THE OMAHA SUNDAY HVAU JANUARY 31, l!)!
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ROBERTS OH STAND
" IN HIS OWN BEHALF
Accused Man Testifies that Hii
Stepdaughter Inflicted Blows
that Killed Connett.
All THREE DISPOSED OF BODY
NORTH PLATTE. Neb., Jan. 30.-(Spe-clal
Teltram. Roy Roberts today gave
the story of the killing of Vernon Connet
near here last August on the witness
stand In the trial In which he la accused
of the murder. He declared that hla
stepfather, Charles Clayton, inflicted
Mows upon Connett's head during a quar
rel which he, the defendant, had with
the young man. Later he and Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton disposed of the body In the
river.
The testimony of the defendant was In
accord with the atory of other witnesses,
except as to the actual killing of Connett.
On the Sunday afternoon In question,
"Roberts said he and his stepfather,
Charles Clayton, got to quarreling about
Roberts' mother. While they were talk
ing Connett stepped up and said:
fun net t Take Part.
"If there is going to be any fighting I
will do if
The defendant then called Connett vile
names and Connett hit Roberts a blow on
the Jaw, knocking him down, got on to
of him and was choking him. ,
Clayton then grabbed a hammer and
hit the young man several times on the
head, killing him.
They laid the body In the weeds and
later the defendant and Mr. and Mr.
Clayton carried It to the mover wagon
and Roberts took it to the South Platte
river south of Sutherland, went to Her-
shey, sold the team, met Clayton in
North Platte and divided the money.
The defendant next offered two wIN
nesses who testified as to defendant's
good reputation while, out on parole.
The proprietor of the North Platte
laundry and an employe then testified
that Clayton brought a white dress and
skirt to the laundry in September with
red spots thereon, which the employe of
the laundry thought were blood. These
were washed at the laundry.
Explain Red Spots.
Immediately on rebuttal this drees and
skirt was brought into court and Charles
Clayton, his wife and Johnnie Jones tes
tified that onc when returning from
North PI at to they were caught In the
rain. Mrs. Clayton held a red comfort,
which she produced In court, over her
and stained her dress with these red
spots from the quilt. The case waa
, argued to jury tonight and will be sub
mitted near midnight.
Activity in Gibbon
Real Estate Circles
GIBBON. Neb.. Jan. 30. (Special -A
company composed of I. A. Kirk, W. C.
Or II vie and Marshall Ross, all of the
Kxchange bank hero, bought the remain
ing 161 acres, together with all buildings
and feed mills, the south line coming
within about three blocks of the Vnlon
Pnclflc and'Vllaatlngs A Northwestern
depot, consideration JJ7.50O. of Frank
Hershey. The same men. bought the
other part of this fine ranch several
months ago. This company In turn sold
to John Teed twenty-eight acres lying
directly north of the park for 4,0no.
Rosa will move off this ranch property
March 1 and will oversee fhe ranch for
the company. . "
W. M. Ross sold his eighty acres . mile
and a halt 'west and a mile and a half
north of Gibbon to F. A. .Turner for
110.000.
B. O. Chapman reports he sale of the
W. C. Drury 150-arre farm, located three
and one-half miles west and a mile and
a half north of. Gibbon, for $14,000 to
Charles Ray burn.
An eighty-acre piece of land, known
a the Lee eighty, located two and a half
miles directly west of Gibbon depot, sold
twice during the week first from Charles
Rayburn to B. O. Chapman and again
from Chapman to O J. Walker, consid
eration $S,00.
Mrs. John Reddy of Ogallala has sold
her property at that place and will re
turn In a few days to live in her prop
erty here. Her daughter and husband,
Earl Temks, villa accompany her. They
were early settlers here and Gibbon wel
comes them back with open arms.
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STATE GETS WAR BONNET
Nebraska
Mrs. Poppleton Loans Indian Relic
of Fonca Tribe to Historical
Society.
WAS GIFT FROM STANDING BEAR
' (From a Staff Correspondent )
: LINCOLN, Jan. 3V (Special.)-After
Andrew Poppleton and John Lee Web
ster had successfully defended him In a
suit by the Vnlted States to disposers
him and his tribe of land In 1879. Rand-
ling Rear, chief of the Poncas. presented
Mr. Poppleton with the tribal war bon
net which had been In the family for
generation.
Through the efforts of Myron
Learned of Omaha, the owners of
relic, Mrs. Caroline L. Poppleton.
two daughters. Mrs. Myron Learned and
Mrs. Ella E. Shannon, and the estate of
William Sears Poppleton have been" In
duced to loan the exhibit to the State
Historical society at Lincoln.
