HE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTAKLISIIED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , ITttTDAY MOKNINGr , DEOEWU2R 10 , 185)7 ) TWELVJ3 17AGKES. SINGLE COPY 1T1VE CENTS.
SCHOOL BOARD FINANCES
Improvement in Prospect Very Encouraging
to the Members.
CHANCE TO W'P , OUT FLOATING DEBT
In Hrvrmir for tlic ComliiK
Your AnitnriMitlv .Sulllrloiit In Kx.-
( lie I.onilNon
Unrrlcil.
The official statement of the nportlonpmont
of the public school tund for the lout six
month * of 1S07 convoyn the very gratifying
Intelligence that the Douglas county appor
tionment IB $10,702 , an Increase of $1G,730.1 > 3
ever lh December apportionment of 1BDG.
The local school officials expected a decided
lncrc.vo : In the apportionment , and the figures
reach about the amount that was anticipated.
It mrniiR that , Including th j apportionment
that will bo made In Juno , thn local schools
will nbtnhi nearly $30,000 more from the
Btnto this yrar than nan boon sccurol In
previous yean. This Is caual to the deficit
of the current year , with nearly $10,000 to
pjiarc.
With this and other BOUTCCS of Increased
revenue In sight It la generally belloved that
nothLg short of a criminal _ falluro to ad-
cnililfitor the affairs of tho" schools In a
businesslike mnnncr can prevent the Hoard
ot Education fromo practically wiping nut
its th'llclt next year. Thin deficit has been
f,1 owlns Bleudlly year after jear. In Bplto
of promises nf economy the board lias con
tinued to discount tbo funds of each nuc-
cccdlPK ye.tr until a shortage running up
Into six figures has become such a familiar
feature ot the financial traiiKactloiiK of the
) > o.inl thnt It lias cenKi-d to cause une.islneBH.
The IlKiircs compllod hy Secretary Qlllin
and the inemhurK of the finance committee
nbout n month ago Indicated that the ehort-
age on the first day of 1898 would bp about
$171.000. This estimate Htlll holds uood and
when the December s-iilarleH and 'bills are
paid the obligations of the board will ex
ceed ItH asseta hy fully $170,000. As the
shortiico at the beginning of 1S97 was $150-
733.31 , It Is rpparcnt that In eplto of the
piomlscN of economy that were'mado at the
bcKlnnltiK of the year the board has not only
made no progress towaiclo decreasing Its
deficit , but has expended over $20,000 more
than Its available receipts.
LICENSE FUND HUNS LOW.
Thin amount Is partially accounted for hy
the falling oft In the number of saloon 11-
ceniea which were paid In December. This
money has previously been turned Into the
schojl fund by the city treasurer ns eoon as
It was received , and the records of the treas
urer's olllco show that in some years $75-
000 hns been turned In during December.
This amount would not properly bo consid
ered ns part of the receipts of that year , but
It his always been so accepted , thus re
ducing the apparent deficit at the end of the
calendar year by that amount.During the
past year or two the December license re
ceipts have fallen oft and up to the begin
ning of the present year only $7,000 In 1897
liquor licensed had been pain In. Consequently
quently If all the liquor licenses were re
garded as strictly belonging to the year for
which they were Issucl the present deficit
would very slightly exceed that which was
Inherited from last year. _
The next year Is apparently a go'.den op
portunity to get rid of the financial burden
Imposed on the schools. It la conceded that
the afscosed valuation will bo materially In
creased and the general sentiment of mem
bers of the city council la In favor of a lib
eral levy IB view of the desirability of keepIng -
Ing up appearances during the exposition
year. This year the levy of 9 mills for the
school fund produced a revenue of $141OG4.15
and It Is generally believed that a levy
which will produce at losat $150,000 will bo
allowed for next year. It Is certain that
there will be a largo Increase In the receipts
from saloon llcenseo. One of .tho largest
local brewers si > s that thcro will bo fifty
additional licenses taken out next year , but
the more general Impression Is that the In
crease will bo nearer a hundred. The re
ceipts from fines and licences will bo In-
croised to an extent that can scarcely be
approximated at this time , but It Is bc-
llovcd that an additional income of $25,000
may safely bo expected from these sources.
' If the system of fines on prostitutes and
houses of assignation Is resumed , as Is con
sidered probable , It will add at least $15,000
to the additional revnuo and this amount
will probably approximate $25,000 during the
exposition year. It la consequently evident
that with the marked Increase In the state
apportionment the- board will have fully
$150.000 In extra revenues next year with
which to wipe out a deficit of $170,000. It
Is bellovedi that with careful management
the difference of J20.000 can be saved and
that the entire load can bo lifted without
Injury to the schools.
