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2 WOMEN SENTENCED TO DIE FOR MURDER
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France and
Britain Are
Near Break
Premier to Present Facts in
Ruhr Controversy to Com
mons—Experts Drafting
New Proposal.
Discussed by Cabinet
By Cnlverml Service.
London, July 9.—The British cab
inet this morning held the most im
portant meeting since the fateful
gathering in 1914 which led to the
declaration of war with Germany.
As a result of the meeting, Premier
Baldwin announced in the house of
commons this evening that he would
lay before parliament, probably on
Thursday, all the facts in the long
drawn out negotiations which Lord
Ourzon and he have conducted with
^Sfremier Poincare for a settlement of
the problems arising out of the occu
pation of the Ruhr and Rhineland
and the reparations question.
The foreign office insists that the
prime minister's statements be
couched in conciliatory terms which
will not tend to widen the existing
breach between London and Paris,
thus giving France an llthhour
chance to agree to a compromise.
Kupture Believed Near.
The general opinion, however, in
cluding the press, is that a rupture
of the entente, which has been held
• 'ogether.by a slender thread for more
than a year, is imminent.
Moreover, as an overwhelming ma
jority in the house of commons and
a decisive majority in the house of
lords are at a white heat over the
repeated rebuffs by Premier Poin
care of Britain's efforts toward a set
tlement, the indications are that both
houses favor the dealing directly
with Germany. *
* The temper of the house of com
mons was revealed this evening when
Premier Baldwin was bombarded wjth
questions as to the status of the
negotiations and was forced to prom
ise to take the country into his con
fidence.
Forming Substitute Plan.
It is admitted now that Reginald
McKenna, who is coming into the
cabinet as chancellor of the exche
quer, assisted by a group of the
ablest financiers and industrialists of
*>>• country, has been engaged for
weeks In formulating an alternative
plan of settlement which, when it is
presented to Poincare, will be coupled
with the official pledge of Britain
that if it is accepted all the resources
of the empire will be behind France
in guaranteeing safety from invasion
if payment of the reparations is
agreed upon.
If this final effort to effect a ste
tlement falls, the press foreshadows
that Britain will move Independently
ro negotiate for support for a plan
finder which a commission of experts
v.ill name a sum which Germany is
able to pay. Such negotiations will
be opened not only with Italy and
Belgium, but with neutral pountrles,
such as Holland snd ScAndinavia,
"ho have been helpless sufferers
from France's unyielding attitude.
This would leave France practical
ly isolated.
Two Lads Drowned
While Swimming
Fred Johnson, 19, and Gene
Compton, 13, Meet Death
in Lakes Near Norfolk.
Special IllipiUh to The Omaha Bee.
^^Norfolk, Neb., July 9.—Fred John
19. non of Mr. and Mrs. John H,
Johnson, farmers living near
Humphrey, was drowned in the Tver
Johnson lake, sftuth of Stanton\ Sun
day afternoon, and Gene Compton.
13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Waller
Compton, farmers living at Warners
ville, was drowned in the lake in
Mape* park.
Fred Johnson, with three or four
companions from Humphrey, had
gone to the lake near Stanton to fish
and swim for the day. While swim
ming In the lake young Johnson was
seized with cramps and sank.
Walter Compton had gone to Mapes
park with a Sunday school class from
the Park Avenue Christian church
for a picnic. He was seen to dive
several times, and his companions
saw his hand above the water and
believed he was merely showing them
how deep the water was at that
point. He was known as a good
swimmer. He had almost reached
the bank when he went down for the
last time.
Paraguayan Revolutionist))
Approach City of Asuncion
Hy Associated Press.
Buenos Aires, July 9.—The Para
guayan revolutionists sre reported to
have advanced to within 23 kilometers
(approximately 14 miles) of Asuncion,
the capital, and the government au
thorities are preparing to repel a
threatened attack on the city, calling
for volunteers to reinforce the federal
troops.
The rebels, according to dispatches
received here, have captured the (own
of Vpeoeray, ,ncar Asuncion, cutting
the railroad and eontinulng their ad
vance.
