THE OMAHA UKK: FRIDAY. JULY "JS. l'J-'-'.
Word From Beyond
Directed Killing
Woman Declares
Principals in Fatal Shooting of Bluffs Man
kJ'ife of Sport una n Ssyi
Menage From Dead Father
Told Her to Slay
Sinter.
New York, July .7. A nieage
from her dead father urging her to
"nuke an end of oil thi butinrci"
prompted Mri. Minnie Rcixler, wile
of "John Tlie Barber" Keisler. wide
ly Known kporting nun, to ihoot her
i(rr, Dcrtha Kal, police quoted
hrr a laying, after the had been
lockn) up with her two sons and a
brother on homicide charges.
Miks Katz was shot in her home
earlv Wednesday. Detective imh
tated they believed Mre. Keiiler'i
statement, although Mini Katz, in
a deathbed i latcinent. told them
that Morris Reisler, a on of Mrs.
Reislor. fired the shots which killed
her. Morris, George Reisler and
Max Katt were held with Mr.
Seisler after an investigation of
their stories.
Clad She Obeyed.
"I did it because my father, who
in dead, came to me in a dream and
told tne to put an end to all thi
business," police raid Mrs. Reisler
told them. "He knew what was go
ing on. In the Jewish religion, peo
ple believe those dreams, 1 was dis
gusted with myself for waiting. And
1 am glad I did it."
An all-day fearch failed to bring
"John the Barber" whose alleged
love affair with Miss Katz was de
clared by Mr. Reisler to have been
the cause of the shooting, into the
hands of the police. Mrs. Reisler
maintained throughout the day the
came attitude of defiance that she
had had ince early in the morning
when he screamed "you lie" to the
dying girl at the latter accused
Morris Reisler of the murder,
Brokt Door Down.
"I shot her and I'm glad of it,"
she told reporters. "We broke in
the door and she came running to
ward me in her night gown. I yelled
and thot. She grabbed me and I
fired again. She kept on fighting and
I gave her another and because she
wasn't dead then, I fired again.
Then she dropped.
"I wanted to catch them both.
Morris and George and my brother
Max were with me because they
thought I was going to beat her up.
They did not know I had a gun.
"We found out my husband and
Bertha, were going to Bertha's
apartment last night and we stood
in the rain waiting for them. But
when they drovt up Bertha saw us
and my husband stepped on the gas
and I couldn't shoot. Then later the
boys helped me break in the door
and I kilted Bertha. I am glad of
it too. It' off my mind and I won't
have to worry about it any more."
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Sam C. Freiden, 41 (upper left),
Shriner and head of a newly or
ganized ice company in Council
Bluffs, was shot and killed in the
doorway of the home at 822 Avenue
D (center above) by Mrs. Linda
Taylor, 38 (upper right), Wednes
day afternoon.
Mrs. Taylor i charged with first
degree murder. Her husband, W. H.
Taylor (lower left), who wrested the
gun from her hand ai she stood
screaming over the dead body of
Freiden in the front yard of their
home, was held by police for investi
gation, but wa released yesterday.
The two Taylor children (lower
right). May, 5 (left), and Helen, 3,
are being cared for at the home of
their uncle, Lawrence Taylor, 1622
Avenue J, Council Bluffs, while both
of their parents are in jail.
Freiden is survived by his widow
(below, right) and son, Joyce, 12.
County
Clerk Wins
Primary by One Vote
Oshkosh, Neb., July 27. (Spe
cial.) It required the canvassing
board to decide on the successful
candidate for county clerk on the
democratic ticket in this county.
George Jackson, young farmer and
exservice man, was two votes ahead,
but an error of three votes in the
count from LiscO precinct puts J. C.
Schlater ahead by one vote. Robert
Miller received the nomination for
sheriff on the republican ticket by
seven votes. The candidates in the
county are:
County clerk, H. C. Fickes, re
publican; J. C. Schlater, democrat.
County treasurer, Ed S. Wood, re
publican. Sheriff, Robert Miller, re
publican; R. H. Smith, democrat.
County attorney, Frank. A. Dutton,
republican. Surveyor. John Robin
son, republican. Countv superintend
ent. Blanche W. Riddil.
Subscriptio'n Raised
for Free Chautauqua
Wymore, Neb.. July 27. (Spe-cial.)-r-The
citizens of this com
munity, including both country and
city, have raised $800 by subscrip
tion, to make the coming chautauqua
absolutely free to everyone. The
dates are July 30 to August 3. The
tent will be located on the High
school prounds. The program in
cludes the Kaufman male quartet,
Mabel Steinecker, Gipsy Girls' or
chestra, Marshall L. Mertins, Ma
son's jubilee singers, William S.
Battis, Venetian Trio, Dr. Frank E.
