Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-19
DETECTIVES IN THE DARK.
No Clue to the Murderer of Laundry
man Poor.

From early morning until the sun went
down at night detectives hovered in the
vicinity of the Poor residence, hoping to OBJ
tain some clue that would put them on the
track of the man or men who committed one
OF the most cruel and unprovolled murders
that has ever been recorded in the history of
the city. Every nook about the premises
was searched with the hopes of discovering
something that might lead to the unraveling
of the mystery. But when these men went
home at night they were as much at sea as
when they commenced in the morning.
Clues which promised rich developments
were followed up, only to find that they
ended i'll obscuuty, or were without founda-
ton.
The Pulaski story, of man having been
seen coming from the direction of the resi-
dcnce at an early hour Saturday morning,
was thoroughly exploded by the man being
found and satisfactorily accounting for his
movements by convincing the authorities that
he was street laborer and was on his way to
his work.
AS has been previously stated, Mrs. Wilcox,
a near neighbor, heard a sound as of men
hurrying along the pavement about the time
the shooting must have taken place. This
report, when run down, had no bearing
upon the case, as the sounds are
known to have been made by Mounted
Officer Byrnes, who was covering his beat,
and passed the Poor residence just before 3
o'clock
There now seems to be but one theory in
the minds of the police, and that is that the
crime was committed by some one who is now
outside of the city, but who they are not un-
able TO state. The conductor who. brought
the last dummy train in from South Omaha
states that last Saturday night, just as he
was pulling out of the South Omaha yards,
two middle aged men wearing slOuch hats
and dark suits, paid their fare and got off at
Shelley station. The brakeman, who
happened to be standing on the plat
heard them remark, as they stepped to the
ground, 1--WE are too early and will have to
wait" AS the train pulled out from the sta
tion these men We're noticed to cross the
tracks going in northerly direction. Not
much weight is attached to this, though it
furnishes slight clue, which the officers are
working upon
White, the South Omaha suspect, is being
industriously searched for, but as yet he has
not been found, although he was seen in that
town the day before the murder was COM
mitted.
kilograms have been sent to all the neigh
boring towns to arrest and hold all suspicious
characters, but as no description of the mur
derer or murderers can be given, but little is
expected from the arrests when made.
Mrs. Chamberlain, sister of the murdered
man, arrived from Chicago yesterday and two
more sisters who reside in Denver are ex-
pected this morning.
The inquest will be held at 10 o'clock this
morning at the cOronerS Office. The teSti-
mony to be introduced will be merely to prove
the shooting and death: Last night Coroner
Harrigan stated that the verdict must neces-
sarily be that Charles Poor came to his death
from bullet, fired from pistol held in the
hand ofsome person unknown.
The funeral will be from the residence,
1875 South Thirty-filSt street, at , o'clock this
afternoon, with intcrment at Forest Lawn.