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Tl 11 "BE JUST AND FEAR NOT." ttt:tc YEAR. PAID IN ADVACE. 0 IF PLAITSMOIJ WEEIII ej) v. ' r . V J. I I r ) VOL. 14. Mi. 47. MADE A GET-AWAY "Vic McCarty Escapes From the Doug las County Jail. THE ESCAPE A MOST DARING ONE AVould llave ltn Sentenced Monday lty Judge Ambrose Confirmation Ser vires at tlie Iiohemlan Cutli olic CUurch Note. Vic McCary Escapes. Tic McCarty, the notorious iSarpy county desperado, escaped from the Douglas county jail last Saturday evening, shortly after six o'clock. The escape was a most daring one, and was accomplished in the following manner: McCarty was in the hallway, outside the iron grating which surrounds the cells, holding a conversation with his wife, who had called to see him. It is usual to allow prisoners to come to this place when receiving calleis. Jailor Miller was in the corridor, but had his back tnrned at the time, walk ing toward the west door. Assistant Jailor John Brandt was sitting in the chair on the west side of McCarty. McCarty was in the middle chair and his wife was sitting in the chair near est the door. Louie Miller, the son of the jailor, opened the door to allow Mrs. Ish. who had been visiting her son, to go out. The moment that the young man held the door open proved to be a costly one. Vic jamped through the opened doorway like a flash and was soon outside. Descriptions of McCarty have been telegraphed to neighboring cities, and the entire police force has been in structed to look out for him. lie is so well known that bis capture ought to speedily follow the announcement, providing he is in the vicinity of Om aha. He is thirty-three years old, hav ing come here from Missouri twenty years ago. Although he has figured as the principal in a number of fights and rows, and has appeared in the po lice court several times, this is the first time that he had gone as far as the county jail. .McCarty made his escape just in time to avoid a twenty-year term in the penitentiary, as he would un doubtedly have received the full ex tent of the law. He was tried on a charge of assault, with intent to kill. Confirmation Services. The Bohemian Catholic church was the scene of an interesting religious ceremony last Sunday. The day was celebrated in the church as Confirma tion Sunday, and about fifty young people participated in the services. Bishop Bonacumb of Lincoln, as sisted by Fathers Carney and Bor of this city, officiated. The city band and several Bohemian societies marched to the church in a body. At this service the participants are given their second or middle name. The ceremonies Sunday were to have oc curred about two months ago, but were postponed on account of the non appearance of the bishop. " A Mg Failure In Cedar Creek. On last Saturday Fred Schroeder, the Cedar Creek miller, turned over his flour mill and stock of goods to his creditors. The liabilities are given at about 816,000, while the assets will be considerably short of that sum. Mr. Scbroeder's principal creditors are two Iowa men and a Sarpy county man. As far as can be learned, no one in this city will be loser by the failure. It is said that Mr. Schroeder has several times the amount of bis indebtness in outstanding accounts, and that if these creditors would now come to his assistance, he would be enabled to pay every dollar he owes, and again resume business. It is hoped that this will be the case. "Walloped" Over gatn. The Iligh school foot ball team went pyer to Qlenwood last Friday with the firm intention of slaughtering the eleven of that place. In fact, one of the boys announced at the depot before startinc that the Glenwood boys were all nice fellows, and they (the Platts- mouth foot ball team) hated to do any thing to hurt their feelings but it was their painful duty to go over tbereand "wallop" them, to even up a little. But, alas, when the smoke and dust of the conflict bad lifted and the Platts mouth High school team had drifted fiacfc across toe river, it was found to lie a melancholy' fact that they had been "walloped" to the tune of 6, to 0. Which was too bad. 1 u DUtrict Court. j From Friday's Daily. j Five cases were filed in district court today. I. II. Dunn filed a suit in foreclosure against S. L. Greeson. The security is a lot in Richey addi tion, and the amount of the mortgage is $100. Emma J. Kellog vs. Ellen and Ar thur Spivey, a suit in attachment, was j filed today. Bank