Will Give Thrill Wiitcr ,
City Engineer Hosewater has completed ar
rangements for the relief of the residents In
the vicinity of Tenth and Atlas streets whr
are suffering from a dearth of water. The
water company has agreed to allow the els-
tcras to be filled from the nearest main fo :
$1 a cUtcrn , and this the properly owners
nre very willing to my. Chle ! Redell of the
tire department will allow a line fit nose to be
laid to carry the water , but ho states that
this does not Indicate thai the same favor
will bo extended to a long list of other prop
erty owners who have similar application ?
on file at his office. In these cases there
are water mains running Immediately In
front of tholr doors , but the orcoorty ownerr
want the fire department to fill their clstornc
In order to avoid the expense of maklnr
' 'uatev connections. In tun rase now under
consideration , thcro are no water mains
within a quarter of a mile , and the people
are In genuine dlstrctc through no fault or
their own
CoiiiironilMi > 011
The local telegraph and A. D. T. companies
have reached an understanding with the city
electrician In regard to the matter ot pro
tecting their wires where they enter build
ings. The original order from the electri
cian called fop the Insertion of protectors at
nil these pclnts , which would have Involved
n considerable expenditure on the part of
itho comperi'los. At a conference held yester
day the compinlcB agreed to overhaul their
system thoroughly , and by uclng first-data
Insulation and exterior construction pro-
vldo against any possibility ot 'their wires
coming In contact with the highly charged
electric light and trolley wires and con
sequently endangering adjacent buildings Into
which the smaller wires passed. This was
agreed to by the city electrician and the
Improvements will bo made at once ,
I'nvlnir " Center Street.
During the present comfortable weather the-
Center street paving Is progressing rapidly
and the contractors expect to have the street
completed to the viaduct by Saturday night
The street Is paved west to Thirty-fourth
street and this would leave only four blocks
of dirt road. There Is no question that the
macadam ran bo put In from the viaduct to
Thirty-sixth street this year , but there Is a
considerable amount of grading to be done
between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth
streets , and unl-ss the weather should be
modwlo enough to permit the excavation
the two blocks will have to bo left until
raring. The macaCam surface that has been
complete ) } ID almost equal to auihalt and the
street willbo a veritable snap for whpclmen
uext year ,
illolibcr MaUeo n ( iuod Hniil.
BOSTON , Dec. 9-Newell Paine , proprietor
of a drug store In Tremont street , was us-
puulted last nleht and robbed of $1.JOO by an
unknown person , who entered hit ) vtoro
about 11 o'clock. The robber drew a revolver
ver , with the remark : "I am a. desperate
jnun and want your money , " Sir. Pulne re-
8Utcd and wag felled cuseU&a. Uu will re
cover.
I.WOCUINT AM )
John HOP SicurlIII * Illicrljntid
1'rl-MTVI-H 111 * ItlVOKIllfn.
That well known nnd much persecuted In
dividual , John Dee , has at last succeeded
In convincing a jury In the district court
that ho Is an Innocent man , and as a result
of this John Is again enjoying his liberty ,
John Dee has been charged with about
nil of the crimes In the category and hai
been convicted times without number. The
latest charge against htm. however , wan that
of representing that ho was another man ,
thus obtaining a bunch of cattle from a
South Omaha commission man , The cattle
were secured last summer and were shipped
out Into the western part of the state. Mr.
Dee Kavo a mortgage on the cattle In se
curity of the debt. A few days later the
commission man ascertained that John Dee
wan not the man whom he had represented
hlmeolf to too. An officer was sent after
Mr. Doe ami the cattle. The efforts of the
officers were rewarded and Mr. Doe and the
cattle were brought back to Omaha , the
former being placed In jail and the latter
being turned over to the rightful owner.
Mr. Dee was charged with obtaining prop
erty by reason of having- made false pre
tences and on this charge was held to the
district court.
Wednesday In Judge Maker's court the cane
of the State against John Dee was called for
trial. The state proved the transfer of the
cattle , the giving of the note and the mort
gage and the subsequent recovery of the
properly , Mr. Doe stood upon his right and
maintained that he did not intend to defraud ,
He mild that ho bought the cattle on time
and Intended to pay for them when the oh
llKHtlotia becamu due. Having made this
showing , the JuroiM concluded that Mr , Dee
had dona nothing out of the way and con
sequently returned a verdict of not guilty.
