HIE BEC: 0 MATT A'. SUNDAY, APRIL 2. 1921
9-G
2
Daybreak Store Holdup
Closes Night of Crime
Gna-cr, t'lcrk and Customer Locked in Cellar While
Imc Handit Loots Cash Kegister Policeman
in Kunning Gun Rattle With
Highwaymen.
$Jit givt:iy holdup, in whlth
fcuorr. ilrrk sm a lUtiumrr writ
Uult in tli rrlUr, shortly ilirr
ri-tt light jclrriUy itiuritiiii;, lopped a
ihcIiI l crime ai'iivitirt in Omaha
U'l nikili'. urlrl by a pulire motor
lun. lit i.im Out I aixl mimrroui
(icjk inlil'priri iiiiil thfiu,
1., 'I. Uriml had jut o;tnr4 )i
kioiiry iuie at .MIO J trrr auj
at.mtiue hii ilrrk, li. K. i'ruih.
.'ul5 'J lntt, iii jir;ii,itiK Irtih
trgruhle lor iiinrmiiK hprr at
7.45 yrtcrdy morning, hrn in
walked a li'ii. imnulifl highway,
wan, tir amJihing 4 .4j tjlibcr it
olvrr. "lifk 'cm up. ijuiiV!" romnuiidrd
the bandit, Druul ud J'ruslu com
i'licl. Ordered Into Cellar.
"Xow you gii) Awk down cell.tr,
came the next command, mlluwed by
in execution.
The holdup thru turned to the cali
eaiMer. Wliile he wa rnllrcting the
SMMt tl.rrrm. llmrtcs Mickey. SO.'I
.South Eighteenth tirrt, entered the
itnre. '
The bandit wheeled around from
the rYgitt r.
- yy. he a Kd fr How." lie ad-
with a display of his artillery. "Co
down cellar with the ret of 'em."
He followed Hit-key to the base
ment door and called down to the
trio:
"The first one to come op setj his
head blown oil." Then lie fled. The
trio emerged from the basement and
notified police.
Policeman Pursues.
Three motor bandits bad just
robbed the Henson-Williains drug
(tore, Thirty-bfth avenue and Leav
enworth streets. Friday night, when
Patrolman Mathews walked in. '
"We were just held up by those
three men." Mrs. Bert Benson told
bim. Mathews commandeered a
. rassing auto and gave chase, firing
as the bandit car lurched ahead.
One .45 caliber bullet, believed to
lave been from a bandit gun, crashed
ihrough the home of J. S. Davis,
.''524 Jones street, dropping at the
ieet of Mr. and Mrs. Davis as they
bat reading in the front room.
Officer Mathews lost the bandit
Irio near Thirty-third street and
Hawthorne avenue. They were in a
faster machine. He said be heard
the glass of their sedan shattered
and believes he wounded one of the
men. The drugr store holdup netted
the bandits $16.50 from the cash reg
ister, Mrs. Benson said.
F. J. Pond, Dode b" street car
conductor, reported to mlin be was
held up ud robbed of $IJ by two
pafkengeri rf lu car a be wi flag
tt nai the railroad criming en Twen.
tietlt between Cummg and hard
meet?,
Hurglar nude a good haul f jew.
dry at the apartment of 1. T. Vil
eo. -507 bhrrnuu enue. N
value of the loot wa given to polite.
1 be jewelry was listed:
(io'd wrlt watch, diamond laval
ieie, antique cameo lavaliere, two
revolvers, three ritigf. one an emer
ald set with two diamond chips; one
small cameo and one ruhv with 10
diamonds; three other rings, one
plain engraved, one with two pearU
fill two amethyst and one with
three small turuoie: two Lastern
Mar pm. two old coin, watch fob
with Knights Comnuudery emblem,
cameo stickpin and a Shrine pin.
Ice Box Raided.
Iluiglart raided the ice box on the
rear porch of the borne f K. Curtis,
1W0JJ North Eighteenth street,
Mole a clothrtw ringer and wath
board and one doeu egss.
Seven almost new shirH were
stolen from a clothesline at the home
of George l.atka, J80J L street.
A blue wicker baby carriage was
stolen from the home of Mrs. II.
Pilkins, 649 South Nineteenth street.
Burglars took a lavaliere set with
a carat diamond, and three other
pieces of jewelcry roin the home of
K. F. Lundherg, 2o07 Camden ave
nut. Loot worth $15 was stolen front
the home of H. S. Vanllousen, 5622
North Twentv-seventh street.
W. J. Wakefield, 5(128 Burt street,
reported $40 worth of clothing stolen
from his home.