of Avoca vs. Fritz Gollmer and Henry Brockman,a suit in foreclosure, was filed with District Clerk Dearing today. The Singer Sewing Machine com pany filed an appeal from the verdict against them in Justice Archer's court, in the Neal case. The appeal motion is resisted by Neal's attorney on the ground that the appeal bond was not filed within the ten days allowed by law. Viola Laughlin, through her attor neys, D. K. Barr and Geo. Clark, has filed a petition for divorce from her husband. Thos. Lauchl n. Plaintiff alleges that she has resided in Cass county more than one year previous to riling of petition; that she was married to defendant Aug. 15, 1891, in the state of Missouri; that plaintiff for several years has been an habitual drunkard and has failed to provide for herself and their child; that defendant is a man of vicious and vulgar habits and is unfit to take care of children. For these and other reasons plaintiff asks a divorce and the custody of the child. A Welcome Gift. Some weeks ago some of Mr. and and Mrs. E. S. Greiisel's old friends in this" city got up an excursion to Have lock to surprise Mr. and Mrs. Greusel on the occasion of their silver wedding. Voluntary contributions of cash were made by the excursionists to purchase presents suitable for the occasion. After the committee appointed for that purpose had purchased the pres ent, it was found that there was a neat surplus, and Saturday Mr. Gutsche, a member of the committee, turned the aforesaid surplus over to Miss Jones, city librarian, for the benefit of the public library. This sum, in addition to the proceeds to be derived from the entertainment to be given by the library board this week, will be used in the purchase of new books for the library. The M.. W. and V. Reception. Mrs. Asher Clark and Mrs. Alf. White entertained the M. W. and W. at the home of the former Thursday afternoon, that being the second meet ing of the season. They were ably as sisted through the spacious rooms by Misses Ella Clark, Verna Leonard and Minnie White. The following ladies braved the inclement weather and were well repaid by a pleasant social afternoon: Mesdames Butler, Ben nett, Ella Cooper, Byron Clark, n. N. Dovey, E G. Dovey, W. H. Dearing, Elson, Guild, Houseworth, Frank Wil son, J. N. Wise, W. L. Pickett, Julius Peppei berg, J. L. Root, Dave Miller, Ami Todd, H. D. Travis, J. N. Sum mers, Frank Alshuler, W. K. Fox, W. N. McLennan and MiS3 Alice Eaton. The Kate Reduced. Saturday's Dally. Chris. Hartman of Omaha, who fixes insurance rates all over the state for the companies who are in the "com pact," was in the city today. He came down at the solicitation of the school board to see whether anything could be done toward lowering the insurance rate on the high school. After inspect ing the building, Mr. Hartman made a reduction in the rate which will re sult in a saving to the tax-payers of about $100 per year. This, although not a large sum, will amount up con siderably in a few years. What They Think in Lincoln. Few things connected with the elec tion have caused more comment in Lincoln than the defeat of Judge Chap man by Ramsey In the Cass-Otoe dis trict. Lincoln is full of ex-Platts-mouth people, aqq tbey wJIJ never get over their interest in Cass county poli tics. They generally attribute the defeat of the judge to the influence f attorneys and others who have "had it in" for Chapman for several years and finally made a sort of informal com bination to down him. Lincoln Jour nal. A Snake Charmer. There was a combination sword swallower and snake charmer in town Friday night. He made the rpups of the saloons, swallowing bayonets' and swords, sticking a' hat-pin through the i muscles of his arms and legs, and through his tongue, and allowing the rattlesnake to bite him. 4 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MOORE GETS AWAY The Rapist Escapes Prom the Cass County Jail. KEY WAS LEFT IN THE LOCK. And He Simply Unlocked the Went Through the Floor- Door and Queer 4 Appreciation of a Favor Other Local News. Alonzo Gone From Us. Owing to carelessness on the part of the jailor, another jail delivery oc curred last Tuesday at the county bas tile, and Alonzo Moore, the most im portant prisoner confinea therein, made good his escape. The facts are about as follows: At about G:30 o'clock Jailor Denson placed the supper tray inside the steel cage, where the county prisoners are conuned. lie then