Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-19
HEAP TROUBLE FOR POWER
Sheriff Goes After Heap, Jr, but Gets
Turned Down.
.REoUlSITloN PAPERS NOT SATISFACTORY
Acting Governor Of wyoming De-
> mands Amdsvit from Complain
ing witness and Specification
from County Attorney.

After a spectacular ride on the rear end
Of a Union Pacific flyer. in the course Of
which trip he Is reported to have been
cheered by crowds enroute that mistook
him for President Roosevelt, Sheriff John
Power Of Douglas county hunted into mex
orable state officials in Wyoming who
would not honor his requisition papers for
William Heap, jr., and who have made It
necessary that he wait there for new
ones.
The objection raised in Wyoming is new
10 County Attorney Shields. and one on
which he proposes to post himself for fu-
ture emergencies. William Heap, jr, is
alleged to have secured an advance pay
ment Of $4,000 from the Perry Live Stock
Commission company OF South Omaha for
rattle that he failed TO deliver. and to
have then fed to Evanston. Wyo. The
commission people told their story TO the
county attorney. who considered the
grounds sufficient TO warrant a charge Of
obtaining money under false pretenses.
and, accordingly, secured requisltion papers
OF the usual form.
Politely Turned Down.
Armed with these Sheriff Power went TO
secure his man, but the Wyoming officials
surprised him with a polite turning down.
The secretary Of state. who was then the
acting governor, had the papers sent back
10 the county attorney with a letter in
which he said that they were insufficient, in
view Of the rules adopted by 1.-The confer
ence Of governors" which rules require,
among other things not formerly required,
that the requisition be accompanied by an
Rfndavit OF the complaining witness that he
is not using the criminal process to enforce
the collection OF a private debt; also that
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the criminal code under which he is prose-
cutting.
Deputy County Attorney Burnam said:
''This is all new TO us. Indeed, we didn't
know there had been a conference OF gov
errors at which any such rule was adopted,
nor do we know yet when it was nor who
attended. The requisition papers that we
had for Sheriff Powers use were just such
as have been honored elsewhere, time and
again, the latest being in Illinois, where
only this week we got Malloy, the black
smith accused of embezzlement. The papers
were returned to us yesterday and we have
made out the new ones as required, without
waiting to look up the history Of the CON
ference They were sent today to Gov
ernor Savage and will, / suppose, reach the
sheriff at Evanston about Monday, when
he can serve them and start for home at
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arrival we can get action on Heap, but it
wont be long"
Mistaken for Roosevelt.
The tale OF the sheriff being mistaken for
the president is sponsored by NJ. A. Bes-
sowe, a travelling man now at the Mer-
chants hotel. He says that Honest John"
was standing on the rear platform when
the train pulled out Of Laramie. smiling ex-
pansively. and with his square shoulders
looming up In his long black coat. He had
his hat tilted back on his head and his
glasses On. Somebody In the crowd said he
looked like the president. Somebody else
said 1t was the president, going west on a
hunting trip. The operator at Laramie is
q 'josher'' and he sent word ahead that the
president was on the train. The result Is
said to have been that the sheriff of Doug
las county got three cheers and cries for a
speech at nearly every stopping place be-
tween Laramie and Rawlins.