"New York In Summer”—July 15th
Jasue of Vogue—Out today.—Adv,
Police Chief Dempsey Dies
After Half Year’s Illness
Became Patrolman in 188.')
and Was Recalled to De
partment After His
Retirement.
Chief of Police M. F. Dempsey died
at Nicholas Senn hospital at 6:10 last
night after an illness of six months.
Mrs. Dempsey, her sister, Mrs.
Margaret Ormsby, and Mrs. Charles
Frost, niece of the chief, were at his
bedside when he died.
Chief Dempsey had been absent
from his duties at Central police sta
tion since January. He developed a
general infection at that time and
was confined to bed for several weeks.
He improved and it was thought he
was on the road to recovery. Then
he suffered a relapse.
Two weeks ago the chief was taken
to the hospital, where he underwent
an operation. He never rallied after
the operation.
Mike Dempsey was born in Pitts
ton. Pa., June 30, 1857. He came to
Omaha as a young man and was ap
pointed to the police department as
a patrolman October 1, 1885. In 1901
he was promoted to the rank of
sergeant, and in 1912 to captain. He
served for a time as assistant chief
of detectives and later as pawnshop
inspector.
Under the administration of Dean
Ringer he was appointed chief and
after serving for a short time %vas
retired on pension. Shortly after
Henry Dunn became commissioner of
police Dempsey was recalled to be
come chief. He hud served as special
Michael F, Dempsey.
investigator for the county attorney's
office (luring the time he was retired.
"Chief Dempsey was one of the
finest men I ever worked for,'' Capt.
John CdfTey said last night. "He
was always fale. and he always tried
to do his duty and to give Omaha the
best he had.”
Every member of the police de
portment depressed sorrow that the
chief was gone.
French Chamber
Votes Approval
of Pacific Pact
Senate Expected to Concur in
Ratification of Washing
ton Conference Treaty
Soon.
By Anorlalnl Pres#.
Pari*, July 9.—The four-power
Pacific treaty, signed at the Wash
ington armament conference, was
ratified by the French chamber of
deputies today. The ratification is
expected to be followed shortly by
the senate’* approval of both this
and the naval limitation treaty,
adopted by the chamber Saturday.
The treaty relating to the use of
submarines and poison gases and the
protection of neutrals ami nonenm
hatants and the two pacts relating to
China are unlikely to come before
parliament until a?ter the summer
recess.
The two nine-power treaties,
respecting the open-door to China
and the Chinese customs, are still In
committee, so it seems certain they
will not be ready for legislative ac
tion before adjournment. The sub
marine treaty has been considered in
committee and its report favorable to
ratification has been completed, but"
no date has yet l»een fixed for dis
cusslon of the past.
Premier Poincare long ago an
nounced his intention to urge the
ratification of the Washington trea
ties. but big questions one after an
other hate come up to occupy- the
time of parliament and some opposi
tion developed to putting the treaties
ahead of France’s more perplexing
problems. The government, how
ever, began vigorously urging their
adoption when It became apparent re.
cently that the United States was im
patient at the delay.
Now that the naval armament and
Pacific treaties have been approved
by the chamber, with concurrence by
the senate considered assured, the
government will not press parliament
for consideration before the recess of
the other accords, which are regarded
as less important to the United
States.
Monday Hottest Day
of Year in Omaha
Monday was the hottest day of the
year in Omaha, the official themonv
etcr at the federal weather bureau
registering 98 at 4 After that hour,
the mercury descended slowly.
Theremonieters on the street regis
tered 100.
Valentine and Beatrice reported
temperatures, of 98. A Beatrice dls
patch said:
"The weather Is ideal for the wheat
and oats harvest which will lie fin
ished within the next few days. Most
of the grain Is In shock.”
Reichstag Blames Berlin
for Slump in Mark's Price
By .tiimrUtsI Press,
Itondon, July 9.—The Herman gov
ernment itself Is responsible for the
catastrophic depreciation of Ger
many's currency, is the finding of
the Reichstag's committee of Inquiry,
which Issued Its report today, says
a Central News dispatch from Berlin.
