Omaha daily bee., 1890-02-22
The Kansas City Suspect Betraya
Himself at Every Stop.
HE ANSWERS A oecoY LETTER.
The P~enm,nship Identical witty
That of the Bin OF Sale for
the Jones Stock-A Trunks
Contents,
Incontroveruble Evidence.

Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Jones. This fact was
established today by THE BEES special corr
respondent. The villain is now in Jail and
awaits only the requisition with which Chief
Seavey of Omaha is speeding to this viz
entity.
The correspondent arrived this morning in
advance of the chief, who had gone by way
of Lincoln and Topeka to attend to the mat
ters of requisition. He may arrive tonighs
and may be delayed till tomorrow.
An early call at the police headquarters
found that Chief Speers had not yet made
his appearance and that "Nealn hau been
TRANSFERRED TO KANSAS CITY, KAN,
and placed in the custody of Sheriff Bowl
ing, to whom also had been transferred all
the effects found upon his person. The
Wyandotte county Jail was visited, 1t was
filed with as motley q gang of cutthroats as
the wriler ever saw. meal" occupied a
distant cell, but the correspondent was res
fused permission to talk to Kim without an
order from the sheriff. The latter was
about to be called upon ut his office
in the court house when the correspondent,
who had a fac simile of MEALS" penman-
ship, asked permission to write the latter u
note and get an answer so as If possible to
identify the fellow by means of his writing.
TIL iailer consented and the correspondent
who had previously called at the house at
which Neal had lodged for a week, wrote
THE FOLLOWING DEcoY:
"REID House, so Broadway.-There are
friends of yours here and want to help you II
they can do 1t. What do you WANT The
man who brings this to the Jail will bring an
answer back. BE IN a hurry. A FRIEND"
The jaller was gone five minutes and re-
turned with the statement that "Nealn was
writing a letter and would be through oe-
fore long. AT length the iailer made his APP
pearance. On the lower half of the sheet On
which the CORRESPONDENT had written the
decoy was found a reply.
THE WHITING WAS IDENrICAIlY THE JANE
as appeared in the bill of sale which ''Neal'
gave to E. G. Davis of South Omaha,
but the signature comprised the
initials 81. ID. K" instead of e. D..
Neal, with which readers of THE Bee
are familiar from the fact of the fac siinile
which appeared in its columns shortly after
the murder.
The hand writing was compared with the
fac smile IN the presence of Mr.. Bassford Of
the Times of this place, and several officials.
The only distinction notlced was the initials
were not in yolved in 1ourishes. The MUIR
derer had seemingly lost his caution, fell
into the trap and
WROTE THE
COUNTY JAIL-Many thanks, but there il
nothing. Thanking you for your. kindness,
my dear unknown friend, 1 remain yours,
j. d.. X"
With this conclusive evidence Sheriff
Bowling was called upon at his Office in tho
court house. he and several of his deputies
were shown the fac simile of 'Neal's'' writ
ing and that which he had Just penned. The
sheriff SAID that he had not entertained very
much doubt from the outset that they had
CAUGHT THE RIGHT MAN,
but now he was perfectly satisfied that
the man under arrest was the South Omaha
murderer.
He was then asked to show what corrob.
orative evidence he had in the premises and
produced almost everything that has been
described in these columns except the horns
and shirt which were bought by ''Near' in
| South Omaha.
The first which was shown was the dark
brown morocco pocketbook with the hight
brown lining and seven pockets, which he
had bought from Pete Melcher. On the in.
side was found the saIemark III rs" which
.Melcher told the writer the wallet con-
tanned.
There was also the little red glazed cover
/ YIN uuu ihtt hEu mn HTOul buIb
one page had been torn out. On another
were written the following names: Ii. A.
Smith. J. b. Wilson and N. .Allgard, S13
Park avenue" No such person could be found
ut the latter address in this city, neither
could the owners of the other names be
found. They are probably friends in Omaha.
On the inside Of the front cover was written
in pencil, ". ID. Livingston" the hand being
unmistakable, the initials even more or ate
and involved than in any signature thus far
seen.
Sheriff Bowling also produced the receipts
of the Central loan Office showing that Neal
had
PAwNED THREE WATCHES,
one on the.l3th for 50 80, TWO on the l4th for
$l5. q PLAIN gold ring on the 14th for a, and
the lady's gold watch and chain, which
he had bought at Kolberts in South
Omaha. To this chain was attached
a Knight Templar charm, which he told the
pawnbroker had been given hnm. For the
last three articles he received 800. The
number Of the lady's watch movement 10
3S,2j6. No reference has thus far been
made 10 the private mark of Jewcler Robert
Of South Omaha, that having been over
looked by the police and sheriff. The cor
respondent, however, had noted the same,
anu diler sOme uiIHculty induced tne pawn
brokers' TO submit the lady's watch for his
examination. On the inside Of the bevel
edge of the case were found, as
had been anticipated. ''K $500" which
meant Robert, February 2. 1890, the initials
of the ieweler and the date on which he had
sold the watch TO Neal, This universal iden-
LITIGATION leaves
NO ROOM FOR DOUBT
that the man who has here been arrested as
Katon, and who has recently been known az
Livingston, is the same man VINO secured
his ill-gotten wealth through the murder OF
MIR. and MIRA. Allan Jones.
The attempt of newspaper men last night
TO ascertain what Neal knew about the
South Omaha tragedy having proved futile.
1t was decided 70 notify him that Davis.
Blum, Melcher, Mott and Dee would be
down tonight and that he might as
will tell all he knew about the South Omahs
matter. Accordingly Sheriff Bowling told
the iailor TO bring Neal or Ktton, as he Is
here called, TO his Office, oautioning that aid
TO SEARCH THE fIEND
10 that thaaa ..,aa no utfn nnaaalal