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Grand Island Independent,
Thursday, May 22, 1902
WOOD RIVER NEWS
The wedding bells are soon to ring for two couples
Joseph Campbell is trading in Grand Island this week.
Mrs. Geo. Daggett, of Gibbon, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo. Betts.
Quite a number of relatives of Mr. Clemons, from a distance, attended his funeral.
C. W. Mercer's father and mother, of Gibbon, are visiting this week, at their son's home.
Miss Nevada Pulver, of Kearney, is visiting with Miss Maud Bowen and other friends, this week.
The Epworth League gave a social Tuesday evening, which netted the society a neat little sum.
W. T. Spelts has purchased the the Oliver Mead ranch, down on the Wood River, and is fencing the same.
John and Will Mankin and Charles Baugh went to the Island today, to attend the funeral of Frank Mankin.
Patrick Guinan left for Omaha to attend the annual encampment of the G. A. R., accompanied by Mr. Guinan.
John O'Connor is remodeling the old Langan opera house. Mr. Langan will occupy the same as soon as completed.
W. W. Mitchell says shirt waists are all the go now. Bill wears one. Just stop in and he will take your order for a sure fit.
Hy. Barrick is visiting his parents this week, before leaving for the Phillippines. He expects to embark from San Francisco June 1st.
E. S. Leavenworth has just returned from Colorado with several car loads of cattle, and put them on his Middlesex rance, north of Wood River.
N. C. Burkerd and wife left for Clinton, Ill. to visit ralatives. Nick will attend a reunion of his old regiment, the 41st Illinois Infantry, while there.
John H. Laidley stopped off for a few days, while on his way from Iowa to Cheyenne. Mr. Laidley had been attending his father's funeral and settling up the estate.
A WARM TIME
One Excitement After The Other At Police Court
Officer Phil Koeplin twice gave chase to a man whose arrest he was about to make, and after the second capture landed his man in the city jail. At the headquarters a bystander came near following the man on a contempt of court proceedure by mixing in too freely in the affair and making charges which were unqualifiedly untrue.
The officer was standing near the Glade mill when he looked down the alley and saw a man chasing children and acting strangely, as if to strike them with an iron that he had. The officer recognized the fellow even at this distance as a tramp telephone or telegraph lineman, who had come into town this morning, and whose general appearance was such as to lead the officers to take a second look. When the man, whose name from union cards appears to be Johnson, saw the officer coming, he ran, but Phil gave chase and overtook him at the Dunphy saloon. While the officer was leading the fellow by the Baumann pharmacy corner, the fellow broke away and ran and though drunk, cut it loose at quite a gait. The officer gave chase and order to a number of parties to stop the man, but instead of doing so everybody cleared the track for the fugitive. However at the Kuehlsen corner the man was again caught and the officer brought him to the police headquarters.
Judge Garn happened to be in at the time. Chief McCashland also appeared. The man was searched. Several card were found on his person. They appear to be union cards - showing membership in the electrical linemen's union. After the man was searched and put into jail, a bystander who proved to be Auker Hirst, of Cheyenne, asked whether the man was in goodstanding. The officer's reply was that they didn't know. Hirst wanted them to look. A remark ws passed that it would make no difference whether he was or not. Hirst insisted on seeing the card and the chief had no objection and showed Hirst the card. The card stated that the man was in good standing to June 1st.
No immediate reply was made whereupoon Hirst continued his inquiries and asked if there was not a linemen's union in the city. Mr. Huff, of the Telephone company, who incidentally had hired the man in the morning, replied that there was not and if there was it would not inject itself into a case of this kind, or words to that effect. Hereupon Mr. Hirst became somewhat indignant and stated that it would in other cities. One word then led to the other until Mr. Hirst made the remark that citizens of this city could be in much worse shape and lay around the streets and would not be arrested. Chief McCashland denied the remark when Mr. Hirst charged that worse things had taken place under his chiefship.
Then the thermometer took an other jump. Mr. Hirst was invited to go outside, and the language that followed was more emphatic than elegant. The court had stood all it intended to and informed Mr. Hirst that whether the man was in good standing or not it was cetain that he was now in jail, and ought to be there, and any further remarks would lead to an action by the result of which he might have to go to jail. It was plain that the dander of the court was now up but Mr. Hirst after qualifying that such an incident happened while McCashland was an officer and not the chief, a time which had not yet happened, withdrew and further trouble was avoided.
