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TIIE OMATIA DAILY REE: SUNDAY. AFRIL 30, 1003.
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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
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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
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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
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$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
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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
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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. ,
