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The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal
The Nown. ICntnlitlMied , 1881.
Tl > o Jouruiil , Wntiit llHhoi1 , 1877.
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No. 22. UUHlliPHH Olllco ntiil Joli KOOIIIB ,
No. 1122. _ -
Thorn IH growing belief Hull Sucre-
Jury Stmw'a aid to Wall street In
tlnu'B of Wall fit root financial umor-
Koiicy , on tlio ground th L iHt'1"1
rnU-H muHt hu kept low , " Illogical.
Many flnanclut-H nro said to liollovo
that high Intcrt'Rt rates arc not a Imi !
thing In tliiu-H of great prosperity , bo-
CIUIHO high IntoroBt rates will have a
tendency to check radical apcculatlon.
AuthorltloH on the nmttor arc predict
ing tltat thlH month will Reo n return
to the normal BO far an tlio money mar
ket IB concerned.
Among the rccoinmondatlonH of Gov
ernor Mickey IB one that would affect
Norfolk and the balance of northern
Nebraska. Ho recommends that the
three aUxto Insane hospitals bo placed
on an equality and that each one take
care of patlonta from Ita own territory ,
regardless of the condition of those
patlenta. Heretofore Hastings has
been the hospital for Incurables whllo
Lincoln and Norfolk have had the
ncuto cases. The departing governor
Is wvld to bo mipported In thlB view by
medical men who are familiar with
the situation. It Is argued In favor of
the plan that It would bo bolter for
the health of the patients and second-
nrlly relatives could make visits at
much lesH expense , thereby Insuring
more frequent vlalta.
THIS HORSE THIEVES.
The plea of guilty by one horaetlilef
In this vicinity and the fact that ho will
noon bo in the penitentiary , together
with the aggressive warfare that will
bo wnged upon the gang In the Hose-
bud reservation , should glvo hope to
farmers of the northwest that , If they
persist In their efforts to weed out the
crowd , the day will BOOH come when
barns will bo safe at night.
But the capture of ono thief must
not bo taken as an excuse for letting
up In the organization of an anti-horse-
thief association all through the north
ern part of Nebraska. As yet the as
soclatlon IB not largo enough to ac
complish results , and only when It
forma a network of the whole north
west will It begin to count as It ought.
Farmers In every county ought to
got together and organize so that the
stealing of horses In this section maybe
\ bo done away with effectively.
It la said that one of the toughest
gangs of horsethloves anywhere Is
now working throughout this north
west. They will never bo driven out
until they become convinced that the
theft of an animal means the iMef's
capture and sentence to prison.
Telephone wlrea today make It an
oaay matter to cope with them If there
la system about the pursuit. But ev
ery citizen In the country must lend
co-operation If the movement Is to sue
ceed.
THE POWER OF PARDON.
Governor Mickey's abuse of the par
don power in Nebraska may lead to
the establishing of a pardon board of
three or five members. It has been
shown In past cases in Nebraska that
the power of pardon , left with one
man , Is frequently misused. Wo have
our district courts and our supreme
courts to settle the questions at law-
It was hardly the governor's place to
say that ho believed Mrs. Lllllo had
not been fairly tried. The supreme
court had once decided that question
ao far aa the state was concerned , and
for a more governor to overthrow the
decision of the highest court In the
state might at the outset tend to lower
supreme court prestige though In the
end it perhaps merely acts ns a boomerang
\ orang at the egotism of the governoi
who thus busies himself.
Governor Mickey pardoned seventy
eight criminals during his term of of-
flco. All of them had been tried falrl )
by the courts and found guilty. Thcj
had been sentenced by fair minded
men and by courts that knew more ol
the law than the governor could pos
slbly know.
David City people , who are said to
bo pretty nearly unanimous In their
behalf that Mrs. Lllllo murdpred her
husband , declare that such acts as
Governor Mickey's many pardons lead
to mob law.
Surely such a list of pardons , offerIng -
Ing the same hope to all criminals who
may enter into serving time , is a
strong argument In favor of capital
punishment for the person proven
guilty of murder.
To maintain a respect for the law
the law must be enforced and crim
inals must bo punished.
If the state of Nebraska comes to
believe that there Is a good chance ol
securing pardou for every crlmlna' '
convict ' utato will come to take
matters Its own hands in aggra
vating V
To placv o power of pardon , which
should only rarely and with greatest
caution bo used , In the hands of
n board of hiwnil men , and to rcqulro
iinanliiidUH vote bcforo a pardon could
bo Kriuilod , might do inucli In Nebras
ka to uphold the power and the use-
fulnoBH of our courlH.
