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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1921)
-TilE BEE: UMAHA SUI'PAV. ANUARY-SO, jlS Jc Detective Shot h Gun Battle T TVT ' TV .1 tfont JtP you before you rcich Lies near UeathlTwentie,h. . H , ' it . Loot Is Recovered. , 1 f ( i uuiu n ijioi icu career oi V Crime on New Year's Day Wounds Detective Arthur . Cooper. On New Year's day, 1921.- Ncl V. Johnson, 422S Miami street, tUrted out on a career of crime. It ended Friday night. As a result, Johnson is in jail and Detective Arthur G. Cooper, 206 Fort street, lies in Clarkson hospital, mortally wounded. Cooper was ?hot three times, in the abdomen, wrist and leg. hy John ,ti Friday night near Eighteenth 4AhI Howard streets. fohnsou was captured later, alter ?n exciting chase through alleys and .streets in the vicinity "by V Detective . Detectives .nd iMlmtag, a -a ?, afyl Patrolman Boegh end M on rag . .. Couldn't Get Work. . . Johnson, confessed this' 'morning to a number of burglaries in Omaha. He described his 'tactics, and said lack of funds and inability to get work led him into "prowling houses.'' , . Friday night was. the first nieht he ever carried a weapon, hi said. 'Johnson had -been calling at, the iiom.of If. V.. Hardy, 5120 Under wood avenue several nights, offer- iiig'to return '00 -worth sof loot stolen from the home a -week ago for $75 in cash. " Hardy was oiy-'of the city, and his wife called Acting Chief of De tectives Pszanowskt. jf. tv an ior j-nunc .Tjitcctives Cooper and Wavrin 9iirnpt tn'thp rase. - They went to the Hardy home. The "burglar" had been calling at 7 irt the evening, so they waiteufor the telephone call It came. ; Mrs Hardy answered the telephone. ' - !' Yes, he's here." she said. "Ifarry, n a ior you. ., '''Cooper took the receiver, a'n Miiunced he was Hardy, and took in- st'itrtious from the "burglar.", ' "Meet me "at- Seventeenth and Howard streets at 8:15.' I'll givw yc)u a note." j'- t i iA Such were the words Cooper ( heard. . N . ir 1 'i it- . .niranwiiiic, , vavnn ran 10 . a I neighbor's hcusc and told the tele I nl-,nnr nneratrir h must know where f the call to Cooper was made. She informed him a cigar store at 1324 Farnam streetf"- i ' Hides in Areaway. ,'. The officers went W Seventeenth and Howard " streets, and Cooper told Wavrin to stand in an areaway at the Y. W.4C. A.,, where he could watch. A v. i '. " .'.':'.- "If I come east, they whole thing's blown- up," he told him. Then Cooper went to his fate. Mow, let Johnson tell the story uilding and 'motioned to him. but dn t wait. I passed the . hotel u-ied and thought he was Hardy. jf motioned o him to come across le street to ' me. -but instead ol crossing he be era n to follow me. I waited for him by a telephone pole ( and asked if lie was Hardy.X ". "He said po but asked whal; I , , framed. - ) . 'I told him I .was a stranger in .town and hjd nn, engagement to i meet a man named .Hardy, , ' Knew ,He Was Officer. ' "I started' to walk awSky and saw him come toward me. Wc had been -standing several feet apart while talking. I knew Jheu he was a de " tective. '. " 1 "I ' started : to rim--looked back "and thought I saw him trying to get a gun from his pocket. So I fired. "I didn't know whether I hit him or now nut 1 saw him ijre ana l ired again. "I Was so excitid I didnf know how many times-1 fired. I ran west on Howard istreet as1 fast as I ccld nd down an alley. I fell down and scrambled around in there, came out on the street, saw a man in uniform en the running board of a car." He tailed to me to stop but I ran hack into the laley; came out ' at Nine teenth street and got caught." The officer on the running board of the automobile was Patrolman IjOegh. who, vwhou be heard -the -hols, commandeered an automobile and .gave chase to the man he saw running. He was joined by Patrol man Montag w-lio happened to be walking in the 'neighborhood,' fmd hey. -'with avrm captured the lar. - ; x - -; n Johnson was tound ypapers ADVKKTISKJIIJXT. "Gets-It"' to, Death Firt Stop All Pain Then PI to Cora Off. - Don't try to fox trot an corn tortured teet. Get rid of your. corns. It you hve Corns With Crti-Iu" mvrr mb a un tlaklea to aea.a. .pIy few drop of "GeU-It" to roar. it hd tone to alecs. Soon it it notumt Tickles -'. Get after them- now. Tour drusgist has "GeU-It." Cota bat trifle or nothlnc t all if jt fail. Ufd. by E. ':. , ... r ; ',, . ' . . ' ft lire rurnc orr with todp TinnrB. which identified him, and also a note, which was intended for Hardy. The note read: "Walk down to Sixteenth street and up Harney so I can see whether ; any detectives are following. "If I I xVohnson had told Cooper over the telephone the Joot from the Harly home was in a grip at the public library. t -Tim was recovered along with jewelry, Silverware and a fur coat in Johnson's room at 2104 Douglas street where, he had been rooming for 10 da vs. ' Johnson is 2h .