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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1921)
ofiE! UA1 All A, VY 1MJ1N&MJA 1 . JA1NUAK1 Z), XuL i Much Damaging Testimony Given At Murder Trial Bride Who Was Killed Arid Man Who StfotHa Interest Displayed Ly Mrs. Peete in "Action of Quick Lime on Dead Bodies" Mentioned by Witnesses. ! Los Angeles, Jan. 25. An alleged interest the defendant to6k"tn "the action of quick lime pn dead bodies" was mentioned in the testimony of ! two. witnesses called by the prose ; fiition today in the trialof Mrs. i J.ouise L. I'eete, charged 'with the murder of Jacob Charles Denton, wealthy mining promoter. They were Floyd Baxter, nephew of Denton, and Kaxtcr's brother-in-law, Paul Aument. Baxter testified that after the dis; " appearance of his uncle June 1, last" i he and Aument called at the Dc,n :" ton home, where Mrs. I'eete was a t tenant, to inquire whether she had $ heard from their relative. ' ? "Aument and I were assured by f Mrs. Peete that Mr. Denton was 'all li right.' " She said, she did not know J1 where he was, but had been in coni- ri munication with him. Aument said i to her: "I don't know "Whether he ,:! 'is atl right. Maybe he 'has been ! murdered in the hills and his body " iestroycd with quick lime," Baxter snid on the stand. , I "The mention of, quick lime," coti- i tinucd the witness, "brought Mrs. i I'eete out of. her chair in a flash. F She said: 'Quick lime what will t that do?' She insisted Aument give her all the information he had on quick lime, which he did." 3 Death Penalty to Be i Asked for Wife Slayer (Continued from F-ae One.) ' L'. ... : between sobs, she tried to tell the I story of her sister's life with Berton. "We were young, innocent girls down home in Little Rocf she said. . Her eyes gleamed as . her mind . ; strayed back to the days at home. "Berton was playing with a com tany there. He's an ator, you know. ; "He met. Jeannette " .and th ' sound of her dead sister's name broke ;, her composure and she broke down again, her shoulders shaking con vulsively. " Lived in Kansas City. "They met and sister fell in Jove with , him. , lie took her to Kansas City after they were married. ' "Oh, she was so happy, there. She . wrote me to come .down and visit ; them and I did." f Then, hardly able to constrain her i self longer, the girl, who is, but 18, I rehearsed a Story of abuse; which followed her :rrival at her sister's f- home in Kansas City. They came to Omaha, and she ; with them. i "There never was"' any talk of s idouble cross," sh declared. f Berton told the detectives hfi shot ;.' his wife because he had heard she ; was going to donble cross iim. Wanted For Forgery. . By the double cross; he 'meant, according to the sister, that he was f afraid the girls would reveal to Kan j sas City officers where he was, for he is wanted in the Missouri city on forgery charges. J "No, there was never anv talk of ? double cross," the girl continued. He was just teaious. Me was ( Strangler Wins One-Fall Match With Headlock Califoriiian Clamps Vice-Like Grip Around Head of Chal lenger and Retains Title . After Hard Bout.' Pratt may also be wanted; in Kan; sas City and have sent their photo graphs to the officers down there. During the night, Berton asked. Detective Toland if Nebraska has capital punishment. When told that it has, he asked: "Do they hang 'em or electrocute 'em?" "Electrocution," he was told.' "Aw, I can stand that, I guess," he said. y Acting Chief of Detectives' Pszanowski declared he would en deavor to get the county attorney to push first degree murder charges against Berton. . The chief declaras he is satisfied the shooting was premeditated. v Railroad Contractor of Kansas City Dies at Home Garden City, N. Y.. Jan. 25. Wil linin Kenefick of Kansas City, Mo., president of the Missouri, Oklahoma &'Gulf railway, and widely known as a railroad contractor and builder, died, here todajy-He was born -in Ireland 63 years ago. New York. Jan. 25. Ed (Strang ler) Lewis of San Jose;, Cal., success- . . i . i I !JI. I lUliy oeienaea nis vjoria s neavy weieht catch-as-catch-can wrestling t .1 T- t " I title Monday by tnrow.ing r.an iaa dock", a former champion, in one hour and 34 minutes. Iwis won with a combined head and hip lock, - The winninar fall came as a drama tic climax to one ot trie most terrinc mat struggles seen in the east. Cad dock appeared winner, up to the last minute. " , After an hour and a half Caddock gained a punishing toJ-hold and for one minute and ten seconds he strug gled to force down Levis' shoulders. The champion in his agony beat the floor with his fists antl cried aloud, but his voice was drowned in the up roar for Caddock, whoiwas a tremen dous favorite with the 10,000 specta-; tors. i Twice Referee Gedrge Bothner asked Lewis if he would quit, but he refused, although his face. vas disv torted and streams of perspiration were pouring from It is face. With a last drspefate effort he freed himself and staggered to his feet,, leaped on Caddock and clamped his famous deadly head lock around the Iowan's face. Three timep Cad dock broke the hold and staggered up, only to have Lewis regain the grip. .On -the second and third lock, Lewis picked tip Caddock bodily and threw him, plunging on top of the fast weakening challenger. The second crash combined with the gruelling punishment which Caddock had received, left him Helpless and he ' collapsed . on his back as the referee slashed Lewis, the- winners When Lewis rolled off Caddock, the latter lay like dead and when his manager ,; and others scrambled through the ropes, it was all they could do to lift him to his feet, A chair was placed beneath him, but he rolled to the floor and.a call was made for a doctor. This drove the crowd to a frenzy for Caddock had been cheered lustily while Lewis w5s steadily