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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AFKIL 21, Ulan Dragged Wife To Horse to Hide Murder, Is Charge Flats, Neb., Rancher Arrested for Alleged Killing Jeal ousy Held to Have Been Motive. North riattt, Neb., April 20. (Special Telegram.) Arraigned yes terday, illiam Morris, ranchman liv ing near Flat, Neb., denied charges that he had killed his wife because of "another man" and then dragced the woman behind a horse to make the death appear accidental. Mor ris is charged with first degree mur der. The man says that he and his wife starred out late in the afternoon to rou nil up cattle and that when they entered the pasture the woman's horj-e reared and threw her off. He asserts that hi wife disregarded his warning not to mount again and a few -minutes later. the horse pitched her 'off again, her foot catching in the 4asso rope attached to the sad dle. The horse ran for three hours, ac cording to Morris, dragging the woman. "Once I was near enough to grasp her hand," said the man, "but I lost hold. Another time I caught the bridle reins, but they broke and thi horse jerked away." Said to Be Accidental. At the time of Mrs. Morris' death a week ago Sunday night, it was said, she was killed accidentally whoH thrown from the Siorsc. The body had been buried before neigh bors went to County Attorney Gibbs and -caused Morris" arrest. Examination of the body after it had been exhumed showed that the hands had not been mutilated and that,, the woman had been dragged entirely on the abomen, indicating, according to the county attorney, that; she had been slain previous to the dragging. . ItU was also discovered, officials say, that the horse on which Mrs. Morris was mounted was 8 years eld ind so gentle that the children had Tidden it to school. It had been ridden by a member of the searching party and had caused no trouble. Morris had declared that he was forced to give up the search because of darkness. Returning with a lan ternj he could not find the horse and body, he said, and went back to h:s home where he slept until morn ing. ' ' Passed Farm Houses. I ti returning to his home for the lantern, Morris passed, several farm houses, but did not attempt to sum mon aid from any of the neighbors, according to County Ationey Gibbs. The body was not discovered unt'J the -next morning and was found on one side of the pasture by the 12-year-old daughter, who was sent by the father to search for her mother, it is alleged. The unbridled horse was found on the other side of the pasture. There was no bridle anywhere in the field to corroborate Morris' story, ac cording to the county attorney. rcriillK against mv , a oii ian . . said, to be running high in McPhet son county. The name of the man "wit ht 'whom Mrs. Morris was alleged to have been intimate has not been disclosed. . Morn's, who i? a tenant, is the fa ther', of six children, the oldest of whom is 12. House Passes Taxaliou Bill; Further Delay Is Predicted Lincoln. April 20. (Special.) Senate File 65, the big taxation bill, passed the lower house on third read ing .today by a vote of 57 to 35. It now eocs to the senate for concur rence on the house amendments. Irwas freely predicted by house members that the senate would re fuse! to concnr and the bill would be placed in the hands of a confer ence committee. t 1 There are 5c cigars for 5c. and there is "NEW CURRENCY" for Satisfaction. i 5c, at all good cigar stores. Adv" Townsfolk Honor State's Oldest Man as He Turns 103 Women of Dunning Present "Uncle Pete" Starr With Two Big Cakes He Enjoys Fine Health Despite Years and Is Daily Engaged Duties as Assessor of .Town. in "Uncle Fete" Starr has reached his 103d birthday. To celebrate his birthday the women of Dunning, his home, col laborated in baking him two huge cakes, one of which bore, in colored frosting, the figures 103. "Uncle Pete." who is Nebraska s oldest citizen, is a live wire. Besides his daily duties at home, he is now busily engaged in assess ing the inhabitants of Dunning, a task he would not miss if he had to do it without remuneration. "Uncle Fete" was born on a farm in New York in 1818. His ancestors west English m and Pennsylvania German. He pursued his studies through the Pavillion. N. Y., High school and then "went west to seek his for tune." Stops In Indiana. He was 24 then, and stopped over in central Indiana to do a little school teaching. On the "side he dabbled in live stock, buying and selling horses and cattle. Ten years of this, and then he took up the trail again and settled in Tama Citv. Ia.. where his stay was brief and he was soon on his i way to Council Bluffs. In the Eluffs he rapidly built up Christian Eudeavorers to Try to Bring '23 Meet Here An effort to get the international convention of the Society of Chris tian Endeavor for Omaha in July, 1 923, mill be made at this year's in ternational convention to be held in New York