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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1921)
J 4 A Robbery of Mail Pouch Confessed By Prisoner Here Adhiits Forgeries - in Many Parts of U. S. and Terms " in Several Peni ' ' tentiaries. . i Uoting of a United States mail pouch containing $25,000 in checks and drafts in Kalamazoo, Mich., in : November of 1920 was confessed ' . yesterday by a young man giving "Wis name as Benjamin b I-uller, iW. and his address as the Hotel Hill, who was held at Central police sta ' tion for investigation. Fuller also related hqwjip. ha" committed a series of forgerfTs in all " parts of the country, how he had ' served in several penitentiaries and told in detail how he had started his ' ;-: life of crime at the age of 7 years. He was arrested Friday by Vt 'tective Larry Finn in the Brandeis stores, where he was attempting to pass a check in payment for a trunk. He was held for investigation ami vesterday morning taker, with other "prisoners,, before Chief of Detectives Pszanowski, where he was viewed i by other detectives. " Withholds Real' Name. "i. A short time after this showup he asked to talk to the chief and re " lated the story of his life, omitting 110 details, Pszauowski . says. The chief, out of courtesy to he confes sor, declined to reveal his real . name or home at this time. , , A Fuller stole the mail-pouch from the Michigan CentraPstation at Kal- amazoo andTrifled it behind a sign board nearby he said. It contained drafts for $5,000 and $10,000. checks for amounts as high as ?000 and hundreds of pension checks to o'd soldiers and widows, he said. Fuller destroyed drafts and non ' negotiable paper but kept paper ; amounting to many thousand dol lars, which he was able to- convert use of a fluid ink eraser, he said. Wanted in California!. ' He cashed a $150 check, at the ' Hotel Commodore in New York and another for the same,, amount in Montreal, he confessed. In Detroit, , Mich., he disposed of a $5,000 and a '. $10,000 draft on the Juan McKeys ' bank of Lawton, Mich., according to liis statement. ". .. . At... ncriklnrr liic riisDOSltlOIl Of the mail pouch loot, the young Tfian who is ncatlv dressed and groomed .' with care, launched himself in the '' , tale of his earlier life bf crime. He i: is-even hW paroled from the Fol v f nsom, Cal., state fienitentiary, where ; lis has 11 years yet to serve for for r gey, he admitted. It He served time in the Mare Is l land prison for one year; in the Ari ! ( rona state prison for 15 months and M as a youth was confined in the Mon roe, Wash., reformatory under, the ' A name of Clyde Sheham. !, Blames Stepmotbfts? k "My father' iV mfluentiarih his 'community,", explained Fuller. "He didn't treat ine right when I was a f i hoy but I won't humiliate him now. - l'ome from a long line of distin- guished folks and why. ruin the fam ily name. I am the only black sheep j in the family. -3 . - . -, ! "I've been in jail most all of my life. I guess" 1,he -j-oingman ad ' mined, with a - grim smile. "I've known about 15 years of freedorn f , out of the 29 years I've lived.; ' ; "My mother died when I was 4 ; jjars old and my father, married i again a short time later, "ify step mother was against me from the ' start. She influenced father against . me. ' ,;. " Escaped Reform School. " ; "I was put in an industrial school 1 when fwas 6 years old. I, ran away from there and returned home when 1 was 7, but was forced to run away from home a short time later. Fa ! flier made no attempt to locate me. I "Since then I've had many narrow escapes and have had to fight fo'r ; my life most of theMime. Stealing came natural to me. I wasn't old ' enough to work. v "At fijst I tried fo tell my Jrus ' story to people, but they only laughed atjme. I asked for-a decent - home and was referred to the police wherever I went "I soon learned- people believed me when 1 lied. It was easier to