Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, August 31, 1913, Image 5
TTRARST’S RTTDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1919.
1 SERVED 17 YEARS, ALTHOUGH INNOCENT’
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Sailor Paroled From Atlanta Federal Prison
Thomas Bram’s Heart Is Not Embittered
Leaves Vengeance to Almighty, but
Declares He Will Devote Life to
Clearing Himself of Charge He
Murdered Three on High Seas,
T HOMAS M. C. BRAM, just paroled from the Atlanta Fed
eral prison, where he served six of the seventeen years he
has spent in a cell after being sentenced to life for slaying
three persons on the bark Herbert Fuller, July 13, 1890, on
the high seas, of which crime he declares he is innocent, assert
ing further that he will devote his life to clearing his name.
First Act Is-to Buy, With Part of
Scanty Store, Flowers for Man
Who Aided Him, Warden Moyer.
Anxiously Seeking Employment.
Seventeen year* spent in prison,
seventeen years when his only hope
was that by some kind stroke of
Providence he would not have to die
there, seventeen years when every
second of the time he says he knew
he was receiving the punishment that
another had earned, all this has been
the lot of Thomas M. C. Bram, re
cently released from the Atlanta
Federal penitentiary and Bram to-day
declares that he has bitterness in
his heart for no man.
The vengeance, which another man
would seek, he declares he is willing
to leave to the Almighty. His only
purpose in life now is to earn an
honorable livelihood and to so conduct
himself that the Attorney General of
the United States will see that the
President Issues him full pardon, in
stead of the parole he now enjoys,
and restore his civil rights.
He cares little whether the real
criminal in the famous “Herbert
Fuller” mystery is brought to justice.
He cares only that his name be
cleared of the black crime of the
slaying of three persons on the high
seas and endeavoring to fix the blame
on another.
Looks Picture of Health.
Bram is 47 years old. Though he
looks the picture of health, his years
In prison have told on him. The lit
tle hair he has on his head is as
white as snow. His mustache is
white, but the healthy outdoor life
he led until the jail key turned on
him and his life in the Atlanta prison
have served him in good stead.
The tan of the sea sun and the
wind-lashed face of a mariner are
now his. His skin is as ruddy as
that of a healthy baby. His eye is as
bright as that of an ambitious boy.
His broad shoulders are held well
thrown back. His build denotes tre
mendous strength which the prison
could not rob him of.
.There is little of the old salt about
him. In appearance he is a well-
dressed, sturdy' business man. In
conversation he could be anything
from a banker to a clergyman. He
declares he does not drink, smoke,
nor swear. He is at peace with the
world.
It is impossible to view' him and
connect Bram as the principal of this
mystery' of the deep, sea, this prob
lem that his freedom makes more in
tricate instead of clearing.
Sees Auto First Time.
Wednesday when he walked out of
the walls a free man, he entered the
first automobile he had ever seen.
The first money that he had spent
in seventeen years was spent to buy
a bouquet of flowers for Warden
Moyer of the penitentiary, who has
been his staunch friend in his fight
for freedom.
This struggle for parole has been
hardly less dramatic than the crime
which, justly or unjustly, he served
so long. Never for one second since
he passed into a cell has he ceased
to struggle, not only to enjoy the
air that free men breathe, but to en
joy every privilege of a man who has
never felt the brand of crime.
Six years ago h e came to the At
lanta penitentiary from the Massa
chusetts State Prison, w r here he had
served eight years. He had once been
sentenced to die. He had fought
against death on the gallows, and he
had won this fight, even though he
was doomed to spend the rest of his
days behind prison bars.
But life meant opportunity for him
to continue his struggle for ultimate
exoneration, and he fought on. His
first real opportunity came when he
entered the Atlanta prison. Warden
Moyer, ever the friend of the pris
oners, became peculiarly interested in
the case of Bram.
He made a model prisoner. He
boasts of the fact that during his
fourteen years of penal servitude, no
harsh word has been spoken to him.
No mark of bad conduct has been
placed against his name.
Moyer became convinced of this
seaman s innocence. He introduced
Bram to George Freeman and Harry
Perkerson, ‘Peachtree street tailors,
who became interested in his case
and immediately started out to ob
tain his release. At that time the
parole law did not extend to life
prisoners. Only absolute pardon could
free him.
