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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 8, 1919.
ARREST OF MRS.
BROWN FRAMEUP,
SAYS U LONES
Charges Conspiracy to Dis
credit Women Who Might
Be Called as Witnesses ;
Against Roy Kelly.
(Continued From Fag. One.)
, the conversation plainly.
"Kelly was telling the detective
that I should not be. arrested when
'the officer, called him into one of
- the rooms. They still were talking
about the case when I heard Kelly
i . . , ; liri . l j . t
laugning. , wnen we reacnea tne
porch Kelly just jumped over the
' railing and walked away. The offi
cers made no effort to catch him.
, "All of the men were drunk."
Had Their Door Open.
Miss Kubat declared that " Mist
; Applegate and Mrs. Baldwin were
: seated in one room across the hall
from her with the door open. ""Miss
Reed, she said, just had returned
from the theater with a man named
A. Williams. Miss Reed was com
plaining of a headache and Wil
liams went to the drug store to get
, , .4 : : r i iru:i t- -
j.was away Miss Reed retired. " Wil
liams walked into the room with the
tmedicine and hardly had time to
stake his seat when the detectiyes
followed and placed them all. under
arrest.
Accuses Kelly and Ray Woman.
1 There hao been complaints made
agairfst the house in which they
were living, Miss Kubat declared,
because of the numerous fights be
tween Kelly and Ellen Ray. There
! had never been'a semblance of dis
order about the house except that
f :j created by Keliy and the woman
ifwho passed as his wife. ! The trou
ble is alleged to haveistarted when
: a former sweetheart of the Ray
woman returned from the army, and
iihe girl showed a preferance for the
" " soldier. Kelly is said to have beaten
ithe girl repeatedly and threatened
:(to kill her, and because of these dis
turbances, neighbors are said to
!have registered complaints against
the house. x
"I have heard Kelly brag many
itimes how he had fixed policemen
tin connection with his bootlegging
(business," continued Miss Kubat.
f-"He told of making trips to St.
i Joseph in his automobile and bring
f ing back whisky. He said he paid
if the guards on the Douglas street
j bridge $50 for each load he brought
to umana. ne saia ne paia tne
money in advance and signaled to
the guards on the bridge with a
sign which was known to them and
he was allowed to pass."
An automobile belonging to Kelly
recently was seized by the police
when it was discovered to contain
Fa consignment of whisky. Chief
iof Detectives Dunn declared the car
: would be sold at public auction.
i Chief Dunn said he was at a loss
it. to understand why Detectives Hcrd
jjzina and Armstrong allowed Kelly
jfctfr escape after he had been placed
under arrest. He said he would in
vestigate the matter and immedi
ately issue orders to his men to ar
mrest Kelly on sight.
,f- Will Demand Investigation.
Commissioners Zimman, Butler
'and Ure have gone on record with
; unqualified statements of condemna
tion of the arrest of Mrs. Brown,
and Commissioner Zimman is par
ticularly emphatic in insisting that
- the girls are being held at the De
tention home wrongfully under
"Dean 1 Ringer's and Dr. Findley's
i!;new (ordinance. Mr. Zimman prom
uses a lively time at Monday's ses
sion of the city council.
. Mrs. Brown's condition was re
ported as slightly improved at the
hospital last night. The family
,-physician is in constant attendance.
One of the numerous insults
t which were offered Mrs. Brown
while she was held at the police
station was hurled at her as she was
:Ntfowded into her cell, according to
Thomas Brown, her son. Police
"'-Captain Heitfeldt, as well as Detec
i tives Herdzina and Armstrong, was
rough and discourteous to Mrs.
'Brown'. After refusing to accept any
amount of bonds for her release,
"giving as his excuse that he had
Ebeen instructed by Deari Ringer to
hold all women withont bond for
instructions from Dr. Findley. Cap
'.tain Heitfeldt threatened thathe
I would attend to the reputation of
"Mrs. Brown," according to the
,' statement of her son yesterday".