The relic, which has the appearance of
being made of white women's hair. Is In
a wonderfully good state of preservation,
but for further safeguarding It the so
ciety will have It displayed In a her
metically sealed glass case.
Accompanying the loan waa the follow.'
' Ing letter giving !') history, wrlti-.-n by
I Mrs. Ponpleton in licr own hand:
1 ne fceepHe titven by the chief lo
the great attorney Is a rare aid. twine
esteemed the most sacred, as It Is1 the
ntost venerable object In the ospessioii
of the tribe. It resembles a wtg and was
worn by the head chief only at (lie most
weighty councils. s
"Curiosity hunters have often tried to
secure it at any price In money, but he
has to one and all said llutt nnney could
not buy It. Among occasions on which
It has been wont whs at the first treaty
i In lVks we believe, mad" between the
I Poncas and the fnltej States,
j "Standing H .raenlio is himself fiOxears
of age. Informed us that when he was a
! llttlo boy his father told him n one In
I the tribe knew how old It waa and that
It had come Into their imsseeslon In gen
erations long past."
Falls in Cesspool,
There All Night;
1 SKWAKH. Neb.. .Inn. W.-i Special. )-
Rev. A. l'evls of Mil for. I when returning ,
I from the Industrial home, near there, '
1 fell Into an unused cesspool. He tailed
In vain all night for aid, as it was In n
I Isolated place. In the cess;ool were two.
pieces of lumber, which he fixed In such
a way that be could get within two feet 1
of the openlnn. He then hnllooed until j
morning, when the watchman at the In
dustrial home heard him and rescued I
him. When he fell In he sprained one I
hnnd '
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POLICEMAN SUSPENDED
FOR ATTACKING REPORTER
jrrlal Telegram )Pcll e Officer Viince was
today suspended for ten days as a result
of his assault yesterday on Reporter Kl
redgo of the Free Prets. .
A petition Is In Circulation to the mayor
Jind council for the reinstatement of
Police Captain Cupp, one of the two dis
missed by the mayor on charges the offi
cers denied and on which they challenged
the mayor and their aocuaera for a puMl
hearing, the hearing, however, being
denied. '
Aubnrn Man Win Pence I'rlse,
AriU'RN. Neb.. Jin. SO.-'SpoolaU--J.
A. Itnmia of Auburn, who Is atteudin
j lcland Stanford university, has been
jawanled what Is known as the Edward
Iterwlck pence price, f fc"i0, for the bent
.plan to terminate forever war between
'nations. The subject of his pa;er was
"FlHitk Attack on War." Mia paper
argued not only a direct attack upon
war by appealing to the adult, but also
a flank attack through appeal to the
mlnda of the children.
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KITCHEN RANGES
Shallenberger May
Use Primary Plan
GRAND ISLAND, Nb Jan. 30. (Spe
cial Telegram. ) Congressman Shallen
berger was; In the city today inquiring
into the six or more candidacies for the
postofflce appointment and endeavoring
to reach a solution. Some of the candi
dates are asking for an election, similar
to that held in Fremont, and Congress
man Shallenbereger this afternoon aatd
he had given the quertlon of elections
considerable thought and was much In
dined to favor them, not specifically for
Grand Island, but as a general principle,
where there was much division among
democrats over candidate.
Here be wished to learn the sentiment
of the local democratic leaders as well
as of Mr. Thompson,' whose wishes he
would also like, if possible, to consider
In view of his prominence In thfl party.
CUSTER COUNTY LAND
CASE IS COMPROMISED
BROKEN BOW. Neb.. Jan. .-(8pe-elal.)
District court Is In session this
week with Judge Hostetler presiding. In
the case of George H. Smith of Mason
City, who was recently bound over to
district court cn a charge of embezzle
ment, the judge raised the bonds from
$300 to 11.000 and put the case over to the
April term of, court.
The big land case of Samuels against
Slonlger, Involving many thousands of
dollars, was compromised before the
trial came to an end. The case was that
of where John Samuels of Riverton, fa.,
now deceased, traded some Custer county
land with C. P. Slonlger of Lincoln, for
Texas land. The Custer county land was
sold to other parties and later fhe heirs
to the SamuelfTS estate started suit and
attempted to cancel the notes and set
aside the Slonlger deal, making the plea
that Samuels, at the time the deal was
made, was incompetent and mentally un
balanced. In the compromise It Is un
derstood that both sides are to stand
their own costs, various cancellations of
notes, calling for large amounts, are to
be made, the defendant takes the Texas
land and the Custer county deal stands
good. The suit - attracted much atten
tion and many witnesses from In and out
of the state were called.
