Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-24
Nebraska
KAPPA GIRLS SCARE BURGLAR
Screams Of Sorority Msidens Drive
Eighs PrOwler Away.
RECORD VERDICT FOR DEATH
widow villas suit Against Rock Is
iana for Twenty-Five thousand
for Loss Of Husband,
Engineer.


LINCOLN. March E.-Cspecial.) -Robbing
sorority houses Is a fad among some
naughty thieves The latest sorority to
be disturbed BY providers was the Kappa
Alpha Thetas at the corner Of Thirteenth
and r Etreets where the Pi Phi sorority
was robbed Saturday night
Miss Lucy Dill and Miss Alice McCul-
Tough deserve the credit for frightening
the robber away. thanks 10 the power Of
their lungs Il was about 3 o'clock Non
day night when the girls at the chapter
house were awakened BY the lusty screams
Of ''robbers'' issuing from the room &C
cupied by Miss Mccullough and Miss Dill.
~ the same time a man dashed nom
off the back porch and running westward
soon disappeared among the shrubbery in
the adjoining yards The girls were able
20 see the robber quite distinctly but were
too frightened TO obtain a good description
Of the man
In speaking of the incident later. Miss
Din and Miss Mccullough said that they
had been talking when their attention was
attracted BY the sound OF footsteps in the
back yard. A moment later, the dog be-
longing 70 Professor Barbour whose house
is close BY that Of the Thstas broke out
into a bark but some one ordered him 20
some one insert a KEY in the lock Of the
hack door and it was then that the two
girls taxed their vocal powers.
Saturday night the ri Phi house WAS
burglarized and a few weeks ago a man
was held Up directly in front Of the
Theta house.
Heavy Damage verdict.
Mrs. Lizzie Wright recovered a verdict
in the Lancaster district court against tbs
Rock Island for s25,Oo0-the full smoun
asked as damages for the death OF hel
husband, Otto c. Wright.
The jury returned with the verdict aftei
celebrating about four hours. Wright wa
an engineer on the Rock Island. running
between Fairbury and Council Bluffs a
an extra. On the day Of the accident De
cember D 1903. he received orders to pro
coed 10 Council Bluffs, and while running
out OF the yards crashed into a switcl
engine near the Hoidrege street viaduct
His train mates saved their lives by jump
ing. but Wright remained with his engine
finally succeeding in his attempt 20 re
verse the brakes. but too late to avert tn
accident.
In addition to being one Of the IarEes
verdicts ever recovered in the state,
was the largest ever recovered in IN
Lancaster district court
TanEle over Securities.
Charles T. Knapp. receiver Of the Farm
ers and Merchants Insurance company,
seeking 70 hold the Colonial Trust conpan
Of Chicago to an agreement TO repurchas
securities at the same figure which fh
latter sold them to the insurance official
His attorneys made application Thursda
70 Judge Willard r. Stewart for permissio
20 dispose OF the securities the appIicatio
being accompanied by an affidavit Of NJ
knapp's stating that unless speedy ster
wero taken the securities would be vaIu,
less The affisnt IN referring to the seeur
ties, states that the purchase was MAJ
from the Colonial Trust company OF Oh
caso and that at the time OF the purchai
an oral agreement was made By which n
company agreed TO repurchase the stool
al the prices paid
This agreement was made between n
auditor and the Colonial Trust company.
Is asserted. and II would be OF advanta,
10 the estate to enforce the agreemen
The AUDITOR Is willing to 20 70 Chiea,
and enforos the agreement. the aenal
states, and II IL necessary 70 secure ,
order permitting the sale OF the securitf
under the conditions named The cou
Erauted the order.