TEURITOHY EXPANDING.
Tin1 now towna on the HoHubud res-
orvntlon will bo thrown open to train
tralllo tomorrow. The line of railroad
reaching ( huso two HtalloiiH centers In
Norfolk. Norfolk will benefit by the
oxU'tiHlon. And UIOBO two towns are
but a pair of many that are being add
ed to Norfolk's territory each year.
They can be made to mean much to
Norfolk , just as Norfolk can bo made
to mean much to them.
The Interests of every town and
ivory farm In north Nebraska and
louthern South Dakota are Identical
with the IntoruHtB of Norfolk. Nor
folk's interests are Identical with
theirs. Co-operation will result In mu
tual benefit.
Norfolk la the gateway to thlB north-
went. Norfolk's growth will have an
nflucnco upon every acre of land in
the northwest. Service of varloua
BertH in n commercial way can bo hade
, o better advantage from Norfolk Into
.hut territory than from cities a bun-
Ired miles further away. When ono
needs a certain article , ono neeods It
badly. The quicker it can bo had , the
better. Therefore it IB to the Interest
of the northweat to help build in Nor
folk Institutions which can supply
northweat needs moro quickly than
cities much moro distant. Norfolk IB
nearer and the element of tlmo la a
vital one.
On the other hand , If Norfolk can
grow Into thlB position , every Inhabi
tant added to the northwest will work
benefit both to the northwest and to
Norfolk. It IB therefore to Norfolk's
advantage to help build , by every pos-
Bible means , every town In all this ter
ritory ninl to help added dollars to
the value of every aero of farm land
in the entire region.
> lt Is an easy matter to ace how
identical 'the intercsta of this city and
of this whole territory are. What is
good for the ono in good for the other ,
and vlco versa.
Co-operation can result In moro good
to the co-operators than Individual ef
forts that are not co-operative.
THE KANSAS WRECK.
Youth of the operator , human error
whore thought and action are required
In the block system , and the frailty of
the smoking car were striking features
of the wreck In Kansas which resulted
In moro than thirty deaths.
The station agent or operator waa
a youth of nineteen. His position was
an Important one aa Is demonstrated
by the fact that his failure In duty
resulted In the wreck. It would scorn
that 'a position which holds human
life In its hands as did this , ought to
bo filled with mature men. Again , the
block system was shown to bo lament
ably weak as It Is being used In this
country.
Ono of the striking facts was the
smoking car's quick collapse , whllo
other cars ahead and behind it wore
left Intact. The smoking car has come
to bo too weak for railroad use. It Is
generally a dlacarded affair of aecond
class , converted into a amoklng car
because it is not necessary to make
the smoker an attractive place. And
Its weakness tells when a collision
occurs , testing the strength of the
chain of cars. The rear cars and the
forward cars nil teloacope into the
smoker. The Pullman and the mall
cars , strongly built , withstand the
pressure and force their way through
the smoker. Even the chair car with
stands the shock much better than the
smoker.
It would appear that there is need
of greater uniform strength in the
trains and that all cars ought to be
better made.
The cost ought not to bo considered
where life Is at stake , for the public
might much better pay the extra tax ,
if that were necessary , than run such
risks as are now thrown open.
This theory Is borne up by the state
ment of James J. Hill , railway mag
nate , who says that ho Is afraid of
late that every railroad ho starts on
may be his last. Ho declares that
three trains nro often allowed on the
same block and that It Is the disre
gard of the block system that causes
the disasters.
VIOLATING PURE FOOD LAW.
There seems to bo strong indication ,
now that the new pure food law has
been working for a few days , that congress
gross fell short In several particulars
which will result in a violation of the
Intention of the measure for a tlmo at
least. It is perhaps safe to hope that ,
after a few of the tricks of the violat
ing firms are discovered , congress will
go ahead and , by amending the law ,
Insure absolute protection to the pub
lic on food products.
Just at present reports from over the
country Indicate that the now law is a
big Joke. Ono of the new tricks for
defeating Its end has been found In
printing the labels , which toll what In
gredients are used In various food pro
ducts , in such line typo that the pur
chaser car. not read the words. Tlio
law provides that the Ingredients shall
bo printed on the labels , but it does
not provldu what mzo of typo Hhall be
lined.
