Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-28

ably year old. The room was meagerly
furnished, and that told story that can mob
be mistaken. She has none OF the comforts
needed by woman in her condition, andpun-
less the wretch who betrayed her is brought
TO time must become subject for charity
sooner or later.
Until the timely meeting between the two
ladies, Mcclellan took his meals and spent
most OF his evenings with his wife. Since
then he has declined to live with her. and,
indeed, has removed his "beongingsn and
most of the better furniture from his
erstwhile happy home to two elegant
rooms he has furnished Mt the corner OF
Fourteenth and S streets, whore he has lived
between times for some time past. His wife
reluctantly verified eveey statement as
made, as did also Mrs. Grant and others
whom The Bee representative called on
during the forenoon and interviewed regard.
ing the matter. Mrs. Mcclellan stated that
her husband had assured her that their baby
should never suffer; that she might live in
the rooms she now occupies as long as she
wanted TO, and he would pay tho rent. She
has no friends In this country and no means
Of support whatever. Both she ana Mrs.
Grant also stated that they had tried to So
cure meeting between Mcclellan aud
Tilly, but failed. He camo to their rooms
purpose and escaped before shc could tell
HIM what she thought of his
baseness. He had worked upon
Tilly's inexperience and won her conf
presents and making his fiattering promises.
1t is rumored that Mcclellan has still
another wife and child living In or near
Newton, Jasper county.
The Council Investigation.
:. The investigation Of "boodlers and hood.
ling" in the old city county commenced this
morning at 10 o'clock. Joe Burns was the
first witness called before the investigating
committee. His testimony was by no means
assuring for Councilman Dean, whom he un,
mercifully smirched in his petition on file In
the district court, In which case he Is plain.
tiff, and the city of Lincoln the defendant. Ha
reiterated his statement with emphasis that
Dean wanted 10 per cent of the we'll contract
money due HIM, to insure the allowance Of
the claim by the council. 1t will be remem.
bored that this contract amounted to 50, 100
odd dollars. Burns says he told Dean when
he made the demand that he 'would SEQ
them in hell before he would pay nickel OF
it," His testimony occupied the time of the
was terse and to the point on every count
Dean is considered hopelessly in the soup
here without farthlng OF additional testf,
mony. Burns is after Dean, and his teste
mony only had to do with hlm.
]. H. McMurtry, the real estate man, was
called this afternoon, and was on the stand
when The BEE representative left the cou1-
Gil chamber. He, also, went for Dean with
a sharp stick. He testified that when he
wanted the ordinance passed to admit the
McMurtry addition to the city of Lincoln,
it cost HIM lot for Deans influence and
friendship. When questioned regarding his
conversation with Cheney, in whicn 1t Is
charged that "the council was as rotten as
hell and twice as nasty" he replied that II
was altogether probable that he had used
some such language, His testimony also
tended to implicate some Of the other mem-
bers of the council The boys have tartar
in Mack.
The expert accountant is at work on the
books. He has gone back six years, and will
give them most careful overhauling.
There is nothing as yet, however, to indicate
that he has tumbled upon o job, but the
opinion is strong that he will find one before
he gets through.
Ex-Councilman Cooper is on the anxious
seat.
Louis Meyer says dealing in warrants and
bonds and other securities belongs to his
business and he further says that II there 10
anything wrong in this he wants to know IL.
The mere fact Of dealing in them, however,
is not where the blame attaches. 1t is in the
class Of warrants he secures and the method
he has taken to secure them. For instance.
If o doubtful claim was allowed by the couns
Gil, the warrant resulting passed into his
hands at a tremendous discount.
The public is on the tiptoe of expectation,
and it is openly SAID that the investigation
will do the city more good than anything
that has ever happened in its history.