All through the trial It was known that the
name of the prisoner was not John Doe ,
However , ho would not state his real name
maintaining that his name wan something
that did not concern the public , adding , "a
rose sini'lli Just as sweet when called by any
other name. "
Yesterday after the Jury returned
verdict of not guilty the former prisoner
left the court house and ns he was passing
down the steps of the building Ualllff Nor
hers called out , "Say , what Is your rea
name ? "
The man stopped , hesitated a moment and
then waving his hand back toward the old
building , replied , "Just tell them that you
saw mo and tell them that my name Is John
Doc. "
llerlil on TrlnI for Murder.
The case of the State agalnat Henry Hecht ,
charged with the murder of Albert Cabrcc ,
Is on trial in Judge Baker's court. It Is
charged that during the evening of July 3 ,
last , at the Chicago house In South Omaha ,
the prisoner choked his victim until ho
died.
died.At
At the time and place mcntlcnod a birthday
party was being held and some thirty
guests had been Invited. A number of kegs
of beer were tapped and to these kegs the
guestb of the evening frequently repaired.
During the evening It Is charged that while
a number of the parlies at the entertainment
were sitting on a porco outside the hotel ,
Hecht and CMbrec became. cnnigcJ In a dis
pute that finally resulted In a fight. After
the fight. It Is said that the two men were
in a room talking and that Hecht grabbed
Cabrec by the throat and choked him and that
ho was utmost dead before outsiders Inter
fered. After the men were separated Cabrec
was taken away , but he lived orJy about an
.hour.
Million die Iiijitnctloii Permanent.
Judge Scott bus Issued a permanent In
junction In the case of VanDchren against
Douglas county , preventing the county com-
mlsslcoera from expending the proceeds of
the county paving bonds on * the Military
road.
Some time ago VanDohrcn secured a re
straining order and the case came up for
hearing today. The contention of the plain
tiff was itlmt when the bonds were voted It
was with the unlerstnndlog that the proceeds
of the bonds wcro to be expended upon three
reads , each road to receive one-third of the
amount. 'After thai and after some paving
had been done on each of the three roads ,
the commissioners decided to exprud the bal
ance In extending the Military road.
OverriilcH n Hartley Motion.
In the case of the State against the bands
men of Joseph S. Hartley , ex-state treasurer ,
Judge Dickinson yesterday overruled the
motion of the defendants , wherein they asked
that the state be compelled to set up the ul-
leged knowledge of the alleged fact that the
olllclal bend given by Hartley was taken out
cf the governor's office for the purpose of se
curing additional sureties and was subse
quently returned.
iIlAIIIHT.H I.V UXtSUAI. SIJI'IM.Y ,
Cotton TnllN mill Jnukx Hell Cheaper
Than I'ver In Oiiinliii.
'Rabbit ' hunting In Nebraska was never
better than It has been during the last few
days , and judging from the number of cot-
tcn tails and jacks that are arrrlvlng on
this market , a very considerable proportion
of the population must have been engaged In
the chase. All the local dealers In game
have been overrun with rabbits , ar > I It has
been hardly possible to keep the supply
cleaned up , In spite of the great loads that
have been sent out every little while. . I'rlces
have been BO low 'that ' shippers will In imny
caaca receive nothing In return , the money
being all absorbed by the freight or express
charges. A god many cotton tails have sold
by the \\iholetalc as low as 25 to 30 'cents '
per dozen and jacku at 50 to 75 cents. At
such prices everyone has been buying and
the whole city is living on rabbit pie. < A grcnt
many foreigners buy large numbers of rab
bits at limes like the present , when the price
Is very low , and plcklo thorn , so they have
them for use all through ie season.
Strange as It may seem , the rabbit Is not
the poor man's game. i.\ll attempts to In
duce the poor of the cities In this country
and England to. buy nibblta on the ground
that they wcro cheap and wholesome have
failed. Australia could supply the poor of
all LonJon and then have plenty of rabbits
to epare , but the poor despise the rabbit.
At the same time bo Is welcomed to the
table of the wealthy nnd Is esteemed as a
very toothsome morsel.
Ffilenil Court .Volt'M.
In the federal court the trial of the case
of Loren W. True against John C. Drexel ,
Involving the possession of a stock of milli
nery goods which came Into the latter's pos.
