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Says Act Followed Abuse
A toronfr'i Jury, after nqulrlne
ii ii Die death 0f ICnnl Vihen, r
timed a vt-rdirt Saturday afternoon
I. J. Slack moruurv, find,
biff that Mr. Lillian Valicrt, hit wife,
killed Innt in elf-dcfene. The Jurv
recommended that the be discharged
(torn custody, she was given lief
freedom immediately after the in.
wf. but will appear in police court
Monday, as a matter of form, to be
diM-haiyrd.
Mr, V'aiirn, a small woman, was
perfectly calm as she told on the
witness ttand of the killing. They
lived upsUirt at 27JJ Parker itreet.
llcr Jmobaml ranie home intoxicated
at 2:20 Saturday morning, accom.
paiurq iy i nomas elRwick. J4J4
Decatur street. They are both iron
mouldcra ami bad been at a labor
temple meeting.
Dragged Her From Bed.
"He as.ked me why the fire was
out and then demanded something
to eat," (aid Mrs. Valien without a
tremor. "He dragged me out of bed
and struck me on both cheeks. That
was nothing new; he's done it for
)ears. riie two children woke up
and began to cry.
"Then I went to a closet and got
the revolver. The time bad come.
He saw me with it and dared me
to slmot. I pulled the trigger as
he stood beside the bureau, lie fell.
"Kenny, our boy who is 11, ran
to his father and cried, 'daddy,
daddy, why did you keep abusing
mama so?' Mary who is 5, poor
child, just cried."
Mrs. Valien said her -husband has
been corresponding with another
woman for several years. She has
one letter of 29 pages written by the
woman to Valien, she said.
Thomas Chadwick, the man who
came home with Valien and who fled
after" the shooting, testified that after
he and Valien were at the Labor
temple meeting they drank about a
pint of corn whisky.
Benny. 11, Testifies.
Benny, 11, testified, "when I woke
up father was striking mother and
when Jie hit her he asked if she
didn't wish she could do it to him.
Father has been drunk often."
1'vcn Valicn's mother, Mrs Ediib
Valien. and his sister, Mrs. Clara
Sargcr, sided with Mrs, Valien.
'.'"We know she shot in self-defense,"
said the mother-in-law.
Rudolph Lefevre, Mrs. Valien's
father, admitted that he gave his
daughter the revolver some time ago.
Higher Prices Move
Stored Crops at Crete
Crete, Neb., Feb. 2S.-(Special.)
The sudden rise in the price of
wheat and corn as well as hogs is
bringing a great amount of produce
from the farms to market. In this
vicinity the farmers are well fixed
financially, and when prices go too
low to suit them they are .in a po
sition to hold on until the markets
seem to be reasonably good. The
past few months has witnessed very
little farm produce coming into thi3
place, but the Crete mills have been
paying a few cents over the market
price for wheat and corn and as a
result it has acted as a great' in
ducement for the farmers to bring
in the grain. Many farms around
Crete now have two crops stored
away and a substantial rise in prices
will move the older crop.
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run under the little girl's hat in the closet, but didn't My anything because
"Mamma told me not to," the child said, describing how her mother shot
dead her father when he struck her at their home at 3 Saturday morning.
Trouble Looms
in Negotiations
Over Tangier
Conflict a Possibility Between
Trance and Spain in Mo
rocco; May wring .tri
partite Conference.
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Trainload of Callle Sent
to Coast From Scottsbluff
According to information received
at the stockyards from Scottsbluff,
a trainload of cattle, were shipped
to Los Angeles from the Scotts
bluff stockyards last week. The
shipment was made over the Bur
lington and it was estimated the
trip would take 105 hours, the train
being a special stock train with all
necessary rights of way privileges.
The cars of the train were decorat
ed and each bore large banners on
either side with inscription, "Pulp
fed cattle from Scottsbluff to Los
Angeles." Superintendent Miller of
the Burlington was on hand to see
the big train safely on its journey.
