Farmer Takes Own
- File: Body Found
in Burning \uto
L
Viitlioritips Vbandon I’heorj
of Murder in Youth's
Death; No Inquest to
Be Held.
(( nntititled F rom Vug* One)
found records that showed that
i»istol bearing numbers identical with
rhose 0f the Pearson pistol was sold
10 a young man last Monday after
noon.
|Kirsehenbauni described the man as
about 25 years old, five, feet seven
inches tall. He said that he wore a
gray cap and a light brown topcoat.
I bis description tallies, well with Pear
mu as lie appeared at that time.
Kirchnbauni identified a photograph
• Pearion as that of Carl Thompson.
• •f Lincoln, the name given by the
man who bought the pistol.
Kirschenbauin said he sold the re
volver for $3.50 after a long parley
with the purchaser. The pawnshop
man first wanted $5. he said.
Ihhnke's Story.
Authorities put much credence in
'he theory of murder during the day.
However, this theory was given a se
vere setback when Behnke told The
Omaha Bee over the long distance
telephone that l}p had been misquoted
regarding what he saw Tuesday. He
declared at noon that there was only
one man iti the car.
Behnke told this stoi\\:
“About 7 Tuesday morning I saw
.■» car parked in a by road about 4“ or
*0 rods from my home. At the time
I did not think anything about it be
cause it is common for cars to park
there. At noon, when T saw the car
till was there. 1 drove up near the
place. As 1 drew near I saw a man.
apparently sleeping, rise up, stretch
and start his oar. I started drive
away and be followed for a short dis
tance.
“1 went back home, but noticed that
the man drove down another lane and
again parked his car. I guess he
stayed there until about 4. when he
must have driven back to the place
v here he was at first and where he
met. his death. The man acted as one
v ho had been disappointed in love.
Up seemed greatly depressed. T did
rot speak to him because l never
knew young Pearson."
( notified to Bed.
Relink© give It ns bis opinion that
Pearson ended his own life.
Pharles Parkenning, Marshal at
HIkhorn and the first official to reach
ihe scene of ^tlie highway inferno
reiterated during the day that lie be
lieved it was a clear cut case of
suicide. Saunders county authorities
also were inclined to this belief.
The Pearson family, Emma TVeld
man, the girl Victor w*as to have
married April 5, defy the authorities
in their claims. The refuse to accept ;
even a hint of suicide and point con- '
vincingly to the young’s man life
end habits to support their claims.
“I know lie didn’t kill himself,” :
said Miss Weidman. who was con- 1
fined to her bed today. The shock of
her fiance's death has brought to her
a complete nervous breakdown.
Identified by Buckle.
Marshal Parkenning told newspaper
men that two other men besides
Behnke had seen Pearson alonp in his
car. lb said that Dr. M. Burke of
Klkhorti had passed the scene about
i:45 and had seen only one man in
i he car. The other man, he said, was
Julian Kie» ken. of PJkhorn.
All doubt as to thp identification of
the man in the car was swept away
when Marshal Parkeuning found in
fhe debris ;t belt, buckle bearing the
initial “P.”
Miss AVeidnvan identified tim buckle
as one she had given to her fiance as
a gift last Christmas. A reporter for
The Omaha Bee, scraping in the tie*
bris. found#a *maJJ ring with a stone
selling. This ring Miss Weinman was
unable to identify . She said she had
never seen it before.
Mr. Pearson, respected <nd widely
known farmer in the vicinity ‘f1
Yutan, was utterly unable ofC’i l
any explanation of the .*e*i*» <»f whirl-M
wind events which • dininaieil in the I
tragedy. Me said that his sen bad!
no troubles • r worries to !d.» know!
edge.
A ban!; i**-<d show ed \ <■'*i %
Pearson had >'!!:’ deposited in a Mead'
hank. The Iasi check I" wr«*ie f»a.- f
on Ma f ■ •
in the purchase of horses.,
Sheriff M. L. Endres, after
the report of two deputies who vWtt j
to the scene immediately after having I
been notified. said at first that 1
thought deatli might have been a'*i
dental. Murder for robbery was the
theory to which he attached most im
portance.
