Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 6, 1886, Page 8

8 D e ————— THE CHARGES ISVESTIGATED | Mar:bal Cammings and His Accuser Bronght Face to Face. THE BLOCKADE RAISED. Ex-Connty Clerk Leavitt's Accounts A Confidence Victim—A Wed- ding Broken off- Gene eral Local, Investigating the Mareh The Sulliv comn) i coumeil ol n Ford ealled the committee to order shortly before 2 and City Clerk Southard was et as clerk, Marshal Cum was represented by N Burn esq,, and ex-Captain Sullivan by Attorney Charles Ogden. There was fair attendance of outsiders, and both prineip: 1lso present Attorney Burnham, on behalf hal, asked the method that w wed by the committe inv ing the eliar it was agreed to take up the charges against both the mar ghal and captain, simultancously At this point a lefter was ree from My imnouncing tha had nation of Sullivan member of the police which lad boen tenderved Jan, 4. 1t was agreed not to et his resignation aflect the investigation, and the taking of testi mony was then | The first witne James O'Boyle n-Cun ttee met ye mber, Chairn o'cloch S were of the m: 18 to be t he fore led was Policeman behalf of Sullivan about the arrest of known on le arvest” on int of the m ) said ]u had been robbed by Law present when Law ut the next day he mings, who gave Ium , snying that the vlnpl:limllj.' witness had refused to file a_compluint against Lawrence, and that he had been disch On cross-examination, th tified: On the nightof the ar itness tes st of Law n ngmed il saidl ntont with iirteenth and Howard wrenee, and Lund Ipliced him under 1he was put down as robhery. No w nst him. prisoner was discha . was paid me in front nm.. ul. house, but [ do not remember wrence or Lund was present spaid. AT know al was that I assiste 1 did not know anything L understood that the as released was money to Lund, 0 us o volun v by Lund for the recovery of v, Ldid not consider it a hribe. Marshal Commings did not tell me to say nothing about at. The subject has not been mentioned by him since he the money. 1 told other ofl I do not Know tl- i he wa being judee Brought supposed he was 1 walk while heing t juil to court. Xm:m Duff' Green w on the side- rred from the the next doas to the arrest ption from Blufis. As or he com- the the d 1f. O trom ore going out menced (o, ‘Boyle up just then and we took is to The charge put on the books was Sugitive from justice,” talk with vis about his of Police Skinn in town at the time, but [ was after another man, The next witness called was Col. Dicke) rintendent of the W n Union aph oflice, who testitied: I WAS STy ith & subpanae this morn- ing, to ! the telegrams of Dee, 1884, but | ity as the records | i destroye Blufis, understood hv . Spetn nd testifiod chandise. 1 met 1884, He had beer a check on e was for raised been llu « 1, but the h(uk left town. look for I came acom- Ainst him in police court. It was wait for him to recover from before the trial should take I talked with Marshal Cunmings same day, and e saic that Travis would go across the river withont arequisition soon as he was able. The next day I the marshal ¢ nd he said the ought to be poas Travis I wenlthy brother in the west who never allow him to zo tc lIw]wmln ntiary. 1 told him [ wi tter fixed 1) ontheoth u\ wsked the marshal if I He 1 that he wounl until hell fre /vw:\ Thad a requisition for Travis, marshal agreed to let me know before he moved in the matter days between the On the duy of the release informed by the marshal of that he Tad received a telephone 15 10 come over for our pris- ard of it abont 11 xn]m k in came to Omg dummy. d - that L 1 was prety mad 10 lmnump 1 told him Il it wa s a note” to release Travis The marshs dlicd that he could not hold the prisoncy any longer, as the time was up and he was |v|l|n to let him [The indictment agiinst Travis was fiu m introduced i evidence. | s mar- me mneh information about the se¢ of the prisoner, but blamed the Council Blulls oflicials for not getting here sooner Cross ¢ mn-( 1 L against the 1 {lease of i out about it, sponsible for cansed me to . Guenella rshal nl Council was at the time of the avest of Travis. T was in the Lat the time the telophone Jnessuge canie saying that I st con avis or he would be released ied that I would send for le. “Che e d 12 o'clock. 1went out | rs who had the natter In Spetman about two He said he would pluce fhe relense. L was arvest and #hal did not give have a fecling unt of the re ery much put the arshal re- “Chat feeling has not | uy tosting Ly, N L and |.