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    THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY- FEBRUARY 21, 1918.
HOWELL SCORES
! LYNCH; MUST
!' BE REMOVED
kttornsy for Mike Clark Makes
Address to Jury in Clark
Ouster Suit; Case Ends
Today.
I (Cjntliiiifd From Pp Out.)
tlso double-crossed this county and
Society. ,
"When alike Clark, that reugh
Irishman, came out nd said to the
community: 'Elect me sheriff and I
will close every joint.' he kept his
t jvord.
X "The line of Lynch' defense wa,
'W or 'I don't know,' or 'I don't
remember.' Any liar can say that.
t ' "One sad thing in this trial to me
, jvas when 'Johnny' Lynch brought his
mother to the witness stand. 4 hope
that no man in Omaha will again
1 bing ms Poor m,ncr to testify in
such a case. Where was his sister-in-law?
' i Not Fool All the Time.
"Joljnny is not a fool all of the
' i'nnt, but he is a fool some of the
' time. When Farmer Burns testified
to having seen two hats in the gym,
ihey would not dispute him, because
Jie is not'-of the sewer. They hid tq
' ilrag in the old mother. They did not
Jnake any mention of the hat pins or
hair pins.
: "Did Loch or Tylee do up their
Jiair with pins?
"It was infamous to testify, as Roo
' tiey did, but it was a natural thing.
. Ie must have 'tied in his heart and
begged for repentance when he a-
v v.ered the question put to him.
' Don't you believe him."
t "You of the . jury can sound the
cleath knell of decency in public of-
, fice by your verdict if you want to.
V Hut Mike Clark is the kind of a man
jvho -said 'Nothing doing,); when
Lynch wanted roadhouses undis
turbed. "Lynch did not have the sense to
fcllieve ' Clark meant what he said.
jLynch tried to get a scissors hold on
- Clark's manhood, morality and his
ath of office., .Lynch offered such
bait as a trip to the Mardi Gras, but
Oark said 'No.' . -
y jf'When Lynch saw he could do
iothing with Clark, he ut Dudley in
' v if elevator conductor to pester him.
$ ("When Johnny said 'Mike, you ain't
- fcoing to close me up at Schescheyjs,
r re you?' in his laconic way. Clark
laid, 'Johnny, 'you have lost..
' f End of a Perfect Day.
"Counsel for, the defense" would
iave us believe that Lynch, Is the
Issence of purity. If so, let us praise
he name of vice. Theynvould have
I'ou of the jury believe that we. are
rying to disturb the peace at the
nd of a perfect day for Johnny. ,
t "Bring in a'verdict for Lynch'and
ou might as well say to all future
Officials that we did not elect them
enforce the laws. Let us lustain
is snerirt wno nas taken a siana
morality and law and order.
"Would you, men ot the jury,
father raise your daughters and sisters
" Onder the McShane administration or
j flie Clark administration? '
"That is the answer ttf this case.
I "How -many girls have gone, wrong
since Riverside and Lakeside were
. opened? ... ' :'
i You can't answer me? but you
know that since Clark became sheriff
, the devil has not gained any recruits
- from those roadhouses. By yout ver
' : diet you can tell Johqny Lynch be can
not wear the robes of office with that
official record facing him.
I Sense, of Doing Duty.
"I never stood before 12 men with
more sincere convictions of doing my
duty and that there is righteousness in
my advocacy. ' ! ' ;
.'. t ''Attorney Rose of the defense Is
" a man of high ideals and professional
ethics and I am curious to know how
he bears ud under this case.
"I suppose Johnny Lynch did want
to be the ig bumble1 all in 'this drive
alid suppose Dennison didn't like him.
' What do we care for that? i '
' i "If Dennison told the truth, it is
" the truth just the same. .
"Would you trust Lynch in your
owrt affairs? Would you introduce
v him to your loved ones? ' -
"I have beard hell described as a
"place where a libertive like Lynch
could go and pose as descent
; "They may say that this is i private
case and the county attorney is not
prosecuting. Don't ; be mislead by
; such talk. Again I say. the jury sys
tem is on trial"
; Farmer Burns,' called Wednesday
afternoon in rebuttal by Clark's law
yers, identified a check .said to have
been made by Pete Loch t him in
th sum of $500. , ,
Burns said he received an addi
tional payment of $100 in currency
from Loch. Witness offered a state-.-
-raent on a letterhead showing pic
tures of Loch, Ple&tjna and Burns as
partners in wrestling business.
