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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1920)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: 'NOVEMBER 28, 1020. 5 A 'ft Girl Robs Home Of Clothing for Her Trousseau Victim Refuses to Prosecute Young Woman Who Turn Burglar to Hold Love Of Fiance. Love oi J. Lester Scnccal, 20, Young Men's Christian association, for pretty Shirley Dressier, 19, was strengthened yesterday when he learned his fiancee had confessed to stealing a quantity of jewelry and silk lingerie from the home of Jules Rosenbaum, 5008 Capitol avenue, , far the purpose of "enhancing her scanty wrclding trousseau. "How the girl must love me to do ich a thing to make, rue happy," was Senecal's first comment yester day when he heard of her arrest. "It certainly makes me love her more Mid it is .up to me to teach her to live in the right way." .Miss dressier, whose home is at Twentieth and Hurdctte streets, was ..nested Friday nig!:i at the home of L. C.-Khon, 114 South Thirty-fifth avenue, where she was employed as i domestic. She confessed to break ;f? into the Rosenbaum home Thanksgiving night and taking je.welry aad lingerie. Gave Fictitious Name. Miss Brcssler told the police her name was Elsie Bowman and her home was at 2011 "South Eleventh street. She said she wanted the clothes so that she would look well in the eyes of a young man with !Wwhom she isNn love. ' , Because it was her first offense, Rosenbaum, when he heard her story, refused to prosecute. She was released by Police Judge Fitz gerald after a short lecture. "An unhappy home life and Shir ley's desire to have someone who loved her caused Jier to do this." Senecal said yesterday. "She lived with her stepfather, who couldn't jove her and treat her like his own daughter. Met in Norfolk. "I first met her at Norfolk, Neb., and then she moved here. I came here later to work for the Western Electric company and she called me up. "Shirley was working for the tele , phone company as an operator then ' and when I calkd on her she was a different girl than the innocent little ffirt I knew in Norfolk. "Her home life was unhappy and, Jlnally 'she left home and became a iomestic, as that was the only way ve knew sjie could be, in a ni$e place rm the small wages she was capable of earning. I learned to love her. Planned to Start Anew. "We planned to leaveOmaha. I -hoped that soon jthe company would transfer me to Seattle and there we 'would start life over again. "I don't know what possessed her , to do this. I loved her in her simple calico frock. She was neat and clean and I believe she was true "t me ana l never carea tor tancy Iothes. 1 Seneca!, who is employed as an installer for the Western Electric :ompany, dropped his work im mediately yesterday when he learned f Miss Bressler's arrest. He was determined to go to police headquarters.- Mother Bursts Into Tears. Later, he changed his mind, and went to the home of her mother, Mrs. Sam Milligan, Twentieth and Burdette. Mrs. Milligan hadn't heard of her daughter's arrest. She burst into tears. "I can't understand why she did it," she sobbed. "Shirley wasn't raised that way." JtVhen Senecal learned of Miss essler's release he hurried to the Kohn home, where the two met, threw themselvs in each other's arms and determined to start again on a new and better life. . Broke Into Home. Miss Bressler told officers that she knew the Rosenbaums were away every Thursday night. So last Thursday night she took a bag, went to the Rosenbaum home. brke the glass in the back door and reaching inside turned the latch, according to her story to the police. "She was a remarkably pretty girl," Mrs. Kohn said yesterday. "She was a good worker and her great fear when arrested was that Iter lover and her mother would have to suffer." Girl Turns Burglar for Sake of Man She Loved Big Jump in Arrests t Shown, in October .-1 . t .. . e .i In reply to an inquiry irom inc municipal affairs committee of the Chamber of Commerce, Police Com missioner .Ringer has advised that the ! total 'arrests in Omaha during last month was 1,537 as against 883 for the corresponding month of 1919. W. A. Ellis, .representing the municipal affairs committee, ex plained the police commissioner that the Chamber of Commerce is investigating conditions in connec tion with an unusual number of un - employed coming to Omaha during the last few weeks. . t Judge Rebukes Mother Who Holds School Unimportant When Edward Murphy's name was calledin juvenile court yester day, where he was to answer to a charge of truancy. Mrs. Edward Murphy, his mother, 4139 W street, answered in his stead. "The boy has left home and c can't find him," she told Judge Sears. "Well, we'll send the officers after him and bring him in." "I can't see why there is so much fuss about my boy leaving school," Mrs. Murphy said. "I have three Other boys who left when they were younger than Edward and they have ail turned out well." "Times are different now," Judge Sears replied, "the Kfw requires each boy and girl to go to school a cer tain length of time and I'm here to enforce the law. Edward will ro back to school when we find him." Judge Sears told the mother. jx Attends Auto Convention. f J. L. Haskin, secretary of the Omaha Automobile club, left last night for Louisville, Ky., to attend the annual convention of the Na- tional Automobile Ciub Secretaries' 'jj jli.; we4i)(Ni.c-- .' 