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VOL. NO. XLV
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1929.
NO. 19
Preparing to
Sink Pier in
River Current
Union Bridge & Construction
Starting Arranging for Build
ing of Main Pier
Co.
From ThursJay's Patiy
The construction work on the new
wagon anil auto bridge over the Mis
souri river is moving along ve ry
speedily with the dejiarture of the
extreme cold weather that checked
to seme extent the work and one of
the main piers of the bridge on the
Iowa side of the river just at the river
hank has been completed and sealed
and the work of sinking the large
pier on the Nebraska side of the
river is also getting along in fin
shape.
The bridge construction company
are preparing to start on the sinking
of the main pier of the new bridge
which will be out in the waters of
the Missouri and just south of the
Burlington bridge. The construction
of a tramway to carry material is
now Iteiug constructed and placed in
readiness so that the work on this
pier can be pushed rapidly when it
is started.
The main pier will ive in the cur
rent of the river and its erection
will be of great inttrest to those who
have never had the opportunity of
seeing the building of a pier in the
center of a river sjream.
With the progress made on the
bridge it is expected that the bridge
will be ready for operation iu the
later part of September or the early
part of October and next winter
travel between Iowa and Nebraska
will be possible and the barrier of
the river that has long separated
Mills and Cass county will be con
quered. FINE CARD PARTY
From Thursdays ra!lv
Last evening the Elks club
was the scene of another very
ant gathering when a large
ber of the devotees of the card
gathered to spend a few hour?
house
in the
games of their choice. There were a
large number of tables of bridge as
well as pinochle and the time passed
very delightfully In the pastimes.
In the bridge games E. Helms, of
Lincoln proved the most skillful of
the men with E. J. Richey a close
second while in the ladies score Mrs.
J. V. Hatt held the high score and
Mrs. John A. Griffin the second.
The pinochle games resulted In
Philip Hirz having the high score for
the men while Mrs. Frank Konfrst
was the winner of the ladies prize.
The committee was much pleased
to have George Con's, local merchant,
donate two fine boxes of candy as
prizes for the evening.
The announcement was also made
of the standing of the various play
ers having over 7.O0TJ in the scoring
arid which showed Mr. and Mrs. E.
J. Richey to be leading the race for
the trrand honors of the series of
games. The scores of the play last
evening and those of the meeting of
April 24th will be added to determine
the final winners.
At the close of the evening the
committee composed of Mrs. Frank
Bestor. Mrs. Louis W. Egenberger,
Mrs. John A. C-rifnn and Mrs. W. J.
Jorgenson served a very much en
joyed lunch.
FORMER SENATOR HERE
From Saturday'!' Dany
Henry H. Bartling. of Omaha,
former prominent resident of Ne
braska City and also a former senator
from the second district comprising
Cass and Otoe counties, was here
yesterday for a few hours visiting
with the old time friends.
Mr. Bartling has been with the
Nebraska Indemnity Co.. of Omaha
fur the past few years since moving
from Nebraska City and travels over
this territory in the interest of this
automobile insurance company.
The Bartling family are the pio
neer residents of Otoe and in 1913
Mr. Bartling was named as the re
publican nominee for state senator
and elected to the office, this being
the only time that the present Sen
ator. W. B. Banning was defeated.
Mr. Bartling served btit the one
term in the senate and was suc
ceeded by Hon. John Mattes.
DOING SOME IMPROVING
The Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power
Co.. is having some extensive repair
and rebuilding work going on
through this city with the re-poling
of the lines in the west part of the
city as well as through the alleys in
the business section of the city.
The work has brought quite a
force of workmen here and the poles
are now being located over the city
and the work of erecting them and
the placing of the lines of wire will
be started at once.
The Iowa-Nebraska Co.. since tak
ing over the local plant has made a
great many improvements that makes
their lines one of the best in the
state and kept up in a strictly up-to-date
manner and which aids in
the service to the patrons of the
company through the district.
PLone us the news. No. 6.
DOINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS
At the meeting of the board of
county commissioners held this week
the board entered into a contract
with Jess N. Elliott, for the work as
superintendent of the county farm
wets of this city lor the ensuing
yeur. Mr. Elliottt has served In this
capacity in a very pleasing manner
and has made a great succ ess of the
handling of the farm as well as the
care of the age d residents there who
are under his charge and direction.
The board of commissioners also
received the reports of the various
oncers for the first Quarter of the
year 1929 which showed the follow
ing fees collected: County judge, $1,
SSS. 05; clerk of district court.
5Sj9.4o; register of deeds, $fir-9.ir;
sheriff. $2C:.0S and count v clerk,
f 245.40.
Presbyterian
Church Holds
Annual Meeting
Present Officers Elected and
ports Shovrs Year One
of the Best
Frm Thursday's rallv
The congregational meeting of
the First Presbyterian church was
held last evening at the church anc
with a very large number of the
members in attendance to hear the
reports of the church officers for the
year.
The reports showed that church to
be in the very best of condition in
both finances and the spiritual work
of the church as the church has all
debts cleared up and had a very fine
increase in enrollment and the mem
bership at the present time Is the
largest in the history of the church.
The meeting also took up the mat
ter of the election of the officers for
the year and all were re-tl.cted as
a tribute to their splendid work in
the past, the following being select
ed :
Elders C. A. Rawls, D. B. Eber-
Bole.. - .. , . . . . -, - .. j
Trustees J. W. Holmes, J. L. Tid
ball. Deaconess Mrs. John H. Palacek.
Treasurer L. O. Minor.
In the live and active Sunday
school of the church the officers
named were:
Superintendent C. A. Rawls.
Assistant Superintendent Miss
Pearl Staats.
Secretary Mrs. Carrie Cloidt.
Assistant Secretary Ira Mumm.
Chorister Frank A. Cloidt.
Organist Miss Estelle Baird.
Assistant Organist Miss Edith
Farley.
The meeting was one full of in
spiration for the coming year's work
and all members felt that the com
ing year should be even more suc
cessful in all lines of the church
work.
FUNERAL OF C. H. LEWIS
From Friday's Daily
The funeral services of the late
C. H. Lewis were held on Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at me First
Christian church and where a very
large group of the old friends and
neighbors gathered to pay their last
tribute to the departed.
The services were in charge of
Rev. Dearcey of the Latter Day
Saints church of Lincoln and whose
remarks brought to the family a deep
sense of comfort in the thought of
the strong christian faith and life
of the departed and Lis service for
his belief and the kindnesses and lov
ing attention that he had bestowed
upon his friends.
A strong christian faith had been
one of the outstanding characteris
tics of the life of Mr. Lewis and his
going has brought a very deep sense
of sorrow in the community where
he has so long lived and which was
reflected in the large number at the
funeral service and the beautiful
floral remerbrances.
During the services Elder Hig
gins and a choir from the Latter
Day Saints church of Nebraska City
gave several of the loved hymns.
"Abide With Me," "Rock of Ages"
and "Nearer My God to Thee."
At the close of the services the
body was borne to the last resting
place in Oak Hill cemetery and con
signed to the last long rest. The
pall bearers were from the associates
and friends, they being James Hall,
Fred G. Morgan, Jess Atterbery,
James Henderson, Raymond Cook,
Charles Carlson.
NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES
From Saturday's Dally
The naturalization ceremonies at
the opening of the district court on
Monday, April 9th, will be marked
by a program under the direction of
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution and in this occasion all patrio
tic societies of the city are invited to
join. The following program will
be given:
"America" Assembly
"Salute to the Flag" Assembly
Presentation of flag code and flags
Mrs. W. G. Kieck, American Le
gion Auxiliary.
Presentation of Citizenship Man
uals Mrs. E. H. Wescott. Daughters
of the American Revolution.
Junior High
Pupils on Fine
Music Program
Sponsored by Mnsie Department of
Plattsmonth Woman's Club
at Public Library
From Fridav's Dally
Last evening the music loving pub
lic of the city had the pleasure of
enjoying a very delightful musical
evening at the auditorium of the
public library in the second series
of programs sponsored by the lo al
Woman's club with the aid and co
operation of the music instructor:?
of the city.
