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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1899)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TTTUttSDAV , SEPTEMBER 7 , 1899. Clothing-Store Clothes Women Today , Thursday , Se You are Invited to the have long been preparing for its opening talent and money have ( been We ' used unsparingly to accomplish whatever has been thought of to make the cloak Ladios' Black Silk Taffeta Ladies' Underskirts in a Waists stock collar , worth $4.00 and suit event here one of greater importance than the community has any record The good quality skirting deep ruillu Vrf ? with cord full sweep regular finest cloaks and suits have been collected here for your interest arid pleasure and for our $1.00 quality legitimate profits. You shall have the best cloaks and suits at such prices as you are not jCacties Waists used to. The agreement between this store and you is that at all times you shall find these All colors fine quality taffe favors of price and style here. We wish to call your special attention to the make-up of Dressing iSacques ta fancy white stitching plaited Ladies' front and back flaring culE worth all cloaks , suits , etc , , in this department As in the manufacturing of clothing every detail fancy edge satin Dressing ribbon Sacques full line $7.50 colors $4 75 is carefully looked into , no relics , no old styles , no jobs , nobody s errors , nobody s mis- Jits shall enter this department. What you find here is all new and this seasons produc tions. With the opening of the new department here much of the cloak and suit humbu ° - - Children's Cloaks jDress iSkfrts ery will be knocked out much remains to be done we are going about it on a scale so Children's School Reefers Ladies' black and blue storm braid trimming box front 4 to 14 broad that the force of skillful treatment will lift up the Omaha cloak and suit business serge Dress Skirts full sweep lat only est back worth $2.00 years here to a level where popular favor shall grow around it like color-glory that comes to the $125 $125 --A autumn dale. Ladies' Taffeta Silk Underskirts Ladies' Tailor-Made Suits corded and deep ruffle dl / QO all wool cheviot silk 4j . * * * lined fly front jacket 4 nil colors \vorth $5.50 one piece skirt all coloro worth JtlO.OO . . here at our opening sale. here at our opening sale mm FEW OF THEM LEFT [ mil and Hemp Causa a Slump in the Business of Train Robbing. HARKED DECLINE OF THI INDUSTRY Ill-collection , of Notable BnterprlncH Carried Out by KnlKlitn of the Itoad Fmnoun Chnractem and Their Crime * . It la held by railway men and expreca gout8 whcso lines traverse the territory of Arizona that the efficacy of a law affixing ' the death penalty to a crime against prop 'T erty hns been proved by the utter decadence of the once thriving industry of train robbery. There was a tlrao when It WUH i common mode of making a living , relates a correspondent of the New York Sun. Within a year of the passage of the law defining It as a capital offense It had dwindled in Arizona by more than EO per cent. In two years cases of train hold-ups there have been were raro. Slnco then merely eporadlc cases. The men of the road have gene back to robbing stage coaches or take their chances in looting detached express offices in small towns. Ninety per cent of thorn think too much of their necks to run them into almost certain ooosos. Eight yeans ago In Arizona there was a train robbery a month , and thla Is a large number when the comparatively few rail roads in thla territory and the few trains ro taken Into consideration , into such a tondltlon of desuetude lias the pursuit do- icendod that It has now been more than n fear elnco anything llko a "decent hold- np" has boon accomplished. That which la true of Arizona In true also of California , In which state the law covers train-wreck ing as well as 'train robbery. It Is also true 6f nearly all the states In which train robbery - bory once nourished. Not all thcso states have prescribed the death penalty for the crime , but the robbers seem to think they havo. The inactivity of their brethren In the far southwestern etatca ban discouraged them. In Texas , for Instance , there hon boon no coup of this kind worthy of the aamo for more than a year , yet in Texas loss than ten years ago there wern five dls- tlnot bands of robbers operating olmulta- goously , U Ifl n tribute to the officers of that etnto that very few of these men ure low alive. Most of them were killed bo'orn lho.ro was a chance to send them to the pcuHontlary. llrKliuiliilf of tlic ImliiNtr ) . Tha rlie and fall of this Industry , If com pletely and sensibly written , would make a took more thrilling