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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1922)
niU DEE: UMAIIA. KKIDAY. MAY 13. 1922. Wife ami Mate Who Threw Acid May Yet Recover llttband Temper Warned A.ks After Wife From Bed Acrwi Hull Huprt for Death. Mrf. Roc fiurton, 19, trugliiig fur tier lifeat Lord I.ltr liotpiula ihe result of n ttemj WcdneuUy morning of hrr hubiul, Ray Bur- ion. 27. to Ull h?r. denied ilie had tttr mriitm or rrcelved letter from "another man.'' litirton poured car (otic arid down wife't throat and thru drank from the bottle himself. Two tetters found in tne clothiuu ( the young huband. purported to lave hren written bv Mr. Burton to Carlton A. Catwelf, Waterloo, la., tmd by Caell to her, were at trihuted a Hie cum? for Hurton' act but Mis.a "I'eugy" l.a Toccie, Mr. Hurton't roommate at I9IJ (as .trret, who ealled at the hospital Wilnrtriay night, wid yesterday morning Mr. Hurtmt declared the letter were "framed." , Her Father Arrives. Mr. Burton' father, Albert Fetitt, Fort Dodge, la . who arrived at hi daughter' hedide yeterday morn ing. aUo indicated he knew .nothing of .. ...... i j i iaiwrii. and mat in uaugnicr uiu not write to Cawcll. Shown the Utter, however, which began, "Dear C arlton" and closed "With love and li:er he admitted the writing re K in Med that of hi daughter. "I'm going to take my girl back home." announced the father, stand ing cloe by hi daughter' bedside. "She i the only girl we have. Her mother is almost frantic; she had been ill. anyway. Burton bad been Ht my home until Tuesday morning. I (. i.. l.i-niii:i lia iitM flit I no work, and hi temper is quick. "It wa simply hi temper that swayed him w!:en he forced poison clown my daughter' throat, and drank ft himself. I won't sav what we'll do about thi yet." Petitt con eluded. w,hcn asked if the young hus band would be pros-ecuted by him. 'Across thi Hall. Across the hall front Mrs. Burton's room lay her husband, whose condi tion, like that oi his wife, U regarded as critical by hospital authorities. Be tween gasps, and in a voice scarcely iiudihlc, he asked:" "How' Rose?" . "P.ettcr," he was informed. . "That's good," he gasped. ' - "Do you think you'll live?" "Hope not." "Do you think your wife still loves von?" "Oh, no! Oh, 1 can't talk, I m burning up." A letter from Sirs. Burton's mother, found bv police yesterday, reads in part: "Well, jou know how good a "mother I always was to you even to the last when I left you both at the train. Your birthday was the 10th. I had worked hard to get you a nice birthday supper, but you didn't come.' Xeither did darling Ray, for I love both of you dearly. God knows my pravcr is always on my lip for vou both, find you know Dad would "do anything tor you both. Take mv advice, be good to . Ray. He dearly loves you and his work is against, hint now. " ' "Don't Give 'Up Ray." "Now, clear, oiice again take my advice and warning. You know what I me?-i. Don't give up Ray for love or money; he love you, God knows I know you are working, but don't give up Kay for all of. that. Everybody wants to know wher: vou are. Don't tell them where you "are, you know what - they would think. , r "Well, dear little daughter, write me, I will never be the same again. Be good to Ray and have, a heart. You know a year ago this time it would be worse. Take my advice. Less than an hour before her hus band tried to kill her. Mrs. Burton, despite the fact she had just lost her iob, borrowed 25 cents from Miss La Tossic thatjier husband might have food. ' Both May Recover. .. Police Surgeon F. H. Kinyoun said vestcrday morning both Mr. and Mrs. - Burton probably will recover. Nor will Mrs. Burton be blinded by the acid which burned vher face, he said. She expressed the intention of prosecuting her husband, according to Dr. Kinyoun. ' " Mrs. Burton, through scarcely able , , . ,i j :i - J tA rt. Wit. to lane, aanmicu w utivviin. . liam Gurnett, that she and her hus- the night of ' April 18, 92Z. 1 The "Dear Carlton" letter was scribbled in pencil on Hotel Plaza stationery. "' .'- --.f . Wivesl You can set a more attrac tive table by buying from Bee Food Ads.'. r j Dog Hill Paragrafs ' ' By George Bingham Clab Hancock mule : balked on him early today and he had to get out and push him op the hill. ,' Sim Flinders say he notices lots of people are in a big hurry to get somewhere, and after they arrive they haven't anything o do. . ' the smaller and cheaper the phono- graph the lonecr.nouT u nas io work. ' - . Kansas Game Warden . Visits in Nebraska Lincoln, May 18. (Social -.. via . CUpp. Kn. ktaie luh and game warden, called on George Koe ier, Kebraka game warden, to get information relative to method ued by Koetter in distributing lih from the Nebraika fih hatcherie and to inpect "The Angler," Krurl's fuh ear, with a view of purihitniug a similar car ir u.e in Kaiua. Clap, . who ha vUiied rverl ttatet in hit study of propagation and protection o( full and game, declared method ued in Nebraska urpkcd those of any tate he had vitited to date and the Achraka hli car, winch Koetter if uiug almost conoautly in trason carrying rih from one end of the state to another and placing them in Ncbraka' take, wa better equipped and managed than any he liad een. Kaua at thi time, 'C'lapp ad mitted, wa far behind Nebraka in handling of the fih and game prop osition. However, he averted, that the people of kait'a are finally awakened to the danger of exter mination of it lh and game and are taking long stride to put the tUte in a rank with Nebraska a a prop erly conducted date from the stand point of propagation and protection of game. More Than Half of Corn Acreage Is Planted Lincoln. 