Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-12

At the station and held conversations sepa.
| rately with her husband and sons They
talked excitedly, but as Il was carried on In
| German little information was gained as TO it's
| purport by the officers The prisoners were
! cautioned by their attorney, j. w. Eler, to
| keep their mouths closed and this injunction
| has been strictly carried out by them The
prisoners we're remcyei last evening to the
| county Jail for safe keeping until their trial
| in police court this morning.
Yesterday the three men were taken to
| the Clarkson hospital. where Officer Glover
! Is lying. They were dressed in the old
| clothes that were found in the Kestner house
| and barn. They we're marched in before the
| officer separately and he is said to have
| Identified each one. II is stated that he
even Identified positively the exact clothing
the men wore on the night Of the ARRAY
ALLEGED IDENTIFICATION.
The father was brought in first. He wore
the old black cap and the sweater that were
found hanging on the walls of the stable and
which were very wet at the time. The officer
is said to have Identified both clothing ami
the man. Then Louis, the elder Of the sons
was marched in. He also is said to have
been identified Finally the third OF the trio
August, was brought in.
You are a coward" Glover is said to
have exclaimed, addressing him. you ala
not have the nerve to stay with the other
two You jumped over the fence into the
potato patch. But you are the man who
shot me-"
The man was wearing light slouch hat
found in his home when he was arrested
When the officer commanded him to come
along he first picked up the hat then laid
II aside for black one The officer brought
the white hat to the police station with the
prisoner Kestner also wore Q dark coat that
was found in the house In fact, when tie
Kestners were brought before the officer they
were all dressed in dark clothing.
After the men had thus been presented
to Glover they were taken out and dressed
in other clothing found on the Kestner prem
ises, but the officer maintained that he could
Identify them
The identification is said to have occurred
in the presence of four officers, wSO give
practically the same account of it. No re-
porters were allowed to be present and the
police attempted to conceal the matter from
the press on the pretense that they were
afraid of lynchng
This story however, differs much from
tho statements Glover made after he was
shot. When carried into the hospital Glover
maintained that he did not know who cred |
the shot in his hip. His statements were !
that man wearing a light suit of clothes |
fired the shot which struck him in the face |
1t was raining and very dark, and the man
was some distance from him. Glover as |
serted at that time that upon being struck !
in the face he fell unconscious to the ground |
and did know who the person was who fired |
the load of shot into his hip.
1t was rumored about the city last evening |
among number of friends of the late Officer |
Tedeman, that an attempt might be made |
to take the Kcstners from the county Jail. !
To thwart any such movement Chief Sigwart |
ordered the day shift of men and half of the |
night shift to remain in readiness for a riot |
call at the police station. The men. to the |
number of nearly forty, reported at the jail |
at Z o'clock and waited there until nearly |
II o'clock. AS there were no signs of ex-
element they were released from duty at
that hour