Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 30, 1909, Page 1

| ] ¥ ] | ‘;" I PART ONE il NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO & VOL. XX DUTY ON BARLEY IS INCREASED| Tate is Raised from Twenty-Four to Thirty Ceats Per Bushel. NEBRASKA SENATORS BEHIND IT Were Assisted by Gamble and Omaha Resolutions, SENATOR BROWN COMPLIMENTED His Victory in Pumice Stone Matter is Occasion of Rejoicing. MET BIG GUNS AND BEAT THEM Postmaster General Hitcheoek Cannot Be at Convention of Nebrasks Postinusters — Kinkaid Scores Aguin. (From s Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 29.—The senate to- day voted to increase duty on barley from 24 cents to 30 cents per bushel This was brought about largely through the efforts of Senators Burkett and Brown of Nebraska and Gamble of South Dakota, all of whom made brief addresses to the senate before the vote was taken, und thelr arguments were sufficlently heavy to overcome the protests of Senatol Root of New York, who yesterday and again today opposed the Increased duty. Senator Burkett read a personal letter from the president of the Omaha Grain exchange, to which was attached resolu- tions adopted by the exchange favoring the increase of duty today secured. Senator Brown Is recelving numbériess telegrams congratulating him on raising the rate on pumice stone manufactured and unmanufactured. The fact of the matter is that the junior senator from Nebraska has won a very substantial vic- tory by meeting the finance committee on their proposition and beating down their disposition to lower rates on pumice etdne. It was a case of “gum shoe” meth- ods with Senator Brown. Instead of thun- dering In the index he quietly went about scelng members of the finance committee and put up to them a proposition which they could not get away from. The junior senator met every one of the conditions of the opposition for a reduction by show- ing that this was an industry worthy of protection, and although at one time it looked very dark for any change from the Dingley bill on pumice stone Brown kept everlastingly pounding away for In- creased protection. Winning out as he hus done has increased his standing im- measureably. There has been consider- able talk today in and out of the senate over the clever manner in which he brought about a seemingly impossible proposition. Hitcheock Canmot Come, | B. F. Thomas, postmaster at Omaha, Jeft this morning for New York and from that eity will return home. Postmaster Sizer of Lincoln left for home last night. Mr. Thomas sald before leaving tifat he had an interview with Postmaster General Hitoh- cock and urged that officlal to be present at the annual convention of Nebraska post- mosters, but Mr. Hitchcock, while appre- clating the honor tendered and expressing himself as in accord with the purposes of the organization, said he greatly feared that stress of public business would prevent him from accepting. Congressman Kinkald today recommended the following persons for postmasters in the Sixth district: Charles Courtney at Selden, Rock county, vice 8. H. Hallforson, re- signed; George Hawkes at Glen, Sioux county, vice J. C. Madsen, resigned; T. J. Colerick at proposed office at Mud Springs, Sloux county. Upon application made by Congressman Kinkald to the reciamation service, the fol- lowing lands have been restored from he North Platte irrigation project to the pub- lic domaln and thus made subject to honie- stead entry under the one-section act: Por- tions of mections 18, 20, 3, 2, 32, townshlip | 2, range §7, and section 17, range 0. township 19, Twenty-Five Years for “Adam God” Jury at Kansas City Finds Religious Fanatic Guilty of Muder in Second Degree. KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 25.—The jury in the case of James Sharp, or “Adam God", charged with the murder of Police- man Michael Mullane in a religious riot Bere December § last, this morning re- turned a verdict of guilty of murder In the second degree, and Sharp was sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary. When the verdict was read Sharp showed no sign of emotion. “That's all right said he. “It's the will of Ged.™ Sharp's wife, Melissa, who is yet to be tried for murder, was not in the court room. When news of the verdict was told the woman in her ceil she Ve WAy to a flood of tears, but soon regained her com- posure. Her case will come up within & week o ten days. The case was glven to the jury late yes- terday. Nine of the jurors on the first b lot gtood for hanging and three for acquit- tal. The three declined to glva in to over- tures of the nine when the majority of- fered to compromise on a life sentence wnd then upon fifty years' imprisonment. Finally, after a night of balloting, the ver- dict us rendered was agreed upon just be- tore court opened this morning. RAIN, HAIL AND CYCLONE und Covered with M « lstones to Depth of Twe ¥ teinity of Gothenburg. HENBURG, Neb, May 2.—(Special Telegram.)