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OMAHA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1022.
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TWO CENTS
10 Women
S w i nd 1 e d
by Brokers
Prominent New York Society j
Leaden Arc Among Victims j
of Latent Grt-Hirh-Quirk '
Scheme.
Losses Over $600,0001
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New York, Irb. 24. Ten women,
ie cral prominent locally, who claim
t. have put mere than Jf.Ofi.OOO int.)
rf;)iliul "jioul"' promoted by At-
4-iird 11. Lind.cy, broker, willi a pali-
Hit) innne at .outn .ack, touay
were summoned to appc.tr before it
iipmne com t guild jury Monday
and help piece together the detail
of a remarkable story of "high
f.nancc," mi whirh Assistant District
Attorney Murphy will seek Lindscy'
indictment.
li-t of ftlU-Rnl xictinis of the
ntisMug broker is headed ly Mrs.
Lillian N. Duke, divorced wife of
Jatnrs V: Puke, "toharco king." who
claim she entrusted $325,000 to the
encajting Lindscy.
Othen on the list with their con
tributions to the pool include:
Mrs. Dorothy At wood. ?97,0i0;
Mini Catherine Adams, $40,000; Miss
Charlotte Nillson, actress, $20,oo0;
Mr. W. If. Arnold, $.50,000; Miss
Margaret Bogart. $18,000; Mr.
Helen Burnett, $.5 1, not l : Mrs. Ade
laide V. Kice, $-'5.0110; Mrs. Josephine
A. Cornell. ?20.im0. and Miss Flor
nice Janic. $5,000.
Turn Over Cash.
Siren sours of quirk and fabulous
profits induced the women to dispose
of securities they held and put their
cash in l.indscy's hands. Mr. Murphy
taid. Lindcy's favorite story, he
declared, was that he was a fellow
li Ucorgc K baker.
Lament. Charles E.
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mi a millionaire
here the time not
dominos was given
j' over to planning tug killings in
Wall street. . ,
This club was supposed to main
tain secret rooms at the Ritz-Carlton
hotel, to which l.indsey displayed a
pass key.
It was to gaiher money into a
pool operated by these men that
Miss Nillson parted with her $.'0,000,
Mr. Murpliy said she had told him.
Similiar stories, he said, were told
by the other women.
The rebonair Lindscy, Mr. Murphy
declared, was one of the "smoothest
workers" New York has seen in
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?Iome Show Place.
His home at South Nyack was one
ol' the show places alon;? the Hud
son ricr, and l.indsey was a leadct
in civic affairs, having taken a
prominent part in tile raisins of Red
Cross, and other funds.. But when
he was on the "make," all the
sympathy dropped out of his nature,
according to the stories told Mr.
Murphy.
One of his victims Mrs. Rice,
is 75 vcars old and nearly blind,
and the" $25,000 she put into the pool
v'.l- practically every cent she
possessed.
The $20,000 Mrs. Cornell said she
pave him represented the proceeds
of her husband's life insurance out
which .she had been supporting
I her four children one a cripple.
Gets Back $50,000.
'i Mrs. Atwood, who gave up $50,
i 000 in cash and $47,000 in jewelry,
i has been reduced from comparative
f influence to raisins pedigreed dogs
Mor a living. So far as he could
loam. Mr. Murphy,, said, the only
contributor to a "domino club" pool
vho succeeded in getting anything
hack was Mai. Rcdondo Sutton,
, former president of the Pacific Min
ing and Chemical company, who
happened to know that Lindsev was
; out on bail, under an indictment
I charging violation of the Mann act.
i' When he threatened to complain
to the United States Department of
Justice. Lindsev, miickly returned his
-jpy'iO,. Major 'Sutton told Mr. Mur
phy.
- The indictment, returned in 1918.
! was subsequently dismissed on rec
ommendation of the district at
tornev's office. Later when a special
grand jury made the dismissal a
..subject of inquiry, the district at-
tornev's office explained the case
I bad been dropped because Beatrice
It? tl,. nmnlainitiir witness.
Woman Accused of C01 AC T1 , Dynamite Explosion
Mate's Death Freed I " 1 - ' " Rocks Illinois Towns
'Beaten in
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Committee
Omaha u l4 Hir.