5 The ex-wrestler testified that he
received a statement of the Peters
, Stecher match from Tylee, former
bookkeeper for Pete Loch. a
i Loch Handled' Deal,
j Kennedy: .
i "Was it necessary to put up a for-,
feit to get,Stecher to wresne with
; Peters?" ' ,
"I don't know. Loch handled that
matter." ,
"Did Plestina get any pay to help
tain Peters?" ,
; "No. Plestina got his pay in the
njrxt match." - ' '
5 "Did you help count the money
after the PetersStecher match?"
V'No. I counted the tickets." '
Referring to pictures of himself and
Ich on letterhead, Burns said: '
. J Why They Were Friends.
"Tbat was when we werevsupposed
t be good friends." y
I Fred T. (Fatty) Schmidt corrobo
rated testimony of 'Anton (Tony)
Ifoffman, who testified that Lynch
. took him and Schmidt to auto to see
Lakeside. - ' '
!"Lynch," said witness, "told us he
had a nice spot he wished to show, us.
When we got out there Lynch asked
Ijoffman why he didn't look for a
' Ideation and added Jie would see Hoff
rrtan through if he got a place "
- I" Donbta Witness Veracity.
. I Attorney Kennedy contended that
Sthmidt did not give same reply to
him u he did to Baker ia response to
similar query.
"Can jro remember letter what
happened In March," 1917,; than you
can IS minutes ago?"
"In March."
"Then th longer ago the incident
is, the better you can remember, can
vou?"
' "Yes, sir."
Mrs. Peter Loch, called by Lynch's
lawyers, recalled visit of Nesselhous
to the Loch home. She admitted
Nesselhous and Hoffman without the
knowledge of her husband who was
greeted by the callers with evident
friendliness.
Was At Loch Home.
Mrs. Charles J. Harrower was at
the Loch home in January when Nes
selhous and Hoffman called.
Kennedy: "What part of the con
versation did you hear?"
"I heard somebody ask Mr. Loch
to go to Excelsior Springs and his
expenses would be paid."
Mrs. Harrower is a sister-in-lw of
Mrs. Loch.
"Tony" Hoffman, recalled, denied
that anything was said to Loch about
going to Excelsior Springs or any
where else and that his expenses
would be paid.
Loch is Recalled.
Pete Loch, recalled, examined al
leged financial statement of Peters
Stecher match, and said it had been
written by Tylee and without knowl
edge of witness.
Loch' testified he and Farmer
Burns and Plestina took the $10,024
proceeds from the Peters-Stecher
match down to the Owl club and slept
on a mat with the money under it.
"There was a window open and it
fell down, and we all thought we
were stuck up," Loch said reminis
cently. Says "Swore to Lies." , .
- One of the features of the Wedncs-
rdav morninff session was a statement
by Anton (ony) Hoffman, city li
cense inspector, on the witness stand,
that his friendship for Pete Loch
ceased at the time when Loch testi
fied in this trial, for the. reason, Hoff
man said, that Loch 'wore to lies."
Hoffman and "Billy" Nesselhous
testified' that during a conversation
between them and Pete Loch the lat
ter said that he was 'the best little
jury fixer in town and had fixed many
juries for Johnny."
Through, With "Johnny,"
Hoffman further testified that when
Loch sought his intervention with
rVnninn nn an occasion when Loch
is alleged to have stated that he ,was
"through with Johnny. , ,
Testimony showed that Loch sent
flowers to the Dennison home during
fhe recent illness of Tom Dennison.
Dennison, recalled, testified that he
did ,not. support Clark for sheriff;
that he was neutral m the - sheriff
fight; that he and Lynch had all they,
could do at that time fighting pro
hibition. '
Corroborate Testimony.
Mrs. Mary Lynch, mothV of
"Johriny" Lynch, expressed Uianks
when she was nqt cross-examined.
Her presence on the witness stand
was brief and referred only- to the
incident of two women's hats said to
have been discovered in the court
house'gynl. She corroborated previ
ous testimony that the bats were
those of herself and daughter-in-law,
who had been out for an auto ride.
, Mrs. Lynch has occupied a front
seat during the entire trial and her
nerves gave way a little when she
was called to testify. Her "sons con
sole1 her.
i Lynch Resumes Testimony.
J'Jonnny" Lynch resumed kis tes
timony and was examined .by Baker:
"Dni you employ Dudley and Cala
bria?" ... , .. '. ,'. 1 ' ,.
"The board employed thent'at my
suggestion." , ' 1 ,
"As chairman of the court house
committee you designated employes,
didn't vou?5 ' '
"No, members of the board recom-j
mended appointments."
"As to Dudley and Calabria, hey
were your suggestions?" . , ,. A,'
"Yes, sir."
"Did you keep wearing apparel in
the gym?"
