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VOL. XXXVIII NO. 2'Xi.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 24. 1900.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
WARM WORK
AHKADOF HENEY
Startling Revelations Are Predicted
for This Week in San Fran
Cisco Graft Cases.
LIVELY SF"
EXPECTED TODAY
'"X v
Judge Lawlci '.j ard Problem to
So nce.
MAY DEFY 0T. TRT ORDERS
Is Asked to Break V n Possibly
Important ' .gt.
STOLEN FROM ABBOTT'S SAFE
Detective Helms, Mho Ha Served
noth aides. Mill lit. Called to
Identify Myaterloos !)
mnti If Opened.
BAN FRANCISCO. May 23-Revciatlons
of alleged conspiracy In the San Francisco
bribery graft esse plota and counter-plots,
(Inutile-Healing and "diamond cut diamond"
methods of opposing detectives In the ob
taining of evidence, Recusations of perjury
hy attorneys for the defense, and many
dramatic situation! which formed a sensa
tional chapter last week In the trial of
Patrick Calhoun, charged with bribery,
give promise of a still more lively session
when the case la resumed tomorrow.
The trial, which is nenrtng Ita sixth
month, has produced more sensational tes
timony than any of the bribery graft
caeca tried since the expose of municipal
coiporatlnn abuses In Ban Francisco In 191164
With practically unlimited financial back
ing the case has been bitterly fought since
January 12. '
When the trial la resumed tomorrow
Judge I.awler will be called upon to decide
whether or not he has -authority. In de
fiance of two restraining orders of other
courts of similar Jurisdiction, to break the
seal on a package alleged to contain doc
uments stolen from William J. Burns" of
fice and found In the safe of William M.
Abbott, general attorney for the United
Railroads. In a raid under a search war
rant. 9 em red by Bribery.
Theae documents.1 It la alleged by the at
torneys, were given by one of Burna'
agents to Detective John Helma. who said
he turned them over to Abbott. Helms,
who, according to his own testimony, later
entered the employ of Burns, and for a
time was receiving $3C0 a month from the
fnlted Railroads and 111 a day and ex
penses from the prosecution, will be re
called to identify the documents, ahould
Judge Lawler override the Injunctions.
Men Taken with
Price on Heads
Colorado Sheriff Arrests Two Alleged
Crooks Said to .Be Wanted
in Nebraska.
JULESBURO, Colo., May 23. (Special
Telegram.) Sheriff SpHlman of Bedgwlclc
county arrested Orln Gelvln, alias Callo
way, and Owen Dalley, alias Claude Smith,
as they were calling for mall at the poet
offlre. A large reward Is offered for these
parties for crimen committed In Nebraska.
HARRIMAN LINES IN CONDITION
TO CARRY MAXIMUM TRAFFIC
4
Jellns Kruttschnltt, In Nerr York
Interview, Asserts Every Pleee of
F.sjulpaneat I a First Class Shape.
The T'nlji Pacific and other Harrlman
reads are' physically In splendid shape, ac
cording to an Interview given the Wall
Street Journal by Julius Kruttschnltt. di
rector of maintenance and operation of the
Harrlman lines, and who has really un
limited power over this ,dpartment of the
rntlroad lines controlled by Harrlman.
Kruttschnltt declares:
"Kvery pieces bf roadbed and equipment
on our lines Is t dy In shape to render
the maximum of service. Our maintenance
has never been neglected In any particu
lar, except that for a few months follow
ing the g'ent drop In traffic at the end
cf Oot-her, UO?. the repair of some freight
rnn not In use whh p"Mp ned. Early In
lft,,1 o h'ffiri reps 'ring these cars and 1
now w hl" 1 m tiler number of cars In!
. slum than eve1 uf -ie in the history of the
fooilx
'In ti-ls respect wo are somewhat better 1
Off thnn the other railroads generally. Our
percentage of shop cars Is down below what
la regarded as the normal figure. The
general average throughout the country Is,
I believe, still a little higher.
"Our operating expenses have been much
reduced, but out maintenance expendi
tures have ben liberal this year. Just as
fcr a number of years past, and have
been sufficient to keep the proprty In the
very best of condition. Transportation ex
penses have been kept down by heavy car
and train loading, the purchase of the
heaviest and best equipment, and the
elimination of grad?c and curvature from
the lines. These processes are still going
on, but the roads are beginning to show
the effect ef many years of liberal main
tenance expenditures, as well as the, use
of a great deal of new capital for Improve
ments. "The movement of general merchandise
on our lines Is fair and Is gaining slowly.