-~n||-‘4l, came |Iu~ Juil \IIAbMullh was called and testi- Am cashier of the First National uk at Council Bluffs, The check in nestion was presented to me for pay ot, and I refused to pay it. Did not anything about ‘Lravis until after arvest, Then Lwis wpproached by & Attorney | as | and the | 1t was about_four | Blufts and | him as | Maurice | (huas | the old ad | ¢ | trade yesterday, party from was well ¢ Omaha, who told me that he meeted, and the. affair ought 16 be fixed up. His name I do not know I told him I could not_fix the matter up in any said would make more o than T would 1 I cami soon after the re ¢ \lu <hal Cam | Lwhy ! ’u way. He and he e short 1 I vere e od te Travis w god on the books from justice, He wbdomen in three or cuts were not very attended him and Gen. O'Brien came prisoncr. ti city n 18 ©Was n fugitive in the i drien t taking the prisoner pital on the day of | . hn!llvl-u and the marsh talked to Travis on the day of hisreleas I telephoned to Couneil Blufls to the au thorities to come for Travis by order of the marshal. He told me not " to hurry, but to telephone after 11 o'clock. Shortly after 11 o'clock 1 ealled them up and tolid them to come over for Travis vight away | could not hold him About 1:50 in the Gen ) Wl went The marshal said: “IT of he * Travis st to Loots, and the marshal said put your boots on in the Travis jumped up and made the car which stood in the rear of the old jail. | one in it, and as soon as T drove \y inoa hurry. came back “and said he Council Blufts people would but he conldn't help it Moses OB about the ¢l T ! : we any ull on his don't w e the alloy in re was some is ot in it The ‘marshal presumed the be “hot,” 1tothe Law fied. The est, Istarted AALHIUIGEIA police coirt, when the marshal asked me for I. WIECnee's en velope, H ve some money to n he conld goabout his husine )'Boyle told me that the marsh but he ¥ and I went on to risoners. I have ¢ marshal. 1 did have, but it | i ed and dogs not aticet my testimony. s Cross-examined: Ity never s Gen, [ prisoncr h-lhu hospi Jerome Pentzel, court, testifiec police conrt i wde by Spetman ag i of the polico charge ul the have_ the a st I'ra l he was never and Judge nything to me d: e raigned in policy ke has never it. i MeHugh testifi quainted with somo elose Iiving in Denver i 1884, Knew the Never rec ion concerning the avis was arrested, whether 1 had any talk with M. ) Iiton about the arrest of saw ahout the employment of e the defense of the ployed an attorn paid over the mon, Mr. Ogden, the then asked Mr. money had attorney. This _question was ob- to by Mr. Burnham on the ground that the relations of lawyer mt ought to be held sa ind te. The private business of the tzht not to be laid bare. The had no- par- « suid monc ase about the time attorne, McH been much to the T T o Y i tled by an agreément on the part of hia committee that the question was a proper one. mmation resumed: T do not know how much money Gen, O'Brien received. It was no large amount, probably about r This was mone, need to Mr. vis. quest of Mr, i p ams from l]n mlllw )n~ brothe vis himself, ravis in the - about taree or wse. Don't re- : 0 -\\]mlx took Tra 3 il. Irdid not go to the hospital or to the train. It went out into the country somewlh This coneluc mony and the meel agam at 10 o The ¢ Running e weather yesterday was a deeided yement upon that of Monday. T mereury had msen considerably, the blinding shower of grail had d the streets were nearly pa Ihe sidewalks were tolerably clear, though in certain localitics they had not been freed from their snowy covering, By dint of hard work the street ear managed to get the drifts off s, 0nd the enrs wer nes yestere none of them schedule tim About seventy- five men found cmployment cleaving away the snow, and about half hat nimber worked day shovel on the tracks. In fact the snow has I anza to those ont of employ - rets—Street Ci rospects. nble, n proven the trath of | “ivis an all wind that | a blows no-one good." The vaising of the \\umh|H|llllwll(mhuvln 85, ¢ thror with - all \uln. les, and all Omaha lunml out |u \uhnm F kS v dn cots “Dlockade I The st manner emed to have return of rchants who dullness of to-duy brightened up by n rush of rustome Yesterday signal advices from the west et that the Ihunwlw tor is falli wother cold snap be expected here shortly, RAINS AND THE SNOW, oved and me Almost Restored. e gale of the past few days have much impeded tratfie, and brought utter demoralization to all the railvowds centering at this point, i | Uunion arve runnin to tim “overland, in yesterday morn dot, west-bound left u'xl\ an hour behind. On the Lincoin branch, howey different state of alluivs has existed. he train which left I on the ng of the inst was held at paraiso, and none have been sent out and no train has ed since An army of wmen and numbers of plows are at work and 15 hoped to elear the track by this evening. On the order of Superinten ro,the small branches susp during the blizzard. On the Marysvill The snow and * rolled and the evi \ eatengion and the fternoon the | o entered | 1 don't recolleet | 1did so uf the re- | started on | Monday | of | still L. § Mon ol all Sunday Kaneas division the trains tling with blockades The B.