, "Kept some old clothes for working
out," t ' ..
"At the time the ladies hats were
left in the gym, can you recall where
L "I think from 811 South Twenty-
second. ,
Left Hats There. , ,
"Was it windy when you started on
the ride?" ' ,
"It was windy, or we would not
have left the hats there."
"Do you know what became of the
shower bath when it was taken out of
the gym?"
,"My brother took it. I thmkvhc
took it to fa cigar store on Capitol
avenue, between Fifteenth and ix-
teenth streets." -.
"Where do you live now?"
"Eight hundred and twenty-two
Forest avenue."
"Did you buy that place?"
"My mother and 1 bought, it." '
"Remembering so distinctly where
you started from on that auto trip,
can you tell me when it was?" ,
.'"It was in summer time. I don't
remember exactly."
Was it Lakeside. ,
"Do you know Tony Hoffman and
Fred Smith, known as Fatty Smith?"
"Yes, sir." .
"Were you at Lakeside when Leon
ard was officiating there?" ' '
"I think Iwas there one time." c
"And when Ford was running it?
"Yes."
"Do you recall talking to Tony
Hoffman and Fred Smith at Owls'
club and asking them out to see your
new place or new spot, and called
an auto and took them out to Lake
side?''
"No, sir." . ' ,
Denies the Conversation.
"And did you tell them, ,'Boys, I'll
get you a place, and if you get a place
I'll help you?'" "
"I did not."
" "For the last year or two during
McShane's regime as sheriff is it not
a fact that you voted in favor of even
feeding bill?" ,
"I did."
"And that was under same lar al
lowing 50 cents per day when less than
100 and 32 cents when average more
than 100?" ',
"I think it was." '
Saw Law in 1915.
"When did county board tike cogni
zance of that law?"
:"I think in 1915." w ,
"Did Sheriff McShane have his wiff
in the sheriffs apartments?"
"He did."
"How long?" '
"Two or three months. While he
was building new home in Dundee."
Attorner Kennedy stated that atti
tude of Lynch" in jail-feeding graft and
his good faith in that matter should
be brought put before the jury.
Acted in Good Faith.
Counsel for Lyngh proposed to
show that Lynch acted in srood faith
when he opposed the montjily average"!
74 U.S. Soldiers,
Lost on Tu&cania,
Are Unidentified
- Washington, Feb. 20. Seventy-four
American soldiers aboard
the torpedoed liner Tuscania re
main unidentified or unaccounted
for today, according to the latest
checks of lists of survivors and
missing available to the War de
partment and the Associated
' , Press.
Included in this number are
- 33 unidentified dead buried in
Scotland and 41 still reported as
missing. ,-
The names of 44 additional
American soldiers who were res
cued from the liner and one
other listed as missing but who
was not on the ship were an
nounced by the War department
last night. ,
Eight of these, survivors had
been reported previously by the
Associated Press. Besides the
32 new names. 37 others previ
ously listed as missing were
found to be survivors today when
the Associated Press list of miss
ing was checked against all the
available official records, leaving
a total of 74 unaccounted for or
unidentified.
of prisoners as used 'by sheriff for
basis of jail-feeding bills.
"V are entitled to know Lynch's
motives,'insisted Kennedy.
Kennedy:
"Did you advise anybody regarding
taking oufa license for Riverside for
year 1916-1917?" -
"No, sir." -j'-
"Aside from acting as member of
county board,, did you have. anything-)
tcrdo with issuance ot a license tot
Riverside?" , , t
"No, sir.", . '
Spoils' to Majority.
-Baker:
"When county board changed po
litically wasthere any friction?"
"To the majority belonged the
spoils."
"After you and-Compton went to
Jexas you hadno trouble on board,
id you?" ,
' "Had no trouble befo're."
"Did you have anything to do with
a suit to oust Compton?" ,
"I did not."
"And was not suit abandoned after
the trip to Texas?"
"I don't know.'V
Did Not Agree.
"And didn't you agree to furnish
expanse and evidence in alleged cor
rupt practice agairfst Compton?"
1 "No, sir."
"Didift you tell an attorney you
knew that Compton. had spent more
money than the Jaw allowed?"
"I did not." ..
' "You. .-don't remember anything
about that, do you?"
"I do not." -'Don't
you know that Dudley, who
was elevator conductor in the court
house, dia not apply for a license to
oneratc an elevator until March 17,
h917?" '
Does Not Remember. .
"I don' t remember." ' .
'Do you run elevators?"
"lean'
"Do you allow any of your men to
ruii elevators?" ' '
"When they.o up. and, down."
"All elevators run up an,d down."'