There Is no rapid Increase, but Just a
healthy convalescence of business. The
crop outlook, aa reported to us, is for a
good yield."
CASES COMING BEFORE COURT
Masanredla. Grecian Slayer of Police
man, Is First mt Long
I Mat.
Trial of Al Keenan In district court will
Itot cent about fur some weeks. It Is the
Intention of the county attorney's office
to take up the Zlebell murder rase after
that of Maaauredla Is out of the way, and
fallowing the Zlebell hearing the Laura
Porter trial and one or two other cases
are due to come, for these cases hsve been
waiting prosecution for some time because
other cases wers In the way.
The Keenan hearing will be held before
ny summer adjournment, however, and
may be reached the last week In June or
ihe first la July.
Lanyon May Have
Been Murdered
Relatives of Brakeman Found Dead
on Track Are Considering
Investigation.
CRR8TON. la.. May 3-(Ppeclal.)-It la
now helieved that Chester Lanyon, the
young brakeman of this city who was found
dead near Melrose Friday night, was mur
dered. Instead of being struck by a passing
train, ns was first thought. There wan
no mark of mutilation on the body, ex
cept a small fracture on the left side of
the skull, such as might be made by a
amalt blunt Instrument. The place where
the body was found was a lonely spot, and
Is noted as quite a resort for tramps, and
It la held that had he been struck by a
passing train, as at first supposed, the
body would not have, been found lying be
tween the rails as It was. The coat and
vest had also been removed, and the belief
Is prevalent that the young man was
struck down by some brutal hand, Intent
on robbery. An Investigation is pending.
The parents and brother and sisters of the
yung man are prostrated.
Garretson Will
Succeed Himself
Cedar Rapids Man is Re-elected Grand
President of Order of Rail
road Conductors.
BOSTON. May 23 A. B. Garrotson of
Cedar Rapids, la., was today re-elected
grand president of the Order of Railway
Conductors by an overwhelming vote.
Oakland, Cal., became a candidate for
the 1911 convention today.
Chief Conductor Curtis of the Mexico
delegation left for home last night on an
urgent telegram stating that the recent
settlement on one of the leaned Harrlman
lines In that country had been partially
overturned and that certain conductors
w-ere being discriminated against. It
was not officially stated, but It was
hinted that a strike has been authorized,
if one is necessary, to enforce the agree
ment. Teacher Shot
by a Friend
Latter Was Practicing at a Target
and a Bullet Struck an
Ogden Woman.
BOONE, la.. May 23.-(Speclal Telegram.)
Miss Laura Walker, a high school teacher
In the Ogden school, was shot today at
Ledge's Valley, a summer resort near
here, . while a friend was shooting at a
nearby target. She was rushed In an auto
mobile to the hospital here ana has an
even chance to recover.
MYSTERY IN DEATH OF MAN
Body Identified by Couple Who After
ward Confess lie Was
Relative.
HURON. S. D.. May 23.-(Speclal.) Since
May 7 efforts have been made by the au
thorities to ascertain the Identity of a
body, supposed to be thst of Henry Wahr
mun, killed by a Chicago & Northwestern
train near Iroquois, on the night of May 7,
since which time the remains have been at
the undertaking rooms of J. P. Walsh in
this city. Yesterday Coroner Tolmle, upon
Information received from Wstseka, 111.,
accompanied by Sheriff Huntley, compelled
Hen Oolkers and wife of Osceola to come
to this city and view the remains. .Exam
ination of these persons disclosed the fsct
that Wohrman worked on the Folker farm
In Illinois for a number of years and that
when they left Illinois were owing him. It
Is, claimed, a large sum of money. Both
Folker and his wife declared that the dead
man was In no way related to them. Fin
ally Mrs. Folker weskened and confessed
that the remains were those of Henry
Wahrman and that he was her half
brother. Why these people withheld their
knowledge concerning the dead man la a
mystery, but the authorities will make fur
ther Investigation.
A. O. V. W. POLITICS OX TAP
Contest Between Candidates Hlnsjes
on Rate Argument.