Tho report, adds the message, says
the collapse of the mark was par
ticularly due to extensive purchases
of foreign coal by the railway ad
ministration without notifying tin
Melchsbnnk or other authorities.
Dutch Marchant Funeral
Funeral services for Frank (Outclu
Marchant. former Htnalm patrolman
who tiled last week m Tucson, Ally...
of tuberculosis, were held Monday
afternoon at 2:30 at. his home, 2327
Laurel street. Members of the police
department, former comrades, acted
<« pallbearers.
Lake Surrenders
Body of Missing
Balloon Pilot
Remains of Lieutenant Roth
Found in Basket 11 Miles
Off Shore—Companion
Still Missing
By Auorialr4 Press.
Port Stanley, July !>.—I,ake Erie to
day yielded the l>ody of Lieut. L. J.
Roth, pilot of the lllfated L'nited
States navy ixilloon A-S6P8. Strapped
to the basket of the balloon and clad
only In his underwear, around which
had been tied a life preserver. Roth’s
body was found in the basket this
morning. 14 miles o(T here by Capt.
George Wilson, master of a fishing
boat.
Apparently caught in the storm of
last Thursday night. Lieutenant Roth
evidently took the precaution to strap
himself to the side of the basket after
divesting himself of his clothing and
then cut t ye basket loose from the
big hug, trusting to the buoyancy of
the basket to keep It afloat.
How long the basket was buffeted
about the lake could not be conjec
tured, but the condition of Lieutenant
Roth's lssly Indicated that he died
of exposure. His head and shoulders
were hanging over the edge of the
basket. Identification of the body as
that of Roth was established by the
stenciled initials "8. I,. J. R." in the
underwear.
Reports received here that the Issly
of Lieutenant Null, the other occu
pant of the balloon, had been found In
Lake Erie near Point Pellette today,
were found to be incorrect tonight,
when the body was identified as that
of Albert A. Yost of Akron, O.
Ohioans Capture
U. S. Rifle Title
Washington, July 9—The Deer
field. O, <Sun club was announced
by the National Rifle association to
day as 1923 winner of the small l>ore
rifle championship of the United
States with a score of 1.947 out of a
possible 2,000 points. The Hillsboro.
O . Rifle, club was runner up with s
score of 1942. and the Remington
Arms club, Bridgeport. I'onn., and
George Washington university Rifle
club. Washington, D. tied foi*»hlrd
plate with 1,940.
M. A. Rich, Pasadena, t'al., was
awarded the individual championship
at 60 yards with a score of 398 out
of a possible 400; Julin I>. Roland,
Wilmington, <>.. was second with the
same score, but wns “outranked;"
A, W. Drake, Klngsmills. (),, T. K.
I.ee. Birmingham, Ala., and H. It.
Jacobs, Dayton, tied for thlid at 397,
but ranked In the order named. I.ee
was last year's champion.
Nicholas May Give Bond
Before Chicago Court
U. V. Nicholas, former president of
the L. V. Nicholas oil eompsny of
Omahii. Indicted Saturday by a fed
eral gi^ind Jury on a charge of con
spltccy in connection with the salo
of stock In the old company, probably
will appear before a United States
commissioner in Chicago and give
bond for hi* release there, Instead of
Omaha, according to United Stnte*
Metric! Attorney K Irish r.
Mr. Klnaler said It was liumaleri.il
where the bond «a* given so long a*
It was approved by a United State*
commissioner.
(ironkhite Suspect Freed.
1 Providence, R l , July St -Roland
:. Pothler of Ontral Falla, who nine
month* ago wan imprisoned In the
Providence county jail to await re
move I to the at ate of Washington for
trial for the murder of MaJ. Alexander
P\ t'ronkhlte *t rtimp Lcwl* In 1H18. <
rele/iMcd today on a. mandate
from the fedeial court of appeals.
i
Coast Flyer
Crashes; To
Try Again
Lieutenant Maughan. Forced
Down Near St. Joseph, Mo.,
Not Discouraged—Land*
ing Gear Wrecked.
