, Otoe and Sarpy
county delegations as the official rep
j resentative on ihe state central com
mittee with Mrs. Ruby Walsh of
Douglas as the lady member of the
committee. The action of the dele
gations in raming Mr. Capwell was
very pleasing to the many friends
in Cass county of Mr. Capwell.
STARTS ON LEVIES
From Thursday's Daily
Pursuant to law and the instruc
tions given for the collection of the
delinquent personal taxes, yesterday
.Sheriff Bert Reed and Deputy Sheriff
' Rex Young, started to make levies
(on the property of those who had
, failed to heed the warnings and no
tices as to making settlement, for the
taxes due. One levy was made yes
terday and othws will follow if the
matter of the outstanding taxes is
not taken care of in some manner at
the office of the sheriff or county
treasurer.
Locals Lose in
Track Meet at
Omaha Tech
Hatt, Galloway ?.nd Fiitmp.n Finish
Second in Several Events
Colored Boy:. T:nt.
From Thursday's Pally
The h ;.i track te; ;p that 'net the
teams of Omaha Technical and
Thomas Jefferson of Council Bluffs
yesterday afternoon in the meet stag
ed on the Tech ground, finished in
the third place, l.ein.j, edged out by
the swift and active Tech team in
practically ail event-. Tie Omaha
school had an array of colored hoys
in their relay t-"um that was ju-t too
fast to be headed and wl,o e;
vith th' first place honor:..
Jck Hatt, hold-r 'of t!e
pole vault record, failed to
usual jumping ability and
ii:u away
WeIeyan
equal his
was dis-
tanced by Lewis
of Tt
Jay, with
10 feet S inches.
In the mile and half mile Gallo
way and PiUniun vciv nhle to get
into the running and Galloway lin
ished second in the mile h"at while
Pittman wrs able to pull second
honors and Galloway third in the
half mile.
Perry of the local team was third
in the pole vault. Ellis Champlin
third in the 220 low hurdles. In the
4 40 yard dash Rob War came under
the wire the third in the race.
The local team that has heretofore
shown the best in th- chilly and cold
track meets that they have parti
cipated in. seemed to lack their usual
pep in the hot and sultry weather
that prevailed during the meet yes
tei day.
Summary:
120 high hurdIes--Eirst, Smith,
Tee Jay; second Wahlstrom, Tech;
third. Wheeler. Tech. Time If, 3.
100-yard dash First. Shackelford.
Teeh ; second. Lewis. Tee Jay; thiid
McKinley, Teach. Tim. :lo.
SSO-yard run First. Kubat, Tech;
second, Pittman, Plattsmouth; third.
Galloway. Plat tsmov u. Time 2:10.
220-yard low hurdles First,
Smith. Tee J.iy; secoiul. Anderson,
Tee Jay: third. Champlin. Platts
mouth. Time -: 2:..r.
Mile, run -- First. Kubat, Tech
second. Galloway, Plattsmouth;
third. Pittman. Plattsmouth. Time
4 40-yard clash I'irst McKinley.
Tech; second. Rickerson, Tech ; third.
Wurl. Plattsmouth. Time : 55.
220-yard dash First, Shackleford,
Tech; second, Lewis, Tee Jay; third,
Crumbley, Tech. Timi :23.5.
Javelin throw First. Jones, Tech ;
second. Endicott. Tee Jay; third.
Schroeder, Tee Jay. Distance 1:14
feet.
Pole vault First, Lewis. Tee Jay;
second. Hatt. Plattsmouth; third.
Perry. Plattsmouth. Height 10 feet
5 inches.
Shot put First, Cassel. Tee Jay;
second, Wisser. Tech; third, Wilkes.
Teach. Distant 40 feet.
High jump First. Schroeder, Tee
Jay; second, Rui roughs, Tech; third,
Rapp, Tech. Height 5 feet 7 inches.
Discus throw--First. Wilkes. Tech;
recond, Cassel. Tee Jay; third. Wis
ser. Tech . Distance 118 feet 0
inches.
15 road jump First. Shackelford.
Tech; second. Smith. Tee Jay; third,
Spight. Tech. Distance 20 feet 1
inch.
SSO-yard relay Won by Tech
(McKinley, Shackelford. Crumbley,
White). Time 1:27.5.
Mile relay Won by Tech (Ko
toryz, Raburek. Dickerson, Dean).
Time 3:57.
ENTEETAIN FOR BRIDE
From Thursday's lally
Yesterday afternoon at the pleas
ant country home1 of Mrs. Howard
Wiles, a party of some twenty-three
guests were most charmingly enter
tained by Mrs. Wiles, honoring Mrs.