But for a moment Mr. Iona wasn't in it with the blue vapors that hung around the police court.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
The funeral of Frank Mankin took place this afternoon at two o'clock from the house on West Koenig street, interment being made in the cemetery in this city.
CAMERON CLIPPINGS
Miss Mahoney's term of school will close Friday.
D. G. Afflerbaugh was a Wood River visitor Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Deb [sic] Powers of Cairo were Cameron visitors Sunday.
Harry Slawson and family of Berwick visited G. I. Hauke's Sunday.
Miss Anne McLassen returned from the Island where she visited for two weeks.
W. Senseny had the misfortune to step on a nail resulting in a very painful wound.
R. C. Finley and wife were out Friday soliciting for a new milk and water separator.
Miss Emma Smith has gone to California with an aged couple and expects to take care of them.
Lena McGlassen had the misfortune to run a pitchfork in her ear. She is unable to hear on that side.
There will be a republican primary meeting at G. I. Hauke the 31 of this month to elect delegates for the county convention.
Mrs. Chas. Clanton has gone to Perkins county on a visit with relatives. Charlie's mother, Mrs. Grass is keeping house for him while his wife is gone.
MARRIED: At the Christian church, Sunday May 18th, Joseph Graham of Cameron and Miss Stella Hoagland of Grand Island. The happy couple will live with the former's son Dale, on the farm. Ed Lee, Justice of the Peace, perforned the marriage ceremony. They returned to the Island in the evening. The charlvaries were after them Monday evening but it is not reported that they found them.
Grand Island Independent,
Friday, May 23, 1902
SKAT CONTEST
Twenty-four of the member of the Liederkranz who indulge in the great German game of Skat participated in a contest last evenig. Each player drew a slip indication of his table and number and eighty bands were played, no changes being made in the position of the players.
Four prizes were given, one for the highest single play made, another for the greatest net result, another for the best play won without the greatest number of matadore and a booby prize.
Mr. Gottlieb Meyer played like a professional just over from Switzerland and drew the prizes fo the greatest single play and the greatest net-result; H. L. Bode being a close second, A. F. Buecher was awarded the prize for the best play won with out the greatest number of matadore (best trumps) and O. A. Abbott was found to be the booby prize winner.
Excepting that too much was undertaken in playing 80 hands the affair was a very pleasant social event. The score was as follows-:
Name | Points | Highest Play |
G. Meyer | 613 | 96 |
H. L. Bode | 585 | 80 |
H. J. Bartenbach | 503 | 72 |
R. Goehring | 434 | 48 |
L. Veit | 426 | 24 |
Hy Vieregg | 416 | 80 |
J. Sonerman | 385 | 48 |
H. Meves | 378 | 88 |
C. A. Hoffman | 305 | 72 |
R. R. Horth | 295 | 72 |
J. Leschinsky | 289 | 80 |
F. Nabel | 232 | 48 |
A. F. Buechler | 226 | 66 |
H.Hehnke | 223 | 48 |
C. R. Heusinger | 219 | 60 |
J. Meves | 217 | 48 |
P. O. Weinhold | 188 | 55 |
W. Strattman | 180 | 80 |
Aug. Meyer | 159 | 48 |
J. Spethman | 103 | 24 |
G. Heidkamp | 49 | 40 |
H. Lorentzen | 40 | 36 |
P. B. Peters | 22 | 70 |
O. A. Abbott | 7 | 25 |
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C. N. North of Cairo was in the city today.
W. H. Harrison's fine pointer got killed in a very queer way last night. While he was up in the hay loft a bale of hay fell on him, killing him instantly. He was a highly valued dog and one of the best huntin dogs in this vicinity.
The man who gave Officer Koeplin a chase yesterday afternoon, but proved to be not quite enough Johnson for what he undertook, was arraigned in the police court this morning on the charge of being drunk and disorderly, and received a sentence of thirty days in the county jail. And he deserved every day of it.
Mr. Brand, the milkman, had quite an accident while peddling milk this morning.
