Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-03
DARK DEEDS.
Further Searching After Facts as
to Who Killed the
Black Baby,
Some Less Sensational Gases
Attracting tho Atten.
ton Of Officials

yesterday Judge ~AylesWofths q
room was well filled with witnesses
and curious spectators gathered at the
examination of the colored woman,
SIllie Paine, brought back from Mis-.
souri, to answe to a charge of having
taken part in the disposing of the
darkey baby, e born, found frozen
to death Ia the basement of an unoo-
cupied building corner OF Broadway
and Union avenue. 1t was sought to
show by the evidence that the Wash.
ington woman, of whom Ssllie is q
sister, gave birth to the child, while
these two were at Mr.. Green's house
alone, and the rest Of the folks were
attending q dance, and that Sallie was
the one who carried the child away.
Testimony was introduced to show that
these two were In the house alone,
except some little children, and two of
the boys of the family testified that
he came back from the dance to get a
water pail, and saw the Washington
woman In bed, while Sallie was stand.
ing beside her. The clothing wrapped
about this dead child was identifi ed az
belonging to members Of the family,
and as having been about the house,
while other evidence was introduced
as to the condition of the room occu
pied by these women, while thus visit
ing at the house.
The accused on being sworn admit
ted being at the house on the night In
question, and that the Washington
girl was sick, and she took another
room, ard went to sleep, so that she
knew nothing about the affair.
Marshal Jackson, who went to Mis-
souri, to bring che Paine back,
had quite a nervous trip. She Is In
such o delicate condition Of health
that Is hardly humane or advisable to
keep her in jail, and on the trip the
marshal was constantly In fear that
she might grow worse on his hands.
He missed one train, and had to sit In
an ill-wsrmed, uncomfortable seat of
an hotel parlor with his prisoner from
early evening until about 2 O'Clock in
the morning, every moment expecting
that he would have to call in a doctor,
end perhaps be unable to bring her
through at all. Since her arrival here
she has been cared for at an hotel In.
stead Of being taken to to Jail.
Officer Morse run In George w.
McElroy and John Carr as plain
DRINKS, and they were yesterday as.
sessed the usual 50 60 each.
Charles Robinson, who has been
tending bar for Fred Bokemper, wal
arrested for giving away liquor to two
colored girls, who were found In such
q beastly state of intoxication, ant
who claimed to have been taken to Rob
%inson's room, and there giver
druQged liquor. Bokemper wen
his b%srtender's ball for $50, and a,
the latter failed to put in any appear
ance yesterday, Bokemper was on tn,
anxious search for him, believing b,
J had skipped.
J, A complaint was also fled against
Bokemper for keeping his saloon open
last Sunday.
John Openbottom and John Kelley,
whose real names are said to be French
and Beck, were arrested by Officers
Morse and Clough for raising q row in
a house Of Ill fame. They had been
selling some hogs in town and the
proceeds were being used in seeing
the sights, when the officers spoiled
their fan. They were lucky enough
to get eff with a fine of about $40 each
including costs.
Another information was yesterday
filed against John Roderick for dis.
turbing the peace, and that case with
that for abuaing his wife, went ovel
until next Tuesday.