"Was Dudley qualified to run an
elevator?" '
"He worked in the boiler room.'
"Wasn't it a fact that the principal
qualifications of Dudley to run the
elevator was because ht was your
friend and brothe,r-in-law?V
"No, sir." '
Mrs. Lynch on Stand.
,. Mr. Marv Lvnch. mother of
fjohnny" Lynch, testified to facts of
an automobile ride wnen sue . ana
daughter-in-law left their hats at court
house. 4 - ' -'
The ownership of the hats was given
a mysterious touch last week.
Baker did not cross-examine Airs.
Lynch. Sheexpressed her gratitude.
When she returned to her seat she
exclaimed with emotion:
"I have lived an honest life 46 years
in ..Omaha and you can't cross-examine
me."
"Johnny" Lynch walked! over and
reassured, his mother.
" Nesselhous in Rebuttal.'
; Anton (Tony) Hoffman, city ficense
inspector, and W. E. (Billy) Nessel
hous, in rebuttal testimony for the
prosecution Wednesday morning, tes
tified, to a visit to the home of Pete
Loch. This testimony was offered to
refute testimony previously offered.
Hoffman injected a little spirit into
the proceedings by declaring that he
parted ways with Loch when the lat
ter "swore to lies on the witness stand
In thia trial."
Howell: "How did you happen to
go out to Loch's home?" ,
"He was sick and asked me out."
"Was Nesselhous with you?"
"He, was," and Loch asked me if
Billy, was outside, and, if so, that he
wanted to see him. When Billy went
in Loch said, 'I'm glad to see you, you
fat rascal.' "
According to Hoffman. Nesselhous
IVatch' This Space
.Friday Eve., Much 1
This vt is mad of tm bast
Balding' satin guaranteed to
wash.
WARREN
Room 24, Pattarsoa Block.
Over Unitt-Ooeakal Drug Stort
9. E.'Cor. Farnam and 17th St.
- . Phona Tylar 3071.
H1
on that occasion advised Loch to tell
the truth if he should testify in this
trial and, above all things, not to
tamper with the jury. Hoffman tes
tified that Lech replied to Nessel
hous: "I won't tamper with the
jury and you know that I am one of
the best little jury fixers in town. I
have fixed many for Johnny." Loch
was further quoted by witness as say
ing that he was through with Lynch
and wanted to get back with Denni
son. With reference to a conversation
Hoffman said he had with Loch in
the city hall Howell asked:
"In that conversation did Nessel
hous ask Loch what defense Lynch
would aiake and who he would use.
and did Loch say that Lynch would
use some of. the county commission
ers who gave him permission to use
the gvm roomr
"Yes. sir."
"And did Loch state that he would
testify to the truth? '
"He did."
Saw No Beer. .
"Did Nesselhous tell Loci" that if
he (Loch), swore to the truth he would
have to say he saw two women in the
gym, state that Lynch was interested
in Lakeside and Riverside, and that
beer was carried over to the gym?
"Yes, and Loch stated that he saw
no beer carried over.
Hoffman related a visjt with Lynch
and Fred Smith to Lakeside, on in
vitatiqn of Lynch. "Lynch told us
he wanted to show us his new spot.
He said Smith, and I should get us a
pla:e, and I said I did not care for
anything like, that because l had a
family, said the witness.
"Are you tru to Pete Loch?" asked
Attorney Kennedy.
"I ceased fo be a friend of Loch
on the day that he went on the stand
and testified to lies regarding the con
versation between him and myself."
r . Money Cause of Break.
Hoffman added this statement:
"Loch told me had fallen out with
Lynch, on account of some money
mattersv 'I'm through with Johnny,
and I want you to tell Tom so. One
thing that worries me is that state
ment I made to Attorney Kennedy.'"
Kennedy "What was said about
Loch leaving town?" ,
"Loch told me he swore to 'a lot
of.ltts in his statement to Attorney
Jennedy, and he did no: want to
go. on the stand and swear to those
lies."
"Why did Loch go to you to have
the message taken to. Denrtison?"
. Was Dennison's Friend
"He knew that I was a friend of
Dennison and he thought I was the
man who could square him."
Did you think you could square
him with Dennison?"
"I didn't have much success."
"Where did you see Dennison?"
"At his home when he was sick."
"What did you inspect out there?"
(Hoffman had referred to an inspec
tion trip to Lakeside with Lynch.)
Some flowers sent by Loch.
The Vrebuttal of Nesselhous was
substantially a corroboration of Hoff
man's testimony.
y. Fitt on Stand.
City Elevator Inspector Fitt was
called to show by the records that
Jay Dudley, court house elevator con
ductor, did not receive a license to
operate an elevator until March 22,
TOm Dennfson was recalled by
Harks attorneys in rebuttal.
