Asks Witness in
Griffin Trial Be
Held in Contempt
County Attorney Seeks Action
When Girls Say Bribe Was
Offered by Battery Sta
tion Owner.
County Attorney Henry Beal Satur
day wont to District Judge Fitz
gerald with affidavits from two girl
witnesses at the Jimmy Griffin mur
der trial which declare that the girls
were promised new dresses if they
refraiged from giving incriminating
testimony.
The girls arc Evelyn Clark, 1403
North Nineteenth street, and Doris
Newton, 1101 North Eighteenth
street.
Dwight Taylor, another witness in
the case, and proprietor of the bat
r >
Taylor Denies It.
Dwight Taylor denied this morn
ing that he promised two girl wit
nesses at the Griffin trial new
dresses if they refrained from giv
ing incriminating testimony.
“We were talking about witness
fees’ and one of the girls said she
had $12 coming,’’ lie said. “I told
her if she would put $3 with that,
she could buy a new dress.’’
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t»ry station in front of which the
shooting occurred, promised 'them the
dresses, the girls said.
County Attorney Beal asked that
Taylor be held in contempt of court
for attempting to influence state wit
nesses. Judge Fitzgerald said he
would reserve his decision until after
the trial, due to the fact that a
decision at this time might be con
strued as prejudical.
Met Taylor in Court House.
The promise of the dresses was
given, the girls said, when they met
Taylor on the fifth floor of the court
house on the morning of the day on
which their testimony was given.
Another state witness, a Mrs. Finn,
walked over while Ttylor was talking
to them, the affidavit says, and while
Mrs. Finn was with them, Taylor said
“you’d hate to convict an innocent
man, wouldn't you?”
"If you girls convict a man that is
not guilty, Griffin will haunt you the
rest of your lives," Taylor told them
previously, the girls said. Then he
told them if they did not convict Grif
fin, he would buy them new dresses
after the trial.
Another Approaches.
Mlsa Clark also was approached by
Girl Witnesses in Murder Trial .
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a man named Cusick, she said, who
came to her house before the trial and
wanted her to go to see some attor
neys, to “talk over matters.”
“You know Griffin Is not guilty,"
he told her, according to Miss Clark.
She also received telephone calls
from an unknown man, she said, who
asked her what she knew about the
case, and told her if flfce had any
thing to say to call Atlantic 8047.
On Thursday night, she said, her
mother received a telephone call from
a man who told her he had a “sur
prise” for her. Miss Clark said she be
lieves the man was under the impres
sion he was talking to her Instead of
her mother.
Affidavit of Miss Newton substanti
ated the statements of Miss Clark
concerning their conversation with
Taylor.
“Death Note” to Police.
Miss Clark also turned over to po
lice a note which she received yester
day through the mail, threatening her
life and that of Miss Newton if they
gave testimony against Griffin. Since^
the note was received after the testi
mony was given, it naturally did not
influence their statements, they said.
County Attorney Beal was undecid
ed this morning whether or not to
consider the note a practical joke.
“X am convinced the girls are in
no danger from the author of the
note," he said.' “The wording in it
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self is enough to lead one to the be
lief that it may be a joke.”
Local postal authorities will take nt
action in connection with the delivery
of the threatening epistle, according
to Postal Inspector William Coble.
The note, dated February 6, and
postmarked February 7, follows:
"Listen here, gal, if you say any
thing more about that shooting I
will kill you, get that. And the
whole damned Omaha police force,
and I don't mean maybe either, see?
Don't you (Lire be a witness at that
McArdle shooting^ because I was the
guy that killed McArdle myself. I
stood around the corner and shot
him. Damn you and that Doris.
Stay out of it or I will kill both
of you. My name is Boston Biackie
#nd my partner, Little Forefingers,
will tend to you. Damn the police.
We aro tho biggest bandits and
1 ank robbers and murderers in
Omaha, the Twin Cities, Boston
and New York. You keep out of
it, get me? Let the police see this
letter, we don't give a damn.
(Signed) “BOSTON BLACK 112,
“LITTLE FOREFINGER.’
Great was the sensation when
James Griffin, on trial for llenry Me
Ardle’s slaying pulled the veil aside
and revealed the cruel deception prac
ticed on him by a Mr. Smith, whom
he declared lives somewhere In the
vicinity of Nebraska City.
Mr. Smith, it appears, drives a Ford
touring ear. He must have been a
witness of the friendly scuffle in
which McArdle lost his life, Griffin
believes, because he followed the
death car to Twenty-seventh and
Lake street.
As • Griffin slowed down there on
account of trouble with his car, the
stranger pulled up alongside.
“Smithy” Appears.
"That fellow, McArdle, must be
hurt pretty bad,” he began. |fanks
one of the men in the death car, Grif
fin testified, recognized the affable
motorist as his friend, “Smithy.”
Smithy suggested that lie had bet
[ ter take McArdle to a hospital. Grif
fin say’s that McArdle was according
ly transferred to the Smith car, and
that this was the last he saw of
either Smith or McArdle.