—A severe hail and wind storm occurred here this evening. Hall covered the ground to the depth of two Inches, A small cyclone is reported east of he LEXINGTON, Neb., May 2.—(Special) Reports reached this clity this afterncon that a cyclone had done considerable dam- age 1o the country, about twelve miles southwest of here. No loss of life has beon reported. At 3 o'clock this morning the barn of J. M. Funk was burned to the { ground. One horse and 300 worth of "Souse furniture were destroyed. ¢ | Lewellyn, Neb., i Bridegroom Lost His Roll | Jacob J. Hannagher Experiences Dire | Misfortune inm Denver, Po: poning Wedding. DENVER, May (Spectal Telegram.) Wedding bells did not ring today for Jacob | |3. Hannagher, a prosperous young farmer |of Lewellyn, Neb, and Miss Annie Miller |of Denver. They were to be married here | this morning, but the wedding was post- | poned indefinitely because the prospective bridegroom had the misfortune 1o be | robbed of the money he had brought along | to defray the expenses of the wedding. Hannagher, with the aid of the police, recovered his money, but the postponement of the marriage had then been decided upon and Hannagher was unable to induce his bride-to-be to make another change. William Rusch, recently discharged from the army, s in jail charged with robbing Hannagher. Thinking that by returning the money he might secure Hannagher's forgiveness and induce the young man not to prosecute him, Rusch, made a complete contession and revealed the hiding place of the stolen money, but his action did not have the desired effect. Angry because he had been forcad to postpone his marriage | Hannagher announced that he would | prosecute Rusch to the limit and would not marry until the thief had been tried and convicted. Street Car Strike in Philadelphia Order Went Into Effect at Four This Morning and Service is Main- tained with Difficulty. | | PHILADELPHIA, May 2.—Greatly to the surprise of the local public Philadelphia is today In the tangle of a street car strike. The order of the executive committee of the carmen’s union to strike was issued at an early hour this morning and went into effect at 4 &. m., when the day service be- At 9 ». m. cars were running on all but two of the lines, but it was apparent the company was having difficuity in maln- taining the regularity of the service. While there has been agitation among the men for higher wages and better conditions it was not generally believed radical ac- tlon would be taken so soon, if at all, as the union organization was not belleved to be strong enough. Paradoxical as it may seem the strike was hastened through the action of the company in raising the wages of the men 1 cent an hour from 21 to 22 cents. This was done about two weeks ago and the increase is to go Into effect July 1. Prior to the announcement of the increase in wages the Philadelphia Rapid Transit com- pany became the storm ‘enter of general protest by abolishing six-for-a-quarter tick- ets and adopting a straight G-cent fare rate. This matter is now before the State Rall- road commission at Harrisburg. Fast Mail 1s Partly Derailed Missouri Pacific Train is Ditched as Result of Recent Rain—No One Killed. KANSAS CITY, May 20.—Missour! Pacific fast mail train, No. 7, which left St. Louls last night for Kansas City, was partially deratled this morning one mile west of Lit- tle Blue, Mo., which is eighteen miles e of this city. Several persons were bruised, but it is said none was serlously hurt. The train is composed of an express car, two mail carg and a Pullman. The express and mail cars left the track and turned over, but the sleeper remained upright and ‘was not damaged. The officials of the road, in this eity, stated later that but three persons were hurt, none painfully. The train, at the time of the accident, was running at the rate of forty-five miles an hour, upgrade. The track had been weaked by recent | rains. Mrs. May lon i Was Arrested | Family Mixup of Silver Creek Couple 1 is Straightened Out by the Denver Police. DENVER, Colo, May 2).—(Special Tel- | egram.)—Mrs. May Ton of Silver Creek, Neb., was arrested by a federal officer to- day on the charge of using the malls to | defraud. Her husband came here yester- | day from Silver Creek, Neb., and sald she had written him falsehoods to get money |from him. She sald other they had quarreled over an- woman and she had left him. The inspector released her with a warning about misusing the mails. The police now believe Ton wrote the decoy letters and |are sorry they canngt hold the couple on some charge, as Chief Armstrong says they are “bad actors.” MAN TO WHOM FRANK JAMES | SURRENDERED GUN IS DEAD/! Ex-Governor T. T. Crittenden of Mis- souri Succumbs to Stroke of Apoplexy. KANSAS CITY, May 2.