Huge Golden Eagle Caught
in Trap Set for Hawks
Fairbury. Neb., Feb. 25. (Spe
cial.) A large golden eagle, weigh
ing 10 pounds, measuring seven feet
from tip to tip of the wings and
three feet from the tip of beak to
end of tail was caught in a trap
by R, L Gray, 10 miles south of
Fairbury. Mr. Gray had arranged
several steel trans near a dead hen
to catch chicken hawks.
Government Party Again
Defeated, in Great Britain
London, Feb. 25. (By A. P.)
The government today suffered its
third serious electoral defeat by
election within a week at the elec
tion in the Bodwin division of
Cornwall It resulted in the election
of Isaac Foot, independent liberal,
who received 13.751 votes against
16,610 votes for Sir Frederick Poole,
coalition unionist
House Building Started
North Platte, Neb., Feb. 25. (Spe
cial.) Steel workers have arrived in
the city and are placing in position
the structural steel for Lincoln coun
ey's new court house. Much of the
material for the building has been
assembled and the contractors are
planning to rush the work.
. By GRAFTON WILCOX.
Omaha Ufa LhwI Wire,
Washington, Feb. 25. Great Brit
ain, according to advices reaching
here from London, is bringing ores-
sure to bear on France to secure its
agreement to a tripartite conference
with pam for settlement of the Tan
gier question.
France, according to diplomatic
information, is showing considerable
hesitancy about participating in such
a conference, realizing that it in
volves consequences of vast import
ance to its Mediterranean and near
eastern policy. The tension between
Great Britain and I'rauce over the
Tangier Question has been consider
able, but that between France and
Spain has recently crown to such
proportions, especially as regards
representatives of the two powers in
the international zone, that there is
now a general realization that dip'
loinatic action is necessary to fore
stall the possibility of conflict. '
Say France Favored.
As the international zone of Tan
gier is under the sultan for purposes
of administration and as the sultan
is largely under French influence,
because of the I'rench protectorate
over the greater part of Morocco, the
administration of the zone, though
nominally Moorish, has in reality
smacked very strongly of French
control, with the result that French
interests are alleged to have re
ceived especially favored treatment.
Charees are made that the French
have consistently supported the sul
tan s authority over the zone to a
greater extent than is warranted by
the convention of 1912, which estab
lished the zone, thus making a prac
tical French administration of a the
oretically international zone.
Information from French sources
in Morocco indicates that the French
hepe for ultimate abandonment by
the Spaniards of their zone in Mo
rocco as a result of reverses in en-
ffacrcmpnts with the natives, such a
result, it is said, would seriously af
fect control of the Straits of Gibral
tar by Great Britain, which is largely
responsible for establishment of the
Spanish and the international zones.
The main purpose of this was to cre
ate a buffer between French Mo
rocco and the straits.
British Fears Increased.
The establishment of a French
naval base on ,the straits, obviously,
would neutralize to a considerable
extent the value of Gibraltar as a key
position in the. Mediterranean. Brit
ish apprehensions, especially among
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North Platte School Head
Will Resign Post July 1
North Platte, Neb., Feb. 25.
rSnecial.) C. L. Littel, for two
years superintendent of the city
schools, has tendered his resignation
to become effective July 1. Mr.
Littel has had' several offers to en
gage in commercial Mnes, but has
not yet decided whether to accept
one of these or to take a post-grau-
uate course at Harvara. ror inc
oast vear North Platte has paid us
superintendent $3,600.
A New Serial
Blue
LnctiOfti
. There is humor, ad- .
venture, danger,
love, jealousy, in
trigue and charming
character portrayal
in this BLUE RIB
BON romance of the
south.
The Wanted Man
By Harris Dicktoa
Firit Installment in
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Prisoner Makes
New Confession
in Taylor Case
Harry Fields Promises to
Name Keal Slayers if Prom
ised Partial Immunity
ly Officials.
Detroit, Feb. 25. Asserting he
had previously given fictitious names
in identifying the persons be claimed
were implicated in the murder of
William Desmond Taylor, Los An
geles film director, Harry M. fields,
held here awaiting sentence for for
gery, told authorities today he
would furnish information that would
clear up the crime if promised, par
tial immunity by the California
officials.