Through the efforts of Bram’s new
found friends. Congressman William
Schley Howard qf Georgia introduced
a bill and fought it to a passage pro
viding that life, prisoners could be pa
roled after fifteen years of servitude.
This opened the way for Bram’s
parole. Another powerful ally for
him appeared in Colonel Daniel W.
Rountree, Atlanta attorney, who took
up the fight. The prisoner was eligi
ble for parole July 12, arid at that
'time the papers in his case were filed
with the parole board in Washington.
Pigeonholed Order Found.
Bram’s attorney, who had fought
his case in Boston, never has ques
tioned his innocence. Since that
time, according to Bram. this attor
ney has been made District Attor
ney, and his assistance in the mat
ter of obtaining the parole was of
the greatest weight.
As soon as their showing was sub
mitted, the parole board decided to
act favorably and so reported, but in
some way the recommendation found
its way to a Washington depart
mental pigeonhole, and the parole or
der was not forthcoming.
Bram’s hopes had been raised high,
and when days and weeks passed
without the expected order giving him
freedom, this hope turned to the
blackest despair, but his friends didn’t
quit for a minute. They put power
ful influences to work. The pigeon
holed report was discovered, and
Wednesday the order came for Bram’s
release.
Bram takes his freedom as he took
his imprisonment, calmly, dispassion
ately. He is now seeking only com
plete exoneration and work. He talks
freely of his trouble and his victory.
He believes that full publicity will aid
him in his fight. Here is his own
story of himself, the crime of which
he was convicted, his struggle for lib
erty and his hopes for th£ futur©.
Bram’s Own Story of the
Herbert Fuller Mystery
By THOMAS M. C. BRAM.
I was born on the Island of St.
Kitts, a British possession in the Car
ibbean Sea, 47 years ago. Mv father
was a Dutchman, my mother an Eng
lishwoman. My boyhood days being
spent on this out-of-the-way island,
my ambition naturally centered on a
sea career.
First I served before the mast, but
I was an apt sailor and at the age of
24 I was master of my own vessel, a
brig, called the Twilight. Later I was
master of the schooner China.
After attaining my majority I was
naturalized as an American citizen
and made my shore home in New
York, where my family is now.
As an American citizen I shipped in
June of 1896 as first mate of the bark
Herbert Fuller, carrying a cargo of
lumber and a few passengers from
Boston to Rio de le Platte, in South
America. She was a trim ship witn
a capable master and crew' and I was
well satisfied with my berth.
Tells of Triple Slaying.
On the night of July 13 1 took the
deck watch at midnight. In the after-
house the captain, his w’ife, the sec
ond mate and a passenger named
Monks were sleeping. William Brown,
a seaman, was at the wheel.
It was a fair night with little sea
running and I paced the deck with
no thought that this peaceful calm
was to be broken by as horrible a
crime as was ever committed.
I went into the waist of the ship,
passing among the lumber w hich was
piled waist high, to see that all was
well.
My first hint of the tragedy came
when I heard w'hat I thought to be
a cry. I rushed back on deck and met
the passenger Monks. He excitedly
told me that he had just discovered
the dead bodies of the captain, his
wife and a passenger.
With him I ran aft to the cabin and
found out diis entire statement was
true save that the third dead person
was the second mate.
Three Slain With Ax.
All three had been killed with some
heavy', sharp weapon. The discovery
of a blood-stained ax proved that this
was the weapon that had been used
officer aboard, took immediate com
mand.
I refused to permit the bodies to
be buried at sea, thinking perhaps
that if they were brought into port
they would furnish the police with
some clew to the mystery which was
completely baffling to me.
However! as we had no embalming
Instruments and fluids and no one
aboard knew’ anything of this art, I
realized that the health of all hands
demanded that they could not be kept
aboard.
The only solution as I could see it
was to make the jolly boat fast with
a long tow line, place the bodies in
this craft and in this way make the
nearest port.
Accused by the Sailor.
This I did, and with this ghastly
convoy bobbing in our wake, we made
Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the mean
time, however, I had the sailor
Brown placed in irons as a suspect.
I had no particular evidence against
him, except that he was to my knowl
edge the only man awake in the after
part of the bark.
