MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1934.
LATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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DOCK ITEMS
Uncle Henry Gakemeler was shell
ing and delivering some corn to the
elevator on Wednesday of last week,
which brought 50 cents a bushel.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Parmenter and
daughter, Mrs. Edwin Yocum of Yu
tan were callers at the John Krueger
and Mrs. Bessia Hite homes Sunday
afternoon.
Clarence Knosp, son cf Rev. and
Mrs. Knosp, will spend the summer
on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. August
Meierhenry, relatives of the Knosp
family, where he will enjoy the
country life and learn to farm.
Edward W. Thimgan, former sher
iff and one of the republican candi
dates for nomination to that office
this year, was a visitor in Murdock
Tuesday of last week, being in at
tendance at the J. J. Gustin sale.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Neitzel were in
Havelock, where they were visiting
at the home of their daughter, Mrs
O. J. Hitchcock and family, and al
so went to Lincoln, where they at
tended Memorial day exercises last
Wednesday.
Miss Hilda Schmidt, who is em
ployed in Ashland, was here over the
week end last Sunday, a guest of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Schmidt,
and was accompanied by her friend,
Miss Esther Kleiser, they both en
joying the visit very much.
A. H. Ward was a visitor in Om
aha last Saturday, where he was at
tending a convention of dealers over
this territory who handle Deep Rock
gasoline, and at which they enjoyed
hospitality extended them by the
heads of the distributing company in
Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. John Krueger enter
tained for dinner and supper Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Reynolds and
daughter, Marvel Anne of Omaha,
Mr. and Mrs. John Amgwert and fam
ily, Mrs. Lizzette Marx, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Hite of Lincoln and Mrs. Bes
sie Hite.
Held Successful Sale
John J. Gustin, who sold his farm
a short time since to a Miss Knaube,
of near Nehawka, is soon to depart
for Wheatland, Wyoming, where he
and the good wife will make their
Jiome for a year. Mr. Gustin held a
sale during the early portion of last
week which was very satisfactory,
the sale being conducted by Rex
Young, of Plattsmouth, well known
southeastern Nebraska auctioneer.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustin will soon' de
part for Wheatland, where they have
a daughter residing.
Spent Sunday in Omaha
On last Saturday, Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Craig were pleased and sur
prised on the arrival at their heme
of a brother of Mr. Craig, Floyd
Craig and his bride, formerly Miss
Eva Rhyme, both of Liberty. They
had just been united in marriage and
had come to visit the brother here.
The four spent the day Sunday in
Omaha, returning home in the even
and, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Craig
went on to their home at Liberty.
Visited in Iowa Memorial Day
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tool departed
last Monday for Ackley, Iowa, their
former home of many years ago, at
which place they spent Memorial day
with Mr. Tool's mother, Mrs. Leah
Tool, and as well visited with other
friends and relatives. While there,
they attended Memorial day services,
returning heme Thursday. It was a
most pleasant drive, with good roads
all the way, and there, like here, the
need of rain was very great.
Visiting Folks Here
Mrs. George Work and the child
ren are visiting for a time at the
heme of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tool, par
ents of Mrs. Work, during the very
hot weather, and will be joined by
Mr. Work, who is traveling on the
road, as he is to have a week's va
cation, which he will spend with the
family here visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Tool.
Minutes of Village Board.
Meeting was called to order by
chairman ,-with all members present.
Minutes of previous meeting were
read for information.
The following tax levy was made
for the ensuing year:
General Fund 1.5 Mills
Street Fund l.o Mill
Fire Department Fund .5 Mill
Street Lighting Fund 4.0 Mills
The following bills were allowed:
J. A. Bauer, labor $1.10
A. II. Ward, gas and kero
sene 2.12
F. J. Hite. labor and material 2.12
O. E. McDonald, meals, Depner 5.20
Mrs. Lena Buck, laundry, Mrs.
Stachetzkie 3.00
Wm. Dieckman, labor 1.75
The minutes were read and ap
proved and on motion the board ad
journed.