Gordon: "Conquest of Peace," by
junior chautauaua; I. N. Norton and
"Too Much Business." by Wales
players.
Aviation Exhibition to
Be Feature at Ball Game
Falls City, Neb.. July 27. (Spe
cial.) When the Seneca, Kan., and
the Falls City American Legion
teams meet in the annual baseball
clash here Sunday, an aviation ex
hibition will be one of the features.
Charles and Katliryn Hardin, Lin
coln parachute jumpers, and two
pilots will be on the flying program.
Cigarette
If s toastotf. This
one xtra process
glvss rare and
dslightfut quality
impossible te
tJuplloats.
Court Holds Woman as
Slayer of Bluffs Man
(Continued From race One.)
house we own at Twenty-first
street and Fifth avenue," said M. I.
Ansite, Freiden's partner. "He told
me he was Rfoing there when he left
tl)e office. We had new tenants and
wanted to get it ready for them."
No Inquest.
When Freiden appeared at the door
of her home Mrs. Taylor, according
to her story to the county attorney,
saw him as a former assailant return
ing to attack her.
Taking the gun, said to have been
purchased for her by her husband,
who was in the rear of the home shav
ing, she pointed it at the door as
Freiden walked across the yard, and
when he stood in the doorway fired
three shots.
Two bullets wounded him fatally.
Coroner Cutler said there would be
no inquest.
Suspect Identified by
Picture 30 Years Old
Above, a picture of Rothery as he
looks today. Below, the Bertillon
print taken by Scotland Yard 30
years ago.
A picture taken more than 30
years ago in the Scotland Yard
prison in England, $nd which has
been in the rogues' gallery in Cen
tral police station for the past 31
rt.Hi mm mm
years, led to the positive identifica
tion of H. M. Rothery, formerly of
Omaha, who recently was arrested in
Baltimore, Md.
Rothery was arrested after he is
alleged to have stolen a $1,500 ring
from a jeweler there. vHe gave the
name of McClellan, but the manner
in which he stole the ring led the au
thorities to believe he was Roihery.
Rothery and his methods are known
all over the world. Police in the
larger cities of the United States and
Europe have trailed him from time
to time during his career.
When asked by Baltimore police
to identify Rothery, Detective An
derson of the Bertillon bureau here,
located the Scotland Yard picture
and noted that it closely resembled
the one taken recently in Baltimore.
Rothery was arrested here Septem
ber 23, 1891. charged with being a
jewelry sneak and ordered out of
town. At that time he was well
known in Omaha, having figured
prominently in a saloon brawl before
being ordered from the city.
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Faith of Mrs. Freiden in
Slain Husband Unshaken
North Loup Settlers
Hold Annual Picnic
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North Loup, Neb.,, July 27. (Spe
cial.) The old settlers of the up
Loup valleys held their annual pic
nic Tuesday in - the ..Earl Shidncr
grove. Nearly 500 were present.
Following the picnic dinner a num
ber of talks and reminiscences were
given by old settlers. John Kellogg
and wife of California were present
and gave interesting talks. Mr. Kel
logg homesteaded . the farm just
across the river from where the pic
nic was held in September, 1871, the
second one taken in Greeley county.
It was 50 years ago in May that
the first settlement was made here.
A company of Seventh Day Baptists
came here to find homes for them
selves and to establish a colony. A
large number came here from Da
kota and Wisconsin, and took
claims.
George McAnulty was elected
president, Will Beck vice president,
W. G. Reed secretary and E. J.
Babcock, treasurer of the settlers'
organization.
Auto Parts Thief Found
Oskosh, Neb., July 27 (Special.)
A. C. Irey was fined $25 by County
Judge Gumaer, the young man hav
ing confessed to stealing some auto
parts from the Oskosh Auto com
pany garage.
The faith of Mrs. S. C. Freiden in
the character of her husband, who
was shot and instantly killed at noon
Wednesday by. Mrs. W. H. Taylor,
822 Avenue D, is unshaken.
Mrs. Freiden, who is a beauty of
the blonde type, seemed to be in a
daze yesterday morning as she dis
cussed the tragic death of her hus-
! band.
"My husband was the best m the
world," she murmured, half to her
self. "It is impossible yes, prepos
terous even to consider his attack
ing Mrs. Taylor. It is the blackest
lie ever told. We have been happily
married for 17 years and never, never
did I have occasion to distrust him."
"And to think that I befriended
Mrs. Taylor," moaned Mrs. Freid
en. "Why I sent her fuel last win
ter and clothing for her children.