PIERRE.' 8. D.. May 23. (Special. )-The
leaders of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen organisation are beginning 10
gather and lodge politics will have the
center of the stage for a few days here.
Master Workman T. M. Simmons of Huron
Is here, and again a candidate for the
place and with him are Nicholas Trewack
of Lead, who desires the petlon of grand
foreman and J. H. Parratt of Pterpont,
who will contest with J. D. Lavln for the
position of grand recorder.
The fight will be on the rate- question.
Lavln being for a high rate and Parrot t 1
for a medium, or something near the "Ne-!
braska rate." several propositions along
that line will be offered to be threshed out
In the lodge meeting.
Mythical Airships Cause
Panic in Great Britain
LONDON. May S3. The speech st the
Lake Mohonk conference on International
arbitration by president Nicholas Murray
Butler of Columbia university, In which he
described Great Britain's attitude to Ger
many as a form of "present day emotional
Insanity," has been strikingly confirmed
during the Inst Week. Sensational stories
of Gerrr.sn airships, stacks of German
Mausers stored In a Loudon cellar and
thousands of German mailers and halr
dresbers eagerly anticipating the emperor's
signsl to deliver England to an Invading
army of thtlr fellow, countrymen, have
been the main features of the newspapers
throughout the country.
The Mausers myth, to which attention
was first railed by Sir John Barlow, has
been -contemptuously dismissed by War
Secretary Haldane In the House of Com
mons as "an exceptionally silly story,"
but It has been quite eurpsseed by accounts
of mythical nocturnal visitations of a Ger
man airship. The phantom "Flying Dutch
man" aoon developed Into a. large fleet,
the competing papera vouching for the ac
curacy of their respective stories snd glv-
STORM WARNING
BY WIRELESS
Notice of Elemental Disturbances
Be Flashed All Around the
World.
to
UNIFORM SIGNALS ON ALL SHIPS
Leading Meteorologists of Nations
Working on Plan.
MEET IN LONDON ON JUNE 21
Professor Willis Moore Explains the
Proposed Scheme.
REQUIRES GENERAL AGREEMENT
" "" i
All Ships Above a Certain Tonne are to
Carry Wireless Instruments, Take.
Observations at Stated Time
and Warn Others.
WASHINGTON, May 2S Flashing of
warnings around the world by wireless
telegraphy of approaching storms and
other disturbances of the elements Is one
of the latest International projects. Still
snother of perhaps little less Importance
Is the proposition to equip the vessels of
all nations with uniform storm signals.
These are the leading problems to be
thrashed out at a conference of distin
guished meterollglsts of the principal na
tions, to be held In London on June 21
next. The proposed conference Is the out
growth of a meeting cf the leading metero
loglsts of the world held In Europe several
years ao. The United Statea will be rep
resented by Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief
of the United States weather bureau.
A concerted movement will be Inaug
urated to Induce the principal governments
to adopt a unlfoim system of wireless
telegraphy marine weather reports and to
reach an agreement so that nations shall
display uniform marine sterm signals. If
such an International agreement can be
effected, It Is believed that It will be a
great factor In saving property and life
on sea and land and at the same time
be highly Importtant In making weather
predictions.
Committees at Work.
These "subjects will be dealt with by two
committees, one of maritime weather sig
nals and the other on weather marine
telegraphy. The first committee la com
posed of Dr. W. N. Shaw, director of the
British meterological offices; Prof. A. Au
gat, director of the French Central Metero
logical service; Rev. L. Froc, director of
the Zi Ka Wei observatory at Shanghai;
Hear Admiral Hire, director of the Dutch
Zewarie at Hamburg; Prof. H. Mohn, di
rector Norwegian Meterological Institute;
Prof. Willis L. Moore and K. Nakamura,
director of the meterological service of
Japan. In addition to Messrs. Augat, HVrn,
rlpreuup Ami4oftu.ear8outhh, hrdluuu
and Moore, the other committee will be
composed of Lieutenant General Rykatchef,
director of the. Central Physical observa
tory at St. Petersburg.
"One of the prlnclpaLroblems to be
taken up by the conference," said Prof.
Moore In discussing the matter today, "is
the question of Itnematlonal agreement as
to the taking of wireless marine weather
re porta. The schemtt Is to secure the adop
tion by all of the leading nations of a
uniform method of taking and transmitting
wireless meterological observations so that
each observation, no matter by what na
tion taken, will be comparable with the ob
servations taken by any other nation.