"I expect to do a prison sentence
for my part in this mess, but I don't
wtnt to hang," Fields was quoted as
saying.
Fields, subjected todav to another
cross-examination by Lieutenants of
Police Martin and smith and sheriff
Irving J. Coffin, made two changes
in his story of the shooting of Tay
lor, but still insisted he drove the car
used by the slayers and was paid
$1,000 for his part in the murder.
Woman Gives Signal,
He jid today, according 4o the
investigators, that a prominent mo
tion picture actress who was one of
the quartet that planned the kill
ing, preceded the other three par
ticipants to the Taylor home, with
the understanding that she was to
give the signal when the oppor
tune moment for the shooting ar
rived, and then escape.
When the car containing the
Chinese, the white man and woman.
who he said were the others . im
plicated, arrived at Taylor's bunga
low, Fields is said to have declared
the actress emerged from the house,
and, standing in the shadow of the
porch, waived a bag of candy. The
two men immediately left the auto
mobile, and a few seconds later
Fields heard a shot, according to his
purported statement. The men
stepped from a window of the house
and re-entered the car, the investiga
tors said he told them. Meanwhile,
the actress, who had given the signal,
disappeared.
Changes Statement.
Fields was previously said to have
told officers that the actress impli
cated in the killing was not at the
scene.
After the shooting, Fields, it is
claimed, says he drove back to the
other three and received his money.
He left Los Angeles that night, of-
ficrs said that he told them, although
he previously had stated that he had
stayed two days.
When riclds was questioned as to
his reason for giving fictitious names
in describing the killing, officers said
he told them, they were probing mc
hard for names and I had to say
something."
JtMclds is to be sentenced here next
week on the forgery charge to which
recently pleaded guilty.
Thomas Jefferson Club
Is Organized at Norfolk
Norfolk. Neb..' Feb. 25. (Soecial
Telegram.) Permanent organiza
tion of the Thomas Jefferson club
was made here with an advisory
committee of ' one woman in each
precinct.' Following are the perm
anent officers: E. B. Hansen, Mea
dow Grove, chairman; Frank Warn
er, Norfolk, secretary; C. J. Hulac,
Norfolk, treasurer; directors, Iiallie
Schmidt. Madison; Pat Stanton,
Tilden; F. D. Conley, Madison; E.
B. Hansen, Meadow Grove: I. T.
Witt, Newman Grove: Oscar
Sundcrman, Madison.
Girl's Clothing Catches
Fire; Burns May Be Fatal
Broken Bow, Neb., Feb. 25. (Spe
cial.) Caroline Cook, 15, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Cook, until re
cently residents of the northwestern
part of Custer county, was perhaps
fatally burned while trying to re
kindle a fire with kerosene at the
new home in Snider, Colo. The girl
ran from the house, but was caught
by her brother and thrown Into an
irrigation ditch nearby and the flames
extinguished.
Sentenced for Robbery.
Broken Bow, Neb., Feb. 25. (Spe
cial.) William Conrad, implicated in
the Anderson jewelry store robbery
last August, and who escaped and
later was found at Sioux City,
pleaded guilty to the charge of lar
ceny, and was given from one to
four years in the state reformatory
by Judge Hostetler, -
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Soldier Bonus Discussed
The progreuive party in Douglas
county and the Second congressional
district was organized yesterday
afternoon at a meeting attended by
less ih.iii i)(i mm and women in
Latinr tcmpli.
Soldier bonus, ested interests
trcidmi!.il primary, restoration of
the government to the people, con
trol tl liuance !y the government,
dethronement of Wall street, a milt
tnry referendum, and conspiracy of
the money interests were among the
subjects diseused by the speakers
and the attendants.
Favors Bonus Currency.
A spirit exchange of opinion fol
lowed the presentation by Koy M.
Uarton of a resolution that the con
veution go on record as favoring the
issuance of currenrv from the Lnitcd
States treasury, which will be legal
tender for all debts, public and pri
vate; and that each ex-service man
who was in foreign service be paid
$1.0(10 bonus and each who served
within this country shall be paid
SjO from the currency so issued
The resolution, as finally adopted,
carried the recommendation that an
elfort first be made to obtain the
bonus money from excess profits,
failincr in which, the national treas
ury should issue the currency direct
to the service men.
