Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
CRIMINAL COURT GETS BUSY
Fifteen Prisoners Appear Before Juags
Baxter and Say Not Guilty"
DALztLrs ICE HOUSE GETS ATTENTION
Owner H. 20 Be Tried Before a Jury
for Erecting Frame Building
within Fire Limits-Mur-
der Trial Coming.

Figuratively speaking. the criminal branch
Of the district court rolled up its sleeves
yesterday and began grading that way
Of the transgressor which Is said to be hard.
Fourteen men and boys, and one who was
neither man nor boy. held tete a tete with
Judge Baxter. and, Immediately after, a jury
was called to try a city case from Police
Judge Berka's court, in which the COM
plainant ie Building Inspector r. b. Carter
and the defendant J. A. Dalzell, charged
with erecting a wooden building within the
fire limits.
The structure complained Of is an fee
house at the northeast corner Of Nineteenth
and Cunning streets. When. last July,
Judge Berka fined Mr.. Dalzell SIS the latter
grew warm over what he considered a cold
deal and ccoly announced that he would take
his ice house, or the complaint against IT,,
into district court, where a jury could sit
or II. The jury sat, and before 5 o'clock
had returned a verdict, finding the de-
PENDANT guilty as charged in the complaint.
When the case is disposed Of the county
attorney probably will begin his action
against william Heap, brought here from
Wyoming some months ago on the complaint
Of the Perry Commission company Of South
Omaha, that he had buncoed 1t in a cattle
deal.
The case to be called next is not yet de-
cided upon. but very soon Anton Christian
son is to face the charge Of numbering his
wife at their apartments on Dodge street,
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth, a few
weeks ago. HI was not among those ar
raigned yesterday morning, however.
Principally Minor Offenders.
The list included principally minor
offenders, all Of whom pleaded not guilty
and for most Of whom counsel had to be
furnished.
John Fenton was charged with robbing
william Edwards Of IS on August 1, Emil
Brandine with breaking and entering in the
day time the shop Of Mortenson & Norgreen
and taking therefrom $40 worth of stamps
and 5000 worth Of old coins; Patrick Malloy
with stealing $50 worth Of jewelry from a
residence September 3; James Mcdonald
with relieving Margaret Bolln's store Of
many Virginia cheroots, valued at 81 per
box, and some Montana incense sticks, val
ued, in the dark, at 81 per box; Charles
Cavanaugh with burglary committed at the
expense OF the Dunning Hardware company;
Alfred Liebscher with criminally assaulting
Hattie Pickard of Valley; Joseph Nelson
with a similar crime, twice committed, upon
Florence Moore Of North Omaha, aged IL;
James Williams with breaking and entering
John II. Carr's residence with intent to
steal; Albert Mcintosh with crimes against
nature; Harry Tannebaum and Arthur Ad-
AIMS with burglary Minnie Long with stab
hing with intent to wound Blanche O'Neill;
Frank Svoboda with short-chanEing Scott
d. Dunn out Of S25 worth Of cigars by doing
a little night work with a short crowbar.
svoboda is only a %youngster, apparently, but
he is real pert and blandly assured, the
Judge that he had paid "a short, chunky
lawyer $40 to do the biz" but that the lat
ter had apparently slid out OF the game
and took the ten bucks with him." The
court appointed counsel.
Martin S. Rowley, former timekeeper at
Armour's, in South Omaha. pleaded not
guilty to two counts of forgery, the In
struments m in the complaint being
an employees receipt for $21.s7, signed with
the name ~. Haley and dated February
10. 1909; another signed ~. Walker" dated
November %, 1901. and for $34.75.