Soon after I did this Brown startled
the entire ship by making a state
ment declaring that, from his post at
the wheel, he had seen me enter the
aft cabin, take the ajc and slay the
captain, his wife and the second mate.
He gave no motive. He simply de
clared that I did it. Though I was the
only officer aboard, I promptly sur
rendered to the crew as soon as I heard
the charge, and T was Brown’s fellow-
prisoner when we reached port.
We were surrendered to the Cana
dian authorities, but inasmuch as
Brown and myself were both Ameri
can citizens and tho crime had been
committed on the high seas in a ves
sel flying the United States flag, we
were turned over to the American
authorities and it was decided that we
be tried in the United States Court *n
Boston, from which port we had
cleared.
Sentenced To Be Hanged.
In the preliminary investigation
Broyvn repeated his accusation
against me, and for some reason ne
was believed. Any circumstantial ev-
dence was absolutely uncorroborated.
Brown was not Indicted, but I faced
the awful charge of murder. There
was prejudice against me, I guess, In
Boston. Anyhow, after my indictment
I was speedily brought to trial, de
clared guilty and sentenced to death
My attorney fought gallantly for
me. He obtained a new trial. Again
I faced a jury and again I heard the
hideous words “guilty as charged,”
but this time the penalty was fixed
at life Imprisonment.
I did not despair. I knew that rome
day. ns sure as there Is a God In
heaven, I would be vindicated, and I
feel that they day is drawing dost* at
hand now.
Has Big Task Before Him.
From the moment I surrendered to
the bark’s crew until last Wednesday
I have never known freedom. And
now that I am free I have a big work
before me.
I will not cease working until I have
a full pardon from the President and
my good name and civil rights re
stored.
Why do I want these things? Why
am I not satisfied in this glorious
freedom my friends have obtained for
me? Don’t think for a second I am
not intensely grateful to them; that I
am not enjoying every moment of
thisi blessed life in the open air.
When I awoke Thursday mqrning I
thought that I still dreamt. I waited
for that rising gong that I had heard
for six long years in the prison here
and for longer, more bitter years in
the Massachusetts State prison. Then
I realized that I was indeed free and I
actually sang a song of joy and
praise.
But under the parole law I may not
leave the State of Georgia. The Geor
gia people have been gloriously good
to me, but I would like to see my
family, from whom I have been sep
arated for so long. They are in New
York and have kept in constant com
munication w ith me. but that is not
seeing them.
Right now I can’t bring them down
here to m ?, for I am absolutely with
out money. The $5 note which the
Government gives each released pris
oner was the first money I have seen
since a few months after my incar
ceration.
Must Find Work to Live.
I haven’t needed money here in At
lanta!. The prison authorities gave us
everything a temperate man wants,
but now that I am out I need money
desperately. I must find work, find
It right now. I have never done any
thing ashore, but I guess I can learn
something. I am strong, earnest and
willing. That ought to be enough.
Under the parole law I have to re
port to Warden Moyer once eacn
month. The warden has been among
my best friends, but it is hard on an
innocent man to have to make an
accounting to somebody like a truant
schoolboy or a probationed drunkard.
In seeking the pardon I have no
thought of trying to fix the blame for
the crime on another. I don’t know
whether Brown is living or dead. 1
don’t even accuse him of committing
the deed.
“Vengeance is mine,” says the Lord.
1 am willing that it be His. He is far
wiser, far more just, far more forgiv
ing than I possibly could be. And I
know that He will repay me for the
suffering I have undergone, just as
sure as He will punish those who have
made an innocent man suffer.
My only wish is for my name to be
cleared, so that I can look every man
in the eye and demand the respect of
all men.
With the death of the Captain and idence they had against me was of the
the second mate, I, as first and only flimsiest sort, and 1 - owns direct evi-
Alligator Puts Hotel
Patrons to Flight
Escapes From Cage and Chases
Guests and Waiters From Din
ing Room in Panic.
200,000 Mummies
In Aztec Catacombs
Niches in Great Wall Surrounding
Cemetery Rented for Any
Number of Years.
GUANAJUATO, MEXICO, Aug. 30.
