Plattsmouth weekly journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1881-1901, August 23, 1894, Image 8

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LINDSAY LOOKING DP.
Hii Chances For Furnishing a Bail
Bond Look Brighter.
WAS NOT FLECHT NEBS BODY.
The Floater Found In the Missouri Near
Bartlett, la.. Proved to He the Re
mains of Another I'nfortu
nate Other Notes.
Liberty In Sight for Lindsay.
Things are looking brighter for
rugilist Jimmy Lindsay, who is oc
cupying quarters at the county jail by
reason of his inability to furnish the
12,500 bail bond fixed by Justice
Archer when Lindsay was bound over
to the district court, on the charge of
killing Fletcher Bobbins. At first
Lindsay was exceedingly sore at Gris
wold, Gurley and Omaha people in
ffeneral. claimine that he had been
deserted when bail was furnished Gris
wold and not himself. Now, however,
Lindsay is singiDg a different tune, as
he thinks he will be able to furnish a
bond, and thuB secure his liberty un
til the time of his trial in district
court. Lawyer Matt Gering, counsel
for Griawold, was in Omaha yesterday
and at the request of Attorney Gurley,
Mr. Gerinz was searching today tor a
Plattsmouth man who would be will
ing to go on Lindsay's bond, providing
he was properly secured by Omaha
parties. Mr. Gering says that he has
no interest in Lindsay's defense, but
is only acting at Gurley's request, and
when seen by a Journal reporter to
day he said that he had found the
necessary Plattsmouth man 'to
go upon Lindsay's bond. This be
ing the case, and providing, of
course, that the aforesaid Platts-
raouth man is properly secured, Lind
sav is apt to be liberated in a few
days.
Plattsmouth people who were in Om
aha yesterday state that a report was
current in Omaha that Editor Rose
water took the trouble to inquire of
Omaha parties who saw the contest
between Bobbins and Lindsay and
that on the strength of their storieB
be dispensed with Griswold's services
as sporting editor on the Bee. None
could youch for the exact truth, but
that the report was current is certain
Was Not the Body of Earnest Flechtner.
The body of the boy found floating
in the Missouri river yesterday twelve
miles below this city and near Bartlett,
Iowa, was not that of Earnest Flecht
ner, the lad drowned at this point last
Snndav afternoon. John Sattler, of
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Cass County Agricultural Association
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Will be Better than Ever and Enough Good Horses Are Already Entered to Insure
THE BEST RACES EVER HAD IN THE COUNTY.
$3,900 In Premiums and Purses $3,900
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Kemember the Date and Watch this Space for Further Particulars.
the firm of Streight & Sattler, the un
dertakers, drove down to Bartlett, la.,
yesterday, and after viewing the body
pronounced it as not being tamest
Flechtner. Several drownings have
occurred lately in Omaha and Mr.
Sattler telegraphed a description of
the body to the Omaha police last
night.
The Plattsmouth Slugging.
This paper has no love for prize
fights and very little respect for those
who indulge in them. They are a
worthless and. for the most part, a
dangerous element in society, but it
cannot but hold that they have rights
to a fair trial, even for breaking laws.
It has already commented upon me
peculiar manner in which the case
against Slugger linasay, now on inai
for murder at Plattsmouth, is being
conducted. Lindsay and the referee,
Griswold, were bound over for trial
Aueast 20. and in fixme the ban Donos
Lindsay's was put at 82 500 and Gris
wold's at 87.500. The Dogberry said
that in fixing the bail he took into con
sideration the respective ability of the
men to furnish bonds, ihus, Because
Griswold was presumably able to fur
nish a large bond, his is nxea at inree
times the sum required of the man who
is alleged to have been guilty of man
slaughter. And the two Plattsmouth
seconds in the Bent have not even oeen
informed azainBt. Omaha World-
Herald.
Such slanders upon Justice Archer
are entirely unwarranted. To make
Griswold's bond larger than Lindsay's
was perfectly proper. The object of a
bond (fearing that the World-Herald
needs some instructions) is to bring a
prisoner into court for trial. A bond
of $1 might be sufficient to bring one
man into court, while a bond for sev
eral thousand might fail to bring an
other, and it necessarily follows that
the respective financial standing of
men charged with crime should enter
into the fixing of their respective
bail bonds. And still further, counsel
for the defense virtually fixed the
amount of both bonds at the solicita
tion of Justice Archer, as the magis
trate wished to act fair in the matter
and place the amount within the re
sources of both men. In it3 desire to
slander Justice Archer, the World
Herald has made a consummate donkey
of itself.
D.O. Dwyer, attorney, Plattsmouth.
