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I ) TIIK WORK. LK WKI3KLY NKVVS-.IQUHNAIj : PHI DAY , MAI' 81 , 15) ) ( > 7. HENRY KNEIS KILLS HIS OLDER DROTHER , GEORGE. THEN SHOT HIMSELF TO DEATH MOTIVE A MYSTERY , THEY LIVED NEAR EACH OTHER. FORMERLY LIVED IN NORFOLK A Dual Tragedy , Resulting In Two Deaths , . Wa Enacted at the Farm of Henry Amends North of Hosklhs During the Day. HoaUhiH , Nob. , May 27. From n Bluff correspondent : Henry Knlos , n German-Russian funuor living four miles north of llosklns , todnv Hhot anil killed hlH brother , George Knlca , and then turned the smoking revolver upon himself and Inlllctod wounds which caused his donth this aftornoon. Motive a Mystery. Motive for the double tragedy IH a inyHtory. It IB rumored that the two brothers had had trouble , but the wi dow of the murderer and milcldo says Iter husbiind never told her of any old trouble between hlniHelf and the brother whom ho Killed today. Drags Body of Dead Brother. The tragedy occurred at the house of Henry Amends , a neighbor. George Knles followed with murderous Intent. George Knles stood In the doorway of the Amends' homo when the three bullets were pumped Into him and he fell dead on the threshold when the second shot pierced his heart. The murderer then seized his slain brother by the feet and dragged him out upon the bare ground. Falls , Wounded , Near Victim. With one loaded shell still In his revolver , Henry turned the weapon upon himself and tired. Whether or not this bullet took off eel Is not known. Afterward he reloaded the gun and shot nl himself four more times. Ho soul Iwo bullets Into his own body , ono In the abdomen and one In the neck ; the other three bullets missed his body. Staggering with fatal wounds , the slayer fell within three feet of the brother whom bo had killed. Both Formerly Lived in Norfolk. Both men formerly lived lu Norfolk on the George Williams farm south west of the city. GeorgeKnles , Hit murdered man , lived In and around Norfolk for seven years , lie was the older. Henry Knles , who did the shoot ing , lived at Norfolk throe months. Henry was Induced to leave Nor folk and come to llosklns by the brother or whom he murdered today. Former ly both worked lu packing houses m South Omaha. They lived on rentec farms here about a half mile fron each other. Henry Starts Out to Kill. It was early this morning tlm George Kueis wont to the farm o Henry Amends , In the neighborhood Amends and George Knels jolntlj owned a bull , which the. two men to day took to the Amends farm. The nnlmal , under terms of ownership , re ninlned alternately three months a each farm. It had been at the George Knels farm and today was taken to the Amends farm to remain for three months. The two men went past the farn of Henry Knels. Henry was hauling hay in his fjarnyard. When ho sa\ his brother and Amends pass the farm on the road , he immediately httchei his horses to a spring wagon , place a club and a pitchfork in the wage box and drove to the Amends farn The pitchfork was ono that Henr Knies had borrowed from Amends , s that ho was returning It. George Gets Inside House. Apparently Amends knew some thing of trouble that existed betwee the Iwo brothers. He saw Henry ai preaching and told George to go In , doors. George went In the doorway. Amends looked into the wagon and ' saw the pitchfork and club. "You don't need to pack them off ; I have something else that will fix him. " This was the remark of Henry Knels when Amends looked nt the pitchfork. The man who was to mur der his brother and kill himself a mo ment , later seemed excited when ho drove into the Amends farmyard. Begins Shooting. Henry Knels sot down from the wagon and walked toward his brother , standing In the doorway. He wont to within ten feet of the brother. Amends stood between the two men. Sudden ly Henry drew a gun and began shoot- Ing. The first bullet whizzed by Amends , barely missing his head. This ball of lead struck George Knles. A second ono closely followed , that also taking effect. These two bullets struck In the groin and the right leg. Thq wounded man doubled up with pain and turned slightly around. Third Bullet Pierces Heart. Then came another bullet It struck the victim In a glancing man ner on the right side. Probably it pierced the heart of ( ieorgo Kiiels for Instantly ho fell over dead. Ho dropped backward Into the house , his hat landing ten feet from the thresh old. old.Tho brother-killer advanced to the door , grabbed the feet of his dead vic tim and dragged thu