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SAYS LYNCH GOT
$200 EACH WEEK
FROM GAMBLERS
Peter, Loch Testifies at Di
vorce Trial That This
Amount Was Paid to
Protect Owl Club.
JVter Loch, called as a witness in
the divorce suit of Agnes Lynch
against "Johnnie" Lynch, former
Donglas county commissioner, in
divorce court before Judge Sears,
yesterday afternoon, declared that
lie paid Lynch $200 a week for pro
tection of gambling clubs while
Lynch was county commissioner.
"For what protection did you
pay?" asked J. C. Kinsler, attorney
lor Lynch.
'Tor the Owl club," said Loch.
"How did he protect you in, the
Owl club? What did you do there?"
... "He had Kugcl keep the police
away from the Owl club when we
were running there," said Loch.
"Were you runnning something
there in violation of law?"
"The Order of Owl clubs, yes.
They had gambling."
"How much did you pay Lynch
for protection for the Owl club?"
"Two hundred dollars a week."
"Wi Boas Politician."
"Lynch was at that time county
commissioner?" asked Kinsler.
"He was the boss politician of
Omaha," said Loch.
"He wasn't holding any other of
ficial position in connection with the
police department or any other de
partment of the city or county, was
he?" -
"No, but he owned the police
head," declared Loch.
Loch also stated that Lynch took
about $500 a week from .he Tenth
Ward club which he said was a
gambling club on Leavenworth
street.
Loch also testified that Lynch "is
worth $100,000 today if he is worth
a nickel." He said Lynch brought
him large sums of money and had
him change it into gold which he de
ll ' posited in a safety box in the Um-
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had $20,000 in gold in the box at one
time in 1916, besides diamonds and
other jewelry.
Lynch Takes Stand.
Lynch took the witness stand late
in the afternoon. He answered his
wife's allegation that he had told
people in Omaha they were not mar
ried by stating ' that they had an
agreement made before they came
hack from their! wedding trip in
Idaho to the effect that they would
not tell anyone they had been mar
ried. "She's a Catholic and so am I,"
he said. "And Catholics can't marry
divorced men. t heard her tell a
friend that she wasn't married to me.
It was an agreement."
The basis of Mrs. Lynch's suit
for divorce is Lynch's statements
that they hadn't been married.
Hearing of the case was continued
until next Wednesday at the close
of the trial yesterday.
Lynch is a well known Omaha
character. He was ousted from of-
as Douglas county commis
sioner tnrec years ago -ior miscon
duct' in oftice after having been a
political power for several years.
Later h; served a term in the county
iail at Fremont for violation of the
Mann act. ,
It was just after his release from
jail that Agnes Moran married him
in Rlackfoot. Idaho. Miss Moran
was secretary to George Brandeis.
"Johnnie" had been divorced Jjy his
first wife.
, She testified that she has not
lived with her husband since he
"circulated reports that they had
never been married."
"He said he would plead guilty to
a charge of white slavery before he
would admit that he'd married me,"
' she said.
Frank Shcehan, an attorney, testi
fied that Lynch told him last fall
that he had not married Mrs. Lynch.
Follows to Lake Okoboji.
Mrs. Lynch testified that the wed
ding took place at Blackfoot. Idaho,
March 29, 1919. She said they re
mained there about a month, during
10 days of which the former county,
commissioner was employed selling
fruit.
"We returned to Omaha in May,"
she said, "and when we reached the
Union station he asked me where I
was going. I told him I was going
where he went. He said he was
going to see his mother, and I said
I would wail for him in the depot.
I stayed there from 7 in the morn
ing until 3:.i0 in the afternoon. He
didn't return, and I went to a friend's
home."
Mrs. Lynch told of her husband
leaving the city shortly thereafter
with his former wife, her mother
and his two children. She said they
went to Lake Okoboji where
"Johnnie" had a cottage. She said
she wenj there and found Johnnie
living atone in his cottage. She spent
one night, sitting on the porch, and
the next night at the hotel, she tes
tified. Living With Sister.
