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    The Omaha Morning Bee
VOL. 52 NO. 1.
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OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1922.
TWO CENTS
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President
Will Back
Rail Board
Strike of Rail Employe Will
Bring About Ilradon
Collision With Gov
eminent
Plans Are Already Made
Cincinnati, O., June 18 (Hy
A. P.) Formal notice was served
tonight on the railroad labor board
by the chiefs of U railroad unions
of their intention to go through with
strike in event one is authorized
by the IZ.'S.IXiO workers whose
wages are to be reduced on July 1
under order of the board.
Coupled apparently with the ac
tion of the rail union leaders was a
Ktatement that the "railroad worker
have no alternative except to tight,"
made by John L. Lewis, leader of
the striking coal miners, who will
meet with the rail union leaders
Tuesday to consider joint strike ac
tion, lie aUo pledged the miner's
aid to the rail men. but declined to
state definitely what aid might re
sult front joint action.
Br GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
Omaha Vn Ufd Wire.
. Washington, June 18. If the rail
road unions should carry out their
threat to strike in protest against the
reduction of wages decreed by the
railway labor board, they will find
themselves involved in a head-on
collision with the federal govern
ment. President Harding, it was learned
today, intends to back up the labor
board to the full extent of his vast
power in the event the unions resort
to force to defeat the processes for
the adjustment of wages provided by
the Cumrnins-Esch act.
This law conferred upon the board ,
no means of enforcing its decisions.
Provisions to clothe the boards and
the courts with such authority were
defeated through the efforts of or
ganized labor. Defenders of the
legislation have held that the force
of public opinion would be sufficient
to compel respect for the decisions of
the board eventually by rendering
abortive any strike in defiance
thereof.
Will Maintain Service.
This theory will be given a tryout
in the event of a strike. The presi
dent,' however, is not disposed to be
content with a mere trial of strength
between the unions and the public.
"He deems it a fundamental responsi
bility of srovernment to maintain
transportation and is determined to
employ all lawful resources to ac
complish that end.
When the country faced the threats
of a railroad strike last year, Secre
tary of Commerce Hoover was form
ing an organization to cary out a
vast scheme of iansportation of the
necessities of life by auto trucks and
Attorney General Daughcrty was on
the point of instituting legal pro
ceedings against the authors of the
strike order. These plans will be
icvived if the unions make good
their present threats to walk out.
One Million Vote on Strike.
More than 1,000,000 employes com
prise the membership of the 11 un
ions now taking a strike vote.
The four train service brotherhoods
of engineers, ' firemen, conductors
and train men, with a membership
of 400,000, are not affected by the sit
uation. The total of tl.c last three cuts or
dered hv the labor board is $135,000,
1)00. Added to the cut of July 1,
I9t, it makes a total of $485,000.
00 in the last year.
Government figures are not avail
able to show the reduction in wages
. of other classes of industry. From
; incomplete returns, however, but
covering a wide range of industry, it
is evident that wage reductions have
been much greater than in the rail
road industry, even running to as
much as 50 per cent from the war
time levels, in some instances. It is
estimated roughly however, that the
est
av
be
average reduction in other lines has
been around Za per cent. .
Holds Union Suable.
It is possible that the supreme
court decision in the Coronado Coal
case holding unions suable for dam
ages and denning strikes amendable
to provisions of the Sherman anti
trust act, will have a bearing upon
, such legal proceedings as might be
instituted against the railroads
unions in the event . of a strike.
Henry S. Drinker, jr., of Philadel
phia, counsel for the Coronado Coal
- company, is of the opinion that or
ganized labor will benefit by the de-
; cision.
"Now that labor unions are legal
ly liable for -damages which they
cause," says Mr. Drinker, "it would
seem that the courts would be much
less likely to grant injunctions, since
after the commission of the act there
is a ready and adequate remedy.
- Change Gomper's Stand.
