■Death Penalty
to Be Asked for
Siefkens’ Slayer
V
\H idow and Mother of Slain
Pair Doubts If Rich Is
“Right Man”—Police
Sure lie Is.
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*1 don't believe he Is the man,"
Mrs. Charles SiefUcn, 4909 Dodge
street, told detectives yesterday.
PA slayer so brutal would confess
tuity on his deathbed.’’ \
William Guunett, city detective, and
Henry Beal, county attorney, left
last night, howe.ver, for Cleveland,
O., to bring hack William A. .Rich,
alias Dewey Mallory, 22, confessed
Blayer of Mrs. Siefken's husband and
her son, Robert, 4 who were fatally
shot In the Nicholas oil station, Thir
ty-eighth avenue and Fr.rnam street,
May 20, last.
Detective Gurnett told Mrs. SiefUcn
no doubt existed in Iris mind tiiat
Rich has told the truth about the kill
ing.
To \sh Death Penally.
"He double-crossed a woman." tlie
detective said, "and the woman has
turned him up to the Ohio police. I
believed he was the man when we
had him under arrest eight days after
the shooting, because lie answered the
description of the slayer, Was just out
William l(i< li, confessing Hie
murder of (he I wo NiefUens, said
he go( iio money in I he holdup.
Charles II. Van Deiisen, chief of
deteefin's, said yesterday.
“If his story is true,” Van Den
sen said, “the till of the Nicholas
oil filling station was looted by
some one of the crowd that gath
ered around the scene while father
and son lay dead or dying."
Sixty-seven dollars and ninety
eight cents was taken.
of prison, admitted ho had been plan
ning holdups, had a gun like the one
used to kill the Siefkcns, and had no
airtight alibi for that night. But no
ono was able lo identify him and we
were forced by circumstances to let
him pass with only prosecution for
carrying concealed weapons.”
Charles li. Van Deusen. chief of
detectives, said details were lacking,
but that he was inclined to the be
lief, "We have, the right man.” He
is depending on the judgment of (,ur
nett and Beal, who will investigate
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Man Who Claims He j
Slew Omahan and Son |
William Albert Rich.
Gun Taken From Rich
IF as Same Make Used
bv Slayer of Siefkens
William Albert Rich, confessed
murderer of Charles E. and Robert
Siefken, was in (he Douglas county
jail serving a sentence for carrying
concealed weapons onn month after
he had murdered the man and boy in
an attempted holdup.
The man was arrested In the Mis
souri Pacific railroad yards June 1,
1922, by Lieutenant Samuelsor! after
a special agent for the railroad had
found Rich and a companion. Vern
(Ruck) Turner having target practice
with pistols in the yards near Locust
street.
Rich and Turner were held in the
city jail for several days after their
arrest but, although the search for
the murderer was at Us height at
that time, the man was not iden
tified. He was tried in district court
and fined ?200 and costs. Unable to
pay the fine, both men were held in
the county jail to serve out the sen
tence.
County Attorney Henry Beal, then
a deputy county attorney, declared
that the gun Rich had in his posses
sion at that time was a German
make. The weapon used by the mur
derer of the Siefkens was a German
type, and the gun carried by Mr.
Siefken was of the same make.
When Rich was arrested at that
time he gave his name as A1 Rich.
Rich’s story after reaching Cleveland
and decide whether to bring him back
nr to leave him there as a trickster
trying to evade two Ohio charges
of burglary.
County Attorney Beal announced
yesterday morning that Rich would be
prosecuted vigorously if he is brought
Pack and that the death penalty would
be asked.
Couldn't Identify Hint.
“If lie is the man nothing is too
bad in punishment.’’ Mrs. Siefken
sobbed from the shoulder of a friend
in her modest little apartment, her
new home.
“But I couldn't Identify him,” she
added.
Mrs. Siefken saw both her husband
and her son shot down. She did not
sec Rich when ho was in jail here.
Miss Sylvia Kulakofsky. since married
and now a resident of Des Moines,
failed to identify Rich.
Mrs. Siefken declined yesterday
to go to the ofTb-o of County Attorney j
Real to swear to an affidavit that a j
man of Rich's description did thq kill- |
ing und gave grief ns a reason.
Whilo she was quietly observing the
17th birth anniversary of her dead
son Monday, she received news of the
ccnth of a brother in-law, C. O. Shep
herd, New York, whoso body Is now
on its way here for burial.
“I’ve had so much to stand.” she
pleaded yesterday morning.