lie tharrto tell the truth. It was a free and easy life in avw.iy; it ap ; pealed to me and it still does. Still Has Ambition. "I've' always had much energy and 'ambition and I still have. I know riorging Checks and. stealing is '. wrong. : I had ambition to become - a real man some time I still have ' i but it doesn't seem possible now." '' Fuller said he had been in Omaha ; only a few day 3. He had cashed no checks here, he said. There is be lieved to be a large reward for his 'arrest in connection with the Kala- mazoo mail robbery. Pszanowski ,;and Detective Finn-will receive this :. reward, it is said. I . Federal Officer Dickinson in er " viewed Fuller and declared him to be sane. Fuller probably, will be placed in a federal penitentiary as J the result of his mail rc-bbery, ac cording to Dickinson. V : Called to Father's Bedside Mr. i and Mrs. L. V. Nicholas were called suddenly to Kansas City, jlo, yesterday by the serious illness . ' of Mrs. Nicholas' father. , APYEBTIWKMKXT SULPHUR SOOTHES UGLY, ITCHING SKIN The First Application Makes Skin Cool and Comfortable if .nt ar aufferin? from eczema niher tnrturine. embarrass- i mg skin tronoie you may quicKiy oc i rid of it by using Mntho-Shlphur, declares a noted skin specialist. I This sulphur preparation, because I of its germ destroying properties, f seldom fails to quickly subdue itch 1 ing, even of fiery eczema. The first f application makes the skin cool and Nt comfortable. Rash and blotches are ; healed right up. Mentho-Sulphur is j applied like any pleasant,, cold cream . end is perfectly harmlcss.y You can Should Cupid Tell ,It With Your .Petty Leave This Coupon Attached NAME ACE ADDRESS Swain Declares HisBride-To-Be ! Is Held Prisoner Takes Copto Her Home, But Mother 'and Brother Won't Let Her 'i ' : , Leave. In the beet fields of Scottsbluff, Neb., Jose Serrata and Lus Alanis, natives of Mexico, plighted tliwr troth. BeneatKJJebraska's summer sun these children of the land be vond the silvery Rio Grande decided that they should be husband and wife styne day. Their course of true love encoun tered a 'barrier yesterday when Jose went to the home of his senor ita, 5212 South Twenty-eighth street, to claim her for his very own. The girl's mother and brother in terposed, alleging, that Lus is only 15 years old, and averring that, she shalf not marry. Jose. , . Takes a Cop. - The young man took a South Side policeman with him. to the Alanis home. He announced to the Alanis household that he had called for Lus and demanded that she be allowed to accompany, him and that her clothes be surrendered. He showed a marriage license properly executed at the Douglas county court house. The wedding was set for yesterday morning, but the bells did not ring for lose.and Lus. A Lus flashed X love message to Jose at the Alanis house yesterday morning, and Jose swore by- the shades of the Aztecs that hewill win in the end. Held in Room. Jose alleges that the gir? is being held in a room by her mother and brother, aided byv friends of the fam ily. He has consulted George Mccham. attorney, and a habeas cor- nne artitn ic liiinfr" rrti slderpd. Tose works at a Backing house an lives at 2808 R street. -He says he knows that Lus' heart, beats only for him and he is determined to hold the field against all comers In the meantime Lus is piniiig in a room at her mother's home. American in Mexico Shot By Brother Revolutionists Washington Feb. 5. R. F. Case, an American citizen, is dead at the Pilones districtv of JTopia, state of Durango, fymt gunshot wounds in flicted by Revolutionists headed by the Arriefa brothers, tbe State de partment Vas advised today. Mr. Case's Mexican wife was wounded in the arm at the same time. The department said its advices gave few details, but indicated Case had been fired upon after he had refused to permit the "revolutionists" to disarm him. 2 Dr. Mick'g Burglar Pleads Guilty and Gets 10 Years Charles Bell oleaded euiltv in dis trict court yesterday to a charge of breaking and entering the home of Dr. W. H. Mick, 506 boutli Thirty sixth street, a month-ago and was sentenced bv Judge Troup to the penitentiary for one to 10 years. Wilson's Furniture From : Trenton Taken to Capital Washington, Feb. 5.