George Rlotber. formerly Miss Marie
Kopp, whose marriage occurred re
cently. In the guessing contest, "Floral
Wedding," Mrs. Heinrich won the
first prize, while Mrs. George Ulotzer
was awarded the consolation honors. I
The ladies also spent some time in
writing their favorite recipes for the
bride. j
The occasion was also featured by .
showering the bride with many beau-1
tiful and attractive remembrances of i
the happy event and which will be'
cherished by the guest of honor in'
her new home.
At a suitable hour a dainty and j
delicious luncheon was served that'
added to the completion of the en
joyable shower.
WORKING AT THE RANGE
From Thursday's Pally
A large number of the members of
the 17th infantry from Fort Crook
were here yesterday doing some work
on the rifle range north of the city,'
to prepare it for active use this sum-
mer. The detail was engaged in ex
tending water pipes over the reser-'
vation to supply the mess hall and
kitchen that is being completed on the
grounds and also to care for such
other work as was possible in the fin
ishing up of the mess hall that will
soon be started on a strenuous sum
mer's program.
ELECTED AS SECRETARY
From Friday's E;ny
V. G. Davis, who was secretary of
the Plattsmouth chamber of com
merce in 1!27. ! as just been elected
as scr.-tary of the chamber of coin
mere at Greenville, Ohio, one of the
live and active bodies in that sec
tion of Ohio.
Mr. I la vis has been located at Med
ina, Ohio, the greater part of the
time site-e leaving this city, where
his interest and activity had diawn
the attention of the Ohio state cham
ber of commerce and .Mr. Davis comes
to On- nvillo well recommended.
The .-it y of Gieen,i!Ie is the coun
ty seat of Darke county, Ohio, one
of the live cities of the w stern part
of the stat" ami located a .-horl dis
tance from Dayton
.Mr. Pay's is a deeply interested
man in civic works and one who is
a hard worker in this line of service
and should make Greenville an t'i
and going secrt tary. i
Makes irro
m or m
r;rs
to Colorado
by Aeroplane
Eaymond Hild Pilots Plar.c i:i Which
His Father P. A. Hild is
a Passenger.
From Friday's Polr,
Yesterday Philip A. Hild, one of
the prominent resiiUnts of west of
Mynard. departed for the stale of
Colorado in the plane piloted by his
son. Raymond Hild. one of the most
profici-mt aeroplane pilots in the
state and who has just recently pur
chased a plane of his own and has
it at the parental farm.
Mr. Hild and his son left the farm
at .Mynard yesterday morning at f
o'clock and fiw to Omaha, where
they spent some time looking after
some business affairs and left there
later in the day for their destination,
the farm of Louis H. Puis and family
near the town of Cornish. Colorado.
The plane and the two occupants ar
rived at Cornish yesterday-afternoon
at 4 o'clock and had a wonderful
trip, mes-sages received by the rela
tives here state. The destination of
the members of the plane party is
some 700 miles from this locality,
in the northern part of Colorado and
the trip was one that at least Mr.
Hild. Sr.. will long renumber and
is his first trio of any extent in the
new plane of his son.
A few years ago a trip of this na
ture was a most daring adventure
and as time progresses there will be
more and more of these private plane
trips undertaken.
Mr. Hild and his son will spend a
short time visiting at the Puis farm
with the relatives and will then re
turn home to this community and
will also make the return trip by
plane to the landing field at the Hild
fa rm.
SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT
I From Friday's Daily
Last evening shortly after 0 o'clock
ja very serious auto accident occurred
ion North 5th street near the post-
office building and in which James
Robertson, son of Attorney and Mrs.
W. A. Robertson, suffered several
very severe lacerations of the face.
Mr. Robertson had brought his
son down fiom the school orchestra
practice and after stopping at the
law offices of Mr. Robertson in the
Plattsmouth State bank building, had
started home, their car traveling
north ju Fifth and had proceeded
but a short distance when the de
livery truck driven by John Doetel
came south on the same street. The
truck had but one light working,
the other having been damaged some
days ago in another auto accident,
and the one light made it difficult
for Mr. Robertson to determine just
which side of the truck the light was
on and as the result the truck and
car came together with a great deal
of force.
The young lad suffered his injuries
when the glass in the door of tl
Robertson car was shattered, several
bad gashes were cut in his face, one
long laceration on the side and the
chin laying open a wound clear to
the bone and several smaller cuts
were sustained on the face. It re
quired some time to have the injured
boy treated as it took a large num
ber of stitches to close the wounds.
