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The Omaha • VOL 52—NO 233 — » >..« «. <m.>, OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923.* TWO CENTS * °rr*cSl‘SSLF* ▼ yj*-*• *- Omaha P 0. Under Act of March 3. Ie7». _ . - ... ® - Jury Votes to Execute TwoBandits Slayers of W. M. Deerson Found Guihy of First Degree Murder and Face Death in Electric Chair. Pair Shows No Emotion A verdict of guilty of first degree murder with a recommendation of a penalty of death was returned by a jury before District Judge Charles! Goss against Sol Wesley and J>e Roy ■ ATauldron, charged Jointly with th murder of W. M. Deerson. shot toi death three months ago in a hold up in the store of Wennie Grogan, "S36 Seward,street. The jury started' deliberations at 3:17 and gave its ver dict at 5:26 Thursday afternoon. This is the first time since Nebras ka adopted the electric chair that any one has been sentenced to death In Douglas county. The death penalty' was all that held the jury for the two hours. The first ballot cast was oight for a death penalty and four for life imprisonment. Five ballots were taken, each time ail the jurors showing an inclination to give a ver dict of guilty, but hesitating to vote ■ death." Take Verdict Calmly. The two men took the verdict with i he same stoic Indifference that had marked their demeanor throughout i he trial. When they were called from the county jail to the court i oom to hear the verdict of the jury, i hey arose from their seats In their ell and walked calmly toward the •xit. With the same Indifference, i hey sat and listened to the verdict, then to the judge taking two polls "f the jury, and with no trace of ■ motion on their faces, they walked from the court room to the jail. County Attorney Henry Heal ex pressed himself as highly pleased with ■he way his deputies. .John Yeager ■ nd Thomas Sheehan, had handled the case. It was originally planned 'hat the county attorney himself “ shout! prosecute the ^pse, but owliig! '■> his recent trip tti Cleveland, the! deputies were substituted for him. First in County. "Pills is the first time that any- j ■ ■pe has been sentenced to the electric - hair from Douglas county," Beal -aid "It pleases me in other ways ■ han just the tnought that my office m been successful in the punish ment of a crime. I believe that -it will tend to decrease crime in Omaha. Some of the criminals will hesitate ow before they wantonly take a lire.” The two men were aocused of hav ing shot and killed W. M. Deerson, | while they were attempting to rob i Wennie Grogan. Deerson and Thomas ' ) lance were in the Grogan store, when the two bandits entered. Deer son was standing near the door and “hind a pile of boxes In such a way | that he was not noticed at first h> the two men. The bandits ordered Grogan to hold ip his hands, then turned to Mr. j Ifance. and gave him the same com- I iriand. Deerson tried to get out of i i he store, and as he placed'his hand upon the latch of the door, one of ! the bandits turned, shouted to him! 10 raise his hands and fired before i he man could comply. Deerson died few hours later. ( aptured at Once. Police captured the bandits a few ;iours after the shooting and. after questioning them at police headquar r i,-rs. secure rl a confession. This con fession was introduced as evidence at the trial and was denied by the two uien. Wesley declared that he had signed a papfcr that was g'ven him by the police without reading It, while Mauldron declared that lie had iteen forced to sign his confession and said that he was able to point out the two detectives that had used third degree methods upon him. When • tiestloned, ho declared the two men that he had named were not in the ■ ourt room. Both were sitting in front of the Judge directly in the man’s line of vision. The men will be sentenced n a few days, Judge Goss declared. The jury has set the sentence that must be passed, but It is up to the judge td set the date of execution. Capitol Work Halted I util Arrival of Board Member TJncoln, March 1S.—(Special.)—Isty .ng of atone for the new state house will lie halted until W. IT. Thompson ,,f Grand Island, a member of the ipltol commission, returns from Call* fotnla. Governor Charles W. Bryan announced this morning. At that time the old* capltol com mission, which was functioning at the time the contract for atone was let, will decide on the merit of George E. Johnson's charges against Bertram Goodhue, architect. The old commission is identical with 'he present body, except that former Governor McKelvie was ohatrmsn In stead of Bryan, Bryan in Effort to Have < !od«* Change Bill Passed Chimin. March 15.