corpse out from the house Into the bare yard. Ho dropped the body at a point four feet from the doorstep , seven feet from the house. Three shots had boon Ilrod nt the man who lay dead on the ground. Ono more loaded shell remained In the gun Thu weapon's smoking muzzle was turned toward himself by Henry KnelH and the trigger was sprung Whether or not a wound was marked by this bullet or not , nobody knows There was no witness to this shot. Reloads Gun For Suicide. Hill whether or no , Henry Knels re loaded his revolver and turned its uoso once more upon his own body. The gun began rapidly spitting lire and lead. Four bullels plunged from the weapon's barrel. One of them sanl Into the abdomen ; ono dug Into the neck , at the right side of Iho wind pipe ; three sped away Into the air and did no harm. Fifth Bullet Falls to Go Off. The tragedian tried In vain to pumi ue more clump of metal Into his owi nine , but the bullet failed to dls harge. For a moment the wounded mm tumbled about wildly , and then sanl own , mortally wounded , within three > et of the dead brother whoso life he tad just taken. The dead body of George KnelH wa ft lying lu the spot where llenn uid dragged It. to await the coroner' Hliiost at 3 o'clock. The woundei ody of the murderer was carried to iln home. Ho was at no time expect d to live. He seemed only half con- clous and made no statement. The shooting occurred at 8:110 : o'clock his morning ; George Knels died In- taut ly ; Henry died between 12 and o'clock this afternoon. Woman and Children Were Near. The wife and children of Henry Xiueiids were Inside their homo when he dual tragedy was enacted In the lorwny. It was dllllcult to get a story from \mends. witness to the shooting , who inly speaks broken ICiiglish. He went o the homo of his brothor-ln-law , Vter Schwlndt , and gave the alarm. losUtis was Immediately notified by olephiino and Constable Kiuileti and ) r. Schenel were the llrst Hosklus looplo at the scene of the tragedy. Each Leaves Widow. George Knels leaves a widow and Ive children , the youngest of whom will bo a year old .Inly 8 and the old- > st of whom Is ten years. Henry Knels leaves a widow but no children. The parents of the two dead men , Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Knols , live six miles north of Hoskins. The Wead Men's Ages. Henry Knels would have been thir ty-three years old nexl Sunday. George Knels was live years older. Sheriff Mcars and Coroner .T. , T. Wil liams arrived from Wayne to hold an inquest at o o'clock. There was a ru mor thai Henry Knels had al one time been insane , but this was not ver ified. It is said that the two brothers had sojno difficulty over hay which they raised Jointly last fall , but there seems to be no evidence of1 any fresh trou ble. ble.It It was n aS-callbro revolver , Smith < & Wesson , which claimed the two brothers' lives. WATER PROBLEM IN WEST END IS SOLVED AT LAST. CARRIES OVERFLOW TO RIVER Only One Incomplete Detail Brought ' Out In the Ditch , the Dike Needing an Extension on the North End. New Canal Was a River. The now west-end , drainage canal , recently completed from Koenigsteln avenue to the Elkhorn river , has been tested and found not wanting. With ono of the biggest floods thai ever came down from northwest hills , the new canal proved Itself entirely ca pable of handling probably any freshet that will visit the west end of town. One incomplete detail was brought out by the overflow the dike to giildo the current Into the now ditch had not been built qulto far enough north but remedying this detail will bo the work of only a couple of days , In the opinion of Colinty Commissioner Taft , and when the now dike extension Is constructed the water problem for the west end of Norfolk , which has boon such a serious ono for almost a score of years , will bo solved forever. 2.10 Inches of Rain. Rainfall for the day amounted to 2.10 Inches. Most of this fell In the early part of the day , 1.34 having fall en before 8 a. m. During the after- loon .7fi of an Inch of rainfall fell and t fell HO quickly that the hills north- vest of town poured millions of bar- eta of moisture down the ravine vhlch leads Into the city at Its north- vest extremity. .lust west and north of the 0. C. Gow homo on Thirteenth streol and Coeulgstoiii avenue the water which ushos townward strikes the now Iralnago canal and Is forced Into a sharp angle , the ditch bonding off to the sou 111 went at that point. A dlko in thu east side of the canal was built for the current to boat against