Gertrude Siefken. 14, her daughter.,
left Liundeo school to make the affi- ,
davit, and was praised by sleuths as '■
having “given us more valuable In
formation than all other persons com 1
hinetl.”
Carrying Miss Siefken's affidavit
and other legal documents, Gurnett
left early yesterday afternoon for Lin
coln, hurried hack, and late yesterday
afternoon left with Beal for Cleveland.
They will spend Sunday checking up
Rich and his story, Monday in Colum
bus, O , getting extradition papers, J
and will start hack to OmahaTuesday, i
arriving Wednesday if their plans sur- j
vive.
Rewards Reduced.
Rewards totaling $2,500 have been
reduced to $2,000 for the capture of
the Siefkens' slayer by the withdraw- ]
nl of a $700 offer by 11. J. Gonden J
of Chicago, Siefken's brother-ln law. I
It was rescinded after several months ;
of search for the murderer.
One thousand dollars is offered
by the Firemen's Fund Insurance
company of Nebraska, .$700 by the
iJouglas county commissioners and
$700 by the Nicholas Oil company.
Rich's last home In Omaha la be
lieved to have been with Joe Tur/i
i r, Twenty-fourth end Emmet streets.
Neighbors said ys»terday that Turner
left several months ago for Califor
nia. He will he sought as a witness.
BluIIs Man anti Woman
Indicted in Check Deal
W. K. Savage, 121 South Thirty
fifth street. Council Bluffs, and Mrs.
Fay Clark, wife of George Clark, 2911
Wr.ii Broadway, were indicted Joint
ly for conspiracy by the district
court grand jury yesterday, and
Savage was Indicted on two other
counts charging forgery and (heat
ing by false pretenses.
The indictment la 1 wised on the
manipulation of a $21,noo cheek,
purporting to be signed by Mrs. ( lark,
which Savage deposited in the new
defunct Central State-Bank of Coun
cil Bluffs. It was drawn on a Texae
hank. Before it, oamo hack, Savage
liquidated notes and drew checks
totaling thousands of dollars.
Loot Only Small Part of
$50,000 Plunder, Holief
About J2.000 loot from Omaha rob
beries recovered by police in n raid
Thursday on the borne of Main Man
K ino, SOI Mouth Twenty-eighth street,
in the only Insignificant remainder of
loot from these and other robberies to
taling more than $60,000, police said
yesterday.
Heven persons appeared at the po
ll, e station yesterday morning and
Identified various articles ns having
been stolen from them. This estab
lished tli« minimum number of bur
glaries at soven, and detectives believe
there me mnny more.
Mangano. who spenh* Kngllsh with
difficulty, pretends not to Understand,
detectives said
Woman Gave Tip
on Rich’s Crime
Cleveland Officer* Aided in
Capturing Criminal* by
Telephone Informant.
Cleveland, O., March 9.—(Special.)
—It is to a mysterious woman,
whose Identity police have been un
able to learn, that detectives are giv
ing credit for the capture of William
A. Rich, confessed murderer of C. K.
Siefken of Omaha and his son,
Robert.
The unidentified informant has
given police numerous tips in recent
weeks that have resulted in the cap
ture of crooksx>f all descriptions. The
list of criminals ranges from whisky
runners to burglars and murderers
wanted in all sections of the country.
Several days ago the woman tele
phoned that a murderer wanted in a
western state could be found in an
east side saloon. Detectives sur
rounded tho place and started to
search the gangsters congregated
there. Several were well known to
police and submitted to search with
out resistance. A stranger in the
crowd thrust his hand in his over
coast pocket ami fired without draw
ing his revolver.
Gangster Shoots Officer.
The range was pointblank and one
of the officers fell shot in the groin.
The other officers were forced lo beat
the man with the butts of their re
volvers before subduing him. At the
police station, he admitted that he
was wanted in New York for robbery
but denied being wanted in the west
for murder.
Two days later, the mysterious in
formant telephoned police that a man
wanted for murder had rented an
apartment and was living with three
other men wanted by local police. A
flying squad captured Rich and three
other gangsters. Rich and the three
others were bound over for trial on
charges of burglary and larceny in
connection with the robbery of the
grocery store of Catherine Myers.
Since the confession of Rich, police
are of the opinion that their infor
mant was some person who was
anxious to liave them arrest the
Omaha slayer.
It was while searching for the
record of the New York bandit, that
police had their attention focused on
the missing slayer of the two Omaha
men, due to the Information that a
nyurderer was wanted in a western
state. When Rich was arrested he
wan immediately questioned on this
point.