1 Miss Shirley Bressler, 19, who was released on charges of burglary yesterday when Jules Rosenbaum, 5008 Capitol avenue, Swhose home she robbed, learned she had looted his home for the sake of pretty clothes with which to look well in the eyes of her fiance and refused to prosecute. "It's up to me to teach her to live the right way," said J. Lester Sen ecal, 20, the nance, when he learned ot his sweetheart s predicament. They plan to move to Seattle and there start life anew. 3 Women Killed, One Badly Hurt, As Train Hits Car Auto Driver Fails 16 See On rushing. Engine at Crossing 30, Miles Northeast of Council Bluffs. i Mrs. Arthur Hanson, Modale, la., who was injured in the crash be tween a Northwestern passenger train and an automobile near' Modale late Friday afternoon, in which three women were killed, will live, according to attendants at the Jen nie Edmundson hospital in Council Bluffs, where she was taken that night. Mrs. Hanson was considered fa tally injured Friday.' She was un conscious most of the night. This morning, however, her injuries were diagnosed as scalp wounds, and her condition reported improved. Three Women Killed. The women who were killed in the crash were Mrs. Charles Long, Mrs. Jennie Ross and Mrs. William Lee. Mrs. Long and Mrs. Ross were killed instantly. Mrs4 Lee died in a Bluffs hospital. G. A. Thompson, driver of the automobile, suffered injuries to his leg and scalp cuts. An X-ray picture will be taken today to deter mine if the leg is fractured. All four women in the accident were mothers and farmers' wives. They were being driven to their homw from a kensington at the Thompson, home. Side curtains on the automobile prevented a clear view of the track. The bodies of the dead women were mangled hor ribly, having been dragged several hundred feet under the wreckage. v Placed on Train. The bodies of the two dead women were placed on the train, that of Mrs. Long being taken to Modale and that of Mrs. Ross to Missouri Valley. A freight engine and caboose bore the inured to the Bluffs, where Mrs. Lee died without regaining con sciousness. Mrs. Long is survived by her hus band and six children. Mrs. Ross was a widow, survived by-an only daughter. Mrs. Lee leaves a hus band and one child. Mrs. Hanson is the mother of four children. All connected with the accident live near Modale. - Money Crispin East Has Passed, Avers Stock Man Kearney Man, Owner of Larg- - est Stock Farm in World, Bristling With Optimism On Return From N.Y. Falconer Gives Talk at Rosewater Community Center Thomas Falconer, city commis sioner, spoke at a community center meeting Friday night iu, Edward Rosewater school, on the work of his department in promoting play grounds and community centers. Dorothy Sydnor four, sang two songs unaccompanied. Artistic dancing was offered by Dorothy ard Blaine Wahl, with Mi?; Robinson at the piauJt. A vocal quintet was well received and A. Tfmmerma.n ap peared in a blackface monologue. Miss Pizer recited. Financial conditions in the east are fast clearing up, according to E. D. Gould of Kearney, Neb., who re turned to Omaha yesterday from New York, fairly bristling with optimism. Mr. Gould is owner of the Midway stock farm at Kearney, the largest in the world. "The money crisis has passed in N'cw. York City," he declared. "East ern financiers expect to see an im provement within the next 60 days." Mr. Gould was attending a horse sale in Madison Square Garden, where he met business men and live stock "raisers from all sections of the United States. Situation Clears Up. "I come home with a feeling o op timism," he declared, and he smiled to orove it. "The situation ii clearing up in the east. There is ry little surplus merchandise on hand and just as soon as the loss-taking period is over and buying begins we will see a change in conditions. "Business men realize the retail ers have not yet completed their re adjustment. Many of them are waiting until after their Christmas buying season to make their final reductions. Temporarily Hard Hit. "The farmer and live stock men are temporarily hard hit, but if they will take their losses quickly and start oh a new basis, they will be on top again in six months. "The stock feeder can buy fiis live stock and corn at reduced prices. "He will be aide to operate this winter on about 50 per cent of the capital required last year. "This means that our money will go ftwice as far. which is equivalent to having twice as much money." Takes Opposite View. Mr. Gould takes the opposite at titude toward the financial and agri cultural situation from that ex pressed by George M. Wilber, chair man of rhs executive committee of the Ohio Wool Growers' associa