Omaha daily bee., 1891-04-05
Weir Declares That He Shot Johnson In Self
Defense.
BILLS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR BOYD.
Drumming Up Female vctcs-Thc
Death Roll In Ii n coln-Desertcd
by His Parents Other
Lincoln News.

OF the wound II is believed that the missil,
pierced vital part NVier is held in custody
to oawait results and tho charge shooting
with intent 10 kill" may be changed to tha,
of "murder.n
| Weir presented very demoralizcd appear.
ancc today as the result of his battle with
Johnson His black face was blacker than
ever from the various bruises on It, while
| abnormal Jumps decorated his head His
| clothes were torn and covered with blood
He says that johnson was tho aggressive per.
son and that the shooting was done In
seltdefense; that Johnson accompanied
by disreputable female known
as Nellie Letchcr, came to the Weir den last
| evening Tor the purpose Of raising a row
| that Johnson charged him with REPORTING, &,
| that johnson had been guilty of n theft He
declared that he had not onl V made the asser-
ton, but could prove it. Johnson then AS
sauited him with asldnrshot, cutting long
cash over the left eye, He attempted
MN, knocked him down and stamped
| and kicked him while still prostrate.
| he managed to escape into an adjoining room,
| where he grabbed revolver and commenced
| hrlng. The LetChcr woman was struck in
the leg with one Of the bullets, but not seri.
ouSly hurt. johnson was shot twice.
BILLS SIGNED.
| Today Govern or Boyd signed house roll No
| l3i, an act TO prohibit the keeping or harbor-
| ing of girls under the age of eighteen years
| ana boys under twenty-one years in houses
| o1lll-fame and to auth ori1e any officer of the
| law, or the officers or agents of the Nebraska
| Humane soCiety-, and all other humane or
| charitable societies to compel their removal
from such houses.
| The governor gave his official sanction to
| the following; House roll No 5S, a resolu-
tl0n TO amendsectiOn l of article , of the CON
stitu tion of Nebraska house roll NO 517 an
act TO provide for the payment of officers,
mem oers and employees of the twenty-secOnd
session OF the legislature
DESERTED ny HIS PARENTS
Officer Keane brought to the station this
morning a bright little fellow aged eight
years, whose name is given as Warren H.
kelch. The little fellow has been deserted
by both his parents and will be sent to the
home for the friendless. His father, William
Kelch, has been boarding for Some time at
the mouse OF Mrs. II. F.. Laird, 1905 street.
Three years ago the boys mother ran off
and left him to the tender mercies of the
father. The latter has provided for the boy
as best he could since then, and about two
weeks ago he left the city, some saw for
Omaha telling Mrs. Laird that h would be
back IN few days, and requesting her to
care for tho boy in the mean while She
agreed to do so, but has now become con-
vinced that the father does not intend to re-
turn, and being unable to care for the boy
herself, turned him over to tho police
AFTER FEMALE VOTES.
1t is evident that some members of the
womans party believe in practical politics
Several of tho feminine enthu siasts have
adopted the practice of politicians and are
making house to house canvass for votes,
ana endeaVoi1ng to secure the signatures of
ladies' to a paper promising TO 90 TO the polls
Tuesday and vote for the school board candi-
dates nominated by the female suffragists.
MoRTUARY.
Matthias Snapnier c,vtv xya,,e 5;,a
yesterday at st. Elizabe hospital of dropsy
He has 70 relatives or fren DIS in Lincoln but
an old acquaintance in Orleans, Neb., took
charge Of the funeral, which occurred from
the German Catholic church today
Mrs. Jennie E'ieldin &, wife of w j. Field
ing. residing at 6il South Tenth street, died
at 4 O'Clock this morning aged thirty three
years. The fun eral takes place Monday
William E., son of Mr.. and Mrs l. C..
Perry, died at the Nebraska house yesterday
of la grippe, The remains were taken TO
Palmyra this morning for in terment.
the fun eral OF Mrs. Abigail n. Tullis took
place at o'clock this afternoon from the
home of her dau ghter, Mrs. Walter Hoge $40
South Twenty-sixth street, and was largely
attend ded.
Maggie, wife of John L. Wright, died last
evening at her home, 1924 F. street, aged
twenty-five years, six months and twenty
seven days. The funeral will take place from
the African Methodist Episcopal church at 3
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Earl the infant son of Land Commissioner
Humphrey, died this morning with mem .
braneous Group. The remains will be taken
to Broken Bow tomorrow for interment.
ODDS AND ENDS,
A representative Of the Gaynor fire alarm
system IS in the city in con ference with Chief
New berry regarding the location of some
new boxes. Some of the wire which has
been improDerly put up will have TO be re-
strung The system will be in operation by
May |.
F.. II. Smith brings suit in county court
against John A. Westover and his sureties,
John Fisher JennieA. II. Westover for 500,
Smith Off ciatet as arbitrator in case where
in Westover was one Of the litigants, and
when the matter was appealed to the supreme
court Wes tower was defeated He had given
SS,00O bond to pay all expenses of arbitra-
tion, but Smith claims his expenses haven't
been paid.
Bishop WOrthington will make his annual |
visitation to Holy Trinity parish tomorrow.
large class of young people will be pre-
sented for confirmation at the morning ser
vice. In the evening the reverend gentleman
will oficiate at StAndrew's church In South
Lincoln
A large number of petty burglaries are re-
ported TO the police. A. w. Brown, room 3 |
Ian sing * Hall block, reports that some fell |
low stole some $50 worth OF clothing there |
from. Room 33, in the Capital hotel, occu-
pied by j. Il. Thompson and wife, was en- |
tered and several valises filled with clothing |
Oyercoat, which was stolen from his saloon |
at Tenth and N streets w. r. Laird, 1889 |
o street, was moving an d laid his S15 over |
coat down in 226 North Tenth street. |
Result he is out a coat I'D. Clarke coat |
which was peacefully reposing on rack at |
ll44 p street, took unto itself wings and flew
away.
Mrs. G. II, Rounds OF DesMoines asks the
police for Information concerning her seven
-year-od son Mark, whom she heard had
been arrested in Lueon for roJ bing cloth
ing store. Mark was not in 1t, however.
Oracle Bondurant, residing at 1425 O street,
and little tot Of six years was reported
missing last evening, and the authorities have
not vet learned whether she has been found
yet.
1t Is understood that the Lincoln charter
bill, now in the hands of Governor Boyd.
will not be signed until Monday or Tuesday,
in order to avoid any complications as to the
new Offices it creates A. the ones to be
elected on the ticket do not Qualify until
April l3. its provisions Will affect them
Coy, the hngerless forger, plead guilty of
the crime charged against him, and is held
under 81 900 bonds.
Libbe f. Briggs was given divorce from
her husband, Theodore r., who, If in the
Iot nft l,xa littft fat Had F, ohy