Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-04
FOR The FOURTH
Barney koGinn, Sent Up from Omaha on
Murder Charge, Among Them,
OMAHA CONVICT TAKES FRENCH LEAVE
Charles HinkIe, n Trusty, Departs
with n suit of Clothes Belonging
TO Deputy Warden and is
stiII at Large.
CFrom a STAFF Correspondent

A.abhA n oNdAA AAtNBbAAfANN
LINCOLN. Neb.. July S.-(special)-A
special order on the death Of Former de-
partment Commander II. c. Russell was is
sued today from the state headquarters of
the Grand Army Of the Republic.
Mr.. Russell enlisted as a private in
company II. Second Iowa Infantry, April
wounded at Shiloh April 1. 1852, and again
In northern Alabama in March, 1884. He
was also prominent in the political history
of out state, having served as commits
sioner of public lands and buildings as a
member of the house of representatives
Der Of the visiting and examining board
OF the Soldiers, and, Sailors homes and
postmaster at Schuyler, Neb.
Pardon for Barney McGtnn.
Before leaving for Seattle last Monday
Governor Savage ordered the pardon Of
three convicts at the penitentiary, all to
be liberated on the morning OF July 4.
The fortunate prisoners are Barney Nc
CHM. sentenced to life Imprisonment for
murder committed in Omaha eleven years
ago, and Charles H. Tsrk and Giltner
Wright, sentenced to three years impris-
onment for an assault upon a woman in
Madison county. McGinn's sentence is
to six years and three months,
the time being reckoned from the day Of
his Incarceration in the penitentiary. The
sentences of lark and Wright are COM
muted to one year, three months and nine
teen days.
Although ordered to take place on July
4, these pardons are no different from those
given at any other time. The statutes
make special provision for Fourth Of July
pardons. but the conditions are different
from those existing in the case Of either
of the men to whom executive clemency
has in this instance been extended, the law
providing:
That on the 4th day of July in each year
the governor OF this state may. in his own
discretion, grant and issue an %uncondi-
Tertiary who have been confined therein
for ten years or more and whose conduct
while incarcerated in the penitentiary has
been such as to entitle him or her to the
benefits Of the good-time act.
Omaha Convict Escapes.
Convict Charles Hinkle, colored, from
Omaha, escaped from the penitentiary
Tuesday afternoon and thus far the prison
authorities have been unable to find any
trace of him. Hinkle was one of the off,
GERS OF the colored Episcopal church in
Omaha At the penitentiary he was a
"trusty." Tuesday morning he donned a
suit OF clothes belonging to the deputy
warden and put his convict uniform over
It. While at work in an unguarded part Of
the farm in the afternoon he discarded the
uniform and made his escape without diff
hculty.
The will Of the late Genio NJ. Lambertson,
executed in 1898, was filed for probate in
the county court today. The. petition ac-
companying the will schedules property Of
an aggregate value of $50, 900. One-ffth OF
this is in Lancaster county real estate, $15,-
900 Is in real estate in other counties and
s25, 900 is personal property. He gives $500
20 each Of his three sisters, Mrs. @. II. FL
II. o~I No.. 7 NJ Ct.tlI- -
and Mrs. /. B.. Lavielle of Washington, D.
c., and $50 to each Of his nephews and
nieces. One-third OF his entire estate is
given to his wife, Mary Sherwood Lam
.bertson, and the remainder is divided
equally between the two children by his
FIRST wife and the one by his second. These
heirs are Margaret Elizabeth Sherwood
Lambertson, aged 81; Nancy Perry Lam
bertson, aged 10. and Elizabeth Sherwood
Lambertson. an infant. His little daughter,
deceased last January, Is mentioned in the
will, and provision is made that any child
born after its execution shall share equally
with the others.
Plans for New Paving.
With the prospect Of an increase In the
revenue from taxation, the Lincoln city au-
thorities are planning for considerable re-
paving during the next few months. Deputy
AlbOEuCg ploudENg bldTltu Out lnlB mOT0luB
with petitions for four different districts
and secured the signature Of nearly every
property owner approached. They are for
the repaving Of o street from Sixteenth to
Twenty-hrst. M street from Tenth to Elev-
enth. Ninth street from p to r and Seventh
street from Q to r.
The Lancaster County Board OF Commits
sioners this afternoon issued an order to
the Nebraska Telephone company to produce
its annual statement of income and profits
during the year 1901. Yesterday the board
visited the company's once In Omaha and
was denied permission to examine this
statement. The board is sitting as a board
OF equalization.
DR.. ]. T. Hay OF this city has been APP.
pointed first assistant physician at the
Hospital for the Insane, near Lincoln, e
succeed DR.. w. D.. Shields, who has re.
signed to resume his practice in Holdrege
The appointment takes effect jolly IS. Or
Hay was formerly superintendent of IN,
institution, serving under the administra,
tion OF Governor Crounse.
Mayor Winnett has issued a prociamA,
tion prohibiting the discharge OF dynamite
and cannon frecrackers tomorrow. II,
grants special temporary privileges fol
other forms OF celebration, but insists tina
the dangerous cannon crackers will not b,
tolerated.
Beatrice Man Frustrated by Heat
nm ~