Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
AGED WOMAN FOUND FROZEN
Had Wandered from Home in the Night
While Temporarily Demsnted.
ERROR IN HILLS PARDON is CLANcErS
Latest Developments Indicate that
Little Boy Commits Suicide Re
cause lie wants TO he
with Mother.
From a star correspondentl

From a stan Correspondent)
LINCOLN. Dec. rs. (SpecialD Mrs.
Bernard Dolan, frozen to death, was found
In the ice in Salt creek at noon today.
Her body was under the ice. with one
hand protruding. Louis Smith. who was
skating on the creek, noticed the hand, and
rotihed the residents Of that vicinity.
Among those who vent to assist in re-
moving the body from the ice was the
husband Of the woman. In walking on the
Ice, he slipped and fell and struck the
ice near the body OF his wife. He was
rendered unconscious and 1t was thought
at FIRST that he was dead. He was taken
&c his home. where he remained uncon-
scious for several hours.
Mrs. Dolan's body was frozen stim and
the ice chung to her clothing after It was
removed from the creek. Tho water at
the place where the body was found is not
more than one foot deep and 1t is sup
posed Mrs. Dolan fell through the Ice as
she was attempting to cross the creek.
She was IS years Of age and for some
time had been slightly demented. She dis
appeared from her home Wednesday night.
A search was made for some trace Of her,
but no one had seen her since she left her
home until today. Her husband lie a pioneer
Inv VI LluCoiH anu 10 u ldDOTcT. NO
inquest will be held. The family resides
at 101 z street, a short distance from
where the body was found.
Hills VIII Get Pardon.
As matters now stand II seems hat
Rowland p. Hills is not long destined to
disappointment as the result of the error
made In the Communication of his sentence.
Referring to the matter, L. A. williams
RI blair todav eavo o,t tho foIIouIpg gtato-
ment:
Governor Savage consented to commute
the Hills sentence as a personal favor to
me and while an error was made In fig
uring out the dates, that will in no way
affect the result. Private Secretary Clan
cey is In Wisconsin on a vacation trip and
when he returns the matter will be cor
rected. Mr.. Hills was arrested on April
81, 1900, and was confined in the county
jail at Blair until August 9,1901, at which
time he was brought to Lincoln, where he
remained in the penitentiary until paroled
on August II last. Since his parole he has
been constantly engaged and has recently
been rendered the position of secretary
for the Metal Mining company at Salt
Lakes City. This position he will accept
as soon as he can get matters here closed
up. He has received his divorce from his
English wife, the divorce having been
granted by Judge Day in Douglas county
some time ago. When Re can legally do so
he will remarry his second wife, who is
now with her parents at Florence"
Wanted 20 he with hottie
Further investigation OF the suicide OF
Adelbert Lemon, the 10-year-old Bethany
boy. leads to the belief that he shot him
self because he desired to be with his
mother, who died some time ago. He re-
sided with his father, Rev. II. A. Lemon,
and his step-mother. Last Wednesday he
was playing In the yard and frequently
went into the house to get warm. His step
mother spoke to him several times about
running In and out OF the house. The last
time he went into the house he told his
step-mother that he had not come in to
get warm. and Immediately went out into
the yard with his gun. A few moments
later the report Of the shot was heard.
He was at once carried into the house, and
upon being questioned as to how the shoot
ing occurred, said: 81 did It on purpose.
Now I will go to see mamma"
The boy later stated that he had con-
templated the deed for several weeks, as
his uncle had taken his life. The funeral
occurred at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
GovernOr-EIect in city.
GONeTnOT mickey, accompanied Dy MIb.
Mickey, spent today in Lincoln and re-
turned to Osceola this afternoon. The gov
ernor said he had no appointments to make.
II want more time to look into conditions
at some of the Institutions" he said. There
Eeems to be quite a controversy over som
Of them, and / want to investigate so that
/ can act conscientiously." Mrs. Mickey
came In to do some shopping. The gov
ernor will return here Monday and remain
several days. Almost the entire morning
was spent by the governor elect In looking
ever mail.
Suspect Gets Jail Sentence.
Louis Standish. one Of the three men sus-
peeted Of holding up the Burlington train,
was sentenced to ninety days in jail this
morning by Police Judge Cosgrove on a
charge OF vagrancy. Standish. when ar
rested claimed to be a detective. He was
subjected to a vigorous questioning by the
police judge, but refused to give any ac-
count Of himself. His companions are in
jail for carrying concealed weapons and will
be tried on vagrancy charges when hey
have served out their time.
No Fraud ON Gund's Part.
Judge Frost has found for Harry Gund
In the suit OF Gund and his fellow owners
IN the Blue Valley bank of WILDER, recently
ltQuidated voluntarily.
Gund was president and principal owner
OF the institution. His partners objected
to his receiving his share Of the proceeds
of the sale OF assets on the ground that he
really owed the bank a large sum. He had
been lndoraer for q grain man. and hey
charged that he bad been guilty OF fraud
in going into the courts Of Thayer county,
and while representing the bank on one
side and himself and the grain dealer on
the other, he had scaled down his debt.
The case turned upon the question whether
there had been any fraud in the transact
tion and the court found that there had not
been.
Judge Frost also decided the case OF Bal
drige against Cotman and others. declining
20 permit one OF the standardization r.
Conklin-to reopen the case. The decree
confirms In Baldrige a one-fourth interest.
w. A. DeBord a one-tourth interest and
John Coffman a half interest In a large tract
OF land near Denton, this county. The
court holds that insofar as the rights Of the
parties are concerned the land cannot be
held to have been the partnership property
OF COnklin 4 Conman. once In the cattle
business on the premises, and that 1t is not
subject to an accounting between the said