than the work known IH the "Vllllautes of Montano , " a paper- lovcrcil volume compiled by n preacher , i-Iilch ouce had the distinguished honor of lommcndatlon at the hands of Charles Dick- ins. So far as records extend , and they are M'llevoil to bo reasonably complete , the varl- lus railways and express companies having kept a rareful account of their lomos In this ft ay , as well at of their numerous rncoun- irra , the first train-robbery In the United Itates occurred In Indiana. The year was ikCO One night In September an express in the Ohio & MUsIulppl road slowed up it Browustowu. This place Is ninety miles test of Cincinnati. Two men climbed on tha M- ocomotlvc , covered the engineer and fire- nan with revolver * and conversed pleasantly. They were heavily masked. Aa they talked , lielr companions uncoupled the express car md the engineer was forced to haul It flvo nlles down the road. Here the car * ai fntere.l , the mennenger ( bilged to unlock the safe and 112,000 wat pken. Th affair rtuicd a fever of ex * Itement all through tbe country and the railway people saw nt once that a new and terrible war had begun agalnui them. For this crlmo the members of a family named Reno were held to be responsible , but there was no evidence of tholr guilt and they -were not molested. A few months later two boys inspired by the flro of imitation held up a train on tbo i same road and near the same point. They were taken in hand by their parents , who de livered them to the authorities along with the $3,000 they had eto'nn. ' No particular punishment was given thorn. This was thb second train robbery. A year lattr three fteno brothers , Frank , Jesse and Sim. along with a relative named Anderson , captured a train on the Indianapolis , Madison & Jcfforsonvlllo road at Seymour , which was their home. They threw the oxprces mes senger out of the car , broke open tbo safe and got J135.000 , with which they fled to Canada. In that country , after a long chase , they were overtaken and forced to surrender. Long extradition proceedings followed. I'reniiitnrc FuneniH. While these were in progress six young fellows of Seymour organized a band for the purpose of robbing trains. They pro- pored to go Into the buslnoss thoroughly and on a largo scale. Their plans were perfected to the extent of selecting their hiding places and means of escape , when they were betrayed by an outsldo confederate - ate , who was to shore lu the plunder , though bo had not been asked to do any of the work. They stopped a train and found themselves face to face with a reso lute force of armed detectives. They were captured without trouble and locked up. At daybreak next morning a hundred citi zens of Seymour took them from their cells and hanged them to a tree a ratio west of the town. Soon after this lynching the three Renos and Anderson were brought back from Canada. They were lodged In the Jail at Now Albany , Ind. , for safe keeping , the temper of the Seymour folk making It unhealthy for train robbers in their neigh borhood. The event showed that the pre caution was useless. The trouble with New Albany was that It was not far cnougU away. A lynching party which bad been formed at Seymour for the reception of tbo Renos went to Now Albany a thou sand strong , battered down tbo Jalf door And made their way to the eel fa occupied by tbo men. The cells wore DO small that not many of the mob could got at the prisoners and they did not want to shoot them , The unarmed but undaunted ruffians fought with all their strength and It was halt an hour before , battered from head to heels and covered with blood , they were dragged out and banged. There woe another Reno brother named Jack , who bad been concerned In their last robbery. He was not captured at the time the four ran away to Canada , but was token afterward and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. One day , years after the lynching , bo walked Into the Chicago office of the Adams Express company , asked for the manager and announced that ho won Jack R no , the last of the gang , say- lug also that bo had Juet been pardoned , Ho asked the company's representative what he Intended to do against him , as there were other charges pending. Ho produced a "marWe bible , " which he bad made when a convict , and laid it on the desk as an evidence of his good intentions , The ex- prtui manager told blm to go home. Jack remarked that the business did not pay enough to equalize the punishment it Fit- tailed , went ba-k to Seymour and set- tl 4 down to work. He Is there now , a respected , taxpaying citizen. Two Notable llaldn. The lynching of these ten men in Indian * appears to have discouraged prospective rob- t > or for