1,330 Miles in 9 Hours
By Associated J’ress.
St. Joseph, Mo., July 9.—Dauntless
ami smiling. Lieut. Russell J„. Maug
han. army aviator who was forced to
abandon his dawn to-dusk. New York
to-Sun Francisco flight near St.
Joseph today, declared tonight another
flight would be attempted within a
week.
Lieutenant. Maughan will fly back to
New York Wednesday or Thursday of
this week, he said. In the plane which
broke down at Avenue City, about
nine miles northeast of St. Joseph.
The plane is undergoing repairs and
Maughan expressed belief it would be
In condition to use by Tuesday night.
Dropped Into Pasture.
A clog in the gas line on his en
gine caused Maughan * first trouble,
he said. He was within five minutes'
flight of the St. Joseph municipal
airfield. 15 miles away, when his en
gine went dead. Maughan dropped into
a pasture, hut in making a sharp
turn to avoid striking a cow, two, of
the steel tubes of the lauding gear
gave way.
No extra parts will be needed.
Maughan’s two mechanics, who hsd
been in St. Joseph four days await
ing his coming, declared, after they
raced in a motor car from the air
field to the suburban town. A weld
ing machine was taken from St.
Joseph this afternoon and all repairs
will be made in the pasture and the
gas line will be cleaned out.
"Luckiest Man in World.”
"Am I discouraged? I should say
I am not,” declared Maughan as he
gulped food and milk forced on him
by his mechanic. “I'm the luckiest
man in the world. Why should I
be downhearted? Could any aviator
be luckier than I? Here I have an
engine go dead above a pasture. Sup
pose It had gone dead in that fog early
this morning above the Allegheny
mountains? I wouldn't bo here to te'l
you about It."
Lieutenant .Maughan estimated he
mode approximately 1.330 miles In
nine hours. And late today, walking
the streets of St. Joseph, he did not
show as much fatigue as moat mo
torists exhibit when they have driven
a motor car 25 miles.
Maughan said thjit he was abso
lutely lost in a fog for 230 miles. He
feared he would swerve from his
route, but hated to lose any time by
slowing down, lie made several trial
flights to go above or around the
fog. but it seemed to envelop him
completely.
Nickerson Bank
Robbed of $5, >00
V eppf. Knler Through Skylight
and Open Vault |>y Work
in Combination.
Special impair h tn The Omaha nee.
Fremont. Neb., July 9.—State
Sheriff Tom Carroll arrived In Fre
mont tonight to take charge of the
investigation of the Clever bank rob
bery at Nickerson early Monday
morning that netted bandits over
15,500 In cash and liberty bonds. Over
1700 in currency lying nearby was
left behind by the robbers.
The yeggs gained entrance through
a skylight in the hack building and
forced an oak door to get to the main
floor. They evidently possessed
knowledge of the combinations on
the vault and the inner manganese
steel safe, as neither was damaged
in opening.
Mystery is added to the robbery
with the fact that a time lock on
the inner safe was set for H hours
by Casliler Frank Bullock Sunday
aft* i^uuii about 5:30. according to his
statement to Sheriff Condit. railed
from Fremont this morning. A* a re
sult the combination could not bs
opened before 7:30 Monday morning,
except by the use of high powered
explosives. Condit said.
The robbers left the holding via
th© front door, which was found open
whin the hank employes reported
for duty about H There was no evi
dence of a robbery until one of the
clerks went to the safe to get the
cash and books fur the day's bus!*
ness.
Condit stated this afternoon that
efforts to obtain finger prints were
fruitless. An Omaha car obtained
gas at n filling station In Nickerson
Sunday evening and the occupants of
the car were the only strangers no
ticed In the vicinity.
A. \V. Spink. Fonts nolle, presi
dent of the hank, visited Fremont
today to obtain funds with which to
drry on business. < \ F. Negus of
Nickerson, vice president, \n in charge
of the hank. A girt bookkeeper is
also employed
A small amount of insurance will
partially cover the lo*y
Jeweler Slill Mining.
