Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10

Three Different Parties Each want
Ten Thonsand noIInra.

Ten Thousand Dollars.
The city Of Council Bluffs was made le-
PENDANT yesterday in a $4,000 damage suit
for the death Of William r. Steinhaueh
whose dead body was found IN Indian
creek near the bridge on North Ninth
street at an early hour Of the morning
OF March last year. The suit is brought
by the widow. Annie L. SteinbauEh, rs
administrative OF the estate Of her de-
ceased husband.
steinbaugh was found lying in the creek
with his face and shoulders imbedded in
the thin coating Of ice, while the rest OF
his body was on the hank. Marks On
the bank showed where he had either
fallen or slipped while attempting 10 elmo
down the bank He lived at Mill and
Eighth streets. and investigation at the
time showed that after drawing his pay
Saturday afternoon he had spent a con-
siderable part OF that evening in a Broad
way saloon and the last seen OF him was
when he started north on Ninth street 10
go home, until his dead body was fourG
early the next morning by some news
paper carriers.
In her suit Mrs Steinbaugh alleges that
her husbands death was due to the failure
on the part Of the city to properly safe
guard the approach to the bridge by
placing barriers at the sides At the in
quest held by Coroner Treynor the jury
brought in a verdict to the effect that
steinbsugh's death was due to heart fail
ure induced by exposure. An autopsy
held on the body developed the fact that
steinbaugh suffered from an enlargement
OF the heart
In a suit brought yesterday by Estena
NJ DUNCAN as administrators. the Rock
Island Railroad company is asked to pay
$1,000 for the death of Archie DUNCAN.
| who is alleged to have died from injuries
received February u, 1901, while working
at the company's round house in this city.
! The accident, it is asserted in the petition.
was due to the alleged defective fixtures
on the coal chute.
The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail
way company is made defendant in a $1,000
/ personal injury damage suit brought )y
Bessie Umble, minor. Is years of age. by
William d. Umble her next friend. Bessie
\ Umble, while returning home the evening
| of December p last, fell while alight-
| ing from motor car at the corner Of
Twenty-second street and Avenue A and
! was seriously injured. She struck on her
head and was rendered unconscious for a
| considerable time 1t is alleged the car
was suddenly started while she was in .he
I act of alighting.
! John e. Cofin has brought suit for ii
! vorce from May Coffin, to whom he was
| married in this city in September 1904
| He alleges his wife deserted him five
months later and went to live with a man
named Dave Etherton.
| W. A. James asks for a divorce from
Cora James, to whom he was married IN
this city July 81, 1890 He charges his
wife with misconduct and recites the fact
OF her arrest by the police in a place Of
questionable repute with another woman
and two men, for which she was fined in
police court. He asks for the custody ct
their three minor children and that he
be decreed to have an equitable interest
in property valued at 81 500, which in April
1904, he decided to his wife.
G. H. Ferris has brought suit against
the Illinois Central Railroad company fol
500 damages for the flooding of his land
caused. 1t is alleged, by the embankment
of the railroad.
Mrs. Emma A. Moss has filed in the dis
trict court an application for the appoint
ment of w. J. Burke, banker Of Missouri
Valley, as guardian for her mother, Mrs
Phoebe A. Morlan. whom she claims Il
incapable of managing her business affairs
Mrs. Irme Knepher of this city has beer
sued by Edison, Keith & Co for Sl,2s5 ~
sorety for Cora Z. Berger, a milliner. VIII,
recently went through the bankruptc,
| court here