At the first of these entertainments
the grade school pupils were pre-
sented while last evening tlie
yourp
people trom the junior high schoo
were presen to offer a very artistic
and high class program and one that
reflected the greatest credit upon all
taking part and showed a fine mus
ical talent in the school circles of
the city.
The larger part of the program
was devoted to piano numbers and
embraced some of the most loved of
the standard and classics of the mus
ical world. In the group of piano
solos offered were heard Edna May
Peterson, Velma Chaloupka, Mary
Benak, Frances Benak. Nadine
Cloidt, Ann Margaret McCarty, Inga
Reichstadt. Emily Lorenz. A piano
duet was given by Lucille Cass and
Ruth Shifter that was also much en
joyed. A violin solo. "Lilac Waltz" was
presented by Ambrose Clans, one of
the young musicians of the city and
which was a very delightful feature
of the program and with the num
ber of Alice Hiatt. made this sec
tion of the musical program very
interesting.
Cornet selections were offered in
two duet numbers by Francis Libr
shal and James Comstock. with Cecil
Comstock at the piano and this trio
of junior high boys mad- a real hit
in their offering.
As a part of the pi.gram show
ing th raneee at the jihw-s! Vbrk
of the young people James Robert
son, one of the best known members
of the boy's band was presented in
a clarinet solo that was very artis
tically presented.
In the vocal offering of the pro
gram little Miss Edna May Peterson
was heard in a very clever number
and which showed a great deal of
ability on the part of the little
singer.
A group of musical numbers were
offered by pupils of the Eight A, of
which Miss Jessie Whelan is the
teacher, this being under the direc
tion of Miss Ruth Lindsay, music
supervisor.
These programs are under the dir
ection of the music department of
which Mrs. James T. Begley is the
chairman while the program of the
several offerings - Mrs. John F.
Gorder. The next program will be
in the observance of music week,
the first week in May and will be
offered by the pupils of the senior
high school.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT MEETING
From Thursday's Datlv
The music department of the
Plattsmouth's Woman's club held a
very fine meeting on Monday after
noon at the home of the leader. Mrs.
James T. Begley and the event was
attended by a large number of the
ladies interested in music and its
study.
The ladies had the pleasure of hav
ing a fine radio program on "Modern
Music" and which was much enjoyed
by all of the party:
Mrs. E. G. Shellenharger was the
leader of the afternoon program and
had as her subpect vie opera "Car
men" by Bizet, giving a very fine
history of the opera and winch was
followed by the playing of records
from the best known numbers of this
popular offering.
The music department is planning
a special musical program for Mo
ther's day at a place to be designated
later and which will be presented on
Sunday, May 12th.
SMALL FIRE TODAY
Frr.m Thursday's Dally
This afternoon the fire department
was called to the home of Ernest
Elliott on Rock street where a fire
started to burn off the grass and
rubbish in the yard was whipped by
the wind into a strong blaze and
started to move onto the chicken
houses and other outbuildings. The
fire was, however, checked by the
neighbors before the arrival of the
fire department and little or no dam
age was done.
GO TO WEEPING WATER
From Fridav's fiai'y
This morning a very large group
of the members of the Plattsmouth
Woman's club motored to Weeping
Water where they are to be the
guests today of the members of the
sister club. The Weeping Water
ladies are arranging a fine program
for the day as well as a luncheon
and the Plattsmouth delegation left
with the expectation of a real day
of enjoyment and pleasure.
JUDGE BIT BY DOG
From Friday's Daily
Lr.st evening County Judge A. II.
Duxbury while euroute to his home
on west Pearl street, armed with a
pruning apparatus and all set to look
after the spring chiming around the
home, suffered an attack from a dog
and which has left some lusting ef
fects on the person cf the court.
