Banker Freed
~ by High Court
No Fraud Found in Charge
m Against Ex-President at
^ Plattsmouth.
, (C)iarIes C. Parmele, former pres I
dent’ of tho Cass County bank at
Plattsmouth, who was sentenced in
Cass county district court to from
on® to three years' imprisdntnent for
embezzlement, was set free Tuesday
by decision of the slate supreme
court, which found that there was no
evidence of the fraud charged.
Carl J. Frteke, formerly of Omaha,
an officer hi the Livingstone Loan
and Building company of Platts
moutli, sentenced to from one to two
years for altering the company's
honks, will get a new trial. The su
preme court reversed the decision of
rife district court for error in the
court’s Instructions.
The state bank guarantee fund
commission lost SGt.onn through n
dectsWn handed down Tuesday morn
ing in favor of claimants against the
American Exchange hank at Bristow,
the Farmers State bank at "Winslde,
the "Wayne County hank at Sholes,
arid tlie Kilgore State hank at Kil
gore, all of which are defunct.
Attorneys for the commission had
refused to pay certain depositors on
the grounds that they had hud u
secret agreement with bank officials
by which they received more than the
legal rate of 5 per cent on certifi
ates of deposit. The supreme court
found that there was insufficient evi
dence of such an agreement.
Steve Boras of Omaha, sentenced to
one year's imprisonment for the
shooting of W. 1.. Tlndell in Omaha
m 1923, was denied a new trial.
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Burgess Bedtime
Stories
By THORNTON W. Bl Rt.KSS.
Tlic Clever Trapper.
'rh" trapper, who had tried to run
down Little Joe Otter and his family
and kill them with a club, was not
one to give up easily. Of course he
was disappointed at his failure to get
one of those Otter coats. But hi= was
not at all discouraged. As soon as
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lie could see tlml the trail led
straight to the water
P®’ Little Joe Otter and his family had
disappeared in the open water at one
end of that pond, the trapper stopped
running. He was glad to stop, for
lie Was quite out pf breath.
""Those Otters won't stay in this
pond long,’’ said he to himself. “They
know- that I know they are here, so
they will move on as soon as they
think they safely ran. I know just
where they are bound for. They are
bound for the big brook where, there
is a lot of swift water that
freeze and where they will be sure of
good fishing. They will stay there
for some time. That will he the place
to set some traps. The thing for me
to do is to leave them alone for
while so that they will not -lie at all
suspicions. Then I'll set some tr^ps.
Their fur is in the best of condition
now, and if I can geL two or three of
their skins they will pay me several
times over for all the* trouble I may
tie put to to get them.
Ho the trapper turned back and
tramped home. He didn’t go back to
that pond for two days. When lie did
go back he found just what he ex
pected to find, and he chuckled when
he found it. It was a trail In the
snow leading away from that pond in
the direction of the big brook. He fol
lowed It. As he approached the big
brook he was careful to keep out of
sight. He could see that the trail led
straight to the water. For a long time
he remained hidden, patiently watch
ing. At last he saw a brown head out
In the water. A moment later one of
the young Utter with a fish in hi*
mouth climbed out on a big, flat rock
and ate the fish.
"They are there.” chuckled the
trapper, “and they will stay, for there
are plenty of fish there. I won’t
worry them for a while, hut X will
study their habits and find out where
they are in the habit a-f going and
what their favorite places are. They'll
be sure to have a slide. That will he
one place for a trap. I'll put It right
at the foot of the slide. I'll find out
wheee they are in the habit of climb
Ing out on the hank to go up to the
top of the slide and I'll put a trap
there. Perhaps I can discover the den
where they sleep. That will he an
other place for a trap. I suspect that
those old Otters (he meant Little Joe
and Mrs. Otter) have learned a loti
about traps, and it will not be easy
to catch them. But I ought to be
able to catch those two young Ot
ters without much rouble.”
So Jjor a week that trapper spent
most Tit his time watching the place
where Little Joe and his family were
living and studying the signs to learn
all he could about their habits. But
all the time he took the greatest care
that they shouldn't know that he
was about. He knew that If he should
be seen by one of them, Little Joe
Otter would at once become sits
plcious. AVhen at last he felt that
he had learned all he could he took
a dozen cruel, steel traps and went
over to set them.
(Copyright, 1924.)
The next story; ‘‘The Setting of the
Traps.”
The Daily Cross Word Puzzle
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By RICHAKII H. T1XGLKV.
Horizontal.
1. Countenance.
5. To snare.
9. I believe (Latin).
10. Fertile spot in a desert.
12. King of Bashan (Bible).
13. Immediately.
13. Exclamation.
16. Thou (Latin).
17. -V heavenly body.
IS. Negative answer.
19. Bodies of water.
22. A high shoe.
21. To progress.
25, Swindle.
27. Ducks.
30. Pertaining to (suffix).
31. Viper.
33. Musical note.
34. Nay.
35. Indian tribe.
36. In the year of our Lord (abbr.).
37. One of the seven wise men of
Greece.
40. Polishing substance.
43. A defensive work.
44. Quanity of paper.
Vertical.
1. To dispute.
2. To exist.
3. Publication supervisor (abbr.).
4. Units of weight.
5. A collection of dwelling houses.
6. Sun god.
7. Similar.
8. Musical instrument.
9. Small beds.
11. Bullet.
14. One reected.
20. To request.
21. Noted French novelist.
22. Waffer.
23. Poem.
25. Crossword puzzle solvers.
20. Apart.
28. Fear.
29. Gentlewoman.
31. A relative.
32. Equal.
38. Behold!
39. Either.
41. Yours truly.
42. Each (abbr.).
The solution will appear touunor
row.
Solution of yesterday's puzzle.
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