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NINES REPORTS EXCELLENT
PROSPECTS FOR BUSINESS.
Washington, May 28. Highly fa
vorable conditions and an outlook
for excellent business were reported
today by Director General Hines of
the railroad administration after an
extensive trip through the west. He
expressed a belief that tli nmn.
struction process now under way
would create a big industrial revival,
because of the arrested demand for
many products not produced during
the war and the large buying power
of the public due to high wages and
high prices for record farm crops.
PRESIDENT TO SAIL FOR
HOME EARLY IN JUNE.
Paris, May 28. President Wilson
expects to sail for America by or
before June 10, and possibly as
early as June 5, according to present
plans. The date of his departure is
regarded as dependent upon the
signing of the peace treaty by the
Germans, and it is confidently be
lieved they will sign some time be
tween June 1 and June 10.
The president's departure is not
to be delayed by the Austrian com
plications regarding reparations and
the Italian-Jugo-Slav boundary, it
was declared today.
HIGHWAYMENNROB
MESSENGER OF $25,000.
New York, May 28. Two high
waymen slugged a Wall street mes
senger in the heart of the financial
district yesterday afternoon and
robbed him of $25,000 worth of Lib
erty bonds -which he was carrying
in a satchel on his way to the Fed
eral Keserve bank. Dennis Forrest,
the 18-year-old messenger of the
brokerage firm of Hartshorne &
Battle, could give no description to
the police of the men who attacked
liim when he had. regained con
sciousness. TROOPS AND POLICE
GUARD CAMPUS AT YALE.
New Haven, Conn., May 8. Two
companies of the Connecticut State
Guard, 200 policemen and two-score
of military police were patrolling
the streets in the downtown and
Yale sections of the city tonight as
a precautionary measure against a
renewal of last night's rioting among
mobs of city men and boys and Yale
students. Four more companies of
state guardsmen were housed in the
local armory with motor trucks near
at hand for emergency calls.
Police were placed on guard at
two newspaper offices, following re
ports of threats against the papers
for the manner in which they de
scribed the rioting.
FORTUNE LOST 10 YEARS
AGO FOUND IN OLD SAFE.
San Francisco, Cal., May 28. Ten
years ago E. O. McCormick, vice
president of the Southern Pacific
company, lost between $25,000 anad
$30,000 in bonds, due to the failure of
his office safe to follow him in his
many changes in office rooms for
merly in the Flood building here.
Today Francis J. Mannix, attorney,
who had inherited the safe when he
moved into the building, came upon
a strong box that no key would fit.
A locksmith was called and the
strong box revealed the missing
bonds.
CENTENARIAN TAKES
RIDE IN AIRPLANE.
Wabash, Ind., May 28. Jack Hig
gins, a native of this city and who
was a sailor for 35 years, believes
he is the oldest man yet to have
ridden in an airplane, and he says
the ride he took today is enough for
him. He will celebrate his 101st
birthday on July 15 next.
NATIONAL DRY GOODS
MEN DENOUNCE REDS.
St. Louis, May 28. Bolshevism
and I. W. W.'ism were denounced
and congress was called upon to
take "prompt and vigorous action
to rid the country of alien and dis
turbing elements," today in a res
olution adopted by the National
Dry Goods association.
Other resolutions requesting con
gress to complete immediately Mis
sissippi and Missouri river projects
approved in 1910 to establish joint
rail and river transportation and
urging the United States shipping
board to furnish more ships to han
dle traffic at the port at New Or
leans, also were adopted.
FIRST "BRICK" SHIP
TO BE CHRISTENED TODAY.
Oakland. Cal., May 28. What is
known as the first "brick" ship in the
world, and the largest of concrete
type ever constructed is to be
launched here tomorrow under direc
tion of the LTnited States shipping
board. It differs from previously
constructed concrete ships in that a
mixture of terra cotta, or brick, pul
verized, is'mixed in the concrete to
lessen its weight.
