Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-27
ENDED HIS LIFE IN A CELL.
On Old Omaha Man Suicides at
Lincoln.
VICTIM OF THE DRINK HABIT,
Peculiarities OF tho Nebraska Legisia.
tive Manuai-Fine Crop Pros
pccts-Suprcme Court
Proceedings,
LINCOLN BUREAU OF Tus OMAHA Bss,
1929 II STREET

LINCOLN, April 20. !
Last night at 1850 o'clock an old, gray
haired man, who gave his name as Thomas
Kinney aud his age as sixty Ave, was brought
to the police station by Olicer Morrsay.
lie said that he came from Omaha, or at
least that he had friends there, and informed
the captain that he followed the business of
peddlng. He wore grey, checked shirt
and pair of jeans pants. He had been
drinking heavily a short time before he
was arrested he was Mt Oppenhemers sa.
loon, aud said there that he had been robbed
of his 'littlo tin box" and could not make
living without it. He seemed very despond.
ent, and said he might as well kill himself
The box, he said, had been stolen from him
in Carrs saloon, and he had been there
searching for it,
He was searched at the station and on him
were found 10 cents, a knife and two small
keys. Late IN the afternoon he had gone to
the drug store Of Woompner & Hargis, on
North Ninth street. where he had procured
several grains of morphine, which was nut
in small box brought by him for tho pur-
pose. This, 1t seems, escaped the Officers
when they searched him. and between 5 and
q O'Clock this morning he took five grains OF
the poison. When he began to be sick an
examination was made and the box was
found. DR.. Simmons was sent for, remedies
were at once administered and the patient
was walked about the floor, but all efforts
were of no avail and Mt :35 he died.
During the night no wanted to have his
friends in Omaha know that he was going to
die, and asked to see an Omaha reporter.
Mr.. A. Crick called at the station afterward,
bringing the box which the old man had
lost He had left it at the Fred 81 Joe's
saloon, on South Ninth street. The coroner
was called and the body was taken to
Heaton's undertaking rooms.
Nebraska's Legislative Manual.
The Nebraska legislative manual has Just
been issued. 1t is bound in beautiful shade
of blue CLOTH and IS model of neatness and
accuracy. One of the great morning news.
papers of the state has the honor of having
issued it, Brad ID. Slaughter aud Walt M.
Seeley are each accredited as being PresDy-
terian ministers in good standing, while
Chaplain Tate is raised to the dignity of u
Nebraska editor S. L. Roberts, the chicken
fancler, is recorded n pettifogging lawyer
and Joe yesterday, the LAWYER, as a "Jlm
Crow" printer. 1t is intimated that the
boys will institute suit against the manual
for criminal libel. Brad Slaughter aud Walt
Seeley feel the worst aggrieved.
Fine Crop Prospects.
Hon. l.. w. Gilchrist, member of the
board of secretaries of the state board of
transportation, has just returned from trip
through the western and northern portions
of the state, Il have lived in Nebraska
twenty-five years." he says, land never saw
such prospects for small grain as we have
this year, In Custer county wheat, oats and
rye already mat the ground. l think the
year will bring forth good crops generally
throughout the state. Nebraskans are doing
better farming than in former years. The
ground was properly plowed and prepared
before seeding There is more in this than
in the season. l do not fear the drouth
talked of by croakers, and you will find that
the farmer who properly tills his soil will
have fair corn IN the event of dry weather.
With favorable weather, though. Nebraska
will have the best crops in her history"
Supreme Court News.
The following cases were filed for trial in
the supreme court yesterday and to-day:
Cordoba r. Sneel VS.. John Rickett. Error
from Fillmore county.
Andrew Henry VS.. James Vliet. Error
from Douglas county.
joseph NJ Feather VS. the County of Kear-
ney. Error from kearney county.
George Burke ct al VS. John Pepper. Error
from Douglas county.
l.. l.. Lindsay VS.. James Heaton. Error
from Lancaster county.
The Gale Sulky Harrow company VS.. L.
G. Laughlin. Error from Cass county.
uClark ID. Osborne ct al VS.. Earlo A. Can
A Delcrium Tremens Victim.
Last night a man who gave his name as
George q. Bonner was arrested and brought
to the police station. He appeared to be
sick and the complaint entered against him
on the books was suffering from nervous
disorder. The truth is, however, that the
man was suffering from deirum tremens
and had come to the last round in the ladder.
He gave his occupation as that OF an agent
and was locked up for safe keeping. He was
placed in cell and was given blanket with
which to cover himself Some time after.
ward one of tho officers went in to see that
everything was all right and found that
Bonner had torn the blanket into strips and
was earnestly endeavoring to lynch himself
by using the top of the cell as a gallows The
blanket was taken from him and he then Sc
cured piece of old tin can with which he
tried to behead himself. This was also taken
away and the man is still in the land of the
living. He will PROBABLY be taken to some
hospital for medical treatment.
Odd Fellows at large.
About one hundred and fifty persons left
this city to-day on the SPECIAL Burlington
train chartered by the Oddfellows of LIN
coin to carry them to the state gathering Of
their order at Beatrice. They were accom-
panied by the cadet band and wore on their
faces the look of people determined to have
a good time under any circumstances. They
remain till late tonight, the train being en-
tirely subject to their orders. About thirty
also went over the Union Pacific.
City News and Notes.
Judge Poppleton and Judge Woolworth, of
Omaha, transacted business to-day before
the supreme court.
Governor Thayer joined the Odd Fellows
celebration to-day in Beatrice, returning
home at 1890 tonight. He reports very
pleasant occasion.
A suit was begun to-day in which g. B.
Beach was the plaintiff and Elk Police Judge
Parsons defendant, which may prove to be
of uncommon interest before II is finished
The petition of Beach alleges that during
his term of Office Parsons was guilty of mis-
appropriating FUNDS belonging to the city, to
the amount of $1,000, and he sues for this
amount. The defendants in this case are
Parsons and his bondsmen.
Mrs. A. ID. Cox, who was found to be Ia,
boring under an attack OF insanity, brought
on by religious excitement, few days ago,
was to-day before the board of insanity com.
missioners.
Last December, about the middle of the
month, an emery wheel in the foundry of @,
+. Hedges burst and a young man named
Enos Meyer who was working at the wheel
was instantly killed. He was the only sup
port of his widowed mother and his sisters
This afternoon the mother brought suit in
the district court for damages in the sum OF
$4,000, alleging that the accident was due Il
a defective wheel.