The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-12-29
KNEEBS IN AMERICA.
Bob Say. He Has been wronged md
Will Prove 1t.


Will Prove 1t.
New YORK, Dec. ai.--RobertT. Kneebs
arrived on the Lucania Saturday.
Tho World has nearly q column de.
scribing tie affair III Berlin in which 1t
was alleged That Bethel was trottcd rs
Il ringer and after detailing the incl
dent that paper says:
krcebs tsas found sitting on his
trunk on the Cunard pier. IIe is OF
medium height, compactly built. witt,
gray hair and flowing beard.
He has regular features and
A geaiai open countenance.
He wore Il long brown overcoat of OK
pensive material and looked more like
u prosperous merchant than the
crooked sport he has been accused of
being. lie listened uttentively while
a reporter rend the story of his mis-
deeds printed in the papers. The vet
sran old sport, after listening for the
trst time to the published story OF his
adventures abroad, thrust his hands
INTO his overcoat poclsess a moment and
then laughed heartily. He followed
this action with Il few decisive sem
fences criticising "a few OF those inter
ssted.
why, the whole thing is n string of
les from beginning to end. That man
Nat Brown is simply trying to get back
at me for II tlirashing l gave him in
front OF his own hotel in Omaha :wo
years ago. He owed me som money
for work | did as II trainer and tried To
bluff me down; so l concluded to
thrash him. AS for this man Hefner,
tie didn't hnve but "A few dollars when
he started with me, and that didn't
last long. l never met lIefner butonce
before he came to me with II PROPOSE
ton TO take American trotters to Ger
many. l had plenty OF money for the
venture Mt the tine, and he entered
into Il contract with he. BalheI was
one of the horses named in the contract
to go. Before starting II friend of mine
connected with Dunis Commercial
agency in Sioux City cane to me and
advised me not to go III with tho man.
We even sent TO Paxton, his home, for
Il report, which stated that ~lIefner was
poorly off financially. The negotiations
hnd gone so far, however, and as we
were on the eve of starting, | deter
mined to make the trip with him and
trust to luck.
This was about u year ago. We
had been in England only n short time
when he lost his money and | told him
that he had misrepresentcd his linun-
cinl condition aud had broken the terms
of the contract. lngrccd, however, to
make good wha;ever he spent in the
venture, which he claimed was about
$1,000. lie came to me one lry on the
Berlin track and in u staggering way
demanded n settlement. His ann
nettled me and | told him | would
settle when l got ready. This an
gered him and he started the
Bethel story for revenge. When
] learned his record, before lenv-
ing Sioux City, | had Bcthel's name
stricken from tho contract ond put her
on a farm in Wakefield, Mob, where
she is now, or was the last time l heard
from there, u few weeks ago. %IIefner
claims to have bought two horses from.
Senator Ieomuns. That is q lie. /
purchased them myself and have tho
bill of sale in my trunk. On the stand,
in II German court, lie swore that he
had never seen Bethel, but that l had
was in prison | managed to COM
home. A number of them. includ-
ing some Of the best citizens of
Iowa, made atidavits that Bethel was
then on my farm, and Congressman
Perkins, proprietor of the Sioux City
Journal, went to the German ambassa-
dor, who had been Investigating tho
case, and told him that these afidavits
We're sworn to by reputable men. They
We're secured and sen to tho German
authorities, aud / was released on
$2,50o bail, which had been refused me
up 10 that time.
Kneobs took the train for the west
Saturday afternoon. lie says he will
prove his innocence, punish his enemies
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