Rrsslon while sheriff , has been continued until - .
til next term. The trial was begun yester
day.
day.A
A verdict of $4,100 lias been rendered by
a jury In favor of the plaintiff In the case of
the Montlcello bank of Montlccllo , la. ,
against Charles Hostwlck. The latter , a
local broker , sold a note for the amount to
the bank , which purported to be signed by
six Iowa farmers , The signature ! were
forgeries.
The case of John Lute , administrator of
the estate of Ferdinand 'Itelkart , against the
Union Pacific ! ! ! 'bo ' put on trial next. This
h a suit for $5,000 damages for the killing
of Ilolkart while bo was employed as a sec
tion 'hand ' near 1'axton on December 31 , 1S95.
The case as removed from the district court
of Keith county ,
A motion has been filed In the federal court
by the township of Orattan , In Holt county ,
anklng that $ lf > 94 that has been turned Into
court by tbo Holt county treasurer to be
applied en a judgment seureJ agalubt tbo
county by Henry Percy Chlltou be held ,
pending an appeal to the circuit court of ap
peals. Tbo judgment amounts to $2,745 ,
Honor mi Aiiierluiiu Axtroiionirr ,
SAN FUANCISCO , Dec. 9-Prof. Perrlne ,
one of the members of the Lick Qbjcrva-
tory staff , Ima receive ! a letter from the
French Academy of Science , announcing
tlmt his work In astronomy has been con-
aldcrctl of such value UK to merit the IK-
atowixl on him of one of the annual prizes.
The award will bo made at a nubile meet-
Inu lu 1'urLu In tuo latter i > art o this )
. array.TOYS
Dur whole score filled with Christmas gifts now A transformation scene worth seeing the entire
first floor in Christmas array.
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Torncilo Hunt , ROo.
n minified lutrr-
locklliK Checker * ,
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Ilunnin mil , 2oc.
DlacUbonril , 2,1e. ; . (
A , II , O Illooku , iloc. KlcUlnir Mule Hniilc.
Uouble-O Stellar IIoiiiluovH , Co n box
UruiiiH nt - < > o , SOc nnd 11-ln
Yellow IClil nnd Gout , Sic.
FOR
fl'ool Client , full of ToolH , $1.1(7. [
, Gravel Train , OSc.
UullUluur IJIuckH , iau.
I
Hard Wood Cllnprr Hleii , full ronnil ctccl gprliiK Hied , ,17
Lnrirc Iron SiilUeyLie. . inched Ions , -iBcj Frame Clipper , handsomely dec orated , tit 7Co.
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flue Xlcltt'l IlniiKc with Ii'urulChair SCc
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i ture , 55c. .
Tender nud : t I.urjri' PnmiciiKcr Carn Over 4 icot Ions , OSc.
AND
Ox Team , Darkey Urlver , . very lurite. toy , OCc. IIoolc nnd. Ladder * nt 45c , GOc , l)8c.
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STOLE THE \VIDO\VS \ \ HOARD
Money Baricd in a Collar Dag Up and
Carried Av/ay.
UNKNOWN 1HIEF MAKES A RICH HAUL
Mr . Mary KpiierHou Itcdirim from n
Cull to Kind Her lloime
Looted of $1OOO In
Gold Coin.
The house of Mrs. Mary Eopcrson , C02
Hickory street , was entered some time be
tween the hours of 0 a. in. and 2 i > . 111. Wednes
day and robbed of a largo sum of money ,
estimated by the owner at from $2,000 to
$2,400. There la oo clue as yet to the per
pctrator of the deed , but a young man who
lived with Mrs. Epperson for many years
and who was well acquainted with her finan
cial condition Is suspcced.
The house , owned and occupied by Mrs.
Epperson , la located on a high bank at tbo
northwest corner of Sixth and Hickory
streets. It Is Isolated from all neighboring
buildings. Wednesday morning about 9
o'clock Mrs. Epperson , uno is a widow and
has lived alone for over a year , Incked the
doors of her house and went to visit a friend
at Tenth and Hickory streets. She took din
ner at this plae and did not return to her
c.ttago until about 2 o'clock. On arriving
there eho went to the cellar and discovered
that tbo earth bad been disturbed where her
treasure \\as burled and a number of flower
pots which she nad placed over It had been
moved. In removing the debris Mrs. Eoper-
ton came upon the plocet of an earthen jar
which had contained the manly acid then she
knew her snug little fortune bad been stolen.
Dunning out of tbo house she told tbo
family of 0. i : . motherhood at 1620 South
Tenth street of her lois and then fainted.
