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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1923)
Mint Bandit Was Former Omahan. Police Believe Local .Authorities Think I)cn* ver Rohhery Planned Here Week Before Execution. The $"00,000 Denver mint robbery I was planned in Omaha a weef before ! its execution, Omaha police are con- I fident Jimmy C. Sloan, the man who was found dead in an automobile in a Denver garage and identified as one j of the robbers, lived in Omaha sev eral jrars, police are certain, and iiusl prior to his last criminal deed in Denver was registered at a Farnam street hotel. As soon as the word of the robbery reached Omaha police, they checked the records of that hotel and learn ed that Sloan had left the city Just a few days before. A week before January 18. the day of the daring mint robbery. Sloan and n man who posed as his brother, ap peared in the office of a prominent Omaha attorney. "We lost $600 in a trick 'crap game'." Sloan told the lawyer, "in i be Capital gambling house on Doug las street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets," The Capital is said to have closed j when Sheriff Mike Undies took of • five. Hantrd Money I5atk. f “Wp want you to pet back tlii^ 5600 for ns." Sloan and bis "brother" told the. attorney, "becauso wo are going to go west." "My home is in Wyoming,” Sloan explained. The description of the man. the at-1 torney declared, tallies "to a T ’ with 1 that of the Sloan found dead in Den ver. The man who was supposed to be hie brother, the attorney claimed, I algo answered the description of one of the bandits who had “thick lips and a bump on his nose." “f can't do anything for you.” this attorney told the pair, ho Haims “T^e only way you can get that rnor.es back is to file a formal com pit Int with the county attorney.” Sloan then went to an Omaha poll tician, it is said, and complained to him. "You're a high class crook." this ■ politician Is alleged to have said to him, “hut you can't pull anything her*. If you squawk about that MOO we ll make it tough for you." The word then was passed quiekl> j and quietly around the Omaha under world that Sloan and his pal were going to attempt to hold up and rob the Capital, which was said to have between MO.OOO and $40,000 on hand most of the time. Place Closed. Police got wind of it and then the plate was closed for several days. It was but a day or two aftrr this, police allege, that Sloan and his ."brother” left Omaha and went to Denver. And a day or two still later, i the Denver mint robbery was ex •cuted. lreteotives here now are confident Sloan and his companion planned the mint robbery In Omaha, perhaps in yie Farnam street hotel, where they •lopped. Mrs. Columbus C. Thompson, who lived at 318 North Kightcenth street,: bi Omaha, is said to be the same woman who, as Florence Thompson, was seen with Sloan in Denver. De teetive Benedict Danbaum, one of the detectives assigned to the case in Omaha, knows the Thompson wont- \ an. it Is said, and has sent a number i of her pictures to various cities in •he country, especially Chicago. St f.ouis. Kansas City and St. Joseph, ♦ here she is said to hare relatives. •Inman Sought. i Sloan has been accused of breaking up the Thompson woman's home and it is known that after her husband d ed several years ago she began go | iiig around with hint. Omaha polico are confident that if i the woman ran be found she vvilj be able to furnish clues to the identity and hiding places of the rest of the Denver mint robbers, according to Danbaum. Secret service men already at# working with police of these five cit ies combing them for news of her vv hereabouts. The Thompson woman has a son. James Buster, still a baby, who Is living with his grandparents in Mus eotah, Kan., according to police. This son. police allege, wa9 born at 1S23 * ass street here and Mrs. Thompson was nursed at that time by Mrs. Tom Nelson. Colyer Inquires Into Crash. Superintendent B. B. Colyer o< the ] Central division of the United States ] air mail, left Thursday for Cheyenne, Wyo„ to investigate the mail plane smash there Wednesday afternoon in which Pilot P. S. Oakes and Mecha nician William Acor were killed. Pilot Oakes' home was In Flushing. U. I. He never flew any planes into or out of Omaha. Mechanician Acor s 1 home was in Cheyenne. Men Like It Real, full-fruited raisin bread is a favorite with men. Try it in your home and see. Buy the luscious raisin bread that bakers are making now. No need to bake at home. Just 'phone vour grocer or a neighborhood bake shop and serve tonight. Delicious when made with Sun-Maid Seeded Raisins the best raisins for bread, and all home cooking uses. Had Ttur Iron Today? One-Legged Man Seeks Swap He Wants to Trade Left Shoe for Right One of Same Size, So He Writes Want Ad. There * a home in Omaha where they have a email vlctrola. But now they want a baby buggy , and have decided they can get along . without the victrola. Gurgles from the little one are enough music for them, it seems, so they have offered to swap the canned | music maker for suitable trans portation for one healthy youngster. And then, too, there's a one-legged man in Omaha who bought a pair of shoes. \ He has ari eye for economy. He can't use the left shoe because he has no left foot. Rut he'd like to trade the left shoe for a right shoe of the same size, then he'd have the same as two pairs of shoes. His eye fell on the want ad page of The Omaha Bee and he read "No swap, no pay.” So he inserted in the swap column the following: "One legged man, left lace shoe, size 7 12 to swap for right shoe same size." And the parents of the little baby who needs a perambulator but care | not so much for the vietrola, read* ] ing The Omaha Bee. saw where “no I swap, no pay" was the rule, so they inserted: “Swap small vietrola for a baby buggy or what have you?" There are many things offered for trad# in the swap column* Among them are ranches houses. ! bungalows, grocery stock*. meat 1 stocks. typewriters, Fords and! equities in properties. Here's a couple that wants to trade a white enafriel baby bed and I library table for a trunk and travel- ! Ing hag. Here's a radio phone set and one I complete Alexander Hamilton in stitute modern busineA course of fered for first payment on a Ford touring car. Here's a three-burner oil cook stove offered to swap for a camera or a buggy. And here's a stamp collector who is j willing to part with a collection of 1,500 postage stamps, all different. , “What have you?” he says in a little : want ad in the swap column. Omahaii to Match Dollars for Hotel at Falls City Falls City, Neb., Jan. If*.—(Special.) —Prospects for a new first-class hotel for Falls City are now bright as the result of a srenerous offer marie by John W Towle, president of the Omaha Structural Works, a native son. • Towle lias made the proposition of matching any amount raised by the community for the construction of the hostelry. Thus, if Falls City raises $75,000 for the project, Towle will give another $75,000 toward it, according to his proposition. The campaign for funds will start Monday. Columbus Man Fined for Having Liquor in His House William Yerkes of Columbus. Neb., found guilty by a jury in federal court yesterday of having liquor in his .house, was fined $100 by Judge Woodrough. W omen Ready for Campaign Stale Districts Organized for Nebraska Children's Home Society Drive. Women's clubs in th>> state, mein- j l:ers of the National Federation of Women's Clubs, are responding with ' much enthusiasm in connection with , the campaign of the Nebraska Chil dren's Home society for $40,000 with which to erect a new receiving home. The eampa’ign also is sponsored by the Lions' club and The Omaha bee : and has been endorsed by the National Federation of Women's Clubs, whose president, Mrs. Edgar B. Penney, has asked all the individual clubs to or ganize in their own districts. The North Platte Woman's club -is marking time, ready for the campaign I to open. The president of the organi zation is Mrs. M.e'E. Scott, who al ways has taken an active Interest in the Children’s Home society. Mrs. Ollie E. Salisbury, chairman I of the child welfare department of | the North Platte club, probably will head the campaign committee in that district. "We are all set for work.” Mrs. Scott said. "The people of North Platte, as in the past, will go ‘over the top.’ The cause is one of the most worthy ever put before the people of the state.” The campaign of the Nebraska Chil idren's Home society has been en dorsed by the presidents of every Ne ! hraska district of the National Fed eration of Women's Clubs. The fol lowing are the presidents: Mrs. F. C. Vandewerker, Kearney. Neb.: Mrs. Max J. Thompson. Grand Island, Neb.; Mrs. C. C. Rosenberg. Lexington. Neb.: Mrs. Ollie K. Salis bury. North Platte, Neb ; Mrs. It. G. Hough, Ogallala. Neb.; Mrs. J. R Hamilton. Candy, Neb.; Mrs. C. P. <Jine, Tryon. Neb.; Mrs. R. II. Bar ber, Arthur. Neb. Near Burglar Flees. A burglar trying to get through the door of the shop of Noble Over holt company, manufacturing jewel ers, 617 Brandeis building, Friday morning, was frightened away before the watchman could get a description of him. Road Conditions (Furnished by the Omaha Auto Club.) Lincoln Highway, Mast—Roads good Lincoln Highway. West—Roads good O. K. D. — Roads good Meridian Highway—Roads good Cornhusker Highway—Roads good Highland Cutoff—Hoads good S. Y. A. — Road* good. Hlack Hills Trail—Roads good tu Nor* folk. Washington Highway—Roads fair to ' good. Somewhat rough around Blair ‘and north of Tekamah. Omaha-Tulsa Highway—Roads good to Topeka. Omaha-Topeka Highway—Roads good to state line. King of Trails. North — Roads good King of Trails. South—Roads good to Leavenworth, frir to Kansas City. River to Liver Road—Roads good Weather imported clear at all points. If You Want Something Different Try TANGIER NATURAL GARDEN CORN Packed for H. J. HUGHES CO. t If your grocer doe* not have it, call At lantic 2500. L. • *\ * - ncrease your Endurance % There are ways and ways to build up the health that makes for endurance But one method unfailing is through a simple diet. And a simple diet means plenty of your best food—Bread. Cut to a minimum yoyr rich, • highly-stimulating foods that overtax and undernourish. 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Thursday Sheriff Davis of Auburn identified the shotgun with which WiT llama was shot as one stolen in that robbery. Westbrook is being held by Omaha ifoliee on motor theft charges. Meanwhile the body of Karl Wil liams lies unclaimed at the morgue of Johnson & Swanson. Tlw body will be kept another week, police say, pending an investigation by undertak ers through Hed Cross officials into the disappearance several months ago of an Karl Williams, said to be heir to an estate In Kansas. Detective A1 Anderson became con hdentia! with Dixon, saying it would be a terrible tiling for bis pal's body to lie turned over to the medical col lege. liut all Dixon would say in reply was: "What an awful fata, lie whs in the army. Itetter ask them about him." Killer prints and Beitillon meas urements of the body have been sent out by pollen in efforts to establish a better identMiration. "Safe Milk For Infant9» invalid* A Cl Children The Original Food Drink for Ml Age*. 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