KILLS FIVE COYOTES
From Thursday's Pally
This morning County Clerk George
R. Sayles received another shipment
of five coyote scalps, five of the tiny
'animals being sent in by Harvey
Jaietchens of near Wabash and who
will receive the $10 bounty for the
,same. The mother of the coyotes es
caped the marksmanship of the hun
ter and is still at large.
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
From Thursday s Pally
The many friends of Mrs. Louis
Tiekotter will be pleased to learn
that she is now feeling somewhat im
proved following a, very severe ordeal
of several days that she has suffered
as the result of complications that
followed the removal of several teeth
the last ol the past week.
Wm. Ballance
Died Last Night
Sioux City
a
Body Will Arrive Here Friday Eve:
ing; and Funeral Services Will
Ee Held Here Saturdav
Frem Thursday's w.-iTTy
The message was received heri
late las't night of the death at Sioux
City, Iowa, of William Rallance, ag d
SO, long time resident of this citv
and who has been making his home
for th" winter at the home of his
laughter. Mrs. Htnry II. Tart sell at
Hioux City.
The h r.th of Mr. Rallance was not
unexpected ns he has been in very
serious condition for several months
and in the last few weeks has been
delirious a greater part of the time
and unable to regain his normal fac
ulties as the end gradually drew
near.
Tee news of his passing brings a
great sorrow in this city where Mr.
Rallance has made his home since a
very young man and his home near
Garfield Park has been the residence
of the family for a period of some
iifty-eight years, the family occupy
ing the home up until the death of
the wife and mother two years ago
and since which time Mr. Rallance
has resided the greater part of the
time with the daughter in Sioux
City.
William Rallance was born at
Kingston, Canada, July 27, 1S4S,
ami moved to the United States when
a young man and was married to
Miss Euphemia Hill at Michigan City.
Indiana,,July 6, 1870. the family re
siding there unt)il February 1S70
when they moved to Plattsmouth,
where they lived their lifetime.
Mr. Ballance was one of the first
employes of the Burlington railroad
in the west, coining here from Mich
igan City, Indiana, with a group of
railroad men to stert the first work
in the local shops of the railroad and
for fifty years he served the rail
road company in the local shops, the
grreatt-r part iif the time as foreman
of the local tin shop of the railroad,
retiring several years ago from ac
tive service at the completion of the
half century of service.
In his residence here Mr. Ballance
was active in the life of the commun
ity, serving several terms as member
of the city council and also on the
board of education and his services
to the community were valuable in
the development of the city. He was
also president of the Plattsmouth
Loan S: Building association for a
number of years.
Mr. Rallance was a member of
Plattsmouth lodge N'o. C. A. F. fc
A. M. and was for a great many
years a member of the vestry of the
St. Luke's Episcopal church of this
city.
The family circle was first broken
three years ago when the only son.
France Rallance passed away and a
year later Mrs. Rallnce was called
to the last reward and now "the hus
band and father goes to join the
loved ones in the glories of the life
everlasting. Of the family of the de
ceased there remains the two daugh
ters, Mrs. Henry Tartsch of Sioux
City, Iowa, and Mrs. Paul C. Mor
gan of Hay Springs, Nebraska. There
are also three brothers surviving,
George and Samuel Ballance of Lin
coln and France Rallance cf Benton
Harbor, Michigan.
RAIN COMES IN GOOD TIME
From Friday's Pailv
The rain yesterday afternoon and
last night brought a great relief to
Cass county in a moisture that gave
relief to the crops and settled the
extreme drness that has prevailed
for a period of several weeks. The
rain came in good time, as there was
a great deal of complaint from the
farming localities as to the lack of
moisture and from thetravelers as
to the dust on the highways.
The rainfall here was 1.S1 anil the
reports indicate that it was general
over the eastern section of the state
and doing millions of dollars worth
of good to the growing crops.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
From Friday's Pa My
Last evening Mrs. Gohla Noble
Real and little son, Bobbie, returned
home from Omaha, where Bobbie was
operated on Tuesday for the removal
of his tonsils and adenoids. The op
eration has been very successful and
the little lad returns home feeling
much improved and doing nicely and
in a few days should be entirely over
the effects of th operation. Bobbie
has been troubled for some time with
the tonsil affliction and to give him
some measure of relief it was found
necessary to have the tonsils re
moved. SECURES BOUNTY
From Thursday's Pally
Another of the residents of the
county to work havoc with the coy
otes is John Rockenbach, Jr., of near
Elmwood. who came in this after
noon with six of the small puppy
coyotes and will receive the $12 that
is givn for the capture of these,
animals or rather $2 for each scalp.
