Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-25
FIRE AT LINCOLN ASYLUM
Stables a. State Hospital for the Insane
Destroyed, with Loss Of $4,000,
DISCHARGED INSANE PATIENT ARRESTED
Fred ". OIds Accused of BEING One
of the Murderers Of Davy Jones
Near WymOre Five
Years Ago.
From a stan Correspordent.)

CFrom a stan Correspondent
LINCOLN. Sept. A-(Special Telegram)
The state Of Nebraska suffered a loss Of
$4,000 by fire early this morning. the stables
at the hospital for the insane in the out
skirts Of the city being totally destroyed.
Six head OF horses were incinerated. a
dozen others being saved by the asylum
attaches after the latter were nearly suffo-
Gated and badly scorched by their efforts.
Large stores Of produce grown on the asy-
lum farm we're destroyed, along with i'm
plements and vehicles housed in adjoining
sheds.
Fed by several hundred tons Of hay the
flames leaped high in the air. The asylum
was distant about 200 yards, but most Of the
patients we're aroused by the din and added
TO the general disorder their screams. The
patients were kept locked within their
apartments and the excitement soon sub
sided.
superintendent Greene suspects incen-
diarism, as a part Of a general plot to
burn the state institutions. Within the
last eighteen months the state ~peniten-
tiary near this city and the Norfolk in
sane asylum have both been burned. rep
resenting a loss to the state OF $500, 900.
Ia both cases incendiarism was respon-
sible, the circumstance pointing to a
crank. Governor Savage and the state
oficials are on the scene this morning
conducting an Investigation.
The State Board Of Public Lands and
Buildings sent an architect to the asylum
this afternoon. After carefully examining
the walls and foundations he decided that
st would be useless to attempt to utilize
them in rebuilding the structure. This re-
port determined the board not to attempt
to rebuild the stables. Sheds will be util-
Avod unA NkA .o-N Io.trI,t,ra an A..a
the opportunity to order the rebuilding OF
the barn.
Odds Arrested for Murder.
Fred NJ. Olds, for the last six months ar
inmate Of the asylum, was arrested last
night Immediately upon his discharge a:
cured and taken to Beatrice by Sheriff
Waddington. The charge Of being one Of
the two principals in the numbering and
torturing OF old Davy Jones at wymor,
Ave and a half years ago is made against
olds.
1t was from Olds, In fact, that the frs
information came as to the Identity Of tn,
men. The detectives who investigated tn,
case recently discovered that olds hat
been thought of in connection with tn,
affair and, going to the asylum, he wormeC
out of him a confession that he and Herrot
had committed the murder. Olds con,
fessed freely. because he believed that hi
Incarceration in the asylum would guar
antee him. immunity. Soon afterwards tn,
brain hemorrhages which had troublet
him ceased and he was speedily cured.
Last evening his confession, repeated 81
the presence OF witnesses, was takei
down by a photographer. He now claims
however, that Herrod induced him to &
with him to Jones' house on false pre-
lenses and that he never went inside.
e. J. Herrod, the man whom Olds &C
cused as the leader in the affair, reache
here today in charge of Detective Evanf
who brought him from North Dakota. with
out a requisition. Herrod declares that h
was not in Wymore the night of the Jone
murder and that he can prove that h
spent the night in a town near the Kansa
line. He denies knowing Olds or ever hav
ing had any intimate relations with hin
He has been travelling for a photogrep
charging house OF Kansas City. He Is a
alert looking man Of 40, but was yer
nervous and appreciated the seriousness
OF his position.
Wnrm Time Among
An oratorical rough house was precip.
tated this afternoon at the initii
meeting OF the school OF instruction OF tn
Modern Woodmen. Head Consul Northcu
was present as the guest of the local men
Der Of the directorate, Mr.. Talbot, but II
address OF welcome delivered by o. B. Pol
was hardly of a glad character.
A big fight has been on in the Woodms
ranks for months over the question Of II
vision OF rates. MIR. Northcutt is Il
champion Of a plan that makes a materi
increase and which will bear rather hal
on the younger members, or at least tn,
think so.
Mr.. Polk declared that while he thong
that reimbursement was necessary,
thought that 1t should come in the matt
of salaries and not in the raising OF rate
He insisted that the order ought not to
compelled to pay high salaries to oficia
who rode about the country advancing the
personal interests. He said that the mer
bers OF the order knew nothing whatev
of the management other than the detaI
printed in the oficial organ and these we
unjust. unfair and often misleading.
selhshness, he insisted, was allowed to 1
spire the officers Of the order the e.
would not be far away. A loss of I
younger members would follow readJus
ment on the Northcutt plan.
Mr.. Northcutt was warmly defended
members present and a very INTEREST,"
debate over the various plans Of readjui
ment marked the proceedings for sever
hours.
Baye Minus n wife.
Albert Bayes, residing at Second and
streets reports to the police that his wi
who is twenty-five years his junior, elop
Monday with Edward Walker, who
almost the age Of Bayes, So, Bayes has
idea where they have gene. but thinks tn
went to Fremont. Officers there have be
notified to arrest them. Mrs. Bayes !
three children behind, her. She was
commanded by her little. baby.
Warden Davis reports the following n
commitments at the state penitentiai
Frank Edwards, York. three years
criminal assault; Paul Armstrong a
George Edwards. Stanton, three years ga
for burglary.
Governor Savage has issued Ave mi