Mrs. Taylor never worked as a do
mestic in my home, either. We em
ployed her to clean up when w
moved into our new home last April
and occasionally when entertaining I
had her to wash up the dishes. She
was recommended to me when we
moved to Council Bluffs from Sioux
City several years ago.
quently to clean up houses. He
mentioned Sunday that he was go
ing to have her clean up a house
on Fifth avenue. He mentioned it
again Monday, saying he forgot to
see her. He told a man in the of
fice the same thing."
Mrs. Sam Snyder, sister of Frei
den, says he came home with her
husband for lunch at noon Tuesday,
July 18, the day Mrs. Taylor alleges
she was attacked. He arrived at
12:45 and they chatted for some time
after luncheon, she said, before he
went down town. At 2 her son, Ar
thur, saw him down town, she says.
AH of Freiden's relatives, most of
them prominent in either a so
cial or business way, are gathering to
the defense of his reputation.. They
call attention to the fact he was shot
while outside the Taylor home.
"When my husband awoke Wed
nesday morning he told me he had
experienced a terrible dream," .said
Mrs. Freiden. "I laughed at him
Criip Crusted, Fresh
Green Apple Pie
5 with any order all
this week.
and wouldn't let him tell me about
it, but all morning I had a premo
nition of something tragic about to
happen. I almost called my husband
to have him come home for lunch
con." Mrs. Freiden was an Omaha girl,
formerly Miss Rose Priesman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pries
man, 1528 North Nineteenth street.
Funeral services for the dead man
will be held Sunday. His father is to
arrive in Council Bluffs from San
Jose, Cal., Saturday night.
Idle rooms are not profitable; let
an Omaha Bee "Want" Ad find a
desirable tenant for you.
Disabled Vets to
Fight to Oust
Brig. Gen. Sawyer
National Commamlrr Declare
PliYiriiiiit Connection Willi
Hotpitulixatinn Program
Mrildleiuine.
Cincinnati. O., July 27. Deilaruia
that Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer'
connection with the government h
pitiluation program for men wound
ed and dishabilitatrd in the v.orld
war ha been "meddlesome, trouble
some and void of any beneficial re
sult whatsoever," Captain C. Hamil
ton Cook, Buffalo, N. Y.. national
commander of the DUabled Amcii
can Veteran of the World War, in
4 ttitcmcnt today said that the organ
ization which he hcad, t-ompriftiiig
more than 90,000 disabled men.
"would leave no stone unturned until
General Sawyer had been removed
from the position he holds."
"Henceforth the Dinabled Ameri
can Veterans of the World War will
fight to the finish to see. that General
Sawyer is ousted and that control of
the hospital is vested in Col. Charles
R. Forbes, chief of the United State
veterans' bureau."
Washington, July 27. Brig. Gen.
Charles K. Sawyer. President Hard
ing's personal physician and chief
co-ordinator of the federal board of
hospitalization, in a statement, de
clared he would not be "forced ca
joled or stampeded" into abandoning
his policy for the care and treatment
of disabled war veterans.
His statement was in teply to the
demand of Col. A. A. Sprague of
Chicago, chairman of the national
rehabilitation committee of the
American Legion, that he "step
aside" and make way for someone
who would adopt a more liberal at
titude towards the disabled veterans.
.Nominee of Hamilton
County Are Announced
Auroia. Nrt. July .7. iSpnial.)
The pimurie rnulted iu the nom
inaiHHi of the following county of
ficers: Republican, Henry V. Nelon,
comity clerk: Harry K. Tool, county
treasurer; Ou T. Mn'onaughey.
cuutity lirnil; Frank l'okciidal and
I harlf Klllmn, county 'nimiiui(ill
er, and A. W. Ilickii'an. reprrtciiU'
Vt hi thr Itiiulaturc. Pt'iuocratic,
Hyde Widaman, iminty clerk;
Flank Mclarty, i utility 1 1 r.iurcr ,
l.iinc lv. Howard, t "mil v licn(i:
ijolin J, Kfiuhardt. county attorney;
1 1 laudf Wright and I'd Cutis, county
i tnntniitkioner. and K. L. Kemper,
I rrri'krnt.ttive in (he Icgiklaturc.
: Pawnee. City Wheat Field
iclclrf K) Bushel an Acre
Pawner. City, Neb, July 27.
(Special.) County Treasurer M. L.
H.tn;inin of this city has a 40-acre
tract ni wheat which made a record
yield tliii. m.ioii with 40 1-2 bulirU
In the acre. The average yield fur
this community this season is about
15 liiblaU.
1 1 which JO wa in Rained and JO in
luikry rd. Urn lie threohrd ye-li-idav
he louml tin- J" .teres of Kan
red wheat amazed 4 biihel an
acre, while the 20 acie uf Turkey
Ked wheat amazed ."' I 2 biitliell
prr acre, making thr imaKe on th1
40 acre of ,W UothrU an a. ir.