Chicago, Feb. 24. Three ton) of
Ivnan.ifA ltAr,t 1m .Ark nilirru
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rrtr Argo, in4 expioaeq inortiy oe
for 0 tonight. The eflcct) of the
xpioion were felt all over the
i UWUI m? PIIW Ml iw( VI VHIV4-
i go ana in the little village) within a
, , - ! radiu) of IS mile) of Argo. .The
FroDOnal lor General l.fW to i damage in Argo will run into m-
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Finance Honui Ucfftttfil 7
to 2 Favor Hall Without
Financial lroifcion.
Adjourn Until Tuesday
Mrs. Lucv Neal
Freed of Murder
Charge by Judge
County Attorney Reports He
Has No Additional K i
lencc to Offer at Sec
ond Trial.
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tiuaucial district.
domino club, wh
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I hadj' di.sappeared.
Bilioff and Field Agents
Indicted for Conspiracy
I Chicago, Feb. '24. Indictments
remaining 12 counts against Ray
mond J. Bischoff. his brother, and
; fO field agents, were returned by the
' grand jury today. The men are
1 charged with conspiracy to defraud.
f Thp aetion followed the recent ex-
posure of Bischoff) alleged gct-rich-
onirW artivities here. Bonds were
set at S10.000 for each of the Bis
choff brothers and at $2,000 each for
the field agents. I
N. P. League Stand Due to
Amity for Howell, Report
Lincoln, Feb. 24. (Special.)
Friendliness of Nonpartisan league
leaders toward the candidacy of R.
Beecher Howell for United States
senator forced the action taken by
the league at its convention here this
week in refusing to endorse third
party candidate and merely endors
ing "the third party platform, accord
ing to political observers
3 Burned to Death
burne. Tex., Feb. 24. Three
persons were burned to death and
I'rme others probably fatally in-
iursd in a fire which destroyed the
ambct rooming house here early
dav. Explosion of an oil stove
'6s cd the blaze.
Auburn. Neb.. Feb. 24. The
charge of murder against Mrs. Lu
cille Neal, for the killing of her hus
band, Ben. here August 11. was dis
missed today by District Judge John
Rapcr upon motion of County Attor
ney Armstrong, who reported be had
no new evidence to introduce. Mrs.
Neat's second trial was set for March
after the jury in the first trial had
been dismissed following alleged
comment made by one of the jurors.
Mrs. Neat, who is reported to be
at Stella, Xeb., was informed of the
dismissal this morning. She pre
viously had stated that she desired
to be exonerated by a jury. The de
fense announced that it was pre
pared to introduce two new wit
nesses. The case, which has attracted
statewide interest through its cir
cumstances, was defended chiefly
upon the argument of suicide.
Mute Says Mate
Swore in Signs
Woman Files Suit for Divorce
Declaring Husband Used
Abusive Hand Language
Swear words "sound" just as bad
in the sign language as they do
when shouted in a loud, angry voice,
according to Hattie Barker, 58,
mute and deaf, who brought suit for
divorce against her husband, James
H. Barker, 61, also mute and deaf,
in district court yesterday.
Worse still, Mrs. Barker says she
doesn't get a chance to talk back.
For, she says, her husband simply
turns his back whenever she at
tcmps to make argument with her
hands.
, Told Others, She Says.
Mr. Barker does not confine his
abusive language to her, but in his
"quiet way" tells other deaf mutes
of her faults, she asserts, according
to Ross Shotwell, her attorney.
Mrs. Barker alleges in her bill
that her husband is guilty of cruelty
and nonsupport. She has asked the
court for an injunction to prevent
her husband from visiting her home,
or conversing with her.
Asks Alimony and Home.
Mrs. Barker asks the court to al
low her $40 a month alimony, and
the home, which she avers was given
her by a former husband.
The Barker home is at 3122 Chi
cago street.
President Harding Signs
Transportation Measure
Washington, Feb. 24. President
Harding today signed the bill amend
ing the transportation act so as to
extend for one year from February
28 the time for filing with the gov
ernment claims growing Out of gov
ernment operation of the railroads.
