Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
VIC WALKERS DAY IN COURT
His Tale of AssaaHs aad PeEsecution
Uafolded Mt Greas
Length

victor B. walker was a1sd "a s1d costs
In police court yesterday morning for car
ry1ng concealed weapons TIE case VII Be
appealed
The hearing occupied the entire morning
waIksr handling his OWE case and City
Prosecutor Thomas repressnf1ng the state
Considerable sensationAl testimony was In
rroducsd BY Walker in regard 70 the assault
On him ~ the arrestt1g ohcer and Al .
Efustl8ention q hts act IN carry11g
weapon-
waSksr n tesslfy4nx sasd- 4 wsnf tso
TyrreErs restaurant 70 cat NY oTsrcoats
preparatory to going hume- Whi1e IN there
I was reading . newspaper ever the sboul-
der Of q uzn in the room The FIRST ] knew
Of the presence q the oncer was when I
felt sonenne taking s0meihing from ny
hip pocket I turned around and saw On
GERS Shields md Brady Shields had taken
ny revolver from ny pocket and as 1
turned he struck ne. At the same time say
Ing. I've got y0n-' / fen 70 the 6oor and
Was struck several tines more with the re-
FolFsr and with a elnh ] begged the men
not 70 KIN ne E1d Just then tbs proprietor
Of the place rushed In and told the men not
to murder ne in his place shields thea
dragged ne to the door and hs and Brady
eteA IL - aE EAAAA4- - ~ ~ @N
Brady said 10 Shields. -T0u tia . good job
Shields answered that h had orders 70
bump ne or
As an excuse for carrying the revolver
Walker stated that he 0Eoed about S3.eD0
worth Of property IN the Midway saloon.
which properly was being held BY Broom
field and cruitchneld By force. He said the
property On the second floor was not no
tected and hat the doors we're not locked.
and that he made daily visits 10 the place
10 see that Il Was All right On several
occasions he said Cruitchheld had drawn .
gun On him and he carried q revolver for
his own protscrion-
In rebutlal 70 the Etateneat that walker
had never been engaged in fights q China
man Was put N the stand 70 testify that
walker ha6 knocked ct four Of his teeth
WaIksr objected % the testimony and al
mifted that the chinEmEa would swear 70
the charge rather thA1 have him tell about
Il in The presence q his wife
During the recital Of MS troubles walker
vas forced 70 stop and wipe eOpiOus tears
from his eyes ana his speech vas f~reqnsnt1y
interrupted by the crytzg OF his W1ta
Omoer Shields testified that be went alone
into the ~rsstzurEnf. touched Walker o. ths
sh0ulder and said: Have you a gun,
Yea a1sEsrsd Walker with IN cath. Al
the sane tine drawing fhe revolver
grabbed the wezpoa and straek him win
~
The oe3cer denied the charge hrought b
Walksr IN regard 70 the conversation ab0ui
shields having orders 70 bump him ca
Brady sx0rs that he WA not IN tie res-
tHurEnt az ths time the arrest was made
ana 6snisa thEt he had struck walker.
II was prOren ~ The witnesses for tn
state kAt walker had threatened 10 -beAi
ne bead Of q cruitchhsld." and othel
threats were proven
Nay Catfltn. q waitress in the restaurant
where The arrest was made. testified that
she saw only enc oncsr coDs IN the roon
In arguing the case walker made ths
sweeping stateneut that TIE t0Hn was Il
the hands q = gambling trust ana that PEG
PIE we're Efraid 70 ten ths truth for fear q
he Eenge1nos q me uGsL he stated tia
the police had refused a git edge $500
bad fer MS release The evening q his Ar
I rest IA thai he Was composites % reDaii
IN Jail ever night
Duri1g his recital WALKER referred 4
Oneer Shislds As \ -big burly IrishmAn
? with apologies 70 TIE Irish" ShleIds stArtea
fer ths ool0red man and trouble was pre-
Fsntsd by Judge BerkA calling him 70 ordel
Abouf a dozen Witnesses we're examined
though mast a fhs tine Vas taken up b
WAIker IN telling his rroahleE and What \
expected 70 Do IN the nsu election and ii
n1ssion % stop sEnhlilg IN Omaha In
> Midway. Which untl = shsrt uDe aso "a
! run ~ WAlker. WkS elossd BY ordsr q n
chez q police becEuse a its shay repu
: tauun Later i N1s ordered closed ~ N
: Bard q Hsalth-
walker has net q ounpiAinf 1ainI
Ehieldz and Braay IN sudEs Fosters oouE-
= charging hen VIII assault n ke4nn
VII Gene ~ nsx1 WsdnesaAy- Al the IRA
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