Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-18
MURDER PLANNED IN OMAHA
Evidence Given at Des Moines by
Convict Against Defendant in.
Ullery Case.
WILL GO TO JURY ON MONDAY
CFrom a staff Correspondent

introduced by the state TINS uofnlhs Nhoh
Fred Rush, now serving a term at Ana
mosa for bigamy, was called to the
stand 1t is believed the case will so to
tho jury Monday.
Rush told of meeting the defendant
George Frazier. and a stranger at Omaha.
The witness claims Frazier and the
stranger asked him to accompany them
20 Webster.
They were going 10 get old man
Unsry." they said. According to Rush,
they were going to rob him, they said.
and skip TO Kansas City IL necessary.
They said they would kill the old man."
on cross-examination the witness said
he was shown a 3S-caliber revolver by
Frazier and the stranger.
Mrs. H. +. DeVault. a witness for the
state, Identified suit case as that stolen
from her home during a robbery on
August %. The suit case was later iden-
titled by George e. Bidwell. station agent.
another witness for the prosecution. Bid
well said he recovered IL at Abel during
his search for. stranger, said TO have
been implicated in the Ullery murder.
lie said the mans name is George CHI
ton. He told of tracing him to Nebraska
where he found that Clifton had served
sentence in a reformatory In that
state.
Fifteen Fatal Road Accidents.
Fifteen fatal accidents occurred on Iowa
roads in the period from October p to
November o. These figures were COM
piled by the Iowa Highway commission.
Automobile accidents were the cause of
eleven deaths. one person was killed by
wagon overturning and three met death
when engines went through bridges.
BOOst EstabrOoIS Here.
Letters are being received here by
prominent political leaders boosting the
candidacy of Henry ID. Estabrook of New
York for the republican nomination for
PRESIDENT These letters are sent out from
the Estabrook Nebraska headquarters
maintained in Hotel Rome. Omaha. aud
are signed by Jesse V. Craig.
Had Fire at BOutOn.
Fire destroyed practically all of the
business district of Bouton, Dallas county,
yesterday. 1t left the people of the town
without a grocery or general merchandise
store Three hours after the discovery Of
the fire almost all of the entire north
side of the business district was in ruins,
The loss totals about $4,000.
PnrOIcd Prisoners Located.
The State Board of Parole has located
two prisoners who violated their parole
in this state. Both have gotten into
trouble in other states and are in prison
again. II. Z. Maupin, alias Henry Clark,
who was paroled from Anamosa. where
he was serving sentence for larceny.
disappeared from the farm where he was
working November 6, 1914. 1t has been
learned that he is now confined in the
South Dakota penitentiary, where he was
received November 10 of this year on an
eighteen months sentence for grand lar
ceny. Harry Edwards, who was sent to
Anamosa from Woodbury. county on the
charge of burglary and was paroled. vio-
lated his parole october /. 1914. He Is
now serving three-year sentence in Fol
som prison. California
Want Homes for Children.
Members OF the state Board of Control
left today for Davenport for an inspec-
ton of the Iowa Soldiers Orphans home
The board is anxious to place the chill
dren now at the Davenport institution In
homes over the state and is working sys-
tematically to do so. The modern idea
is that real home is much better fol
the child than an institutional home, and
IT is hoped to make the Davenport home
more of a receiving station. from which
the children can be placed out in the
course OF few months There are nov
G61 children in the home. Two agents
are employed by the board in findinl
homes for the children. and a third agen
may possibly be added. Chairman Dixol
is anxious that vocational training be EN-
phasized in the educational courses at tn
home, and more of this work Will be givel
in the future.
Claim Against Estate Just.
The supreme court has ruled that tn
Cedar Falls Building, Loan and Saving
association has a claim against the es
tate of G.. H. Boehmer, formerly con
nected with the association. who wa
charged with defalcation of funds. Thi
higher court opinion reverses tie rulin
of Judge Franklin c. Plat of the BIac
Hawk county court. 1t was charged tina
Boehmler defaulted with more than $500
Dog Fight I'm High Court.
When Charles Wolff of Cedar Rapid
shot his neighbours dog. which had kille
Woltfs cat, he violated city ordinance
and his fine of $40 in the Cedar Rapid
district court was sustained In the opin
ion OF the supreme court which ruled o
the case. This case, over a back var
dog and cat fight, has been Tough
through from the lower court at consld
cradle expense.
Damage Case Reversed.
The supreme court TO-DAY reversed III
ruling OF the Linn county court, w. \
Treichler Judge in awarding $4,000 dan
ages to the estate of William j. Kirb!
killed in an explosion OF a Rock Islam
engine. The case was reversed on n
ground of contributory negligence.
Entitled to Prize Car.
Esther Smead Is entitled to the For
automobile she won In the subscriptio
contest conducted by the Sheldon Mai
according TO a ruling of the suprem
court made yesterday. Her right to Il
machine was contested by Miss MINI
Cole, who. although she received the higl
est number of votes, did not get the
according TO the rules Of the contest
the ruling OF the lower court. In this Il
supreme court agrees. The contest WI
held In 1912 and the machine is more ths
three years old now.
KEARNEY MAN SAYS PAVING