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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1905)
10 TIIE OMATIA DAILY REE: SUNDAY. AFRIL 30, 1003. IkWg (o) i wAMM and Br&ndeis Buys Entire Stock on Hand Ladies' Trimmed Hats FROM A LEADING BROADWAY. N. Y., MILLINER All the Stunning Pattern Hats Go at $5 These are the very latest models that have been extravagantly ad mired in the Broadway show rooms t r I tu rnings are of the most fashionable flowers, fo liage, plumes, ornaments, etc. P $10 and $12 values at Fine Trimmed Hats worth p i0 at 2.50 Every new style is here turban, toque and brim C A shapes Tuscan braids and chiffons, beautifully PDV3 trimmed with latest flower at a-. NEW SUMMER MILLINERY IS HERE The jaunty and fetching new models for summer and Btnart outing wear are lavishly repre- C f . wrn sentbd. The becoming new sailor ehape9 to A 03 will reign in popularity specials at ... . U mm s Ram a JT a JUST RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF YARDS OF EMBROIDERIES All new and fresh, straight from a renowned importer every yard a big value newest patterns both in embroideries and insertings many matched sets worth as C . A high as 25c a yard, at a yard. DC and IUC EXTRA WIDE EMBROIDERIES AND FLOUNCINGS just the thing for pretty new lingerie waists, also adapted for corset covers and children's dresses, width up to 17 inches and worth as high as 50c, ' 1 . It at, a yard IDC and JLjC NEW WASH LACES at 3ic-5e-.be Wash and fancy cotton laces, point de Paris, torchons Plat and Normandy Vals insertings, galloons and edgings all new and dainty patterns, 0Z JJ f f at, a yard J2COC-IUC LADIES' KID GLOVES FOR SPRING All new spring street and dress shades high grade f Q gloves all sizes all perfect, at, pair UC HIGHEST QUALITY GL0VE8-A11 shades, Including black and white we are sole agents for Perrlns and Monarch kid f f ng fl gloves at. a pair $l-$l.)U-vp LADIES' STYLISH OXFORD TIES dBBfl In Tans and White A hundred new styles of ladies tan, rus set, brown, champagne, chocolate ties. "heswelleat effects rA An y r r for tummerJ J"'ZJO-.D)-spj White Canvas Low Shoes-The fad in the east neat and dainty for all wearcool and very modish all new ideas 1.59, 2.25 and 2.50 3C MONDAY, CHOICE OF AN ENTIRE STOCK OF o) UU I 1 I 1 "V X IM 11 From Kraus, Benham, Butler Co., Columbus, 0. flf Astonishing Bargain Prices This stock was recently sold at wholesale auction by the Western Salvage Co., of Chicago. Brandeis bought all the choice lots. Tomorrow we will hold one of the greatest sales ever attempted in the country. Some of these goods are damaged but MOST OF THEM AKE ABSOLUTELY SOUND AND PERFECT. (ALL THE RUGS ON SALE ON SECOND FLOOR) $25 and $35 MOQUETTE, AXMINSTER and WILTON RUGS at $15.98 These Hugs are in the 9x12 size a few are slightly damaged, i but the majority of them are absolutely sound and perefect all in new and beautiful Oriental and floral patterns and none worth less than $25 each many worth $35 your choice on MONDAY, each S40 RUGS AT 19.98 choicest and most beautiful patterns -absolutely perfect and sound, at , In this lot are all the highest quality 9x12 ft Axminster, Welton and Velvet Rugs, A -some all one piece rugs every one 1098 in I V $15 Double Faced Smyrna Rugs These rugs are 9x12 size they are handsome oriental patterns and all perfect and sound, a very special value at 5 $20 Brussels Rugs at $9.98 All the fine Brussels rugs in the 9x12 size the newest and most desirable patterns they would sell regularly up to $20.00 each special at ., 038 SMYRNA RUGS 30xG0 some of them slightly damaged, a striking bar- fZQ gain, at, each .. ... . vuu MOQUETTE RUGS about 100 of them in various sizes up to six feet "I all go at, each-. I vu AXMINSTER RUGS All sound and per fect, they usually sell up to $1 I iQ each iu this big sale at lfW All the Ingrain Art Squares in sizes up to 9x12 worth as high as $7.50 a big bargain at , 2.98 WILTON, BRUSSELS and AXMINSTER CARPETS ALL THE CARPETS GO ON SALE IN BASEMENT This high grade carpet is actually worth as high as $1.50 badly damaged but most of it is only slightly damaged on the extreme edge. In three lots at, yard : ALL TIIE FINE INGRAIN CARPET from the great purchase, none of it damaged in the least new patterns, in one lot at, a yard ON TUESDAY HAY 2nd (UBCkSWi Some of this oil cloth has been damaged, but we have cut away the damaged leaving the oil cloth in remnants much of it sold as high as G5c per square yard it all goes on Tuesday at, per square yard ALL TIIE LINOLEUM worth up to $1.00 a yard, mostly all sound and P. perfect, goes at, a square yard, TUESDAY. faUu' a yard some of it is quite 29c 3C portion, , it. II mmitirmtan Skirt Waist Sale Entire Surplus Stock and Sample Lines of all the Newest Style Spring Shirt Waists From the National Waist Co., 51 A Broadway. N.V. All the pretty new ladies' t?