locked the ironJ box which covers the lever used to operate the bolts to the cell doors, and, instead of taking the keys with him, went upstairs to supper, leaving them lying on the lever box. It was a comparatively easy matter for Moore to reach through the bars, secure the keys, unlock the cage door and step out into the corridor. Once outside the cage, Moore broke a hole through the rotten floor and crawled out, a la Ann Luce fashion, through the hole in brick wall on the east side of the jail, made bv that illustrious female, and aiicinaiua uiauc uio ui iu iuo ui jju delivery about two months ago. Moore was held to the district court recently upon a charge of rape, his victim being a fifteen-year-old girl named Veroncia Patteison, residing at Rock Bluffs, and, as the stale had a good case agasnst him, he would un doubtedly have been given a term in the penitentiary. Frank Abel, charged with horse stealing, who was also confined in the steel cage, says that he repeatedly called loudly to the jailor before Moore got out, but "Crum" Stewart, who was also in jail, accompanied by his usual jag, made considerable noise, and, while Denson claims to have heard someone calling him, he sup posed it was Stewart, and did not come down at once. The escape was made in about thirty minutes, as the jailor came down stairs immediately after supper to take away the tray and dishes, when the escape was discov ered. Sheriff Eikenbary was at once noti fied of Moore's escape and by eight o'clock had a force of men searching the railway yards and suburbs for the escaped prisoner, besides going himself to Rock Bluffs, the fugitive's home, but all to no purpose, as up to the pres ent writing no clue to his whereabouts is obtainable. The sheriff has offered a reward of $23 for the capture of Moore or information that will lead to his arrest. In speaking of the matter of dis missing the jailor, Sheriff Eikenbary said he had talked to the county board about it. He presented the fact that he had but a month and a half to serve and it would cost him considerable to move his family into the jail building for that short time, and, as there were now no prisoners there of any import ance, he believed the public would justify him in not making any change. If Mr. Holloway had some person se lected for jailor, however, he would let him move right in now. A Queer Appreciation. Engineer Sales, and a brother were in town last Tuesday, and apparently imbibed too freely in the flowing bowl, thereby accumulating a jag. One of their horses, which was tied on the street, broke loose, and was afterwards captured by Clint Billings and re-Ued, Charley Edgerton, informed them that their horse was again safely tied, whereupon they jumped upon him and smote him several times in the face. Charley said he would have them ar rested, but as yet has filed no com plaint in police court. For farm loans,, see J. M. Leyda. Reliable abstracts also furnished. A Rare Chance. The McCann. property, corner of Vine and Sixth streets, consisting of three business lots, will be sold at sheriff's sale to the highest bidder, at the front door of the court house, Sat urday, Uo v. 16? at ten o'clock a. m. Anybody looking for a bargain should attend this sale. Leave yoar orders for job work with The Journal, an .artistic job guar ahteed. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Holloway Perplexities. The Journal hears through var ious sources that Sheriff-elect Hol loway is enjoying the luxury of the perusal of numerous letters and the personal solicitations or various gen- tlemeu who are anxious to serve the public in the capacity of deputy sher iffs, bailiffs, etc., and the public can well imagine that the new sheriff en joys his situation immensely. The chief thing that makes the situation perplexing, it is understood, is the question who is to be the jailor. Heretofore the sheriff has been able to get a man to take the jail and at tend to it after a fashion, for theprofit there was in boarding the prisoners while he pocketed the jailor's fees himself; but the experience of Sheriff Eikenbary has been such that it is safe to say Mr. Holloway will not be likely to repeat that experiment. At least an eye to the safe keeping of the prisoners suggests such a thing! Just now, it seems, there are plenty of men who are willing to take the soft job of acting as deputy for the serving of papers; but none of them care to take the more