-. He was born and reared in Omahn, and went to school with Detective Joe' Wavrin at Windsor school when they - were bovs. , He admitted he is a draft dodger, registering for the service at Chadron, but never donning a uni form. His first robbery was Xew Year's eve the home of C. S. Rainbolt, 6114 Florence boulevard, he said, and he secured thV revolver he was carrying while robbing the'home of Henry Schrocdcr, 4331 Parker street: He admitted having robbed several homes in Denver, returning to Omaha just recently. , " He is charged with shooting with! intent to kill, and with robbery. Falls to GroiMd, , ' His capture cjme 'when he dou bled bark on his flight at the sight of an oflicer at Twentieth and How ard streets. At Twentieth and St Marys ave nue, he fell to the ground, when corneredvby Patrolmen Boegh and Montag, and Detectives Wavrin, Palmtag and Danbaum, pretending ! he had been shot. ' "Don't shoot. . I'm Wt already," ho cried. ; v -: The oflicers closed in" on him and Boegh seized him before he-had'' a chance to resist. He was covered with blood but not wounded.' . Detective. Wavrin. "whn wint in chool with jcfhnscni and who wis waiting tor Cooper tomeet him, said he watched his partner pace back and forth in front of the Flatiron building; ."-- He Tost sight of him fr a moment,! he said, and then heard the three shots from Johnson's revolver, a .25- iU automatic, "It sounded like'the backfire of an automobile," he said, "but when I heard old 'Coop's' .45 bark I knew there was shooting. . '1 ran to the filling station, where I saw a man and a woman running. I thought they were in 'the shoots ing. They told me it was down the other .way and then ? I found niy partner." - '-., Wavrin' Joined the'ehase and took part in the capture. ' . . - Detective Cooper has a wife and baby daughter, 1 year old. In Many Gun Fights. He has been in lumber of gun battles since joining the force, be ing promoted to the rank of detec tive in 1919 after capturing Roy Green of Council Bluffs during a spectacular running gun fight from Sixteenth and Clark street into the railroad yards in February, 1919. In, 1916, he faced death when George Slowbek, whom he was chasing with fellow officers, pointed a revolver point blank at him and pulled the trigger, but ,the cartridge failed to explode. - Then in January, 1920, with De tective William Toland, he caotured Fred Brown after he had shot Of ficer Robert Samardick. Cooper Was also with the detec tives who were concealed in the home of Mrs. William Crutchfield the night William League, burglar, was riddled with bullets. His recovery is doubtful because of the abdominal wound. Ship Workers to Vote On Accepting Wage Cut Washington, Jan. 29. Officials of the labor unions representing skilled employes of shipyards today ordeted a general referendum onf the proposal of the. Atlantic Coast Shipbuilders' association and the Bethlehem Ship building corporation that wage scales be reduced 10 per cent as the initial move iu a program designed to bring down productio... costs. 1 The Kethlchem company lias indicated a desire to put the new scale into ef feet not later 1 than ' February 14, while the Atlantic association offered to wait until March' 1. A. J. Berres,- secretary .' metal trades department of the American Federation of Labor, which has been supervising the negotiations with the shipbuilders, said . today that the ouestion of whether' the cut would be accepted "depended entirely upon the' outcome of the vote. Between 60,000 and 75,000 slcilled laborers were affected, he estimated. Charges of Riotitg Against Denver Man Are Dismissed Denver, - Jan. 29. Indictments charging; rioting and inciting to riot against F. W, Jeffcray. local clothing merchant, in connection with the street car strike here last summer, tn which seven persons lost their lives, were dismissed by, District Judge Haggott. District Attorney Phillip Van Cise tnadc the motion to dis miss the charges, asserting therewas insufficient evidence to substantiate Ihem. - ' . I Mil - . S ' President of -Kansas Bank j Found Dead in Hotel Room Svracuse. Kan..i Tan. 29. The body of W. P. Humphrey, president of the First National bank, was found in the bathroom of his hotel with a l. . . 