—Ex-Governor T. T. Crittenden, a noted Missourian, died | at his home here this morning. He suf- fered a stroke of apoplexy Thursday after- noon and remained unconscious tll he | atea. Mr. Crittenden was 77 years of age. He was born in Selby county, Kentucky, and received his education at Center college, Danville, Ky. Among his classmates were W. C. P. Breckinridge and John Young Brown. He came to Missourl before the civil war and later formed a law partner ship with Francis M. Cockrell, afterward United States senator. In 1878 Mr. Critten- den became governor of Missour! and It was to Governor Crittenden that Frank James, the noted outlaw, laid down his arms. He was consul general to Mexico under President Cleveland. T. T. Critten- den, Jr, s mayor of Kanses City, | | thoroughtare he pounced upon me like an PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY EN IBLY EN > \t\i ne PO Proposition to Re? o' o Commissione R « ferred to ¢ 3™ ates. NEW BASIS OF REPRESENTATION Number of Communicants Instead of Ministers to Be Standard. TENNIS PLAYING NOT A BAR Missionaries Dismissed Who Object to Brothers' Pastime, NEXT SESSION AT ATLANTIC CITY Invitation of ern Resort is Unan- imounsly Accepted and Bullding on Steel Pler Will Be Usea. DENVER, May 20.—The 121st general as- sembly of the Presbyterian church closed today after a quiet session in which routine matters were disposed of and 3 vote of thanks extended to Moderator Barkley and the officlals of the body. The minority report of the committee on polity recommending the resolutions introduced by Dr. Joseph A. Vance of Chicago that the reduction of representation in the as- sembly be made on a basis of church| membership instead of the number of min- isters, was adopted. The proposition will | be sent back to the Presbyterian for actfon. Should 1t be accepted, the Presbyteries will be further asked to ratify the prop- osition that 6,000 communicants be the basts of such computation. Atlantic City was selected as the place of the next meeting. An interesting feature of the day's pro- ceedings are when the committee on polity practically dismissed James and Alexander Waite, missionaries In China, because they had criticised the worldliness of other mis- sionaries, who it seems did nothing more than play tennis. The Waite brothers ad- vised in the report which was adopted by the assembly to seek other fields of service. The assembly today practically dismissed from the service Alexander and James ‘Walte, both missionaries in a Presbytery In northern China, because they complained ‘when their brother missionaries played ten- nis and induiged in worldly athletic pas- times with thelr charges. The Waite broth- ers were of the opinion, as outlined In their charges to the assembly, that their assist ants in China could not apply themselves to the business of saving the heathen and play tennis at the same time. Th there- fore asked the assembly to censure the tennis playing brethren. Thelr request was a boomerang, however, for the committee on church polity in & report recelved today by Dr. Gray Bolton of Philadelphia, com- mends the religlous zeal of the Walte brothers, but suggested they might do bet- ter in another field of endeavor and rec- ommended their change of residence. The report was adopted. The assembly unanimously voted to ac- cept the invitation of Atlantic City, N. J., to convene there next year. The music hall on the steel pier will be turned over to the sessions of the assembly. Posse in Pursuit of Would- Be Murderer W. A. Taylor, Theater Owner, Badly Stabbed by P. H. Merchant of Hot Springs. HOT SPRINGS, 8. D, May 20.—(Special Telegram.)—As the result of long cherished enmity existing between W. A. Taylor, who conducts a chain of moving picture thea- ters in the Black Hills, and P. H. Mer- chant, a local resident here, Taylor is lying in a precarfous condition at the Minnekahta hotel, a vietim of elght knife wounds, while Merchant, the wielder of what Taylor de- scribes as a dirk or stilleto, is still at large. Sheriff Jensen and & good-sized posse are in strenuous pursult of the would-be mur- derer, and it is belleved his apprehension 1s a question of a few hours only. Taylor said this morning that there is| a woman in the case. “For several years | myself and wife were close friendly nelgh- | bors of the Merchants in Keystone, §. D., | and my affillatons and frequent Interviews | with Mrs. Merchant were always of cordial and purely platonic nature. Pete Merchant became insanely Jealous, however, and on several occasions promised to put me out of existence. 1 pald no attention to these threats. Last night I arrived from Rapid City to visit my wife, a patent in & sisters memorial hospital. Through some unknown source Merchant learned of my presence in the ity greeted me affably and requested me to take a stroll, when in & shadow darkened | infuriated maniac, plunging & knife ito me | several times.” One man’s meat is another man’s poison. You may want what the other man is glad to sell for a song. , | Under the head of ‘‘Offered | for Sale’’ is most everything you can think of. Make it a practice to read these ads. | You will find it will be more than worth your time. You will find real bargains every day on the want ad. pages, that will save you money. Have you read the want ads yet pL ment under the seal of the German gov- | this government | statement today? From the Washington Evening Star. + BONING FOR GRADUATION. e WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Showers and cooler For Towa—Showers. For weather report see page 6 GERMANY IN TARIFF DEBATE |Senator Aldrich Charges it is Trying to Influence Legislation. SECRET STATEMENT OF WAGES Document $ald to Have Been Sub- mitted by German Manufac- facturers for Purposes of Their Own, WASHINGTON, May 20.