CHAS- I. LNG,
W.lage Clerk.
-ITS COMING
Critics everywhere predict, "The
return of the aristocratic Quadrille."
Dancing societies are Increasing
rapidly, throughout the country, due
to the fact that they discourage the
jazz dances of today and approve the
revival of the old-time dances that
have proen popular through many
generations.
Universities, also, have risen to
the defense of the old classical ball
room dances, by teaching them to
their students.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, prominent
motion picture producers, have just
released their latest and predicted to
be their greatest production entitled
"Operator 13" starring the popular
Marion Davis and Gary Cooper and
featuring the old square dances.
In a few weeks Plattsmouth, too,
will celebrate the come-back of the
old Quadrille, with a dance featur
ing both modern and old-time danc
ing. Watch this paper for further an
nouncements. CHARLES MOORE DIES IN WEST
Charles Moore, 74. Trcnta, Colo.,
youngest brother of the late W. F.
Moore, died Saturday, May 26th at
his home on a ranch. Seme 40 years
ago Mr. Charles Moore and wife who
resided here at that time, the wife
being formerly Miss Belle Patterson,
a sister of the late Fred Patterson,
former county surveyor, also cf Mrs.
W. F. Moore and Mrs. Myra McDon
ald.
From here they moved out in the
state and later to Colorado where
they resided for twenty-five years.
Mr. Moore is survived by the wife,
two sons and one daughter, all of
whom are married, one son rt siding
in Denver, the other and the daugh
ter making their homes on the coast.
The funeral was being delayed
when Avord was sent here from the
children in the west. Mr. Mcore
will be remembered as having visit
ed here a number of times, the last
being in August, 1933.
DENIES FEARS OF KIDNAPING
London. With many a chuckle
and the comment, "Hooey, hooey,
hooey," E. L. Cord, American auto
mobile and airplane manufacturer
read reports that he had left the
United States with his family be
cause of kindnaping threats. "Ac
cording to these accounts, I must have
left with my shirt tail flying," he re
marked. fie carefully limited his comment
to such light hearted statements,
and said he wouldn't discuss serious
ly whether fear of abductions sent
the family across the ocean. What
ever fears might have existed in the
United States appeared to have been
left behind, since neither at Ileston
airport, where Cord looked over his
new black and green monoplane, or
at the Cord estate by Walton heath
was there any evidence of guards.
CUBAN PAPER MILL BURNED
Havana. A large paper mill, in
which Americans are financially in
terested and which was insured with
an American company, was destroyed
by fire which police said was of in
cendiary origin. The loss was esti
mated in some quarters as high as
2 millions but officials of the com
pany Papelera Nacional, owners of
the plant, said it would not exceed
$600,000. Police began to roundup
suspects and took thirty men into
custody for questioning in connec
tion with the blaze.
While the company is operated by
Cubans, considerable American
money is invested in it, and it is
known that adherents of former
President Machado are financially in
terested. BARROW'S MOTHER SEIZED
Dallas, Tex. Mrs. Henry Barrow,
mother cf the slain desperado, Clyde
Barrow, was arrested after she en
tered a theater that was showing
news reels of the death scene of her
boy and Bonnie Parker, and shout
ed, "You can't do that to my boy."
In the midst of the showing of the
film, taken near Arcadia, La., where
Clyde and Bonnie were mowed down
by officers last week as they sped
along a .highway, Mrs. Barrow ap
peared in the aisle and screamed the
admonition repeatedly. Theater at
taches grabbed her and escorted her
to the front exit. Outside she snach
ed don placards and was immediately
arrested by police.
FOR SALE OR TRADE
1928 Chevrolet coach. A nice one,
excellent shape. $125.00. Cash or
terms. HOLLIS AKINS,
ltw Murray, Nebr.
Journal Wane-fids get results!
good slogan to observe.
Train Robbery
in 1866 the First
Crime of Kind
Express Car Safe Robbed of $700,000
as Result of Carelessness
All of Gang Captured.
