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

1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1836 ‘PlCKED UP ABOUT THE (ITY, ’wng Van. Ness l{nkel a Further De- tailed Oonfession. MORE OF TNE POWELL TRIAL. The Arguments Begnn—The Grand Finale To-day—A Witness on a Drunk-—Police News—Local Railway Notes. Further Confessions. Ralph Van Ness, the young Omaha tough arrested with several of his asso- ciates for burglary, is in jail awaiting trial. Yosterday he was brought before Judge Stenberg for in- formal examination, He made some statements which corroborate his former eonfession, and which, if true, seriously implicate Stevens, the Cuming street grocer. He acknowledged having glolen various articles from Mecln- nis & Bussey B. Williams & Son J. H. MeShane's stable, N. B, Falconer, and other business men ground town. Nearly all of these articl sold to Stevens, he says, he declares, he B. Fnlrumr, and =old it to &t.\ ns for $1 At other times he, in com with other boys, stole cloth from Williams & Son, and, as he declares, sold it to the same man for about haif what it was worth, long list of the vietims he had od, and Judge Stenberg intends to have his statements corroborated or proven false by carciul examination of every casc “One time,” said Van Ness to the juflgc, Istole a lap robe and took it to old S ns, to see if he would buy it. I was dl the time, and when he asked me where T got the lap robe 1 told him right out t had stolen it. He tried to get me to say that I hadn’t stolen t, but 1 fold nim square up that 1 had. R o enow 1 oyt by stolen goods, but you ecan 11 to my brother-infaw _and i Ivm it from him. I did that and he afterwards got hold of the robe. “Sleepy,” Lon Hewitt, nsed to steal thmg~—hu| never more than a dollar's worth at a time—and sold them to Ste- vens. Ho used to go to the old man sometimes when he was hard u| to him, If don’t give y ¢ to buy u tic to the th I(ro 'l give you away. If Iwas to tell all T know about you people wouldn't think you such a nice old Christian as they do now.” The cases will be pushed to trial a soon as some further details of evidence can be worked up. It is mor able that some interesting de will follow. WHAT MR. STE! Mr. Steven’s side of the stor the following card: OmAnA, March 4—To the Editor.—My name having been used in the local pa- pers in a very unenviable light, I feel my- gelf called upon to make a denial of some of the insinuations made thercin. I have been in Omaha for tventy yoars, and this is the aracter has been publicity assail re that am a ‘“fence” does me great injustice. self I will make this statement: fall I ordered two of the bu)i who are now under arrest, out of my store, and they threatened to get even with me for it. 'The charge that 1 _bought a lap- robe from them is false. The article was offered to me and I refused it. It was bought by another party, and the police now have it in their % session. About two months ago a boy brought a caleim- ining brush to me, saying he had found it in the street. He wanted some crackers for it, and I gave them to him. hhmlly n!ter "Llearned that the brush belonged to Mr. Colling Jordan, and I imm diately sent for him. He identified the brush and I returned it to him. When the mhcu came to my store to-day unexpectedly with o search warrant, gladly granted them the privilege "of searching both my store and residence. hey made a most thorough search, but found nothing that would implicate’ me. They intimated something about 1,200 cigars which 1 was char, wul with h.wmw received from the boy have not bouglht any cigars, except from the regular dealers, since I have been m business, Now about the barrel soda. About 8 o’clock Tuesday morni Rulph Van Ness came to the front of my store and called me out. He wanted to_know what salsoda was worth per bar- rel, and I told him. He said he had a in the lot south of my place would sell to me for a dollar. 