Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-21
The Facts I'm the Case.

HOLDREGE, Neb., Jan. 19.-To the
Editor of The Bee: l want to make a
statement in answer 20 the letter OF
Governor Morehead which you published.
lie says he got letter from l.. N. Miller
of the Hampton hotel. claiming there was
something wrong about the death of the
woman that went to meet a man at an
other hotel. Why did he not say the
Evans hotel?
The facts in the case are these The
man was here before the woman came
She came In on the second section of
No. B. Christmas night. They registered
as man and wife, My night clerk showed
them to their room after II o'clock. About
j o'clock they called for a doctor, and
within ten minutes the clerk had two
doctors in the hotel to see her. When I
got up Drs. Anderson and Newman said
there was no hope for her, and a short
time afterwards they pronounced her
dead. Immediately called the coroner
and he made Il thorough examination
and pronounced her death to be caused
from heart disease. The undertaken re
moved the body. which was shipped out
on No. at 1922 o'clock
I saw the coroner the next morning and
we called the county attorney in and
stated the case to him. They decided
there was no use holding an inquest, as
there were two doctors with her when
she died. and that there was no foul play
whatever. The case is open for any in
vestigation that any one wants to make
This man Miller knew all tho facts be-
fore he wrote these letters, or II not, he
could have gotten them from the coroner
or the county attorney. H. H. REED,
Proprietor Evans Hotel.
Recognition of G. A. n. Button.
SILVER CREEK. Neb, Jan. Ito the
Editor of The Bee: As an old soldier of
the civil war. speaking only for myself,
but believing that voice, at least in some
measure, the general sentiment OF my
comrades. ! desire to express my heart
felt appreciation OF the action of the
State Board Of Agriculture at its meet
ing in ordering that hereafter all veterans
of the civil war wearing the Grand
Army button shall be admitted free to the
State fair on all days of the week.
1t is not that we are to be saved the
half dollar at the gate. When first in
formed Of the action OF the board no
such thought entered my mind, not do l
for an instant suppose that Charles Graft
and his committee that recommended IL
were actuated by any such motive.
Nevertheless, I suppose that It is true
that many old soldiers will hereafter at
tend the State fair who otherwise would
not have done so by reason of the ex-
pense which they could i'll afford. Rather
1t IL this. that the thought OF that very
grateful action OF the board filled me
like flood with memories OF that four
years of war. and was glad to be again
reminded that for our services OF more
than fifty years ago we still held as
old soldiers a warm place in the hearts
| OF the American people
II, possibly. any one lanents that the
gate receipts at the State fair will be
lessened. which i doubt. he need only to
remember that the days of the Grand
Army OF the Republic are numbered that
there Is no field from which they car
draw recruits, and that their rapidly de.
creasing numbers point unerringly to the
time when all shall have answered the
final roll cali and gone down the silent
way, Not long hence only one old vet
eran will pass the gate. and In silent
reverence all will do him honor
CHARLES WOOSTER