Show MADE ADE A DE A FALSE ENTRY B T languishes IN A GERMAN PRISON tr witti nellie nettle Il ethels lie started bt arteil for germany reany where lie its lot taught caught aili american record not clear HE trial at berlin of it T kneela the A m e r I 1 c 11 n horseman whose home Is it at sioux city cit iowa ioa charad with entering the mare bethel in bract s un der the name 0 of nellie kneels resulted in a verdict f ift t guilt kleeba was sentenced ceil to aa lae e months imprisonment to kiy a joe te e of 1000 1 marks nid ind to three lars leu lam of his civil ct it rights in addition the jre was confiscated altho th 0 misdemeanor in I 1 ad demeanor for which knibbs rp avi U found guilt was aas in mg the male maie bethel 2 1612 as nellla nellie kneels and 0 0 hetner ot of axton III shipped some horses to lj in januar in the lot ivaa wu the mare bethel a well known b en cn A western estern trotting tracks rt 1 I aben they left new lork ork kneela informed lter nied the turf reporters tatt this r are mares a name was nellie knobbs and der that name he skirted her in a T pace me at manchester england feb 12 lmh 4 just t month liter later he started her ker 10 euln in at edinburgh scotland Scot lind and flom 11 re he shipped her to germany rac her aitho it an further handl handclap Lap k n accrued to her performances since h e her last perform e was as a match rice race with rig in rich ch she was defeated this was mas un till the auspices of the berlin bolkey P b ind and it Is 1 supposed lup tup posed that kneels int led ed the mare at an rate the ciru 11 u atances eap so suspicious that an sti gatlon wis nas begun hy b berlin turf D ind and bletner alth aith whom aft hid somi financial trouble gave ga e ph scheme awa on mi nia 5 1894 ebs was arrested irr arreR eted ted ind and placed in a lin jail A movement vaa nas at once on foot b some sonic of kneels friends iberica to secure his release out C he hnetka firm farm at I 1 neb are clira clara chitham chatham bearing i a gen e rt semblance to bethel was as cut lut on left forearm in imitation of a he ed wire wound that bethel ha I 1 4 ir ts I 1 es J 41 e e f sted ab R T ida ined on a corresponding limb tic k photographs of the ost e were taken and sent to berlin e were also forwarded to europe a he I 1 ber of affidavits some of them from b I 1 i reputable citizens elti zens nf sioux cit cita 0 fl knew know nothing of the case and ani rs from horsemen quita as dise table as kneels himself the berr had sent to this conw me of the mare bethel sho show ty the he scar on the forearm and when CW hoto griph of i IP mare said to be ford el showing a similar scar sear wm ani ram rc d in turn by statements that the mare could be ean iced 1 in nebraska the decided to it kneels to 2 ball penti fencing pen cing ing an id sti Ration at the request of the n jocke club th american ster ter association inv mitigated iti gated the r ion aa as to whether the mare bethel ro in this country and sent several I 1 tr able horsemen to the kneebis farm 10 Is ok k at the counterfeit before the tided dec and of nat brown of omah ornah and thomas elleu of waupun wig testified he claimed to be bethel by ire ill bs friends friend was lari chatham the in the fice flee of this evidence evi donge about Is guilt spent several aza hs bs last 6 amer boing tr ing to collect beat that would clear him in ger cant during the tern r the ers meeting in chicago last july e bs ads is present and talked vcr er ittes about hia his trouble abroad later lamiell the season he attempted to drive i eft Is me e of 0 the tracks but pro against hia his being allowed to do so e tilt made ade and sustained of the european market for american daml ss 3 horses la Is a most important con cco alon to breeders in these days chilli the bippley largely exceeds the y ye lelaud buyers are always in n for first class trotters trott cra to for or broad and the best interest of the 9 livorse orse business demands that en een en after kneels ha has s servel served his sentence in germany he should be nude made an outlaw from all respectable tible american trotting trott lna abot lations and be de barred from engaging engi ging in the business that he has so ser seriously lousi injured it R J |