The police were notlfloJ and several de
tectives went through tbo < house In an effort
to locate any clews whereby tbo thieves
might bo traced. The money , which was
nearly all In f 10 and } 20 gold pieces , nad
been placed > n > a small brown jar and after
ward deposited at tho" bottom of a hole about
a foot lu depth. The hole was made In a
bench of earth on the cast Bldo of the house
abotjt four feet above the floor and beyond
the walls of the collar , which arc of cement.
In order to destroy all 'traces of tbo place
of concealment a couple otj/bpards Jiad been
placed over the bolo aml iipon them a
line of ( lower pots bad be on deposited. In
digging over the earth aroVipd the llttje ex
cavation Detective Dunn fdund a couple of i
$10 Rold pieces which wojrje , overlooked by
tbo thief In his hurry.
SUSPEOH5 ED
Mrs. Epperson fays thjai 'the moaey had 1
been received by her abx > nt ! fwo years ago
from the settlement of a relative's estate In
Illinois. She placed the inoiiey In the Mer
chants' National Uick for a time , but dur-
Isg the silver agitation 'of ( ho late national
campaign drew It out ami hd | It. It was al |
tbo money she had In the viorld. As to the
pcrscovho took the money ! ilrn. Epperson
Is convinced that It mu t l.'ivo boon done by
a > oung man mined Ed Mllllgan , Mrs. Ep
person says he was tatfcra Irito the family by
her husband about twenty years ago. He
was never adopted , but \vae considered as
one of the fam'ly. '
In 1S93 , shortly before the death of Mr.
Eppcracn , Mllllgsa stole $20 from a claet
and tcforo detected left for Seattle. We ill.
.He was later brought backhand , as Mr. Ep-
perr.cn was on his deathbed' wa forgiven.
About a > ear later Milligan once more
showed wild teadenclea crid endorsed notes
with the elg.aturo of Mrs. Epperson and
eecured In the. nclghborhooi of $500 from the
various banfca. He ' the ? left and has
not been seen pinco by 'Mrf ' , Epperson. Last
spring 11)3 widow iieard that Milligan waa
once more In the city. He failed to call on
he. * , and about a week liiter an Iron eafo
which Mrs. Epperson b-id-to'a rear bed room
was broken open. The robber , however , was
scared sway before his Job bad been com
pleted and toine Jewelry and other articles
of value were left behind , Tbe case was
given to tbo police , but 'no arrests were
made. , , J '
Mr * . Epperson , says she has been very
watchful of her treasure' and went" down
Into tbo cellar to eee If It wsa oife shortly
before ho left the bouse Wednesday morn-
Ing. The incney ( iad not at that time been
tampered wltb. Whoever < ook It she It
convinced was well acquainted with the
house , and also saw her depart In the jnorn-
Ing. |
Mr , Sidney Epperson , the butbana ot the
woman robbed , was an old resident of Omaha
and was at one. t'lmo wealthy. Mrs. Epper-
Bcn boa resided In Omaha for over thirty
years.
CII.VHCK THE : KIUIS ui > TO UOHIIHHS.
TlekefH Stolen from ElllM Ikliiiul
Turn Up.
NEW YORK Dec. 9. Facts come to light
I that suggest tbo possibility that the mjBtcri-
OUB fire which destroyed the Immigrant bulld-
1 Ings on Ellis Island a'few months ago wag
Blurted by thieves , who had carefully planned
I a $10,000,000 rotbery. Ten of the trunk Hue ?
leading to the west unite In maintaining a
I railroad olflce on the Island , and at all times
there are quantities of tickets there. Genera )
, .Ticket Agent Robertson of the New York ,
J Ontario & Western soys that on the night
of the lire a conservative estimate would
place tbo face value of the
tickets In the Ellis Island of
fice at $10,000,000. A few days ago a ticket
. Issued by the New' York , Ontario & Western
reading from Chicago to Kansas City was re-1
' celved from a jiassenger and aflerwijrds i
found to be one of the tickets supposed to |
have- been burned.
Now the railroad omclals are asking how
many other tlclccis of the $10000000 worth
are In existence. It Is deemed not Impossi
ble that the entire number was stolen end
held until conductors should forget the warn
ing.
liidependi-iiee Hull.
Secretary Wakcfleld has sent to the < Hty ou-
thorltleB of Philadelphia the blue prints and
I estimate of cst of constructed of a repro
duction of old Independence hall on the cx-
i.iwltlon ground * . According to this estimate
the structure will cost somewhere between
$10,000 and $18,000. The Philadelphia au
thorities have been figuring on the plan of
rcoroduclng the old building and housing In
it the Independence bell ,
licit Men nnd Ited Liquor.
