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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1922)
The Sunday Bee MAGAZINE SECTION vol. fit; no. 'jo. OMAHA, SUNJJAY MORNING, OCTOliKK 2'J, 1022. rivi: ckn i s T En Bm9 Bmsmtj Bil Will Payne An Inside Story of the Informal, but Not Wholly Invisible, Gov eminent That Cheat (he Law and of a Man Who Defied Death for Conscience's Sake TN MAItCII one Kiikiiiii) liniiamn win "l't out." lie 2 yearn old, imiri led, with a 2 year-old daiiKlilcr. 1 ll. (f "let I'lil" wnn oil tlx- iiinhlmi then. Fur month fin ii,rl m Inn) been Hhiittlni; down, iilll'-e foreen dwin dling, John ki'owIhk fewer, I 'una van npent a week Mccknir another iiiiMitluii; but even In thoo few iiltlecn where ho hud a rlulit to expect I'liitclili nillon Ihtaumq of petHonal nciitinlii-tani-c he wan nu t with a rather bored uir, ni though unking fyr a Job under prcacnt t-mulltion were iiullu iinroiin.iniiMii, At tin- -ri 1 of the weelt he wild In hlM wife, "1 11 neo I'iu-Id Frank In the iimrnliiK " It wim an acknowledgment i,f defeat, Frank Cochran wan riot -filly bin uncle, hut only bin mother rounlii. At their Infi-emiem niei'tlnca Cofliran had iilwnyn worn a kindly lUr, however, nnd h wim it mighty infill. Tin1 hcwf paper wild hi- wim mil. of the hon,ii--- tln Marilndalc J'.rophy - 'i bran - Haimon machine - who ran ihn lown. Friend had anif K'Ni'"l ! KtJii-iu! that ho rnlKht ea.iily find n career under bin powerful r'-lii-tlve'n patronage; hut tlni iiBi-Hton hfid never ap pealed to Oonavan, who wan modcHt, with no prlrto of opinion r tendeney lo aelf rlKl'iooucneK, hut with noma prejudice of a (tener al mirt agalnKt profcnHlonat politic, OolliK tO Pll'-lo Frank wan nn arknow li lu' ment of d'-feat; hut hln prob lerri via very Hlmpli to wit- "Kind work or Htnrve." Never would he fowl how I'ncle. Frank nnlved that problem for hlni. The hoBN was carob-nwly ijren ed a h usual that moi-ulns?, the knot of hln four In hand tie nllpiwd down no fur that the collar tuition wan cx poHod. A nhoek of dark reddlhh hair, with gray thread in It, tumhled above hlH big, round fii'-o, which w moi tied with law, faint freckle. Kitting ninn Niyely t the desk, he Un tuned to the young rnnn' anxioiiH recital, mechanical ly tearing narrow Htrip from a rhoe! of Mink ji.i per and foldliiic the st rf p over and over until they would fold no more, then dropping them to tho Hour quite ImpanHive Have that a iiiiiz.ii.-il little Hinlle winkled under hi heavy, IroopiiiK eyelldn And when fiuuene finished, the Iiobh' aiiHwr rami- at onie, with no quertf ionn. no eonditiotoi, no mor.