There Is now no unlfrom method of re
ceiving And transmitting wireless weather
reports and exactly the same things are
not observed.
Prof. Moore Explains.
"We shall doubtless do all we can,"
continued Prof. Moore, "to induce the
several governments ultimately tq adopt
regulations that will compel beyond a cer
tain tonnage to carry wireless Instruments
and operators and to take at noon Green
wich time a dally observation of the
weather. Observations received by a ahlp
would be transmitted to other ships so
that by relaying from one vessel to
another observations from the entire ocean
would then within a few minutes reach
the land and the central meterological of
fices of the United States, France, England
and Germany and other Interested nstlons
would be able to complete these observa
tions each In Its proper geographic posi
tion and thus to determine the location of
etorrrts and forecast their future direction.
Such forecasts could be distributed to the
vessels in the same manners ss the ob
servations on "which the forecasts were
baaed."
Prof. Moore added that he Intended as
a member of the committee having this
matter In charge to argue for such regula
tions. While American vessels use flags by day
and lights by night to convey storm warn
ings, the ships of other nstlons use sig
nals that are made up of a combination
of cones and cylinders. The different sig
nals are said to be confusing to mariners,
an da uniform signal snd code to display
storm signal warnings Is proposed. i
i Ing signed statements circumstantially de-
iuing me maneuvers of the mysterious
and awlft moving dirigible at the same mo
ment In vsrlous places on the east and west
coasts, snd even In Ireland.
Captains of Incoming steamers have been
credited with- statements that they ex
changed flare signals with the aerial vis
itor In the Nortfc sea, and some newspapers
went so far as to Insist that the "Scare
ship" has Its horns on a German wsrshlp
now In the North ses at maneuvers to
which It returns after Its nightly night
Descriptions bf the secret fly by night ti
came more and more graphic until certain
advertisers, who had been experimenting
with model airships attached by ropes to
motor cera. confessed their part in the
affair and exploded the various theories
Meanwhile Germany, as evidenced by the
comments In the German papers on the
latest panic, came to much the same con
clusion as President Butler. Completely
disgusted have been notes in the Germsn
edltortsls. which call England as "the
home of mere nervous degenerates, who
are yielding themselves up to a frensy,
unworthy even of a decaying country."
The Call
"On the level, Chimmy, don't yon
From the Cleveland Leader.
SPECULATORS; ARE CAREFUL
High Level of Prices Tends to Make
Them Cautious.
MARKET NOT NOW VULNERABLE
Accident or bright Might Easily
Brlns; Tumble If the Market
Was Top Heavy or F.ssen
tlally Weak.
NEW TORK, May 23.-Prlces of stocks
fluctuated quite widely last week, but
their course often shifted, rising one day
and falling the next, 'with a tendency to
return to a fixed level. In a few of the
most conspicuous securities there was a
striking advance and this served to pre
serve a semblance of general strength In
the market. That the high level to which
prices have attained Induces some caution
In speculation Is expressed by many finan
cial authorities and oven In the tone of
advices from commission houses to their
client those advising purchases not Infre
quently coupling the advice with the addi
tion "on any considerable reaction." The
professional traders i have . been watchful
for reaction. " "'.
Given this somewhat-suspicious attitude
towards the market and Its resistance to
unfavorable factors was doubly impressive
In reviving confidence, Tt was felt that
If the market had been top-heavy or vul
nerable, as was feared, It must have suc
cumbed to accident or fright. The small
effect .produced by the sudden death on
Wednesday morning of H. H. Rogers made
a special Impression on speculative senti
ment as proving the resistance of the mar
ket. Actual conditions bearing on values
moved towards their enhancement. Trade
and nidustrlal advices pointed quite gen
erally and conclusively to the rising tide
of the betterment at work. I
Steel Trade the Key.
