Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-01

heaven I found II IN the waste paper" Mr..
Huntoon goes on the suppostion that mas
much as Thomas told the truth about the
hiding place OF the money the sentence is
truthful.
A part of Thomas duties consisted in
picking up waste paper in the Office and
cleaning out the waste baskets. Mr.. Hun
toon thinks 1t quite possible that one OF the
clerks carelessly dropped the package Of
money into one of the baskets and Thorn S
found IT, He took the package when he
was drunk" and kept Il because every
thing was quiet" and he was not charged
with the theft.
Suspicion was directed toward the dead
man since the robbery chiefly because he ap-
peared to be CONTINUALLY afraid that he was
being watched on account of the theft. The
worry over the matter did not allow him to
do his work satisfactorily, but he was re-
tanned in the employ of the company in order
that he might be at hand " the theft were
ever brought home to him.
The company will try to discover how
the dead man disposed OF the Sl,l2O that Is
missing. 1t is believed that he spent the
money in dissipation, as he has been drink
ing heavily. About week before his death
he wrote note to one OF the officers, say
ing that he was worrying about s27O that is
tied up in the German Savings bank. The
company Is considering the adysability Of
attaching this amount.
RESULT OF THE INQUEST.
There was practically no testimony of i'm
portance introduced at the coroner's inqusst
held by Coroner Burkett yesterday
except such as proved more conclusively the
unbalanced condition of Thomas mind. A.
Morsman, purchasing agent of the Pacific
Express company, under whose control the
watchman had been. was the main witness.
He stated that Thomas had been suspected
of the robbery more than any one else, but
there was no proof connecting him with It.
The man was not satisfactorily doing his
work. but had been kept in the employ OF
the company in case ii might develop that
he had had hand in the robbery.
Mr.. Morsmsn said that the mans unsatis-
factory conduct dated back year and a
half. The deceased appeared to think that
he was suspected OF the theft and this wor-
ried him much. This conduct on his part
strengthen the suspicion that he had some
thing to do with the job. He seemed to
think that the company wanted to discharge
him, and about week ago wrote note to
Mr.. Morsman regarding this. In it he stated
that he would go at any time If his work
was not satisfactory. He also wrote to
explain his lateness in turning in some
calls, saying the fact that he had over
5000 tied up in the German Savings bank
was worrying him.
The only other witness at the examination
was DR.. e. e. Womersley, who had made a
post mortem examina ton Of the body. This
was deemed necessary because of the con-
diton OF the dead mans head The upper
part of the skull was almost completely
shattered A dozen fractures extended in
all directions, most unusual condition after
a revolver shot. 1t was thought best by
the coroner to have the examination made
in order to learn whether the skull might
not have been broken by a blow from a
club, the pistol shot being fired afterward
through the head to give the appearance of
suicide. DR.. Womersley testified that while
the wound was peculiar one. there was no
doubt that the fractures had been caused by
the shot.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict to the
effect that the man had taken his own life.