-ili'imr. no floiirlyh. Coehi-an merely Hiil'l: "All. riKhi, fiene: I'll tnki ran- of you. Iion't worry. Come and nei- nie tomor row afternoon." I :)! itimf it to his v li half an hour luinr, whh hein t ki atefully hkIow, Don avan ih-ilari-d: "Th-it'H evi-rythiiu; he Hald JuHt ion t worry: I'll tali" eare of you he did it!" The i;ralefiil lilnw iM-iHiMti-d. tie wan an uiwlf, Indeed! When the whole world shut one out of doom to ntarve, Flunk t'mhran merely erookod a little filter, and ono wan lei In au'iln! The job proved to he that of payin inter, arid the Halai y t2Hi) a month -nolle an nmeh u I'on ivati had i-xiieeted It wiih not a i-lty Job, either nt Ii-iimi not nominally. An e ti'tiiiM u).lie Imnrnvement , known mm tin- Supol' i e ot m y lii-alnnire Svnein. wiin then tonii forwaid ineh r oontr.irt on a 'Von! i 1 i i haiiti, whirh meant tin' tie- rltv pnid the (nil of Hi" work, whatever Dial ml"ltt he. p'oh la per lent tMoiit f , i the eoiitiai-'or In time P l.e. ,nni. a i i:i lent to J int.. Hi it not tnu.'h I .l-i le'illll f. ti-i ' ool V hi n t' I 'l (1 .lint II n i.ih '.f ,.f -lie T f I 1 - ' a ' To ov I. oil ' I, at in i -ii" 1 1 . ' i. . . -I v. 1 ur-e ill the lie i. l l'- 1 1 'lo. .Mine .f l'i III CI ' i IITv -rr f fwv tni '$H- 1 tern I u-s, JN, r i iUYi 4 lis mm m - w m m ' If MMM " Thn It w.-ia e. ..im;- tie -in ii "iilf-t'J from him In and him a ho I - fi ... . 1 1 V III the . ll on t h it elipetme W 14 III - Iti'.tl'h. fi 1 I i w on,)- ll e tilll.ie nffiee Hi l IIOIM 1 14 rtt,i(.ll li . I )i if I lit. f II In Unit; and 1'onamn rather thoiirlil hu hud lain a rltf In luldiuK hiuiHilf on hi ufretlm Inilepetiiletiea of tnlxhly I'le In f i auk. Then, ul 10 30 o'rlix-k of uri Oeloher iilxht, Doimvan found hlumelf aitaln III lh Ikihh' preHenic, HiamlnK tlua W'heliley had culled for lilin at hm III 1 1 flat Jtixt an he wim Kfl'litK ready for ln-d, miyltilt he wan needed lo rhek over the pay roll flKurea. Hut when Ihi-y entered Whelp. ley'H iipiittment xenial tint hud laid a hand on IiIm nhoiilder ti mi mild In hU ear, "Th old timii warit In you," and tihunted hlui Into a nihir little den where the I, our mil ahum awulilmt him. ' Cochin n wiia evidently not happy thin eveiitnK. Two fixed parallel linen run down the renter of hln forehead and hlM miiuly eyehtown drew loKether--llk a tniiu Niifferlnit from a hard headneliB. Them wan no iiulzzleal little iwlnliln under hln heavy eyelid, htil nn oriilnoiin, Irrliited Ntnolder. He looked like u limn in bad temper- holdlnit It In leimli Willi Home dlffleulty. That, In fuel, wan hln Hluln. Fale, or rhaiiee, had played tho aeurvlent kind of trhk upon li I in, nnd In a way It 'wan nil owIuk to thin prreiou young "nephew" of hln. ('omitia: out lo thin neerel, noi tutiial in terview h had heartily wiahed the yotmif nephew In To pint, or iiiiywhem elmi out of the way, I'.ut he wan iiulie philo.iopher enounh to know thai wlnhluK would do him no (food, lleie wan n rondltlon' he iiiiimI deal with It. Hi I - canine $plit out ami I u'ent through into the front . K lo.i.;,:nei, , In ion rod llle nephew lint o liiueh HH a in d l.y way of ".reetinn-JiimC lifted heavy lidded, Htuolderini! eyen to him, made the nilnhti Ht Ke.iiure toward a i hair, mid Kali! leiHoly, "Hit down." With a deep Htir of wonili r, llonnvan nhtyed, hat in tin nil. "What Hhotit thin holdup, -flene?" t'orhran henan, ti