The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-02
Gearing for
Officials IS
Postponed
Arraignment at Plattsmouth
Delayed Till Wednesday
on Motion of Counsel
for Defense.
Ask Charges Be Quashed
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.

Plattsmouth. Neb., Dec. 1.-Pre-
liminary hearings on indictments re-
Gently returned against Cass county
and Plattsmouth city officials were
postponed here this afternoon until
Wednesday morning at 10. The post
ponement was granted on motion of
counsel for the defense.
When the hearing was called at the
courthouse this afternoon, with d. o.
Dwyer, acting county attorney, in
charge of the prosecution, all de.
PENDANTS filed pleas in abatement. de-
claring the charges against them to
be unjust, and that they should be
quashed before coming to trial
Those indicted include Charles c.
Parmele. former president OF the de-
funct Bank of Cass county, forgery
and embezzlemept; Carl d. Quinton,
sheriff, false reports on Office fees;
Alvin Jones. chief of police. malfeas.
ance in office; Julia Kaufman. liquor
charges: j. w. Chiffon. Murray, Neb.,
and C. G. Fricke, secretary of the de-
funct Livingston Building and Loan
association
Court Room Packed.
The court room was packed as the
scheduled hour. Of the hearing ap-
preached, and men stood about in little
groups on the street, discussing the
indictments, the first returned in the
county since 1894.
Rumor this afternoon had 1t that a
Plattsmouth banker, close to the in
dicted officials. made hurried trip TO
Lincoln yesterday and that the state
ment from Gov. Charles w. Bryan
that none of the indicted men would be
removed from office. pending hear.
ing, was the result.
Petition Circulated.
The circulation OF the petition call
ing for the convenine OF special
grand jury which returned the indict-
ments, Is said to have been a con-
certed movement on the part Of a
group of citizens who term them.
selves the better element" of the
town. in indignation against liquor
parties alleged to have been staged
at the home of Julia Kaufman, for
alleged failure to arrest whose hus-
band the chief of police was indicted
New Judge Called.
District Judge James T. Begley said
following the postponement of the
hearing that he does not care to sit
on the case. He has called Judge +.
W. Button OF Fremont. who will ar
rive in Plattsmouth Wednesday, to
preside at the hearing.
Ali the persons indicted by the jury
were present in court this Afternoon
with the exception of Sheriff c. b.
Quinton, ]. w. Chiffon and C. @.
Fricke.
Charges against the sheriff are un-
derstood to include the allegation that
his accounts for the period between
June %. 1922, and November 1, 1923.
accounting for 1896 in fees. were de-
clared fraudulent by an auditor from
Lincoln. The sheriff faces in addition
n charge OF malfeasance in office and
an indictment for perjury.
+. A. Holmes Is accused OF misrep-
resenting himself as state officer.
under Tom Carroll. Although state
officials declare he was not so EN-.
ployed. and although no bond was
filed for him in Cass county. he
worked with Deputy Sheriff William
Grebe, also indicted. and turned in an
expense account for the period be-
tween September / and November Is
in which 1t Is alleged Ne sometimes
charged as much as s1s a mile for
bringing in n prisoner. Cancelled
checks show that he was paid at least
1850 for his services during this per-
iod.
Four Charges on Grebc.
William Grehe faces four indiet-
ments He Is accused OF lying In walt
on the road to Plattsmouth and stop.
ping all motorists. lie Is alleged fire.
quently 10 have been abusive. and
occasionally 10 have administered Sc
we're beatings to occupants OF the cars.
II is said he arrested one motorist
from Omaha whose car displayed n
wheel tax tag on the radiator. The
charge was that the tag was ON the
wrong side OF tho radiator.