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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1906)
TUB NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-.IOURNAL ; TODAY , DECEMBER 7 , 1001 ! . "WILLIAM WISE" TURNS OUT TO BE NOT SO WISE. "FATHER" WAS TO CALL AND PAY George Gebhart , Alias Wise , Who Had Secured a Fur Coat at the Star Clothing Store a Month Ago , Got Another Last Night. [ From Saturday's Dally. ] An.overcoat thief who has appar ently boon stealing expensive gar ments from Norfolk stores for several years , was captured Friday night In a manner that sounds like a story-book tale. Ho gave the name of "William Wise , " but it Is believed his real mum ? IB George Gobhnrl. Ho has boon workIng - Ing on farms south of Norfolk In Stanton - ton and Madison counties , having re cently been employed at Iho Bask farm. Ilo was caughl In Iho act of gotllng a coal from Ihe C. N. store under false pretenses , pleaded guilty to the same game a monlh ago al Iho Star store and Is suspected of having obtained a fur coat In the same man ner a couple of years ago from Baum Bros , store. Just as ho was about lo drlvo oul of town with a young woman who teaches school In Madison county , ho was apprehended and jailed. Satur day morning ho pleaded guilty to the charge of "obtaining an overcoat un der false pretenses , " and was fined $5 and cosls by Jusllco Elsoley. The young woman who had driven lo town with him wont to the homo of n friend In the city and she was asked by Iho prisoner for enough money lo pay Iho fine. How He Got the Coat. Just before C o'clock In the evening Gobhart entered the C. & N. store and asked to look at overcoats. Ed Ken nedy , a salesman , produced samples and found ono that seemed to sull Ihe stranger. "I'll take Ihls , " said Ihe young man. "My falher Is at the barber shop and I'll go after him. Ho'll be in shorlly and pay for Iho coat. " Then the young man looked around and picked up a pair of gloves lhat ho liked. Ho kept constanlly walking lethe the door and looking out into Ihe street. Another customer came In , Iho salesman's attenlion was dislracled for an inslant and the young man with the overcoat disappeared. Search on the street failed to locale him. Mr. Kennedy had a "hunch" lhal Ihe follow would strike for the Junction in order to catch a Irain. He therefore - fore made slralght for the soulh bul failed lo locale Ihe myslerious slrang- er around the railroad yards or sta tion. Returning , he saw a man walkIng - Ing across the slreet wearing a fur overcoat and carrying a bundle over his arm. Kennedy drew closer and recognized the thief. The man was just gelling inlo a buggy in which sat a young woman. "How about the coal ? " asked Ken nedy. "Oh , didn'l falher call and pay for it ? " asked the amazed young farm hand. "Well , here's your money then. " Fur Coat Stolen Too , Mr. Kennedy then recalled that a fur coat had been stolen from the Slar slore about a monlh ago. Somelhing seemed lo tell him that this was the garmenl now worn by Ihe young man. An arrest was essential. Under the pretense of telephoning up town in order lo see if "falher had dropped inlo Ihe store and paid later , " Kennedy induced Ihe young man lo enler a drug slore and wait for a mo ment. Meanwhile the police were no tified. Gebhart insisted that Kennedy get into the buggy and be driven up town. Kennedy agreed. Gebhart en tered the vehicle and Kennedy wont to the horses' heads to detain the learn. At that moment a policeman arrived and the arrest was made. Peculiar Coincidence. Kennedy had wanted the arrest made because of the fur coat thefl from Ihe Star clothing store. Yet he had no evidence. Ho took a chance , however , and Ihe man was taken in charge by an officer. Kennedy hailed a passing cab and climbed into it. By another peculiar coincidence Sol G. Mayer , owner of the Star clothing store , chanced lo be in Ihe cab. Im- medlalo acllon followed. Gus Kuhl from whom Ihe losl fur coal had been procured , was nollfled and came down town. Ho enlered Ihe store , where Ihe prisoner was held and , walking up lethe the young fellow , exclaimed : "Well , William , It took your father a long lime lo gel thai shave. " "William" had worked Iho same bar ber shop game on Kuhl for Iho fur coat Was the