The measure also provides- that the
statute of limitations, against claims
for which no award has been made
by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion shall not begin to run for a year
after the making of the award.
Fathers Swap Babies
and Peace Dove Comes
Into Newark Homes
Newark, N. J., Feb. 24. Two fa
thers swapped babies in the mater
nity ward at city hospital today and
the dove of peace fluttered into
two homes where the stork had been
a recent visitor. s .
Mrs. Bessie Verity and Mrs. Sar
ah Lapore were patients at the hos
pital at the same time. When Mrs.
Verity was discharged she was given
a baby boy, although she protested
that hers had been a girl.
Mrs. Lapore. discharged at the
same time, took home a newly born
babv girl
-How come?" queried the father.
"They told me it was a boy."
So' he bundled up the babe, took
it back to the hospital and there
found Papa Verity with a similar
bundle. A nurse consulted her rec
ords, admitted that she bad made a
mistake, redistributed the babies to
j the proud fathers and collapsed.
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YV)hington, Feb. 24.-Rcjectinjr.
7 to 2. a proioiitioii to pay the o!
dier bonuj by mean of a alcs
lax, the fecial lubcommittcc of re- J
publican member) ol the nou.-c
way) and mean) committee ai un
derstood to have Rone on record to
day, S to 4. in iavor of reporting
out an adjusted compensation bill
without any provision for raising tne
revenue. i
The subcommittee reported to the .
'entire majority member-hip of the;
committee later in the day. but a '
decision was deferred, adjournment
being taken until next Thursday o
as to give committeemen not mem
ber of the subcommittee time to
study the whole matter. Some of
those professing- to have sounded
sentiment among the majority mem
bers were of the opinion that un
less there were foreseen divelop
ments between now and Tuesday, the
action of the subcommittee probab
ly would be ratiticd.
Vote Comes As Surprise.
Aside from the ballots on the
sales tax- and a bill without a reve
nue provision, there w-ere said ?o
have been several other votes in the
subcommittee. It was learned that
a motion to report a bill carrying
only an insurance provision was de
feated. 6 to 2.
Both proponents and opponents
of a sales tax appeared to be sur
prised by the vote on that proposi
tion. Both sides had apparently ex
pected a close vote. Representatives
Longworth of Ohio and Bachararb of
Mew Jersey were said to have been
the only members voting for a sales
tax-, although Representative. Wat
son of Pennsylvania said he favored
such a tax if a bill carrying other
than an insurance feature were vot
ed out.
On the ballot to report out a bill
without any revenue provision the
subcommittee was said to have di
vided as follows:
In favor: Fordney, Frear, Capely,
Timberlake and Chandler.
Against: Longworth, Bacharach,
Treadway and Watson.
Majority Oppose Postponement. ...
Four members of the subcom
mittee were reported to have fa
vored a further postponement of
bonus legislation in the belief that
in time the problem of finance would
solve itself. Postponement L- op
posed, however, by a big majority
of the committee and also by many
members of the house. Chairman
Fordney reiterated that a bonus bill
would be passed at this session and
other committeemen expressed the
same view.
Supporters of a sales tax ex
pressed the view today that Presi
dent Harding might again take a
hand in the bonus controversy. They
(Turn in Paite Two. Column Two.)
Decree Held Up Until
Pastor's Story Is Heard
The divorce decree of Mrs. Irene
Loomis Brown from Rev. Edgar
Merrill Brown is being held up
pending an investigation by A. II.
Vosburgh. juvenile court officer.
Vosburgh stated yesterday that the
decree would be held up until the
return of Mr. Brown from Chicago.
"I want to hear his side of the
question, too," he remarked yester
day. "Of course if he remains away
too long I shall not wait for him."
Vosburgh is expected to inter
view prominent leaders in the Dictz
Memorial church, women of Cavalry
Baptist church and Bishop Stuntz.
Mrs. Brown expected to leave for
Des Moines today with her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Walter Loomis.
were rroken, cnimneys knock ,v
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! The JlO.Ooo.ooo rUnt of the Corn
Product) company was rocked on
its foundation) ond all it) windows
b.oken.