An oil tanker, the vessel to be
christened the Palo Alto, is 7,500
tons deadweight, 435 feet long, and
has many compartments for fuel
carrying 6,400 tons total capacity.
The side launching system will be
used.
ALTITUDE RECORD
BROKEN BY FRENCHMAN.
Paris, May 28. Adjutant Casale
a French aviator, today, in a flight
for altitude, ascended 31,000 feet.
This constitutes a world's record.
The former altitude record was
made by Captain Lang of the Brit
ish army in January of the present
year, when he flew to a height of
30,500 feet. Lang carried one pas
senger. EX-KING OF BAVARIA
MAY BE GOING INSANE.
Geneva, May 28. The aged Lud
wig. former king of Bavaria, is
showing signs of insanity, which is
lereditary in the former royal fam
ly. An expert in mental diseases
irrived Tuesday at Zizers, near
Coire, from Munich. The aged mon
arch has been residing in Switzer
land since the'middle of last month.
Ludwig, during violent fits, de
clares that ' Bavaria won the war,
and says he wants to return to
Munich in triumph at the head of
his , victorious army, j
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GERMANY
WILLING
TO REDUCE
LEGIONS
Refuses to Accept Punishment
Fixed by Peace Treaty;
Will Hand Reply to
Allies Today.
(By the Associated Press.)
With the hour at hand when Ger
many must make known to the at
lied and associated powers Ger
many s intentions with regard to
the peace terms, the only impasse
in the way of letting the Austrians
know what their penalty is to be
tor having been associated with
Germany in the war, has been
breached.
Thursday at Versailles will wit
ness the ceremony of the German
peace delegation handing in their
reply to the allied terms. The re
ply will consist of a volume of
counter-proposals and acceptances
aggregating 108 pages of printed
matter.
Friday at St. Germain the Aus
trians, who have been clamoring for
an early presentation of their peace
treaty, will be called before the
peace congress and handed the doc
I'liieut.
It is reported the Germans in an
endeavor to offset the entente
claims for reparation will put in a
counter claim for nearly 13,000,000
marks for alleged damages suffered
because of the blockade laid by the
allies against Germany.
Proposals Published.
London, May 28. The German
counter-proposals to the allied peace
terms were published in Berlin to
day, an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen says.
The reply asserts the willingness
of Germany to reduce its armament
to a greater extent than demanded
by the allies.
Germany, the reply says, refuses
to accept the punishment terms
fixed by the peace treaty and it is
declared that the allies cannot both
accuse and sentence Germans guilty
ot responsibility tor punishable acts.
To Disarm Battleships.
Germany offers to disarm all of
its battleships, on condition that
part of its mercantile fleet to be re
stored to it.
It proposes that there be no ter
ritorial changes without consulta
tion of the populations affected.
The cession of Upper Silesia and
the claims to East Prussia, West
Prussia and Memel are emphatically
rejected.
It is stipulated that Danzig shall
become a free port and the river
Vistula neutralized.
Occupied territory is to be evacu
ated within six months.
If the league of nations is estab
lished with Germany as a member,
Germany shall continue to admin
ister its colonies in accordance with
the principles of the league as its
mandatory.
Germany offers to pay 20,000,000,
000 marks in gold by the year 1926
as indemnity, and to make annual
payments from 1927 onward to a
total not in excess of 100,000,000,000
marks in gold.
Based on 14 Points.
Berlin, May 28. (By Associated
Press.) The German counter-proposals
to the terms of the treaty of
peace will in the opening section
argue for the existence of Ger
many's contractual right to a peace
based on President Wilson's 14
points, because the entente nations
agreed to a peace on that basis, and
neither Mr. Wilson nor the repre
sentatives of any other allied gov
ernment have since demanded that
peace be established on any other
basis. i
The second section will deal with
the contradiction between the draft
of the treaty and previous assur
ances from entente statesmen and
the general ideals of international
right.