Coat , All Right. It was the same fellow and the fur coat , just as Kennedy's intuition had told him , was the one thai had boon losl. The Ihlof , when lie entered the Slar sloro on Iho Iwonty-soventh of Oclober , had declared lhal ho was a cousin of Mr. Wlso , a well known Northweslorn railroad man. Ho had given Iho name of "William Wise. " Ho says his parents live in Missouri. THOUGHT FINE TOO LOW. Police Force Believed That $5 and Costs Was Not Enough. The light fine of $5 and costs 1m- s. posed by Jusllco Elseloy upon Gob- \ hart , Iho self-confessed overcoat thief , 1 who has been making trouble among Norfolk clothiers for some years , was a source of wonderment among the po lice force. Gobhart attompled lo so euro Iho money from a cousin with which to pay his fine and It was the opinion of Jusllco Elseloy lhat the prisoner ought to bo paroled for a day and given opportunity to hunt up mon ey for the flue , but later ho ordered the man jailed. Justice ElBoley , In speaking of the low line , said : "Ho can not pay his lino. Therefore to Increase it would bo dimply to cnuso extra expense to the county. " It was agreed that Gebhart should pay for the fur coat taken from the Star clothing store , before ho should bo released. The prisoner was Idontlllod by Juke Diuini as the same man who took a coat from llaum Hros. two years ago. "Unless ho pays for that coat , " said Mr. Damn , "wo will prosecute him. " Though the prisoner had $25 with which ho paid for the C. & N. store coat , ho had but $7 left and It was thought that he would be unable to settle with Damns and that therefore another complaint would bo sworn out against him. Battle Creek. Prank Tegoler hna routed the Schmodo larm In Highland precinct and will move onto the place next spring. W. C. Craig , formerly of Mndldon , now of Kingfisher , Old. , is hero thlH week on business. Mr. and Mrs , Carl Wolff of Hndnr wore hero on Thanksgiving with rel atives. L. T. Allen was hero Thursday In the interest of the Sturgeon music store. Walter Uraasch of Norfolk was here Friday In the Interest of the Lincoln building and loan association. It Is snld here that the Chas. Brown SO-acre tract west of town Is sold to a man of Wyoming , John Glcason. Philip Sheets was hero Saturday on business from Meadow Grove. Your scrlbo was out in the country Thursday to consume an American bird. bird.Chas. Chas. B. Ulrlch , ono of our butch ers , celebrated his OGlh birthday Fri day and ho was surprised by his friends and relatives , and now ho is putting a now barn on the place ho recently bought of Hon. F. J. Halo. Mrs. C. Zimmerman , who has been seriously 111 the last week , Is reported better. II. C. Pahl and Chas. Schroeder wore business visitors to Norfolk today. Herman Eucker was down to Nor folk on business Saturday. Our new agent , Henry Whitney , ar rived hero Monday from Stuart and lives at the quarters over the depot. Mr. Whitney Is a well known cltl/.en here , as he was raised In Tllden. Mr. Crutii , who moved hero from No- Ugh , has traded his residence and two- aero-ground In north Battle Creek for Norfolk property and moved there Monday. Ed. Worley of Tllden was hero Sun day visiting at the home of his brother Harder Worloy. Chas. Benlsh of Norfolk moved to Battle Creek and has occupied the Airs. ReikofskI property. Wm. Volk , who lived in a nice cot tage in north Battle Creek , has moved out south of town again on one of his farms. John Olson , an old carpenter , lias been sick here this week. NORFOLK BLANK BANK CHECK ONLY MARK ON DEAD MAN. KILLED HIMSELF IN LINCOLN Stranger In Capital City , Who Had Been at a Boarding House Since November 12 and Out of Work , Was Thought to Come From Norfolk. Is Albert Iloll , who suicided at Lin coln Monday afternoon , known in the vicinity of Norfolk ? The only bit of paper by which any location could be tacked to a man who ended his life at Lincoln and who claimed to bo Albert Roll , was a blank check from the Norfolk National bank. A telephone message from the sheriff at Lincoln to the bank in this city was received shortly after the tragedy , In a vain inquiry as to who the man might bo , where ho came from and what should bo done with the remains. No such name was known in the bank here and no one has boon found who does