In the catacombs and cemetery at
Guanajuato, within an inclosure em
bracing about six acres, rest the
ashes and bones of over 200,000 hu
man beings. It contains mummies
of Aztecs who had their life and be
ing centuries ago.
Surrounding the spot is a wall
built of masonry, twelve feet high and
twelve feet thick. The wall is honey
combed on the inside with holes
about eighteen Inches square, some
of which are open, while others are
sealed with cement. It is said that
there are about 5,000 of these niches.
They are used to stow away dead
bodies and are rented for that pur
pose for periods ranging from one
year to five years.
When the period of rent expires the
remains are removed and the bones
cast into an underground Chamber.
The municipal authorities of Gua
najuato charge eighteen cents for a
burial permit.
Better Meals For
Farmers Assured
Two Hundred Ohio County House
wives to Compete in Cooking
for Family.
CLEVELAND, Aug 30.—Better
meals for the hard working farmer is
the object of Ohio’s newest farm or
ganization, composed of Geauga
County housewives. Mrs. J. K. Tur
ner discovered a short time ago the
high-cost-of-living problem exists
in the farm sections as well as in
the city.
The proper way to deal with prob
lems being through organization, the
Woman’s Auxiliary to the Geauga
County Farm Improvement Associa
tion was formed.
A prize will be given to the wo
man who prepares the best meals for
her family In August. It is expected
that nearly 200 women will enter the
contest.
Baby's Cry an Index
To Future in Life
Society Woman Declares She Can
Read Child’s Disposition
in His Wails.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.—Mrs. L.
B. Bishop, a society leader, of Chi
cago, now In Wanhington. can tell
from a baby’s cry the kind of a man
or woman it will make when grown.
She said:
“The baby that cries with a whine
or snarl note will make a discontent
ed, fretful adult. The. infant whose
cry Is a series of wails will have a
chip on its shoulder always, while
the youngster with a strong, lusty
cry, with a laugh and smile at the
closie. makes the world leaders, de
termined to succeed.”
Steals Tombstone
Weighing 2,000 Lbs.
Robber Sought by Owner to Ex
pain, $50 Reward Up.
CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Some thief
who may wish to be forehanded in
event of a violent termination of hl.s
career stole a tombstone at night from
the show yard of the monument works
of Joseph P. Gastat at No. 4806 North
Clark street.
It is a polished granite block weigh
ing 2,000 pounds and is not inscribed.
The yard is in a lonely neighborhood
and the thief was free to take his
time at the task.
"I have offered a reward of $50 for
the arrest of the robber,” said Mr.
Gast, “and I am curious to know what
motive provoked the theft.”
Greeted by Snores,
Uses Fists on Wife
Paterson Man Resents Drowsy Wel
come, and Lands in Court—Pa
roled in Mate’s Custody.
‘Age Curable Disease,’ Says
Teacher at Summer School of
Perpetual Life—Eats Nuts.
PATERSON, N. J., Aug. 30.—After
James Ruddy, of No. 326 Grand street,
was released from the Isolation Hos
pital, he entered his home in anticipa
tion of a warm reception. He found
Mrs. Ruddy asleep.
•‘How are you, dear?” he asked.
“Zzzz,” from Mrs. Ruddy.
“Then I couldn’t keep in,” said Rud
dy to the Recorder when arraigned.
The appearance of his wife’s face was
proof of what he said.
The court paroled Ruddy in the cus
tody of his wife. He promised to be
good.
TREES ALL FED TO CATTLE.
PLEASANT HILL, MO., Aug. 30.—
So dry are pastures around here that
farmers are feeding their trees to
their cows. In some instances farm-
. ers who are short of feed have re
sorted to cutting limbs from oak
trees and tossing them to their stock.
ST. LOUIS, MO., Aug. 30 — An alliga
tor that was on exhibition at the Plant
ers Hotel at the convention of the Na
tional Commissary Managers’ Associa
tion escaped from its cage during the
dinner hour and invaded the dining
room, sending the New Yorkers scam
pering to cover.
One man jumped over two tables in
his haste to escape. The alligator turned
his attention to the negro waiters, who
dropped their trays and tied. The house
detective shot it.