The counter proposals will declare
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Allied Armies Set
to Enter Rhineland
if Huns Fail to Sign
London, May 28. (British Wire
less Service). The allied blockade
couifcil at Paris has completed all
arrangements for putting the block
ade ot Germany again into force in
case ffie German delegates refuse to
sign the peace treaty, while com
plete plans have been worked out
for the fullest co-operation between
the military and economic forces
which will be employed in case of
necessity.
Immediately following a failure of
the Germans to sign the treaty, Ger
many will be given seventy-two
hours' notice of the termination of
the armistice. On the expiration of
this period the British, French and
Americans will advance into German-.
Simultaneously the blockade
will be enforced as tightly as possible.
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Omaha P. 0. uaa'ar act at Mirth 3. 1879.
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U. S. AVIATORS
POSTPONE LAST
LAP OF RIGHT
Lieutenant Commander Cables
That Start From Lisbon
Will Not Be Made Today.
Washington, May 28. The Ameri
can naval seaplane NC-4 will not
start tomorrow on the final lap of
the flight from Rockaway Beach.
Long Island, to Plymouth, England.
the Navy department was informed
late tonight in a dispatch from Lis
bon, Portugal, where Lieutenant
Commander A. C. Read and his
crew of the NC-4 are awaiting fav
orable conditions for resumption of
the overseas flight.
The dispatch, which was filed at
9:10 p. m., Lisbon time, and was
received by cable, did not explain
the reason which impelled Com
mander Read to postpone the last
leg of the flight.
Previous dispatches from Com
mander Read and Rear Admiral
Plunkett, at Lisbon, received shortly
after 3 p. m. today had brought the
announcement that the American
seaplane would resume its flight to
morrow morning. In the absence of
more definite information, naval of
ficers were inclined to believe that
unfavorable weather conditions had
developed over the 775-mile route to
Plymouth, the real end of the trans
continental flight.
American Crew Decorated.
London. May 28. The crew of the
American seaplane NC-4 which made
the first transatlantic aerial pas
sage, landing at Lisbon last evening
from the Azores, has been decorated
with the Grand Cross of the Order
of the Tower and Sword, says a
message to the Wireless Press from
Lisbon. The decoration was pre
sented by the Portuguese foreign
minister.
Hawker and Grieve Honored.
London, May 28 Harry G. Hawk
er and Lieutenant Commander Mac
kenzie Grieve, who reached here yes
terday from Thurso, Scotland, after
being rescued in mid-ocean when
their airplane in which they were
attempting to cross the Atlantic
alighted near the Danish steamer
Mary, were received by King George
at Buckingham palace today.
King George bestowed on Hawker
and Grieve the insignia of the Air
Force Cross. They are the first ac
tual recipients of this order.
lhe cross is a new honor which is
bestowed for "devotion to duty."
DENIES LEAGUE
WILL ENDANGER
THE WHITE RAGE
Senator Robinson Defends
Covenant; Says It Will Be
"Our Agent, Not
Our Master."
Washington, May 28. Support
ing the league of nations as a prac
tical step toward the prevention of
war, Senator Robinson, democrat,
of Arkansas, replied in the senate
today to many of the objections
that have been brought forward by
senators against the proposal.
Far from creating a super-gov
ernment, the speaker declared, the
league would be "our agent, not our
master." It would not be incon
sistent with American traditions, he
asserted, and could not involve the
United States against its will in for
eign quarrels.
He denied the validity of consti
tutional points raised by Senators
Sherman, Illinois; Knox, Pennsyl
vania, and others on the republican
side, and replied at length to the
contention of Senator Reed, demo
crat, of Missouri, that the league
would endanger the destinies of the
white race.
There were few interruptions dur
ing the two-hour speech, and the
exchanges which did occur lacked
much of the bitterness which here
tofore has characterized the debate.