"A considerable of Mr. Gomper's
public utterances in recent years has
been devoted to berating the courts
for what he contends is their unfair
attitude toward labor, : his most
prevalent charge being relative to
-4he issuance of injunctions which he
contends would not have been is
sued if the defendants had been capi
talists. "While contending that labor
unions were totally immune from
suits for damages and their funds
exempt from liability for injuries
, caused by their members,' Mr. Gom-
pers, at the same time ,has main
. ' .1 . , . i i
laincu inai mere snouia oe appucu
' to trie unions me same rule as wouia
be applicaple if they were in fact
legally responsible.
"Manifestly under the law, prior
to the courts decision in the Coro
nada Coal company case, this posi
tion was - botb. illogical and unfair.
One cannot both have his cake and
eat it. Now; however, the situa
tion is wholy changed."
Brlde-to-Be Obtains
Freedom of Fiance;
Judge Scores Court
Chicago. June 18. The iutcrce
ion of his bride-to-be won the free
dom of William Harwell of Denver
after he had served six mouths of a
sentence of a year in prison and a
$1,000 fine, equivalent to five years
in prison, for carrying a concealed
weapon.
l arwrll , a furtmr soldier, who
served in France, appeared in court
with a young woman who refused to
give her name and an attorney sjie
had interested in the cac. He ex
plaiutfi that he had been arrcMcd
while trying to sell an unloaded pis
tol and had been told to plead guilty
as he had only violated a city ordi
nance which meant a small fine. The
heavy sentence resulted.
"The only crime committed in this
case was committed in the court
which sentenced this man," declared
Judge M. L. McKinley of the crimi
nal court before whom Farwell ap
peared. "It's a crime to impose a
sentence like this on a stranger while
the streets are running with native
professional gunmen."
Lightning Kills
Three in Storm
at Scottbluff
Victims Were Working in
Fields One Leaves
Wife and Four
Children.
Scottsbluff. Neb., June 18. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Three are dead in
Scottsbluff as the result of being
struck by lightning Saturday evening
during the most severe electrical
storm this region has ever known.
The body of Fred Schacfer, 55, was
found at 4 p. m. and later in the eve
ning the bodies of Jake Keutcr and
Henry Rein, both about 30, were a
half-mile apart in a field where they
had been irrigating.
Reuter is survived by a wife and
four children.
Russell Condon,
Contractor, Dies
Was Head of Omaha Chapter
of Associated General Con
tractors of America.
Russell Condon, 52, .3634 South
Twenty-sixth street, widely known
public works contractor operating in
many central states as head of three
different companies, died at 11:30
yesterday morning of erysipelas. He
had been a resident of Omaha for
35 years and .ws president of-the
Omaha hcapter of the Associated
General Contractors of America.
Funeral services will be held at 9
Tuesday morning at St. Bridget's
church. South Omaha. Rev. T. J.
O'Callaghan will celebrate mass.
Burial will be in St. Mary's cemer
tary.
Mr. Condon was head of the firm
of Condon & Bolen, which graded
the Dodge street road and now holds
many city and out-state contracts; of
the Russell Condon Construction
company, which is at work on Illi
nois contracts, and of the firm of
Condon & Sherlock, which is paving
West Center street and has several
Douglas county contracts.
He is survived by his widow and
five children, Elizabeth, John, Mary,
Edward and Charles; three brothers,
George W., John and Daniel C. of
Omaha, and two sisters, Mrs. E. W.
Kolterman of Omaha and Mrs.
Frank W. Clifford of Portland, Ore.
Lincoln Prisoner
Flees Moving Train
Lincoln, June 18. (Special Tele
gram.) James H. Duffield, a prize
fighter of this city, escaped from a
moving train between here and Have,
lock, a suburb, while in the custody
of Constable J. Immenhausen, who
was returning him to Lincoln to an
swer a hrarge of having passed
checks with insufficient funds.
Duffield was arrested in Omaha.
With him were his wife and child .