As the Judge passed the Frank
Rauen place at the foot of the hill
on Pearl street, a dog ran out of the
place and with a few growls pro
ceeded to leap at Judge- Duzbury imd
plant his teeth in the right Ug of
the court and it was no littl- bite
that the canine took either. The at
tack was so sudden that the Jm'ge
was unable to defend himself and
the ciog after taking the iip ran
back into the yard. This dog has
never shown the disposition to at
tack anyone and hud he-en petted a
number of tim"s by Judge Duxbury
and this caused some wonder at the
animal developing the- desire to at
tack. Citizenship
Groups Named
in Hih School
High School Students Recognized for
Their Work With Scholar
ship Award
Plattsmouth high school maintains
two honor organizations which are
designe-ei to promote gooti school citi
zenship and scholastic excellence.
The former is known as the Citizen
ship Group and the latter the Schol
arship Award which is affiliated with
the National Honor Society.
Those students deemed eligible for
Citizenship honors ftr the year now
closing have been selected. Personal
character traits such as honesty,
loyalty, attitude and conduct, forms
the basis of selection while it has
been found that the student who
possesses these qualities will invari
ably be an average students or bet
ter scholasticallyThose who have
neen selected may feel that they
have been honored and that it is a
recognition of a high type of char
acter that may be given even wider
opportunities for development and
growth.
The following were unanimously
selected as the representatives for
Citizenship Honors for 1929:
Freshman Winnifred Rainey, Ed
ward Wehrbein, Madge Garnet.
Sophomores Theresa Bierl. Paul
Ivrson. Vestetta Robertson, Richard
Spangler.
Juniors Robert Livingston. Mar
jorie Am, George Fayles. Jeanne
Parker, Beatrice Knof.ieek.
Seniors Chris Bulin. Clelland
Retelsdorf. Catherine McClusky,
Christine Reinackle. Leona Hudson,
Laura Skalak, Janet Snyder. Alice
Funk. Wilhelmina Henrichsen.
This City will
Have Visit from
Rogers Circus
Will Be Here for Showing at Tourist
Park on Wednesday, April
24th Good Show
For the first time in several sea
sons this city will have a virit from
one of the bset known of the smaller
circuses of the country, the Cole
Rogers company being here to ex
hibit. April 24th.
This circus is starting its northern
tour and this city will be ne of the
early dates for the company and
which has one of the best and most
up to date of the small circuses.
A fine array of animals as well as
clever performers make up this com
pany and they will afford the resi
dents of Plattsmouth and the ad
joining territory a real treat when
they show here.
The company has the reputation of
being one of the cleanest and best
show companies in the west and take
pride in the excellence of their per
formances and the cleaned and re
fined atmosphere of the shows.
The circus will be shown on the
tourist park, which is the largest
tract of land available for this pur
pose and which is also well in the
center of the city.
DOING SOME BETTER
From Thursday's Dany
The latest reports from the Im
manuel hospital at Omaha are to the
effect that Mrs. W. F. Gillespie, of
this city, who is there taking treat
ment for blood poisoning and also re
covering from the amputation of her
arm, are much more favorable than
those of yesterday.
Mrs. Gillespie seems to have re
covered to some extent from her re
lapse of Tuesday night and this morn
ing her condition was such as to give
renewed hopes of her recovery and
that the effects of the inroads of
the poison would be checked and
the patient soon he able to be up for
a time in a wheel "chair and on the
way to recovery.
Chicken Steal
ers Receive a
Jolt for Crime
0. P. Wright Given One Year in
Pen and Henry Lybyer Six
Months for Offenses
From Saturday's Dtniv
The course of the- law in the- cas'-s
of He-nry Lyby.-r and O. 1. Wright,
v, ho we re chario-d with chic ken
stealing, was swift arid sun: today
and Mr. Wright was g've'i the- full
limit of the law for Lis offense- a few
hours alter his arrest a Omaha by
Deputy She-rifi Rex Young.
