The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, June 26, 1923, HOME EDITION, Page 4, Image 4

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    - Hottest Day
Is Marked by
Crime Wave
Man Attacks Wife With Ax;
Both May Die—Dice Play
er Is Slain in
Holdup.
Sunday, the hottest day of the
year, was marked by a series of
violent crimes In Omaha and Coun
cil Bluffs.
After attacking his wife, Anna, 55.
with a hand ax and wounding her,
probably fatally, Raffaele Bonacci,
68, 3019 South Nineteenth street,
chopped a hole in his own head
with the same Instrument Sunday
night at his home. He suffered a frac
tured skull and probably will die.
Both were taken to St. Joseph hos
pital. ,
Ralph Bonnacci, 22, a son, told po
lice his father came home about 10:30
and became infuriated when he
learned his wife planned to go auto
mobile riding with her children. He
ran from the house to get a police
man. When he returned, he found
his mother lying on the front porch
in a pool of blood. He took her to
the home of a neighbor, and then
went with Motorcycle Officers Mc
Donald and Kinney to look for his
father.
Rope Around Neck.
They found him In the back yard
with a rope around his neck, and a
fractured skull inflicted by repeated
blows of the same ax with which he
wounded his wife.
Children are Ralph. George, 15,
Anna, 7. and Rose, 13.
I.onls Troutman, 2605 Jones street,
and K. E. Gates, 2018 Davenport
street, were arrested yesterday by
Robert Snmardick. federal prohioition
officer, In connection with the fatal
shooting Sunday morning of Guy
•'Slim” Kay following a dice game
in a held near Council Bluffs. Sarnar
dick overheard them talking about
the murder.
They were lodged in a cell at Cen
tral station, but had not been ques
tioned by police at 1 p. m. yesterdap.
The shooting occurred when Kay
and two companions, who were leav
ing the field in Kay's car, were ac
costed by two masked men, both
armed, who stepped from the side of
the road commanded them to hold up
their hands. Kay refused, and got
out of the car. He was shot three
times and died four hours later in
Jennie Edraundson hospital. The
bandits robbed all three men and tied.
Inquest Tomorrow.
Coroner's jury composed of Frank
Williams, Charles Hansen and W. A.
Knowles was impanelled yesterday
morning at Council Bluffs, and In
quest probably will be held today.
Frank Notthrup, county attorney,
said yesterday he will question all
those who are said to have participat
ed in thp dice game, and may file
charges of gambling against them.
Kay, a year ago, was a witness in a
trial growing out of a similar in
clden*. in which another man was
shot following a gambling game. The
trial was at Denison, la.
Key was born at Exeter, Neb., and
was the son of a wealthy retired
farmer.
Held on Robbery Charge.
Those who are said to have par
ticipated in the dice game include Ira
Htevens, 2*28 Avenue D, Council
Bluffs: Walter Niehaus, 705 South
Sixth street: William Lafey, 211 Thir
teenth avenue; William Bryson, Thir
teenth street and Seventh avenue;
Harry Brooks, city fireman; Bo Ed
ition and his brother, Twenty-eighth
street and Avenue L; Karl Simmons,
Eainnount avenue, and Clifford Ear
low and Tom York.
Henry Johnson, St. i/ouis, and
Frank Davis, Milwaukee, were arrest
ed Sunday night 10 minutes after
they are alleged to have held up and
robbed Robert C. Swanson, 325 North
Twenty-sixth -street, of his coat,
purse, watch and *15 In cash at
Thirty-sixth and Burt streets. They
confessed the robbery, according to
police.
Mrs. Goldie Woten, 17, 3007 South
Twentieth street, attempted to com
mlt suicide Sunday night by swallow
ing poison at her home. She was
taken to St. Joseph hospital. She had
been despondent over a long period of
‘ - Hi health.
• Burglars who entered the office of
the Fpdike Lumber & Coal company
at Irvington Saturday night, broke
the safe and stole *20 In cash and
stamps. It was reported by Frank
O'Neil, manager. Ho said the safe
was not kept locked.
Girl Takes I’oison.
1 iola Kriter, 23, attempted suicide
at the home of Mrs John Kline. 4720
Burdette street, yesterday morning by
drinking and inhaling an anaesthetic,
according to police.
According to Mrs. Kline, the girl,
who had roomed at her home until a
week ago, Is allege I to have Issued a
had check on a downtown department
store. L. V. Lake, a roomer at the
Kline home, offered to go to the store
and effect a settlement, Mrs, Kline
said, but store officials demanded that
the girl appear personally to avoid
prosecution. The Kriter girl was
afraid to go to the store because her
husband Is serving a term in the
Towa reformatory at Anamosa and
she feared that she would lie arrest
ed, according td her former landlady.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Kline went
to the homo of a friend of the' girl,
near Nineteenth and Locust streets,,
where she had been staying the last
week, and accompanied her to her
home. The tw,i had a conference with
Lake. Then Mrs Kline and Lake left
lh„ room. When Mrs. Kline returned a
few minutes later, she found the girl
with her head burled in a pillow
soaked with anaesthetic, soma of
which she also had swallowed, Bhe
, Is expected to recover.