-Three trucks loaded with furniture f romr President Wilson's former home in Trentor, N. J., arrived here yesterday and are being unloaded at the house pur chased by the- president , recently from Henry P. Fairbanks: ' , 1 . Divorce Court- Dlvort Frtitlona. William I- Watson against Florence WatMm, dertlon. I,oia -wauwr a?a:r.iit inane vrnnci, eralty; Vera Fultor again! i.ao funer. Tunny. 'Majrarct Bomrtitt rint Veri - Smile? ' , Men Who Escaped from Jail Sought By Armed Posse Alleged Box Car Thieve Bar--ricade Selves on Island in Platte Near Kearney Es caped Grand Island Jail. Barricaded on an , island in the Platte river, three miles south of Kearney, Mild Long and H. L. GroVer, who escaped from the Grand Island, jail Wednesday, are holding at bay, an armed posse, ac cording to reports" received from Kearney yesterday afternbon. 1 he posse has been attempting to ford the channel in the Platte river to get to the island for several hours, according to the report. s Both' Long and Grover are re ported to be heavily armed. ' - Officers of Hall - and Buffalo county are leading the posse. Gives Up. ( Wearied of being 'the object of a strenuous man hunt, Frank Dynes, who also dug hi way through the Grand Island jail with Long and Grtiver,' walked into the office of Chief of Police Morris of Kearney yesterday morning and give himself up. . - v He -told the chief that Long was responsible for the jail break. He said Long and Grover were on the Platte island and warned the offi cers that both men are heavily armed. x , He said both had resolved not to give themselves up. v " ' Efforts of Chief Morris, Sheriff Funk and Policemen Mercer and Smith to reach this island yesterday morning were, frustrated by the swift current of the channel.. -, . ... Posse Formed. They returned to Kearney and formed a posse which they led back to the banks of the river this after noon for a second try to ford the river. ' t Long, Grover and Dynes were in dicted by the federal grand jury in Omaha for thefts of interstate ship ments. . i When advised of their barricade on the island, United States Marshal Jim Dahlman wired the Kearney of ficials he would augment their forces with Omaha deputies if they so de sired. ' He has received no word from them. ' Omaha Passes 12 Cities In Building Operations Omaha overtook 12 cities in build ing during 1920, jumping from the position of 31st eity in building for the year 1919 to 20th place during the last year, according to figures compiled by the publicity bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Amonjr.the cities surpassed bv Omaha in building activities during the last year are Cincinnati, Seattle, Portland, Ore.?-Kansas .GjtV'. Mo.; Buffalo. St. Paul and Richmond, Va. New York heads the list.- followed by Chicago. Detroit, Cleveland. Los Angeles. Philadelphia, Baltimore and San Francisco. ' - ' v - ;- t Two More Prizes Offerld In Safety Essay Congest N. ,G. Allen, division superinten dent ' of the Burlington. -railroad, Omaha division, has offered two ad ditional prizes in the essay contest for school children on, .means of preventing automobile accidents. at railroad crossings. The contest will be closed on March 1 instead of February 22, as had . previously been announced. Kssays are to- be sent direct to R. C. Hudson of' the traffic safety committee at the Chamber of Commerce. The Mutual Savlnir" Tind Tonn snsnctR- lion, 1704 Farnnm ptroct, opn for buwl-n-Momlny. .iTebtuari . T. ., Your huliH-s THK, OMAHA, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1921. School Teacher Will Return to Classes Monday Tells' of Enforced Confine