1 wm him that I would have do with it, just as I told him twice be when other art addition to the robe already mentioned, I am charged with having rv(,u\n-\l two. other robes from the bo; I deny that any robe or robes whatsoever have ever been offercd me by the boys. Thave never in my life receivea an article from any one that 1 thonght ad bogn smh-n taken out and 18 told in charg and In THE EVIDENCE ALL IN, . The Powell Murder Trial Drawing to a Close—Arguments Begun. The trial of Powell for the murder of Leslie at Florence was continued yester- _ day, all the cvidenco being completed nd the arguments begun. ~ " In the morning the defense introduced " testimony to show that at the time Leslie L and his gang were about to make the as- “sault upon Powell, a young man, named " George Stallon, rushing upon him (Powell) with a heavy ironwood club. “'he prosecution produced several wit- messos in rebuttal, who swore that such Swas not the case and that Stallon was "mot near the church at the time the shoot- ,lpx oceurred. The sister of Leslie, the man, testitied that Stallon had ac- - eompanied her home from church th: I l\!,. but under the shrewd cross-exam- ation of Attorney Burnham she broke wn and made confused statements, and I"y admitted that Stallon met her en she was nearly home and only ent with her the rest of the distance, 1In the afternoon the arguments were ommenced, the opening for the prose- don R Y R ke for more than an hour, dence which the state subm i the n-]p.\uuuny pro ense, It was' ver; vident t?mu thedyift of the spe nlm{ @ speaker had no hopes of convieting ell for murder in the first degree, bul straining to his utmost to mnl - [tablish in the 1minds of the jury thit he iBhould be convicted in some fesser de- * Coloncl E. F. 8 nythe, Ihe defel of the counsel opened the argument on He began with a few sarcastic rning the previousspeaker, pd then launched forth with such u ve- ment and us to hul\l closest attention of the jur l(mnl wus owded, and e\ y present listened for an hour bnwd breath, The sveaker’s mment — of the deéad man W earthly career, of the gang iwho were with him, and the testinony atroduced, was cutting in the extrome acluded his address by asserting 1 :i;)wall ghoiild either be convieted of € v in the first degrea or allowed to Mr. Burnham will close se and District Attorney Estelle will follow with the final argu ment for the state. It is expected that the case will go to the jury this after- noon. A Trifling Dispute. Benjamin Witten and James B. Mayo are two carpenters boarding at 514 North Thirteenth stre Thursday night Mayo made the assertion that he belonged to the Carpenters’ Union of this city. This Witten boldly denied. Mayo became exasperated, and, jumping to his feet, laid out Witten with one well dirceted blow. At least, thatis the story told by Witten, Yesterd morning the latter concinded to hnvolegnl rovengo and ne. cordingly swore ont_a warrant for his assailant’s arrest. Mayo was arrested while at dinner ficer Whalen, Witten was also at the house, but when the offic asked that he came up to the pol inst BE.\\n it was discovered as too much intoxieated to do companied the tter had informed cenberg that the complainant was change came over his counte: nance Mayo explained that Witten was «hunk at the time of the alleged assault, that he had not st him. He llml pushed him into a chs E Ters had thereupon jokingly adyis the intoxicated man to have hm\ (Mayo) ested, or else wait and h||x|g the miat- ter betore the ;,u nd Witten thought they were in e; hest and o in the morning he Iul Iluf- ant a\\m n out. S by wcee, notifying him that he hear the case at some time in case V ed up. Police Court Bocket. rles Doolittle beeame involved in a ith his brother aw Thursday. y fun_in police in the shape of a fline of $ and co Flint ln-nuhh\r an old, broken-down tramp printer, wasarr |;_(l\w!un a charge of intoxication. He expinined that he would leave town if he could only get a chance. ‘[ expect to take up a collee- tion to help me along, judge,” he aded, “and then strike out further st to see if I can't get work.” He was instructed to ‘‘scoot.” William Johnson, a gentleman of igned on a charge of intoxica- tion, was released. Hammond, another darkey, was fined $25 and costs, and sentenced in_ad- dition to fifteen d; n the county jail. He wentinto staurant on Twelfth street at 8 o'clock ; yesterday morning and picked a quarrel with the cook HC got decidedly the worst of the fight, though before the smoke of battle cleared away, there was a promiscuous smash-up of glass, erockery, ¢l and tables, Ham- mond claimed'to have been gashed on the head with an axe in the h.uuli of his assailant, but if he received « jury the traces of it we in the