Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-16

residence and compensation Of the Judges
Of the supreme and district courts.
Pardon for
p. Coursey Richards. the old veteran
sentenced to the penitentiary for twelve
years on a charge OF criminal assault. sa-
lutes the flag today a free man. The gov
ernor commuted his sentence, knocking off
some four years. The old man has been.on
parole at the Soldiers nome at Milford
for over a year. He served in the late war
and has several wounds to show he fought
where the bullets flew thickest. He has
stoutly maintained his Impotence ever since
his conviction and recently was given a
public hearing by the governor.
Favor Change I'm Method.
It is not at all unlikely that some mem
bers OF the Board Of Assessment will urge
the next legislature 20 wipe out all appro-
priations by levy and urge the enactment
Of a law requiring that appropriation be
made solely by direct appropriations Of
defindte sums. This feeling on the the part
Of some of the officers Is due to the enor-
nous increase in the assessment OF prop
erty. Three counties heard from unoffi-
cially show an increase over last year Of
10000 This includes Douglas county
with it's 10000 % At this rate the in
crease in actual value will be somewhere
around the $500. WO.OO0 merk. This would
mean an increase in the assessed valua-
tiSr OF SO. O,Oo0. Members OF the board
believe the time has come when appropria-
lions should be made definite and not by
levy.
Amendment Copy Going 0ut.
Secretary of State Junkin has selected
the newspapers in which he will publish
the constitutional amendments, and the
copy will be sent them about July /. In
those counties where there are two good,
live republican papers, the secretary will
divide the pie so that all the people may
have an opportunity to read the proposed
amendments.
Two stories of Kidnapping.
The kidnapping of Mrs. Earl Shevalier.
daughter-in-law of the beneficiary Of the
I Horn will, has another side to It. Last
night Mrs. Shevaller, owe rher vigorous
protests. was taken from the home Of her
mother-in-law by a city detective, loaded
into a hack and taken to the court house,
where she made a statement to be used i.
the Horn will case. Then she was taken
home, since which time she has been con-
fined to her bed with nervous prostration.
The lawyers mentioned as having partici-
pated in the KIDNAPPING were County Attoor-
ney Tyrrell, Ed Strobe and d. ]. Flaharty.
At the time the woman was taken from
her home she was in consultation with
T. j. Doyle, an attorney for the bene-
ficlary. This morning when the case was
resumed, the matter was called to the at
tention of the court and Ed Strobe de-
manded that Mrs. Shevalier be sent for.
He announced that she would testify that
she had come to the court house OF her
own accord. and that she said she would
pretend to be III in order that her rela-
tives would not abuse her. The attorneys
for Mrs. shevalier did not insist that She
be sent for. Judge Tibbetts, one Of the at
torneys for the contestants, who was not
at the kidnapping. made this statement:
Mrs. shevalier had her brother telephone
to an attorney that she desired to be taken
away from the home of her mother-ln-laW
as she was afraid to stay there any. longer,
and that II a hack was sent for her sne
would make a statement regarding some OF
Mrs. Horns property. She pretended To
object to being taken away, in order 70
keep her relatives from knowing what she
intended doing.
Mrs. sheyalier the elder. who Is a bene-
ficiary of the Horn will, has been charged
I Win HoluilB OAN PAOPNANS
estate, and the statement Of the younger
woman is supposed to bear on that.
Heirs Look for Estate.
The attorney general and the secretary
OF state would IKE to know anyone knows
anything about Michael Walsh, who Is
supposed to have died somewhere in Ne.
braska recently. leaving an estate valued
at $4,000. without any heirs to claim Il
and a will to show how the estate should
be distributed. Two letters were received
at the state house today by these two Of
Ulcers, each making inquiries regarding thu
estate and each claiming relationship will
the dead Michael. The letters we're from
different parts of England and while neither
may result in obtaining an estate th'
writer's may find some long lost relatives
The one 10 the attorney general wa'
signed by Patrick Walsh. who claims 'tC
be a son OF the dead man, and the othel
was from Mrs. Mary lyman. a niece Of
Michael and a daughter of Thomas Walsh
Both letters say that Michael Walsh anc
Thomas Walsh came to America somi
time in the early sixties and for a time &
correspondence was kept up, but for many
years nothing was ever heard of Michael
Patrick came to America in the eighties
and made a search for Michael and got
I information lndN IHc hdu NdN III ANt
braska. His heagh failed himself and
he went back to England without finding
his father. Both letters contained a clip.
ping from a Manchester paper saying
Michael Walsh had died in Nebraska and
left an estate valued at $4,000 and unless
his heirs were discovered the estate would
revert to the state. In the Patrick Walsh
letter the writer says he has some rela'
tives living In another part Of England
but he does not know where. The attor'
ney general is of the opinion he can unite
the family even II he can't find traces Of
the large estate.
Telephone Order Stands.
The recent order of the railway commits
sion stopping telephone companies from
charging a messenger fee where no mes
senger is used passed and then rescindet
was again adopted this afternoon The
commission voted unanimously on the
proposition. Those telephone companies
which have a contract which entities then
to this fee will be given an opportunity
to appear before the commission and MAKE
a showing as to what per cent of the tol
charge they are entitled, and some kind o.
an agreement will be reached.
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