ment in "Wall Compartment in First Statement Sincp Disappearance. ,. ., , - Miss Elizabeth Erazim, sister of Lncile Erazim. teacher, who puzzled police, private detectives and friends bv dropping from sight tor 4 nours, has not yet entirely recovered from the shock of hfcr sister's disappear ance. , The long, sleepless hours of un certainty and the dramatic discov ery of her sister1 locked in a wall compartment of their flat in the St. Ciair is all a vivid, haunting mem ory in her mind. She lias developed an antipathv to remaining in the apartment alone &nd is happiest when her sister is with her. Miss Lucile Erazim gave her first formal statement regarding her dis appearance yesterday. . "I arose at the usuaJ time,' she said. "I was not feeling well. We use the back part of the wall com partment, in which' there is a folding bed, for storing things. I opened the compartment to get something and I remember nothing more until I was, found there. 7 "I was not conscious during the ,tinie I was in there, but I know positively l was Yiot out of the apart ment or even the wall compartment from- the time 1 entered until I was found." Miss Erazim will begin teaching Monday. She insisted she could, have begun , teachipg the day she was found, but her sister objected, she said. ' ! ' Police have dropped the case, convinced Miss Erazim remembers j correctly that she was confined in-! the compartment the entire time she was missing and that a Cadillac car seen in front of the Apartment Tues day had no bearing on her disap pearance. . . ' , "Q" Railroad Opens Big February Safety Drive The Omaha division of ,the Bur lington railroad is planning "to op erate throughout the month bf Feb ruary without a single accident. . , A safety-first drive was launched for the same month a year, ago by this division, and no accidents oc curred. Nearly 50 members of the division's supervisory -force :met in Omaha yesterday to make plans for another accidentless February. Division Superintendent'iN.: C. Al len, who presided '..'at the meeting, .aid no accidents had occurred thus far this month and that "the men were determined ' the good work should keep up." February, he said, is the most hazardous month of the railroading 'year, due to climatic con ditions. "Rabbit" to Serve "First Prison Term "Rabbit" is on a silence strike. He's got the Leavenworth blues. "Rabbit," whose social monicker is Green Davenport, thasn't come to since he heard the .fatirful words of Federal Judge T. C.Munger Fri day: "For Mr. Davenport, . 15 mpnthsin federal prison." '"Rabbit" opened wide his eyes and attempted to change his pjea to "not guilty." Result, none. ' , - Federal officers and city detectives gave 'sighs of relief. No more at least for 15 months will the flee "Rabbit" sell capsules of "snow," then evaporate. ' ; The diminutive comedian will go to Leavenworth .Monday to begin his first prison sentence. ' . ' . d ADVERTISEMENT "They WORK while you sleep" - You are constipated, bilious, and what you need is one or two Cas tarets tonight sure for your liver and bowels. Then you will wake up wondering what became of your diz ziness, sick headache, bad cold, or upset, gassy stomach. .No griping no inconvenience. Children love Cascarets, too. 10, 25, SO cents. Six Months Trial on a Piano We will rent you a high grade piano for six month with the .understanding that if you buy it, this rental money will be credited on your pur chase. ' Come in and let us ex plain our plan in detail. Schmoller Mueller 1514-16-18 Diana A Pasna 1 Ooda St. 