riini IiIh In his volee that went with the Bumliler In I, in eyn. For Hie 'J'Hh lime in Hie hint 10 hotun Donavaii oC ii-nt ly lepealed Ihu ntory: "Why, we'd tnaile up the pay roll an we alwan do. It wan about 11 13. We nlwnvn nil hue h In the ofiim on pay tlav, ynik, knn --early - for the men I.i-kIii ioiiiIiii; in fur their pay almont any time afiei oihe Iiiinn and 1 went into my oflfee. Il.nnv Mil. bell wan in tin- front mini. In bind the ei.iintei. with the pay roll tilli" I'limi inadn an or0i to Htei oulmde and i ,i lint; Ilie i,u p, niir him an Im went " llolilC. ail'.i litre till- i, lie, u little. W,l ) nlil'ht lliol,- tnif, i.vi'i in it n:;ii.ii t'i. and lui elm f, II fn.m o,( uo. le'n I o e. Ti ti,, poll. .. ii ml l he m n itmr i ni-r he Irol laid -.iniily that In- v..m ul. in in bin ntfin i, a ibit i iiiii- lOioii ,.,, K. ,. n Iber,. wp, lMM ll,,.,, Btr,.e, io,. I I hi- i i I hln. I I, ii,. W,m 1 1 I lb.. ,1. I'oli I. I : I, b ll id nm. ) IH I! it I 01 .1 x- 1 I, 1 1 , b . I. ' I .1. II I 1. t vt 1 I I i ,1 lil'ie li.no, ai, ., ,1 11I at b id I t b-it li tin bv . bob iji. ohm 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 , c up. In till id lo it I'M't. blot.-. I 'li I i, 1,1 o . 1 '-t f r l Kie.il b in 1 hm 1 .e As : I . I Tliern wiim the i run of (illlu liunn'n lo ll .f. ' ,,. ,,,r wan provided wuh a i.tiiliiit he k. hut in ei- Lrf....- unbin Iioi.uvan'H rei-ollei-llon of It had thin Pu k I" en net M. i,,it the holt would rati Ii when the door wim e .i, S l..i bad n-t the lot k Ho tloit It would hold him III the loom M ,eu lillie Dunn, tnipieiiliiK to Bli p out Jnul at the pnvi hooi:li al liiouieiit, iilmi happeneil In i loan the ilm r bi-hlinl loin ' Ai-.iln lloiiiivkli'n vol. Ihieln-iieil a hit, and he drew hln hand . 1 1 ' U -ly neronn hln brow, an t h. inch In .iinlli nomethinK, im he went on: "The door hadn't been locked l-efnie, didn't know Junl how to oM-n II fumbled with ll n minute. Then I nteppod buck nnd i-hin-ked inyMelf at the door If ut a thin pine thlnir, you know. He.-ond time I bumped n the iiinliiir Hplll out nnd I went tiuoiiMh Into the finnt n.ui . kind of nliimlillriK , , Well, a run ri wan iiiiiiiIiik pat. toward I he front door. I(" Han no el. me that I urahheil blue , ," Thin wan a vital pari of tho Htoiy, uml 1'ouavaii tbi,ie. down lo K ove l I'arefully, ti li a a man niKotialliiK a diffl i ult bit of road: "lln had oft n n old tain (out with nifii'.n ntaluH d iwn bore" In.ll.'llllnif on hln coal "ninl a f nb d pliild eap Theie waa a blin k cloth around hln neek with a knot ml, l ioK out behind -a inank you nee, that hud fallen ilown from bin fare. He had a flour Min k, about half full, In hln left hand nnd an aillornlltli- lin In bin rluhl hand. , . Me wan no cb.w thai , I mii lil,.. I at ti 1 1 1 1 an be Went by. And he ltn Ue.l room.' Miuin point in the holdup, had tho plntol, and been nhot down. younK Henny Mil. bell whelmlngly vital n.nt hunn to believe him; "You we. I nut a K""d Hipiare look at him. rie