that It might bo switched Into the new direc tion. Striking against this dlko , the water tended to spread north as well as Into the ditch , resulting In a slight overflow around the end of the dike. Thin overflow flooded the garden of C. C. Gow and washed down across other premises In the neighborhood , finding an outlet down the old gutters on Norfolk avenue. During the high point In the flood Norfolk avenue was entirely under water In the weut ond. Part of the overflow sought the old channel of Corporation gulch Into Thirteenth street. Although the tun nel there had been filled up the force of water ate a passage through and brought this abandoned walorway once again Into slight use. This water cov ered Thirteenth street soulh of Nor folk avenue. New Canal Was a River. Hul prettly nearly all of the water that came down from the hills was diverted Into the new drainage canal and went rolling nl lorrlflc rale lo the Elkhorn river , Into which the now ditch empties just west of the North western roundhouse at the Junction. Hank full and with a mighty cur rent , the new ditch became a river In Itself and the muddy water , with de bris from the hills , rushed down the channel with amazing speed. The sight was a good one to the eyes of residents of the west end who real- l/od that , but for the dew ditch , ono of the most disastrous overflows In the history of the gulch must have been experienced. The ditch has a decided drop and this sent the water bounding southwest out of town and Into the Ilaaso slough. Hero the water spread out over Ihc meadow for the time being but when morning dawned It had practically all boon drained away Into the Elkhorn river. The ditch was finished from the Haasc slough to the river about ten days ago when the county elevator grader was put on the job. It was In spected and accepted by the engineer and commissioners. The ditch runs under the Northwestern freight yards tracks , there being eleven bridges in the yards because of the canal. Was High Water. Compared with other freshets , the water from the hills represented an unusually high mark. C. C. Gow said that only once had the wntor come higher and Rev. , T. W. Hoveo , living a mile northwest of town , said that , while ho had soon the water higher , there was moro water this tlmo than is usual. Ho arrived al conclusions from the facl thai the hlgheJ.t water took out his entire pasture fence , while this water only took out half of It. County Commissioner Taft was en thuslastic over the efficiency of th now canal and said thai 11 had proved the solution. Ho said a couple of days' work with a few teams would remedy the dlko al the north cxtrem- ty so that there could bo no outlel lercafter excepting by way of the ditch. Teams would bo set at work as soon as they could bo arranged for. Mr. Taft will communicate with Engi neer R. A. Swartout of Omaha , who designed Iho canal , and Commission ers Malone and Harding , before going ahead with the work. NORFOLK BEAT PILGER. Interesting Baseball Game Played There Haak Pitched Good Ball. Another victory was added to the Norfolk business college's score card yesterday at Pllger , when the nine representing the Norfolk business college - lego set Pllger's hopes to the bad lu ono fateful Inning. The score at the beginning of the seventh stood 5 to 3 for Pllger , but before the Inning had closed the procession of Norfolk play ers had placed the game safely In Norfolk's column. Haak pitched for Norfolk , playing a steady game. Koplln handled the ball for Pllger. Hoffman , Haak , Fau- cell , Reynolds , Bryant , Oxnam , Clarke , Hlghl , Roth and Larson went lo Pll ger to represent Norfolk. Haak slruck out fifteen men. The score : Norfolk 01011080 0 11 Pllger 001310000 5 Pat Crowe on Trial Again. Council Bluffs , May 22. Pat Crowe is on trial In the dlstricl court , charged with holding up and robbing the o.rcws of two street cars at the east end of the bridge on the night ol Sunday. July 2. 