—Senator Aldrich denounced as “impertinent” the efforts of the German government to influence Amer- fcan tariff legislation by supplying anony- mous information s to wages paid German workmen. His characterization followed a statement by Senator Depew intimating that German manufacturers were striving to influence congress througn the German government and American importers of German goods. The reply of the president to a senate resolution calling for a statement of the German government as to wages In Ger- many proved the signal for this animated discussion as soon as the senate assembled today. The president stated in his mes- sage that the document in question had been sent to the committee on finance April 13. Senator Nelson, gong to the desk of the vice president, took the president’s brief | message and as he held it In his hand asked that the statement rererred to be printed as a senate document “I am surprised,” said Mr. Nelson, “that |the finance committee has withheld the re- port. “I have made some investigation as to the character of that report,’” replied Mr. Ald- rich, “and T find that it consists of state- ments by certain boards of trade In Ger- many transmitting anonymous testimony of manufacturers in answer to statements made before a caanmittee of congress. T am quite willing that this document should be printed.” Germany in Tariff Debate. Aldrich said that the statement Mr. | haa been sent back to the State depart- ment, but that it would be returned. He sald Mr. Depew spoke of the importance of the business before congress and as- serted that it was purely an American question. ‘‘Yet,” he sald, “we find that forelgn governments are entering the sen- ate chamber for the obstruction of legis- lation for which the president has called an extra session.” Stating that an Internal question was tnvolved, Mr. Depew sald the publication of the confidential document would be as serious a matter as ever had arisen be- tween the United States and a forelgn sovernment. Continuing, the New York penator said: “I am told that Prince Von Buelow has sent to this government an anonymous statement, £o ir detall that it has gone | even into the question of razors. Then I am told that it has been put by the German government into the hands of | tmporters and they have put it into the hands of senators with free trade ten- dencles. The question s one which arises far above that of political party, as the information was sent to the State depart- ernment."” Mr. LaFollette said he had been in- formed that the fact that the report had not been given to the senate for its con- sideration had been the subjeet of criti- cism and of some feeling on the part of the German government, as it contained information in response to & request of Mr. LaFollette declared that, as received, the statement concerning wages in Germany had been signed by the German manufacturers supplying that the signatures had been erased Statement to Be Private. Aldrich then explained that the had been transmitted by the German government on the condition that it should not be printed and such testi- mony was, he said, worthless from his point of view. Mr. Aldrich sald that the American ambassador at ‘Berlin had re- quested the information, but he explained he could not have asked for replies to tes- timony given before the ways and means committee. ‘Nothing on the record,” he said, “shows Mr. (Contlnued on Fourth Page.) it, but| Lincoln Man is Held as Leader of Smuggler Gang Railroad Brakeman Under Arrest in Chicago in Connection with Chinese Case. CHICAGO, T, May 20.—(Special Tele- gam.)-W H. Clark, aged 32 a railroad brakeman residing at Lincoln, Neb, Is un- der arrest here as one of the alleged lead- ers in & band of smugglers who have been bringing Chinese surreptitiously into the United States from Mexico. Seven of the alleged gang are held here and an eighth is under arrest and enroute here. Clark Is alleged to have been one of the leaders in the handling of smuggling operations at El Paso. The others arrested raliroad men, three Chinamen and (wo Mexicans. The trial is to begin June 8. Clark will put up a, hard fight, all of those under arrest denying complicity, Chandler 1s Ordered East include two other Omaha—Major Burnham Comes as Chief, WASHINGTON, May 20.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Captain Charles De F. Chandler, Signal Corps, s relieved from duty at Fort Omaha, effective June 20, when he will proceed to this city for duty. Major William P. Burnham, general staff corps, s relleved from duty at head- quarters, Department of Columbia and will proceed to Omaha for duty as chief of staff, Department of Missouri. KAISER REVIEWS GARRISONS Americans Occupy Places with perial Party at Unusually Brilliant Spectacle. BERLIN, May 2.