Denver, Colo., July Missing fot
mote than four days. William H
Head, Denver Jeweler, who diaap
peared In the vlrinlt) of St. Mary's
glacier last Wednesday during a *ki
tournament, had* not been found last
ulgb
Starting a Chicken Ranch Next Door to a Garden Patch Has Ended Many a
Beautiful Friendship
V
Babies Gasp for
Breath in Heat
Cooled Milk Soothe? Parched
Throats; Can You
Help.
' ■
Question: Did you feel the heat j
Sunday?
Answer: Yes, wa»..’i It terrible!
What did you do to keep as com
forcible s possible?
We put blankets out on the shady
lawn and 'ay there as quietly as
possible. We drank sll the cool
drinks our Iced refrigerator afforded.
We went for a long drive in the eve
ning. We planned a vacation in the
mountains.
\nd the Kaliies?
What did the tiny babies In the
poorer homes of the city do”
They lay suffering in hot flats and
hovels. They had no spacious lawns;
no well Iced refrigerators; no car iu
which to go riding: no vacation in
the mountains to anticipate.
How do these babies manage to
live through the long summer?
Artists to Help.
Some of them don't. But most of
.hem get cool milk and ice to keep It
sweet from The Omaha Bee's Free
Milk and Ice Fund. It Is their only
salvation—the free milk arid Ice. It
saves their health, am^ in many cases
their lives. And the mothers of these
tiables have a blessing for every con
tributor to ili» fund.
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At noon today artists from the
World theater will dance and sing at
Sixteenth and Douglas streets In the
interests of the fund. It will he hot
work for them, but those of the
theatrical world appreciate the need
and will entertain willingly to help
the helpless nabtes. There will he
pretty girls who will urge the spee
lotora to make contribution*. Don't
refuse them. Hilly Wells, the Kclalr
Twins. William Pruett. Jr . and the
"Dummies" are the artists who will
participate.
They will perform from an Andrew
Murphy A Sou auto truck and will
use a piano furnished l.y A. Moapr
rompnn v
Co*gruv<* ^ am* Ireland
Again*! Wildcat Schemes
t'ork, July i* President Cong rave
of th** Iriah fre* slate. In h speech
yesterday warned Ireland that it
must “beware of wident schemes.'*
'America in watching us.” said the
president, “and we must he careful
about engaging in any wildcat
schemes of development,”
American Charged W itli
Smuggling Vim* Into ('hiua
II* Pros.
Shanghai, July '» A wan ant w is
issued here today for the » rest of
Lawrence H Kearney, American,
charged with being the head of a plot
for the wholesale smuggling of .11 inn
| into China from liussian and Japa
[ nest source*.
Gus Rutenbeck |
Named Head of
Fish Hatchery
w
Succeeds O’Brien at Salary of
S2i Less Per Month—
Comparison Bequest
Denial.
sim i*l l»U|Mit« U la I he liinalm Bee.
I.inoln. July 9 —Gus Rutenbeck. I
well-known democratic politician, has
liocn appointed superintendent of the
state fish hatchery at Gretna, to sue
ceed \V, J. O'Brien, for 30 years head
of the hatchery, whose resignation
was forced by Governor Bryan. Rut
enbeck's salary Is 3150 a month with
free fish and free house rental This
is 335 a month less than O'Brien re
ceived. The 325 has been added to
the monthly salary of the head of
the hatchery at Benkleman. ths gov
ernor asserted.
Governor Bryan refused a request
to compare Rutenbeck s qualifies
tions in fish culture and propagation
with O'Brien, who spent the better
part of his life in stocking Nebras
ka streams with fish.
"That is detail worn to he handled
by trained assistants." the governor
said. "Mr Rutenbeek's executive
ability is superior to that of Mr.
O'Brien."
Rutenbeck was game warden under
Governor Morehead. At that time the
game warden paid little attention to
fish propagation which was in the
hands 0f O'Brien, the warden merely
distributing fish from (lie fish car to
th» various streams and takes.