A New York dispatch says , on this
matter :
That the new pure food law la prov
ing a big Joke , Is the growing convic
tion of Now York. There Is a general
Impression that the law , which went
Into effect on the first day of 1907 ,
prohlbllH the soiling of anything but
linrc food. It doca nothing of the kind.
The law provides that whatovef la
sold IIH food or drink muat bo labeled
as Juat what It Is , but the law falls to
dictate what Hl/.e of typo ahall bo used
In labels , It la also defective In sec
tions relating to abort-weight cana and
Jars and short-measure bottles.
In consequence , cans and jars and
liottlos are of the same old alzo , and
Lho parts of labels In which the various
Ingredients arc described are printed
In typo barely distinguishable to the
naked eye.
It had boon announced from Now
York before the law hccnmo effective
that the manufacturers were in all
cases complying with the spirit of the
law and that none desired trouble with
the government over it. This later
story , however , rings with ft truer
Bound and la probably moro correct.
But the manufacturer who thus uses
a trick to violate the Spirit of the
measure will suffer in the ond. More
drastic legislation will bb 'enabled by
congress for his BpuclAl btmeilt , and
by and by ho will bb tied hand and
foot. Then .he Will begin to cry out
that ho Is abused.
BOMBS AND BOOMERANGS.
The hurling of a bomb In the Fourth
Street National bank of Philadelphia ,
resulting In the shattering of the bomb
thrower and the death of the assistant
cashier In the bank , because tlio presl <
dent had refuaod to give money to n
atrangcr , waa one of the most vicious
deeds committed In this country for n
long time. It would seem that a man
must have been Insane on the subject
of anarchy.
America can throw no moro insinu
ating glances toward Russia for bombc
that have been thrown In that countrj
during the past few years. And Amor
lea is a free country , a republic , whore
Russia Is a monarchy suffering from
monarchlnl oppression.
Such violence , such hatred of the
rich , such Iconoclastic spirit as was
shown in this act at Philadelphia can
never accomplish any end. The wprld
moves slowly and not under a whip.
The world is deliberate , and violence
only causes reaction.
Right will prevail In the end , but
not through force. A machine that Is
driven and battered into .submission ,
quits running altogether.
Labor has found that violence does
not accomplish the ends desired. De
liberately causing the public to suffer
Is not an argument to win public sym
pathy.
The world Is fair , In the long run.
People get just about what tliuy arc
entitled to , no moro and no less lit
the end.
If a theory Is right , it will prevail
through its own forcu of logic , but
never by violence. If the socialist ia
right about government , some day he
will win. He only makes enemies for
his cause by violent deeds.
Class hatred haa been aroused by
many yellow utterancea of yellow-
newspapers and yellow magaines and
yellow demagogues in this country.
Their views are coming home to roost ,
for they share a responsibility for such
acts of violence aza thlsv
But the man who suffers from enact
act that attempts to tear down estab
lished things , rather than to build up
along other lines that he thinks are
right , Is the man who throws the bomb.
Bombs are boomerangs , just ns bom-
baatlc utterances are boomerangs. It
pays to conatruct , not to destroy.
HUGHES' STAR RISING.
Governor Charles E. Hughes of New
York Is being mentioned as presiden
tial timber as a result of his Inaugural
address. It la claimed In Washington
that politicians figured him only as a
joke when ho waa nominated for gov
ernor , but that his recent speech has
made him a factor and that If he makes
a good governor it may prove a hard
matter to keep him out of reckoning
In the 1908 nomination struggle.
One of the oldtlmera in congress is
reported to have made a Hat of eleven
men , one of whom , It Is claimed , will
be presidential nominee In 1908. In
this list are included Taft and Foraker
of Ohio , Cummlna and Shnw of Iowa ,
Bevoridgo of Indiana , Cannon and De-
neon of Illinois and La Follette and
Spooncr of Wisconsin.
It is pointed out that in the west
there are many states with candidates ,
but In nearly every instance there are
two strong factions in each state and
that the naming of any ono man would
create a soreness. This cleavage , for
Instance , la veil known in Iowa. It
exists between Speaker Cannon in Illi
nois and Governor Deneen ; between
Senators Spooner and La Folletto of
Wisconsin ; between Taft and Forakor
In Ohio ; and between Boverldgo and
Fairbanks In Indiana.
Now York republlcana , on the other
hand , are practically a unit for the first
tlmo in many years. This would help
n great denl.
