Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 21, 1920, Page 5, Image 5
? 1 A UMAHAjf THE BEE: John Neal Will Is Missing From , Court Record Receipt For Original and Copy of Document Also Stolen ' Troia Nali Effects, Executor Charges.; "The original John Neal will, in- vohring the disposition of a $1,000, 000 estate, has been stolen from county court and is in the possession of some one in Omaha." ' , This is the startling charge made by Franklin A. SHotwell, Omaha at torney and co-executor of the late John .Neal s estate. Mr. shotwell also announced yesterday that the receipt of county court for the priginal will and a copy of the will had been stolen from the personal eltects ot the; late wealthy iMoana tonacco mail; ''The wilj was sealed by my stc retary and Mr. Neal and I oerson. ally took it to county court on the clay it was drawn, March 24, 1919," declared vMr, Shotwell - yesterday , We turned jt over to Clyde C. ( Sundblad of the probate" court at aoout 4 p. m. that day. I Neal Took Receipt - , Mr. bundblad eave us a receipt and laid the will to one side. Mr. Neal took the receipt and a copy of the will, and folded them together. "The Monday after Neal's deth I went to county court with luil SteinwenderJ of the coutity attorney's , ''office and asked for the original will. It could not be found nor could any receipt for it be found. Wc went through the probate files carefully , but could find no trace of it. Receipt Book Missing "More peculiar still the 1 receipt N book for March was missing. Re ,; ceipt books for February and - for April were in their proper places, but the1 receipt" book fori. March which would have recorded the' filing of the Neal will could not be found. "An exhaustive search of Neal's effects failed to reveal either the re ceipt or the copy' which he had taken, j Both, I believe, were stolen by the same interested party who undoubt edly entered county court and re moved the original will. Running Down Clew. "Had Mr. Neal himself taken the will from county court the court would have n receipt. I believe it was stolen from the court on the liight it was filed. We have a clew which may lead to arrests, but un til it has been run down conclu sively we can take no aetion. 1 "The theft was one of the clever est pieces of work ever heard of. for whoever did the work left nothing .undone. He must ha"ve (knowni ex actly where Neal kept thfc copy and the Receipt. No Criticism of Court. "I don't want to cast any reflec . tion on the county court. It is run in an efficient manner and there would be no possible reason for sus pecting dishonesty on the part of those connected with it. "The fact remains, however, that the thing has developed into a stolen will case, and one of the most -remarkable cases ever on record' in . this country." , - 7 J No Record of Will. Countv Tudee Brvce Crawford ex plained there was no record of theJ will having been tiled there, ana that Mr. Sunblad had no personal - knowledge of its having, been. filed. , He declined to express an opinion on the matter at present. , v Mr. Shotwell said every effort to solve the enigma of the will's! dis appearance is being made. The two institutes in North Carolina made .beneficiaries by the will are vitally interested in the case and the .R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company, for which the late Mr. NeaL was dis trict manager here, is also doing everything in its power to solve the mysterious disappearance,11 Mr. Shot well says. ' , Search of .No Avail. Mr. Shotwell and Gray Sheek, friend and successor of Mr. Neal as district manager of thq Reynolds company here, made . a thorough search Saturday in hope of finding traces of a second will by Neal. They visited several banks in hope that nJ1 had maintained, a second safe ty deposit vault and lateu made an other search through Neal's personal effects. But without avail. , "I am positive Mr Neal was sat isfied wftlr'the will as it stood, be- ' cause I saw him sherotly before his dealth, and he assured me he was," said Mr. Shotwell. "My personal ; tjrrest in the matter is srdall com- , spared to that of the Reynolds com pany and the two institutes in North , Carolina. The will is . the biggest thing that ever happened , in that state and eTeryone is aroused b; , the 'matter there.'1, ; Bodies of Men Killed . v In Smash Brought Here The