"This nlan of the treasury issuing
the currency would relieve depres
sion and would do away wun me
necessity of the federal reserve banks
and the War Finance board," said
T. S. Fenlon.
Mrs. Myrtle Fries asserted that the
resolution would tend to confuse the
minds of the voters and she opposed
adding anything to the Grand Island
platform.
Would Tax Profiteers.
"We could take the money away
from the war profiteers," suggested
Kev. J. L. Beebe, pastor of the
United Evangelical church. "If that
raniint he done, then I believe the
currency should be issued direct to
the service men.
Several delegates suggested that it
mieht be a difficult task to get the
money from war profiteers.
, Tin. tiipctihir was-. called to order
by T 'jf, Kdmis;cn of North -Platte,
state' chairman of ths progressive
rt Pnr nnrnoses of organizing
the party in this congressional dis
trict B. F. Ballard of Umana was
chairman. Roy M. Harrop,
secretary, and John Lynn, treasurer.
The following executive committee
was selected for the district: C. A.
Mi-nnnaM. C. E. Woodard. Daniel
Sullivan, A. M. Templin, James Mc
T.enrl n. F. Ilecrartv, Mrs. Rhoda
Bauer and Mrs. Maude I. Lochray.
To Organize County. '
r A McDonald nresided over the
county organization and Mrs. Maude
I. Lochray served as secrciary
trcasurcr. The following committee
was named to work out the details
of a county organization, with five
members for each of the 186 voting
nrccincts: A. M. Templin, Uaniel
Sullivan. C. E. Woodard, Peter
Mehrcns and Mrs. Myrtle Fries.
The county central committee was
authorized to fill any vacancies which
may occur in the county ticket. The
Grand Island platform was adopted
by the county and congressional or
ganizations. State Chairman Edmisten an
nounced during the meeting that the
call for funds resulted in a total of
$34 toward the state campaign fund.
Hope to Carry Omaha.
During his brief talk Mr. Edmis
ten said: "It is important that our
party shall carry Omaha."
"The most hopeful conditions im
aginable exist," added the state
chairman. "There is a deep-seated
interest."
"The money power as a conspir
acy against the life of the republic,"
was the subject considered by Rev.
J. L. Beebe, for whom petitions were
circulated in behalf of his candidacy
as the progressive party nominee
for congress in this district. Rev.
Mr. Beebe asserted that since the
foundation of this republic there has
been a group of men opposed to free
institutions and the constitutional
lights of the people.
Minister Fears Monarchy.
"This group," said the minister,
is determined to take the republic
from the people and hand it over to
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WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features of
THE SUNDAY BEE
PART OXE. S
Xebraska Farm Xewa Fare 9.
Land Bank ot Omaha Attains First
Place t Paje 10.
PART TWO.
Society and Newa for Women
Pare 1 to 4.
Shopping With Polly Pace 4.
"Their Treasure! Here Below," Blue
Ribbon ahort atory by Elizabeth
Jordon pace 6.
"9100,000 Reward," final Installment
ot aerial by Henry C. Rowland
Face 6.
"The Harried Ufa of Helen and
Warren" Pace 7.
For Lire Boy et Omaha Pace 7.
Editorial Comment Pace S.
Amusements Panes 9, 10 and 11.
"Happyland," for the children
Face It.
PART THREE.
Sports News and Features
Faces 1, ! and S.
Of Eipeclal Interest to Motorist
Face 4.
Want Ads Face S. 6 and 7.
Uarketa and Financial r-Fa S.
Hardins Favors
Naval Strength
of 80,000 or Over
President Attempts to Smooth
Out Differences Existing
Between Department and
Members of Congress.
1. 1.1 the Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 25. President
Harding inaugurated an effort today
to reconcile wide differences of opin
ion between the Navy department
and congress as to the size and cost
of the navy for the next hscal year.