Government disbursement of money In
tho. Wlnnebago reservation Is setting
the < braves on a hunt for liquor
again. Yesterday Deputy United States Mar
shal Allen brought In four on the charge
of Introducing Intoxicants on the reserva
tion , and be nas gone after another batch ,
Those under arrest ore Louis Hlmman , Jo
Grayhalr , Pete Simpson and flulwt Twin ,
MURDER MYSTERIES REST I
No Further Inquiry WillBa Made by the
Authorities ,
POLICE ABANDON TWO RECENT CASES
JiiuifH McliolM nnd IInil Scott Allowed
to Drift Into Olillvlon
Opinion of un Olllcer
oil the Mutter.
The police have practically given up all
efforts In ferreting out the facts In con
nection with the deaths of James Nichols ,
who Is supposed to have been murdered
and thrown Into the river , and of Hud Scott ,
the farm hand who was found dead under
very suspicious circumstances at the foot
of Capitol avenue.
In speaking of these cases this morning
a prominent police official who , however. Is
not connected with the work OD cither case ,
said : "I am of the opinion that there Is
considerable In the Nichols case which has
never been brought to light. He was known
to have been pretty well fixed both as to
money and clothing , yet uot a cent was
ever recovered by the department nor any
of the clothing tracoi down. It U a mys
tery which probably only time wll | bring
to the surface , as the detectives do not
seem Inclined to exert themselves over It.
"In the case of Dud Scott , I have all ulang
beta Inclined to the opinion that ho came
to blc death accidentally , although of course
It la possible that bo was murdered. I do
know , ban ever , that very little attention wan
given the matter by tbo detectives who baO
it In chaise The men who accompanied
Scott all testified at tbo coroner's Inquest that
tbo deceased had but Httlo money when he
was last teen alive. Ho was , however ,
dressed in good clothes and might have been
killed by men unintentionally while tr > lug
to bold him up. Finding that they bad com
mitted a greater crime than contemplated , it
la possible Scott was thrown over the em
bankment at the foot of Capitol avenue In
an effort to mislead the authorities. The
wounds found upon the bead were certainly
of a very suspicious nature and can hardly
30 sufficiently explained away by the theory
of a fall. The department at present Is doing
nothing to solve the mystery surrounding
the deaths of these two men. "
PU.VLSIIKS A I.I ; Till : 1'AUTIES.
JudKC ( iordoii IlHiiiNeu | of a Larceny
from I'erxou ditto.
Maud Miller and Lewis Unger , charged
with the larceny of $18.75 from the person'
of John Kelly , were arraigned In police court
yesterday. It was shown that the three
had been together In the wlno room of
"Shorty" Groves' saloon o/nd also that the
Miller woman was aeen to put her hand Into
Kelly's pocket. The prisoners were each ,
bound over to the district court In bonds ot
$800.
$800.At
At the conclusion of the bearing Frotc-
cutlng Attorney Miller , at the rcijuwt of 'At
torney Tuttle , who appeared for the pris
oners , filed a complaint against Kelly , charg
ing him with Indecent conduct by coseortlng
In a wine room. He was found guilty and ,
w.as fined $20 and ccata by Judge Gordon.
In passing upon tbo case Judge Gordon said.
"I believe It Lj high time that the licen
tiousness of vUllors to Omaha should re
ceive a backset. It would appear from past
cases that have bee > i brought before rne
that these men , upco arriving In the city ,
make a becllne for the worst deca In the
Third ward. While I do not approve of
women robbing tholr visitors , at the name
tlmo I believe there would be far less crime-
of thU nature If men were punlibed for via.
itlng such plttcc-a. "
Kelly wcs unable to pay h > fine , and will
therefore serveit out In the county jail , He
line already hem confined there for nine *
days ca a complaining witness.
It } ' n CufT llntton.
Oscar Hell Is under arrest qn suspicion of
having robbed the restaurant owned by Mil.
Ur Brothers nt 1005 Howard street a few
nights aso. The plare was entered through ,
a kitchen window and ( ho till waa tapped
for H nnd about 600 clffars taken. In lookIng -
Ing over the u'oro later t > o detcctlv a pi keel
up from the .ocr u pecullar-looklnK curt
button , which waa known to have * been at
one tlmo worn by Hell. When arreattd this
mornlnjf the tnate to the button waa found
upon the prisoner. He will l > charged wltlt
burglary ,