When it was first known that the
governor was raising "issues which
tv< til,! force O'Brien out of the Job. It
whs stated that the politician* In the
Bryan ramp were planning to induce
the governor to appoint ltutenbeck.
The information received here is to
the effect that effort* wlfl l>e made by
the governor to makp the hatchery a
show place for visitors and picnickers
as hundred* tisii it each week. The
real proiutgation will l.e handled
largely at the Valentine and Renkle
man hatcheries.
t'harle* \v Pool, secretary of state,
approve,! today the appropriation htt!
of $ 1 ‘Joo for 4hck salary of o ltrien
which pool and Governor Bryan have
I teen holding up. t> Hrlen threatened
to file suit and (he governor and sec
retary of stale surrendered instantly.
11«»iii4' of Jackif (.oogan
Robbed of $10,000 in (inns
I .or Angelr.s. July !• —Tht net
»»f Jackie ('ooKAti was robbed of
Jewelry valued at ft0.000 yesterday
[while the juvenile motion picture nr
| tor was motoring with hi* parent*,
according to a report to the police.
I.iliii Suit XgaiiMt Kuril.
New York. July 9 Samuel I nter
mjer ha* been retained to prosecute
a suit for libel oKainat llcnry Font
by Hetman Hetnatelr. editor of the
Jewish Tribune, it became known
when a letter from Mr Hernstetn to
the manufacturer wan made public
The suit was b.iRrd on alleged at
t icks ugainst Mr. llrriAliin in con
nertlon with a aeriee of articles on
the Jew • published in Ml. Ford*
Dearborn lndtpondauL
Bov and Girl Dead
*
After Auto Crash
Ma> Oleson. 15, and Clarence
9 Krause, 11. Killed'Near
Bloomfield.
Spfrial PUpatrll to The Omaha Boo.
Bloomfiield, Neb.. July ».—
Plunging through the guard rail on
a bridge and then into the creek 10
feet below, an automobile landed up
side down in the water and caught
fire, resulting in tbe death of two
children. Mae Olson 15, and
Clarence Krause, 11. about IS milea
northwest of Bloomfield.
Miss Olson was the daughter of Mr.
and Mi's. Alfred Olson, farmers liv
ing north *f here in the Addison
neighborhood, and the boy waa the
son of A. E. Krause, al«o of that
neighborhood. Marjorie Wilaon. 13.
who also was in the car when the
accident occurred, escaped uninjured.
She is suffering too badly from the
shock to give a coherent account of
the accident. It is believed, however,
that the steering gear locked as the
car was crossing the bridge.
The two girls were riding in the
front seat, with the Olson girl driv
ing, and the boy in the rear seat.
Mias Wilson either jumped from the
machine or was thrown clear of the
wreckage by the fall. The other two
were pinned under the car. which
soon buret Into a blate.
Miss Olson was a freshman In the
Bloomfield High school and during
the term lived In Bloomfield.
Aged Spinster. Kvicted.
(iuest of J. P. Morgan
New York, July 9—Miss Smart Lod
wick, aged spinster, who has spent
the last few days guarding her fur
niture after she hud been evicted from
her Madison avenue apartment, was
the breakfast guest of J. Pierpont
Morgan.
A butler from the Morgan home,
which is just across the way. stepped
forth this morning with a silver tray,
picked his way across the street, and
served a tempting meal of fruit, eggs,
rolls and coffee to the old lady as she
sat guard over her treasure*.
"The people of N'ew York are very
kind." she later told a reporter. "Hun
dreds have stopped to ask if there was
anything they could do for me. I have
automobile tides and everything.
People have hearts vou know, even
when they try to look aa if they
hadn't."
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Juries Find
Verdicts on
Same Day
Mrs. Buzzi of New York Con*
victed of Killing Lover and
Mrs. Crudelle of Chicago
of Slaying Husband.
Man Gets Death Penalty
Chicago, July 9—Two women to
night faced death as the result of a
verdict by two juries, one in New
Vorfi and the other in Chicago, today.
They are Mrs. Anna Buzzi of New
Vork and Mrs. Sabelie Nitti Crudelle
of Chicago.
