Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-05-27
RosEWATER IN TROUBLE.

oo1, ohout it. it is nevertheless the fact
thot Edward Rosewater, owner and
oditor of the Omaha Bee, is in deep
,roter. is in dire distress. Mrs. Lillian
"igoe a bright, bonny, buXom, beauti-
ful blonde-haired, blue-eyed, baby
foced matron, and her better half. were
stonping at the Murray Hotel in
omaha The pair had come to Omaha
70 do some business. Incidentally, it
nav he said they did do some; that
thov secured $3.50 from Rosewater.
Mrs Algoe sent to Rosewater to come
n see her. at the room, as she wanted
m consult him about renting space for
neanut stand and general candy en-
norium in the corridor of the magnifi-
cent Bee building at 10th and Farnam.
Rosewater went to Room SO to see
about the matter, because Rosewater
never overlooks chance to take in
tbe coin. Mrs. Algoe, dear girl that
she is. pulled down the window blind
50 that the sun wouldn't blind the eyes
of either and shut the door to keep
out the inuuisitive.
q (. y
The above constellation represents
what happened.
NO matter WHdJ IL was, leI IL Dc odlu
that the next scene was the entrance
of the irate husband, who demanded to
know what Rosewater was doing there.
Rosewater endeavored to explain that
he was endeavOring to rent peanut
stand, but hubby Algoe would not lis
ten to it; declared/he was no peanut
merchant, and so far as he knew, his
wife had never been in the peanut
business since their wedding. He de-
sired to know why in blazes the busi'
ness was not transacted down in the
parlor, and asked lot of pertinent
questions, to the evident terror OF
Rosewater, who coughed up the sum
mentioned. Later Mr.. Rosewater went
after his money, which Algoe admitted
having spent for the necessities and
luxuries of existence, but he gave
Rosewater his note for the amount.
Then Rosewater had him and his wife
arrested for levying blackmail.
At the trial it was brought out in
evidence that Rosewater had met the
lady before that he loaned her a dol
lar to buy overshoes for her little toor-
sizes, and that at various times he had
assisted her financially.
At this writing we don't know what
the result is. But we stand for Rose
water. We do not believe he went to
the room of the lady for immoral pur-
poses, as has been wickedly suggested.
We think he went there to rent pea
nut stand and that the entire affair is
an attempt to eXtort money from him
The Bee says so, and we believe the
Bee We know Rosewater personally.
twenty years ago we might have
thought there was some truth in the
allegations, because that was the time
when Rosewater was in his prime. His
lace was ruddy and his step elastic.
His bearing was even kittenish. But
during the last score of years he has
been travelling down the other side of
the hill of life and has had other mat
ters to think Of We believe Rosewa
ter could prove an alibi; or at least a
synonym for an alibi; that he could
demonstrate by the testimony of eX
pert physicians that he could not have
been guilty. Had Victor been the chap
VINO was trying to lease the site of the
peanut stand, matters would have been
Inherent, because Victor is a fellow
with record and is young.
This is surely a conspiracy, and we
deprecate the attempt to extort money
from this aged, venerable and infirm
Old 10 hn