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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 12. 1920.
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Insurance Men'
May Demand New
Mail Plot Probe
lepresciitalives of Insurance
Companies Dissatisfied With
Conf Asious Made hy Keith
Collins and Accomplices.
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I'rcrl K. roffi'iiSrgor. 19, and Or
ville J'liillips. 17. confessed leaders
in thp $.1,500,000 mail, robbery in
Council Bluffs, November 1,?, started
tlicir terms of 18 and 13 years, re-
v spcctivcly, in the" federal penitent
tiary at Leavenworth, Kan., yestir-
day.
Young riiillips was taken direct
from Des Moines to. the prison les
terday. Poffenbarger was in Couiicil
Bluffs Friday night and left in the
custody of Deputy United States
Marshal Fred' .Shoemaker, at 9:34
yesterday morning, for his new home.
I'offcnbarger was brought to the
Bluffs FridayNiigftt.'ih .an effort to
.further substantiate the confession of
. Keith Collins, now serving a 15
ycar sentence in Leavenworth for
driving the Irfot car in the robbery,
that the millions if dollars worth
of bonds taken in the crime were
burned.
Twelve-Page Confession.
Collins signed a 12-page "confes
sion in Des Moines, wiere the thtee
boys pleaded guilty to federal graiid
jury indictments. '.
l'offcnbarger's visit t6 tle Bluffs
was caused by deep expressions ofJ
doubt on the part of insurance men
that the bonds had been destroyed.
Insurance men, one of them rcp
"lesenliug a London, England, firm,
vhicli held $1,250,000 insuranceVon a
single consignment of foreign bonds,
declared if the securities were
burned the robbers should be able to
point out portions of iron and metaUJ
lie bands with which they were
wrapped and locked in the pounches.
Reveals No Information.
Poflcnbarger failed utterly to re
veal any knowledge of these metallic
bauds, according to Postoftice In
spector Clanfle Glenn of Council
Bluffs, and was taken at once to the
prison. ' ,
The youth did not see his . rela
tives while in Council Bluffs, the in
spector said. "
Merle Phillips, ;the fourth member
of the robber band, is still held in
Des Moines pending arraignment on
federal grand jury indictment. He
plca'ded not guilty before the United
itates commissioner." r
'Collins' confession also declared
more than $500,000 worth, of' bonds
were dropped by him in a suitcase
weighted with rocks into the Mis
souri river from the Douglas street
"bridge.
v Dragging of the rive by officers
since Collins' arrest has continued,
but without success.'
May Demand New Probe.
Tho London insurance man de
clared officials of his company, as
well as officials of other insurance
companies suffering from the rob
bery, are not satisfied with Jh. con
fessions of the youthful robbers and
may yet" demand a renewed investi
gation, it is said. -
Five American companies beside
the London firm are involved in the
loss, according to records in Des
Moines, and their combined lqsses
from the robbery, will totaL-fVore
than $3,000,000.
Mr. and Mrs-. T. A. Daly, Hugh
Reed, Fred A. Poffenbarger and
Clyde Poffenbarger are still in the
Pottawattamie ' county jail waiting
, trial on charges of Jbncealing money
they knew was stolen from the
United States mails. ;.
Worthless Checks Are
Passed in Plattsmouth
Plattsmouth, Neb., Dec. 11. (Spe
(Special.) A bad check'- artist
worked several of the local business
men, including City Clerk B. A. Mc-
-Elwain, for small sums aggregat
ing $50 and made his getaway witli
put being apprehended. In every
instance a small purchase was .made
and the remainder received in cash.
Mr. McEIwain was among the hcav-
Sest losers, "his check being drawn
for $20.
Whisky ani)utlaw, Judge
Says; Prisoner Dismissed
' Alliance, Neb., Dec. 11. Charles
R.Wicrman, accused of stealing
whisky from a freight car, was ac
quitted in the district court today,
jvvhiyi Judge Westovcr instructed
the jnrv to discharge the defendant,
judge Westovv held Nvhisky, "being
an outlaw, has no value."