The force of thi concussion bro'.'.e
gteat plate glass windows at man
loints on the south tide of Chicago,
Wading to a repor; that nine buill
irg had been bombed simultaneous
ly by a terrorist fcjng. No informs
ticn is forthcoming as to the cau:e
cf the explosion.
Young Texas Girl
Kills Betrayer
in Courtroom
l "-Year-Old Lass Shoot Man,
59, at Vfaeo, Tex., During
New Trial After Con-miction.
Witness Against Arbuckle
Is Located in New Orleaus
San Francisco, Feb. 24. Zey Pre
vost, show girl and one of the prin
cipal prosecution witnesses in the
manslaughter case of Roscoe C.
(Fatty) Arbuckle, has been located
in New Orleans after having disap
peared three weeks ago, according
to a telegram received by Chief of
Police Daniel O'Brien from Chief
of Police Guy Maloney of the South
ern railway.
O'Brien conferred with District
Attorney Matthew Brady regarding
the measures to be taken to bring
Miss Prevost back to this city for
Arbuckle's third trial, which is
scheduled to begin March l.V
Miss Prevost was reported to have
been located in New Orleans two
weeks ago and to have escaped from
the 'third story of a hotel by sliding
down a rope when the police went
to question her.
Flooded Iowa Town Appeals
to Red Cross Headquarters
Chicago, Feb. 24. An appeal for
food due to flood conditions in Edge
wood. Ia., was received by the Amer
ican Red Cross headquarters here to
day and a representative of the
organization was dispatched immedi
ately to that town, which is about
40 miles from Dubuque, in Clinton
count'.
Due to poor telephone connections,
the local office was unable to get de
tails, but the town was said to be
partly under water and 500 persons
in need of food. The Red Cross, offi
cials said, was prepared to send re
lief as soon as the exact needs be
came nov.n.
Waco. Tex., Feb. 24. Miss Mar
cine Matthews, 17, shot and instant
ly killed J. C. Crosslin during pro
ceedings in the district court here.
He was charged with criminally at
tacking the girl two years ago.
Crosslin was tried, convicted and
sentenced to nine years in the peni
tentiary, lut the cast was reversed
on an error in the admission of testi
mony and remanded for trial.
The preliminaries had been com
pleted and Miss Matthews had been
called to the witness stand.
"He disgraced me, ruined 'my
health and deprived me of school
privileges." she stated after the kill
ing. "But he will never ruin an.
other girl."
Crosslin was 59 years old.
Miss Matthews walked to the wit
ness chair, then turned with a pistol
in hand, fired straight at Crosslin,
who sat in a chair ncside Ins attor
ueys, 15 feet away. She took two or
three steps forward and fired again.
Advancing to within three feet of
the man. who has collapsed in h:s
chair, she shot a third time, the bul
let penetrating Crosslin s side.
Seizes Girl.
W. H. Forrester, counsel tor Cross
lin, seized the girl just after the third
shot was fired and almost at the
same time Officer Burton reached
her, and taking, her in his- arms car
ried her out of the court room. He
took the weapon from her and
locked her in a room in the sheriff's
offices.
Confusion reigned in the court
room. Judge Munroe dismissed the
jury indefinitely. Crosslin was taken
from the chair and laid on the floor.
A Little Girl.
The shots wtre heard in every
part of the court house. Few per
sons were present at that early hour..
Crosslin was in the real estate bus
iness and when the charge was filed
against him it created a sensation.
He had a wife and several children.
The Matthews girl, then only 15
years old, testified to her condition,
for which she said Crosslin was re
sponsible. She had given birth to
a child which necessitated an opera
tion. She declares her health, was
destroyed. She is a little girl,
weighing not more than 90 pounds,
and was as calm as any man while
shooting and remained so.
The girl is the daughter of W. E.
Matthews, who resided here when
the alleged attack was committed,
living in one of Crosslin's houses.
The family now resides at Rosebud,
Tex. The father was in the city,
but was not in the court room when
the shooting occurred. Complaint
has been filed charging her with
murder.