1 1 -. .... A ti. Uit A'rfltvnl. ver lav on the floor. Friends said he had been -complaining of pains in his head recently. Jixamination is said to have revealed that the bank's affairs were satisfactory. brake Court Tenants to Take Cases') High Court District- Judge Redick -yesterday overruled motion of R. R., Cravens and O. E. Manger for new trialsxpf ouster suits brought bythe JTrake Realfy company against them. The judge recently decided "both cases against the 'two tenant, of Drake court They saytjiey will appeal to the supreme court ? ' waMaaa a Texans Would Bar Japanese Austin, Tex., Jan. 29. A bilL de signed to prevent aliens from owning land in Texas was introduced in the state senate, and referred to the com mittee on State affairs. The measure offered by Senator R. My Dudley of El Paso -follow closely the Cali fornia anti-alien land law,- and was prepared by the American Legion post at El Paso, K - - , - . s . Central Migh School, Graduates x ' ' ; ' ,,vnf ;"k m A ik ui& t- Frank Fenner. Holcn pffneor. William Kniler. ' Luuyritf Eudrea. ' Harry Ttavlti. Lydia t'ltwhcr. Beatrice Sandahl. Lowell Mlllr. ''7. Runaway Boy, 13, ProdisaL Son iii Kids' Coui Lad Who Has Been Sleeping With Jtogsr-at Stock Yards Embraces Parents at Judge's Order. Judge Sears in juvenile court yes tenday expounded the parable of the prodigal son to 13-year-old John Kloch. John listened with deepest attention, his eves never leaving the judge's face. "WKatdo ydu think of that boyr asked the judge at last. JoUn thought deeply. - i "Well, I don't think I'd eat no corn husks "that they feed to hogs like that boy did," said John. : j Leaves Home. , " ' ' John,' like the prodigal son, has been sleeping among the hogs and; cattle at the stock yards. He ran away from bis .home, 420? -South Thirty-ninth street, perhSps not without some cause, judging by a broomstick with a leather strap on the end which officers exhibited . and said his parents used it to jyhip him. - . ' John left home 'and embarked nH life by selling papers. At night he went to the South Side stock yaxds where he-nlade a bed for himself in a1 pile of hay apid slept the peaceful, sleep of boyhood free from terror of broomsticks and straps. . ' He said -he earned about 70 cents a day selling papers, which was enough, judiciously expended in candy shops and an occasional res taurant, to keep life in him.(- ' i Falls on Neck. " -"And riOw," concluded the judge, j after hearing the story of John's early struggles, "when the prodigal son came back home what did his ; father do?" V ' ,, - .i . 'THc fell on his neck' and kissedxj him, said John. "L'want you to, fall hn youtf fa the'rN neck and kiss him," said the judge. v John looked for a moment at his father, Jjwrob Kloch, then rushed to nim and was folded in his arms and kissed. He did the same with his mother. Thty left the courj, room hand in hand, all wecpyig for joy.- Vice President-Elect ' ' Inspects Georgia Pen ! Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 29. Vice -Presi dent-elect Coolidge spent two hours in prison here today. He was 'the truest of the warden of the federal pemteuttary and was accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge "and Governors Dor- sev of Gcortria and Parker of Louisi- 'ir.a H Aiti tinr tallr with anv nf the .prisoner' merely making , the rounds tif the big prison. '.! Man Held for Killing ( Five Memhers of Family Florence. N. C. Ja. 29. tdmund D. Bingham, held in jail since short ly alter nve meniDers 01 nis ramny were found shot to death at Pamp lico, was held responsible; for their deaths m a verdict returned by 'a coroner's furv.' - ' 1. S. Bingharf 'brother oft the'ac cused man;,Mrs.0M. M. Bingham, his mother. Mrs. Marjorie Black, his sistertand her two adopted children, 3, and & years old, were killed. Bilf to Preserve Samples v Of, All Liquor Introduced Pierre, S. D., Jarf. 29. Samples of nil liauors would 1 be preserved jiy the state historical society finder the' provisions of ,a bill introduced in the South Dakota senate. The measure carries an appropriation of $40,000, half of which would be expended in the work of collecting sample&yand half for administration j and the maintenance of a guard for the iauor. Ex-scrvicc men would be given the preference as guards, and judges will be permitted toy'tcst samples for purity upon payment of $25 per ddy. the fees to go into the state school runa. " . - , Nehraskans at Capital - Washirigton. D. C. Jan. 29. (Spe cial Telegram.) Dr. William S. Fast, superintendent of the insane hospital at