morning. Railway Notes. Notwithstanding the deep snow, which is even deeper than the one of the latter part of January, all the trains are run- ning pretty closely on schedule time. Ruilroad men say that unless a drifting takes place, which is not at all probable, there will be delay. The ice gorge at Valley has been broken up and all damage repaired. Trains are crossing now without any trouble. J. 8. Tebbetts, assistant gener: l!re)ght agent of the Union Pacifie, quarters at Kansas (.ny, is cua' S. 1{|llcnrf (mvelmv agent of the I, a3 wnh% ters at Peoria, is in tha city. J. C. Ruple, traveling passenger agent of the Panhandle route, is in Omaha on business. ith head: in the ssenger eadquar- Could Not Ship the Body. The brother of A. H. Garrett, the jour printer who died at St. Josuph s hospital Thursday morning, arrived in the city vesterday to take the remains of the deceased to Osceola, Iowa, for in- terment. The body was placed on the tram last evening, but just before leaving the baggageman discovered that accord- ing to the certificate of death Garrett died of scarlet fever. According to the laws of Towa this is a contagious disease, gnd the bodies of persons who ha died of such diseases cannot be transported in the state. The baggageman thereupon refused to mrry llu- body on the train, and was therefore lett in to Unmh.\ 'he brother of the deceased was deeply distressed that he could not take the ns with him, and an effort was made last evenng to ha tificate changed $o as to admit of transportation, Back in the Mire, John Kelley, whose promises of reform and agreement to sign the pledge led Judge Stenberg to release him from jail Thursday morning, was arrested again yesterday afternoon. His former protes- tations had evidently been forgotton in the flowing bowl, for it required the ser- vices of the patrol wagon and four police- men to land’ his inanimate form in the confines of the central police statior happened to be on hand from wagon to cell was being made, and from the expression of his face it Is s [vlo say that John will this morning rece a promised sentence of 100 days in the county j Fell in a Fit, A man lying upon the sidewalk in front of the Paxton drew a crowd to that place about b o’clock yesterday afternoon. It was at first supposed that the man was intoxieated, but it soon became apparent that he wus in a dangerous fit. He was carried into the corridor of the hotel and physicians were summoned. Remedi were applied which restored him to pa tial consciousness, and the patrol wagon then conveyed him to St. Joseph's hos- pital. It was ascertained that his name is John Anderson, but no other facts were obtainable, except that he had just walked into town. Ho was considered i a dungerous condition last night, Funeral of J. H. Brackin, The remains of John H, Brackin,whose recent death in California was chronicled in these columns, arrived on the overland train with Brackin, daughter of the deceased. are in a remarkably good stute of preser- vation, The funersl will take place from the Presbyterian chureh Sunday afternoon at® o'clock. The Maennei or Masquerade. The masquerade ball of the Omaha Macnuerchor oceurs on Tuesday evening next, Mureh 9, at Turner hall, Elaborate ations are being made for the oceasion, and those having its manage- went in hapd promise all who attend a grand good time, $ - Cedar Piling is better than osk for bridge or foundation work. It lasts longer in or out of the ground, and can be furnished and' driven dor one-third less cost by D. Soper & Co., 1020 Farnam | { then adjourncd for the might. j styect, Oweuha, A False Statement. In ungramatical language the Lincoln Journal, of a recent date had the follow- ing remark to make A reporter heard yesterday of several arties who had exhibits at ‘the Omaha air last year and which displays were awarded premiums, who have, u]v to the present time, failed to get either diplomas or cash. They wonder what is_the mat- ter, and are not willing to believe that there will be many a cold day pass be- fore they get anything. But such is very Tikely to be the case, as the management of that immense “‘exposition™ went into a deep hole in attempting to down Lin- coln and the state fair. Complaints about not getting diplomas and pre: minms awarded at the state fair are yet to hear.’ j. Wheeler, secretary