Pharmacy Robbed.
The Noyes pharmacy. Fortieth and
Dodge streets, where Police Captain
James MacUonald was to severely
wounded in a gun battle with cracks
men that his leg bad to be amputated
several weeks ago, was visited again
Friday night by burplars who stole
40 pockctknives and three safety
razors.
The bakery of L. R. Forbes,
Twenty-fourth and Clark streets, was
ransacked, but no loot taken.
While a party was in full swing at
the home of N. Goldenberg, 4112
South Twenty-fourth street, a sneak
thief entered by the front door and
stole $60 worth of clothing from a
front closet.
Deaths
Chart Melham.
Broksn Bow Funeral servless wsrs
htld for Chsrles Melham. old-tlma wi
den or Custer county, who died follow
In a loni- UlncM. Ha la survived by tha
widow and three eons.
J. J. Krarnar.
Broken Bow J. J. Kearney of tha firm
of J.owder tt Kearney, died at bis home
In this city from pneumonia, Kuneral
aervlrea wera held from the Cathollo
church. Mr. Kearney leaves a wlfa and
three small children.
WUllam Selk.
Beatrice. Neb. Funeral eervlrea for
William Belk, 64. pioneer of Plymouth,
were held from St. Paul! Lutheran church
at that place, eonduoted by Key. Mr.
I.ehlhfer. Burial was In Woodlawn ceme
tery near Plymouth, Mr. 8elk had been
engaged In the mercantile business at
riymoulh for 30 years.
Mm. Jacob Bemley.
Beatrice. Neb. The funeral of Mrs.
Jacob Retnley was held from the church
of Rockford and burial wu In Fllley
cemetery. Mrs. Kemley was it, snd leaves
one daughter.
Florence Pule.
ArRPho. Neb. Florence Puis, IS.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Puis, died
at her home after a tew days Illness.
She became 111 with influenia, which de
veloped Into pneumonia,
Mrs. Mary Metsaer.
Syracuse. Keb. Mrs. Mary MeUger, 83.
resident of this place since May. 1879,
died st her home here. She Is survived
by four sons. William T.. Henry. John U.
and Edward C. and one daughter, Mrs.
I. lnzle Gross; also a number of grand
children and groat-grandchildren.
Hiram Thomas.
Beatrice, ' Neb. Hiram Thomas, is,
civil war veteran and a resident of Bea
trice for nearly SO years, died at the
home of his son, Harold, at Lincoln after
a brief Illness. He Is survived by seven
sons, his wife having died five years ago.
The body was brought" here for burial.
WUllam Booth.
Tawnee City. Heb. William Booth, S3,
prominent residewt of the Elk Creek vi
cinity, was burled there. He died on
the fsrm.N which had been his home
since he was 9. He was active In com
munity affairs.
B. Q. Chapman.
Wymore, Neb. B. . Chapman 3,
died at his home here slur a brief Ill
ness. Had been with 1. A. Lasher
Sons for the past eight yesrs. He leaves
a widow and four sons. Burial was at
' Holletiburg. Kan., his former home.
James Frederick DIrieh. '
Pawnee City. Neb James Frederick
TJlrlch. 4, one of the oldest of Pawnee
county's early settlers, died at the fam
ily home near Steinauer.
Mrs. Battle Parker.
Table Bock. Neb. Mrs. Hattie Parker,
II. wife of Fielding Parker, whose home
waa in the Humboldt vicinity, died. She
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Scott, pioceers of that vicinity, -who later
moved to Table Kock, where they re
aided for several years. She Is "-vlved
by her husband, two daughters and four
sisters. Funeral services were held at
Humboldt and burial waa at that city.
George BU1I.
Cambridge. NebGeorge Still, retired
fanner, died at his residence here, Mr.
tHlll moved. to town about a year ago.
Business Activities
Commercial Ctub Active.
Bloomtleld The Bloomfleld l-ommelal
club held IU annual meeting ndmhte."d,
reporta from the various committees
which showed that the club has been very
active In community development the past
year. The matter of raising the annual
dues from II to 5 was discussed.
Bain Halt Sales.
Pswnee City Pawnee -City s nlntB
"Community Sales Day-1 could not be
heralded as a decided success because rain
fell almost continually all day. Little
pessimism is felt by the merchants be
cause this Is the first of the nine such
dsvs which. has not been held on a bright
eunsi!y day with good roads to help out.
Despite the weather, many merchants sold
out of their particular "specials."
Boys York Hotel.