Ingleside, Neb., and Mrs. Fast are spending a few. days at thccapttal . ". , ''. ., Play Violet Schneider. ' 19. Mlna Sass. . " li..' jEiveryn v.okbi. iz. mitt aibcth' Johnson. ' f- Wilson's Confidential ' secretary to Locate in Chicago After Mar$i 4 ' . , f . - ? Washington, Jan. 29. Charts S. Swem, who has been- confidential secretary - to President .Wilson throughout both his administrations, will losaterin Chicago after March 14, as editor of a shorthand maga zine to be published there. Mr. Swcm, who has taken most of the president's "dictation at the White House and "who served as one of the official stenographers jAt the VersaiJftS peace conference, is retarded . as one of 'tne. expert ste nographers of the country. He lefW war" to serve in the aviation service. returning to the White House shorts ly after the armistice. ' .Cop-Chiropodist Goes ; ' To Court for License "Dr." J.. W. Muldoon, chiropodist and Omaha traffic officer, appealed fo the district court to compel, the State Board of Chiropody to grant hinva license. y ' ' ,' f ' . The. state board cohsists of three dompettrg corn doctors in Omaha. For nine long years "Dr " tMul doon has pursued the useful avoca tion of removing corns; bunions, cal louses and the like. . - His business among his fellow cops on the police force is of large proportions, for corns grow as read ily on the feet of the coppers as" corn does in .the soil of Nebraska. -District Judge Day yesteVda'y. is sued art alternative writ, ordering the members , of the state board to appear-before him next Friday to show cause why they should not issue a license to Muldoon. y AI) VKKTI SEM BNT. "DANDERINE ;' . ; f : Girls! Save Your Hair Mak5It Abundarrjir,' I - Immediately after a "Daude'rine" massage, .your hair takes on new life; lustre and wondrous beauty, ap pearing twice as heavy and plentiful, because each hair seems to .fluff aitd thicken. Don't let your hair stay lifeless, colorless, plain or sstagly. You, too, want lots of long, strong, beautiful hair. ; - A 3S-cent bottle of delightful "Danderine" freshenryour scalpf checks dandruff and falling' hair. This, stimulating "beauty-tonic" givts to thin, dull, fading hair that yonjji fuj brightness, and abundant thick ness All druggists 1 AnVEBTISEMENT. TRY SULPHUR ON AN ECZEMA SKIN Costs , Little and Overcomes Trouble Almost Over Night ' . .. . .. - ,;Vii- Any breaking out of the skin,, even fiery, itching eczema.' can be! auicklf overcome by applying en'thqi-Suf pnur, oeciares a noteT skin special ist. Because of its germ destroying properties, this sulphur preparation instantly brings ease from skta irri tation, soothes and heales theczc ma right up and leaves the skin clear and smooth. It seldom fails to relieve the tor ment without delay; Sufferers from skin trouble shoud obtain a-small jar of Mentho-Sulphur from anv good dfugght and use. it likevcold cream, . - " . v ' . ' ' .- .,-f',. fAeivren Taken by JS. 'Helen ilulr. 14. Grace Giles. ! -17. v Virginia tarn 16. : Haznl -Giles. 1C. nya!d:. Gladstone . Ruth vfuinlan, lidrls nij). . ::o. 'HireaHaiySavs ' Clrief to Pair "of Human Semaphore and Fel low Traffic O'fficer Tangle Eber stein Would Lick - 'Em Both. Jf. J. Dudley, the "human sema phore," directs traffic .at Sixteeuth and Farijam streets. ' - - F. W.- Bitters fulfills J similar mission at JMfteenth and Farnam streets. " But if they want to fight they'll have to hire a hall." , Chief Eberstcin said' so yesterday. . The chief 1 called, the directors of traffic - on the carpet' yesterday. He had heard of a slight argument between them which they thTTi)ght fully had aired for the benefit cf some 300 onlookers Friday after; noon. " . v ' ' ' ) "If it's a private right," quoth the chief sagely, "hire a ball and have it out. But don't makeit a"public one or I'll take a hand and lick' both of you." r ' 'Tis said the "human semaphore" made a "pass" at Bitters during Fri-''''- 1 - v-' Warlike CoDoer I V till V II I III t . WE. MUST 'fACATE APRIL 1st! A- Place yourself in the position of the Parisian confronted by an immense stock of Winter and New Spring Wearableyoif are served with a notice to vacate without fail by April 1st The stock must be sold no sacrifice is too great thoughts7 of breaking even are instantly cast aside We must suffer a huge loss and every dollar we lose in this forced sacrifice is sdme body s gam. . . vv.v.: .A--i' - J - .-,.