bodies of Paul Jensen and Ray W. McFillan, salesmen, work ing out of Omaha, who were killed Saturday night in an automobile ac cident between Lincoln and Beatrice, Neb., were brought to Omaha Sun day for burial here. Mr. Jensen, 30, was prominent in club circles here, hiving been an active member of the- Masonic and Elks Jadge of this city. , Both men were killed when an automobile in which they were rid ing struck a culvert and turned , turtle. . ' Funeral services for Mr Jensen will be held at 2 o'clock Wednes day afternoon at the fiome of Robert Nieman, 106 South Fiftieth avenue. Services will be in charge of the Masonic and Elks lodges. Burial H be in Forest Lawn cemetery. !LtvA Entoy 'Sent Back. . New York, Sept. 20. Commis missioner Frederick A. Wallis re ceived a telegram today at Ellis In land from the secretary of labor ordering deportation of 'Alfred Na gt 1, recalled emissary from the new - republic of Letvia. Nagel and his wife will be returned on the first , ship sailing for Riga, which will be October 7. v Store Is Looted The second-hand store of A. Herz- man, 2504 N street, was broken into by burglars Sunday night, according to police reports, and looted of cloth- inftand other articles valued at $135. J ,", I. ' : y . . - . 16-Year-01d' Bride Rides "Side-Door" Pullmans Kansas Girl's Roaming Romance Ends Here When Police Take Hand. Although love for ; her husband, Tony, 22, is just as strong as it was when they were wed in Marion, Kan., last May - 12, pretty little Martha Rendulich, ,16, is ready to . retire from the profession of a no mad. i Martha, dressed in blue shirt and blue overalls, her shoes and stock ings worn threadbare, was taken in charge 'by police Sunday while sit ting along the bank of the river near Gibson with her husband. They had just left a freight train and were bound for Omaha. . . Sitting -in the matron's ward of Central police station, where she was given a bed for ' the night, Martha today told' of their experi ence, i ' . - 'Met at Moyie. ' " "We niet at a picture show in Madison and were scKn married. Tony lived in Kansas City but wanted to come to Nebraska to work in the harvest fields. "We went first to Alliance buj be gan meeting difficulty at once in , making both ends meet and both of rs went to work in the sugar beet factory Scottsbluff." .the young couple traveled wu miles, and Martha soon had to don overalls and-shirt because" they could not afford girl's frills and fashions. "I'll stick to Tony." she said. "But if he loves me, he'll come down to Marion and we can live there." To Return Home. -The welfare board made arrange ments for Martha's return to her home in Marion, while Tony will re main in Omaha to work in the boutii Side packing plants until he can earn enough money topay back the loan for Martha's return to Kansas and his own railroad fare. "I love her more than I ever did," he said today. "She stuck to me through this, and I'm goiirg back to 4 Big Events of Ak-Sar-Ben Fete Draw Big Crowds Thousands Pouring Into Omaha for Parades, Coro nation Ball and ' ' Carnival. . ' Four great Ak-Sar-Ben events are magnets drawing thousands to Omaha this weektwo parades, the coronation pageant and ball, and the carnival. Already, the crowds are flowing toward Omaha, capital city of -King Ak-Sar-Ben. ,Many reservations at hotels," particularly those on the linen of march ot the parades, have been made'' for,-the . middle of- the Week. And fortunately. Omaha is even better equipped this year than ever before jith hotels, rooming houses and. rooms in private homes to care for the host of visitors. The 40 floats of the two parades are all ready to move with every liv ing actor on them costumed and trained to enact his or her role. And the coetumers, coaches and others who art training the king and queen and sctores of other actors in the coronation pageant are busy 18 hours a day at the Castle, otherwise known as the "Den." Brilliant Coronation. ,v Turning the "Den" into the Castle is a big job. For, when-it-is ready for the brilliant scene it looks exact ly like some real coronation room in a million-dollar palace. ; The corona6n this year will be more brilliaw even than in times past. And every available foot ,of space is being prepared to care for the crowds. Secretary Gardner an nounced today that children will not be admitted this year to the twonation