A recent article In the Boston
Globe says:
Today we get excited over holdups,
with robbers escaping in high-powered
cars equipped with machine guns,
radios and all the rest of the fixings
of an up-to-date criminal.
But for real excitement you should
have lived in New England in 1S66.
The first train robbery in history took
place there on a New York to Bos
ton train. And the robbers, by jingo,
hired a hcrse and buggy and got
away.
We were having a post-war crime
wave then, you see. It's all told about
in "Old Waybills." a book by Alvin
F. Harlow, just published by D. Ap
pleton - Century Company of New
York.
The following is Mr. Harlow's de
scription of the historic New England
robbers:
From Locked Express Car
What might be called the first
train robbery in history was not a
holdup. It was a robbery planned
cleverly enough, in view of the inno
cent and careless manner in which
express valuables were handled then,
but marked by considerable stupidity
on the part of the criminals imme
diately afterwards.
In those days there was a locked
Adams Express car carried between
New York and Boston, leaving the
terminal in Manhattan, at S in the
evening. It turned north from New
Haven through Hartford to Spring
field, and thence eastward over the
Boston & Albany railroad to Boston.
It carried way freight and money
only for Hartford, Springfield and
Worcester and was opened en route
only at those cities.
The car had an iron frame and
was covered with thick sheet-iron
plates; so well armored that appar
ently it was supposed to take care
of itself.
The messenger on tlie train rode
in the baggage car with matter for
the smaller towns; for practically all
trains then were what ve could call
locals now. At each station he was
supposed to look at the padlocks on
the locked car's doors -two doors on
each side to be sure that they were
in order. This was such a nuisance
that it came to be a mere or less ne
glected duty.
Treasure in the Car
On Saturday evening, January 6,
1866, the locked car was carrying
along with its freight, two Adams
safes rich with treasure and a safe
for the Harnden Express. Leaving
New York at S p. m., the train had
clumped along as usual up through
Rye, Greenwich Stamford, Norwalk
and Bridgeport, until it reached New
Haven, three hours later.
There the conductor iOticed that
one of the locked car's doors was
slightly ajar. When tli,e messenger
and others of the crew entered the
car, it was found that the two Adams
safes had been battered and pried
open with a hammer and marlin
spike and their contents, cash, bonds
and jewels worth more than a half
million (in fact, tbe Pinkertons later
placed the figure at $700,000) were
gone.
Somewhere along trie line the hasp
of a door had been pried loose with
a bar. the robbers had pounded their
way into the safes, cleaned them out
and decamped at some way station.
The messenger admitted that he
had not examined the car doors since
leaving New York save at Bridge
port, where he looked only at those
on the side next the station platform
The robbery was the biggest yet per
petrated in America and threw even
the wealthy Adam Express compaify
into consternation.
The stupidity of some of the crooks,
however, quickly led to their un
doing. It was found that they must
have left the train at Cos Cob, a vil
lage a few mile? west cf Stamford. A
bag of .$5,000 in gold was found be
side the rcilroad tracks where they
had dropped it in their flight.
Tried to Hire a Horse
It was realized that on the night
of the robbery, an hoiir or so after
the train had passed through Stam
ford, three men had appeared there
and tried to hire a livery horse and
buggy to drive to Norwalk, but, be
ing strangers, they failed to get it.
They then stopped over night at a
hotel and took an early morning
train eastward next morning. At Nor
walk one of them was known to
many people as John Grady, a brake
man on the railroad.
Form the Norwalk station they
went to the home of an old man
named Tristram, who lived outside
the town. As an interesting sequel,
ANOTHER
SHIPMENT
Wash Trousers
for Boys and Men
Just Received
Pomonos, Sieifels, Seersuckers
and the famous "Holy Roller"
fabrics. Pie-shrunk and tailor
ed. Selling like hot cakes at
Popular Prices
Wescott's
Since 1879
on Monday morning old ' Tristram
came down to New York by train
with a heavy parcel, which he re
fused to check and which he kept his
hands on with marked anxiety all the
way. In New York he took it to the
home of his niece, a Mrs. Barmore,
on the lower east side.