Japanese Sentenced to
Die in Chair at Sing Sing
New York. Feb. 24. Saito Taizo,
2.3, the only Japanese ever convicted
of murder in New York City today
was sentenced to die In the electric
chair at Sing Sing prison, the week
of April 3. Taizo strangled Mitario
Yasia Hara, a countryman, with a
scarf in an upper Broadway hotel
last October and robbed him of
$300.
Aged Man Found Dead in
Room With Gas Jet Open
J. McManus, 86, father of O. J.
McManus, 12 Pearl street, Coun
cil Bluffs, prominent real estate mam
was found dead in his room at 1665
Chicago yesterday morning. A gas
jet was turned partly on and the win
dows were closed.
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Pacific Al'.nntic Pholo.l
Above an airplane view of the Roma in flames at the Hampton Roades naval training station a few mo
ments after the crash which cost the lives of 34 passengers. ... - -
Below, a closeup of the wreckage of the big din gible. The cross indicates a srouo of rescuers trying to
remove a victim from the wreck.
Nab Salesman on
Swindle Charges
Totaling $20,000
on
Roy Fowler, Son of Bluffs
Family, Taken Here
Ruse by Des Moines
Detectives.
McMullenWill
Run for Governor
Jurors in Murder
Case While Away
Time With Wireless
- Denver, Colo., Feb. 24. To lessen
the strain of weary hours of serv
ice, one of the jurors sitting in the
case of Earl and John Sammon, on
trial for the murder of William W.
Harris, has set up his wireless ap
paratus in the criminal courts build
ing here.
During a recess over Washington's
birthday the juror sent home for
his outfit. Now the long arms that
catch the ether waves are stretched
across the top of the dormitory of
the building, extending into the air
shafts on one side and to the upper
draft outlets on the other.
Some jurors watch out the rag
ged hours with a friendly game of
pitch. Others have been known to
indulge in poker. Some day these
modern dolcrs of justice may reveal
with wireless what they heard and
did in the jury room.
Meanwhile the fate of the Sam-
I mun brothers banjj ui balance.
Charged with raising about $20,000
during the last year with worthless
checks and other swindling schemes,
S. J. Fowler, known in Council
Bluffs as Roy Fowler, son of Frank
Fowler, former deputy city marshal,
was arrested in his room at the Grand
hotel yesterday noon by detectives
from Des Moines,
Father was Deputy- Marshal.
Fowler's father was deputy mar
shal for four years under Chief John
L. Tcmpleton. Check stubs found
on the son's person when he was
searched at police headquarters fol
lowing his arrest, totaled more than
$1,000. He was taken back to Des
Moines at once, pending indictment
there by the grand jury on a check
charge.
R. J. Harris, a personal friend of
Fowler's, caused his arrest when he
complained to authorities that Fow
ler had given him a worthless check
for $150. A fake long distance tele
phone .was arranged, purporting to
come from a Des Moines girl, in or
der to locate Fowler in the Bluffs.
Said He Is Salesman,
When it was established that he
had registered at the Grand hotel,
detectives came on the first train
from Des Moines and placed him un
der arrest with the assistance of
Bluffs police. Fowler said he is a
salesman for an Omaha furnace com
pany, but refused to tell police the
name of the firm.
Man Wins $16,000 Judgment
in Suit Over Idaho Land
Geneva, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special.)
A jury awarded Emil J. Eliason
$16,000 judgment against Burham
& Deane, a Lincoln real estate firm.
Interest at 7 per cent raised the
amount to $17,900. ' 1 ; '
Suit was brought by Mr. Eliason
to recover purchasing price of a
quarter section of land located in the
2,OiJO,000 tract in Jefferson county,
Idaho. i
Several witnesses testified that the
reai estate firm had misrepresented
the facts concerning the desirability
of the land.
Harding Says Congress
r Tied Hands ou Reparations
Washington, Feb. 24. Declaring
that congress had tied the hands' of
the administration in dealing . with
the reparation commission, President
Harding in a letter to Senator Fre
linghuysen, republican, New Jersey,
has suggested that some legislative
action be taken to permit the United
State to get its quota of German
reparations dyes
Platform of Beatrice Man
Favors McKelvie Admin
istrative Code. System.
Lincoln, Feb. 24. (Special.)