Steel trade condltlona were accepted
freely as the key to the situation. Events
there pointed convincingly to the restora
tion In progress. Special significance was
given to the decision of the Independent
steel manufacturers to restore wages. It
was Inferred from this point that the re
duction of wages by the United States
Steel corporation, which was supposed to
be In contemplation, would be avoided. The
Incident was accepted although as proof
that the steel production was yielding good
profits In spite of the drastic cut in prices
put In force to bring about the present re
vival of demand. The growth of that de
mand for all grades of the product wss
reported to be unabated. The week's spec
ulation converged largely on the United
States Steel shares. In conformity with the
Importance attached to steel trade develop
menta. The rise In the price of United
States Steel shares to above 60 was re
garded aa an event. The fulfillment of pre
dictions for this price, at one time re
garded as reckless, brought some appre
hension that a cut in the campaign might
have been reached.
In the New York money market an easy
tone has followed the hardening which
came In response to the first demand from
reviving trade. The easier tone Is due.
In some part to supplies secured by bank
ers' loans In foreign markets. These loans,
accompanying, as they da, withdrawal of
gold fjom New York present an anomaly.
Foreigners have been steady sellers of
American securities, prompted by the high
level of prices. The enormous volume of
this country's imports of merchandise and
the falling off in exports of breadstuffs
(Continued on Second Page.)
Why do you pay
rent when you can
buy a home in Om
aha with only a
small payment
down and balance
same as rent?
Read the Real Estate col
umn from day to day and you
will find a home offered for
sale within your means. The
Bee ha9 found homes for hun
dreds of others and can find
a home for you.
Have you read the want ad, yet
today?
of Spring vs the Call
wish Friday afternoon came around
New Council
Starts in Today
1 t
Dan Butler Must Preside and Give
Members Chance to Ballot for
President.
This afternoon at 8 o'clock will begin
the first meeting of the new city council.
Dan B. Butler, city clerk, will be In the
chair and the eounctlmen will begin
balloting for president, with five of the
hlx democrats e,vowed candldatea for the
position. It will take seven' votes to
elect.
As far as known no final agreement has
been reached aa yet between the two sides
In the council, and party leaders say It Is
more than probable that If the counellmen
go Into the chamber with na prearranged
program a deadlock may ensue, which will
take many ballots to break. This was the
cse three years ago when several hun
dred ballots were taken before Funkhouser
cast his vote for Johnson and made, the
latter president.
The republicans have held several meet
ings and it Is understood that the six will
act together. The five candidates have
been persistently active In angling for re
publican votes and ready to promise any
thing i in the way of committee assign
ments to get votes from the opposition.
The democrats of Jacksenlan af nitrations
are united on only one thing, and that Is
the defeat of Bridges for president. Some
of them would rather have a republican
for president that Bridges because of
Bridges' championship of the occupation
tax ordinances and his refusal to work
with them during the last three years. It
Is this situation that makes possible a re
publican president of the council. The re
publicans will hold another conference
this morning and are expected to present
a solid front when the council is son
vened. 8ome "pretty fights" are fore
casted by men around the city hall and on
the organisation of the council will depend
many appointments to be made by the
mayor.
The new organisation will hold only one
year, the new charter changing this from
three years as heretofore. The chairman
will appoint the committees and they, too,
will hold only the year. The defeat of six
councilman has disarranged all the old
committee, but one, the lighting. This
Is composed of Funkhouser, Brucker snd
Johnson, all of whom were re-elected.
The Judiciary committee loses Endrea
and Zlmman; the finance committee loses
Endres; the paving and sewerage commit
tee loses Elsasser and Hansen, and so on
down the line. Every committee but one
has dropped from one to three members.
THREATS AGAINST
MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES
Executive of California City Re
ceives Letters Written
la Rlool.
LOS ANGELES, Msy 23. Mayor George
Alexander today made public the fact that
he has for seme time been receiving let
ters from some unknown persons which
threaten his life. The lsst one. which he
refuses to display or make public. Is writ
ten in either blood or red Ink and contains
threats calculated to make the strongest
heart quail. No reason la given 'In the
letters for the animosity which the writer
bears toward the mayor. Mayor Alexander
Is the first "recall'' mayor In the United
States and waa elected by the so-called
"reform element."
One Man Lies
Night and
One passenger on Union Pacific Overland
Limited that was robbed on Its entrance
Into Omaha Saturday night Jumped out of
his coxy car when he perceived what was
up, tore for the tall grass and stsyed
there until daylight, when Sheriff Brailey
appeared on the scene and brought him to
Omaha in his convey snce.