1905. LAKE VESSELS RUN ON REEF Llfesavers at Port Austin Succeed In Bringing Crews Ashore. Detroit , May 28. The steamer C F. Blolman and her consort , the barge McUichlan , bound from Diiluth tc Cleveland with Iron ore , ran on a reel in. Lake Huron , a mlle and a halt oft Port Austin , In a heavy snowstorm The Port Austin llfcsavcrs succeeded in bringing ashore the crews of both vessels , after making three trips to the bcono of the wreck , the laet trip being made In a dangerous sea. Thera r ro hopes of saving the steamer , but the hargo la thought to bo a total wreck. CAPTAINS ARRESTED FOR MUTIN OUS INSUBORDINATION. ARE BROUGHT TO VALENTINE A Conspiracy of silence Is Charged Against Five Captains One , While Drunk , Caused Big Row Are In Jail at Fort Nlobrara. Washington , May 25. A scandal has developed In the Eighth United Stales cavalry , and flvo of the olghl captains of the regiment were returned to the United States under arrest wllh charges of mutinous Insubordination agalnsl llicm. They were placed under dor arrest by dlrccllon of Lloul. Col. Ayers and are now confined at Forts Robinson and Nlobrara , Nob. , await ing action by the war department Tried In Philippines. Capt. McNally , of the Eighth caval ry , was tried in the Philippines , and some action was taken against the other four officers , but they will betaken taken before a court martial In this court. According to the unofficial informa tion received at the war department Iho trouble occurred in ono of the provinces in the department of Luzon , bfit all the details are not known , as Iho papers In Iho case have nol reach ed Washington. Unofficial advices re ceived by Iho secretary of war are thai Capt. McNally was charged with Intoxication which resulted in a big row In Iho regiment All Were Arrested. The other four captains became In volved in the dlfllculty , and II Is charged entered into n conspiracy of silence. They declined to divulge the facts regarding the experience of the men now under charges and Lieut Col. Ayers ordered them placed under ar rest. rest.Col. Col. Ayers has been transferred to the Fourteenth cavalry and Is now stationed at Fort Walla Walla , Wash. The names of all the officers In volved are not known. TUESDAY TOPICS. J. D. Sturgeon was In Elgin yester day. day.S. S. S. Allen was In from Foster yes terday. W. R. Locke of Stanton was In Nor folk yesterday. Miss Mary Wltzel was up from Mad ison yesterday. Dr. O. R. Meredith spent yesterday In Battle Creek. P. .T. Peterson of Lindsay stopped In Norfolk yeslorday. Ralph Kummor is home from a Sun day vlsll In Omaha. William Hanson of Crclghlon was In Iho city yesterday. R. E. Brinkman of Hartlngton was in Norfolk yesterday. W. H. Butterfleld went to Valentine on business yesterday. E. P. Weatherby returned yester day noon from Bloomfleld. Mrs. S. D. Dunn of Crelghton was a Norfolk visitor yeslerday. Charles Rapp was a Norfolk vlslloi from SI. Edwards yeslerday. A. S. Warner of Butte was In Nor folk yeslerday belween Iralns. D. M. Strain of Nlobrara was In the city for a few hours yesterday. Mrs. A. Low was called to Alpa , Kan. , by the Illness of a daughter. W. M. Rainbolt has relurnod from a two weeks' trip over the Rosebud agency. Misses Myrlle Youngslrom and Tina Texly of Newman Grove are in Nor- fol kloday. Mrs. H. M. Culbertson and daughter , Genevleve , went lo Omaha lo vlsll for a few days. Mrs. James Conley of Fremonl ar rived In Norfolk yeslerday on a visit with her son , J. H. Conley. Archie Gow returned yeslerday noon from Lincoln , where he had been vis iting his brother , Harold. Mrs. E. P. Weatherby of Council Bluffs returned home yesterday morn ing after spending several weeks at the homo of her sister , Mrs. H. M. Culhorlson. D. Malhowson was In Wakefleld yes lorday aflernoon , reluming lo Nor folk lasl night Mrs. A. A. Kearney and Mrs. Pet ers of Slanlon wore vlsllors in Nor folk yeslerday. George D. Buttorfleld went lo Rush- villo lasl nlghl to atlend a metelng of northweslern Nebraska bankers. Miss Hattie Hcckman of Council Bluffs , who has been the guest of Miss Goldlo Shrlder , relumed home yesler day. day.Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Norbum of Stock- Ion , Calif. , slopped in Norfolk on a visit wllh Mrs. Norbum's brother , Ed gar Redmond. Robert Bridge returned lo his home in Fremonl yeslerday. Mrs. Bridge will remain unlil afler the high school commencement exorcises In which her nleco , Miss Melllo Bridge , will bo a gradualo. Miss Emma Wetzel has resigned her place with Beelcr Brothers to accept n position with the Johnson Dry Goods company. Attorney M. D. Tyler left yesterday for Omaha , whore as a member of the state bar commission ho assists this week in holding examinations for admission to the bar in connection with the graduating exorcises of the Crolghton law school. All persons wishing to contribute flowers to decorate the soldiers' graves Decoration day will pleasjo leave them at G. A. R. hall by 0 o'clock a. m. , May 30. J. R. Corbus , formerly of this city bill now of Chicago has recently ac- , copied an excellent position as