booed. . Cries of "kill the murderer" went up and there was a rush for the ring. Caddock's manager waived the excited fans back and when Cad dock was seen to recover . and wak to his corner, danger of a riot passed. Caddock was' the overwhelming favorite when he entereVJ, the ring, while JLewis appearance was greeted with "booes." These did not stop until Caddock shook hands, with, the champion. The weights were an nounced as Lewi, 228 pounds; Cad dock, 188 pounds. Retailers of Qmaha , See Silver Lining (Continued from Pe Oar.) the nationally known concerns, whose advertisinar schemes have re sulted in record sales, ' Robert' Rosenzweig, Omaha, talked on "'Proportion of Season's Oders to Be Placed in Buying Sea son." T. A. Fry, Omaha, delivered' the address of welcome. W. A. Str.y-. kcr, Omaha, read the president's an nual report. The annual report of Secretary R. E. Crcssey, Fairbury, followed. t Douglas White, Sau Francisco, Cal., secretary-manager of Pacific Coast Retail Furniture association made the princioai niornine address before the Retail Furniture dealers. "The exchangeof ideas among retailers, a feeling of good fellow ship and honest competition, will do much to iron out problems facing the furniture dealer," he said. Mr. White described how. the Cal ifornia organization broke up a clique composed of wholesalers who were allowing retailers to bring prospective customers to the whole sale exchange and buv goods at wholesales prices. The breaking up of (he clique and the practice of wholesalers underselling the retail ers put the manufacturers, jobbers and wholesalers on a footing of bus iness honesty, the speaker declared. Ouy b. Reed, Lincoln, talked on "New Points in the 1920 Income Tax." Prof. Ivey also addressed the furniture men on "Furniture Re taking and Selling." Paul hindlay, Los Angeles. Cal., of the California Fruit Growers' as sociation, nvade the principal address before the Nebraska Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers' association. Mr. Findlay advocated a more thorough system of cost accounting in the conduct ot this business and by a chalk talk, outlined plans lich could be followed. Mr. Findlay said thati" busine operations should he based not on the cost but on the selling price. He said that all firms should have a strict accounting at the end of each business year. Reads Report. J. J. Cameron, Lincoln, delegate to the national convention, read a report on the national convention he recently attended. Mnx Mayer, sec retary, and Ernest BufYctt. president, read their annual reports. .t the opening session only 200 delegates had arrived to attend the convention. Stormy weather, according to I. Frank Burr,1 secre tary, has kept many ot the delegates away. ; Gus Swanson, community singing leader, has been engaged to con duct community singing at the open ing of "each federated morning and afternoon session during the con vention. " ' Albany Traction Company Announces It Will Cut Wages Albany, N. Y., Jan. 25.--Notices of a reduction in' wages from t0 cents to 45 cents an hour, effective January 29, were served on street car employes of the United Traction enmpany today. In 'Its notices, tnc companv savs that it suffered a loss of t327,23a in operating expenses for the last six months of 1920. "Bates in FApp ear ! In Court at Kent Trial (luutiiiued from l'nge One.) the jury Deputy County Attorney Rosenblum gave, much time to the state's' evidence, which will seek to show Miss Bocke is the mother of the twins. "The' question in this trial." de clared O'Sullivau. "is not who is the mother of these twins but who put them in the yycll) Dr. Kent is ac cused of something of which he is innocent. It may be, before this trial is over, the culprit will be known." ... Girl Says She Saw Kent. ' The first witness produced by the state made one answer which re futed O'Sullivan's statement that Kent did not leave his confection ery store, Thirty-third and Cali fornia streets, between the time the first babe was found and the time the second was found. v For Elizabeth Bartlctt, .12, J220 California street, declared she saw Dr. Kent crossing the street from the corner where tie vell aKwto- ward his store, "about an hour after the first baby was found. "Why didn't vou testify to that in the first trial?" demanded O'Sul livau. -' . . f "They didn't ask me about it." she said. ) In -charge of Chief Bailiff Louis Grebe the 12 men occupied three rooms at the Hill hotel last night and will stay there each night during the trial which will take, probably, the entire week. Bee want afds are business getters, i 'At the first chill! Take Genuine Aspirin marked with the "Bayer Cross" to break up your Cold and relieve the Headache, Fever, Stuffiness. - , . ' Warning! 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Gtrls' Mother Notified. The sister - told of the girls' mother, down in Arkansas, and the officer sent a tetearam to notify her bf the elder girl's death, f No funeral arrangements will be made until word is received "from her. Silvers and Pratt told the detec tives hey had heard Berton threaten l-.is wife several, times. They said they were in the apartment just be fore the shooting. . ' The sister sent them out to get some soap. The girls were washing clothes just before the shooting. And when theyNreturned with the soap tlfty were met by Berton, who told them: "If you don't want to see a mur der, dpn't go up there." Companions Found Girl. They went -on up, they said, and found the bride lying ou the floor, sliot through the forehead. Silvers and Pratt Ay re released Monday night but were re-arrested after detectives had read letters they : found in the Berton apartment, 'i The letters were from the pair to Berton, and from him to them be fore they came to Omaha. 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