'May !8.-(By A. I'.) More than half of the corn crop wa planted during the first two week of May and with a general abundance of moisture the crop should sprout nicely, although a shortage in the supply of sub-soil moisture i reported in some sections, according to the semi-monthly crop report issued by the state federal bureaus of crop estimates. Planting is slightly advanced over that of last year, in contrast to spring grains, which are considerably later than a year ago, says the report. Wheat needs more tain in most of the counties, and some reports in dicate that wheat is slightly yellow ish, the report states. Satisfactory conditions are reported from other section. A marked increase in acreage of the early commercial potato crop, some winter-kill of alfalfa, grapes.. raspnerrics ana strawncrrics, due I I . J .1. ( !' I.. M largely io winter nrouin, anu smki damage from frost to early tree fruit in a few places, also is contained in the report. Further losses of pigs and chickens are reported. , . Four Loads of Cairo Steers Bring Good Price on Market A four-load consignment oi steers averaging .1,038 pounds and of suf ficient CLly to bring $8.35 a hun dred, cloic to the top price of the day, was brought to the Omaha market by L. W. 'Thomson of j Cairoi Mr Tlmirmsnn sairl tli raftli u-rr 1 bought in Colorado a year ago as calves add cost $7.25 a hulfdred and were ' put out on pasture for five months making a gain of 250 pounds each. The cattle were font on grain feed for about three months, showing an additional gain of 400 ; pounds each, which netted a good profit when finally sold. According to Mr. Thompson, fat cattle are getting scarce and farming in his section is rather late, the farm ers just getting in their corn. "He said corn prices' had gone up to 50 cents a bushel and most of the farm ers around Cairo were not anxious to sell. . ; Sutton Banker Applies for Parole from Prison Washington,. May ' 18. - (Spe cial Telegram.) Department of Justice officials said today that the application for pardon of M. L. Leuben, former Sutton, XTaK kahLr cpVvinor a Cfntpnr at Leavenworth; is before the de- artment merely as a matter ot rou tine. Leuben has made an appli cation for pardon similar to that' made by others serving sentences at Leavenworth and the department is giving it attention in the. usual -way. The department professes there is no particularly strong pressure be ing brought from anywhere and whether there was or not, tne case would be considered upon its merits, South Dakota Officers Probe Nebraska Murder TMnrfAltf Voh Mav 18 (Special Telgram.) Authorities of Yankton and Bridgiwater S. D., probing the mysterious disappearance of a farm er named McNabel, are turning their attention to the murder of Frank Paul at Spencer, Neb., in the belief that some clue to the McNabel dis appearance may come out ot the in rrtuntv. PhotO- graphs of Walter Simmons, held at Z r . .1. . T" . . 1 Butte nr connection witn. me ram murder, have been requested by Pridgeport and Yankton police. Beatrice Newspaper Seeks to Collect Political Bill Rratrirc Neh.. Mav 18. (Special) Action Was brought before justice Ellis this city to revived judg ment obtained in 1917 by E. M. Mar vin of the Daily Sun of $41.46 against H T WaliVn fnr camoaisn adver tising,, when the defendant made his last race for county judge ana was defeated. Interest at the rate of 7 frnm January 22. 1917. to gether with costs, is asked by plain tiff s attorneys. Superior Boosts Candidacy of Katherine O'Brien Neb.. Mav 18. (Special.) Boosters for Katheritie O'Brien, Burlington candidate in the -umana Bee Good Will election, turned out en masse here Thursday night for the dance given to raise votes for the Omaha girl. Tickets for the affair were sold bv "Kate's" old school mates. Ray Paul, with the Superior orchestra, furnished the music. Ranch Hand Found Dead Oshkosh. Neb., May 18. (Special) Forest McGill. 22 and single, who has been working on the Charles Avery ranch, was found dead in his bed at the ranch by other work hands when they awoke in the morning. It was reported he had been drinking heavily the day previous. The only known relatives is his father who aUn is pmnloved on the same ranch. lo inquest was held, , jl if may racoraeirea g Sales Knit Underwear Women's Cotton Veatt Regulation or bod ice top, all sizes; 25c value; 1C each, Ivl Boys' Nainsook Union Suits-Well-made gar ments In sleeveless style, knee length. Sizes 24 to 34. 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