Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-22

street, where she stayed all night. There
she was arrested by Chief Briggs about
$50 a. m, ash she was about to take a car at
Eighteenth and Missouri. avenue. She made
no apparent effort to escape and expected
to be arrested. On arrival at the jail she
was in a state bordering on collapse. Police
officers only were allowed to see her for
an hour or more, when she became more
subdued. 1t was then she made her state
ment with regard to the case. Frank Ban
ner, her husband, appeared suddenly at
the door and she shrank back. where she
sat in the office crying. Chief Briggs,
Oh, Chief Briggs" She seemed in great
fear and as Frank Banner retired, not
knowing she was in the office when he
came in, she swooned for several minutes.
She said she was in mortal fear of Frank
Banner, her husband.
Girl at Jail.
Mrs. Banners daughter, Majorie King.
arrived shortly before 1880 a. m, being
brought to the Jail by DIR. w. j. McCrann.
An affecting scene, witnessed only by the
police and the principals, was enacted.
The daughter is a neat, intelligent look
ing girl, with a refined face and carriage.
She was much affected by her mothers
position.
In the relations of MaJorie King, the
daughter. with Fred Banner. lies the motive
behind the whole tragedy. OF this Mr.. Ban
ner had little to say, but a pretty well es.
tablished array of facts has come to light
from various sources. Mrs. Banner briefly
outlined her life in addition to her formal
statement.
My maiden name was Alta Hudspeth.
l was born in the country near Atlantic.
To Il a ~ N OK ~ ola NJ
King, my first husband. February q, 1890.
My daughter, Majorie, is his child and she
is between II and IS years. was d.
vorced from my husband and married
Frank Banner two years ago In March.
We lived at Twenty-first and ] streets"
Statement by PHYSICIAN.
The attendant physician who has been
acquainted with the recent life of Marjorie
King and who will doubtless be a witness
for the defense made a statement Tuesday
morning, which is apt to stir the chords
of sympathy in the hearts of the public.
Wishing his name to be withheld for the
present he said:
II am convinced that the young man
who is now dead took advantage of the
fact of his brothers marriage to Mrs.
Banner, of this relation which brought
himself and the girl frequently together.
No one who sees this young girl and who
Is any judge OF human nature will read
more than the sad story Of a long and
heartless deception. The girl lately
graduated from the academy in Council
Bluffs. Her mother, It appears, has
worked hard to bring up her daughter in
an atmosphere of refinement. The young
man in question had every physical at
traction, He was tall, strong and strik-
ing in features.
Lay at Door of Death.
"A few weeks ago she lay at deaths
door and in this manner she came under
my care. 1t was a question for a time
whether she lived or died. / hesitate TO
say IL, but l must say 1t is unusual for
a young man to refuse to protect with
what little measure he can a woman
from the attacks of the unsympathetic
public, but l fear in this case il was
not done, on the contrary il was his
refusal to shelter her to the extent he
hight, that sowed discord between Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Banner and later in
cited the mother to her desperate deed"
Chief Briggs did not venture an opinion
other than TO repeat in substance what
Mrs. Banner had said in her statement.
There are many things to consider in
a case like this, and l want to know more
about II before l have any opinions TO ad-
vance. The whole police department as
sisted in this case, and we are working
on the evidence impartially as We hope
always to do"
Plans for a Separation.
Mrs. Frank Banner is a sister of Willis
Hudspeth, a linotype operator at the World.
Herald office. Monday afternoon the Ban
ner boys called up the office OF Attorney
John O.. Yeiser, in the Bee building. TO see
II some plan of separation Of Frank Banner
and wife could be evolved. Frank Banner
offered to turn over to his wife a farm OF
NO acres and all his household goods-sl
he possessed in the world and TO start lif,
over-as alimony. This had been ommuni
Gated to Mrs. Banners attorney, Mr.
Winter who had called upon MI. Yeiser
Mr.. Banner impressed upon Mr.. Yeiser tina
he wanted to do whatever Is right in tn,
case"
After the meeting with the Banner boys
MT Neiser met Wills Hudspeth. who calle,
Ion Mr. YRfgaF ~ the ra,sraaf E-.-t