—(Spec-tal.l— Gov ernor Charles W. Bryan loday pre pared a l*ngthy statement In an effort to put his cods modification hill through the legislature. Debate waxed warm In the lower house on the Mathers plan for state management, adopted by republicans , m Sftugui ijMtt, pjguu ___ ■ ..I I — ■■■ ,t — Free State Soldier Strings Onto “Wild Train, Saves W reck Dublin-, March 15.—(By A. IV)— The hraverj- of a national soldier averted a railway accident between Tliomastown and Athlone yester day. A band of irregulars, seizing an engine, sent it down the track. An officer of the railway protection corps notified troops at a block-* house along tlie track and Brady, on duty in the cabin, acted prompt ly. He took off his shoes and await ed the arrival of the locomotive, which soon appeared, making be tween 20 and 30 miles an hour. Brady caught hold on the engine and swung liimself aboard, succeed ed in reaching the control and bringing tlie runaway to a halt, scarcely 500 yards from an ap proaching passenger train. Equinoctial Storm of Unusual F u r y Sweeps Country Railway and Wire Service Crippled by Heaviest Snow fall in Years—Street Car Serviee Tied Up. Ilv rniiernRl Sen ire. Chicago. March 15.—An equinoxial storm <>£ unusual severity was sweep ing the country tonight. The full force of its fury was felt in the middle states today. It bore down on the Great Lake* region and tonight was spreading out toward the Atlantic and South Atlantic states. Iowa and Nebraska were snow bound. Transportation was retarded and telegraph and telephone service crippled. In some districts more than two feet of snow fell in 24 hour*. Omaha reported IS inches. Street Car Service Abandoned. So great was the snowfall that street car service was entirely aban doned in some middlewestera cities. Fort Dodge, la., reported that street car service had been abandoned at noon. To the south, in Missouri and Kan sas, the snowfall was not heavy but there was a deluge of rain and sleet. Prairies of the west were being swept by gales that piled the snow in drifts. Transcontinental trains tunning over northern lou'.cs were reported hours late, battling w.ih the snow. Rain and snow fell in Chicago dur ing the day. Wild Fowl Killed. Flocks of wild gees'-, caught in the storm on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, were driven out over the prairies. The birds fell exhausted in the snow. Many collided with build ings In their mad flight. The storm is expected to be felt south to the gulf coast and east to New York. Ktorm warnings were posted along the Texas const tonight, the weather bureau reported. No zero weather is In sight, accord ing to the weather bureau, except possibly In I lie far north. The com paratively high temperature saved the country front greater suffering and loss of life, it was said. At points where the snowfall was heaviest the temperature was scarcely below the freezing point. "There Is no prospect of much lower temperature." tlie weather bu reau said. "There is no cold wave In the northwest at all ” Fair weather is following In the wake of the storm. The snow and rainfall on the prairie states will be invaluable to small grain crops, according to agricultural au thorities. Retired Railroad Man Believed Lost in Fire Ogden. I'tali.. March IS.—William Cunningham, retired rnllrond man, could not be found today and It Is be lieved he may have perished in the fire which early today gutted n down town business block and caused dam age of approximately $100,000 Cun ningham was 02 years old and resided at the Arlington hotel, which was destroyed. The missing man is known to have been confined to his room at tin* hotel bemuse of illness and efforts of police to find him were Without result. I.oap* to Death Cincinnati, March 1 'r -Temporarily Insane through Illness, Mrs. Mae Gullion, 20, with her 11-day-old baby in her arms, Jumped to her death from ft fifth story window In an apart ment house here today. Told and Sold in One Day * Mrs. M. A. Lane. 2X77 Saratoga, had the right idea. When she wanted to make n quick sale