- v -. t. - A . , Get your share Make your dollars do the work of three oV four under ordinary circumstances-Buy garments for present and future use IJever again will such an opportunity present itself Never again will Omaha women be privileged to partake of such-marvelous imoney pavings- Buy Suits, Coats, Dresses, Furs, Skirts and Blouses that under ordinary arcumstances would ,be positively impossible ' ' . a - ' : A--A .,A; ' 1 Bkolund for 'HilK ScJhm7 Regia4er. MoreOm..' . SI. Helen Foraluna. ' 2S- Kstliea-Ruhnka. 23. Elizabeth Adams. day' afternoon's controversy, hut the Jatter neatly ducked: jt. ' , The argument's reported to have started wheij Dudley accused Bitters of reportiffg ,to . the sergeant irr charge of the traffic detail that the "human semaphore" i.was sneaking home a few minutes, before quitting time. ' ' Advisory Council of . v Woman's Party Favor' x Formation of NeBody Washington, Jan. 29. A resolution was adopted by the national advisory council and" state chairman's conf mittee of the national, woman's party, at a meeting here today, favoringdis bSnding of tht present and the crea tion of a new organization. The resolution will be ubmitted to the national convention of. thfe woman's party, to ' meet ( here February 15 to 18. -' The resolution ajso pledged the women, 'the political freedom of women having been won in ' the United States, to see that this free dom is not lost in any international government that is established and to work for the removal of all the remaining forms of the subjection of womeli." - . , ' The immediate work of the pro posed newocganization the resolution added, shcjuld be "the removal of the legal disabilities of jvomcn." CLOAK I5R-2I DOUGLAS STREET This Gigantic $150,000 Stdck - Must Be Sold 4o the' Last Garment : ' . ; ,',-.; - ..x ' ' j ; . V. ' THE VALUES ARE SIMPLY ASTOUNDING Lawson Flinches . As He's Arraigned ForWifhMunlcr Judge Orders Slayer Held to District Court Without Bail Following Preliminary in Police Conrt. "An eye for an eve;,, a to-th for a tooth." ' As these words from "lie lips of Dcnutv County Attorney Raymond Coffey struck the attentive ears of Burnell Lawson, movie actor, ar raigned fft central polict court yester day for murdering bisvoung wife, Jeanette, the man of many aliases tliuchcd. i- The prisoner;-unshaven and hag otard .looking, had entirely lost the jaunty air which he wore the first two days after the slaying, y . One Witness. , , Police Judge Henry Dunn bound Lawson over to district court with out bond. Firstydegrec murder is tlie charara. . - v Preliminary police court hearing yesterday had been continued from Thursday. ( : Detectk-e Llovd Toland was the only witness against Lawson today. William Jamieson, attorney tor tne orisoner. soueht to have the state introduce a written statement alleKed . f. 1 l' 1 T 10 nave oeen mane oy jawsou. 01 fey objected aiVd Police Judge Putin Overruled the motion. , Lawsonhas undergone. 'a physical changcYesterday hjnippeared hag gard and exceedingly worried. Inquires About Mother Lawson made inquiries yesterday about his mother. Attorney Jamie son informed him that she would ar rive in Omaha' from Little Rock. Ark., today. 1 . "AH right." the prisoner replied. ' Deputy County Attorney Coffey declared following the hearing thaK he would ask for the extreme pen alty for Lawson. 1 rial ai he case will beam in district cou lurr cm reo- ruary 14. s: Kloor and Hilton Go in Vaudeville N New York,' Jan. 29. Evidence of lack of cordiality still existing le-. tween Lts.Xouis A. Kloor, jr., and Walter Hinton oh one side, and Lt. Stephen A. Fsrrcll on theyothcr, as a result of thtJr experiences in the Canadian wilds after their wild bal loon flight was found in the an nouncement today that the former .pair are going to appear in vaude ville. ' . - The first apnearance of Kloor and Hinton will be at F. F, Proctor's theater atlourit Vernon With' an engagement on B. F. Keith's Metro politan time to follow. The open ing date' is February 17. A dialogue, having for its subject the adventures of the naval aero nautics will be the offering of the naval ..officers. It is possible that pictures of the varibns phases of the adventure will be produced and that stereopticon slides will be used giv ing the act, somewhat the effecfrxof a double lecture. 1 11 . ' ' r ' r , Bee-Want Ads Will Boost Trade. CO. Pynamite Explosion Does ' Much Damage at Church , Wilkesbarre. pa.. Jan. 29. A dy namite explosion badly dqinagrd tho United Evangejical chureln Slonim township, near" this eily, last night (hiring a prayer nrecting. The blast came from outside the building. AlP the windows were broken, ptastcrinu fvll and he walls were weakened. 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