At adjournment, the resolution
which brought the subject before
the senate a proposal by Senator
Johnson, republican, of California,
to ask the State department for the
complete treaty text remained the
unfinished business, and will come
up again tomorrow.
Charge Patients at
Army Hospital Put
in Strait - Jackets
Denver, May 28. Formal charg
es, backed by affidavits, ranging
from complaints regarding improp
er food and insanitary living condi
tions to charges that patients at the
order of physicians have been put
in strait-jackets . at the United
States army general hospital No.
21, at Aurora, Col., have been for
warded to Washington.
. the affidavits are directed to Sen
ator Chamberlain, former chairman
of the senate committee on military
affairs.
Officers at the hospital today de
clined to comment on the charges.
The affidavits allege that as a dis
ciplinary measure patients were
placed in strait-jackets. It is al
leged some of those so treated were
suffering from tuberculosis
OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1919.
ALIENISTS
DISAGREE
ON ISSUE
OF SANITY
Testimony Completed at iria!
of Mrs. Van Ausdell; Love
Notes Introduced in
Evidence.
Testimony in the case on trial in
district court before Judge Redick
and a jury, wherein Mrs. Blanche
Van Ausdell is charged with shoot
ing Mrs. Viva Ijams, was completed
yesterday afternoon. Today the at
torneys will begin their arguments
and it is probable that the case will
be submitted to the jury this fore
noon. "Was Mrs. Blanche Van Ausdell
insane when ,on the night of Feb
ruary 16, 1919, she shot Mrs. Viva
Ijams at Twenty-second and Leav
enworth streets because she be
lieved Mrs. Ijams had been 'prac
tically living with Mr. Van Aus
dell'?" Dr. G. W. Dishong, specialist in
nervous and mental diseases, says
she was.
Dr. G. A. Young, specialist in
nervous and mental diseases, says
she was not.
Specialists Fail to Agree.
The two specialists were on the
stand as expert witnesses all yes
terday afternoon at the trial of Mrs.
Van Ausdell before Judge Redick
and a jury, on the charge of shoot
ing with intent to kill Mrs. Viva
Ijams, whom she believed had stolen
the affections of Mr. Van Ausdell.
A hypothetical question was asked
each of the specialists, this ques
tion containing the material facts
brought out in the case. The read
ing of the question took 10 minutes.
An objection by County Attorney
Shotwell that the question contained
many statements not in evidence
was sustained by Judge Redick. The
question was put again by the at
torney for the defense and finally,
after nearly an hour, Dr. Dishong
was allowed to give his answer.
He based his answer largely on
an examination of Mrs. Van Ausdell
which he made a month ago rnd
his observations on that occasion
were ruled out. When finally pinned
down to the hypothetical question,
he saic he believed she was suffer
ing from hysterical insanity at the
time she pulled the trigger.
Not Insane, Says Young.
Dr. Young testified, in answer to
the hypothetical question that Mrs.
Van Ausdell, in his opinion knew
what she was doing when she fired
the shot. The fact that she told the
police, following the shooting, that
she had "shot the woman and wished
' e had shot her husband, too," lie
said, proved that she was not suff r
ing from any hysterical insanity
when she committed the act.
"If she had been suffering from
hysterical automobism," he said,
"she would have had no memory af
terward that she had committed the
act."
Lon van Ausdell, lineman for the
Nebraska Power company, did not
appear at the trial. He was not
called By either side.
Mrs. Van Ausdell testified yester
day morning that she did not re
member anything about the shoot
ing of Mrs. Ijams. She said she
didn t even remember telling Desk
Sergeant Rose and Police Captain
Heitfield, a9 they testified, that she
"shot Mrs. Ijams once and then lhe
gun jammed" and that she was
"sorry she didn't get her husband,
too."
