Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-21
What Bryant Says.

Mr.. Bryant announced today that he
would net ask for rehearing of the case.
He will relinquish his office at the capitol
as soon as he can complete the records up
to date and they will then be turned over
to Auditor Cornell.
81 shall lock this office and turn the key
over to William A. Poynter, governor" be
said.
Most of the blank forms that have been
printed for the new insurance department
will be turned over to the auditor. All
the stationary but the letterheads may be
used by the auditor, consequently there will
be but a slight loss of stock A portion OF
the furniture purchased for the department
will probably be returned to the dealers.
rough estimate made today placed the
value of the furniture and fixtures at Si22,
the cost OF the printing and stationery in
the neighborhood of $500 and the salary
claims will amount to nearly $4,000. All
claims against the department will be pre-
scented to the next legislature and Auditor
Cornell announced this afternoon that he
would do what he could to have them al
lowed.
Since July / over 500 agents certificates
were issued by the insurance commission
representing receipts of nearly s3SOO, all of
which was paid into the treasury by the
applicants. Mr.. Bryant will remain in
Lincoln and ii Is probable that he will be
given the first appointment that falls to
the governor. j. G. p. Hildebrand, the
clerk, will return to his home in Normals
The Board OF Public Lands and Buildings
this afternoon authorized Warden Hopkins
of the penitentiary to reconstruct a portion
of the building destroyed last week at
cost not to exceed $4,000.
Prosecution of Hawkins.
The persons interested in the prosecution
of Andrew Hawkins, charged with murder
ing Thomas Jansen near Stockville are
firmly convinced that there were several
more men who assisted in the Frontier
county tragedy and that they will be cap
tured sooner or later Charles Jensen of
Topeka, KAN son of the murdered man.
was in the city today on business connected
with the case of Hawkins, which has been
appealed to the supreme court. 1t was
through his efforts that Hawkins was cap
tured after chase OF many months, during
which time the detectives employed on the
case were thoroughly baffled, being unable
even to find the remains of the murdered
man.
Andrew Hawkins was a resident of New
York state. He had considerable wealth,
large portion of which was invested in
land in all sections of Nebraska. He
made frequent trips west to look after his
investments and it was while on one of
these Journeys that he was foully murdered
on farm near Stockvile. He was traced
by his son from his home in New York state
to Beatrice and from there, after dlligent
search of several months, to Stockvile. His
disappearance from that village being n
stranger in the town. noticed
considerable time elapsed before a search
was instituted in this immediate vicinity
Charles Jensen was living in Wyoming at
the time his father disappeared. He ad-
vertised for information concerning his
whereabouts and receiving no replies be-
came alarmed and employed detectives to
assist him in his efforts to find his father.
After spending upward of $4,000 in carry
ing on the search the remains of the mur-
dered man were finally found in the bottom
OF an old well that had been covered up for
several months. Hawkins was captured in
Illinois and later convicted and sentenced
to Imprisonment for life The evidence col
lected by Mr., Jensen tended to show that
several persons were implicated in the mur-
der. The motive for killing the man was
undoubtedly robbery but IL was never
learned how much the murderers succeeded
in getting as a result of their work.
Charles Jensen has received numerous
anonymous communications from persons
Offering to return securities and other
papers taken from the body of his father II
he would go to certain specified place at
a certain time, blndfolded and alone He
has not taken advantage of any of these
offers hut he hopes that some of the letters
he HAS received may furnish clew for the