Omaha daily bee., 1890-02-22

use the instrument WAS, however, very awk
ward, aud showed that ne knew little or
about IL. Finally ne got 1t partially
10 working, but suddenly became so nervous
as to appear to Mr.. Williams to have
lost almost entire control of his
Then he asked Mr.. Williams TO
telephone for him, asking him to call up the
house, South Omaha, and say that
he, the man who left word there" had sent
for the trunk, and wanted 1t sent to the City
hotel instead OF the CoZzens house.. A reply
of ''all right came back and Neal went out.
So far as can be calculated it was only a
few minutes later when Neal went TO the
City hotel, opposite the stables on Harvey,
aud took dinner. The person be-
hind the desk at the time was
Peter Hahn. MIR. Hahn says that when
Neal went to register his name he was ter
ribly excited ana apologized for the trem.
bling OF his hand. Ho registered as az. u.
Llvin gston," but put down no place OF resi-
dence. The writing is almost ideutically
the same as that in which he endorsed his
name on the check he received in payment
for the cattle, and the facsimile of which
appeared in III BEE a few days ago,
together with that of the bill of sale, A
schoolboy would detect the fact OF the sigma
lures having been made by the same person.
The one on the register is somewhat more
scrawly than any Of those made previously,
thus indicating that the effect of the fiend's
crime was iutensifying in its action upon
himself.
In a brief, passing conversation with
Mr., Hahn, Neal said that he
had ordered his trunk aud satchels
sent to the Cozzens house first, but hiding
that it was closed he had concluded to try
the City hotel. After he had eaten his din
ner his trunk and two tan colored satchels
came. Neal was in the hotel office when the
luggage came and ordered it put down in
one corner or the room. Then he
asked to lave it all taken ur
to room, as he wanted
to change his clothes and didn't like to open
his trunk and satchels in the Office before
everybody, MIR. Hahn told him there was
nobody around to take the things up. Then
Neal said, "Oh, well, never mind; give me d
key TO a room" A key WAS given him.
Then he picked up the valises aud went up
stairs.
When he entered the hotel Mr.. Hahn says
he was dressed in q rather rough style, hay
ing on a suit of old kind of gray clothes,
a dirty looking handkerchief around his
neck and his feet encased in farmer looking
boots. His general makeup gave MIR. Hahn
the impression that he was a stockman or
something of the kind. He seemed. how
ever, to have just had a shave and a hair cut.
While he was up stairs MIR. Hahn had oc-
casion to go up. aud in passing the room
which he had given to Neal he glanced in,
the door being partially open. Neal saw him
and remarked: 81 won't muss up the bed
any, as Pm not gong to stay all night. l
only wanted the room to change my clothes
inn
He reappeared in the office about a quar-
ter of an hour later-''a completely changed
man, as Mr.. Hahn puts it. He had on a
new sack suit OF black clothes, a derby hat,
shoes of the congress gaiter style, white
shirt and standing collar, handsome necktie,
cuffs, etc. MIR. Hahn said had to look at his
guest twice in ORDER to assure himself that
it was the same man. Neal went
straight to his trunk, and, standing with his
back to the desk, proceeded to h~urriedly
open the trunk and one of the satchels, take
the Old clothes he had cast off from the lat
ter and throw them into the former and then
lock both with a bang. Then he went out
upon the street-probably. according to a
close calculation of the time, directly over
to the pawnbroker's TO make the purchases
of iewelry.
About half an hour later, or about l
o'clock, he returned to the hotel accompanied
by an expressman and wagon. He paid his
bill, had the trunk and one satchel loaded
into the express wagon, caught up the other
| satchel snd flew out, motiOning the driver to
go south on J enth street. After being gon
q couple of minutes or 30 Neal returned. say
ing he had forgotten his umbrella.
which was immediately handed him from
behind the office desk, and he again disap-
| peared. MIR. Hahn says the umbrelia had a
silver or oxidized handle Of a somewhat
fancy pattern. He says the trunk was
| greenish timed, and had heavy wrought
iron Or metal corners. Mr.. Hahn said that
while Neal was out he thought the trunk
was somewhat in the way and he lifted II
| around u little. In doing SO he discovered that
IL was so light that he thought at the time
there couldn't DO scarcely anything in 1t.
The fact that N cal did not put both valises
into the express wagon gave MIR. Hahn the
idea that he must have something very
precious in the one he carried, and it seemed
very heavy for him to carry,
Both the man in the livery office where
Neal telephoDed, MIR. Williams and MIR.
Hahn at the hotel say that the MAI Tailed
to a dot with the description of Neal,
as now definitely known and frequently pub
llshed. Neither of them noticed his hands
except that they were quite large and
rough.
After learning the above facts The BEE
reporter who secured them questioned G
number of expressmen who make u bushes:
of waiting at various points within a radius
OF four blocks Of the hotel for jobs, whether
they had hauled any such baggage as tina
described. on the 7th, but none of then
could recall 80 doing. Several clothing
stores were also visited In the hope of find
ing the one where Neal bought his new
clothes, etc, but without satisfactory re-.
suits. 1t was found that since the fact o
Neal having been in Omaha has become 81
widely and thoroughly known, many peopl,
are strikingly averse even TO trying to re-
call whether they have met, and PARTICULAR.
whether they have had dealings with the as
s~assin, and carry this dislike TO extremes tina
are seriously aggraVating as well as hinder
ing, ut times. The idea OF such person
seems TO be that if it should become kno WI
that they had spoken to or dealt with him
1t might hurt their business.
An amusing little incident in this conneC
ton was met with Dy the reporter yesterda,
afternoon. Entering a well kno WI bushes
house on Farnam street, the reporter aslte
If the proprietor was in. lie was, and cam
forward.
"Can you tell mo whether a roughl,
dressed young man about 5 feet ~ inche
tall bought u suit of clothes (describin
them) here on the 7th of this month, or cal
you as a special favor tell me whether an.
such clothes were bought at your store her
on that dayf"
The old proprietor's face clouded g
II he had been dunned for q bI
bill he had paid thirty day
ago, and after eyeing the reporter sharpl
for q moment, he replied:
We'll. ILL don't know-thatl s-faot
i don't want TO say-but no, l think not
pretty sure not"
"Shall l quote you az saying yes or NOT"
you'll not quote me at all, for i shall N
tell you my name-I won't have my bushes
hurt by being mixed up in this murder case.
Smilingly turning on his heel the reporte
walked out, and glancing up over the doc
read in big letters the name of that san
desperately cautious merchant.
Took Him for a Yahoo.