lii Fran!, nn Knotl 11 look 11 m I111 k'rtut'K at you i.Kbt now --iiuu In'o bin fine. I'm nl.. lately nine about it. The man w in ll u dv A ml v Hatch no 1 1 i mi 1 11 n I all about It." Mo he hu.l de, I. ne I to ihoiw who came 1 anoint; M. ene, nitr'ii'ted by lh pinlnt nliotn. rio be had d l the fit'Ht policemen who urrived there, and later ciiptiiiu, and nttll lat.r lo thn lunjn-. -lor arid all ah 1 he new HpaiM-r i.piiicrn and evil y lately, beyoiiil Hhadow of ilotibl, lb" 1 Ibit.'h! Thin dm I iiatb 11 b id pioit'ue.t n all iUi n'loiied bliii 1 .11 1. iil.ii ly on tl Im lumiaben' Tb.. mli. u,.i,.ri i.r hi him to be tntnfiikiti n.it be. , nine the huihwav Inbl irv nnd broip nle, or ! Li i'HCie the law, I -.! ) . 1 hern ymiCK nnn pi -' d 10 lol.U-i'n Ibntiiv Hi. ie i.' l'..r Ib111.lv Andv ll. oh nil I'n. I I mi.k, nit I..., i ii in 1 I I'ul n i,ivi,ii Ii I...1PIV1 ly lb In. in .i-.lil I n il n ill 1 1 it I till II..'- ,1 . . ll'i. -itloll, 1. 1 It, II I 'tin . Wi ll I it 1 .in b- be 1 1 out to one fide, lutulnif hln bend toward me, and pulled up the r-iiti and popped nt me, , J don't think." he milled, with ion- r I n I I ii ti dellln ration, "that he could lone ni.-ani tri hit me, lie'-aiiii.- b" w.im onlv two iiii.im' lemlb away ff ioiiii'i., 1... wan runnliiK an. I I Ind of nhoni InK Hldenum t.l he.nl turned . that mlKbt have Hie.ile.l bin aim. Vet h" wail i"i clone it e.i ..inn he would have bit me If h"'d really tried to, The bullet toilet have (.'one rlx Itu-hen wide of toe, , ,1 ,J-, y i ;tuit J'lilt lo I'lop lilc." A himilile and i-inbai'- railHe.) little Hlilll" fl, pern. id on t-.'. ran'n fare, for th" aliot had iilopiM-d btl.t Wherefore b" hud beeo iihIJiii; hlmw-lf nt InlervnlH itiirlmt 10 homn h-nv much of a coward he wan. Th" mortal hark of the Kim, nl moHt under hi 4 now, hud Hi t up certain Vcai tlonH In bin nerven with. ml iinliiin: bin rotiHi-nl. "I Jnnt Mtood Hlill," be rmifcMv-d, with tho itnbiir r.lHHOd little Htnile. "The neit minute tho man win out of tln door and liopplmt Into thn car, and they wei" off In a ehnid of dtiHt, . . Then I went behind (let counter. Penny wiih ih-ail The doctor thounht h"'. died Innlaiitly." The llfelenN faco of younir lieiiny Mllrhell, an he hu on the floor bcHldn the ol fhn table, from which th" payroll envelope had been HCootM-d lfitfi a flour fi-t. V: . came vividly back into hi.-1 mind, and he wetted hN llpn. A drawer In the !., bio wan pulled half w.iv open. An fi ut 1 ni 1 ;i I n- iIImI lay In the drawer poli. e expert liewltiK "'" "'". opined Ih'it r.etinv bail been rash. They tlniiik-ht ln-'d la-t'll tilered to bold up bin banilH, am) prnbal.li had nbeved, flfiil then, at reeklenaly noinrhl to He Domfvan had been fond oi Me turned now ut last 10 th" ove. -anxioiialy, nn thointh cut teat no; th" to the -, I. lH I to III.. UK, II M-f Ail: iii.nr no an wr II noli i-aklein piM Hfm d I n 1 . 1 Tb. Ii . I oil win, lb . ll I CIO in' hi ti l. not ! 1 i.i I 1 i. '.ti.' nibl- 1 w 1 b. n m U 1 lirl