Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
RICHARDS SETTLES IN FULL
Accounts for All Of the Funds Of Graves
Estate Placed in His Hands.
GIVES BOND ON THE ROBBERY CHARGE
AdIai Il. stevenson Former vice Pres
Ident 20 Re one of Speakers at
Jefferson Day banquet
at Des MOines.
(From a Stan Correspondent

today. He has settled with the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty company on
the Graves estate. furnished a bond for his
appearance at Knoxville on the Hamilton
robbery charge and is at present square
with the world so far as any criminal liza
bility is concerned. Upon ais return from
Knoxville, Richards, accompanied by his at
torney, went to the courthouse and secured
the papers in the Graves estate. At the
ONCE Of the company's attorney he ac-
counted for every cent Of the money al
legged to have been misappropriated and
will receive an honorable discharge by the
Polk county court as administrator Of the
estate.
Richards went to Knoxville this morning.
Two indictments are standing against him
there, one for burglary and one for larceny
from a building in the night time. A bond
Of 81, 800 was necessary for the indictment
charging him with larceny. For the burg
larry charge he was required to put up a
bond Of 1900.
Arriving in the city from Knoxville at l
O'Clock this afternoon the ex-deputy was
met at the union station by E. H. Hunter,
one Of the sureties on his bond, the others
being United States Marshal George M.
Christian, A. U. Quint, X. R. Madden and
E. r. Mason. Madden is a well-to-do
stockman and merchant engaged in business
at Bridgewater. Madison county.
"Yes I was In Old Mexico a short time,
but not long. Mexico is not the country
for a man who has been a citizen of Iowa.
1t afforded me some amusement to read
the stories which appeared in the newspa-
pers Of Des Moines, stating where / was
and retailing the changed appearance 1 was
alleged to have undergone. You see my
hair isn't white" removing his hat and ex-
posing a fine head of brown hair, smoothly
combed down and as glossy as though he
had Just stepped from a barber's chair.
There was another fairy tale describing
an imaginary chance meeting between my
self and a man supposed to know me, on a
train from Lincoln to Omaha. The story
detailed how, when l noticed the man, I
turned my back, pulled my hat down over
my eyes and left the car. No such an in
cident occurred. Why, II I had met any
one 1 knew, l would have been very foolish
to have resorted to a ruse so futile. II I
had met anyone / knew in the manner men
toned ! would have looked him square in
the eye, gone up and shaken hands with
him.
"The mistake I made was in going away
after the shooting Of Baird. 1t was a Sc
rious error on my part, l can see 1t now, /
didn't recognize 1t then. Oh. yes, l saw a
uuD " pSOple 4 huOW Muil0 L Was away
But all Of them kept faith and did not in
form anyone where they had seen me.
Most Of the time l stopped at a place
not a great distance from Omaha. l Wis
tied Omaha a number Of times and there
met friends from Iowa, several Of them
from Des Moines.
Busse Escapes the GaIlows.
The appeal papers were this morning
filed in the supreme court in the case Of
the state against Louis Busse of Butler
county. who was tried for killing his wife
nearly two years ago and sentenced to be
hanged. TIL death sentence was to have
been carried out on April II, but the appeal
prevents this. Buses crime was a re-
voting one, as he beat his wife to death
with an iron rod. He was drunk at the
time and the appeal is in the hope that the
supreme court Will decide there was no
evidence OF generalization and that second
degree murder alone could have been com
: mitted.
An appeal to the supreme court was also
2 taken today in a queer case from Lyon
5 county in which Thomas Sheridan was con-
victed Of malicious mischief in that he
was engaged in putting salt on the ice In
an ice house belonging to Ed Tressler. He
4 was convicted and fined $500, and appeals.
a All appear was Adhtu III lut CdSt VI luiiu
Evans, who was convicted in Monroe county
Of assault with intent to commit murder
on William Reasby. He was sentenced to a
. term Of two years and six months.
: Frank ]. Hromadko Of Cedar Rapids. who
: was sentenced to six years In the peniten-
tiary for forcible deflement of his step
daughter, has appealed to the higher court,
Hromakdo formerly lived in Omaha, but
had removed to Cedar Rapids and was con-
5 victed last fall.
stevenson VIII Attend.
II was announced today that Adlai e
Stevenson OF Illinois will attend the Jeffer.
= son day banquet in Des Moines next month
/ A special invitation has been extended tC
1 him by those IN charge Of the banquet. The
v event will be Of more than state Importance
in that It is already certain that W. J
a BRYAN. W.. r. Hearst, Adlai Stevenson
h Charles E. Russell OF Chicago. Genera
James B. Weaver, Judge A. Van Wagner
and others VIII be on the program Thu
W banquet proper is to be open TO all dem
s ocrats who are willing to pay the price. bu
n this will be preceded by a conference wher'
only those who are willing to pledge fealt!
Is to Bryan will be admitted and where
g plan Of organization will be eneeted to max
certain that the party in Iowa remains loya
- TO the hhuod0 wy PloNASAh' @S
tickets to the banquet have been sold.
students Taking n Hand.
a The fact was discovered today that tn
students at the Iowa State college ar
le taking an active hand in the contest 10
president OF the college at Ames. A lette
81 came into possession OF one OF the trustee
le which had been written by Forrest e. Over
10 holser, a student, to a member OF IN
ID Chicago Alumni association, stating tina
the wfiter was one OF a committee ap
pointed by the student body al a mas
meeting for the purpose of influencing III
- action Of trustees, and asking the recipieu
re OF the letter TO use his influence to pre-
70 vent the selection Of Prof. C. F. Curtiss a
l. president Of the college. This is regarde
g. as an unexpected interference on the pal
sn OF the students with the work Of the trus
10 tees and is likely to cause some troubl
rs at the college. II is believed that III
he effect Of the letter will be to stTengthe
20 Curtiss with the trustees rather tina
Is weaken him The committee on presidenC
meets next Wednesday and the board II
next day.
Prohibition worker Leavea state.
ha Rev. II. II. Abrams. well known In low
er for his temperance work as superintendeT
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