"At the morning session of court,
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Fear of Hun Attack
On Poland Worries
Premier Paderewski
Paris, May 28. Fears of a Ger
man attack upon Poland were ex
pressed today by Ignace Jan Pad
erewski, the Polish premier, who
arrived in Paris from Warsaw last
night. He said the Germans were
active in a preparatory way and
might strike in several places.
The reports of programs in Po
land were denied by the premier. He
said such reports were purely Car
man propaganda.
With regard to the Ukrainian situ
ation the premier asserted that the
recent fighting was brought on by
the Ukrainians who signed the
armistice May 11 and then attacked
the Poles at two places, May 12.
Greek Troops Said to Be
. Advancing on Magnesia
Paris, May 28. Informatibn has
been received in French circles that
Greek troops are advancing from
Smyrna toward Magnesia and
Aidin, the Turks retiring before
them.
The statement is made by the
Greeks that their purpose is to re
store order and to take a census.
Two Police Detectives Accused of
Accepting Bribe of $1 10 In Au tomobile
Ring Theft Case Deny They Are Guilty
William McKenna and L. C. Jones, Confessed Auto Thieves, Whose Testimony Was
Used to Convict Katleman and Neal, Make Statements Involving Detectives
Murphy and Pszanowski McKenna Declares He Accompanied Officers to
Hastings at Request of Chief Eberste in to Point Out Alleged "Fence," But
Charges Detectives Instead of Arresting Men Accepted Bribe He Told Police
Chief About it, He Says.
Two Omaha detectives, James
Murphy and John Pszanowski, are
now accused of accepting bribes in
connection with the McKenna-Jones
automobile thefts', according to jhe
statement Tuesday of William Mc
Kenna, confessed automobile thief
who, with Lowell C. Jones, have just
been sentenced to the penitentiary
for terms of from one to seven vears
I each by District Judge Redick.
r r T T a -a
iucjs.enna ana Jones pleaded guilty
to grand larceny Monday and imme
diately upon receiving their sentence
were locked up in the county jail.
When placed in their cells both men
asked permission to talk to a Bee
reporter. McKenna made the state
ment involving Detectives Murphy
and Pazanowski, charging Murphy
as being the principal in the alleged
bribery case. Pazanowski, he says,
was present all the while, but that
Murphy was the man who took the
money.
Reported to Chief.
Jones substantiated his compan
ion's accusations.
The two city detectives, they
charge, allowed an alleged automo
bile thief and ' fence" his liberty for
$1 10. McKenna further declared he
reported the matter to Chief of Po
lice Eberstein.
Both McKenna and Jones, star
witnesses in the recent trial of
"Red" Neal and Maurice Katleman,
the latter an Omaha business man,
insist they were promised immun
ity by Chief Eberstein if they would
testify against Neal and Katleman,
recently convicted of aiding and
abetting automobile thefts. The
men, who have been kept at the city
jail since last January, declared
they were led to believe they were
to obtain their liberty in considera
tion for testifying at the Neal and
Katleman trials.
"Eberstein came to the jail," said
Jones, "and told me that he would
NEBRASKA BOYS
TO ARRIVE IN
OMAHA FRIDAY
Committees Complete Details
for Parade, Reception and
Entertainment of Sol
diers During Stay.
Three special trains carrying 1,400
offices and men of the 341st ma
chine gun battalion and 355th in
fantry, 89th division, "Nebraska's
Own," will arrive Friday morning at
8 o'clock from Camp Upton, N. Y.,
and Camp Merritt, N. J., for their
half day's visit as guests of Omaha.
Several Omahans last night re
ceived telegrams from members of
the 341st machine gun battalion
that unit had arrived in Chicago last
evening and would be in Omaha this
morning.
Railway officials explained that the
unit did arrive in Chicago last night
but that it would be held there until
noon today in order that it might
be welcomed in Omaha with the oth
er troops of the 89th division on Fri
day morning.
The senders of the telegrams were
doubtless expecting that there would
be no delay in Chicago, the officials
explained.