Estate of Woman Killed
in Auto Crash Wins $9,000
Healed verdict for *9.000 against
Douglas county was returned In Dis
trict fudge Troup’s court In the *H>0,
000 shit brought by the estate of
Emma King, killed In an automobile
nceldent on the Klkhnrn road while
construction work was In progress.
Deputy Bounty Attorney Yeager said
the countv will appeal.
Bou IVunt Ads Produce Results.
t
Man on Stand in Trial
of Daughter’s Slayer
r
Father of Slain
i
Girl on Stand
Greco Tells of Fatal Shooting
in Which lie Was
Wounded.
Sam Greco, father of Annie Greco,
13, fatally wounded by James Cor
bino, for whom tile state is demand
ing the death penalty, went on the
witness stand Monday.
Greco had just testified, when court
adjourned, that Corbino attempted to
put. out a gas, light in his room by
firing his revolver at it after he sent
a bullet into Greco's body.
"When I Jioard the first shot I was
undressing.” said Greco. "As I started
toward my daughter's room, she
shouted that Jim was in her room
and the clothes closet door moved.
"Just as I reached the door of her
room, Corbino shot at the light and
then at me. He was standing, one
foot on a trunk and the other on my
daughter's bed."
Most of the morning was spent in
argument of attorneys over the in
troduction of statements purported to
have been obtained by \V. S. Heller,
court reporter, shortly after Corblno's
arrest.
Nellie, sister of the dead girl, was
done with her cross examination yes
terday morning. Court attaches stated
that attorneys for the defense failed
to shake her direct testimony.
Illness Is Fatal
to Sadie Havden
Stricken in 1920 When Broth
er, Joseph Hayden, Died
Suddenly.
Miss Sadie Hayden died Tuesday
night at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Thomas Flynn, 140 bouth Thirty
ninth street. She was a sister-in-law
of Mr. Flynn, general manager ef
Hayden’s department store.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay
den, Miss Hayden was born at Co
lumbus, Wia„ where she spent her
early years, later going to Chicago
to finish her education. In company
with her three brothers, Joseph, Will
iam and Edward, and her sister, now
Mrs, Flynn, she came to Omaha in
1887.
Affection for Brother.
The affection between Miss Hayden
and her brother, the late Joseph Hay
den, was touching. While Visiting at
Buffalo, N. Y„ on May 29, 1920, Miss
Hayden received a telegram advising
her that Mr. Hayden had sud
denly expired. The tragic news came
to h*-r as a terrible hlojv, front which
she never fully recovered. From that
day she began to fail, hut only lately
did her condition become serious.
Cheerful and smiling to the last, she
never appeared to realize her danger.
"Aunt Sadie,” a» she was affection
ately known, was deeply interested In
literature, especially standard poetry,
in which she was exceptionally well
read. A surprisingly retentive mem
ory enabled her to Quote whole pas
sages from dozens of classic poems.
She was very active In church work
In the Cathedral parish.
Traveled Extensively.
Miss Hayden traveled extensively
in company with Mr. Joseph Hayden,
having twice circled the globe. She
also made two Mediterranean trips
and numerous journeys to the British
isles and the continent.
She leaves, besides her sister, two
brothers: James Hayden of Danford,
Fla., and William Hayden of Birm
ingham, Ala.
Grand Army anti Burlington
to Sponsor Pageant Floats
Local post of the Grand Army of
the Republic will sponsor a float in
the patriotic pageant to be staged
this fall by Ak-Sar Ben, representing
the surrender of General Lee at Ap
pomattox, it was announced yester
day morning by 3. L. Webster.
Money for the const ruction of the
float will he raised by subscription
of the post members.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad also will sponsor a flot. Gus
Renze, royal artificer, is working out
the designs.
Creighton Student
Carter Lake Victim
Lawrence Dunn, 18. 7015 South;
Twelfth street, Creighton university
student, was drowned Sunday in Car
ter lake.
lie is survived by his mother, four
brothers and two sisters. The body
was taken to the Oentlcinan mortu
ary.
Doc tor Returns
License to Wed
Mother Says Daughter Had No
Intention of Marrying Hos
pital Interne.
After obtaining a license in Fre
mont, Neb., under the name of Dr.
Cornelio Blanca, to w d Miss Louise
Fillmore, daughter of Mrs. Vena Fill
more, 6617 Pinkney street, last Mon
day, Dr, Cornelio Blankaflore. in
tern at an Omaha hr.s-pllal, returned
it Saturday \with the request that
It lie canceled.
The license was returned at the
request of the girl's mother, who
said her daughter had no intention ;
of marrying Dr. Blankaflore or any
one else at this time.
Miss Fillmore is out of town.
Mrs. Fillmore said site first knew
of the issuance of the license when
she read of it In a local paper. Mhe
said that Dr. Blankaflore and other
members of the Spanish club had
been entertained at the Fillmore
home, hut that th»ro was no further
O’goody/
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Never a happier mealtime discovery
than that! That’s why everybody who
has tasted these famously-good flakes of
toasted corn keeps on wanting Post
Toasties again and won’t be satisfied
with a substitute.
