Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-15
BODY TRACED TO The RIVER
Wagon Tracks Found at Almost InasoeSs bic
Point Near River.
WOMAN SAW THE WAGON DRIVEN AWAY
Mrs. John Andreas says Two Men
Were f. vehicle and she Heard
~ Going TO River an
Hour Before.

There is evidence to show that the body
Of Mrs. Idella Rose Knight, who probably
was poisoned by her husband a week ago
last Saturday night, may have been thrown
into the river at or near the foot Of
Nicholas street.
The evidence is furnished by Mr.. and Mrs.
John Andreas. who live along the river
bank beyond the ice houses at the end 81
Nicholas street.
Saturday night, April Z. Mr.. and Mrs.
Andreas were awakened between IL o'clock
and midnight by a wagon and horse being
driven by their house and through their
yard to the river. but a short distance away,
and an hour or so Afterwards they heard
the wagon return. The dogs we're disturbed
by the noise and kept up a barking.
Sees wagon and Two Men.
Mrs. Andreas looked out Of the window and
saw the outfit driving back through the
yard toward town. She then thought that
the party-there were two men In the wagon
and It was drawn by a single horse-had
lost the road and had turned back toward
town. The horse, she thought, had a short
tail and further than this she did not take
any particular notice OF the outfit.
It was not until a few days ago that they
hthlA VI u uinaBRtAA hhAp VI ~ hhAeh
and the report that the body had been
buried or thrown into the river. The wagon
incident then REQUIRED to Mr.. Andreas and
he determined to follow the trail through
his yard toward the river. This he and
two or three OF the neighbors did and thsy
discovered that the wagon tracks led d.
rectly to the river, through a copse Of will
lows, the tracks showing distinctly through
the willow underbrush crushed down by the
wheels.
Footprints in the sand.
Reaching the sand bars, the wagon tracks
stopped, and from this point human foot
prints were distinct, as was a track as IL
a box or trunk had been dragged and thrown
into the river. The water there at the time
was quiet and about fifteen feet deep near
where the footprints ended.
The water was low and still at that time,
but now a heavy turbid current flows there
from the high water Of the last few days.
The wagon tracks are still visible, and also
the footprints, as we'll as the trail OF the
box or trunk.
The point is a good one for hiding a body
in the river, as under ordinary conditions
a heavy box would sink in the wet sands
and probably never be recovered. Efforts
were made yesterday to drag the river
there. but the current is too swift and the
volume Of water too great.
Place il Seldom visited.
Tho hypothesis that Knight might have
taken the body OF his wife to the river at
this point finds some credence from the
fact thai the locality is very seldom visited
and can only be reached by Parker street
north Of the Storz Brewing company's es-
Establishment on Sherman avenue. and thence
south on Eleventh street to what would be
a continuation Of Nicholas street to the
railroad tracks. A blind road leads from
the end Of Nicholas street up the river to
the Andreas place.
Chief Donakue yesterday received a
message from Chief ingalls, Of Cheyenne
stating merely that Knight passed through
there Monday enroute to the coast.
Whether the Cheyenne chief accompanied
knight to- the depot and wished him well
upon his departure from that city is not
stated In the dispatch. The Cheyenne
sleuth had a full description and a photo
graph of Knight and knew that he was
wanted in Omaha for murder. He also
knew that knight would in all probability
visit his paramour in Cheyenne, but with
all this information at hand, he lets the
fugitive pass through enrOute to the
coast"
Monday morning Chief Donahue, to
strengthen the chances of catching knight
at Cheyenne. telegraphed the sheriff there
to get the description from Chief ingalls,
and assist in looking for the man. Later
in the day the sheriff telegraphed CHIEF