Adam McMulIcn of Beatrice filed
today as a republican candidate for
governor and announced his plat
form which favors the McKelvie ad
ministrative code system of state
government.
"The administrative code has been
an issue, but it is the law now and
is in full operation," he said. "It
should be given a fair and thorough
trial. Changing from one govern
ment system to another incurs heavy
expense and entails unlimited con
fusion. "No doubt there are parts of the
code that could be improved as, for
example, the introduction of the civil
service feature. But that is for the
legislature to decide."
McMulIcn was one of the candi
dates for the republican nomination
for governor two years ago and was
defeated in the primaries by Gov
ernor McKelvie.
"Bluebeard of Gambais"
Must Die at Daybreak
Paris. Feb. 24. (By A. P.) Hen
ri Landru, the "Bluebird of Gam
bais," will be executed on the guil
lotine at Versailles at daybreak to
morrow, it was announced this after
noon. President Millerand earlier in
the day refused the petition of the
convicted man's counsel to commute
Landru's sentence to death for the
murder of 10 women and a youth,
Conscience-Stricken Man
Returns Money for Loot
Wolhach, Feb. 24. - (Special.)
When Lee Nicholas, hardware mer
chant at Palmer, opened his mail he
found a Jcttcr containing a $10 bill.
The letter stated that at one time the
sender had short-changed Mr.
Nicholas to the amount of $4, while
at another time he had taken mer
chandise to the value of $5 from' the
hardware store. The extra dollar en
closed was for interest.
Fifteen Hundred Homeless.
Manila, ..P. I., Feb. 23. Fifteen
hundred persons were rendered
homeless today by fire which de
stroyed 300 "nipa shacks," small
structures thatched with nipa leaves,
in the Paranaque district, a Manila
suburb.) The monetary loss was
small.
Girl's Assailant Hanged
Baltimore, Feb. . 24. Samuel
Smith, chauffeur, was hanged at the
Baltimore county jail at Towson to
day for attempted criminal assault
upon Miss Mairta Lyon of Glen
Ridge, N. J., Goucher college stu
dent and " volunteer settlement
worker.
Defunct Broker
Company Appeals
to Its Creditors
'"Whirlwind of Uneasiness" I3
Blamed for Failure of New
York Firm Planning
to Reorganize.
New York, Feb. 24. Attributing
its downfall to a "whirlwind of un
easiness" in Wall Street, which, it
was predicted might "drag many
more brokerage houses down" unless
confidence could be restored, the
firm of S. S. Ruskay & Co. today is
sued an appeal to its creditors to
back it in a reorganization plan.
The firm was one of five that went
into the hands of receivers yestcr
da', its liabilities being estimated at
$2,500,000 and its assets at $1,500,000.
"Until the receiver and the ac
countants have completed an audit of
the books" said the company's state
ment, "it will not be possible to def
initely state the assets and liabilities.
When these and the names of the
creditors are definitely ascertained,
the members of the firm contemplate
putting before the creditors a reor
ganization plan which will secure to
every creditor a substantial dividend.
"Nothing constructive could be
done by the firm while they were
being harassed and importuned to
close out and transfer accounts by
numerous clients, as has been the
case for some w eeks past. The con
tinuous attacks upon brokerage
houses throughout the street created
a hysterical condition and destroyed
that confidence which was essential
to a continuance of the business.
"The firm weathered the storm
bravely for a considerable period of
time, as is evidenced by the fact that
it paid out some $2,000,000 in the past
six weeks and on the morning of the
receivership there was over $150,000
in the banks in cash."
Capper Succeeds Kjeuyon
as Senate Farm Bloc Head
Washington, Feb. 24. Senator
Capper, republican, Kansas, today
was elected , unanimously as chair
man of the official agricultural bloc
of the', senate, succeeding former
Senator Kenyon of Iowa.
The Weather
Forecast.
Saturday possibly snow; somewhat
! Says Statements 'Bunk'
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i "If Ktftiias City police want to
Mart a Mtirovriy, let them lome
011; we can tell a low thiugr. too."