The wife beggen the constable, who
had been sent to Omaha to return the
prisoner, to permjt them to accom
pany them. Near Havelock, JJut
field said he wished to wash his
hands and was permitted to elave
the seat. When he did not return
the constable investigated and found
his charge gone.
Girl Given Trip to Europe
as Graduation Present
Geneva, Neb., June 18. Miss Jen
nie Lowden, 'former resident of Fair
mont, was graduated from Hastings
college this spring with honors and
was given a trip to Europe as a grad
uation present. Miss Lowden, with
her father, R. H. Lowden of .Hast
ings, will sail for England from Mon
treal, Monday, June 26..
A Bee Want Ad
Will Find it!
"Lost and Found" ads search
in millions of obscure, out-of-the-way
places where you
would never expect to find
your lost valuables.
If you have had the misfor
tune to lose something of
value," get action started now.
Call ATlantic 1000 and ask
for the Want Ad Department.
The Morning Bee
The Evening Bee
Bee Want Ad Rales
' Are Reasonable
Armistice
IsSi
Hostilities Have Ceased on
Shanhaikwan SectorNor
inal Rail Traffic .
Expected.
Sun Awaits His Army
TientMti. June 18. (By A. P.)
An armistice between the forces of
On. Wit l'ei-1'u, head of the central
China military establishment, and
Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian rebel
turhuu, has been signed at Chin-wangtac,-according
to reports reach
ing here over the railroad line to that
port.
According to these reports,
Chang's Fengtien troops are with
drawing from .the Shanhaikwan sec
tor and hostilities already have
ceased.
It is honed here that normal rail
way traffic between Peking and
Shanhaikwan. where it has been ob
structed by the fighting on the south
Manchurian front for some days,
may be restored within the week.
Leaders of the forces of Wu and
Chang were reported last Friday to
have met aboard a British vessel at
Chinwangtae to consider a truce.-
Amoy, China, June 18. (By
A. P.) The president's residence in
Canton has been taken by the troops
of Gen. Chen Chiung-Min. Dr. Sun
Vat Sen is supposed to have made
his escape on board a gunboat.
Canton City was bombarded
Saturday "afternoon by five gunboats
under command of Sun Yat-Scn. The
residents deserted their houses.
There were only a few casualties.
The soldiers of the invaders did
considerable looting.
Sun Yat-Sen's army in Kiangsi is
reported to have been defeated. It
is reported he is awaiting the arrival
of his defeated army, when an at
tempt will be made to retake Canton.
Four Injured in
Auto Accidents
Two Drivers Held by Police
on Charges of . Reckless
Driving.
Three persons suffered cuts on. the
head in a motor crash at Sixty
fourth and Pacific streets at 1:45
Sunday morning.
They were: Mr.'and Mrs. Thomas
Kimball, 5019 . Underwood avenue,
and "I. G Grosbeck, Twenty-eight
and Poppleton streets, who were rid
ing iu a coupe.
Walter Keltey, 208 South Twenty
fourth street, driver of the second
car, uninjured, was held for drunk
enness and recklcsjdriving.
Charles A. Alexander, 2409 Capi
tol avenue, laborer, was run down by
a motor car at Eighteenth . and
Dodge streets at 12:45 yesterday aft
ernoon, and suffered a gashover the
right eye and a sprained shoulder.
R. M. Warren, 2714 Crown Point
avenue, .driver of the car, was ar
rested for reckless driving.
Farm Hand filled
by Lightnihg 'Bolt
1 1 " & '
Scottsbluff, Neb., June 18. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Fred Schaefer, 55,
employed on the De Con ley farm,
one mile from Scottsbluff, was in
stantly killed at 4 this afternoon
when struck by a bolt of lightning.
He had started from the field where
he was working to the farmhouse
when the bolt fell. Sctiaefer, is sur
vived by the widow and a married
daughter.