recall such a name. No description of the man was giv en to Cashier Pasewalk , who talked with Lincoln , but it has been thought that perhaps the man may have been known somewhere In this part of the country. The remains will bo held at Lincoln a few days , it was said , In the hope that the man might bo Identified. Roll went to a boarding house there on the twelfth of last month and has been out of work over since. Roll was a German about fifty-five years of ago. lie suicided by hang ing himself with a rope. The suicide wore a dark coat and trousers , brown woolen shirt , a white slouch hat and light working shoes. Lincoln , Deo. 4. Albert Roll , a German , and supposed to bo from Nor folk , committed suicide , hanging In a barn in the rear of the Washington hotel , 200 South Ninth street. To fellow guests he stated that ho lost his wife and property and had noth ing to live for. Left Bills Behind Him. AInsworth , Nob. Dec. 4. Special to The News : A man giving the name of Fred Richards of Dcnnlson , Iowa , Is wanted by the City Cafe and I. W. Mofford of this place. Ho came to town as a musician. Ho ran bills at the City Cafe and at the Mofford store , then left. ASSOCIATIONS AT CREIGHTON AND VERDIGRE. BE ONE SOON AT WINNETOON \ President George Evans of the North Nebraska Live Stock Owners Asso. elation Has Returned From Trip Bent on Organization , G. W. Evans , president of the North Nebraska Live Stock Owners associa tion , has just returned from a short trip up the Houostoel line , where ho went to Interest farmoni and others of that section In the necessity of or ganizing ni-'iilnHt the horHolhlovoH who have been working this territory. Hemet mot with much oncnurngomont and there will be associations organized at Crelghton , Vordlgro and Wlimeloon. The Wlnuotooti farmers will meet and organize on Saturday , December 8. County Attorney Berryman of Knox county has Issued the following circu lar to people of that county , which ap plies also to other counties of this territory , Including Madison , Stimton , Antelope , Plerco , Boyd , Wayne. Holt and Rock : Crolgiiton , Neb. , Nov. 28. To the People of Knox County : Dm Ing sev eral months and up to the present time , quite a large number of horses have been stolen In northeastern Ne braska , and the thieves arc HO thor oughly organized that KO far recovery of the property and capture of the thieves has boon almost Impossible. The facts arc the thieves are thorough , ly organized and the people are not , and the larceny of livestock has be come so general that It Is Impossible for the officers of the law In any part of this state to bo successful In their efforts to arrest the guilty parties. On account of these existing conditions the people of Madison and other coun ties have organized a society by the name of The North Nebraska Live stock Owners' Protective association for the purpose of aiding the officers of the law and especially the sheriffs to capture persons guilty of larceny. Mr. G. W. Evans , president of the lo cal association at Norfolk , Is organiz ing these societies In Knox county for the purposes hero named and I most urgently advise all owners of livestock of Knox county to become members of this association at the first opportunity for the purpose of aiding In the en forcement of the law , recovering stol en property and arresting the thieves In order that all citizens may be prop erly and thoroughly protected In their property rights. An organization of this kind was made in Crelghton last night consisting of twenty-two mem bers and I believe this number will be increased to 100 within two weeks. In order to make this movement thor oughly successful these organizations should bo made In all parts of Knox county. The sheriff Is giving us his active assistance in this work. Yours very truly , J. II. Berryman , County Attorney. TUESDAY TIDINGS. Rev. J. P. Morgan went to Omaha yesterday. Bruce Perrlne of Winnetoon was in the city Tuesday. Mrs. H. L. Snyder returned from Omaha last night. Geo. Christoph left for Sioux City Tuesday morning. W. F. Lehman made a business trip to SUnton Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W .S. Fox returned from Albion last night. Mrs. Koplalno and son of Pllger wore In the city yesterday. Mr. Edmund