THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1918.
DETECTIVE SHOT
IN GUN FIGHT WITH
5 AUTOJBANDITS
Mortal Combat Staged on
North Sida Whan Police
Surround Den of Holdup'
'. Men.
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charged with drawn revolvers upon
the house at 8 o'clock.
Rush for Stairs.
They were met at the door by Mrs.
B. C. Kirke. When she declared that
she was Mrs. Daisy Detectives Koo
ney, Dolan and Danbaum made a rush
for the stairs. They were met by a
fusillade of shots from bandits barri-
caaeo. on an upper floor.
Rooney fell with two bullets in the
abdomen. He was rushed to St. Jo
seph hospital by Detective Bulord
and Chauffeur Bowman, where sur
geons wert -nable to diagnose the ex
j tent of his injuries.
Reinforced by Sergeants Madsen
and Van Dusen, Detective Jolly and
Chauffeur Armstrong, the officers ad
vanced up the stair and captured
four of the bandits barricaded behind
a bed.
Jattle on Roof.
One suspect escapee to the roof and
was captured an hour later when De-
tectives Jolly and Danbaum crawled
to the roof and engaged him in battle
After emptying their revolvers the
detectives attem; ed to grapple with
the desperado, who jumped from the
roof into the knns of Detective James
Murphy. He was suffering from a
wrenched back and a scratched face
from splinters from the woodwork oi
his barricade on the roof during the
battle.
One of the bandits escaped by
jumping from the roof and a detail
of detectives is now searching north
Omaha in an effort to locate his hid
ing place.
Police Recover Valuable Loot.
The loot was found on the bed be
hind which the robbers had taken ref
uge. It was neatly separated in piles
and gave mute evidence of the divi
, Bion of the spoils having been inter
rupted by the police. Police were un
able to find" the diamonds supposed
to have been stolen.
When taken to the police station
the bandits gave their names as Harry
Williams, Kansas City, who was cap
tured in the house; Mr. and Mrs. B
C Kirke, in whose name the house
was rented; Frank Martin, Samuel
Stone, Thomas McKay and Miss
Anna Webster.
Three Bandits Are Wounded.
Three of the bandits were recipi
ents of gunshot wounds, but a first
aid examination by police surgeons
indicated that only one, Thomas Mc
Kay, was seriously wounded. He was
shot in the abdomen and will prob
ably die. The two women escaped,
injury.
Detective Rooney succeeded Detec
tive Thomas Ring on the force. Ring
was shot to death in a battle with a
Mexican two years, ago.
The house in which the bandits
made their rendezvous was rented by
Kirke a month ago and the rent paid
three months in advance. Neighbors
had noticed for several weeks noc
turnal trips in automobiles in which
the five men and two women partici
pated. Mrs. Kirke gave the name of Mrs
Daisy when officers asked who lived
therei Mrs. Daisy and daughter, Car
melita, who had been living in the
house, moved several months ago and
are now in California.
Thomas McKay was given an an
aesthetic at the hospital while his
wounds were bein dressed. On re
covering consciousness he was told
of his condition and asked if he de
sired the services of ? priest.
"I will die the way 1 have lived,"
he answered, gruffly.
Later, realizing his condition, he
asked that a priest be summoned;
Kirke Leader of Gang.
B. C. Kirke. said to be the leader
of the gang, is a well-known Omaha
police character. He has been sus
pected, but never convicted, of many
automobile thefts.
Frank Martin, alias "Dig Wally
and six other aliases, was bound over
to the district court at Osceola on a
charge of auto stealing. He escaped
from the county jail in that city No
vember 24. 1917.
B. C Kirke rented the house at
,1907 North Fourteenth avenue a
month ago from Mrs. Bessie Daisy,
who is spending the winter in Cali
fornia. The house was rented furnished.
Kirke represented himself as an
automobile salesman from St. Joseph.
- Mo., and displayed several letters of
recommendations when he rented the
house.
Neighbors say that all during the
nights. Kirke and his followers have
been leaving and returning to the
house at various intervals with suit
cases, automobile tires and othei
packages. During the daytime, neigh
bors says that little was seen of the
occupants of the house.
Masked Men Enter Store.
The five bandits, all wearing masks,
entered the jewelry store of Harry
Malashock, 1514 Dodge street, lined
the clerks up against the wall at the
point of revolvers and rifled the safe
and showcases. Hundreds oi passers
by were unable to see the robbery, as
the windows were coated with ice.
Aftej warning the employes thev
would kill the first man who moved,
the bandits gathered up the diamonds
and jewelry in the cases. They then
carried their loot to a waiting auto
mobile and made their escape.
