The Omaha guide., 1942-03-28

clock, pretty close to ten o'clock,
because she had to go to the light
TO see, and then it wasn't so long
after that the Matron came ar
ound and 1 started to get up and T
guess I must have gone back out
again and 1 said "can you bring
me something and she brought me
Spirits of Ammonia on a cloth
and 1 put that to my nose but still
l wasn't able to get up. She
went away and left me and I know
she must have been gone about
an hour or so maybe As minutes
I will say. because before she left
I asked her was there anyway I
! could get to the telephone or have
somebody use the phone for me
and she said / would have to get
the information from the jailer
and he would be along to make
his rounds before long and you
talk to him. So around eleven o.
clock he came in and asked how
We were getting along and I asked
him if I might use the telephone
and he said yes, if I wouldn't fainr
on my way anymore because if I
tainted he said there was no one
up here to help him put me back
and I told him I thought I would
be alright if he would just hold
me and if I started to fall he catch
me. Anyway he led me to the tel
ephone and I was allowed to use
the phone and1 called this lawyer
Mr.. Krause, he got in touch with
Mr.. CorHett, who is the bondsman,
and I had to go back to the cell.
I hadn't been back in the cell not
more than 10 or Is minutes before
another man came, but he wasn't
the same fellow, and I asked him
if I could go back to use the tele-
phone again, and he siad he would
have to find out if I was allowed
to use the phone. I never saw
him anymore. I would say about
20 minutes after eleven that some
one came up from downstairs and
unlocked the door and said that.
I could go home and he told ma
that Mr.. Cornett ha sent some
n to make bail for the both of
us and we Went downstairs and
this Mr.. Nelson took us home, the
man that had come with the bond
money. That is all I can say now
only I want to say this about those
people that have been the cause
of this trouble. Somewhere on
the Police record here, it should be
here, that each and every place
they have lived they had to be e.
victed, or asked to move an 1 have
two or three of those addresses.
@. Have you ever been in trou-
BILE before?
A. 1 haven't.
Q. Have you ever been arrest
ed before?
A. 1 have been arrested before
but I haven't been in any trouble.
Q. What We're you arrested for
A. Oh here last fall it was, I
bought a sink from a man and I
didn't know it was stolen and
they arrested me for receiving
stolen property. That is how 1
knew Mr.. Raneri.
@. Now Mrs. Eldridge is there
anything o you want to add TO
this statement?
A Well I don't at the present
time, I don't think Of anything
else I can say, I have told you the
facts as they really are. 1 have
not ~overdone it or spared myself.
It is only natural that if a person
should attack you you should pro-
tect yourself. L never hit her and
she never hurt me, these two lit
tie scratches don't amount to any
thing.
RUBY l.. ELDRIDGE
Witness: Fred L. Shearer,
Norman o. Syvertson,
Subscribed and sworn to before
me, a duly authorized notary pull
lie, this 22nd day of March 1912.
Seal,
Paul E. Haze,
Notary Public.
My commission expires March
1943.
Transcription completed at 9:45
a. m. March 81, 1912 by Clinchard.
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