DEATH OF GEORGE STOEHR
! The d.alh of George II. Stoehr.
well known resident of Cass county,
i occurred very suddenly Thursday
night at the hospital at Lincoln
where he has been taking treatment
for some time. The body was h; ought
here yesterday afternoon and is at
;the Sattler funeral honn-w here the
funeral services will be held Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
i Mr. Stoehr was resident of Elm-
i wood for a number of years before
'moving to this city and has made his
home here for the past eight years
and wasone of the highly respected
residents of the community. Ue was
fiftv-four years of age and leaves to
suivive him the wife and two daugh
ters, Ethel Stoehr and Rilla Stoehr,
both living at home in this city.
In the sorrow that has come to
them the members of the family will
have tile deep sympathy of the many
friends and who share with them
tlie sorrow that the death ha-: occa-
. sioii'd.
Mrs, Barbara
Bookmeyer is
Called to Rest
,Long Time Resident of This City
I Sinks Into the Last Long Rest
l t j. t" :
From Fridays Pally
Another of those who Came
to
(this city many years ago and
: lived a long and useful life in
ha
this
community has passed on. Mrs
Rar-
ibara Bookmeyer, aged 75 ytats.
be-
ing called to the last reward
! evening at the family home in
c ity.
1 The deceased lady has made
last
this
her
'home here for the past fifty yars and
was one of those who cing here at an
early day. assisted in the development
'of the city, and her splendid chris
';tian character and loving qualities
, as a wife, mother and friend, has
'endeared her to a great many m
jthe city and the surrounding com
jniunity that !iol th pleasure r.f her
'acquaintanceship. Mrs. I'ookmeyer
j was devoted to her home and her
'splendid family that she has reared
and the many acts of loving service
that she has given to those she knew
i as friends will make her memory
(long cherished by the old time
.friends and those nearest and dear
jest to her.
Mrs. Bookmeyer was born Sep
tember 1852 at Prague, Czecho
slovakia, where she was reared to
iwomanhood and where in 1870 she
. was united in marriage to Anton
Bookmeyer, a childhood friend in the
old home. The little family came to
the United States in 1S7S and after
a few months spent in Iowa City,
Iowa, they came to Plattsmouth in
.that same year and where they have
since made their home. The family
j resided for a great many years in
:the home on west Vine street and
'where the husband and father wan
; called by death some twtnty-three
years ago. Since the death of the
husband and father Mrs. Bookmeyer
and daughters have resided at their
.beautiful new home on Marble street
and where the mother passed to her
reward. There was horn five children
to Mr. and Mi's. Bookmeyer, two
sons, Wesley and Otto, preceding the
mother in death and there survives
Mrs. Lillian Freemen of this city
and Miss Claire and Miss Mary Book
j meyer. both teachers in the Omaha
j school", as well as one grandson.
'Raymond Bookmeyer, who resides at.
i Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
i
! HOLD PLEASANT MEETING
From Friday's Pnily
To the editor of the Plattsmouth
Evening Journal :
May I report, through the courtesy
of your paper, that the Guilds of
St. Luke's Parish in conjunction with
the Woman's Auxiliary assembled, in
special session, at the house of Mrs.
George Pet ring yesterday at 2::M
p. ni., with Mis. Henry McMak-n as
joint hostess.
The general routine of business
was quickly dispatched to give way
to th afternoon's program. Under
the able leadership of Mrs. Frank
Cummins the Missionary appeals
from abroad and at home were most
interestingly presented.
We were privileged to have as our
guests Miss Eleanor Sprague, a mem
ber of the Diocesan staff, accompan
ied by her mother. Miss Sprague-
visitation brought a message from
the church at work.
When called upon to speak Mis-i
Sprague at once delightfully express
ed the interest made manifest to lo r
throughout our program. In her gen
tle, forciful manner the outline of
her message created within us an
enthusiastic desire to attend the
many intellectual and pleasurable
conferences planned for the year. The
summer conference at Brownhall is
one of the outstanding features.
Over a delicious cup of coffee
served with a dessert fit for the nut
critical palate the happy gathering
was made much happier.
MIA. U. GERING.
Reporter, pro-teni.
Mother's Day boxes of Candy pur-
, chafed at Eates Book Stcre will be
l wrapped for mailing free.