and ball. The job of talcing' care of the knights and their ladies is sd great Jbat the youngsters must wait till they grow up to wit ness" a coronation. The electrical parade, depicting "Famous Love Stories," will, move from the "Den" for the parade at 8 Wednesday evening. And the day light parade celebrating the tercen tenary of the landing of our Pil grim Fathers will pass through the streets Thursday afternoon. The crowning of thevking and fuieen with the ball takes place Friday evening. Indians HereYesterday . Several new sliows.fof the "King's Highway" or catnival rrivefl here Sunday and were i added to the merrymaking equipment in the car nival grounds where great crowds are expected all -this week. One hndred and fifty Indians arrived from the reservation wjth all their simple housekeeping equip ment which will be set up at Fort Omaha. The Indians will have places in the daylight parade, Landlords and Tenant Fight, Two Are Arrested When Hugh and Laura Stewart, 1208 North Twenty-fourth street, went to see their tenant. F. A. Glover, 1108 North Twenty-third street, Sunday to inform him they wanted the house in which he is liv ing,' an argument started in which Glover, suffered sewre scalp-wounds which he. alleges Mrs. Stewart in flicted with a blunt weapon. The Stewarts were arrested for disturb ing the peace. Glover's wounds were treated by police surgeons. Thief Makes Good Forged CheckWith Stolen Bond Boston, Spt 20. A forged check for $400 plus a, stolen Liberty bond equaled six-.months in the house of cowe'etion. That was the sentence Judge Day imposed on Albert L. An drews, who was technically charged with violating his probation-. A month ago he was in court charged with forging 'and uttering a check fo $400. vHe got a suspended sentence Von condition that he make restitution. As partial restitution he presented J a Liberty bond that had been stolen. Martha Rendulich, 16-year-old bride, in her costume of the road. Marion to her. I'd go through hell for her afly time." Neither of the pair would write to their parents for assistance, s "We didn't want them to know anything about our trouble," they both said. "WeHhought we could wiggle through lone. . Martha is the daughter of P. J. Hagen, prosperous retired farmer of Marion. Lawyers Engage In Clash Over , Mayor's Pardon .' ;-. . ' Taxi Driver Released From Jail hy Smith; in Police Court Again For ' Drunkenness. . Attorney Jack' Baldwin and City Prosecutor T. B. Murray engaged in ajverbal clash in Central police court yesterday of the pardoning by Mayor Smith of Ernesy Ryan, taxi cab driver, 2205 Leavenworth street, who was rip for trial on charges of intoxication with J. - G. Ingoldsby, Nebraska City, and John .Collins, 1261 South Fifteenth street. , - Ryan was pardoned by thef mayor last week from serving a full sen tence of 30 days given him by Police Judge Foster for reckless driving while intoxicated. Pyan and his two companions were arrested the second time Sat urday at Fifteenth and Chicago streets, where police say they were sitting intoxicated in an automobile and insulting passing women pedes-tiians-. . ' " . , Charges False Representation. Murray, prosecuting the"ase, di rected his fire at Ryan. Collins was driving the car at the time of their arrest. v . ' 'Murray accused Ryan of securing his pardon from the mayor through false representations. Baldwin immediately took issue with him. : ''!"' t "You say he obtained his pardon through false representation. You infer that I made those false repre sentations, for I pleaded with the mayor to pardon Ryan. I resent your statements. ' "Ryan has driven for my mother many times and he has always been a good and careful driver. He got into a am just once and it wasn't right for him to have to serve a full 30-day sentence for the first of fense." w Passes .Out Cigars. All three men before . the judge denied th were drunk at the time of their itres Saturday and their case was continued until, Septem ber 25. v : , ' Meanwhile Jack Baldwin pursued the!'pastime of passing out cigars to court officers, newspaper men, po lice court habitues and others, in honor "of Jthe arrival at his home, 496 South Fortieth street, of a seven pound baby girl Sunday night. , Rail Commissioner to x x Address Flour Millers Flour millers of Nebraska will convene at a meeting of their s,tate association in