President Host on Mayflower
to Party for Week-End
Washington, J.une 18. President
Harding was host on the Mayflower
on another week-end trip today. The
party included Attorney General
Daugherty, Chairman Lasker of the
shipping board, Speaker Gillett and
Mrs. Gillett, Senator and Mrs. Kel
logg, Director of the Budget Charles
G. Dawes and Mrs. Dawes and Jesse
Smith of the Department of Justice.
The Mayflower was scheduled to
return Monday morning. :
I Marion Ream Stephens "
Named in Alienation Suit
I Paris, June 18. Mile. Liobouv
I Mouromsky, who claims to be the
hrst and only legal wife of Anastase
Vonsiatsky-Vonsiatsky, has . in
structed her attorney here to insti
tute proceedings against Mrs. Marion
Ream Stephens, American heiress,
who married Vonsiatsky last Febru-
I ary. Mile. Mouromsky is asking for
3W,uuu damages tor "alienating the
affections of her husband."
Mile. Mouromsky is ready to leave
for America in case her presence
should be required by the New York
rttorneys who will prosecute the case
j m the American courts. , -
I
Torrential Downpour
V Again Strikes Syracuse
Syracuse, N."Y., June 18. A sec
ond torrential downpour within a
week, equaling in force the storm of
last Sunday" morning which caused
a loss of $1,000,000, broke over Syra
cuse and central New York late Sat
urday and caused Jieayv damage.
:ewers not entirely cleared of the
i silt and deposits of the previous
storm were unable to carry off more
than the first onrush of water and
as the storm continued unabated
for several hours, the low-lying
poiiits in the city were flooded in
some places to a depth of four to
eieht feet
Posse That Shot and Captured. Brown in
He Neared Old Haunts of 15 Years Ago
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Police Jail Girl
Brown Manacled
Charge Against Katherine
McManaman Ie Kept Secret
Found in Benson.
Following closely on the heels of
the arrest and shooting - of Frank
Brown,, the Benson manacle man,
Saturday in Wyoming, police or
dered the arrest of Katherine Mc
Manaman, one of the "chained,
girls."
Mystery surrounded her- arrest.'
She was taken into custody by Po
lice Officer 'Olson in Benson. He
discovered her riding on the rear
Seat of a motorcycle going through
Benson. She was booked at the po
lice station for "investigation."
"I don't know why they arrested
me," Miss McManaman said. "It
might be in connection with the re
port that I stole a hat, from a wo
man named Mrs. Mary Puryear. I
don't think it is in connection with
Brown's arrest."
In connection with a rumor that
Brown had stated he chained the
girls when they threatened to
"squeal" about him having stolen
diamonds and jewelry in his posses
sion. Miss McManaman said: "We
didn't see any jewelry of diamonds
at the shack until the morning we
were freed by the deputy sheriffs;
Brown was a stranger to us when
we met him at Twenty-fourth and
Cuming streets and he took us ort
the automobile ride which ended in,
the chaining."
She said that she and Gene Jcn-j
kins, who was chained with her by1
Brown, were together earlier in the
evening. Police " refused to state
whether they were looking for the
Jenkins girl.
Interurban Hits Auto;'
Man Saved by Bedsprings
Los Angeles. June 18. An inter
urban . electric train crashed into an'
automobile- driven by Charles . W.:
Martin at . Atwater Crossing, near,
here. Martin was- thrown clear of
the right .of way onto some bed-i
springs which ; he had been trans
porting on the car. . The automobile1
was damaged. The bedsprings were
bent. Martin was unhurt.
Senator Crow Critically 111
Uniontown, Pa., June 18. Senator
William E.- Crow, whose condition
this morning was pronounced "very
grave" by his physicians, was some
what improved tonight, it was an
nounced at his summer home near
here
Brown Describes Flight
From Omaha to Mountains
Says Sidney Officers He Tied Up. "Were "Scared
StiffHad Hoped to Reach Wyoming Haunts
He Knew as Ernest Busch Expects
to Receive Life Sentence.