of the Omaha r nssociation, in referfing to the above yesterday, said the statements contained ly false. “There is not o flmf{ln pre which remains unpaid to: ' he “and I defy any one to prove anything to the conirary. As for the diplomas, all those who have applied for them have not been disap- pomted. T ation has been run peiples and has not a single instance, to keep its promises. Look here, farmer: have 40 pairs_bob-sleighs close out at $19, wnnn have the room. A 18th uu. I e - Mrs. Homan Vory Low. Mrs. Homan, wife of George W. Ho- man, one of the oldest residents of Omuha, was reported very low last even- ing. with no chance for recove For a Jong time she has been in poor health, but was somewhat better until about nine days ago, when was zed with an attack of typhoid-pncumonia. It was an- ticipated t evening that she would survive the night but could not possibly live through the day to- Abslutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marval of puri- by, strength and wholesomeness. More econ- nomical than the ordinary kinds, ind cannot bo !(vlll in competition with” the muititude of low tost, short woight, alum or phosphite powders. Sold donly Incans. | Rovat BAKING FowDEL Co. 106 W, New York. 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Has tho largest list of property, the cheaest and bast, tha easiast terms; no matter what kind of property yon want, by all means examine his list before purchasing elsewhere, LotsforSale In every desirable addition to the city, tlemanly salesmen with buggies READY AT ALL TIMES To Show Propery. Gen- A lot on 10th, between Douglas and Dodge, & ain if taken at once, ALt—No. 193. Lot fronting two ts, two good houses only 6 Flwh rom court house, £5,000. . Lot_66x134; hous Center s 8 T fine vi inn’s add., $2, irst add. Four large hou Will pay 12 per cent. on the investment; §15,000. 209. Lot 100x140, four-room cottage, S. 15th st., next to Hartman school, $2,600, on monthly payments. 215. East front ‘lot, house 8 rooms, in block 8, Hanscom Place, $3,200; casy terms, 218. Full lot, brick house 7 rooms, Har- ney, near 25th, $6,000. 2 e location in West Oma Toom cottage, large barn grounds 24, corner on three streets, 00. orner lot on Chicago st., ion, $6,000. Two full lots, el ine loca- nt residence furnaces, everything strictly , goud location, $11,000. , two cottages, Shinn’s add, ze of five rooms, full lot Shulls 800. 819. Nice lot, cottage 4 rooms, Prospect Place, $1,500,$200 down, $20 per month. 339, Two lots on 20th st., 4 good houses, £06.500. This is zaun and a good investment. 349, Half lot on Webster st. houses, $06,000. 852 l‘ul“u! 2 brick. houses, house, 8. 11th st., $3,590, 858, Full lot, lm“m house on I stroot, §8,600. Full lot, 9 room house, furnace, gas, w lll()l'. sewer, 860. Full Jot Brick $1,150. $150 cash, sm |u~rmnnll| 866. Two full lots, two story house, three miles from postoflice, $300, $100 down $10 per month, 869. Lot 60x213, two new rooms, one of 6. A nice or a good investment. 20th; $7,500. 70. Elegant residency itol Hill. House of 390 Lot 66x138, house 6 st.; $2.500. 393. Full lot, two story house, 7 rooms, fruit trees, barn, ‘ete. Shinn's add; £2,000. 399. Two lots, good, 4 room house Lowe's add; $2,000. Two good one frame View, hous placy rooms. 'S. 1ith 411, Elogant residonco proper house, lot T5x140. v 165, 7,50 Lots on Georgia a betwoen LA worth and Farnam, $1,800 each. terms. 171, Lot facing Hanscom Park on Park ave., $1,600 176. Nice lot in Himebaugh Place, $1,600. 7 "hree nice lots in block 5, Hanscom to $1,500 each. juare cor., Harney and 20th ]“\ 18th st., near Center, In-n\'m'n Leaven- n choice lots in Hanscom $750 and §800 cach, lots in Marsh’s add; § 50 each, . Lot in Clifton Place; $1,000. 100. Two good lots in Dwight & Lyman’s add., for §$750. 258. Nice lot in-Denise add.; $800. 267, Lot in Arbor Place; Nuu; monthly paymonts. 276. Lot 4, block 270: §600. « ILL lots in block 20, Hanscom cli rms eusy. 5 to 804, Good lot in Hawthorn ndd 809. Three nice lots in Shull's add.; $1,2 each, 311. l\\u lots in Lake's add.- §1,175 and $1,200, ix lots in block 14, Hanscom Pla 725 to $875 e Choice lotin W 814. Full lot, Howard $13,009, 830. 100x140 ft. cor, Michigan and Georgia ave ; $3,000. 