C. Mapes went to Plalnvlew for a few days' visit. Mr. and Mrs. Henzlor of Tllden were Norfolk visitors yesterday. Mr. Malenz and Rev. Klop of Stanton - ton were in the city yesterday. Fred Ellwanger of Boyd county was a pasenger on train No. 402 Tuesday. Mrs. Haggard of Sioux City Is in the city visiting with Mrs. D. Math- owson. Ralph Boyd wont to Pllger Tuesday morning to do the tin work on the Rogers building. The mother of Dr. J. C. Myers , who has been 111 for the past few days , is somewhat bettor. George A. Jcffers , a Boncstoel at torney , was In the city Tuesday on his way to Sioux City. Mrs. Dearborn has arrived In Nor folk from Sioux City to entertain at Wednesday club'funcllons'durlng the afternoon and evening. Mrs. L. E. .Tacobson and son of Larrabeo , Iowa , returned Tuesday from a visit with her sister , Mrs. S. S. Smith of Albion. F. A. Huston , for twenty-five years a business man of Plerco , but now a resident of Mapleton , Iowa , was in the city on business Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Younger of Lan der , Wyo. , have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Rish , on their way to Chi cago. Mrs. Younger and Mrs. Rish are sisters Chris J. Lichty , wife and mother , from Waterloo county , Ontario , re turned Tuesday after an extended vis it with David Rlsser and other friends In the Mennonite settlement on Eagle Creek , in Holt county. George Krotter came down from Boncstecl Tuesday morning and at noon went to Stuart. Ho prefers the long round-about way to the system of aerial navigation that is the only means of crossing the Nlobrara river between Stuart and Bonostcel at the present tlmo. B. R. Greenblatt of Omaha and G. A. LoBlanc and W. J. Turecelc of llloomlleld , bound for the land of tilO-l new homoHtendH , were In the city Tuesday. Arinod to the teeth , they will bfing liucjc HOIIIO lilnlH If they buy them , si crinnii WenllierhoK wits In Nor folk from ItoHkliiH yesterday. County Comiulsalonor John Mnlnno of Madison panned through Norfolk on his way to Tlldon. Mrs. Klnohurt of Nitpar wan In the city a half a day. She. has boon visitIng - Ing people and scones familiar In her younger days. J. C. Fey of University Place , left thin city for Anoka Tuomlny with a view to real estate Investments. 0. C. Gates , wholesale dealer In hay at Lincoln , went up the Elkhorn val ley Tuesday to look after HlilpinoutH. J. It. Smith , a Nollgh attorney , IIIIH been In the city on business for the liiHt. two diiyH , making a trip to Crolnhlon In I ho meantime. Cuplulit II. E. Ely. U. S A. , Hpenl the day with bin iilsW. Mrs. E. 13. Gil lette. Captain Ely IIIIH just returned from Europe and wll go to the Phil ippines In February. .lamoH Forbes and wife of Auoltn wore passengers Tuesday for Los An- noles , California , where they will spend the winter. Tholr mm , Will D Forbes and his family , accompanied them and will remain a eouplo of months. James Forbes Is vice presi dent and bis sou Is president of the CHI/ens bank of llutto , and the Anoka National bank. Mr. and Mrs. Soren Nelson of Spen cer were In the city Tuesday fore noon. Mrs. Nelson 1ms lately recov ered from a Bovero lllnosH , and they will make a trip to Rapid City for health , business and pleasure com bined. They were disappointed In not meeting a party from Sioux City , who expected to make the journey with them. P. H. Simons of Hullo , was down from that place Tuesday. Ho will go to the gulf states to Investigate the yellow pine situation , and will prob ably make some extensive purchases for his yards at Unite and Ilorrlck. Dr. Lowell Clarke- from Denver , Inspector specter In charge of the veterinarians of Wyoming , Colorado and Nebraska , was In the city yesterday consulting with Dr. Myers. Mr. Julius Salzwedol and Iwo daughters , Amand _ and Clara , are quite nick nt their home easl of the Junction. The lltllo daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alexander who has been very sick , Is much better. Miss Elsie Dobbin has returned from HoskliiH where she has been vis iting with her parents. Mrs. John Brown Is on Iho sick list. Carl Russcl has resigned his Job switching and bus secured a position with a contractor In California and left for there over the Union Paclilc. Little Gertrude Kendal Is quite sick with a bad cold. The llttlo son of Mr. and Mrs. lar once Iledrlck is much better today Llttlo Edward Woou , son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wood , Is quite Hick. John Hlnzc , ono of the night inn chlnlsts , has secured a Job ' ' . . > ut days. A. R. Beaten , foreman o nt. n's mill hero , loaded up the pot - : . mil and went to Fremont to saw ip tl old bridge timbers and ties i. : o Toddy Grouse , the Chicago & No-rp western boiler Inspector , asned through hero last night on hi.