for her Hnosier cabinet she used an Omaha Bee “Want" Ad. <J And after her ad appeared in the “Household Goods” column of The Omaha Bee hut one day—the cabinet wa* sold. • *: When YOU want to sell, or rent, or trade, or buy, phone your “Want” Ad to AT lantie 1000 nnd secure better results at lesser cost. THREE LINES—'THREE TIMES—TEN DIMES i n ■■.aiaaBaa ■' * n ■' Omaha Is Recovering From Storm Street Car Traffic lb Slowly Being Resumed After Day of Inactivity Due" to 16-Inch Snowfall. Records Are Broken - i Street car service was resumed on i a few lines for a distance of several blocks at an early hour last night i following a 16-Inch snowfall which' broke records in Omaha. Shovels, brooms and scrapers were | called into play by every householder in tile city in making some sort of a path in front of their dwellings. Taxicabs were busy from early"yes terday morning. One company alone answered over . 00 calls. Nearly all cab "Companies were unable to promise ears sooner than from 30 minutes to i two hours after the call was received < Tram Traffic Suspended. All street car traffic was suspended after sweepers proved of no avail in keeping the tracks clear. West Far nani street, usually crowded with au tomobiles and thick with street ears, looked like the trail from Skagway to Nome yesterday morning. The tracks were buried beneath inches of snow parked down by automobiles and ped estrians. Several fire trucks were stalled be cause of the deep snow while answer ing alarms. Vesterday afternoon a grading ma chine. towed by a tractor, struggled along the boulevards, clearing a pass ageway for machlm s. Telephone officials reported no un usual trouble as a result of the storm. , hong distance lines were in operation. Many offices were not occupied yes terday. because the owners were' un able to plow jhrough tb» drifts built up by a 20-mile wind, r" One Mail Delivery. Only one delivery of mall was made yesterday. In some cases, where car- | riers were in the outlying district* and could not push their way - through, they were ordered back to, the office. Of the 28 mail trains due | uttec o in the ■ o, i g. word was re- ’ eei'.ed that one. Burlington U. mail . delusively, whs "somewhere In Iowa." By 3 yesterday afternoon alL, morning mall had arrived. rk liools in Omaha and Council | Bluff* were closed, when it became .tppurent that only a few of the pupils could reach the buildings. Car service between Omaha, Ral ston and Papillion was suspended. Drift", m smoe places 10 feet high, were reported. Omaha to Council Bluffs line was tried at 7 in the morn irg, but was not opened until two hours later. I'hone Girls Bust . Dozens of pitchy teleplmne girls fought their way through the deep drifts yesterday morning to handle a peak load Three jH lice shifts were oi. duty for any emergency which might arise Clerks in the Metropolitan Ctillties district were dismissed at noon. Aulos Blamed for far Delay. H. A J.eussler, vice president and j general manager of the Omaha A Council Bluffs street Railway com pany. said yesterday afternoon the storm was the worst lie can remem ber )n Omaha. "Every sweeper the company has was out all night." he said, "and the I Turn to I’HIC Four. < ollimn Two.) Night Hiding Ca*cn Dropped at Request of Prosecution Medford, Ore., March 13.—On mo tion of the Mate, all the night riding: j cages now before the circuit court at Jacksonville were dismissed and j as far all present legal action i* con cerned. the night riding agitation which ha- stirred Jackson county for over a year t* ov*$. Assistant Attorney General Bllje-j qvist, who moved for dipinissal of the cases against J. Alexander Norris and Thomas K. Goodie, who went on trial Tuesday. also moved that the indict* merits against Howard A. Hill anti Bert I. Closes, former county Jailer, * for the alleged hanging * of Arthfir j I»urr. be dismissed. Uljenvist gave' as his reason that the state "dldjnot have a lighting chance. ’ Woman Buys Prayer Beads: Leaps lo Dentil Over I'nils NIukumi Kalis, N. V, March 16.--j After buying a atrlng »*f prayer bead* j ;i young woman w ho 1* believed to i have coma h*re from Albany, N. V., plunged to her death In Niagara fail* , ! today. Patrolman John Kill* of thn i I tamivation Ouurda. attracted by th* ruing woman* atrange actiona, at tempted to atop her, but too late. 