885, Eight lots in King's add.; $550 cach. 346, Two nice lots in Kirkwood: $450 each, Walnut Hill—Lots $300 to $900 each, on oasy terms, For SaLe st Cuming add; §250, Bt., near 12th; 10 acres within 3} miles of the P. 0. Nice house, large orchard, fine location. Only a' stone’s firow from Amblor Piaca Whore 3,000 per ki Will sell the 10 acres at $350 per acre. Twenty-five acres between Cote Brilliant and Hyde Park, $150 per ac ORCHARD HiLL—The most desirable resi Prices low and terms easy. ou buya lot before looking at rd lldl you will regret it. It costs nothing to take a ride out there to e amine it. For beautiful residence zhts J’r for safe investment buy in ar wholu ul 1t -r> lots in Belvedere $300 ch, which will be worth §1,000 inside of a y For anything the real estate line call on C.'E. Mayne. I HAVE a_complete set of abstraets of title for Douglas county. ABSTRACTS Mma 4? on short notice and at ates. » LoaN on real e ate of interest C. E. MAYNE, e at the Omaha’s Progress SINCE 1884. Can be realized best by those who can recall to memory the old sites, which have been selected for the magnificent structures recently completed, The first selected by the ambitious fathers of our Gate City, was for the erec- tion of a more elaborate temple of justice, und not a stone was left unturned until their ambition was gratified and they completed the noble and hand- soume Court House Which is elevated to that point that its towering cupalo can be seen for miles sround, to say nothing of the mechanical skill that is displayed both inside and out, composing designs purely new and original, with points that are equal to any, if not surps sing all others on the continent. The next step on foot, was taken to erect an EXPOSITION BUILDING And the site selected on the northeast corner of 15th and Capitol Avenue, which stood for many years unoceupied, and was merely a resort as a child- reu's playing ground. This most beautiful piece of mechanieal skill is strik- ing to the pride of every heart in the Gate City,and well we can feel proud of this bestowing feature to our city, as it is equal to that of any in the larger ties cast. These featur called “small western town;" and now with the site which has recently heen the pur- s show what enterprise can do for a once chase of Hon. Wm. Paxton, on Farnam street, between 15th and 16th streets, adjoining the site of the old court house, with a view to erect his new hotel which when completed promises to eclipse anything in the hotel line on the American continent. Mr. Paxton is a worthy citizen and deserves praise for the interest he takes in beautifying the city. Last but not least was the es- tablishing of The Misfit Clothing Parlors ‘Who now occupy 1119 Farnam street, the land mark so long recognized as J. B. French & Co. cently completed extensive improvements which beautifies the rooms so that the stand of the popular grocers, The Parlors have re- they are equal to the neatest in the west. The Parlors also deserve credit for the progress they have made in winning the many hard fought battles of com- petition, and in dressing the people of Omaha with such exquisite taste, and saving them from 50 to 100 per cent on each purchase. The Parlors are the gossip of today, and not only a thing of the past. Should you meet a friend who appears more neatly clad than the majority of men seen on the street,ask him where he buys his A.‘]u“lil;g‘. you will find him ready tosay, AT THE MISFIT PARLORS. Where can be found the leading styles received daily in spring,fall and winter OVERCOATS AT . AT $ 9.80 That was made to order, $16.10 That was mude to order 10.60 do do 18.40 Po 12,60 do do 20.70 do 14,20 do do 24.80 do FOR 55.00 40.00 . 45.00 . 50.00 And many others made in the most exquisite taste, and my suit came from those quoted in the daily price list of SUITS FOR [ AT 0 That was made to order....$20.00 | $16.80 T! l,,u was made to order. . 10.40 i a £ . 10.00 12.60 A 4 21.00 A a4t 4 15.00 “ “ 55.00 “ o “ And many others as neat as the neatest, together with those beautiful £ PANTALOONS AT FOR | AT $ 2.80 That was made to order. ; 6.00 | § 4.80 That was made to or .lcr 3.15 do do 5.20 do .60 do do 6.10 do 4.00 do do 7.40 do terns and cuts in It is needless to say that man can be suited both in style and pocketbook no matter what his tastes may demand, or what the size of his pockethook is AT THE ONLY MISFIT Clothing Parlors 1119 FARNAM STREET,