Mr. Ringer Attempts To
Justify. Arrest and Brutal ;
Treatment of Mrs. Brown
In Signed Statement, in Which He Admits He Never
Questioned Injured Party or Her Son, He Says He
Will Not File Charges Against Accused Detectives
Statement Substantiates Conspiracy Charge.
The Day fVe
Opened This Plant,
Some Years Ago,
We Decided to
Improve the
Standard of
Cleaning Clothes
And today large as our
growth lias been we still
bend all energies toward
elevating the "standard."
DRESHER
BROTHERS
Dyers, Cleaners, Hatters, Furrier, ,
Tailor, Ruai Chicaners, Shoe
V- Repairers. .
"tin Office and Plant,
11-13-17 Fumb St.
7
4. . Branch Of fkt I - "
Dresner, The Tailor, IBIS Famm St-
Pompeiaa Room of Brandsta Stores;
West Ea4 of Mala Flow of Barg w
Nash
PHONE TYLER 345.
Police Commissioner Ringer and
Chief of Police Eberstein yesterday
afternoon stated that from informa
tion they had obtained in connection
wih the arrest of Mrs. Thomas
Brown, 508 North Twenty-first
street, they are unable to see why
charges should be filedagainst De
tecives Herdzina and Armstrong, the
officers who so rudely took this
elderly woman from her home at 2
a. m. Thursday and threw her in
jail, denying her bond.
In fact, these police officials sub
stantially give the detectives a clean
bill. . . .
The police commissioner and the
chief of police admitted that their
investigations have been- limited to
the reports of the officers concerned
with the arrests of the party of men
and women at 2106 Cass street and
also at the Brown residence, and a
one-sided questioning of the three
women who are being held at the
City Detention home.
Both Mr. Ringer and Mr. Eber
stein admitted tha they have not en
deavored to obtain information from
Mrs. Brown, her son or their attor
neys. Will Not Show Reports.
The police commissioner, who
holds the reports from the officers,
declined to allow newspaper men to
see those reports.
Are you going to file charges
against Herdzina or Armstrong?"
was asked of Chief bberstein.
"Not from the information that I
have at the present time," the chief
replied.
"What about the arrest of Mrs.
Brown at her home without a war
rant?" "That is a legal question. I am not
a lawyer. Ask Mr. Ringer here. He
knows the law on that."
Mr. Rinsrer, who was present, said:
"The officers asked Mrs. Brown if
she was in charge bf the Cass street
place and she said she was and I
believe the officers were doing what
was right although there may be
some technical pointjnvolved in that
matter."
"I am sorry for Mrs. Brown,'
added the chief, "but we have evi
dence to show that she knew wh?.t
was going on at the Cass street ad
dress. All of the telephones of this
place are in the name of Mrs. Thom
as Brown."
"What about the refusal of bond
for Mrs. Brown at the police sta
tion?" was asked of the chief.
"We have evidence that Mrs.
Brown did not want a bond," he re
plied. "Don't you know that Attorney
Lloyd Magney offered $5,000 in Lib
erty bonds for the release of Mrs.
Brown?"
, "We don't know that."
"In your investigations of the case
haven't you interviewed Mrs. Brown
or her son?"
"We have not."
Will Not File Charges.
Commissioner Ringer was asked
if he inended to file charges against
Herdzina or Armstrong, and he re
plied that he did not intend to.
The police commissioner and chief
expressed satisfaction with the work
of the officers who went to the home
of Mrs. Brown at 2 o'clock in the
morning and summoned the elderly
churchwoman from her bed to go to
the police station, and then placed
her in an apartment of the jail with
men, and otherwise subjected her to
such humiliation and cruel treatment
that it was necessary to send her to
a hospital. , '
Mr. Ringer's Statement.
Following is the, signed statement
of Superintendent" Ringer, based on
the statements of the two accused
detectives:
My Investigation relative to the arrest
at the Brown apartment, develop, tb
following:
ComDlalnts came from neighbors that
from about 10 or 11 o'clock at night untiNl
about I o'clock In tne morning, taxicao.
and other cars carrying men and women
were constantly visiting the flat at S10
Cass street. An officer was stationed close
by for observation and n the night ot the
arrest, from 10 o'clock on, saw parties
coming and Going continually from and to
this place.
