Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-22
STOLEN PROPERTY UNEARTHED
Arrest of Three CoIored People by
Police Explains Several
Burglaries.

In the arrest of the trio of colored people,
Ed. MITCHELL Robert L. Johnson and Mrs.
NJ. Tandy. and the Developments following
the investigations by the police, the pros
poets for clearing up many of the house
breaking jobs of the last few months APP
pear bright. When the house at 1910 North
Twenty-frst street, where Mrs. Tandy was
arrested, was searched, from $500 to $500
worth Of stolen property was found. That
the home of John T. Stewart, president Of
the Stewart Brothers company at 1853 st.
Mary's avenue. is also among the houses
entered by burglars. came to light in the
effort to identify some of the goods Mr.
and Mrs. Stewart have been absent at
their summer home at Bennington for some
time, and Detectives Ferris and Dunn
found a window had been broken at their
house and entrance secured in the same
manner as others of the burglaries that
have been committed.
johnson was first arrested Tuesday night
, by Patrolman Crow. Another negro, after
ward learned to have been Mitchell. was
with him. They ran and Crow fired after
them. one bullet crashing through a win
dow OF a residence. Mitchell escaped only
to be captured through the efforts OF De
| tective Savage next day. Johnson was
caught. but was released in police court the
| following morning, and arrested again
Thursdy by Patrolman Morrison.
When the goods in the Twenty-first street
house were unearthed. it was thought pos
sble some of them might be the property
| OF c. F. McGrew, whose home at 22S South
Thirty-first avenue was entered few
nights ago. and Mrs. McGrew was asked
| to look at them. She at once recognized
a skirt as belonging to Mrs. Stewart which
was the first intimation the police had OF
the Stewart burglary
The detective force Is hard at work col
| lecting evidence against the trio and believes
It II can place these persons in prison
II will rid Omaha of a set OF very active
housebreakers. Johnson is the negro who
stabbed to death another negro named
johnson with cane knife at Fourteenth
and Howard streets last spring. The plea
OF self defense secured Johnson his freedom
at that time.
Friday morning the police were still
busy recovering loot secreted by Mitchell
Johnson and Mrs Tandy. In addition &c
the stun that was recovered Thursday the
police recovered a trunk and two suit
cases full OF wearing apparel They made
most thorough search OF the home Of
Mrs. Tandy even to tearing out the bricL
foundations OF the house where the trunl
and suit cases were found and are nov
convinced they have everything on tn,
premises. although II is believed consid
cradle may be recovered through thu
pawnshops where II was disposed Of
The home of Mr.. Stewart where most Of
the loot was obtained, was thorough,
ransacked from attic TO cellar. The thieves
made their entrance through back win
dow which was broken and.evidently tool
their leisure TO the Job. probably being
aware of the absence OF the owners. Mr.
Stewart unaware OF the burglary OF
his house and could not say how muct
had been taken, as he and his wife only
returned from Bennington Friday morn
ing