Mrs. Buzzi was sentenced to die
In the electric chair for the murder
of Frederick Schneider, with whom
“he lived for eight years, ^hile Mrs
Crudelle was found guilty of murder
ing her former husband. Peter Nitti.
and the jury recommended the ex- "
treme penalty. This same jury re
turned a similar verdict against Peter
Crudelle. whom Mrs. Crudelle married
after Nitti dispappeared.
Found Dead in Auto.
In the case of Mrs. Buzzi. Schnei
der found dead in his automobile
on February 16. The pistol with
! which he had been killed was at his
i side. This weapon was traced to Wil
| liam Turc. Mrs Schneider's brother
[inlaw who told authoritiea he had
j given it to Mrs Buzzi and that she
! afterwards otld him she had killed
I Schneider with It. Jealousy was
! given as the motive bv Turc as ho
testified tha* Mrs. Buzzi had said
Schneider had threatened to lettva
her.
Precedent in look County.
Chicago, July 9.—For the first time
In the history of (*ook county a jury
today meted out the death penalty
to a woman when Mrs. Sabelie Nitti
Crudelle and her second hustand
Veter Crudelle, were found guilty of
the murder of Frank Nitti. Mrs
Crudelles first husband, and death
wa« decided on for both.
The jury returned its verdict after
’.ess than two hour*' deliberation.
The woman and her husband were
convicted largely through the testi
mony of Charles Nitti, 16. son of the
woman.
Attorneys made a motion for a new
trial, which was set for hearing Sat
urday.
Murdered with Hammer.
Frank Nltti. a truck farmer d:‘
appeared July I*. Iff!. Shortly
thereafter, Crudelle, a border at the
Nittl home, and Mrs. Nitti were mar
ried. Charles Nittl, the son. told the
authorities that Crudelle had killed
hia father with a hammer as Nitti
lay asleep and that Mrs. Nitti had
held her husband's hands while Cru
delle struck the blow. The boy said
Crudelle had forced him to help dis
pose of the body, which he said had
been thrown in the river.
An indictment was voted, hut was
dismissed when no trace of the body
was found. On May ? however.
Nltti's body waa found concealed in
a catch besiiu^Cnidelle. his wife,
and Charles Nitt: were then indicted
for murder, but the case against the
boy was nolle pressed.
"I am glad we Anally found a jury
which would treat a woman in a
cold blooded murder case the same
as a man.” Milton Smith, assistant
state's attorney, declared in com
menting on the case.
Blind Man Fined $ 100
Has Huge Bankroll
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C. Hannun, blind beggar, who
boasted to Sioux City police that he
begged on the streets of Omaha for
years shocked the police judge and
court attaches when he took a roll
of currency from his pocket and
peeled off” Ave >20 hilla, for a Ane
on a charge of keeping a disorderly
house.
It is said he owns three pieces of
property at 1*22 Burt atreet.
He boasted of the small fortune he
had accumulated begriag. declaring
he could “dean up" ib to S2& in Oma
ha every day.
$100,000 Priie Money for
Best Peace Plan Deposited
Philadelphia. Pa.. July >—She
J100.S00 that will be paid to the per
son or group presentingn a pla
whereby war will l>e made at least
improbable, has been deposited with
the Girard Trust cpmpary, Fldwai-4
W. Bok, donor of the award an
nounced.
The recipient of the prire will be
decided upon by a policy committee
which will carefully go o'er :i
plan presented. Cpon acceptance by
that committee |50.00<» will he jwd
; hile the remaining 150.000 will be
held until the plan has been accepied
by congress
Vnofher Slash ill Sujrar.
New York. July #.—Another slash
was mad* in the price of refined
aujtar in Ihe local market todav
Granulated wa* cut to S.7& cents hv
one refiner This la 11* cent* below
the hush price of the ecaaon.
The drop »*■ due to reofferinc of
?.*#0 tens of refined aunt which had
been shipped abroad and returned be
cause no fra-cicn market ohiM be
found The alack domestic demand
also was a contribution factor
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