'I’he girl ordered the taxi driver to stop ui n trinket More on the Can adian aide, where nhi purchased the be Ada. She then had him drive back to the American aide. She leaped into the fall* from P roe pert point Steamer Beached. Of eenport, S. V., March 16.*—t^eak- j i ing badly through a hole Move In it* .Hide by aulimerged debrie. He engine*, puebed to tho danger point, the i etcutner t'upo Cud of tho Thame* i • river line, crowded with paaaenger* bound front Norwich, t’onn., to .New • Vork City, add awiftty by the Jagged j menace of ftocky Point and benched j off thl* place today. Panwnffcri' and new were eafety i j removed to uhote and wreck*! • have, |arrived to begtu the work vf salvage 4 ' ■ ^ ' - -5« Av - ’ . a1 v -I Mourning .'dared in Ireland; All Sports Suspended Dublin, March 15.—A proclamation by the “government of the republic of Ireland” has been Issued decreeing an indefinite period of national mourning, during which sports and amusements are to be suspended and theaters and moving picture Iiouhps closed, and, in particular, horse rac ing, hunting, coursing and all out door sports discontinued. This action is taken, it is declared, in view of the present national ■tragedy caused by Great Britain's threat of war, the daily violation of the usages of war by the torture, ill treatment and the execution of re publican prisoners and in considera tion for the bereaved families and relatives.” Income Tax Will Show Prosperity Has Returned Treasury Department Predicts Increase of S7.000.000 in First Quarter Over ’ Last Year. Bq GEORGE F. At TIMER. \\ ttfchincton Correspondent The Omaha lift*. Washington, March 15.—(Special ) —Tangible evidence of the revival of business and the return of prosperity will be contained in the income tax returns made today, according to estimates of the Treasury department. Estimates prepared by the actuari s of the department indicate the re turns. which close tonight, will ap proximate 5400.000,000 or amount to $7,000,000 more than for the first Quarter of the preceding year. Attention is called to the fact that the time for making reports on the tax on capital stock, which was in creased from 10 to IS'-i per cent in lieu of the excess profits tax. which has been dropped, is extended to June 15 so will not lie included In the re ports for the first Quarter of the year. The reductions made m the tax rate of the revenue law for last year, as compared with the one before would suggest a falling off in revenue. These include the elim na tion of the extras profits tax. the lightening of the burden on tl.e ''lit tle fellow'" by making the «ur tax apply to Incomes over *0,000 Instead of $5,000 and some other slight changes. The fact tliat the trea-uiy antic, pates the returns for this sear will 1«« as great. ,f hot slightly greater than the year before, is Inteipreted as meaning that prosperity is more generally distributed, earning power has increased. husincss la mme prosperous and that on the whole, the prospert for the business future is rosy. The Treasury department Is antlej lulling continued returns from the settlement of back (ax claims grow ing out of the war period. Settl-no n of these claims, it is expected, will oontlnue^o net the government about $32,000,000 a month. Cooks Poison Food; 27 Persons Killed Shanghai. March 15.—</*»>—'Twenty seven student* and teachers at the normal school at Hangchow are dead and 10 more are In a precarious con dition as the result of eating rice poisoned by two diagrunted cook" who recently had been discharged, accord ing to evidence at tlio official investi gation into the deaths today. Chemists who examined what ro e was left in the death-dealing Pot, said enough poison had boon placed there to wl|>e out the entire community. Chien Ah 1,1. one of the discharged cooks, testified that his fellow con splrator. I’i Ho-Hong. stole a bo’tie containing a white powder from the chemical laboratory of the school last Saturday and dumped the entire • on tents into the rice pot. Following I he serving of rice at Saturday night's supper. MM) students and 50 teachers became violently 111- of whom 27 since hate died. (iaIt’ll Harlan (lanhy Dead. Chicago, March I -Caleb llailnn Cauby, sr.. «7, retired broker and, former piesldent of the Chicago bonri of trade, died at hi* home here last night. : Mr. Can by. prior to 1915, held seat" on both the Chicago and