$0 worth up to on dollnr and S I IP tATVV; mviiij-ute tflllli, HI . w v w V V yV All the ladies' flue lawn and Vv Swiss Waists ninny smartly m g --ftCSVSi All the ladies' newest stvle shirt OTlVlii waists, most beautiful and g m ft jTA ft VVll ViVc plaboratfl ldoas-worth $2 Kl tm ft.fv-yiiyi f.ffHI aud $2.50. at Js LV!V TOM All the Jan silk and taffeta VYjtfii ... i turps worth S.ri nnA ill Kll yt New Shirt Waist Suits a.nd Summer Dresses Shirt Waist Suits of the new silks for summer wear shirred and pleated dainty costumes for summer and evening wear at special prices. Confirmation Dresses foe Girls Beautiful pure white dresses some In simple effects others exquisitely trimmed with lacea and lnsertlngs-a range of moderate prices. Special Sale of Dress Goods New and stylish dress goods direct from importer Voiles Sicilians, Mohair Melange, Panamas. The latest m shirt waist suitings Melrose Tailoring Cloths. Nothing ffi hk j worth less than $1 up to $1.75 a yard on banrain souare. at, a yara Dress Goods &i 49c a Yard The latest dress goods selling at 75c to $1.00. Fancy Mohairs, checks, Tana mas, Sicilians, Shepherd Checks, Voiles on bargain square a yard IN f t a yard for Imported Nun's C Veiling:. 44 Inch, Belling: at 5o a yard. f a yard for silk and wool Crepe 49c BLACK DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT "7(k a yard for Shepherd Plaid, 39c 50c grade. a yard for Polkadot Bril llantinee, 50c grade. do Tarls, $1.00 gTade. Mohairs, Brilliantlnes and Sicilians The most reliable and latest style Melanges, Checks, Flecks, Plaids silk finished and plain. New chameleon and Ir rldescent effects at, yard Tartan Voile $1. CO grades OP I Cream Sicilians Regular vlQ at, yard ...0C 60o quality, a yard New Wash Goods-ln Dress Goods Section, juuckh, e lects, t isius buk 49c-69c$l 29c 45c 25c for finest Silk Organdies, 50c grade. for pure white Irish Linen. for Sllkoline black, white and checks. , for Shantung Suiting SOo grade. for check Wash Voile 30c grade. FULL WAIST PATTERN 1,000 pattern will be nold Monday new embroidered Kylet embroidered fine wah lawn ftOf and India linon, $1.50 value.at 29c 25c SpeciaJ Values in Silks The latest and most desirable silks In broad variety of style for waists and shirtwaist suit Handsome silks for the new Itedingote Coats. 50 PIECES FANCY LOU1SENE SHIRT WAIST SILK-ln mf hairline stripes, lustrous pure silk in brown, navy and green aiuc (r',,ut i3..v ...........------- CHAMELEON TAFFETAS, Printed Warp, Louisene, Jacquard Damas check and plaid suitings value $1.25 and $1.39; on sale 98c 100 shades pure silk rustling taf feta, a very fine and remarkably strong silk; J.Q Monday tv Fine black chiffon taffeta, pure silk, 27 Inches wide, guaranteed to wear, regular $1.00; AQ sale at JC 25 pieces 30 Inch wide Habutai wash silk, perfect in every way and warranted to wear; M Q at only Tv New spring foulards, great variety of styles, all sizes of dots and many neat small figures, in navy, brown, black, Reseda Y f and cadet JjC grounds . New Shirt Waist Silks on Bargain Square 27-Inch pongee silks, 30-lnch white wash silks, black and colored taf fetas, changeable messnllne silks, 27- inch hair stripes, etc. at 49c-69c L0W STOH DENNISON TRIAL COMES NEXT It Froaises to Bank High imong the Celebrated Cases. REVIEW OF THE PRELIMINARY SKIRMISHING What It Is All Aboat aad What Each Bide Charsas I'poa tha Other Story of tha Great Dla moad Robberr. The trial of Tom Dennlion for complicity In the famoue Pollock diamond robbery committed thirteen yeare go, the epectacu lar atepe leading up to which have con tinued more than a year, ii set for Red Oak. la., next Tuesday. The ramifications of the preliminary battle have been to great and the change have come so thick and fast that a connected story of the chsraes should assist tn following the great trial which is to come.' The case grows out of a diamond rob bery committed thirteen years ago on a train between Omaha and Missouri Valley, In which. 115,000 worth of diamonds were stolen, Incidental te which la the parole of the coavict aetit to prison for the crime, which, It 1 claimed, was bought for $2,500; a feud between gamblers of Omaha battling for a monopoly of the gambling business; a political contest waged by disappointed fnce seekers who blame their defeat on the political field to the Influence of Den nison. In It are Involved one way or the other several congressmen, a governor, a member of the president's cabinet, federal officials, a chief of police and others too numerous to mention. II. The story of :he diamond robbery would do credit to the dime novel yellow back and reads like the exploit of "Diamond Dick." It was as daring and as cold blooded as anything that ever came under the