Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-17
HORN WILL CASE DROPPED
Mrs. Shevalief Agrees to Give Up All
Property Held by Her.
CRIMINAL CASES NAY FOLLOW
revelations Mad by DauRhter-in-
Law of Mrs. said TO
he Responsible for Latest
Turn Of Affairs.
fFrnm q $50 corresnondant.l

- ANNA - lNAAA W.
LINCOLN. June 16-Cspecial)-The Horn
will case. insofar as the will is concerned,
Is ended and County Attorney Terrell will
at once begin prosecutions against Mrs.
ShevaHer. the beneficiary Of the will. on
a charge Of larceny as bailee. investigating
IN the meantime the cause OF the death Of
Mrs. Horn. The wnl making Mrs. Shevalier
the beneficiary was withdrawn this after
noon after a conference. between the oppos-
ing lawyers and the attorneys for Mrs.
Shevalier were allowed 800. Mrs. Shevalier
is to pays The cost Of her own witnesses
and IL to return a sealskin cloak which
belonged to Mrs Horn and which has not
yet been located for sure by the attorneys
Cor the contestants.
The withdrawal Of the will and the sud
den termination OF the case was due to a
statement made by Mrs. Minnie shevalier.
daughter-in-lsw Of the beneficiary. who
told Of the ssOOO which her mother-in-law
had when arrested. The money, she said.
belonged TO Mrs. Horn. The daughter-in-
law made further statements damaging to
the beneficiary and the attorneys concluded
TO quit the fight.
At the conference. of the lawyers County
Attorney Tyrrsll and Hsllack Rose for the
beneficiary almost came to blows over a
discussion Of the compromise, and the
county attorney PROMISED a sensation when
the criminal cases start against Mrs. Sheva-
lier. based on the statements Of the
daughterineaw.
The will was contested by Mrs. Mary
Foley Of Kansas City Mrs. Nelson Nichols.
wife Of an engineer in DOnver, and another
sister OF Mrs. Horn living in Denver.
Mrs. Horn lived aluRe and during the last
year OF her life was a close neighbor OF
Ne Gh,waItar At uvhCaa hOma she died.
She left an estate valued at about $4,000
to Mrs, Sbevelisr. Duving the progress of
the trial MAJ he Shkr WAS arrested on a
charge OF larceny as bailee, and when
see at the police. station some $500
was found In the bosom of her dress.
A~nti-saloOn League Plans.
Information Is being sent out by the Of
Ulcers Of the Anti-saloon league regarding
its Intentions during the coming campaign,
The league In the letters sent out says 1t
will stand for county option and every
candidate for the Legislature will be asked
to stat. his position on that question. Those
opposed will be fought by the league. Be
sides the above the committee decided to
ask the Congressional candidates how they
stand on the Hepburn-Dolli bill or
some other measur which excludes liquor
from dry territory; also on a measure to
prevent the issuance of n federal license
in a dry town. The league will go further
thar this and ask candidates how they
stand on measures relating to the control
OF corporations and on other measures at-
fecting thes interests of the people. The
president of the league last winter kept a
record OF the work or the members and
this book will he used as a guide during the
campaign.
Mrs. L~ObinEier'h Mother Burned.
Mrs. Lobingisr. wife OF Judge Lobingier,
who has been visiting in Lincoln, left to-
day for Wisconsin. where she was called
by a Telegram announcing That the home of