Asked what property Lynch has,
Mrs. Lynch ?aid she knew of 240
acres near Sidney, Neb., for which
he had been offered $50 an acre:
some flats at Twenty-second an,d
Leavenworth streets; a property at
4411 Davenport street, and 12 acres
north of Florence.
"But he told me he had put it all
in his mother's name, because of
lawsuits," she said. "On the way to
Idaho he said I shouldn't write to
Omaha, because, unless he handled
his mother just right, he might lose
out."
She said "he also has a $1,500 dia
mond that I once had." Mrs. Lynch
is living with her sister.
v lorn Kenyscarto Be sow
For Federal Liquor Taxes
Tom Kelly, alleged highjacker,
wounded bv a bullet from the gun
of Officer C. C. Cain, is in for more
ill luck. Before he can rise frpm
his bed Uncle Sam is planning to
sell his seven-passenger Buick au
tomobile to satisfy a government
claim of $595 due as tax for the sale
.of liquors.
The sale will be conducted Satur
day afternoon at 2 at the Davenport
garage at F.ighteenth and Daven
port streets. The automobile will
be disposed of to the highest bidder.
WAGE BOOST TO
MINERS TO COST
OMAHA $900,000
City's Annual Cpal Bill Will
Be Almost a Million
Dollars Higher.
Increased wages to coal miners,
growing out of the settlement of last
winter's coal strike, will mean an in
crease of approximately 60 cents a
ton in the price of coal to Omaha
consumers, declares a statement isJ
sued yesterday by J. t. JJavidson,
vice president of the Nebraska
Power company and member of the
federal fuel committee which con
trolled distribution of coal in Oma
ha during the strike.
He predicts, also, an additional in
crease, following expected boosting
of freight rates next September, and
advises early purchase of coal in or
der to avoid the higher prices he re
gards as "inevitable."
"Abolition of federal control of
coal prices on April 1, accompanied
by the 27 per cent increase in min
ers' wages, will cost Omaha approx
imately $900,000 annually, the
statement says. "In addition, a
railroad rate increase is expected in
September that wil further boost
coal prices."
Mr. Davidson estimates the coal
price increase resulting from higher
wages to miners will cost the Ne
braska Power company $75,000 a
vear, the Omaha & Council Bluffs
Street Car company $25,000 an
nually, tiie Metropolitan Water dis
trict $10,000, and other big indus
tries proportionately large amounts.
Funeral of Victim of Auto
Accident to Be Saturday
Funeral services for John Mackin,
3849 Charles street, Omaha pioneer
whn died Thursday as the result of
an automobile accident, will be' held
in St. Cccilias cathedral this
morning at 9. Father Aughney will
have charge of the services. Burial
will be in the Holy Sepulchre ceme
tery. Mr. Mackin had been a membei
of St. Cecilias church for nearly 30
vpar anil drvotcd much of his
time to charity work. His acquain
tance extended tnrougnout eastern
Nebraska, and a number ot people
from Nebraska Citv Dlan to attend
the funeral here.
Mr. Mackin was born in Ireland,
and often related the story of how
he was thrilled by reading the con-sti''-'
- i of the United States, and
del.. mined to come to this country.
He I:.:d lived in Umaha-nearly 4U
years.
Daughter of Omaha Pioneer
Dies at Home in St. Joseph
Mrs. William Grady, 69, years old,
daughter of the late Thomas O'Con
nor, Omaha pioneer, died at her
home in St. Joseph yesterday. She
is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Dr.
N. McCabe, North Platte, Neb... and
Mrs. G. A. Hoffman, Mrs. M. Glynn
and Miss Theresa O'Connor, all of
Omaha.
NURSES' STRIKE '
ENDS IN SALE OF
OMAHA HOSPITAL
Dr. D. D. T. Quigley Expects
To Promote X-Ray and
Radium Treatment
At Birchmont.
Sale of the Birchmont hospital at
Thirty-third and Farnam streets,
by Robert McClelland to Dr. D. D.