the Omaha' Chamber of Commerce rooms Wednesday noon tc hear Thorne A. Browne, state railway, commissioner, discuss the carload minimum and further reduction. Secretary Topping, of the Southwestern Millers' league, representing six states, also will speak concerning a meeting of the league in Kansas City- September 24 to discuss present conditions and the new freight rates. i Man Held On OrAe Count Is Arrested On Second After securing his release on bond on -charges of intoxication and abus ing his wife Saturday night. W, W. Satterlee, 3910 South Twenty-fourth street, was rearrested Sunday for driving his automobile past a street car unloading passengers. He was fined $10 on the first charge and $2.50 on the -secondin South Side police ceurt yesterday. Two Big Conventions to Be Held Here 'ext Week Two conventions wll be held in Omaha next wegk, beginning Tues day, September 28. A" thousand men and women will attend the national conclave of the Mystic Workers at fthe Masonic temple. A special'train will be run from Chicago. The Ne braska osteopathic convention will have its headquarters in the Hotel Cafcti Council Votes Down Motion to ' - Fire Eberstqn Only Two Vote For Dismissal, While Mayor Takes Firm Stand in Support pf ' - Chief. Chief of Police Marshal, Eberstein will not be asked by the city council to resign. City Commissioner H. B. Zim niau's resolution, ' askitfg for the resignation of the cTHef, was called up yesterday before the city council committee of the whole and was sup ported only by Commissioners Zim man and Ure. Mayor Smith and Commissioners Ringer, Butler, Falconer and Tov l voted against the resolution. The mayor admitted that he had changed his mind - on the question. During the hearing of charges against Joh'n T. Dunn, former captain of detec tives, the mayor announced that if the council voted to dismiss Dui.n from the service he would support a tes'.ftlution for the dismissal of the chief of police. ' Two weeks ago the 1 mayor stated in an interview that the adoption of the then pVcnding resolu tion against the chief, would give Commissioner unman ' an oppor t'inity to say 'Tie gbt the chief's scalp." ' Smith's Stand Today. y Explaining . his. vote yesterday against the Zimman .resolution, the mayor said: "I believe that Chief Eberstein is honest and trustworthy and has done the best he can to build up an efficient force, but he lacks Itill.measure of executive ability to manage 300 men. I also will . say that the chief has not been-support-ed in or out. of the council and at this late date it is a question of whether we should support Commis sioner Ringer or Commissioner Zim man. Many citizens' have told me that it would be a detriment to Omaha. to remove Eberstein at1 this time. I know I did say that I would support a' resolution toxemovc the chief, but I, have changed my mind." Commiss'ioners Ringer, Zimman and Butler then engaged in a verbaU scrimmage. Then Commissioners Mix. "'Mr. Ringer has seen fit to make me an issue and he has made at tacks on -me," said Mr. Zimman. "1 will meet these attacks before the voters if I should be a candidate next spring. I offered my resolution in the interests of the police depart ment and because six of the com missioners h,ad expressed v opinions that the chief could not obtain re sults." ' "It would be the part of discretion and valor if Mr. Zimman would ab stain from the pleasure of making a stump speech for public, consump tion, replied Mr. Ringer. . Why didn t you support my reso lution offered shortly after the court house riot? I believe your resolu tion is prompted by outside influ ences," were the words .directed by Commissioner cutler to Commis sioner Zimman,, About Outside Influence ( ' Then there was controversy as to whether the seat of city government was in the city hall or at some other location. Mr. Zimman asserted that h(k Hif, not he;eve Elmer Thomas or Harry Lapidus was runningvthe city. Mr. Kinger stated that tne council acted wisely in voting against the Zimman resolution. "I nope that we may drop this matter at least un til the next city election and all pull together for the welfaref Omaha," said Mr. Ringer. t "Do you want us to keep still, no matter what the chief does?" asked Commissioner Ure. "Your chief has signally failed. He has introduced elements into the department, that will prevent success. Don't ask us to be childish." , . "I am only asking for a square deal," Mr. Ringer replied. Government Whisky Taken From Fort Supply Depot lufteen pints of government whisky and cocaine and morphine valued at $300 was stolen from, the medical department store room at Fort Crook Sunday night, according to a report made to Sonth Side police by the commandant at tne ion. ADVERTISEMENT. To "Youth-ify" Gray, Streaked Hair Ask anybody to guess how old you mre. and notice how their Urst appraising rlanee is directed at your hair. 