Deputy Sheriff* I*nny Elynn and
Dan Phillips surveyed th» .-«tii- Tues
day night and again early Wednesday
TMiey turned ove;- to Sheriff Endres
(the pistol with its two discharged
cartrid..,
Examination clearly showed hot
one had been «et off by tin filing pin,
while the second was without the
mark usually found when a cartridge
is exploded by pr essure on the trigger
Weat from the fire is believed to hn\e
caused its discharge.
close exr.inination of the burned
car rexcdied t«»dn\ what authorities
thought were two bullet holes, fine
was on the inside of the <^r and tho
other on tho outside. The charred
condition e*f the automobile made it
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THE FARNAM CAR STOPS RICH I ON THE CORNER
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"I Watched His
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N itrlit: I .act l ime She
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Jlnhlied L*\ tragic death *-f the man
she loved, Miss Emma Weidman. 2-'.
nf Mead, Neb., wept unashamed Wed
nesday morning.
Having lived on neighboring farms?
for years. Miss Weidman and Victor
Pearson were friends in their teens.
The years slipped by until last Sun
day night, when the young couple,
sweethearts then, sat in young Pear
son’s car, parked in the driveway of
the Weidman home. They had just
returned from church and ihe talk
'hat kept them there until 12:JW Mon
day morning was of their wedding.
They had planned an Easter season
nuptial—just two weeks away.
Sit in Automobile.
“He c.ime over to my bouse at
Mead last Sunday, as usual, she
said.
“After .attending church in the eve
ning we sat in his car until shortly
after 12:30 a. m.. and then he said
he wanted in he home hv 1, so lie
ciadd help his father with the work
on the t urn Monday morning
Watches Tail Light.
“He left for home and seemed to
| be In the best of spirits. I stood and
; w itched the tail light r.f his car dis
appear over the hill. I then retired.
“During hit visit lie showed me
several time deposit slips. Ho said
| that he was afraid to leave them at
home because the house might be
| robbed."
The emotion swept girl, half ••hoioed
with *"!*>. rendered her vcdnt.
• I will i'.»t believe lie took Ids own
life. Mini .ill • Ttain he was niui*
derfkl
Their wedding hud he*' ■**■' for
April ... Palm Siind iv. Ke\. «*. K.
Oslia h *jf Minn., and former
pastor ».f the Mead Baptist church
had been notified of the welding date*
and had agreed to return to Mend to
perform tlie eereinonv . Til** relatives
>aid Wednesdi\ ther*- Would be m*
change affecting tlie ministei. but
lieu instead of performing a wedding
ceremony he would officiate at the
funeral of the intended hridegroom.
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in \li--i..nar\ Service
(lutlicnbili'a:. M;ir. h L\V \ i tlierin
tuial thank offering eervtee of ihc
Woman’.' Home .Missionary society of
j tlie AB thodist church the pastor.
I.'e\ \\ H. Shoof, made an address,
on tlm subjeer. ‘Women and tlie!
Kingdom." The offering amounted j
i«> SiiOk. \i the soi-iety’s founders* day j
meeting Miss Kilby Anderson of!
fGothenburg, who is s« on to leave for j
.Tapun to resume her duties there as!
h missionary, made an address. Air-.
IT. (\ Booker is president of this
flourishing society, which ha-- ns
sullied on •• half th « year’s salary of
Miss Isabel M< Knight, a missionary
in India. .Miss M-Knight was for
merly of Bothenburg and taught in I
the public schools here.
kaii-a' Marriage kept
Secret for Seven \lmiili
Waterbury. .March Ik. —It has just i
been learned here that Albert Hen;i<l;.
son of Air. and Mrs. (4. A. ilerricl
and Miss Virginia Ku.ssif.er. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs W. IKossiter of
Vork, were married at r’onourdia.
Kan., last summer and tliev kept tlie j
wedding a secret for about "even
months, m on from their closest
friends. The romance began when j
they were students in the high school j
at O’Neill. The couple will reside at
t lie tGrandview farm.
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Columbus—Mm Imhof, Wr many
years a prominent farmer and land
owner of the Oruetll neighborhood,
northwest of IHtncan, died Tuesday
afternoon.
\hna—Thi' Kpworth league of 'he
Methodist Kplscopal church, under
the ausnices of its president, Super
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social in the church parlors with
rooms representing art galleries, trip
: round the world, etc.
O* i cola—.! .--lor - las-- play of the
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