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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1923)
Sleuths Led . Over Scene of Kidnaping Manager of Downtown Drug Store Tells of Harrowing Experience With Lone Bandit. J. JT- Prather, 1126 South Thirty fifth avenue, manager of the Sher man-McConnell drug store at Twenty fourth and Farnam streets, who Mon day night was kidnaped by a lone highwayman in a Ford car and forced to return to the store nad open the safe, went over the scene of his kid naping yesterday morning with detec tives in an effort to discover addi tional clues to his captor's identity. At police headquarters detectives were inclined to be skepticat, but a thorough investigation was in prog ress yesterday afternoon. , Charles Sherman of the Sherman M< Connell Drug company, said he has utmost confidence in Prather and will retain him aa an employe. On Way Home. Prather said he was kidnaped, bound and gagged and than later re leased to open the safe in the drug store by a lone motor bandit early yesterday morning. The bandit accosted Prather at Thirty-fifth avenue and Leavenworth street, hauled him in his car to a point in the Country club addition, bound him hand and foot, then recon sidered, released him, forced him in to the ear once more, took him to a point about one mile fartnVg out, hound rfnd gagged him then once uere changed his mind, released him sod took him to the store where he forced him to open the safe door and ^ turn over *215 cash. Prather's Story. I had closej the store about 12:30,” Mr. Prather said. "As I left the store I noticed a car parked nearby but thought nothing of it. I rode on the -Meet car to Thirty-fifth and Leaven worth then started south on Thirty fifth avenue. "About 50 yards from the corner a man sitting in an automobile called u me and asked for an address on North Twenty-eighth street. I told him that he was a long way from home then he said 'Well never mind you are the guy I want anyhow.’ "I tried to run away but he yelled at me to stop. ‘Halt,’ he said, ‘or 1 will blow your brains out.’ Then he told ore to get into the car, and I did. Takes Keys. • "We drove south on Thirty-fifth avenue, then right past my home. Somewhere out in the Country club district we stopped and he told me to get out. There was a lone hfouse on a hill north of us but 1 was unable to see any more than that. The bandit refused to let me face him at ^ any time and 1 could nut see what * he looked like. "When I got out of the car at this place ho searched mo nndNlook my keys away from me. Then he tied me up and Muffed something soft into my mouth. "if you yell or make a move I'll kill you.” he said. ‘You wronged me six years ago and I yvould just as soon kill you now as look at you.’ Farther Out. "After a little while lie decided to loosen me and take me to a point farther out. I don't know juit where we went but it was in the fyls and there was a lot of freshly turned , earth around. "Here he tied me up again and left me. After a few moments he came back. ‘I am not going to leave you k hero while I crack that box,’ he said W as he untied by bonds. 'You might get loose and call the cops so I’ll jost Mike you along and let you open the thing and give me the money.' "When we got to the store lie made n e get out and open the side door, lie stayed In the car and kept his gun pointed at me all the time. When the door was open he made rue face ,the wall while he dashed across the 1 sidewalk and into the store. Then he " put a flashlight on me and made me open the safe. He took *195 that be longed to the company and about *18 that had been taken in for stamps in the branch postoffice that Is lo cated there. Fropcrty Found. t*( "After I had looked up the store he made me get into the car again and drove west on Fapiam street. We drove around for awhile, and finally, when wo were about at Thirty second and Dodge streets. I asked to be put out. I am not sure of the location. He let me go and told me to go home. Then he drove north. I went to Mr. Sherman's home at once, at 138 North Thirty-eighth avenue, and told him. "The bandit told me that If I called the police he would kill me and my little baby as well.’" The bandit had Prather In his power for nearly two hours, he said, before he released him. Mr. Sherman called police, who, searched through the • 'ountry dub addition and found some of Prather’s property he said had been lost when he was bound. Founder of "College at Elklioru Dies at His Home *|HM'lal nlapihh In the Omaha Bee. Atlantic, la., April IT.—Rnsinus Hansen. 82. founder of the luinlsh church and college of Elk Horn, died et hla homo there Sunday. 11“ had lived In the Elk Horn vicinity for a half century and was prominent ill the affairs of the community, lie leaves a wife and 12 children. Road Conditions jp PnrnUb»«J by ths Omaha Anto Cltib. Talnroln Highway Hast—Roads good. T.inroln Highway Wsat—Roads good. O la. D.