Delegation Meets Train.
Governor McKelvie and the Ne
braska delegation to New York
City where the troops were first
greeted when they stepped on shore
from the transport Leviathan, will
join the troop train at Chicago. The
committee will ride into Omaha with
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States Formed From
Old Austrian Empire
to Help Pay Indemnity
Paris. May 28. The states form
ed from the old Austrian empire
have virtually agreed to pay part of
the Austrian indemnity, not as ene
mies of the entente, but in recogni
tion of their liberation, and also to
redeem proportionately their shares
of the 40,000,000,000 kroner Austrian
paper currency still in circulation in
these states. .
Austria's indemnity payment will
be about 2.500,000,000 kroner. An
other 2,500,000.000 will be propor
tioned among Hungary, Czecho-Slo-vakia,
Jugo-Slavia, Roumania, Po
land and Italy.
A peculiar feature is that Italy is
sharing the cost of Austria's war
against Italy. This results from the
acquisition by Italy of the Trentino,
Triest and other sections which
share in the total amount assessed
against Austria,
By Mall (I yaar), Dally. $4.50:
Dally aad Sua.. W.50: sutilda Nab.
be unable to carry out his arrange
ment with us."
Ready to Tell All.
"We did what we agreed to do,"
said McKenna, "and would have sat
tight If we had not been thrown
down, but now we are ready to tell
the whole dirty deal."
McKenna declared he accom
panied Detectives Pszanowski and
Murphy to Hastings, to point out to
the officers some automobiles he had
stolen and disposed of in that sec
tion of the state.
"Before leaving Omaha with the
officers," he continued, "I told them
of one Roy Kennedy, to whom I
had sold a stolen car. Chief Eber
stein and Captain Briggs said they
wanted Kennedy and I was to point
him out to the iletetives, who were
instructed to arrest the man for re
ceiving stolen property and aiding
and abetting automobile thefts.
"We went to Hastings and locat
ed Kennedy, who was called aside
and asked how much money he
could raise. They told Kennedy
they had it on him, but if he could
raise enough money he would be al
lowed to get away. '
Saw Money Passed, He Says.
"I saw Kennedy reach in his
pocket and draw out $110. He hand
ed the money to Detective Murphy,
and said that was all he had. The
man was told to get away and keep
out of sight.
"The chief of police at Hastings
previously had been communicated
with regarding a man in Hastings
wanted by the Omaha police, and
Murphy and Pszanowski declared
they would have to smooth the mat
ter over with the chief at Hastings,
whom they feared would grow sus
picious. We then went to the sta
tion in Hastings and the detectives
told the chief they were looking
for a man Wanted for receiving
stolen automobiles. A description
(Continued on rage Two, Column Four.)
TROOPS OF DIAZ
KILL MEMBERS
OF TRAIN GUARD
Rebels Threaten to Stop
Traffic Between Mexico
City and Vera Cruz;
Blockhouses Destroyed.
Washington, May 28. Revolu
tionary outbreaks bulked large in ad
vices today from Mexico City. Gen.
Ernesto Damy, a major, four other
officers and 40 men composing a
train guard on the Isthmus of Te
huantepec railroad were killed re
cently in an attack by rebels under
Felix Diaz's command.
The train was dynamited by the
rebels. In written notices scat
tered broadcast, the rebels say they
intend to stop all traffic on the isth
mus line and the line from Mexico
City to Vera Cruz, but that they do
not wish to kill or injure .innocent
men.
Blockhouses built along these
lines to protect transportation are
destroyed by the rebels as fast as
they are built, according to these
reports.
The troubles in the south, coupled
with the fact that Villa's activities
in the north have necessitated send
ing troops to campaign against him,
have reacted in the capital serious
ly, it is reported. Military guards in
Mexico City have been doubled and
machine guns have been placed on
the roofs of the national palace and
the cathedral.
