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The I'd Ohio Heavy Artillery.
By GEN. HORATIO q. GIBSON.

( In June, 1853, under authority Of the
War Department given Maj.-Gen. Burn
side, on whose staff the writer was then
serving as Chief of Artillery of the Army
of the Ohio. the I'd Ohio II. A, was re-
cruited under his superintendent and
command, and on Sept. %, 1868, mustered
into the service of the United States.
The regiment remained in camp at Gov
ington, KY, until late in October, when
It was distributed to the defense Of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, from
Fort Boyle at Muldraugh's Hill, to Bowl
Ing Green, with two companies detached
Mt Camp Nelson. In February, 1864, the
Colonel transferred his headquarters to
that station, having been assigned to the
command of the District of Northern
Central Kentucky, where he remained un-
til May, 1864, when the regiment was or
dered to East Tennessee and distributed
to Cleveland, Charleston and Red Clay,
guarding the railroad to Knoxville, Chat
tanooga and Dalton. at Cleveland the
regiment constructed two defensive works
Forts Mcpherson and Sedgwick, under the
able superintendent of Lieut.. Alonzo ].
Thompson, Acting Engineer, and during
Its sojourn there had, in August, 1863, an
engagement with the enemy under Gen.
Joe Wheeler, then not altogether unknown
to fame, during which Maj. Philip Rath-
rock was mortally wounded
After Gen. Wheeler had passed the
northern corner of the railroad triangle,
Gen. Steedman, commanding the District
of Chattanooga, organized late pursuit,
which, like lies carabiniers" in the opera,
was very much 'trop tard," and, like the
famous King of France, with several
thousand men, marched up the hill, and
then marched down again"
In October. 1864, the regiment was
transferred to London, being replaced in
the triangle by the 1st Ohio II. A., under
Colonel @. G.. Hawley. In November,
1864, when Breckinridge threatened East
Tennessee, the I'd Ohio III. A. was ordered
to Knoxville, and there remained until
May, 1865, when the major portion of it
manned till the middle of August, 1865.
In November, December, 1854, and
March, 1865 it took part III offensive Op-
erations against the enemy at Strawber-
ry Plains and elsewhere. During lull
in one of the engagements the rebel East
Tennesseeans, who, as well as their
Union confreres, regarded the great war
as only a personal feud, wanted to know
''why the hell the I'd Ohio and 10th Mich.
didn't go home and let them fight it out
with their brothers-in-ar arms" The regi-
ment, under its Colonel, with other troops
of the Second Brigade, Fourth Division,
Twenty-third Corps, Army of the Ohio,
garrisoned and kept in order the defenses
of Knoxville, under Gems. Ammen, Tillson
and Stoneman, commanding the District
of East Tennessee, and received high
praise from each and all Of them.
After the surrender at AppOmattox,
Gen. Geo. 81. Thomas reorganized the
troops in the Department of the Cumber-
land, and the regiment, with headQuar-
tiers at Knoxville. fell into the division of
the Army of the Cumberland, under the
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Il. j., Bay City, Mich.-The legal widow
is entitled to the accrued pension of a de
ceased Invalid pensioner Notwithstanding
that she did not attend him In his last i'll
ness and notwithstanding there may b.
unpaid bills for medicine. etc.
q. A. R.-Cnless the Regimental Sur.
geon is of utterly unimpeachabIe charactel
and his testimony is of the most positive
nature and fortified by private record o.
memorandum or str0us, unshaken recol
lection OF your case, 1t Is very likely that
your general law claim Cor increase Oh
disability not covered by your general la
certificate will be rejected on the ground
Of no War Department record or other sat
isfactory evidence of the origin and exist
ence of the alleged disability in service.
Mrs. 2. NJ, Jordan, N. Y.--The inquiry
Of a member of Congress will usually ex-
pedite any matter before the Commission
er of Pensions. Your Congressman will
doubtless be glad to call up the matter al
the Pension Bureau if requested.
NJ. Il. H, MaQuoketa, Iowa.-It Is NOT
clear how your act OF 1890 pension could
commence from date of medical examina
tion- 1t should have dated from filing
Of the last application at least. As regards
the arrears dating back to filing of frs,
application under the act, see the act OF
March &. 1896, at page 151 Of the Ma
TioNAL TRIBUNE SOLDIERS HANDBOOK
which you have.
NJ. e. W.-If the soldier died since dis
charge, his widow unmarried or children
under q, in taking up q soldiers home
stead would be entitled to all the credi,
for his service that he would have been
entitled to. If he died in service, the
whole term Of his enlistment would be
credited.
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served whenever the trained or impro-
vised legions of the Republic are sum-
moned to its defense. ''The muster roll
of after years reports them, with rare
exceptions. as good citizens, successful
and prosperous in their several callings
and occupations, and their late Colonel
has to thank them for their many evil
deDces and tokens of good will, kindly
feelings and generous esteem, and has
ever felt proud of their uniform soldierly
conduct and uncompluining devotion to
duty, under many trials and tribulations
and provocations. If it was not the good
fortune of that regiment to make it's rec
ord on scores Of fields of death and dan.
ger, it ever showed its pluck and disci-
pline under the fires of combat it was its
lot to share. As military body, it ever
cherished commendable esprit de corps,
that still exists in the heart of every sur
vivor. from the field officer to the most
thoughtless youth that joined its stand
ard, long borne by its aged color bearer,
Charles Harrison, as proudly as when, in
his youthful days, he had stood guard
over the grave of the great Napoleon of
France at st. Helena.
IAN eeean-planet, rounded by a glory
the bill0wy glory of the great Atlantic
and the reflected glory of his sun of Aus
terlitz, and Of the stars in their courses
that fought against him at Leipsic, Bora
dina and Waterloo.
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The Storm Long Brewing.