This was John P. Maurer, representative
of a New York celery and provision firm,
and he Is now on his way to "little old
New York," where he can tell his eastern
friends a real train robbery story that will
throw c few genuine western thrills into
them.
"I wss in the observation car," said Mr.
Maurer, "when the train stopped and I
looked out to aee why. It didn't take me
long to see what it was. I saw two masked
men with the mall men, of the train lined
up In front of them. That was my cue.
I live In the east, though I hsve traveled
considerably In the west and I knew enough
to School
"3 '
as often at Monday moraine?'
WAIT TO RECEIVE ROBBERS
Dining" Car Conductor and Crew
Calmly Get Ready to Turn Over. '
HAD SOME "PIN MONEY," TOO
When Overland Limited Stopped
They Cheeked Ip $300 of Com
pany Money and Took Their
Seats to Walt.
"A fine chance to pick up $3f)0 of com
pany money and rob ten men was missed
by the bandits when they failed to hold
up the dining car," said John Beaumont,
conductor of the diner, when seen Sunday
at the Mlilard hotel. With the four cooks
snd five waiters in his crew he was In
the dining csr when the train was stopped
by the outlaws. They were to lesve the
train at Omaha..
"A stop along the road is not alarming
at any time, on account of the block sig
nal system," said Mr. Beaumont. "A sema
phore signal is liable to Indicate 'stop'
anywhere along the line, so when the
train pulled up Saturday night we In the
diner were not surprised. . .
' "Only one of the crew went to the front
door to see What waa the matter, and ex
pected merely to find out what was the
matter that the block should be eet against
us. He was Clarence Colburn, the second
cook, who lives In Omaha.
"Whn he got to the door, he stsyed
there juet a minute, then closing the door
he returned to the rest of the diner crew
and told us that It looked like a hold up.
some mssked men having lined up the
mall clerks, At the same time, a number
of shots were heard and we knew the
train was going to be robbed.
Waited to Receive Robbers,
"We were either too scsred or too sur
prised to move, so we all sat still, await
ing a visit from the holdup men, whom
we supposed would rob our car before
leaving. There was about 1300 belonging
to the company In the money drawer, and
all ten of us had money and other valu
ables. While we were waiting Conductor
Wallace came In from the cars behind us
to find out from the front end whst was
the matter, as he had not heard the sh'ots.
When he found out he went back and out
to the ground, but upon being shot at
when the robbers saw his lantern he
Jumped onto the train again.
"No cars were uncoupled and the whole
thing waa over In a short time. We heajd
no automobile and did not aee one as the
train pulled, swsy. If the - robbers were
on the train after we left Fremont, the
last stop, they probably were on the blind
baggage ahead of us.
Speaking Dates
for President
WASHINGTON, May a. Howard uni
versity, situated on the outskirts of Wash
ington, and which Is devoted to the higher
education of members of the colored race.
Is fortunate In hsvlng as Its commence
ment speaker this yesr the president of
the United States. The exercises are to be
held Wednesday and Prealdent Taft will
spesk In the afternoon.
The president's public engagements this
week provide also for his attendance at
ths fifth annual meeting of the Associated
Western Yale Clubs at Plttsburk on Satur
day. in Weeds All
Views- Holdup
to know that I was not needed around
there Just then, so I decided to leave.
"I naturally thought the hold-up men
would call the passengers out of the train
and Una them up and take what valuables
they had. As I could count IKS In cash
on my p"son I thought the weeds near
the track would be a safer place for me
than the train, so to the weeds I took.
"I entrenched myself securely at a good
vantage point and watched with unusual
Interest the proceedings of the evening. It
wss an Impressive spectacle. The robbers
had their guns and they commanded per
fect control of the situation. Not a man
was there to defy their authority. But,
seriously, I did not feel sny too a mfort
able,, for I wss only s few yards off and
I didn't hsve any assurance that the rob
bers wouldn't locate me after they fii
Uhed operstlons with the trainmen. The
fact Is I very much fesred they would, so
you can easily Imagine the lively Interest
I took In the events of the night.
ROBBERS IN
, SAY
THE OFFICERS
Banditi Who Held Up Overland Are
Believed --to Be" in Omaha
or Near.
ON THIS CLUE OFFICERS PROCEED
Local, State. Federal and Railroad
Sleuths on the Trail.
