Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-19
Juries in Omaha

| Juries in Omaha
Omaha, Jan. 16.-To the Editor of
| The Bee: After reading such letters
IN your valuable publication as the
one written by a gentleman of West
Point, Neb., dated January IA, get
pain such as l used to get when
my mother chastised me when in my
good old kindergarten days.
! What right has he to criticise the
1uries of Douglas county? A person
IS presumed to be innocent until
proven guilty. How can a jury con-
vict a man if he is not proven guilty :?
Is everyone guilty that has been
brought to trial? He should know
as well as I know they are not. A
| judges instructions to jury trying a
case are, as a rule, IF you are con-
| vlnced beyond reasonable doubt"
Il have no doubt that If anybody is
proven guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt but that any jury will do it's
duty
How can everyone brought up for
trial be guilty when only a compara-
lively few are guilty out of the esti-
mated mob of 10000?
l am not mincing any words. I
deplore the riot as much as anyone
else, but l don't consider that any
privilege to "bawl" out the whole
universe just because things don't
happen to break" for me to my lik-
ing.
But aside from that / think II the
said gentleman of West Point had
happened to be a father of one of
these innocent girls that had been
criminally assaulted here in Omaha.
he would not be so willing to con-
denim the juries of Omaha. II he
keeps posted on doings in Omaha, as
he apparently attempts to do. from
his letter, he will recollect we had
three months.
merciful as He is, can forgive man
for running an innocent girl, for there
is not more hideous crime. And
Furthermore, I think we in Omaha
feel bad enough about 1t without
to us. FRANK W. MOKRY.
Jerry Wants to Start Something.
Editor of The Bee: ! am curious to
Jtdl IL lloiIi lilC lilpiollo VI LliC
League of Nations or anybody else,
what provision is made for the free
dom Of the seas. To my mind the
freedom Of the seas is very essential.
Therefore, / desire to agitate this
very important question through the
columns of your frank and fearless
paper. JERRY HOWARD.
Two BOyd Theaters.
Fullerton, Neb., Jan. 14.-To the
Editor of The Bee: Your paper of
January II. states the Boyd theater
was built in 1890. Cannot see how
they held entertainments in 1888 and
1889. We have a program in our
possession showing | and my daugh-
ter attended a play called THE
Stowaway" under the management
of Jacob Lift, played Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday, January Z, 8,
9, in 1S8S-S9, the Boyd's opera
house. Let us give Governor Boyd
credit. JAMES WALTON.
Answer: There were two Boyd
theaters; the first stood at the cor
ner Of Fifteenth and Farnam, where
the Nebraska Clothing companys
building now stands. and was opened
to the public in 1881. The New
Boyd was erected on the present site
at Seventeenth and Harvey streets,
and was opened to the public in 1891.
Thus it has been possible for 80
years to attend a play at Boyd's the
alter in Omaha. Governor Boyd took
great pride in his theater. and surely
showed a remarkable degree of civic
pride in giving Omaha such beauu-
full temples of art.
Corroborates Agnew's Figures.
Editor of The Bee: Those who read
the article written by Frank A. Ag-
new on boycotting eggs under the
heading, "Figures For Egg Boycott
ters," got information on this SUBJECT
that was not exaggerated.
Do you boycotters Of eggs realize
that many egg farms are closing
out their stock because at the pres
ent high feed costs. the profits real
lied from heir flocks are too small
to warrant their continuing In this
business?
In this county. many crates OF
chickens are sold on the market each
week simply because the farmer
cannot feed expensive feeds and
come anywhere near "breaking
even"
Perhaps these women think some
thing Just as good can be substituted
to take the place of eggs. There IS
no food as complete in nutritive val
ue as the egg. The vitamines. so es-
sential to life, are present in eggs as
in no other food. We poultrymen are
advised to feed corn and oats in an
effort to make more profit from our
fiocks. Wheat at present prices can
not be fed extensively to poultry.
But the poultry ration without wheat
is incomplete and the returns from
an economical ration will also be
economical.
Every boycott of eggs helps drive
lust a few more from this industry.
with the ultimate result Of decreased
production which calls for Increased