Rawlins,, Wyo., June 18. (Special
Telegram.) "Why didn't I throw
up my -hands when- odds were all
against me?"- Well, the odds are
never against me as long as I have
a g'uii. T never would have put up
my hands. I never would have given
up , if ;I had not fainted from loss of
blood."
In this manner, Omaha's "wild
man" today answered questions pro
pounded to him in-the first inter
view he has consented to since his
dash through the' mountains of
Wyoming- last week and his subse
quent capture north of . Medicine
Bow Sattf-day.
On the eve' of his departure for
Omaha in the .custody , of Nebraska
State Sheriff Gus Hyers, where he
will face charges 'of having bound
two women with log 'chains, as
saulted them, and kept them in a cel
lar for two days, Fred Brown, aljas
Gus Grimes, alias ( Ernest B'usch,. lay
on hi's tot in the Wyoming - state
penitentiary here and told officers
a part but not all of the story of
his escape from Omaha, of his event
ful trip to Lincoln and back again,
"his wounding of ' a patrolman in
Omaha, of his flight . to Sidney,
Neb., his outwitting of officers there,
and finally of his dash for Boxelder,
Canon country, ' where he ' once
worked1 as sheephcrder under what
is believed to "be his right ' name
Ernest Busch and where -he hoped
to remain in hiding.' ,
Willing to Talk.
He was more than willing to tell
how he had discomforted authorities,
but when he was. asked concerning
a series of -crimes for which.lie will
be held as a suspect.vincluding three
murders, he shrugged nist shoulders.
. He admitted nothing and - denied
nothing. . . ; i-. - - '
Brown, has' so far ; .recovered i that
Hyers plans: to leave with, him early
Tuesday, arriving in Omaha Wed
nesday morning. -. ,
. As he grew better he also erew'
I more talkative. 1 "You .can't kid' me
partner, I ve been . kidded' by ex
perts,". He said. "You're just kidding
yourself, that's all," was the bandit's
reply to several queries shot at him
by Sheriffs Hyers, Sanders and Car
tSsSt.-! 3 . r- - (
roll and ' Cheyenne and Rawlins
newspaper men. '
Throughout a half hour's running
fire of .questions-and answers be
maintained . ' a half-defiant, half
amused attitude. He admitted tying
up the Omaha women, but refused
to tell why he did it. Asked if it
was because they had asked for his
diamonds and had threatened to
"squeal" when he turned .them down,
he shrugged his shoulders.
He denied all knowledge of the
(Turn to Page Two. Column Four.)
Prohibition Directors
Will Meet in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minn., June 18.
Northwtst prohibition directors, di
recting activities in Iowa, Nebraska,
North and South Dakota and Minne
sota, will hold a conference here
June 19 to. discuss problems of pro
hibition enforcement in the five
states-.
The heads of enforcement bureaus
in the five states will meet with Dr.
R. O. Mathews, special representa
tive of Roy A. Haynes, federal pro
hibition commissioner, and Emerson
E. Hunt, supervising agent for the
northwest.
Among' other questions, the con
ference, will discuss smuggling..
First Aerial Picnic
Will Be Held in Paris
Paris, June 18. (By . A. P.)
The first aerial picnic on record will
take place tomorrow when 35 air
planes; bearing most of the famous
pilots of France and the present and
former air ministers and their wives,
will take off from the Buc, Villa
coublay, Issy-Les Moulineaux 1 and
Teussus-Le-Nob!e ' airdromes a t
11:30; iV the morning for a landing
fieldrTillieres, 60 miles from Paris.
Here.'aiuncheon will be .served in
the ojSen air from baskets brought on
the planes from Paris.
:
.. ', Drouth Damages Wheat
"'Wymore, Neb., June 18. The
drouth f -the past six weeks has
seriously! damaged the wheat of this
section and some farmers estimate
the loss at ; 5 Oper cent.