tion, who spoke before the Cham ber of Commerce yesterday. "Mr. Wilber is too pessimistic," said Mr. Gould after raeding a re port of the talk. ' Ohio Grads Organize The Ohio University club organ ized at a meeting Friday of gradu ates of the university. Abel V. Shot well was elected president and Mrs. Jean G. Jones, secretary-treasurer. The meeting was held at the Uni varsity club. "California Syrup of Figs" Tot a Child' Liver and Bowels Mothe;! Say "California," then you will get genuine "California Syrup of Figs." Full, directions for babies and children of all ages who arc constipated, bilious, feverish, tongue coated, or full of cold, are plainly printed on ' the bottle. Children love, this delicious laxative. Mystery Clouds Shooting of Man Escorting Woman Grand Island Realtor Shot Twice Yesterday Morning; Blames Holdups in First . Report, Silent Now. K. K. Buliington, real estate huh, Grand Island, Neb., was shqt twite at Twenty-sixth and Wirt streets' at 1:15 yesterday morning while walk ing home with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Alec Vogel, 2615 Wirt street. One bullet entered Bulliugton's log; another entered the hip. He was taken into the Yogel home, where his wounds were dressed. He was later removed to Swedish Mis sion hospital. The shooting was reported to po lice as part of a holdup, in which Buliington said he was robbed of if 500. and Mrs. Yogel told of grap pling with one t wo men who did the shooting. Refuses to Talk. Detectives have been working on the case all day. Buliington refuses to discuss the affair, according to Chief of Detectives Van Dusen, ex cept to say the men were youthful. Mrs. Vogel, whose sister is Bul liugton's wife, was questioned con cerning the affair in Chief Van Du mp's office. She said they believed at tir-it the "holdup" was a joke and that one of the men was her husband. Be cause of this, she said, Buliington failed to r.v'se his hands fast enough and was shot. She said the men went through his pockets as though they were seeking money, y Husband Calls Police. Yogel also appeared at Central police headquarters in connection with the affair. He declared he had called police about his wife last night, when she failed to reach home at It) as she had aid she would. He declared he fearfd she migltt have hern in an accident. . Yogel told police Buliington is somewhat of a gambler and ad vanced the theory th: two men who held up his brother-in-law might have been a pair who lost money in a game in which Buliington woi several nights ago. Bullington's condition is not, con sidered serious. , Vogel is a railroad man. General Eleetion Cost Douglas County S2U972 The cost of the general election of November 2, in Douglas county was $J1,72.S7, according to figures prepared by County Clerk Frank Dewev. This includes the election expenses in the clerk's office. ' election com missioner's office, salaries of judges, clerks and inspectors, booth rents and miscellaneous expenses. Warrants for paymnt of election employes are now ready and can be obtained in the, county clerk's office, basement of the court house. There are 2.169 sffch warrants. Mayor Is Seeking J For Omaha Girl With Pretty Face She Must Also Have Lots of Money Is Wanted to Christen Scout Cruiser "Omaha. Tacoina will pay her expenses "to and back for her. There are but a few davs left in which to choose this Omaha Venus; The launching will be next Satur day. That .means she must leave Oma ha next Wednesday, So step up, beauties, and1 be choosed. Woman Shot by Husban Is Reported Receive" Mrs. Ilattie Pearson, 2859,'J 1 nain .street, who was shot Frit by her husband, John Pearson, ji before he committed suicide, w repotted recovering at the Swedis Mission hospital yesterday. Mavor Smith's looking for an Omaha girl with a pretty face and!? lots of money. f lie wants to honor her. -She will christen the United States " naval scout cruiser No. 4, "Omaha." The mayor received this telegram from Secretary of . the Navy Jose plms Uaniels yesterday: "1 have assigned the name, Oma ha, to scout cruiser No. 4, in honor of the' citv of which you are mayor. Racks His Brain. Will you designate some woman j to act as sponsor for this vessel. ' which will be launched December 4. at Tacoma, Wash. Letter fol lows" And so, the mayor is "racking h: brain" as he put it, to select tin . sponsor. She must be good looking, to do justice to the fair city of Omaha But Few Days Left. And she must have money a1i she must have money, for nobody i'iiiiii'i.ivi i iOR0HARD-WlLHF.LM CO. """"I'wn'1"1' r for Christmas 1 ivirig UL H XTRA special irlucements in1 the way of p: ices for a short time, on one, one and one-half and two-ton Commerce trucks. Commerce trucks have been adopted by the Postal Department for handling Parcel Post delivery, which is sufficient evidence of their merit. Only a limited number will be sold at these special prices. Telephone us and our representative will call on you or the trucks may be seen at our Sales Room. 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