- -H > to lender. Frank Tanner , who is suffering from an abscess of the knee , is gelling along nicely. Henry Hasenpflug has sold oul his Interest in the Hascnpllug & Kollohcr saloon at Iho Juncllon and will retire from the business. Mr. Kcllehor will continue to operate it. About C o'clock Monday evening Max Johnson , a litlie boy Ion years old , hitched a horse to the buggy lo bring Mrs. Schwartz homo from the millinery slore. On turning into Nor folk avenue , a man driving very rap idly ran Into the boy's buggy , knockIng - Ing the boy out , and it would scorn upset the buggy , at least the horse ran away and came running up to the store with only the thills of Ihe vc- hlclo attached , causing consternation and alarm among Iho few who col lected In the vlclnlly. In a few mo ments the boy came along , frightened but unhurt , to the Infinite relief of Mrs. Schwartz , whoso forebodings wore the more painful from the short time that had elapsed since she had telephoned the boy. That no greater damage was caused is remarkable , considering the force of the impact. That It transpired while people were at supper accounts for the occurrence of such an Incident on the main strcel with so few observers. The epidemic of horse stealing thai has prevailed over Nebraska for the past six weeks has reached Dodge county and tl\o \ authorities today wore In hot pursuit of a horse and buggy thai disappeared Saturday night from the barn of John Ilebcbrand , a well- known farmer who resides three miles sonlhwesl of Hooper. Showing fnmlllarlly with the promises , the thief entered the barn , harnessed Ihe best horse to a single driving buggy and Ihcn escaped through a pasture aflor cutting the wlro fence with n cutler which was slolon , logelhor with a hammer and other lools , from a tool chest A farm hand named William B. Bush who was In Mr. Heb ebrand's employ unlll Saturday could not bo found and was under suspicion. Hundreds of descriptions of him and the oulflt were mailed today from the office of Sheriff Bauman to sheriffs In every counly in the state. It developed oped that ho was In Fremont and Sheriff Bauman arrested him on Sixth street Bush denied his guilt THEY SHIELDED MURDERER IN RANKS AT VALENTINE. MURDEROUS BRAWLS FREQUENT C , H. Cornell , a Banker of Valentino , Writes n Letter Telling Something of the Pant History of the Twenty , fifth Infantry. C. II , Cornell , a bunker at Valentino tine and prominent elllzeu In noith orn Nebraska , has written Iho follow ing letter , giving brier Humming up of the punt career of Ihe colored troops who were reoenlly discharged nt UrowiiHvlllc , Tex. , and Into whom ) din- charge t'oiigross N to probe : Could the pot-sons , even the colored inliilHlorH and olhorti who are holding IIIIIHH ineolltiKs , denouncing 1'io.sldont ItooHovoIt'H uc.lloii In dlmnlHHlng from the Horvleo Ihe eiillro enlisted strength of the three companion of the Tweiily-lirih United KluteH Infan try , which were Htalloned at For I Drown on Ihe night that DrowiiHvlllo , Tex. , WIIH "Hhol up , " have had the op portunity of knowing Ihoiio Hoops hel ler , the chaneeH are they would not he HO severe In their criticism of the proHhlenl'H action. Two Imitations ( eight compiinloH ) of that regiment came to Fort Nlobrara for station , directly from the Philip- plnoH In 11)02. ) They remained at thai poHt continually until Its abandonment In July hist , when In leaving , they were assigned to HtatloiiH In TOXUH. Valentine , four and one-half miles dis tant , Is the railway station where all the poHt'H business WUH tnniHuctod , and having a population of about ) , - 200 , HiiHlalued very much the HIIIIIO relation to Fort Nlobrara an Ill-owns- vllle to Fort Brown , Tex. CoitHoqiionl- ly llioy were In