When news of the robbery came
out cn Monday, the hotel and livery
men at Stamford said to each other,
"Wonder if those three fellows could
have been the robbers?" Some rapid
putting of two and two together fol
lowed, with the result that just five
clays after the robbery express offi
cials and polite went to the Barmore
home and found ?113,7C2 cf the loot
in money and bonds.
Mrs. Barmore's brother, Gun Tris
tram, was arrested and soon confess
ed his part in the crime. Seven oth
ers had been implicated with him,
including the brakeman Grady, the
latter's brother-in-law, Gilly Mc-
Gloin, a sneak thief, and two other
men named Ed McGuire and Tom
Clark, who were known to the police.
Half of the plotters were rang ama
teurs and even the thieves had never
been in such a big job before.
Couldn't Stop the Train
Pinkerion was called upon for help
and the whole gang eventually was
rounded up, tliough McGuire was fol
lowed to Canada and back before he
was captured. Clark later turned
state's evidence and told how the
trick was worked. He said they had
learned from Grady something of the
messengers on the run and found
that one named Moore was the most
careless and seldom looked at the
locks. They accordingly chose a
night when Moore was on the train.
The express car was loaded at the
station, and sbnio twenty-five or 30
minutes later, according to custom,
it was shunted down into the yards
to await the making up of the train.
There three of tbe gang, Clark, Mc
Guire and Grady were waiting with
a heavy hammer, pinch bar and mar-
lin-spike, and in the darkness of the
yard and shielded by the noise of
locomotives, they pried off a lock, en
tered the car and closed the door be
hind them.
The rest cf the gang waited in the
rural wilderness north of the Harlem
river where now is the populous
borough of the Bronx where the
trio in the car were expected to pull
the signal bell rope, and when the
train slowed up, were to dump the
safes out and jump after them. But
they found to tlieir disgust that the
bell rope where it passed through the
express car was encased in an iron
tube, and so they could not signal the
engineer. ,
They accordingly battered open the
safes in the car, filled two large va
lises with the loot and left the train
at Cos Cob. There they hid one bag
in a pile of lumber, and about a mile
east of the bridge across Cos Cob In
let they hid the other bag behind a
stone wall. They walked the remain
ing three miles into Stamford, went
back the next night and recovered the
treasure and buried some of it east
of Cos Cob.
SIDLES I0W BIDDER
Miles City, Mont. Harry 15.
Sidles of Lincoln, Neb., wr.s low bid
der ,at $19.80 a flight, for a contract
to make aerial weathr observations
here for the department of com
merce.
EULUTH AN EXCEPTION
Duluth, Minn. It was so cool here
that numerous home owners were
obliged to heat their domiciles with
furnaces and stove fires. The day's
minimum was 48 degrees above, the
highest C7.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wells and Mr.
and Mrs. Boss Lent of Omaha, were
among thoie here for memorial day,
they being guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Merritt Kerr and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Wells are former resi
dents here acd enjoyed meeting many
of the old friends.
Death of Mrs.
Peter Goos, a
Former Resident
Occurred This Morning at the Home
of a Daughter, Mrs. George
Kroehler at Omaha.
The message was received here
this morning by relatives of the
death at an early hour today of Mrs.
Peter Goos, a former resident of this
city, but who has been making her
home at Omaha with a daughter,
Mrs. George Kroehler.
The deceased lady with ner hus
band were residents here in the early
seventies and left here some fifty
two years ago for Omaha where they
have since resided and where the
husband and father passed away a
number of years ago.
While residents here Mr. and Mrs.
Goos were engaged in operating a
dairy farm located in the southeast
part of the city.
After leaving Plattsmouth Mr
Goos located at Omaha and where he
embarked in the hotel business and
was for a number of years engaged
in operating the Merchants hotel
long one of the leading hotels of
Omaha and which occupied the site
of part of the World-Herald build
ing.
Mrs. Goos had been poorly for the
past fourteen months and gradually
grew worse until her death.