The officer called for additional help
and upon its arrival entered the flat for
investigation. They found A. Williams
and Wilms Reed together. In the north
west bedroom. ' In the northeast bedroom
they found Esther Applegate, Helen Bald
wind and Roy Kelley, the two women
dressed. In night attire and smoking cigar
ettes An empty .brandy bottle and a
partly filled glass of liquor was on tha
table. .
TJie girls told the officers that Mrs.
Brown was In charge of th-eir apartment
The Brown apartments are an "L" shaped
building, one flat facing on Cass street
and five on Twenty-flrst street, Mrs.
Brown living In that part of the building
facing Twenty-first street and Just .round
the corner from 210S Caiemtreet. After
pishing the girls In the wagon, the officers
callioX at Mrs. Brown's apartment and
wlien she opened the door? they told her
they were officers and asked her if she
was the one in charge of the apartment at
10 Cass street. She"" said she- was and
the officers told her it would be necessary
for her to go to the station. She called a
taxi and was accompanied to the station
by Officer Armstrong, i
In his report. Officer Herdzina states
that he remained In the hall while Mr.
Brown was preparing to go to the station
and he is corroborated in this by Officer
Armstrong; Mrs. Brown's sen was ar
rested on the charge of Interfering wits
an officer when he attempted to shove
the officer away from where he was
standing.
Csptaln Heitfeld, Emergency Officer
Hughes, Desk Sergeant Rose and Turnkey
Brady are authorltj for .the statement
that the son told hi mother to put up
a bond but that she refused to do- so
ind started to follow her son Into the
cell room. The turnkey suggested that
Mrs. Brown go to the matron's depart
ment but she went up Into the cell room,
the officers saying that the women were
loklng with each other at the time. Cap,
tain Heitfeld says that no complaint was
made by Mrs. Brown of any Illness nor
was any request for anything made by
her. In the morning she was given
courteous attention by Dr. Edstrom, city
physician.
In Police Court Friday morning, Wil
liams and Wllma Reed were each fined
150 and costs, Esther Applegate and
Helen Baldwin were each fined 125 and
costs and Elsie Kubat was dismissed.
Kelly, who escaped at that time, has since
been arrested and will be prosecuted.
A party living In the immediate neigh
borhood of Twenty-first and Cass, says
that a man and woman Inmate of this
place staged a fight in the street last
Wednesday afternoon, the man knocking
the women dqwn several times, 'after
which he entered at 2106 Cass. He also
tays that it Is' not an unusual thing to
ee Tellow and Brown taxtcabs unload at
this flat.
AH six telephones In the Brown Apart
ments, Including that at 2106 Cass are in
the name ot Mrs. Thomas Brown.
No Record of Arrest.
Attorney Lones says the state
ment of Commissioner Ringer bears
out his charges, of which Mr. Ring
er apparently was not advised at
the time he madp it, in a number of
essential points.
First, it admits that Roy Kelly,
the alleged bootlegger whom At
torney Lones charges conspired
with the detectives for the arrest
of the girls to protect himself and
the woman with whom he was liv
ing, was actually on the scene at
the time of the raid and allowed in
some manner to escape.
The statement also substantiates
the charge of Attorney Lones that
it was Kelly and the woman he says
is his wife who were fighting in
front of the Cass street house and
about whom the neighbors com
plained. I
Attorney Lones last night de
clared he would prove when the
case went to trial that the men and
women who went to the Cass street
address went there at night to get
whisky from Kelly and not to visit
the four working girls taken in the
raid.
While the signed statement of
Mr. Ringer said that Kelly had
been arrested. Captain Heitfeld,
who'is in charge at the police sta-
tion, last night af 10 o'clock de
clared that if Kelly had been ar
rested he did not know anything
about it.
"There is no record of his arrest
here at the station," said the night
captain of police.