and out of town con stantly , singly or In iiumhorH , trading , loafing or attending errands , and It IH Hiild by our cIllzetiH , rightly , llml they were well-behaved and no citi zen , not looking for It , hud the lonsl OXCIIHO for getting Into trouble with any ono of thom. However , among themselves and with their camp followers ( principally discharged soldiers from the colored regiment H ) , a part nl least were lor- rors , and lu their brawls seemed to place no more value upon a human life limn though Ihe taking of the Bumo were a mere Incident In their purpose of deslriicllon. In the dance halls and resorts ( which followed them Into the country and went out of business and left Immediately on the departure of Iho troops ) , they would light like demons , and Iho rec ords of our district court have been loaded down with criminal canes due to those lights , with a goodly number of participants lu the state peniten tiary , to say nothing of the number punished by military court martinis. Hearing particularly on the phase which brought about the wholesale dismissal a somewhat similar case mlghl bo recited : A Terrible KllllnQ. A discharged soldier from ono of Ihe colored regiments , named Strallon , kepi a rooming and dance house on a tracl of land about a mile and a half from Fort Nlobrara. On the night of October 29 , 1901 , about mid night , while the usual- dance was In progress , n loam hauling a spring .vagon with four occupants drove up In front of the door and one of the Inmates ( called Lul Johnson ) came out of the house to the wagon. Im mediately shols rang out , apparently fired at Iho wagon , but from a point thai each musl lake effecl lliero or pass Into and In some Instances through Iho dance hall , which was very well filled wilh dancers. When the firing ceased it was found that Turnbull , Iho driver , was shol through the arm ; Raymond Smith , an occu pant , through the body ; Lul Johnson through the brcasl near Iho heart , one iiorse killed and the other wounded. Insldo Iho building a slave had been : ill and shattered , the bar shol up somewhat , bul miraculously no person 'inrt ' , although there were any num ber of close calls. Colncidonlally , two men in khaki were seen wllh guns across Iheir shoulders starting toward Fort Nlobrara. Next morning sixteen mpty Krag-Jorgensen shells wore found on the ground al the point where Iho firing seemed lo come from , and the location the Iwo men were seen leaving. The wounded were tak en to the Fort Nlobrara hospital , where the Johnson woman died next day. Turnbull recovered promptly and Smith finally. The shooting having been commit ted off the roservallon , came under the jurisdiction of Iho civil authori ties. Consequently Iho sheriff and coroner were notified , a coroner's jury empanelled and posl mortem hold al Ihe posl hospital , which resulted in determining that from the character of the wound it was done by a Krag- Jorgcnsen. Blacks Shielded Murderers. The murder appearing so wanton and cold blooded , extraordinary ef forts were put forth to try and locate Iho gullly ones. Persons who were Ihoughl by their associations lo be on lerms of Intimacy with the soldiers were looked to lo secure the informa tlon , and Colonel Hoyl , commanding Iho regimenl , assigned Lieutenants Mapcs and Wlegcnsteln for. special duly , lo run down Iho guilty ones If possible. The officers , in fact , were particularly anxious lo apprehend and deliver Iho culprlls to the civil au thorities. However , although that shooting was done on a clear , bright LI night , by two persons scon In the act 11 or immediately thereafter , not the Hllghlosl. ( race IIMH to Ililn day been ( Uncovered lu Iho dliecllou of off bur apprehending the i-ullly pardon nor of loarulnir the motive. IIMIH mild Dial although iiiimliern of the onllHled men might have full kuowlndis'o of Mio moil and motive no one would dare lo dl\ulgo the HIIIIIO for four of lilfl own IITe , Allliouili ; ( lie murdered ono wnn of their own color mid without character , Ihe net WIIH no lots a crime Iliati Iho Mho one which followed If In llrowmi- vlllo , and only ompliUHl/.oH Ihe IIOOOH- slly of HOIIIO form of salutary punish- iiient. While Ihe mildloni mliht ; Jus tify Hllouco In Iho hitler ease on ac count of