Funeral services will be held at
Omaha Saturday aftrenoon at 2:30
and the interment be made at that
place.
PRESBYTERIAN OLD GUARD
HITS MODERN TREND
Cleveland, May 31. Two protests
filed by fundamentalists were left in
the wake Thursday of the 146th gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
church.
One was against the adoption of a
plan of merger with the United Pres
byterian Church of North America.
The other protested the adoption
cf a report of the general council,
calling for the resignation of Pres
byterians on the Independent Board
for Presbyterian Foreign Missions.
Fundamentalist commissioners will
sign both protests, which were placed
in the record by the Rev. H. Mc-
Callister Griffiths of Philadelphia,
leader cf the fundamentalist group
This group, which unsuccessfully
entered a candidate for moderator
and unsuccessfully opposed the mer
ger plan and the report on the in
dependent board, contended through
out the assembly that the commis
sioners were taking a modernist
trend.
In discussions on the report or
the board of foreign missions a criti
cism of American movies was raised
by the Rev. Daniel C. Buchanan, mis
sionary to Japan.
"People in foreign lands," he
asserted, "seeing these pictures,
get the idea that gangster war
fare and immorality and stand
ards of American life; and they
are copying the lives as por
trayed in the films."
Mount Auburn Presbyterian church
in Cinnati will be host to the as
sembly next year.
HERE FOR MEMORIAL DAY
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Crisman ana
James Kinkead of Omaha were in the
city Wednesday to look after the de
corating of their lots in the Oak Hill
cemetery and to visit with the old
friends. Mr. Kinkead is an old time
printer, starting his trade here in
the Journal and News and at tho
present time is with the Journal
Stockman at Omaha.
MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE
The w edding of Ira Harris and Miss
Mary E. Luckiesh, both of Council
Bluffs, occurred Thursday afternoon
at the court house. The wedding
ceremony was performed by Judge A.
II. Duxbury in his usual impressive
manner and the ceremony witnessed
by Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Haines ot
Council Bluffs. After the marriage
the bridal party returned to their
home in the Iowa city.
RETURN TO CHICAGO
From Friday's Dally
Mrs. Leslie Konfrst and children,
Billy and Laverne, who have been
here for a short visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Konfrst, return
ed today to their home. Mrs. Leslie
Konfrst is a daughter-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Konfrst and the
family have enjoyed very much the
pleasant family.
Mrs. Belle Stoncr of Glenwood ar
rived in the city Friday to enjoy a
short vacation from her duties at
Glenwood and will visjt here and at
Omaha with the relatives and friends.
Mauley News Items
In a ball game played between the
youngsters of Manley and Murdock,
the latter team won" by a score of 12
to 5.
Fred Fleischman and wife were in
Louisville last week, where they vis
ited with friends and attended the
Memorial day services.
Roy Steinkamp was on the market
a few clays ago with a load of fine
hegs, which he had been feeding on
his farm. They were taken to mar
ket by August Krecklow.
Fay Kestard, who has been visiting
in Manley with his friends, Mr. and
Mrs. David Brann for the past two
weeks, departed last weke for his
heme in Atchison, Kansas.
Rudolph Bergman and Eli Keckler
were called to Omaha Tuesday of
last week, where they had some busi
ness matters to look after, making
the trip in the car of the former.
John Crane was a visitor at Sutton,
lm old time home, for a few days
during the past week, spending Me
morial day there with his sister and
also visiting with many of the old
friends there.
Mrs. Antone Auerswald was a visi
tor in Omaha and Council Bluffs on
Tuesday of last week, where she was
visiting with relatives and was ac
tcmpanied by her daughter, Nettie
Auerswald and Pauline Greuber. The
girls enjoyed the trip very much.
Elmer Pearson and family, who
are making their home in Denver,
where Mr. Pearson is engaged in the
barber business, were spending some
time in Manley and vicinity visiting
with friends and relatives, taking
their summer vacation in a warm
climate instead of a cool one.
