Omaha daily bee., 1895-02-21
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HE RUNS A hot" PLACE

HE RUNS A HOT PLACE.
Tonight's heel and toe recital at Germania
hall Is fair Illustration Of the performances
which Mayor Weir and the Lincoln police
force say are impossible to suppress. The
CHIEF Of police has done his best to break
them up, but so far Ehrenpfort has stood
him off, at each and every attempt. Every
thing is as free and easy at Ehrenpfort's
seances as in the worst locality of the tender
loin district in New York. Nothing imagina-
BILE could be more free and easy
There was the average attendance tonight,
and the 200 chairs around the walls were
alternately filed with painting sitters and
bare and empty when the mad whirl was on.
Among the attendance at this rather bizarre
shrine of Terpsichore were about twenty
members Of both houses Of the legislature.
They were all amply provided with tickets.
Ehrenpfort makes 1t special point to see
that no one Of the solons grows ennuied
after nightfall, il he is willing to walk down
opposite the postoffice and take spin with
the merry danes who are there to meet them.
The ball opened at 9 o'clock and nobody
blushed, save, perhaps, the picture of Mozart
on the north wall, encircled with wreath Of
evergreen. Just above his classical head was
the gallery, or grand stand Many of the
legislative attendants sought the seclusion of
this place, and right behind 1t was the bar
flowing with an average quality Of beer and a
quantity of more stimulating fluids that would
mako a man steal his own clothes and hide
them in the woods. The carnival tonight was
disguised by the tempting fgment that it was
under the auspices of the knights of the
Faucet" otherwise the Bartenders' associa-
tion of, Lincoln. This however, was denied
by quite number Of the local bartenders,
and some of them were earnest in expressing
| their willingness to accord all the honors and
triumphs Of the occasion to Ehrenpfort. He
alone was master Of ceremonies, and he held
tho door"
"DEY CUT EN- LOOSE, SEE?"
py n hp wa q CT furi
Men and women tripped up the steps to the
/ bar, and on their return to the waXed floor
kicked higher and shouted louder than ever
| Some of the scenes of the bowery were dupli-
Gated and some of them outdone. Usually
| these fantastic orgies of Ehrenpforts in the
midst of Lincoln decorum are masquerades
| Tonight all masks were abandoned, and
| Pearl, Pearl Me Bowery Guurl,' tripped
| the light fantastic face to face with the
| gentleman from Away Back
"Hully gee, wouldn't dat cork yer?" in
qured one of the attendants as the mad
| swirl was at its giddiest.
"Git onto de boke wild cold slaw in his
button hole. He's an employe of the senate
see?" calculated another.
man with a square face came up and
whispered to one Of the two floor managers
| Say, culley, I've got two of me friends ou
| here. l want to get 'em in"
Oats all right. Go and tell Ehrenpfor
| dey's employees, see?'
The man with the square face saw, ant
| the open sesame worked to the queens taste
| Just as the employees" tumbled in the hal
one of the ladies" slipped, fell, and as
retcent individual who had made severa
voyages to the bar without attracting undue
attention remarked: HI was poppn
then for a sure thing"
do you dancer" asked companion o.
| one of the "empoyes" of the house.
"Betcher sweet life | do, an that aim
| no lie, either! she replied.
| AFTER THE BALL WAS OVER.
| A few days prior to the convening Of tn,
| legislature Ehrenpfort put in an appearance,
at a leading hotel in Lincoln, engaged room
| and gave II out that he had been delegated
| to protect the interests of certain railroads
In proof Of this assertion he flashed a roll o
greenbacks and exhibited letters from rail
road magnates certifying to his capabilities
and moral rectitude. His first business, o
course, was to make the acquaintance @
members, and he bent all energies to tina
! end. Having done So entertainment mus
be provided What should it be? Henry hi
upon a plan. He engaged rooms over Ott
| Grasser's saloon, N and Tenth streets
| Here wine and cigars were put II
| stock. There were also other trimmings
Henry evinced a special liking for tender
| foot members-men from rural districts no
versed in the manners and customs Of cit!
| folk To his rooms he brought them. The.
| played high five, smoked good cigars ant
| looked upon the wine when It was red. Err
| the evening hour was far spent, Henr!
would suddenly recollect that he had for
| gotten to mail a letter. or keep date o
pay bill. He would excuse himself ant
promise to return in ten minutes. Durinl
his absence the guileless lawmakers woult
hear knock at the door and bid the caller
| enter. Into the room came tripping bev!
of fair damsels, whose golden hair was hang
| ing down their backs. They had been EN-
ployed for the service and knew their bust
ness. This means a good deal under crcum
stances like these in hand. At the momen
| when the situation assumed its most interest
ing phase Ehrenpfort reappeared, The mem
bers were abashed, of course. They at
tempted TO explain, but Ehrenpfort waive
| all excuses and assured them it was all right
From that moment he held a club over then
and could control their votes In legisativ
session. He has succeeded in getting a mum
ber Of members into his net and they ar
as clay in his hands.
HENRY AS A DETECTIVE.
But this is not all. Ehrenpfort has deyel
opsd into remarkable lobbyist in other re
spects. He began operations on a most ex
| tensiye scale, as the following affidavit vii
| show:
State of Nebraska, County of Lancaster
| S.; /, Katie Deyere, after being first dul
about January s, 1895, one Henry EhrenH
fort called upon me in the city of Lin
| coin, state and county aforesaid, and di
Chief of Detectives Haze of Omaha, count
of Douglas, and state of Nebraska Aft
ant further says that he did then and ther
for the arrest of one Lille Meia, claim
ing that he was sent TO the city of Lin
coin at the request Of said sister of sal
siding in Omaha, Douglas county. Ne
braska, and did then and there promis