City. This was decided upon unanimous ly at a meeting of the Omaha Chris tian Endeavor union in the First Presbyterian church. The delegates to the New Y'ork convention were instructed to extend the invitation from pmaba. The convention would be the big gest ever held in Omaha, bringing about 10,000 delegates here from all over the world, officers' say. . This year's world convention in New York City will be held from July 6 to 11. Fruit Crop Is Total Loss, Examination' Here Shows The fruit crop in Nebraska is al most a complete loss through the heavy frost last week, an examina tion of the fruit trees in W. b. Kee line's orchards in Council Bluffs shows. According to a report to the weather bureau Mr. Kecline. wher has 000 acres, has suffered a total loss of his apple crop. Buds that were just opening when, the sleet and rain storm struck tiie middle west were killed, Mr. Kee line reported. ' The grape crop in Nebraska and Iowa may be saved. SHOE SALE Men's work shoes, Goodyear welt, soft calfskin ii black d0 AC or tan; $5.00 value. . vOitJ Men's high grade shoes, C Art tan or black; on sale.. JJJ Indies' higrh grrade oxfords or pumps, ?9.00 values, soft leather, Goodyear welt; V Crt on sale OaOU Child's shoes, 11 to 2; 1 QP on sale Ladies Silk Hot .98c Ladies' Cotton Hose ........25c Men's Silk Hoae 35c Men's Cotton Hose .14c J. HELPHAND CLOTHING CO. 314 N. 16th St, MOWEIfSi Those-Who Prefer Over drapes for Their Home will find one of the largest and best selec tions at the H. R. Bowen Co., the firm that has made prices on overdrapes the talk of the, housewives of Omaha. Accept some of these values while they last I ! Ready-to-Hang Overdrapes Pretty Madras, overdrapes with Valance, trimmed with ede-M-i? to match; made to fit any ordinary sized single window, per pair 32.95, $3.95 and $4.95 Cretonne Overdrapes with Valance, ready to hang, 2 yards long. Dozens of pretty patterns. Per pair, only $2.95 and $3.95 Cretonnes Many select patterns of Cretonnes for aprons and laundry bags, at, per yard 59c, 65c and 75c Cretonne BedSets Very pretty Bed Sets', full size with scalloped edges and cut corners, trimmed with edging to match, at $9.75, $12.50 and $17.50 each a large and prosperous trading busi ness with the Indians, continuing his live stock deals. Ho shipped to the Chicago. mar kets and here in Council Bluffs, he made and lost more than one good sized fortune in his live stock deal ings. In 1864, he wed a Hawkeye girL A son was born to them. But "Uncle Tetc" took up the pilgrim age toward the setting sun once more, homesteading in Blaine county, Nebraska, in 1887, four years after his mate had been taken from his by death. Here Uncle Pete became the first assessor for the county and after many years of frontier life and hard ships, he moved from the home stead into Dunning whsre he estab lished a butcher shop and ence more resumed the trading in live stock. Loves Outdoor: Horses are his hobby and he takes great pride in the animals en trusted to his car?. And Uncle Pete loves the out doors. -His son, Fred S'.arr, now a promi nent railroad man, at Toledo, O., !n-s made repeated efforts to get his father to move cist and make his nome with him. But Uncle Pe liles the freedom of the prairie. He's afraid city life would be too crowded for him. So he goes right along in Dun ning, working everv day and en joying life despite the fact that he t: Nebraska's oldest man. Women's Gossip Drives Mother of Four to Suicide Shot Rings Out and Mother Cries to Her Children to Couie to Her for , Farewell. - Neighbors gossiped." And four little children are motherless. The little family of Ed Fox,' 401S Wirt street, lay sleeping in bed, and all was still in the home when Mrs. Ed ox. suddenly, at 1:30 a. m. yesterday,, a shot rang out. ''Come here, children. This is the. end. Goodby." And with a gasp, Mrs. Ed Fox. 32. fell back into her husband's arms. William 15; Verna, 13; David, 10. and Herschel, 6. hurried to their mother's bedroom in answer to her call just in time to see their mother die in their father's arms. , Burst into Tears. Little Herschel stood there, un able to realize his loss. But as the other three children burst into tears, the father fled in a frenzy to the home of Fred Jsoble, 4022 Spencer street. He refused to return to his home. Neighbors called the police who arrived to find life already fled from the body of the mother The fatal bullet, fired from a .38 caliber revolver, had passed entirely through her body and lodged in the foot of the bed. L. K. Donnicker, her brother, was sleeping in an adjoining room when the fatal shot was fired. Gossip Blamed. 