The closest state to Nebraska , as se
lected by the "old tlmo congressman , "
Is Iowa , whore Cummins and Shaw are
mentioned , Cummins feUffored a ro-
iluccd majority from 80,000 to 20,000
at the hint election , Ho has always
claimed to bo a "reformer" on the tar
iff , but ho accepted the stand pat plat
form for the sake of oillce.
There la a feeling among certain
folk In Wisconsin that La Folletto Is a
demagogue and ho haa the Inatlncts of
a "squealer , " as was shown by the
fact that hospent last summer In vis
iting many slates where , oven though
various senators received and Intro
duced him to audlencea , ho turned and
"roasted" them viciously. There has
been a feeling that If ho really wanted
to censure them , there would have
been a more dignified manner of doing
It.
And RO it goes through the list. All
of the western men mentioned would
steer against Horonesa of some sort.
Hughes In declared the only eastern
poaBtbllity and this la going to gtvo
111tn ruhlml strength.
Hoot whs at ono tlmo considered by
the president , It la aaid , to succeed
hlnH but ha IB not a mixer and the voters
ers , It IB recognized by Mr. Roosevelt ,
would not warm up to him enough to
make him a likely candidate.
TROOPS AND SENATE.
Although Secretary of War Taft Is
sued a statement declaring that the
transfer of all colored troops from the
United States to the Phlllpplnea was
not in any way a result of the Browns ,
vlllo affair , It may bo pretty poaltlvely
aaaumed that the change has been di
rectly due to the Brownsville affair ,
and other riots that have , within the
past few months , developed a feeling
against the colored soldiers.
A few years ago colored reglnvonta
wore stationed at many points on the
map without a murmur being heard
from people In the Immediate vicini
ties. Today an order atatlonlng a col
ored regiment at any given point calls
forth protests from the people living
In that vicinity. It is very evident that
the now policy on the part of the war
department la taken In view of this
feeling , regardless of the following
statement issued by Mr. Taft :
"The present assignment of the col
ored regiments to the Philippines is
merely for an equal distribution of for
eign aervlce. They have not been
there for four yeara. It now becomea
fair to them and to the other regiments
that they bo assigned to the Phlllp
plnea In due order.
"Foreign aervlce , It should bo stated ,
Increases the pay of the men 20 per
cent and counts double time for retire
ment. It was pointed out at the de
partment , therefore , that the Idea that
these orders were prejudicial to the
colored troops or were made on account
of the Brownsville affair , was utterly
absurd. "
But the new move of the administra
tion in transferring the troops to the
Philippines can In no way be taken as
a retrieve , even though it ' 'e admitted
that present conditions had to do with
the movement. In fact the adminlstra-
tier Is to be commended for this meth
od of quieting disturbances which
seemed to occur where these regi
ments had been recently stationed.
The Brownsville matter was not the
only one. The Atlanta riots have
caused feeling , as have the Leaven-
worth assaults by soldiers and the
events following the Brownaville af
fair.
fair.The
The Brownsville matter la atill para
mount with the United States senate ,
and it would appear that the senate
might earn its pay better by getting
down to relevant business.
The senate , under Foraker's resolu
tion , is to investigate the facts of the
Brownsville matter. Lodge has Intro
duced an amendment which admits the
president's right to dismiss the troops
If he so desired. It is stated on ono
authority that the president has said
ho will stand on his action to the point
of being Impeached. Some congress
men have threatened to pass a law
compelling the president to reinstate
the dismissed three companies. This ,
of course , is absurd , and the president
la quoted as saying that ho would dis
regard the law , oven though he were
ousted from office , but that ho would
not bo ousted ho is right about It.
The president ia commander In chief
of the army. Ho has the power to dis
charge any soldier whom he beliovea
ought to bo discharged. The senate
has a right to investigate the matter
If it desires , but It can not Interfere
with the president's power after the In
vestigation is ended.
ORGANIZED ACTIVITY.
Norfolk needs an active Commercial
club. There can bo no question about
that fact , and no argument against It.
The need la recognized by all.
Any city that wants to grow , or to
keep even with the times , must put
forth effort. That effort will count
for bettor results If It Is co-operativo.
There are a great many things that
nn active Commercial club could defer
for the benefit of Norfolk every month.