That the present phenomenal outbreak
OF violence against the foreigners in China
is not due to causes of very recent origin
is clearly shown by Robert E. Lewis, an
American gentleman who resides In
Shanghai, In an article entitled "The
Gathering Of the Storm" which appears
in the North American Review for Au-
gust. MIR. Lewis recounts a series of
atrocities perpetrated in several of the
provinces of China for the past two years,
and gives the assurance that he has taken
the trouble to authenticate many of them
upon the spot. As an example of the
kind of experience that has been familiar
to individual foreigners. he tells Of what
happened on one occasion to Mr.. Parsons,
of the Church Missionary Society:
He left Chun-king to go back to his
post at Pao-ning, with an escort of four
soldiers. In crossing a river In q ferry
boat, he saw a body of troops on the op-
posite bank. They raised the cry, Kill
the foreigner" When the boat reached
the bank his escort fed, and the boat was
overwhelmed by soldiers belonging to Yu-
Mantle. Mr.. Parsons was attacked with
swords and knives, and, though he could
swim but little, he threw himself into the
river. Catching at a floating bamboo, he
kept his head above water, and drifted
with the stream, while the soldiers fol-
lowed in a boat, prodding at him in the
water. At length he got on board of a
Chinese gunbOat and was saved. But the
officers and men of the gunboat showed no
opposition to the rebels or their murderous
assault, and did everything short of vio-
lence to keep him from getting on tho
boatn
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Work Of the Pension once.