Howell: Air. Dennison, do you
know 'Si' Hoskins?"
"I khow him by sight."
"Did he ever come to you for a
Recommendation to Sheriff Clark for
appointment as a deputy sheriff?"
I never had any talk with him on
the subject."
You supported Mr. Llark for sher
iff?"
"I did not."
"Whom did you support?" Attorney
Kennedy asked. ;.."
Nobody that time.
"Isn't that rather unusual for you?"
"Yes. rather unusual. I had a fight
of my own on."
Dennison's Own Troubles.
i "Were you and Johnny Lynch
working together dn a fight of your
own at thaMime?" Attorney Howell
inquired,
Yes. sir." Wet and dry tight."
"You got licked, didn't you?"
.'Yes, sir.
"Do. you know whether
Lynch
supported Uark for sheriff?
"I know he did not."
During the testimony of Sheriff
Clark, the question of Attorney Frank
Howell's chairmanship of the repub-
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by Attorney Kennedy.
"Object to that." Howell inter
posed. "That's a chapter of my life
I never want brought up again." He
opined that Clark must have been
elected, in spite of his efforts, as all
the rest of the republican ticket that
year was defeated in Douglas county.
Clark testified he was in Valley,
Neb., on the Saturday before, elec
tion, when "Si" Hoskins, called by
Lynch's attorneys, testified he talked
to Clark at Twenty-fourth and Ames
avenue about appointing him a
deputy sheriff.
Former State Engineer
Writes of French Life
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Feb. 20.-r(SpeciaI.) Lieu
tenant R. L. Cochran, former assistant
state engineer, who is now in France,
has written to State Engineer George
Johnson that he arrived .in England
just 100 days from the time he first
joined the officers' training camp in
the United States. 'He 'is now in
France and has been there a week. It
had rained nearly every day, but the
boys were feeling fine.
He said that he had not been able
to buy American tobacco in England,
but had no trouble buying it and other
things in France, provided he could
talk enough French to make the deal
er understand what he wanted.
They get the Paris edition of one
Chicago paper and two New York
papers the same evening they are pub
lished and so are able to keep pretty
well posted on things doing in the I
United States.
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States to Confer 'at K. C.
An important meeting" of the state
fuel administrators for Nebraska,
Iowa. Missouri. Kansas, Arkansas.
Oklahoma and Texas and the distrib-1
uting representatives for these states;
... . , , , t - . T" i j :
win oe neia in rxansasuny anursaay.
The entire coal situation, from the
standpoint of the fuel administrators
and the district distributors' will be
considered, having special "reference
to next season's supply. .
Summer storage plans, transporta
tion, distribution of cars ,and recon
signipents will be fully discussed.
The object of the meeting is to lay
plans now which will simplify the
procedure in getting aqd distributing
coal for next winter. - '
John L. Kennedy, fuel administra
tor for Nebraska, will attend the meet
ing. Morrissey to Make Speech.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Feb. 20. (Special.) A. M.
Morrissey, chief justice of the supreme
court, left today for Camp Pike, near
Little Rock, Ark., where he has been
invited to deliver the address to the
soldiers 6n the anniversary of the
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Superintendent W. H. Clemmons will
go to Atlantic City tomorrow to at
tend the session bf the superintend
ents' and principals' division of the
National Education association, which
meets there the last of the week.
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Bureau, Washington, D.
Teutons Protest
Eenewal of
War on Russia
(Continued From Pace One.)
in Belgium are being bombed by Brit
ish naval airmen. Berlin reports the
destruction of, seven allied airplanes.
Germany has not yet replied to the
Bolshevik offer to accept an enforced
peace. Its armies, having occupied
Dvinsk and Lutsk, continue the inva
sion of Great Russia and on a front
of more than 400 miles from the Gulf
of Riga to Lutsk.
Bolsheviki Need Peace.
Menaced by the power of German
militarism, the Bolshevik government,
unprepared for warfare and its armies
partly demobilized, agreed to accept
the terms refused but a few days ago
at Brest-Litovsk.
It is uncertain whether the back
down ,on the part of Russia will halt
the onward march of the Germans,
who may intend the capture of a great
portion of Russia, torn as it is by in
ternal strife.
Bolshevik power depends greatly
upon making peace, the cry for which
has . caused . the overthrow of three
other Russian governments within a
year.
In agreeing. to a German peace the
Bolsheviki 'protest against the inva- .
sion. Russian army units have been
ordered to propose to the invading
German troops that they refrain from
fighting. Should the Germans decline
the Russians are to offer resistance.
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