They’re so crisp, so flavory and so
splendidly satisfying! And an excellent
source of energy, too. Ready in a mo
ment, soon as you can fill the bowl and
add cream or milk.
Get the Post Toasties joy for your
breakfast or lunch today. Specify the
name, Post Toasties, in ordering, and be
sure to get the yellow and red wax
wrapped package.
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intimacy between the doctor and her
daughter, and denied that they ever
went automobile riding together, as
the doctor is reported to have said.
Ford and Phone Companies'
Tax Valuation Is Raised
The board of equalization yesterday
raised the tangible property valua
tion of the Ford Motor plant from
*217,950 to $359,915.
The Northwestern Bell Telephone
company also was raised $265,616 in
Its tangible property, formerly listed
at $3,9514,484.
Both corporations were cited to
appear before the board to show
cause why the raise should not be
made.
Man Acquitted of Fogg
Murder Paces Dope Charge
James Sexton, Lebanon, la., who
was cleared here on the charge or
murdering Druggist Frank Fogg, is
under arrest at Crescent, la., on a
dope charge, according to word re
ceived here yesterday by narcotic of
ficers.
Authorities here were asked wheth
er Sexton is wanted in Omaha. Nar
eotlc Agent E. T. Manning here said
that they have no desire to see Sex
ton.
! Burgess Bedtime
Stories
i
fly THORNTON W. ill RGKSS.
Peter Hears a Welcome Sound.
There* nothin* like a little work
To indicate the lary shirk
—Mr*. Grou**.
How long Peter Rabbit shivered
and shook at the end of the hole
under a Mg stump in the fireen For
est, while Mother Bear and the three
little Bears tried to dig him out. he
had no Idea. To him it seemed a life
time. As a matter of fact it wasn’t
very long. Now’ time never varies.
You know that. A minute is always
just as long. Nothing can make it
any longer or any shorter. But it
doesn't seem that way. No. Indeed,
it doesn't seem that >\ay. When you
are having h good tulle, minutes seem
to simply fly. When you are in dan
ger and very much afraid, minutes
seem to drag. So it seemed to Pe
ter a long, long, long time before
that diirsrtlig stopped.
Kven when h»* no longer heard the
sound of digging, and no longer heard
the excited squeals of the little Bears,
and the sniffs and grumhly, rumbly
growls of Mother Bear, he continued
to crouch at the end of that bole
and shiver and shake. He didn't
dare go up to see jf those Rears really
had left. No, sir. he didn't dare do
it. Truth to tell, he felt a* if he
never would dare move again.
For a long time all was still. Pe
ter couldn't hear a sound. But if
ho couldn't hear anything to frighten
him. he could imagine plenty . of
things to frighten hint. He imagined
those Bears waiting just outside,
ready to jump on him the instant
he should poke h!s head out. He
could shut his eyes and Just see
them.
"Quit, quit, quit, quit."
Peter stopped shaking and pricked
up his ears. He knew that voice.
He listened eagerly.
"Quit, quit, quit, quit. Come out,
Peter Rabbit. Come out. Those
Bears have gone away," said that
voice softly,
Peter drew a long breath. Then
very slowly he crept up toward the
"Gone," replied Mrs. Grouse. "Gone
to see «hat other mischief they
can get Into.”
entrance. Two or three time* he
hesitated and stopped. Each time he
heard that soft, "Quit, quit, quit”
again, and took new courage. At
last he was where he could look
out.
There just front of that hole w»*
Mr*. Grouse. ye*, and her babies
were with her. Peter bounded out in
a hurry then.
"Oh, Mrs. Grouse!” he rried, ”1
never hetrd a more welcome sound
in all my life than your voice! I
guess I never would have come out
if you hadn't called me. Where are
those dreadful Bears?”
“Gone,” replied Mrs. Grouse. “Gone
to see what other mischief they can
get Into. Bid they frighten you bad
ly. Peter?”
Peter shivered. ”1 should say so!
MIVKKTISK.MKNT.
WHY POSLAM
HEALS SKIN
SO QUICKLY
A very little spread over the Irrl
• ted skin so ps the Itching, burning
and smartir/g right away. Then the
gentle, wonderfully healing medica
tion in Poslani begins to work. With
the Irritation gone, the sk.n at reat,
it Is easy for I' slain to check the
Inflammation and clear away the erup
tion. At all druggists, 54c.
They frightened me almost to death!
When Mrs. Bear begun digging I
gave uy all hope. Yes, sir, I gave
up all hope. I don't see now why
she stopped.”
Mrs. Grouse chuckled. “I guess you
don't know bears,” said she. "Dig
ging you out was more work than
Mm. Rear cared for. You never in
your life saw a Black Bear stick to
one thing very long at a time. Bear
are too happy go-lucky to work very
long or hard at any one thing. Did
you see how I fooled them?"
Peter nodded. "I did,” said he. "It
was wonderful. 1 don’t see how you
dared do It.”
Mr*. Grouse tossed her pretty little
head. "A mother will dare anything
for her lgtbles." said sh«.
Cool rlsht, 1123.
The nest story: "Mother Bear Gives
the Triplets a Besson."
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Chicago
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