New York stock exchange*. HI* seat on the. New York stock exchange brought $70,000 in 1915, n tt"ar record at that time. Why Don’t the Bankers Adopt Modern Methods? . __ - , I BANK BXKD1TS AKD i SAFE BLOWERC out- '3 I FITS & SUPPLY- 'i ' .'J ^!BbUkJ ml I ii, a uL^ WHY DON'T THE BANKS INSTALL DEPARTMENTS FOR THE OUTFITTING OF BANK ROBBERS AND GET THE EXTRA PROFITS? fey\vs» I_ MUNITION’ N^AKIR^ BAZAR IT WOULD BE JUST AS SENSIBLE AS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE NATIONS TO SELL MODERN WAR EQUIPMENT TO BACKWARD RACES 7 Aged ^ omen Die in Beds of Fire Blaze Starts in Vlm« House \fler Kxplosion—Res cuer Killed. <fl» Intrmnt ion*l VfW» ^rmrf ) Hutfnllo, X, V., March 13.—Nine persons, seven ol I hern w omen, lost their lives in an explosion anil lire that swept through the \lleghanv county alms house at Angelica early today. The women were all aged and help lessly bedridden. One of the me:-. »h" perished, was Charles C. Sanborn. an nttcndani. Five minutes before he loss his life he hml succeeded In saving three in mates. The explosion took place in the boiler room ami the fire spread rapid ly through the Institution. tVhen the exploaiun occuried at tendants rushed to the sleeping quar ters'amt carried out many inmates, hut fast spreading- flames soon cut their entrance off. Sanborn, despite constant warnings, made ho- way In to the sleeping quarters for a third time, after bringing out three worn en. That v«- the last of him. His charred body was found lattr. The either man killed was still uni dentified at JO a ni. Authorities said it would U Impos sible to gel the names of the women until H < oi i fill check-up of all thu inmates. The Inmates included 24 women, nearly all of them of advanced agi and many of them vsry feeble, and 20 men, most of them feeble. The charred Issues of six bed ridden victims were recovered. The seventh woman to die lost her life when «he succeeded In getting out of tier bed. going lo a window on the second floor and jumping to the ground before any nllomTd could be made io rescue her. Dancrr 1' Imlictctl Ny»' c. X V . March 15 Kvan 15u> - row* Fontaine, a dancer, and her in.itUi’r. Mr*. Florence K. Fontaine, wrr« Indicted today on chargee of perjury growing out of the dancer’* M .000,000 breach of premia* mult igalnst (’orneliui Vanderbilt Whit* ney. Movie Riot Too Realistic Extras Mob Watchman Who Draws Gun After Threats by Crowd in Protest Against Wage Re duction-Five Men Wind Up in Hospital. \jO» Angrlrp. Marrh IS.- V riot of ninvla man that win nOI lllninl n..< 1 sont five of Ilia rxtrn* Inin th# r#r#lv lug lioppital hrr# north-rail at Ilia arr vlr# hurinu for motion tiiriurr <*n plojfp. Ii ana nr outirrowth of rr iluctlon In pity'from Si to }l for mo tlon plcVUro rxtrnr Thru win anil turn in th# ■ornr. They aria waiting for wort ahm n hurrnii man laauad a call, rlrrlaring thui lh»aa(n* would b« M Inttaad of th* tusi.u4*»ii I#. A howl went up and the SttO men threatened to storm the bureau. Andrew twine, watchman for the bureau. *lept<eil out among the veil ing extra* to quiet them. Ttiey inohlieil him when lie drew his pistol, hut he rr oil enough and. when they released him mi promise nut to shoot, he started hack to the other lie turned, it wa“ Stated, unit tiled six allots Into tile crowd I’ollcetren found the crowd Quieted and earing for the live wounded men, while l.nnj had secreted himself in the burceu. Lwrue waa ure»t*4 . « iise^ . -«fcen^» ft British Labor Leader Dines ^ ith Royalty J. Kam.-ey MacDonald Due-! of Kino and Queen at Semi State Function in Buck ingham Palace. L . Mar h T‘—!** -For the •t- I'hil time within a fortnight. J. j Ham say MacDonald, leader id the la bor pnilv, tonight'dined with royalty 1 —this tune at But Itinghaiu palace. | whither he. with the leaders of the various parties and their wives and : prominent society folk was bidlrn to break bread with the king and ■ queen. The dinner was of a semi-state char- . aiter. Forty-one guest* were seated at a nunilier of round table*. The ’ stewards and footmen in waiting wore scarlet coats with gold epaulets, knee breeches, white hose nisi low shoes and powdered hall The band o.