—Roads: good. NfarldUn Highway—Roads good. Corrihuakor Highway—Floada good. Highland Cutoff—Roads good. fi. T. A — Road'« good. Black Hills Trail—Roads good to Nor folk. Washington Highway—Road* good to Sioux City. Omaha-Tulaa Highway—Roads good to Topaka. Omaha-Topska High way—Roads good to •la*** Hns. * King of Trails north—Roada good to Sioux City. King of Trails south—Roads good to Kansas City. Klvsr to River Road—-Roada good Whits-Way "7” Highway—Ronds good • A. Nhorfllti*—Roads good. R'ltnary No. * Roads good '’•esthei reported clear at all aigt.ons Omahan Who Relates Story of Kidnaping i aa—— ■■■■ — »J. H. Prather. Omalia Accountants Will Seek Regional Conference Herbert SI. Temple, chairman of the regional conference of American Institute of Public Accountants, of St. Paul. Slinn., spoke before a num ber of public accountants in Omaha yesterday at the Fontenelle hotel. "I have come to Omaha for the purpose of interesting Omaha ac countants to get together and lay a foundation to have next regional con ference of the central regional dis trict of the American Institute of Public Accountants, which is a na tional organization, hold its confer ence in Omalia next 'November. There Is no ciuestion but that there is plenty of material right here tn this city, and sufficient public Spirit to make this possible," said Mr. Temple. The central regional district em braces 16 states. President of Dartmouth Addresses Alumni Here Thirty-four Omaha alumni of Dart mouth college were addressed infor mally Monday night at the University club by Ernest M. Hopkins, president of tlie university. Mr. Hopkins left here for Denver. His talk dealt with various phases of undergraduate work at the institution. Mrs. Harrison 1 Appears in Court Relative of Late President Summoned for Parking Rule Violation. A relative by marriage of a former United States president appealed for leniency at Central police headquai - ters Tuesday. She is Mrs. Russell Harrison, wife of the son of the late President Wil liam Henry Harrison, who accompa nied her mother, Mrs. 11. A. Williams, , 212 South Thirty-fourth street, to the : station to answer a summons for overstaying the auto parking limit in | front of the Brandels store building. About three months ago, Mrs? liar rison, who has been visiting her moth ei for some time, accidentally injured her eye with a pair of scissors. Mon day, she and Mrs. William drove downtown and left their car parked in the street while they went up to the offices of Dr. Harold Gifford, j where Mrs. Harrison has been receiv ing treatment for her injured eye. While they were in the building, their car was "tagged" by Police Ser geant Sigwart with a summons to appear in municipal court Tuesday morning. Mrs. Harrison and her mother failed to appear In court, but went to police headquarters later, where they "squared things” with the 1 officers. Mrs. Harrison expects to return soon to her home at N'oifolk, Ya. Wives of T. P. A. Members to Be Entertained at Meet When Nebraska members of the Travelers’ Protective association meet in convention at Hotel Fontenelle Fri day most of them will be accompanied by their wives, it was announced Tuesday morning. A program of en tertainment by the women has been 1 ,' 1] 1-TT • t I'F !* - - / I-M-P-O-R-T-E-D < Irish Linen French Eponge D-R-E-S-S-E-S Fetching new styles, many colors, on sale today at $12.50. I, provided by a committee headed by Mrs. John R Cromwell, wife of John I». Cromwell, president of the Omaha post. The women have hern invited to attend the opening of the convention in Hotel Fontenelle at 1 p. m., whet) Mayor Dahlman will deliver the ad dress of welcome, and Rev. I,. Lament Geissingrr, post chaplain, will deliver a memorial address. Mrs. Verne Mil ler will sing. Friday night n soiree at the Audi torium, with vaudeville entertainment and a buffet .supper, will claim the attention of the delegates. A style show at Orchard & WUln-lm store has been arranged for the women dele gates Saturday morning. Farm Bureau Calls Meeting to Discuss Deep W aterway Duluth, Minn., April 17.—The Amer ican Farm Bureau Federation will invite industrial and business lead ers of the United States to attend a conference tit Chicago, May 24 and 27). to discuss the proposed canaliza tion of tlie St. Lawrence river and, “other matters of great interest,” Flurries B. t'ruig, executive director "f the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater association, announced to day. Police Earned to Guard Convict Jefferson City Penitentiary Authorities Desire Con vcit Returned. Omaha police Tuesday received warning by telegraph from authori ties nt the Jefferson City penitentiary. Jefferson City, Mo., to guard well Roy Smith, who was taken by detectives Thursday night at the home of Pete Nelson, 4929 Harney street, in con nection with the operation of the "blue car" bandits. Tlie warning said that he twice escaped from the Jefferson City prison and that authorities there desired nothing so much as to get him back. At the time of his second escape he was serving 20 years for a bank hold up at Rae, Mo. He rode out of the prison yard on the brake beam of a coal car. Five guards emptied their guns at him. hut failed to hit him. Chief of Detectives Van Deusen pointed out that unless Smith confesses to complicity in the holdup here it would he cheaper to send him back to serve out h;s unezplred term BUEHLER BROS. Money Saving Specials for Wednesday 212 N. 16th St. 2408 Cuming St. 4903 S. 24th St. 634 West Broadway, Council Bluffs, la. Small Lean/ I Pork Shoulders 10c Choice Cut Round and Sirloin Steak 17c Sugar Cured Skinned Hams per lb. 22c Choice Beef Pot Roast .10c Choice Veal Chops .16c Choice Veal Stew. .11c Choice Veal Steak. .25c Pure Lard— (per lb.) .12V2c Carnation Milk— 3 tall cans.30c Liberty Nut Oleo. .. 