observation of the police. Frank Shercliffe, aliau Morris, the con vlot in the case, committed the robbery and his victim was V. (1. Pollock, a dia mond jalesmatt out of New York. Pollock had been In Omaha several days dealing with his customers, which fact was known to Bbercllffe. When Pullock took the train for Bloux City, November 4, 1892, tie was closely followed by Bherclltte, who, having dogged his footsteps to the trsln, took a position In the coach several seats In front of the diamond merchant. On the car were thir teen other passengers. Shortly before reaching California Junc tion Shercliffe left his seat, walked back to Pollock, leveled a revolver at Mm and In a loud enough voice to be heard all over the coach demanded his diamonds. Pollock handed out a purse and said: "Here Is 10O. It is all I have." Like an insulted tragedian, Shercliffe brushed aside the proffered purse, jerked out a slingshot and struck his victim over the head with it. The end of the bag bursted and tha shot rattled over the floor of the car. Pollock grabbed Shercliffe and the two became involved in a desperate struggle. Tearing himself free from the clutches of his victim, Shercliffe fired four shots, strik ing Pollock lu both arms and sending two of the shots In ciose proximity to his head. Then, with Pollock badly disabled, but still game and fighting, Shercliffe tore open the man's vest, reached In his Inside pocket and drew forth a wallet containing the dia monds. Then after beating Pollock until he was helpless he pulled the bell rope, walked quietly to rthe door and leaped off the train and lost himself In the dark ness. The conductor signalled the engineer to go ahead, after the train had slowed up at Shercllffe's signal, and It waa not until California Junction was reached that the officials were notified and the search for the robber begun. During the fight between Shercliffe and Pollock the passengers on the coach were In a state of terror and Instead of going to the assistance of their fellow passenger, they scrambled for places of safety under their seats and elsewhere. The Plnkerton detective agency took the Job of running down the robber and for months and months they searched the weaUrn country for him, finally causing his arrest after weaving around him a web of evidence which secured his conviction and sentence to the penitentiary for fifteen years at a trial held at Missouri Valley. At tha trial Shercliffe insisted he was in nocent and on frequent subsequent occa sion swore he was Innocent. A parol was granted to him by Governor Shaw on the supposition that he was innocent and only after he was let out and violated the terms of his parole and waa re-Incarcerated in the penitentiary did Shercliffe admit that he had committed the robbery and declare he undertook the Job at the Instigation of Dennlson. III. The present prosecution seems to be more Immediately the outgrowth of a fight for the gambling monopoly of Omaha. It wtia started when I. J Dunn, presumably act ing for Walter Molne, filed charges n gain art the Diamond pool room, an establishment on Douglas street run by one Chucovlch of Denver, Dunn alleging that Dennlson waa Interested in the business. In all Dunn filed about thirteen criminal complaints, finally bringing mandamus proceedings against the chief of police and the mayor to compel them to close the establishment. All this It was charged was done for the purpose of creating sentiment against Den nlson. Later Dunn brought proceedings to compel the removal of what he termed gambling devices from the pool room. These devices consisted of a telegraph In strument, a blackboard and some paper, pens and Ink. Based on an opinion handed down by Judge Eetelle of the district court that the devices named were not gambling devices, the count attorney In the last few days has dismissed all of these cases. During the trial of the mandamus case, however, Dunn introduced in court an affi davit by Shercliffa saying Dennlson was harboring thieves here and connecting him him with the Pollock diamond robbery in order to nsnlnt In connecting him with the Diamond pool room. Judge Eetelle. how ever, ruled this affidavit out of the records on the ground that it had no bearing on the case on trial. IV. The affidavit by Shercliffe recites how Shercliffe committed the Pollock robbery and that he hid the diamonds near a school house in the vicinity of Missouri Valley; that later he met Dennlson In Omaha in the second story of Seaman's livery barn, at which meeting he told Den nlson where the diamond were burled, and the latter agreed to get them and notify Shercliffe by telegram when he had done so. That part of the affidavit which tells of the meeting between the two men follows: "At the time and before he recovered the diamonds Dennlson gave