Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-28
DENIES A DAVIS AFFIDAVIT
| Wife Of Witness Fullbright Writes TO Cor
tradict a Sworn Statement.
HER HUSBANDS TESTIMONY NOT BOUGHT
Another Sensation Added to the Long
List TINT Have Marked the His
tory of the Tragic Wreck
ut Lincoln.

I LINCOLN, Dec. 27.-(spcclal)--The wife
J OF Witness Fullbright, in a long letter to a
local paper. denies that the Rock Island
Railroad company paid her husband any
thing for his testimony in the Davis train
wrecking murder case, or that 1t ever gave
lin any transportation on that account. Full
bright testified in the trial Of Davis that
the latter had confessed the crime to him.
There is a strong affidavit; filed by j. C. Nc
Nalr In the district court to the effect that
Mrs. Fullbright admitted that her husband
had been paid by the road for his testimony.
Her affidavit is expect d to be forwarded from
Sevefence, Kas., in support of her story.
There are so many sensational features to
the case lately on trial, in which Davis
was sentenced to the penitentiary for life,
that a new trial would surprise no one.
This afternoon the 12-year-old son of C. r.
Tent met with a serious accident. While
riding a horse near his home, the animal
slipped and fell, throwing the boy with great
violence to the brick pavement. He struck
on the back of his head and was rendered
unconscious, in which condition he remained
for some time. At one time he was thought
to be dead. At a late hour this afternoon he
improved so that the attending physicians
pronounced him out OF danger.
This afternoon Coroner Winnett held an
inquest over the remains of Thomas Christen-
sen. the old man found dead in his shanty at
the west end Of the o street viaduct. The
evidence was In accordance with the facts
published in The Bee yesterday. Several
witnesses testified to the morphine and alec
hol habits of the deceased. a search of the
premi:es failed to reveal any more money
than the 80 found on the mans person. The
verdict was that the deceased came to his
death through natural causes, aided by ex-
cessive use Of alcohol and morphine.
The inmates and attendants of the Lincoln
Hospital for the Insane were this evening per-
mitted to enjoy a Christmas entertainment
OF a decidedly unique and Interesting charac-
ter. 1t was provided by volunteers among
the students Of the State university. A spe-
clal car chartered by the asylum officials
left the corner of Tenth and o streets at
100 p. m, free to all invited quests. The
program comprised a piano duet by Misses
Anderson and Newbranch; recitation, Miss
Rolofson; whistling solo, Miss Maggie Prey;
recitation, Miss Jennie Buncher; vocal solo,
Miss Annette Abbott; a play, "a Proposal
Under Difficulties" The characters repre-
scented in the last were taken by Eva Rolof-
son, Elizabeth Thompson, Keene Abbott and
Norman Shreve.
A DISMISS A DETECTIVE.
There is a prospect that Detective Langdon
OF the Lincoln police force may lose his Off
cial head. United States Marshal Frank
White gave Langdon $50 with which to pay
for the board of six men arrested last spring
on a charge of having passed counterfeit
money. These prisoners were boarded at the
city jail and at the rate paid by the city
their board came to only $13. Marshal White,
1t Is alleged, paid Largdon at the rate of rs
cents a day. So far the city has not re-
csived even the s13 to which it was en-
titled. Langdon's story Is that he asked
Day Captain Hoagland' to make out the
bill Tor the city, but that he had neglected to
do so, and Langdon had not thought to re-
mind him of his neglect since that time.
That WAS seven months ago. Mayor Graham
Gays he does not see how the excise board
can fail to take the matter up and investi-
gate 1t.
This morning a man giving his name as
Andrew Lugendiel was taken to the police
station and registered as insane. He had
entered the kitchen of q residence and
frightened the servant by volunteering his
assistance in the work. When placed in a
cell he manifested his mania by continually
hunting for something which he never found.
He Is believed to hail from Pawnee City.
Charles Daley was sentenced to a year
In the penitentiary for having held up Charles |
w. Gray and robbed him Of a roll of bills.
Edward Straight, of the Office Of the clerk
OF the supreme court, has returned from a
visit with his parents in Plattsmouth.
This morning Enos Hoffman, an employe |
of the Lincoln hotel, was taken to the
Tabitha hospital, suffering from an imper-
fectly knit broken leg.
Omaha people in Lincoln: Al the Lindell-
George A. Magney, w. G. Honn, William
Barter. At the Lincoln-H. NJ. Hunt, H.. Il. |
Clarke, John A. Krug, T. A. Fischer, Charles
b. Keller, Frank Irvine, r. l.. Markell, w. w. |
Lee.