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She sent a wireless dispatch, welcoming King Albert, in the name of Uruguay, to South American waters. The king made a gracious reply. Girl Kidnaped by Man and Woman Medora Rutledge, Screaming, Is Speeded Away hy Un known Pair in Auto. Medora Rutledge, 9, was kidnaped at noon yesterday while on her way home from Monmouth Park school by a man and a woman in a Ford, according to reports received y police. f ; Medora was seized by the woman at Thirty-third and Ames avenue, ana dragged, screaming,to the car, according to Nellie McCulloiiglrT her plavmate. - , ' ' S'he lived with Mrs. C. E.'Ahl quist, 3300 Grand avenue. Her father and mother have been di vorced, according to police, who say the little girl's mother is now Mrs. Charles Deacon of Council Bluffs. Her father is Sidney Rut ledge, a traveling salesman, and lived with Medora at Mrs. Ahl quist's home, police say. Medora's mother had often expressed a desire,-to have Medora live with her, Mrs. Ahlquist said, according to police. I Man Riding Horse Is Hurt When Struck hy Motor Car While rioting a horse at Twenty fifth and D'' streets Sunday about 8:15 p. m.. James Smith, truck driver at the stock yards, 4721 South Twenty-third street, was knocked from his mount by an automobile driven by Joe Sieqco, 4527 South Twenty seventh street. Smith fell head first to the pavement and suffered a wrenched neck and severe scalp in juries. He was taken home. The horse was so badly crippled it had to be shot. 10 Days For Abusing Wife. -, Arrested on complaint of his wife. wrom whom he has been separated tor some time, that he had been an noying and abusing her,, Ray Afaho ney, 4420 L street, was Sentenced to 10 days m jail yesterday by Judge Foster in South Side police court. Rail .Station Rohbed x Burglars secured 50 pennies and the life insurance policy of A. ' C. rMiller, station jigent, from the safe ,n the office at the Union racihe station at Twenty-seventh and N streets Sunday night.' The safe had been left unlocked. 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At the clinic, in connection with the convention, Dr. Edwards, who was the gueit and speaker, also ad justed many rare and complicated cases. .There are comparatively few chiropractors in Wyoming, . because as yet they have no chiropractic law in that state. The convention made plans for the coming winter, at which time they will ask the Wyom ing legislature to enact a just chiro practic law. , Police Puzzled by Mysterious Cigars Havana With Acid Smell Are Found on Porches of, Two Neighboring , Homes. - Omaha police are investigating circumstances surrounding the find ing of t'wd cigars with sticks through ope - end on front porches of two neighboring homes on Douglas street Sunday morning. I he cigars, which later were found to have an acid smell, and the sticks, forced through the small end of each, had the appearance of fuses, are being held for analysis bj the citv chemist. The cisars were - found on the front porches of the homes ttf F. B. Hughes, 4817 Douglas TstrecV and C. F. Bellman, 4815 Douglas. , Huehes' son found the one on their porch when he returned home from Sunday school.- He carried it into the house and gave it to his father,, who, aftcrN:onsultation with. his neighbor, Bellman, who also had found a similar cigar, called police. Detectives Munch andScott have been assigned to the case. vThey scout any theor of anarchistic or black hand motives, butbelieve the cigars were picked up by some boys, who. played with them a "while,: stuck sticks through the end and then tossed them on the porches.. . An attachment for farm tractors invented by a Louisiana man is in tended to stop them the instant they strike an tobstriction which would cause them to overturn. 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