BERKELEY, CAL., Aug. 30.—Four
hundred years ago Ponce DeLeon
grew old and died searching for the
fountain of eternal youth. To-day
comes a man from London acclaim
ing that he has found it. His name is
Harry Gaze, a young man—in ap
pearance at least—who has forgotten
his birthday and expects to live for
ever.
He has a considerable following In
a summer school of perpetual life at
the First Unitarian Church and as
serts that he has a theory based on
scientific knowledge and sound com
mon sense. Gaze never says die.
“Age is a curable disease,” he said,
at his apartments at Bancroft way
and College avenue. “I have forgot
ten how old I am and I never expect
to die. I believe 1,000 years of life
will only whet my appetite for liv
ing.”
The cool enunciation of such a doc
trine takes faith, and it is just such
faith that is essential to perpetual
life, according to Gaze. His phil
osophy In a nutshell is this:
To Build Better Bodies.
“Every eleven months, according to
science, we build an entirely new
body. The secret of perpetual youth
is the building of a better body each
succeeding year. We don’t grow old:
we become old by not growing. There
is no limit to a man’s age except the
one he fixes himself. Banish the idea
of maturity. Make war on the 'prime
of life.’ Co-operate with nature, don’t
defeat her. Cheer up; the best is
yet to come.”
Gaze himself is the picture of
youth, muscular, alert and vital. There
seems* to be nothing of the poser or
freak about him.
"People call me an Englishman, but
really I am a native son. I have been
here a year and my body has been
entirely rebuilt out of your California
fruit, nuts, olives and sunshine," he
said.
While Gaze believes he has found
the fount of youth in the human mind,
he regards the physical as an im
portant factor.
Water and Sun Baths.
“Take brisk walks every morning.
Take water and sun baths. Eat spar
ingly and only when hungry. Eat
meat If you can not enjoy other foods,
but nuts and fruits are the best diet.
Eat as much uncooked food as pos
sible, for heat breaks up the vital
composition of food. Fruit contains
elements that do not ossify the body.
“Eat at least one apple every day
in the year. Chew thoroughly. The
ripe olive Is an excellent rejuvenating
food, but the green olive has no food
value. Olive oil Is a solvent for lime
deposits and should be used internal
ly and externally. Do not drink
water with your meals, but drink
about one-half gallon of distilled wa
ter a day. Do not drink coffee, tea
or alcoholic beverages.
“The mental attitude toward eating
is more important, however, than the
food. A feast of pork and pickles
eaten in harmony is better than ap
ples and figs in strife.”
Hen Gives First Aid
To Choking Rooster
Seizes Straw Projecting From Chan
ticleer’s Bill and Pulls
It Out.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 30.—Charles
Stewart, of Mariswa. the only dry
town In St. Clair County, Illinois,
owns a flock bf chickens presided over
by two roosters. One of the collec
tion, a rooster, partook of a breakfast
food, consisting of a long wheat
straw.
When one-half of the food was
down that part of the chicken that
sometimes is warmed over for sup
per, the straw stuck. The rooster
tried the usual chicken method of ex
tracting the straw—that of putting
one foot on the straw and pulling
back his head. This did not work.
His temper became ruffled and he
began to run around the yard. One
of the hens noticed his plight and
coyly' approached him, reached up.
grabbed the unswallowed end of the
straw’ and pulled it forth.
The rooster crowed his praise and
then turned aroqind and whipped the
other rooster.
Fortunes in Coal Oil
Sought in Calgary
Experts Believe Western Canada
Will Become One of Greatest
Fields in World.
CALGARY. ALBERTA. Aug. 30.—If
the expectations of experts who have
been conducting drilling operations
to the southwest of this city for nine
months are realized, Calgary will be
come the center of the w’orld’s new
est and one of Its greatest oil fields.
Although the members of the two
syndicates which are drilling will say
but little about their operations, there
have been rumors of late that oil has
been struck In small quantities.
“We are finding that the geological
formation is much broken.” said A.
W. Dingham, of the Calgary Pe
troleum Products Company, ‘ and as a
consequence the oil field, if there is
any,, is broken and distributed. This
may mein that the oil, if struck, will
not be In paying quantities.”
Pays $40 Alimony to
Another Man’s Wife
Detroiter Grows Tired of Contribut
ing Further to Support of
Former Spouse.