a little while. They broke out again , hiwe\er In 1ST3 On July 21 of that year eight men tore up the track of the Chicago , Rock lelaud & Pacific road near Council Blufff , la. The train was derailed , the engineer via killed and more tban a dozen passengers were badly Injured. As the crash came the outlaws rushed frcm hiding places near the roadbed , robbed tbalr wounded and terrified victims and took to.OOO from the express car. This was known as the "Council Bluffs outrage" and the dally papers of the time were tremendously wrought up over It. Thirty thousand dollars was offered as a reward for the capture , dead or nllvo , of the perpetrators , but they got clear with tholr booty. The Council Bluffs affair was reasonably successful from the criminal point of view , yet , strangely enough. It was followed by n long stagna tion In the business. It was 1875 before the country waj startled by an attempt to rob a Vandalla line express car at Long Point , 111. The bandits shot and killed the engineer , Mlle Eamos , uncoupled the express car from the remainder of the train and ran It two miles down the track. The express mes senger refuted to open up the safe and fought like a tiger. They were Btlll battling with him and apparently as far from success as ever , when they were frightened away by the approach of the train conductor , who headed a party of armed passengers. These robbers were not the genuine article and had llittlo nerve. They throw away not only their weapons In the flight , but at various places on their headlong stampede they throw away body suits of mall which they j had worn under their clothing. An offered reward of $ 10,000 failed to land any of them ic Jail. JohB of the Junto * Iloy . In this year the James boys , who were genuine all through , came to the front as train robbers. They had been previously merely raiders of banks and stage coachca. They forced the station agent at Oadshlll , Mo. , on the Iron Mountain road , to Hag a passenger train , which they held up with little trouble. Their booty was J12.000 , taken from passengers and express messen gers alike. A year later , at Ottervlllo , Kan. , they robbed a Missouri Paclllc train of $15,000. On October 7 , 1877 , the Jaraea and Younger boys took { 35,000 from a Chicago & Alton train at Glendale , Mo. Their biggest haul was made at Muncle , Kan. , In Decem ber , 1878 , when they held up a Kansas Pa cific train , obtaining $55,000 , and fled into the Indian Territory. They reappeared as train robbers in 1881. At Winston , Mo. , they boarded a Rock Island train. Con ductor Westfall , who made some show of resistance , was shot dead by Jcaso James , A passenger named McMillan was killed hv a random bullet. They got only $5,000 on this raid. Two months later they went through a Chicago & Alton train at Glendale - dale and rode away with 120,000 In money and Jewels. This was the last train robbing exploit of the James brothers , Jessa was ahot by the Ford brothers next year , and Frank fled Into Tennessee , subsequently standing trial , getting an acquittal , and set tling down to a quiet life. He Is now the doorkeeper of a flash theater In St. Louis. In the latter pan of the ' 703 train robbing was in a flourishing condition In many parts of the south and west. It was in 1877 that one of the most successful Jobs of this kind ever planned was put Into execution. Out at Big Springs , Neb. , a party of six Texas cowmen , headed by Hank MoDonald , bearded an overland train on the Union Pacific without attracting especial attention , got Into the express car and helped themselves to $110,000 , A long pursuit followed , three of the robbers were killed and $40,000 of the money recovered. The rest of it and the men who had It , with one exception , were never heard of again. The afterward famous Sam Bass was a member of this gang. Ho got back to his own state , organized a band , and for some years terrorized a large extent of country , He was killed by rangers In a running fight In the eastern part of the state. From Sam Bas to Rube Burrows Btratched a long line of knlgbta of the road , erase of them showing great ability nnd others not. In general they were rea- eonably successful , making much raor money tban they could hive earned in legiti pursuits and , BO long as they kept clear of murder , there waa nothing worse ahead of them tban a sentence to the peni tentiary , provided alwajs that they did not resist posses attempting their arrest. In such cases they were invariably killed. Opcrntlonn of "Cajituln Dick. " Ono of the most celebrated of them was Brack Cornett , also of Texas , bettor known as "Captain Dick. " The Southern Pacific railway waa his special prey. He robbed