Cosgrove Suspected
Being One Who Beat
linger, E-Detective
Jimmie Cosgrove, 2873 Binney
street, was arrested last night and
held for investigation. According
to Detectives Murphy and Haze, who
arrested him, he is suspected of
being one of the three men who
"beat up" John Unger, former city
detective, the afternoon of Tuesday,
May 20, near Benson.
Unger was driving along the Key
stone park road when his machine
collided, with an automobile driven
by three men on their way to
Omaha. An argument followed in
which Unger was severely beaten by
the three in the other car. Passers-
by were held off from helping Unger
by one of the three, who drew a re
volver. Unger says he thinks he
could identify any of his assailants.
Cosgrove is also wanted on a
capias issued by the county at
torney's office for his failure to ap
pear on his bond in district court
last week in answer to a grand lar
ceny charge. He denies that he had
anything to do with the Unger case.;
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autaaa aitra. V7 .1 D.
POLICE CHIEF
DOES NOT DENY
GRAFT CHARGES
Eberstein Reserves Statement
Regarding Accusation That
Detectives Released Man
After Taking Money.
Chief of Police Eberstein yester
day afternoon did not deny that he
had been informed by W:illiam Mc
Kenna, confessed automobile thief,
that Roy Kennedy paid $110 to De
tectives James Murphy at Hastings
in the presence of Detective John
Pszanowski and Lowell C. Jones,
the latter McKenna's partner in
crime.
The chief was on his way to the
depot to take a train for Climax,
Mich., where he will visit for a few
days.
He was given the details of the
story as related in The Bee.
Questioned Regarding Charges.
"Have you heard anything of
these charges made by McKenna and
Jones in conection with the alleged
payment of money by Kennedy to
Murphy?" was asked of the chief.
"I have nothing to say at all at
this time on this matter. It would
be improper," the chief replied.
"Will you make any statement as
to McKenna's assertion that he re
ported the matter to you? Did Mc
Kenna tell you about it?" were the
next questions put to the chief.
I will not make a statement at
this time on this subject," was the
chief s response.
Chief Eberstein would not deny
that he heard of the affair, nor would
he deny that McKenna informed
him.
"You are at liberty to interview
Murphy and Pszanowski on this.
What do you say about it?" were
the -next words of the chief.
"McKenna and Jones insist that
you went to see them in jail and
promised them their liberty if they
would testify against Katleman and
Neal. What do you say about that,
chief?" he was asked.
Made No Promises.
"No promise whatever was made
to those boys," was the chief's
reply.
Detectives Murphy and Pszanow
ski called at the chief's office late
yesterday afternoon as soon as they
had read The Bee.
"All I care to say," said Murphy,
"is that the charges are absolutely
false. I did not receive the money."
"I will not say anything more
about this case except that there is
nothing to the story about the
money being paid," said Pszanowski.
British Volunteer
Units Replace U. S.
c i f r
ooiaiers in missia
Archangel, May 28. The Amer
ican cruiser Des Moines arrived
here Monday simultaneously with
transports bringing new British vol
unteer army units to relieve the
American and other troops who have
been fighting since last August.
Rear Admiral McCully, com
mander of the American naval forces
in Russian waters, is on board the
Des Moines. The gunboat Yank
ton is expected to arrive here within
a few days.
The ships on which the new forces
arrived will transport the first unit
of American infantry, which, it is
expected, will be homeward-bound
in one week.
The last American infantry on the
Vologda railway front has just been
relieved, after nearly eight months
service. The Americans received a
rousing farewell from the British
and Russian command at Obozers
kaya. Denver Bank Closed
for Investigation
by State Examiner
Denver. Mav 28. The Citv Bank
& Trust company, at Seventeenth
and Arapahoe streets, was taken
over today by Grant McFerson, state
banking commissioner, who ordered
the institution closed pending inves
tigation. The bank s deposits, according to
its last statement at the close of
business May 12. 1919. were $1,076.-
408.46. W. J. Galligan. former state
treasurer of Colorado, and former
tuel administrator for Colorado, is
president. (
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SLAYER OF
SHERIFF
LYNCHED
AT LAMAR
Confessed Murderer of Mis
souri Man and Son Taken
From Guards After Re
ceiving Life Sentence.
