THIS BEjU: UMAHA, MUISUAX, MUVflAlbEK 24, m. MURDER VICTIM IDENTIFIED BY SIX MAIIANS Friends of Mrs. Fitzsimmons Recognize Body and Solve Mys v tery. (Contlntwsl From Ff One.) up to last Tuesday, at which time occurred a sensational escapade that broke up their relations and v compelled them to leave the hotel. Gun Play Last Tuesday. According to the stories told by Harvey Wolf. Clerk S. M. Smith of the hotel and the Mrs. Wicks and Miss Newman, Fitzsimmons and his wife had a terrific quarrel in their rooms at the Elms hotel last Tues day afte. noon. Shortly before 4 the fight became sucti that Mn. Fitzsimmons cried out for helo. An appeal was made to the clerk to call tin- police, but at first he re fused to do so. He attempted to pacify Fitzsim mons. however, whereat the husband a drew a revolver. The clerk threw it . up and the two rolled upon the bed. The revolver was not discharged. Escaped in Taxi. The night clerk broke from' the grasp of the man and, rushing to a phone, called for the police. Fitzsimmons and his wife, becom ing alarmed, hastily packed their belongings, summoned a taxi,, which is believed to have been a Blue taxi, and at 4 left the hotel, but a few minutes in advance of the police. All Four Disappear. Since the tight in the Elms hotel and the disappearance of the Fitz- simmons couple there have been two other disappearances that are held to have a vital bearing upon the whole affair. The sister of the Fitzsimmons girl, known as May, and her hus band. Homer Morrel, a barber at the Fontenelle hotel, have disap peared. Shot on Tuesday. ' According to all the evidence in the casj that appears probable, re , garding the shooting and finding of the woman in the Washington coun ty ravine, she could have been shot Tuesday night. The body was discovered Thurs day morning. . . Admitting that there is no doubt of the body being that of the Fitz simmons woman, it is pointed out that her killing Tuesday night would fit exactly with alt the circumstances attending the finding of the body, which it is asserted bv physicians could not have been dead more than 48 hours before found. Fitzsimmons Disappears. ,W. A. Fitzsimmons, 334 North Forty-first street, said early this morning that his son, A. Leo Fitz simmons, came to him at the stock yards last Tuesday morning late and said he was going to leave town Tuesday night. Mr. Fitzsimmons, Sr., said he understood Leo's wife was going to accompany him. Leo Fitzsimmons said something about going 'to Colorada to live on a ranch, the elder Fitzsimmons said. Married Again. Mr. Fitzsimmons was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail on a vagrancy charged filed by his father on October 7. 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First Arrest The first arrest in the case was announced late yesterday afternoon by the police, following a visit to the city of Miss Grace Ballard, county attorney of Washington county, who came here in an auto mobile with two of Chief Dunn's detectives. The arrest was that of Cecil Stricklett, who reported Saturday night, after viewing the body at Calhoun, that he felt certain it was that of a young woman with whom he had danced the Saturday night previous at the Calhoun dance hall. Following this partial identifica tion by Stricklett Saturday night, M1ss Ballard, when informed of it over, the telephone from The Bee office, remarked: "I know that boy Stricklett." Stricklett was brought to Omaha at 8 o'clock and booked for inves tigation. Police refuse to give out any information concerning the ar rest. Many View Body. Over 1,000 people yesterday viewed ths body at Gentleman's mor tuary, this number including almost everybody in the city who knew of a missing girl, or thought that they might recognize the girl as one whom somebody else missed, or had heard was missing. A dozen times during the day it appeared that at last identification had been niade. the persons viewing the body exclaiming tnat tney were positive they recognized it, but one case after another broke down upon investigation made by the author! ties or by The Bee. . Put Clothes on Dead Body. As a last resort that might refresh the memory, it was decided to put the original colthes on the girl, so that , she will appear dressed as in life. . I For this purpose Miss Grace Bal lard, county attorney of Washing ton county, brought the clothes in at a ate hour in the afternoon. Undertaker Gentleman, at the instance vof Countv Attorney Bal lard of Washington county, who came in from Blair with the clothes of the dead girl, suspended the pub lic viewinir of the body tor two hours for the purpose of going over it thoroiiKhlv for scars, .birtn ana other marks, ' This was the hnet tune that a thorough examination of the body had been made and was doubly im- Dortant for the