The report of certificates issued for ths
week ending July % shows
Army invalid: Original, "a; increase
and additional, 202; reissue, So: restora
tion and renewal. SO; duplicate. 8; ac
crued. "a; total, 402.
Original, 26S; increase, 337; additional, 80
reissue. 20; restoration and renewal, 40
supplemental, 3; duplicate, IA; accrued
1874; total, 924.
Army invalid (war with SPAIN: Oriei
nal, 81.
Army widow, etc: Original, 80; in
crease and additional, 1; reissue, 2; resto
ration and renewal. 1; duplicate, 2; total
A..
Army widow, etc. (act of June 27
1S90,: Original, 1893; increase and addi
tional, 1; reissue, l; duplicate, 5; accrued
8; total, BOB.
Army widow (war with SPAIN: Origi
nal, 35.
Navy invalid: Increase and additional
2; accrued. 1; total, 3.
Navy invalid tact of June 27, 1S90):
Original, "a; increase and additional, "a
reissue, D; restoration and renewal, 1; &c.
crued, y: total, Sc.
Navy invalid (war with SPAIN: Origi-
nal, 2.
Navy widow, ETC.: Original, 2.
Navy widow (act Of June q, 1890:
Original, 81; duplicate, /; total, o.
Navy widow (war with SPAIN: Origi-
nal, 2.
Army nurses: Original, l.
Indian wars-Survivors Original, /.
Old war invalid: Accrued, 1.
Mexican war-Survivors: Increase and
additional. l; restoration and renewal, 1;
duplicate, 1; accrued, 13; total, 16.
Mexican war-Widows: Original, 13.
Totals: Original. G66; increase and ad-
ditional, 617; reissue, "a; restoration and
renewal, 30; supplemental, 3; duplicate,
81; accrued, 24S. Grand total. 1,779.
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and address to DR.. L. W. Knapp, 1898 Hull
Bldg, Detroit, Mich, and he will gladly send
the FREQ receipt with full directions so that
any man may easily cure himself at home This
IS certainly most generous offer. and the fol-
what men think Of his generosity:
Dear Sir:-Please accept my sincere thanks
Tor yours OF recent date. 1 have given your
treatment a thorough test, and the benefit has
been extraordinary. 1t has completely braced
me up. | am just as vigorous as when boy,
Dear Sir:-Your method worteg hsaI,t,f,u-
Results were exactly what needed. Strength
and vigor have completely returned. and is
Dear Sir:-Yours was received, and had no
trouble In making use of the receipt as directed
and can truthfully say 1t Is boon to weak men
AL correspondence is strictly confidential.
nailed in plain sealed envelope. The receipt Ia
free for the asking, and he wants every man to
have 1t.
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O 7
Letters Prom tho Pteld.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In the is
sue July 26, 1900, Of your highly-prized
and valuable paper I notice an article
written by T. w Hill, Of Cleveland, O.
He speaks in high and glowing terms Of
Lieut.. Branum's letter. Conrade Hin
voices my sentiments when he says,
What fine, manly fellow he must have
BEEN" was a member Of the 9Sth Ohio,
and was personally acquainted with Com
rade Branum, and q more manly young
man or better. true-hearted and patriotic
soldier was not in Sherman's army. His
letters give true and unerring statement
Of the trials and hardships. the wearisome
streams Of water, and Of the many en-
gagements Of the old 06th. he does not
over-estimats In any instance. took
great pleasure In reading his letters, and
look forward with pleasure for more from
his pen.-W. z. LIGHrFooT, Orestes. Ind.
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RECENT LITERATURE.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKE1 CHES AND
ANECDOTES.-ByM Maj. J. ID. Elderkin
Detroit, Mich. Published by the Author
Maj. Elderkin was a New York farmer
boy, who in 1889 enlisted in the 4th u. s.
in which he served 10 years, part Of the
time under Capt. U. S. Grant. He saw
much service in the Florida and Mexican
wars. He was in California during the
flush times, and finally settled in Detroit.
At the outbreak Of the rebellion he went
out as leader of the 9th Mich Band, and
got commission for gallantry. The book
is charmingly frank, genial narration of
the events of a, most interesting lifetime.
The author has received a very compli-
mentary letter from Mrs. Grant.
Magazines and Notes.
The August issue of the Nep England
Magazine, with its attractive table of con-
tents. is appropriately called an "Old
Home Week Number" since its articles
all have some bearing on the approaching
celebrations in New Hampshire and
Maine.
EDerybodys Aaga=ine for August con-
tains the second installment Of Stuart
RObson's interesting memoirs.
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VOTING ON EVANS.
Posts Throughout the Country
Unanimous For His Removal.