CERTAIN CHAUFFEUR SUSPECTED
Young Man in Crooked Deal Before
Wanted in This Case.
PIECES OF MAIL SACKS FOUND
Postoffice Authorities Make No Esti
mate as to Values,
CHIEF PERKINS HERE FROM EAST
Head of Government Service Happens
to Be Going; West.
CALLS SPECIAL FORCE TO WORK
Indefinite tines Are Reoelved as to
Three Men Who May Have Been
In the Quartet that
llohbrd the Mnll.
Meager clues all tending to show the
men who robbed the mall car of the Union
Pacific. Overland Limited on the boundary
line between Omaha and South Omaha at
11:30 Saturday night are In the city of
Omaha have been found by Omaha police
and railroad detectives.
These officers believe the train robbnrs
are In Omaha, nnd that perhaps at their ,
leisure they sorted the seven sacks of reg
istered mail taken from the car while In
hiding 'Sunday; W. T. Canada, chief of
Union Pacific special agents; J. B. Vis
sard, his aaslstant; Chief of Petectives
John H. Savage of the Omaha department,
Chief of Postoffice Inspectors Perkins
from Wsshlngton and United States Mar
shal William P. Warner.
A greasy gauntlet glove, such as la used
around automobiles, waa found in the mail
sack cut open by the robbers and picked
up by Captain Mostyn; the remark of the
bandit that the seven sacks wss about all
that could be carried In "the auto," and
the fact that the robbers made such a
quick getaway, though .pursued by a fast
police automobile, all strengthen the be
lief of railroad officials that an auto
mobile was used In accomplishing tho
holdup snd eluding the officers.
On Trail of Chauffeur.
With this theory In mlhd Union Pacific
special agents are seeking to find a young
man who has been known to run hla auto
mobile to assist In crooked work at leust
once. The man sougnt will e bskco
where he was Saturday night and hts
movements traced, as not a great while
ago he assisted two persons who ha.l
robbed an old man In getting away from tho
police. I
A description given by One of the postnl
clerks of one of the robbers aa a young
man, small of stature with a very white
face, from what could be seen of It, who
acted very nervous, rather fits the descrip
tion of the young automobile driver whofco
movements are. being traced. The young
man- has Council Bluffs gambling house
connections and does not bear an alto
gether good reputation.
The amount of the loss Is not known and
will not be for several days.
it so happened that Chief Inspector
Perkins of Washington was passing
through Omaha on his wsy to Spokane to
nrk into the robbery of the Northern Pa
cific mall car when the robbery happem-d
In Omaha. This coincidence has greatly
aided the federal authorities In Starting the
search for the robbers. The Kansas City
headquarters of the postoffice Inspectors
was at once notified and a detail of post
office Inspectors srrlved Sunday and are
at work on the Overland Limited robbery.
Careful Selection of apot.
That the ground was gone over and tho
spot selected for holding nip the train
by old , hands at the business
aided by at least one local man as a driver,
Is the theory of the police.
On the curve. In the deep cut of the
Lane cut-off, In a neighborhood not far
removed from where Pat Crowe success
fully held young Edward Cudahy for ran
som, one or more of the robbers placed u
signal fire shortly before the train was
due. This little blase the bandits on the
engine tender saw when the location
selected was reached. At that moment and
amid the surroundings favorable for a
train robbery, the englnemen were made
to stop the train st the point of heavy
guns snd the work of the robbeta was
done with great precision end with a "do
It now" determination.
"Hold-up near Omaha" astonished police
officers and cltlr.ens Sunday morning, but
when thev looked at the map and It be
came "hold-up In Omaha" the astonish
ment grew. The train actually stopped
Just west of FTty-fourth street, which Is '
the boundry line of Omaha and South
Omaha. Here the mall car was robbed
and the stolen registered msll carried by
the mail clerks under command of the rob
bers, into South Omaha. The mall sack
and top of another sack were found Just
across the line In South Omaha
This has sdded to the determination of
the Omaha officers who. are In to trace
the robbers If It be roi-sihle. (
gov Mm re la Town,
"The hold-up men are within three miles
of the scene of the rot.bery," ssld Chief
of Petectives John H. Savage of the police
department.
"We are working on the theory that the
robbers hare a rendrsvoua In or near
South Omaha or Omaha. The pnllra force
is armed with all we have In the way of
OMAHA