Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
THE C0NFIDENC MEN.
JOlrian aud Burke Tried. .BailGd.
They Leave the City As DO Their
Wives.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.

The trial of the confidence men, j.. Il.
Jourdan and Z. Ii. Burke, who were &C
cused of ~swindling the German, Nalen-
tine Scheffer, of Peoria, Illinois, out of
500 on August Goth, on the Rock Is.
land passenger train at the transfer, came
up before Justice Abbot, on Saturday at
10.o'clock a. M. The prosecution put the
victim Schnffer on the stand, who testi-
fed as to Jourdan and Burke trying to
work him, but said he saw no check, but
was promised one by Jourdan, which was
for two hundred dollars more than the
amount Schaefier was to loan him and on
their arrival at Peoria Jourdan was to
return the borrowed money. There was
considerable trouble in getting Schaetter
to understand the questions put to him,
and his answers were very much mixed,
he getting the "cart befort the horse"
much of the time, consequently the
prosecuting attorney, John N. Baldwin,
asked for an interpreter and Henry Else
man was sworn in as such, but could
get no evidence other than the facts as
already given in TINE BEE.
Detective Zero was then placed
on the stand and testified
as to how he received his
pointers about the two men, as to his
taking a seat in the car and seeing Jour
dan working the German, and Burke
shouting ''slip it" to Jourdan on his see-
ing Zero watching them, and also as to
the arrest, and Burke's kicking at being
arrested by Zero, as he was not working
on Fero's train, which he seemed to know
to be the G. M Il st. P, and that he
would have the st, Paul 5 chief detective
''fire" Zero. BE also testified that he
saw something in Jourdan's hands that
resembled a check or draft, but that on
searching the two men, none could be
found.
Valentine, the Union Pacific detective
was then sworn, and stated the facts
about his noticing the two men talking
with a man on the train while it was
standing in the depot in Omaha, and
having his suspicious aroused, watched
them; that they checked on to Schaef-
fer shortly after, and on the arrival of
the train on this side of the river he no.
titled Zero, and they watched and arrest
ed the two con. men and brought them
up town in the next dummy,
An ad adjournment was then taken to
1:30 p. m, and on the converting of the
court, the evidence was summed up by
both sides.
Judge Abbott held the two prisoners
in the sum Of $3.50 each, to appear in
December term of court. Bail was fur
nished, and Jourdan and Burke are now
at liberty to work some fresh greeny,
which they no doubt will do, especially
when Omaha and this city are 30 full of
people, who are attending the state fair
on the other side of the river.
This will probably end the case, as
there are slim chances of their appearing
in the courts of this county, when they
can get off by simply loosing $3.50 each.
THEIR WIVES.
Two women arrived in the city on the
day following the arrest of these two
men and put up at n of the hotels.
Seven trunks, for which they had checks
after were received at the hotel,
one of which bore the name ga. Ii.
Grail" the were registered as
Mrs. j. p. Jourdan and Mrs. 2. II.
Burke, of Denver.
Soon after their arrival at the hotel it
was noticed that they were in constant
communication with
SLICK INDIVIDUAL
a very honest appearance and
had it not been for the cut-away coat
and tight pants he wore he might have
been mistaken for a minister. He is
said to be the finest worker"
know in this section of the country
In his company these two females have
been enquiring at the express offices in
this city for an express package which
they said would contain $500, and that
they expected one to arrive from Bowl
ing Green, Ky. Whether this arrived
or not it matters little.
While at the hotel a telegram was re-
ceived, addressed to Mrs. A. II. Grail.
1t was sent to her room by the hotel
clerk, who received a ten dollar bill to
pay charges on the same, but no question
was asked the clerk as to how he knew
the telegram to Mrs. Grail was intended
for the parties. registered az Mrs. Jour
dan and Mrs. Burke. The clerk, how
ever, had sized them up upon their ar
rival and noticed "Nlrs. A. II. Grail" Oh
one Of their trunks.
THEY LEAVE 0 OMAHA.
Mrs. Burke left on the $50 p. m.
dummy Saturday for Omaha and was
met by the clerical looking parsonage at
the Broad way depot who also took the
same train. They seemed well satisfied
with their visit to the Bluffs.
On the same train were the two conf
dence men who were accused of robbing
the man Smith at the transfer of $685.,
and who were bound over in the sum Of
SEQ each by Justice Schurz to appear in