Reappraisal of
School Lands Up
Before the Board
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb., Jan. 80.-(Speclal.)
For the first time In the history of the
State Board of Education lands and
funds, a lessee of state school lands to
day took his objections to an Increase
In the appraised value of the leased land
directly before the board, .
Moreover, P. L. Hopper of Hayes
county, the lessee, took the matter up
with the board .without even consulting
Land Commissioner Beckman, who makes
the re-appralsale. As a result It Is un
derstood that there was some little heat
manifest at the hearing. . The board
took Its action under advisement.
The land commissioner has reappraised
over 19,000 acres of school lands and has
had only two or three that really com
plained. For the most part the school
lands are appraised so low that most of
the lessees are more than content to let
well enough alone even when the ap
praised value is raised to comparatively
high figure. The land commissioner
raised the appraised value of Hopper's
quarter from fio to $12. The lease fig
ure is per cent of the appraised value.
The land commissioner has lacked the
funds for anything like a general reap
pralsement of school lands and is at pres
ent ssking the legislature to maka such
a thing possible, as the low appraisal
values are In some Instances notorious.
YILLA IS SHOT BY :
BENTON SLAYER;
NOTBADLY HURT
each other are in the field with foroet'of
varying magnitudes.
General Carransa, at the head of a large
part of the original constitutionalist
forces, will remain at vVera Crus, which.
It Is understood, will continue as the capi
tal of his government, notwithstanding
the occupation of Mexico City by Gen
eral Obregon's men.
The forces of General Zapata menace
the line of communications between Vera
Crus and Mexico City. They are still
said to be working in harmony with the
Villa forces under the authority of the
convention government. - -
In the north the Carransa forces hold
San Luis Potost and are threatening
Monterey, which Is held by General Felipe
Angeles, chief lieutenant- of General
Villa. The latter at Aguas Callenteg Is
preparing a southward movement against
Queretaro, where seme of 'the forces of
General Gutierrez are reported to have
assembled.
Although the siege o fPuebla Is said to
have been abandoned by Zapata, his
forces are still in occupation of the
fartherest outlying suburbs of Mexico
City, according to State department reports.
Spencer Back Again.
News that Catcher Tub Spencer iiM
signed with the Vernon team will be of
interest to a lot of fans everywhere
Spencer is said to have been on the water
wagon for several months. ' He was a
great catcher once and everybody will be
interested In seeing If he can come .back.
Falrbarr News Mote.
FAIRBL'RY. Neb., Jan. SO. -(Special.)
W. N. McLennan has returned from
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uiiiiiii iiiuiia, ! siirr vmug rnsiinvr
en the Chicago-Nebraska flyer' runs be
teen that point and Lincoln. A. J. Kel
ler, regular engineer, has returned to
work.
Extensive arrangements are being made
by the four Protestant churches of Fair
bury, including Presbyterian, Baptist,
Christian and Methodist, for a blg re
vival meeting In Falrbury from March 28
to April 25. The churches have raised
,$2,000 to erect a tabernacle for this pur
pose. Rev. Oscar Lowry of Cedar Falls,
la., will conduct the services.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Manlon and children of
Kelley Lake, Minn., are In Falrbury vis
iting friends. Mr. Manlon Is now as
siHtant chief dispatcher for the Great
Northern railway at Kelley Lake.
Jefferson county is now covered - with,
a- heavier blanket of snpw than It has
hal since March, 1912. Farmers assert
the snow will make a splendid wheat
crop this year.
Broken Bow Clnb Elects Officers,
liRDKEN BOW, Neb.. Jan. 30. (Spe
cial) Tba publlo Service club of this
r!ty held Its annual electing Thursday
night with the following reault:B. R.
PurcelL president; Ras Anderson, vice
president; J. C. Lomax, treasurer;. E. C.
Walter, t,ecrctary; executive committee,
A. ii Anderson, E. F. Buah. A. H. Boud
ers. J. G. Leonard. Alpha Morgan; U. &
Kddy. N T. Gadd II. J. Gates. E. H.
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iMHtCHKSTKH. Neb.. Jan. 30. (Spe
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tlnte theater to witness the third number
of the lecture course staged by the Dor
cheeter Commt rclal club. The hoiuie waa
pa-ked. The event netted $136. The en
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