Pain's I.ast Days of Pom pall." y
For the above occasion the B. & M.
will sell tickets to Omaha and return
for one fare. Tickets on Bale August
21,23,25,28 and 30, and September 1
3, 4, 6 and 8. F. Latham, Agent.
All kinds of trusses at Gering &
Co.'b.
Dr. Marshall. DENTIST . Fitzger
ald block.
Kev. E. S. Posten of Glenwood, la.,
will hold services at the Christian
church on next Sunday, both morn
ing and evening.
Omaha at 8:00 p. m.
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Constipation and sick headache
and
THE
SEPTEMBER
Majors Picked the Plum.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 22, 4 p. m.
Special to The Journal. The re
publican state convention convened in
this city this morning, the credentials
showing that 916 delegates were pres
ent and entitled to vote. C.Adams of
Superior was chosen permanent chair
man. The balloting for the guberna
torial nomination was commenced
in the afternoon session, the
first ballot resulting as follows:
Majors 450 and the balance divided be
tween Macoll and Crounse. On the
second Majors was nominated, the
ballot resulting: Majors, 542; Macoll,
411; Crounse, 8. Cass county gave 20
votes for Majors and 3 for Macoll. R.
E. Moore, of Lancaster county, is
thought to be in the lead for the nomi
nation for lieutenant-governor.
Crop Keport for the Week.
The weather for the past week has
continued hot and dry, with slight
chancres in crop conditions. The tem
perature has averaged about seven de
erees above the normal, with more
than the average amount of sunshine
The rainfall for the past week has
been everywhere below the normal, ex
cept in a small area in the northern
part of the state, where over an inch
fell, reaching a maximum of 1.63
inches at Kennedy.
The bulk of the corn is either cut or
being cut for fodder, although a few
fields, particularly of late corn, still
promise a small yield of ears, and these
fields have generally been helped some
what by the showers of the past week.
especially in the northeastern section.
Tn the northeastern portion of the
state, where good rains have fallen
during the past week and the last few
days of the week preceding, the pas
tures have been considerably revived
In a few instances fall plowing is in
progress and a little wheat has been
sown and some rye, but generally the
ground is too dry to plow.
Sued for Seduction.
Alva Druesedow was arrested at
Nebraska City on Tuesday morning
charged with being the father of Miss
Effie Cornwall's child. It will be re
membered that Miss Cornwall gave
birth to a girl baby at Lincoln on July
31. At the time she accused Druese
dow of being the father of the child
and said he had deserted her. He was
placed under $500 bonds for his appear
ance August 31. He has employed
counsel and will fight the case. The
accused is a brother of Robert Druese
dow, well known in this city.
All legal business given prompt at
tention, D. O. Dwyer, attorney, riatts
mouth.
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COMMENTS ON THAT FIGHT.
The following clippings from Jour
nal exchanges demonstrates the feel
ing against Lindsay and Griswold to
be rather general:
'My readers"" of Sandy Griswold's
sporting department of Mr. Iwater's
paper are likely to lose their friend
Griswold. He has been indicted for
the murder of Fletcher Bobbins, who
was killed by a prize fight at Platts
mouth. Griswold was referee of the
pleasant little game and he has been
held without bail as an accessory, lie
is as contemptuous and egotistical a
plugugly as any of the short-haired
bruisers with whom he associates.
either at the prize hghts or elsewnere.
If he should test the Dodge county
crop of hemp, Mr. Iwater will not be
ow-soirited or cast down, for he will
still have Ed Ro-gen and Seth Cole
left. Fremont Tribune.
Fletcher Robbins. a young man of
Plattsmouth, engaged in a prize fight
with James Lindsay of Omaha ana
now lies in his crave. The referee in
the noble contest was Sandy Griswold,
the sporting editor of the Omaha Bee.
That trentleman is now being savagely
criticised for having a hand in such an
affair; of course he didn't know that
anybody was going to be killed, or he
would have stayed in Omaha, com
piling his usual column of bombast
for the great newspaper of which he is
an ornament. Colonel Griswold should
set an example to all theothercolonels
of his kind; he should either go out of
the newspaper business or go out of
the prize ring business. The two pro
fessions do not dove-tail worth a cent.
Newspaper men should be at prize
fights only as passive spectators, in
the stern walk of duty. It is probable
that the colonel will turn over a new
leaf when he gets out of his present
trouble, if he ever gets out of it.
Beatrice Express.
Sandy Griswold, the great sporting
editor of the greatest newspaper west
of Chicago, is now fighting the charge
of being accessory to a murder. The
man of superior intelligence, who by
virtue of his responsible position,
should have used his talents and his
efforts to uplift legitimate sport from
the level of Jimmie Lindsay, ana
thugs of that ilk. Griswold in an in
terview said that he had lost his head
in the fight; that he was not the proper
person for referee; that he did not
have the proper protection. Proper
protection 1 Great Scott, from whom ?
