Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
NOT ALL MERRIMENT
One Man Whs Thou ,ht Himself a Manager
Lardl in the City Jail
FRIENDS sooS CONE TO BAIL HIM OUT
comV cations Come In Bunches over
the suhNBeasc OF the Morand
Dnneihs Hall In Creighton
Theater Block.

There was a sound OF reveTry BY night.
The borand dancing academy in the Creleh-
ton theatsr block was crowded with fair
women Who leaned upon brave men with
conhdeRe and both hands" while the band
played everything from Strauss to williams
and Walker. And even as they danced. one
OF ID oEe who had made the occasion posi-
BILE for them was languishing in the city
jar, bruised in hecS1. wounded in pride and
sore at everything that ever happened.
His name was and still is william Jordan,
and he had been taken to the station by
Sergeant Hhyes and Officer Lesch because
he showed an inclination to start things"
at the door of the Morsnd hall with J. J..
Myers as the other and unwilling COM
blatant.
The bitterness between the two dates
back several weeks and its cause is par.
tally shown in the district court records.
such records make II appear that Jordan.
Myers, A. @. Gibson. A. NJ. Gibson, George
Newman and Henry. Rasmussen entered into
oral month-to-month lease with w. r. Mo.
rand for the privilege OF CONDUCTING satur-
day night dances at the hall, the rental TO
be S7b per month. Later, IL IL further
shown, Myers returned to Morand the mem
oranda which wac the only tangible record
or the lease, and secured a lease for him.
self at $50 per month. The others OBJ.
Jected to this ard secured an order Of court
restraining Myers from using the hall and
Morand from allowing him to use 1t. At
tne same time they asked that the new
lease be held to be their lease, and this
gave Myers a loophole through which At
torney John o. Yeiser subsequently, ierked
him with great promptness and eclat. BY
accepting the new lease as their lease.
Myers argues, they contracted TO pay $50
per month rental, but rendered Morand only
$75. Subsequently Myers had Morand can.
Gel this lease ON the ground OF non pay.
ment OF full rent, and lease the hall TO
William MCMILLAN of Council Bluffs at $50
per month. The others didn't know of this
and repaid Myers, his $50 and permitted him
70 withdraw frcm the enterprise entirely.
There was signed, also. an agreement or
stipulation dis'nissing the suit against him
at plaintiffs sost.
But Mcmillan is Myers friend and made
Myers his assistant manager" The two
went TO tie dancing academy almost before
dark last evening and took possession, with
Morand' consent. II Is said. They tele-
phoned the police that they expected
trouble from intruders and officers were
sent, 70 be in readiness. About 1880 the
Original and unsuspeeting lessees arrived.
with a ticket box under the arm OF one
of their and a smile of anticipation on
every face. When they found Myers at
the door taking in the money they saw a
great light and realized what had hap
pened. Jordan started In to tell what he
thought about 1t, and that's when the Off
ceJs got him. He was bailed out shortly
afterward by friends. other friends kept
coming to the station for two hours after
he was gone to perform the same kindness
for him. Meanwhile two policemen stayed
at the dancing hall-and Myers seemed
very willing that they should.