Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-27
Nebraska
FIRE SHOTS IN COURT ROOM
Brother Of Woman Involved in Trial
Shoots Witness at Lincoln.
TAKEN AT ONCE TO JAIL
New Method Co Evade Taxes by Owner
of Mortgage shown Up by Tax
Officers--Banks Seek TO
Avoid Guaranty Tax.
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LINCOLN, April 26.-(Special. )-while
the trial Of DR.. w. T. Townsend. charged
with performing a criminal operation upon
Della Hursh was in progress In the dis
trict court hore today, Grant Hursh, a
brother Of the girl whose name was linked
with that OF according 10 her testimony
Thomas Hawkins, arose from his place in
the back end OF the room and fired five
shots at the man who had just been
named as the girls betrayer. The sister
Of the man did the shooting and was on
the witness stand at the time Of the
shooting
Three OF the shots went wild while one
Of them hit Hawkins, the man for whom
they were intended, in the hip and another
wounded Mrs Hazel Rys in the leg. The
crowd which was in attendance at the
trial became excited and almost leaped
over each other In their mad rush for the
doors and windows Of the court room.
Hursh as soon as he had emptied the re-
volver gave himself up to the officers
He was led to Jail at once.
Tax Evasion Not Successful.
The evasion of payment of taxes on
money or mortgages and a plan to lay th,.
burden OF taxes on real estate upon the
borrower has just been reported to Henry
Seymour. the state secretary Of the board
OF assessment. In a county of the state
a certain alleged shylock In order to escape
paying the tax on money loaned by him
does not take mortgages but instead ac-
cepts q deed to the land and executes
contract to return the deed upon the
payment of a certain sum Of money at a
certain time Whether this money loaned
IL subject to taxation or not is the ques-
ton which Mr.. Seymour Of the assessment
board has decided in the affirmative by
citing a section of the statutes which say
that this plan of evasion subjects the one
who follows II to q fine of not less thar,
$50 and not more than $1,000 The section
cited by the secretary of the board re-
lates to the false listing of property or a
refusal to give the assessor a list of taxa
bic property held by the owner or the tenn
porary conversion of taxable property into
untaxable property merely for the pur-
Banks May Have to Pay.
Notice OF the eleventh state bank since
January 1, to apply to the authorities at
Washington for permission to nationalize
was that Of the State bank at Oshkosh.
which has just been received by the State
Banking board here. Just what bearing
this will have on the collection of the
per cent called for under the provisions OF
the bank guaranty fund is a question
which Secretary Royse of the banking
board asserts may cause some contention
but which, he declares, he will attempt to
get into the state treasury regardless OF
the fact that the eleven banks which were
formerly chartered by the state have since
become nationallzed.
Mascot Wants school. ..,..
Five farmervcitizens of Mascot, an at
tractive little hamlet In Harlan county,
which boasts besides that village the resi-
dency OF former Governor Shallenberger
came to the city today TO boost their place
in the eyes OF the Board OF Public Lands
and Buildings and by so doing flirt with
the Southwestern Agricultural school
which is soon to be located in that part OF
the state by the aforesaid board.
Mayor Jack Grace was the spokesman
for the crowd when they waited upon the
board.
The visitors offered the state a half SEQ
ton OF land. a cash bonus of unknown
amount and the promise that no saloon
should ever be operated In the village.
The Board of Public Lands and Build.
ings. Land Commissioner Cowles, State
Treasurer George, Attorney General Mar
tin and Secretary OF State Wait assured
the Mascot men that they would be given
equal consideration with the other con-
testants for the place and that their vii
lage, along with the others, would be
Visited by the board when casting around
for the site for the nav inatitutiop