ourDose of establish insr the last means of identification" advanced by two parties. Thought Pender, (Neb.), Girl. For a time it was thought that the .dead girl had come from Pender, Neb. Dr. F. H. Kay. an Omaha physi cian, with offices at 306 Bee building, stated that the description answered that of s patient, and said that his attendant had viewed the body and believed it to be that of the patient in question. Dr.. Kay said that a certain scar on the abdomen would identify the body beyond any possible doubt. In the meantime investigation by The Bee by long distance phone to Fender, Neb., the home of Dr. Ray's patient, had established the fact that she had left home for another city some time ago, but that a letter had been received ifrom her Thursday afternoon. At a late hour last night a telephone message announced that the Pender girl was safe at the place to which she had gone from Pender. . Country Girl, Swedish Descent. With the apparent failure of all efforts to identify the girl as having come irom Umana, it was said by the authorities that it appeared -certain that the theory advanced by some was correct that the girl is from some small country town within 100 miles or so of Omaha. This corset bears theS trade mark "Modart." It is sold in Omaha by Burgess Nash company and Kilpatricks and in Council Bluffs by Beno's. Wire to Makers. A telegram sent by The Bee to the manufacturers of the Modart corset at Saginaw, Mich., resulted in the following answer: "Modart corset is sold in Omaha and vicinity only by firm9 named in your query, and by Oransky at Atlantic, la.; Wessels of Nebraska City, and Eddy Brothers of Fulton." All the articles of wear, with the exception of a No. 38 silk under skirt made by the "Vanity Fair" company, show considerable wear and are possibly several months old. the corset especially being at least a year old, or having been washed sev eral times. The Leading Clues. The leading clues of the-day were given by the Hansen and Coon iden tification and that advanced by W. Johnson, 2215 Howard street, who thought the girl had rented a room from him. A. C. Jewell, real estate man, 311 Brown building, announced at first sight of the girl that she had been his stenographer, Annie Coort. He stated facts that appeared to corro borate his claim. i Investigation showed that a Mrs. Harris, who left the employ of the Fashion a year ago, was the sister mentioned by Mr. Jewell, and through the efforts of L. Moskoviti, proprietor of the Fashion, it was learned that this sister of Mrs. Harris lias been confined in the pest house -for smallpox. Mr. Jewell cor roborated the smallpox story, saying that his stenographer' had shown mark of the disease. H. F. Alder man, 1522 South Twentieth street, corroborated Mr. Jewell. Careful examination of the dead girl fails to show any traces of pock marks. Not Hanson Girt. A spconrl identification that nrom- ised something was by Mrs. Harry Wyemorc. a restaurant proprietor. and E. R. McNally, former secretary of the local union of cooks and waitresses, who both said they be lieved the body to be that of a girl known as Tina or Lena Hanson, who had married a man named Whit- taker, but had lately threatened to divorce him. At a late hour last night, however, a sister ot the Hanson girl said the body was not that of Tina, despite the impressions of Mrs. Wvemore and a number of waiters and waitresses who viewed the body. vstui iauiii lueuuncaiions aur ing the day came from numberless people who "thought" the dead girl nugnt resemble somebody they AGED TREYNOR FARMER HANGS SELF IN BARN Large Landowner Takes Own Life Friends Differ on - Reason for Act. Jacob Tierck, one of the wealthi est farmers and largest landowners in Pottawattamie county, la., com mitted suicide on his farm -two miles east of Treynor Sunday. He was past, 70 years of age and had resided in the vicinity of Treynor ever since he was a young man. He was found hanging in one of the barns on the farm by his son, Au gust, when the latter was doing the momma: work. He was still alive and convulsive shudders ere shak- nar the hodv when the son reached him. He was instantly cut down and the strangling noose removed from his neck. Hie chest was still heav ing and several gasping breaths came, but he ceased breathing a mo ment later. Physicians were called from the nearby village, but every effort to resuscitate nun raiiea aner more man an hour continuous work. It was said in Treynor yesterday that he had made previous attempts to take his own life, and it was denied that financial losses connected with the construction of the Treynor Short Line railroad had anything to do with his act of self-destruction. It was intimated that domestic discord had affected him unduly. Coroner Cutler was notified and took charge of the body