At a White House conference with
republican members of the house
naval committee and Representative
Mondell of Wyoming, the republican
leader, the 'president, seeking to
compromise what some members
have described as "the extreme
views," is said to have declared that
with the size of the navy fixed by
the arms conference, the total en
listed personnel ought not to be less
than 80.000.
Secretary Denby, in outlining de
partment needs to the committee, has
insisted on an enlisted strength of
80,000 and the present officer per
sonnel, including 540 members of
the first class at Annapolis to be
graduated in June. Chairman Butler
and other members of the committee
have insisted, however, that Mr.
Denby's figures for an appropriation
bill carrying a total of $350,000,000
were too high, and reports have
reached the president that a con
siderable number of house members
were demanding a cut so sweeping
that there might he funds enough in
the new navy bill for only 60,000
men.
Stand Pat on Figures.
In the face of determined opposi
tion to his estimate, Mr. Denby and
Admiral Coontz, chief of naval oper
ations, announced that they stood
pat on the figures. It was because
of this situation that the president
called in the republican committee
men with whom he conferred for an
hour and a half .in a general ex
change of views.
fhe feeling prevailed in some
quarters tonight that the president
had hit upon an easy basis of com
promise and had let it be known he
would not approve a bill that might
effectually "scrap", the navy below
the arms' conference point throutrh
failure to provide sufficient men to
man the 18 battleships and other
craft allotted the United States by
international agreement.
As the real right over the size and
cost of the navy will be before the
subcommittee on appropriations, of
which Representative Kelley, repub
lican, Michigan, is chairman, there
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Ex-Packing Plant Worker
Gets $900 for Loss of Thumh
Nebraska City, Neb., Feb. 25.
(Special.) Charles Jordan, formerly
employed at the Morton-Gregson
packing plant here, has been award
ed $900, equivalent to $15 per week,
for injuries received 60 weeks ago,
by the labor cornjnissioner of Ne
braska. Jordan lost his thumb while
employed by the company. Company
officials declare they may appeal
the case to the district court.
Auxiliary Pumping Plant
Installed at North Platte
North Platte, Neb., Feb. 25. (Spe
cial.) The auxiliary pumping plant
installed by, the city was eiven an
Lofficial test and proved satisfactory.
ihe pump throws SaO gallons a min
ute against a 90-pound pressure, and
a water lift of 20 feet. The well is
147 feet deep. ' . ,
Italian Deputy
Forms Cabinet
Nationalists and Fascisti Only
Groups Not Represented
. in New Organization.
Br tin. Associated Press.
' Rome. Feb. 25. Deputy Facta
has formed a new cabinet, a task
assigned to him Thursday . after
King Emmanuel had been unsuc
cessful in his search for a leader
willing to undertake the difficult
assignment. As officially announced,
the ministry will be constituted as
follows:
Premier and minister of interior,
minister of liberated provinces, Lui
ga Facta.
Minister of foreign affairs, Sig
nor Chancer.
Minister of navy, Roberta D.
Vito.
. Minister of war, Signor Amedola.
Minister of justice, Luigi Rossi.
Minister of the treasury, Camil
lo Peano.
Ministry of industry, Teofilo
Rossi.
Minister of public works, Signor
Riccio.
Minister of labor, Signor Dello S.
Barba.
Minister of posts, Signor Di Ce
saro. Minister of education, Antonio
Anile.
Minister of agriculture, Giovanni
Bertini.
Minister of finance, Signor Ber
tone.. Minister of the colonies, Signor
Di Scalea. '
The new cabinet is a coalition of
all the constitutional groups except
the nationalist and fascisti.
The adherents of ex-Premier Nit
ti are represented by Mendola. Nit
ti's followers are predominant, as, in
addition to the Premier Facto, Gol
litti, is represented by Peno, for
many years chief of cabinet and,
also by Teofilo Rossi, one of his
chief lieutenants.
The Catholics have the same num
ber of portfolios as in the Bomino
ministry, but their portfolios are of
more importance, as they include
those of construction, finance and
agriculture.