Prospects -of Embargo
On Grain and Wool
Remote at This Time
Ctiirngn ITlliune-Unmluk ttt l rtmnl W lie.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 11.
Prohpects cf an embargo on imports
of wool or wheat at this session of
congress appeared remote! when
Hepresentalive Fordney ofISchigan,
chairman of the house committee on
ways and means, expressed doubts
of the advisability of any such ac
tion. Mr Fordney wade known1 his
views during a hearing Jorhe ways
and means committee on the pro
posal for an embargo on wool. Pro
fessor V. C. Coifey of Urbana, 111.,
secretary of the National Wool
Growers' association for the easeni
section of the United. States, was on
the witness stand at'the time.
"Whether an embargo on the im
portation of any commodity would
be wise is a .question in my mind,"
said.Mr. Fordilcy. "Wouldn't it be
the forerunner of ..greater trouble?
Wouldn't it anger the -people of
other countries and the reatcion be
harmful to the very interests we
seek to help by its enactment? That
seems to me to be the danger we
are confronted with." '
UndtfsiraMc Alien Held;
Birthplace Is Unknown
Plattsmouth, Neb.. Dec. 11.
(Special.)Fritz ' Detil, Platts
mouth's undesirable alien, who was
gently shipped east to he deported,
is still- being held at Ellis Island,
while flnmigration officials are en
deavoring to secure a record of his
birthotace in Germany, as the Swiss
consul requires this documentary
evidence before he will issue the
necessary passport. Immigration
officials have visited distant rela
tives of the man residing in Cass
county in an effort to obtain this
information. .
Plattsmouth Woman Sued
By Injured Omaha Girl
Plattsmouth, Neb., Decj 11. (Spe
cial.) Suit has been filed in distrijet
cciurt here by Rosine Allen of Oma
ha, against Grace Vallery, a resident
of this county for $5,000 damages,
which she alleges is due her as a
result of being struck by the auto
mobile of the defendant in Omaha
November 20.
Switchman Hurt in Accident
Sues Railroad for $50,000
Plattsmouth, Neb.. Decll. (Spe
cial.) Clarence L. Beal, switchman",
who met with an accident on July
29 tha.t caused him to lose his leg,
has fifcd suit in the federal court at
Minneapolis for $50,000 damages,
againsrthe C. B. & Q, railroad. The,
case will come to trial the latter
part of this week. -
American-made motor vehicles are
now exported to more than, 90 coun
tries of the world.
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Eleven Boys to
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One oLot Finds Honjje-Brew
In Daddy's Cellar and
F
asses
it Around on
Mason School Grounds. V
It may be a white Christmas or
it may be a green Christinas for
Omahans in general, but for 11 little
Omaha lads it's going to be a dar
blue Christmas.
The unhappy 11 are pupils in the
Mason school and their grief sprang
from a bottle of "home brew" which
one of them, found in the cellar of
daddy's home and passed around to
his playmates on the school grounds.
The wild scene which ensued landed
them in juvenile court, where Judge
'illis G. Sears yesterday decreed
that they should spend the glorious
holiday season at hard work in Riv
erview home. v-
Eleven heads bowed in unison as
the devastating sentence was pro
nounced. Some of their mothers,
however, smiled, evidently pleased
that it was not heavier.
Tliey Take "Pulls."
John Lehman, 1008 South T. weuty
second street, was arraigned,
charged with bringing intoxicating
liquor on the school grounds. With
him were 10 companions ranging in
ages from 10 to-14.
The, school janitor, who volun
teered the information against the
boys, said that the "boys, after they
had taken several "piHls" from the
bottle, "were having a lively time."
"One bottle was -passed to one lit
tle boy, who, after taking a swallow,
took a firmer hold on its neck and
commenced to run," the janitor said,
"The others gave '"chase, whooping
and yelling.1', ,
"Where From?"
"Where did this come from?"