yesterday afternoon, but had not decided upon an inquest, ihe body was not re moved from the farm and the funeral will be held there. Permanent Marine Force of 27,467 Men Requested by Bamett Washington, Nov. 23. A perma nent enlisted strength of 27.467 men forthe marine corps, approximately aouDie tne pre-war torce, is recom mended by Major General Bamett, commandant, in his annual report. Early action of congress is urged, as delay would mean loss of rank for temporary officers who would be retained. Opportunity to qualify for per manent commissions should be given all present temporary officers eligible for transfer, the report said. Attributing much of the success of the marine corps in the war to the system of drawing its' commis sioned personnel from the ranks, the commandant said the "highest efficiency" would be served by ad herence to this policy, which at tracts the highest class of recruits. General Bamett recommended that the present two, three and four-year enlistment terms be made permanent and asked increased pay for both enlisted men and officers. knew, but it was found(that the per son either isn't . missing, or thev changed their minds later. Consults Shotwell. In response to urgent requests, Miss Ballard came to the city in the afternoon bringing the clothes of the dead girl. She took these to the Gentlemair mortuary, and; con ferred with County Attorney 'Shot well concerning their dispositi6n, finally agreeing to leave them at the mortuary if Mr. Shotwell would hold himself responsible. Miss Ballard remained several hours conferring with Mr. Gentle man, watching the stream of visi tors view the body, and later assist ed in the examination of the body for scars and marks. Chief Dunn, of the detective bu reau joined her about 9 o'clock fol lowing the arrest of the Stricklett youth, and they left the place to gether. Miss Ballard did not care to discuss the Stricklett arrest, or state whether it had been made at her instance. Detectives Get Clue. . It was announced by Chief Dunn at about 4 that positive identifica tion had been made, and to all ap pearances the case, as far as the name of the girl was concerned, would be over within an hour. His announcement followed the appearance at the station of two of his men with three girls and three youths' who had been taktn to the mortuary to view the body. Atter consultation iff Mr. Dunn s office the entire party went awy, having a big Cadillac, and it was announced that they had gone .back to the mortuary to take another look at the body "to make sure." lhey did not reappear at the mortuary, and it is thought they were taken back to their homes. Nothing more was heacd of this identification and that it had failed was attested by Miss Ballard at 10, when Mr. Gentleman announced that up to that time the public view of the body had resulted in nothing definite. It was said that two of the young women who thought they knew the body were Miss Alice McAmee and Miss Maude bhayler of Eist Omaha. They were said to have been present at the dance with Stricklett at Calhoun. After Theater Parties. The mortuary was kept open and the body on view, until after the closing of the theaters last night, several parties having announced their intention of looking at it, be lieving in the possibility of the dead girl being some one they had known. Nothing definite was learned as a result of this, however. Crown Prince's Companion Sells Papers To Win Girl; Nearly Killed On Aisne Wealthy When He Embarked on Military Career But Constant Attendance on Royalty Ate Into Patri monyMeets Girl of Socialistic fcent Who Changes His Views of Life Now He's a "Newsie" in Harris , burg Hopes to Win Affection of Lovely Coejl. By DAN BARON VON KELMANN. (Formerly at th German Army Staff.) Hamburg, Nov. 2J. It is hard to reconcile my position today with that of a year ago, when I was one' cf the staff of the German army and enjoyed the confidence of the em peror and crown prince. Today I stand at a street corner in Ham burg in my uniform, selling papers. When I embarked on my military career I was wealthy for a member of the German nobility. , I soon found that the life of extravagance in the circle around the crown prince was going to cat into my resources. Soon I got into debt, t tried keep ing away from the expensive haunts frequented by the crown prince, but he kept on pressing me for explana tions of my absence. I could not tell my prince the truth, because I was overcome with false pride. Therefore I went on, plunging deeper and deeper into debt. When the war broke out I went with the crown prince into the war zone as a member of his personal staff and took part in the desperate fighting from tne battle of Charleroi to the armistice. I was in the Ver dun shambles. Meets a GirL One day in Luxemburg I