Pawnee City James Wsddelt and fam
ily of this place have left f.r Tork. wheee
Mr. Wsddell has purchased a hotel. The
place has been known as the Blodget
House but will henceforth be called the
Hotel Dean. Waddell Is an old hotel man.
having been In charge of the Lincoln at
Table Rock for several years, and later of
a large hotel at Scottsbluffs.
Grocery More Sold.
Broken Bow J. w. Scott Co. sold
their stock of groceries and meats to P.
J. Slmaason. who. for a number of years
has beln engaged la the market business
In this city.
. Editor Gets Office,
parlor. C . IXnlrick, editor of the
Superior Express, wss elected president
of the Superior Commercial organization.
Dr. George F. Plercy was elected vice
president and Herbert Nelson, treasurer.
A secretary has not yet been selected to
fill the vacancy made by the resignation
of Ford Harper.
Will Continue Luncheons.
Superior The Superior Chamber nf
Commerce decided to continue Its
luncheon until June 1. The average
attendance has been better than SO.
Plan Bargain Bay.
Wymore The merchants of Wymore
have united in bargain sales for Satur
day. April 1, but It will not be an April
Fool. Reel bargains and plenty of them
are offered.
Sells Odell Garage.
Odsll. August Johnson has sold his ga
rage and blacksmith business at Odell to
Henry Beckman.
Eggs Hell Freely.
Odell The merchants of Odell took In
ISO cases of eggs, for which they paid
$1,080.
Get Klectrle Lights.
Ogallals. Western Nebraska, especially
Keith and Perkins counties, are coming
to the front more rapidly than ever be
fore. During the past six months every
town In these two counties has been con
nected up with high voltage transmis
sion lines. Recently Brule entered Into
a contract with the city of Ogallala for
electrlo power. Faxton, Sutherland and
Hershey recently contraoted with North
Platte. Grant Is furnishing Its own cur
rent, while Madrid secures Its light from
Elsie.
Will Beautify Cemetery.
Wymore. The board of trustees of the
Wymore cemetery have decided to spend
about $1,000 in beautifying the grounds
this year.
w S3.000 Block.
Beatrice. Work has been started on
George Spiegel's nsw brick block, the old
building which has stood there for years
having been torn down. The new struc
ture will cost about $30,000 and will be
finished In about two months.
Weddings
Bonn-Brown.
Beatrice Thomas Dunn and Miss Etta
Brown wars married at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. K.
Brown, Wymore, Rev. Mr. Harper of
ficiating. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn will maks
their home at Wymore.
Murrey-Shauffelberger.
Falrbury Glen Murray, a student of the
agricultural department of the state uni
versity, and Carrie Shauffelberger of
Falrbury were married here by Rev. P. A.
Davtes, pastor of the Presbyterian church.
They will reside In Lincoln.
Schmldt-Hleken.
Gothenburg The marriage of - Enno
Schmidt to Miss Talena Hlcken occurred
at Christ's Lutheran church. They will
reside on a farm.
Babeock-Tanner.
Lodgepole Miss Iva Tenner of Sidney,
formerly a teacher In the schools here,
was married to Claude Babcock at Chap-pelt.
Bastean-Webb.
Beatrlcs Bean Basteau and Miss
Marlon Webb, both of this city, were
married at Lincoln. The bride is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Webb of
this city.
West-Cot.
Bestrice Announcement wss received
here of the marriage of Elsie I. Cox and
Verna E. West, both of this city, which
occurred at York. The groom is em
ployed with the Standard Bridge com
pany and the bride has been cashier st
Klein's store for some time. They will
make their home In Beatrice.
Divorce Court.
Petitions.
Elixabeth V. Rick against Charles F.
Rick, cruelty.
Decrees.
C. J. Connett from Mlrron Connett.
Leonard Corwin from Hazel Corwin.
Wilhemena K. Hansen from Carl Han-
South Side Brevities
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Philip Mitchell. 6031 Railroad avenue,
arrested on charges of burglary, pleaded
guilty to a charge of petit larceny in
Soutn Side police court yesterday morning
and was sentenced to 4S dsys in Jail.
Louis J. Talmsn. 3S3 U street, truck
driver for the McKeon Transfer company,
has been arrested on the South Side and
Is being held for the sheriff of St. Francis,
Ksn., on chargea of wife desertion.
Funeral services for Mrs, Cecilia Molin
skl, 3, who died at her home, 3937 J
street. Friday, will be held at St.
Stanislaus church at S Monday morning.
Burial wilt be in St , Mary Magdalene
cemetery. She is survived by her hus
band, three daughters and one son. She
had lived in South Omaha for 30 years.
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