four lout a fair trial could mil be hud In TOXUH , no such oxctitio could prevail hero , Hltico Iho murdered WIIH not a elll/ou of ( lie community , but a woman of I heir own race , In whom no ono would have any special Interest , mid Iho trial could have boon purely on Itii morllHHlKiiil prejudice nliiHl ( he prlHoiici'H. Vel tlioso who HHCHHcd Iho necessary Information wore IIH Hllenl In the former an the latter Instance. No qiiCHlhm bill Mini a very largo majority of MIOHO snldorn | dhicomilcii- unco Hiich uelH , Judged by what WIIH noon of them during the four yearn heie , bill ( hero urn tough ehuriiclorii In each company , reiuly ill nil Union ( o do uelH of violence , whom Iho bet ter men do not appear to endeavor to gel rid of , mid who are ronponnlblo for the condition In which the men of ( hose three companies find thomiiolvon now. II IH another CHRO of "poor dog Tray. " Throat H were heard thai this town might bo "Hhol up" Home nlghl , bul the treatment , of tlioso soldlorn by our clll/eiiH was Hitch that we did not bo- llevo the cooler heads would over por- mil II lo bo possible. II may bo said thai soldiers should not bo allowed their rifles excepting when on actual duty. Thai IH sui > - poHcd lo bo the CIIHO , yet at Union llioy find a way of gelling a purl of Ihom al least. However , Is a man worthy to bo a soldier who cannot bo trusted with a gun excepting when In ranks for fear IOHI a whole community bo "shot up ? " Thin communication Is written with Iho one purpose , however , of endeav oring ( o Influence those colored pastern - torn and people , and Iho Hympathlz- erH of all racon , to Invosllgaln al lit tle cloHor range , with the hope that they will modify their ruHolullons and memorials dlreclod against an honest and courageous president. C. II. Cornell. AN UNUSUAL RAID AT FARM OF WILL SWANEBACK. ALL THE FOWLS ARE STOLEN Another Raid Has Been Added to the List of Work Done by Chicken Thieves In the Vicinity of Norfolk. No Clue to the Gulltv. Stealing all of IIH ! chickens and set- ling IIi o lo his chicken coop , Ihlovcs raided and did extraordinary damage nt the homo of Will Swaneback , four miles south and two miles eant of Norfolk , on rural route No. 4 , during Iho night. Mr. Swnnoback Is nt a loss to know who may have done the work and has no clue. Ho was amazed when ho arose and went inlo Iho farmyard at dawn lo find his hen house In ashes and Iho birds gone. U Is supposed lhal the thieves are the same who have been creating a reign of lorror among chicken owners In Ibis section for some months past undotecled. No now llghl has been Ihrown upon Iho Idonllly of the thieves and , so far as known , no ef fort Is being made to trace them. Those chicken thieves have boon working not only In the counlry around Norfolk but also In the city , Itself. Various coops In various plac es have been raided , ono man having recently gone to the barnyard to find ills valuable shepherd dog dead , as well as twelve fowls. The chicken thieves have become about as serious a problem as the horsclhlcves around Norfolk and it Is thought that the farmers and olher chicken owners of lliis lorrilory , if ono were caplured , would go Iho limit In punishing the culprit. ORDAIN REV , JOHN M , HEINS Congregational Council Delighted With South Norfolk Pastor. Rev. John M. Ilelns , pastor of the Second Congregational church at South Norfolk , was ordained ycster- : lay afternoon by an ordaining coun cil of Iho Congregational church. The council met at 2:150 : o'clock for the purpose of examining the applicant and the examining board wore more than delighted at the excellent show ing made by Mr. Helns and his evi dence of scholarly ability. Ordina tion was granted by unanimous vole. The following churches were repre- scnled : Bloomtlold , Plerco , Norfolk Flrsl church , PIninvlow , Stanton and Noligh , either by pastors or dolegnles. The following program was ren dered : Invocation , Rev. J. J. Cloff , Stanlon. Scripture reading and sermon , Rev. J. J. Parker , PIninvlow. Ordaining prayer , Rev. W. J. Tur ner , First church , Norfolk. Address by ministry , Rev. J. J. Cloff , Stanton. Mr. Holns Is a graduate of Amhcrst collcgo and n graduate of Yale Iheo- logical seminary. Ho carrlo sthe do * grces of A. B. and B. D.