'Diu. 1M 3. Human Semaphore". Tells Why He Gyrates There's a scientific reason for the gyrations that Traffic Officer J. J." Dudley goes through in directing the traffic at Sixteenth and Farnani streets. The "human semaphore", is not just "nutty' he explained in ail address to Central Park school com munity center Friday night. "The traffic officer must 'stand out' vividly on 'a crowded corner,'" he said, "like a signal tower on a railroad. Moreover he must put pep into his actions so that the traffic will move with pep also. J'Anqther reason I perform with rapidity is that it's a good thing for my own health. When I was first assigned to traffic i work I refused it, said I couldn't stand it because I was a very sick man with malaria and didn't think I could stand the exposure. "Today I'm hard as nails and I do more work during my six hours on duty than a professional ball, player does in three games." Mexico City ffl Adopt i Daylight Saving Sunday Mexico City. Feb S.-Daylight saving will be inaugurated here ort, Sundav' for the first time in the history'of the city. It was decided to turn all clocks ahead one liur to conserve, electricity, the city al ready being rationed in the use of lights and water. ' AT THE In " We were vain enough to believe thkt-you can't ekeel our dentistry no matter yrhat prjee you pay, and there is no question-in anybody's mind about the general excellence of our serv- ice- . ' V. :'tMiv:c;;": Give us the opportunity to prove that-we should be your dentists in the future 4 Examination, Consultation and; Estimate Free. 1324 Farnam Street, ; ' -f'r-; : Phone Douglas 2872. f V- . ' V Cash Markets I Specials for on at 4903 South 24th St. 212 No. 16th St. . 1 J 2408 Cumingr St. I Fresh Choice Porjc il Leaf Lard v Lorn Chops " ; . 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Apply a . little ) of this fragrant, antiseptic cream into your nostrils and let it penertate through every air passage of your head, soothing and healing the inflamed, swollen mucous hnembrane and you get in stant relief. Ahl how ribod t feels, lour nos- i ' t i : - trils are opi, your head is clear, no more hajking. snuffling, blowing; no more headache, dryness or strug gling for breath. . Ely's Cream Balm is just what sufferers from head colds and catarrh need. It's a de light. . ' ' - - PK1CE mney Dentists Corner 14th and Frnam ."T:!;i:,lI;:rni:!'.::r l: l:.l I'll: I' PHONE . SIXTEENTH AND Most Unusual Sale of Mattresses Opens Monday at ? A. M. All Cudahay Hair and Combination Hair and Felt Mattresses 'will be sqld; at . - ; Less TKaii Factory Costs We are discontinuing the selling of the Cudahay Hair. Mattresses and therefore propose a com plete clearance of all stocks on hand. 27 Cudahay 'OkeV'S-lb. full size Mat trisses, 50,pure cotton, 50 hair, made up in roll edge style, securely tufted and enclosed in 'high-grade' close woven .sat een finished 'striped ticking. Regular $2T.2o value, at. . 5 ronlyr6udahay "Fairy .Queen". :white hair, mattresses in: fancy art ticks. Reg ular $56.00 value, at, 4 .only Cudahay '.'Delphi Special Mat tfes"'itt " ACA"!tick ; 3 full size, 1 three qiiarter size." Regular $31.50 value. .... 4 only, Cudahay "Fairy. Queen' Black Hair Mattresses, in fancy art ticks. ; Reg ular $54.50 value, at. . . .. . s. ; . t. . . i , 3 only,; .Cudaliay C three-quarter size, ; 1 $36.t5 value, : at v.. . " Slumberoii ' 'two full size! ' Regular In Addition to the Above We' Off er for Monday Selling Three Special Mattresses From Our Gyn Factory Kp. l-JV45-lbT Full Size All Cotton Mat : tress made' up1 in roll edge style enclosed in heavy Art "Ticking, securely tufted. - jypewai-price-. No 2-50-lb. FullSizp All-Cotton' Felt Mattress, croll edge , style in fancy; Art Ticking, securely tufted and fitted with strong Fltish' Handles. Special price. . . 1 ."'"" ' i No.'S 50-lb. - Full Size All Cotton Felt Mattress, roll edge type in extra quality heavy Art Tick with 4 row Stitched Im perial edge, closely tufted. Special price SIXTEENTH 'AND HOWARD-STREETS T,vv.f -I -i i iii ORCHARD & WILHELM CQfiiw m t d Oocie of . ...... . . TYLER 8000t'W'K'-,''-' .1 f HOWARD STREETS. 1 13.50 35.00 18.50 !U" 19.50 . - ;-.'.(( -o 7.95 10.50 11.50 V : -I Re Dee- 30 00 .. all -the newa )o o Co.- 1 11 : s w i i: - i tfllcltea. AdVk ----... .fr, t:
