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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1919)
THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1919. SHERIFF CLARK DISCHARGES LEE FOR RAIDON HOME Declares' His Men Must Not Work With Lawless Omaha Police Squads Says . They're "Too Raw." , Because he participated in the un lawful and unwarranted raid last week with Omaha policemen on the home "of Nels A. Nehleen, 3523 Pat rick 'avenue, Deputy Sheriff John Yee yesterday was discharged by Sheriff Clark. "I have given my men specific in structions to respect the rights of citizens and the privacy of homes while in the performance of their duties," declared the sheriff. "I have warned them repeatedly to be care- tul in this regard. "I have been particular in im pressing this on my deputies since policemen under Mr. Rineer and Chief Eberstein seem to respect nei- tner personal rights nor private -homes. , "My deputies understand thor oughly that they are not to make any raids with the police depart ment. I have seen too much raw work by the morals squad to allow any of my men to become identified with any such stuff. ' Will Pischarge Them. "Any time I hear that one of my deputies takes Dart in a raid with Omaha policemen and abuses his My HEART and My HUSBAND A"3ele Garrison's New Phase of J Revelations of a Wife mm - -I 7 i authority like the policemen appear to be doing daily, I shall discharge him Immediately." Polict Chief Eberstein' announced yesterday he would file charges with the city clerk against Detectives Paul Sutton and L. H. Stqlley,, who with Deputy Sheriff Lee and two other city detectives invaded the Nehleen home. Incom petency and conduct unbecoming of ficers will be the specific charges, it was declared. The matter will come before the city council today. The two de tectives will be notified at once and permitted to prepare their defense or resign. Chief Eberstein administered a scathing rebuke to the detectives for their conduct in the Nehleen home, against which there never has been a complaint registered dur ing the 25 years the family have , lived there. However, , the police chief has not explained why he did not take action against the 'other of .ficers who participated in the raid. Friends of Commissioner Ringer, who is out of the city, predict that he will not take kindly to the sus pension of Sutton, who is known to be a favorite of the police com missioner. Sutton has led many un lawful raids since his reappointment on the force, and in every instance lie has been defended against all y jds by Mr. Ringer. ' River Reaching for Farm and Owner .Asks w i Return of His Money The Missouri river is, reaching out its ruthless stream to seize a farm in Harrison county, Iowa,' which was bought on August 28 by Emery Woodward of Omaha from Albert Schwertley. ' Mr. Woodward filed suit in dis trict court yesterday for the return of $5,000, which, he says, he paid to " bind the bargain on the 240 acres that he bought. He alleges that Mr. Schwertley told him there was no "river hazard" on the farm, that it was three miles from the river. Mr. Schwertley told him two other men were, seeking to buy the farm and that unless he bought it that day he probably couldn't get it, Mr. Wood ward alleges. He agreed to buy it for, $250 an acre. , Since then, , he .says he has learned that the Missouri river has come to within one mile of the . farm and is cutting in toward it (constantly. He says the representa tions of Mr. Schwertley were fraud ulent and untrue and asks that the $5(000 be returned to him. Winners of Ponies In Brandejs Stores V Contest ' Announced Tean audience which filled the Brandeis theater yesterday morning the names of the Winners of the four ponies in the Brandeis stores con test were announced. They were Sain Gelms, 1313 South Fifth street, ticket 7098; Cecil Roo erty, 316 North Eighteenth street, ticket 5077; Neil Maclntyre, 2581 Spaulding street, ticket 586, and Gretchen Patterson, 817 Pine street, ticket 7888. . The ponies were arranged in their order on the stage. They were Gen eral Lee, Judge,- Fear Not and Prin cess. v Mrs. King, 2915 South Twenty-fourth street; Mrs. Frank Grob tnann, 1519 Willis avenue, and Mm. Uterback, 2505 Avenue D, Council Bluffs, acted as judges. Adra Lelax, 10 years old, 416 South Twentieth street, was chosen to select the winning numbers. The ponies will be given to the winners at the west entrance of the Brandeis stores Tuesday afternoon at 3. Housing Facilities Badly Needed Here, Investigation Shows An urgent need of housing facili ties, which has made it possible for Cmaha landlords to raise rents with out fear of being tenantless, was re vealed Monday, when the publicity bureau of the Chamber of Com merce estimated that 2,000 families were in need of private dwelling houses, and that 1,000 families were looking in vain for housing in apart ment houses. The publicity bureau recently .sent tjuestionnaires to-, the larger cities of the country, and found that the same shortage of housing facili . tics existed elsewheie. In Chicago it was found that 25,000 families were in need" " of , private dwelling houses, and the same number of . families were, searching for apartments. What Lillian Read Between the Lines of Stockbridge's Letter. Weill I'm ready for you to unfold the deadly tale of tha missing papers and the secret drawer." Lil lian stretched herself luxuriously upon the chaise longue in my room, having first waited for my positive refusal to take it. I had been in bed so long, however, that the very thought of reclining unless I was asleep made me almost ill. ' I flushed consciously at her whimsical words. Unwittingly her burlesqued third-act melodrama had, hit the mark squarely in the center. "Oddly enough that's the very story I have to tell you," I said demurely. She looked at me shrewdly. "I thought it was about time that desk entered into the calculations," she said. "Between you and me I've got a bunch that there's a surprise package for someboiy somewhere in that desk. But proceed." She spread her hands grandilo quently in agesture that made me laugh outright. "That's better she said approv ingly. "You take the whole business so blamed seriously. Madge, that you're growing thin, and vorn over it. As far as you're concerned it's'a joke, and as for the man, while, of course, it's very commendable to help him, yet there's no use put ting yourself in a straight jacket over him. From all you've told me, that Holcombe woman is near enough doing that without you at tempting it." "It won't be such a joke for me," I retorted a bit resentfully, and ig noring her reference to Alice Hol combe, "if his friends get the idea that I'm letting Kenneth Stock bridge lie in jail when I could clear him if I told what I knew. Madge Explains. She sat erect suddenly as if she had been a puppet jerked up by a string, then bent toward me, her hands clasped tightly in her lap. "Tell me what you mean," she commanded. "First who had that idea?" - "Mr.. Walters I am sure," I re turned, and -then I told her of the adjuration the attorney friend of Kenneth Ss"tock bridge's had made me, and of his eveidently unshaken belief that I kenw that 'which would clear the imprisoned principal if I would only reveal it." "The anointed idiot!" , Lillian commented crisply. "And here the J-only things you know are those that would prpbably hang linn higher than-Hainan' if you only re vealed them." I shivered, for the knowledge I had of Kenneth Stockbridge's suspicious actions and words upon the afternoon , of his wife's deatli were horridly fresh in my memory, and the fact that I was suppressing them, perhaps to the baffling of jus tice, had much troubled my con science. "I Knew It." ' "Lillian I . ventured, "I wonder if I ought to tell what I know." She sprang tt0, came over to me. took m by the shoulders and hook me slightly. , , Yoa and that Puritan conscience of yours will be the . death of me yet I she said, amused exasper ation m her voice and smile. "What do you know of the real meaning of au you heard that day? You nor I nor anbody else has the slightest iaea wnetner it means tnat tne man is guilty or innocent The mere fact 'that it looks damning , is apt to be an argument on the other side to the mind of any one who has been experienced in these messes. In fact " She sank into a chair, cupped her chin in her hands, and with her el bows on her knees was off in one of those jourpeys into the realms. of logical deduction, which I knew from experience were apt to mean so much in results. I put my head back" against m: chair and tried to restore myself to tranquility. But the bringing ui of the trasredv had been too mucf for me to bear calmly. I found my self watching Lillian with nervous rapidity, wondering what her de duction would be. s When she raised her head I saw by her eyes that whatever decision she had reached woujd not be di vulged in this hour of confidence. That she had come o a decision concerning the guilt or the inno cence of Kenneth Stockbridge, and that it was docketed and filed care fully away in the recesses of her wonderful. brain, I was sure. "Now tell me about the desk," she said hastily. I handed her the letter from Kenneth Stockbridge which Mr, Walters had brought me, She read it through carefully, and at one point started- perceptibly. I was sure she- had reached the disquieting reference to the tea when after reading the letter through the sec ond time, she looked up with shin ing excited eyes "I knew it," she said triumph antly. I knew, that the- trail of this thing led through the poor, crazed woman', teapot. But don't worry, Madge about these ma'underings. You'll not be implicated in any way, I promise it. ' (Continued Tomorrow.) Says Removal of Snow From Omaha Streets Cost $10,000 City Commissioner Butler esti mates that the' heavy snowfall dur ing the last few weeks has cost the city $10,000 to remove from the streets. The street department now has a force of 125 men with 20 wag ons and 10 motor trucks. The men are still being served hot coffee twice a day by the city. Brief City News Have Root Print It Bsacon Preea Vacoma CUtMrs BurcMs-QrtBdan Co. 'Extra Postoffloe Accommodations Extra accommodations are being Installed In the postofflce corridors for conveniences of ttie Christmas rush. . Sues Livery Company Suit was filed in district court by the Sample Hart Motor company. Ford distribu tors, against the Jitney Livery com pany, (or IU.J40, which Is alleged to be due from the Jitney Llvry company for Ford cars, parts and accessories delivered during the last two years. Immigration Inspector to Leave O. B. Holton, United States Immi gration inspector here since a year ago last July, has received notice of his transfer , to Minneapolis, where he will go next Sunday. He served In the United States Immigration service eight years at Winnipeg be fore he came to Omaha, Unexpected Xmas Present F. A. Peterson, assistant United States dis trict attorney, received an unex pected Christmas present in the form of a check for $45.80 from the Lincoln Gas company. Ths remit tance was a rebate, covering a pe riod of IS years, and was paid In accordance with ths final decision of the Lincoln gas case. ' Vacation Dispensed With H. B. Boylss, president of the Boyles Busi ness college, says that day and night classes of -the school are now progressing as they did before the enforced closing during the coal shortage and that tha usual holiday recess will be dispensed with to al low students to make up the time ion. To Install Officers Bellsvue chap ter, Royal Arch Masons, will in stall officers for the ensuing year Wednesday evening at ths Maaonlo tempi. Nineteenth and Douglas streets. Following the Installation Kev. Oliver Baltsly of Kountse Me morial church will give a lecture on 'The Holy Land," with stereoptleon views. . All Activities Resumed All activ ities of ths r. M. H. A. and the V. W. H. A. are resumed with the club rooms open as usual. Tuesday night the rirls' gymnasium class and the men's debating- clubs will meet! Wedensday night the men's gymnasium class will mset at the Army and Navy club and the Ken sington club will meet. Friday night is ser asms ror tne sidi study class. The next general meeting of the Y. M. H. A. will be held next Bun. day and the Y. W. H. A. will meet December is, . An Australian inventor has given a piano a slightly curved keyboard so a player can reach all Tarts of it with equal effort. , ". Store Honrs: 9 A. If. to 6 P.M. E ATT fFK KM Store Hoursi 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. normous Pre-Christmas Coat Sale Tuesday FORM fVT I TALBOT Ik in. A TYRONE-in, ARROW HCOLLARS arc curve cut, to fit the shoulders perfectly Ctuctt.peabody KGslndMakrs I " . Iri r a I ' ' I - ' k In the Downstairs Store $rnoo ess For Women-For Misses--For Juniors A BEFORE Christmas sale of beautiful winter coats developed from such favored mate rials as Vel c IT---,- DL Ci.L TV J ' Kersey Baby Lamb Etc. our aracme Plainly tailored in loose effects, flare back mod els, belted and partially belted, and many other styles. A splendid variety of colors from which to choose. . Lined and Unlined s Long and Short Length Unusual Value in W omens Voile and Organdie Blouses $1.00 ONCE in a while we are fortunate enough to secure a lot of blouses that are in factory terms called "seconds." This assortment are extraordinary values. 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