Received Graduation Watch
Miss Margaret Bergman, who has
been a high ranking student during
the past few years while she has at
tended high school at Louisville, with
the close of the present school year
and her graduation therefrom, was
pleased to receive a beautiful wrist
watch in token of appreciation for
her application to studies and high
per centages received in the final ex
aminations. May File for Sheriff
William Sheehan has been urged
by many of his friends here to file
fcr the office of sheriff on the demo
cratic ticket, and has the matter un
der consideration. Should he con
clude to file, he will become the fifth
candidate of that party affiliation to
enter the race so far. As the time
limited for filing does not expire for
another month, there will likely be
others. Mr. Sheehan is possessed of
courage and good judgment as well
as business experience, all of which
would stand him in good stead, if he
is nominated and elected to fill that
important county office.
VISITING WITH RELATIVES
Mrs. Ruth Thomsen of North
Bend, Nebraska, is here to enjoy a
visit with her sister, Mrs. W. II. Scy-
bert and also with tier brother,
George R. Sayles and family for a
short time. '
Mrs. C. A. Marshall r.nd children
are spending a short time at North
Bend at the home of her cousins, Mr.
and Mrs. John Newton, who reside
on a farm near that place.
If you spend your money In dis
tant cities op with mail order
houses, you will retard the return
of prosperity to Cass caunty.
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Wabash News
Reports on the condition of Mrs.
Orville Noell, living northwest of
Murdock, who has been so poorly for
some time, tell of her improvement.
Mrs. Noell is a sister of Mrs. Will
Murfin, cf Wabash, and is well known
by many here.
Miss Hazel Standley, who is em
ployed in Lincoln, was home for Me
morial day and with the parents went
over to Weeping Water for the cele
bration of the passing of the event on
last Wednesday. Mis Hazel will soon
return to Lincoln to take up her
work again.
Many at Memorial Service
The village of Wabash was taking
a siesta last Wednesday, business be
ing suspended and most of the citi
zens being over to Elmwood, where
they attended Memorial day services.
The Wabash quartette was on the
program, singing a number of pa
triotic songs. The quartette is com
posed of Will Rueter, his son. Albei t,
a Mr. Sloan of Alvo and S. W.
Hardway, of Wabash.
Visited Parents Here
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hindes and tho
children, cf Avoca, were in attend
ance at the Memorial day exercises
held at Elmwood last Wednesday and
following tbe program there, came
over to Wabash for a visit with the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Hindes,
enjoying a very pleasant visit.
Changing Perm Crop Plan
Albert Pool, finding that a portion
of his wheat was not going to amount
to much, has plowed up a portion of
the field and planted the same to
ccrn. Many of the farmers are put
ting in large acreages of forage crops
in crder to get through the winter,
for with the present drouth indica
tions are that roughness as well as
grains of all kind are going to be
pretty scarce this coming winter.
Many Overcome with Heat.
Earl Miller, who is employed in
the stone quarry at Louisville, driv
ing back and forth, reports tLut the
temperature has been very high there
and with the intense beat many of
the workers have been overcome by
the heat the past few days. He had
to lay off a few days himself in order
to recuperate from the overheating
and the hard work.
. .New . Minister . Assigned Here
With the holding of the Evangeli
cal church conference at Murdock last
week, in the assignment cf ministers
for the coming year, the Rev. Hugo
A. Norenberg, who has ministered to
the Wabash church, was sent to Cul
bertson, while the place here has been
filled by appointment of Rev. F. S.
Webber, who has been pastor of the
church at Alma.
VISITS IN THE CITY
Mrs. George K. Petring and son,
Richard, of Norfolk, were in the city
for a short time Thursday visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Searl S.
Davis and with other of the old
friends in this, the former home of
the Petring family. They were en
route to Nebraska City to visit at tho
home of Mr. and Mrs. George Bouch
ers, parents of Mrs. Petring.
P. J. Vallery of Havelock was a
visitor in the city Wednesday to at
tend the memorial day services and
visiting with the old time friends.
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