Omaha Machine Gun i
; Battalion Plans to
Organize Members
Members of the 341st machine
gun battalion, "recently returned
from overseas, are discussing a pro
posed organization which will per
petuate the memory of this unit
Seven hundred and twerrtv-eieht
K)triaha men originally wenl into the
battalion ana iuu were auaenca
later. Nearly 1,000 Omaha men.
served with the 341st at some time.
A meeting will be called this
month to star.t the proposed organ
ization of the men of the 341st.
Mayor Issues Proclamation
Urging Support of Scouts
Mayor Smith has issued t procla
mation in which he calls attention to
Boy Scout week throughout the
United States. The mayor , states
that the Boy Scout organization is
conceded to be one of the best of the
civic organizations. He also states
that this organiiation is helping the
boys to grow to be ambitious and
patriotic.
He asks every Omahan wno is in
terested in the upbuilding of splen
did young manhood and loyal citi
zenship to contribute to make the
Omaha money-raising campaign a
success. The mayor adds that eve-y
dollar collected will be well invested.
Husband Gets Divorce Just
v 76 Days After Marriage
Just 76 days elapsed between the
marriage of Albert and Margie Clag
gett and their divorce. Judge Day
granted Albert a divorce from Mar
gie yesterday in divorce court Thev
were married March 72, 1919. Al
bert said Margie was cruel to him.
STRIKE OF UNION
TELEGRAPHERS
red m
01E
(Continued From Page One.)
any commercial business originat
ing in the United States or directed
to any point within this country.
Railway telegraphers also would
refuse to handle commercial busi
ness it was declared, as a result of
passage of a resolution at the recent
convention.
Carlton Belittles Trouble.
New York, June 7. The nation
wide etrike 6f telegraph and tele
phone operators ordered by S. J.
Konenkarap. international president
of the T. U, "will amount to
nothing" according to a statement
tonight by Newcomb Carlton, head
if the Western Union Telegraph
Company. "The Western Union
would like to assure the public that
there would be io delay in handling
messages," said Mr. 'Carlton. "We
will maintain a full force, at all
our offices and the small ntfmber of
union employes who obey the strike
call will not 'affect the character of
our service or its continuity."
Telegraphers to. Meet
i . Today to Consider Strike
The 125 members of District
Council. No. 10 Commercial Tel
egraphers' Union of America, com
prising the city of Omaha and sur
rounding smaller cities . sfld towns
in Nebraska, will meet this, after
noon in Labor Temple to consider
matters relative to- the threatened
strike of telegraph operators for
better working conditions and the
abolishment of the "sliding" ' and
substitution of .a permanent scale.
About a month ago the, local
union sent out blank ballots to its
members. ' When these were re
turned and 'opened, it was found
that one out of each 10 telegraph
ers favored the strike. It is under
stoodVthat every telegraphers' union
in America held similar-meetings.
the members of their union in three
classes, first, second and third class
men.
The first class man, according to
the telegraphers, may receive a sal
ary of about $140 a month here and,
wljen, he leaves, for example, for
Kansas City, the Western or Postal
company branch there 'may employ
him at a salary of but $80 a month.
In order to prevent this "sliding"
scale, the men wanta uniform "set
scale of a minimum wage. The
average first class telegrapher, ac
cording to uniorl officials, can handle
about 450 a day, the messages aver
aging about 20 words each. While
he thus earns a gross profit of
about $350 for the company, he re
ceives a salary of about $5 a day.
It is understood that Monday the
local union will receive the strike
order from national headquarters.
Injunction Is Issued :
' Against Toledo Strikers
Toledo, June 7. Declaring the
industry had been obstructed by
'riotous and disorderly conduct and
intimitation," John M. Killitts,
iudge of U. S. district court, issued
a temporary injunction restraining
the Auto Trades Council, machin
ists' local, members and labor lead
ers from interfering with workers
or in any way hampering' operation
of the automobile plant of the Wyl-lys-
Overland Co. i
The injunction is effective at 1:30
p. m Tuesday, June !0, at which
lime it is believed the plant will be
reopened under armed gtiard.
Tobacco Habit
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