—Emperor Willlam and the empress reviewed the Berlin and the Potsdam garrisons at the Templehof fleld today. Thirty thousand troops, including 8,000 cavalry, passed before thelr majesties and made the usual brilllant spectacle. In the reviewing party were Ambassador Hill, | Allison Armour of New York, Prof. W. N, Sloan of Columbla university and other members of the Olymplan commission and many prominent foreigners. The way in which John Vavra, janitor | of Brown Park school, discovered the mail sacks of the Overland Limited in the attic is in Itself as interesting as the proverbial romances afford. The school is built In | the form of an L. so that up in the gable | of the main compartment is an attic space and In the L is one also separated from the first by a very small hole. The com- partment in the L is dark as pitch, but there is more light in the main compart- ment. In this old lumber s stored and It | is reached through a trapdoor from be- low. A ladder is hung on a rope and pulley attached (o & rafter and is let down from the trapdoor to the flgor below the ceiling. Vavra noticed that the rope had been not work easily and the fact led him to believe the boys had been tampering with it. This was before the holdup. He gave the matter little thought. Monday morn- ing he again noticed the rope was out of the pulley. The same was also found to be the case Friday morning. From this he grew suspicious, after so many other facts had been discovered. He climbed up inte the larger compartment and found some l of the boards disturbed and a distinct trail | in the dust leading to the small hole in swung out of the pulley so that it would | | erime. | that could be provided against, except they |of & lonely, WHEAT DEAL ENDS QUIETLY Only One Price for May Option Quoted in Chicago. PATTEN SHOWS NO EMOTION Leader of Greatest Corner in Chicago Speculative Annals Watches Market Close Without Comment. CHICAGO, May 2.—The greatest suc- ©ceanful wheat deal In Chicago's speculative annals came to an unostentatious end to- day. All day wuntfl the session ended at noon there was but one quotation for Ma: | wheat—$1.3. James A. Patten, high priest of the bull campaign, was not on the trad- | ing floor. The visitors' gallery of the board was thronged, many of the would-be sightseers being women. But there was no “sight’ except the normal one of gesticulating and shouting pit clerks to be seen. Mr. Patten sat throughout the session In his office, chewing gum Incessantly, oc- caslonally reading or answering a mes- sage. The alr was surcharged with ex- citement, but it was not betrayed on thc faces of the habitually self-controlled | traders who are accustomed to watch the Aeronautical Expert is to Leave Fort ebb and flow of fortunes without the quiver of an eyelash. “The market {s closed," sticking his head marked “orders.” “Huh," inquired Mr. Patten. “She's all over,” said the clerk. Nothing from Patten. In all the crowd watching the quotations there was nothing indicating an interest In the passage of a historic campalgn, of which the qulet, gray man sunk back in a chalr was the unfal- tering leader. smiled a clerk, out of a pigeon hole No Fireworks on Floor. There wag no shaking of hands, no con- | gratutations, no anything to furnish the “fireworks” in expectation of which visit- ors crowded thelr way into the Board of Trade. No one in that office on which the speculative eves of the world hav been fixed for months moved from his chair. If there was one thing that be trayed elation in the erowd, It was that smiles were a trifie readier than usual, but not much. As for Mr. Patten, smiled not at all. His mind was busy with thoughts and comments on the new crop, probable prices next July, probable reserves by next winter It was a disappointed crowd which left on Fourth Page.) Story of How Janitor Vavra | Found Missing Mail Sacks the partition connecting with the gable of the L. He struck a match and peered in and was astonished at the sight of the missing mall sacks Iying cut open before him. From the tale told by Vavra it is very | evident that the men had carefully planned thelr retreat after the commission of the They had left nothing to chan aid net burn the mail sacks. An unusual and unvisted attic in the Brown Park school wherein to hide the mail sacks and examine the contents at thelr leisure indi cates experience in crime. The selection unattractive gully for hiding thelr guns and other acecoutrements was right in the same line of criminal general ship; but with everything planted in the school attie they would very likely have gotten clean away. Vavra's suspiclons were not made strong enough about investigation of the recesses of the attic until after the whole nelghborhood of the school had become intensely inter- ested and excited. What the bandits had overlooked entirely ~and what led directly to their capture