T. Quigley for $250,000, and elab
orate plans for converting the prop
erty into one of the most modern
hospitals of the country, was an
nounced yesterday.
The deal, which was made by
Waiter C. Johnson of the Walsh
Elmer Co., is one of the largest ne
gotiated for more than a year. The
property extends 289 feet between
Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth
streets, on the north side of Far
nam streets, and is 259 feet in depth.
Former Turner Home.
The hospital building was for
many years the home of the late
Charles Turner, a pioneer of Omaha,
and was known as the Turner man
sion until it was acquired by Robert
McClelland in 1914, for $55,000. Mr.
McClelland enlarged the house, and
opened it under the name of. the
Birchmont hospital in September,
1915.
In the opinion of several physi
cians the sale is the culmination of
a recent strike by undergraduate
nurses, who declared that they were
j unable to secure the proper training
there to pass examinations ot the
state hospital board.
To Be Entirely Remodeled.
Mr. Quigley announced yesterday
he would make every effort to again
secure the services of the under
graduate nurses who left the hos
pital during the strike. The hos
pital has been short of nurses since
the strike, he said, as about 27 un
dergraduate nurses had gone to
other hospitals. He also made pub
lic his plans for improving the hos
pital especially for X-ray and
radium treatments.
Missionary Killed Defending
Women From Chinese Robbers
Peking, March 26. The death of
J. R. Menzies, a Presbyterian mis
sionary of Toronto, Out., who was
killed by robbers at Hwaikingfu
(Honan province) occurred while
he was defending the women's
quarters in the mission from an at
tack, by a large band. Menzies,
answering calls for help, grappled
with one of the robbers who was
attempting to force an entrance,
whereupon the others fired a volley
killing the missionary and the
robber.
Butler Washing Streets
L.ny commissioner Butler is
flushing the Bemis Park district to
day and will wash the streets of
Dundee tomorrow. He will divide
the city into three districts for street
flushing purposes this season. as
signing two flushers trucks to each
district.
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Valuable Gems and
Antique Rug Stolen
By Dwelling Thieves
Burglars visited the fashionable
neighborhood of Omaha last night,
committing two depredations within
close proximity of each other.
The home of J. C. Chadwick, 116
North Forty-ninth street, was en
tered during the night, the thieves
gaining access through a basement
window.
An antique rug was stolen from
a front room, several blankets taken,
and fruit removed from the refriger
ator. Mr. Chadwick estimates his
loss at $150.
While the family of W. W.
Tresell, 4814 Davenport street,
slumbered, burglars went through
Mr. Trosell's trouser pockets for
$25, and removed $100 worth of
jewelry from the bureau. The
marauders used a pass key on a
rear door.
Police have no clues.
Error in Hayden's Ad.
An advertisement of the Hayden
store in the Friday Evening Bee er
roneously advertised potatoes for
sale for $1.20 a bushel. The price
should have been $1.20 a peck.
Another Name Abided to List
Killed by Mexican Bandits
El Paso, T.. March 26. Edward
H. Hardin, an American resident of
El Paso, found dead in Juarez, Mex
ico. Thursday, probably was mur
dered, according to American offi
cials. Hardin apparently was killed
by a blow on the head by robbers
who rifled . his pockets. , Hardin
formerly lived at Waco, Tex., where
his father resides.
"What h Personal Liberty?"
THAT'S a deep subjeckt theze dayz. Seams like ever
bodys got a diffrent slant on it too. Th' Govenor ov
New Jerzys got one all hiz own. Lots ov 'em have. Th'
Kizer thot he had it figgered out for hizself but he wuz
wrong all wrong. Im not gonna try t' tell ya. Theres
a man in town that knows tho n' that's preecher
Cobbey. He sad he wood put us strate on this subjeckt
if we wood come up t' th' First Christian Church, 26th
n' Harney, at 7:30 Sundy Evenin, March th' 28th. t
bleeve he can do it if anybody can. Let's go. .
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