TIU i futility Attorney Miut
wdi' defy, in anwer to druattd
r a "ecpinj invt-siigatiou" into
th escape of Frank Piene, while in
the ciMody of Fred Franks, Omaha
drteeiive, in Kaiia City. 1 huriday.
lie dubbed as "the bunk" Kansas
City ohuiaU' t4itnicnt that l'im
was never turned over to them by
Franks.
"Responsibility Ended."
"Our npr!ibility ended vhcu
Franks arrived al the Police station
and handed Pierce over to the chief
of detectives." said Shotwell. "If
that ofiicer or any other permitted
Pierce to go out again in Franks
cuMody that") their look out, net
mine."
Shotwell stated that Franks' re
port to him was that the chief of
detectives told him be had no room
for Pierce in the "holdover" and
asked him if be would mind look
ing after Pierce for the night.
"The Kansas City police know
where. Pierce i, any way," Shotwell
continued. "If they want him so
badly why don't they go out and
get him?"
Courtesy to Hyers.
Shotwell explained that the reason
he personally took over the return
of Tierce to Kansas City, instead of
handing Pierce over to State Sher
iff Gus Hyers. who assumed respon
sibility for the prisoner during his
stay here, was a matter of courtey
to Hyers.
"My office had used Tierce here
and I deemed it the courteous thing
for me to return him, instead of put
ting livers to the extra trouble," said
Shotwell.
Chief of Police Michael Dcmpscy
expressed little concern over the mat
ter. "It's the county attorney's case,
not mine," said he.
Franks was preparing a written
statement of the Kansas City epi
sode for him, Dempsey said.
The version given by Chief of To-'
lice Edwards of Kansas City is in di
rect contradiction to the story told
by Franks of tlie escape of the star
witness in the Frank Fogg murder
case.
' Franks Story Disputed.
The Omaha detective didn't even
offer to surrender Pierce to Chief
of Detectives Walston, Edwards'
secretary told The Bee over long
distance telephone.
"City Detectives Bayliss and Har
rison, who, Franks stated, went with
(Turn to Pae Two. Column One.)
Alleged Attack on
School Pupil Probed
David City, Neb., Feb. 24.-(Spe-cial.)
County Attorney Thomas is
investigating an alleged fight be
tween Floyd Harrigcr, 15, a stu
dent in the high school, and Pro
fessor O. F. Alexis, instructor in
the manual training department.
The boy was struck on the head
with a hammer, but Professor Alexis
says he struck the youth only after
he rushed toward him with a chistl
in his hand.
The instructor said the boy had
threatened to "get him." Bad feclinp
is said to have started when the
boy failed in one of his studies un
der the instructor.
Farmers' Investment Co.
President Is Arrested
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 24. Warren J.
Linch. president of the Farmers' In
vesjjnent company, today was ar
rested on an indictment of one count,,
returned by the Lancaster county
grand jury charging embezzlement.
Dr. Frank T. Dwiggins of Lincoln,
former president of the American
State bank, was arrested on the in
dictment which charged false finan
cial statement on the Lincoln public
markets, filed against A. C. BJptckey,
made public yesterday. Blotckey is
now under arrest at Marysville, Cal.
Men Convicted by Court
Martial Released on Bond
Lincoln, Feb. 24. Ernest Watson
and Hugh Seymour, recently con
victed by the military court at Ne
braska City for alleged violation of
martial law declared during the
packing house strike, were ordered
released on $1,000 bond by Federal.
Judge T. C. Mungcr this afternoon
until their habeas corpus application
is disposed of.
Four of Family and Nurse
Arc Killed by Heater Gas
Santa Barbara. Cal.. Feb. 24. Mr.
and Mrs. Paul E. Gray and their
two children, a boy of 6 and a girl
of 3, besides a nurse, Miss Lillian
Spencer, were killed today by in
haling carbon monoxide gas, which
filled the Gray home here from a
gas water heater.
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Tocamo, Feb. 24. William X.
Davie died at the home of his son
in Stcilacoom" yesterday at the age
of 101. He came there from Pitts
burgh and was born in Halifax in
June. 1820. He was said to have
been a friend of John Jacob Astor
and Cornelius Vanderbitt and was
member of a New Y'ork volunteer
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