Its trains five times in a year , alwajs obtain ing a respoctabfe booty. On one occasion he cut off the ears of an express messen ger who had resisted him , and subsequently mailed them to his victim. After holding up a train eust of Del Rio , he kept in duresa for an hour an aged maiden echool teacher and compelled her to dance upon the prairie to lewd cowboy ditties , accom panying himself on a guitar. "Captain Dick" was killed across a camp fire by Alfred Alice , who shot him through the heart for a reward of $2,500. Rube Bur rows affected the Texas & Pacific road , but occasionally switched to the Illinois Central. On a train of this railway In 1888 he kl/led Chester Hughca , a passenger , who resisted , and thereafter fled fast from the gah'ows. Ho was captured finally In Ala bama and killed while endeavoring to es cape. Of all the bloody men of the road , In- I dubltably the shrewdest and one of the I boldest was John Sontag of California. Ho ' was trapped and shot In the Sierra Nevada , but not until he hod sent four detectives to their long account. Ho seemed to have a genius for delecting detectives and liked i to kill them. His passing left but ono band I of organized train robbers In the country. Tills gang was composed mrstly of the famous Dalton brothers , a family of dead shots , which had the peculiarity of shooting rifles always with the rlflo butt below the hip. Holding a gun In this way , Bill Dalton i would account for three men in ten sec- i ends at a distance of 200 yards. Ho was nothing less than phenomenal , and only a Bhado better than his kinsmen. Tbo Daltona began their career near Tulare , Cal. , where they held up an ex press train and forced the engineer to break open the safe for them. They got $10,000. Their most noted exploit was stopping and i robbing n train which carried an armed guard of twenty men. This was done near Adalr , I. T. The robbers kept euch n fusillade that the guards did not dfiro to show a head until the express car had been gutted. One passenger waa killed and several wounded by the flying bullets , After their celebrated raid upon the bank In Coffeyvllle , Kan , when they fought an entire town , Bill Dalton was the only one of the brothers left alive , the other two having fallen then. Ho wan HHed In the southern part of Indian territory not a great while afterward , In single combat , by a man much bis inferior in quickness and accuracy , The Ione Iloliher , U was ten years after train robbery be came a common enough crime before the lone robber made bis appearance. The first Instance of the kind was the braining of Express Messenger Nichols on a RocU Island & Pacific train near Jollet , III. Hie aa&allant was captured , but for coma reason waa not hanged. He Is now doing time In the .penitentiary. Some time afterward , near Pacific , Mo. , one man bound and gagged an express mceoenger named Fotb- erlngham and took from the safe $100,000 , This individual's name was Wlttrock , but ho was much better krown as "Jim Cum- mlngs , " under which alias be wrote many letters to the newspapers while evading ar- rwrt. He was finally captured and served a term in the penitentiary , Almcot all of the money was recovered , Wlttrock bavins been kept too busy dolglng to spend much of it. Equally daring was the exploit of Oliver Curtis Perry , who gained entrance to a New York Central express car at Byr . cuia , Intimidated the menenser , abstracted $26,000 from the safe , pulled the bell cord , and , when the train slowed , Jumped off Into the darkness. The first successful attempt with dynamlto was made in 1889 near Glendale , Mo. Four 1 maKlip en h i n , . 11 ami ' got $50,000. $ Two of them , Hedgepetb and j Slye , were arrested and convicted. So effec tive was the use of the explosive upon thla occasion that It may bo said to be the parent of all subsequent dynamite robberies. In two years a stick of it became as much a part of the robber's outfit as his pistol. Probably tbo most unsuccessful attempt at train robbing In all the annals of the craft occurred at a water tank five miles south east of El Paso , Tex. , In 1888. The eastbound - bound Southern Pacific paesenger train stop ped there ono night to fill the boiler. The large door of the express car stood wide open and Inside was a messenger known to as sociates as "Windy" Smith. His lamp was unllghtcd. To the door csrno two men , evi dently new to the business , who stood on the prairie , peered into the dark interior and called upon whom ever might be there to throw up his hands. Smith , being totally In- vlslblo to them , picked up a shot gun , poked It within three feet of them and calmly killed them both. BABY WINS ROUGH MAN Imliorer Attracted