Henry Lybyer hud e-ntere;l a plea
of not guilty to the ohaige- e,f the
chicken stealing at the preliminary
in the county court and was nountT
over for trial and with the case set
for h-ariiig Tuesday, when be chang
ed his mind, confessed and this morn
ing received a sentence o six months
in the county jail for the offense
from James T. Begley, the sentence
being made lighter as the man turn
ed evidence- against his brother-in-law,
O. P. Wright and which forced
a plea of guilty from Wright.
Following the arraigi.m nt of Mr.
Lybye-r and his sentence Wright was
brought for trial and waiving the
preliminary hearing was arraigned
in the district court on charges of
stealing chickens at the Garrison
home near Union. To the charge Mr.
Wright entered a plea of guilty.
Judge Be-gley after questioning
Wright gave him a flat sentence of
one yea-r in the state penitnetiary.
the limit of the- law for offenses of
this nature.
FRANK FERRIS DIES
t rom Saturday's rall
Late yesterday afternoon Frank
Ferris. 2 3. who was injured here
Monday afternoon parsed away at
the Immanuel hospital in Omaha,
his injuries being of such a nature
that it was impossible for him to
recover and while all that medical
skill and care could give to his case
he gradually grew worse Tntil death
came to his relief. Mr. 1 erns was
iniured Mondav afternoon when a
form or wooden framework collapsed
on him while at his work on the Ne
braska pier of the new bridge and
as the result he received a severe
fracture of the skull, the fracture
being just above the right ear. Mr.
Ferris was hurried to the hospital
as soon as possible after being in
jured and has been under the care of
a special nurse since that time but
his iniuries were of such a severe
nature that it was impossible to give
him any relief or hope of recovery.
The unfortunate young man was
unmarried and came here from St.
Louis with members of the bridge
force sent here by the Union Bridge
.v. Construction Co. in late Decem
ber. His home was at Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, and his mother and a sister
frem that city were at Omaha for
the past few days to be with the un
fortunate voting man in his last days.
ELKS WILL HAVE REAL EAND
As a part of the big Elks minstrel
show, that great pageant of mirth
and melody, to be held at the Par
mele theatre on April 10th and 11th,
the musical settings of the show will
be enhanced by the orchestra that
is being arranged under the direc
tion of Herr W. R. Holly. The orch
estra will embrace some of the lead
ing musicians of the city and will
add very much to the success of the
big home talent minstrel offering.
The orchestra as well as the solo
ists and chorus held their big re
hearsal together last evening and it
was one that promises a real treat for
the Plattsmouth people when the
curtain raises on the first night of
the' offering.
The members of the chorus are re
sponding in fine shape to the work of
L. D. Hiatt, general director of the
minstrel and they will be ready for
the opening with one of the snap
piest offerings ever presented in this
city.
WORK OUT FOR TRACK
From Friday's Dany
Yesterday afternoon a large group
of the boys of the high school were
at the baseball park east of this city
to try out in the track and field
events preparatory to the holding of
the duel meet here with Blair on
next Thursday.
The trackers have been working
at the tourist park and a number
have showed real promise and Ham
ilton Meisinger in the 100 yard dash
showed as one of the speediest of
the boys while Chet Wiles is an
other of the fast one in the short
heats on the cinder path. This year
Gilbert Hirz, who has confined his
athletic work tn football and basket
ball was out for a try in the field
events and showed up very good
in the first workout.
Last year Plattsmouth was host
to both Ashland and Nebraska City
in field day programs but this year
the only track contests held in this
city wiil be that with Blair.
No need to borrow your neighbor's
Journal, when you can have it de
livered to your door for 15c a week.
VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Tuesday being the birthday of
Mrs. John B. Kafle-nberger. Mrs. C. J.
Baumgart and Mi.-s Esther Albert
planned a delightful surprise for her.
So calling the neighbors they pro
ceeded to the Kafl'enbe rger home and
surprise was never more complete-. j
Music and the card table-s furiish- i
ed the entertainment for the evening.