Previously We have printed the names
of 688 Posts voting for the removal OF
Evans as Commissioner.
We have since received notifications
from the following Posts that they have
accepted our suggestion and taken q vote
on the question of approving or disap-
proving of Henry Clay Evans's admins
tration of the Pension Bureau. and desir.
ing or opposing his continuance as Com.
missioner. In each case. except where
noted, the vote was unanimous.
OPPOSED To EVANS.
McDonough Post. 103, Macomb. Ill.
b. N. Kirk Post, 656, Peru, ILL.,
Ferris Post, 300, Princeton, Ill.
INDIANA
B. J. Crosswaite Post, $50, Angola,
Ind
Kenesaw Post. AZ, Independence, Ind.
Adopted by vote of II to l.
Lew Taylor Post, 243, Alexandria, Ind
Col. VIM. Jones Post, 100, Gentryville,
Ind.
Kinsman Post, Des Moines, Iowa.
kinsman Post numbers 100 comrades in
good standing, and without any previous
notice had 10 present and vote was cast
for the resolution with a whirl of ap-
plause, which shows the unanimous
hatred Of Evans in the Capital City of
Iowa.
N. b. Powers Post. Ill, Scranton,
Thomas Huston Post, 81, Redding,
Iowa.
H. W. Lawton Post, 81. Anthony,
Kan.
LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI
Post No. 80, Warrenton, Miss.
Post No. 25, GreenvilIe, Miss.
MAINE.
VIM. x. Kimball Post, 14S, South
Paris, Me.
Burnside Post, Al, Auburn, Me.
MICHIGAN.
Q. o. Loomis Post, 2, Quincy, Mich.
Andrews Post, 294, Big Rapids, Mich.
MINNESOTA.
Jos. Garrison Post. 131, Dodge Center,
MISSOURI.
Pardee Post, 352, Cabool, Mo. The
resolution was adopted by a vote Of Ia
to 1.
trose. Mo.
George G. Bryant Post, 2sI, Belgrade,
Mo.
coAu "A. LIZ OSt, 10, h1OQef, MO.
George Miller Post, Bethel, Mo.
NEBRASKA.
w. 3. Cody Post, 24S, Wallace, Neb.
Geo. Crook Post, 262, Omaha, Neb.
NEW YORK.
Ross Post, 81, New York Mills, N. Y.
Il; L. Aldrich Post, 1863, Brushton,
N. Y.
Post No. 1ss,' Herman and Russell
N. Y.
Sam Stevens Post, 375, Flat. O.
Moses Martin Post, $40, Huron, o.
The Post at Centerburg. O., voted
unanimously against Evans.
Forsyth Post, Is, Toledo, o.
OKLAHOMA.
John McEntire Post, At, Geary, Okla.
Arlington Post, 8, Arlington, Okla.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Chaplain L. D. Swarts Post, 21S, Mos
COW, Pa.
e. B. Young Post, 81, Allentown, Pa.
Chester Post, go, Williamson, Pa.
RHODE ISLAND.
Lincoln Post, %, Hope Valley, r. 1.
TEXAS.
Meade Post, Decatur, Tex.
WASHINGTON AND ALASKA.
Lynch Post, AZ, Lynden, Wash.
Gen. Speagie Post, 100. Mead, Wash.
WEST VIRGINIA.
r. 3. Hayes Post, 20, Lowdell, w. Va.
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are left. have worked at everything

are left. I have worked at everything.
about, there is to do; at the carpenter
trade. at blacksmithing, on the railroad
section, on the streets, in a smelter, and
what work l do now is In stone quarry.
But l am about worked down. I have
lived now Is years longer that expected
to live, and am 81 years old. might say
that am just waiting my appointed time
and am ready. have passed through
many trials and vicissitudes, but have been
faithful to the country and the flag for
which l fought. And I believe I have
fought n good fight. and have kept the
faith, and that henceforth there is laid up
for me Il crown that shall never fade, eter-
nal in the heavens
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PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges-
tons Made.
IMPORTANT TO CLAIMANTS.