1 He did not hear the shot, he told police, and was not aware of the tragedy until his sister called to her children. Ill health, accentuated by malicons gossip among neighbor women, is blamed for the suicide by the hus band and .father, who declared his mate had never mentioned .an idea of taking her own life. She had been suffering fainting spells, he declared, which only added to her worry over neighbor hood gossip. ' For this reason,' he had been planning to sell the little home and take his family elsewhere, he said. All the children attend school. No inquest will be held the county coroner said today after an investi gation had been made by Special Investigator Ford, who found, he said, that Mrs. Fox had committed suicide. Mayor of Sioux Falls Victorious in Recall Sioux Falls, S. D., April 20. M;iyor George W. livrnside was the 'ictor in today's neall .election over Ri,y B Marker, attorney. His plural ity was 678. The election wa.- ordered recently u ! en a recall petition was ratified ! a sufficient number of votcj. charging Mayor Burnsidc with "in t'fncicny, . extravagance and misman agement in Toffice." . M. G. Perkins, Editor of Fremont Herald, Dies Fremont, Neb., April .(Spe cialsMarc G. Perkins, owner and editor of the Fremont Herald, and for several years prior to 1906 tnan ager of the American Press associa tion at Omaha, died here this mom-, ing. Mr. Perkins had been ill for several months. Mr. Berkins bought the Herald, then a daily, in partnership with Edgar Howard of Columbus. The two also owned the Columbus Tele gram. After a short time Howard took over the Telegram exclusively and Perkins the Herald. Later the Herald became a weekly. A wife, a son, Frank Perkins of Fremont, arid a daughter. Miss Mar cia Perkins of Omaha, survive. Governor Signs Omaha's Home Rule Charter Bill Lincoln, April 20. (Special.) Governor McKelvie signed the Oma ha home rule charter bill at 10:15 a. m. today. Members of the Douglas county delegation to the state legislature were all present in the governor's office for the ceremony. .. The governor used a pen present ed him by Capt. R. W. Oliver of the Omaha fire department. - Following the signing of the bill, the Douglas county representatives invited the entire membership of both houses to a dinner at 6 Thurs day night. The house cheered for Omaha as the members voted unan imously, to accept the invitation. Senator Millard Greeted by Friends on 85th Birthday . Senator J. H. Millard., chairman of the board of directors of the Oma ha National bank, was kept busy yesterday acknowledging greetings of his friends in the form of calls and -flowers on the occasion of his ESth birthday anniversary. . Arthur RoAenblum, lawyer, removed to 613 Firt Nat. Bank BId. Tyler 40l. Adr. State Penitentiary Full, Prisoners in County Jail Prisoners sentenced in the district court to the penitentiary during the last week are being held in the coun ty jail because the penitentiary is filled to capacity at present. Wood Lake Man Is Named Long Pine Bank Receiver Lincoln, April 20.-W. F. Parker of Wood Lake has been appointed receiver for the Brown county bank af Long Pine by the district court at Ainsworth, according to J. E. Hart, secretary of state trade and com merce. The appointment was recommend cd 5y Attorney General Davis. Omaha Will Enjoy Balmy Breeaes, Says Weather Man With clear weather in the west Omaha can expect . some balmy breezes for the next few days, ac cording to M. V, Robins, federal weather man. Slightly cooler weather is pre dicted for today. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. IOWA MIAN SUFFERS FIFTEEN LONG YEARS Mrs. Beaty Says She Can not Describe the Agony - She Endured From Rheu matism Tanlac Brings Relief. "It has been about a year now since Tanlac relieved my 'troubles, and I'm always glad to say a good word for the medicine," said Mr. Sarah Beaty, Maquoketa, la., while in Clinton recently. "For IS years I think I suffered all the tortures a person -can have tfom muscular and sciatic rheuma tism. The muscles of my body drew and cramped at times until I actu ally thought my bones would break. and the tact is I just can t Ucscribe the agony I endured. My trouble got me in a generally run-down con dition. I had poor circulation, was terribly, nervous and couldn't get the sleep I needed, and always had that tired, worn-out feeling, , "Then I commenced taking Tan lac, and in i little while that rheu matism was gone and I had been built tip to where I felt just fine. Ever since then I've been in good health, not the least bit nervous, al ways sleep well and fed good alt the' time. But recently I felt a little bad, so I've bought me some more Tanlac and feci sure of what the re sults will be." Tanlac is sold by the leading druggists. Fistula-Pay When Cured A mild intern of treatment that cam Pilot. Klituln aid .tan eratton. No Chloroform, Ether or other rencral aaeothetio a.od. A euro ruaraateed In ovtry ttu accepted lot treatment, and no money ia to bo paid aatil rod. Writa for book on Bectal DUeasea, with naaea and Uatiraoaiala of mora tfcao aremincnt aeopla who bar boon, ponnaneatlj cured. r PR. Z R. TAKRY Sanatoria, Patara Tout Bide. (Boa BMf.) Omaha. Mob. 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