At a suitable hour well filled baskets
appeared as if by magic, to which
i.ll did justice and at n late hour
all wended their way homeward
having spent a very enjoyable eve
ning. There' were ."1 pe-rsons present
and all joim-d in wishing Mrs. fvaT-IVnberge-r
many more happy birth
days. Noted Minister
to be Speaker at
Commencement
Rev. Frank G. Smith, Omaha Con
gregational Minister Selected
for Oration for 1929
The senior class of the high school
have decided upon the speaker who
will deliver the class oration on the
occasion of the oomme'neement ex
ercises to be held on the evening of
May 24th.
The selection made by the class
is th-o.t of the Rev. Frank G. Smith,
of Omaha, one of the best known
speakers in the west and whose ser
vices as a public speaker are con
stantly in demand and the class
feels fortunate that they were able
to secure a speaker of the ability
and standing of the Omaha minis
ter to give the words of hail and
farewell to the class of 1929.
The members of the senior class
are now entering upon the last
weeks of the high school life for
them and their schools days from
now on will be filled with the prep
aration for the graduation and the
attendant social activities that marks
the approach of the big day of high
school life.
. The approach of the graduation
day is an occasion of noth7oy anc
sorrow to the members of the class,
the joy of being able to complete
their schoejl work successfully and
the regret that the time comes for
the
and
separation of the school friends
the gradual breaking away of
the
the
old associations formed through
years of grade and high school
SET CASES FOR TRIAL
"Yom Thursdays Dany
The April term of the district
court will cipen on Monday with the
opening day devoted to the natural
ization ceremonies in which appli
cants for citizenship will be examin
ed and given their final papers.
The jury for the term will be call
ed on Tuesday at 9 o'clock and the
first case called will be that of the
State of Nebraska vs. Henry Lybyer.
who is charged with having stolen
some chickens at the Garrison home
near Union. The other cases as
signed are:
Wednesday, April 10th 9 a. m.
State of Nebraska vs. Joe Wheeler.
Thursday, April 11th 9 a. m. Bank
of Commerce vs. Tillie McCarty.
Friday, April 12th 9 a. m. Andy
Francis vs. William T. Sacks.
Monday. April 15th 10 a. m. John
P. Hauschild, et al vs. W. M.
Phil-
pot. et al.
Tuesday, April 16th 9 a. m. Ed
ward Toman vs. Michael Tritsch, et
al.
Wednesday, April 17th 9 a. m. Con
servative Mortgage Co. vs. Mrs. Tet
ga Meyers, et al.
Wednesday, April 17th 1:30 p. m.
H. J. Spurway, receiver vs. Frank
Kreji.
Thursday. April ISth. 9a. m. Lee
Carter vs. Floyd E. Coleman, et al.
EXTENDS CIVIC GREETINGS
L'pon the occasion of the open
ing of the tenth national flower show
at Buffalo, New York, a greeting
from that city in the form of hand
some bouquets of flowers were pre
sented yesterday to Mayor John P.
Sattler of this city and R. A. Bates,
publisher of the Journal. These
handsome bouquets bore the greet
ings of Mayor Frank A. Schwab,
mayor of Buffalo.
These beautiful bouquets come
from the Plattsmouth greenhouse
and the artistic hand of Henry Jas
per, local florist has prepared them,
the arrangements for the handsome
f.oral remembrances being made
through the Florist's Telegraph De
livery association, a world wide or-
gamzation of 4,500 members and
of
which Mr. Jasper is a member.
This is a very beautiful reminder
of the national flower show and
shows the possibilities of the great !
international system of the florists of '
the country.
CONTINUES IMPROVEMENT
The reports from Omaha today
sate that Msr. W. F. Gillespie of this
city who is there recovering
from I
an attack of blood poison, is contin
uing to improve and while the pa
tient has not as yet been able to sit
up there is every indication of a
speedy recovery and the patient be
ing soon on the highway to recov
ery from her very severe ordeal.
Confession Made
of Activities of
Chicken Thieves
Kenry Lybyer, Confesses as Second
Member cf Ganf; Apprehend
ed at Omaha Friday.
fyrm Saturday's Dally
The collapse of an extensive geng
that has been engaged in operating
over this part of Nebraska as well
as western Iowa in stealing chickens
for tl e past year, has followed the ar
. rest, yesterday afternoon at Omaha
; of O. P. Wright, brother-in-law of
- Henry Lybyer, held here In tiie coun
!ty jail to await trial for the attempt
j to rob the chicken coops at the
j Charles Garrison home near Union
! several w eeks ago.
