THE
OMAHA
SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 23, 1917.
PUBLIC AWAITS
' KELLY VERDICT
4 BaMSBlBiaasssssa
Prospect Is That Trial at Red
Oak Will Be Brought to an
End by Close of This
1 Week.
(Continued from Page One.)
Sioux City, and told a witness he
worried trying t I've on $400 a year
while preaching in one of the various
towns in which he served as pastor.
He was pastor a year and a half at
Sutton, Neb., and had his name on the
church door.
One of the alienists stated that it
was possible that a paranoiac could
prepare and deliver sermons which
would not appear illogical to the av
erage person.
"I heard Kelly speak during the
early months of 1916 at Sutton,
Neb.," said Judge Sutton, "and I ob
served he had flashes of brilliancy
and then would lapse into incoher
ency." Referring to the trial, Sutton said:
"I think it is the thinnest case the
tate ever presented in Montgomery
county."
Will Find Guilty Man.
Ed Peterson, treasurer of the Kelly
defense committee, offered this com
ment during the afternoon: "We have
$100,000 which we intend to spend to J
find the cuiltv man in this case."
Kelly appears in better spirits and J
his face is not as haggard as it was
two weeks ago. He walks with a firm
er step. 1
"I am feeling fine," was Kelly's re-
sponse when spoken to. j
Today the minister sat in court next I
to J. A. McKenzie of Omaha, one of
his four attorneys. He followed
closely every detail of the proceed- j
ings and when Judge Boies made a (
ruling on exhibit 48, Kelly asked Mc
Kenzie which one that was. The ex
hibit was a certificate of Kelly's I
commitment from the Sioux Falls,
prison to the federal insane hospital '
at Washington, D. C.
Kelly Keeps Calm. j
Mrs. Kelly has sat at side of her
husband every minute during court
sessions of the three weeks' trial. On
a few occasions when Kelly appeared
uneasy she consoled him. The ex
pected break down of Kelly, has not
happened thus far during trial. Once
or twice he appeared as if under
great mental stress, when veins in his
forehead would distend and perspira- j
tion was noticeable on his neck.
In all probability the trial will be
, concluded and a verdict rendered be
fore next Saturday night.
' Hill Says Insane.
Dr. Gershon II. Hill of Des Moines,
with' many years' experience as an
alienist, today stated that to his best
knowledge and belief Kelly was of
unsound mind at the time he was ex
amined in the Logan jail by Havner
and Hess, when J. J. Ferguson knd
Fannie R. Longman toolshorthand
notes of proceedings.
Horace Hought, Sioux City; J. J.
Ferguson, Council Bluffs; W. C. Rat
cliftV Red Oak, former county attor
ney; O. E. Jackson, Norwich, la.,
former sheriff of this county, and C
J. Morris, Sioux , Falls attorney, all
testified Kelly was of un nd minJ
during periods he was under their ob
servations in the last five years.
Did Not Testify.
The defense intended to place Alice
Willard. and Vina Tompkins on the
stand inMhis connection among the
principal witnesses, but earlier re
verses with other witnesses necessi
tated a change of plans.,
The defense succeeded this morn
ing in getting before the jury the cer
tificate of Kelly's commitment from
Sioux Falls prison to the federal hos
pital for the insane at Washington,
D. C .. . ' ,
Ed Landers, recalled 1 by Faville,
could not state positively whether on
Sunday afternoon, June 9, 1912, he
- observed his own and the Moore chil
dren playing in the street. On direct
examination he was positive about
Albert Jones entering the Moore
house. The purpose of Faville in re
calling him was to show he was not
positive about other observations of
that day.. , j
Ernest Strong and wife of Holley
vihV were examined briefly among
the last witnesses for the defense.
Strong said he believed the first news
of the tragedy was received about 8
o'clock Monday morning from the
late Frank' Robinson. Mrs. Strong
believed she received news by tele
phone company call between 8 and 9
o'clock.
Vcs Cooney of Malvern testified
he observed ax marks in the ceiling.
The defense has made an elaborate
record of every detail of the interior
of the Moore house and will? make it
a point of contention that Kelly's
physical proportions and condition at
the time of the crime discredit; the
theory that he is the murderer.
Mrs. Kelly Tells of Fires.
Mrs. Kelly was recalled to the
stand and stated that while she and
her husband resided at Sutton, Neb.,
they were in their room and retired
when fire was discovered in the Sut
ton jail J
"I, awakened my husband and asked
him to go to the fire, but he would
not go," she said.
"On occasion of the fire in a barn
at Sutton Mrs. Kelly stated that her
husband had retired about 9:30 and ;
was asleep when the fire was discov-j
ered and he did not leave the house i
that night , j
.'Til ctata ndavnrri trt clinu, that i
Kelly had confessed to incendiarism
, at Sutton.
Replying to Faville, Mrs. Kelly
said: "My husband is 38 years of age,
was born in Kent, England, lived year
and a half in Sutton and went from
there to Alto Pass, III."
- Dr. Gershon H. Hill of Des Moines,
for twenty-one years superintendent
of the state hospital for the insane
at Independence, la., was the, third
alienist called for expert testimony
on paranoia. The examination of the
doctor was begun by Mitchell, who
asked a long hypothetical question,
reviewing various phases of case, and
concluding with:
"Was lie of sound or' unsound
mind?"
"Unsound," the witness replied.
Of Unsound Mind.
Mitchell's question- assumed that at
the age of 15, Kelly complained to his
mother of his mental condition; that
in 1904 he came to' the United States
and engaged in preaching; that short
ly after the Villisca ax murder he
was accused of the crime by many
persons; that two highwaymen were
placed in the cell with him at Logan,
and that J. J. Ferguson's transcript
of questions and answers was a cor
rect record of what transpired in the
Logan jail.