super- ' Intendciit for the N. K. Fairbanks company of that city. Mr. Corbua Is a itatlvo of Norfolk and a former student - dent of the University of Illinois. ICxamlnatlons arc hold this week In the city schools of Norfolk , the exi i iimlnatlons closing tomorrow. Thursday - ' day , Memorial day , Is a holiday. Fri day the school children will visit their rooms for the last time this year , re ceiving their grade and promotion cards. Dr. P. H. Sailer of this city had a team hitched up ready to start to Hoskins yesterday afternoon In re sponse to a call from that place on account of the wounds of Henry Knels. Before ho started he received word that the man was dead , and the trip was nol taken. An extra edition of The News gave to Its readers In all north Nebraska and southern South Dakota news of the Hoskins tragedy hours before any other newspaper. The extra went west on tlie'nlght Iraln , north lo Bono- steel , east ot Emerson , southeast to West Point , and over on the Albion branch on early morning trains. Seats for the "Wizard of Wall Street , " musical comedy , in which Mrs. Dayo and daughter , Phyllis , are prominent fealurcs , go on sale al ThO | News business office Wednesday morn ing at 9 o'clock. Seats on the lower floor are fiO cents , the first two rows in the balcony 50c , the balance of the balcony 35c and the gallery 25c. Scats for the commencement exer cises will go on sale Wednesday morn ing at 9 o'clock In the bushiest office of The News. Prices will be 25 cents all over the house. The exercises will take place In the Auditorium Wednes day night. Tickets will bo provided for the families of graduates , ministers - tors , teachers and members of the board of education without charge. Stanton Register : A. B. Baldwin and E. A. Monroe went to Norfolk last week and purchased a feed store and took immediate possession. The new flrm are good solid business men and the Norfolk people will find them good fellows to deal with. Mr. Baldwin will run the store this summer and Ed will remain on the farm. Mr. Mon roe returned from Norfolk Monday morning. The revised plans for the new high school building wore received In Nor folk yesterday from Architect John Latenser after the final alterations In the plans and specifications had been made In his Omaha office along the line of suggestion offered by the board of education at llielr meeting last week. Copies of Hie plans and speci fication are in Prcsldenl VIele's office for the use of contractors. Sealed bids on the new building will be received June 10. George Kneis , shot by his brother In the double tragedy north of Hos kins yesterday , was In Norfolk Friday and Saturday of last week. Another visit to this city had been planned for the morning of the murder and sui cide. Knels was suffering from a carbuncle that had appeared on his neck and was receiving treatment from a Norfolk physician. Oddly enough the edition of The News which told of the dual tragedy , told in the per sonal column of the visit of George Kneis to this city. O'Neill Frontier : The first round In the criminal proceedings against the band of alleged hog thieves at At kinson resulted In a victory for the state. The jury In the case of Joseph Skidmore brought in a verdict of guil ty , after deliberating some four hours , assessing the value of the hogs stolen at $80. Skidmore , It appears from the evidence and the statement of one Win. Woller who was with the party at the Ferguson ranch the night of February 25 , was Iho Insligator of the raid on the Ferguson hog pen. Four others are Implicated In the job , Jolm Dibble , Frank McShane , William Wei- lor and Roy Purnell. Each of these defendants are to be tried separately , the arrangement being to dispose of all four cases at the present session of court Judge Weslover is here from Riishvlllo presiding at the Irlals County Atlorney Whelan and M. F Harrington appeared for the state and R. R. Dlckson for the defense. Elgin Review : The Elgin opera house has recently changed , hands W. H. McClaln having disposed of It to Geo. N. Seymour and Ira Wolfe The active management of 11 will fal lo the hands of Mr. Wolfe , as has practically been the case for some time past. The new owners are glv Ing the property a thorough overhaul Ing and repairing and putting It in first class shape from top to bottom Inside and out. It has been treatec to a now roof , and Iho plastering has been repaired upstairs and down. The work of newly papering the building Is now In progress. The outside stair way has been put In