Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-16
Nebraska
NELSON ASKS FOR PARDON
Man Convicted in Connection with
Lauston Murder Wants Release.
HEARING WILL BE HELD JULY II
Mother of jay Ahern, Principal in
Case, t. Also Expected TO File an
Application I'm Behalf of
Her Son.
From a Staff Consequently

" n olAII correspondent
LINCOLN, Neb., June 15-CSpecial.) Ray
mond Nelson. one of the four young men
charged with the murder Of Nels Iauston,
q saloonkeeper OF Omaha, has applied TO
Governor Aldrich for a pardon. JOY
oHearn, once under sentence Of death,
ana now serving a life sentence for the
murder OF the Omaha man. will also apply
Tor a pardon. Joe Warren, also convicted
OF completely In the crime is now serving
fifteen years In the state penitentiary, while
Lee Angus, the fourth of the men held
on the same charge, is still serving a life
Sentence.
Nelson was convicted Of murder IN the
second degree and was given a life SEN
tence, but two years ago, that was com
muted to ten years upon a hearing in the
supreme court The matter will be heard
before the advisory board Of pardons on
July L. o'Hearn's mother, It Is said. will
make an application for the pardon of her
son and 1t Is probable that his case will
be taken up at the same time. The
prisoners have told different stories
at their hearings BEFORE but It is
generally alleged that oHearn fired the
shot which ended the victims life. Nelson
alleges that he furnished much Of the evil
dence which secured the conviction of his
three pals in the crime. He is % years Of
age and was convicted of robbery in con-
nection with the crime.
Bogus Check Artist at Work.
Following the cashhig Of several checks
In this city. ]. C. Burk, who worked here
for some time as a paper hanger, passed n
worthless check In Chicago for 1910, II
being received by a local bank here yester-
DAY. Burk or Burton, as some of his friends
mere knew him, was unusually cool while
pulling off his clever trick and Il Ia sup
posed that this and the fact that his check
was sufficiently large to be deemed a pro-
lection made the Chicago bankers to relax
their usual vigilance and cash the paper.
Efforts TO locate Burton have been unavail-
Ing. Tho police have sent his description
to all Of the large cities.
License Club is Busy.
Yesterday was the busiest day ever wit
messed In the county clerks office, eighteen
marriage licenses being issued from morn
ing TO evening. Not one OF the thirty-slx
was less than q years old and none was
over 80 years old. Ten OF the thirty-six
who took the matrimonial step yesterday
are nonresidents Of the county and only
two parties OF the number have ever be-
fore ventured out on the sea OF marriage.
JOhnsOn's Body for Demonstration.
oome OL people OF
object to the use of the body of Thomas
johnson a subject for a private demon
stretion in embalming before the Nebraska
State Funeral Directors association. John
son was hanged at the penitentiary fol
murder, and as he was without funds
his body was taken charge OF by Major
Moore and other colored people of lincoln
who promised to give 1t proper burial
Otherwise the body would have to be sem
toe medical college for dissection. The
body viii be used for private demonstra-
ton in embalming and will then be burieS
by the State Funeral Directors associa-
ton. Mr.. Moore believes this arrangement
Is much better than to turn the body ove
to medical students to carve
AerOpIRnes for State Fair.
Secretary w. r. Mellor of the Stat,
Board of Agriculture has returned from
Des Moines, where he conferred with tn
agent OF the Wright Bros in regard t.
flying machines for use at the NebraskI
State fair in September. Mr.. Mellor mad
a contract With the Wrights for two ma
chimes and two ayiators during the fair
The Iowa State fair made the same kin
OF a contract Two machines must max
two flights each day Of the fair, ACCORDING
to the contract aud to constitute fligh
machine shall reach a height OF 200 fee
and remain In the air ten minutes Tw
machines are to be engaged, so that II on
meets with an accident the other may b
able to make flights and the people wi
not be disappointed.