Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-14
MORSE HEIRS GET A VERDICT
Jury Gives Them Two Thousand Dollars
in the Wreck Damage Case.
cUoApY SELLS HIS cooPERAGt PLANT
Burlington suitchmnn Found Killed
tn the Ynrds-Conpressmnu Me-
Kcigbnn Dangerously III Mt
Hastings.

LINCOLN, Dec. 13.-(Special)-The Jury In
che case OF the administrators of the estate
of w. II. Morse, one Of the victims Of the
Rock Island wreck, against the company, late
this afternoon brought in a verdict In favor
OF the plaintiff for 81, 200. The case has ex-
cited no little interest in legal %iicles, as 1t
is the first one prosecuted since the convic-
ton of George w. Davis for wrecking the
train. Yesterday the defense moved that the
case be dismissed. which motion was over
ruled by Judge Hall. This barred the COM
pany's attorneys from introducing any evil
dence, and the case was given to the jury
after argument. It is considered certain that
the case will be appealed to the supreme
court.
The Lincoln Cooperage company today pur-
chased of the Cudahy Packing company the
cooperage plant at the penitentiary. The
Cudahy company recently bought 1t. The
Lincoln company is a partnership comprising
Il. C. and II. NJ. WEIGH. 1t is learned that
the cooperage company Will put 100 men at
work next Monday and will turn out 800 bar
rels daily. NJ. ID. Welch. for several years
connected with the Western Manufacturing
company. will be manager of the concern.
BURLINGTON SWITCHMAN KILLED.
At an early hour this morning the dead
body of J. c.. Beaver, a Burlington switch
man, was found lying between the rails at
tho west end OF the yards, near Fifth and l.
streets. No one saw the fatality at the time
1t occurred, but at 4 o'clock a. m. Beaver
was seen near a switch shanty stamping his
feet as though he was suffering from the
cold. A locomotive engineer, while moving
down toward a switch, saw beavers body
lying between the rails. No wheels had
passed over him, and 1t Is thought he was
crushed to death by being rolled along the
ground under a switch engine. Beaver was
A. years old and leaves a wife and two chill
dren. A coroner's jury found the facts as
above stated. Deceased came from Scranton,
Pa, and is a brother-in-law OF T. v. Pow
derby. the great labor organizer. The latter
has been telegraphed and asked what dlspo-
sition he would like to have made OF the re-
mains.
1t is stated that Franz Fritsche, the man
brought back from st. Louis to answer the
charge of having embezzled $500 from various
German societies In this city, has made ar
rangements to settle the defalcations. fiis
wife has given mortgages en- her property to
cover any losses sustained by her husbands
bondsmen. Fritsche is now out on a $500
bond.
INSANE OVER RELIGION.
This afternoon Oscar Webb Tillmann, a
young man Of 20, was brought to the city
suffering from an acute attack of dementia.
He is a farmer living near Raymond, this
county, and has a wife and two children.
Since Sunday he has been quite violent at
times, and has attempted to kill several
people. He Is said to have become insane on
the subject Of religion. During the late
Presbyterian revival at Raymond, Tillmann
was a constant attendant at the services.
He recently attacked rs brother and would
have killed him had 1t not been for the eff
forts of Tillmann's wife. Afterward he
chased other members of the family out Of
the house, kicked in doors and windows and
smashed considerable furniture. He was
sent to the asylum by the insanity board.
This morning Governor Holcomb left for
Hastings because Of the illness Of ex-Con-
gresham McKeighan, now in that city. He
was accompanied by DR.. Griffin. Ever since
the Transmississippi congress in Omaha Mr..
McKeighan has been confined to his bed. 1t
was the intention of Governor Holcomb to
have visited him next Sunday, but this
morning he received a telephone message
that he would better come at once and left
Immediately.
Omaha people in Lincoln: At the Lindell-
Samuel Bauman, r. B. Howell, M. T.. Lease,
C.. w. Webster, Vance Lane. w. S. Heephrey,
C. d.. Parmelee. At the Lincoln-W. l.. Dali
las, Charles T. Rogers, Paul Bausford, H.. Fl.
Never.