ANN ARBOR, MICH., Aug. 30.—
Henry' Hubbard, a meat dealer of De
troit, has filed a petition in the Circuit
Court here, praying that the divorce
suit, tried here in 1911, by which nis
wife was granted her freedom and
alimony of $40 per month, be re
opened.
He declares that his wife has since
married a man who was posing as a
boarder in her home, and that the
fact has been kept secret In order
that she might collect her alimony.
He asks to be relieved from paying
further alimony, and petitions for tho
custody of two children of his for
mer marriage. He Is also remarried.
Women Start War
On Horse Nose Bags
Hard-Working Equines Lose Oats
When Campaign Is Started In
San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.—A
taste of feminine militancy was given
to the people of San Francisco when
four women started a crusade
against nosebags for horses.
Invading the business district, they
hunted out horses that were feeding
from the customary canvas bags, and,
without ceremony or apology, and de
spite protests from teamsters, hurled
all the feedbags they could find into
the gutter.
The crusaders were members of the
Animals’ Friend Society, which is op
posed to nosebags.
Woman on Rampage
With ‘Perfume Jag’
Rancher’s Wife Drinks Cologne and
Starts Fighting Stranger on
Street Corner.
VISALIA. Aug. 30.—Mrs. Dave
Rivers, wife of a rancher at Goshen,
imbihed a quantity of cologne which
which she blames for an exhibition of
exuberance in Main street.
She stood at the curb and dealt right
swings and left hooks at male passersby
until a riot call was sent for the sheriff
and two deputies.
Send Your Roll
To Me
FOR
Free Developing and 8
Hour Finishing Service
Send roll for trial. Don’t
send any money. Pay if
O. K. ' Write SHELLEY
IVEY, Manager, The College
“Co-Op,” 119 Peachtree St.,
Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
a
Robbed Four Times
By Same Three Men
Victim of Persistent Footpads Loses
Patience and Finally Com
plains to Police.
CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—For the fourth
time in a month Emil Magee, 8849 Esca-
naba avenue, was robbed by the same
three men in the same neighborhood,
according to his own story to the South
Chicago police. He was a short dis
tance from his home when the men
accosted him and robbed him of $8.50.
!!•• told the police he was robbed by
the same men three times before in the
last month, but did not report to the
police because the amounts taken were
small.
“You’re Safe"
so long as you keep
the Stomach, Liver
and Bowels working
regularly and when
the first sign of weak
ness appears be sure
to take
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH BITTERS
promptly. It will help
you keep the appetite
normal, digestion per
fect and liver and
bowels active. Try it.
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Belleville, III., Farmer Sends to
Germany for Woman and
Seven Children.
BELLEVILLE, ILL, Aug. 30.—The
brothers Grass, Alois and Otto, back
wore Inseparable, twenty years ago,
were lnsparable. “What one has the
other shall have; share and share
alike,” was the principle they ob
served.
Hut little towns In Germany do not
present many opportunities for strong
young men, and it was decided that
Alois, the older, could better contrib
ute to the support of the Grass par
ents by seeking his fortune in the
New World.
When Alois Grass left, he and hl«
brother agreed that affection and the
old compact should exist unchanged.
Should either one be beset by bad
luck or illness, all the other had was
to be his as he needed. In particu
lar, after they had married and got
families, should one die, the other
was to give assistance and keep wid
ow and children from want.
Alois reached the wonderful New-
World and after several years of
knocking about settled near Belleville.
He married and managed to buy a
little farm. Six children were born.
Brother Otto also married and sev
en little ones added glory to the
name of Grass.
Two months ago word came from
Otto’s widow that he had died sud
denly. Then, six weeks ago, Alois
was made a widower. Shortly after
ward a matronly German woman,
accompanied by sei^n stalwart chil
dren, arrived here, Alois Grass met
them at the station. Mrs. Otto Grass
became Mrs. Alois Grass, and now
there are thirteen Grass cousins to
heln till the Grass farm.
17 DAYS’ VIGIL WINS $14,000.
WINNIPEG, MAN., Aug. 30.—After
standing at the door of a land office
for seventeen days and nights, Har
vey Davis, of Lincoln, Neb., yesterday
filed on a homestead near Winifred
which is valued at $14,000.
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