me 1250 In cash, and I left for Des Moines. About the second night after I left Omaha I re ceived the telegram, O. K." I then went to my home near Melbourne, la., and re mained there about two days, and then went back to Omaha, and there met Tom Dennlson and had a conversation with him, in which he told me the following: " 'I went to Missouri Valley on the same train and in the same coach in which the robbery was committed, and went to the place where you told me the diamonds were burled. I had a h 1 of a time rind ing them stones. I first tried to get them with a pocket knife and coulct not find them. I thought they were in the ground deeper, so I went down to a hardware store in Missouri Valley and bought a big butcher knife, went back and struck them the first Jab. They were neurer to the surface than I thought they were and I had dug too deep In the first place.' "He then commenced kicking about there being so many small dlumonds In the bunch. I asked him if that large one, which waa at least six or seven carats, in my Judgment, was any good. He said: 'It Is off color; you might use it for the head of a waiklng stick or a dog's collar.' He also said: 'You made' a mistake in taking them out of the package. They were all sorted and puired up. 1 will have a hard Job sorting them up for earrings.' I then asked him if he had found the re volver which I had taken from Pollock, and he said, 'No, I did not look for it.' " In still another affidavit Shercliffe awore that Dennlson had plunned the robbery and had Instructed him to use a "sledge ham mer" if Pollock resisted. As a result of , the Diamond pool room cases. In which the prosecution failed to connect Dennlson with the gnmbling house, the brewers got Into the game without attempt at disguise. Protests and counter protests were filed with the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners against the granting of liquor licenses, and again the central figures were Tom Dennlson and Walter Moise Before the board evidence was Introduced to show that Moise had In times past collected money from thieves and gamblers to allow them to operate in Omaha, and again was the Sherclirfe affi davits against Tom Dennlson brought Into plsy. .When the fight enveloped the brew ers, however, I. J. Dunn dropped out, the Omaha Civic Federation, a somewhat po litical organisation, was formed and Klmer E. Thomas was retained as its attorney to continue the 0ght. Many months tharefore elupsed frtm the disclosures of Shercliffe, before any crim inal prosecution of Dennlson began. And strangely. Instead of coming from the Pin kerton detective agency, which had con victed Shurcllffe, or the Jewelers' Pro tective association, which had undertaken to follow the case, or from the officials of Iowa, whose duty It was to prosecute, the first move came from members of the Omaha Civic federation, who explained their activity by asserting they wanted to remove Dennlson from local politics. Indictments were secured against Dennl son at Logan, la., two bills being brought In, one charging that Dennlson had planned the Pollock robbery being kept secret, and application made for a re quisition for Dennlson on a charge of re ceiving stolen property. Dennlson denied that he was a fugitive from Justice and Insisted that It was necessary to prove he was a fugitive. When the case came up on habeas corpus the evidence of the prosecution was the affidavit of Shercliffo and the record of the Indictments. Dennl son undertook to prove that he had' not been In Iowa at the time alleged by evi dence of detectives detailed to watch him after the Pollock robbery. The evidence was contradicted by a hotel register se cured at Davenport, la., which In the month of December, 1K2, had his name on It. Dennlson denied the signature was his writing. Experts were called and some Identified the writing as Dennlson's, while others said It was not his. The decision of the court turned on the point whether Dennlson had introduced conclusive evidence that he was not in Iowa, putting the burden of proof on him. The court ruled against Dennlson. The case was taken to the state supreme court and then to the United States supreme court. All the way through the prosecu tion was eager to hasten the proceedings, while the defense urged that as the crime was thirteen years old, there was no need of hurry. v. The strong feature the prosecution ex pects to use in showing that Dennlson has an interest In Shercliffe Is the fact that he assisted materially In securing for him a parole from the Iowa penitentiary. The prosecution has a letter Dennlson wrote to Shercllffe's brother, in which he enclosed a statement of the amount of money he spent In getting Shercliffe out of the penltntlary. It Is this letter that brings so many promi nent people into the case and may result In some of them being summoned as wit nesses when the trial Is called. This statement specifies that Dennlson spent a total of JH.biu W), being money given to the convict and spent In his behalf. These Items taken from the statement give the names of some of the well knows people who are liable to be summoned a witnesses to show why Dennlson paid them the money, if he did pay it: Gave McMlllen $2,500 Two trips with John Baldwin and Bob Clancy, railroad fare and hotel.. 