We have prepared new edition Of
"The National Tribune Soldiers Hand
book" which contains all the new laws
passed by the recent session of Con-
gress. together with late rulings and
making it a guide to the Law
and practice in pension, bounty, and
back pay matters up to date. Mailed
to any address for Is cents Address
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
washinGGOn, ID. @.
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command of Gen. Charles L. Cruft. Aug
IL, 1865, the regiment left Knoxville and
proceeded to Nashville, where it was mus.
tered out of service, Aug. %, 1865, and
thence to Camp Chase, Ohio, where it was
paid off, and ceased to be borne as a reg,
iment ON the rolls of the Army of the
Union.
The regiment was recruited from the
whole State of Ohio. and was largely
composed of stalwart farmers boys, who
proved to be tractable to and appreciative
of, the necessity of discipline, and that
order, Heavens first law" must be OBJ.
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BALTIMORE 4 OHIO RAILROAD.
Saturday Night Sleeping Car for Deer Parl

oduU1uaJ NtbHs af1oVt1Bi 0tsk TUE Oee1 d1 4.
Commencing Saturday, July IA, and
continuing every Saturday night thereaf-
ter until further notice, the Baltimore Il
car to Deer Park. Thi car will be ready
for occupancy at 1890 D. m, and leave
Washington Ito a. an, arriving Deer
Park 7:26 a. I'M, Sunday. Returning,
sleeper will be fready, .Ifor occupancy 1T
Deer Park at 900 p. r., and will be at
i2:54 s' a. ~ n, % arriving washington @ s:41 aa1
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Corcoran Irish LEGION.

A Reunion Of the survivors Of the Cor
cofan Irish Legion Second Brigade, Sec.
ond Division. Second Corps will be held
In room 421, County Building, Chicago
H., Wednesday. Aug. 20, at 4 p. m. A
full attendance Is desired. Newell M,
Smith, Secretary, 100 Normal ave., Buff
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''olscsvsrsl b q Wsasa.s

1hays discovered positive cure for all female dis
eAses and the pueA II never falls euro any Of the
vafious diseases peculiar TO wemsn such a. leucor
rh@a displacsments. liberation, granularion etc. or
the piles from any cause or In eithefssx viii gladly
mel bog Of this wonderful medicine FREQ to every
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Cures
Weak Men
Free.
INSURES LOVE AND A HAPPY
HOME FOR ALL.

How any man may quickly cure himself after
years of suffering from nervous weakness lost
vitality, varicocele, ETC., and restore the organs
TO strength and vigor. Simply send your name
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IyANTED-The address of Elias Humbert or any
w officers or men of the 9th Wis battery who were
acquainted with John w. Fisher of the same battery
1 will pay liberal reward to any one giving the
desired Information. Mrs Mary Fisher, Whittier CAL
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JUANTFD-Addresses of comrades of Co. G. 1ssth
w Res't, ONO Vol Inf, who served with Alick
Graham from March 3, 1866 Sept. q, 1868 send
names TO John o'Connor los Earl ST, kingston ont
Canada. 99lSt
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WANTED-By Ben Epstine, Chillicothe, o. ad-
w dresses of comrades of Capt. Philip Adoiph, Of
Co. d, 5th Mo. Vols He died Carthage, No. in
1871 and Information wanted OF comrades or Others
who attended him In his last illness, knew of him
while residing In Carthage, Mo- 9S9-3t
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WANTED BY Mrs. Minnie Thomas Soldiers
w Home station, Lafayette, Ind, the address OF
comrades who served with LOUIS w. Thomas In Co, f.
7th Reg't Indiana Vols.
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WANTED Mrs. EmeIlne Blanchard, eIllx Bush
w St, San Francisco Cal, the address OF Jos
Parsons. soldier from Maryland, who lost both eyes
at Bull Run: also LeonOra Clark, Army Nurse from
Massachusetts. %
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Subseribers to THE NATION.
~ Al TRIBUNE may insert q
three-Iine advertisement under
this head at the rate of Soc. for
one insertion, three insertions for
ST. The privilege Of this column
is strictly confined to our SUBJ
ScPiberS.
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WANTED-ADDRESSES.