was a bunch of rougn and tumble school boys in the habit of rolling down hill as & short cut home to bring | FIVE CENTS. ROBBERS HELD ON BIG BONDS Bandits Arraigned Before Federal Commissioner, Plead Not Guilty and Are Bound Over, HEARING SET FOR SECOND OF JUNE Each Man Asks Judge Anderson for Time to Get Ready. CUFFED TO OFFICERS IN COURT Gordon Looks Haggard and Has Very Little to Say. TORGENSON SHOWS HE IS ANXIOUS | Wood, the Leader, Makes Bluff at Be- ing in Easy Mind. FOURTH MAN IS SEEN BY BOYS Returns to Rendezvous Friday Night, but Gets Away. POLICE NOTIFIED, SEARCH IN VAIN Torgenson and Gorden Are Idemtified by Motorman of Farnam Street Car as Men Who Held Him Up Last Week, FOURTH MAN IS SEEN. Some of the boys Who discovered thi | robbers’ nest and saw the thres bandits visit their rendezvous continuedq their vigil 1ast night and saw a fourth man re- turn like the wild beast to devour its prey. Me came up the guloh from the di- rection that marked the trail of the three that were captured, and the boys watched him until he reached the place where the gtns, masks and other things were hi den and recovered, They hastened to mo- tify the police and Chief Briggs and Cap- tain Shields of the South Omaha force drove as rapidly as they could to the place, but when they got there no man was in sight. They scoured the counfry over a radius of two miles, but found no one. They are convinced, however, thi the boys were right and that the fourth man is dodging them. MEN WEO HELD UP STREET OAR. Fred Torgensen and James Gordon, two ©of the men in custody for the train holdup, have been identified by Motorman C. O. Haskine as being the pair of robbers who held up his car at Tenth and Valley streets last Friday morning and robbe the crew of abou: 531, Maskins saw the men when they were being measured b the Bertillon system at the oty jail urday morning after being arraigned in federal court. Me says they agres with | the men who held up him and Conductor A. Deane 50 far as height, general appear- ance and manner and color of hair are oconcerned, Their clothes were, of course, | astgerent. | 'W.D. | Gordon Wood, Fred Torgensen and James the alleged robbers of the Ove |1ana Limited train, were arraigned before | United States Commissibner Anderson in court room No. 1, Federal building, Satur- day morning and placed under §25,000 bonds each for thelr preliminary hearing, which Is set for Wednesday, June 2, at 10 &. m. The court room was crowded when the accused men were brought in and many women were among the spectators. Woed | was in charge of Chief of Police Briggs |of South Omaha, Gordon In charge of Detective Shields of South Omah and Torgensen was in charge of Postoffice In- spector Patterson. The men were hand- cuffed (o the officers when brought in ‘lnd were seated In the first row of the Jury box | Wooa seemed to be the most composed \|and chatted with Chief Briggs. Gordon {looked haggard and had little to say, | while Torgensen looked extremely wor- |riea and kept glancing about the court room. The United States officials, Including | Marshal Warner and the post office in- spectors, were seated Inside the rail. Dis- | trict Attorney Goss, representing the gov- ernment, took charge of the arralgnment. | With him was County Attorney English. | Repeats the Complaint, ) Unlted States Commissioner Anderson directed that the handcuffs be removed from the prisoners for arraignment. He then repeated the substance of the com- plalnt against them, which was in full | form | “United States of America, District of ebraska. Before me. Gustave Anderson, ited States commissioner for the Listrigt of Nebraska, at Oms Neb., personally appeared, this day, Charles A. Goss, Uniteq States attorney, in and for the Distriet of Nebraska, who, first being duly sworn, deposes and says on information and belief that W..D. Wood, Fred Torgensen and | James Gordon, whose true names to the |atfiant are unknown, and John Doe, real and true name to affiant unknown, late of | the District of Nebraska, heretofore, to- wit, on the 22d day of May in the year of our Lord, 199, did then and there felonj- ously, foreibly and unlawfully rob G. 5. Whitmore, Fred Eastman, Willlam Sears, W. C. Ryan, M. C. Rush, J. Corey, A. J | Niles and A. L. Drebert, whose first and | true names to afflant unknown, then and there being postal clerks and persons en- | trusted with the mail of the United States of America. on and in the Omaha and Og den Rallway postoffice of the United States of America, of such mall entrusted to | them, towit: Of seven sacks of mall, by the |suld W. D. Weod, James Gordon, Fred Torgensen and John Doe, taking sald seven | sacks of mail from the possession of said | G. G. Whitmore, Fred Eastman, Willlam | ears, W. C. Ryan, M. C. Rush, J. Covey, |A. 3. Nles and A. L. Drebert, rallway mail clerks as &foresald. against thelr will, by putting them, the sald Whitmore, Eastman, | Sears, Rush, Corey, Niles and Drebert in tear and putting their lives in jeopardy, ]by the use of dangerous wWeapons, centrans