Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-15
NlEGENFIND HEADS LIST
To Be First ksu Executed in Nebraska
P~onitsntisry Under New Law.
FlGGs SAY JUDGMENT IS ALL WRONG
Nebraska ~UnfversIty Boys LOOkinE for
q Hard Game Today with the KnOx
Crowd-Babcock H. MOrtcR-
sens Deputy.
CFrom ? star Correspondents

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LINCOLN. Nov. 1A.-(Special)-Gottlieb
Eeigenhnd. the Pierce county murderer. re-
Gently convicted Of the killing Of his wife,
bids fair to be the first man to be executed
under the law enacted by the last session
OF the legislature, requiring that all ex-
~ecutions in the state shall take place at
the penitentlary. He was lodged In the
states prison several days ago under COM
mitment to remain until his execution.
which is set for March 10. next. The honor
Of being the hrst murderer to meet death
under the new law Is accorded to Niegen-
find by reason OF the fact that Governor
Savage postponed the execution OF William
Rhea from the 25th Of last April unto the
first Friday in July. next. Thus, It is that
Niegenfnd will get about four months the
start Of his fellow criminal. and that Gov
ernor-Elect Mickey will have the friends
OF two condemned men bombardlng his
susceptibilities soon after he is Indicted
into office. The commitment papers Of
Gottlieb Niegenhnd disclose that he was
born In Nebraska. is 2s years old, a farmer
by occupation, and a Lutheran In religious
afniliation. They also show that he is
temperate in his habits and has not been
addicted to the use Of tobacco.
Babcock Selected.
II. A. Babcock. at present deputy for the
insurance department of the auditors Of
fce, has been selected by State Treasurer
Elect Mortensen as his deputy. The po-
sition pays the same-S1, 500 a year-as the
one he now holds, but is less combining and
less exacting. Mr.. Babcock was a former
business partner Of Mortensen and was
clerk of the Valley county. when the lat
ter was county treasurer. Mr.. Babcoek
aava the ~nOsition cama unaolIcitad Mr.
Babcock was state auditor four years. and
was insurance deputy under Auditor Ben
ton, Moore and Weston.
Think IL IL WrOnE.
A brief In behalf Of Sarah and Louis
Figg was nled in supreme court today, in
support OF their appeal from the judgment
of a Sarpy county jury, which gave Albert
Donahoe $500 damages because the Flggs
alienated his wife's affections. The suit
arose out Of the spread OF the Figgite cult
q few years ago. Mrs. Donahoe was one
of the women who was attracted by the
doctrines preached by the Figgs and left
her home and followed them. He took her
out of the Figg home and locked her up
several times. but she maintained that II
was a sin for her to live IN the married
state with a man who did not belong
TO her religious faith. In this Dona-
hoe declares she was supported by the
Figgs. The latter assert that the verdict
was the result of a passion. and prejudice
famed by religious prejudice and the un-
principled and untruthful accounts of their
actions in the public press.
Hard Game Tomorrow.
Nebraska will have the hardest game o.
the season tomorrow, when It lines VI
against the husky crowd from Knox col
loge. Galesburg. The Knox eleven. will
q dozen substitutes and a small band o
rooters arrived today. Coach Mclean say
his men are all in good trim. but ex
pressed doubts whether they would win
Only a little money has been vagered OF
the result. the Knox crowd wanting odd
of ? to 1. They want the better of 1t to-
on a wager that Knox will score. Ne
braska's goal line has not been crossed tht
season and a touchdown would cause al
most as much heartburn as a defeat.
Mclean insists that Knox is a lighte
team than Nebraska. and insists that tn
stories that have gone out that the four
Soar rule is not enforced in his colleg
are untrue. All of his men are bona nd
students, he says. Knox has won all OF II
games save one this year. 1t beat Kansa
s to o, whereas Nebraska whipped tn
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and while Nebraska was in poor condition
16 to o.
There will be two colored boys in tn
game tomorrow, Johnson, left end for Ne
braska, and Hopkins, left halfback 70
Knox, are the men. Both are expeI
dodgers and good ground gamers, Hopkin
having a big reputation as an end runns
and trick player. Shedd. Nebraska's sta
end, is out of It for the rest OF the seasoi
and Johnson takes his place. Mason wa
tried last game, but was not equal to II.
The team practice the last week hs
been very satisfactory. The scrubs couI
do nothing with the varsity and the men
bers OF the latter are back in the nne cor
dition they were when they beat the II
dams.
Manager Wyer OF the university athlet
board filed a protest tonight against Il
playing by Kno In tomorrOw's foot ba
game Of Martin, right guard. and Hopkin
right half, on the ground that the form'
is playing for a salary and that the latt'
has been playing for i've years, contrai
10 the conference regulations as to Il
length OF service OF a man upon a collel
team. Manager Elliott OF Knox said l
would pay no attention to the protest al
would play his men anyway. He deni
that Martin receives a salary. although ii
NebraskE management have a letter fro
him, in which he refused to come he
without a regular stipend. He admits tn
Hopkins has played fve yeaa on the teal