UTANTED-Mrs. G. W. Allen, MerriIlon WIS., WIN
w give $50 reward for information to the where
abouts of her husband Geo W. Allen who disappeared
last March. supposed to De of unsound mind. He Is
50 years DID, feet inches; I9s pounds; long. black
hair; dark-brown mustache. little gray; darS-grzy
eyes: left hand smaller than right thnned strong
New England accent; educated and sentlamanly Cf)
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Sands and / went to Cen Pillow, who
then commanded at Macon, and told him
We had been working as paroled prisoners
Of war. and it worked like a charm He
offered to do anything for us, but advised
us to remain there, for he said If we went
home we would have to go back in the
army again, and if we remained there we
would not be subject to do military duty.
He, however, gave us three days rations
and transportation to Andersonville where
sou Of US were exchanged. While on the
way to AnderSonyille we got the word
that Gen. Lee had surrendered to Gen
Grant
Il left Andersonville at noon on Thrus,
day, and on Friday night was back at
Macon. While concealed by the widow
lady at Macon, and where | stayed while
cutting cordwood, | became acquainted
her daughter Josephine, and the latter fur
nlshrd me provisions while ! worked and
helped me in other ways. When | was
exchanged my first business was to go
back to Macon and marry Josephine Brad
dock, which | did, and she was my wife
until her death in 1899, and was the moth
cr of my large family of children. She
seemed to feel that the ragged, rough ex-
terror of an unfortunate prisoner of war
covered man she could trust, and pris-
oner though | was, she became nv can
tive, in an enemy's country, and on the
9th Of May, 1866. few days after my
exchange, we were married, and for %
years we walked hand in hand, faithful
to each other until our ways parted at the
foot of the bill. while she passed over the
river to her rest beneath the green trees.
and where | hope to meet her in the not
distant future. After my marriage. by
way Of Washington and Annapolis, I was
taken to Camp Chase, O., where was
discharged on the 2Sth day Of June, 1865,
and from whence. by way Of my old home
in Indiana, returned to Georgia for INV
captive wife. and with her settled In our
native State, where we lived until 1873.
when we wandered westward, living
awhile in Missouri, then to Kansas, where
We now have our home, OF those Of N who
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Pardee Post, 352, CabooI, Mo. The
resolution was adopted by a vote Of Ia
to 1.
Gen. Fred d. Steele Post, 235, Mon
trose. Mo.
George G. Bryant Post, 2SI, Belgrade,
Mo.
John A. Dix Post, 76, Kidder, Mo.
George Miller Post, Bethel, Mo.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-12-27
Kidnapers' Den Found.

OMAHA, Dec. 22.-The result OF "a
tours work on the part of the police of
he city and half hundred detectives
VAS established the location of the house
"a which Edward Cudahy, Jr., was held
prisoner for nearly two days. The
y,ouse is located four miles from the city
Ind in place of easy access, but so sit
sated as to allow the desperadoes ample
opportunity to lay and carry out their
ians without molestation from inquiring
s,eighbors. Within easy communication
~ rail and wagon roads to Omaha and
Aouth Omaha and ON high knoll where
sntines could give immediate alarm in
..lse of necessity, the one and a half
.ory shack was admirably chosen by
ie bandits. No doubt exists in the
i.inds of the police as to identity of the
lace. Young Cudahy himself was taken
81 the house and identified many features
v;hieh he had recognized while blind
'iilded prisoner.