‘ the Irish ciuanl* played durln r 1 th" dinner. From the point rf view of some sections of the labor party, dining with their majesties Is becoming quite a habit with Mr. MacDonald, who seems rather to enjoy his new social position. Through some confusion, th* ini preseton had gained circulation that , the same lalior mcnib r« -if ths hou-» of commons who dined with the lung and queen u few days Rg.) st Vis count and Lady Astor's horn* were j included in tonight's list of guests, but later It was learned that Ham say MacDonald was the only iab r.te in vlted to this function at Bin kingham palace. Mr. niul Mr-, (ieurjje (iould Diioreod .it Nice. Franee Sen \url«. March 15.—Mr. ami Mrs. I.corgi. .1 tiould. Jr., hate been dl forced al Vice. Franrc, friends lien* learned today Tlic two children hate been awarded tu tlir mother. The marriage look plan' at 1‘liila dilpliia ill 1917 when both were II years old, anon after t.oiilil had been graduated from I oliitnhia unitrn.il) Mm. fioiild was lama i arter. a dan rrr. The marriage rained a temporary mtrniigeinriit belween (.mild and his parenls. Instead of enlerinc the t i oil Id i otupa tiles, as was e\peeled, lie went into the bond business with Ids hrntlier in law. \nthollv J. I»rrtel. Jr. 11 oil Id is said to he In K»)pt. Ilis wife and ihildreii went to France some months ago. Fedor*I Prohibition \gent at Denver Is Suspended Denver. March 15. Den Knglander. federal prohibition agent, ttna suapend ed by federal inveatlgatol a from Waah ington pending an tmtulrv Into alleged "inegtilarltlesy)* a. cording to an noumement by Ii. It. M.Oenahnn, pooh>hilIon director for l*d» district Mr. i lenahan said Dial while he had net hern notified of the suspeu ...wy tlie investigation ttna under wav Tlie suspension followed a probe by tbs flying aqund of fedaeal inveaii ■atom tvho have lieen working her^ for several w , McOcnahaik Fume Robber Raid* If&pital Thietc* Throw Powder in , Fireplace—Occupants Over come—Fterytliing Renio\ed. Naples M rch 15.—K&- — Ti.e uai insr rubbngr of .» hospital. carried out with ■he aid of stupefying fume* from « powder thrown Into an open fireplace, occurred at Aversa, near here, today. Jir. Mast reel nque, proprietor of an eve clinic, had summoned tbe whole i hospital «'aff and the patient* !nt© one room fra demonstration when one of the nirvant* suddenly threw! some powder into the tire and then dashed out of the room, locking th’ door. .The powder gate off der.ee fume* and before the doctor and hi#1 assistant* could break down the door | or even reach the windows every one in the room was overcome by the fume*, which contained a powerful narooUe. When oor,sviousr.ee* returned to the vi titns several hours iater they found th* olinlc premises rifled, ai! the in struments and furniture, e'en the bed* and mattresses, having been re move.! in a cart by the robber and hi* accomplices. League Desire* l . S. Moral Support. Lord t etil Sax? Ii> t'nlrrraal Hertlu*. IximJon, March 12—I.ord Kobrrt Cecil, who lx leaving for lb* frit trip to the United States on the Mo.exile next Wednesday under tile xu>pi, es of the Foreign Policy aaso. .atron of Amerfen was the chief guest at a luncheon given hy Lady Astor yester day afternoon. I.«rd Cecil declared It hi* belief that France .* now ready to accept a really reasonable offer from tier-many n reparations ar.d is confident that a movement for xetlleineut of ite problem which has kept Europe on the bunk of another wai is co- ftl i islly under way. lie told Universal Sense Unit he had submitted to the league of nations ■» supplemental treaty to the Ver sailles pact, which guaranteeing se curity to France through a m; itary covenant between the power* of Europe, would enable t bn United States to enter the league by pledging ^>nly moral, economic and financial support to the league. \t Port \u IVinrt* Washington, Marsh IV—The *.\ .*• -i.v .1 planes fly ,ng to potto K.#o left Ouatanamo. Cuba. today for Port An Prince, Haiti, according to u wireless message to the War de (diriment. The Weather Forecast. Friday - r«lr wth rising tempeimt.tre tl*ort« IpmpKdluft** A. Ml. ■? I 1 p m. •*« A a. Al. t| ■? p. m • • m. tl 1 p Mi. tl Ram ..., ?l 4 p mi. P M. W». .> p. M%. !«•»»» I p. A tl * W *1 « P Mt It Mtr*M !