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One of the main bolts in the wagon broke causing the front of the wagon to fall down. He fell over striking his nose on one of the milk cans and bruising his face up in a pretty bad condition. Had the horse not been gentle it might have proven much more serious.
George Hering, a confectioner and manager of the bowling alley at Palmer, committed suicide yesterday afternoon by shooting himself through the heart. He is well known there and by a number of Grand Island people. No one knows what his reason for committing the act was.
The students of the Business College left this afternoon for Lion Grove, in three coaches, to hold their picnic. They paraded the streets, blowing horns and causing other excitement.
Grand Island Daily Independent,
Monday, Dec. 27, 1909
WAS DEAD MAN FROM GRAND ISLAND, THEY ASK?
Kansas City, Dec. 27. - A man of about middle age, five and a half feet tall, weight 186 pounds, light brown mustache, head bald excepting fringe of brown hair, was found this morning. He had evidently been murdered and robbed. He wore a gray suit with the initials M. C. and wore a signet ring. The suit was marked M. Kalman, Grand Island, Neb. The body is that of a prosperous looking man. The body was partially buried when found and the police are completely mystified. The ring on the little finger was marked, "N. M." He also wore a black overcoat, a yellowish brown shirt with a blue stripe and a black cross stripe.
Inquiry of Mr. Kalman was made by an Independent reporter and the East Third street clothier was at first unable definitely to recall anyone having purchased such a suit and answering such a description. However, Mr. Kahman later thought he had sold such a suit to a telephone company employ a couple of months ago and inquiry revealed that one Harry McConnel had been in their employment in October and left here about Oct. 25, stating that he was going south. McConnel answered the description exactly, with exception, as Mr. Wicker of the telephone office remembers, of the mustache. But age, baldness, weight, color of hair, etc., tallied with McConnel. He came here from Central City, where he had also been in the employment of the company. Inquirey of the manager at Central City reveals that McConnel wore a signet ring but no one there recalls having seen the initials. McConnel stated at Central City that his home was in Texas. Mr. Kahlman later was of the opinion that one H. Free, a creamery employe at that time, also bought such a suit and gave his home as being in Iowa. Sheriff Dunckel does not know of anyone missing here. Mr. Kahlman was in receipt of notice of the finding of the body through the police authorities and The Independent through its press connections.
TOMMY RYAN KILLED IN FALL
And Jury Finds Fall Was Presumably Caused By Blow
CHARLES THOMPSON HELD
Charge of Manslaughter is Preferred Against Him--Tragedy is Result of Spree--Victim Has Been Rounder for Years
Wood River, Dec. 27--Christmas day at Wood River was ushered in by the report that T. P. Ryan had been found dead in the depot here as the result of a drunken embrogile with a companion and thus Wood River furnishes its second victim in the last few months to alcoholism.
Agent Gard of the Union Pacific going on duty Saturday morning at 7:15 found a man stretched out on the floor by the fire, and going into the operator's room asked the night man whom he had "in there." The reply was: "Oh, T. P." as Mr. Ryan was familiarly known. Mr. Gard then went to Mr. Ryan and upon examination found him to be in a serious condition. He then telephoned to the Commercial hotel where Mr. Ryan had been staying, informing them of his condition and also Mayor Brett, who was staying there. He then called the U. P. surgeon, Dr. Hubbell who immediately responded. Mr. Ryan, however, was dead when the doctor arrived.
Coroner Sutherland was then notified and arrived at 9:39. Two of the Boston Ideal show troupe had been held, one on suspicion and the other as a witness, as Mr. Ryan had had dealings with them on the night before. Coroner Sutherland took their depositions before the body was removed and then adjourned to the city hall, whither the body was taken and where a post mortem examination was held. The evidence was not considered sufficient to hold the show people and they were allowed to depart.
After the autopsy the following jury was summoned: J. M. Weldon, Carl McGlasson, W. T. Spelts, R. J. Clark, Dan Lyons and Joseph Morgan. The testimony was taken at Langman's hall.
M. T. Raphael testified in the deposition that he was a member of the Boston Ideal Company, that he had been with Ryan on the night before and had left him about 3 o'clock, as nearly as he could recollect. He had a faint remembrance of helping somebody get up from the ground, but he could not recall who or where. They had all been drinking but had had no quarrel. It is stated that the showman was found that morning, about 7:70, in the kitchen of James Jackson, into which he had found his way. He had taken off his outer clothing and wrapping himself up in the oil cloth table covering had seemingly spent the rest of the night very comfortably in the kitchen, though he had left the door to the same open.