Judge Sears asked, holding up a bot
tlc,parlly filled with a wicketMook
ing dark brown liquid, which fizzed
and foamed at every motion of the
bottle. i
John could only say that he got
it in a "cubby hole" in his father's
cellar. He didn't know anything
about it previous to that.
'. "I brewed the stuff last Sundav,"
said George Lehman, coming to the
Laid of his son. "It wasn t intoxicat
ing, as 1 drank two bottles soon aftir
it was made and-.two bottles Mondav.
I didn't allow it to ferment. If that
stuff had been allowed to fernienMt
would have blown the necks off the
bottles." " ' i
Tastes Stuff. '
, George Pratt, assistant state pro
hibition officer, in his official capac
ity, tasted the stuff and pronounced
it "cider and harmless." ' Others,
and there vere many who wanted
to test it, 'said it was "brew.'
"A good thrashing wouldn't be
amiss here," said Judge Sears after
he sentenced the boys.
The other lads involved were:
Fred Yeverman, 1016 South Twen-ty-seventn
street; Silas Skinner,
2567 Mason street; Abraham IIolz
bcrg. 819 South Twenty-fifth street;
Uerbcrt Rumsey. 2227 Dodge street;
Julius Digilio, 1032 South Twenty
third street; James Currie, 2232 Mas
on street; Joe Barabe, 1314 South
Twcntv-foui;tb street; Earl Ryan,
1348 South Twenty-fifth street;
Simon George, 71S South Seven
teenth street; Darell Honet, 2416
Pierce street.
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Autoist, Speeding
To Injured Father;
Wrecks His Car
Loses Control and Machine
Crashes Through Glass
Front of Bluffs Laundry
7 . Is Jailed. '
While speeding to the bedside of
Itis unconscious father, who va
injured in an altomobilc accident
Friday night, Emery J). Eakin, 20,
lost control of his automobile in
front of the Eagle laundry. Seventh
street midnight Friday and the car
crashed through the plate glass front
of the Wardrobe Cleaning works
next door.
Escapes Injury.
1 Young Eakin escaped injury. The
cleaning works and automobile
were wrecked. Eakin was arrested
for reckless driving and speeding
and was released on $25 bond.
He was arraigned in Council
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Bluffs police court yoMon'.iy and
charged with operating1 a motor ve
hicle while intoxicated when the ar
resting officer teTifcd he smelled
liquor on the youth's breath, at the
time of t lie accident. His band was
set at $100 and his 'case continued
to peccmber 18.
In Critical Condition.
His father, J. L.Eakin, 412 Curtis
street, lips in Mercy hospital in a
critical condition as (he result of
deep gashes in the -Head and back
received when he w as 'struck by an
automobile driven 1y Oscar Lee,
K. F. D. No. 2, at Park avenue and
Broadway Friday ight.
Lee reported, to police licadquar
ters and was released under $500
bond. In police court today.-his
case was continued indefinitely
pending the death or recovery of the
injured man.
Waj;es of Farm Workers at N
Slantoji Take Big Drop
Stanton, Neb., Dec." 1J. (Special
Telegram.) Fanners of the Cana
dian settlement have cut all arm
laborers' salaries to $50 a month.
Many, fanners were - paying their
men, who had families, $100 a mouth,
furnishing free house, giving them
milk, potatoes and fuel as well as al
lowing them to 4eep a flock of
chickens. With the, present slump
in prices, fanners have decided upon
the iew wage scale,. $50. Likewise,
with cornliuskerjt it has been impos
sible to hire them for less than 8
cents, and now with loti of corn in
the fields, pickers can be nad at 7
cents or less.
Class of 20 Initiated
Hy Plattsmouth Elks
Plattsmouth, Neb., Dec. i II.
(Special.) Plattsmouth lodge Xo.
739, P.. P. O. 10., initiated a class, of
20 members. District Deputy F. R.
Hurst of Falls City addressed the
membership. A hmcheoq was in-.j
chidciu the evening's entertain-'
mcnt. J'ls is the fourth large class
to be initiated in the past few
months. - '
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