Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-16
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Mr., -Darr's Explanation.

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of The Bee: On March IL, 1917, at
Hastings, in the United States district
court the government dismissed each
and all Of the charges in the indict-
ments against me except one count,
which charged, in substance, that |
had purchased certain certificates OF
deposit of the First National bank Of
Sutton with knowledge that the parties
to whom they had been issued had not
paid the bank for them. Whereupon,
on the advice of my counsel and my
friends, I entered plea of nolo con-
tendere to that count. The United
States circuit court of appeals in a
recent decision defines this plea as
follows:
various reasons may exist why a
defendant, conscious Of innocence, may
be willing to forego his right to make
defence II he can be permitted to do
so without acknowledging guilt"
The facts are that l did purchase
the certificates in question, although
had absolutely no knowledge Of any
irregularity of their issue. With this
full consciousness of my innocence,
my reasons for entering the plea of
nolo contendere were that l had no
confidence in the reliability of some
of the witnesses for the government
and I know the prejudice which
existed in the Hastings district on ac-
count of the failure of the bank.
The facts are that have never been
in the town of Sutton; I have never
received a dollar from the bank in
question, and did not even know any
officer OF the bank. The banker who
issued the certificates and the man
who received them both say that l
knew nothing of the circumstances
surrounding their issue, and no per-
son says that / did. The Treasury
investigation, concluded that had at
no time received any money or proht
from the transaction.
There is not now. nor has there ever
been, anything in the slightest degree
reprehensible in my conduct through
out the transaction. / am. and have
been throughout, conscious of my in
nocence. Nevertheless, upon advice
and for the reasons above stated and
in view of the prejudice which l know
existed against any person who had
transacted business with any agents
of the failed bank, l decided to fore
go the right to make defense and,
without in any manner acknowledg.
ing guilt, to permit the judgment of
the court to summarily dispose Of the
whole matter. GEO. B. DARR.
In Behalf Of Nervous People.
Petersburg, Neb., March 14.-To
the Editor of The Bee: A recent ar
ticle under the heading, 1.-THE Ner-
vous Egotist," stated that every ner-
vous person without exception is self
ish and conceited. Such a statement
spells only hate in the mind of the
man who makes it. Men and women
whose nervous systems have been
wrecked by over-study, over-work and
privation, in the interests of humanity,
are known and honored throughout
the civilized world. 1t Is true that
the Chinaman Is not nervous. Neither
Is nervousness an affliction of barbar-
ians. The louder and more harsh
the noise to which they may listen the
greater is their glee.
The writer has reared a family of
girls and boys. One of the latter
has been extremely nervous all his
life, and all who know him say he is
the kindest-hearted, most self-sacri-
flcing and least conceited boy one
could wish to know. When any one
of the family is i'll or in trouble, he
lies awake at night in sympathy, not
for himself, please take note. An
other class of nervous persons is moth
ers, confined too closely, night and
day, to the care of small children.
Thousands of these women eat every
meal under nervous tension and the
advice of the would-be nerve doctor
to forget yourself and build up an
interest in something outside your
symptoms is ridiculous in the extreme.
These women would give anything
they possess. except the child, for just
one hour day of absolute freedom
not to get away from, but to get back
to, in peace and quiet, their poor
neglected selves. AS we'll advise a
starving man to fast while as a
nervous mother to get away from
herself, this self, being the very last
individual who ever receives her at
tention.
If the medical profession could for
get their resentment for the few nerv-
Gus millionaires in the country, long
enough to see that the great majority
of nervous persons need only freedom
from care, and more diversion and
rest, their pitiful ignorance of this
subject would at least be less of
stumbling block to the race. J.J
Old Soldiers Express Satisfaction.
Omaha, March 14.-To the Editor
of The Bee: 1t is with great deal on
pleasure to me that l have been in
formed that the old union soldiers in
the Nebraska Soldiers homes were
greatly delighted with my recent ar
ticle in your columns entitled, "The
Ku-Klux Klan."
l felt pretty sure when I wrote 1t
that 1t would strike home in good
shape with the veterans who so many
years ago fought for the preservation
of our union and who should be
shown every honor and given every
comfort of life that cap he ey;yap tba,,