Omaha daily bee., 1922-03-12
Hear Echo Of Bomb
Explosion inDavis
Suit for Divorce
Youth Tesiifies Father Prom.
ised TO Tell Who Placed
Bomb Under Home Last
May Day.

An echo Of Omaha most sensa'
iional bomb explosion was heard il
district court during trial OF a ease
titled Edwin Davis versus Blanche
Davis. \ decision on which was hand
ed down yesterday by Judge staui'
fer
Tie trial involved ownership oi the
home az 1902 North Eighteenth
street, destroyed by a bomb last
May |, as well as a second divorce
action brought by Davis against his
wife.
Davis started his first divorce sol,
IN 1920, after having lived with his
wife . years. Prior 10 filing the
suit Davis had a separation agree
ment drawn mp. which provided that
his wife was 10 have their home on
Locust street, household goods and
iewelry. and that he was 10 retain
other real estate and a contract Of
sale .oi South Side home. The
agreement was signed. deeds exc
euted and in his suit for divorce
Davis asked that II be ratified by the
eouu.
Divorce Suit Dropped.
Davis did not push the divorce
suit, however, aud il was dropped.
Mrs. Davis sold the Locust street
shouse to George Schncll for $500
and purchased the home near Eighs-
eenth and Manderson streets. She
also purchasd from her husband the
contract for sale OF the South Side
property, which had been bought by
Warner Almquist.
A reconciliation again brought the
Davises together in the fall OF 1920,
according TO testimony. aud Davis
borrowed" $1,000 from his wife,
which he used in "margining German
marks" He also obtained possess
sion OF the deeds giving Mrs. Davis
N,le tc the Locust street property
and the sales contract, OF the South
Side house, he admitted, according to
Judge Stauffer.
Leaving his wife in January, Davis
started another suit, asking the court
Tor a rediyision OF the property. In
the meantime Austin H. Dickerson,
who at one time worked with Davis,
obtained judgment for $1,000 against
Davis on two promissory notes. By
virtue of the Judgment Dickerson as
serted first lien OH all the real es-
tate belonging to the Davises, includ-
ing the Locust street house, which
Mrs. Davis sold to Schnell, and the
South Side house, purchased on con-
tract by Almquist, and the Mander-
son street home, which, after the
bomb explosion Mrs. Davis had re-
built.
Agreement Held Valid, |
Thus were Dickerson, Schnell and
Almquist brought into the case OF
Davis against Davis; Schnell, Aim |
quist and Mrs. Davis contending that |
the original separation agreement
entered into by Mr.. and Mrs. Davis |
is valid, and therefore no claims for |
debts acquired by Davis could al
feet the property given her under the
agreement. :,
During the trial the 'l8-year-old
son OF the Davises testified his faith
er had promised TO tell him who put
the bomb under their house il the
on would try TO effect another
reconciiation between the mother
and father. The son testified the
{ather told him a "bootlegger placed
the bomb there, but it went off too
soon,' according to Judge Stauffer.
Judge Stauffer held the original
separation agreement valid and that
lien cannot affect the
given Mrs. Davis by i; At
torneys in the case were W. K.
representing Mrs. Davis;
w. A. Elsasser, representing MIR.
Davis: |. F. Baxter, representing
Mr.. Schnell, and John A. Rine, rep
resenting Mr.. Almquist.
"And Davis still has his divorce
to obtain" observed Judge StautTer
as he gave his decision.