Denver Judge Calls Upon
Klan to Explain Threat
Denver, Feb. 25. District Attor
ney Phillip S. Van Cise today called
upon officers of the local branch of
the Ku Klux Klan to explain a let
ter, purporting to be from that or
ganization, threatening the life of
Ward Gash; a negro, unless he left
the city. Gash, a janitor, fled to
Ogden, Utah., a few hours after re
ceiving the letter several days ago.
Louisiana Minister Given
Coat of Tar and Feathers
Lake Charles, La., Feb. 25. A
telephone message to the American
Press this afternoon states that the
Rev. W. E. Bennett was taken to
the outskirts of Derrider this morn
ing and tarred and feathered by
masked men. Bennett is alleged -to
have deserted his family and to have
broken jail in Mississippi some time
ago.
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Three Nebraska City Men
File for City Commission
Nebraska Citv. Neb.. Feb. 25.
(Special.) Frank A. Bartling, mem
ber of the city commission; Theodore
Weberint, a baker, and John Sher
wood, shoemaker, have filed for com
missionerships at the spring pri
mary, March 24. Frank Thomas,
mayor, i.nd Bert Ryder, commission
er of streets, are expected to file
within a few days.
"Settlement Day"
Anticipated by
Bankers of State
Less Hardship in Arranging
Payments Predicted by
Omaha War Finance
Committee.
"Movine dav" or "settlement day,'
as March 1 is known in the agri
cultural districts, has been anticipat
ed fully by Nebraska bankers. At
War Finance corporation headquar
ters in Omaha it is predicted that
there will be less hardship in ar
ranging payments than before.
Preliminary transactions with the
farmers' local banks already have
been carried out. Much of the heavy
borrowing from the War Finance
corporation has been in preparation
for settlement day, when payments
are customarily made on farms that
have been purchased and when ten
ants leave the farm or move to an
other. It is reported that many fami
lies who moved to town and rented
their farms are now going back.
Loans of the War Finance cor
poration now exreed those of the
federal reserve system in Nebraska.
Redisounts for 739 banks in this
state with the War Finance agency
have brought $10,000,000 to Nebras
ka, with almost 5J,000.(I0U more ap
proved by Omaha headquarters and
awaiting action in Washington. The
Federal Reserve loans total slightly
less than $9,000,000. Although there
has been a lull in requests for ac
commodation, the War rinance cor
poration is now preparing for heavier
borrowing to finance the spring
movement of cattle from southern
ranges to the ranches in western
Nebraska.
Two Youths Sentenced to
Prison for Hog Stealing
Broken Bow, Neb., Feb. 25. (Spe
cial.) Fay Mattox and Jesse Stone,
two young men from the Comstock
neighborhood, pleaded guilty before
Judge Hostctler to stealing 17 hogs
from Bvron Olover. I hey were sen
tenced to the state reformatory for
a term of one to five years.
Three other boys in the two fam
ilies, Frank and Elmer Mattox and
Ralph Stone, arrested later on the
charge of hog stealing, have been
bound over to the next term of dis
trict court.
Bankers of Three Counties
Meet in North Platte
North Platte, Neb., Feb. 25. (Spe
cial.) Thirty officers and employes
of banks in Lincoln, Keith and Lo
gan counties held a conference in this
city and discussed problems which
confront them. Prior to the meeting
the visitors were entertained at a
dinner by the local bankers.
Candidate for Senate
Will Withdraw From Race
Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 25. (Special
Telegram.) George N. Beels, who
filed for state senator from the
Seventh district, announced here to.
day that he would withdraw from
the race because of business reasons.
Beels is a republican;
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Escape of
Pierce May
Cost Badge
Drlfdive Colli Fofg Murder
Witness Liar for J?aing
1 1 ! Getaway Wat
Winked At.
Charges May Be Brought
"If Frink Fierce laid lit fiiapfd
with my perntinion at Kamai City,
he ii a lur and knows it," was the
ten statement made bv Detective
Vtrl 1 ranks Satuiday night hen
told of stateinrtit accredited to
I'irrce in Kanus City.
fierce wai rearreited Saturday by
Kansai City police who iid Pierce
told them that Fr.mks knew he was
going to escape.