IP McArdle’s body was burned in
the haystack, Griffin intimated, it
was because Smith was false to Ills
trust.
Farmer Buys Gage
County Grain Elevator
Kinney, Neb., Feb. 9.—The elevator
here was purchased today by Chan
ning Lewis, farmer. The plant, which
ip one of the best In Gage county,
has been owned and operated the last
few years by the Farmers' Grain com
pany. Difficulty In procuring a suit
able manager led to the sale of the
property.
Heflin Threatens to Put
Creager in Penitentiary
Washington, Feb. 9.—Replying In
the senate to what he said wap the
''scurrilous, slanderous and coward
ly” attack made on him by R. B.
Creager, republican national commit
tee man from Texas, in a letter pub
lished today, Senator Heflin, demo
crat, Alabama, declared that If the
information he had regarding alleged
land frauds In Texas was true, Mr.
Creager should be In the penitentiary.
"And If I can get the Investigation
I want,!’ Senator Heflin said, "X be
lieve we can put him In the peni
tentiary.”
Both Sexes Can Represent
Precincts at County Meets
Lincoln, Feb. 9.—Attorney General
O. S. Spillman today called attention
to the fact that his recent opinion on
delegates to county conventions
states that a man and & woman may
be elected from each precinct. Spill
man's statement followed several
telephpne calls for Information re
garding the distribution of the dele
gates.
Blind Boy Dies
Lincoln, Feb. 9.—Members of the
state board of control today announc
ed the death, at the School for the
Blind, of Clarence Cook, 10. The boy
died of an epileptic seizure, they said,
and died before he could receive med
ical attention. He Is the son of
Clarence W. Cook of I-in coin and
was admitted to tho school Septem
ber, 17, 1922.
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Navy Fund Bill
Given to House
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Provides for $2fl ,942,000
Aviation Appropriation
Is Reduced.
By Ainftclalrd Pm*.
Washington, Feb. 9.—The annual
naval appropriation, carrying $271,
942,£07, of which $30,000,000 would
lie available for completing more
than a score of vessels now under
construction, was reported today by
the house appropriations committee.
The total is $4,453,000 less than
budget estimates ajid $23,024 less than
the amount alloted the navy by con
gress a year ago.
The bill provides $117,000,000 for
pay, enough to keep the navy at Its
present strength of 6,469 dfficers and
86,000 enlisted men during the fiscal
year beginning July 1 next. Provision
also is made for 1,002 officers and
19,500 enlisted men in tho Marine
corps—tho present strength. *
For aviation the bill carries $14,
590,000, or $57,174 .less than last
year's appropriation. The committee
explained that it had slashed $410,000
from tho budget estimate for aviation
on account of a development program
recommended at Pearl Harbor, Ha
waii, and Coco Solo, canal zone,
which have not been authorized by
law. Commenting on the proposed
polar exploration trip of the dirigible
Shenandoah next summer, the report
said actual expenses over normal
operating costs would approximate
$183,000 and that since rhost of this
amount would bo met with current
appropriations, the committee had not
seen fit to Interfere in any way with
plans for the program.
As to new ship construction, the
!committee said, it was without power
to authorize expenditures for vessels
not vet sanctioned by congress, but
cited information it had obtained to
the effect that the Navy department
Is committed to a program for build
ing types permissible under the
Washington arms treaty, which, with
the modernizing program already
under way, would aggregate an ap
propriation of approximately $35,000,
000 for the next 10 years.
Confession Due
to Police Order
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Peter Hindballe, 717 North Seven
teenth street, waived preliminary
hearing on a holdup charge in mu
nicipal court Saturday and was
bound over to district court on $2,000
bond.
He surrendered himself to police
Friday and confessed that he held
up and robbed a drug store at 3124
North Twenty fourth street the night
of January 28. He said ho surren
dered because ho was afraid of being
shot under the "shoot to kill" order
recently issued to police detectives.
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Kevital Meetings .
Old-fashioned revival services are
being held every night at 7:30 at
Anybody’s mission, lGIS Chicago
street. Speakers are Rev. W. H. Ahr
ens, Rev. D. Daniels and Rev. C. Q.
Sliiberg.
Hungry May Beg,
Baldwin Ruling
"It's no disgrace for a rnan to beg
when he's hungry," Municipal Judge
Arthur Baldwin announced from tt e
bench Saturday morning.
"I’d chop wood for a meal myself
If I was hungry."
He was trying the case of John
Clement, 5S, charged with vagrancy.
Clement said he came to Omaha last
November with a little money, but
that he lost it. He has been ringing
doorbells, and offering to do odd Jobs
in exchange for something to eat.
He was discharged.
Broken Bow—Buhumil Baburek of
Comstock was granted American
citizenship at the term of district
court last week. Mr. Baburek was
a native of Ozecho-Slovakia.
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Cupid issues an annual license for all lovers
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—February 14th.
The husband whose wife has remained to him
a sweetheart will not fail to send his token of
the day.
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Exquisite Perfumes
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Black, pastel tints, and high shades.
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Half a dozen pure linen handkerchiefs, initialed, would win
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