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Slays
To Defend Himself
Editor
James M. Burnham, of the Wymorean,
Kills His Father Judge Burham
Elder
Was Making an Assault upon His
Family With a Butcher's Knofe
When Shot
Coroner's
Jury Hold That Act was Justifiable
In Consideration of the Circumstances
Special
Dispatch to the World Herald.
Wymore,
Nebraska, August 19. --
James M. Burnham, editor and
proprietor of the Wymorean,
shot and instantly killed his
father, Judge Collins A. Burnham,
this morning about 9 o'clock.
The
killing, as the evidence taken
at the coroner's inquest, disclosed
the fact that the killing was
in self defense and was held
by the jury to be justifiable.
A
large volume of testimony was
taken, which went to show that
Captain C. A. Burham, when drinking,
was a dangerous man and when
he rushed upon his son with
a butcher's knife and his son
had retreated as far as he could
go, there was nothing left for
the son to do but shoot for
the defense of himself, his
mother, his wife and son.
Captain
Burham drank to excess at times
and recently, when attacked
with delirium, attempted to
kill his attending physician,
Dr. C. C. Gafford. This
fact came out and when the coroner's
jury heard it all it rendered
the following verdict:
"State
of Nebraska, Gage County, ep:
At an inquisition jolden
at Wymore in said county on
the 19th day of August A. D.,
1900, before me, J. Q. Reed,
coroner of said county, upon
the body of Collins A. Burnham,
lying dead by the jurors, whose
names are hereunto subscribed,
the said jurors, upon their
oath, do say that the said Collins
A. Burnham came to his death
from a pistol shot fired by
James M. Burnham, and
we further find that the said
shot was fired in self defense
and that the said shooting was
justifiable.
S.
S. Peters
George
R. Fauke
Gus
Fraff
C.
E. Beinert
G.
W. Campbell
Joseph
W. Grimes
Public
sentiment is strongly on the
side of the editor of the Wymorean,
who has always borne a
good character and who loved
his father as devotedly as a
son could, while the father
was also noble hearted and generous
when sober, but would threaten
the utter extinction of his
family when drinking.
Omaha
World Herald - August
20, 1900
Nebraska National Guards
Brave Boys of the Prairie Sent on Their Way to the Front
With Cheers and Well Wishes
Beatrice Boys Start
Special Dispatch to the World Herald
Beatrice, Nebraska, April 27. -- Company C, First Regiment, Nebraska National
Guard, departed this morning at 7:45 over the Union Pacific sixty-five strong.
The great popular esteem of the company was demonstrated by
the thousands of people who thronged the streets from the sunrise salute to the
time of departure. A pleasant incident
was the presentation of a large American flag.
At the depot the company was drawn up in a line and
relatives and friends given an opportunity to bid them god speed. Many touching scenes were enacted as the
final good by was given.
When the train started the American flag was profusely in
evidence, the signal was given and three cheers were sent up by the
throng. As the train pulled through the
yards the company from the car windows fired a salute and the multitude
reluctantly dispersed.
Omaha World Herald - April 28, 1898
Wymore
Teachers
Elected
Same
Faculty as
Last Year,
With the
Exception of a
Few.
Wymore,
Neb, Aug 8—The
board of
education has
elected the
following
teachers:
E. M.
Short,
superintendent,
A. W.
Starkebaum
principal of
the high
school.
Miss
Helen Phillips
principal of
the junior
high
school.
Miss
Anna E. Craig
principal of
the east
ward.
Miss
Anna S. Batten
principal of
the west
ward,
F. A.
McCorkle
manual
training and
director of
athletics.
Fern
Houseman,
commercial,
Inez
Wells,
assistant
commercial,
Amy
Stowell, home
economics,
A M
Harms, Oliver
E Barker and
Hildegarde
Swanson, high
school,
Bertha
Pratt, Verda
Chapman and
Evelvn Sage
junior
high,
Lucille
Heatherington,
Maude
Baumgardner,
Nelle Biggs,
Isabel Rankin,
Orcella Perry,
Marry Wright,
Rose Brehn,
Alice Moran,
Marjorie
Custer and
Vernell
Griffin
grades.
All of
these, with
the exception
of some of the
grade
teachers, are
the same as
last
year.
The
school census
this year
shows an
increase of
nineteen
pupils over
last year and
last year was
the largest
enrollment of
the history of
the school.
Twenty non
resident
pupils from
farm districts
have signified
their
intentions of
enrolling here
this
year.
Last
year the
graduating
class
contained
thirty four
members the
largest on
record here.
Fifty four
pupils enter
the high
school this
year from the
junior high of
last year, and
seventy will
enter junior
high this year
from the
grades of last
year.
The
Lincoln State
Journal -
Thursday,
August 9,
1923
Extending
Telephone
Special
Dispatch to the World Herald
Wymore,
Nebraska, December 2. -- The
Nebraska Telephone Company has
a large force of men working
out of here, extending their
long distance line on westward.
The
line will run from here to Odell,
and thence to Diller and Fairbury.
The
poles are nearly all in place
and the workmen are now engaged
in stringing the wire.
Omaha
World Herald - December 3, 1898
Stabbing
At The Reunion
Dispute
Ends in a Cutting Affray at
Wymore
Special
Dispatch to the World Herald
Wymore,
Nebraska, August 10. -- At
the reunion grounds this afternoon
John Rathbun in an altercation
stabbed seriously but not fatally
Frank Pisar. The cut is
an inch and one half in depth
and five inches in length.
Rathbun,
who is a farmer living two miles
north of Odell, has heretofore
been regarded as a good citizen.
The wound over Frank Pisar's
left shoulder blade has been
sawed up, the surgeon taking
five stitches.
The
reunion here has drawn a large
number of rough characters to
this place and hold ups have
occurred on the grounds. Judge
M. H. Southwick being the first
victim, losing $11.
Omaha
World Herald - August 11, 1900
Wymore Young Man To Become Pastor of Church in East 
Special Dispatch to the World Herald
Wymore, Nebraska, March 9. -- Earl Harper, son of the Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Harper at this place, has accepted a call from the Auburn dale, Massachetuces,
Methodist Church, an organization which has has as its pastor men now high in the Methodist Church.
Mr. Harper, who is 25, and a graduate of Wesleyan University, was for three years in charge of a church at Clatonia, Nebraska.
An accomplished musician, he is prominent in college and musical circles, and for a long time was undecided whether to follow the ministry or become a professional musician.
He was married to Miss Clara Lieber of Lincoln in 1917, moving to Boston shortly after the wedding where he entered the Boston Thoelogican Institute.
While a student there he received an offer from the Brockton, Massachetues, Congregational church but declined.
The World Herald, Omaha, Thursday, March 10, 1921
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