I The arrest of Wright was made at
Omaha yesterday and Deputy Sher
i iff Rex Young returned from that
'city late last evening and placed the
prisoner in the city jail where he
could not be in communication with
Lybyer. who is at the county jail
awaiting his trial. After his arrest
i
Wright refused to give any statement
j as to his connection or otherwise
j with the alleged gang of chicken
thieves. Wright, however, acknow
; ledge! the fact that he was the own
j er of the Dodge car that was cap
I tured at the Garrison place when
the chicken thieves made their get
away from the officers and which was
brought here later after Lybyer was
captured at the Missouri Pacific sta
tion here by the Plattsmouth police.
When Lybyer, at the county js.il,
was informed that AYright, his b-o-ther-in-aw,
had been arrested, he
confessed and the document giving
his own and his companions connec
tion with the Garrison job and
others in the western part of Ioa
was turned over to the county auth
orities. According "o the story of
Lybyer he had only been at Re-d Oak
and Omaha for two weeks prior to
his arrest and at the time that he ar
rived here the headquarters of the
gang was at Red Oa'ic but they mov
ed to Omaha. He was induced by
the other member. of the ganghe
eailms to cast his lot with the chick
en thieves and one of the first oper
ations was at the Garrison piece
where the raid was checked by Sh?r
iff Reed and Deputy Young on the
tip of Officer Dave Pickrel of the
Plattsmouth police who had noticed
the men here while they were en
route to Union.
The gang seems to have been or
ganized in Red Oak and where a
brother of Henry Lybyer is now be
ing held by the Red Oak sheriff lor
alleged chicken stealing and where
also the man Wright is sought in
connection with the operations of the
gang in that section.
According to information at the
office of Sheriff Reed, Wright was
arrested last fall at Council Bluffs
in connection with alleged chicken
stealing but owing to lack of evidence
was released.
The arrest of the parties seems a
blow at this gang of chicken thieves
and the authorities are also investi
gating several other suspicious char
acters in Council Bluffs where the
clearing house of the several gangs
! seem to have been located as the ps.r
j ties largely resided in "no man's
jland" in East Omaha.
! Deputy Sheriff Young had a very
' exciting experience in arresting
iWright at Omaha as when the deputy
sheriff and two Omaha detectives ap-
j peared at the place where Wrieht
j was working he broke and started to
J run, moving even before the offi
Icers had gotten out of the car and a
j race of several blocks among old
junked cars and brush was indulged
: in before the fugtive was brought
to a halt. Several nhots were fired
by the Omaha detectives in over
' hauling the man and Mr. Young was
: r.mong the first to reach Wright
: when he was finally rounded up.
; The man was endeavoring to reach
; a cornfield and brush patch and
where it would have been difficult
to secure him. The chase occurred
in the locality near Carter Lake.
NO WORD FROM INJURED MAN
From Frlday'F Dally
No definite word has been received
. today as to the condition of Frank
, Ferris, young man injured here on
! Monday afternoon, who has been In
very serious condition at the Im
manuel hospital at Omaha since the
accident. A report was current this
morning that the young man had
died at the hospital but no word was
received here by the local physicians
who had handled the case. The con
dition of Mr. Ferriu, however, ta9
been very grave and his death at
any time would not be unexpected
as his chances of recovery have been
very slight.
SOCIAL WORKERS MEETING
i The meeting of the Social "Workers
i of the First Methodist church was
; held on Tuesday afternoon at the
' church parlors and where they were
entertained by Mrs. John M. Levda
'and Mrs. B. E. Woodward, as hoste:is
! es of the afternoon. A short busi
' ness session was he!3 and following
which the members enjoyeel the jto
cial hour and culminating in the
dainty and delicious refreshments
served by the hostesses.