& M. train which 1éft here day morning Jaid at Greenw The castbound due here laid at Harvard all Monday the train due here Monday I up at McCook. Kansas City 1l pass in Denver ymmunication with cut days along raised are morning 1 has the i re forees of men ar ¢ Tne and the blockade will this morning Vrho Missouri Pacifle here Mon- day morning arrived yesterday morning reporting all elear at last. The out-bound which was abandoned Monday went out out on time yesterday morning I'he Chieago, St. £aul, Minneapolis & Omaha is having a hard fight. The train lue here yesterday morning evening. Only a stub otrain up to W arted out yesterday morning The Chieago, Burlington & Quiney ¢ the Rock Island came in on time yeste day morning. The Northwestern Milwankee arrivals were both abont « | hours late. All castern departures v out on time yesterday. The wires thre Toy re in very bad condition, and it is_diflicult to ledrn of the condition of afluirs In the yards here both the U, P.ahd B & M. have construction trains busily en hauliv t the snow and traflic is iy smooth. The B. & M. locomotive ditelied near the smelter oy was | put on the track yesterday morning. at_work be due arvived last LEAVITE'S ACCOUNT The County in Debt to Him—How the Shortage Oc J.J. Puints, who as expe at work upon the books of Levitt, late county clerk, complet- ed his task yesterday and turned over his | accounts to the commissioners. When irregularitios were fiest susp cct ed in Leavitt's methods and Mr. Poiunts was put upon the work of investigating the books, the situation placed the coun ty k some three thousand dollars be- hind. On lus retirement he suceeeded, with the aid of h1s bondsmen in refund- ing $2,400. This left him with an exact diserepan cy of $i81.21 for which the coun- ty hell him o account. Dwring the weeks that mt visit in tl ng been Mr 1 sioners Callowed $31.50 tind Points in completing the balance found haturally that the ;uum stands in debt to Mr. Leavitt to the amount of $10.29. It is perhaps only just to both the m\h Jic « Mr, nd to show ho Inquenc, ii his slio 1 in the fee book, which document, with Mr Points’ ad justments, is an interestin ord. One of the county clerk’s chief duties, and the source ot ne I'the funds which )ass into his hands, s the receipt of fees, n keeping account of these payments, he has usually - memoranda or |h \mun which during n 5 rec - ‘.\Nq f thing for Mr. Leavitt in t loans from the mless than the rately pocketing the B T b et entries, and which he could well destroyed, he retained with the intention of returni the sums he had Ap]lrummltfl Investigation, how- sprung upon him in an attempt b | to 1 | records and restore a full brea tab; pers ast_of the Had he f uld | o v successful theft of his pur- loinings and defied investigation. It is the belief of the county ¢ mmissioners that Mr. Leavitt ney tended the funds he temporarily appropria and as every eent was returned and the » finds him ahead, they exonerate m all felonious intentions. HIS NEW FOUND FRIEND. | made turned ov him fi Another Verdant Joins the Sad Pro- cession of the Duped. Christopher Timme, it from Atlantie, Towa, on his to Cherry county, was met by a confidence man on Eleventh street yesterd: Before he | got through with his friend he was sad der and wiser—and poorer by the sum of £50. 1t appears that Timm s over from the Blufls in the morning with the inten tion of remaining a day or two in Omaha before resuming journcy west- ward. One the first e he et W [ rather W dressed, smooth lunan nd suy nd vidual who the e of Charles Weston, and c¢laimed to be going west ward, ¢ two soon became fast friends, and before long Weston proposed that they go and get breakfast some | Timme consented and the two went into | an Eleventh street restaurant. Weston | ugreed to pay for the weals. When he | wentup to the cashier K he pulied , out a large roll of n]l» id - selecting a | Mlm“m/ml one paid the sum of seyenty cents eyes bulged ot when he si i mIl and hie asked innoc have you got the Fou uf lollars,’ 2ot to buy a team of (o0 Thaye plenty of " was the reply horses o money on 1 I ik to got go to the bank, way down on Sixteenth strect, before buy the horses. If you'll cash the check for me, will go around and buy the horses and thén see the town.” Tinm dily consented and produced the nec amount in exchange for the check. 