Better roads could bo built , now indus
tries encouraged , and dozens of other
thinga accomplished along the lines of
commercial , industrial and civic prog
ress.
ress.Tho
The fact ought to bo clearly borne
In mind that Norfolk needs an active
Commercial club. It 5u to the best in
terest of < vury busliiLsa man and ev
ery living being In the community ,
thM organized i-ffort for Norfolk's
progress bo put forth. Every liny that
such effort Ia not put forth , costs Nor
folk In Improvement and business
growth. And that mortliR a cost to
every buRlnosa man and every resident
In the town.
Norfolk will never be any smaller
than It is today. It will enjoy a steady
growth nil Its life , because of its loca
tion. The business ought to hold its
own without the slightest effort to
create new , as farming becomes moro
Intensified.
But cities , like men , can "go after"
business and got It. Norfolk's progress -
ross could bo moro than just the na
tural progress , If energy wore exerted
toward that end.
There are a lot of things that could
bo attended to by an active Commer
cial club. System IB the need. Ever
lasting creative effort will get reaults
for Norfolk just as well as for indi
vidual business Institutions. Every
city strikes Industrial schemes now
and then that do not "pan out. " Now
industries can be had to take their
places.
The business men of Norfolk believe
it pays to take aggressive action in
pushing Norfolk. That is shown by
the fact that they have paid their
money into a fund whose purpose was
nothing else but that. Norfolk busi
ness men still believe In organized ,
systematic effort
And organized systematic effort in
behalf of a city can be called a Com
mercial club or any other name.
That's the thing , though , that Norfolk
business men have shown they bollovo
In and desire.
An active Commercial club is going
to take somebody's time. Perhaps it
Is necessary that sacrifices should bo
made for public upbuilding. There's
no doubting that the judgment of Nor
folk buainess men Is right and that
the public upbuilding can be accom
plished to greater extent when there
Is organized activity with public wo-
fare as its object.
Norfolk needs an active Commercial
club every day in the year.
AROUND TOWN.
South Thirteenth street was convert
ed Into the milky way for sure when
Willems' wagon turned over.
North Nebraska would like a dress
rehearsal of the antl-horsethlef asso
ciation , to sec what they can do. Geb-
hardt offers an opportunity.
"I never feel so well satisfied with
Norfolk as I do when I return homo
after a trip to other cities and other
parts of the country , " said a Norfolk
busineas man. "It's the best town I've
found yet. "
The city marshal at Tllden was
caught actually working. But he got
his punishment. 'He was carrying a
bucket , slipped and broke his arm.
It's a good thing to get away from
home now and then. It makes you
better satisfied with your own sur
roundings when you get back.
Accidents on the Los Angeles limit
ed are getting two thick. But it'a the
finest train in America in spite of that
and it chops off eighteen hours on
the way to Los Angeles.
There Is nothing quite so joyous tea
a literary club woman aa announce
ment that the day for her paper has
been postponed. She realizes on such
occasions how the condemned prison
er must feel when the governor Issues
n reprieve.
Mart Kane came down town the oth
er day and told a few friends confiden
tially that his chickens had been stol-
en. Next day the whole flock came
home. As a matter of fact they had
just been over at a neighbor's barn ,
borrowing a night's lodging. Mart
hasn't said a word since than about
chicken thieves and every effort Is be
ing made to keep It dark.
All our theories that the horse-
thieves go northwest were knocked In
the head when Gebhardt was captured
south. It is apparent that they go In
any old direction least suspected but
they go. Farmers of this section will
hope that a beginning has now been
made toward stopping a nefarious
practice In northern Nebraska.
Norfolk business men were so well
satisfied with the present board ol
directors of the Commercial club that
not a single vote was cast in the di
rectors' election Friday. This state
ment should be taken aa a compliment
by the directors , who may feel that
they have been told emphatically that
the city Is behind them on any propo
sition they may undertake.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
The "artistic temperament" la blamed
for a lot of general cusscdncss.
Just because a woman Is jealous ol
her husband , Is no sure sign she Is In
love with him.
If the man with a wonderful new
baby makes you tired , you should avoid
conversation with the owner of n new
automobile.
Somehow you BOO a very cheap
showy r'ng bond , it looks quite
natrral to lack bordered finger
nails with It
Bachelors have days when they
would quarrel with their wlvoa if they
wi'n > married. Not being married they i
quarrel with men. H
It la said that when a German-Amer
ican woman washes her hair , she says ,
after the drying process : "They'ro y
dry enough to put up. " |
The real women are superior to the
women of the story hooka In some re-
specta : They waste very little tlmo
gazing sadly out Into the night.
The mother of the bad boy who is
always In some mischief or other , al
ways says of the good boy who llvoa
*
next door : " 1 never aaw auch n life
less child. "
Without wishing to discourage any
one , the fact Is that none of the really
handsome women devote much time to
the article on How to Become Beauti
ful.
THE LILLIE CASE.
Omaha Boo : The crime for which
Mrs. Lllllo was sentenced to the peni
tentiary was the murder of her hus
band , which occurred ab6Ul B30
o'clock on the morning of Friday , Oti *
tober 24 , 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Lllllo 1
had been out the evening before visiting - r
ing the former's sister and mother.
According to Mrs. mile's story she
was awakened in the morning and saw
a man pointing a revolver at her. She
rolled off of the bed in order to avoid
being shot and the man flred through
the window and then fled. She al
leged that $300 had been taken from
the bureau drawer. Her husband had
been shot before she awoke. \
In the trial Mrs. Llllle was defended .J
by Judge Miller and C. R. Aldrich.
Judge F. G. iraraer of Kearney Is the
lawyer who made such n persistent
light before the supreme court and the
governor , first for a now trial and then
for pardon. After three unsuccessful
attempts to secure a new trial , Judge
Hamer declared he would never drop
the case until Mrs. Lilllo was out of
the penitentiary. The trial began Feb
ruary 10 , 1903 , and lasted twenty-three
days. She was found guilty. Since
that time every effort has been made
to get her a new trial or a pardon from
the penitentiary. Probably no case
ever aroused as much Interest in the
state as that of Mrs. Lillle. Ono of
the most amazing features af it was
that Mrs. Llllle herself refused to say
a word. She . kept absolute silence
through the trial as to the manner in
which her husband met his death. No
expense was spared to secure an ac
quittal. The case was argued for a
whole day. Her motion for a new
trial was argued for three days and
after several weeks of deliberation
waa denied. Then there were lengthy
proceedings In the supreme court. All
failed and the verdict reached by the
jury in a short time was carried out
and the woman sentenced to the peni
tentiary for life. There she haa re
mained , wrapped In her old silenco.
This one woman who knows how her / )
husband met his death lias preserved x
her silence during these years unbrok
en.
Course of the Bullets.
Much time was spent in studying
the course of the bullets which accordIng -
Ing to Mrs. Llllle's story of a burglar
firing the fatal shot , must have been
fired. Four sewing girls were sleep
ing in the house on the night of the
murder. Two of these testified that
they heard the first shot , that about
ten seconds Intervened before the second
end shot and that following the second
end , they heard Mrs. Lllllo scream
that some one had shot her husband.
At this time Mrs. Lilllo waa in the
hall and she was the first to get down
stairs and telephone for help.
Mr. Lillie was shot in the right side
of the head , the side next to his wife.
There was burned powder In the
wound , indicating that the shot was
fired at close range. There waa also
burned powder on the curtains and
window pane through which the second
end shot was flred , indicating that the
revolver was held close to the window
when this shot was flred.
The theory of the state at the trial
was that Mrs. Llllle shot her husband
while In bed by the light of the moon
then shining upon his head , then after
a short interval flred the second shot
at cloae range through the curtain and
window and then told the story of the
burglary.
The testimony of the sewing girls
was to the effect that between the first
and second shots there was absolute
silence and that after the second shot
Mrs. Llllle screamed.
The evidence showed that for sev
eral years Mrs. LHHo had been a pa
tron of a bucket shop in David City.
Her dealings covered a period of about
four years , and In that time her losses
were approximately $100. In the pe
riod from August 7 to October 23 , the
day before the murder , her losses were
$1,025. The theory of the state was
that she took her husband's life to got
his life insurance money to cover these
losses.
Need Pardon Board.
Lincoln State Journal : The pardon
of Mrs. Lillle is the most sensational
act In John II. Mickey's service of four
years as governor of Nebraska. The
refusal of the public to accept the par
don as having any weight beyond ono
man's opinion Is mainly useful now
in pointing out a possible way to im
prove the administration of justice in
this state. Had this pardon been Is
sued by a board of three or five men ,
after conaultlng the trial judge , the
prosecuting attorney and all others
with an Interest In the case , It would
have been looked upon as something
moro than the mere opening of the
doors of Mrs. Lllllo's cell It would
carry conviction of her Innocence tea
a largo part of the population.