19c Danish Pioneer Cream* ery Butter, lb... . 48c Fancy Tomatoes, No. 2 can.10c Puritan Malt, can. .. 60c WHAT Is Double Gum-Dipped? Car-owners are naturally interested in just what the double gum-dipping pro cess means in tire-building. For its im portance to mileage performance has attracted attention everywhere. This improved process in cord tire con struction is rarely found in other than Firestone Cords. Extremely difficult to carry out, most tire manufacturers con sider its expense prohibitive. Yet Firestone has now so perfected —~ and simplified gum-dipping, that not withstanding their many advantages, Firestone Cords cost no more. By this process the cord fabric is dipped in a heavy solution of liquid gum or rubber. When thoroughly saturated it is removed and allowed to dry. Thin coats of sheeted rubber are then pressed upon each side of the cord fabric in a process called “calendering.” Thus thera is double assurance that each separata cord is completely submerged in live, springy rubber. The deterioration of tires caused by internal friction is well known by ex perienced car owners. Excessive heat is generated that literally burns away many miles of service. I n FirpstoneCords, internal wear is prac tically eliminated. Gum-Dipping makes them stronger and more resilient. It is largely responsible for the buoyance and easy-nding Firestone users experience. There is a good dealer near you who sells and services Firestone Cords. Go to him this month if you are looking for the way to reduce your tire costs. Most Miles per Dollar firestone * GUM'DIPPED CORDS * ' Get a set of these Gum-Dipped Cords from one of the following dealers: Rudiaell Rubbar Co., 1709 St. Mary'* Ava. Tira Sarviea Co., 25th Avc. and Farnam. Hannan-Odall-Van Brunt, Inc., 31*t and Farnam. Blackatone Garagr, 3A14 Farnam. Galbraath Motor Co., 6001 Military Ava. P. A. Clark Motor Co., til 16 Military Avr Libarty Garaga, 8401 North 30th. John Laraon Tira Shop, 4519 North 30th Moallar Garaga, 23d and Amaa Ava. Adkina Motor Co., I South 24th. Arhor Garaga, 32d and Arbor. in tlie Jefferson City prison than to prosecute him In Douglas county courts. Through secret information Smith , is known to have made the statement. , when he was returned to the jail after 1 Ifeing questioned by detective*, that "they's lietter send two men back tvlth me or I'll never get there." De Valera's Envoy Die*. Washington, April 17.— Laurence Ginnell who railed himself the envoy to this country of the lie Valera party in Ireland was found dead today in his hotel room here. Physicians said death resulted from natural causes. - - * PUJtilial Follow the Crowds to Our Great Sale One Week of Wonderful Bargains Special Offerings for Wednesday Will Be Found on the Main, Third and Fourth Floors Men’s Furnishings Buster Brown Shoes for Boys, Girls and Misses Knit Underwear Apron Frocks Silk Nightgowns Silk Chemises Silk Bloomers Rain Coats Men’s Trousers Two^Trouser Suits Men’s Hats Boys’ Hats Men’s Caps Corsets Trunks Infants’ Wear Suit Cases Gloves Floor Lamps Leather Bags Jewelry Hand-made Laces Boys’ Play Suits Boys’ Wash Suits Boys’ Rainy Day Outfits Seasonable Merchandise at Remarkably Low Prices * i —1 - ■ - - -■ Touring *1045 Cabriolet $1145 Coach - 1145 Fraight and Tax Extra Hidden Values Keep Essex Young in Long Service After fifty, sixty and seventy thou sand miles, Essex cars keep the dash and action of new cars. They stay tight and quiet, y They keep their economy of operation and maintenance. Service like that is not accidental. It results from hidden values which are fully revealed only in long hard service. Attention to detail extends to parts you never see. Finest roller bearings are used where commonly plain bushings are used. For the weight carried the Essex frame is the sturdiest built, save one. Qualities like these make Essex cost less in the long run than the low est priced cars, because of the dif ference in repair, maintenance and replacement costs. Chasw* o I cup® ••'e luN"s.a' ol an o»i <an —clean. m»nNf. elective Large » re. raquue ifllrrcjiNnt atientvwv Pas mini arv1 t«Juw\t to HtfdKW&MI. \lso compare shackle actnx** met>! %vh a' rra#*» raouur inset ion of mrta, %*e» e * or shuns Or\Iv costly cars vSart th > t.vm i ca. wt Hudson Prices Speedater ... *14>h ' Pm Phaeton - 1475 Coach .... 15JS Sedan .... )W5 Frmikl mmd TVi BL«» * GUY L.SMITH -**»vicc nn«T 2563 Farnam St. OMAHA..USA. AT lantic 1944 OPEN EVENINGS