onerous and less desirable job of taking care of the jail unless it be some undesirable perssn. If no ante-election promises were made and The Journal, has not been able to trace any down the situation ought to be an easy one to solve. With the advent of Judge Ramsey on the bench it is the general idea that a good deal more economy will be exer cised about the court than has lately prevailed. The Journal, ventures to suggest that if Mr. Holloway wants to put himself in line with the prevail ing spirit of economy it would be the natural, (and, it may be said,) the sensible thing for him, if possible, to induce his father, S. P. Holloway, to take charge of the jail, and board the prisoners. Nobody would blame him for that, and nobody would be as likely to make as good a jailor as he, because of the interest he would have in his son's success. If that' problem were solved, the impression is abtoad that the sheriff would be likely to employ some capable person to do the clerical work in the office, so that the records would be in shape presentable to the commissioners at their stated settlements, while he could do the necessary outside work of serving papers himself. Mr. Holloway is in a splendid posi tion to disappoint a host of fellows who would like soft places at his ex pense. Ills Chips Recognized. Last evening John Karnes and his wife were airing their family troubles oer in the Third street cut, when Henry Sitzman, who resides out south of town, happened along and "stuck in a few chips," asking to be enlight ened as to the cause of the disturbance and shortly afterwards he was sorry that he epolre. His chips were recognized "in a most horrible man ner" by Karnes, and Sitzman was given a vision of stars and fireworks for a few minutes. As no complaint was filed in police court, the matter was presumably dropped. Soine Old Voters. The Union Ledger says: At the election last week five men voted whose combined ages are 418 years, their average ages being nearly S4 years. The names and ages are John F. Buck, 82; John Ervin, 89; Abram Hathaway, 83; Isaac Dye, 84; Joseph Iloutz, 80. With the exception of Mr. Dye these men have resided in this vicinity about forty years, and at present are in "a good state of preservation," considering their ad vanced ages and the trials and troubles they endured in the early days. Lost a Satchel. Five weeks ago Saturday last I was in town, having a. black satchel with me containing some clothing, shirts, some underwear, a razor and strap. I made arrangements to go home with Jacob Luf t, and put my satchel into a wagon standing in front of Hassler's blacksmith shop, supposing it to be Luffs wagon, but found out after I got to Luft's bouse that it was the wrong wagon. I will be "much obliged to the finder of my satchel for its re turn to the Journal office. Jacob Yahn. Lamps! Lamps! Bennett & Tutt haye just received a new supply df banquet, stand and hanging lamps of the very latest pat terns and designs. They are beauti ful. Call and look at them. They have also been adding to their already large stock of china and queensware many flew patterns. Farm loans made at lowest rates. T. H. Pollock, over First Nat'l Bank;. U. 1895. WAS VERY LUCKY Rev. Britt Nearly Shoots His Off While Hunting. Foot GUN ACCIDENTLY DISCHARGED. The earnings Murder Case Will Come up For Trial Again Next Monday Other Local Happenings Around Town . A Serious Accident. Dr. L. F. Britt of this city, ex-pre siding elder of the Nebraska City methodist district, was the victim of a very painful accident last Tuesday af ternoon, justbefore dusk. Dr. Britt who was visiting at Pawnee City with his friend, Rev. J. II. Presson, for merly of Plattsmouth, was out hunt ing with the latter near Pawnee City, and while in search of quail, had occa sion to crawl through a barbed wire fence. Mr. Britt's gun, which was cocked, was accidentally discharged, the trigger catching on his coat sleeve, and the entire charge of shot entered his left foot,at the inside of -the instep. The flesh was torn from the under part of his foot, but, luckily, the bone was not struck. Had the charge en tered his foot half an inch higher, that member would have been entirely torn off. Rev. Presson hurried home, and soon had Mr. Britt under the care of a couple of physicians. The injured gentleman was brought to this city last evening, accompanied by Dr. Bol lard of Pawnee City, and will receive every attention