Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-20
FATAL ARRAY AT ELKHORN
LabOrsrs in GRADING Camp Quarrel Over
Money and One Outs the Other,
INJURED MAN SURVIVES ABOUT An HOUR
Party who Does the CuttinG Escapes,
but f. Later Arrested Near VALLEY
and IL Now IN Custody Of
the sheriG.

ELKHoRN. Neb., July iS.-(speciai
REORGANIZATION Hanson was killed by
A. Lightner near this place this after
noon. The killing occurred at the grad
ing camp of owen & Lovelace, who have
q contract on the Union Pacific cutoff
near here
The two men became involved in a
quarrel over Hanson accusing Lightner
with stealing IS from him. The quarrel
developed into a night. during which
Lightner drew a knife. Hanson started
to run, with his assailsnt in pursuit knife
in hand. LiRhtner made slash at his
flying adversary with the knife. striking
him in the wrist. When he saw he had
cut Hanson, Hghtner turned and ran for
the brush along the creek. and as II was
not thought Hanson's injuries were
serious no effort was made to stop him,
and It was over an hour afterward that
the officers were notified of the AFFAIR and
started in pursuit.
After being cut Hanson ran for short
distance and then, seeing ne was not pur-
sued sat down under a tree, where an
effort was made to stop the flow of blood.
AS the artery in the wrist had been
severed, neither he nor those around him
were able to accomplish II and before sur
gical aid was at hand Hanson was dead
1t was then the officers were notified
and pursuit of Lightner taken up. De-
scriptions of him were sent out by tele-
phone to surrounding towns and these re-
suited in his arrest at Waterloo by Of
fcers from Valley. At the time of his ar
rest he did not know that Hanson was
dead.
Murderer f. Captured.
WATERLOO. Neb.. July 1s-(special Tel
egram.)-John Hanson, a workman at a
grading camp east OF Waterloo about a
mile, was killed today by A. Lightner,
fellow worker Hanson was slashed on the
left arm with a razor and cut about the
body elsewhere, bleeding to death The
two men were at Elkhorn at noon, Hanson
later having boarded the train for Omaha.
Lightner followed him on the train and
asked for money and on being refused took
It from his pocket and jumped off the NOV
ing train, the victim following to get his
money back Both were left behind. They
went back to camp to work and renewed
the quarrel afterward, when the killing
| took place, about 4 o'clock.
| Lightner stayed in the brush about camp
some time and passed through Waterloo
about o'clock. a posse of men meanwhile
looking for him. He walked west on the
railroad and was captured about o'clock
about a half mile this side of Valley by
Marshal Talcott and party, who had been
notified from here that the man had
headed for Valley. They brought him to
Waterloo and he was Identified by men
| from the camp where he worked.
| A charge of murder was sworn out before
justice and Lightner will be held until
| morning. when he will be taken to Omaha.
This is the second murder at the grading
camp this month, the other one occurring
July 4. when one man stabbed another so
| that he died after being taken to a hos
pital. There have also been a number of
serious cutting scrapes at these camps and
no arrests had previously been made, the
culprits skipping outs3 r....- - ..-. -o......
Deputy Sheriff Haze, Coroner Bradley
and Deputy County Attorney shotwell of
| this cjtv hava 1ona oIt N Waterloo and