'Hl. rest of the sl tale soon told standing on the for &30 11 don’t care ¢ found fric yund the e sick.” Weston, of cours And Timme will have to telegraph lome for funds wherewith to continue bis jour ney westward, DISTRICT COURT NOTES. Sued for Damages—A guinst the City. Suit for damages was commenced in the district wurt yesterday by the children of John Lennon, through their next friend, William O'Connor, J. D, F. Schnell and Samuel Olsen, su keepers, and thei ies, Fred Hick- steine, Charles W art and Julins Freitschke, for cansing the death of John Lennon by selling him hquor. Lennon, the petion alleges, had been intoxicated for several days prior to July 4, 1584, and on that day, after be warned, the saloon-keepers named furnished him with liquor, from the ¢ of which he dic during the day judgment asked by the plaintifis is 5,000 2 the costs of the suit A Liquor Dealel Case Mury rnumunu:l suit the city #10,000 wges alleged ‘to uq iined by ) .nn ! l\m;_ ug to the plaintitt by the lhun- v of grade on Dodge street. Appeals Trom the awird of appraisers for the Omah lmn v 1y right of way 1y lay 1 Bagley, | Winic 3 el aud Jobn Reilys Dugdale Blair | THE O\L\HA DAILY BEE, | of a Lo "\\l?l Fll BROWN CO. Grain and Provision Commission Mer- chants, 97 Board of Trade Building, Chicago. We copy from the Chicago Inter- O of 1st inst. the following deserving nof well-known grain snd provision house Althongh this ecity ie a mighty mart yet it did not become such of itself. It was made what it is by the strong sense, the earnest vim, and push of our mer chants I'he magnitude of the grain in terests has naturally atteacte men of strong cha nd large capacity. To them th iry is inviting; but (Vu rong that onlyt he m and vigorons can keep even hold n place But Chandler, Brown Co. ull this, and more, too. Start lioy Hinve rapidly pushed their business arms _into cvery region of the northwest, until_the magnitude of their operations includes o number of the most extensive ators, east and west, To ereate and maintain_an enter prise of this magnitude requires more than ordinary exceutive acity and ability The firm loes both in Chicago and Milwau and in « city command a wide circle of bus nections. The Chicago branch is directly under the mana, nt of Mr. J. A Brown, who has moan active grain er from his boyhood, and has ped the fullest knowledge of the de f the trade. Five representafives are constantly engaged on the floor of the Board of trac lulvm|||1nl'||u‘ large busi ness of the firm, and all who have trans- actions with them speedily discover that (hlndllx Brown Company are strong enough and diserect enough to be im pll(\(\ '|n\hll The means at the posal‘of the firm are ample, orable promptity action.. Chandlcr, Brown Company v rtainly among the commanding houses of the west. One of the first prisone the police court yester was August Baker, known “Joln Door-Knob,” from his carrying a door-knob on his watel chain in place of a time-picce, He b Thursday njght and was wptured by the police. . judge released him. John Horan, charged with assaulting Peter Milbood, he packing house yesterday, paid a fine of 10 and costs for the fun, I rraigned in k Brown, drunk Costs, John Jolns and disorderly, whose was wiais an aged sinner, unty, He Will Simons, vagrant, discharged. Brevitie: il F ling Cabinets Indexes. Shannon Lett Annl l ses. 219 12th stre Neb, Nat'] Bank. The finest assortment oft single and double cutters to be found anywhere in ity is on exhibition at the Lininger & I3 repository, comer of Sixth c streets., nrnml singleor double e ul to lln- Lininger & Metealt Co. corner of Nixth and Pacific e will find the I and best sclected assortment of s of all kinds to be seen anywhere in the state. titution, 1y Superintendent Picree o the poor farm an old 1 named Jokn Olsen, whom he foun livit in circumstances of squalor and filth in hovel he corner of Eleventh Jones s Olsen is about G0 ye: g has becn eking out a g brooms, but of I 4'()ulnl Lll» |m|l ing. Pitiable De POWDER Absolutely Pure. A marvel of pu & A Wast Irect, N ARCHITECTS. “F. M. ELLIS & Co. Architect and Building Superint’s OMAHA, NEB, and DES HOINES, I8 inGHOr, with ¥, LAl TAIKERN SPRING § GVER 400,000 ehlcle st dhiding ¥ehicle, Fren e ) DOCTOR McMENAMY Omaha Medical ;;HI.Surginm I2TSTITVT! CORNER 1308 ¥1° A8 CAPITOL AVENUL —TREATS AL Chronic and Surgical Diseases. SPECIALTIE formities, Dise send for ) I d for Putient PRIVATE CIRCULAR TD MEN, iual iricture, V ury sud Sesual Organs ondolice, or poreonally. scut by il o express Contents or sender Hattories, Tubialers, Braces, 1 11 kinds of Medic 1A pplavecy, wan ufactured und for sale Arhln»u:l.nnn\u DR. McMENARM Or Ovana MEDICAL AND SUBGIC e 1ibia Bt.p COF, Capitol Avenue, Ulabia, Ncb. ‘onfidential lout marks to usses, and WEDNESDAY, , T T T T JANUARY 5. 1886, WOULD YOU BUY ? 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