Circuit of County I'uir
Hold Meeting at Dei-hler
Dohler, Nel July 27. (.Special )
The Milliliter lilrrtiiiK of the Ne
braska Short Ship racing circuit com-pri-ing
fail of Adam, t lav, I'tHmore,
Wehcter, Pawner, NticUoSU and
Thayer countie, was held in pett
ier. Tuesday,
A resolution was adopted whereby
the circuit went oil record a stand
ing s(ii,ni'ly together to protrit
theiiiM-kcs aitaiiist unfair practu e of
thine with whom they have bn.im't
dealing.
Wheat at Aurora Yields
18 34 Huxhels an Acre
Aurora. Nub., July 27. (Special.)
L'p to date the prize field of wheat
in this county is that of F. li. Mc
Conaiighey. who lives on the Peter
son farm four miles northeast of
Aurora. lie had 40 acres in wheat,
Thayer County Clu! to
He Cuent at I'lmtTrity
LVshler. Nib.. July 27.--I Special )
August 2 and i are set as Thayer
County Club day ai Lincoln. All
the clubs of the county aic invited to
be quests of the extension depart
ment of the State university on these
dates. Cot will be furnished free
and meal at cost. The start will he
made from the courthouse at He
bron, Wednesday morning, August
2, at 7 : JO, returning the afternoon of
August 5.
Aurora "Choral Union Gives
Final Concert of Season
Aurora. Neb., July 27. (Special.)
The final concert of the Aurora
Choral union was given last night on
the courthouse square to a large
audience from all parts of the coun
ty. This was the fourth concert
given by the Aurora singers thi
summer. The Choral union has been
trained by J. A. Parks of York, who
led the singing. During the summer
a concert is held each Wednesday
evening on the courthouse square.
For six weeks the Aeolian orchestra
Rave these concerts and now, follow
ing the four concert by the singers,
the Aurora band will entertain.
Mail Ballots Place New
Solon Candidate in Lead
Geneva. Neb., July 27. (Special.)
The count of ballots received by mail
changed the democratic candidate
for representative from the 54th dis
trict, John P. Davis of Geneva now
having a lead of 12 votes over George
Landgren of Shicklcy. Landgrcn was
in the lead by five votes on the
count reported by precinct election
boards.
Pageant of
Progress
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You see them on the stage at the -
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Come in and See These Used Bargains
Trumpet Cornet . .". $28.00 Holton Trumpet .... f 60.00
Martin Cornet $40.00 Baritone Horn $40.00
Conn Saxophone . . . $50.00 Circular Alto . . . . . .$32.50
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We Do Expert Repairing, All Kinds of Instruments
Out-of-Town Orders Receive Prompt Attention
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THE EVENING BEE
Month-End Sales
Final Clearance Friday
Suits Capes Coats
Every one, from regular stock
Every one a decided bargain
Six suits originally
priced $39.50 to $125.00
Nine suits originally
priced $35.00 to $59.50
Eighteen suits originally
priced $25.00 to $35.00
Six silk capes that
were $59.50 to $98.50
Ten wool wraps,
formerly $59.50 to $98.50
Twenty-one light
weight wool coats,
formerly $59.50 to $98.50
$25.00
$15.00
$10.00
$25.00
$25.00
$39.50
No Alterations All Sales Final.
Wash Cotton Prices
At Their Lowest Friday
Tissue Ginghams, 29c, 49c, 59c that have
sold up to $1.25. A disposal of both staple
and fancy woven tissue ginghams in choice
new patterns, 32 inches wide.
Zephyr Drew Ginghams, 50c. Imported
and domestic makes in seasonable new
plaids, checks and solid shades. (32-inch).
These are our regular 65c zephyrs.
Printed Voiles, 25c a yard A variety of
printed floral and conventional styles in
all colors. 40 inches wide. Values up to
75c a yard.
50c Beach Cloth Suitings, 25c 36-inch, in
all plain shades.
Wash Goods Section Second Flocvr
White Silk Hosiery
for Great Economies
Pure thread white silk to the top hose with
garter tops and double soles.
$3.50 quality, $2.45 a pair.
Pure thread white silk to the top hose with
hand embroidered clocks in colors, garter
tops and double soles.
$4.50 quality, $2.95 a pair.
Compare qualities and prices and you'll
easily appreciate these two special offerings
for Friday.
Remnants of Silks and
Imported Cottons
About V2 Price
Beautiful novelty crepes and ratine voiles,
Swiss organdies, Canton crepes, crepe de
chines, sports silks, novelty silk ratine,
foulards, kimono silks; every material that
is desirable is in this sale Friday.
Blouse patterns to dress lengths
and priced by the remnant '
One of the Best Sales of the Year