Laniard Mo., May 28. Jay Lynch,
confessed slayer of Sheriff John Har
low of Barton county and the sher
iff's son, was hanged today by a
mob which took him from the hands
of officers in the courthouse and
lynched him in the yard of the
building. Lynch had pleaded guilty
to the charge and had been given a
sentence of life imprisonment by
Judge B. G. Thurman. The murcTer
of which he was convicted took
place March 8.
Lynch had been brought here from
Butler, Mo., where he has been in
confinement since being arrested at
La Junta, Colo., several weeks ago.
After sentence was passed Judge
Thurman, fearing violence, had the
prisoner taken into his private office.
About 50Opersons were in the court
room. Lynch was guarded by seven
officers.
Shortly after 3 o'clock, 24 men
came into the private office of the
judge, overpowered the guards and,
putting a rope around Lynch's neck,
dragged him into the yard of the
court house and hanged him.
The courtyard was filled at the
time of the hanging by persons who
had come out of the court room.
Taken From Relatives.
Lynch's wife, baby, mother and
sister were in the judge's office when
he was taken out by the mob. His
handcuffs had been removed so that
he might hold his baby and he had
just given the child back to its
mother when the men entered.
Lynch is one of few white men to
be lynched in Missouri. Capital pun
ishment is not possible under a law
enacted by the legislature in 1917.
Lynch was first confined at Lamar
on the request of St. Louis authori
ses, where he was charged with box
car robbery. March 3, Sheriff Har
low, in response to a request of
Lynch to use the long distance tele
phone, opened his cell. Lynch drew
a revolver and shot the sheriff, kill
ing him instantly. The son of the
sheriff came to his father's rescue
and was also shot by Lynch. The
son died two days later.
Wife and Mother Held.
While Lynch made no confession
as to where he had obtained the
weapon which he used to kill Sher
iff Harlow and his son, his mother
and wife were supposed to have
smuggled it to him. They were held
immediately after his escape on the
charge of being accessories to the
crime. The two women were released
on bond and their case is still pend
ing. That Lynch came to his death at
the "hands of parties unknown" was
the verdict returned by the coron
er's jury.
No warrants had been issued this
evening, the authorities said. None
of those who participated in the
hanging was recognized, according
to the coroner.
Lynch's wife and mother were re
moved from Lamar bv the author
ities immediately after the lynching.
Statement of Governor.
Jefferson City, Mo., May 28.
Governor Frederick D. Gardner re
ceived his first information of the
hanging of Jay Lynch at Lamar
from the Associated Press late to
day and said he was extremely as-
tonisnea at such proceedings in
Missouri.
"This is the first I have heard of
it," declared the governor. "I will
communicate with officials of Bar
ton county immediatelv to see that
the dignity of the law is upheld and
that the perpetrators of the crime
are brought to justice. That is all
1 can say at present.
Democrats Defeated
in Effort to Split
Republican Ranks
Washington. Mav 28. Reneated
efforts of the democrats to force
separate votes on senate commit
tee chairmanships failed today in
the senate by solid party alignment
and the republicans finally put
through their slate of committee as
signments, including Senators Pen
rose, Pennsylvania, and Warren.
Wyoming, as heads of the finance
and appropriations committees, re
spectively.
The vote on the republican com
mittee assignments was 49 to 42.
and was reached after three hours
of sharp contest between republi
cans and democrats, the latter fail
ing to secure separate votes on
chairmen. After the republican
commitee slates were approved, the
democratic minority assignments
also were adopted.