by Chlld'a Cute M'nyx Stenln Mttlc One and IJnoort * Her to IMeumire lleHorti. Tom Carter , a laborer , was arrested by the police Tuesday night for having in his custody the 3-year-old child of Mrs. Luther Brown , 1117 Jones street. Carter had taken Uio little ono with him to several saloons and music halls , telliiis thoao who made Inquiries that the child was his own , The baby Is a sweat little girl , with a wealth cf blonde hair and cunning ways which attracted the attention of all who saw her. Carter was uncouth In appear ance. Ills clcthes were ragged nnd hl hair unkempt. The contrast between the two aroused the suspicions of some of the young women who sing In the Nebraska music hall and they telephoned to the police. Dotoctlvci found Carter In the music hall drinking beer. The baby was amusing some of the young women and spectators and she was left there while Carter was taken to Jail. He finally admitted the baby was not als , etatlnc bo found bor on the street and was jittiacted by her cute ways. An in vestigation wns made and the mother waa found. Mrs. Brown told the police that nolgbbrvra had seen a man who appeared to be a tramp leading the child down the street early In the evening. She bad been searchIng - Ing for her lost baby for several hours. She expressed the Intention of filing a complaint against Carter this afternoon. Another great discovery has been made , and that , too , by a lady In thU country "Dlseuse fastened Its clutches noon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests , but her vital organs were undermined ' and death seemed Imminent. For three months she coughed Incessantly and could not sleep. She finally discovered a way to recovery by purchasing of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption , and was so much relleeci on taking first dose that she slept all nlRbt. and with two bottles has been absolutely cured. Her name Is Mrs. Luther Lutz. " Thus writes W. C. Hamnlck & Co. of Ghelbv N. C. Trial bottles free at K'lbn & Co.'i drusr store. 1 Regular size 60o nnd $1.00. Every bottle guaranteed. Mortality Stutlntlri. The following births have been reported to the office of the heaftb commissioner ; Prank C. Howe , 937 North Twenty-fifth street , girl ; Charles Merle , 414 North Eighteenth street , boy ; John Adam , 1407 Williams street , girl ; John Oodrk , 1408 South Fifteenth street , hay ; Albert Clark , 2208 DouKlM * tre t , boy ; A. L. Hudson , 3104 Beward itret , | lrl. HEMMING GETS OFF EASY County Attorney Unable to Find Charge Covering His Oaso. MONtYOBTAINED NOT BY FALSE PRETENSES KC Cordon DCIMUM It Cnnc of "Vnluc Itocelved"Vhcii Mrn. Hohh Paid Acnnpaper 31 nil Jf'O for Snii- prennloa of Ietter. On the motion of the attorneys for the defense , the case against E. II. Hemming , the World-Herald reporter charged with obtaining money under fa lee pretenses , was dismissed Wednesday afternoon in police court. Judge Gordon deciding that there wan not sufficient evidence to convict the de fendant on the charge specified. No witnesses were examined at the after noon session , the hearing of testimony hav ing been completed during the morning.'The arguments of the attorneys after the motion to dismiss occupied the entire time. Attorney Strlckler protested that the state had failed to show the money received by Hemming from Mrs. Robb was obtained by falee repre sentations. In the charges there were two counts , he said , under the nccond of these even the state conceded there had been no money obtained by false representations , for the rcaaon that when Mrs. Robb paid Hem ming money she knew It was to trap him. Then , be said , the Judge's decision depended on the first count. Hemming , the attorney said , called on Mrs. Hobb the first time in pursuit of duties con nected with the newspaper for which he worked. He perceived that Mrs. Robb waa excited and could not talk In tbo store , so he made an appointment with her at the hou e where ebe lived. He wished to get for his paper her statement regarding the suicide. At the Interview In the house be promised to find out the contend * of the letter and let Mrs. Robb know what they were. Mrs. Robb and her husband formerly lived In South Omaha and she waa exceedingly anxious that the letter loft by Sampson ehould not be published In the papers there. Hemming agreed to try to prevent the publi cation. In neither of these Instanced waa there a false misrepresentation. City Prosecutor Miller was the first to argue for tb'o state. He said there was no law in Nebraska for the punishment of extor tion , but It there were , there would be no question that Hemming could be convicted under It. Hemming had made false repre sentations , the city