Wyoming as
for Shelter
Leaders of the posses that cap
tured Brown as he was about to re
gain the haunts he knew as Ernest
Busch 15 years ago are shown here.
W. J. McClements, special officer
for the Union Pacific, and J. A.
Wade, Wyoming law enforcement
officer, the two men who were ac
tually in "at the death" are in the
picture, as is Gus Hyers, Nebraska's
tireless sheriff. From left to right:
Gus Fleishli, Rawlins; Deputy
Warden Keifer; Sheriff Sanders,
Carbon county: Warden F. A. Had
sell of the Wyoming state prison;
State Sheriff Gus Hyers, W. J. Mc
Clements and J. A. Wade.
At the right is Fred Brown,
propped up on a cot in the Wyoming
nenitentiarv hospital, where he was
rushed following the shooting and
capture.
Murder Charge
Against Brown
Being Debated
Filing of Accusation in Sief
s ken - 5 lay inge-; Will Depend -
on. Witnesses of
? Crime.
Whether Fred Brown, manacle
man, would be charged with the mur
der of Charles Seifken and his son
Robert had not been decided last
night by heads of the Omaha detec
tive department.
Charles Van Deusen, chief of de
tectives, said the decision would de
pend on the declarations of witnesses
of the Siefken slaying.
Police attach much importance also
to the testimony of Miss Sylvia Kula
kofsky, 319 North Thirty-eighth ave
nue. Union Pacific employe, who, a
few moments before the Siefken
tragedy, escaped from the attentions
of a man who was following her.
Robert Siefken obtained a friend to
take the young woman home and the
follower was thwarted. On a long
ride on a street car Miss Kulakof
sky noted the man carejully.
Many Charges Pend.
"Fred Brown's hfstory indicates
that he might gladly hold up a man
who foiled him in such manner,"
Chief Van Deusen said, "and if Miss
Kulakofsky identifies Brown as the
follower he will have much to ex
plain about the Siefken shooting and
his whereabouts."
Here is how Chief Van Deusen and
Lt. John Pszanowski of the motor
theft bureau said ' Brown probably
could be prosecuted here:
1. Under the habitual criminal act,
meaning possibly 10 years in prison.
2. For complicity in looting the
Joseph Bauer hardware store, 2332
South Twenty-fourth street. .
3. For the theft of six motor cars.
New evidence, according to Chief
Van Deusen, leaves it in doubt as to
whether Brown could be prosecuted
tor chaining H. E. Boyd and two
girls at his Benson shack.
Chain Charge Slender.
"Brown probably would be able to
show that he dug 'the Boyd grave' to
get a tub of loot that he carried
away in his motor car," the chief
said, "and a controversy probably
would develop as to how the girls
happened to be there."
One of the girls, Katherine Mc
Manaman, is now in police custody.
She was arrested Saturday night and
officials say she was held for the
health department. Complaint ' also
has been made to the police by one
of her friends, that she borrowed a
hat and did not return it.
If Brown is prosecuted as a "man
acle man." according to the police,
conduct of everybody concerned in
the chaining is certain to be closely
scrutinized for a long period prior
to the episode.
But in the opinion of Chief Van
Deusen the manacle man hasn't a
chance to go free. .
Swarms of Locusts Invade
28 Philippine Provinces
Manila. P. I., June 18. (By A.
P-) Vast swarms of locusts have in
vaded 28 Philippine provinces from
central Luzon southward, destroy
ing crops iq many localities. The
bureau of agriculture announced the
governor general will- be asked to
issue an order to the inhabitants of
the infested regions directing con
ceded efforts to destroy the pests.
Chain Man
Is Destined
for Lincoln!
Fred Uro Will Be Taken
to Slate Capital as Soon
as Condition -Permit.