Rich at first denied being implicated
in the shooting. When detectives
confronted him with the circular is
sued by the Omaha police he retracted
his denial and admitted the double ,
crime. He refused to sa y whether ■
he obtained any money in the Omaha '
affair nor would he tell where he
went after the double murder.
Municipal Judge Samuel H. Sllber
ton ordered Rich held on $10,000 bail
on two burglary and two larceny
charges.
Too Nervous to Work
in Summer, Winter
Too Cold, Is His Plea
In the summer. Max Caspe, 1913
South Twelfth street, is too nervous
to work: and in the winter it's too
• old he told District Judge Day yes
terday morning.
Caspe has been in jail for the last
eight days for failure to support his
infant son, Jake, 1!* years old.
He told the judge he has a wag
on, but that it lias been too cold
recently for him to do any hauling.
“You feed your horse, don’t you?”
the judge asked.
“Oh. yes.”
“Well, why don’t you feed your
son?”
“Well, you see, the horse would
starve."
Judge Day gave him seven days
in which to find a job.
TRINITY CATHEDRAL
(Episcopal)
18th and Capitol Avenue
(In the Heart of Downtown)
Sun., March 11,4:30 p. m.
ORGAN RECITAL
Ben Stanley, Organist
Assisted by
Miss Irma Clow, Harpist
FOURTH SUNDAY EVENING LECTURE
First Central Congregational
Church
CORHKB OF MTH A HD HARHEY
DR. FRANK G. SMITH, MINISTER
SPECIAL SUBJECT TOMORROW NIGHT
“la a Belief In the Literal HUtorlcIty of AH the
Miracle Storlee. of Both the Old and the New Te»ta
mtnt, Neceesary to a Sincere Acceptance of the
Bible as the Word of God and a Genuine Chrlatlan1
LlfeT"
This is one of the most Important theme* in the whole series. Tf we
ran get an intelligent Christian Conception of ths subject the whole
Bible will be enriched and simplified for us. You will n»«d to come in
good time; iast Sunday night the atreeta were enowy end slippery but
every Inch of space was crowded and people were going away by 7:30.
Every one who la Intereated in these great questions cordially Invited.
Some Modern Conceptions of Christ
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
20th and Davenport
Sunday Evening’s Subject
“The Servant in the House”
A review of Charles Rann Kennedy’s
play by that title.
J. W. G. Fast, Minister
Services at 11 A. M. and 7:45 P. M.
Organ Recital, 7:30
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Doj >e Invades j
Omaha Society
Many Prominent Citizens Are
Drug Addicts, According to
Chief of Detectives.
A number of Omaha's most promi
nent citizens, who live in the most
exclusive residence districts, are
users of ‘‘dope," according to revela
tions made by Chief of Detectives
Charles Van Dcusen yesterday.
"It is wrong to emphasize or even
imply that high school youths of
the city are the chief offenders when
it conies to the use of narcotics,"
said Chief Van Deusen, referring to
a recent alleged expose from a church
pulpit regarding the use of dope at
an Omaha high school.
Would Shake Society.
“If I were to give you the names
of some older persons w’ho are ‘dope’
addicts and you were to print them,
it would shake the highest social
circles of the city. My list of 'dope'
users Includes some of the oldest
families in the city, and some of the
wealthiest.
Touching again on the recent charges
made by a minister, which since has
brought down the disfavor of many
of the conservative ministers of the
city, Chief Van Deusen declared police
nnd federal officers are not getting
the credit due to them for their ef
forts to put down the "dope" traffic.
"Omaha is tighter than any other
city In the country, in my opinion,”
said Van Deusen. "I recently have
been told by ‘dope’ fiends that they
often have gone as long as a week
without being able to procure narcotics
In Omaha.
Few Sources Deft.
"There are very few sources left,
and only a few of the select can get
'dope' with any regularity. tVhat wc
need is a little more co operation from
other cities. ‘Dope' is selling in sev
eral cities within 300 miles of Omaha
for onc-fifth what addicts must pay
for it here. It is being brought Into
Omaha from these cities and sold here
at enormous profits.
"Although ‘dope’ fiends are to be
pitied. I think that keeping them in
jail is the only solution to petty
thievery. Kvery 'dope' fiend is a
thief. They never deny it. They
must steal to get 'dope,* and they
must have ‘dope'.’’
Slayer of Cop Hanged.
Salem, Ore., March 9.—Husted A
Walter*, convicted of the murder of
Jerome Palmer. Portland policeman,
was hanged at the state penitentiary
here today.
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