Dcmpser Appear Impressed.
Chief of Police Dempiey appeared
to be very much impresed by the
Hatrment made by 1'ierce, but -said
he did not want to condemn Franks
for the alleged act until be has coin
pletrd the investigation.
"That puts Franks in bad." Chief
Dempsey exclaimed when informed
that Pierce bad declared Franks re
leased him, and "told him to go
home."
"But I'm not through with the in
vestigation," continued Chief Demp
sey. hastily. "Don't quote me a
Condemning Franks until I have
completed my correspondence with
the chief at Kansas City."
Interviewers Sidestepped.
Though officials sidestepped inter
viewers Saturday, and none wished
to announce publicly what course
would be followed, It was hinted that
charges might be brought against
Detective Franks. Such action would
probably cost the officer his badge.
"If Officer Franks told Tierce he
could go he should be censored,"
said County Attorney Shotwell, when
informed of Pierce's statement
.Pierce was arrested yesterday by
two Kansas City detectives in the
heart of Kansas City's business dis
trict. He was leaning against the
doorway of a cheap hotel and made
no resistance.
His first request was for dope.
He received it. '
"How did you get away?" Chief
of Detectives Walston of Kansas
City asked.
A Different Story.
"Franks told me I could go," said
Pierce. "He said the Kansas City
detectives didn't want me."
:Tlie story told by Franks, how. ;
ever, is quite different.
The detective !ec!ares Tierce
slipped away while Franks was be
ing shaved in a barber shop.
To prove his point that he did not
willingly permit Pierce to escape,
Franks explained in his reports that
Pierce had any number of opportu
nities to escape from him during the
trip from Omaha to Kansas City.
Sticks to Story.
"I had no papers giving me cus
tody of Pierce," said Franks, "and
he could have walked right outof
my hands any time he wanted to."
Franks sticks to his story that he
turned Pierce over to Kansas City
police, but that on Pierce's request
Chief of Detectives Walston gave
Pierce permission to spend the night
Walston, on the other hand, said
Franks asked for Pierce's release for
the night and guaranteed to return
him in the morning.
Gus Hyerg Reminisces.
County Attorney Shotwell says he
is satisfied Franks is guiltless.
State Sheriff Gus Hyers, who was
responsible for Pierce while in Ne
braska, also is inclined to look ask
ance at the Kansas City police.
"I'm reminded of the Kansas City
police in the Anthony case," he said. ,
"Perry Anthony was indicted by
the special grand jury here on
charges of peddling worthless stock. .
He was arrested shortly before .
Christmas at Junction City, Kan. I
wired the officers there to please take
him as far as Kansas City and leave
htm with police there and I would
send for him.
Caught in Winnipeg.
"Thev did and I did. But my state
agent, when he reached Kansas City
and asked for Perry was told that
he had told the officers there such a
straightforward story he had con
vinced them of his innocence and
persuaded them to let him go to
Lincoln alone,
"Why they had ever taken him
from the police station' to the Union
station, where hey saw him buy a
railroad ticket for Lincoln, and then
left him, sure he would go' to Lincoln.
'Well, I nabbed Perry myself in
Winnipeg, Canada, some three weeks
after that, just as a result of the
'courtesy' of those Kansas City po
lice." Return of Skinner Firm
Certificates Is Sought .
A petition directing the Skinner
Packing company and the United
Specialties Construction company ol
Chicago to surrender certificates
amounting to $2,551.75 to Keith Ne
ville, receiver for the Skinner com
pany, and Frank H. Doerman, a
stockholder, was filed in federal
court yesterday. Judge J. V. Wood
rough signed an order directing the
United States National bank to hold
the certificates until the court de
cides the matter. The defendants
were given 20 days to file an an
swer.
The Skinner company had issued
the certificates to the United Spe
cialties Construction company to
settle a debt.
! ,
Rain Benefits Wheat.
Tecumseh. Neb.. Feb. 25. fSDe-
cial.) Johnson county farmers state
that the inch of rain of Wednesday
was very .beneficial to the wheat.
The wheat is in good condition in
this section. . , -
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