prosecutor said , bo prom ised to go and gag the South Omaha papers , and the fact of the matter Is that ho never went near them , "He threatened two women by describing a letter he never taw. Is that newspaper ethlca ? " the attorney de manded , "Ho took money from thoae two women pretending to buy off South Omaha news papers and didn't go to ece anybody con * nectcd with the papers. Is that the state's Idea of a reporter's duties ? " The arguments which followed wore on technical polnto and when flnlahed Judge Gordon announced bis decision almost Imme diately , He said that on the evidence pre sented there was only one course for him to follow and that was to dismiss the case , He euld that to find a person guilty under the charge specified It woo necessary to show that the person falsely represented cer tain facts with the Intention to deceive ; that the party defrauded relied on the representa- tlon and was defrauded because of that re liance. Thl , the Judge said , had not been shown In the case before him. New Cuniplxlnt Klled , A complaint was filed against W. Lukowltt and H. Echo n&tedt charting them with at tempting to Bet fire to a building. The com plainant Is B. Cohen , who says hp Is trying to find a way to rrobccute the two men for trying , as he alleges , to eet fire o his dwell ing the night of August 21. Lukowitz and Schoenstedt were arrested before on n com plaint alleging assault. There Is no law In M'hiaslm uRalnst attempted arson , nnd the prosecutor is having H hard time trying in Imd u charge on which the two men can ha tiled. JOHN SHANAHAN AT LIBERTY KIMor of Tire Men IN KelciiNrd oil HoiulH In the .S 11 in 11 f Fifteen TlioiiNiuiil DoIIurM. John Shauahan , who shot and killed Uoyco and Cullahan In South Omaha about Blx weeks nzo , had been released from the county jail on two bonds for 7,1)00 ) each , approved bv Judge Baker. Rich ml Swift , MMiael Donovan , Patrick How ley , Peter Lenagh , Patrick Drosnlhan , Mary Kelly and Bridget Slnnnfian arc the securities on ono bond and Peter Lonaeh , Richard Swift , George W. Tlerney , Michael Donovan. Mary Kelly and Bridget Shanahan are the securi ties on the second , Bridget Snanahan Is the wife of the ac cused , Michael Donovan runs a pnlnt store In South Omaha. Peter Lonnqh Is garbage master for South Omaha , Patrick Brosnlhan was a saloon keeper In the Third ward , Rich ard Swift la foreman of the call cellar of the Cudohy Packing company and George W. Tlerney la manager of the Omaha Brewing company , \Viin I to Hi * huiiervlftorN , Applicants for positions on the hoards of reglstratlrn for the fall elections have bo- Kun to bother the employes of the city clerk's office At Tuesday evening's mootIng - Ing of tbo council a motion wns passed In- vltlt.g applicants to leave their names , ad dresses and a statement of their politics with the city clerk , eo that the council will lia\o material to work with when It comes tlmt to make the appointments. As a result , the application have been coming In rapidly Only a short time ago It reeked as though tlicro would bo a Bcarclty of men for the places. A trial of Dent's Tootlmcho Gum con vinces you of Its excellence. Druggists , IGc. Him ( ) > r by it J. H. Walburn , a laborer living at Eighth and Nicholas streets , \sns run over Tucwdny right at Fourteenth and Wchslur streets by a buggy and painfully bruised about the left leg , The two men who were In the vehlcln drove on wlhriit paying any attention to the < llm of t' P ocdrtonl Walburn was crossing tlio street going toward homo when ho wn struck. Ho nays the men were driving at a very fattt pace and he could not get nut of the way. Wul- burn was rarrled horne In the patrol wagon and was attended to by the city physician llrlclmHecrlter * llln < 'lu > r fr < l. An order has been filed 111 the oftlco of the clerk of the United Slati-a circuit court discharging Oliver W. Mink. H Briery Anderson. John W. Doatin and 1'iedem It Ooudnrt as receivers of that portion of the Union Pacific road known as the Omith.i Bridge property. The report and findings of } { . S. Abbott , special master In chancery , have been approved by Judge Snnb'irn who accordingly dlsmlusel the rccelvum of tbo property. Wind 1'nlli Don ii uii A The high wind ripped off one end of the large awning In front o [ the store of tha People's Carpet and Furniture company , which , In descending , struck u woman en the bead. Shu wai not Injured. The iron work of tbu awning unrrowly misled a large plate glass front. The favorite whiskey of famous men Is Harper. Because of its smooth , exquisite flavor , because of Its matchless purity , be cause of Its mellow age. No wonder It's the favorite. Every drop sterling. Har per Whiskey.