54 Paid cash In to help Congressman Mercer so he would see governor.... Paid John Baldwin to abstract case to put before governor Two trips to Creston, la., to see Con gressman Hepburn One trip of myself and Llewellyn to Cedar Rapids to Bee McMlllen The statement closes with this paragraph: "Had six thousand seven hundred dollars with me; so he owes me, outside of my trouble and lota more I can't think of." Dennlson has never explained Just why he tried to get Shercliffe paroled. Ho started on the work of securing his libera tion from the penitentiary In 1893 and kept at It until he got the parole in 1900. When Shercliffe was put on parole Dennlson undertook to be responsible for him; em ployed him as coachman at his own resi dence and kept him several months. But, not satisfied with his lot at Dcnnlsnn's, Shercliffe, after robbing Dennlson's house, went to Kansas City, where he was im plicated in an attempt at robbery and arrested. Instead of prosecuting him there the Kansas City people sent him hack to the Iowa penitentiary, where he served his remaining time and was liberated last year. VI. In following up the Shercliffe story that Dennlson was harboring criminals here In Omaha the Civic federation agents chased up other convicts, and on the strength of their stories brought charges against Chief of Police Donahue, the Idea being that the chief wss too friendly to Dennlson and should be gotten rid of. The charges were heard, but the evidence fell fiat end the chief was exonerated. This fiasco oc curred the very night the bomb was ex ploded on the porch of Elmer E. Thomas. Thomas charged that the bomb was set off In the Interest of Dennlson to frighten him off the trail and Denlnson in timated that Its only purpose was to create sympathy for Thomas. In the trial of Chief Donahue, as at all the other trials, the Civic federation had sent delegations to show their personal In terest and produce a realization of the powerful backing behind the prosecution. During the preliminary trials the federa tion has charged frequently that Dennlson was Instrumental In having indictments brought agulnst Shercliffe In other states and in trying to prevent' him from testify ing as a witness. Tbls Dennlson ha vig orously denied, and In return charge that the federation paid Shercliffe for the In formation given and that It promised to pay all costs In the case, and that the state of Iowa would not be out a cent be cause of the trials. The case Is sure to be one of the hardest fought In the recent history of Iowa and la liable to drag along for several weeks, lOach side has employed a large array of legal talent. For the defense will appear W. J. Connell of Omaha, 8. IL Cochran and George Eugan of Logan, la., nnd J. M. Junkin of Red Oak, la. For tha prosecution these attorneys will appear: Elmer E. Thomas of Omaha, Lloyd Fal lon, county attorney of Harrison county, Iowa, and Prosecuting Attorney Greenlee of Montgomery' county, Iowa. INQUIRY INTO NATURALIZATION Special Agent of Department of Justice Will Investigate Loral llecorda. C. V. C. Van Deusen, a special officer connected with the naturalisation bureau of the Department of Justice, Washington, is in the city on business connected with naturalization mutters. The purpose of hi visit Is to Investigate the naturalization of aliens In this section and to endeavor to Becure some uniformity in the system of naiuittuiiuii viuii lunula, iur. van Deusen is a special apiiointee of the presl- , dent, and his particular line of work la f president. He Is on his return from the t west, where he ha been conducting similar Investigations. Mr. Van Deusen will re-j main In Omaha several days, making hl headquarters at the federal building. GROWTH OF LOCAL BUILDING Permits Issued Poring April More, Tbaa Double Those of Last Year. The showing made In the city building department for the month of April main tains the record of reconstruction that be gan with the first of the yetr. During tha month 117 permits were Issued for con struction estimatud at 'K.3Ji5 In value, be ing an Increase of liGt.'CjC, or 1U8 per cent, over the same month Uit year. A recapitu lation of the permits Issue I 'bus far during the year shows 2,7, for a total valuation of 7idUi0, or an Increase of UQ,8ut tat tha, first four month of IMS. ,