From his Omaha friends 1 The great
sporting authority, Sandy Griswold, to
have lost his head I Heavens, the
only thing he lost was his honor, with
the sure prospect of bis liberty, for a
vear or two. The man who witnessed
the great Sullivan-Kilrain fight; the
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Corbett-Mitchell light; the man fresh
from the mill between Ryan and
Smith at Minneapolis; the trained
newspaperman, schooled to keep his
head cool and his thoughts collected,
to lose his head in a glove fight. Bah !
The only way he lost his head was in
the trepidation Fletcher Robbins
would knock out his man before he
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realized his awful position, and in an
agony of mental distress referred to
his family. Yes, how about Robbins'
mother and bister wlu are seriously ill
from the bhock. Griswold has for
feited all claims to sympathy. Junc
tion Recorder.
Ml'KKAV NOTES.
Very little grain is being delivered
just now.
Walter Dickinson of Elmwood is
visiting relatives this week.
Miss Effie Edson will preside over
the Murray school this winter.
Alex Walker expects to return to
school at Lincoln in September.
Remember the Demorest contest
Saturday night. Admission ten cents.
Willie Beiger is riding a new bicycle,
which he purchased from Milton Mor
row. Where was the man who had charge
of the World-Herald drawing for the
top buggy last Saturday?
Rob Carr of Weeping Water was
here last Friday looking for a school
to teach this winter.
Why not organize a bicycle club in
Murray? Boys, you are behind our
neighboring wheelmen.
Murray is expected to be well repre
sented at the G. A. R. encampment
this week at Weeping Water.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Hodgens returned
last week from Iowa, where they have
spent the past month visiting friends
and relatives.
Mrs. B. Seibold returned from the
western part of the state last week,
where she has been visiting relatives
for some time past.
Dr. Champney's office on Main street
is almost completed. His residence on
the opposite side of the block is near
ing completion, and promises to add
greatly to the appearance of our vil
lage. The picnic held in Mrs. Wiley's
erove last Thursday by the different
Sunday scuoois arouuu iuunj,
very pleasant occasion. Aside from
the regular program the day was
spent in games, etc., and the littleones
enjoyed a general good time.
The foot race which took place last
Saturday evening between Alex
Walker of this place and a Mr. Carrier
of Union, who seems to be quite a pro
fessional sprinter, was won by the lat
ter, but in no sense did he do it f airly .
Sometime was spent in try intr to effect
an even start, but by some tactics Car
rier got the start by ten or fifteen feet,
and only won by two or three feet.
The"Plan Sifter"flour is the popular
brand. Ask for it from your grocer.
HI LOWS CU R E
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More Trouble for Father Corbett.
Father Smith came in from Elm
wood this morning and informs us
that Father Corbett some two weeks
ago violated the order of the court, as
he performed the burial rites over one
of his former parishioners. Father
Smith says he was on the ground at
the time and ready to perform the ser
vices but was unable to do so because
of the presence of Father Corbett and
his friends. He said he asked the
constable to remove Father Corbett,
but the latter refused. The matter
was .efeired to the Bishop and per
haps some action will be taken. It is
claimed that Corbett can be arrested
for contempt of court. Nebraska City
News.
Iluw'H Thin!
We offer one bundled dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not
be cured by Hall's catarrh cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.,
Toledo, O.
We the undersigned have known
F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transaction and fin
ancially able to carry out any obliga
tion made by their firm.
West & Truax, wholesale druggists,
Toledo, O. Walding. Kixxan &
Marvin, wholesale druggists, Toledo,
O.
Hall's catarrh cure is taken inter-!
nally, acting diiectly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the systemJ
Price 7jc per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists. Testimonials free.
NEBRASKA STATE FAIR.
Special Rates and Trains via the Hue
lington Route.
September 6 to 14, round trip tickef
to Lincoln will be on sale at the onf
way rate, plus 50 cents (admission
the fair grounds). Tuesday, Septe?
ber 11, a special train for the state f
will leave Plattsmouth at 7:00 a. t
returning, it will leave Lincoln at 7
p. m., thus enabling visitors to spt
a whole day at the fair and" to re
home the same evening.
Tickets and full information u
application to the local agent of tb
& M. R. R. I
Card of Thanks.
To the host of sympathizing
quaintances and kind friends vf
tenderly administered to our bi
son and brother, Fletcher, duriis
last illness, and to those who, br
many acts of kindness and exprn
of compassion, did so much to-'n
the anguish of our hearts in tpr
of our terrible affliction, we do
pxDress our sincere thanKsanf1
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felt gratitude.
Mr. and Mrs. John Roijb
FAMILY.
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