C. C. Comes, of Nashville, Tenn., another of the show people, said that he had asked Ryan during the show (Ryan was a stage hand) if he could get him some whiskey for his wife, as she was ill and that Ryan got it for him. After the show Ryan and witness went to the Irwin plumbing shop and that there Ryan asked for some whisky for Mr. Comes and was shown where the jug was, that he took a cup full and took a drink himself there. There were six others in the shop, he thought, when he left. That was the last he saw of any of the parties.
James Whalen testified that he was in the telephone office over Mr. Brett's store between 1 and 2 o'clock that night and heard some parties come along the walk from the west and went south about ten or fifteen feet. He heard several words pass back and forth. He looked out of the window and as it was moonlight he could see Ryan, Charles Thompson, and another party standing there. He heard Thompson say: "I can lick you" and then Thompson struck Ryan. The latter fell on his back with his head to the east and near the outside of the sidewalk. The witness went down stairs and found that Thompson and the other party had raised Ryan up to his knees. Witness made the remark that was not a fair way to treat a friend whereupon Thompson remarked: "I am taking care of him." The witness then suggested that Ryan be taken to the hotel and the other party remarked that they had just been "fired" from there. They then took him to the depot, as it was open and there was a fire there. Ryan could walk a little and by helping him they got him there. The showman only went a short distance with them and then turned back. At the depot they put Ryan in a seat, took his watch and ring for safe keeping and left him there, after he had asked to be laid down.
Stephen Lyons corroborated the testimony of Whalen. Both testified that Ryan and the showman were drunk and Thompson nearly so.
Lee Chubb, the night man at the depot testified that he heard the parties come into the waiting room but did not go into the waiting room. He thought from the talk he overheard that one of them was drunk. He had later gone into the waiting room but as there was no light in the same he could not see what condition the man was in. Ryan had been there before, drunk, and he supposed that that was all that was the matter with him.
The coroner's jury found from the evidence that Ryan came to his death from a fracture of the skull, resulting from a fall and that the fall was presumably occasioned by a blow.
Charles Thompson was placed under arrest and brought to Grand Island where he has since been in the custody of Sheriff Dunkel. He is a clean looking young man and is said to be the son of a widow near town. He is a farmer. He had nothing to say, being advised by his counsel, W. H. Thompson, to keep quiet. The latter attended the coroner's inquest on Saturday as did County Attorney Cleary and Attorney Thompson.
Grand Island Daily Independent,
Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1909
HAS BIG SPILL
Last Saturday night four men, one of them working for the Nebraska Telephone Co., had quite an accident on the Kimball Avenue crossing. Tom Webb, an employe of the company had taken out the company rig and with three friends started out for a drive. At the Union Pacific crossing one of the wheels of the rig broke off and the horse started running up the track. In the spill all of the occupants were bruised but none seriously. Railroad men saw the horse and avoided any further damage. The rig was broken up quite badly.
Grand Island Daily Independent,
Fri. Dec. 31, 1909
SICKNESS OF GROOM CAUSES POSTPONEMENT OF WEDDING
The marriage of Miss Grace Gorman of this city to Mr. O. M. Evans, contractor of the postoffice building here, which was to have taken place in Omaha Wednesday afternoon, had to be postponed because of the illness of Mr. Evans. Shortly after eating lunch on that day he was taken very ill and was later, on the advice of a specialist who had been called in, taken to the Methodist hospital, where he is reported today as somewhat better. It is stated that Mr. Evans' illness is probably due to a nervous breakdown, although the physician in charge would not state positively what the trouble is until he could make further examination and was unable to say how long a time must elapse before his recovery. Miss Gorman and her mother are still in Omaha. Mr. Percy Gorman, who accompanied the party to Omaha, returned this morning. The latter stated this afternoon that there was no foundation in fact in the rumor that prevailed today that Mr. Evans was stricken with polio myelitis and said that his illness was probably brought on by the recent death of the mother of Mr. Evans, and its attendant anxiety and worry.
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