met a lovely girl of the student class. I was able to give her a lift in my car, and we became friends. She held strong socialist views, and. to my surprise, she did not hesitate to ex press them in my presence. I liked to hear the wickedness of my class denounced from such pret ty lips in such sweet and musical tones. I let her talk on, and, to my surprise, l woke up one morning to consciousness of the fact that my life had been wasted, and that, like so many of my class, I was really a drone and ought to be ashamed of mvself. I was transferred from Luxem burg. In the change of environment my determination to live the new life of service was weakened. About this time the allied armies began their offensive. On the Aisne I was wound;d and left to die. l was so weak that I could not call out, a"nd my terror at the thought of being buried alive made it more than ever difficult fof me to attract attention. I could just -lie there and pray to God to send me aid. Tears came into my eyes as I thought of the opportunities I had missed, but I realized that regrets were useless. Recollection of that girl in Luxemburg came back to me. She had told me that the only way of escape for me from a life of use- iessness was to find some, real work and do it. . Keeping His Promise. There and then my mind was made up. I prayed once more, con fessing the way in which I had abused life and promising that if spared I would lead .a better life. After I had prayed a strange calm came to me, and I lay there, little troubling about the hurricane of shells. The night passed. In the morn ing dead were dotted over the bat tlefield in clusters dead of all na tions. The gun fire was more dis tant. Coming toward me were ambu lance detachments. "1 will shout to thern when they are nearer," I said, and even as I spoke I remembered my helplessness, but,' nevertheless, I made the attempt, and one of the parties came over to me. They were British, and they nursed me until I was well enough to go back. I sought out work, but found that there was nothing I could do noth ing hut sell papers. It was hard to bring myself to do it, but I was de termined that I would keep the vow I had made, and so I planted myself on this pitch. If I break my compact I cannot hope to see again that wonderful girl of Luxemburg and tell her that I am now nearly' worthy .of her failh in me,. THEATERGOERS WARM DESPITE NEW COAL ORDER Managers Do Not Fear Ruling Unless Cold Wave Hits Omaha. Theater goers went to their favor te houses yesterday prepared for low temperatures as a result of the coal committee's edict cutting off coal from amusements, They found, lowever, that temperatures m thea ters were normal. The Bcyd theater, which is heated by the Burgess-Nash plant, is assured of heat for the next ten days, ac cording to W. J. Burgess, manager If no coal is secured at the end. ol that time the theater will close, Mr. Burgess said. The Erandeis and Strand theaters, which are heated by the Brandejs power plant, were comfortable in spite of the fact that heat was cut oft Saturday. ' , H. B. Watts, manager of the Strand, said that with the excention of one cold day. his theater had not been heated this fall. The heat gen erated bv the crowd is sufficient to keep the theater warm, he said, un less the weather is exceptionally cold. Toy Sutphen, manager of the Brandeis, explained that his house is situated in the center of a warm of fice building, and declared that :t re quired little or no heat, except dur ine. the very coldest weather. The great difficulty was to keep the place ool enouzh. he said. Other theaters were comfortably warm. Churches were also heated as usual. $10,000 in Mexican Coins Seized by U. S. Customs Men El Paso. Tex., Nov. 23. American customs officials here were holding for investigation $10,000 in Mexican silver coins they seized with an au tomobile crossing the international bridge from Mexico last night. Mexico authorities recently re ported large sums of silver and sil ver bullion being smuggled from Mexico contrary to law, and last week an order was issued that no silver or gold Mexican coins could be taken out of the country. American Legion Declares War Against Anarchists New York, Nov. 23. War against anarchy in all its various phases was declared by the American Legion in letters of instructions to every Legion post in the state, signed by Russell E. Sard, state commander. Mrs. John Fitzgerald Dies. Mrs. John Fitzgerald, 55 'years old, 4332 South Twenty-fourth street, died Sunday. She has been a resident of the South side for- the past 20 years. She is survived by her husband and one daughter, Mar garet. Funeral services will be held in St. Bridget's ' church Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. 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