Omaha May Lose Him
Lincoln, June 18.
fSnecial Telegram.) Fred Browtt
will be taken to Lincoln from Raw.
lins as soon as his condition permit
and will remain in Lincoln inactmite-,
ly, possibly in the penitentiary hoi-r
pitat.
This wa the statement maoe icr-.
night by Phil Bros, secretary o fi
nance, authorized by Governor Me
Kelvie to handle the Brown affair tJ
date. Instructions to this effect vu
he wired to State Sheriff Gus Hyers
at Rawlins, Bross announced.
Lincoln Stole March.
Whether Brown will be tried ot
charges preferred against him m
Omaha or Lincoln is problematical;
athough it is admitted here that Lin.
coin authorities stole a march on .
those in Omaha by issuing a warrant
for Brown's arrest on a charge of
shooting to kill in connection with
his alleged attempt on the life of
Walter Schroeder, state parole offi
cer, more than a week ago. '
Before Brown is removed from the
state penitentiary at Rawlins, state
authorities here desire a certificate
from the Wyoming penitentiary
physician asserting he is in props
physical condition for moving. "
Fought to the Last.
Rawlins, Wyo., June 18. Fred
Brown, "fighting like a wildcat,
was captured and was not shot until
after he had pulled the trigger of his
revolver and the cartridge failed te
explode, J. A. Wade, state law en
forcement agent and member of the
posse which captured the Omaha
"chain" bandid Saturday, declared
here. i
Weakness in the spring of Brown'
revolver, he said, is probably all thai
averted a fierce struggle between the
fugitive and the officers.
"We stopped our car and walked
toward him through the grass and
underbrush," said Wade. "At less
than 200 yards away we shouted to
him that we were officers and de1
manded that He surrender." j
Waited With Guns.
"Instead, he crawled into his ma
chine, and apparently waited .for us
to advance so he could pick us off.
We -scattered and crept toward him.
Finally he made a break for a rock
formation 100 yards away, directly
behind his automobile. He had a
six-shooter in each hand. We shoj
all round him without attempting
to hit him, all the while calling foe
him to throw up his hands." J
As Wade advanced from one side'
other members of the posse crepl
upon Brown from the other. Wadf
reached the top of the rimrock oa
which the bandit had taken refugf
and commanded him to hold up his
hands. Instead of complying, Brown,
who had been shot through the chest
just over the heart by a member of
the posse, struggled desperately to
drag himself to a collection of guns
which he had dropped when he was
shot.
Three members of the posse finally
succeeded in subduing him. He was
weak from the loss of blood when he
finally surrendered, Wade said.
Pugilist Is Killed in
Gun Duel With Cop
One man was killed and a police
man and a bystander were wounded
in a gun fight on the carnival
grounds in Council Bluffs Saturday
night.
Jack Thomas, known as "Pana
ma" Jack, an amateur pugilist, was
the man slain. He was fighting
gun battle with Policeman R. P.
Bolin, who attempted to arrest him
for drunkenness and rowdyism.
Bolin was wounded three times in
the fight, in the right hand, the righj
arm aud the right leir. ' He fired the
bullet that killed Thomas when he
was scarcely able to stand. ;
The bystander was Fred La
Crosse, a carnival employe. He was
only sliglitly wounded. ;
The two wounded men are in E
mundson hospital.
Crystal Hampton Dies
of Self-Administered Poison
New York, June 18. Miss Crystal
Hampton, former head of a moving
picture producing firm which bore
her name, died from the effects of
poison she swallowed in the rest
room of a Broadway hotel two
weeks ago.
The police said that at the hospi
tal Miss Hampton told them she was
married to Harry Schulz at Alle
town, Pa., several years ago, but th
the marriage had been annulled.
Two Youths Drown Whilt?
Swimming in Krueger's Lake
Sidney, Neb., June 18. (Special
Telegram.) Walter Bartels, 23. of
Deshler and Albert Horst. 18. rf
Gurley were drowned at KruegeMs
lake six miles east of here while
swimming this afternoon.
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