possible. The only danger is from secondary hemorrhage, the wound being so near the main ar tery of the foot, and, unless this hap pens, Mr. Britt will be able to get around azain in a few weeks. It was very fortunate that the acci- cident was not more serious, and Mr. Britt is to be congratulated upon his lucky escape from being at least maimed for life, and probably killed. Will Re Arraigned Again. "Charles Cumings, who is charged with the murder of Judd Vance of Plattsmouth, has been arraigned once and will have to be arraigned again. It has been discovered that he was ar raigned on information charging mur der in the first degree, whereas he was bound over by Judge Berka for mur der in the second degree. The new in formation is being made out and Cum ings will be arraigned in a few days. The trial of the case 13 set for Monday morning. There are about a dozen witnesses for the state, the majority of whom live in Plattsmouth, and a deputy sheriff will serve subpoenas on them." Omaha Bee. The deputy sheriff of Douglas county was in the city today summoning the state witnesses to appear at the court bouse in Omaha next Monday. A "coon" living in North York is under arrest for stealing chickens. He was identified by a charge of shot that lodged in the back of his neck. $15,000 ! $15,000 I $15,000 ! WORTH OF Manufactured for the Western Trade and Bought for Spot Cash Prices by ELSON, clothTer. Fall OvercoaiSj $2.00. Boys' Soils, $2.50. Children's Suits $1.90. 3IEN Worsted Pants, $1-00. Men's Gloves, 35c. Men's Wool Eats 35c. Our stock is the largest and best selected stock ever brought to Cass county, At bed-rock prices. Opposite Court House. Plattsmouth, Neb. 81.t t Business Failure. that misfortunes v t. rale is not Anoth. is quite t. IU It a never come singly, excluded in this c days ago Tiie Joul the business failure ot feld, the hardware mercL Mondav Fred Schroeder's ' Clans lire ,ant, and last natne nornlng it ble Silt- added to the list. Tuesday l was learned, with considera. prise, that P. J. Hansen, tht known groceryman, had turnet stock of goods over to a receiver the First National bank of this city. The amount of the note due the bank is $1,300, and the stock of goods will amply cover that indebtedness. It is reported that there are several smaller amounts due other parties. Depressing times and long, outstand ing accounts is given as the cause of Mr, Hansen's misfortune. Mr. Hansen has been in business in Plattsmouth for many years, during which time he has established a good reputation for fair dealing, and hia friends hope to see him resume busi ness in a short time. In Justice Archer's Court. The suit for a labor account of Julius Ramge vs. Ed. Oliver was mutually settled, the defendant pay ing Ramge $10 and half the costs in the case. Plaintiff sued for $15. E. II. Britton, a cigarmaker from Red Oak, Iowa, was in town last Monday, and, Iowa style, was not long in accumulating a jag. When the police gathered him in he was trying to give away $10 bills, but he was not successful, as the people around here (in this office) didn't know what $10 bills were. This morning he con tributed $1 and costs to the city's officers, amounting to $5.25. Made Good Time. A remarkably fast run was made last Thursday by engine 512 on the Burlington road. What is known as the "Katy flyer" was turned over to the Burlington considerably late. The train consisted of four cars a baggage car, two coaches and one sleeper. It made four stops at stations, one cross ing stop, and two slow-ups between Galesburg and Mendota, a distance of eighty miles. It was made in eighty- five minutes, including the stops. From Mendota to Aurora, a distance of forty-five and one-half miles, the run was made in forty-three and one half minutes, including a stop at a railroad crossing at Earlville. Lin coln Journal. Daniel D. Andrews, a farmer living near Manley, was found dead in his bed Monday morning. He went to bed apparently in his usual state of health but died during the night, apparently from heart failure. Mr. Andrews was a good citizen and a successful farmer. It is a rather strange incidence that Wm. Ossenkop, a neighbor of An drews' died a week ago under similar circumstances. Pure maple syrup at $1.00 per gal lon. New sorghum and New Orleans molasses, honey drip syrup and black strap can be had at Bennett & Tutt's. Business Suits $5.00. MEN'S SHIRTS 50c. Men's Shoes, $1.00. ohromcie" for V