Nathan Horwich. a clerk, attempted
to lower his hacids and was knocked
unconscious by one of the robbers.
The robbery ws the most daring
in the histtry of Omaha1 and was
similar to the raids in Chicago and
the Twin Cities.
Find Hat as Clue.
The car used by the bandits was
found by detectives at Twenty-second
and M:ami streets at 3:30 A
pearl gray fedora hat with the name
of a Kansas Citv firm on the band,
and a pair of diamond cuff links was
in it.
The automobile waa the property
of W. H. Gibson, 4120 North Nine
teenth street, and was stolen from in
front of the Orpin-urn theater Tues
day .light. The diamond cuff links
found in the car have been identified
as the property of a holdup victim.
All Forces on Job.
Acting Chief of Police Demosev
Scene of Desperate Battle in Bed Room
of Robbers Den In Fourteenth Avenue
J.
Note bullet holes through foot
board of bed behind wh'ch the
gunmen fired upon the police. De
tective Rooney was shot as he
stood in the hallway.
ordered every detective on the force
to "get on the job" in the search for
the daylight robbers. Every town and
city within a radium of several hun
dred miles was notified by telephone
or telegraph to be on the lookout.
"We had the whole department
looking for these men and did
everything we could think of," stated
the acting chief. "It appears as if the
gang may have been the same men or
part of a gang reported in Chicago,
Minneapolis and Denver recently. It
was bold work and accomplished by
men who understood their business.
It is the kind of a job that could
be pulled off in any large city, and 1
don't believe Omaha is any easier
or harder in this respect than the
average metropolitan city."
F. B. "Strandgaard, 50 1 1 North
Forty-second street, entered the
Malashock store when the robbers
were beginning their work.
Struck by Revolver
"Just as t entered the di or one of
the men struck me across the left
side of the head with the but,t end of
a revolver. I fell unconscious to the
floor and was dragged to the back of
the room," said Strandgaard. "I re
covered consciousness enough to hear
one of the robbers remark that he
thought it was about time to go as a
crowd was beginning to gather at the
front door. I could not get much of
a look at the gang, but what I saw
made me believe they were brge men.
The man who struck me Uld me to
hold up my hands, but before I could
obey the command, he struck me an
awful blow." Mr. Strandganrd's scalp
was cut to the bone, but wan not
fractured. He was also cut on the
cheek.
The previous daylight robbery of
consequence was committe 12 years
ago at the pawnshop of Joe Sonnen
berg on Douglas street.
t)ne hundred diamond rings, 100
ladies' and men's watches and 115
pairs of diamond earrings is Some
of the loot obtained.
Robinscn Eye-Witness.
Sam Robinson, 618 North Twen
tieth street, was the only passerby
whose attention was drawn t9 the
daring robbery being perpetrated. As
a result he suffered a blow on the
head at the hands of the bandits.
Robinson was the former owner of
the jewelry store, which Malashock
purchased from him several years ago.
Robinson frequently drops into thex
store and is acquainted wittt ail Aiaia
shock's clerks. Robinson chanced to
pass by the store at the critical mo
ment and noticed a strange man gath
ering up diamonds in the diamond
cage.
Sensing a robbery, but with no
thought that the man might have ac
complices, Robinson entered the store,
thinking to notify Malashock. As he
entered the door one of the robbers
hit him a terrific blow on the head,
then dragged his body into the back
room.
Alleged Stamp Robber.
Acting Chief of Police Dempsey
stated that he had information which
indicates that the sixth man who Es
caped Wednesday night in his pa
jamas was Eddie Leonard, a princi
pal in the revenue stamp robbery in
St. Paul, Minn., during 1916. The
chief is in communication with the St.
Paul authorities and will receive a
photograph of Leonard, who was con
victed in the Twin Cities.
The stolen stamps were valued at
$75,000 and the robbery was of a bold
nature.
Mayor Dahlman said he expected to
visit the house where the police cap-
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Hired five of the auto bandits and he
also said he would visit the police na
tion and scj the bandits.
"The police did splendid work and
the wonder it that more than one was
not shot. This goes to show how a
policeman's life is at stake when ar
resting such desperate characters,"
said the mayor.
Detective Danbaum' s right ear suf
fered A shock caused by a bullet Pass
ing within less than an inch of his
head. He said he could still hear that
bullet as it sped on its course.
"That man Dolan sure has some
nerve," commented Danbaum, refer
ring to one of his associates oi the
Wednesday night battle.
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