better shape , am a landing provided nt a height tha would furnish a convenlenl side exl from the building- case of flre. A walk and side rail have been put li along the side of the building to the outside stairway , and new cemon curbs are being put In along the edge of the brick walk In front. All those repairs and improvements and others thai may have been hero mentioned will put the building In first class shape and make It second to no similar build ing In a town Iho size of Elgin any where in the state. English Spavin Liniment removes al hard , soft or calloused lumps an blemishes from horses , blood spavins curbs , splints , sweeney , ring bone stifles , sprains , all swollen throats coughs , etc. Save $50 by use of on botlle. Warranted the most wonder ful blemish euro over known . Sold b F. F. "Ware & Son , druggists. When your Walch Stops You cannot make II go by shaking it. When the bowels arc const pitted you c i'i disturb them with cathartics but , like the watch , they will not bo able to do their allotted work until thuy arc put | | Into proper tondi * , , lion to do it. < Ono cannot mend J , n delicate piece of , > mechanism by violent - lent methods , and JJl no machine made by man is as fine as thu human body. The use of pills , salts , castor-oil and strong cathartic medicines is the violent method. The use of the herb tqiric laxative , Lane's Family Medicine is the method adopted by intelli gent people. Headache , backache , indigestion , constipation , skin diseases all are benefited immediately by the use of this medicine. Druggists sell it at 250. and soc. CLASH BETWEEN PACKERS AN * COMMISSION MEN. A NEW RULE IS THE CAU6E A Decision Made by Packers Not to Pay For "Cow Stuff" Until After the Government Inspection , Has Brought About Critical Situation. Chicago , May 28. Meat prices In Chicago may jump skyward this week unless the "beef trust" recedes from Its recently announced Intention to delay payment on certain of Its lle- stock purchases until they have passed 10 government post-morten examlua- on. on.The The packers notified the commission firms that beginning yesterday they no longer would stand the loss on cou- enined cattle , and In order to protect hemselves they had found It neces- ary to refuse payment on "cow stuff" ntll It ha 4 passed the government In- pectors. This atlitude caused tremendous ex- Itement In packing circles and It Is redicted by commission men that an xtremely acute situation will devel- p unless the packers back down. During the latter part of last week honsamls of letters and telegrams vere sent out by the commission men o their customers , notifying them of he action that had been taken by the mekcrs and advising them to wltu- lold all shipments of cattle to the big nnrkets controlled by the trust until he difficulty is adjusted. This Is ex- > ected to cut the meat supply tre mendously before the week Is over , uid prices are expected to go up cor- espondlngly. Commission men declare It Is the ntention of the packers to enforce the ule with regard to "cow stuff" now n the hope that similar action may > e taken later with reference to their iiirchasos of sheep and hogs. There were only 2,000 cattle In for narket this morning. STOCK MEN INTERESTED. Northern Nebraska Was Much Inter ested In Effect on Market. Ilvestockmen of Norfolk and north ern Nebraska are much interested in .he new rule made by Chicago pack ers regarding the non-payment for cow stuff until after the government In spection. This was indicated by the Hood of telephone calls which swept upon The News wires during the day. The developments of the week will be eagerly looked upon throughout this territory. ' MYSTERIOUS TEAMSTERS. Unknown Men Appropriated Barn For the Night. Unknown parties stabled their team of horses in the barn of C. H. Rey nolds at his home on The Heights during the night. Before morning the mysterious strangers left the place without a word. Tracks of the team Indicated that the unknown horses had been stalled in the barn over night. Whether the team was. a stolen one. being taken through the country , or for what oth er motive the barn was selected , was not known. Do not dispose of any great period of your time in a poor markel when a want ad. will really "find a markel" for your services. Don't Push The horse can draw the load without help , if you reduce friction to almost nothing by applying to the wheels. No other lubri cant ever made wears so long and savcsso much horse power. 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