Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-29
NJ KELV|E NOT
READY TO ACT
IN COLE CASE
Governor Will Investigate
Two Confessions of Man
Under Death Sentence
Before Making Move.
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\NOutiuueu CrOm rage Oue.D
ming, where l had been for some
months, and I brought back with
me four quarts of whisky.
"The state was dry at the time.
I was a friend of Allan Grammer
and had been for some time. ! went
to the farm which my brother and
| had rented from my mother, and
my brother and | had some trouble.
| 'phoned to Grammer to come to
the place and take me away, as
planned to go to some relatives in
Indiana.
He begged me to wait until after
the Fourth of July. | agreed. |
was going with my sweetheart at
the time and on the Fourth we went
to Grand Island to see the ball
game. Grammer and his wife were.
with US all the day.
Accused BY Woman.
"a days beforeI had been at
the home of Mrs. Voght and was
drinking with the boys. One of
them vomited in the bed and she &C
cused me. She afteEward met my
sweetheart at the ball game and
during my absence told of the acct
dent at her home and said | was no
fit person to 60 with.
My girl threw this up to me, after
the ball game and we had a quarrel
She said she would have nothing
more to do with me. l left her and
got Grammer's machine. l had pint
of liquor and began drinking this.
drove from Elba to Cotesfield and
then about midnight I became in
censed at Mrs. Voght for interfering
in affairs between myself and my
girl. | drove to her home.
Woman Laughed at Cole.
IT had a 22-calibfe revolver with
me. | got her to get out of bed and
get in the machine With me. We
drove down the road ways and
then | told her she would either
square matters between me and the
girl by taking back the story she
told. or take the consequences.
"She laughed at me and told me
that the girl was far too good for
me. This made me crazy. l pulled |
the gun on her and she seemed to
faint away. / shot and she slid down
in the seat beside me. l drove until |
came to the spot where her body |
was found. After that l seemed to
go crazy and don't know what I did. |
[ went to Wisconsin. l had loaned |
some money to fellow named Nc
Rae, in Grand Island, and when /
wrote to him from Wisconsin for it
The officers found me.
Grammer Did Not Know.
"Grammer was with his brother
n-law and family at St. Paul on the /
hight of the murder and did not
know anything of it. | did not have
/ fair trial when | was convicted.
The mob spirit ran too high.
my life has been failure. ! wish
hat | could live long enough to
mend il" "
Asked whit action he would take to
'tave off the death sentence i'm
posed by the court, he said
1T is to late to do anything |,
1ow." Cole was very nervous dur
ng the interview. his hands shak-
ng and his lips trembling all of the
lime. Asked the name of his sweet
heart, he queried: Must | give that?
No, | will not. She is disgraced
enough as It is.
Grammer, who was refused new
rial by the supreme court, lin de-
,ision handed down yesterday, was
or the charge of having
melted Cole to commit the crime of
murder for a bride of $500. The vic
i'm was Grammer's mother=in-law
He insists that he had absolutely
nothing to do with the crime and
hat Cole alone was guilty.
Asked if Coles action was not
,ne of chivalrous friendship in as
'uming all of the blame, Grammer
.eplied: mo, he is doing only what
lie should have done long time
lgo, telling the truth" .
In reply to the question, if he
we're going to take further legal
steps to obtain reversal of the SEN
ence of the court, he replied: 81
lave not yet consulted with my at
orneys Sterling MUTT. l want the
to give me a square
Ieal, for they have hurt me enough
4lready.
Death Fixed Aprilg.
Unless Governor McKelvie COM
nutes the sentence of Cole to life
Imprisonment, Cole will be electro
uted at the penitentiary April %.
Is yet Warden Fenton has made no
for the event. There
S no electric chair but the prison
,ffcial says that if necessary a
hair will BIZ fitted up and the cur
ent connected up. The prison has
me of the most modernly equipped /
lectric plants il; the state and the
luge dynaros develop a tremen-
ous voltage.
No person in Nebraska has yet |:
een electrocuted under the pro-
isions of the capital punishment .
ct passed by the 1917 legislature.
several mui dereIs are I'M the peni- :