• n p Ml M Shipper*a Hulli'liii Piotevt shipments dining the nest rt to 3* hours from lenipci attire* a. follow* \oilh and w»»t, I*; east. south. Si. Surprised in Acl of Looting Car Train I- Halted Six Mile* From Omaha heu Sus picions of Mail Men Are Aroused. Shot While Escaping An lit.identified negio was shot an! fn tally wounded by a mall clerk ot. t'nion Pacific So. 6 at Summit, f. point on the Lone cutoff 10 mile* west of Omaha, about 6 last night. The dead man. according to Poe' i flic- Inspector \V. M. Coble, wax xur mixed in the act of tampering will mail in a storage room of one of th< car*. He wax shot with a six-shooter fir‘<i by John C." Kull, tOJS Avenue A, Council Bluff*, when he attempted ti •“SCaite. Found in Far. According to the story told hi Coble, Kull was making a trip of in spection, when he came upon the '•orage car, where he found the nr gro. The msn had looked and barri ended the door. When the mail ierks tried to force an entrance, th< negro tried to make h:* escape l' .’taping from a side door of the car When he failed to heed orders to stop Kull fired. The negro fell mortal', wounded, with a bullet In the abdo men, and he died after the train leached Omaha at t>:30. Coble refused to say whether ti. negro offered resistance. "Kull was justified in shooting, laid Coble, "that's the on!” comment I care to make. Tampering With Mail. "He was found tampering with ti * nail, some of it registered mail. son. of it pla.n mail." continued Coble. "I cannot say how valuable it was.” _ !'nd»r his arm. Coble carried a !»ackage about 24 Inches long and I > inches wide, which appeared to con tain mail. No. 5 is the fast mail train which runs from Ogden to Omaha. Yester day it carried 14 ears. Kull is a clerk in a car which is in charge ot (Curtis t ook. 3262 Grand aver.u i Other clerks in the car were A. J 'Anderson, 3214 North Fourteen-, street: H. C. Madden. 4101 Floren * boulevard; W. T Corbourn. 4123 North Thirty sixth avenue, and W. E. Liar. Seal Was Broke. According to the story told tc Omaha police by Cook, mail clerks first noticed at North Platte that .i seal on one of the storage cars hi, lieen broken. At Grand Island they entered the ear through a vestibule door which they found open. P • they f wind nothing Then, when the train reaahed Sun. mit, Kull in making hi* Inspection trip found the door of this same • locked from the inside. The train was stopped immediate';, end clerks armed themselves and pt pared to force an entranc. At th* point, the negro threw io* •. ; a fiidedoor of the car and nouie a ■ Ash for filer:;. Cle* « aceon na: .«-i their command* to halt with tc shots over the fleeing man's h- i When lie failed to stop, Kuil fired Use shot wh.ch brought him down. Ismt in Suitcase. lu his leap from the car. t hs nc>: j clung to a suitcase w hich Coble tol l ; police contained jewelry, silk and a ; small antour.t of money taken fr registered packages Coble said MUld tr.a ;* i estimab - f the v.a 'if the loot. After the negio was shot, mi* .clerks searched the train and fro-i |ths blind liaggsge iwnoroi a wi:-1 l man who gate the name of Jo! i Dengnr and said h.s home w as in Fnf faio X Y. He was lodged n she I Omaha city jail. IVngar. who is ah .Austrian * * * lie boarded the blind baggage .11 North V*latte with the intention of beating hi* wav (o Omaha. l»enie« Fart in Crime. , He ■!> nied knowledge of t -.e • • who true shot. lie said hi* first ituhwv, —t V . 1 anything was wrong was wi it t - iram stopped at Summit, and he heard the shout* o( the clerk* a;>, t the filing of the shot*. A few n tnent* later b* was seirod treble -aid he did not hellers !»•.. ! gar tvh* tuvolvcd w ith the negro "Probably a hum beating his way. ;as he says.'* said Cable. Hold Inquest Today, Til* body of th# ilo.i,l nos j *n i removed to th# Jonea A Co. morgue. No paper* wh oh might lea*! to h a ] idwnt mention wera found on him. t'ounty Attorney Heal ant ut. that a i ,U jU#f. w it l> 1,1 at o'clock today. hut that for th# pro em h# was accepting th# vcoi ■; , IVsIoffto# Inapecior l otde that K ton# Su*tif;M in th# shoottnir «:id th t . he would not Order hull he'd 3 1-roc Stall' Soltlior Killml li\ Kt'l'ol I nw!|u Duhliti, March 1.1 —litre# 1m Mat# aoldieta and one letrgttiar nog Willed in ftghiinj; early today Two 1'ree stnlrrc were kill'd di. Ing a i l»«h with iwlwk in liuhlin cut one l r#r staler and one i ln-1 we: killed in a fishl al I Itnrh -town The lishllns al Hwrlidentt t lowed a laid upon ihc town hj trier , tart. Slodinor Sink.*; ll* |)i<* h'ioi- i n» Hollar,1 March SJ —Trot lh .Uali •taamahiP Me i-illo w.ia a off Htueuhank loday with tha loan f \i l|'#a