Witness said he read the transcript
before going on the witness tand.
Ferguson reported most of the con
versation between Havner, himself
and Kelly in the Logan jail the night
of August 30 and read his transcript
in court the early part of the week.
Witness said he also read Miss
Longman's transcript of the Logan
jail night sessionwith Kelly.
"I am of the opinion that on the
night of August 30-31, when the notes
were made, Kelly was of unsound
mind," was the concluding statement
of the doctor.
Petrograd Universities Are
Closed for Year; Coal Shortage
Petrograd, Sept. 22. All the univer
sities here except the medical schools
have been closed for a year, com
mencing today, in pursuance of apian
to evacuate the unnecessary propor
tion of the population in Petrograd.
Manager Saltikoff of the depart
ment of the interior announced that
the supply question is in nowise des
perate, the most serious shortage be
ing coal. It may be necessary to
divert coal from industrial enterprises
to the railways.
Blans' are being perfected for the
removal of some governmental de
partments to other points, but this
entirely precautionary -measure does
not necessarily mean an immediate
removal.
Th pjucatlonal schedule of c:!ssa9 for
the coming season ha been completed. A
variety of courses have been arranged no
that Jhe women and girls of Omaha will be
able to do their bit. Classes in lirst aid,
home nursing, dietetlci aji'l diet in disease
appeal to many.
German Naval Works
Bombarded By British
London, Sept. 22. British war
ships this morning bombardd the
German naval works at Ostend with
satisfactory results, it was an
nounced today by the British admir
alty. Three German seaplanes were
shot down by British airplanes.
Rain in Upper Valley
States Billed for Sunday
Washington, D. C, Sept. 22.
Weather predictions for the week be
ginning Sunday issued by the weather
bureau today are:
Plains states and upper and middle
Mississippi valleys: Rain by Sunday
night in northern plains states, ex
tending Monday or Monday night
into southern plains states and upper
Mississippi valley, with somewhat
higher temperatures. Fair weather
after Tuesday, 'with somewhat lower
temperatures.
At the vesper sfrvice on Sunday at 4:38
Miss Etta S. Pickering, general secretary,
will speak and music will be furnished by
Miss Adeline Jones and Miss Mary Lewis.
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About ,
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The necessity of
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merging the two big
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I am proud of old Oklahoma she
produces more oil than any other state
in the Union. My father homesteaded
a piece of land when the government
first opened Oklahoma up for settle
ment, but nobody had any idea at that
time of the irreat wealth of petroleum
that laj underneath it.
My family made money out of oil
and a small part of our original farm
was leased by capitalists who are pay
ing big royalties. I, personally, never
could see the advantage of taking an
eighth royalty, and letting the oil capi
talists take the other seven-eighths.
Therefore, I held onto our best oil
land, although I received an offer a
short time ago of $50,000 for a lease
on one forty-acre piece.
Wells with art initial production of
ten thousand barrels and over per day
in our section are not the exception by
any means. And remember this oil
is higher to-day than ever before and
there is a greater demand for it. In
1915 we only got 40c a barrel for oil,
while today it sells for f 2 with an extra
premium of 25c to 40c
a barrel. I predict $3
or $4 oil before Jan
uary first.
Plenty of men driv-
'0i ing their Packards and
k?y. Pierce-Afrowa down
Sirf.ll
$W ere D0W' Teaf
v"! . rV 4iy? OrTA MrfifA
lgatmg a wheelbarrow.
Spme live in $100,000
homes. We have a
whole tribe of Indians
down here the Osage
tribe every mother's
son and daughter of
which is said to be
worth $80,000 apiece,
as a result of Okla
homa oil.
Quietly andsf or a long; time, I have added
to my holdings until I now control 1,361
' acres lying between the two richest of all
districts.
Standing on our property you can see
producing wells in the different directions
some of them only 200 feet from our lease.
Many wells with an initial production of
10,000 and more barrels daily in this demon
strated section are earning fortunes for their"
stockholders. When you consider that only
12 out Of every 100 wells in the entire State
of Oklahoma are "dry wells" you can figure
it out for yourself 88 producing wells out o
100 and I am arranging to drill over 100
wells on our properties.
This is not a "promise." The first well
is being drilled right now while you read
this. Two more will be started in a few
days. I have decided to raise some addi
tional capital to hasten the work put down
more wells in a sjhorter time and make the
company a big dividend-payer at the earliest
possible date.
It would be an easy matter to get suffi
cient capital from rich men to complete
our financing, but you know the answer to
that they want the lion's share, and they
insist on control. I have worked too long
spent too many years learning what I know
about oil to surrender control, of my com
pany to oil capitalists. Neither do I seek to
control the company myself, and it is for
this reason that 60 of the total capital is '
being placed in the treasury, which means
that control belongs to the shareholders in
general. .
I have organized a drilling company bear
ing my name it's a good name and I mean .
to keep it good and am offering enough 1
shares to enable the company to get on a big
producing basis. We want to' speed up pro
duction and get more wells and acquire more
lease for our shareholders, because this country w
are operating in it today among the richest oil field
in the world.
If you will drop me a postal card saying,
"Send me your Oklahoma Investment
Proposition," addressing it to my initials,
"B., M. ..'F-lUiTransportation Building,
Chicago, 111., I will have my representative
send you at once our company's folder, tell
ing you a lot of things you ought to know
and containing a map showing exact loca
tion of big wells and our leases.
I am not a "sllk-shlrt" promoter, or a "wild
catter." I'm a real oil man and aslc you to join m
so that we both may make our fortunes In Oklahoma
Oil. Don't wait until next wttk.
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